Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

When Li Long finished his milk tea and was about to leave, Halimu started to pack his things.

He was counting the things he was going to bring back this time like a housekeeper of the Jia family.

The heaviest ones are seven pieces of jadeite seeds. The big ones are the size of footballs and the small ones are the size of fists. The texture is very good. Five of the seven pieces have no black spots and look very beautiful.

The six antlers took up the most space. The least common ones had four branches, and the largest one had eight branches. Li Long had no idea how these antlers grew so big.

The most comfortable thing was a thick stack of leather. Li Long was now quite knowledgeable and he had deerskin, roe deer skin, and wild goat skin.

There are also two pairs of ibex horns, one is relatively fresh with a little bit of dried meat on the skull, and the other is aged with a relatively complete skull.

The horns of these two ibexes have more than sixteen segments, and they are old sheep.

A bag of snow lotus, the kind that is dried. Li Long admires these herdsmen very much in this regard. They only take the flowers and do not dig up the snow lotus with its roots.

Two pieces of antlers, not long, dry, weighing about three kilograms in total.

These things alone filled up the carriage. Although they were not heavy, they looked like a lot.

When Halimu was loading the truck, he even left a seat for Li Long.

Finally, he took out a small piece of something and handed it to Li Long:

"We picked up things like this in the mountains and by the river, some big and some small. I kept the big one and prepared to make something for Yang Gangzi. This one is for you."

Li Long was shocked when he saw the thing and waved his hands hastily:

"No, no, you have to keep this. I'll pick it up later!"

"Take it!" Halimu stuffed it directly into Li Long's hand, "Without you, Nathan would be gone, don't be polite to me.

By the way, when you come again this time, please bring more medicine. The medicine you brought last time... you don't know, it really saved people. There was a heavy rain in the mountains. It rained for half a day and many people caught colds and had fevers. If it weren't for the medicine you brought, some elderly people might not have survived!"

Li Long's attention was drawn away, and by the time he reacted, the thing was already in his hands.

It was a heavy, golden object.

Sky gold nugget!

Although it is small and can be held in one hand, it cannot be called nugget gold, but it is very heavy. It feels like even if it is not one kilogram, it is at least seven or eight hundred grams.

Even though the price of gold is now far lower than in the future, this thing is still worth a lot of money!

Is this for yourself?

"We looked for that place again, but we didn't find it. But I believe there must be some in this mountain." Halimu said with a smile, "You and I are both very lucky, and we will definitely encounter more in the future!"

Li Long nodded, this is the truth.

After all, the Ma River is known as the gold-plated jade bottom, which means that the riverbed contains gold and there is jade at the river bottom. Gold mines were opened here during the Qing Dynasty, so it is no problem for the upstream tributaries to discover natural gold nuggets.

It just depends on luck.

Halimu, Nathan and Susken helped Li Long push the carriage across the ditch. After saying goodbye to him, they returned to their winter home. Li Long also walked back happily, leading the horse.

When individuals climb a mountain, they say it is easier to go up than to go down, but for a horse-drawn carriage, it is naturally easier to go down than to go up.

A rut was left in the thick snow when going up the mountain. The old horse knew the way well, so when returning from the mountain pass, it continued along the road. With inertia, it would go much faster when returning. Li Long felt that No. 76 was walking easily, so he got on the carriage so that he could relax a little.

After passing the Qingshui River settlement and getting on the road, No. 76 walked more easily. The sound of horse hooves was crisp, and it snorted occasionally. When encountering a downhill slope, it even wanted to trot. Li Long could feel that No. 76 was also very happy on the way home.

He began to think about what he would buy when he got back: four more bags of coarse salt, 160 kilograms.

I have to buy at least twenty packets of sugar cubes, thirty packets of brick tea, and five radios first. I have to buy batteries by the box, twenty boxes... no, thirty boxes.

Since Halimu said so, let's take twenty bottles of liquor. It's no big deal if you drink it at home.

If you have children, you still need to buy some candies, and if you have elderly people, you also need to buy some egg cakes. Of course, the most important thing is to buy more medicines, all kinds of common medicines need to be bought.

In the past, we used to prepare for one, two, three or four companies, but now we have to prepare for more than ten companies. If there are fewer, there won’t be enough to share.

There are definitely not enough tickets, so I have to go look for the original ticket seller, but I don’t know if I can find him.

As I was thinking about these things in my mind, I felt like there were multiple threads in my mind that needed to be sorted out one by one.

When he got back to the county, it was already lunchtime. Li Long didn't go directly to the purchasing station because there was no one there at this time and they would be off work at noon.

He led the carriage back to the courtyard. The door was locked. Li Long guessed that Gu Xiaoxia should have gone to Yang Xiulan's place, so he opened the door and led the carriage in. He first unloaded the horse and tied it up, wiped the sweat off his face, gave it the feed, and then dealt with those things.

The jade had to be unloaded and placed randomly in the room where the jade was originally placed. When I took a quick look, I found that some of the jasper, including some Hetian jade seeds, had been covered with dust and were very inconspicuous.

now it's right.

The skins and antlers were placed in the car, and he didn't plan to sell the velvet antlers now, so he took them into the house and hid them. This stuff became more and more expensive, and it became cheaper only when large-scale deer farming began to appear.

There is still a lot of room for growth, so you might as well keep it unless you are really short of money.

The snow lotus was also taken down. This thing can't be sold for money now, or it can't be sold for money until the future. It's better to keep it at home and soak it in wine or medicine. These snow lotus should be real, the kind that can't be found later.

Smelling the subtle fragrance of snow lotus, Li Long thought about it and put it in the bedroom. The fragrance will always be there, so why not put it in the bedroom, it will smell comfortable.

The remaining skins and antlers can be sold directly at the purchasing station, and the money can be exchanged for things needed in the mountains.

Get more tickets and buy more.

As for the natural gold nugget, let's put it aside for now. The price of gold is only 20 or 30 yuan at this time, and this natural gold nugget should not be pure. I wonder how much it can be worth, 70? 80?

It's not bad to keep it. After dealing with these, Li Long rode his bicycle out, locked the door and headed straight for the free market.

As expected, there were no ticket scalpers or Yang Xiulan here, so Li Long went straight to the yard south of Wuyi Road.

When he arrived at the gate of the yard, he heard the voices of Yang Xiulan and Gu Xiaoxia talking inside and smiled.

Sure enough, it's here.

And judging from the smell, he should be eating.

Li Long pushed his bicycle in. Han Fang heard the sound and opened the door to look inside. When she saw Li Long, she shouted in surprise:
"Uncle Li!"

Then he turned around and shouted into the house:

"Mom, Aunt Gu, my Uncle Li is here!"

When Li Long parked the car, Yang Xiulan and Gu Xiaoxia both came out.

"Back from the mountains?"

"I'm back. I just went to the compound and saw that you were not there. I thought you were here, so I came over to have a free meal."

"What do you mean by freeloading?" Yang Xiulan pretended to blame, "I owe you my food and accommodation, so it's only natural for you to come and eat. Come on, come on, come in, come in quickly."

The room was warm, with a pile of coals next to the stove, broken into even pieces, and a layer of newspaper spread underneath to prevent the floor from getting dirty. The ashes in front of the stove were also swept clean, and it seemed that they were cleaned regularly.

There were three bowls of rice and two dishes on the table: stir-fried shredded potatoes and stir-fried cabbage. There were a few bits of meat in the dishes, but I didn't know if it was specially put in for when Gu Xiaoxia came to eat, or if it was also put in at other times.

Yang Xiulan walked over quickly, served Li Long some rice and placed it on the table. Han Fang had already pulled a stool for Li Long and said with a smile:
"Uncle Li, sit down!"

Gu Xiaoxia's seat was on Li Long's left hand, and at this moment the two dishes were close to her, which allowed Li Long to see that Yang Xiulan still took good care of Gu Xiaoxia.

"Okay, I won't be polite." Li Long was also hungry. He picked up the bowl and took a mouthful of rice. When he was about to pick up some dishes, he said to the others:

"You guys eat too. By the way, Sister Yang, is there enough food?"

"That's enough." Yang Xiulan said with a smile, "I originally made a lot and planned to fry some rice in the afternoon. Now it's just enough."

"Okay, eat. We'll be busy after eating."

The three of them began to eat.

"You just came back from the mountains?" Gu Xiaoxia asked with concern, "Is the snow heavy?"

"Not bad." Li Long had food in his mouth, so he quickly chewed and swallowed it before saying, "It's not a lot to carry, so the carriage can go up. I'm going to buy some things this afternoon, and I'll have to go up again tomorrow, as they're short of a lot of things."

Han Fang asked curiously:

"Uncle Li, what are you sending to the mountains? Who are you sending it to?"

"Don't ask nonsense!" Yang Xiulan glared at her.

Han Fang lowered her head and dared not speak.

"It's okay, Sister Yang, it's okay. I have some herder friends in the mountains. They came back from the summer pasture, and I sent them some medicine, rice, flour and other necessities of life." Li Long said, "It's nothing to keep secret."

"Oh." Yang Xiulan nodded.

Han Fang raised her head and saw Li Long looking at her. She quickly took a mouthful of rice, then picked up a piece of cabbage and slowly put it into her mouth.

"Did you encounter anything dangerous?" Gu Xiaoxia knew that Li Long was carrying a gun, so she was not very worried and just asked.

"No, in broad daylight, those creatures wouldn't dare to come any closer. Oh, and Halim said they encountered a white bear in the summer pasture. White bears are really rare!"

"White bear?" Gu Xiaoxia was also surprised. "Aren't polar bears the only ones that are white?"

"I don't know, maybe an albino brown bear. Just like a white tiger." Li Long explained, "I haven't seen it, but we definitely don't have polar bears here."

The meal was eaten very quickly, and Li Long did not add more rice. He said to Yang Xiulan:

"I'll come over for lunch tomorrow, so please make more food."

"Okay." Yang Xiulan knew that Li Long could see that the meal was not good enough, and said a little embarrassedly, "I didn't expect..."

"I didn't tell you in advance." Li Long waved his hand. "It's okay. The dishes are cooked well. Okay, I won't clean up. I have to go back to work. Xiaoxia, how about you?"

"I'm leaving too." Gu Xiaoxia also stood up. "My company is busy these two days, so I have to go back quickly."

"How long will it take?"

"A week."

The two men talked to Yang Xiulan and Han Fang, went out, and pushed their bicycles out of the yard.

The two of them rode out together. After Yang Xiulan and Han Fang saw them turn around and watch the video at the gate of the yard, they returned to the yard together.

"Mom, are you still going out to sell food this afternoon?"

"Let's go. If we don't go, how can we earn money to eat?" Yang Xiulan said, "It's getting cold. People in the market still want to eat hot meals in the afternoon. Let's make soup and rice early and sell them there. We can earn two or three yuan in the afternoon!"

Han Fang nodded to show that she understood.

Li Long and Gu Xiaoxia rode to the Education Bureau together. After seeing Gu Xiaoxia go in, he returned to the yard.

Next, sell things first, then buy things, this time you have to use a horse-drawn carriage. (End of this chapter)