Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Chapter 166 The flood is coming, Xiao Haizi...

After a brief treasure hunt of less than an hour, Li Long reaped more than 40 French francs and gold yuan notes - mainly a stack of them stuffed into a slightly larger crack in the wall at the back.

Then there were three Yuan Datou coins and seven or eight copper coins.

These copper coins and Yuan Datou notes were all rusty. Li Long didn't know how to deal with them, so he wrapped them in paper and prepared to take them back and put them in the purse in his east room.

Just keep it. You're not short of money anyway, and this thing isn't valuable now.

After cleaning the yard, Li Long pushed his bicycle out, locked the door and went home.

When passing by the middle school, Li Long rode in. He came here often, and the old school worker already knew him. He smiled and pointed to a classroom for him:

"Teacher Gu is teaching in there."

Li Long smiled and said to him:
"Uncle, please tell Teacher Gu that the shoes fit me very well and I like them very much."

"Okay." The old janitor said with a smile.

Li Long rode his bike out of the school in a good mood.

However, when he arrived at the reed lake outside the village, his mood was not so good.

Because the ditch in Wei Lake where water originally flowed is now almost full.

The ditch was less than 11 meters deep, and usually had water occasionally, but not much. Now the water was muddy, and it was obvious that a flood had arrived.

Li Long immediately turned around and walked upstream along the Wei Lake. Less than a kilometer away was the Xiaohaizi.

Before he reached the small lake, he heard the rumbling sound of water. It was obvious that the water here was even bigger.

After parking his bicycle, Li Long immediately ran to the connection between the dry ditch and the main canal - although he had paid the team to dig through this section last time, he did not see the progress of the digging.

In front of me was a very muddy surface of water, which almost flooded the dry ditch, but the water in the dry ditch was still half a meter short of the top.

The water in the dry ditch rushed down, rushed into the main channel, then turned almost 90 degrees and headed east again.

The water in the dry canal was originally quite clear, but after the confluence it became muddy.

What made Li Long somewhat relieved was that when the team went to work, they not only dug through the dry ditch and the main canal, but also anticipated the impact of the flood from the dry ditch on the main canal, so they used several layers of half-broken cement boards (cement boards) pulled from somewhere to block it.

Therefore, although the flood rushing down from the main canal has a strong impact, it is blocked by cement boards and will not break the canal embankment, so there is no problem.

Li Long breathed a sigh of relief, and then he saw that the water flowing into Wei Lake actually seeped from the Xiaohaizi sluice gate. The sluice gate here was too old, and there were cracks in the concrete wall, which caused water to seep in.

However, because the project at that time paid great attention to quality, although there was a crack, it seemed that the water would not be able to break through the gate anyway, so Li Long was relieved.

Because it is connected to the dry canal and the dry ditch, although the water in the small lake is rising, it is still far from being full. The sluice gate is also continuously releasing water, so it is relatively safe.

Li Long turned back, rode his bicycle back to Wei Lake, got off and carried the bicycle across.

What to do after school for students?

Li Long thought about it and returned home.

At this time, his brother and sister-in-law had not returned from the fields yet, and Li Qiang had not finished school yet. Li Long was cooking while thinking about the students' finishing of school.

He planned to wait at Weihu Lake when school was almost over.

Li Long continued to make pulled noodles. Cooking rice in a pot is a technical job, and he doesn't know how to do it. He was afraid that the rice would be half-cooked, which would be bad.

Li Jianguo came back first with the horse-drawn carriage, and there was still a lot of pig feed on the horse - actually just gray grass, leeks, dandelions, wild amaranth and the like.

He saw Li Long cooking and asked with a smile:
"Xiaolong, you are at home now, which makes things much easier for us."

"Tomorrow will be a big day." Li Long said as he went downstairs, "Brother, do you want to use the carriage tomorrow? If not, I plan to go into the mountains to deliver some things to them and bring back some manure. We also need to plant vegetables in the yard, so let's put some manure first."

"Okay, I don't need it tomorrow." Li Jianguo tied up the horse, then gathered the pig grass together, pulled up the board and the old kitchen knife and started chopping. Now that everything was ready, he could use the water from washing the pot to cook pig food later.

Liang Yuemei and Li Qiang came back one after the other. She also carried a bundle of pig grass and placed it next to Li Jianguo. She untied her headscarf and said:
"I am so blessed to have Xiaolong here. I don't even need anyone to cook for me at noon."

"I'll be busy tomorrow. I'm going to go into the mountains tomorrow." Li Longsheng put the noodles next to the stove and said, "I'm going to take a break in the mountains."

"How can that be called laziness? You are doing the real work." Although Liang Yuemei knew that Li Long was joking, she still corrected him and said, "You go ahead and do your thing. I was just joking."

Li Qiang came over to help Li Jianguo put the chopped pig grass into the pig feed bowl. After all this was done, he washed his hands and ate.

"The water in Weihugou has flooded. I'll go pick up the kids from school this afternoon." Li Long said as he ate. "I'll go find the captain tonight to see if he can arrange for someone to guard there this afternoon."

"Don't worry about it." Li Jianguo said as he peeled garlic, "Daqiang's father said he was there with a donkey cart to pick up the kids. The team is paying attention to this. It's a big deal for the kids to go to school, and we can't delay it."

This is a newly built village. Except for two or three local families with dozens or hundreds of years of history, the rest are from all over the country, some came from the border areas, some fled famine and settled down, and some came to live with relatives. Because the customs in different places are different, some bad habits of favoring boys over girls and not letting girls go to school have been thrown away.

In addition, it is easy to get enough food here, and there are examples like Gu Xiaoxia who went to school, became a teacher and got a government salary, so the villagers attach great importance to education. As long as they can go to school, whether boys or girls, they will try their best to let them go.

Hearing that the team had arranged for someone to pick up the child, Li Long felt relieved. However, when school was over in the afternoon, he still went to the reed ditch and saw Tao Jianshe waiting with a donkey cart. There were two other people in the team with their trousers rolled up, chatting and talking about their children. When they saw Li Long coming over, they smiled and said:
"Hey, Xiaolong is here to pick up the students from school too?"

"Well, you too?"

"Yes. The water is rising, we can't let the baby drown."

Li Long nodded vigorously, agreeing with this statement very much.

He smiled at Tao Jianshe, took out cigarettes from his pocket and distributed them to a few people. Although he didn't smoke, he still had some cigarettes in his pocket.

A cigarette brought them closer, and the two asked Li Long about the situation in the mountains, talking and laughing. Li Long could feel that since the land was divided, the smiles on the faces of the team members increased significantly.

The children came one after another, and several adults took turns carrying them across the canal, either in their arms or on their backs. Tao Jianshe was unable to help, so he simply put the children on a donkey cart and sent them back home.

It was half an hour before Li Juan came over. "Xiao Long, pick up Juan and go back. We can take the rest of the people here." The villagers said to Li Long, "We don't need so many people here. It's a waste of time to stay here."

Li Long didn't act pretentiously. He carried Li Juan's schoolbag and went home with her.

Li Jianguo and Liang Yuemei had already gone to work in the fields. After Li Long heated up the meal for Li Juan, he went to the east room to start cleaning the gun.

By the 1990s, guns were completely banned, and the 5.5-6.5-caliber guns were definitely collected first. Small-caliber guns could still be kept for a few years. These guns must be well maintained to increase the hit rate when hunting.

After cleaning the gun, Li Long began to pack up. There was nothing in the winter den, so he had to bring some things there in case of emergency. He could buy some food, but he planned to bring some cured and braised meat. These things could be stored, and he would definitely cook in the winter den in the future. It was not possible to get food every time he arrived there, so it was right to bring some.

Apart from these things, there are not many other things I can take with me, and most of them still need to be purchased in the county town tomorrow.

The next day, after breakfast, Li Long drove the carriage and took Li Juan out of the village.

Along the way, they would pull in elementary school students and middle school students who were traveling with them together. Soon the carriage was full. The students were not picky and would squeeze together and laugh happily when they met them. If they met younger children, the older children would jump down and carry the younger children onto the carriage.

Li Long was pulling the carriage, and he was quite happy watching the scene. Most people at that time were kindhearted and did not worry about being blackmailed or misunderstood. Li Long thought that they were the ones who were well protected, or had survivor bias. Anyway, in his previous life until the time of the cerebral hemorrhage, he had never seen human traffickers or anyone who tried to scam people.

When they arrived at the elementary school, a group of young men jumped off the carriage happily. One child even shouted "Thank you uncle", and the students behind him followed. Li Juan then said "Goodbye, uncle", and the other elementary school students followed suit, making everyone laugh. Even when they arrived at the middle school, Li Long's mouth corners were still upturned.

When passing the middle school, a few middle school students came down, thanked Li Long politely and entered the campus. The old school worker at the school gate looked at Li and said with a smile:
"Teacher Gu is in the office."

"I won't go over to check it out. I'm busy now. I'll talk to you when I come back."

Li Long got on a horse-drawn carriage and rushed to the county town. He first went to the department store to buy bedding and sundries, then went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some pots, bowls, chopsticks and the like. Finally, he went to the morning market to buy some food, and went to the herbal medicine company to buy some common medicines. Then he went back to the big yard to load the sickle, and then rushed into the mountains.

The families of those in the team who were doing side jobs knew that they could still eat meat while working in the mountains, so they were no longer worried and just asked Li Long to convey a few words.

When Li Long arrived at Halimu's winter nest, he found that they were also preparing things.

When the dogs started barking, Nathan ran out, followed by Harim.

Li Long greeted them with a smile:

"Dosen, are you okay?"

"Okay, okay. You are..."

"I brought scythes here, fifteen of them. You can share them among them. There is also some food. Let them come and get it when the time comes. I don't know where they live."

Li Long carried the bag containing the sickle, while Halimu followed him to the winter camp carrying a bag of food.

Li Long put down the sickle, opened the package and showed it to Halim:

"Look, that's right."

"That's right! It's new and good stuff!" Halimu looked very happy, "Are these expensive?"

"It's not expensive, just a few kilograms of mutton."

"Is it so cheap?" Halimu didn't believe it and looked at Li Long.

"Really, we are Duosen, I'm not lying to you." Li Long said seriously.

"Okay, okay, I believe you." Halim said hurriedly. He picked up a sickle and tried it out, very satisfied. "With a handle, it will be much more convenient to cut grass. The one we have at home can hardly be sharpened anymore."

"I forgot. I should have brought you some whetstones."

"No, no, we are not used to that. We have it in the mountains. There are plenty of stones for sharpening knives in the mountains!"

Li Long moved the food down again and kept a small bag of rice and a small bag of flour for himself, intending to put them in his winter home.

"Here is another packet of medicine. Let me tell you how to use it. Look, they are all packed separately. This is for pain relief, this is for fever reduction, and this is white medicine, which is for hemostasis. You can take it. It can also be used for bleeding in the stomach. And this is for diarrhea..."

Li Long told Halimu about the medicine again. He had prepared a lot, at least ten bottles (boxes) of each, which would be enough to meet the emergency needs of the herdsmen.

In order to ensure that no one took the wrong medicine, Li Long once again asked Halimu to mark each packet of medicine so that it would be convenient to distribute it to the herders.

"Are you guys about to change venue?" Li Long asked.

"Yes." Halim said, "Spring came earlier this year. The grass in the mountains has turned green. We may reach the summer pasture in a few days. By the time we meet again, it will be winter."

"It's okay. I'll come to the mountains often. Maybe I'll go there when I'm free someday."

"Then let me tell you the location of our summer pasture." Li Long said jokingly, Halimu took it as a joke, he pulled Li Long down and squatted, and said seriously:
"Look, this is the ditch we are in now. Follow this ditch and go into the mountains until you reach an open grassland in the ditch. From here, go this way - that is the direction where the sun rises. Here, continue to go inward and cross... well, cross seven mountains. There is a larger grassland there. That is our pasture.

From here, it should take five to six days to get there."

Well, Li Long immediately gave up the idea of ​​going there. It would take five to six days to walk. Was he planning to cross the Northern Tianshan Mountains?
"Okay, you guys get busy. I'll pull some things to my winter den, and then come over to dig up some manure from you. Oh, and when I leave, I'm going to take the two fawns back with me."

"Okay, okay." Halimu said with a smile, "The fawn is very lively, but it doesn't get along with our sheep. It has to be raised alone. It is very delicate."

Li Long led the carriage towards his winter home. Because there was no road, the carriage would be very bumpy when passing through the ditch. Fortunately, there was not much stuff on the carriage, so it could tilt at 30 degrees without anything falling off.

No. 76 probably walks in the mountains often, so he is used to it. He will occasionally bark, but he will not stop.

Arriving at the winter den, Li Long unlocked the door, unloaded the things, and then took out the things inside and loaded them into the car - mainly some jade and leather.

After loading the things and locking the door, they returned the same way. By the time they got to the winter den, Li Long was already a little tired. The sun had already risen to the middle of the sky, and Halimu smiled and asked him to come in for tea and naan.

"As for the meat, it's what's left over from last time. Eat some, and we'll collect manure together later."

"Okay." Li Long saw that it was still early, so he didn't plan to leave in a hurry. He unloaded the carriage, wiped the sweat off No. 76, and then drank milk tea. He originally planned to go to Xiaobaiyanggou, but without a bicycle, Li Long was a little lazy, so he planned to load the manure and unload it today, and then go after riding the bicycle back.

(End of this chapter)