Chapter 36 Try a Different Place Li Long entered the house and saw his sister-in-law Liang Yuemei sorting out the things she had brought back, so he asked: "Sister-in-law, where is my brother?" "Your brother said you might have to sell fish tomorrow, so he wanted to go to the lake and catch some now. By the way, have you sold all the fish?" "I've sold them all." Li Long didn't even change his clothes. He walked out and said, "Then I'll go to Xiaohaizi to take a look." "No, no, you should take a rest first. You've been tired all day. There's no need to rush." Liang Yuemei hurriedly stopped him, "Drink some mutton soup to warm yourself up, and then eat something. You didn't have lunch, right? Where's Daqiang?" "Daqiang has taken his things home and will come over later." "Then you can wait for Daqiang, there's no need to rush. You've run more than 20 kilometers back and forth, and you've been freezing outside for such a long time, why are you in such a hurry?" Li Long thought about it and realized that it was true that he made money, but it was also really tiring. He earned a month's salary as a regular worker, but it was much harder than working as a regular worker. But in this era, we are not afraid of hard work, we are only afraid of not making money and that our hard work is in vain. Next year, when the land is distributed, we will see the enthusiasm of each household. However, Li Long did not plan to farm. His two acres of land would naturally be farmed by his brother, and Li Long planned to wander around in the mountains. Making money was the most important thing. There won’t be such a good opportunity in the future.
Leaning against the fire wall, watching Li Juan and Li Qiang playing with thigh stones on the kang, Li Long smiled, feeling really comfortable. Liang Yuemei brought him the mutton soup and said: "Why did you buy so many things? Save the money from the sales. You will need to marry a wife in the future." "There's more to come." Li Long took the mutton soup and said with a smile, "It doesn't matter. We have to have a good New Year, right?" "That's right. With these things, our family will definitely have a good New Year." After drinking the mutton soup, Li Long felt recovered. Seeing that it would be dark in two or three hours, he put on his cotton coat, hat, and rubber shoes, said goodbye to Liang Yuemei, and went out. As I walked out of the courtyard, I saw Tao Daqiang rushing over. "Daqiang, did you have a good rest?" Li Long asked with concern. "I've had a good rest." Tao Daqiang smiled innocently, "I've eaten too." "Then let's go, my brother has already gone over there and is fishing now." The two men strode towards the small lake. After several trips back and forth, the road had been paved, so it only took twenty minutes to reach the ice hole in Xiaohaizi. From a distance, Li Jianguo could be seen stuck in the middle of an ice hole, trying hard to drag the scoop net out. A huge silver carp nearly one meter long had half of its body outside the net and was struggling. "So big?" Li Long immediately ran to Li Jianguo and helped to fish the fish out. "Brother, this fish is really big! It must weigh ten kilograms, right?" "Almost." Li Jianguo said with some pride, "I just scooped it up and felt how heavy the net was. I had to use a lot of strength, so I thought I had to hurry up. This is winter, if it was summer, the net would have been blown apart by the tail of the fish." Li Long nodded, picked up the fish by grabbing its gills on both sides. It was a bighead carp, also known as silver carp, weighing about ten kilograms and a little over one meter long. After Li Long picked it up, its tail was still swinging vigorously. "I won't sell this fish. I'll keep it for home." Li Long said with a smile. "It's not tasty, so it's better to sell it." Li Jianguo climbed out of the ice hole. "It looks good, but it's not tasty. It's better not to keep it. How are your fish selling?"
"They're all sold. The big ones were sold at a higher price, the small ones at a lower price. In the end, they were all sold in a pile to the rich family in the northeast of the city." "Yes, that family is rich." Li Jianguo obviously knew that family. Li Long put the silver carp down and turned his head to look again. He found that Li Jianguo had already caught more than ten big fish and a lot of small fish. "Brother, there are a lot of fish today!" "We dug a ventilation hole yesterday, and today the fish from other water surfaces should be coming over. Although there are reeds for ventilation, it is still not as good as this ice hole," said Li Jianguo. Tao Daqiang had already taken the scoop net and started fishing from another ice hole. There are fish in every net, although not many, but as long as they are not empty, everyone is interested in fishing. After five or six scoops, there were no more fish in the water. Li Long took the scoop net and went back to the ice hole. There were fewer fish here, and Li Long caught only small crucian carp and ditch fish in his first few nets. He thought that was enough. At this time, Tao Daqiang suddenly whispered: "somebody is coming." Li Long looked over there and saw three people walking onto the ice. They were all people from the production team, including Wang Hongjun, who was about the same age as Li Jianguo, his younger brother Wang Hongbing, and his brother-in-law He Wei. They also had a scoop net in their hands. Wang Hongjun's hometown was near the Huai River, and he was a fisherman. He also found the thread to weave the net himself. Li Long remembered that they seemed to have a shuttle for weaving nets at home. "Hey, Jianguo, you caught a lot of fish." Wang Hongjun greeted with a smile, "This one... must be about ten kilograms, right?" He saw the silver carp. "Good luck." Li Jianguo smiled, "Are you here to fish too?" "Yeah, I have nothing to do in the winter, so I caught some fish to prepare for the New Year." Seeing that they only brought a pickaxe, Li Long knew that this family was probably planning to take advantage of his two ice holes, but he didn't expect that there were people here. "Then Jianguo, can you lend me your chisel?" "Okay, take it." Li Jianguo said. The three members of the Wang family took steel chisels and went to another place of the small lake, more than a hundred meters away from here. They began to clear the snow on the ice surface and then break the ice. Li Long fished out two more nets and went onto the ice. There are obviously fewer fish than yesterday. Tao Daqiang took it and continued to fish it out from the other ice hole. "Are you going to sell fish early tomorrow morning?" Li Jianguo asked. "Well, I have nothing to do anyway." "I guess by tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, no one will be able to borrow the team's horse-drawn carriage." Li Jianguo said, "If that doesn't work, we can just drive the carriage to sell fish." "Forget about the carriage. If something happens, we won't be able to escape in time." Li Long shook his head. "We still need a sled to sell fish - huh? A carriage is fine, but if we want to use a carriage, we have to go to Shicheng." Shicheng is less than 20 kilometers away from Ma County, but the population of the city is several times larger. The consumption level there is better than here. The three of them worked until it was almost dark, caught almost two bags of more than 70 kilograms of fish, and then went home.
Li Long looked at the Wang family and found that they were still making trouble there. Li Long guessed that they were probably going to use the ice hole here after he left. Of course it doesn't matter. He plans to borrow a carriage when he returns, and then go to Shicheng to sell fish tomorrow! Thanks to the monthly ticket of book friend 20170710184530659, thank you for your support! After midnight, the recommendation will be released during the day, I hope to receive a text message! (End of this chapter)