Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Yang Yongqiang ran back home excitedly with the two badgers.

Father Yang Hua was squatting at the gate smoking a cigarette. When he saw Yang Yongqiang coming back with something, he squinted his eyes and couldn't see clearly. He asked:
"What did you mention? Why are you back so late after downloading the Internet?"

"Brother Long... Li Long, and Tao Daqiang and I went to dig badgers. I got two!" Yang Yongqiang's voice was full of excitement. "Brother Long helped me peel the skin. We just need to open the belly and eat it!"

"What? Badger? Is it the badger hole you mentioned a few days ago?" Yang Hua asked. Yang Yongqiang had told Yang Hua about the hole when he saw it before. Yang Hua felt that the father and son could not handle the thing, and it would not be worth it if it took a bite, so he did not go.

Some people are born without a spirit of adventure. As long as they have enough to eat, they will stay at home obediently. They have a natural fear of the outside world and dare not venture out.

But he didn't expect that Yang Yongqiang actually teamed up with Li Long to dig the badger hole, and they actually found it!
"How many did you get?"

"Four! Two of me, one for Brother Long, and one for Daqiang." Yang Yongqiang went to get a basin, put the badger meat in it, smeared the badger skin with salt, and hung it on the wall.

This thing can be sold for money.

"Why do you divide it into two?" Yang Hua was puzzled, "What can you do?"

"Brother Long said that I found the hole, so I'll give you one more." Yang Yongqiang didn't mention that he got two small ones. The two small ones didn't look small, and it felt like each one was as big as two or three rabbits, with a lot of meat and they were very fat.

"Hey, Li Long is really kind." Yang Hua stood up. "Your mother has gone to visit relatives. When she comes back, she will make some for you. It's been a while since we had meat... These two badgers are really big!"

The last time he ate meat was when he was cleaning the team. The Yang family earned a few dozen yuan, so he went to the county butcher shop and bought a few kilograms of meat. He came back and stewed it. He didn’t want to stew it as braised pork, so he just put a few pieces in stir-fried dishes. Just like this, there was more laughter in the Yang family during those days.

"Let me see if I can refine the oil first." Yang Yongqiang had listened to Li Long and the others talking about how to do it, and now he was eager to try it. "The meat can be roasted and eaten, and the oil can be canned and stored. It will be very useful."

"Then you give it a try." Yang Hua had never done it before, but now his son could catch fish and sell them, and he could also catch badgers. He had made great progress, so he decided to give it a try.

Yang Yongqiang was still a little clumsy with the knife. After he opened the stomach, he took out the heart, liver and other things, and put the intestines and stomach aside to deal with later. The family could not afford to eat meat a few times a year, so the stomach and intestines must not be wasted.

After removing the intestines and nets from the oil, Yang Yongqiang hesitated for a moment before cutting off a lot of the badger's fat to make oil. The two badgers together weighed more than ten kilograms, which was a lot of meat, so the oil didn't matter.

Cut the fat and oil into small pieces. His sister Yang Yongli came over to help light the fire, and Yang Yongqiang began to put the fat into the pot to fry.

This process does not require much manual labor, so he started to break down the meat.

Mother Qin Xiangmei came back from a visit and smelled a delicious aroma before she even entered the yard. At first she thought her son had found some fish in the lake and was cooking it, but she felt that it didn't smell right. When she entered the yard she saw her son and daughter busy at the stove, and her husband was watching from the side, so she asked:
"What's this for?"

"Yongqiang caught two badgers and is refining oil. You can fry some meat later. The kid is very greedy and hasn't eaten meat for a while."

Yang Hua doesn't know how to cook, and when he saw his wife come back, he hurriedly said.

"Badger? Where did you get the badger? I don't know how to cook badger meat." Qin Xiangmei had never cooked badger meat before. Not to mention badger meat, she had never even cooked rabbit meat.

"Brother Long's elder brother said that we can just braise it, just add more spices and wine." Yang Yongqiang said, "Oh, by the way, we need to control the blood and water. I have done it several times. I have also prepared the dried chilies, as well as onions and garlic..."

"Then... let me try." Qin Xiangmei swallowed her saliva. It's just meat, just do it!

I haven’t eaten it for a few days. Not only my children, but I’m also a little greedy!
That night, the Yang family and the Tao family both made badger meat which was not very successful, but both families were very happy to eat it. How long has it been since they had eaten such fatty meat?

The next day, when Yang Yongqiang went to get the net, Li Long and Tao Daqiang were already carrying tires and bags of fish and walking back.

"Brother Long, Daqiang, you are here so early?" Yang Yongqiang felt closer to these two people and took the initiative to greet them.

"If you want to go to Shicheng to sell fish, you have to go early." Li Long said, "You have to hurry too."

"Hey." Yang Yongqiang turned aside enviously to make way for the two people. Li Long and Tao Daqiang were carrying three fish bags, each of which was full.

When will I be able to catch so many fish?

Yang Yongqiang actually felt that he got up quite early. He actually slept quite late last night and had a very satisfying meal. He thought he would get up late today, but he got up earlier than yesterday.

When he arrived at the place where he had set the net, Yang Yongqiang saw that Meng Zhiqiang and his men had not arrived yet, so he went into the water and started to retrieve the net.

I was a little nervous when I untied the net rope. I listened to Li Long yesterday and didn't tie the other end of the net. I let it go loose. I don't know what I will get today.

When he started to pull the net with the rope, he felt a sinking sensation in his hand and a fish was lifted up - a big bass.

It weighs less than half a kilo, but is very beautiful.

is a good sign.

He continued pulling the net. The fish was wrapped around him quite tightly, so Yang Yongqiang did not put the fish into his pocket. He planned to look behind.

After a few small crucian carps, the water surface suddenly fluttered and I felt a big one appear.

Yang Yongqiang was a little excited. He took a deep breath and slowly pulled the net in. A five-striped black fish weighing more than two kilograms slowly floated up and began to struggle as soon as it appeared!
Yang Yongqiang hurriedly loosened the net to let the fish enter the water. The fish's struggling was not as violent. He continued to pull the net, and after pulling the five black fish to him, he directly put the bag in.

This one can be sold for at least two dollars!

Yang Yongqiang's heart was also pounding. The net was still long and he didn't know what else he could gain.

"Yongqiang, that fish is quite big!" Someone suddenly spoke up from behind, "Five black stripes, right?"

Yang Yongqiang turned his head and saw that it was Meng Zhiqiang. He smiled and said, "Well, I'm lucky. It's five black stripes."

"You are so lucky, kid." Meng Zhiqiang was envious. They rarely caught big fish when they cast nets along the small lake. If they could catch a big fish, they would be happy for several days.

When he came over, he saw Yang Yongqiang catching a big fish, so Meng Zhiqiang was naturally envious.

Yang Yongqiang continued to inspect the net and found several palm-sized crucian carps. Meng Zhiqiang didn't see any big fish, so he went to get his own net.

Just as he reached his net, he heard the sound of water splashing from Yang Yongqiang's side. He hurriedly asked through the reeds:
"Yongqiang, did you catch a big one over there?" "No, I slipped." Yang Yongqiang's voice came over.

"Oh, then you be careful." Meng Zhiqiang was skeptical.

Yang Yongqiang looked at the carp weighing more than two kilograms with a red head and tail in the bag and felt that today was really worth it! Even if there was no fish in the next half net, it was worth it!

When Yang Yongqiang was walking up with the bag on his back, Meng Zhiqiang felt something was wrong. He asked as he collected the net:

"Yongqiang, are you going to cast an extra net today? There are a lot of things in the bag!"

"Well, I bought another net yesterday, and wrapped some duck grass around it." Yang Yongqiang had already thought of an excuse, "Old Meng, how was your fishing today?"

"Well, it's about the same as yesterday. I plan to change my position tomorrow."

"Too."

Yang Yongqiang left in a hurry. Meng Zhiqiang thought that he could come earlier tomorrow to try the location where Yang Yongqiang cast the net.

Just now he had a big silver carp in his net, but it was not stuck tightly enough, so when he pulled the net up, the fish struggled and ran away.

He naturally didn't know that if he set the net too tight, the big fish would definitely not be able to be entangled.

During the day, the news that Li Long took Tao Daqiang and Yang Yongqiang to catch badgers spread. Some families whose family members were burned would take their belongings to these three families to ask for badger oil.

The three companies were not stingy, and would give some to anyone who asked for it. This was a lot of oil, which was refined yesterday and solidified after cooling overnight. Others did not ask for much, and this stuff was not for eating - although it was really edible.

There was nothing much to do at the moment. Since the three young men were able to catch the badger, the others became interested. So they went out into the wild in groups of three or five to find the holes and dig them together.

What's more, we actually dug up some things. At night, the smoke from the village was filled with the aroma of game.

There were rabbits, hedgehogs, and even foxes. Li Long had never eaten fox meat, although the rumors about it were not very good. But for someone who had been lacking meat for many years, having meat was good enough. What else was there to be picky about?

Li Long heard about this incident when he came back, and he thought it was actually quite good. Most people in the village were relatively quiet, and they were mainly busy working in the fields. This situation continued until the three cooperatives took over all the land in the team. At that time, everyone was free and began to think about doing something else.

But at this time, those wild animals were already protected animals, so they could not be hunted. So they just dug mushrooms, cut bitter beans, etc.

If you can make a breakthrough at this time, your life will develop faster in the future.

After all, resources can only become wealth if they are transformed. If they are just left in the wild, they are nothing.

And it wouldn't work if Li Long was the only one doing this, after all, the one who sticks out is likely to get beaten. If everyone is doing this, then it's fine.

Two days later, Li Long sold the two badger skins. The skins were intact and beautiful, although not big, but Chen Hongjun offered a high price of 26 yuan each. Li Long felt that it was nothing, Tao Daqiang was really happy, and then he made a bold decision:

Buy a bike!

After learning that Tao Daqiang wanted to buy a bicycle, Li Long asked him:

"Daqiang, do you have a partner?"

"Yeah." Tao Daqiang was still a little embarrassed, "He's from the third team. My aunt introduced him to me."

"Have you met it? Do you think it's okay?" Li Long asked with a smile.

"Not bad, he works efficiently and speaks better than I do."

"She's attracted to you?"

"After meeting twice, he knew that I was making money with you every day, so he said yes."

"What about home?"

"She has an older brother, a younger brother, and a younger sister." Tao Daqiang said, "They are only separated by a reed ditch, not far away..."

Li Long was happy to hear Tao Daqiang understand the situation clearly. This guy might get married earlier than himself.

"Then when will you get the homestead... Oh, do you still want the homestead?" Li Long realized that the team's rules were that if a family had one son, they would only have one homestead. If they had two brothers, they could get another homestead. As for the elderly, they would live with whoever they lived with, and elderly people with sons could not get a homestead alone.

Li Long thought that this was the case everywhere. But when he went traveling in Yili, he found that the elderly could request a separate residential plot, that is, if a family had sons, they could get several more residential plots in addition to the elderly’s own house.

"Yes." Tao Daqiang was a little distressed. "I originally thought that if I could get a homestead, I would have to move to the place opposite yours. But... the team said no."

Li Long patted him and comforted him:

"If you don't want it, then don't. It's not good for your father to live alone. Anyway, you are going to buy a bicycle, so you can just pedal to my place in two steps."

"Yeah." Tao Daqiang thought that this was the only way. He already knew that Li Long had a house in the county, and his goal was to buy a yard in the county in the future.

It’s so wonderful to live in the county. You can go shopping if you want to, and buy whatever you want without having to travel so far.

Li Long recalled the name Tao Daqiang mentioned, and he still had some impression of it. But it was just some impression.

"When will it be done?" Li Long asked.

"Wait until winter comes," Tao Daqiang said. "I'll have to harvest reeds in the fall. I'll see if I can make some money by then and repair the yard. I can do it when I have some free time later."

This timid person said nothing and quietly accomplished the important task.

Awesome! (End of this chapter)