Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Number 76 watched Li Long throw something onto the carriage again, and his eyes towards Li Long changed.

"Hehe, this is good stuff. I'll add some good stuff to you when we get to the mountains!" Li Long said to it with a smile, waving the whip.

Regardless of whether you understand it or not, the most basic attitude is there.

Number 76 tried hard to pull up again. Li Long put away the whip and pushed from behind. He knew that this section of the mountain road was the most difficult to walk on. Once you reach the mountain pass and walk inside, the ups and downs will not be so great.

Nearly an hour later, No. 76 finally pulled the carriage to the mountain pass. Although this was not the highest point, it was the end of the longest slope.

Li Long also breathed a sigh of relief. He regretted not bringing two buns with him.

I had breakfast early, and I was tired from helping push the cart. Now the sun has reached the south, and it's time for lunch. My stomach isn't rumbling with hunger, but I can already feel the power of hunger.

I can only go to Halimu to get another bowl of milk tea first.

During the break, Li Long was still wiping sweat off No. 76. The dazzling sunlight shone on the snow and reflected back, which hurt the eyes. Li Long tied a semi-transparent cloth over his eyes and urged No. 76 to keep moving forward.

There was a faint fragrance in the air on the mountain path. Li Long had the illusion that Halim was cooking mutton. But there was also a fishy smell. Was it a pack of wolves hunting nearby?
There are wild wolves in the mountains who travel alone or in groups. It is said that several wolf packs will unite at certain times to hunt the herdsmen's sheep.

In the past, Li Long thought such things were nonsense, but after seeing wolves launch a sneak attack at Halim's place last year, he felt that it was really possible.

This thing is so smart!
As the carriage went up and down, Li Long controlled No. 76 to go as slowly as possible, especially when going downhill. After all, the things on the carriage were not tied tightly, and it would be troublesome if they fell off. It was really difficult for him to do it alone in the mountains.

When he finally arrived opposite Halimu's winter nest, Li Long was stunned by the posture on the opposite side.

What attracts the most attention is a big pot placed in front of the winter nest. Pine wood is burning under the pot, smoke is rising from above, and the fragrance is wafting out - this is mutton being cooked.

Of course, what shocked Li Long the most was not this, but the tall pile of mutton piled up next to the sheep pen - yes, that was the pile of mutton.

After each skinned and gutted sheep's ribs are frozen solid, they are split in half and piled up neatly one by one.

But another scene soon attracted Li Long's attention - that was the place where sheep were slaughtered.

The place where sheep were slaughtered was right next to the sheep pen. A sheep was led out of the sheep pen and tied up. Someone was watching and saying something. After that, the young man with a knife knocked the sheep down with one stroke, picked up the sheep and pressed its neck against a wooden trough.

The wooden trough was higher at one end and lower at the other, and the middle was polished very smoothly. The higher end was padded up, and the person who slaughtered the sheep would press the sheep's neck on the higher end.

The lower end was also raised, but not very high. There was a pot underneath, and the sheep's blood flowed along the trough into the pot.

From Li Long's point of view, he could see that the pot of sheep's blood was almost full.

The slaughtered sheep will be taken over by the young men on the other side. They will skillfully peel off the sheepskin and then open the belly.

There were four people skinning and gutting the sheep, two people slaughtering the sheep, and another five or six people who were specifically responsible for taking out the contents of the sheep's stomach and putting them aside. They also had to squeeze out the feces from the sheep's stomach and intestines.

I haven’t washed it, and probably it’s too late to wash it.

They didn't do these things originally, but now they are doing them.

After the sheep are slaughtered and skinned, they are cleaned and put aside to freeze. When the butcher has free time, he will split the sheep into two halves, and there is a young man who is responsible for stacking them.

Slaughtering sheep has been turned into an assembly line, how amazing!
It was the first time that Li Long saw such a scene, and he was really shocked!
They didn't notice Li Long until the dog started barking.

Li Long saw that Halimu was among the people who were being disemboweled and skinned. He was with Yushanjiang.

Halimu was not done with his work. After Yushanjiang skinned and gutted a sheep, he put down the knife, grabbed two handfuls of snow, rubbed his hands, and walked towards Li Long with a smile.

After greeting each other, Yushanjiang and Li Long slowly and steadily pushed the carriage across the ditch and arrived at the winter den.

Those people basically stopped what they were doing and looked at Li Long and the things on the carriage with eager eyes.

"Two hundred kilograms of rice and flour, two hundred kilograms of coarse salt, brick tea, sugar cubes, fine salt... Oh, and some commonly used medicines. I'll tell you what each medicine does later."

Li Long handed over these supplies to Halimu and Yushanjiang.

"The carriage is only this big, it can only carry these things at a time. I'll carry them next time you come."

"That's enough, that's enough!" Yu Shanjiang said hurriedly, "Just the salt, the vegetables, and especially the medicine, that's enough..."

"Not enough, how can it be enough?" Li Long had a calculation in mind. Thirty-five sheep, even if each weighed fifteen kilograms, would still be more than four hundred kilograms. Even if it was cheaper, seven or eight cents per kilogram, it would still be four hundred yuan. The total cost of the things he brought was less than three hundred yuan.

"Don't argue." Halimu pointed at the cauldron and said:

"The mutton will be cooked soon, and the sheep are almost slaughtered. I'll have someone unload the car, and we can eat the meat soon. Li Long, you must be hungry too!"

"You must be hungry!" Li Long said with a smile, "I just had breakfast and haven't had lunch yet. I'm just waiting for this meal."

“Hahahaha, I promise to make sure you’re full!”

It was all just a joke, but everyone had a lot of fun.

Li Long and his companions unloaded the supplies and asked Halimu to write down the functions of the medicines. After the sheep were slaughtered, Li Long found out the identity of the person who was talking at the slaughtering site beside the sheep pen: Imam.

The space in the winter nest was too small, so several fires were lit outside. Halimu picked up meat bones for everyone, and they ate them standing or sitting outside. There was also freshly made naan, which tasted really good with mutton soup and pila zi.

Li Long was gnawing on a large piece of lamb neck. The lamb was not very well stewed, but it was very chewy, and it tasted good when pulled apart.

"Are you leaving today or tomorrow?" Halimu asked Li Long while chewing meat.

"Get the mutton delivered to the unit over there as soon as possible this morning so I can bring you more food."

"No, no, that's enough!" Halim waved his hand.

"I'm coming over to pull those things back." Li Long pointed at the internal organs, offal, and sheep's blood, "I'll do it by the way when I get there."

He knew that Halimu and the others would not eat these things, so they must have been left for him.

I don't have to make money from mutton, but I can make money from these things. After all, I only sold them once last year.

"Well, you can take the sheepskin with you then." Halimu thought for a moment and said, "We will rub the sheepskin with salt and wrap the small intestine inside."

Leather factories collect sheepskins, and foreign trade companies collect sheep intestines, which can be sold separately.

Li Long didn't argue anymore.

While they were eating, No. 76 was also enjoying good treatment. When Li Long came over, he brought a bag of sugar residue, which was its current delicacy.

After eating and resting for a while, Halimu asked the boys to load the truck.

Li Long asked to load thirty sheep first - these thirty were to be sent to the sugar factory, and he planned to pick up the remaining five tomorrow.

"I'll take care of your gazelle after it thaws, and you can pull it together then." Halimu pointed at the gazelle that had not yet thawed.

"Okay." Li Long didn't bother to be polite with them.

Given their current relationship, being polite would be awkward.

After thirty sheep were loaded onto the cart, the young men tied them tightly with ropes and helped Li Long push the cart to a flatter mountain road. Only then did they stop and watch Li Long leave.

Li Long drove the car as steadily as possible to the mountain pass. The next step was downhill, which was more friendly to No. 76.

By the time they got to the Wuyi Highway, the sun was already setting. Li Long had originally planned to go to the sugar factory to deliver the goods today, but he realized that even if he could get to Shicheng before dark, he would probably have to wait until midnight to return.

He had no choice but to drive the carriage back to the yard.

Gu Xiaoxia hadn't finished get off work yet, so Li Long found a stool and put it under the shaft of the carriage. He then untied No. 76 and took him to the backyard to eat.

He was also very tired, but he still had enough energy to make a simple dinner, making some soup, stir-frying pickled vegetables and meat, and heating up some steamed buns.

When Gu Xiaoxia came back and saw the door was open, she knew Li Long was back, and she pushed the cart into the yard with a smile - Li Long didn't hang the door, he just left it for her.

The next morning, after dinner, Li Long harnessed the No. 76 and rushed to Shicheng with his gun. He was also prepared to encounter those blind people along the way, especially in the poplar forest, but he did not expect that the whole journey would be smooth.

When they arrived at the sugar factory, Li Long said something to the guard and drove the carriage into the yard.

The sweet smell of burnt food filled the air. Li Long took a deep breath and drove to the front of the building.

Section Chief Hu, who had received the message from the guard, had already arrived at the door with his men and said to Li Long with a smile:

"Comrade Xiao Li, you are very efficient!"

"Haha, this is related to the welfare of our sugar factory employees, so we must be efficient!" Li Long is also good at saying polite words.

"Our peasant brothers are very conscious!" Section Chief Hu smiled and gave a thumbs up. "Look at this sheep... Not bad!"

The logistics staff weighed the sheep and found that there were thirty sheep, weighing 471 kilograms. This surprised Li Long, as Halimu and his men were getting big sheep this time!
The mutton was quite fat, and the logistics staff were very satisfied. The invoice was signed and paid, 518.10 yuan. Li Long signed and took the money and breathed a sigh of relief. This was the first step completed.

"Comrade Li, then we will wait for your next batch of supplies." Section Chief Hu was also very satisfied. The logistics personnel praised the mutton sent by Li Long, and it was obvious that they were not just flattering him. This showed that at least the employees were satisfied with the choice this time.

"Okay, I'll do it as soon as possible." Li Long thought about going into the mountain again, pulling back the remaining things in the mountain, and then he could go back to pull fish and rabbits.

"Comrade Xiao Li, do you want the sugar residue now? If you do, just go to the workshop. You don't need to go to the residue pit anymore." Section Chief Hu suddenly thought of something and said with a smile, "Let the workshop put it in a sack and take it away for you."

"Thank you so much!" Li Long hesitated for a moment and then agreed.

After pulling a cart of twelve sacks of sugar residue out of the sugar factory, Li Long hummed a little tune and felt extremely satisfied.

No. 76 also ate a lot of sugar residue while packing it, so he enjoyed it in advance.

When walking back to the poplar forest, Li Long saw the people in front of him. He really didn't want to cause any more trouble, so he took out his gun and fired a shot into the sky. Those who were still seventy or eighty meters away were stunned when they heard the gunshot, and then they all dispersed at once.

Looking at those people fleeing into the poplar forest, Li Long sighed and said, "Be patient, it won't be long."

It is January after all.

When passing the checkpoint in front of the Ma River Bridge, a police officer asked Li Long:

"Did you hear any gunshots when you came over here? Did you feel like there was some movement over there?"

"I heard it, it seemed to be in the woods." Li Long lied without blushing, "I don't know why."

The checkpoint here basically does not check vehicles like theirs that are transporting things, or pedestrians passing by.

After returning to the county, Li Long bought a few buns at the big meat canteen and drove the carriage to the team.

It turns out that plans cannot keep up with changes.

After returning to the Lao Ma Hao and unloading six bags of sugar residue, Uncle Luo was overjoyed.

"With these sugar residues, the deer, roe deer and wild boars can gain a few more kilograms this winter."

"Uncle Luo, you are busy. I still need to go to my eldest brother's place to unload some."

"You go ahead and do your thing." Uncle Luo knew that Li Long had been very busy recently, so he said hastily, "Don't worry about this place, I can take care of it."

Li Long drove the carriage to his eldest brother's house. There was no one in the yard today.

But there was a faint fishy smell in the air. Apparently, even in winter, the fishy smell could not be suppressed.

Hearing the noise, Li Jianguo and Liang Yuemei came out of the house and were a little surprised to see the sugar residue on Li Long's carriage.

"When I was pulling the sheep over, they were so welcoming that they asked me to load a cart of sugar residue over there," Li Long explained. "I put six bags at the old horse shop."

The three men unloaded the remaining sugar residue. Li Jianguo unloaded No. 76 and pulled it into the circle to clean it up. Li Long pushed the carriage under the shed and put it away, then he breathed a sigh of relief.

"We have already harvested over 100 rabbits and over 600 kilograms of fish." Li Jianguo came back and said to Li Long, "Do you want to continue harvesting?"

"Go on." Li Long said, "As long as the team can catch them, we will take them. Is the money enough?"

"That's enough." Li Jianguo said, "I have more here if the back is not enough. Just go about your business and don't worry about this."

Li Long didn't ask any more questions.

The more things you can receive, the better, so you can make more money before the New Year.

Originally, Li Long planned to rush back to the county after unloading the sugar residue and go to the mountains to buy things the next day, but Li Jianguo persuaded him to stop.

"You are young, and it's a good thing that you can fight, but you can't do it like this." Li Long still listened to Li Jianguo's words, "They gave you ten days or half a month, you don't have to finish it in a week. We can take it slowly. People are not machines. Even if you are young, your body needs rest. You can't keep working hard. You don't want to be old and feel pain all over."

Following his elder brother's advice, Li Long took a leisurely afternoon break. He went to the small lake to watch Tao Daqiang and Yang Yongqiang fishing, and found that several people had broken holes in the ice to fish.

This is also a good thing. The trend I have created has enabled more people to make money.

Yang Yongqiang was a little resentful because there were many people breaking the ice hole, and the fish caught yesterday and today were only more than 30 kilograms, which was obviously not as much as the previous two days.

"Haha, it doesn't matter if it's less." Li Long didn't care that much, "Is there anyone going to Dahaizi?"

"Yes, but I heard that there was a hole in the ice. We can only catch less than two kilograms of fish a day. The fish in there will take two or three years to recover."

Yes, after cleaning the bottom once, even if the fish are not completely removed, the fish in the downstream reservoir will move upstream, and it will take several years for the fish in the sea to recover.

In the evening, fish soup was stewed in the stable. Li Long drank two big bowls of it with pancakes and felt great.

I have been working hard and rushing to eat these days. I finally got a chance to take a break and drink this delicious fish soup. It was such a pleasure!

There was only half a day of leisure, and the next day Li Long drove the carriage to the county early.

This time he was mainly transporting food. He didn't have enough food coupons, so Li Long went directly to the market to buy high-priced food without using coupons. He also went to the vegetable store to buy two bags of sprouts, packed them several times, and drove his car into the mountains.

It was a familiar route. No. 76 had walked this route before and knew how to get there. This time, he didn't carry as much as last time, so he was much more relaxed. When he arrived at Halim's winter kennel, Li Long found that the trough where the sheep's blood was stored was gone. The mutton and offal were also gone. There was a pile of snow outside the winter kennel - Li Long guessed that the things must be under the snow.

What surprised him was that there were two wolves hanging next to the sheep pen!
It seems that these guys were ambushed while trying to steal something in the middle of the night.

The barking of the dogs attracted Halimu, followed by his two sons.

Li Long guessed that Yushanjiang and the others should have already returned home.

Halimu followed Li Long and drove the car to the winter den. After unloading the grain, Li Long drank some milk tea, warmed up a bit, and then started loading the car.

There was a lot to do, so he planned to go back as soon as possible, even if it was just to the county.

The sheepskin was placed at the bottom, the rack was propped up, and then the mutton and offal were loaded. The offal was frozen together, which was quite convenient. There was also the sheep's blood that was frozen into lumps.

"There are still a few skins left." Halimu said, "Deerskin and wolfskin, take them and sell them together with these sheepskins. You have worked hard these days."

Li Long didn't say much. Since they were close friends, some things were hard to calculate.

On his way back, Li Long breathed a sigh of relief. The matter in the mountains was basically done, and no one would come over for a while. The next step would be the team.

It will only take two or three days for this matter to be over.

In the words of Section Chief Hu, his efficiency is really quite high.

Of course, the income is not much, but keeping this line will help you make a living in the long run.

After all, there is such a big factory there, and we can’t throw it away even for the sugar residue.

On the way back, No. 76 seemed to know that Li Long was in a good mood and drove at a fast speed. Li Long sat in the carriage with the sun shining on his back, feeling sleepy.

Very good. (End of this chapter)