Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Chapter 145 Sincerity is the ultimate skill: Li Long and his friends surprise each other

Riding all the way to the mountainside, Li Long saw that the grass and trees on both sides of the road from the county town to the mountain had turned green. The closer to the mountainside, the brighter the colors became. Large tracts of old garlic, which is a very famous national second-level protected plant in later generations, and XJ wild tulips were blooming on the slopes.

The reason why the locals call this thing "Laowa Garlic" is because its rhizome is similar to that of single-headed garlic and it tastes a bit sweet, so when spring comes, children will dig it up and eat it.

This "Lao Wa" actually means old crow, and the locals call it Lao Wa (wa).

Going further into the mountains, wild roses are blooming, and some unknown wild flowers are blooming all over the mountains.

The snow on the outer layers of the mountains has melted away, and there is a lot of water in the ravines. Occasionally, you can see black and gray fish swimming desperately upwards under the rising water.

There are basically two kinds of fish here, small ditch fish, also known as mountain loach, and the other is the whitebait, which looks very impressive in the reservoir but is actually just a small fish. The locals call it flour fish roe.

It seems that I can get some small nets to catch fish here when I have time - of course, that means when I stay in the mountains for a long time.

It is quite strenuous to pedal up the mountain. Li Long now misses the car in his previous life. With a slope like this, it would be easy to go up with just one step on the accelerator.

When he encountered a difficult road section, he had to get off and push the bike, but he thought to himself that it would be easier on the way back and he wouldn't have to exert any effort along the way. He could just control the direction and brakes and slide along.

When Li Long arrived at Halimu's winter camp, he found that there was a very high pile of wood next to the camp, and the cattle and sheep pens were open. Halimu must have gone out to graze his sheep.

Li Long parked his bicycle on the side of the road, locked it, took off the bag hanging on the handlebars, and walked towards the ditch while carrying it.

Now that the snow has melted, it is not very convenient to walk in the ditch. Fortunately, the water here is not very deep, and Li Long jumped over it.

The black dog over there started barking, and ran to the front of the ditch while barking. It stopped two or three meters in front of Li Long and shook its tail.

"Not bad, you still recognize me." Li Long smiled, waved at the dog, and walked towards the winter den.

Hearing the dog barking, Halimu's wife came out of the winter den. After seeing Li Long, a smile appeared on her face. Then she shouted twice into the winter den. Then Nathan ran out of the winter den. After seeing Li Long, he smiled and ran to the side of the winter den, untied the reins, climbed onto a saddleless horse nimbly, and pulled the reins. The horse rushed out all of a sudden.

The children of Kazakh herders can ride horses when they are two or three years old - this is what Li Long saw with his own eyes. They can ride horses when they can barely walk or run, this is a tradition.

Li Long walked up to the winter den, and then saw Halimu's mother coming down the mountain carrying a sack. He guessed that the old woman must have gone to pick up cow dung cakes.

Halimu's wife didn't speak Chinese, she waved her hand to Li Long to come into the winter house, Li Long waved his hand, Halimu's wife went to make milk tea, Li Long helped Halimu's mother to bring the sack. It was indeed filled with dried cow dung, according to the old man's instructions, Li Long placed the dung pieces on the southeast wall of the winter house.

Then he looked at the tall pile of wood curiously. What was Harimu doing with these woods?
Ten minutes later, Halimu and Nathan rode their horses one after another and galloped to the winter den.

Halimu jumped off his horse, strode over, and said to Li Long with a smile on his face:
"Adasi, why did you come just now? Do you know? The medicine you brought last time saved Nathan's life! If it weren't for your medicine, Nathan would be in trouble..."

Li Long was a little surprised, but then he smiled and said:
"It's nothing. I'm glad I can help you. By the way, I brought you something good this time..."

He opened the sack and took out the radio.

"Radio?" Halim was surprised. "Is there such a thing...without wires?"

Halimu had obviously seen a radio, which made Li Long curious and surprised.

"Yes, it has batteries. I heard there was a national station in it, so I brought one for you and Yushanjiang's family. I don't know if we can get the signal here."

"This... is too expensive!" Halim waved his hands, "You shouldn't, you shouldn't buy it..."

"Haha, this is nothing. The gun you replaced for me is more expensive than two radios." Li Long waved his hand, "Let's not talk about this. Come on, let's try it out."

When Li Long took out the radio, Nathan came over curiously, and Halimu's wife was also looking out the door of the winter den.

Even the elderly people basking in the sun were looking at this side happily.

Li Long turned on the radio and heard a hissing sound of electricity, which made Li Long a little disappointed.

Did you bring some trash?

He slowly turned the knob, and then a voice surprised him:

"This station is now reporting the news..."

The voice of China National Radio!
"We can really hear it, great!" Halimu's face showed surprise, "We can hear the news, this is great!"

Whether it was the old lady, Nathan or Halim's wife, they all looked surprised when they heard this voice.

Li Long was still not satisfied. He shook his head and said, "It may be a little low here. I'll go up to have a look..."

He looked around, trying to find an open and high place.

"Go up to the winter den." Halim became excited this time, "It's higher up there!"

With the help of Halimu, Li Long climbed to the top of the winter den, and Halimu and Nathan also climbed up.

Li Long began to turn the radio's adjustment knob, slowly turning it back, and then amid the noisy sound of electricity, the voice of a female announcer was heard.

Minority language!
Li Long smiled and turned to look at Halimu.

Halimu was a little surprised and frowned again. He walked over, took the radio from Li Long, and slowly adjusted it again.

This time, Li Long soon heard the voice of an old man on the radio again - also speaking a minority language, and this time, Halimu laughed out loud!

"Li Long, you are really our friend! This thing of yours is so good! So good!"

Li Long was stunned for a moment before he suddenly realized: the previous one should not be Kazakh, this one is!
But no matter what, it’s the best thing to receive it!

"I'll bring you some thin wires later. When it's not thundering or raining, you can tie them to the antenna and listen to the radio in the house." Li Long said with a smile. When they came down, Li Long saw that Nathan, the old man and Halim's wife all looked very surprised. Obviously, they were very satisfied with this gift!
Li Long was also very happy that the things he sent made his friends satisfied and happy.

"Let's go to Yushanjiang now. He will be so happy if he knows that this radio can play the Kazakh station in this area!" Halimu led the horse and let Li Long ride it. He also rode the saddleless horse, raised the reins and galloped out.

Li Long felt that this was a good situation now, so he followed Halimu towards Yushan River.

When he arrived at Yushanjiang's house, Li Long saw Yushanjiang pulling wood. The cattle and sheep pens were empty, probably because the children had let them out.

He heard the sound, turned around and saw Halimu and Li Long, smiled, put down the tools in his hands and walked over.

"Adasi, Jax!"

"Okay, okay," Li Long smiled and hugged Yu Shanjiang, "I brought you a radio this time, come and tune it up."

Yushan Jiang's house is located at a higher altitude than Halimu's house and is surrounded by open space. Li Long does not need to go to the roof. He just adjusts it twice and finds the local Asak language station.

Hearing his native language coming from the radio, Yushan Jiang was first shocked, then surprised, and finally pulled Li Long's hand in ecstasy:

"Is this for me? It's so precious! This... this is great! We can hear the news. It's about the new policy for our herdsmen. Li Long, thank you so much!"

Yushanjiang was already a little incoherent. Having been herding in the mountains for a long time, the only people he could communicate with were a few herders nearby, so it was very difficult for him to get news from the outside world.

Now that they have a radio, at least they can hear the district’s policies regarding herders, and listen to some programs, songs, novels, and the like of their own ethnic group. For the herders living in the mountains, its significance is far more than just solving boredom as Li Long thought!
"Don't leave at noon. I'm going to slaughter sheep. I'm going to call the nearby herdsmen over to celebrate!" Yushanjiang was really excited. He held the radio and said loudly:
"Don't leave tonight, Li Long. You know what? For us, this radio is more precious than gold! We are going to have a party tonight. I want everyone to know that I have a Han friend who treats us sincerely... He sent us food, medicine, salt, tea, and this precious radio - tonight, you, stay here, and join our party..."

Li Long was also very surprised. Halimu had seen the radio before, so he was not so excited, but Yushanjiang's reaction was a little surprising to him.

Really, is it that important?

Li Long was a little confused.

"You are outside the mountain, you all know what is happening outside." Yu Shanjiang calmed down a little and explained, "For you, a very simple thing is difficult for us.

We actually want to know what the outside world is like, but our tribe is not here. There are not many herdsmen in the mountains. Our tribe is further north, in Yili and Altay. There are only a few people here.

We want to know about the situation of our tribe, want to tell our children the history of our tribe, and want to know what policies the country has for us herders - but we don't know.

Let us go down the mountain to ask, but we don't know who to ask. Although now, they say that a herding team has been established, but we just do what others say, we don't know anything.

Now we have this - the radio, so we can know how the country treats us, let our children know our history, and in our spare time, we can also listen to music..."

At this time, music was indeed playing on the radio, which made Yushanjiang, as well as his wife and daughter in the winter nest, stick their heads out and listen curiously.

"Look, what we hum is not as clear as what's here, and it's not as beautiful as this... I can proudly tell my son and daughter that this is the music of our nation, it's so beautiful..."

Li Long slowly understood.

Information is so important to people who have been isolated for a long time.

Moreover, this information is not just news, it also contains history, music, and heritage...

Li Long was happy thinking about how valuable the things he brought to Halimu and Yushanjiang were.

very nice.

Li Long actually just wanted to leave after delivering the radio, but Yushanjiang would not let him go. He asked Halimu to keep Li Long and he went out on horseback. He soon came back with a sheep. He dismounted and took a knife to slaughter the sheep. In less than half an hour, the sheep was cooked and put into the pot.

Yushanjiang's wife and daughter were in the winter den, working and listening to the radio. Li Long could hear their whispers and laughter.

"What are you doing with these woods?" Li Long pointed at the wood outside Yushanjiang's winter nest and asked Halimu.

"I didn't want to tell you at first." Halimu explained to Li Long with a smile, "We think you are a true friend, so we thought of building a wooden house for you nearby while the snow melts and we haven't moved away yet. This way it will be convenient for you to come over and bring your family with you. Now, the wood is almost ready, and we will build the house in the next two days..."

Li Long was a little shocked when he heard this!
Build yourself a house in the mountains?
Isn't this a bit exaggerated?
He waved his hands hastily:

"No, no, how can I make you so troubled?"

"Li Long, if you treat us as friends, don't talk about this." Halim waved his hand, "You have been helping us since winter, and we all remember it!..."

"But you gave me more things, jade, sheep, guns..."

"We did give you some things, and maybe in your opinion, those things are quite valuable. But, those things are not very useful to us.

I told you, we used deer antlers to exchange for food, but we got only a little. Without you, those things would be of no use to us. In our opinion, they are not even as useful as a brick of tea, a bag of salt, or a sack of flour.

It was you who exchanged these things for what we needed. The medicine you brought cured my little Nathan's illness. The radio you brought made Yushanjiang feel that we were not alone anymore.

The food you brought saved us the trouble of finding someone to exchange it for - not everyone is as kind as you and would think of helping us!"

"Aren't we friends? That's the way it should be..." Li Long smiled, "And I think I get more from you..."

"This is something that cannot be measured by money." Halim waved his hand, "Although we didn't go to school much, we remember it in our hearts. Friends, you are real!

So, if you are good friends to us, don't refuse our gifts. Besides, what will you do when we move to another place in the future? It's okay to live in our winter house, but it's better not to have a new one - this way, when we come back in winter, you can be our neighbor..."

Li Long, I have nothing to say.

(End of this chapter)