The next morning, the three of them went to check the rabbit snares and caught twenty-one rabbits in one go!
Yang Yongqiang kept praising Li Long, saying his adjustments to the snares really had made a big difference!
Over the next few days, Li Long and the others caught fish and rabbits until they had a cartload, then hauled them to Stone City to sell.
The three of them went together but set up separate stalls in Stone City. With New Year approaching, their fish and rabbits were second in popularity only to the few meat stalls. Li Long had originally wondered whether to slaughter a pig and bring it over to sell, but then decided against it. They could not manage too large a stall, and it could easily cause trouble.
After all, if he slaughtered one, it would have to be a wild boar from the pen at the Stable. The two pigs at his eldest brother's place were sows being kept to have piglets in spring. It would be a hassle to get it all going.
Li Long also deliberately kept some fish and a few rabbits. He gave two rabbits to Song Ming and got a cartload of sugar residue in return-though it could not really be called an exchange, since Song Ming paid him this time and refused to take them otherwise.
Li Long asked him to inquire about recruitment at the Sugar Factory. Song Ming's answer left him a little discouraged. Even if the factory recruited, it would most likely want young people around twenty. His second brother, Li Anguo, was already thirty and probably would not have an easy time getting hired.
Yang Yongqiang, on the other hand, was rather tempted when he heard.
Of the remaining fish and rabbits, Li Long left