Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

When Li Long woke up the next day, it was already daybreak. He had drunk quite a bit yesterday, and he was so relaxed that he looked at the clock and realized he had slept for nearly ten hours.

There was still a faint smell of alcohol in the room. After the party at the wine table last night, although everyone cleaned up the place quite well and no one vomited here, after all, they had been drinking for so long that it was impossible to clean up all at once.

Still feeling a little dizzy, Li Long got up, rubbed his temples, put on his clothes, and staggered to the stove.

The house was very clean and tidy. It was incredible that a bunch of drunk people yesterday could manage to keep it so neat.

The fire in the stove had gone out and the temperature in the room was a little low. Li Long used a fire hook to open the stove lid, cleared out the charcoal ash inside, cleaned up the unburned charcoal cores and put them aside, then began to set up the stove.

There were things next to the stove. He stuffed a ball of paper, a handful of reeds and a few corn cobs into the furnace, then placed small pieces of coal on top, sealed the stove lid, opened the stove door, lit it with a lighter, and after watching the fire burn smoothly, he closed the stove door, walked to the door, opened it and walked out.

A chill hit Li Long in the face, and he immediately became sober. He wiped his face, walked to the dry toilet, took a bath, and turned back.

Li Junshan came out of the house and asked with a smile when he saw Li Long:

"Uncle Xiaolong, how are you? Are you still dizzy?"

"I'm not dizzy anymore." Li Long said with a smile, "What about you guys?"

"We're fine too. Daqiang and Yongqiang came this morning. They got up early to catch fish. It was them who were able to catch fish after drinking so much yesterday. They caught quite a lot of fish. Then they pulled the plow together to sell the fish. They should have arrived at the county by now."

Li Long didn't expect that the two of them could still catch and sell fish. He could only say that they were in great spirits!
Think about what Li Long said:
"Then I will go to the county today too. I don't know when you will leave, so I will go and prepare some wine and honey for you."

"Okay." Li Junshan said, "Let's eat first. Breakfast is ready."

In the morning, we had cornmeal porridge, steamed buns, and the fish stew that was left in the pot yesterday. Uncle Luo and Li Junshan also fried some pickles, which were quite tasty.

After Li Long and his friends finished eating, he said goodbye to Li Anguo and Chen Xingbang, put on his cotton-padded clothes, and rode his bicycle to the county.

The snow on the road was packed quite hard. When passing by the elementary school and the middle school, he did not hear the sound of children studying. Li Long guessed that it was probably the end of the semester and they should be reviewing intensively at this time.

When they turned into the county, it was almost twelve o'clock. Li Long first went to the free market for a walk and actually saw Tao Daqiang and Yang Yongqiang.

There were not many frozen fish on the two people's stall. Tao Daqiang was weighing fish for a woman, and Yang Yongqiang was still shouting.

Li Long did not disturb them. He looked around from a distance. What surprised him was that Tao Daqiang and his team were not the only ones selling fish in the market. There were four or five stalls selling fish in the team. The fish on those stalls varied in quantity. Some people were shouting like Yang Yongqiang, while others were just sitting there waiting for customers to come. Some were weighing the fish, while others were selling them by the piece.

There are so many different things.

With so many people, the price of fish probably won’t be high.

Li Long guessed and rode his bicycle to the supply and marketing cooperative.

"I think I saw Brother Long." Yang Yongqiang turned to Tao Daqiang and said, "I saw a man riding a bicycle from a distance."

"Maybe." Tao Daqiang was not surprised. "Brother Long must have something to do, so he came to take a look. If nothing happened, he would leave. It may not be him - let's sell the fish first."

Yang Yongqiang was quite impressed by Tao Daqiang's attitude, and then he started shouting loudly again.

Li Long rode directly to the supply and marketing cooperative.

The staff at the supply and marketing cooperative's sales department already knew that he was one of their own, and they charged wholesale prices for everything he wanted to buy.

Li Long asked for six cans of honey - the honey had already solidified and could not flow at all. Each can weighed three kilograms. He planned to give one can to each person and the remaining two cans would be taken back to his parents.

Six cans of honey make a big box, and four cages of loose liquor. This thing is mainly rare, after all, it was brought back from the northern border. As for other things, there is really no shortage of them in my hometown.

It is not yet time to plant cotton on a large scale. When the cotton planting area is expanded in a few days, people who come here every year will bring quilts back to their hometown - but given the weather in their hometown, the quilts will still become damp in the winter.

There are two guard plates and struts on both sides of the bicycle. The two boxes of things were fixed with ropes, and Li Long hurried back carrying the things.

I originally thought it would be more convenient to put the things in the yard. But I thought that when my second brother and his friends drove to the county, Gu Xiaoxia might have already gone to work. It would be better to pack the things at home, so that I don’t need to re-tie them when I get to the county to catch the bus.

Li Long rode his bicycle back and did not meet Tao Daqiang and the others on the road. Instead, he met two other people from the village, the two brothers of the Zhao family.

Li Long stopped the car and asked:
"Have you sold out of fish?"

"They're all sold out." Zhao Anping, the eldest of the Zhao family, said with a smile, "We went there early."

"How about it? Is the price okay?"

"It's OK. We sell big carp for 1.5 yuan each, and three of them are sold out immediately. Small crucian carp sell slowly."

Li Long nodded, chatted for a few more words, then rode his bike back.

"Brother, do you think we can get a bicycle if we sell fish for a whole winter?" Zhao Ansheng asked enviously as he looked at Li Long's back as he rode the bicycle.

"I don't know." Zhao Anping shook his head. He obviously hadn't thought about comforting his brother yet. He just told the truth. "Today we sold 7.40 yuan and bought some cloth. If we do this every day, it will take us a month and a half to buy a bicycle. I can save the money, but I don't have tickets. Buying tickets on the black market is not cheap..."

Zhao Ansheng was very happy to hear that he could make money. It seemed that he had lost out by not following Li Long and the others to catch and sell fish last year.

On this day, many people in the village had this idea.

If Li Long can do it, then so can we!

We didn’t keep up last year, so we’ll catch up this year!
Young people are full of energy, and they are not willing to give in to others. If Li Long is to be their leader, he is still a long way off.

Even if twenty or thirty years later, someone in the village took the lead in farming and made a lot of money by growing cotton in those years when the price was relatively prominent, and contracted thousands of acres of land and earned millions a year in years with good prices, he would not be able to become the spiritual leader of those young people - money cannot measure everything.

But Li Long wouldn't think so much at this time. He knew the situation of the young people in the team. He never thought about being their spiritual leader. He just wanted to live his own life well.

Of course, if he can help everyone with making money when the time is right, he doesn't mind being a good guy.

After returning to the stable, Li Long supported the bicycle and called out to Li Junshan and Li Junfeng, asking them to come out and help.

Li Junfeng, Li Junshan and Li Anguo were playing cards. When they heard Li Long's voice, they hurriedly put down their cards and ran out.

"This is honey, and this is wine." Li Long asked the two of them to carry the two large cardboard boxes that they had tied into the house.

"Everyone gets one can of honey, mountain flower honey, which the supply and marketing cooperative buys from beekeepers in the mountains. The remaining two cans, you can bring them to Mom and Dad. As for the wine, each of you can take a basket of it, and each basket costs ten yuan. The remaining one basket is for Dad."

Li Jianguo was in charge of giving money to his parents, and Li Long didn't care, so the money ended up in the hands of these people.

"I'll bring a can of honey for dad. Junshan, I see you don't have much stuff, so you can bring one. Xingbang, you can bring dad's wine."

Chen Xingbang originally planned to come after the Chinese New Year, so he brought few things with him, and some things were simply left here, so he brought few things. But Li Anguo didn't want to let him take everything.

No one had any objection to his distribution.

After the food was delivered, Li Long's job was done. In the next two days, he followed Tao Daqiang and his friends to check out the fish in Xiaohaizi and get some fresh fish to grill. As for selling fish, he didn't care about it anymore.

The first day, Tao Daqiang and Yang Yongqiang did not come back until the afternoon. They sold more than 20 yuan, which was not much, but they were very happy. This income was already good.

So when I came back that day, I ate something and then went to catch fish again.

None of the owners of the ice holes were left behind, and they were all catching fish in the small lake, making it quite lively.

On the fourth day, Li Long rode his bicycle and carried his gun to the county. Before leaving, he told Li Anguo and the other four that he could not see them off when they left.

After drinking that day, the relationship was basically there, and everyone knew that it didn't matter whether to send a gift or not, and Li Long had done what he was supposed to do.

When he arrived at the county, Li Long went directly to the supply and marketing cooperative. Li Xiangqian was in the office. After seeing Li Long, he said that the state had not called yet, but it would probably be in the next two days. He asked Li Long to come to his place every morning and wait.

Before Li Long went there the next day, Li Xiangqian rushed to the big yard that afternoon and found Li Long.

"I received a call at noon. They are coming tomorrow morning. They will be in a jeep with a driver and three hunters. They brought your bullets. I also told them to bring good guns. They said they only brought 500-600 guns and they have all shot before, not rookies. You can rest assured about that."

"Yeah." Li Long was of course worried, and he expressed his concerns, "I'm afraid they're pretending to know what they don't know, and messing around in the mountains, which would be more troublesome."

"Don't worry about that. Their elders told me very clearly at the time," Li Xiangqian had gone into the mountains before and knew the dangers. He said, "Once we're in the mountains, everything is up to you. He also told these kids not to think they can look down on others just because they came from above.

If they don't listen to you, you can say whatever you want. If they do something wrong, you can just ask the driver to bring them back. Hunting is the main purpose, but safety comes first. That person said that everything is done in advance to ensure safety. If something goes wrong, as long as you are not wrong, they will definitely not blame you. "

After hearing this, Li Long felt a little regretful. Was he asked to be a kindergarten teacher?
But he had already agreed, and it was too late to regret. The next morning after breakfast, he walked to the supply and marketing cooperative.

Li Long waited in Li Xiangqian's office for less than twenty minutes before a jeep arrived.

The sun was just rising at this time - which meant that these people had set out from the state early.

You are very determined!
Li Long and Li Xiangqian were waiting in the yard to greet them. Looking at the three young men in military coats getting off the jeep, Li Long was really envious.

A complete set of standard military uniforms, but without military ranks - the military rank system seemed to have not been restored at that time. A man and a woman carried five or six and a half, and another young man with glasses carried five or six.

This thing is hunting?

Li Long hesitated for a moment and then listened to Li Xiangqian's introduction.

"You three, Yang Chen, Qi Jingyue, and Xie Ruifeng, right?"

"Yes Yes."

"Hello, Uncle Li!" This is the girl's voice.

"Hello Uncle Li, I'm Jie Ruifeng!" This is the one wearing glasses.

"Come, let me introduce you. This is the hunting teacher and guide I found for you, Li Long."

"Hello, Li Long!"

“So young!”

"Hello there!"

The three of them had the same expression: Li Long looked too young.

Li Long himself knew that at his age it was easy to arouse suspicion, so he looked at Li Xiangqian.

I didn't explain myself, and if the other party is not satisfied, then they won't do it.

"Don't underestimate Li Long. Two days ago, Li Long went into the mountains. In a week, he killed a pack of six wolves, a lynx, and a male red deer. He also brought back two live deer... Heroes have always been young. Don't make dogmatic mistakes on this!"

After Li Xiangqian said this, the three young people immediately changed their attitudes. The girl Qi Jingyue even apologized to Li Long and called him "Teacher Li"!
"I don't dare to be a teacher, I just hunted for a while longer." Seeing that the three young men had a good attitude, which was completely different from the children with backgrounds he had imagined, Li Long was no longer passive and said:
"Going hunting in the mountains in the winter sometimes requires luck. After all, most of the animals we hunt won't wait in one place. But there are always traces to follow. Let's learn from each other."

The fancy sedan is carried by everyone, and they are being polite, so you can't be rude to them, right?
As time was tight and the three were quite excited, they just rested for a while at the supply and marketing cooperative. The driver got some water, they drank some water, had some food, and then headed into the mountains.

Li Long sat in the passenger seat and pointed the road. The three young men behind him asked him some questions about hunting techniques from time to time.

Fortunately, Li Long has had many personal experiences, so he used himself as an example. Because he is a half-baked hunter, Li Long also made it clear when he talked about it that it varies from person to person. This is what happened to him, but it may not be the same for others.

"Master Li, do you think there are bears in this mountain?" Qi Jingyue suddenly asked.

Qi Jingyue is about the same age as Li Long. She has two braids that reach her chest and wears a velvet military cap with a red five-pointed star on it. There are countless people who envy her for what she has.

She was quite pretty, and at the moment she was sitting behind the passenger seat, leaning on the passenger seat back and asking seriously.

Li Long could roughly sense that both Yang Chen and Jie Ruifeng were probably pursuing Qi Jingyue, but this had nothing to do with him. After hearing the question, he said:

"Yes, I have seen a brown bear, and my friend has also seen an albino bear deep in the Tianshan Mountains, but I don't know what species it is."

"So will we be able to encounter bears on this trip?" asked Jie Ruifeng, who wore glasses and looked a bit bookish, but spoke very aggressively, as if no one else could do it but him.

"Your question is a bit stupid, isn't it?" Yang Chen laughed at him, "Aren't bears hibernating at this time? How could we possibly encounter them? It's possible that we could encounter wolves."

"Actually, I want to see if I can shoot a yellow sheep." Qi Jingyue's idea is different from the other two. "I heard that the yellow sheep is a kind of antelope. I think it should be very beautiful..."

Li Long really felt like he was taking care of a child, even though he was actually similar to these three in hunting a year ago. After thinking about it, he asked:

"Have you three ever hunted before? What have you killed? How are your marksmen?"

"I once killed a fox!" Yang Chen said proudly.

"I've shot a few rabbits, but to be honest, you still have to use a small caliber to shoot rabbits. If you shoot five or six, the rabbit will rot."

"I have hunted pheasants before." Qi Jingyue's words surprised Li Long. "I have also hunted wolves before, but I didn't kill them. I injured them and they ran away."

"Where did you get hit?" Li Long asked again.

"There are also wolves in the red willow beach in the northern Gobi Desert."

Well, there really is a wolf. It seems that this girl is not to be judged by appearance.

The jeep quickly crossed the Qingshui River and when it was about to reach the mountain pass, Li Long pointed to the red willows beside him and said:

"There are gazelles on both sides, but whether you can see them depends on luck. If you have supplies, we can stay in the mountains for a while longer. If you think it's dangerous to stay in the mountains, we can fight until night and come back. Anyway, cars are more convenient."

The driver was a middle-aged man, a little fat. Unlike the retired soldier that Li Xiangqian brought with him last time, this man looked like a pure driver.

"Is there a place to live in the mountains?" Qi Jingyue asked curiously.

"I have a wooden house with two rooms," Li Long said. "There are some basic living supplies in it. I am a part-time forest ranger in the mountains, so I have a place to live there. I consider that if you want to hunt, you must stay in the mountains for a while."

Li Long thought that since he was here, he should make money. Otherwise, it would be a waste of time for him to take them here.

No need.

"Then... can we decide when we get to the cabin? Oh, and can we drive there?"

"Yes." Li Long indicated the direction and explained the road conditions to the driver. The driver was an experienced driver. He slowed down, entered the mountain, and drove towards the wooden house.

In front of the wooden house, Li Long got out of the car first and looked around. He found quite a few horse hoof prints.

It should be Halimu and the others coming.

Looking at this beautiful wooden house, Qi Jingyue said with some envy:

“It’s really nice to have a house like this here!”

Li Long smiled without saying anything, walked forward, opened the door with the key, and started to light a fire.

Regardless of whether you live there or not, you must first light a fire, so that even if you have a logistics support base, you can at least have hot water to drink. (End of this chapter)