Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Chapter 228 Li Long, people like you can be called friends

The price of snow leopard skin surprised Li Long.

"Xiao Li, this snow leopard skin...where did you get it?" Chen Hongjun asked with a slightly serious expression when he saw the snow leopard skin.

"It was sent by a herdsman friend in the mountains." Li Long said calmly, "They were short of supplies in the mountains, so they exchanged this for something. By the way, they said that this snow leopard got into the sheepfold of their summer pasture and killed a lot of sheep. They couldn't drive it away, so they killed it."

Li Long knew that the first version of the domestic animal protection law would not appear for several years, so it was not illegal to kill a snow leopard now. But he never thought that Halimu and his men would be able to kill a snow leopard in the summer pasture!
In later generations, this thing was rarely seen for twenty or thirty years. It was only after a period of time, when protection efforts were strengthened, that this snow mountain elf gradually appeared in people's vision.

"This snow leopard skin is so rare and complete. In the whole region, no, in the whole country, such a complete skin should be rare. This thing... lives in the mountains. I didn't expect that someone could get it!"

"Comrade Chen, will you accept them? If not, I will go to Shicheng or Wucheng. My herdsman friend is very worried..."

"Take it, how can I not take it?" When Chen Hongjun heard that Li Long was going to other places, he immediately pulled the snow leopard skin into his arms and said solemnly:

"Xiao Li, you have helped me a lot. With this snow leopard skin, I can complete my acquisition task this year ahead of schedule..."

Li Long smiled and said:
"Comrade Chen, just tell me how much you can charge. If it's appropriate, I won't go to Shicheng."

"Xiao Li, I'm telling you the truth. The highest amount I can pay for something like this is 3,000 yuan..."

"Is this skin so valuable?" Li Long was shocked.

"That's impossible." Chen Hongjun waved his hands and said, "Although snow leopard skin is rare, to be honest, this skin is not as good-looking as tiger skin or leopard skin. The pattern is black and white, so, except for certain groups of people, the demand is not as wide as other skins... This skin is relatively complete, I'll set the price at 1,100 yuan..."

"Too little!" Li Long had already determined the value of the snow leopard skin when Chen Hongjun lost his composure. He hoped to gain the greatest benefit for Halimu and the others, so he said:

"At least fifteen hundred, or I'll go to Stone City."

"Xiao Li," Chen Hongjun smiled bitterly, "We are old acquaintances. Ever since you started selling deer antlers, have I ever told you about the inflated price? Your products are good, so I will definitely give you the best price. This fifteen hundred..."

"Comrade Lao Chen, if this was my own stuff, I would definitely sell it without saying anything. But my herdsmen friends in the mountains have a really hard life. Although they have sheep, they can't just eat or sell them. The only way to get some money to improve their lives is through occasional hunting like this - this is not just one herdsman, there are more than a dozen herdsmen in their summer pasture...

And you also said that this snow leopard skin is very rare, very rare, and is no less rare than tiger skin. So 1,500 yuan is not a lot..."

"Xiao Li, you really... are making things difficult for me!" Chen Hongjun hesitated.

"Comrade Lao Chen, I actually have some money. If this snow leopard skin really can't be sold at that price, I will use my own money to buy things for those herder friends. I believe that other purchasing stations should have people who want this skin."

"Okay, Xiao Li," Chen Hongjun thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll take fifteen hundred. But you have to promise that if you have good stuff like this in the future, you'll send it to me."

"That's for sure." Li Long smiled. "Comrade Chen, don't worry. You also said that we have been cooperating for so long. Whatever I get, don't I send it to you as soon as possible?"

Although Chen Hongjun knew that the order price of fifteen hundred was a bit high, in fact the value of this snow leopard skin must be higher.

He issued an invoice, inspected the goods again, and then asked someone to give Li Long the money.

Li Long felt the thick stack of unity notes was heavy in his hand and he was happy.

He didn't plan to make a profit from the difference in price. He was going to buy the batteries now. He also planned to buy some other things and then give the remaining money to Halimu.

And the snow lotus was the reward for Halimu's help.

In the department store, Xiao Liu couldn't believe his ears:

"What did you say? You said you wanted thirty boxes of batteries?"

"Yes." Li Long said calmly.

Li Long now has a stubbled beard and messy hair, looking nothing like his previous spirit.

Xiao Liu has now roughly guessed that Li Long must have gone into the mountains frequently, and his clothes were not very clean. She felt a little more balanced mentally, but also a little bit of pity. Why did this man work so hard?
When Li Long said he wanted thirty boxes of No. 1 batteries, she was really scared.

What good person would want so many batteries?
"I also want thirty packets of salt and thirty packets of sugar cubes." Li Long continued his shopping list. "Oh, and some brick tea, thirty yuan too. Is your egg cake halal? I'll take five packets."

Xiao Liu was a little stunned. Is this guy so rich? Or is he just speculating?

Li Long saw through her suspicion and took out a certificate to show her:
"I am a part-time forest ranger in the forestry team. I brought these things to my herder friends in the mountains."

"Okay, okay, I'll get the goods for you now." The older sister next to Xiao Liu touched Xiao Liu and said with a smile, "Look at how you're going to install it?"

"I ride a bicycle with two sacks. I put these things into two sacks and put them on both sides of the bicycle."

The items were brought over quickly, and the salesperson carefully sorted the items, wrapped them in paper, and then tied them up with thin ropes.

Li Long took out a receipt and paid the money. After paying, he started to put things into the sack. "Xiao Liu, I just saw this young man... took out a thick stack of Great Unity - that stack has not been opened yet, at least one thousand... he is really rich!" The older sister next to him whispered to Xiao Liu.

Xiao Liu's expression was a little complicated.

Li Long put the things into a sack, adjusted it, and carried it out to place it on both sides of the bicycle.

The sack was a bit big, so Li Long had to be careful when riding. Fortunately, there were partitions on both sides of the rear wheel of the bicycle, so there was no need to worry about the sack getting caught in the wheel.

Li Long went to the grain store again and bought a bag of noodles. In fact, he wanted to buy more, but Halimu only had one horse and couldn't carry so many things.

The next step was to go to the pharmaceutical company, where common medicines were bought by the box. The staff there were also very surprised, and Li Long's certificate played a role again.

The bicycle was fully loaded. Li Long did not dare to delay and rode into the mountains.

When Li Long arrived at Halimu's winter home, it was already past five in the afternoon. The sun was still high, and Li Long saw Halimu clearing weeds in front of the winter home. He brought a lot of rough wood, and Li Long guessed that he was planning to completely block the door.

Seeing Li Long appear, Halimu immediately came forward and asked:
"Why did you buy so many things?"

"They are all needed." Li Long and Halimu pushed the bicycle and things across the ditch together and arrived in front of the winter den. Then he took a rest and began to talk to Halimu about the situation.

"Halim, let me tell you now, the snow leopard skin was sold for 1,500 yuan. It cost me about 500 yuan to buy these things, and the remaining 1,000 yuan is for you."

Li Long took out the money and handed it to Halimu, who waved his hand hastily:

"How can it be sold for so much? I don't want this money, I can't take it..."

The two refused for a long time. Seeing that Halimu was about to get angry, Li Long had no choice but to say:
"Well, I'll save this money for you first."

"No, no, no, I'm not saving it..." Halimu said seriously, "I'm exchanging things for other things. It's fine as long as we think it's suitable. I originally wanted to change the battery, but I didn't expect you to get so many things in exchange..."

"Halim, my Dosen, you have to change your mindset." Li Long said with a smile, "Now is not the same as before. It's not like you get something suitable and then think it's fair. In fact, the value of what you get is much higher than what you want to exchange... If you continue like this, you will suffer."

"Dosen, will you let us suffer?" Halim asked back, and then laughed, "You know, if it weren't for you, many children in our summer pasture wouldn't know about radios, wouldn't know how big the outside world is, wouldn't know what kind of life our Kazakh compatriots in other places live, wouldn't know that life can actually be so good...

Why do radios use up so quickly? There is a signal in the summer pastures high up in the mountains. We listen to the radio every day. In order for everyone to hear it, we turn up the volume to the maximum and put it outside, so the battery uses up so quickly...

But we are really happy. This summer, we have had more fun than any other summer. Our children have learned a lot from the radio. Our people are really grateful to you..."

Li Long stopped talking. But he still felt that he needed to instill a habit of reasonable exchange in Halimu and the others, otherwise, they would really suffer.

However, even if they suffer a loss, given the personalities of Halimu and others, they probably won't take it to heart. They have their own standards in their hearts.

"Those jades need to be sold in Wucheng," Li Long had to talk about other things, "so I'll put them aside for now. I can tell you how much I got after I sell them, but the money shouldn't be small."

"Then I don't care. That's your business..." Halim smiled cunningly again, "That's your stuff. I've already exchanged for much more than we expected."

"Well, I've got a pencil with me," Li Long said as he took out a specially prepared pencil. "You must write down these medicines, otherwise it will be troublesome if you take the wrong ones. Just like last time, come, let me tell you what these medicines are for..."

Medicine is a necessity. Although the Kazakhs have their own herbal medicine tradition, some acute diseases still require these ready-made medicines for treatment, which are efficient and timely.

Halimu also knew this truth, so when Li Long told him, he was writing seriously.

“These five packages of egg cakes are halal, you can eat them. You can see the markings on them. Don’t just eat naan on the way back, it’s not nutritious enough.” Li Long specifically brought out the egg cake and talked about it.

Halimu smiled and took the egg cake and stuffed it into the bag where he originally kept the naan.

After finishing all these things, Halimu put them on his horse's back and said:

"Dosen, I may come down again later on this trip, or I may not come down until the transfer. If you are not in the cabin when I come down, how should I find you?"

"Go to the county supply and marketing cooperative or the post office and call our village." Li Long wrote down the name of the village in pencil, wrote it on a box and said, "If I'm not here, you can find me by calling."

"Okay, I'm leaving now." Halimu got on his horse and said, "Thank you."

After saying that, Halimu turned his horse around and quickly headed into the mountains.

Li Long watched Harimu's figure disappear until he got on his bike and went back to the cabin.

The day was so busy that it felt like a dream.

(End of this chapter)