Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Many people in the village heard the pig squealing in Lao Ma's shed, and they knew that the Li family was slaughtering pigs again.

Those who had taken bullets to exchange for meat the day before were waiting. Li Long had said that they would kill the pig today and exchange for meat in the afternoon, so they knew they should be able to get meat if they went there now, but that would be a bit like begging for food.

When the host is slaughtering a pig and holding a pig-slaughtering banquet, if he invites others but not himself, then few people will take the initiative to go over, because they know they are not close enough and there is no need to force themselves to join.

But there are some people who want to drink that wine and eat that meat, and usually people won’t chase them away when they go.

But the Li family had already held a pig-killing banquet once, and they did not invite outsiders to the feast the next day, so other people should have known about it.

So even though some people wanted to join in the fun, they still didn't go.

So apart from the Li family, there were only three people from other families: Uncle Luo, Tao Daqiang and Yang Yongqiang.

Although wild boars are wilder than domestic pigs, to be honest, with a few young men around, it is basically impossible to control them, and they are experienced.

So in less than two hours, the wild boar was completely taken care of.

Although everyone present, except Yang Yongqiang, had enough meat to eat, they still had a good meal at noon.

After noon, Tao Daqiang and Yang Yongqiang left each carrying a piece of meat. In the empty house of Lao Mahao, the remaining meat of the wild boar was divided into two-kilogram pieces and neatly arranged.

Take your pick.

Some of the viscera and offal were eaten, Li Jianguo took some away, and the rest and the little net oil were left here at the Lao Ma Hao. After all, there were many people here, the consumption was high, and they were all family, so the food would definitely not be bad.

In the afternoon, the people who had agreed to come came one by one. Li Long directly opened the door of the idle house, pointed at the strips of meat on the plastic sheet on the floor, and asked them to choose according to the amount of meat they brought.

You can choose whatever you want, it’s very much like the self-service supermarkets of later generations.

This made those who exchanged bullets for flesh feel extremely novel. Is there such a thing?

Half a pig was exchanged that day.

The next morning, the remaining quarter was exchanged - and then the four legs were left. Because there was not much fat, it was disliked by everyone.

Before exchanging meat, Tao Daqiang and Yang Yongqiang each took two bags of fish and left. Tao Daqiang did not ride a bicycle, but like Yang Yongqiang, he pulled a homemade wooden sled. He did not even drive the family's donkey cart.

Li Long asked him why, he smiled innocently and said that he was worried that the donkey would be frozen if pulled out, and he was afraid that he could not take good care of it if he sold the fish himself.

Well, everyone has their own ideas. No wonder there is a saying that character determines destiny.

Li Long just let them go - they didn't go very early, but listened to Li Long and went too early, and there wouldn't be many people in the market.

Not long after breakfast, someone came to exchange bullets for meat.

While Li Long was still changing the meat, Xu Chengjun came over on a bicycle.

After watching Li Long send away the people who were exchanging meat, Xu Chengjun asked:
"Xiaolong, is your family short of bullets?"

"We're in great need of it. What I have is enough. I have many friends in the mountains, there's nothing I can do. In the past two years, there have been too many wolves in the mountains. They often run into the sheepfold at night and bite the sheep, causing great losses." Li Long said half-truthfully.

"Okay, let's put this aside for now." Xu Chengjun said, "Minister Qin of the township armed forces department originally planned to report the situation of this competition to the county, and then hoped to promote the competition model to the whole county and hold a county-wide competition. However, the situation in the county is special this year, and his suggestion was not adopted. The county armed forces department has other things to do. Minister Qin originally planned to reward you after the county is done, but now it can only be stopped here. He called and said that in addition to a certificate, our reward also includes a notebook and a pen. He knows that you like hunting, and originally thought that if you can get good results in the county competition, he would give you a big prize. This matter... let's talk about it later."

"I see." Li Long said. It was exactly what he had guessed. The village didn't have much money at that time, so it was unlikely to get a big prize. After all, this was not like my brother's pig farming, which had a very strong guiding effect.

"Don't be discouraged. Your ability is there. Sooner or later, you will be able to show it. I will go to the village to claim the award when I have time, and I will have someone bring it to you."

"Okay." Li Long nodded. He knew that the matter would end here. At least for him, the matter was over. As for the Minister Qin that Xu Chengjun mentioned, he still wanted to continue to suggest to the county to promote this matter, but he didn't think it was possible to continue.

After all, everyone is now rushing towards getting rich. Although the south is still not very stable, it is too far away from there and the impact is not that big.

After Xu Chengjun left, Li Long continued to exchange meat for bullets.

In the end, the four legs could not be replaced, and there were more than two hundred bullets in his hand, which was a lot.

Li Long was also very satisfied and decided to keep the meat here and eat it.

Tao Daqiang and Yang Yongqiang came back when it was almost dark. When they found Li Long, they looked very excited.

"Are the fish sold out?" Li Long asked with a smile, "Why did it take so long?" "The market in the county is really not as good as that in Shicheng. We finally sold out our two bags of fish in the afternoon. At first, we were thinking of selling them at a high price. After all, there were not many people selling fish in the market. At 90 cents, it was cheaper than the one yuan that others were charging." Yang Yongqiang spoke more fluently, so he said, "It was okay in the morning. Daqiang and I each sold more than one bag. After lunch, the fish stopped selling. It was not just us, the whole market was like this. There were not many people, and the stall owners were just waiting. Then the two of us discussed lowering the price, and we lowered it to 80 cents, and later to 70 cents, and that was considered sold out."

"It's fine as long as we sell them out." Li Long nodded and said, "Then will we continue tomorrow?"

"Continue. We plan to go early tomorrow and go directly to Shicheng." Yang Yongqiang said, "There should be more people in Shicheng."

"You decide for yourself."

The two men gave Li Long fifty-six yuan each and went home happily.

Li Long guessed that everyone earned at least twenty yuan, which was definitely worth being happy about.

Originally he thought that there would be a notification from the township. Now that everything is fine in the township, Li Long doesn't plan to wait any longer. He went to Li Jianguo in the afternoon.

Liang Yuemei was sewing shoes on the sewing machine, while Li Juan and Li Qiang were doing their homework. The days were short in winter, and the classroom was cold, so the children had to bring their homework home to do.

Li Juan and Li Qiang were both very happy to see Li Long coming. After greeting him, Li Juan continued to do her homework. Li Qiang didn't want to do it anymore and wanted to hang out with Li Long, but was pulled away by Li Juan by the collar.

Li Long smiled, sat next to the fire wall, and said to Li Jianguo:

"Brother, I want to use the carriage tomorrow to carry things to the mountains."

"You can take it away. We don't need it now." Li Jianguo nodded without asking how long it would be needed.

"I'll let Junfeng and Junshan follow us. Once we're done with the things in the mountains, I'll have them drive the carriage down the mountain tomorrow. You don't have to rest for too long here. Daqiang and Yongqiang plan to go to Shicheng to sell fish tomorrow. They'll each carry two bags, so the fish sales in Shicheng may be slower than before. But I promised them..."

"It's okay." Li Jianguo didn't care about it at all. "It's okay if there are one or two more bags or one or two less bags. We made a lot of money some time ago. Daqiang and Yongqiang helped you a lot, so we should let them make some money. Let's see if they want to join us when we go to fish. It's okay for you to use the carriage for a few more days."

"I just pulled the stuff up. The bicycles can't carry enough - Junshan and Junfeng just want to follow and watch the hunting. I think if I can take them hunting, then go, if not, then let them come back. Hunting in this winter is not that easy."

"Okay." Li Jianguo knew this was the truth, and Li Long was not making excuses. After all, hunting was not that easy. Li Long was able to catch so many things in the past because someone was pointing them out. It must be difficult now.

Li Long went out and Li Jianguo followed behind. The two brothers harnessed the carriage and Li Long led it away.

Back at the stable, Uncle Luo was feeding the deer. Seeing Li Long pulling the cart over, he helped him unload the cart, cleaned up the pen for No. 76, and put the feed in place before continuing with his own work.

Li Anguo, Chen Xingbang, and Li Junshan were fighting for the top position. Li Junfeng must have lost the last round and was watching the game from the side. When Li Long knocked on the door and came in, they hadn't decided who won this round.

"Junshan, Junfeng, I will be pulling things into the mountains tomorrow. You two should follow me to do some work." Li Long gave the order to his two nephews very naturally, and the two nephews responded very naturally.

Chen Xingbang played a card and asked:
"Xiaolong, what are you doing in the mountains?"

"Send some supplies to my friends in the mountains. I have a wooden house in the mountains. It's snowing, so I need to clean it up to prevent the house from being crushed by the heavy snow."

"Sweeping the snow, we can do that." Li Junfeng asked with a smile, "Uncle Xiaolong, are you still going to hunt?"

"It depends. If there's anything, I'll shoot it. I have a gun, but I don't know if I can hit it."

"Okay." Li Junfeng was not disappointed with Li Long's ambiguous statement. Things like this were not so accurate, and if Li Long said that he could hit the target, they would be suspicious.

After deciding this, Li Long returned to his room.

I had my own bag of bullets and the big bag of bullets I got in exchange for them. I had to bring my own Type 56 semi-automatic rifle. There was some dried meat in the wooden house, but I definitely had to bring some food up there. I had to clean up first, and if I didn't have time to cook, I had to go to the big meat canteen to buy some buns. Oh, there was firewood in the mountains, but no coal, so I had to go to the free market to buy some coal.

Of course, the most important thing was to build a stove in the cabin and install the stove tube, which required the help of Li Junshan and Li Junfeng. They were skilled workers, so this should be a piece of cake for them.

The rest was to bring things for Halimu and the others. Since Diaoyang and Saima were not far from his cabin, as the "landlord", he must entertain these friends. So what should he do?
Li Long thought about it and decided to buy some brick tea, sugar cubes, and salt as gifts or prizes. He didn't know if they had any prizes for the competition. If so, this would be the icing on the cake. If not, it would be like a timely help.

After thinking about all these things, Li Long felt that there was nothing wrong, so he washed up and went to bed. He had to leave early tomorrow and couldn't sleep too late.

However, Li Long got up later than Tao Daqiang and the others. When he got up, Tao Daqiang and the others had already come to pull in the fish.

Li Long told them what Li Jianguo said, and the two were very happy. However, Yang Yongqiang was still a little worried that selling fish on his side would conflict with Li Jianguo and his friends. He thought that if Li Jianguo and his friends went to Shicheng to sell fish, he and Tao Daqiang would return to the county.

Li Long did not persuade him and asked him to discuss it with Li Jianguo when the time comes.

Two people used a wooden sled to pull the fish away. Li Long and his companions had breakfast, hitched up the carriage and set off. (End of this chapter)