Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Chapter 144 It’s time to go to the mountains

Li Long rode a bicycle with Li Juan on his back and rode back under the envious gazes of students and teachers.

Occasionally, when he saw students playing in the middle of the road, Li Long would press the bell, and those students would immediately run to the side of the road like frightened rabbits, and then look at the person on the bicycle curiously.

If they meet children from the village, they will often shout loudly when they see that it is Li Long riding the bike. They will happily run after the bicycle for a while, and then gasp and laugh on the side of the road.

In this day and age, children's happiness is so simple.

Riding his bicycle into the village and passing by the primary school, Li Long saw the children from the village primary school and preschool class walking out of the classroom after school, so he turned around.

There are only two grades in Lu Village, and each grade has one class. There is also only one preschool class. Li Qiang is in the preschool class. He and another child are walking out together with their arms around each other's shoulders.

The first child who saw Li Long turned around and shouted:

"Li Qiang! Qiang Qiang! Your uncle is here to pick you up! He's riding a bicycle to pick you up!"

Li Qiang turned around abruptly after hearing this and saw Li Qiang and Li Juan sitting in the back seat with bright and surprised smiles on their faces. He shook off his friends beside him and shouted to Li Long:

"Uncle, sister!"

When Li Qiang came over, Li Long asked him to climb onto the big bar, and then he rode his bicycle home.

When they turned the corner, they saw Wu Shufen coming out of the first-grade classroom with a book in her hand. They were both stunned for a moment. Wu Shufen reacted first, raised her neck, and turned to the office like a proud swan.

Li Long smiled and continued riding home.

"Uncle, I don't like her!" Li Qiang suddenly said, "She glared at me and rolled her eyes yesterday..."

Li Long couldn't help but want to curse. Is Wu Shufen mentally ill? He broke up with her, what does it have to do with the child? Why would she take out her emotions on the child?

"Ignore her!" Before Li Long could say anything, Li Juan spoke up from the back seat of the car, "She just glared at you because she saw that our uncle could make money and lived better than her, but he didn't look for her. You should ignore her and make her feel uncomfortable!"

Li Long didn't know whether to laugh or cry after hearing this. In his previous life, he once thought that children in the 21st century were very smart and precocious, and they understood a lot of adult things at the age of five or six.

I didn’t expect that children these days actually know a lot of things.

"You don't have to worry about adults' affairs. Just study hard, get into a good university when you grow up, and find a good job." Li Long couldn't help but play the role of a nagging parent. "Then you won't have to cut wheat in the summer or cut reeds in the winter."

"Ok!"

"understood!"

The two children agreed seriously - these two jobs were like nightmares to them. They had experienced harvesting wheat in summer, and although they had never harvested reeds in winter, they knew how hard it was.

When Li Long got back to Li's house, he saw that no one was home and the doors were locked. Li Juan got out of the back seat quickly and went to the window sill to find the key to open the door. Li Qiang got out of the car and went to the chicken coop, happily touching two eggs.

There was leftover rice in the kitchen. Normally, people would eat the leftovers at this time. However, Li Long said that eating it cold would make his stomach uncomfortable, so he prepared hot dishes. Li Juan helped by lighting the fire at the stove.

The food was quickly heated up. Li Long was not very hungry, so he served the two children food - mainly Li Juan. Li Qiang went home at noon and ate with his parents. Li Long also served himself some food, and felt good watching the children eat the meat dishes with big mouthfuls.

It’s really nice to be able to make myself and my family live a happier life.

After finishing the meal and clearing the dishes, Li Juan carried the basket to pick up pig grass. Li Long asked her about her homework, and Li Juan proudly said:
"I finished my homework during the lunch break."

Now the piglets are very hungry. Pig food is mainly bran mixed with chopped pig grass cooked together. At this time, the only grass that can be fed to pigs is a few kinds of grass such as gray strips and wild amaranth. Fortunately, there is enough wasteland now, and these wild vegetables that can actually be eaten by humans are easier to find.

For the first time ever, Li Qiang did not go out to play. Instead, he ran out of the yard and caught up with Li Juan. The two of them chatted and laughed as they went looking for pig feed.

Li Long was tidying up the yard while waiting for Tao Daqiang. In order to buy two radios, he had to catch the fish.

"Xiaolong, you're here. I have something to tell you." When Li Long was checking the tires, someone came into the yard, but it was not Tao Daqiang, but Xie Yundong.

Xie Yundong is in his thirties, about the same height as Li Jianguo, less than 1.7 meters, and a very honest farmer.

"Brother Yundong, what's the matter?" Li Long put down the tire and asked.

"The captain asked me to take the people from the sideline group to the mountains to make a bag. I heard from the captain that you took on this job. Now I want to discuss with you what you need to bring. Do you agree?"

Xie Yundong had worked in the mountains for a period of time and was familiar with the life there. Li Long remembered that he was the leader of the sideline team last year. When he came back, he brought more than 200 yuan of income to the team, and everyone in the sideline team also gained something. This person is capable, down-to-earth, and can convince others.

"Brother Yundong, you are responsible for entering the mountain. I don't have as much experience as you. In fact, I am just a matchmaker. When delivering the goods, I will check the quality of the handles. You will take care of the rest."

"No, no, no," Xie Yundong said modestly. "I heard from the team leader that you took this job, and you have been in the mountains for quite a while this winter. I heard that a forestry team has been set up in the mountains, and some things have rules, which are different from before. It's right to listen to your suggestions. You can listen to them and see if I have prepared everything."

He pulled a piece of paper out of his pocket, opened it carefully, and began to read:

"A bed, a machete or sickle, a shovel for digging a hole in the ground, two boxes of matches, a bag of salt, a bag of chili noodles, and ten kilograms of cornmeal..."

At this point, Xie Yundong looked up and explained to Li Long: "The captain said to bring a cook with him. I asked and discussed with the captain and decided to let Lao Gu and Gu Boyuan go."

"Uncle Gu can cook?" Li Long was a little surprised. Having lived two lives, he didn't know Gu Boyuan very well. He didn't expect that he could cook?
"Of course. When this production team was established, your eldest brother and Lao Gu both cooked. When there was a big canteen, your brother was the chief steward and Lao Gu was the chef—"

I didn't expect there was such a history. Li Long thought about what his elder brother had done before he came to the production team in his previous life, and he really didn't know in detail.

He also discovered that Xie Yundong still called Xu Chengjun captain, probably because he was used to it.

"Then Uncle Gu doesn't need to be assigned a task, right? Does it count as work points?"

"Yes, work points are calculated. The work points in the team have increased now, and one work point is 20 cents. The sideline team is calculated as two work points a day. Lao Gu can do other things besides cooking. This month is better than being in the team."

"What about his land?" Li Long asked again. Although Gu Xiaoxia ate commercial grain, Gu Boyuan's family only had two acres of food-producing land, but that also needed to be taken care of.

"He said he gave it to your eldest brother." Xie Yundong smiled. That smile made Li Long feel a little unusual. He didn't dwell on this issue and reminded him:
"Brother Yundong, I think we can let everyone buy some red tofu. It's two cents a piece. The wild vegetables in the mountains should not have fully come down yet. Buying red tofu can last for a while. It's cheap and goes well with rice."

"Okay, I'll make a note of this." Xie Yundong followed suit, took out a pencil from his pocket, and carefully wrote it down on the paper.

He and Li Long discussed some things they needed to bring. When they were about to leave, Li Long asked:
"Besides you and Uncle Gu, who else is here this time?"

"Tao Daqiang," Xie Yundong said, "Lin He, Wang Dagui, Xu Jianjun, Tian Siping, Wei Zhonghua..." Lin He is an honest and obedient man. Everyone likes to ask him for help when they have problems. When he has problems, others will also take the initiative to help him. There is nothing wrong with this guy.

Wang Dagui is the younger brother of Wang Caimi, whose real name is Wang Dafu. He is also a smart and capable man who knows a lot of things. He is also very fast at making the ropes.

But when Li Long heard Xie Yundong mention Xu Jianjun, his brows furrowed.

Xu Jianjun is Xu Chengjun's cousin. He is a bit idle and disobedient. When it comes to work, he has a lot to do, but if he goes into the mountains, he will definitely do other side jobs rather than being a gang leader.

"This is the list decided by the captain. I don't really want to be on it, but I have no choice." Xie Yundong smiled bitterly. "But fortunately, with Daqiang and Dagui, the mission can definitely be accomplished..."

"That should be no problem, but Brother Yundong, you have to make it clear that if the quality is not up to standard during the inspection, I will send it back. Don't say that I don't give face to the people in our team. After all, if the unqualified products are handed in and they want to return them, the loss will be very large."

"Don't worry about this. It only costs one dollar to make up a story. If this incident ruins everyone's way of making money, then I don't need to say anything. Others will give him a beating."

Xie Yundong has something in his head, as he knows how to use everyone's mentality of making money to solve the problem of individual disobedience.

Before Xie Yundong left, Tao Daqiang walked into the yard. When he saw Xie Yundong, he was also stunned for a moment, then smiled foolishly without saying hello.

"Daqiang is here. I just wanted to tell you something. Xiaolong and I just discussed what we should bring with us into the mountains this time. Please take note of it..."

As he spoke, Xie Yundong read it to Tao Daqiang from the paper and asked him if he remembered it.

"Brother Yundong, please read it again. I'm not smart enough..." Tao Daqiang said with a red face.

Xie Yundong was not in a hurry and read it again. Only then did Tao Daqiang nod and remember it.

After Xie Yundong left, Tao Daqiang asked:

"Brother Long, are you still catching fish?"

"Dai, let's set the net again today, but not tomorrow. I'm going to go into the mountains tomorrow, so you guys should prepare your things."

"Okay." Tao Daqiang nodded, "I'll listen to you this time when we go into the mountains."

"You should work hard to make money. I will tell you when there is a way to make money."

"Yeah!" Tao Daqiang nodded vigorously.

After checking the tires and nets, the two men carried them to Xiaohaizi.

In order to ensure that he could catch more fish this time, Li Long lowered the net to the reeds about two or three hundred meters away from yesterday.

Crucian carp are easier to sell, and there are more crucian carp near the reeds. This time, Li Long brought two two-and-a-half-finger nets, two three-finger nets, and one three-and-a-half-finger and one four-finger net. Six nets are enough.

After setting the net, the two men did not cast it again and went straight back to the team.

Li Jianguo and Liang Yuemei have returned, Li Juan is chopping pig grass in the yard, and Li Qiang has gone to play somewhere unknown.

The next day, Li Long and Tao Daqiang got up early as usual, and went together to retrieve the six nets.

As expected by Li Long, this time all six nets were full of crucian carps. Each net was two and a half fingers long and was filled with crucian carps, weighing at least fifteen or sixteen kilograms.

"Yesterday when I was looking at the wheat in the field, I saw a lot of small crucian carp," Tao Daqiang said as he walked back. "I also saw some bigger ones. The floodgates released water and the fish were released as well."

Crucian carp are particularly good at producing eggs. The female fish caught at this time, even if they are only five or six centimeters long, have their stomachs full of yellow seeds. The saying "I advise you not to eat crucian carp in spring" is really not applicable here. Because those crucian carp flow into the fields with the water, and all die when the water dries up.

Every season when watering is needed, you can see pits of dead fish in the ditches and fields. This is the feast for flies.

Tao Daqiang brought some crucian carp back and said he would stew them for lunch. Li Long put the sorted fish on his bicycle and hurriedly left the village with Li Juan.

After leaving Li Juan at the elementary school, Li Long didn't see Gu Xiaoxia when he passed by the middle school, but he didn't stop. This time he still had to go to Shicheng to sell fish.

The reason why Li Long was in such a hurry was that he was worried that he would be too late to sell the fish and would not be able to buy the radio when he returned.

Shicheng Old Street still has a large flow of people. Across the intersection where Li Long set up his stall yesterday, someone has already set up a stall, selling bacon, wild vegetables, and some are selling handfuls of coriander.

The place was big, so Li Long was not picky. He poured some of the fish into a basin, picked up the scale and started shouting loudly.

There are more fish today than yesterday, including more large crucian carp and big crucian carp, but almost no silver carp and grass carp. The fish look very lively and beautiful.

Sure enough, crucian carp was more popular. In less than an hour today, Li Long sold all the fish, and the last four kilograms of crucian carp were bought by one person.

This time he made more than 50 yuan. Li Long didn’t even have breakfast. He rode his bike directly back to Mayan County and rushed to the department store.

Just as he thought, there was only a radio on the counter.

"Are you still buying it?" Xiao Liu remembered what Li Long said yesterday, "This is the only one left, but the radio is good, you can try it."

To be on the safe side, Li Long bought a box of batteries and installed them and tried it out right away.

The ethnic channel was still available. Li Long smiled, paid the bill, and said thank you. Xiao Liu whispered:
"You're welcome. If you need anything later, you can tell me in advance. If it's about to arrive, I can keep it for you."

"Thank you so much." Li Long was really grateful. There were many things needed at home and in the mountains. Sometimes they were out of stock without you noticing, which was a pity.

However, he was somewhat surprised by the girl's enthusiasm.

Without thinking too much, Li Long went to the big yard, took the radio he had taken from before, wrapped it up, and went into the mountains with a small-caliber rifle.

He wanted to give Halimu and the others a surprise.

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Today is the college entrance examination, I wish all the candidates good luck. Thinking back to our college entrance examination, many years have passed...

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