Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

For the next period of time, everyone in the team was extremely busy. Even people like Meng Zhiqiang, who had been insisting on catching fish, stopped casting nets and went to work in the fields.

Not only do they have to earn work points, but they also have to harvest crops from their own fields.

Although Li Long said that he would go fishing after he finished harvesting corn and sunflowers, he continued to work for a while. After all, the beets in the five mu of fodder field still needed to be harvested. Li Jianguo and Liang Yuemei were busy with the team's work, so the beets were handed over to him. Tao Daqiang also came to help, and it was tiring to dig all day.

After all, digging beets is different from breaking corn. This thing is big and it takes a lot of energy to dig it. Two people can't dig an acre of land in a day.

In this respect, Tao Daqiang is better than Li Long. After all, he does more farm work than Li Long.

After a day of digging, Li Long looked at the blisters on the base of his fingers and smiled bitterly.

Why bother.

But there was no other way. If it were in the past, he would have paid ten yuan and found ten people from the team to finish the work in one day.

But now everyone is participating in the team's rush to harvest, and he feels embarrassed to dismantle the team's stage.

After pulling a load of beets back with a horse-drawn carriage, Li Long was so tired that he really didn't want to move anymore.

When Li Long returned home and unloaded the beets, Li Jianguo and Liang Yuemei came back. Dinner was cornmeal porridge cooked by Li Juan and fried potato shreds. Although the potato shreds were cut thicker, Li Long still praised them, which made Li Juan very happy, but also a little embarrassed.

"Brother, we can dig these beets in a few days. After the team has finished harvesting, I will find some young men to dig them. I have blisters from working so hard today. I still don't do enough work."

“Hahahaha.” Li Jianguo said with a smile, “That’s fine. Everyone in the team is busy right now, no one has time to do this.”

Li Long was unable to do heavy work, which was something Li Jianguo and Liang Yuemei had already expected.

Human nature can change, and Li Long's change was beyond their expectations. But physical instincts cannot change suddenly, and physical work cannot be done all at once.

Li Long did not find excuses for himself. People are not omnipotent, if they can't do something, then they can't do it. He did not plan to exercise. In this life, there are many ways to make yourself live a better life. There is no need to stick to physical work.

After dinner, Li Long went to the old horse house. It was already dark, and Lao Luo was sitting in the yard. He didn't sit on a stool, but on bricks and concrete blocks that were brought from somewhere. Li Long guessed that they must have come from the old team headquarters.

"Uncle Luo, why aren't you sleeping yet?"

"How can I sleep so early?" Old Uncle Luo said with a smile, "If I go to bed early, I will wake up early, which makes me uncomfortable."

"Don't turn on the light. The light is so bright."

"You can't turn it on. It will attract mosquitoes." Old Uncle Luo said, "Why waste the electricity? It's not like you can't see it."

The older generation is used to it, and even in the 2020s, the elderly are still used to turning off the lights when watching TV for fear of wasting electricity.

How much does electricity cost? But the elderly are used to saving money.

"Xiaolong, what are you going to do next? Are you going to sell all these wild boars? What about the roe deer?"

"After selling the wild boar, I plan to keep the roe deer. I'll see if I can get a few females to keep in the winter. After selling the fawn, I'll see if I can get some smaller ones to keep." Li Long said, "It's great to keep these things in a pen. We can't just leave them empty all the time."

"That's good, that's good." Old Uncle Luo smiled happily, "I'm just worried that you won't keep me in the future, and I'll be bored with nothing to do."

"Then don't worry. I want this old horse to raise animals. If I don't raise them, the team will take them back, and I won't do it."

Uncle Luo was happy and started smoking.

Li Long chatted for a few minutes, took a shower and went to bed. He was very tired today.

The next day, Li Long and Tao Daqiang started to cast nets to catch fish again, but this time he cast the nets in a different place, Dahaizi.

There are many villages surrounding Dahaizi. Many people cast nets to catch fish, but most of them catch them for themselves. There are not many people like Li Long who sell fish seriously.

Although the fish in Dahaizi are also wild fish, they are obviously not as delicious or beautiful as those in Xiaohaizi. The reason why Li Long came here was, firstly, to let the fish in Xiaohaizi rest and recuperate for a while, and secondly, to get a feel for the situation in Dahaizi.

Entering Dahaizi from the southeast, you will see a shallow beach at first. Unlike Xiaohaizi, which is like a lake surrounded by four sides, Dahaizi is like a pool of water blocked by the north side. If you walk from the south, the water starts to get deeper from ten centimeters.

It takes more than one kilometer to walk from the village to Dahaizi, which is much farther than Xiaohaizi.

After arriving at the place, Tao Daqiang looked at the situation and asked:
“Can there be fish in this?”

There are patches of reeds growing in the small lake. Most of the fish living there like to eat grass. The carnivorous fish also have other herbivorous fish to eat, so the fish are relatively fat.

Before the big flood destroyed the bottom dam, there was a relatively complete and healthy aquatic ecosystem.

Where is Dahaizi?

There was nothing but water as far as the eye could see. Although Li Long knew that as long as the water was oxygen-rich, the plankton would be able to satisfy the stomachs of herbivorous fish, the fish here were not as pretty as those in the small lake. The crucian carp and silver carp looked gray and dull.

No wonder Tao Daqiang was so confused. "There are fish, quite a few." Li Long pointed to the distance and said, "Look, that watermark is at least a big whitebait."

There are a lot of white stripes here, leaving streaks on the water surface.

There are also some water birds on the water, which are collectively called ospreys in the words of the team members. The larger ones are called big ospreys, and the smaller ones are called small ospreys. At this time, there are no larger egrets, cranes or even swans. After a few years, these large birds will become frequent visitors here.

"I'd better go down on the tire," Li Long said. "The fish here are not as dense as in Xiaohaizi. I'll try to cast ten nets here."

This was the first time Dahaizi went online in his life, and he felt that the more fish the better.

"Okay." Tao Daqiang felt that there were not many fish here. If he set up ten nets, he would be able to carry the fish even if there were the same number as in the small lake.

Li Long pushed the tire into the water, sat on it and slid in, then he felt a gust of hot wind blowing with a fishy smell.

There must be fish.

There was some garbage floating on the water, probably washed down from the Mohe Canal. The Mohe Canal was diverted from Ma County and passed through the north of the county. There were some families living along the river, and some of their domestic garbage was thrown into it.

Not only that, Li Long still remembered that in his previous life, when Li Juan was in junior high school, the school teacher once fished out a skull from the canal.

The middle school is also next to the Mohe Canal. When Li Qiang and his classmates were in middle school, someone from the school construction team used electric wires to electrocute fish in the canal. They were all large crucian carps that were bigger than a palm. It is said that the boss of the construction team brought back several buckets. Li Qiang and his classmates’ Chinese teacher also picked up some.

With these memories, Li Long pushed aside the garbage and paddled deeper. Unlike the small lake, the deeper he paddled into the big lake, the smaller he felt. The surface of the big lake was so large that it felt like a lake.

When he felt the water was deep enough, about two or three meters, Li Long began to cast the net.

When he came here, he brought a stick with him, and now he stuck the stick into the bottom of the water - after searching for a while, he found a shallow place that was at least fifteen or sixteen meters deep.

It is safe here offline and will not be stolen by others.

When setting nets in a small lake, usually only people in the team will pay attention. If you set a net here and there are so many villages around, it will be troublesome if it is lost, and you will definitely not be able to find it back.

After tying the net rope, Li Long began to put the net along the trough, paddling as he did so. The sea is generally deep in the north and shallow in the south, but the bottom is not flat either, it is made up of pits and troughs. The trough where Li Long is now is in the southeast, which is considered to be relatively deep and long.

After nearly an hour, when the net was lowered, Li Long saw that Tao Daqiang on the shore had turned into a small black dot.

The ten nets are almost one kilometer long in total. Even though the ones Li Long laid were loose and the trough was not very straight, it went deep into the sea and was already leaning towards the north bank.

It won’t be easy to row back tomorrow.

After Li Long had this thought, he began to paddle back with all his might.

It took more than twenty minutes for Li Long to row back to the south bank. Tao Daqiang walked into the water and pulled him out. Li Long was already sweating all over.

Tao Daqiang picked up the tire and said:

"Brother Long, let's go back. Let's walk slowly."

"Okay." Li Long said as he walked, "I saw a school of fish when I cast the net. Maybe we can catch more fish tomorrow than we can carry back."

"How is that possible?" Tao Daqiang didn't believe it. How many fish can be caught with ten nets? He was confident that he had seen big things before. Li Long caught 70 to 80 kilograms of fish with twelve nets, which was already enough.

It is true that there are many fish in the small lake, but the large lake has such a large surface area, so there are definitely not as many fish as in the small lake. At least with such a large surface area, isn't there a chance of catching fish by casting a net?

He didn't take Li Long's words to heart, thinking that even if he caught 50 or 60 kilograms of fish with ten nets, he could still carry them. The distance was just a little farther than the small lake, but not much farther.

It’s just that it’s not convenient to cast a net here, which is a problem.

As he thought this, the two of them walked back.

Walking two hundred meters south from Dahaizi, you will reach the team's field. The corn in the field has been harvested and the corn stalks have been chopped and piled together. When harvesting the corn, the horse-drawn carriage pressed a path in the field, making it more convenient to walk through the field.

Although Li Qingxia and his wife returned to their hometown, Li Long still lived in the old Mahao. Li Long did not move the things in the east room. He told Li Jianguo that his parents might come back later, so it would be better to leave them there until they come back. He was used to living in Mahao, and it would be troublesome to move around.

Walking back and forth between meals every day can be considered exercise.

Li Jianguo didn't force it. After all, Li Long was grown up and it was normal for him to have his own ideas.

The next day, Li Long and Tao Daqiang went to get the net half an hour earlier than usual - the road was long, so they had to get up early.

Li Long went to get the net because he was afraid that Tao Daqiang couldn't find it.

When he collected the first net, Li Long felt that it was bad - this time, he might not be able to get it back! (End of this chapter)