When Li Long took the children to Old Ma's Place to look at the sheep, he happened to run into Song Ming.
Song Ming was delighted to see Li Long, and Uncle Lao Luo was also delighted to see Li Long and Gu Xiaoxia carrying their two children.
Uncle Lao Luo had never married and had no children, but he especially liked children. Whenever Li Qiang had brought the children over to see the roe deer and red deer, he had been very happy.
He had met Li Long's two children before, liked them very much, and had even given them New Year's money. Now both children had clearly grown plumper. They weren't shy around strangers either, and chuckled as they looked at Uncle Lao Luo, which was quite endearing.
Song Ming smiled happily at the children too.
The sugar residue had already been unloaded. Song Ming had only stayed because he saw Li Long coming.
"How's it going? Your factory hasn't said anything about you hauling sugar residue on your time off, has it?"
"No, they'd be dumping the sugar residue anyway. The factory doesn't care if someone can put it to use. Besides, Section Chief Hu put in a word, so it's all gone very smoothly."
The sheep in the pen seemed to have grown plumper again, their bellies swaying as they walked, their fleeces looking good too. The pen was clean, with grass scraps and stalks cleared away regularly. Uncle Lao Luo and the others drew wages and certainly didn't slack off. Ma Jinbao's sheep pen was nowhere near as good as this one.
"Comrade Li Long, are these sheep for sale?" Song Ming suddenly asked.
"Yes, but we're not planning to slaughter them yet. Mutton prices at the market haven't gone up yet. We plan to