Chapter 996: The team repairing the road is huge, and the good things on the side of the road are

At this reunion dinner of the Li family, the children's table was the first to clear the table, followed by the women's table.

And the only ones who drank too much were two, Chen Xingbang and Li Anguo.

When they were playing through the pass, they lost every time, and when they were playing through the pass themselves, they basically lost too. They drank the most. In the end, Chen Xingbang actually started crying, crying that he had lived a good life after coming here, and he must go back to his hometown when he had time, let the people in his hometown know that he had achieved success and wasn't the original appearance.

Did this count as not returning to his hometown after getting rich, like wearing brocade clothes at night?

Li Long didn't laugh at his brother-in-law and second elder brother, just felt that maybe they were also suppressed in their work positions, and also had depression that couldn't be released. After drinking a meal at home, the pressure was released, and it was fine.

This was very normal.

In later generations, there were many channels for release. At this time, it was probably a meal of liquor.

And at this time, men's sense of responsibility was still very strong. No matter how much pressure there was, they just carried it themselves for the sake of face, and couldn't tell their wives, so there was only liquor.

Fortunately, there were many houses. At this time, it wasn't very cold, so it was easy to settle people down.

Chen Xingbang drank too much. Li Xia didn't feel anything, just complained twice and went to take care of him, while Chen Li Rong was a bit embarrassed and shy.

Gu Xiaoxia went over to say two words to broaden her heart, and then arranged a place to stay.

This meal was drunk from noon to afternoon. Li Long didn't get drunk but drank quite a bit. After sending Gu Bo Yuan back to his own courtyard, he didn't drive anymore and rested directly in his own home.

The children were still playing in the courtyard, running here and there for a while, each providing the games they liked to play, playing all over the courtyard, and even attracting the neighbor's children to join in. Later, thinking the courtyard area was small, they simply went to the big road outside.

At this time, there were almost no cars on the road, it was spacious, so it was exceptionally refreshing to play. Plus, it was early October, the weather had cooled down, and there were no mosquitoes. They played until it was dark, the faint crescent moon couldn't reveal its light in the sky, and when people could only see black shadows opposite, they dispersed reluctantly—Mingming and Haohao weren't included in this; they were sleepy early and were taken to sleep by Gu Xiaoxia.

The next day, Chen Xingbang and Li Anguo's families both wanted to leave. Li Jianguo hauled both families away with one tractor. The three girls still wanted to sit in the jeep, but it couldn't fit, and their parents were also managing them, so they just complained a few times.

They came fast and left fast. The most disappointed were Li Qing Xia and Du Chunfang. However, the two old people also understood that it was already very good to be able to reunite like this a few times every year. At least now every child was living well, much stronger than in the hometown in the interior.

That was enough. And the eldest son was by their side, and the grandchildren were also promising. Li Long was also close, and would come back from time to time. What else could they ask for?

The old people had already gotten used to self-enlightenment and soon had no emotions, focusing on watching Mingming and Haohao playing in the courtyard.

Li Long had to send Gu Xiaoxia to work in the county early, and then return to pick up Gu Bo Yuan and Mingming and Haohao. The acquisition station was still closed today. After Li Long returned to the team, he waited until after lunch, and after his elder brother Li Jianguo drove the tractor to plow the land, he drove the jeep to take Mingming and Haohao and Gu Bo Yuan back to the county.

In the morning, Li Qing Xia also took Mingming and Haohao to the small Haizi to cast nets for fish. The two little guys were happy. Li Jianguo was worried about the safety of the little guys and followed them, not casting nets the whole time, just watching the two children not to let them fall into the water. After all, the family had a lesson.

After returning to the county, Gu Bo Yuan went to the acquisition station, saying he wouldn't eat dinner and would just get something himself.

Anyway, there were many things in the acquisition station, so Li Long didn't say anything. Today Mingming and Haohao went to sleep early and didn't eat much at night.

Although they played in the courtyard usually, and played quite crazily, to be honest, it was worse than the activities of playing in the Fourth Team for this day and a half. According to Sister Yang, they were tired.

It was also quite good. Getting down to earth well, getting along well with elder brothers and sisters, was also deepening the relationship.

After National Day, Li Long started preparing to enter the mountains. The gun was wiped well, the bullets were prepared enough, and the dynamite and fuse left over last time were used a bit. Li Long went to the supply and marketing cooperative to get some, and by the way, told Li Xiangqian.

"You do it, people from the cooperative won't participate for the time being." Li Xiangqian was a bit regretful. Actually, he still wanted to bring people to do it, but there was no way. Now it was almost the end of the year, and the acquisition plans for all aspects were in progress. There was really not enough manpower, and he couldn't organize it.

"It's okay, anyway, I'm also a person from the supply and marketing cooperative," Li Long said with a smile, "I'll represent it."

"Fine, you represent well. If there is anything missing, just say it. People aren't easy to provide, but materials are no problem." Li Xiangqian also responded with a smile. Having such a subordinate who could understand the superior's intention, who wouldn't be happy?

On October 4th, Li Long ate after getting up early, bought naan, went to the department store to buy a jar of red bean curd, and then went into the mountains.

Passing by Qingshuihezi, he saw that the inside and outside of the village were quiet, and there was no sound of tractors in the fields. Thinking that Meng Hai should have taken people into the mountains to work.

Driving into the mountains all the way, when he reached the road that had been repaired, he heard the roar of the tractor engine in front.

The jeep moved forward on the repaired road. Although there was some bumping, it was truly passable, and the road was pressed quite well.

After passing these ten kilometers of repaired road, he walked more than a kilometer forward and saw the crowd chopping trees, picking stones, and digging sand.

Meng Hai didn't drive the tractor this time; he was responsible for commanding.

The water in the river along the way was very shallow. Li Long originally worried that Meng Hai would repair the road into the river beach when repairing the road, and then it would be flooded when the water was deep next year. Now seeing the roadbed was still very high, at least one meter higher than the river beach, he felt relieved.

The arrival of the jeep made many people turn their heads to watch, and then Meng Hai roared a few times, everyone continued to work, and he walked toward the jeep.

Li Long parked the car fifty meters away from the road repair point. He was mainly worried that when the tractor dragged wood backward, it would come to this side, so the jeep had to leave a margin.

"Comrade Li Long, you came over. We started repairing the day before yesterday." Meng Hai said the situation, "Organized more than seventy people, and in these two days, repaired more than 1,800 meters."

"Efficiency is not bad." Li Long praised, "Looking at this road, it's also repaired quite well."

"There was a roadbed originally. Although it was a horse path, as long as there is a roadbed, I just widen it. There aren't many big trees in these places. Chop them down and drag them to one side, then dig along the road toward the mountains. It's not digging, the tractor goes up and plows a path, the bulldozer shovels it once, the roadbed basically takes shape, the small four-wheel hauls sand and stone up to pave it, the tractor presses it a few times, and it's about the same."

Meng Hai was already very familiar with this set of processes now, and talked eloquently when speaking:

"Even if there are some places the plow can't move, don't we have the explosives you brought? Just blast those rocks into pieces. Don't worry, the ones we send up to set the explosives are all trained core militiamen or veterans who have returned from service. Even if there's a dud, they use hand grenades to clear it out; it won't hurt anyone."

Since he said so, Li Long had nothing to say, and asked about other things:

"Then the matter of eating?"

"You don't need to worry about eating. When they came, they all brought dry food. Before the meal, burn a few pots of boiling water, pour tea, and everyone drinks it. We are here to earn money, not to enjoy."

After saying this, Li Long was also relieved. Actually, he had also thought about it. It was indeed the case. How much hunting wasn't something he could decide. If he only hunted one prey, then seventy-plus people, at most they would share a bowl of meat soup.

Simply don't hunt. He took out the jar of red bean curd from the jeep and said: "Eating dry food isn't easy to swallow. Eat this thing, it's better than swallowing dry."

"Good." A jar of red bean curd was one hundred yuan, enough for these people to eat. This thing was quite salty, and had flavor, just right to eat with dry food.

Li Long and Meng Hai chatted for a few more words. Meng Hai saw there was a situation in front, so he hurried to deal with it. Li Long carried his backpack and gun and walked forward. He still wanted to see the situation in front.

There were no safety officers sent in front this time, because it wasn't necessary. The snow on the mountains inside had increased, and those above 4,000 meters were all snow-capped mountains. Later, it would only get colder and colder, and there was no possibility of snowmelt floods anymore.

Passing by the place where Li Long discovered that huge jade before, the river water there had retreated to two-thirds of the original, and the camouflage on the jade was completely exposed outside, three to five meters away from the water line.

Li Long continued forward just to see if there were similar resources. In later generations, one could see news of people discovering big guys from time to time. He thought there must be more than one piece he discovered in these mountains.

And because there was less water, it was easier to find.

Of course, if he could hunt prey, Li Long naturally wouldn't let it go. At worst, boil a pot of meat soup, and everyone could drink a bowl.

Most of the people who came to work this time, Li Long didn't have much impression. Maybe he had seen them when he first collected big brooms, but so much time had passed, Li Long really couldn't remember. These people looked at him, and he nodded politely, then passed through the crowd and went south.

Looking forward along the water, Li Long's eye was still not bad. He only walked out less than a kilometer and discovered a jasper weighing thirty or forty kilograms in the river, but the quality was average, with many black spots, half in the water and half exposed outside.

For ordinary people to see, this was a cyan stone, with more stone skin, and it couldn't be seen that it had the characteristics of jade at all. Li Long could see it, but it was only because he had been in contact with jade a lot, plus he had participated in several jasper festivals in his previous life, and knew which stones and which patterns and skin colors were the characteristics of jade.

The most valuable part of this jade was because it was a seed material and he saw no cracks from the outside. Put it in later generations, it could be worth more than a hundred thousand yuan. After all, at that time, a jasper bracelet was only a few hundred yuan, and jade material was a bit better for a thousand, but if there were black spots, the price wouldn't go up. ===== CHAPTER 997 =====

The most valuable part of this jade is that it is a seed material and shows no cracks from the outside. If placed in later generations, it would be worth nearly a hundred thousand yuan. After all, at that time, a Mahe River jasper bracelet was only a few hundred yuan, or over a thousand if the jade material was better, but if it had black spots, the price wouldn't go up.