Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

In the evening, the members of the cooperative gathered in Xie Yundong's yard.

Jia Weidong reported the accounts to everyone: "Today we hauled twelve tons of cotton, which the cotton and linen company rated as first-grade. The purchase price was 2.9 yuan, and the total income was 34,800 yuan."

"This year's prices are great!" Tao Daqiang exclaimed excitedly after hearing Jia Weidong's expense report.
"If the price stays this high, we'll be rolling in money this year. But judging from the current situation, we should be able to get at least 400 tons of cotton. Even if it's not 2.9 yuan per ton, and the average price is 2.5 yuan per ton later, our total income will reach one million yuan! My goodness!"

"The prices are pretty good this year!" Li Long was also a little surprised. He said with a smile, "It seems that those who followed the trend of planting cotton this year can basically make a small fortune."

Xu Haijun counted on his fingers: "An average family can harvest 150 to 200 kilograms of cotton per mu (unit of land area). At an average price of 2.5 yuan per kilogram, the income per mu is about 400 yuan. After deducting costs, the net income per mu is more than 100 yuan, which is much more profitable than growing grain."

Xie Yundong's expression was somewhat solemn. He said, "Last year, some people followed the trend and took risks. This year, cotton prices have remained at this level, so they have made the right bet. Next year, more people will definitely plant cotton, but it's hard to say what the price of cotton will be next year."

Li Long, however, is full of confidence in the future. He said, "Given the current situation, the price of the first batch of cotton next year will not drop below 2.5 yuan. In general, cotton farming can still make money in the next few years."

It's only in the last few years, since the costs weren't that high, and since the villagers grow cotton on their own land, there are no contract fees. Even if they contract the team's spare land, the contract fees are relatively low.

Most villagers can afford it.

Unlike in the next twenty or thirty years, when contract fees suddenly skyrocketed to over a thousand, cotton farming is now purely a gamble. You can only make money if cotton prices rise; otherwise, the enormous costs can crush those who blindly enter the industry.

"Taking advantage of the high prices now, we need to sell the first batch of cotton every day. Our quality is better, so we can set the price higher. Every little bit helps," Liang Dacheng added. "This year, our drip-irrigated cotton crop is a success. Xiaolong, you're really something!"

Xie Yundong pointed outside and said, "The students also deserve credit. The cotton we sold was of good quality when the staff did random checks. There were fewer impurities and not as many random things, so it looked better."

"It's fortunate that Brother Long said he was looking for these students to pick cotton. If it were those day laborers, who knows what they would have found in the cotton sacks." Tao Daqiang remembered what happened last year when those day laborers came to pick cotton.

"But with just these students, we still can't finish picking all the cotton," Xie Yundong said. "I calculated that at the current picking speed, even if we finish in twenty days, these students can only pick about 300 tons of cotton for us at most, maybe less."

There might still be a shortfall of over a hundred tons in the fields, so we'll still have to find odd jobs to collect them.

Compared to students, the people in the cooperative actually don't really want to deal with casual laborers. There are too many things to do, too many problems, and they're difficult to manage.

Unlike the students brought in, who basically listen to everything they're told, and who have teachers acting as a management team, the cooperative members can directly notify the teachers if they encounter any problems. The teachers are very efficient at managing the students.

However, there's nothing we can do; we can't ask these students to spend more time picking flowers, so we have to find other solutions.

“The first crop of flowers is about 300 tons, which can cover it. The remaining 100 tons that Lao Xie mentioned are basically from the second crop.” Li Long thought for a moment and said, “We’ll figure out a solution then, whether it’s hiring casual laborers or temporarily finding middle school students.”

As far as I know, some teachers in our middle school and other middle schools in nearby towns are still looking to organize work-study programs to earn class funds. We have buses that can provide transportation, and the second crop of cotton in our cotton fields is definitely better than in other fields; we can make use of that.”

"Then I'll go back and discuss it with my wife, and have her talk to the teachers at the school." Xu Haijun clapped his hands after hearing Li Long's words and said with a smile, "By the time we pick the second batch of flowers, all the kids from our township middle school will have already returned from the Production and Construction Corps."

"If it's just for a day or two, the homeroom teacher basically has that authority. It's easy to handle, I'll make the contact!"

Although they will inevitably have to find odd jobs in the end, it would be better to recruit students like this and have them pick flowers every day like odd jobs, than to go directly to the odd job market to find those people.

And that's how it was settled. Everyone didn't stay at Xie Yundong's house for long, mainly because they had been busy all day and were quite tired. After drinking two bottles of beer and eating some cold dishes, they all went home. Now they needed to rest early because they would be busy again tomorrow morning.

Although they are very tired every day, the members of the cooperative are quite excited, and they are in a state of being tired but happy.

The cooperative didn't receive direct cash for the cotton they sold each day; instead, they received receipts from the cotton and linen company. However, the daily figures kept doubling, with incomes reaching tens of thousands of yuan, making everyone feel that such a life was truly blissful.

Although the exact amount of dividends cannot be guessed, judging from the current situation, this year's cooperative dividends will definitely be more than in previous years and more than expected, so everyone is very happy.

The next day, after dropping the teachers off at the fourth team, Li Long hurriedly returned to the purchasing station. Liu Gaolou was bringing a convoy today, and he had to wait there.

Liu Gaolou brought him two more large buses on this trip. The rest of the goods were the usual, with half a busload of specialties from Kazakhstan and Central Asia.

Liu Gaolou also stated that this was a gift sent by his second uncle and was not included in the transaction; he told Li Long to handle it himself.

Most of the cars at the car buying station have already been sold. The short-haired girl, Chen Yan, played a significant role. She wasn't exaggerating; sure enough, in less than a month, she brought many people to buy cars, and most of them were Mercedes-Benzes.

Of course, Li Long didn't treat her unfairly; he would give her a certain commission for every car he sold.

In less than a month, she took nearly 200,000 yuan from Li Long, which can be considered a small fortune.

After Liu Gaolou left, Li Long carried a bag of Central Asian specialties to the supply and marketing cooperative to find Li Xiangqian.

When passing by Zhou Yuan's office, Li Long took some things out of his bag and put them on Zhou Yuan's desk, telling him to use them as he pleased.

Zhou Yuan looked very happy and said that he didn't expect to benefit from it. He told Li Long that the director was in his office and seemed to be in a good mood.

Li Long knocked on Li Xiangqian's office door, placed the bag on his desk, and said, "These are some trinkets my friend brought from the border. There are things to eat and things to play with. Take them home. Some can be used by your wife, and some can be given to the children."

Li Xiangqian, while prying open the bag to look inside, said with dissatisfaction, "What does this mean? Your sister-in-law and her child have some, but mine isn't?"

Li Long jokingly said, "You're such a grown-up, why are you arguing with a child? There are so many things, you can use whichever one you want."

Li Xiangqian laughed, casually took out a piece of chocolate, tore open the packaging, broke off a piece, tasted it, and said, "Now that the big broom task is over, what have you been busy with?"

"What else can we be busy with? Picking cotton, of course," Li Long explained. "Our cooperative planted more than 1,000 mu of drip-irrigated cotton this year, and based on the current situation, the yield per mu is 370 to 400 kilograms."

Although I call myself the technical director and only handle the technical aspects, it's cotton harvest season now, and everyone's busy picking cotton, so I can't just sit idle.

"Hey, you're quite the jack-of-all-trades. I remember now, both the autonomous region and the county held field meetings on drip-irrigated cotton, and you were the one giving the presentations at both meetings, right? Not bad, not bad." Li Xiangqian praised Li Long:

"Looking at it this way, it's actually a good thing that you didn't get rid of your farmer status. With your skill level, it's a pity you're not using technology to farm."

Li Long explained, "I didn't give the presentation at the county's on-site meeting; it was our cooperative's manager. I can't handle everything; that would be too tiring for me."

By the way, Director, is the cotton and linen company also part of your supply and marketing system?

“Yes, it’s also part of our system, but it’s not under my jurisdiction; it’s directly under the state supply and marketing cooperative,” Li Xiangqian said. “What’s wrong? Is something wrong with the cotton and linen company? Did you run into problems selling cotton?”

"No, no, it's just that I think their way of collecting cotton is a bit too primitive," Li Long complained. "They have to weigh the cotton one bag at a time, it's so slow."

Ordinary farmers cultivate 20 or 30 mu of land and sell only one or two tons of cotton each time, which is acceptable. But for large cotton growers like us, we have to weigh the cotton every day, and each weighing involves 10 or 20 tons. Weighing cotton in such small packages is simply too inefficient.

Could you talk to them about spending money to upgrade the system and install a weighbridge? The tractor can go over, be weighed directly, and then be weighed again on the empty return trip. Then, the weight of the cotton can be calculated with a single shearing, saving a lot of trouble.

"You mean like selling grain?" Li Xiangqian asked. "It might be quite troublesome to modify this. Cotton and grain are different after all. Testing cotton is more complicated, unlike grain where you can just test for impurities and moisture content to pass."

Li Long knew that selling cotton in later generations would be exactly as he had described. A large tractor would pull an extra-large and extra-long bucket that he had welded himself. After the cotton was loaded into the bucket, it would be weighed directly on a weighbridge. After the cotton was weighed, it would be unloaded, and then the empty truck would be weighed again to calculate the net weight of the cotton.

Therefore, he believed that such a transformation would not be difficult.

"Director, if you can get a word in with them, please mention it. Don't worry, they definitely want to avoid trouble and complications. In the current situation, with so many people involved, it's easy for a fire to break out," Li Long said.
“If it is as I said, only one or two people each can go to sell cotton, the number of people in cotton and linen companies will also be reduced, and the chances of problems will be smaller.”

Since Li Long brought it up, and Li Xiangqian did indeed know people there, he nodded in agreement.

Li Long felt that he had done a good thing, improving the efficiency of selling cotton, which was beneficial to both cotton and linen companies and farmers.

After returning from the supply and marketing cooperative, Li Long went back to the purchasing station and picked out some Central Asian specialties to give to Sun Jiaqiang and Liang Shuangcheng, asking them to distribute them to the workers at the purchasing station as welfare.

Then he hauled some more to canneries and jerky processing workshops.

Because of the large export volume, the workload in these two places is also relatively large, and overtime is often required. Therefore, Li Long will appropriately improve their welfare, and often distribute some daily necessities and local specialties. In modern terms, he not only gives the workers things, but also increases their emotional value.

After all, it's difficult for other factories to obtain such specialty products.

Li Long took the rest back to the courtyard, planning to bring some back with him when he returned to the fourth team tomorrow. The rest would stay at home; his family could use them, or some could be given as small gifts.

After Mingming and Haohao came home from school, Li Long let each of them pick out two items.

The two children had similar interests; each of them picked out a finely crafted curved knife and a large piece of chocolate.

The chocolate was made in the shape of a galloping horse using a mold. It was quite large, weighing about half a kilogram.

Li Long said half-jokingly, "This is enough for you to eat for half a month."

Mingming and Haohao didn't say anything; they just carried the things they had chosen back to their room, clearly very happy.

When Gu Xiaoxia returned and saw so many things, she was quite surprised. Li Long told her to pick out a few items to send to her sister, and of course, to keep a few for her father-in-law and stepmother-in-law as well.

As Gu Xiaoxia looked at the local specialties, she said, "I think this boss surnamed Liu treats you quite well. The things he sells to you are all quite cheap, and he always sends you some local specialties. These things aren't cheap, are they?"

Li Long thought for a moment and said, "It might be because I helped him in the mountains. If it weren't for me, he might have died. Of course, I think the biggest reason is that he felt his luck improved after we started working together."

Liu Shanmin has said more than once that things have gone very smoothly for him ever since we started doing business together.

Li Long didn't tell Gu Xiaoxia about Liu Shanmin's secret mission, so he could only say that business was going smoothly.

In fact, after cooperating with Li Long, he was able to find and complete the tasks smoothly whenever Liu Shanmin needed them online.

Liu Shanmin is not a party member, but he still believes in these things.

Li Long also knew that he had always been lucky. In the beginning, he had made a lot of progress after emptying his luck bar several times.

So, while I wouldn't say I feel completely at ease receiving these things, at least I know the reason behind them. And if there are any problems or difficulties on their end, they will provide timely assistance.

It's mutually beneficial.

At the end of September, the students finished picking cotton for the last time and returned to the cooperative's courtyard.

Those who lived closer to home, in nearby production teams, couldn't wait to go home.

Those who live far away will quickly pack their things and prepare to take the bus back to school tomorrow.

Li Qiang didn't go home. Some of his close classmates knew he was from the same village and wanted to take him around the village that evening.

“I’ve only ever heard you say that your village is pretty good. This time we’ve been so busy picking cotton that we haven’t had a chance to explore. We only have this one night left, so what do you think we should do?” Du Wenlong and Li Qiang have a good relationship, so he spoke his mind directly.

Li Qiang thought for a moment and said, "I'd like to take you guys to catch crabs, but I'm not sure if we'll be able to. Do you dare to go?"

"Really?" Du Wenlong immediately raised his hand upon hearing this: "Yes, yes, of course we're going! Crabs, if we can get our hands on this, we'll definitely go!"

Immediately, several boys shouted that they wanted to go together.

“Wait a moment, I’ll go find some tools,” Li Qiang said. “But I need to tell you beforehand, it would be great if you could find some, but don’t blame me if you couldn’t. There are crabs, but it’s getting a bit cold here this time of year, so it’s hard to say whether those guys will come out or not.”

"Don't worry, we won't blame you," Du Wenlong said immediately. "We pick cotton every day, and there's nothing to do at night. We're so bored. If we can catch some crabs, we can consider it entertainment. Even if we don't catch any, it's still a night out. It's all voluntary, right?"

"Yes, yes, we don't blame you. Go find the tools quickly." The other students said the same thing.

Li Qiang immediately went to find Li Long, who was on duty that night. It was because Li Long was the last person on duty that he dared to say such a thing.

"Take your classmates to catch crabs?" Li Long was both amused and exasperated. "It's already quite chilly tonight, and it's hard to say whether the crabs will even be out. If you don't catch any, won't your classmates complain?"

"No, no, my classmates said they don't blame me," Li Qiang said hurriedly. "Uncle, could you help me borrow some headlamps and tools? I have some at home, but it might not be enough."

"Alright, get in the car, I'll take you there," Li Long said. "I'll also get you a shrimp trap. When you go crabbing, put the shrimp trap in the water first and put bait inside. Whether you catch any crabs or not, when you come back, just lift the shrimp trap. Even if you don't catch any crabs, you'll bring back some shrimp." "Okay, okay," Li Qiang thought this was better, a double insurance.

Li Long drove him around, took a headlamp, stab-proof gloves and a bucket from the Li family, and then went to Tao Daqiang's house and Liang Dacheng's house to borrow a few more items.

When they returned to the cooperative's courtyard, the boys were already eagerly waiting at the entrance.

Squad leader Chen Shuxia noticed their unusual activity and came over to ask them where they were going. Du Wenlong covered for them by saying that he was just going out for a walk.

"You're going back to school tomorrow, so don't do anything dangerous. We need to make sure you get home safely," Chen Shuxia reminded them.

"Don't worry, Li Qiang is leading the way. We won't go to any dangerous places," Du Wenlong quickly said.

A girl called Chen Shuxia over to help, and the class monitor quickly left. She had been very tired these past few days, not only picking cotton but also coordinating and reporting some girls' difficulties to the teacher, as well as helping other students. Now that she was leaving, she could relax for a moment and didn't care about anything else.

Since Li Qiang had five boys going, Li Long hesitated about whether to borrow a GAZ-69 truck to take them there. Li Qiang suggested that the rest of them could walk.

Li Long was naturally worried. The water in Xiaohaizi was deep, and he wasn't sure if the boys could swim. Although the crab-catching area was shallow, no one could say for sure what would happen if some mischievous boys couldn't catch any crabs and went into the deeper water, and fell in.

They all worked so hard to get into high school, and now they're all grown up. If they were drowned, there would be no way to explain it to the students' parents.

So Li Long insisted on taking them to the edge of Xiaohaizi, and the students squeezed together and went in an off-road vehicle.

When they arrived at Xiaohaizi, Li Long turned off the engine and told them to get out of the car. He didn't help them at all and just watched them do it themselves.

Li Qiang turned on his headlamp and started putting bait into the shrimp traps while explaining to the other students.

Three of the five students were from the city and had never participated in nighttime fishing before; they all watched with great curiosity.

Li Qiang put the shrimp trap into the water, then tied the rope to the reeds by the water's edge. He pointed to the translucent shrimp in the water and said, "Look, there are a lot of small river shrimp. We're sure to have a good catch later."

"Where is it? Where is it?" Several classmates nearby crowded closer to the water's edge to look. Some even pushed Li Qiang in, almost shoving him in. Li Long, watching from the side, quickly pulled the others aside and whispered:
"The water is very deep in here, everyone be careful! If you want to see it, line up in a row and look slowly at the water's edge. If we all rush in like this, it's easy to fall into the water!"

Although Li Long didn't talk much during the cotton-picking period, the students knew from his interactions with the teachers and other cooperative members that he was a significant figure. So now, when Li Long spoke, they all listened attentively.

They lined up in a row, squatted down, and looked into the water. Soon they spotted the small shrimp swimming in the water.

People from inland China might not understand why they get so excited about seeing a small shrimp. It's simply because at this time of year, live seafood is extremely rare, if not almost available, in northern Xinjiang.

Let alone seafood, things like shrimp, crabs, and frogs are rarely seen in certain areas.

Although things were not like before liberation, due to the backwardness of transportation, many people's activities were limited to a village or a township, and the furthest they had ever been was the county town.

Students like Li Qiang didn't see pine trees for the first time until he was almost in high school in his previous life. Although there were pine trees in the southern mountains of Ma County, and in some units and schools in the county town, their activity range was limited, so they had never seen them before.

The same principle applies to shrimp, crabs, and frogs.

Although they had seen it in books and on television, they were still very surprised when the real thing appeared in front of them.

Some people reached out with their headlamps to scoop up the water, but when they cupped their hands in the water, they found nothing but water.

"Alright, alright, the shrimp traps have been put in. When you come back after you've caught the crabs, there will be shrimp inside. Now, don't rush, hurry up and go to the shallows to the west to see if you can catch any crabs."

Li Long was worried that they might slip into the water while playing there, so he urged them, "Qiangqiang, tell them to stay three to five meters from the shore, when the water is above their ankles, and not to go any further. Otherwise, they might run into leeches or get bitten by ducks, which would cause trouble later."

Li Long scared them like that for the students' own good, to make them more careful and at least ensure their safety.

Li Qiang led his classmates, carrying tools, westward along the dam line. When they reached the shallows, he reminded everyone to change into rubber boots and prepare to go into the water.

"Are the crabs in here? Why can't we see them? How do we catch them?" Du Wenlong quickly changed into his rubber boots and asked impatiently.

These rubber boots are actually what city dwellers call rain boots, except they are higher up, reaching the students' knees. They are usually used by villagers when watering plants. They keep their feet dry when they step into the water and prevent them from being scratched by branches or other objects in the water.

"The crabs come out of the deep water to the shallow water to find food at this time of year. The water in the shallow water is warmer during the day, so the crabs come here to rest for a while," Li Qiang explained to them as he changed his clothes.

“Look at those little puddles in the water, or the hoofprints left by cows. Crabs like to huddle in those places, or under the grass. Look closely, and you'll see a layer of loose soil on their bodies.”

"Let me tell you, if we came here in June or July, it would be easy to find crabs. Now it's almost October, and it's getting cold. If we manage to find one each today, we're lucky."

As Li Qiang spoke, he turned to look at Li Long, who was observing from the shore. He had vaguely heard his family say that his uncle was particularly lucky, and he wondered if that luck would come in handy today.

Although Li Qiang was taught to oppose superstition from a young age, after reading many books, he is not particularly opposed to metaphysics at times.

These people were mostly novices, so Li Qiang arranged for them to line up in a row and walk from north to south.

For safety, he stood at the very back, where the water was up to his calves. Fortunately, the water was still quite clear, and with Li Qiang's current 5.3 vision, he could basically see the bottom.

The five people walked slowly forward, especially the three from the city, who were very careful, as if afraid of stepping on something.

It was very dark. Although there was a moon, it was only a crescent moon at this time. From time to time, there were some unfamiliar noises coming from the reeds on the left, which felt quite frightening.

But for the guys who came with them, it was quite exciting.

"Hey, isn't that a crab?" A boy saw something at the bottom of the water and couldn't wait to reach out and scoop it up.

The light from several headlamps focused on his hand, and then Du Wenlong burst into laughter: "How did you manage to scoop up donkey dung? This isn't a crab!"

The student blushed and explained, "I saw it in a small ditch, and I thought it was a crab..."

Anyway, it was dark, so no one could see his blushing face.

Li Qiang continued his explanation: "Crabs have eight legs and two pincers. When you watch them, you can see that they usually have their legs outstretched, ready to escape at any time."

As he spoke, he looked into the water. He walked more than twenty meters forward but found nothing.

At most, you can see a few small fish swimming around in the water, and then they are startled by the noise and dart to the deeper water.

Seeing that they hadn't found anything yet, one student couldn't help but complain, "What's going on? We were told there would be crabs, but we've only seen a few small fish. Did we come all this way for nothing?"

Li Qiang could sense the change in everyone's emotions, and he was also quite nervous, fearing that he would return empty-handed today.

Hearing what his classmate said, he was about to explain when Du Wenlong spoke up first: "Didn't Li Qiang say before that he was just trying his luck by taking us crab catching? If we didn't catch any, we can't blame him."

We discussed all of this when we came. We came voluntarily, so we should be prepared for the possibility that we might not succeed. There's no point in saying this now.

His uncle said it's not crab season, and besides, it's not over yet. Let's look further ahead; maybe we'll find some then.

Du Wenlong's words made the student feel embarrassed, and he quickly explained, "I just felt it would be a pity to run it empty-handed. If June or July is the best season, I was thinking of talking to Li Qiang about whether we could come back and try it again next year."

The other students immediately chimed in, "Yeah, yeah! Whether we can catch it this year or not, we'll come back and try again after the college entrance exam next year. I'm sure we'll be able to catch it then!"

Li Long has always had good hearing, and he overheard their conversation from the shore. He found it quite interesting, especially Du Wenlong, who seemed to be Li Qiang's good friend and was constantly speaking up for him.

Such friends are worth making friends with.

It's really good to be young; friendships are purer then, without any other ulterior motives. Li Long was quite envious.

He didn't attend high school, and didn't even finish junior high. He barely remembers his junior high classmates, so he really longs for the three most important friendships in life.

"There are crabs!" Li Qiang suddenly shouted, bending down to grab them, but then stopped. His shout immediately drew everyone's attention.

“Look, there’s a crab in this underwater pit.” Li Qiang pointed to the other students with his finger close to the water’s surface. “It’s quite big. Look, the crab’s shell and claws are covered in mud, which is very similar in color to the surrounding area.”

"It's like camouflage!" A classmate, who had also noticed it clearly, said excitedly, "I never knew crabs could do this, just like chameleons."

"It shouldn't be," another student analyzed. "It should be that when the water was still quite murky, the crab stayed here, and then the water gradually became clearer, and the loose soil in the water fell down and landed on its shell, which is how the crab turned into what it is now."

Li Long found their analysis quite interesting; catching crabs was like holding an academic conference, and they were analyzing it very logically.

"You all saw it, right? Now I'm going to catch it. You see, catching crabs requires speed and precision, otherwise getting pinched by a crab, even with anti-spiky gloves, still hurts quite a bit." Li Qiang said while demonstrating for everyone, "Look, like this!"

He quickly reached into the water, scooped up a crab, and threw it into the bucket just as the crab was about to pinch him.

"Li Qiang, you're really fast!" a classmate said with a laugh. "Swift as lightning!"

"Hahahaha!"

Joyful laughter echoed along the water's edge.

After catching the first one, they caught a second, but due to the season, they waded through the entire body of water and only managed to catch six crabs in the end.

Coincidentally, everyone got something, and Du Wenlong even caught two.

Actually, one classmate didn't notice it at all, so when Li Qiang found the second one, he gave it to him and let him scoop it into the bucket.

Li Long was happy along with them. When they reached the edge of the shallows, he called out from the shore to let them come up and check the shrimp traps.

Although the students wanted to turn back again, they found that the water they had stepped in had become murky and they couldn't see anything in the water, so they had to go ashore.

"That's pretty good. It's already quite impressive that you managed to catch crabs this season," Li Long commented. "Let's go, let's pack up the traps and head back. You can steam these crabs tomorrow morning, or take them home with you."

When they reached the shrimp trap, Li Qiang lifted it up and found that there were indeed more than half a kilogram of small river shrimp inside.

Having already seen the crabs, the students were now very interested in the shrimp. Since there were quite a few shrimp, Li Qiang simply gave each of them one to hold and observe carefully.

When we drove back to the cooperative's courtyard, the teacher from the class rushed over to ask what was wrong.

He was quite anxious when he discovered that the student was missing. Fortunately, Chen Shuxia said that Li Qiang had taken him out. The teacher knew that Li Qiang was from the same village, so he didn't suspect anything.

When he learned that they had gone to catch crabs and shrimp, he was displeased, but since the students had returned safely and he himself was quite interested in crabs and shrimp, he wanted to see what they had caught.

The commotion they made attracted many other students who were preparing to rest. Before long, everyone in the group that had gathered around had a shrimp in their hand.

As for the crabs, since they couldn't be divided and it was quite dangerous, they were simply divided into six basins for everyone to see.

It just so happens that a biology teacher is on duty tonight, and he talks to the students with great interest about the biological characteristics of crabs and shrimp.

It's turned into a class.

In short, everyone was quite happy and didn't go to sleep until very late.

Li Long thought this was a good thing; picking cotton was a perfect ending.

P.S.: I didn't take a picture of the crab, here's another one.

The pike in the small lake are actually a type of loach, and these are considered relatively large. (End of Chapter)