Chapter 85

The Mongolian gazelle, also known as the Mongolian gazelle, Mongolian antelope, etc., is actually not a type of sheep.

At first, Li Long also thought this thing was like a wild goat, but later he found out it was a type of antelope.

Since it's an antelope, the horns have great efficacy. In later generations, these wild ones are protected animals, and the horns cannot be used. Now, if he could save a few pairs of horns, they would surely be useful at critical moments.

Mongolian gazelle horns have the same effect as antelope horns: clearing heat and anti-convulsion. Families with children should know how important this stuff is at critical moments.

We don't have rhino horns here, nor do we have long-horned antelopes, but we have this.

So Li Long decided that he must come over before the New Year to get two Mongolian gazelles with horns!

The matter was settled. After loading the cart and drinking two bowls of hot milk tea, Li Long and Tao Daqiang drove the horse cart back in a hurry.

"Brother Long, are we staying in the county tonight or going back to the team?"

"Back to the team," Li Long said. "We have to return the horse cart. Number 76 needs to go back to the horse stable to rest properly. It can't just eat grass; it needs feed. We don't have any feed to give it here."

Number 76 would be his own horse after the New Year, so he had to cherish it.

The journey was silent. When the two returned to the Li family with the horse cart, it had been dark for more than an hour. When Li Jianguo heard the movement and came out with a horse lantern, seeing the two people covered in snow and frost on their hats, eyebrows, beards, and bodies, he hurriedly called Liang Yuemei to help.

The four of them, plus the two children, unloaded the cart of frozen-solid sheep offal. Li Long still wanted to drive the cart to the horse stable, but Li Jianguo stopped him.

"I'll handle returning the cart. You go into the house and warm up properly. Don't rush; if you get frostbite, it'll be troublesome."

Li Long and Tao Daqiang first moved around in the courtyard to warm up, using the old habit of rubbing their nearly frozen ears, hands, and feet with snow. Only after feeling a bit warmer did they enter the house.

"The mutton soup is ready. You each drink a bowl to warm up first," Liang Yuemei greeted. "The toasted bun slices will be ready in a moment."

Since Li Long started selling fish, the food on the Li family's stove had never stopped every night, all so that those who were out working hard could have a hot meal and a bowl of hot soup when they returned.

Even in later generations, when returning home, being able to see the lights left on in the house and food left in the pot—that sense of happiness was incomparable to anything else.

Tao Daqiang didn't want to go home so early either. If he went back, he would have to set up his own stove and heat it up himself if he wanted a bowl of hot soup. After a busy day, who wouldn't want to rest properly?

"Daqiang, when you go back later, take a plate of offal as a Spring Festival welfare. Those factories all give out welfare for the holidays, so we will too," Li Long suddenly thought of something and said. "By the way, if you can't carry it, pull the sled."

"I can carry it. It's only a few kilograms, how could I not carry it?" Tao Daqiang didn't refuse this time. This offal was also good; whether it was the heart, liver, lungs, or kidneys and intestines, if prepared well, they were all good dishes.

Besides, when he was cleaning the offal on the mountain, he saw that the sheep intestinal fat and offal were together. That fat must be at least two or three kilograms, so his family wouldn't be short of oil to eat for a while!

Li Jianguo returned from the horse stable and ate with Li Long and the others, drinking a bowl of mutton soup with toasted, golden-brown bun slices.

After finishing the soup and warming up, Tao Daqiang picked out a set of offal, hugged it, and walked quickly home.

"How do you plan to handle this offal?" Li Jianguo then asked Li Long.

"Sell it," Li Long said with a smile. "Anyway, our family can't finish it, and if people in the team want to buy it, that's fine too. If they don't, I'll haul it to the county or Shicheng to sell. There's at least two kilograms of plate fat in this pile of offal, and the hearts, livers, stomachs, and intestines add up to five or six kilograms. One set should sell for at least five yuan."

"You brought back more than thirty sets this time, so you can really sell a lot of money," Liang Yuemei laughed. "It's enough to buy a bicycle when you get married."

"The family needs to keep two sets," Li Long counted on his fingers. "Take one to sister-in-law's family, and Daqiang just took one away, so there are still thirty sets left, enough to sell."

"Mm," Li Jianguo thought for a moment and said, "It's not very late yet. If you're not tired, why don't you take a set to Xiaoxia's family?"

Li Long looked up at his older brother, surprised.

Liang Yuemei was also surprised.

Li Jianguo let the two look at him, but said lightly and indifferently:

"Little Long, you're not young anymore. Last time things ended with that girl from the Wu family, and your sister-in-law and I both think it's a good thing. Look at Xiaoxia; that girl is quite good. Why don't you two try dating?"

Li Long was a bit stunned. He did have a bit of interest in Gu Xiaoxia, but he had been too busy making money and hadn't thought that much yet.

He didn't expect his older brother to have already started thinking about this.

Thinking about it, he said with a smile:

"Alright, I'll take a plate to her family."

As he said this, he put on his clothes and walked out.

Li Jianguo and Liang Yuemei looked at each other and laughed.

If these two could really make it, that would be a good thing. Not to mention knowing each other's roots, at least Li Long would have a good girl to keep him in check in the future and wouldn't go down the old path again.

The Wu family.

"You say this young man Li Long has changed a lot during this period," Wu Shufen's mother, Wang Yuzhen, said while sewing shoe soles in the room, sighing. "It feels like he's not even him anymore. Just running out every day, he must be earning quite a bit of money."

Wu Shufen was struggling. In the past two days, Gu Ermao's actions had become increasingly bold, and she couldn't stand it, but she didn't know how to refuse. This Gu Ermao, how was he like the Li Long of the past? His actions were proper, and as long as she didn't allow it, he wouldn't even dare to hold her hand.

Thinking of Li Long, Wu Shufen's heart was in chaos. Who could have imagined that Li Long would become like this now?

!.

Seeing her daughter's face change again and again, Wang Yuzhen thought she really regretted it, so she wiped the needle on her head and said:

"Why don't you—go and get back together with him. Finding such a young man is actually quite good..." Wang Yuzhen added in her mind, at least you can eat meat every day.

Wu Shufen's face flushed. Get back together? How could that be possible? Even if she took the initiative to find Li Long now, he wouldn't agree, right? After all, he had seen her and Gu Ermao... leaning against each other.

Li Long had already arrived at Gu Xiaoxia's door. Because Li Jianguo had pointed out that matter, he felt a bit embarrassed at this moment. Thinking about it, he finally knocked on the door.

"Who is it?" Gu Xiaoxia's voice rang out from inside.

"It's me, Li Long."

"Coming." Hearing it was Li Long, Gu Xiaoxia walked quickly to open the door.

"You are..." Gu Xiaoxia looked at what Li Long was holding and asked, surprised.

"I got quite a bit of sheep offal from the mountains and brought a plate for your family. These are almost cleaned; just wash them simply with clear water after they thaw. There's a lot of sheep plate fat in this plate, so you can just render it and keep it for eating."

"Little Long is here? Come in quickly." Hearing the movement, Gu Bowan put on his clothes and came out.

"I won't come in. It's dark, I'll head back first. You guys hurry and close the door too." Li Long didn't quite dare to face Gu Bowan, handed the sheep offal to Gu Xiaoxia, turned around, and left in a hurry.

Gu Bowan looked at Li Long's back, a complex expression on his face.

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