Li Qingxia This is the first time to ride Bicycle officially out, so I am very excited.
There is a Sack tied to his Bicycle Back Seat, which contains three hundred handfuls of boiled reed leaves.
Li Juan is still sitting behind Li Long's car, with the Sack piece between her to ensure that her clothes will not get wet by the fish bag while sitting.
After Elementary School put Li Juan down, the two of them rode toward Stone City on their bikes against the wind.
When passing by Ma County Town, I went to Big Courtyard to pick up a scale and basin. Li Long said with a smile:
"Dad, it's easier to go with two people than alone."
"That's right!" Li Qingxia said confidently, "I can help a lot if I go there! By the way, Shovel Handle, can you take it?"
"Take it, just in case." Li Long thought it was better to be prepared.
When the two of them rode their bikes to Old Street, there was just a hint of red in the east, the sun had not yet risen, and the stalls at Old Street were not full either.
Li Long They had the opportunity to occupy a good location and set up their stall.
There are three basins in front of Li Long, one basin and one Plastic Sheeting in front of Li Qingxia.
"I'm selling fish..."
Li Long's skillful selling voice attracted many customers, and those who came to see the fish also noticed the reed leaves on the Li Qingxia stall next to it.
"This is..." A woman in her sixties squatted down, holding the reed leaves, and asked hesitantly.
"Reed leaves, oh, they should be called zong leaves, for making zongzi!" Li Qingxia explained with a smile, "Two or three leaves can make a zongzi. Look at these Malian leaves, they are used to Rope bundle the zongzi."
"I know, I know..." The old man touched the reed leaves and asked again, "Cooked?"
"That's right, it's easy to preserve after cooking."
"How much does a handful cost?" The old man began to fumble for his wallet, "How many leaves are there in a handful?"
"Two or three leaves can make a rice dumpling. This one has twenty pieces, One Jiao." Li Qingxia said, "If you want to eat it at home, two handfuls are enough. It's a festival. That's what it means."
"Yes, yes, it's a festival, why don't you have to eat rice dumplings? In these days, life has improved, so you have to eat rice dumplings to celebrate the festival." The old man muttered, "Give me five handfuls."
There was a stack of cents in the handkerchief she opened, and she counted out fifty cents and handed them to Li Qingxia: "Five handfuls."
"Why do you need so many? There are so many people at home?" Li Qingxia asked doubtfully, "The leaves are strong after being boiled, and the leaves are not rotten. Two handfuls are enough for a family, right?"
"No, I have relatives at home. I will pack some more and give them away." The old man said proudly, "My son is a worker and is paid. He gives me pocket money every month. This money should be spent!"
Li Qingxia took five handfuls of reed leaves and handed them to the old man, took the fifty cents and held them in his hand.
Before he could think about how to get the money, several people immediately came around and squatted down and started picking.
Li Long told him before that the reed leaves can be picked. Unlike fish, the people who make the rice dumplings usually have to wash them when they return home.
So you got two and I got three, and the business started.
Li Long While weighing fish for others, he looked at the situation here from the corner of his eye. Seeing that although the old man was a little busy, he could still take care of the entire stall, so he could sell his fish with peace of mind.
"There are many people, please don't crowd! Be careful with your three hands! Don't let your wallet be taken away, everyone, please don't crowd!" Li Long reminded while weighing the fish. He found that someone in the crowd seemed to be crowding on purpose, and immediately shouted, "We can't lose money buying a fish, it's not worth it!"
When he shouted, the crowd immediately dispersed. Many people were touching their wallets or covering the place where money was stored.
Those who wanted to fish in troubled waters didn't succeed, so they glared at Li Long bitterly and squeezed out.
Li Long was not afraid of them and continued to shout loudly.
Some people reacted, gave Li Long an expression of appreciation, and then started buying fish. Some people didn't feel it, thinking that the people nearby were making a fuss, muttered a few words, and either bought fish or left.
As the festival is approaching, most of the people who come here want to take something back with them, so the fish are sold very quickly. When Li Long is cleaning the pots here, most of the reed leaves on the Li Qingxia stall over there are also sold.
The money is really not much, less than Twenty Yuan, all of them are 10 or 20 cents, and there is almost no piece of money, but it is a thick stack, and Li Qingxia is very happy to hold it.
"You go and rest for a while, I will sell for a while, and then we will talk about it after everything is sold out." Li Qingxia saw that Li Long had finished the work here, so he said to him, "How about you go to eat first?"
"No, no, no, let's do it together." Li Long said, and then began to shout loudly:
"I'm selling rice dumpling leaves! Zong leaves, twenty in a handful One Jiao, I'm selling rice dumpling leaves at a cheap price! Dragon Boat Festival I'm making rice dumplings and eating them, I'm selling rice dumpling leaves!"
A Passenger Bus happened to pull over and the passengers who got off heard the shouts of Li Long, and some of them came over and started asking for the price.
A handful of One Jiao is really not expensive, so you have one and I have two, and we have a new business.
The reed leaves were sold out, it was close to eleven o'clock, and the sun had already risen very high. Li Long Their place was originally a shade place, but now it was also shrouded in sunlight.
"Let's go, Dad, go have breakfast." Li Long and Li Qingxia packed up the stall together, "Drink Milk Tea and eat naan."
"Okay, I'll try Milk Tea today too!" Li Qingxia was happy and wanted to try the taste of this frontier.
The fish and reed leaves were sold until the day of Dragon Boat Festival. The fastest selling was that day. Li Long sold all the 600 reed leaves they brought.
Li Qingxia all sighed:
"Why do the people here feel so rich? This Wei Yezi seems to have no money..."
"If the rice dumplings made by my sister-in-law were sold, they would sell very quickly." Li Long said, "That one is just too troublesome."
"That's right." Li Qingxia agreed deeply.
Although most people these days think that it is better to cook this kind of food by yourself, many people who come to buy reed leaves ask if there are any current rice dumplings for sale.
Li Long actually asked Liang Yuemei when he went back if he wanted to pack some and sell them. Liang Yuemei didn't have the confidence, so he declined.
In Li Long's opinion, the rice dumplings made by Liang Yuemei are big and have four distinct corners. Even a young man like him can eat two, and he will definitely have to support three.
There are Bread, three Jujube and a handful of Raisins. The cost is not high, and it is definitely no problem to sell them for two or three cents.
But Liang Yuemei was embarrassed, so Li Long gave up.
This kind of seasonal product only sells for a few days. Li Long himself wants to try it. Now it seems that the effect is pretty good, so it can be sold next year.
From the first day Li Long started selling to the day before Dragon Boat Festival, it was Li Long's family that was selling reed leaves. Dragon Boat Festival had an extra stall that day, but the leaves sold by that stall owner were uncooked and without Maliana Leaves. Even so, the leaves on the stall were sold out in the end.
If this year is like this, there may be more people selling reed leaves next year, but Li Long feels that it is still possible to make money in the short term.
Back home, Li Family Members's family ate warm rice dumplings - to be honest, they were not very delicious.
Fortunately, there are a few bottles of syrup given by Section Chief Hu, which are good for dipping.
It takes a lot of firewood to cook rice dumplings. If you want to cook them in Hometown, Li Qingxia will definitely not eat them. Because Hometown really doesn't have that much firewood - it takes a very long time to cook the rice dumplings. In the next life, most people buy cooked rice dumplings, or use natural gas or Coal Gas when cooking, so I don't think so.
Li Family started cooking the night before. It started cooking at about nine o'clock in the evening and continued to cook until the fire stopped at about eleven o'clock. It also had to be simmered in the pot for a while.
Originally, I had been waiting for Li Qiang, but in the end I didn't get it in my mouth, so I went to bed a little disappointed.
Fortunately, I got up early the next day and ate it in my mouth.
Li Long didn't know whether it was really undercooked the night before, or Li Jianguo Liang Yuemei was worried that the glutinous rice was heavy and not suitable for eating at night, so he didn't let Li Qiang eat the rice dumplings.
In the afternoon, Li Long and Tao Daqiang came back from going offline at Little Haizi, and Qin Family Jiajie's family dragged Lala Cart over.
Li Long was happy to see that the car was equipped with all the sharpened ones Shovel Handle, Li Long.
"Brother Lao Qin, how many roots have you cut down?"
"One hundred!" Qin Jiajie's voice was loud, "I went to East Big Ditch and chopped it. There are more Poplar and Willow there. I can still chop a hundred in two days... Do you want more?"
"Yes!" Li Long said, "I want as much as you cut! I'll give you twenty off these one hundred as I said before, right?"
He went to the house to get the IOU, wrote on it a deduction of twenty, and showed it to Qin Family Jiajie.
"Okay!" Now half of the borrowed money was reduced, Qin Family Jiajie was a little excited.
He didn't expect it to be so easy to make money! Of course, he also knew that Li Long would give him such treatment. For someone else, exchange Shovel Handle for money? What are you dreaming about?
After unloading Shovel Handle into Li Family Courtyard, Qin Family Jiajie declined Li Jianguo's invitation to sit and chat for a while, saying that he would go back to cook dinner for the children, so he drove away in the car.
Li Long caught fish for two days and sold it, and then suspended the business.
Li Xiangqian called.
I called Team Leader directly, oh no, Village Director.
Xu Chengjun heard the familiar voice and immediately called Loudspeaker to call Li Long home.
Li Long answered the phone, and Li Xiangqian said:
"Xiao Long, the task here has been assigned. The task of Big Broom is due in one month. Do you think you can complete it?"
"One month? Still three thousand?" Li Long asked.
"Yes."
"One month..." Li Long thought for a while and said, "No problem."
"Is it really no problem? If you can guarantee it, then I will agree. But if the goods are not delivered by then, not only you, but I will also be jointly and severally liable."
"Section Chief, don't worry, since I said it, it will definitely be completed..." Li Long said with certainty, "It may not take more than a month!"
"Really? Don't you need to share some tasks with other units?"
"No, no, no, our team can definitely eat it!"
"Well, you did a good job Taibazi last time. I believe in you this time. Do it well!"
After hanging up the phone, Xu Chengjun looked at Li Long with a somewhat urgent look:
"Xiao Long, come to life?"
"Here you go, Team Leader, this job is quite stressful..."
"You said."
"Jiji Grass Big Broom, three thousand."
"Three thousand?" This number shocked Xu Chengjun, "You want so many? How much does it cost?"
"Three dollars."
"That can be done! I can do at least seven or eight pricks a day by myself..."
"Now Jiji Grass is not enough..."
"The handles are not enough. Jiji Grass can be cut now, but what about the handles of Big Broom? There aren't that many trees in the team..."
"I'll take care of it." Li Long said, "In the team, organize people to start cutting Jiji Grass. I don't think there are still a lot of Achnatherum splendens from last year in the team ready to be Rope, do you want to tie up the wheat and rice bundles? Let's use them first. The team will tie up Big Broom's head first, and I'll go to the Mountains to get the broom handle..."
"Yes. Mountains There are so many things!"
"Then I have made a promise. The broom handles I got will not be in vain. Each one will have to be paid for."
"No problem. How can I let you work for nothing? One Handle costs you fifty cents!" Xu Chengjun directly gave Li Long a high price.
Fifty cents!
Li Long understands. For another person, Xu Chengjun can give you three cents, which is pretty good.
This 50 cents includes the bonus fee for introducing this big order. As for whether he can get the benefit from Supply and Marketing Cooperative, Xu Chengjun doesn't care.
If you can make money for the team, the team can't treat you badly!
Three thousand Handle, fifteen hundred yuan, this is a lot of money!
Li Long was very satisfied with Xu Chengjun's statement. He said to Xu Chengjun before leaving:
"Director, I might still be alive after autumn, let's talk about it then."
"Okay, okay." Xu Chengjun was very happy.
After Li Long left, Ma Hongmei settled the accounts:
"Three thousand Handle, 50 cents each, that's fifteen hundred yuan... Why can't you give some away and let others do it?"
Xu Chengjun knew his wife's thoughts, he pointed to the phone and said:
"If you ask your brothers to introduce a job worth 1,000 yuan to our team, I will give your brother 200 yuan in benefits without even having to do the work. Do you want to tell your brother?"
"Then where can I find work? If there is any, why won't my brother do it himself?"
"That's right." Xu Chengjun's voice suddenly became louder, "The job was introduced by Li Long. If we don't give him any benefits, if there is another job later, can he introduce it to our team?"
Three thousand brooms, even if there is no Handle, at two and a half each, that's still seven thousand five hundred yuan! If you give the workers two yuan apiece, the team will still have a net loss of one thousand and fifty... Did this money fall from the sky?"
"Then if he doesn't let the team do it, who else can he turn to?" Ma Hongmei is still puzzled, "How can he do it on his own?"
"All Red Flag Commune's Seventeen Production Teams, Li Long go out and find a random team, tell their team Director that there is this job, do you think they will offer Li Long Come? Don't say Handle fifty cents. If you don't want Handle, you can directly give Li Long one thousand and fifty cents. Do you believe it? Spoon..."
Ma Hongmei stopped talking.
Li Long returned home and started mobilizing the whole family.
"In twenty days, three thousand Handle..." Li Jianguo heard this and said, "Mountains Handle is quite a lot, and we can chop it down. The three of us..."
"Add Daqiang." Li Long said.
"That's four people. One person can cut forty Handle sticks a day, which is not a difficult task..."
"Then let's do it!" Li Qingxia already felt that he could do it, "Let's go into the mountains tomorrow!"
"I will go into the mountains tomorrow. Have you ever been into the mountains?" Du Chunfang muttered, "When entering the mountains, you have to listen to the boss, Xiao Long..."
Li Qingxia suddenly became less confident.
"It's okay, we'll bring our guns."
Before the family had finished discussing, Tao Daqiang arrived at the Li Family.
Xu Chengjun has already started lining up people to draw Broom-Making. Tao Daqiang knows that Li Long must have done this.
So he came over to find Li Long.
(End of chapter)