Chapter 41 There are good things on the mountain
The two of them relaxed when the carriage returned to Ma County. Although the county town was still unfamiliar to them, at least it was their hometown, which was different from a strange city.
"Let's go to the supply and marketing cooperative," Li Long said, "first, let's see if there are any landing nets, and second, I want to buy some thin wire."
"Brother Long, why are you buying thin wire?" Tao Daqiang asked curiously.
"I see a lot of rabbit tracks in the wild, so I'm going to get some rabbit traps to see if I can trap a rabbit."
At least there is more rabbit meat than quack chicken. In the previous life before rebirth, the environment around here was well managed, there were wetlands, and there were more wild animals. In winter, some people set rabbit traps and could catch more than a dozen rabbits a day.
Even if it’s three dollars a piece, you can still make a lot of money!
Li Long believes that the black market will become more and more prosperous, more and more people will sell things, people's minds will become more active, and there will be more and more wealthy people.
In short, life will get better and better, so take this opportunity to make more money.
"Brother Long, you also know how to set a rabbit trap?" Tao Daqiang asked in surprise, "Is that easy to do?"
"I'll just tinker with it." Li Long smiled, "I'll just use a thin wire to make a noose and put it where the rabbit ran."
Even so, Tao Daqiang's eyes were filled with admiration when he said this, without any of the ruthlessness that he had used to beat people up earlier.
The thin iron wire was weighed by kilogram, and one kilogram cost one dollar. Li Long weighed three kilograms, rolled it up and put it on the carriage.
"Brother Long, I want to buy some buns for my dad." When passing by the big meat canteen, Tao Daqiang suddenly said, "My dad has never eaten meat buns like this..."
"Okay, I'll buy some to take back too." Li Long patted his head, only cared about eating by himself and didn't think of bringing some back for his family. Juan and Qiangqiang had never eaten the buns here before.
Li Long bought eleven and Tao Daqiang bought six. The two paid, packed the buns in a satchel, and drove the carriage back.
By the time they arrived at the team, it was completely dark. Li Long asked Tao Daqiang to go back first while he returned the horse to the stable. He gave Lao Luo a meat bun, who took it with a smile, his face covered with wrinkles like chrysanthemums.
Among those who borrowed the carriage in the team, no one was as capable as Li's waiter.
Li Long carried a urea bag and a backpack and walked back briskly, humming a song as he walked: "The river flows eastward, the stars in the sky are like the Big Dipper..."
As he was humming, a figure suddenly appeared in front of him. Li Long stopped and asked vigilantly:
"Who?"
"I."
Wu Shufen? What is she doing here?
Li Long didn't say anything. Anyway, the two of them had nothing to do with each other. I seemed to hear my sister-in-law say the night before that Wu Shufen's mother introduced her to a worker from the production team next door, but I don't know if it worked out.
At that time, sister-in-law Liang Yuemei was a little cautious when talking about this, for fear of affecting Li Long's mood.
In his previous life, Li Long was really infatuated with Wu Shufen, and he kept thinking about her for several years. Wu Shufen also had many hardships in her love life. She dated many people, but the ones she liked didn't like her, and because she was beautiful, the ones she didn't like also pestered her, so she didn't get married for several years.
Thinking about it in his heart, Li Long didn't want to have anything to do with her. That was a thing of the previous life. After being reborn, why should he be a bootlicker?
idle.
Wu Shufen was a little surprised to see Li Long actually circumventing her. In the past two days, she had heard a lot about Li's second son, such as picking up a few sheep from the mountains, catching fish from the reservoir and selling them for a lot of money, and becoming more energetic.
Wu Shufen didn't really regret it, but she couldn't figure out whether Li Long had come to his senses or was hurt by her breakup?
I happened to meet him when I came back from visiting someone today, and I wanted to see what changes had taken place in my ex-partner.
But she didn't expect that Li Long would go around her!
This dealt a serious blow to Wu Shufen's self-esteem - he didn't even want to look at me, and was unwilling to talk to me?
Li Long didn't think too much. He was tired after a day's work. He just wanted to go back and change his clothes and have a good rest against the fire wall. As for chatting with Wu Shufen, it was winter and the temperature was minus 27 or 28 degrees Celsius. He was not in the mood for that!
Wu Shufen opened her mouth to shout, but she didn't. Her pride wouldn't allow her to do so. Li Long was glad that she didn't speak. It was dark and quiet. If she had shouted, he would be in trouble.
When he got home, Li Long opened the door and saw a pot of mutton soup on the stove.
I felt warm in my heart. It was already past dinner time, so I kept this for myself.
"You're back?" Li Jianguo came out from the inner room and saw Li Long and said, "If you don't come back, I'll go find you on the road."
"My dad has gone out to check on her three times." Li Juan interjected from the kang.
"You haven't eaten yet? Hurry up and change your clothes. Come over here. The steamed buns and mutton soup are both hot." My sister-in-law poked her head out of the kitchen. "Are you exhausted?"
"No, I'm not tired at all." Li Long felt really warm in his heart. He took off his shoulder bag and handed it to Liang Yuemei:
"Sister-in-law, I bought a few big meat buns and will steam them for breakfast tomorrow."
"We'll have meat buns to eat tomorrow!" Li Qiang heard it and shouted happily.
"Why waste that money?" Liang Yuemei took the bun and said habitually.
"Juan and Qiangqiang haven't eaten it yet, let them have a taste." Li Long smiled. His sister-in-law didn't really blame him, she was just a housewife who was used to being frugal.
He took out another ten yuan and handed it to Li Jianguo:
"Brother, this is your share of the money from selling fish. I won't give you mine."
"What are you doing? Take it yourself." Li Jianguo pushed the money back, "Put it away."
"Brother, as the old saying goes, brothers should settle accounts clearly." Li Long said with a smile, "This is what you deserve. I'll keep the extra for myself."
After hearing what Li Long said, Li Jianguo hesitated for a moment, looked at his wife, and took the money.
Li Long went to the east room, changed his clothes, and then returned to the west room to eat.
"I went to get some fish today. But not much this time. It seems that there are not many fish under the ice hole." Li Jianguo said while rolling a cigarette on the kang, "Are you going to sell fish tomorrow?"
"No." Li Long ate white flour buns soaked in mutton soup and said, "Daqiang's father asked Daqiang to catch fish and sell fish with his brother."
"What?" Liang Yuemei raised her head and glanced at her uncle.
"Not partnering anymore?" Li Jianguo was not surprised at all. "Tao Jianshe is just narrow-minded. But it doesn't matter. If Daqiang doesn't come, we two can do it."
"Take a break tomorrow. I'm going to the mountains." Li Long waved his hand and said, "Let's pull some wood back and see if we can get another sheep. The main reason is that the county is so small and there are not many people who can afford to buy fish. We had to run all the way to Shicheng to sell all the fish today."
"You went to Shicheng?" Li Jianguo said in surprise, "Then you ran very far!"
"We can't help it. There are still few people in the county who can afford to eat fish, and we don't dare to go around the alleys and hawk fish."
"That's fine." Li Jianguo nodded, "It's good to be quiet for two days."
The matter was settled like that.
The next morning, after eating buns, Li Long got up, loaded the dozen or so bullets he had hidden, went to the stable to harness the carriage, and headed into the mountains.
There is a big surprise waiting for him.
(End of this chapter)
