Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Chapter 160 Such Simple and Enthusiastic People

The men were decorating this house which was a little different from their winter home. In Li Long's opinion, these guys were more attentive to this house than to their winter home.

In order to prevent the wood from being cracked by the sun, a thick layer of hay was laid on the roof of the house, and then smeared with mud. At this time, the mud had dried, and the roof looked a little gray, but it was enough to ensure that it would not leak on rainy days.

A layer of mud is also applied on the wall, so that with the double protection of wood and mud, the cold wind will not get in during the winter, and it also has a fire-proof function.

A two-meter-wide wooden floor stretched out in front of the house. The empty lawn in front was flattened, and drainage ditches were dug on both sides. The yard had been repaired and was very flat. Two wooden poles stood upright on the east side of the yard. At this moment, two sheep were tied there, bleating from time to time, echoing the calls of the fawn grazing behind the winter den.

Some of the young men were sitting on the unused wood and chatting, while some felt that there were still some unsuitable places in the house and were repairing them with tools.

Seeing Halimu and Li Long pushing the bicycles over, the men shouted excitedly and ran over to help push the bicycles to the winter den.

After propping up the car, Li Long and everyone else unloaded the things. Yu Shanjiang squeezed over and said with a smile:

"Li Long, the winter nest is ready. You can take a good look at it now. If there is anything wrong, we can fix it now. We will make sure you are satisfied!"

"Satisfied! I'm very satisfied!" Li Long smiled so hard that his face was full of flowers. What could he not be satisfied with? This house was free! It was like a small villa in the mountains!
"No, no, no, we have to go in and take a look to see if we are really satisfied." Yu Shanjiang said seriously, "Now the guys are here, we can talk about anything that needs to be changed. After we leave, if there are any problems, where will you find people then?"

Li Long thought about it and went into the house.

He couldn't bear to step on the wooden floor - even though there were already some footprints on it, he still looked at it carefully.

The walls were also plastered with fine mud, which looked very smooth. The windows were already scooped out, with wooden grilles and plastic sheets nailed on the outside. There was a place for the stove next to the door of the big house, and the chimney was also scooped out. Yushanjiang explained:
"As for the stove, you have to figure it out yourself. It's more convenient for you to fix it than for us."

"Of course, of course," Li Long nodded quickly.

The wooden kang in the big room is quite large, and is now covered with several sheepskins. There are also two newly made wooden boxes against the wall.

There were some wooden shelves against the wall of the small room, on which were placed the food, drinks, wine and other things that Li Long had brought back last time. There were also a few pieces of jade under the shelves.

"The boys brought some more stones. They said that these stones were useless at home. It would be best if you could sell them and get something in exchange."

"Okay, okay." Li Long was really satisfied. He walked out of the winter den. The young men were standing in the yard looking at him with eyes full of expectation.

"Very good, this house is very well built! I am very satisfied, thank you everyone! Thank you, Dosen!"

Li Long remembered the big mistake in addressing. These men were still happily cooperating with him. He felt a little guilty, then walked towards the unloaded items and said with a smile:

"Come on, I'll give you what I exchanged for you today, see if you like it."

Li Long didn't say anything while unloading the items, and none of the young men moved. It was only at this time that they started to laugh loudly and happily, and their eyes became more eager.

Li Long gave each person a pair of Liberation Shoes, and the young men who received the shoes were all very surprised.

"This is for you," Li Long said, "thank you for building a house for me."

Halimu translated with a smile, and the young men laughed happily. Some of them sat on the wooden board and tried on the shoes immediately.

Halimu hurriedly shouted a few words to them. Li Long guessed that he should let them try and then take turns.

When Li Long buys shoes, he usually buys large sizes such as 40, 41, and 42. Young men with large feet can basically wear them and only need to change them once or twice. Li Long buys a lot of shoes, so he doesn't have to worry about not finding the right size.

After the young men put on their shoes happily, Li Long took out the radios one by one and gave them to the people who had exchanged things with them last time.

These guys have become very skilled at tinkering with Yushanjiang's radio these days. When Li Long distributed the radio, he also installed the batteries in it, so they could find a channel when they turned it on, and some even started singing.

The boys were studying these things, and Li Long was still distributing things. He also gave each of them a flashlight. Some of the boys were studying radios, and they were confused when Li Long gave them the flashlights.

"It's for them." Li Long turned to Halim and asked him to help translate.

Halimu translated with a smile, and the boys' faces showed surprise again.

This is not just a joke in a skit, the flashlight can really be used as a household appliance.

The guys who didn't have radios would press the flashlights from time to time, and even shine them on their eyes and faces. They were really curious, and this was much better than a lantern.

Seeing that everyone liked the gifts they brought, Li Long smiled and continued to give things to everyone.

After distributing the things he brought, Li Long clapped his hands, attracted the men's attention, and said:
"Because the bicycle can only carry a limited amount of things, some things will need to wait until I buy more to give to you. The things you gave me have made a lot of money from selling them, and I will continue to bring things to you. I will distribute the food later. Tonight, I plan to have a party here. Let's listen to music, drink some drinks and wine, sing some songs, and barbecue some meat. How do you think?"

After saying this he looked at Halim.

Halimu did not translate immediately. He first said to Li Long solemnly:
"Li Long, you are our best Dosen. You have helped us a lot, and we are very grateful. Don't tell me how much those things were sold for.

How much you sell it for is up to you. In our hands, those things are just stones and wood, and can be exchanged for a little food at most. We have met some people who wanted these things before, but they were not sincere to us and were not our friends!
So, we are very happy, really happy, that you have exchanged these things for us. These things you prepared for us are of great help to our life in the summer pasture, much more helpful than those stones and deer antlers!

So, we treated you as a real Dosen and built a house for you. You treated us as a real friend and brought us so many good things. We are all happy, that's enough! In the future, don't say such things..."

Li Long listened, he knew what Halimu meant, then turned to look at Yushanjiang, who also nodded, obviously thinking the same thing.

"Okay, I won't say it anymore."

"That's right!" Halimu smiled and began to translate to the boys.

After he finished speaking, a young man asked a few questions, which Li Long didn't understand, so Halimu answered and then the young man spoke again.

When they finished their conversation, several young men at the back were talking. After they finished, Halimu said to Li Long: "You see, Berik just asked me what I was talking about. I repeated what you said, and everyone said that you were overthinking it. You brought us so many good things, and we are all grateful to you.

We won't talk about the price of these things, because they are useless to us. We understand very well that it is you who turned these useless things into very useful things for us, and that's enough! We can now help you do some things, build houses, find things, and that's also our intention. "

Li Long nodded vigorously, he understood.

Next it was the time for the young men to show their skills. They took out their knives to slaughter sheep, dig troughs for barbecue, and build a kang for making naan.

Li Long couldn't help, so he just went to see the deer.

It was the first time for him to have such close contact with a elk calf - not counting the time in the zoo in his previous life, where they were separated by railings.

The fawns were tied next to their winter den. They were a little frightened and would occasionally lower their heads to eat grass, but most of the time they were looking around, probably looking for their parents.

The fawn was about the same height as a sheep, with short fur and very thin legs. Li Long even wondered how this thing could support its body.

When the deer saw Li Long coming, they were still very nervous and kept barking, but Li Long did not touch them, so the deer gradually stopped being afraid and would even lick Li Long when he stretched out his hand.

Li Long wondered if he could keep this thing alive.

He stood up, looked around, and then saw something white in the green grass.

An idea suddenly came to his mind, and he immediately rushed over, scaring the deer next to him, and then he ran away.

When Li Long ran over and saw the white thing, he was a little disappointed.

It turned out to be a puffball. The locals call it a horse dung bag. When it matures, it turns gray and a pinch of it will form a bag of gray. It is a traditional Chinese medicine that can stop bleeding, but at this time it looks exactly like a large mushroom - except that it has no umbrella or handle.

The one in front of him was as big as a volleyball and looked white. Li Long picked it up and it smelled strong of mushroom.

At first they said this thing was inedible, but later they said it was edible when it was tender. However, Li Long was not used to eating this thing, and he thought it was a mushroom.

After throwing away the puffball, Li Long looked at the other white objects. Several of the nearby ones were horse manure bags, so he simply walked further away.

If you can find bags of horse manure, then other mushrooms should have grown as well.

Sure enough, as we walked higher up the hillside, we saw wild mushrooms of varying sizes appearing in the sparse grass - they are commonly known as straw mushrooms by the locals.

Li Long happily bent down and picked them up. Soon his hands were full, so he simply put them in his clothes pockets. He picked up more than two kilograms of mushrooms and walked back with a sense of unsatisfied satisfaction.

And, it just can’t fit.

When I returned to the cabin, I saw that the boys had already slaughtered the sheep, skinned it, and were processing the internal organs. Someone had already set up the big pot, and the barbecue trough had been dug and was being fine-tuned.

He saw a young man running out of the ditch with a bunch of red willow branches in his hand. The young man seemed to be called Berik.

Li Long walked to the stream in the ditch and began to wash the mushrooms. While washing, he simply twisted off the muddy part at the end of the umbrella handle, which made it more convenient.

When Li Long came to the winter den with a bag of mushrooms, the fire had been lit. The high soil on both sides of the barbecue trough had been piled up, and Belik was testing the length with a red willow stick. At this time, Halimu and Yushanjiang's wife had also come over, bringing cooking utensils and starting to cut meat.

Only then did Li Long discover that there was a chopping board made of logs in the winter den. Although it looked quite primitive, it would be considered a rare item in later generations.

There was no pot, so Li Long found an enamel basin, put the mushrooms in it, and then got some water - to be honest, there was no way to choose the water here.

Although the spring is clearly there, even if you draw water from near the spring, you can see black bugs under the water.

But at this time, there was really no way to care so much. It had to be boiled anyway, so out of sight, out of mind. After all, even in the village, the well water we were using was still covered, so it wasn't necessarily clean.

He has already planned to dig a pressure well for his family when he has time when he returns, so that at least the drinking water can be clean.

I remember that in my previous life, I joined a tour group when I had free time. When we entered the mountains, some people saw the mountain spring water and were very excited. Not only did they drink it directly, they also poured out the mineral water in the bottles they brought with them and then used this spring water.

The tour guide reminded them that there might be bugs or bug eggs in the water, but these people said nonchalantly that it was impossible, saying that the spring was right here, so how could there be bugs?

Well, it’s hard to persuade a ghost who wants to die with kind words.

After getting the water, Li Long went to the winter den and moved a few stones to build a simple stove.

Seeing Li Long busy, the young men started to help. Soon a small stone stove was built. Someone took a few burning logs from the fire over there and put them down. Then they added two more firewoods on top and the fire started.

Li Long quickly put the enamel basin on the table, and then went to the grass slope to look for wild onion and garlic seedlings.

The resources here are really abundant. The grass grows better and there are more things here than in Xiaobaiyanggou where Tao Daqiang and his team are.

By the time Li Long brought the things over, the boys were already impatient to start grilling.

Although the party Li Long mentioned was in the evening, there was nothing wrong with starting it at noon.

Some young men rode away on horseback. Li Long asked Halim, saying that these young men had to bring things back and bring people over - how could the young men alone do it? The old people would not run so far, but the girls and children could.

Li Long suddenly realized and he laughed.

Spring is here, there is nothing wrong with this!
The fragrance spreads across the hillsides and valleys.

(End of this chapter)