Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Chapter 233 Nervous Li Xiangqian, Confident Li Xiangqian

When Li Long arrived at Xu Chengjun's house, the phone was still on.

Li Xiangqian would ask every one or two minutes whether Li Long had come over.

Xu Chengjun could only say that it would be soon...

"Hello, Chief? I'm Li Long." Li Long's voice was full of smiles, and he joked, "Why, did you miss me?"

Xu Chengjun's eyes widened. Did this guy drop the spoon? How could he say such a thing?
When Li Xiangqian heard Li Long's voice, he was no longer so nervous and scolded with a smile:
"I'm in a very tight spot here, and you still want to joke around? How about your mission completion?"

"It's almost done. There are more than 2,000 brooms now, right?"

"So many?" Li Xiangqian was a little surprised, but more surprised. "Really?"

"Of course it's true. If you don't believe me, you can send a car to pick it up now." Li Long said, "Section Chief, I promised you. I also said that the people in our team value credibility the most. They have been working overtime these days!"

"What about quality?"

"Don't worry about the quality! The sedge will not fall off while sweeping. At most, it will just break. In order to ensure that it is strong and durable, our villagers specially add a layer of red willow branches to the outside of the broom when they make it, and tie it with a rope. It must be very strong!"

"Since you said so, I will send a car over this afternoon. If it's not what you said, I will reconsider the price!"

"Don't worry, Chief. Just send someone over to pull it out and inspect it. I can stand the test!"

After hanging up the phone, Li Long said to Xu Chengjun:

"Director, you've heard it too. Now let's notify everyone to bring the brooms to your house and find someone. It would be best if you personally inspect the pass rate. Take out the unqualified ones in advance and either keep them for your own use or make new ones—"

"Okay, okay!" Xu Chengjun knew that this crucial link was about to arrive, so he immediately turned on the loudspeaker and started to notify.

"Puff! All of you! Puff! Notify everyone, notify everyone! All the village representatives, come to my yard now. All the village representatives, come to my yard! Twenty minutes later, each family will bring their own big brooms to my yard in the order of the first to fourth villager groups. Don't mess around! Don't bring out the unqualified brooms to embarrass yourself!

Puff, puff! Repeat, inform..."

Li Long walked out of Xu's yard, thought for a while, and walked towards Gu Xiaoxia's house.

I have been busy cutting poles during this period, and Gu Boyuan only asked Gu Xiaoxia. Xu Chengjun said earlier that he gave Gu Boyuan the job of dividing the wires, but he didn't know how he did it.

Li Long was halfway there, passing by a preschool, when he heard the kids playing games and shouting something.

After getting closer, Li Long saw that the boys and girls in the kindergarten class were mixed and lined up in two rows, standing about ten meters apart in the open space in front of the classroom.

"Ji Mao Ling!"

"Get on the horse and charge!"

"Horse rush!"

"Kill the devils and send the letter!"

"Which one do you want?"

"I want a steel egg!"

This word is shouted one by one, and then the team that has finished shouting will hold hands and clench their hands tightly, and the steel eggs on the opposite side will stand out and prepare to charge.

Li Long smiled.

He had played this game when he first came here. It simulated a war in which a messenger sent a message to break through the blockade. Gangdan was the messenger at the moment. He had to find the weak spot of the enemy's hand-in-hand. If he could break through it, his team would win and he would bring anyone on either side of the broken hand-in-hand back to his team.

If he fails to break through and is intercepted, he stays with the team being rushed and becomes a member of the opposing team.

Then switch sides.

The final outcome is that one side has only one person left and is unable to break through the other side's defense line.

Gangdan failed to break through the opponent's defense and was left in the team. Li Long did not leave here, he was thinking about the things in his memory.

Then I heard Li Qiang shouting:

"Why didn't you choose me? Why? Choose me! You always chose me before?"

Then I heard a girl's clear voice:

"Why are you being pushed? You're so strong, you'll break through in no time... We're not spoons..."

Well, Li Qiang has indeed grown a lot stronger during this period.

Li Long thought of a similar game in a song he heard on his phone in his previous life, but the shouting was changed to "Robot spirit, chop the kitchen knife, you choose the one on my side..."

The nature of the game is the same, just the way of shouting is different. Privately, Li Long feels that his way of playing is more in line with a complete story - just like the metaphor of Malan Blooming 21 that is circulated on the Internet. Malan Base!

With these things in his mind, Li Long came to Gu's house.

Gu Boyuan was tying a broom in the yard.

Around him were neatly laid reeds, a broomstick, wire, planting stakes and a wooden hammer.

There were neatly arranged pieces of cut wire against the wall, and next to them was a small notebook with some names written on it.

A wire ring has been stuffed with enough Sphagnum splendens. Gu Boyuan is driving the planting stake into the Sphagnum splendens in the center of the wire ring. After driving it in, Gu Boyuan will push aside the long head of the Sphagnum splendens to expose the tip of the planting stake. Then he will take a small handful of prepared Sphagnum splendens and push it against the tip of the planting stake. While stepping on the wire ring, he will use a wooden hammer to hit the planting stake backwards with one hand, while pushing the small handful of Sphagnum splendens to push the planting stake backwards. When the planting stake is out of the wire ring, the small handful of Sphagnum splendens will follow it into the wire ring.

Repeat this process until no more Stipa sphenanthera can be planted in the wire ring. Then the broom is ready. Then nail the broom handle in. All that remains is finishing work such as tying the rope and burning the cherries.

"Uncle Gu, you're also going to make a broom, right?"

"Why not? It's 1.5 yuan per bunch, it's easy money." Gu Boyuan didn't treat Li Long as an outsider anymore, he said while working, "It's good that you cut these poles, some of them are wasted as broom poles."

"That's urgent." Li Long said with a smile, "Besides, there are plenty of poles in the mountains, so these are not a big deal."

"That's true."

"Uncle Gu, did someone come here to distribute this wire?"

"Well, I keep a record of what people have taken away every day. I go to each household at night to see if they have used that many brooms. The wire is given by the team and cannot be wasted." Gu Boyuan said, "Some people want to take more and keep them for their own use. I can't indulge them, otherwise no matter how much wire they have, it won't be enough."

That's true. In fact, Li Long was also worried about this, but it seemed that Gu Boyuan had anticipated this problem a long time ago and had a way to deal with it.

"How long will your parents stay?" Gu Boyuan suddenly changed the subject.

"I don't know. Maybe they have to stay until the end of the year. Actually, I want them to stay longer. After all, they have a place to live. It doesn't matter whether they plant crops on the few acres of land at home or not..."

"You think so, but your parents may not. It's hard to leave their hometown, and they are old... But until the end of the year, it's okay..."

Gu Boyuan stopped talking after this. Li Long chatted for a few more words and left.

On the way, Li Long suddenly realized that when Gu Boyuan asked him when his parents would leave, there might be another meaning.

It’s about the relationship between myself and Gu Xiaoxia!
In their own minds, both of them are not too old, in their early twenties, and the best times are still ahead of them.

But in this era, most young men and women of this age are already married, and even if they are not married, they are engaged.

Gu Boyuan is probably thinking about this, right?
Li Long suddenly felt that his previous thoughts were a bit selfish.

Dating is a matter between two people, but marriage is a matter between two families. If it is just dating, then it is nothing, but since the relationship has been confirmed, then the necessary procedures must be followed.

He thought about it and felt that after the broom issue was settled, he should still discuss it with Gu Xiaoxia.

After all, my parents are here now, and this is an opportunity.

After figuring this out, Li Long rushed back home.

In the office of the supply and marketing cooperative, Li Xiangqian hung up the phone and said to the person sitting on the chair with a smile:

"Old Qin, look, since you think the people I assign to complete the task are unreliable, then you can go and participate in the inspection this afternoon. If there are any unqualified ones, just throw the broom out, and I will punish them, how about that?"

Before the other party answered, Li Xiangqian waved his hand again:

"Forget it, I'll go with you this afternoon. If that kid pretends to obey but actually disobeys, I won't be polite to him!"

"Old Li, could you please stop saying such disgusting things? From what you say, it makes sense, but from your expression, it seems like you are showing off to me. Did you recruit a capable assistant, and are you showing off to me?

I tell you, I'm urging you because the Corps has recruited another group of immigrants. There's nothing wrong with their accommodation, as it has been arranged long ago. However, the tools for production and living must be in place. This is an order from our superiors. I'm coming to you to convey the instructions from above, not to put pressure on you - of course you can understand it this way.

Don't worry, I will definitely go to the inspection this afternoon. Otherwise, if we hand over unqualified brooms to those immigrants who have come from afar, and they use them for two days and the brooms are broken, and then they blame us, where will you and I put our faces? Where will the supply and marketing cooperative put its face?"

"Didn't I tell you that we can just go over and inspect it!" Li Xiangqian said with a smile, "I trust my people. Since Li Long has guaranteed that the product is qualified, then I believe it is qualified!"

"Old Li, it's not that I don't trust you. You've taken on this task every year. Do you think any village can get 3,000 brooms in less than 20 days? Sedge grass is fine, it's everywhere, but what about the broom handles? No village can get enough of them in a short time..."

"Stop talking nonsense! It's time for lunch. Let's go eat now. After dinner, I'll send a car to get the leader to sign, and then you can come with me to accept the inspection."

"Okay, we'll know if it's a mule or a horse after we take it out for a walk. I really don't believe it..."

The two of them quarreled, and then went to the cafeteria together, arm in arm.

Li Long returned home and saw that the work in the wheat field was not finished yet, so he went to finish it. He returned home carrying the shovel during lunch time.

Li Jianguo also came back.

Li Long asked while washing his hands:
"Brother, is the inspection completed?"

"Our group has finished the acceptance, and I just watched other groups doing it." Li Jianguo shook his head and said, "Some people are just too unreasonable! How can you mess with that thing? That's the task to be handed in! Don't people check it one by one? Our group is not bad. Five or six of them were a bit loose, so I asked them to take them back and re-tie them. It's just a matter of nailing a few more stakes. At most, we have to re-tie a few more. But over thirty of them were found to be broken in a flash in the third group, and Lao Wang was so angry that he almost wanted to hit someone——"

"Whose family did it?"

"The Gu family, the Deng family... Oh, I won't say more. Anyway, Junwa was so angry that he jumped up and down, and cursed those families. He said that if they did the same thing again, he would deduct their wages and work points..."

"How many did you collect in total?"

"More than 2,400, another 500 or 600 will be enough. It will take tomorrow at most." Li Jianguo said, "Junwazi said that it was fortunate that we cut the poles in time, otherwise it would be difficult to complete the task ahead of schedule."

"Then once the supply and marketing cooperative has finished its inspection, we can divide the money."

Li Jianguo smiled and said nothing.

"How much money can we get?" Since they are all family, Li Qingxia didn't hesitate to ask from the side.

"Here's my plan," Li Long said. "The pole costs 1,500 yuan in total, and I divide it into six parts. One for each person, and the remaining two parts are my introduction fee and the other for the carriage fee. So each part is 250 yuan."

"So many..." Li Qingxia was stunned for a moment, "Wow, a bicycle and a radio, that's all?"

"Of course not!" Li Jianguo laughed, "The carriage..."

"It should be divided." Li Long knew what his elder brother meant, "We have to pay for renting the team's carriage."

"Okay then." Li Jianguo said nothing more.

"That Daqiang..."

"He won't have any objections. I divided it fairly enough. If he really wanted to be selfish, he could have been left out." Li Long was telling the truth.

This was put aside.

Du Chunfang, who was sitting by the stove, muttered:

"This is like a dream. It's only been a few days and we can get so much money... What are we going to do with this..."

"Mom, don't worry about it," Liang Yuemei said with a smile, "Xiaolong is capable, he can make money, and he can also do work for the team and the family..."

"Hehe..." Du Chunfang laughed.

Praising her youngest son made Du Chunfang extremely happy.

In the afternoon, the sound of car horns broke the tranquility of the village. Li Long was already waiting in Xu Chengjun's yard.

The village representatives are all here. The big brooms of the four villager groups are piled separately, and every hundred brooms are divided into a small pile. This way, if there are still unqualified ones during the inspection by the supply and marketing cooperative, the person who tied the broom can be found as quickly as possible.

Li Xiangqian and Qin Huaimin got out of the cab. Xu Chengjun touched Li Long and then went up to him:

"Hello, two leaders!"

"I'm Li Xiangqian, and this is Section Chief Qin from our supply department." Li Xiangqian said, "You are Director Xu, right? Great, thank you for your cooperation this time!"

"Of course I should!" Xu Chengjun responded with a smile.

"Xiaolong, how many brooms are there?" Li Xiang saw the pile of brooms before he got off the car, and now his face was filled with smiles. "It seems that you are very efficient!"

"Two thousand four hundred, and six hundred more. It will be finished tomorrow." Li Long's tone was also full of confidence, "Please ask the leader to check!"

"The speed is quite fast, but as for the quality...it's hard to say!" Qin Huaimin said from the side.

"Then come and check it out." Li Xiangqian was really not worried at all.

(End of this chapter)