Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

That night, Li Long distributed the jade artifacts he brought back from Wucheng to his family.

"Mom, your bracelet." Li Long handed a small jade bracelet to Du Chunfang. "This bracelet is made of mutton-fat jade. Feel it. It's very comfortable. Jade nourishes the body. You can't give it to others."

"Why spend that money!" Du Chunfang looked dissatisfied, but the smile in the corner of her eyes actually betrayed her true thoughts.

"Then give it to Xiaolong and let him sell it." Li Qingxia teased his wife, "You can get your money back."

"If you can't speak, then don't speak!" Du Chunfang glared at him, "You're not as good as Xiaolong. Xiaolong even bought me a bracelet."

"That's different." Li Qingxia was not fooled. Isn't this a good life only available here? How could he afford it in his hometown?

"Dad, this bracelet is for you." Li Long had a lot of things in his bag, and he passed them out one by one. "Hold it and play with it, and exercise your fingers. This is also mutton-fat jade. Is the figure carved on it the immortal poet Li Bai?"

"Okay!" Li Qingxia smiled and took the piece of jade which was almost as big as Li Qiang's fist.

"Sister-in-law, this jade bracelet is for you. I bought it for my eldest brother." Li Long took out a jade bracelet with a larger ring and said, "I was not very sensible in the past few years and made you angry."

Liang Yuemei was originally very happy, but after hearing what Li Long said, her nose felt sore. She turned her head away, wiped the corners of her eyes, turned back and said with a smile:
"Why are you saying that? I won't be polite."

She really liked the bracelet. It looked really nice when she put it on, but she took it off again.

I can't wear this while working.

"Brother, this jade belt buckle is for you." Li Long handed the jade belt buckle to Li Jianguo, "Dad sent me here, you raised me as your son, the eldest brother is like a father, I was a jerk before, but I won't do that in the future."

"Okay." Although Li Jianguo was somewhat prepared, he couldn't stand hearing Li Long say this. "Okay, okay, isn't it good now? You are better than me now!"

"That's also your fault!" Li Long said sincerely.

"Uncle, uncle, where are we?" Li Qiang couldn't wait any longer.

"Yes, yes." Li Long smiled and took out two more peace lockets. "Look, one for your sister and one for you. This is called a peace locket, it blesses you with peace and safety. Play with it now, and give it to your mother when you go to bed later. You can't wear it now."

"Okay! Sister, this is yours!" Li Qiang took the locket and didn't think it was too small. He was very happy holding it in his hand.

"Xiaoxia, right?" Liang Yuemei asked.

"Yes, I bought her a bracelet, but she can't wear it now."

"This must cost a lot of money, right?" Du Chunfang couldn't help but ask as he touched the bracelet.

"It's not much. I earned it back in two days of picking mushrooms." Li Longhan said, "This money is earned to be spent. There is a lot of this stuff now, and it's cheap. But I heard that this Hetian jade is mainly produced in our southern Xinjiang, and it will become less and less in the future. It's cheap to buy it now, but you won't be able to buy it in the future."

"Well, I have to keep it well!" Du Chunfang hurriedly took off the jade bracelet and held it carefully in his hand.

"Brother, there's one from Xiaoxia's father. You can give it to him when the time comes. I have to go to the mountains after selling the fish tomorrow. Picking mushrooms can also make money. There are still a few days left, so the more you can earn, the better."

"Okay." Li Jianguo agreed readily.

The next morning, Li Long rode his bicycle and took the fish to Shicheng to sell. Li Qingxia had been selling fish in the county town during this period, and the fish sold well. But when he picked up the fish in the morning, Li Qingxia also told the truth. He and Tao Daqiang had been catching and selling fish these days, and there was no single day when they caught more than 50 kilograms of fish.

"First, there may be fewer fish in the small lake. After all, I heard from your eldest brother that you have been fishing in winter. From winter to now, you must have caught several thousand kilograms of fish, right?" Li Qingxia analyzed while selecting fish, "Now there are other people fishing. I heard from Daqiang that there are also many fish in the big lake. Why don't we go over there to take a look?"

"No, not for now." Li Long pointed at the fish on the plastic sheet and said, "We can get more than 60 kilograms today - including the ones in the basin, this amount is good now. The fish in the small lake are fat, and the fish in the big lake are thin. We have a lot of regular customers now, we have to let them eat good food."

After selecting the fish and putting them into bags, some miscellaneous fish were left behind, Tao Daqiang took some away, and Li Long took the rest out of Shicheng.

When passing by the bridge tunnel, Li Long still didn't see the mother and daughter. He didn't care, thinking that maybe they had moved away.

When they went to the big yard, Gu Xiaoxia was making breakfast, and Li Long handed her the bracelet he had prepared.

"Jade bracelet?" Gu Xiaoxia was a little surprised, "You are..."

"I went to Wucheng yesterday and bought it there." Li Long said with a smile, "Jade is a good thing, it nourishes people. Of course, I also know that you are a public servant now and cannot wear it. It doesn't matter, just keep it for now."

"Okay." Gu Xiaoxia wanted to say a lot, but it finally came down to this sentence.

Li Long was going to Shicheng to sell fish, so he didn't wait for Gu Xiaoxia to finish cooking, and hurried out with a basin and a scale.

Gu Xiaoxia looked at the bracelet in a daze.

When Li Longqi arrived at Shicheng Old Street, he found that there were nearly twice as many people as before, and vendors of all sizes had almost occupied all the spots.

The shouts were also much louder than before, one after another, without the previous "shyness".

This is a good thing for the market, as it greatly increases its vitality.

But this is not so good for Li Long. After all, it would not be easy for him to find a good stall.

After pushing his bicycle back and forth twice, Li Long barely found a small spot at the street corner and squeezed in - the original stall owner was selling milk, but he had sold out and closed the stall.

There was simply not enough space for three basins, so Li Long could only place two, one in front and one in the back, one for ordinary fish and one for ditch fish.

Of course, there were also good things. Before he even opened his mouth to shout, someone came over.

"Young man, you haven't come to sell fish for a long time!" The speaker was a slightly fat middle-aged man. "I come here every morning, but I never see you. I miss your fish! I eat other fish, but I just don't think they are as delicious as yours!"

"That's a repeat customer!" Li Long was delighted when he heard it. "Today I'll give you a high scale. Do you want crucian carp, carp, or this mountain loach?"

"The crucian carp is three yuan, give me a kilogram of loach." The man said as he took out the money, "Wait, I'll give you a shout, I'm not the only one who wants your fish!"

Li Long was a little surprised. He didn't expect that he would become famous by selling fish here.

"Hey, hey, uncle, that Aunt Wang, the young man selling fish is coming!" The middle-aged man shouted towards the Old Street Bus Station, "It turns out that the young man selling delicious fish is here, come over quickly!"

His shout attracted a lot of people, who rushed over.

Li Long was immediately surrounded, but he was not panicked at all. He weighed the fish for the big brother while greeting people skillfully, and reminded everyone not to reach out. "Thank you, big brother, for the high scale. I will give you another big crucian carp... Come, I will use Achnatherum splendens to dress you."

People like to be in a lively environment. There were not many people at other stalls, and some people would come to take a look occasionally. Li Long's stall was almost packed with people, but people still squeezed in.

Some are real regular customers, while others are just there to watch the fun. After hearing that the fish is good, they just follow the trend and buy some.

In less than half an hour, all the fish were sold out. Li Long was sweating profusely and kept apologizing to those who hadn't left:
"I'm sorry, but we can only catch this many fish in one day. If we transport more, they will be crushed to death and will no longer be fresh. Please eat more fish later. Thank you for your support!"

Selling fish is like performing arts, and even the customers are regulars.

Li Long even had the idea of ​​going back to play online today.

After thinking about it, I decided to give up. I'll take advantage of this last mushroom season to make some quick money and then go back and talk about it later.

He spent the next week picking mushrooms in the mountains and finally dried two large sacks of dried mushrooms.

When they came down the mountain, they not only brought dried mushrooms, but also more than ten kilograms of partially dried Codonopsis pilosula and ten jars of honey. Lu Dafeng originally wanted to give them as gifts, but Li Long would definitely pay for them. He didn't need the money.

After returning to the compound, Li Long unloaded the Codonopsis pilosula and honey and went to the purchasing station to sell the mushrooms.

"Is this the last season?" asked Chen Hongjun.

"Well, there is nothing more after that." Li Long said.

In fact, there are still some on the mountain, but he didn't plan to get more. There are not many scattered ones, and it's not worth it. Going to the distant mountains, the round trip is too long, and he estimated that even if he got the mushrooms until the end of the season, he might not get more than ten kilograms of dried goods, so forget it.

"That's enough. You got nearly 2,000 yuan from these two sacks." Chen Hongjun looked envious, "That's several years' salary for a worker!"

"Look at my shoes!" Li Long stretched out his feet for him to see. "My Liberation shoes are all worn out. I worked so hard to make them! They are earned through hard work."

"Haha, that's right, most people can't do this." Chen Hongjun agreed.

Li Long returned to the yard, washed himself briefly, then took the honey and a jade hand-held ornament to the supply and marketing cooperative and found Li Xiangqian.

"Chief, this is mountain flower honey. I know our supply and marketing cooperative has a lot of this stuff, but this is pure mountain flower honey, it's made from real Chinese herbal nectar. This is a jade hand-held ornament, I brought it back from Wucheng, and I'm giving it to you to play with."

"Okay, I'm welcome too. What are you going to do next?"

"I've been in the mountains for a long time, so I plan to go back to the village for a while." Li Long said, "I'm too tired, let's take a rest."

"Okay. I'll call your team if there's anything." Li Xiangqian said, "The next job will probably be after autumn. By then, the reeds should be ready for harvest, right? There are a lot of tasks in this area every year."

"Well, we have a lot of resources there, two reed lakes, and a small reservoir with so many reeds." Li Long was quite interested in this.

After leaving the supply and marketing cooperative, Li Long returned to the big yard and had lunch with Gu Xiaoxia. He left two jars of honey for her and took the rest of the honey back.

He distributed them all, one can to Uncle Luo, one can to Gu Boyuan, one can to Tao Daqiang, and the rest were taken home.

As for Codonopsis, I also took it back and let my parents cut it up and soak it in water to drink. It can replenish qi. When people get old, their qi and blood must be replenished.

Li Long just arrived at Laomahao and met a stranger.

A middle-aged man, wearing a white shirt and carrying a briefcase, was chatting with Uncle Luo.

When Uncle Luo saw Li Long coming back, he immediately came over to introduce him:
"Xiaolong, this guy is from the other side of the state, and he wants to buy these two deer."

"Are you Comrade Li Long?" When the middle-aged man heard that it was Li Long, he immediately said with a smile:

"Hello, I'm Huang Xuejun, the director of Zhoufengnong Special Breeding Factory. I read about your experience in breeding red deer in the newspaper, and I really admire you! Our special breeding factory is in need of young red deer, so I came here to discuss this matter with you."

"Do you have a letter of introduction?" Li Long was not as excited as Uncle Luo. After all, he had lived two lives. Although most people in this era were relatively simple, there was definitely no shortage of smart and cunning people.

"Yes, yes." The man took out a piece of paper from his briefcase, and together with the paper, he took out a newspaper.

"Look, it's in the newspaper. It was only after reading this newspaper that I learned that you have started breeding red deer. It's really amazing!"

Lao Luo immediately became happy.

This is a factory manager! How honorable it is to have the factory manager praise you!

Li Long just curled his lips and looked at the letter of introduction seriously.

The seal is real, but it is the factory's seal. Nowadays, factories may not be accurate. After all, I don't know what the factory is like.

After returning the letter of introduction to Huang Xuejun, he took the newspaper and looked at it. It was indeed written by Secretary Qin.

He actually praised his elder brother and himself, and then led the way in the direction of letting the rich lead the poor, and finally mentioned that he had helped introduce tasks to the village.

Ok, didn't say much.

"So how do you plan to buy the deer?" Li Long went straight to the point. Don't talk about anything else these days, just ask about money directly.

"I plan to discuss this in the form of cooperation." Huang Xuejun pointed to the two relatively active deer in the old horse's nest and said, "I see that you have not only deer and roe deer here, but also wild boars, and they are all well raised. In fact, our factory also raises a lot of wild animals, such as rabbits, pheasants, wild goats, etc., with many varieties, but you don't have these three..."

Li Long didn't respond and waited for him to continue.

Huang Xuejun felt that Li Long was not a good interlocutor, so he had to continue:

"Here's what I'm thinking. I can develop your place into our branch. These deer, wild boars and roe deer can be used as your shares. Then, if there are customers who need them, I will contact them and sell these things. The money from the sales can be used as dividends...

Our factory is not small, and we have never opened a branch factory before. This time, I found you after reading the newspaper. In fact, your site is still a bit small, and there are not many animals, so, becoming a branch factory is a special case, I think you should understand..."

Of course Li Long understood.

So you're thinking of taking my sika deer and roe deer for free?
She looks ugly, but she has beautiful thoughts! (End of this chapter)