Siheyuan starts to eat the old man

Chapter 38 Purchasing a large number of hares
After having lunch at his third uncle's house, Li Pingan proposed to buy some unplanned food in the group, and wanted to see if he could buy some in the village.

Li Shanhe pondered for a while, watching his nephew speak lightly

"When the pigs in our village are not ready for slaughter, I can't give this to you. Do you want a rabbit?"

"Rabbits? How many are there in our village?"

Li Shanhe lit a cigarette, took a deep breath, and said slowly
"In the mountains behind our village, rabbits run all over the mountains"

"How is it possible? I remember that in 61, people in our village were very hungry. You organized the whole village to go hunting with guns and swept all the edible animals in the back mountain. At that time, I remember that even snakes and The squirrels didn’t let go of the food they had stored for the winter, but where are the rabbits from the back mountain?”

Li Shanhe nodded, then continued to speak

"In 63, the situation was better. After the villagers could eat enough, several old people in the village sat together and talked about it. This time it was the animals in the back mountain that saved the lives of the whole village. What should we do if there is a famine again? Then we discussed and decided, got more than a dozen litters of rabbits from other places, and threw them all on the back mountain.”

After hearing this, Li Pingan couldn't help expressing emotion in his heart. It's no wonder that he was a person who survived decades of war.and then asked
"Third uncle, how many rabbits are there in the back mountain now?"

After taking a puff of cigarette, Li Shanhe smiled faintly

"I don't know exactly how many there are. At that time, there was a rule that you can't go into the back mountain to catch rabbits for two years. Now those rabbits are all over the mountain. This year, rabbits come to the village every now and then."

Li Pingan made a rough estimate. If 15 litters of rabbits were put in at that time, with 4 births a year and 5 rabbits in one litter, it would be impossible to estimate clearly in the past two years.There must be a lot

Li Pingan discussed with Li Shanhe to see if it is possible to let the villagers go to the mountains to catch rabbits now, and then I will take them all away.

Li Shanhe immediately agreed. There are too many rabbits, and now it's time to go into the mountains to catch them. If the rabbits continue to breed, it is estimated that they will go down the mountains to find food in the fields this winter.

Then the two talked about the purchase price. The purchase price Li Pingan gave was 4 cents a catty. Step aside.

After negotiating the price, Li Shanhe went to inform the villagers to go to the back mountain to catch rabbits.Li Pingan asked his family to buy only one, and if there were too many, he couldn't take it back with him. After that, Li Pingan went to the grave of Yuanshen's parents to have a look.It is not allowed to burn paper these days, so I can only bow and fill the grave with soil.

After all, he had taken their son's body, so he still had to do his filial piety.

After Li Pingan came back, Li Shanhe had already notified the whole village that Li Pingan was back to buy rabbits.When it was heard that a rabbit weighed 4 cents per catty, the whole village became a sensation. Adults and children stopped taking naps, and the whole family went up the mountain to catch rabbits.

Li Pingan saw that everyone in the village had gone up the mountain, and it was too hot to be bothered to join in the fun, so he went back to his original home and found a mat, washed it with water, then went to the village to find a big tree, and lay in the shade I went to bed.

At about three o'clock, Li Pingan was woken up by people coming back from the mountains one after another.Seeing this situation, Li Pingan didn't sleep anymore. He came to the third uncle's house, drove his car to the gate of the village committee, called out the village's finances, and began to collect rabbits.

It’s not cash. There must be a lot of money for so many rabbits. Just talk to the people in the village and make an account after the collection. When the rolling mill transfers the money to the commune’s account, you come to the commune to collect the money.

No matter how far it is, it is a suburban commune in Sijiu City. Everyone knows that if the amount is too large, it needs to be transferred from person to person.In addition, Li Pingan is still a villager, and everyone believes that the money will definitely be obtained.

Harvesting the rabbits went smoothly, one after another until four o'clock, all the people who went up the mountain came back, and every family had a harvest.Every time one is weighed, the village accountant and Li Pingan keep an account. After the money is transferred, the money will be paid according to the number on the account book, so it must not be careless.

By 04:30, all the rabbits in the village had been harvested. With the help of the villagers, they found cages and successfully loaded all the rabbits into Li Pingan's jeep.

Li Shanhe handed two rabbits to his nephew and told him to take them home and eat them himself.Li Pingan did not refuse, and told the villagers that the rabbits could be raised after they were caught, and he would come to buy them at least once a month.

Li Pingan was not in a hurry when he went back, knowing that he must have left work long ago, so he walked at a normal speed on the road.There must be someone on duty in the factory. When the time comes, just call out the on-duty person to weigh yourself and sign for receipt.

For the money, I will go to the finance department to report the account tomorrow, and then let the finance department go to the bank to call the village.

When Li Pingan arrived at the factory, it was almost seven o'clock.This time, he went back to the courtyard first, and then asked the third master to call for someone. After putting the rabbit home, he went straight to the factory to find the staff on duty in the cafeteria, and came down to weigh the rabbit.

When the staff on duty in the warehouse came down, they were still full of displeasure. Li Pingan really caused trouble to others today, and felt a little embarrassed. Half a pack of cigarettes was stuffed into the trouser pocket of the officer on duty.

When the staff on duty saw that Li Pingan had stuffed a half-pack of the big front door for himself, the expression on his face immediately turned into a smiling face, and he cheerfully weighed the rabbit that Li Pingan had brought.

After successfully getting the note, I came to the shed and drove home on my bike. I haven't eaten yet, and this young body is already hungry.

After returning to the courtyard, before I parked the car, I heard Xu Damao calling me at the moon gate of the courtyard,
After Li Pingan parked the car, he looked back at Xu Damao and said

"Brother Da Mao, what do you want me to do?"

Xu Damao walked over cheerfully, patted Li Pingan on the shoulder, and said to Li Pingan

"Brother Ping An, you just came back and haven't eaten yet, right? Let's go, go have a drink with brother, I'll wait for you for a while"

Li Pingan thought, it must be because of what happened last night that he came to him.

Although Xu Damao is a villain, as long as you don't offend him, he won't bother you either.Besides, if someone treats guests to dinner, then go and eat.If you don't go, you will be a fool.Xu Damao is a high-income group in this courtyard, and there is support from Lou Xiao'e's natal family, so he will eat him.For Li Pingan, there is no burden on his heart

Li Pingan thought of this, and immediately said

"Brother Da Mao, how about this, you go back first, I went to the countryside today, and I have a layer of dirt on my body, I will go back and change my clothes, and after a brief wash, I will go there immediately"

(End of this chapter)