Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

When Li Long rode to the big yard and put down some meat to leave, he saw that the venison he had put down the day before was still cooking in the pot.

He frowned, wondering if Gu Xiaoxia was a little busy recently and had no time to process the meat.

In this case, I can't leave in a hurry. I have to let the meat dry first.

Li Long propped up the bicycle, took the venison out of the pot, rubbed salt on it, cut it into small pieces, and placed it on the kitchen rack to dry.

He would pick out some of the meat he had put down, mix it with oil and cook it in a pot. With firewood burning under the pot, he would start to cut the bones into strips, apply salt on the meat and let it air-dry.

One advantage of a large yard is that it has many houses. Besides, at this time of year, it is cool in the mornings and evenings, so there are no flies. The meat coated with salt will not spoil easily. You can just find a house and put up a rack to dry the meat.

After it's done, when the meat and oil in the pot are almost cooked, leave it in the pot.

Li Long thought about it and unloaded the meat. He put most of it into a large basin, pumped water into the well and let it cool. He rode his bicycle eastward, intending to deliver some meat to the Liang family.

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, we sent dried meat to the Liang family. This time, we had wild boar meat and venison, and we would feel bad if we didn’t send some.

To be honest, the Liang family's support for Li Jianguo's family is much greater than that of Li Qingxia and his wife. Li Long is now rich and has money and things, and he doesn't want to forget his roots.

After riding a bike for 40 minutes to Liang's house, Li Long was a little surprised because there was no one there.

At that time, the big courtyard usually didn't have a gate. Outsiders could just shout to see if there was anyone there, and the relatives would just go into the courtyard and take a look.

If no one is around, it would be difficult to keep the meat, so Li Long thought about going to the Liang family's land to take a look.

Last time, Li Jianguo said that land was divided here, but I don’t know whether the Liang family is on the new land or the old land.

All the land in this village is in the north. Li Long rode his bicycle towards the north. There were poplar trees on both sides of the dirt road, and on both sides of the poplar fields were long strips of fields.

Then Li Long saw many people running quickly towards a field. He could hear them talking as they ran:
"The Ma family and the Liang family are quarreling. The four Ma brothers are very fierce and want to beat people up!"

Li Long's heart tightened when he heard this, and he turned the handlebars in the direction where the crowd was rushing.

This is on the west side of the second field behind the village, and a group of people have gathered here.

Li Long got out of the car and heard Liang Wenyu's angry voice from behind the crowd:

"Ma Laosi, you must have moved this stake! When the land was divided a few days ago, the stake was facing the poplar tree, but today it seems to have moved more than two meters away. What do you want to do?"

"Why do you care about me? Wherever the stake is driven, there is the boundary! Don't tell me nonsense about where it was before. I clearly remember that the stake was here when the land was divided that day..."

"Ma Laosi..."

"Liang the Shorty, are you looking for a fight? My brother has a name, don't you know his name? Also, don't point your fingers around, or I'll cut them off later..."

"Yes, Liang Wenyu, you kid, get out of the way. The adults are here to take care of this matter. It has nothing to do with you..."

"Boss Ma, you said Wenyu can't say anything, but I can, right? Don't argue about this. Just find the village director and remeasure the land..." This is the voice of Liang Wenyu's second brother-in-law Du Haihua, "Please do my face and don't make a fuss. Don't make a fool of yourself..."

"You have a shitty reputation! You said you want me to re-measure it? I won't measure it! The ground is where the stakes are..."

Li Long understood everything from the quarrels and discussions of the people around him.

The new land of the Liang family was next to the land of the Ma family. After the land was measured, stakes were driven in to mark the boundary. Usually, the two families would drive a stalk from the middle of the stakes to distinguish the land boundary.

In Li Long's village, it usually doesn't matter if there is one more or one less step. After all, there is a lot of land in the village, so no one cares about this little bit.

But the village where the Liang family lived had little land, and the Ma family was a new household. Originally, it was the eldest brother Ma who came here, and after he was registered, he brought his father and mother over, and later brought other brothers over as well.

But Ma Laosi originally went to school at home, arrived late, and had not yet registered, so he did not get any land this time, and then he had a dispute with the Liang family.

In Li Long's opinion, it must be the Ma family who moved the stakes - Mr. Liang Donglou's family tradition is very strict and he would not do such a despicable thing. The reason why he has not said anything until now is that the Ma couple has not spoken.

But Liang Wenyu alone was no match for the four members of the Ma family, even with the addition of Du Haihua.

Why don’t the cadres in the team come out?

Just when Li Long was about to go in to support Liang Wenyu, he heard a "pop" sound. He stood on tiptoe and saw that Du Haihua was slapped.

This matter cannot be resolved peacefully!

Li Long pushed his bicycle and turned around and ran. Someone recognized him, but they didn't expect him to run away!

There is a shortcut to Xiaohaizi from here, but there is a large canal in the middle and bicycles cannot pass through.

But at this time Li Long could no longer care about so many things and had to call for help as soon as possible!

Otherwise, Mr. Liang might suffer a loss!
In less than ten minutes, Li Long rode to the big canal. Three hundred meters east of the big canal was the small lake, but to cross the canal, he had to go around the small lake and the dry ditch, which was filled with water at that time. Li Long rode along the canal to the dry ditch, and when he threw away his bicycle and was about to jump into the canal, he heard someone shouting from the other side:

"Brother Long, why are you here?"

Li Long was overjoyed when he saw that it was Tao Daqiang:

"Da Qiang, go to the team and call my brother over, something happened here!"

"What happened?" Li Jianguo poked his head out from the reeds in the small lake. "What happened?"

"Someone on Uncle Liang's side is bullying them and occupying their land—the four brothers of the Ma family?"

"What?" Li Jianguo couldn't believe it.

"I just slapped Wen Yu's second brother-in-law. The four brothers in their family... I'm afraid Wen Yu and Uncle Liang will suffer!"

"Damn it, this is outrageous!" Li Jianguo ran towards the dry canal with the water paddle, jumping over it in twos and threes. Although his pants were wet, he didn't care at all. Tao Daqiang also quickly followed.

"Brother, do you want to call for help?"

"If you don't want to shout, we can just go. If they dare to touch Juan's grandfather, I will chop him to death!"

For the first time, Li Long saw murderous intent in Li Jianguo's eyes.

Li Jianguo is ten centimeters shorter than Li Long, but Li Long believes that if he stands in front of Li Jianguo at this time, he will definitely be the first to fall.

"Brother, you ride your bike over there first!"

This is not the right road, there are only narrow paths in the wilderness, and it is impossible to lead people here. Li Long knew that his elder brother was powerful, so he said.

"Okay." Li Jianguo rushed over there on his bicycle.

Tao Daqiang followed behind Li Long and whispered:

"Brother Long, are we going to fight?"

"It's possible." Li Long heard footsteps behind him, turned his head and saw that Yang Yongqiang, another member of the team who was fishing, had also jumped over the dry canal and followed him.

Xu Yongqiang and Li Long are about the same age, but they don't often play together.

The situation was urgent, Li Long ignored him and quickly ran towards the Liang family's land.

When he ran to the front of the crowd, Li Long saw the bicycle thrown aside and Li Jianguo cursing in the crowd:

"You dare to try? Damn it, didn't your parents teach you guys to respect the elderly? Don't bring your old ways with you. Do you want to take advantage of your brotherhood to occupy more land? Are you fucking crazy?"

"What? Where did you come from? Why are you meddling in our team's affairs?" Boss Ma was obviously unhappy. Liang Du Haihua had already been chased away and Liang Wenyu had been forced to retreat. Although Liang Donglou had a gloomy face and remained silent, the matter was basically settled. Unexpectedly, someone suddenly showed up.

Seeing Li Jianguo's size, the four Ma brothers were not afraid at all and surrounded him directly. Du Haihua covered his face and whispered to Li Jianguo:

"Brother-in-law, be careful, they have shady hands!"

Before he could finish his words, the third son of the Ma family slapped him in the face, trying to intimidate Li Jianguo.

"You coward, are you trying to act tough here?" Li Jianguo slammed the water-splashing board in his hand onto Ma Laosan's arm.

"Ah——!" Ma Laosan let out a miserable howl. When the other three brothers saw that their brother was at a disadvantage, how could they bear it? They surrounded Li Jianguo and were about to beat him. Li Jianguo was not afraid at all. When Liang Wenyu wanted to help, the three of them rushed into the crowd, holding sticks in their hands, and hacked at the three Ma brothers. The three guys never thought that they would be attacked by surprise, and they were beaten to the point of screaming.

What surprised Li Long was that Yang Yongqiang also joined in the fight, obviously coming to help.

"Fellow villagers, they are from other villages and are bullying our people!" Suddenly, a somewhat old voice sounded, "We can't let people from other villages bully us!"

"Someone's been beaten to death!" An old woman rushed over and tried to grab the face of Liang Wenyu, the weakest one. Li Jianguo slapped her in the face:

"Don't be shameless!"

The old woman felt wronged, sat down on the ground, and howled:
"Someone was beaten to death! People from other villages bullied our village! These men were incompetent and were bullied by outsiders..."

Some people were ready to make a move, so Li Long and others immediately clenched their sticks.

There are at least thirty or forty people surrounding us. If a fight really breaks out, we will definitely suffer!

"Who of you dares to move?" Li Jianguo shouted loudly while holding a water paddle:

"Mo Laowu, Du Quezi, how dare you stand here and watch the fun? When my father-in-law treated you, was he treating a dog?"

"Qin Gouzi, Ma Qiang, you are all shrinking your necks, how dare you look at me? When you fled here and had nothing to eat, my father-in-law kindly gave you food and helped you settle down. Is this how you repay the old man? You let these bastards bully them? Have you let dogs eat your conscience?"

"And you guys, you're a bunch of bastards! Do you think you can walk around like a jerk just because you have so many brothers? I'm telling you, this isn't allowed in Northern Xinjiang! You get as much land as you want! If you have the guts, grow something in the fields and let them speak for you. If you don't, just shut your mouth! I'm putting this out here today. If you dare to move again, I'll burn your house down and make sure you can't stay here any longer!"

Li Jianguo cursed these people quietly.

Li Longtou discovered at once that his elder brother was so familiar with the situation in this village!

The Ma family was still grumbling, but Li Jianguo ignored them and continued to shout:

"Blind Liu, how long are you going to hide? What the hell are you doing as a village director? You don't show up for this matter. Do you want to call the police? Do you want me to ask someone to report a case? Do you still want to be the director?"

After Li Jianguo finished speaking, a man walked out from the crowd.

Liu Ziqiang, village director.

Li Jianguo saw him coming out, pointed at his nose and cursed:

"Blind Liu, have you forgotten how you became the village director? If it weren't for my father-in-law, would you still be able to stay on this team? Have you forgotten how others bullied you and how my father-in-law saved you? Are you really blind? If you don't want to do this anymore, find someone else! In this situation, a dog is better than you!"

Being scolded like a dog, Blind Liu was not annoyed at all, and said with a wry smile:
"Didn't I just hear about it?"

"I won't say anything about your petty mind! Measure now! Measure from the beginning! The stakes will be there! Now the whole village is here to witness it. After the stakes are measured and nailed, whoever dares to move will be caught and sent to jail!"

As he said this he glared at the Ma brothers fiercely.

The old lady of the Ma family hugged Blind Liu's thigh and howled:

"Director Liu, you have to make the decision for us... He is an outsider who comes to the village to make decisions, you have to take care of him..."

Blind Liu pulled his legs apart in disgust and said:
"Him? An outsider? Do you know that he was the one who measured all the land in our village... He was here before the village was built... Should I care about him? It's more like he cares about me. You guys caused this shit, so measure it again!"

Li Long felt like he was watching a play.

Including Tao Daqiang and Yang Yongqiang, they all looked at Li Jianguo with a bit of admiration.

These young guys really didn’t know that Li Jianguo had so many abilities in the past.

Li Long decided to ask carefully when the matter was over.

Those who were scolded by Li Jianguo like children came over awkwardly and talked to Li Jianguo and Liang Donglou. No one cared about the two old men and brothers of the Ma family.

One of them had a broken head and there was blood on it, but no one really cared about them.

Li Long guessed that perhaps this family wanted to be village tyrants, but unfortunately, their plan was ruined by Li Jianguo at the very beginning.

"Dad, you and mom go back first." Li Jianguo said to Liang Donglou, "Just leave Wenyu here. He is an adult now, and there are things he has to go through. Haihua and I are here, it's okay."

"Okay, I'll leave this place to you." Liang Donglou's face flushed a little. He turned around and said something to Chen Xiuzhu, then strode back.

People greeted them along the way, and the two of them responded one by one.

After today, many things may be different.

"Xiaolong, you guys go back." Li Jianguo said to Li Long, "I forgot to ask, why are you coming here..."

"I got some wolf meat and wild boar meat from the mountains, and I'm going to send some to Uncle Liang..."

The gun was placed in the yard, otherwise Li Long would not have called for help.

But to be honest, the handling of the matter was definitely not as good as Li Jianguo's.

Li Long really didn't know that Li Jianguo had quite a lot of connections if he really wanted to be ruthless.

"Okay, put the meat down and do your thing. You can ride your bike away. Daqiang, the net is ready, you can go over and collect the tire later. Yongqiang, that's great, great. If you have anything to discuss in the future, please communicate with Xiaolong and Daqiang."

Tao Daqiang and Yang Yongqiang walked back, while Li Long rode his bicycle to Liang's house to put the meat.

Liang Donglou wanted to keep him for dinner, but he refused. He couldn't wait to hear about Li Jianguo's past. (End of this chapter)