Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

After breakfast the next day, Li Jianguo harnessed a carriage and took Liang Yuemei, Li Juan and Li Qiang to Liang's house. At this time, Liang Wenyu was probably preparing the ingredients for lunch.

The carriage was filled with moon cakes, apples, pot cakes, fish and meat - and a pheasant.

The pheasant eggs that Li Long first brought back were too lively after hatching, so Li Long had no choice but to cut the large feathers on their wings as they grew. Even so, these pheasants were restless, flying around and not growing fat. At this point, Li Long couldn't bear it anymore and simply slaughtered a few chickens.

Keep two for yourself and give the rest away.

Li Long didn't wait for a long time and went to Gu Xiaoxia's house with his things.

The yard was cleaned up, and the corn and sunflowers that were randomly piled up had been put in the spare room. There was a table and a few wooden stools under the grape trellis - these were made by Li Long.

Very practical.

On the table there was a plate of grapes, a plate of tomatoes, a plate of apples - these should have been bought by Gu Xiaoxia, as well as a plate of watermelons and a plate of moon cakes.

"Xiaolong is here." Gu Boyuan, who was sitting under the grape trellis, was wearing a shirt and trousers. His hair was combed neatly and his messy beard was shaved clean. He actually looked somewhat elegant.

Seeing Li Long staring at him, Gu Boyuan felt a little uncomfortable, touched his chin and said:
"Yesterday, Xiaoxia came back and insisted that I clean it up. What's there to clean up? It's usually very nice - now that I'm cleaning it up, I feel a little uncomfortable."

"It's better to clean it up." Li Long said with a smile, "I'm in high spirits."

Gu Boyuan breathed a sigh of relief after hearing what Li Long said.

Gu Xiaoxia, who had been listening in the room, also breathed a sigh of relief.

She was afraid that Li Long would say something like "This is in line with the temperament of a college student."

In fact, although Gu Boyuan is a legitimate college student, he is very reluctant to let others know about this identity. Li Jianguo mentioned this point, and Li Long, who has lived two lives, can understand it.

"Uncle Gu, I got a lot of things today. I'll stew a pheasant for you later."

"You don't have to do anything today, you are the guest." Gu Boyuan said, "Just eat melons and play chess here, or play chess with me. Xiaoxia will take care of the cooking."

Traditional people have this problem: cooking is the job of women - at least Xiaoxia has to do it today. After all, she will marry into the Li family in the future, so how can she survive if she doesn't know how to cook?

This is normal, just like Li Jianguo and Gu Boyuan used to be the quartermaster and the head cook of the Corps, and they are both good at cooking, but Li Jianguo seldom cooks in normal times.

Gu Xiaoxia pouted, a little dissatisfied. But when she thought about the time when she was at work and Li Long was there, when she came back at noon, the meal was already on the table, she felt balanced.

I was even a little nervous. What if I didn't perform well today, or the food I cooked wasn't tasty, or wasn't as delicious as Li Long's?
Li Long didn't know that Gu Xiaoxia had so many thoughts. He listened to Gu Boyuan, put the things in the kitchen, said hello to Gu Xiaoxia, and then came out and sat there chatting with Gu Boyuan.

"Xiaolong, when are you going to ask the village director for housing land?"

"I guess the team will have to divide the land again after the autumn harvest and before sowing winter wheat." Li Long was not surprised by this heavy question raised by Gu Boyuan. He explained:
“I want a homestead after the land is divided.”

"You really don't plan to go to the city to eat commercial grain?" Gu Boyuan still couldn't figure it out.

He has his reasons for not "coming out of the mountains". Why doesn't Li Long want to go into the city at such a young age?
"Yes, I am planning to. Now I have a salary, even though I am a temporary worker." Li Long said half-jokingly, "The main reason is that I can't bear to give up the land here. The land is not valuable now, but in the future, those who own land will be landlords, and that will be a real stable income regardless of drought or flood."

"It's impossible," Gu Boyuan shook his head. "It has been impossible to make farmers rich in all dynasties. Farmers are such a large group. If they want to get rich, then the land will be targeted by big capital... At that time, the land in the hands of farmers will most likely be taken away..."

Although Li Long is not well educated, he has lived two lives. In his previous life, he also watched many major domestic and international events in short videos. He smiled and said:
"What you said is possible abroad. In China, farmers still have basic protection. Uncle Gu, let me tell you this, as long as the farmers don't commit suicide, these acres of food grain fields will definitely not be taken away by anyone."

Later foreign situations verified this point. One is known as the granary of Europe, and the other is the South American country with the largest arable land in the world, which is considered the place with the most grain output. In the end, what happened? The farmers actually went hungry. It's really...

But in China, this year each person will be allocated another three mu of food-grain land, so each person has five mu of food-grain land. The land management fee and agricultural tax paid for these five mu of land, or public grain, only account for a small part. As long as these farmers who have land do not commit suicide, it is completely possible to get enough food and clothing with this land.

In addition, the first round of land contracting will begin in two years. At that time, all the land in the village will be contracted to individuals. Those who are capable will contract more land, and those who are not capable will contract less land.

In 1998 and 1999, after the 15-year land contract expires, it will be extended to 30 years, which means that the land policy will remain unchanged until 2027... Li Long did not live to that time in his previous life, so he didn't know what would happen then.

But the old farmers in the village are optimistic and say that the area will probably remain unchanged for the next 30 years, with the land remaining the same as the population increases and the land remaining the same as the population decreases - because the population growth has begun to slow down and the land will, relatively speaking, increase in number.

For example, the village now has 1,000 to 2,000 mu of land. When the second round of land contracting began, many alkali beaches were opened up, and the land in the team became 4,000 to 5,000 mu. When the cotton price rose for the second time after the new century, the wasteland in the team suddenly became valuable, and the arable land in the village suddenly became 7,000 to 8,000 mu.

Of course, as soon as the price of cotton increased, the price of agricultural inputs also skyrocketed. Gu Boyuan's words did make sense to a certain extent.

"If we really divide the food-producing land, then we won't have any problem with food." Gu Boyuan nodded, "As long as we work harder, we can take care of our family. If we can be more flexible, then getting rich won't be a big deal."

"That's right, Uncle Gu, you have a sharp mind, you can actually do something else."

"I'm too lazy to worry about that." Gu Boyuan waved his hand. "Now that Xiaoxia has a formal job, I don't have to worry about anything. The next step is to see you get married, have a few children, and come to see me often. It would be good if you don't go to the city, but stay in the village, so that it will be convenient for the children to come and see me."

Gu Xiaoxia was listening to the conversation in the kitchen from time to time. When she heard this, her face turned red.

"That's family planning." Li Long smiled bitterly, "How many more babies do you want to have..."

"At most I'll just fine you a little. Do you still need that money?" Gu Boyuan glared at him. "At least two - just like your eldest brother's family. It's fine if there are more. Anyway, I can help take care of your eldest brother and his wife."

Well, the older generation’s idea of ​​“strength in numbers” is definitely not something they can abandon.

Li Long decisively changed the subject, but in his mind he thought that it would be nice to have two babies.

However, he remembered that there seemed to be a policy in the countryside that if the first child was a girl, one could have a second child four years later. He just didn't know if having two children would affect Gu Xiaoxia's work.

Okay, okay, I’m thinking too far ahead.

The family planning here is not as strict as that in the mainland. In his previous life, Li Long had seen many cases of overly strict implementation in short videos, which he had never seen in his village or even in his township. Of course, it may also be because the implementation here is better.

The two chatted for a while, and Gu Xiaoxia shouted in the room:
"Dad, Li Long, please clean up the table and get ready for dinner."

"Eating already?" Gu Boyuan looked at the sky in confusion. "We haven't talked for a while."

Li Long looked at his watch. It was already past twelve o'clock, a little early for dinner, but since Gu Xiaoxia had said so, he decided to clear the table.

After moving the fruits and food on the table to a small table on the side, Gu Boyuan wiped the table roughly with a towel hanging on the wire under the shed, and the leftover food fell to the ground.

Li Long was about to pick up the broom to sweep, but Gu Boyuan waved his hand:

"Never mind. We'll clean up together this afternoon. Go get the things."

Li Long washed his hands and went to serve the dishes. The first dishes served were cold dishes.

"Dad, Li Long, you guys eat first. Do you want something to drink? The hot dishes will be ready soon."

Gu Xiaoxia knew that Gu Boyuan actually had a lot of things in his heart. She didn't feel it before, but now that she was working, she felt it very strongly. But Gu Boyuan wouldn't tell her. He might have told Li Jianguo before, but he wouldn't say much.

Now Li Long is the prospective son-in-law. Just now, the two of them seemed to be chatting happily. Gu Xiaoxia wanted Li Long to accompany Gu Boyuan to drink some wine. After drinking, Gu Boyuan could talk more and would not be so depressed.

"Okay, I'm happy today, let's drink something." Gu Boyuan said, "Xiaolong, are you free this afternoon?"

"Today is a holiday, what else can happen?" Li Long smiled, "Let's drink slowly."

A bottle of old wine was opened and poured into two cups. At that time, it was a small porcelain wine cup - in a few years, it would no longer exist. Li Long remembered that Mr. Liang Donglou still used the old-fashioned wine pot, and he had to warm the wine before drinking.

He didn't understand it before, but later when he went back to his hometown, his cousin took him to the county for dinner and drinks. Before the dishes came out, they poured each person a cup - a 150-gram disposable paper cup, half a cup at a time, and after drinking it, he felt that the wine was cold instead of spicy. Li Long lost consciousness that night.

Then he understood that some wines really need to be warmed before drinking, otherwise it can really cause blackouts.

Maybe it’s also because the quality of the wine is different.

"Come on, we can talk now, let's have a drink." Gu Boyuan picked up the cup first and raised it to Li Long, "Xiaoxia is in your hands."

"Uncle Gu, why are you being so pretentious?" Li Long didn't want to make the atmosphere sad, so he joked, "If I want a homestead, won't it be in the team? When I have a child, won't I just run around and play in the team? Even if it's in the county, it's only an hour or two by bike, not hundreds of kilometers away. If Xiaoxia really has any grievances, she can run over here, and you can just take a stick and go over..."

"Hehe, that's right." Gu Boyuan smiled, clinked glasses with Li Long, drank the ten-gram glass of wine in one gulp, put down the glass, wiped his mouth and said, "This wine is good."

Li Long looked at the blush on his face and said with a smile:
"Uncle Gu, don't rush to drink, eat something first. Don't wait until the hot dishes are served before you pour it out. That's not good."

"Nonsense, how can my alcohol tolerance be that bad? Drink it up quickly, drink it up!" Gu Boyuan was naturally unhappy.

The two of them were talking and laughing, and Gu Xiaoxia was listening and laughing in the kitchen.

The bottle of wine was not finished, even though Gu Xiaoxia joined in and had a drink at the end, but there was still some wine left in the bottle.

After drinking, Gu Boyuan started to talk a lot, from his college days to his arrival in XJ, from the hardships he experienced when the village was first built to the joy of pulling Xiaoxia from a dugout to a new home.

Although Li Long was very curious, Gu Boyuan was still very tight-lipped and simply skipped over some key points.

For example, Xiaoxia’s mother.

Like why you came here.

After dinner, Gu Boyuan went to lie on the bed in the inner room. After Li Long and Gu Xiaoxia cleaned up the table and the floor, he said:

"When the team distributes land in a few days, I will apply for a homestead."

"Yeah." Gu Xiaoxia had actually heard before that Li Long was the one who tacitly agreed to make the decision on this matter, and she was actually quite happy to hear that.

The relationship between the two people did not progress as fast as most people in the team who were dating, but for Gu Xiaoxia, this speed was just right. She could get to know Li Long better and slowly adjust the way she got along with Li Long to ensure a better understanding between the two.

When Li Long returned to the Li family, the sun was setting. Li Jianguo and his friends had already returned. Li Juan went to play with her friends, while Li Qiang was teasing a nighthawk in the yard.

Liang Yuemei scraped the cooled pig food into the bucket to prepare to feed the pigs.

"The blind eagle was darting around in front of the carriage, and Qiangqiang got off the carriage and chased it for a while. The eagle flew up and hit a tree, and Qiangqiang picked it up." Li Jianguo said as he sat on a small bench in front of the wall. "The eagle was quite fierce. It bit Qiangqiang twice, and blood came out."

Children are usually in awe of birds like eagles, so Qiangqiang is quite tolerant even of birds like nightjars that are a bit stupid and have congenital physical defects.

Li Long sat next to Li Jianguo and listened to him talk.

"Qiangqiang's grandfather said that they will start dividing the land tomorrow, the second portion of food-ration land, and each person will get five acres in total. It seems that our team should be able to do it soon too."

"Well, we must distribute it before planting wheat, otherwise we can't let every family just eat corn." Li Long also said this.

The village where the Liang family lives has less land than the villages here, but the food-producing land must still be guaranteed, because the village is surrounded by villages on all sides, the boundaries will not change, and there is less wasteland.

So Li Long feels that the conditions in his village are truly unique.

For me, I just need to wait patiently.

There are really a lot of opportunities. (End of this chapter)