Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Gu Xiaoxia came wearing a leather jacket.

"I saved my salary these past few months, and then I got some welfare benefits from the Education Bureau, which came from the Second Light Industry Bureau. I bought two leather jackets..." Gu Xiaoxia explained to Li Long while pushing her bicycle at the door of the horse house, "One for my dad and one for you..."

"Let's go inside first." Li Long stopped Gu Xiaoxia from saying, "It's so cold outside, and you don't look like you're wearing thick clothes. Let's talk inside."

It was December, and it was still very cold outside. Although Gu Xiaoxia looked a little bloated in her cotton coat, she didn't wear too much in order to make it easier to ride a bicycle.

It's over 20 degrees below zero outside now, and Li Long doesn't want to freeze her.

"Okay." Gu Xiaoxia didn't hesitate.

"Brother, there aren't many fish left, you guys go ahead and do it first. By the way, let me introduce you to someone." Li Long said to Li Anguo and the others with a smile, "This is my girlfriend, Gu Xiaoxia. You've met her father, Uncle Gu who came over earlier."

"Xiaoxia, these are my relatives from my hometown. Let me introduce them to you," Li Long introduced them to Gu Xiaoxia, "This is my second brother, Li Anguo. This is my brother-in-law, Chen Xingbang. These are our eldest nephews, Li Junfeng and Li Junshan."

As soon as Li Long introduced them, Gu Xiaoxia greeted them with a red face.

Li Anguo and the others were still breaking frozen fish, and at this time they stood up and greeted them without a moment's delay.

They knew that Li Long's wife worked in the county. She used to be a teacher and later joined the government. This was what Li Long said.

They also knew that since she worked in the county, her temperament would definitely be different from that of a rural girl. But when they saw Gu Xiaoxia riding a 26-inch bicycle, wearing a woolen coat and a skirt, and dressed completely differently from rural women, and very beautiful, most of them were still amazed.

"Okay, Xiaolong, hurry up and take the people inside. It's cold outside. We'll finish these fish in a little while." Li Anguo urged, "Go quickly, don't worry about us, Xiaoxia, we'll work, let Xiaolong take care of you, don't mind it."

"Okay, second brother, then you should do more work." Li Long said to Gu Xiaoxia, "Come on, let's go into the house. There's a stove in the house, it's warm."

Gu Xiaoxia smiled at Li Anguo and the others, pushed the bike to the house where people lived, parked it, and followed Li Long into the house holding her leather jacket.

She had not been to this room many times. The two of them met mostly in the big courtyard. Gu Xiaoxia came back once a week or two, but at that time Li Long was usually in the mountains or the county, and the two of them rarely met in the village.

"You keep the room very clean." Gu Xiaoxia looked around the room. The quilt on the bed was folded, the clothes were hung on the wire, the things on the table were not messy, and there was no unpleasant smell in the room. She praised it.

"Take off your coat, it's hot in the room." Li Long took off his coat and said to Gu Xiaoxia, "I pulled a lot of charcoal this year, so it burns hotter."

Li Long did not send charcoal to Gu Boyuan. He had actually asked before the snow, but Gu Boyuan did not want Li Long to send him charcoal. He said that he was alone at home, and the charcoal distributed by the team was enough to burn for two months. Later, he bought some more with others, and dug some roots of Haloxylon ammodendron, which was enough to burn.

Gu Boyuan told Li Long more than once that he didn't need to pay too much attention to him. He was a member of the Li family, and Gu Xiaoxia married into the Li family. Li Long only needed to come and visit during the holidays, and do his own things at other times. He was not too old and could take care of himself.

The older generation's ideas are still quite conservative, which Li Long can understand.

"My dad said that you often go to deliver things to him, and he doesn't want you to go there often. He said he's not old yet and can take care of himself." Gu Xiaoxia said while taking off her tweed coat, "He said that you did something big this time. With the fish, many people in the team said that you have courage."

"It's too much trouble to break a hole in the ice to catch fish." Li Long poured a glass of water for Gu Xiaoxia and sat next to her and said, "If there's such an opportunity, just catch it. The fish won't go bad anyway, so we can sell them slowly and save trouble. I estimate that the fish can be sold until the beginning of spring. You can see that there are so many relatives from my hometown, we have to find something for them to do."

Gu Xiaoxia took the cup and drank it in small sips. She still admired Li Long in her heart.

When most people see so many fish, their first thought is usually to try their best to catch them and ensure they have enough to eat.

Then there are a few people who will think, what if they catch too much and can't eat it all? Then sell it. If someone wants it, then sell it, it's good to make some money.

A very small number of people will take them to the market to sell, at least for a high price.

There are people like Li Long who want to collect the fish caught by everyone and sell them slowly later. With so many villages around the Dahaizi and so many people coming to catch fish, there may not be more than five of them.

And the only one who put it into practice and ultimately achieved success was Li Long.

"In fact, the fish I collected accounted for less than one-fifth of the total fish caught, and may even be less than one-tenth. The majority of the fish were taken back by others to be eaten in the winter."

The fish stored in a large sea are definitely more than 50 tons, and may be more than 100 tons. The rest of the fish were either caught and taken home, or floated down the river, or taken away by others.

Li Long remembered that he had a similar "picking up fish" experience more than ten years later in his previous life. At that time, any family in the village behind picked up four or five hundred kilograms of fish.

Therefore, the amount of fish stored in the sea is very large.

Li Long didn't feel any regrets. In fact, he had done what he could, which was very good.

After all, neither the means of transportation, the financial resources at hand, nor the market size allow him to receive more fish.

If his financial resources allow and the market price of fish can go up, then if he buys it at 20 cents per kilogram, he will probably have no problem collecting another 10 tons.

Of course, he is very content.

"Then this winter..." "After a while." Li Long waved his hand and said, "After a while, wait until late December, close to January, then we will pull the fish to Shicheng to sell. Now I estimate that there should be many people going to the county and Shicheng to sell fish. Now the fish price can't go up, so I won't join in the fun."

Seeing that Li Long had a clear understanding, Gu Xiaoxia nodded and changed the subject:
"When I went to the market yesterday, I ran into Sister Yang and Han Fang. They were selling rice together. Han Fang was reading a book. When I saw them, they also saw me. They served me a bowl of rice and soup and insisted that I eat it. It tasted pretty good."

"Well, they should be doing well now." Li Long nodded, "They should have established themselves in the market. Especially when the weather is cold, those vendors must be very happy to have a hot meal. I have come across this before. As long as the price of the meal she sells is not too high, her business will be good."

"Well, it was noon when I went there. Sister Yang said that she had sold out one pot of rice. This is the second pot. She sells three pots of rice a day. She is saving money now. She plans to see if she can send Han Fang to school or something."

"Let's talk about it later." Li Long heard that Gu Xiaoxia wanted to help, and said, "Isn't she looking for Han Fang's father? I don't know if there is any news."

Gu Xiaoxia understood what Li Long meant. It was still unclear whether Yang Xiulan could settle down here. Now that she had found a school for Han Fang, it would be troublesome if she found her father and had to move to another place.

"Come, try this leather jacket." Gu Xiaoxia remembered the gift she had brought, stood up and said with a smile, "See if it fits. The one I picked for my dad is quite suitable. Look at you wearing this..."

Li Long stood up, put on his coat, and asked while taking the leather jacket from Gu Xiaoxia:

"It's quite expensive, isn't it?"

At that time, there were leather factories in the county, but they only processed leather. The processed leather was sent to garment factories to be made into various leather clothes, as well as leather bags, belts, and leather shoes.

"It's not expensive. I told you," Gu Xiaoxia explained. "It's a benefit. Try it on and try it on."

Li Long put on his leather jacket. Gu Xiaoxia helped him zip it up. She stepped back a few steps, looked him up and down, and then said with satisfaction:

"Very suitable—"

"Is he handsome?" Li Long suddenly asked.

"Hmm..." Gu Xiaoxia blushed suddenly, then nodded firmly:

"handsome!"

"Hahahaha." At this moment, Li Long felt very satisfied.

The two chatted about other things and time passed quickly.

Li Junfeng whispered outside:

"My uncle Xiaolong's girlfriend is so pretty! Only my uncle Xiaolong can be worthy of her..."

"Tsk tsk, yes." Chen Xingbang also said with a smile, "Xiaolong has a good eye. That girl has a good eye too..."

"I heard that Uncle Xiaolong had a girlfriend before, but they broke up after Uncle Xiaolong was fired from the factory. I also heard that this girlfriend was able to get into school because Uncle Xiaolong got the news in advance and told her." Li Junshan suddenly spoke.

"Really? Where did you hear that?" Li Anguo asked curiously. He didn't expect that Li Long had such an experience.

"Daqiang told me." Li Junshan stood up and walked to the stable with a bag of fish on his back. "Daqiang said that the girl had passed the exam to become a teacher, but later the village primary school closed down, she lost her job, and got married. Daqiang said that the man had no vision."

Several people were a little stunned. They really didn't expect Li Long to have such an experience, which was quite complicated.

"Why was Uncle Xiaolong fired from the factory?" Li Junfeng couldn't understand. How lucky is it to be able to work in the factory now! Why was he fired?
Li Junshan turned his head to look at him and said:
"I heard that Uncle Xiaolong was going to work in the supply and marketing cooperative as a regular employee. He was specifically told about it, but he refused, saying he didn't want to be restricted... Uncle Xiaolong is really capable!"

This news is even more shocking than the previous one. Li Long doesn't even want a formal job!
What others are desperate for is actually something he doesn't want!

Be nice!

What are you thinking about!

Not long after Gu Xiaoxia left, the fish processing work was finally finished. In the next two days, Li Long took Li Junshan and his friends to the east beach for a few laps, set some traps, and finally caught a few rabbits.

The purpose of trapping rabbits is not to eat them, but to have fun. After all, it is time to relax after working so hard for so long.

In the next few days, Li Jianguo waited until Sunday to start slaughtering pigs.

Li Jianguo clearly told Li Long that they chose Sunday because they wanted to wait for Gu Xiaoxia to rest. Killing the New Year pig is a big event for a farmer. Gu Xiaoxia and Li Long are already engaged, and she is nominally Li Long's future wife, so she must participate in this big event.

So Gu Boyuan and Gu Xiaoxia appeared at Li's house together at that time.

There were so many people that Li Jianguo wanted to kill two pigs, one domestic pig and one wild boar that was pulled over from the stable. The domestic pig was obviously longer, and Li Long estimated that he could get about 100 kilograms of meat from it.

Wild boars are slightly worse, but he thinks he can at least kill 70 to 80 kilograms. After all, they are farmed and quite fat. (End of this chapter)