When Li Long returned to Reed Gully in front of the team's settlement, he saw that people were already cutting reeds there.
Seeing Li Long pass by, someone called out:
"Xiao Long, where have you been?"
Li Long saw that it was Tietou's mother, Sister-in-Law Lu, calling to him, so he stopped his bicycle and said:
"I went into the mountains. I've only just finished up and come back."
"So you weren't the one who arranged this Reed Bundles work?"
"No. But I'll be doing it too." Li Long answered, watched them continue cutting reeds, then rode home.
Li Jianguo and Liang Yuemei were at home feeding the pigs. Li Long was a little surprised they hadn't gone to cut reeds.
"You're back?" Li Jianguo asked with a smile. "Looking at that sack of yours... you brought back quite a haul."
"Big codonopsis roots," Li Long said with a smile. "We'll keep some at home and send some to Dad and Mom later. They should be pretty good for replenishing qi."
He unloaded the sack and pulled out a few codonopsis roots, giving one to his elder brother and one to his sister-in-law.
"Take some over to Uncle Liang and the others too. Uncle Liang's lungs aren't very good, and he's always coughing. I don't know whether these will help."
"Good, good... how many years must these have grown? They're as big as radishes!" Liang Yuemei exclaimed in amazement. "This big... these two roots must weigh half a kilo, right?"
"About that. Good stuff." Li Jianguo hefted one in his hand and asked, "Is your whole sack full of them?"
"There's some dried meat too. I took a roe deer that something or other had caught and made some dried meat."
"You've been living well in the mountains, eating meat