Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Chapter 198: Heart for heart, rational use of waste
When Li Long left, he whispered to Li Xiangqian:
"Captain, there are two more kidneys in the bag, also from male deer, and they are still fresh. You can do whatever you want with them."

Li Xiangqian chuckled and immediately understood what Li Long meant.

Tao Daqiang was still picking mushrooms on the hillside with a gun on his back when he heard the sound of a car.

His first reaction was that Li Long came with a car to pick him up.

Only Li Long could get a car to transport the things and pick him up.

He walked down the hillside toward the cabin and saw that the car was parked in the same ditch.

Tao Daqiang was thinking, should he take the time to fill the ditch next time he comes?
Not to mention filling the ditch completely, at least it should be enough to allow a car or a carriage to pull over.

Otherwise it would be troublesome to carry things back and forth every time.

Li Long asked the driver to wait in front of the ditch. He quickly came to the wooden house. At this time, Tao Daqiang had also rushed back.

"Put the stuff in sacks and load them onto the car," Li Long said. "We can go home and sleep today."

Tao Daqiang felt excited at the thought of going home to sleep. He immediately opened the small room and put things into the sack.

While Tao Daqiang was packing the meat, Li Long took the leather off the wall, rolled it up and put it into the sack.

In addition to meat and leather, some jade stones cannot be placed here.

As for other daily necessities, I wasn't worried, so I didn't move them.

Compared to the things I'm going to take away, it's not worth much.

Li Long also left two pieces of dried meat so that he would be able to eat wild vegetables next time he came instead of being unable to hunt.

Li Long packed three and a half sacks of things he needed. He didn't expect that there would be so many things.

The two men put the sacks outside, locked the door, and moved the things back and forth twice. Then they sat in the co-pilot seat. Li Long said to the driver:

"Master, let's go."

The car drove all the way back to the county town. Li Long placed the leather, jade and other items in the big yard, locked the door and continued driving.

When they arrived at the township middle school, Li Long asked them to stop again and left two pieces of meat for Gu Xiaoxia.

When they got to the elementary school, Li Long didn't let them stop because he saw that the school was not over yet.

Seeing that the driver was a little unhappy, when the horse signal came, Li Long and Tao Daqiang unloaded the car. He took out a piece of wild boar meat from the sack and handed it to the driver:

"Master, please take this meat back and eat it. It's not a good thing. It's just game."

The chef immediately smiled and said, "This won't work," but his hands had already taken the meat.

Li Long unloaded the bicycle again, waved to the driver, watched him leave, and then began to pack up the unloaded things.

Uncle Luo was surprised to see how many things Li Long had unloaded:

"Xiaolong, where did you get so many things?"

"Some are for guests tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, some are for us to eat slowly, and some are for Daqiang and I to keep at home."

After Li Long finished explaining, he said to Tao Daqiang:

"Da Qiang, you should carry the deer leg back first."

"No, no, no, let's clean up here first." Tao Daqiang shook his head hurriedly, "Brother Long, you carry the things you need to take home first, and then come back to clean up. I'll prepare the meat for tomorrow first, otherwise what if it goes bad tomorrow - it's hotter here than in the mountains."

"That's easy," said Lao Shu Luo. "Find two washing basins and fill them with well water. If you want to use them tomorrow, it should be fine if you leave them there for a day."

"Okay, I'll go home and get the basin."

"Why go home? There's a basin right here." Uncle Luo said with a smile, "When Xiaolong's room was cleaned up, a new big basin was brought in. Isn't that basin enough? Get a few people to work on it. Don't make it into a pig-killing dish!"

Li Long reacted and realized that it was just a matter of modifying the horse horn and having a good meal of boiled meat. If the work could not be finished in a day, the leftovers could be stir-fried vegetables, rice or steamed buns. If he really had to cook meat every day, what would others think?
If someone wants to help with the mud and building of a house, can they produce such meat? Of course, Li Long can hunt and has an advantage, but not everyone can produce even half of Li Long's standard.

That would invisibly raise everyone's expectations, which is not a good thing.

"Okay, I see." Li Long nodded. "Let's just get a leg and some ribs. We'll cook it and stir-fry it tomorrow. We'll keep the remaining meat for long-term consumption, and then take it back to my house."

"That's right." Uncle Luo knew that Li Long understood, and said with a smile, "Your meat is mixed, it's not the same kind of prey, right?"

"We have wild boar meat, venison, and wolf meat. Oh, Uncle Luo, how about roe deer?"

"It just lies there, eating grass, but not much. I feed it some food, and it eats, but not much."

"Then feed it first. If it doesn't eat for two or three days, then kill it."

After Li Long said this, he put some of the extra meat in a sack, clamped it on the back seat of his bicycle, and rode home with it.

After carrying the meat back and forth twice, Tao Daqiang brought all the extra meat back home. At this time, he also put the meat for tomorrow's use in a large basin. When Li Long came over, he said:
"Brother Long, I'm going back now. I'll come back tomorrow morning."

"Okay, I'll go get some help tonight," Li Long said, "and we'll start working tomorrow."

After Tao Daqiang left, Li Long went to look at those living creatures.

The little wild boars are still so lively, making loud noises, and nudging each other from time to time. They seem to have grown a lot.

Li Long asked Uncle Luo:
"Uncle Luo, do you want to knock on the pig tooth in here?"

"They've all been knocked off." Old Uncle Luo said with a smile, "You were in the mountains some time ago, and your eldest brother came over to knock them off, but he said you didn't have time to take care of it."

Li Long nodded. So that's how it is.

The two fawns were quite lively, but one looked bigger and the other smaller. Li Long asked again:
"Uncle Luo, of these two fawns, does the big one eat grass better?"

"Yes. The big one is active and not afraid of people. I have been feeding the small one for a long time, but it hides when I enter the pen. I don't know if it can survive in the future."

Li Long could only think that it all depends on luck. If he could support her, then he would make money.

The roe deer was kept in a separate pen, treated as a single room, and there was nothing unusual in the air. Its wounds had scabbed over, and there were flies surrounding it. The roe deer moved from time to time, and when it saw Li Long coming, it was obviously a little nervous.

Li Long knew that as long as this thing was alive, it would be fine. How long it could live depended on its luck.

"Uncle Luo, you go ahead and do your work. I'll go back first."

"Well, let's go back quickly." Uncle Luo said with a smile, "You brought the meat, I have to cook two dishes and have a couple of drinks in the evening." Li Long rode his bicycle back home, and Li Qiang was watching under the stove.

I didn't see him when Li Long was delivering something just now, but now he is here. Li Long smiled and asked:
"Qiang Qiang, what are you doing?"

"Uncle, you're back? I'm grilling fish!" Li Qiang said excitedly, "I learned from you. Today I caught a few crucian carps. I wrapped them in sunflower leaves, lit some fire under the pot, and grilled them. I don't know if they're cooked."

Li Long looked around the stove and saw no firewood. It seemed that Li Qiang was quite cautious, so he smiled and said:

"How long have you been baking?"

"I don't know. It's been a while."

"Then take it out and take a look." Li Long said, "How can you tell if it's cooked if you don't take a look?"

"Yeah." Li Qiang nodded vigorously.

Li Long saw that it was still early and it would take some time for Li Juan to come back, so he went to the kitchen.

Seeing that there were only a few steamed buns in the steamer and a few unleavened buns in the steamed bun plate, I thought of steaming a basket of steamed buns first.

He first soaked the dough in water, then poured flour and water into the dough.

"Uncle, the fish is grilled. Would you like to have one?" Li Qiang came over with a bag of scorching grilled fish and showed it to Li Long like he was presenting a treasure.

"You eat, I'll steam some buns and stir-fry two dishes later."

"Yeah!" Li Qiang left with the grilled fish, not knowing who he was going to show off to.

I haven’t steamed buns much in this life, but steaming buns was a basic skill in my previous life, so there must be no problem with it.

After kneading the dough and covering the pot, he went to get some corn stalks and placed them next to the stove before he opened the lid of the pot.

It turned out that there was no water in the pot. It turned out that Li Qiang had used a dry pot when he lit the fire.

Li Long didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Fortunately, the pot was not too hot at that time. To be on the safe side, he poured water in to boil it after a while.

While the water was boiling, he brushed the bamboo steamer again, greased it with oil and put it aside.

When the water was about to boil, Li Long turned off the heat, then saw that the dough had risen and started kneading the steamed buns.

When Li Juan came back, Li Long's steamed buns had been steamed.

"Uncle, you're back!" Li Juan greeted loudly, "Are you still steaming buns?"

"Well," Li Long looked at his masterpiece with satisfaction, "Eat half first? I still need to cook some vegetables later."

"Then I'll wait." Li Juan knew that waiting would lead to better results, so she put down her schoolbag and said, "I'll go cut some grass for the pigs."

If her uncle wanted to cook, there would definitely be meat dishes, Li Juan was sure of that.

She carried the basket and took the sickle and went to the field.

Li Long cut some deer stomach, intestines and liver and prepared to stir-fry some deer offal. He had a good meal in the mountains at noon. The offal should be eaten fresh. There is no refrigerator now, so it is not easy to keep it for a long time.

After frying, the remaining ones will most likely need to be cooked and shared, otherwise they will end up going bad.

When Li Jianguo and Liang Yuemei returned from the fields, the yard was already filled with the rich aroma of food.

Liang Yuemei looked at Li Juan and Li Qiang eating white steamed buns with meat and vegetables beside the stove and said with a smile:
"Look at how your uncle spoils you..."

"I'm their uncle, who should I spoil if not them?" Li Long came out of the house and said with a smile, "Sister-in-law, wash your hands and eat. You've been tired all day."

After Li Jianguo put the horse away, he came to the well and asked while washing his hands:
"How are things going in the mountains?"

"It's done. I won't go into the mountains for the next two days. I shot a deer. I'll keep some of the meat at home and prepare some. I plan to call some of the guys in the team tomorrow to build a wall around the stable."

"Okay." Li Jianguo nodded and said, "There hasn't been much work on the team recently, and everyone is doing their own work in the fields. Now that you have prepared the meat, it should be no problem to call for help in the evening."

If you ask people to work, you must have a good meal. This is an unspoken rule. In the past, when people were asked to work on the roof, every family had no meat, so they had to prepare a whole fish meal. Even if it was not a good meal, at least they had to be full.

The Li family is different. Since the Chinese New Year, their lives have been getting better and better. Everyone knows that if the Li family asks people to work, they will definitely not treat them unfairly.

Even if it's just for the extra money, as long as Li Long calls, I will definitely be willing to go.

So when Li Long finished his meal and went to call people, none of Tian Siping, Xie Yundong and others refused.

Li Long didn't call many people, six people, plus him and Tao Daqiang, a total of eight, was enough for the work.

"What are you going to do?" Li Jianguo asked him in the yard when Li Long came back, "Can you finish it in one day?"

"One day is enough." Li Long thought for a while and said, "The soil is not enough, and we need to expand it. It will take at least two days..."

"Why are we going to expand the soil?" Li Jianguo waved his hand. "Can't we use the old soil?"

"Of course it's possible, but where is it possible?" Li Long asked in confusion.

"Look at the old team headquarters now," Li Jianguo said. "The roof is gone, and now only the wall is left. But the dirt inside is fine. Tomorrow we'll call our horse-drawn carriage and the Tao family's donkey-drawn cart, and we'll tear down the dirt while we pull it over there to build the wall. It will be finished in one day!"

Li Long then remembered, yes!

The old team headquarters was next to Li Qiang's preschool class. When the team was divided, it was originally planned to share the wood on the roof with the old horse number and distribute it to the team members. But the horse number was bought by Li Long, and no one wanted the team headquarters, so they directly removed the wood on the roof and the windows, leaving only an empty frame.

The child is quite destructive and has been playing with the dirt on top. Now only a broken wall is left.

"Then I'll take a piece of meat to the captain and talk to him about it later," Li Long said after thinking for a while, "Even though that thing will eventually collapse if left there, it wouldn't be a good idea not to tell the team, right?"

"Yes, it would be best to go and talk about it. After all, that was the original team headquarters. It's hard to explain why it collapsed naturally. If we want to dig it up, there will definitely be people in the team who will say it. If you have reported to the team, then it will be different."

Li Jianguo actually knew that Li Long was a favorite in the eyes of the captain, and he would still give this face to someone who could bring big money to the team.

But favors are favors, and the more you use them, the thinner they become. Li Long is doing his job in an open and aboveboard manner, so nothing will happen.

It was already dark, Li Long carried the meat to find Xu Chengjun, who was washing his feet in the yard. Seeing Li Long coming, he smiled and greeted him:
"Xiaolong is back? I heard that you were brought back by car. Are you going to be an official in the future?"

"What kind of official am I? I just have some business at the supply and marketing cooperative and I'm on my way there." Li Long explained vaguely, handed the meat to Ma Hongmei who came out with a smile, and then told Xu Chengjun about using the soil from the old team headquarters.

"Use it, use it. It will collapse if left alone. You can use it to make it useful." Xu Chengjun was very satisfied with Li Long's approach. "Don't worry, we know what's going on. Just use it!"

(End of this chapter)