Chapter 133 This horn, this head - what a good appearance, how could it be such a coincidence? Li Long ignored the malicious old man, packed up his stall happily, clipped the things on the clip on the back seat of his bicycle, and pushed the bicycle around the morning market. The eggs looked good, so Li Long asked the price. "It's almost time to close the stall. It was originally 8 cents each. If you really want one, how about 7 cents?" "Can you bring out the baby?" Li Long asked casually. "Yes, they are all laid by our own chickens. We have both roosters and hens at home. I can't guarantee that I can get all of them out, but most of them should be there. If you don't believe me, take a look?" Li Long picked up an egg ball in his palm, squinted at the sun, and could see black spots inside. "Okay, I'll take whatever's left." There were twenty-six eggs left in the basket. Li Long paid one dollar and eighty-two cents and bought all the eggs. With nothing to put the eggs in, he simply spent fifty cents to buy the half-new wicker basket used to sell eggs, and hung both the basket and the eggs on the handlebars of his bicycle. There was still some grain at home, but he didn't buy any. When he saw a chicken seller, he bargained with the seller and bought two roosters and two hens for ten yuan. He put the hens into urea bags and went back to the compound.
After putting his things away, he went to the big meat canteen and had breakfast. He found that the breakfast in the big meat canteen was much richer. He ordered a bowl of porridge, two steamed buns, and a plate of fried shredded potatoes, and ate them with big mouthfuls. Zhong Guoqiang, the manager of the Big Meat Canteen, came over, sat opposite and said with a smile: "Comrade Xiao Li, I haven't seen you for a few days." "Well, I've been busy dividing the land in the village recently, so I haven't been out." "Are you selling fish or meat today?" "Caught some fish and came to see how the market was going." "Live fish? Any big carp?" "Not too big, just over two kilograms." Li Long said, "The water is too cold now, so it's hard to catch it." "Two kilograms will be enough. If it's bigger, it will be hard to fit on my plate. Can you give me two tomorrow?" "Okay." Li Long agreed readily. After dinner, Li Long returned to the yard and took out the ibex skull. After counting carefully, there were 19 sections, and the skull was relatively intact. Li Long originally wanted to put it in a sack and put it on the back seat of the bicycle, but then he thought it would be safer to walk over. He was a little confused. Didn't they say that the horns of sheep grow two sections a year? How could there be 19 sections? He came to the supply and marketing cooperative holding the sheep's head. The gatekeeper, Mr. Li, was not there, and a young man had replaced him. When Li Long said he was looking for the purchasing manager, Li Xiangqian, his eyes looked a little strange. Li Long had lived two lives as a human being, so he immediately realized that the young man probably felt that he had come to offer sacrifice to Li Xiangqian with a sheep's head in his arms. Li Long didn't explain much and asked the young man to call Li Xiangqian. The young man didn't make things difficult for Li Long. He asked Li Long to wait and then called the purchasing department. Then something happened that stunned him: Section Chief Li, who usually only talked and laughed with the director and deputy director of the supply and marketing cooperative and was serious with most people, ran towards the gate at a speed that was almost impossible with his fat body. After seeing Li Long, Li Xiangqian smiled and greeted him from a distance: "Xiao Li, why don't you come in? Let me take a look - your sheep's head is so beautiful! Hahaha, I said, only you can do this - come on, come on, let's talk inside!" In the young man's surprised eyes, Li Xiangqian and Li Long walked to the yard, talking and laughing. In the office, Li Xiangqian held the mountain goat head and counted the joints one by one. After confirming that both horns had 19 joints and none of them fell off, and the skull was basically intact, Li Xiangqian breathed a sigh of relief: "Xiao Li, to be honest, you have helped me a lot. If it weren't for you, I really don't know where to find such a good ibex skull in such a short time - this is an ibex, right?" "Yes, it's the Siberian goat." Li Long nodded and added in his mind that in another ten years or so, this would be a second-level critically protected animal.
"Xiaolong, you know what, hanging this sheep's head on the wall really has a bit of artistic flavor - these leaders really know how to have fun." Li Xiangqian said with emotion. Li Long smiled and said nothing. "Xiao Li, how can I thank you?" Li Xiangqian suddenly said, "You have helped me so much, if you need anything, just ask!" "Can you help me find a big tire?" Li Long thought for a moment and said, "I want to go into the water and cast a net to catch fish. It's hard to cast a net in deep water, and it's hard to row a boat here. I can use a tire that I can inflate to make a rubber boat, so I can cast the net." "That's nothing, it's easy! We have the truck tires that were replaced at the supply and marketing cooperative. We can't give you new ones, but the old ones that don't leak, you can pick any one you want!" "That's fine." Li Long smiled. "No, no, you helped me so much, how can a tire count?" Li Xiangqian now felt that Li Long was really his lucky star, and he said directly: "Think about it again, think about it again!" "Then..." Li Long thought about it and suddenly remembered that Halimu said that the mountains would also be divided into pastures. It would be less convenient to go into the mountains in the future. He was a little worried and asked: "Captain Li, can you find someone you know for me? I want to be a non-staff forest ranger in any valley in Nanshan. You know I like hunting in the mountains, but I'm afraid it will be difficult to go into the mountains without an identity." "Well... I'll ask around for you." Li Xiangqian thought about it for a moment and thought this was a good thing. He said, "It just so happens that I also heard that Nanshan is going to set up a forestry team. If that's true, then getting a forest ranger wouldn't be a big deal!" He patted his dragon on the shoulder and said: "Wait for my news. Whether it can be done or not, I will call you." "Okay. Chief Li, don't be too embarrassed. That's all I'm saying." Li Long said, "I know it's not easy for you to do this across industries..." "No, no, no, Xiao Li, you are open about your work, so I won't hide anything either. If this is done, it will also be good for me. If you can go into the mountains and get good stuff, then if I need it, won't you give it to me first? So I will definitely pay attention to it, don't worry!" Coming out of the supply and marketing cooperative, Li Long had a half-new truck tire in his hand. The diameter was about meters, and there was not a single patch on it, which Li Long thought was pretty good. Just take it home, blow it up, put soap on the air nozzle, flatten the tire with a rope, and then cut two paddles on it, and it will be a handmade rubber boat, which is just as good as a boat for catching fish in the water! Back in the yard, Li Long began to count the harvest. The fish was sold for yuan, and the chicken, eggs, and basket were sold for yuan. Breakfast was 52 yuan, and the remaining balance was yuan. If we add the 5 yuan that Tao Daqiang had deducted in advance, there was still more than 10 yuan left. If you count it, it’s really not much. But Li Long was quite satisfied. After all, this time he was testing the waters. He would go back this afternoon and cast at least six to eight nets. With the tires, he didn't need to go into the water, and it was convenient to cast and retrieve the nets. By then, I can earn 20 or 30 yuan a day, which is no less than an apprentice's monthly salary. What's wrong with that? Li Long thought about it while walking happily towards the department store. Now that you're here, how can you not buy something? Two things to say. First, many comments in the comment area were deleted. I saw it at first but didn’t care. I thought it was deleted by the comment writers. It wasn’t until today when the group said many people’s comments were deleted that I realized it. I haven’t deleted any comments since I wrote this book. After all, as long as it doesn’t involve personal attacks, I won’t delete it even if you have any opinions about the content of this book. After all, books are written for people to read, and it’s impossible for everyone to like them. Second thing, the monthly votes have been a little low recently. I want to ask, if you still have monthly votes, if you think this book is worth reading, can you vote? Since it is already on the monthly vote list, it would not be good to fall behind. If not, I will ask again in the next chapter. Uh, let me digress. When I asked the old man in the video yesterday whether he had to pay for the homestead when it was divided, he said that another old man had passed away in the village. He was 88 years old, which was considered a long life, but among those who built the village, one more person has passed away... Everyone, take care of your health, health comes first. Finally, I would like to thank Guanzhongsanren for the reward, and Shanlilairen1988 for the reward! Thank you for your votes, subscriptions and comments. Thank you all! (End of this chapter)