Chapter 87

On the Li family side, they were selling mutton offal one by one, while Li Long and Tao Daqiang had already driven the horse-drawn cart to the Big Meat Canteen.

Li Long let Tao Daqiang wait outside, and he went in to find Zhong Guo Qiang, who was greeting guests there.

"Manager Zhong, hello." Li Long stepped forward and said, "I brought the fish and mutton offal, look..."

"Fine, I'll come over immediately." Zhong Guo Qiang said with a smile, "Little Comrade Li, your actions are very fast, you must have gotten up very early."

"Making money, getting up early is nothing." Li Long replied and walked out of the canteen.

Zhong Guo Qiang followed him to the horse-drawn cart, looking at the mutton offal frozen together on it.

"Hmm, it looks good," Zhong Guo Qiang was also an expert, looking at this offal and saying, "It's simply cleaned, right?"

"Hmm, after it thaws, you will definitely still need to wash it carefully. It was cleaned in the mountains, so it couldn't be cleaned too cleanly." Li Long explained, "So the price isn't expensive, six yuan a set."

"Six yuan—it's indeed not expensive." Zhong Guo Qiang weighed it casually, "It's quite heavy, it folds down to four or five cents a jin, fine, I want three plates."

Zhong Guo Qiang also wanted five large carp and paid twenty-eight yuan.

"Let's go, let's go to Shicheng." The business had a good start, Li Long was very happy, bought six large meat buns, and left while eating with Tao Daqiang and leading the horse-drawn cart.

"Brother Long, why don't we sell fish in our county's black market? We haven't been there for a long time, we should be able to sell it, right?"

"No, the risk is too high, you don't want us to be caught together, right." Li Long said while driving the cart, "Now if we are caught, what will be confiscated won't just be us, but also the team's horse and cart."

Tao Daqiang then understood that although Li Long looked bold in doing business, he was actually very cautious.

When the two of them arrived at Shicheng Old Street, the time was almost twelve o'clock, which was exactly the time for getting on and off the bus. There were old customers who were already familiar with Li Long, who sold fish. At this time, seeing that he was dragging not only fish but also mutton offal on the plastic cloth, they immediately gathered around.

Tao Daqiang was still waiting in the distance, pulling the horse-drawn cart. Li Long had no worries and was setting up a stall and shouting there:

"Selling fish, two yuan for big fish, two yuan for fifteen small fish, six yuan for a set of mutton offal, cheap!"

When he was setting up the stall and shouting, some people gathered around, and Li Long also found that he was not the only one doing business here.

There were people selling melon seeds and peanuts with baskets, people selling buns with trays, people selling twisted dough sticks, etc., basically all based on food.

It seems that everyone can see that the time for change is coming, and their courage has grown a lot.

"Can the mutton offal be cheaper?" Someone made an offer.

"No," Li Long said with a smile, "The sheep were slaughtered just yesterday, and it was cleaned in this icy and snowy weather. You can take it back, thaw it, wash it simply, and then you can cook it. Look at how heavy this is, it folds down to less than one yuan per kilogram, and there is so much fat, it's very cheap!"

"That's right, look at this fat, it's good." Someone had sharp eyes, saw the fat inside, and immediately squatted down to look carefully.

"Everyone come and see, mutton offal with fat, six yuan a set, it's very cheap... first come, first served!"

Soon, someone took a set of offal, paid, and left.

There were only five sets of offal on the stall, and those who saw it knew that if they didn't buy it, it would be bought by others.

Li Long thoughtfully put thin iron wires on the offal and made handles, which was convenient for carrying, so that those who bought it didn't need to find something to hold it.

Soon, the five plates of offal were sold out, some others left in disappointment, and some began to look at the fish.

After more than half an hour, the fish were almost sold out. Li Long went to the horse-drawn cart again, dragged the remaining three plates of offal and fish over, and then shouted again.

Before two o'clock in the afternoon, the fish and offal were sold out. Li Long had more than one hundred yuan in his account. He and Tao Daqiang sat on the horse-drawn cart and went back. "Daqiang, we won't sell fish next, we'll talk about it after the New Year." Li Long said on the horse-drawn cart, "We have also worked hard for half a month, let's have a good rest for the remaining few days and have a good sleep."

To tell the truth, since he started hauling wood into the mountains, Li Long basically hadn't had a good sleep.

Even if he was young, he couldn't stand such exhaustion. If it weren't for the fact that there was meat and fish at home now, and good food to supplement it every day, I'm afraid he wouldn't have been able to stand it.

"Hmm." Tao Daqiang nodded, still feeling a bit empty.

Since Li Long called him to partner up, he had something to do every day, and didn't need to stay at home and be in a daze, which made him feel that life was quite meaningful.

But now that there was suddenly nothing to do, Tao Daqiang didn't know what to do in the next few days.

Li Long could understand Tao Daqiang's thoughts, but didn't say anything to him. Life's path needs to be walked by oneself, and Tao Daqiang also needs to use his brain well.

When the two of them arrived at Ma County, Li Long went to the Supply and Marketing Cooperative to buy a few locks, then went to his newly bought large house, locked some doors, and changed some locks.

This place will be very useful in the future, so it's more convenient to use his own locks.

Driving the horse-drawn cart to the horse stable to hand it over to Old Luo, Li Long and Tao Daqiang separated.

When he was about to reach the Li family, Li Long saw someone carrying mutton offal and walking out.

!.

It was the team's accountant Chen Qiang. He saw Li Long and said with a smile:

"Little Long, are you back from selling fish?"

"Yes, Brother Chen Qiang, are you going back?"

"Isn't it, I got the offal, I have to go back and wash it, I'm ready to render oil today. It's still my hand that's fast, I got this last plate, if it were later, it would be gone—Little Long, is there any more mutton offal later?"

"No." Li Long said, "There won't be any for a period of time later."

"Then I'm really lucky." Chen Qiang carried the offal and went back lightly.

In the courtyard, Li Jianguo was washing his hands. He also didn't expect that the dozen or so plates of offal left at home would be sold out so quickly.

In less than a day, he got more than one hundred yuan—this money was earned really fast!

Seeing Li Long come back, Li Jianguo felt that the money in his hand was a bit hot, and hurriedly handed it to Li Long:

"Little Long, here, you take this money."

"I'll take sixty, you keep the rest, Big Brother." Li Long said, "There are many places to use money at home later."

Li Jianguo didn't want to take this money no matter what. Li Long felt that he should keep it for his older brother. As a result, Liang Yumei finally came forward, Li Long took eighty, and Li Jianguo kept the rest.

Even so, Li Jianguo felt that he had taken advantage of his younger brother.

Li Long didn't think that much—in the past few years, he only ate and didn't spit, now it's time to pay back.

Staying at home for two days, on the twenty-second day of the twelfth lunar month, the day before the Little New Year, Li Long brought enough bullets and drove the horse-drawn cart into the mountains again.

He was preparing to go hunt Mongolian gazelles.

This was the last time he planned to go into the mountains before the New Year. No matter whether he hunted Mongolian gazelles or not, he wouldn't come again until the New Year.

He had to rest comfortably for a few days and recharge his batteries.

(End of chapter)