Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

For lunch, they cooked rice and two stir-fried dishes. The plates were quite large and some meat was also put in. Li Long calculated and felt that Yang Xiulan didn't cook much of the meat that was brought over, otherwise there wouldn't be so much meat today.

He wanted to say something, but he didn't say it in the end. Maybe because of life reasons, Yang Xiulan usually doesn't put much meat in her cooking, which is understandable.

After all, they have lived through hard times, it is impossible for them to change all of a sudden.

But to be honest, the rice and dishes are better than those made by myself and Gu Xiaoxia.

It is considered to be a top-notch home-cooked meal.

After dinner, they rested in the house for a while. Then Gu Xiaoxia went to work and Li Long came out with her.

"Be careful when you go to Shicheng, and come back early." Gu Xiaoxia already knew that Li Long was going to Shicheng in the afternoon, so she reminded him.

"Okay. By the way, let me ask, are there any Uyghur and Kazakh schools in our county now? My herdsman friends in the mountains want to ask about their children's schooling."

"It is still being organized and will be almost done next year." Gu Xiaoxia said, "In fact, if they are young, it is best for them to go to school directly in the animal husbandry team. After all, the Uyghur and Kazakh schools are only junior high schools, not elementary schools. Elementary schools are mainly in townships and state-owned units."

Li Long nodded. It was the same thing he thought. Of course, it depended on what Halimu and the others thought.

When they reached the intersection, the two separated. Gu Xiaoxia rode her bicycle to work, while Li Long walked towards the bus station.

After buying the ticket and getting on the bus, Li Long felt that it was still quite cold inside. At this time, the bus might not even have air conditioning or heating, at least not in this bus. Everyone who got on the bus wrapped themselves tightly in their clothes.

The bus was not full, so the driver and the ticket inspector shouted outside for a while and then left directly.

The car was an old one, no one knew where it was discarded from. The sound of the engine did not sound very healthy, but the speed was not slow. It was definitely faster than Li Long riding a bicycle or riding in a horse-drawn carriage, so he did not force it.

There was a thick layer of ice on the car's glass windows, with all kinds of beautiful and strange patterns, just like window grilles.

Li Long has been a human for two lifetimes, from childhood to adulthood, and he still can't figure out why the pattern on the glass seems to have a sense of regularity, like flowers, and various abstract plants, but the lines are not that messy.

How is it done? Shouldn't ice have irregular patterns when it freezes?
Of course, I was just curious and never asked or checked the reason.

Looking at the glass, Li Long suddenly felt playful. He clenched his fist and pressed the edge of his palm on the glass. A cool feeling came over him and soon the ice on the glass melted, leaving an image. Then Li Long used his fingers to point five dots on the top of the pattern, forming the shape of a small foot, which looked quite similar.

Li Long pressed another one, forming a pair of symmetrical feet. When he turned around, he found that many people in the car were staring at him.

He was shocked. What was going on?

Then I realized that it must be because the pattern I made was fun.

It was also very funny when I saw it for the first time.

But that was in my previous life, and I think I saw it when I was only about ten years old.

I was quite surprised at that time.

At this time, the car had passed the Ma River Bridge. Li Long looked out through the pair of feet and saw a sea of ​​white.

Then when he turned around, he found someone imitating him by painting patterns on the glass, and he laughed.

The car stopped at the old street. Most of the people on the car stood up early and crowded at the door, planning to get off early. Li Long was not in a hurry at all. After everyone had got off, he got off the car steadily, looked around, and then walked towards the seed company.

There were vendors on both sides of the road, and many of them even shouted loudly at people getting off the cars to solicit business.

Obviously, people who sell goods nowadays are well aware of the importance of shouting. Even good wine needs no bush to be promoted. If you don’t shout out, how will others know what you are selling?
This place is much busier than the market in Ma County, which makes Li Long sigh. Forty years from now, when the people in Ma County have money, most of them will come here to spend money.

Therefore, in the advertisements of Shicheng TV Station, the phrase "the general public of Sha and Ma counties" is usually added after "the general public". Sha refers to Shawan, and Ma naturally refers to Ma County.

Shicheng is larger than Ma County. Li Long walked from the old street for 20 to 30 minutes before reaching the seed company. This is just a yard. The snow at the door was swept clean. Li Long went in and saw two people inside. This room is about one and a half times larger than the one in Ma County. There is nothing on the counter. There are a lot of seeds written on the wall behind.

Li Long took a quick look and found that there were mostly grains and vegetables. There were some watermelons, but no melons.

"Comrade, what do you need?" the 30-something female comrade with short hair asked with a smile.

"I want to ask if there are any melon seeds."

"Hitting the melons?" The female comrade was stunned for a moment. Obviously, she didn't know.

"No." The man in his 50s said, "Our superiors should have some, but if you want them, the seeds are quite expensive. Since you know about melon seeds, you should know that they are not widely used, so they are naturally expensive in small quantities."

"How much is a kilogram of seeds?" Li Long asked. "It's okay if they are a little expensive. I also want to ask if you will harvest the seeds if they grow?"

"We will accept them, but we only accept high-quality seeds." The man stood up, walked to the counter and said to Li Long, "If we accept them, the price will naturally be higher, but it can't be the price of seeds."

“Is there a specific price?”

"If I sell seeds, I should get no more than 10 yuan per kilogram, but it's about 7 or 8 yuan. If I collect them, I'll get about 2 or 3 yuan."

Li Long calculated it and found that it was almost the same as before.

"Then how much can you charge at most?"

"Several hundred kilograms," the man said. "We collect them for future use as seeds, or send them to the breeding farm of the experimental station for breeding, or sell them. We don't need much."

Li Long nodded.

"Do you want it? If you do, leave a unit and we'll call you when we get it from Wucheng."

"In the spring," Li Long said, "it's no use asking for it now."

"That's right." Facing Li Long's ambiguous reply, the man didn't get angry. He smiled and said, "Just come over if you need me."

The attitude is very good.

After leaving here, Li Long went to the roasted nuts factory.

I could smell a burnt aroma from a distance, which was similar to the smell I used to smell in shops selling roasted nuts.

The guard at the snack factory didn't let Li Long in and called someone inside first.

"Chief Niu, someone asked us if we would collect melon seeds?"

"Collect it." The other party's voice was quite rough, but not loud. "How much he brought... I'll come over now."

"He didn't pull it. He just walked over here alone."

"So... does he have any goods?"

The guard looked at Li Long.

"No, I plan to plant in the spring, so I asked you if you would like to harvest it." Li Long realized that there was a misunderstanding and hurried to explain.

"He has no stock and plans to plant in the spring."

"Then... tell him to come back and ask when the seeds are ready. I don't know if I can harvest them by this time next year."

Well, Li Long returned empty-handed. It was normal to think about it. Nowadays, the roasted seeds factory should still be based on the planned economy. At present, people are still used to eating sunflower seeds, and not many people crack the seeds.

No one can say what the market is like.

After returning from the roasted nuts factory, when Li Long walked towards the old street again, the sun had already set.

The main reason is that the distance from the seed company to the roasted nuts factory is quite far.

After waiting for a while in the old street, Li Long finally got a short-distance bus. After getting on the bus, he found that there were not many people on it.

In fact, he knew that there were many people coming from Ma County to Shicheng to sell goods, buy things, and do business, but not many people took the bus, and most people still chose to walk.

The root is still without money.

Li Long couldn't comment, he could only take care of himself. After returning to Ma County by car, Li Long hesitated as he walked towards the big yard, wondering whether he should go to Wucheng the next day or the day after tomorrow.

Think about it, the Chinese New Year is coming soon, should I go buy some New Year’s goods?
Today is Wednesday, and there are still four days until Sunday. Li Long is thinking about whether he should go to Wucheng with Gu Xiaoxia on Sunday?

After all, Gu Xiaoxia probably hasn't been to Wucheng yet. Now that she has the time and opportunity, why not go?

Go back and ask.

Back in the yard, Li Long went to check on No. 76, added some grass to it, and then became a little worried. If it really came to Sunday, No. 76 might not be able to hold on.

Of course there is a way. You can pull the carriage back tomorrow, ride a bicycle here, and then set off again.

Everything depends on whether Gu Xiaoxia has time.

Li Long started preparing dinner, and soon Gu Xiaoxia came into the yard.

Li Long told her about this during dinner.

"I can't go!" Gu Xiaoxia looked regretful. "The state will come for an inspection on Sunday morning. We have been preparing for the inspection these two days. All staff will be on duty then."

Well, Li Long also felt very sorry.

"In that case, I'll go there tomorrow. Is there anything you need to buy when I get there?"

"Nothing, I have everything now, I don't even need to cook, I don't need anything." Gu Xiaoxia waved her hands hurriedly, "You don't need to buy me anything. Just buy New Year's goods."

Seeing that Gu Xiaoxia was determined, Li Long didn't say anything else.

The next day, both of them got up early. After dinner, Li Long went to add fodder to No. 76, and then went to the bus station.

Tickets to Wucheng were not in short supply, so Li Long bought a ticket for half an hour later. He warmed himself by the fire in the waiting room for a while, then checked his ticket and got on the train.

This bus was much bigger than the one to Shicheng. When Li Long got on the bus, a quarter of the people were already in the bus. Li Long looked at his ticket and sat down in his seat. After a while, a few more people got on.

A young man in his twenties asked a short middle-aged man to move aside, saying that this was his seat. The short man moved aside without saying a word and sat at the back.

People at that time knew that you couldn't sit by the door because it would leak air and be very cold. It was bearable for short trips, but very uncomfortable for long trips.

After a while, someone else came up from behind, and the short man gave up his seat for a while and sat in the corner.

The time was up and the ticket inspector checked the tickets. After checking, he asked the short man to sit back in his seat. The short man sat back with a reluctant look on his face.

At this time, people are still quite afraid of public authority, and most of them will not say anything back.

The car started, shook and drove out of the bus station yard, heading east.

Li Long's seat was pretty good, in the middle and front, neither cold nor bumpy. Next to him sat an older sister who kept turning her head to look outside. Li Long didn't care and just leaned back in his chair with his eyes squinted.

It’s a two or three hour journey and you can’t just walk with your eyes open.

Li Long's habit of riding in a car until later in life was to fall asleep as soon as he got on and wake up as soon as he got off - of course, driving was different.

The car passed Baojiadian, Letuyi, Dafeng, and was about to reach Huxian County when Li Long felt some movement beside him.

He turned his head and saw a man in black clothes, holding his clothes in his hands, leaning on the back of his seat and looking forward, as if he was about to get off the bus.

From Ma County to Wucheng, there is a city and a county along the way. There are many towns and villages, and you can buy tickets from any of them.

Li Long didn't care and continued to squint his eyes. However, as soon as he closed his eyes, he felt something moving around him again.

He had the distinct feeling that someone was picking his pocket!
Thief!
Just as Li Long was about to reach out to grab that hand, the car suddenly tilted and the hand suddenly retracted.

Li Long did not move. He was sure that the man would attack again. As the saying goes, if you want to arrest someone and obtain stolen goods, you have to catch him in the act.

The car continued to move forward, and Li Long simply closed his eyes, but his nerves were tense and he was ready to take action at any time.

The man's body swayed with the shaking of the car, as if he guessed that Li Long had closed his eyes and fallen asleep. His hand reached out to Li Long's chest again, as if he wanted to search the inside pocket of his shirt - at that time, people's clothes usually had an inside pocket sewn on to hold money or valuables.

Li Long opened his eyes suddenly, and grabbed the other person's wrist with his hand as fast as lightning. He flipped the man over and pressed him down on the carriage board!

"Thief!" Li Long knew the importance of public opinion, so he shouted loudly when he was arresting people, "Everyone be careful! There is a thief in the car! This person stole my things!"

When he shouted like that, the people in the car suddenly panicked. Then Li Long felt someone rushing towards him. He quickly moved to the side, but did not let go of his hand. He immediately guessed that the other party had an accomplice!

Li Long was a little annoyed. He should have thought of this earlier. Someone who dared to steal things on a long-distance bus would definitely not be alone.

To Li Long's surprise, the person who pounced on him was the short man who changed seats at the beginning - it turned out that he had a reason for changing seats!

"You are an accomplice of the thief!" Li Long saw the man rushing towards him, holding a knife in his hand and glaring at him fiercely, and immediately shouted loudly:

"Comrade driver, drive to the police station! The thief has an accomplice! They must have stolen other people's money, and they will find out if we check!"

The thief who was held down by Li Long was struggling. There was this accomplice between the short man and Li Long. Li Long tried his best to hold down the thief and dodge the attack of the short man.

Then the short guy screamed - the young man who first asked the short guy to give up his seat took action and directly grabbed the short guy by the throat!

The movements looked quite standard and neat. Li Long wondered if this person was a retired soldier.

"My money is lost! Damn it! They must have stolen it!"

"Oh my god! My wallet is gone too! Search it!"

"Damn it, beat these two damn guys to death! Why not do something else but steal other people's money?"

The passengers were complaining one by one, and it was obvious that many people had their belongings stolen from.

"Everyone stop arguing, we will drive to Huxian Bus Station now. When we get to the station, we will ask the police to come and handle it!" the driver shouted.

"That's right! Let them squat on the bamboo vine!"

The car quickly entered the station. The driver jumped out first and quickly went to the station to report.

After a while, two police officers came over and got in the car.

The young man twisted the short man, and the short man could not move. Li Long was in a bit of a mess. The thief kept resisting. Although Li Long was strong, he did not know how to capture him. Fortunately, he was strong and had no disadvantages. He defeated the thief with force and finally handed him over to the police.

Several people behind immediately shouted that their money had been stolen. The police asked everyone involved to get off the bus and take a statement.

Li Long also had to get out of the car. Fortunately, he was not robbed. The police just asked a few questions. The police also searched the thief and found some wallets and tools used in the crime - clips and blades - and then let Li Long go back to the car.

At this time, case handling is relatively simplified.

The young man also got on the bus. There were people getting off and getting on in Hu County. The bus was delayed for half an hour and then set off.

It was almost noon when they arrived at the Wucheng Bayi Guesthouse. Li Long got off the bus and watched the young man walk towards the train station. He guessed that he was catching a train back to his hometown.

Li Long carried his black cloth bag and walked out of the guesthouse. When he arrived at the bus station and was about to take a bus, he found that there were stalls outside the train station square.

This surprised Li Long, but it was normal. At this time, stalls were definitely not allowed inside the square of the train station, but there was a large flow of people here, so those who wanted to do business had to go around the edges and set up stalls outside the square.

Li Long thought about it and decided to do his business first and then visit the stalls when he came back.

He went to the bus stop and started looking for a seed company.

At this moment, a voice suddenly shouted:

"Li Long, Li Long!"

Li Long thought the voice sounded familiar. How could he run into someone he knew here? (End of this chapter)