Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Chapter 140: Let’s say openly: We earned this money
Li Long came out of the supply and marketing cooperative and went to the department store with an industrial ticket. He bought a semiconductor radio and then bought four No. 1 batteries and put them in the radio. He tuned the channel and heard the sound of China National Radio.

Then he turned it a few more times and received the sound of the radio station in the area. Then he turned it again and actually heard the radio station in the ethnic language!
Li Long was a little confused for a moment, and then suddenly thought of Halimu and others in the mountains.

If……

Unfortunately, I don’t have enough money now.

Li Long looked at the remaining radios on the counter with some regret and felt it necessary to withdraw money as soon as possible to buy some.

Otherwise, what if it’s gone?
If Halimu, Yushanjiang and others had a radio when they went to the summer pasture deep in the Tianshan Mountains, would they be less bored and be able to learn about major events and current affairs in the area, which would be helpful to them?

After leaving the department store with the radio in his hand, Li Long rode his bicycle to the large yard, loaded the piglet onto his back and started on his way back.

On the way, he was thinking whether to sell fish for two more days or take a piece of jade to Wucheng. After thinking about it, he decided to go with the former. The quality of the jade he had was not as good as the two pieces he had before, so he couldn't sell it at a high price. But semiconductors were not that expensive now. If he caught more fish and sold them in Shicheng, he could probably collect the money in three to five days.

After returning to the village, Li Long first unloaded the piglet. Liang Yuemei cooked lunch, and Li Jianguo and his friends also came back from work and were eating.

Seeing that Li Long brought back the piglet, Li Jianguo said happily:

"That's right, there are two now. We've already cleared out our pigsty, so put them in there first. When there are more, we can put them in the stable - the stable needs to be cleaned out and renovated as well."

"Yes." Li Long nodded in agreement. The stables were originally used to keep horses, donkeys and mules. Each circle was relatively tall, but the space was small. It was necessary to clear them up and then renovate them.

But this kind of work is not big, there is a big yard in it, which was originally used for large livestock to walk around, but now it can be converted into a place to spread manure and grow vegetables.

After putting the piglet into the pigpen, Li Jianguo invited Li Long to eat. Li Long waved his hand and said:
"No, I've already eaten in the county. Now I'm going to talk to the village director about something. The county supply and marketing cooperative has a job for 300 porters, which needs to be completed within a month. I know the purchasing manager, and he gave me the job. I'm going to ask the village director if our village wants to take this job."

"There's such a job? The village director will definitely take it!" Li Jianguo slapped his thigh, "This morning, Junwazi complained that a forestry team was going to be established in Nanshan, and that we would not be allowed to dig Fritillaria in the mountains as a sideline. This would mean that the team would lose a source of income. If there is such an order, he would be very happy!"

"Then do you want to go with us?" Liang Yuemei looked at Li Jianguo.

"Brother, don't go. I will follow you to the mountains, but I won't make up stories." Li Long said, "I have the final say on the price... I want a cut."

"It's my duty." Li Jianguo said after a pause, "Without you, there would be no such work in the team. The soldiers are so happy. You won't draw too much, will you?"

"No, no, no more than 20%."

"That's no problem."

"Okay, I'll go talk to him," Li Long stood up and said, "By the way, brother, I bought a radio so we can listen to some news at home when we have nothing to do." He took out the radio and put it on the table, turned it on, tuned it up, and from it came the announcer's clear and melodious voice playing the news.

"Novels are also being broadcast in it." Li Long said proudly.

"I listened to it at the fishing grounds," Li Jianguo said, holding the radio in his hand, reluctant to let it go. "I listened to the news and storytelling at that time. There were so many things to learn!"

“Now I can listen to it.”

"It's not cheap!" Liang Yuemei looked at the radio with curiosity in her eyes, "Do you need more tickets?"

"Fifty yuan," Li Long said. "I added some more money from selling fish today. I plan to sell fish for two more days and then buy one for my friend in the mountains."

"It's my honor." Li Jianguo nodded in approval, "It's just too far away. Otherwise, we should at least invite them to our home as guests."

Li Long rode his bike to Xu Chengjun's house. Xu Chengjun had just finished his meal and the door was open. He heard the sound of the bicycle and walked out. "Xiaolong is here." Xu Chengjun said while rolling a cigarette, "Are you back from selling fish in the county?"

"Well, Director, I have something to tell you."

"What's the matter?" Xu Chengjun continued rolling a cigarette.

"There's a big job at the supply and marketing cooperative, recruiting 300 people to be the porters. I want to ask the team if they want to take it. We have to do this job in Nanshan..."

"Really?" When Xu Chengjun heard the news, the cigarette in his hand fell to the ground. He didn't bother to pick it up, and grabbed Li Long's arm and said:

"Xiaolong, is this true? Answer it! Of course I will answer it! But are you sure it's true?"

"If we want to take it, then I'll make the standards clear." Li Long took a step back to get rid of Xu Chengjun's iron-like hands and said, "Otherwise, if we don't do a good job and they don't accept us, that will be troublesome."

"You say it, you say it."

"The construction period is one month. The standard is a two-meter handle, one meter long and wide, and it has to be woven densely. One handle costs five yuan."

Li Long set the price at five yuan, and the remaining yuan belonged to him.

"This is a good price. We will definitely complete the task!" Xu Chengjun said with a smile, "Anyone can weave a sling. We can easily spare ten people from our team, and each person can weave at least one or two a day - in the morning, we cut strips and poles, and in the afternoon, we dig pits and burn strips to weave. We can weave at least ten a day, and we can finish it in twenty or thirty days."

"Okay, Captain, if our team can accept it, I will call the supply and marketing cooperative now and tell them that you, the director, will have to appoint people to prepare in the next two days, and then we will go into the mountains. I am the middleman, so I won't make it up. The main thing is acceptance."

"That's no problem." Xu Chengjun is still excited. Five yuan each, one yuan for the person in charge, and the remaining four yuan can be collected by the team. He can do a lot of things with it!
He won't put the money in his own pocket, but as long as the team has money, everything will be convenient.

"Captain, can you put Daqiang among these ten people?"

"That's no problem. Daqiang is capable, hardworking and obedient. He can definitely do it." Xu Chengjun nodded.

Li Long went into the house and called the supply and marketing cooperative. At that time, you had to dial the switchboard several times before you could get through.

By the time the call reached Li Xiangqian, the voice was a little distorted, but fortunately there were not many lines and he could still hear it clearly.

After hearing Li Long say that he had accepted the job, Li Xiangqian asked him to give the phone to Xu Chengjun. He told Xu Chengjun to let Li Long be responsible for the inspection and serve as the contact person.

Xu Chengjun understood what the supply and marketing cooperative meant, and guaranteed that the quality of the people they organized would be up to standard, and that the people sent out would definitely listen to Li Long.

After the call, Li Long was about to go home, but Xu Chengjun stopped him:

"Xiaolong, you have helped the team a lot this time. Don't worry, just for this one thing, you will be the full-time public labor of the team this year! I will notify you when everyone is gathered, and you can lead the people into the mountains."

"Director, I'm not in charge of people. You can appoint someone. I'll just check the things at the end. I have other tasks to do in the mountains."

"Okay, no problem!"

Li Long pushed the cart out of the yard, then rode it home. Xu Chengjun came to the door, watched Li Long's back, and sighed:

"This Li family's waiter is incredible!"

(End of this chapter)