Chapter 130 Li Xiangqian's Request for Help Although it is late March, the fields are already green and the ice has melted, but the water in the lake still feels cold. This is different from winter, when it is cold outside and the water is cold, but it feels warmer than outside. At this time, the temperature outside had risen. Li Long had taken off his cotton coat and put on a fleece coat. With the sun shining, he didn't feel cold at all. But it was different when he got into the water. The water was still about four or five degrees above zero, and it felt bone-chillingly cold. "Brother Long, where do we get online?" Tao Daqiang had never gotten online before and had no idea what technology was involved. "Let me feel how deep it is. We didn't bring tires or wear waders, so we can only take off our pants and go into the water to cast the net." Li Long said, "Now we can only cast the net not far from the shore. I remember there seemed to be a trough over there, which was pushed out by a bulldozer during the dry season. There is a shallow beach next to the trough, about one meter deep." Li Long only had a vague impression now. He pointed to the location and said: "Let's go along that place and explore inside. If there is a shallow beach, we will follow it and lower the net into the trough on the beach. The water flow there is different, so there must be fish underneath." The two men found a good position, took off their pants, and went into the water wearing only shoes and shorts. Li Long shuddered as soon as he got into the water. The water was extremely cold! He had been prepared for the fact that he had to suffer in order to make money. But Li Long was stimulated by the ice water and decided in his heart that he would go find a big tire immediately after selling the fish, otherwise his body would not be able to bear it! Tao Daqiang had long legs, so he reached Li Long in two steps and waded across the water. Li Long hurriedly reminded him: "Slow down, don't get into the trough, or it will be hard to get out if you get stuck!" At that time, the water in Xiaohaizi was as deep as three meters, unlike in later times, when Li Long had high blood pressure, the deepest was only one and a half meters. At that time, people who cast nets did not dare to choose nets with long seedlings. Usually ninety centimeters or one and a half meters would be enough. Nets for seedlings of one and a half meters had to be dragged on the ground.

"Okay." Tao Daqiang responded and slowed down a bit. Li Long knew that he wanted to do more work, so he didn't say anything more. The two walked forward for more than 30 meters, and indeed the water was only up to the waist at its deepest. But it was obvious that the water was very deep on both sides, and the shallows were only as wide as the two sides. Li Long stopped halfway, broke off a three-meter-long reed and probed the edge. He found that the edge was at least two meters deep, so he said to Tao Daqiang: "Da Qiang, you hold the bag while I get the net." Tao Daqiang hurried back and took the bag from Li Long. Li Long untied the four-finger net, tied the cloth strip to the reeds beside, and then pressed it into the water. It could not be seen on the surface, and then he lowered the net along the trough. Tao Daqiang memorized and studied carefully, and found that it was actually quite simple. After Li Long put down this net, he asked Tao Daqiang to take out another one. After untying the two nets, he tied them together and continued forward. He put down all the four nets he brought and had already reached the center of the small lake. "Let's go back soon." Li Long was already shivering from the cold. After picking the fish and selling them tomorrow, he must get a tire! He made a decision again. The two men returned to the shore, simply wiped themselves, put on their pants quickly, and walked quickly home. After returning home, Li Long changed his shoes and quickly boiled some water to soak his feet. Although he was young and resistant to cold, he still needed to take care of the cold. In my previous life, I lived to be over sixty years old. In the next ten years or so, I paid more attention to health preservation. Of course, because of the bad health I had developed before, I was not able to cure it well. We have to deal with bad weather in this life, so we have to be careful. When the sun was about to set, Mingwa from Xu Chengjun's family ran to Li's house, where Li Long was cooking soup. They had a simple meal at noon, and usually steamed buns, leftovers, and soup at night. "Uncle Qiangqiang," Mingwa said breathlessly, "The county supply and marketing cooperative called to look for you. My dad said it was the same guy who asked you to help hunt yellow sheep last time." Li Xiangqian? Why was he looking for me? Li Long said to Ming Wa: "You go back first, I'll be there soon." After Mingwa left, Li Long put out the fire in the stove, cleaned the stove mouth, used the remaining red ash inside to heat the soup in the pot, then moved the firewood beside the stove aside, locked the door and walked towards Xu Chengjun's house. "That Section Chief Li said he would call you later." Ma Hongmei was sorting rapeseed in the yard. When she saw Li Long coming over, she said, "He said he has something important to ask you for help."

Li Long was a little puzzled. What could have happened? Five minutes later, the phone rang again, and this time it was Li Long who answered it. "Hello!" Although the voice on the other end was slightly distorted, Li Long could still recognize it as Li Xiangqian's voice. "Hello, Chief Li, I'm Li Long." "Li Long, I'm sorry to trouble you again." "Section Chief Li, please tell me what you want to say." "Can you get a goat head with horns? Director Qian needs one, and it's urgent. If you know where to get one, we can cut it right away." "Are you talking about the kind in the mountains with long horns?" Li Longxin said, is it such a coincidence? "Yes. The sheep horns are made in sections. Director Qian said that we need at least fifteen sections, otherwise it won't look impressive. You tell me, as long as we can get them, you can put forward any conditions you want." "Section Chief Li, I have one at home. I found it some time ago. I don't know if it will work." "You have? Is that true?" "Really." Li Long said with a smile. "How many sessions?" Li Xiangqian's breathing became rapid. This time Director Qian needed it urgently, so he made a lot of phone calls, but there was no effect at the moment. Even if he agreed, it would take a week, so he thought of Li Long. "There are eighteen sections?" Li Long thought for a moment and said, "Or nineteen sections? I forgot." "Is the skull intact?" Li Xiangqian's voice trembled. He couldn't believe that this was such a coincidence and that he was so lucky. "It's relatively complete, and basically nothing is missing—it seems like that." "That……" "I'll go to the county tomorrow and bring it to you then?" Li Long understood what Li Xiangqian meant. "Good, good, that's great!" Li Xiangqian felt that his mood was up and down like a roller coaster. If Li Long wasn't in the village now, he would have wanted to go directly to Li Long's house and take a look at the sheep skull first! After hanging up the phone, Li Xiangqian remembered that Li Long didn't seem to say what compensation he wanted. This guy won’t ask for too much, right? Think about what happened last time, it’s possible! But even if he opened his mouth wide, he would admit it! The next day, at dawn, Li Long and Tao Daqiang went to Xiaohaizi together. Even Li Long was a little nervous about this trip - it was the first time in his life that he cast a net to catch fish, and he didn't know what the result would be. (End of this chapter)