Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Chapter 147: Your Own Winter Nest

Halimu pointed at the wine that Li Long brought and said:

"Some of our tribesmen like this very much, but this one is really harmful."

Li Long was still a little puzzled, as he had not had much dealings with the Kazakhs in his previous life.

"Some of our young people usually look very honest, work very hard, and are not very courageous, but after drinking, their personalities will change drastically, and they may even dare to stab people with knives - so this wine must not be given to them, but other things are fine."

Li Long was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat. He almost made a big mistake!
He quickly put away all the wine and said to Halim:

"I'll leave the wine here for now. By the way, if you need anything else, I'll go buy some more. You'll be leaving for the summer ranch soon, so I'll buy everything you need. Otherwise, it won't be easy to buy anything when you get to the summer ranch deep in the mountains."

Halimu was not polite to Li Long and said:
"Food, we need more food. Salt and brick tea are almost enough, but we still need some ropes, saws, wires and other tools..."

Halimu was thinking and talking, and Li Long wrote down everything.

After Halimu finished speaking, Li Long gave up the idea of ​​going to see where Yushanjiang and the others worked, and prepared to turn around and go buy more things.

"Li Long, after the snow melted, we picked up some deer antlers and roe deer horns. You can take these things and sell them before buying things. We built a winter nest for you because we treat you as a friend. You have helped us so much, and this is what we should do. Now we can't just let you pay for things..."

Li Long did not refuse, but he was also surprised when he saw the deer antlers that Halimu took out.

In the past two lives, the deer antlers that Halimu took out were the largest ones Li Long had ever seen.

Three and a half sets of deer antlers mean seven antlers, while roe deer antlers mean two antlers.

There is a pair of particularly huge antlers, which are at least half a meter long. In addition to the main branch, there are six other branches. This antler alone must weigh at least seven or eight kilograms!
Li Long doubted whether he could get it back in one go.

The resources in this mountain are really rich!
With the help of Halimu, Li Long barely tied all these things to the bicycle with ropes, and then rode down the mountain carefully.

He now felt like the warriors on the stage, with spikes sticking out of his back like flagpole spears.

Of course, it also feels dangerous. I always feel that if I fall over, those sharp antlers will prick me.

When he rode to the county town, Li Long felt himself sweating.

When he arrived at the purchasing station, Li Long calculated that Chen Hongjun should go to work today.

After locking the car, Li Long did not unload the goods. He looked inside first and found that Chen Hongjun was indeed there, weighing licorice roots for someone. While weighing, he said:
"Your licorice root is of good quality. I'll give it to you as Grade One. It's 25 cents per kilogram. You have... 12 kilograms, so that's 3 yuan."

Well, Li Long suddenly felt that selling that big bundle of licorice for only three yuan was really too little.

But seeing the cheerful expression on the licorice seller's face, Li Long suddenly felt that he seemed to be the one who was out of place in this world - three yuan could buy ten kilograms of noodles, two bottles of white wine, and three kilograms of mutton - it was a lot!

Chen Hongjun issued the invoice and paid, then saw Li Long at the door, and immediately showed a surprised expression:
"Comrade Xiao Li, long time no see! Where did you get this gray face from?"

"Just came out of the mountains..."

"Then you must have brought something good. Show it to me."

"Okay." Li Long turned and went to the bicycle, untied the rope, and took off the antlers one by one.

"Wow! Comrade Xiao Li, you have a great harvest this time! Did you collect all the deer antlers on the South Mountain?"

"That's about right." Li Long joked, "It's spring now, and the red deer are going to grow velvet antlers. They don't need antlers anymore, so I'll just take them back."

"It seems that you have a good relationship with the red deer." Chen Hongjun also joked, "The antlers are really big!"

There were seven deer antlers and two roe deer antlers, of different quality. Chen Hongjun looked at them carefully one by one and then classified them into different grades.

The man selling licorice roots also looked at the deer antlers curiously. He did not leave. Li Long guessed that he might want to know how much the deer antlers were worth.

"There are four first-grade antlers, weighing 21 kilograms and 600 grams." Chen Hongjun sorted and weighed them, and reported to Li Long, "Second-grade antlers weigh 10 kilograms and 300 grams. Now the first-grade ones are still 6 yuan, and the second-grade ones are 4 yuan. The roe deer antlers are all first-grade, weighing 2 kilograms and 1 yuan. I'll give you 5 yuan per unit. How about that?"

"Of course no problem." Li Long said with a smile.

"Let me calculate. The total is..." Chen Hongjun pulled over the abacus and started to count expertly, "One hundred and eighty-one yuan and fifty cents."

After issuing the invoice and paying, Li Long took the thick wad of money and put it into his inner pocket.

"Comrade Chen, I still have some things to buy, so I'll leave for now. We can talk again later when we have time."

"Okay, when you have time to get some game, remember to save some for me."

"Okay."

The man selling licorice roots looked at Li Long, then looked at the three dollars in his hand, and suddenly felt that these three dollars were not worth much.

When Li Long left the house, the man followed him out and asked Li Long:

"Little brother, did you pick up these antlers in the mountains?"

"Yes, it was from the mountains. But I didn't pick it up. My friends from the mountains picked it up when they were grazing."

"Then..." The man blushed and finally asked, "Are deer antlers easy to pick up?"

"Well, it's easier for people in the mountains to pick them up. But for us, or you, it's not easy. You may not be able to pick up any even after walking around the mountains for a whole day, because we don't know where red deer like to move around."

Li Long knew what this person was thinking. Anyone who saw that he made so much money at one time would be tempted. He said seriously:

"Big brother, just like you picking licorice, I guess many people in your village probably don't know where to easily pick up licorice, right? You know it, so you can pick up more than ten kilograms a day..."

The man nodded thoughtfully.

"Okay, I have something else to do, so I'll leave first." Li Long got on his bike and headed towards the supply and marketing cooperative.

If you want to buy those things, they are only available in the supply and marketing cooperatives.

Li Long rode his bicycle to the supply and marketing cooperative store, got off and locked the bicycle. After entering, he started purchasing things according to the names given by Halim.

Li Long purchased a large number of items, and they were quite large. Two salesmen carried the items one by one to the counter. Seeing the items piled up higher and higher, Li Long simply asked for two sacks and started packing them.

"Comrade, please pay first." A salesperson reminded.

Li Long smiled, stopped, took out a wad of money from his pocket and said:
"Okay, let's settle the bill first."

The salesperson was relieved when he saw the money in his hand and began to count the items one by one. The total cost of various tools, wires and other materials was more than 60 yuan, but the weight reached nearly 80 kilograms.

After paying the money, Li Long packed the things into two sacks, making sure the things on both sides were of similar weight. He then tied the openings with the thin hemp rope he had bought, making it like a sling. He squatted down and put the connecting part between the two sacks on his shoulders. Then he exerted force with his waist and lifted it up.

The two salesmen were not particularly surprised. Although he was carrying 80 kilograms, there were many capable people in this era, not to mention 80 kilograms, there were even people who could carry 100 kilograms.

Li Long walked to the side of the bicycle, put down the things, and then lowered the rear stand of the bicycle - otherwise, if the 80-kilogram thing was placed directly on the back seat, it would easily cause the rear stand to deform, but it would not have such an effect on the tire.

It was a bit difficult at this time. It was inconvenient to carry the things while holding the bicycle. He had no choice but to turn around and say to the salesperson in the store:

"Comrade, could you come over and help me hold my bicycle?"

The salesperson inside was not the one who borrowed the scale before. After hearing Li Long's voice, one of them walked out from the counter and said with a smile:

"Just now I said, I just came out and I can put it up directly without you having to put it down."

As she held the bicycle, Li Long squatted down and picked up the two sacks again, came to the back of the bicycle, leaned sideways, and slowly slid the things off his shoulders and onto the back seat of the bicycle.

After adjusting and making sure it was stable, Li Long thanked the salesperson, got on his bike and left.

After all the running around, Li Long felt a little hungry, so he went to the big meat canteen and bought three buns. While eating, he went to the morning market, but the stalls there had already been closed.

Li Long originally planned to buy some grain without tickets here, but the stall was closed and he had no choice. He thought it would be better to deliver the goods to the mountains first, come back in the evening, and come early tomorrow morning to buy the grain and then transport it to the mountains.

After selling the jade and the deer antlers, Li Long had enough money to buy food.

He thought about the special price grain last time and went to the grain store again. Unfortunately, there was no special price grain today and he did not have that many grain coupons on hand, so he had to wait until tomorrow.

We rode our bikes to the mountains, and by the time we arrived at Halimu and his friends' winter camp, the sun had already set.

Halimu was not there, so Li Long put the sack down. He felt that he could not cross the ditch by carrying it, so he untied it and planned to carry the sacks across one by one.

The dog kept barking. Nathan came out and saw Li Long. He ran over happily and shouted to Li Long:

"uncle!"

Li Long was very surprised that this little guy actually learned Chinese!

Even if you just shout a word, it is the beginning of communication.

"Nathan, Jax! Hello!"

"Hello!" Nathan shouted excitedly, his face blushing.

He saw Li Long carrying a large sack on his back, and suddenly turned around and ran towards the winter den. When Li Long crossed the ditch, Nathan had already come over with the horse.

He signaled to Li Long to put the sack on the horse's back. Li Long gestured, indicating that the horse was too high and the stuff was too heavy to put it on.

Nathan actually understood. He led the horse to the water in the ditch and then pulled the reins hard. The horse resisted at first. Nathan's face turned red, but he still pulled the reins hard. The horse actually knelt down on its front legs and then lay down by the water!

Li Long felt very surprised. He didn't know whether Nathan had a talent for horse training since he was a child, or whether this horse understood human nature and was relatively obedient. In any case, he was indeed a little shocked.

Since the horses were already lying down, Li Long carried the other sack over, tied the two sacks together again, and placed them on the horse's back, one on the left and one on the right.

Seeing that the things were stable, Nathan asked Li Long to move aside a little, then pulled the reins to make the horse stand up.

The horse tried two or three times to stand up with a load of more than 80 kilograms. Nathan held the reins and walked towards the winter den.

When going uphill, Li Long was still watching carefully beside the horse. Fortunately, the sack had enough friction and did not show any sign of sliding down.

When they arrived at the winter den, Nathan asked the horse to lie down again. This time the horse understood and quickly adjusted itself and lay down.

When Li Long was unloading the things, Halimu's wife came out of the winter den, saw Li Long and nodded with a smile.

Li Long moved the two sacks one by one to the door of the winter den, and then found that the radio was gone.

He gestured to Nathan, and Nathan pointed to the west. Li Long then understood that he should take it to the place where he would build a winter home and tell those young people about it.

Li Long was just thinking about going over there to take a look. He gestured to Nathan, and Nathan happily took the horse and wanted to go with him.

However, just as the two of them crossed the ditch, they heard someone riding a horse coming over there, and Li Long saw that it was Halimu.

"Do you want to go over there and take a look?" Halimu rode his horse quickly to Li Long's place, stopped, and asked, "Have you bought the things?"

"The tools and wire have been bought, and the food will have to be prepared tomorrow," said Li Long.

"Then don't go over there. Today's work over there is almost finished. I will distribute the things you gave them to them. They are so happy. Put these things here first, and take them over to distribute when we start working tomorrow."

In this case, Li Long did not plan to go over. He said to Halim:

"Then I'll go back first and buy some food tomorrow morning. Our production team needs the horse-drawn carriage, so I'll use my bicycle to transport the food over in the next two days."

"No problem, a few bags of rice and flour will do." Halimu said, "I also told those people that if you have deer antlers or roe deer antlers at home, bring them here, and we can exchange them for good things."

Li Long smiled and said:
"It is indeed possible to change it. Just tell me what you want to change."

"It's just that we ran into you." Halimu sighed, "We have suffered losses. Some Han people are very good, like you. Some Han people really treat us like spoons..."

Li Long also felt a little ashamed. In fact, he had already taken a lot of advantages in this way.

In the long run, he will gradually exchange what he gets from Halimu and others for supplies and send them to the mountains, so that these lovely herdsmen can live a better life.

"Let's drink the milk tea before going back. It's windy at the mountain pass at night and quite cool." Halimu said to Li Long.

After drinking the milk tea, Li Long rode his bicycle out of the mountain like the wind. Going downhill all the way, he tried his best to control the speed, otherwise he would really fly out.

When we arrived at the county town, the sun had just set and it was still light. Li Long went to the canteen to buy some steamed buns, preparing to bake them for dinner. There was red tofu in the big yard, which made it easier to eat.

After a tiring day, he built a fire and baked steamed buns, then ate and went to bed quickly as he still had work to do the next day.

Before midnight, Li Long heard some noise outside.

Is there a thief?
(End of this chapter)