Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Chapter 170: Killing the chicken to scare the monkey: I have the ability to run rampant

Xie Yundong led Li Long out of the entrance of Xiaobaiyanggou, and then entered a ditch on the opposite side. They continued to walk east along the ditch. After they got out of the ditch, there was a row of dugouts with many horses tied in front of them. Further up the ditch, there was a herdsmen's winter dugout.

Several herdsmen were discussing something beside the horse, while Xu Jianjun was chopping wood in front of the dugout in a panic. It was obvious that he was being forced to work.

Seeing someone coming, the herdsmen all looked over here.

When Xu Jianjun saw Li Long and Xie Yundong coming, he threw his axe and shouted:

"Yundong, Xiaolong, save me!"

He tried to run towards this side but was kicked back by a herdsman.

Li Long felt it was a bit absurd, like watching a movie about redeeming someone.

Two herdsmen came over, and one of them asked in rather stiff Mandarin:
"Did you... bring the fine?"

Xie Yundong looked at Li Long.

He didn't bring any money when he came. If he had brought money, he would have taken Xu Jianjun back long ago.

"I'm a purchaser at the county supply and marketing cooperative," Li Long came over with a gun on his back. He took out his certificate and letter of introduction from his pocket:

"The supply and marketing cooperative has a group of top purchasing tasks, and this person..."

Li Long pointed at Xu Jianjun and continued:

"Our procurement task is a bit urgent, so I hope you can release him and cooperate with our work."

The herdsman who spoke Mandarin took the certificate and letter of introduction and looked at them carefully, then spoke to the other man in his ethnic language, looking at Li Long while speaking.

The red seal on the letter of introduction could not be fake - at that time, such a thing as forged seals basically did not exist.

Li Long could tell that this man should be from the same ethnic group as Yusup, and different from Halimu and the others.

The one who couldn't speak Mandarin was obviously not satisfied. He spoke to the one who could speak Mandarin in a loud and urgent voice, which attracted the attention of several people over there.

Li Long was thinking of a solution at the moment. He could pay the fine, but he didn't want to cause trouble because he paid for Xu Jianjun. If he paid the fine, the money would definitely fall on Xu Jianjun's head, but if Xu Jianjun paid it, he would definitely have conflicts with him later.

Of course it would be best if you could take the person away without spending any money, but given the current situation, that doesn't seem very likely.

Li Long could only rely on the two certificates to minimize the losses.

"But your people crossed the border and destroyed our Fritillaria Valley, digging up many Fritillaria and destroying some Fritillaria seedlings!" The herdsman who acted as a translator said to Li Long:
"Although you are from the supply and marketing cooperative, you can't just let it go like this..."

He obviously believed in Li Long's identity, and his tone softened a little, but he was obviously telling Li Long that it was impossible to take the person away directly.

"How many Fritillaria did he dig?" Li Long asked.

"More than three kilograms!" the man said angrily, "and a lot of the Fritillaria that could be dug were destroyed. The loss is at least more than one kilogram!"

"You confiscated the Fritillaria, right?" Li Long continued to ask.

He looked at Xu Jianjun. He didn't expect that this guy, who usually looked like a scoundrel and a sneaky person, was actually very skilled in digging Fritillaria. He dug so many in one day!
Of course, it is also possible that they were secretly dug up over two or three days and just put together.

"Of course, we caught them together!"

Li Long thought for a moment and said:

"Look, this will work. First, I promise that my people will never come to your Fritillaria Ditch to dig Fritillaria again."

The man listened to what Li Long said, looked at him, and then translated it to his companions.

The people traveling with him didn't say anything after hearing this, and it was obvious that they were planning to listen to what was to come.

"Second, the three kilograms of Fritillaria, we'll consider it as our purchase from you, plus the remaining one kilogram of loss, ten dollars, how about that?"

After hearing what Li Long said, the translator paused noticeably and turned to translate for the person next to him.

The person next to him rolled his eyes and said something, and the translator immediately said:
"Our team leader said that ten dollars is not enough."

"Okay, twelve dollars, that's all." Li Long waved his hand generously, "We are also doing business impartially. If you still can't agree, the man will stay here, and you can do whatever you want with him!"

When he said this, Xu Jianjun suddenly became unhappy and shouted:

"No, Xiaolong, you can't leave me here..."

Li Long was so annoyed at this time. Couldn't this guy understand what he meant? He was obviously hesitating. What are you doing here? It really felt like redeeming someone from a bandit in a movie or TV series...

The other party was really hesitant.

Li Long took back the two pieces of paper from the other party, patted the small caliber behind him and said:
"Hurry up and make a decision. We have things to do over there. The new leader will be used by all units in the county. The task is very tight. I don't have time to talk more here. We don't need any people over there. You can keep him. At worst, we can just hire another one."

These words made the originally hesitant party make a decision. After the translation, the captain stretched out his hand and waved, and the person behind him pushed Xu Jianjun and walked over with a cloth bag.

"Pay the money. This time we are just doing business. Let's just leave it at that. It won't be so easy next time!"

Li Long took out some money, counted out a Great Unity note, and handed two to the other party. He could see the gleam in the eyes of the translator and the other man - obviously, this money would never be handed over to the forestry team.

Xu Jianjun must have been beaten, his face was bruised and his clothes were dirty. Li Long took the bag handed over and said:
"Actually, we also collect Fritillaria, but it's not in season yet..."

He left this sentence unintentionally. Since the other party has mastered the Fritillaria Groove, it is natural to dig Fritillaria. However, Li Long could guess that even if the other party digs Fritillaria, it should be the same as Xu Jianjun and his team. The big share will be given to the team, and they can take the small share.

After saying that, Li Long waved at these people and turned around to walk back.

Xie Yundong and Xu Jianjun asked him about his situation in a low voice.

"I just saw there were a lot of Fritillaria and thought of digging some... Who could have thought that they would knock me down when they saw me... Beat me up and confiscate my stuff..."

Xu Jianjun stole a glance at the bag in Li Long's hand, licked his lips and continued, "They brought me here, made me work, and didn't let me eat... I was starving to death."

"Xu Jianjun, do you remember what we said when we left?" Li Long suddenly said.

Xu Jianjun was a little confused. Why did Li Long say this?

He moved his mouth but didn't say anything.

If I tell it out, won’t I have to go back?
Li Long didn't ask any more questions and strode towards Xiaobaiyanggou.

Xu Jianjun walked a little slowly and limped. Xie Yundong supported him from time to time and didn't say much.

In fact, the one who was most angry was Xie Yundong. As the team leader, he had to do his own work and also be responsible for personnel management. If anything happened to any of the people in the team, he would be held responsible in the end.

We tell him many times every day not to run around, but Xu Jianjun just doesn't listen and keeps running into trouble every day.

They were all adults, so he didn't say much. If he said too much, Xu Jianjun would retort to him, and he really couldn't do anything about it.

Now that Xu Jianjun was in trouble, he still had to clean up the mess for him. Xie Yundong felt relieved to see that Xu Jianjun was so scared by Li Long's words that he dared not say a word.

After the three people walked back to Xiaobaiyanggou, the others who were surrounding the dugout were obviously relieved when they saw them.

Li Long walked over and saw that the others were about to leave, so he said loudly:
"Everyone, come here, I have something to say."

Xie Yundong and Xu Jianjun also came over, and the others looked a little nervous.

Among these people, except Tao Daqiang who is younger than Li Long, all the others are older than Li Long. But when Li Long spoke at this moment, no one objected.

Firstly, he was the supervisor of this mission, and he had the final say on whether the task was qualified or not. Secondly, he came here in the morning and brought Xu Jianjun back - no matter how he brought him back, he solved the problem that Xie Yundong had not decided, and everyone respected him.

At least these people would think that if they were caught by the forestry team, Li Long would be able to get them back.

"Let me tell you something." Li Long and the others had arrived. He showed no mercy to Xu Jianjun. Actually, he didn't need to, because everyone knew that "Xu Jianjun was arrested by the forestry team because he stole someone's Fritillaria - this is what he dug up.

Before we came here, we said that the forest land in the mountains is no longer ownerless as before. Every piece of land is managed by someone. At that time, I asked you not to go to other places and do things that have nothing to do with the group, otherwise I have the right to fire you. "

He looked at Xu Jianjun and said:

"Now, Xu Jianjun has violated this rule, so the appropriate punishment must be given. Xu Jianjun, you should pack up and go back to the team today. How many platoons have you been assigned?"

"Seventeen." Xu Jianjun was a little panicked. He didn't expect Li Long to fire him without any discussion. His eyes immediately turned to Xie Yundong, hoping that he could speak for him.

"Seventeen. I just paid the forestry team twelve yuan. You have to pay the twelve yuan. Then, the team will give you the remaining five yuan later." Li Long said, "Go pack your things."

“No, no, no…” Xu Jianjun was really panicking. “Xiaolong, I will be obedient from now on… I just cut a strip and ran over there, and I couldn’t help myself when I saw so many Fritillaria in the ditch…

Don't worry, I will seriously organize the group from now on and will never do anything else. Xiaolong, we are from the same village. Just raise your hand, and I will do it this time..."

Li Long remained unmoved, but looked at Xie Yundong.

Xu Jianjun's cleverness came to his mind at this time. When he saw Li Long looking at Xie Yundong, he immediately said to Xie Yundong:

"Brother Yundong, please help me speak up! I will definitely listen to you from now on! I promise that I will not run around doing other things anymore. You know, I am actually good at making up stories! I will definitely make them up seriously from now on..."

Xie Yundong didn't expect Li Long to hand over the initiative to him. Having managed a few sideline teams, he understood that Li Long wanted him to do him a favor, so he asked Xu Jianjun:
"Can you really listen to me later?"

"Yes, yes, yes, I can! You are all watching here, and I will stick to my word! If I go back on my word and do something else, I will be a non-human!" As soon as Xu Jianjun saw that there was room for easing, he immediately increased his assurances and even swore an oath.

"Well, Xiaolong, since Jianjun has said so, why don't we give him a chance?" Xie Yundong felt quite happy. In the past, Xu Jianjun always called him "Old Xie, Old Xie", and now that even he called him brother, he was very humble.

"Okay, since you, Brother Yundong, have spoken, you can let that person stay. If something like this happens again, don't come to me to ask for him." Li Long nodded:

"I know you think it's unfair. Why can I just go hunting with a gun and do nothing, and no one cares? Then I'll tell you, I have the identity of a buyer and the background of a supply and marketing cooperative. If you have this, you can also be like me here. Now you don't have it, so just work honestly first.

I am not exaggerating, this is the reality. If you encounter something while cutting the strips, you can still come to me, and I will give it to you after I beat it. But remember, if you do other things secretly like Xu Jianjun did, I will naturally not care if you are not discovered. If you are discovered, I will not take people away again. "

After saying that, Li Long took the bag of Fritillaria and left.

Xu Jianjun looked at the bag of mother-of-pearl, opened his mouth, but ultimately said nothing.

He wanted to take the Fritillaria back, after all, the fine would eventually fall on his head.

But he didn't have the courage to do so now. He was afraid that if he said it out loud, Li Long would just ask him to leave. Then he would really have no way out.

"Don't think too much." Xie Yundong naturally saw through his thoughts, "Without Xiaolong, you would still be chopping wood for the forestry team. Okay, go eat something and prepare to make a team."

Xu Jianjun could only accept this reality. He thought about it many times, but no matter what he did, the final result was that he would not be able to reach Li Long's current status and position.

I can’t do it!

Li Long came to Gu Boyuan, found a piece of wood to sit on, opened the cloth bag and looked at the mother-of-pearl inside.

Xu Jianjun is quite amazing. I don't know what he used to pick them, but each of these mother-of-pearl is as big as a thumb nail, not even a small one. After drying, they will definitely be top-notch quality.

"Xiaolong, you can do it." Gu Boyuan said with a smile as he collected the dishes and chopsticks, "You are not very old, but you look like a leader."

"What leader? What's my responsibility?" Li Long put away his pocket and said with a smile, "It's just killing a chicken to scare the monkeys. The forestry team has just been demarcated, and those herdsmen are wandering around this area every day. When I came here, I saw many people going into the mountains. Many people will definitely be unlucky in the next two days. We'd better stay here honestly. Otherwise, someone here will become that chicken."

Xu Jianjun just came over to find something to eat, and when he heard what Li Long said, his face burned.

Gu Boyuan gave Xu Jianjun two cornmeal steamed buns, poured him a bowl of warm water and said:
"There's no food left. You'll have to eat whatever you can."

At this time, Xu Jianjun didn't care whether there was any food or not. He ate voraciously. He choked after only three bites. He choked twice and hurriedly drank water, finally flushing the food out of his esophagus.

Li Long stood up and walked towards the dugout. He planned to stay here today. Who could guarantee that there would not be other things happening later?
Unexpectedly, when work was almost over in the afternoon, the forestry team showed up again.

(End of this chapter)