Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Chapter 189 We can't take advantage of this
Li Long had just ridden out for a short while when he turned back.

The two police officers were recording and were a little surprised to see Li Long coming back.

"Comrade Li, is there anything else?" asked a public security comrade.

"I forgot something important." Li Long got out of the car and took out a stack of wallets from his pocket and handed them over. "When I was interrogating them just now, I asked them to hand over their wallets, and I put them in my pocket. I handed the people over to you, but I forgot about this. If I take it back, I won't be able to explain it! Fortunately, I remembered it - five wallets, here you go!"

The police officer was stunned for a moment. The other police officer leaned over and saw that one of the men had a bulging wallet. He couldn't help but ask:

“Is there money in here?”

"Well, I've seen quite a few." Li Long smiled, "Okay, I have to go back."

"That's great that you still thought of sending it back!" a public security comrade couldn't help but say.

"It's a pain to hold this money." Li Long smiled, "I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep at night."

Li Long rode away on his bicycle. The two policemen watched his back disappear over the Maha River Bridge, and then they began to count the money.

"A total of 516.51 yuan." One of the police counted it twice and said, "This is a huge sum of money. Comrade Li is really good."

"We report this matter truthfully. Although the two sides are not in the same jurisdiction, I think at least a letter of praise can be issued." The other public security comrade wrote down the amount of money and said, "These days, people like this are still worthy of great praise."

Li Long actually had mixed feelings. He felt a little regretful for handing the money over to the police, but he felt relieved after thinking about it. The little guy had killed someone, so this matter must be investigated thoroughly. The matter of the wallet could not be concealed.

He rode his bike back to the compound, rested for a while, and then went to the wing room to see the fritillarias.

The Fritillaria were all dry, so Li Long gathered them all together and weighed them himself.

I was busy for so long, harvested the Fritillaria several times, and dried them in the end. What I had on hand were 11 kilograms of dried goods.

Sold it again.

Li Long thought about it, then rode his bicycle to the purchasing station with Fritillaria.

Seeing Chen Hongjun inside through the open door, he locked the car and went in.

Li Long's plan was that if Chen Hongjun was not there, he would wait until the next time he sold fish and take the Fritillaria to Shicheng to sell them - the tone and expression of the woman's question before were not right, so Li Long thought it would be better to be cautious.

"Hey, Xiao Li is here. I haven't seen you for a while." Chen Hongjun said to Li Long with a smile, "What good stuff did you bring this time?"

"I collected some Fritillaria in the mountains, dried them and came to have a look. What is the price of Fritillaria now?"

"The price of Fritillaria has gone up." Chen Hongjun saw Li Long put the bag on the counter and said as he untied the rope. "Recently, there has been a good harvest of Fritillaria, but more people are buying them. Some pharmaceutical factories in the mainland have also come to buy them, so the price has gone up. The first-grade product is 40 yuan per kilogram, the second-grade product is 38 yuan per kilogram, and the remaining currency is 35 yuan... This... is of good quality."

Li Long smiled. It was good that the price had gone up, as it would give him more income.

Even if I sell these second-grade products for 38 yuan, a kilogram of fresh ones is worth more than 7 yuan, which means I can make double the profit. That's great!

"I'll charge you 39 yuan for these, which are first- and second-grade mixed goods." Chen Hongjun grabbed a handful of mother-of-pearl and looked at them carefully. "Well, they have been cleaned and dried. There are few impurities and they are not moldy. They are well handled!"

Next, he weighed the Fritillaria, peeled it, calculated the bill, and issued the invoice. In the end, Li Long received 444 yuan, a thick stack of big unity in his hand. Chen Hongjun couldn't help but say:

"Xiao Li, you make money really fast! Just these Fritillaria are equivalent to a general worker's annual salary!"

"Haha, this is something I have money for, and it's not just mine." Li Long laughed, "Comrade Chen, you go ahead, I have something else to do, I'm leaving now, bye!"

"Okay, bye, bring me back anything good you have!"

"No problem! By the way, Comrade Chen, I want to ask what the price of muskrat skin is now? Also, do you accept muskrat sachets?"

"Muskrat skin? It's spring now, and spring skin is cheaper than winter skin. However, the price of skin has generally increased. A piece of skin costs eight to ten yuan. As for muskrat incense, this thing can replace traditional musk. The average price of a bag is fifteen yuan. Do you have any?"

"Well, we caught two nests, about seven or eight," Li Long said, "and a few bags of musk."

"That's great. Leather is fine, but incense is rare. Bring it when you have time!"

Li Long walked out of the purchasing station with a smile on his face and looked up at the sun. Although it was a little dazzling, it felt warm.

More than four hundred yuan!
One step closer to becoming a millionaire!
He suddenly thought, should he go and take a look at the furniture he had made earlier?

With money in his pocket, Li Long wanted to buy something. He went to the market and found that most of the products were primary agricultural products sold by farmers. They already sold brooms made of Achnatherum splendens, which were three yuan each, not cheap. There were also wicker baskets and pot lids made of sorghum stalks.

At this season, there are fewer meat vendors. There is a fishmonger who is looking at the fish basin listlessly under the shade of a big tree. The fish in the basin has already turned upside down.

Li Long looked around and didn't see anything good to buy, so he rode his bike to the Cultural Palace again.

He saw the ticket seller playing poker with others in the pavilion next to the Cultural Palace.

Li Long parked his bike in the bicycle shed, locked it, and went to the man's side, watching the three of them fighting for the upper hand.

Seeing someone approaching, the young man became alert. He turned his head and recognized Li Long.

"Brother, you are..."

"Is there?" Li Long asked cryptically.

"That's for sure." The young man threw the cards and said to the other two, "Sorry, wait a moment, I'll treat you to some melon seeds later."

After saying that, he waved to Li Long and walked towards the side of the Cultural Palace.

Li Long followed him, and when he turned the corner, the young man took out a stack of bills from his inner pocket and asked:

"Brother, what kind of ticket do you want?"

"Food coupons, oil coupons, industrial coupons, wine coupons, sugar coupons, I want them all." Li Long said, "How are the ticket prices recently?"

"The ticket prices are okay, they haven't dropped much, but they haven't increased either." The young man said, "I still have these tickets on hand, and they haven't been sold out yet..."

"Let me see." Li Long meant to ask how many tickets he had. The young man didn't even guard against Li Long and directly handed over the stack of tickets.

There were more than a dozen industrial tickets, more than a hundred kilograms of grain tickets, more than thirty kilograms of oil tickets, sugar tickets, and wine tickets, which were all about ten kilograms - as well as other miscellaneous tickets such as cloth tickets.

"I want them all." Li Long said, "But I suggest you stick with this business. It should be able to increase in value later."

The young man didn't really listen to the latter part, but when he heard what Li Long said in the beginning, he suddenly became excited:
"Really? This will cost at least twenty-five dollars..."

"No problem." Li Long thought, it's less than the price of a kilogram of Fritillaria, I can afford it!
After checking the quantity and price and paying the money, the tickets were considered as Li Long's. The young man was happy, and Li Long felt relieved. In the future, when he went to the department store or the supply and marketing cooperative to buy things, at least he didn't have to worry about the tickets.

After counting the money twice, the young man looked up and said to Li Long:
"Brother, what's behind..."

"I may need more tickets in a while," Li Long said, "and I'll come to you if I need them then."

"If I'm not here, then tell the melon seed seller to look for me - my name is..."

"Your name is Xiao Liu, Cao Liu, right?" Li Long remembered the young man's name. "Okay, I know you."

The young man was very happy, probably because a "big customer" like Li Long remembered him, which made him feel very proud.

Cao Liu went to the melon seed vendor and got two cups of melon seeds. He went to the pavilion and distributed them to the people who were playing cards. Li Long also went to take a look. The girl selling melon seeds saw Li Long coming and handed him a triangular paper cup filled with melon seeds.
"Crack some melon seeds, please."

"Please sell all these to me." Li Long thought that his family really had no melon seeds now. The team would distribute sunflower seeds at the end of the year, which were to be used to extract oil for consumption, and there was not even enough oil to eat.

If Li Long hadn't caught a lot of wild game and oil in the mountains this year, the Li family wouldn't have had enough oil.

As for cracking melon seeds, only during the Chinese New Year would every family be willing to fry some sunflower seeds and put them on the table to serve guests.

"You want all of them?" The little girl was a little surprised. "Then..." She looked down. A triangular cup was five cents. There were more than twenty cups in this basket. She said, "One dollar."

Li Long took out a dollar and handed it over, then poured all the melon seeds into the shoulder bag he was carrying, fastened the buckle, and rode away to the bicycle shed.

Li Long returned to the compound and searched for a long time but only found two oil bottles. He took them to the grain and oil store, bought two bottles of vegetable oil, and rode back on his bike.

When he arrived in the village, Li Long found Carpenter Qu's yard. As soon as he reached the door, he smelled a strong smell of sawdust, and then saw a lot of wood shavings in the corner of the yard.

The carpenter held a pen to his ear and was gesturing with a chair leg. Seeing Li Long coming in, a young man next to him stood up and asked:
"Who are you looking for?"

"Let me see how my furniture is doing." Li Long asked, "Xinhu, Li's."

"Li Jianguo? Are you Li Long? It's done." Carpenter Qu said with a smile, "Your elder brother hasn't come to pick it up yet, I thought he had forgotten about it. There are so many pieces of furniture, it's not a good idea to pile them here... Can you take a look?"

"Okay." Li Long went over to look at the furniture.

The cabinets, chests of drawers, shelves, chairs, etc. were all painted, in an old-fashioned style, but they all looked very sturdy. Li Long touched it and found that the paint had dried long ago, and it was still very sturdy after shaking it.

There were so many pieces of furniture that even a carriage couldn't carry them all. After looking at them all, Li Longdu asked:
"Master Qu, has my brother paid?"

"I've paid the deposit, but I still need ten yuan for the work." Carpenter Qu said with a smile, "Don't worry, are you satisfied with these furniture?"

"Satisfied." Li Long smiled. He took out a big unity note and handed it over. "I'll pay the wages. I'll bring the goods over with a horse-drawn carriage tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."

"Okay." Carpenter Qu took the money. "If I'm here, look for me. If I'm not here, look for him, Xiao Gao."

Xiao Gao was the young man who asked the question just now. Li Long nodded, turned around and left the carpentry shop.

"This guy is quite rich." Xiao Gao couldn't help but say, "He gave me ten dollars just like that."

"His brother is amazing, and this young man is not bad either. I heard he joined the supply and marketing cooperative. Didn't you see he even rides a bicycle?" Carpenter Qu explained, and then said to Xiao Gao, "Study hard, and once you have mastered the carpentry skills, you can buy a bicycle in less than a year!"

Li Long went to the middle school, where Gu Xiaoxia was still in class. He put down a bottle of oil, left some roasted melon seeds, then locked the door and went home.

When they got home, Liang Yuemei was making lunch. Tao Daqiang had just picked up the net and left the yard. When he saw Li Long coming back, he smiled and asked:

"Brother Long, you're back? You've finished picking up the nets. Are you going again this afternoon?"

"Let's go again." Li Long thought of the price of musk that Chen Hongjun mentioned, and his heart was burning. "Let's take a shovel and go see if there are any water rats. I asked around today and found that this thing is quite valuable."

"Okay." Tao Daqiang was also very happy. "Let's go early and look for it carefully."

"Okay. Come, take some melon seeds back." Li Long took some melon seeds out of his bag and handed them to him. Tao Daqiang was not polite and went back with the melon seeds.

Tao Daqiang didn't cook when he got home. Tao Jianshe went to the fields. Today the team had public labor, so Tao Jianshe brought steamed buns and pickles, ready to work for the day - mainly because his donkey cart could do the work of five people, and Tao Jianshe was very satisfied.

Although the stove was cold, Tao Daqiang was excited. He was not hungry at first, but thinking that he still had to work in the afternoon, he went to the kitchen and got a steamed bun - thinking that his family could eat white flour steamed buns from time to time, had he ever dared to dream of such a day before?

He poured himself another cup of herbal tea. At that time, farmers usually boiled a pot of water in the morning, poured a bottle of water into the kettle, put some brick tea blocks in the teapot, and brewed a pot of tea. If there were few people, they would drink it all day, and if there were many people, they would boil another pot when cooking at noon.

Tao Daqiang went to the kitchen and got two green peppers. He carefully removed the stems and seeds, held the tail of the green pepper in his hand, and put some salt in the green pepper "jar". He poured some vinegar, shook it, and waited for the salt to dissolve. Then he took a bite of the edge of the green pepper and ate a bite of steamed bun with the spicy taste.

strong enough!

Li Long has also eaten it this way. If Li Long were here, he would say that his way of eating it was too rough - wouldn't it be better to cut the green pepper into shreds and marinate it with salt and vinegar?

But no one cares too much about this. During the busy farming season, people would eat raw eggplants with steamed buns, let alone this?

Being able to eat green peppers in this season is already a great treat.

Li Long put the oil bottle in the kitchen, and put the melon seeds on a plate and put it on the dining table. Li Jianguo looked at it and complained:
"Why buy that thing? What a waste of money!"

"As for money, you have to spend what you earn," Li Long said with a smile, "I went to Qu Mujiang's place to look at the furniture today. They are all ready. I will go to the horse market to clean up the house today and bring some back tomorrow."

"Okay, I'll go clean with you in the afternoon." Li Jianguo said.

"No, no," Li Long waved his hands hastily, "I can just call Daqiang. I won't do the work in the fields, so you guys have enough to do. If I let you do this, where will I put my face?"

"Eat, eat." Liang Yuemei thought the two brothers were arguing about something, so she brought the dishes over and put them on the table. "What's the matter? Let's talk about it after dinner!"

Li Qiang ran in from outside at this time, shouting:

"Mom, I'm hungry!"

"Why are you covered in mud again?" Liang Yuemei got angry when she saw Li Qiang's expression, "Why are your shoes wet too?"

"I'm catching ditch fish in the big canal behind. I caught a lot. I'll ask my uncle to sell them tomorrow..."

"Selling shit!" Liang Yuemei turned into a roaring mother dragon, "Hurry up and change your clothes!" Then she took Li Qiang to the other room and slapped him on the butt.

Li Long was happy, this was the daily life of a farmer.

(End of this chapter)