Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Chapter 200 Dad is a naughty boy

"I'll transfer the money for my parents to come here." Li Long said at the table in the evening, "I'll send a telegram to ask about the situation when I go to the street these two days."

"Okay, since you can make money, I won't compete with you." Li Jianguo said with some guilt, "A lot of these things should have been done by me..."

"That's right." Liang Yuemei said as she patched the hole on Li Qiang's clothes, "Xiaolong, a lot of these things should be done by your elder brother and me..."

"What are you talking about?" Li Long waved his hand and said, "Then I should still be raised by my parents. Haven't you raised me to this age? Besides, if you don't let me farm my land, won't it become barren? Family members don't say this. Now isn't it time for everyone to play to their strengths? I just can't farm, but I like hunting and fishing. It just so happens that I've come across a good time..."

The topic was changed.

Li Long would never think that his elder brother took advantage of him. If it weren't for Li Jianguo, he would still be hungry in his hometown. Not to mention eating meat every day, it's hard to say how many times he could eat white flour in a month!

The last time Li Long went back to his hometown in his previous life was in the early 1990s. At that time, some families in his hometown village had too little land and could not afford to eat white flour buns every day. Many girls were not allowed to go to school before graduating from elementary school.

"Then I'll send a telegram to ask my parents to come over as soon as possible. The land was distributed early in my hometown, but it's less than one acre of food-producing land, so any relative in the village can take care of it for a while." Li Jianguo said, "I don't know how long my parents can stay after they come over."

"Then it would be better for them to stay longer." Although Li Long is not close to his parents, they are his parents after all. He still hopes that they can enjoy more here, at least have enough food to eat.

"Actually..." Li Jianguo suddenly sighed, "If it were according to Dad's temper, he would be very happy to know that you did these things. Dad liked to do this at home. When we were young, he took us to catch fish and shrimps. At that time, he didn't like to do farm work...but he liked to play."

Li Long was speechless. Recalling what happened in his previous life, it was indeed like this.

My parents came here to live several times. At that time, they were old and really liked to slack off. As the saying goes in my hometown, they were free time, but they didn't do any serious work.

He was not used to the large-scale farm work in northern Xinjiang, and his elder brother and sister-in-law did not expect him to work there, so he often caught small fish by the rivers and canals. He was happy every day, but he did not stay there for long. After all, he still liked the lively environment of his hometown.

As for the old lady, she had a low presence and didn't talk much. She basically just stayed at the door, either sitting in the sun or taking a nap. She didn't talk much, but she really doted on Li Long...

They are already adults, and can only be described as doted on, so think about it.

The next day, Li Long rode his bicycle to the county and found out at the bus station that the train ticket from his hometown to Wucheng was fifty or sixty yuan per person for three days and four nights. It was not realistic to buy a sleeper berth at that time and ordinary people could not buy one.

So Li Long wired two hundred yuan to his family, and then sent a telegram asking them to call him when they had bought the tickets so that they could pick him up.

After finishing his work, Li Long did not go home immediately, but went to the big yard first to see how the fritillaria and leather that he had put down to dry in the past two days were doing.

After all, since you own such an industry, you still have to check it regularly to avoid being caught unawares when thieves break in.

The antlers covered with salt and mud have not dried yet, and the Fritillaria will also need some time. The leather is dry, but Li Long is too lazy to run back and forth. He plans to catch fish for two more days, and when the fish are sold out and the Fritillaria is dry, he will sell them together.

However, the two roe deer whips in his collection had dried up. Li Long hesitated for a moment, but finally did not give them to Li Xiangqian. He decided to wait for a while.

He swept the fallen leaves in the yard and sprinkled some water to prevent it from drying out. He wondered whether he should dig a pressure well here so that it would be more convenient to use water.

After locking the door of the yard, Li Long rode his bicycle and went to the grain processing plant.

The bran and oil residue he bought last time are almost used up, so he plans to buy two more sacks today.

With the certificate from the supply and marketing cooperative, Li Long easily bought two large sacks and piled them high on the back seat of his bicycle.

Part of this feed will be distributed to Uncle Luo, and half will be kept at home.

It was already noon and there was no time to go home for lunch, so Li Long parked his bike at the big meat canteen and had a bowl of mixed noodles. This time he only ordered an extra noodle. After eating, he drank half a bowl of noodle soup, and then rode away.

When passing by the middle school, Li Long hesitated and did not go in. The main reason was that he was embarrassed to see Gu Xiaoxia while carrying two sacks of feed.

After returning to Laomahao and unloading half of the feed, Li Long returned home and saw Tao Daqiang sorting out the nets.

"Brother Long, are you going to go online this afternoon?"

Seeing Tao Daqiang's expectant face, Li Long couldn't say no.

"Then do you still catch water rats?"

"Let's catch them." Li Long thought that he still had a set of water rat skins that he hadn't sold yet, and he had to share the money with this kid, so he might as well catch the fish and the water rats and work towards his goal of becoming a millionaire with a millionaire's income of ten thousand yuan.

In the afternoon, two people went to Xiaohaizi with shovels, nets and tires. This time they found a water rat's nest on the west bank. The two people worked together to dig the hole. The nest was very large, but there were only three water rats in it.

"I guess there should be two more, but they swam out and didn't come back." Li Long said, "It's impossible to catch them."

These are the water rat nests in Xiaohaizi that we have seen so far. As for the northern embankment, Li Long doesn't want to find it. If he finds it and digs through the embankment, it will be a big trouble.

This time Li Long brought six nets. He planned not to bring too many nets during this period. Although the fish were not difficult to sell, it was quite tiring to get up early every day to get the nets, catch the fish, and ride such a long distance to sell the fish.

After the net was set, they returned to the yard. Li Long and Tao Daqiang skinned the water rats. One of the male ones had a sachet, which Li Long thought was okay.

Tao Daqiang carried the meat of three water rats back home, while Li Long was pumping water in the yard to irrigate the vegetable field.

It is almost May, and the leeks and celery in the vegetable garden are already edible. The tomato, pepper and eggplant seedlings have also grown up. The sword beans and cowpeas need to be planted on trellises, and the two furrows of sweet potatoes planted on the edge are almost growing into a patch.

Li Long remembered that in his previous life, people on the Internet kept saying that sweet potato leaves were a good thing, and Li Jianguo also said that when they were young, they also ate sweet potato leaves during the lean period. During those years, every meal was filled with sweet potatoes, steamed, boiled, dried, etc. So until now, Li Jianguo is not interested in sweet potatoes because eating them would hurt him.

But adding some sweet potatoes to the cornmeal porridge every morning tastes pretty good. Li Long feels this way. He thinks it may be the environment where he grew up. The concept of hunger no longer exists.

After watering the entire vegetable garden, Li Long felt a little tired - he was really not the type to work.

In fact, the production team would regularly irrigate the vegetable plots in every yard. The water was also released from the small lake. There were channels at the door of every household. Therefore, when watering, there would often be crucian carp left directly in the vegetable plots.

It’s just that the seedlings had just grown up and needed a lot of water. The Li family happened to have a pressure well, so they just watered them.

He finally pressed two buckets of water and placed them next to the stove as a standby, and then Li Juan came back.

Li Long saw that Li Juan looked a little unhappy, so he asked:

"Juan, what's wrong? Who offended you?"

"No one messed with me." Li Juan lowered her head, "Uncle, I'm fine."

"Tell me what's the matter." Li Long said with a smile, "Maybe I can help you solve it."

"Nothing, it's just that Chen Huahua has a rubber band, and I wanted to play with them, but they said we were not the same age, and they wouldn't let me play because I was too young..."

"Rubber band, right?" Li Long smiled. "Then I'll make one for you now?" "Where can I find a rubber band at home?" Li Juan thought Li Long was joking. "How can I make one? Besides, your bicycle tires are all new..."

"But I still have an old tire?" Li Long went to an empty house, took out a broken tire from the supply and marketing cooperative, and showed it to Li Juan:

"Can I use this?"

"Is this okay? Don't you want to use this tire, uncle?"

Li Juan was already eleven years old and knew that Li Long needed tires to make money by catching fish every day.

"Look, this is torn, with big and small holes. This is used to patch other tires. It's easy to cut a rubber band for you, and I can even cut a slingshot for Qiangqiang!"

"Really? That's great! I...I'll go pick some pigweed now..."

"Go ahead, your rubber band will be ready when you come back - anyone want to play with it?"

"Yes, yes, yes. There are Fengxiang and Ga Ya in my grade... Uncle, I'm going to pick some pig grass!"

As she said that, Li Juan picked up the basket and ran quickly out of the yard.

Li Long smiled and shook his head, then went to find a pair of scissors, first unfolded the tire as a whole, and then planned how to cut it. When cutting the rubber band, you have to avoid the big and small holes, and make sure you don't cut it with a sharp knife, otherwise it will be too tight when jumping and it will easily break and hit people. It's okay if it hits the body, but if it hits the face, the rubber band is very strong, and it will be enough for children to be whipped.

Because he had made a good plan, after Li Long cut the rubber band, he only tied a knot at the end, so it was considered brand new.

The rubber band is more than three meters long when folded twice. It will be stretched longer when playing. Li Long thinks it should be enough.

The next step is to make a slingshot for Li Qiang.

Normally, a slingshot requires three parts: a wooden fork, a rubber band, and a foreskin to wrap the stone. Usually, the foreskin is cut from the leather of an old shoe, but since there is no such thing now, Li Long simply cut the rubber band and foreskin from the tire and made them into one piece.

This is easy, mainly because with Li Qiang's current hand strength, he can hit it even without using leather - it's not difficult.

After cutting, Li Long went to find a suitable wooden fork, tied the rubber band on it after cutting it, tied it tightly with cotton thread, and tried his strength.

An adult could pull it open easily, but Li Qiang probably needed some effort.

This is better, it won’t hurt anyone easily.

Li Long remembered that there were two types of slingshots for children, and the one he made for Li Qiang was a strengthened version. There was also a simple version, which was made of iron wire twisted into a "Y" shape - this was actually not very vivid, with a frame on the top and a handle on the bottom, using the valve core as a rubber band, some used small stones, some used aluminum wire folded into a check shape as a bullet, or when fighting with others, paper folded into a V shape as a bullet.

Now that he has this slingshot, Li Qiang should be happy for a while.

Just as I was thinking about Li Qiang, Li Qiang ran in with a bunch of dry reeds and said to Li Long:
"Uncle, uncle, I'll give you something delicious to eat!"

As he said this, he stuffed one of the reeds into his mouth. Li Long was so scared that his face turned pale!
This guy is running with a reed in his mouth!

But now he didn't dare to shout, so he could only wave his hand to ask him to stop.

After Li Long stopped, he stood up and walked over, saying to him with a serious face:

"Take that stuff out of your mouth!"

Li Qiang didn't understand what was going on and took out the reed.

"Pa!" Li Long slapped Li Qiang on the butt. "Remember next time, don't put this in your mouth when you walk or run! Remember!"

Half out of fear and half out of grievance from being beaten, Li Qiang burst into tears.

It happened that the eldest sister-in-law of the Lu family came over with a bucket to fetch water. Seeing Li Long beating Li Qiang, she was a little unhappy. She guessed that Li Long might be bullying Li Qiang while Li Jianguo and Liang Yuemei were away, but she thought it was wrong, so she put the bucket next to the well and asked:
"Qiangqiang, what happened, Xiaolong, are you going to hit him?"

After she asked this, Li Qiang stopped crying.

Li Long saw Mrs. Lu's expression and knew that she might have misunderstood. He said unhappily:
"You let him speak for himself."

"Qiangqiang, what did you do?" The eldest sister-in-law of the Lu family bent down and asked Li Qiang. The two families had a good relationship, and she was half gossiping and half genuinely curious.

"I... I took this... I want to give it to my uncle to taste..." Li Qiang was also confused, "What did you do?"

Mrs. Lu was not happy. Li Qiang was so well-behaved that he even knew to give Li Long food, no matter what it was. That was out of kindness, right?

She looked at Li Long with some dissatisfaction, waiting for Li Long to explain.

"Let him tell me what he did before I hit him?" Li Long continued to ask without explaining.

"I...I...I just stuffed this into my mouth..." Li Qiang thought about it, and then he remembered it. He gestured with the reed pole, "Then I ran towards my uncle..."

Mrs. Lu's face changed immediately: "You deserve to be beaten! You stuffed this into your mouth and you still ran... What if you tripped? Wouldn't it hit your throat? Wouldn't it kill you... Remember this in the future! You can't stuff this into your mouth. No matter what you eat, you have to eat it standing up... This kid!"

After Mrs. Lu understood what was going on, she breathed a sigh of relief and patted Li Qiang's head: "Not bad, you know how to give your uncle delicious food... What is this?"

"There's... honey inside..." Li Qiang said in a low voice.

Li Long understood as soon as he heard it.

This reed pole must have been taken from the reed stalk on the eaves of someone's old house. There is a kind of local bee that likes to build its nest in this reed tube and collect honey as food for its larvae.

Later, Li Long learned that this was a type of leafcutter bee, but no one knew about it yet.

The kids didn't have much snacks to eat, and I don't know how they found this. Seeing Li Qiang find so many, it was a pretty good harvest. He was really kind to himself to think of giving it to himself.

Li Qiang raised the slingshot in his hand and said with a smile:
"Look what this is?"

"Ah - slingshot! Uncle, is it for me?" Li Qiang burst into laughter, "Uncle, you are the best! Ah -"

Mrs. Lu smiled as she watched the two people interacting while pressing water.

Thanks to the book friend Tianlang Xiaotianzhan for the 5,000 yuan reward! Thanks to the book friend Zhiyu for the three rewards, thank you very much!

The average subscription of the original book has not increased much, but now it has become a bestseller, and it has increased a little. It is not bad at present. Friends who have read the book should know that the main focus of this book is still daily life, with more fishing and hunting, mixed with some fragmentary family matters, and it mainly shows the daily life of that era. Therefore, this book is destined not to have a particularly big plot ups and downs, just live a good life.

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