Chapter 25: The carriage was borrowed? When Li Long and Tao Daqiang appeared in the production team, one after the other, pulling a horse-drawn carriage, many children rushed towards the carriage, while some rushed back to their homes. "Li Qiang Li Qiang, your uncle is back!" Li Qiang was reminded again by others. Li Qiang looked up at the carriage in the distance, sniffed his nose, put away his old cow that was still spinning rapidly on the ice, and rushed towards the carriage: "Uncle, uncle!" Seeing Li Qiang rushing over, Li Long grabbed a handful of candy from his bag and handed it to him: "Here, share it with your friends." Li Qiang ran back crying while holding the candy. "Li Qiang, Li Qiang! Your uncle said he would give us some!" "That's right, give me one, just one! I'll give you a cigarette box to play with tomorrow!" A group of children rushed out with Li Qiang, and Li Qiang enjoyed this moment. Li Long smiled and took out a handful of candy from his bag and handed it to Tao Daqiang: "Daqiang, here, take it." Tao Daqiang hesitated for a moment but did not refuse. In fact, he hadn't eaten candy for a long time.
This time, the carriage arrived at the Tao family first. What surprised Li Long and Tao Daqiang was that this time not only Tao Jianshe was there, but also Tao Daqiang's eldest brother Tao Dayong, who had already separated from the family, and his wife Ma Chunhong were also there. "Hey, Li Long is here, Daqiang is back? This is..." "Half of the wood on this car belongs to you." Li Long understood what was going on immediately and said without further ado, pointing at the car: "Since you are all here, let's unload the car together." Seeing so much wood on the truck, the Tao family members were all very happy. Yesterday, there were only a few pieces of wood, and they were not big. This time, there was half a truck, which was quite a lot! Several people worked together and unloaded half of the wood of various sizes. The carriage suddenly became lighter. Li Long tied the remaining wood into bundles with ropes and prepared to go home. Tao Jianshe had already seen the frozen sheep under the car and something in another bag, but Li Long didn't say anything and was about to go back. He became a little anxious, coughed lightly, and winked at his eldest son Dayong. Tao Dayong had no choice but to take the initiative to speak: "Hey... Xiaolong, I see there are sheep and other things in the car. Is there a share for Dayong too?" "Yes, there is a lamb leg." Li Long said as he tied it up. "When I get home, I'll remove the lamb leg and ask Daqiang to come and get it!" "Only one leg?" Tao Jianshe couldn't help but ask, "I see those two sheep..." "Dad! That sheep was exchanged by Brother Long, it has nothing to do with me!" Tao Daqiang was almost embarrassed. How could his family be like this? "Shut up! Go out and work, everyone who sees it will get a share. If you have contributed, you should fight for your share!" Tao Jianshe glared at Tao Daqiang, then looked at Li Long, to see if he had any explanation to give. "Uncle Jianshe, you don't think I really picked up the sheep, do you?" Li Long turned his head and looked at Tao Jianshe with a half-smile, "I gave Daqiang a leg of lamb because he worked hard. In fact, I don't have to give it to him, because I gave half of the wood to your family, and this is what Daqiang deserves for his work." After saying this, he left the Tao family's yard without further explanation, driving the carriage. Tao Jianshe was so shocked by Li Long's scolding that he didn't react for a long time. Tao Daqiang stomped his feet in anger and chased after him. By the time Tao Jianshe reacted, his youngest son had disappeared. "You little bastard, you make me so mad!" Tao Jianshe cursed and turned around and went into the house. I don’t know whether he was talking about Li Long or Tao Daqiang.
Tao Daqiang caught up with the carriage and said to Li Long awkwardly: "Brother Long, my dad..." "It's okay. Your dad is your dad and you are you. Besides, it's not wrong for your dad to fight for your interests, but he is a little greedy." Li Long was not angry. No one was rich these days. The saying "poverty breeds evil schemes, wealth breeds conscience" is actually quite applicable at times. Seeing that Li Long was really not angry, Tao Daqiang breathed a sigh of relief. When driving the carriage to Li's house, Li Long found that there were quite a few people at the door. Li Jianguo was already waiting at the door. When he saw Li Long and the others coming, he hurried over to greet them. He looked them up and down, breathed a sigh of relief, and asked: "Are you not cold?" "No, I had a good meal." Li Long replied in a low voice. "Haha, that's good." Li Jianguo smelled the strong smell of mutton and knew that his brother must have had a good day, so he smiled. The carriage drove into the yard and quickly unloaded the wood. Many people saw two sheep under the wood, as well as a lot of coal. "You also got coal?" Li Jianguo was also a little surprised. "I ran into someone I know. He had a lot of coal at home, so I traded it for something else." With so many people present, Li Long spoke vaguely, "It wasn't much anyway." "Yeah." Li Jianguo knew what was going on. Someone watching the fun couldn't help but ask: "Xiaolong, did you pick up this sheep?" "Almost." Li Long joked, "I've been lucky these past two days." "Is it so easy to pick up? Then I'll pick it up too. How did you get into the mountain?" someone asked again. "See there?" Li Long pointed to the mountain pass that could be seen here and said, "Just go in from there." If you don't have a guide and don't know the way, you won't know how to get in even if you see the mountain pass. Even if you find the mountain pass, there are so many layers of mountains inside that you may get lost every time you walk through a layer, so it is very normal to take the wrong path. After unloading everything, Li Long whispered to Li Jianguo: "Brother, get a leg for Daqiang when we unload the sheep." "Just one leg?" Li Jianguo was a little confused. "Just one leg is enough. He can come to our house to get meat in the future. If he takes too much now, he won't be able to eat it." Li Long whispered. "Okay, I get it. Do you still want the carriage?" "Well, I'll go and return the carriage." Li Long left Tao Daqiang at home and went to the stable to return the carriage. After returning the carriage, he went to the captain's house. "Xiaolong, has the car returned?" Xu Chengjun asked with a smile. Li Long saw Xu Mingwa and took out a handful of candy from his pocket and handed it to him: "Mingwa, have some candy." "Look how you spoil the kid." Xu Chengjun said with a smile. "It's my duty." Li Long said. "Xiaolong, let me tell you something. I think you may need to borrow a carriage, but just now, all the carriages in the team have been borrowed." Xu Chengjun's words surprised Li Long.
But it's normal to think about it. My gains in the past two days will definitely make people jealous. This road is not difficult to walk, so there must be people who want to walk it. "Is that so? That's fine." Li Long suddenly smiled and asked another question: "Captain, I want to ask if you have any bicycle tickets or sewing tickets?" It's not a big deal to always borrow the production team's horse-drawn carriage. When spring comes, the horse-drawn carriage is a bit slow. If you can get a bicycle, you can make money faster. Of course, I have too little money at the moment, so making money now is the right thing to do. "As for the ticket, I can ask about it." Xu Chengjun didn't say whether he had it or not. Li Long understood immediately. (End of this chapter)