Chapter 858: Life is bitter, but it cannot stop the yearning for a happy life

Li Long held the child, and Gu Xiaoxia went to buy tickets. Before setting off, Li Long gave Gu Xiaoxia one thousand yuan to put in her small leather bag to pay when the time came. Gu Xiaoxia said she had money, but Li Long still let her put it in.

According to Li Long, he earns more money now, so Gu Xiaoxia just needs to be responsible for spending it.

"Without Xiao Long, the toys in Juan and Qiangqiang's hands were bought by you, right? Don't buy them things anymore," Liang Yuemei whispered to Li Long, "You've spoiled both children. Where do children nowadays have so many toys? These things are not cheap, right?"

"Sister-in-law, that's not it." Li Long said with a smile, "This was at the entrance, just there..." Li Long pointed to the stall that was still surrounded by a group of children and said, "This was won by Juan and Qiangqiang playing that spinning needle."

"Hey, really? Their luck is not bad..." Liang Yuemei went over to ask Li Juan and Qiangqiang, and then she believed it.

Li Jianguo just wanted to buy tickets, but was blocked by Li Long. This time he was listening on the side. After Liang Yuemei went over, he whispered to Li Long:

"Can it be that easy to spin? Is there a problem with this stall?"

"He uses a magnet. I told him not to play tricks when Juan and Qiangqiang spin, so we can be at peace." Li Long also explained in a low voice, "Otherwise I would tear down his stall. Juan and Qiangqiang's luck is also good, one spin, and the other two spins, and they spun it out."

"Hey." Li Jianguo laughed, also feeling it was quite fun.

In the stalls nearby, there are not only spinning needles, but also lever-operated marbles, etc. These games basically have tricks. Adults basically know there is a problem, but most don't know where the trick is. Children only see those gifts, and most of them can't walk.

Li Juan and Li Qiang's self-control is still very strong. They didn't continue playing because their luck was good. Seeing other similar games, they just glanced and passed by.

Even Li Juan actually suspected that she could spin it, and her little uncle had a hand in it.

Older, not easy to fool.

When buying tickets to enter, the photographer came over to solicit business, but Li Long refused. Gu Xiaoxia brought a camera, which was also prepared by Li Long in advance, and he let Gu Xiaoxia practice with two rolls of film, basically passing the test, so there was no need for others to help take pictures.

Moreover, it is very expensive, three yuan for a big one!

After entering the zoo, this big family stopped and walked, starting to watch the animals.

Liang Yuemei took Mingming from Li Long's hands. Mingming was not very willing, but he didn't cry, and was soon attracted by the animals in the cages.

The zoo is much quieter than outside. Every place where animals stay has a sign (No Loud Noise). Tourists at this time are quite orderly. If they are not allowed to talk, they don't talk. Only the monkey mountain has a slightly louder sound.

Li Juan and Li Qiang are already very excited. Li Juan is better, walking and stopping to watch, not running far behind the adults. Li Qiang is different. After seeing one animal, he immediately couldn't help but run forward to see another. After running over, he turned his head to look at the adults, and couldn't help but wave to them to hurry up.

"Qiangqiang, slow down, look at the animals carefully." Li Jianguo couldn't help but say, "Look carefully, maybe you can use it when you write an essay when you go back."

As soon as this was said, Li Qiang became much quieter—although there is much less homework in this era than in later generations, it is not non-existent.

Writing an essay, for Li Qiang, who has good grades, is also a big problem.

Things in the mind, to be expressed in words under the pen, is really not easy.

Li Jianguo didn't talk to Li Juan, but Li Juan had already started to observe those animals carefully.

Li Juan is very strong. In junior high school, there are many people of the same age with good grades. If she wants to improve her scores, she must work hard in all aspects.

She is okay in writing essays, but she doesn't have much knowledge. Stifling and editing words is naturally not as vivid as seeing animals and converting them into images in the mind, and then converting them into words.

In the past, Li Long intentionally or unintentionally told her that it is better to be admitted to a university than to a secondary school or high school, and the work assigned in the future will be more advanced, so she made up her mind to be admitted to high school and university.

It is easier to be admitted to high school than to secondary school. Now the score line for secondary school is the highest, followed by normal school, and finally high school. After all, after three years of secondary school and normal school, you can work and get paid directly.

And after graduating from high school for three years, there is no work assigned. If you can't get into university, those three years are considered wasted in the eyes of some people. It is not easy to get into university in this era. The admission rate is very low.

But Li Juan felt she could do it.

Du Chunfang walked at the very back, and Gu Xiaoxia accompanied her to watch slowly. At first, Du Chunfang didn't want to come in, but Li Qing Xia said a word to her, and Du Chunfang got out of the car.

Although that's what she said, after entering the zoo, looking at the animals she only heard in stories, she was still quite happy—the candied haws were also quite delicious. Du Chunfang has bad teeth, and until now, more than half of the candied haws are left, eating slowly, tasting the sweetness of life.

Most of those who come to the zoo to see animals are adults with children. The clothes of these people are not all decent, and some have patches on their clothes.

This is a time of hard work, it is quite bitter, but people are still yearning for happiness—after all, there is hope after hard work. After the household contract responsibility system and the expansion of production and operation, at least now, whether it is workers or farmers, the standard of living has improved a lot.

The gap in material demand is too large, so all factories are producing at full speed, and the benefits naturally come. It is the same for farming in the countryside. With the household contract responsibility system, the land becomes their own, and the enthusiasm for farming rises. People in the countryside have spare money in their hands and also hope that their children can come out to see the world.

Although some people's expressions are still a bit restrained, the smiles are sincere.

Gu Xiaoxia occasionally follows Li Long's words to take some photos. Actually, she is more inclined to have everyone be more formal, standing straight in front of the lion and tiger cages to take a picture.

Walking and stopping, plus taking pictures, this big family walks much slower than others. By the time they came out of the zoo, it was already approaching noon.

"Let's go eat first." Li Long suggested, "Originally I thought we could go to the water park, but now it seems there is not enough time, let's talk about it in the afternoon."

"Okay, let's go." Li Jianguo said, "Let's not go far, just eat nearby."

"Good." Li Long actually had already inquired about it earlier. There is a state-run canteen nearby. Li Long didn't even drive the car, and the family went over to eat.

Li Long wanted to order food, but was stopped by Li Jianguo:

"You sit there, I'll handle lunch." Li Jianguo said, "We're out, let's have a good meal today."

Li Jianguo's voice was not high, but his tone was very firm, so Li Long didn't insist and returned to his seat.

The family sat at a large round table. The sound was not loud, and most of them were chatting about the animals in the zoo earlier. Li Juan and Li Qiang were whispering about going to the water park in the afternoon. They had heard of the Wucheng Water Park, but had never been there, so they were all looking forward to it.

Originally, according to Liang Yuemei, it would be fine to eat a bowl of mixed noodles, but Li Jianguo said he wanted to order some good dishes, eat rice or steamed buns, and have a beautiful big meal.

It is not easy for the whole family to come to Wucheng together. It is like a festival, so you can't eat so simply.

Li Jianguo also figured it out. His brother said that in a few days, he would go to buy a Dongfanghong 75 tractor and supporting facilities. Since they are going to do it, they should do it big. A tractor can pay for itself and make money in at most two years—Li Jianguo understood after Li Long's reminder.

Doesn't he want to do it? Of course he wants to do it. He didn't dare to think about it before because he didn't have the capital.

Now very few people can afford a tractor worth several thousand yuan, and almost no one in a township can afford a large tractor.

At this time, ten-thousand-yuan households are rare, not to mention a large tractor that costs more than twenty thousand yuan. Those ten-thousand-yuan households are calculated based on assets. If it is pure cash, it is really not something ordinary people can take out.

Like the imported John Deere wheeled high-horsepower tractor that Li Long thought of, that is for state-run farms and those imitated by agricultural machinery factories. Ordinary individual common people almost don't buy them.

With this idea, Li Jianguo didn't care so much about money—he already owed so much, but looking forward from this path, the harvest should be more.

No need to be cautious.

Of course, he didn't puff up his face to look fat. He ordered dishes according to the number of people, knew roughly everyone's appetite, ordered hard dishes like braised pork, spicy chicken, braised carp, and a few vegetarian dishes, and served rice.

After eating a few mouthfuls, Du Chunfang suddenly said:

"This braised fish is not as delicious as the small crucian carp stewed by Juan's mother!"

As soon as this was said, others agreed one after another, and even Li Qiang raised his hand to say yes.

This is a matter of taste. Liang Yuemei blushed and said: "People make it very well, it's just that we might not be used to this taste..."

Hmm, that's the truth.

Not to mention this time, even three or four decades later, people from the Fourth Team rarely order fish when they go out to eat, because they feel it is not fresh—the team has large and small seas, even in winter, the fish eaten are mostly fresh.

Fish eaten outside is rarely caught directly from the reservoir and dissected and served on the table while alive, so over time, a sense of superiority has developed.

Of course, some people say this is pretentious.

Of course, everyone has their own way of saying it.

After the meal, everyone praised Li Jianguo for ordering well. Except for the braised fish which had a little left, everything else was eaten up without leftovers, and everyone was very full.

When they came out of the canteen, Gu Bo Yuan started to complain:

"The rice in this canteen is not as delicious as the rice in our team. Sigh, my mouth has become picky, I can't go to other places in the future."

"That's not necessarily true, there must be good rice in other places." Gu Xiaoxia retorted, meaning that her father shouldn't have so many problems.

"Exactly, the rice in Miquan doesn't feel as delicious as the rice in our team." Li Jianguo supported his old friend's words, and he continued, "If you ask me, it's just that the land in our team is small. We are on the east side of the reed ditch, and that piece is planted with rice. The third team on the west side of the reed ditch plants rice, and that is not as delicious as the rice in our team... This is strange."

Li Long thought to himself, this should be the saying of selenium-rich soil in later generations, right? Or why do they say that one side of the water and soil raises one side of the people? The soil quality of that piece of land is different, so the things grown are different.

He didn't participate in the discussion of this topic. Whether the rice of the Fourth Team is more delicious than the rice of Miquan is naturally a matter of opinion. This thing is too subjective. But in any case, it is certain that the rice at this time is more delicious than the rice in later generations. At least Li Long bought rice from many places in Northern Xinjiang in later generations, and also bought vacuum-packed Wuchang rice from people in the Northeast. I don't know if it was bought fake or subjective feeling, but I always feel that the rice at this time is the most delicious.

At that time, whether it was 17 or 18 yuan per kilogram of ice spring rice, or 20 yuan per kilogram of Daohuaxiang, or 10 yuan per kilogram of cat tooth rice, none of them were as delicious as the rice now.

Walking to the jeep, it was still in batches, some people took the bus, some people took the jeep, and rushed to the water park.

Arriving at the water park, Du Chunfang completely refused to get out of the car, and let Li Long park the car in a shady place. She wanted to sit in the car and rest, and take a nap.

Gu Xiaoxia didn't want to go in either, mainly because Mingming and Haohao had already fallen asleep in the car, and she had to watch the two children.

Then Li Long parked the jeep under a big tree nearby, opened the car window to ensure it wasn't exposed to the sun, and then took Li Juan and Li Qiang into the park to play.

After entering, Li Long knew that when Li Qing Xia and the others came, they would definitely regret it—most of the things inside were for children to play, or couples, boating, etc., which really wasn't very suitable for a few old men to play.

However, Li Juan and Li Qiang were excited. Bumper cars, duck boats, etc., there were not so many amusement projects at this time as in later generations, and bumper cars were already very popular things.

This is also the liveliest place, with constant screams. Li Long took Li Juan and Li Qiang to play for a while before coming down unfulfilled.

Sure enough, until the water park was finished, Li Qing Xia and the others were not seen coming in—there was an introduction at the entrance, and it is estimated that Li Qing Xia and the others saw these projects at the entrance and didn't plan to come.

When Li Long took Li Juan and Li Qiang out, there was no one else near the jeep.

"Old father and eldest brother and sister-in-law, and my father, they went to Tianbai to buy things." Gu Xiaoxia took care of Mingming and Haohao. The two children had already woken up and didn't want to stay in the car, so Gu Xiaoxia brought them down and took care of them with Du Chunfang.

The two children were probably seeing so many people for the first time, and they were curious, staying in their grandma's and mother's arms, constantly looking back and forth at the people walking, which was very strange.

This can also be considered seeing the world.

"Then let's go, let's go see too." Since they were here, they naturally had to go for a trip. Whether to buy things or not is another matter (definitely have to buy), strolling is inevitable.

The jeep stopped at Tianbai. Li Long saw that his old father Li Qing Xia and the others were not outside, so he wanted to take his mother and children in.

"You go in, I won't go in, I'm comfortable in the car, I ate too much at noon, I have to slow down." Du Chunfang's idea was very firm this time, and she wouldn't go in no matter what.

Li Long knew that actually his mother had a little social phobia and was uncomfortable seeing too many strangers.

So he followed her. He held Mingming and Haohao, and Gu Xiaoxia watched Li Juan and Li Qiang enter Tianbai together.

Compared to the Maxian Department Store, Tianbai is really much larger, and the quantity and variety of goods are also much more.

When they met Li Qing Xia and the others, Li Long found that they had already bought some things.

Liang Yuemei bought a leather bag for Gu Xiaoxia, and Li Jianguo bought a pair of sunglasses for Li Long, for driving the jeep.

Li Long wore them and felt quite good.

Hehe, I have the feeling of being cared for.

How to say, you can't always be a strong person.

Although this Wucheng trip was only one day, overall, it was quite complete. (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 859 =====