Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Li Long did not quite agree with this life-saving move. He felt it was half and half. He was not being pretentious. The words just now were still in his mind. If it were not for him, the three brothers of the Liang family would not have come here to break the ice hole and catch fish.

Li Long was still awe-inspiring after living his life again. Now he was sure that this was not a dream. Since he had come and changed, he must bear the consequences of the change.

This is also why he would be happy if he could help everyone change for the better, but Liang Laoer’s incident obviously had a negative impact.

"It's okay, it's okay." Li Long waved his hand. "Everyone is here. Even if they don't notice it now, they will definitely notice it later. Just shout and everyone will come. Lao Zhao came over and told me to be careful. No one on our team will stand idly by."

Everyone was satisfied when Li Long said this - the whole village was praised and everyone had a proud look on their face.

Boss Liang naturally didn't want to scoop up the fish anymore. He wanted to pour the fish in the bag to Li Long. Li Long waved his hand and said:

"Your second child is seriously frozen this time, take him home and make some fish soup to nourish him."

Boss Liang didn't say anything in the end. He took his things and went back. When he went back, he said to Li Long:

"Xiaolong, the three of us are leaving now. You guys can dig out this ice hole. It would be a waste if you don't dig it out."

Li Long thought about it and it made sense, so he asked Tao Daqiang and Yang Yongqiang to dig in the south while he dug here.

Probably because Liang Laoer had fallen into the hole before, when Li Long came to dig out the fish, the fish were caught very quickly. Before dark, Li Long had caught more than ten kilograms of fish by himself.

What luck!

When they went back, they put the fish in the bags of the three people together. Li Long picked it up and estimated that there were more than 40 kilograms. This was a real harvest!

"Each of us should catch a few to eat." Li Long said, "We can't just think about selling these good fish. We have to keep some for ourselves, otherwise we will become the poor people in the old society."

"What happened to the old society?" Tao Daqiang asked curiously.

"Those who raise silkworms cannot afford silk clothes, those who farm the land cannot have enough food, those who fish cannot eat good fish, and those who hunt cannot eat good meat." Li Long said casually.

"Hey, that's really different." Yang Yongqiang said with a smile, "We can eat all the good fish and meat, and we can have enough food every day."

"From now on, just thinking about having enough to eat is a bit low. We need to think about eating well." Li Long added, "There are so many delicious foods here. Life will get better and better in the future."

They both believed what Li Long said. After all, their family had been living better and better in just one year. Even if there were no more changes, they believed they could still live well. They also felt that Li Long had higher and longer-term plans. How great would that be?
When they parted at the fork in the road, Tao Daqiang and Yang Yongqiang each took a few fish back.

Li Long returned to the Lao Ma Hao and dumped the fish onto the plastic sheet in the spare room, separating them one by one. The fish had frozen to death, and some had clumps together, so he tried to prevent them from freezing together.

The sun had just set, but it was not yet dark. Li Long got some small crucian carp and pike, peeled them, washed them and put them directly into the pot to make fish soup while they were still fresh.

Fresh fish is different. After a while, the delicious aroma of fish wafts through the pot.

It was only then that Li Long began to wash and cut ginger and onions while throwing them into the pot. He did not add peppercorns when making the soup.

"Did you save the second son of the Liang family?" Uncle Luo asked Li Long after he finished feeding the animals and went into the kitchen. "People say you fished him out of the ice hole. If you didn't, the second son of the Liang family would have been fed to the fish."

"It's not that mysterious." Li Long waved his hands hurriedly. "I just heard his second son shouting, turned around and saw that he was gone, so I knew he had fallen into the ice hole, and then I called his third son, and then ran over there, and just in time I saw his head was still under the water. The water didn't flow away and didn't wash him away, so I grabbed him by his hair, and then Daqiang, Yongqiang and his third son pulled him up together."

Li Long did not say that the third son of the Liang family was stunned for a moment when he shouted that. The young men of sixteen or seventeen are not the young men who were overnourished by mobile phones, TV, short videos and novels in their previous lives. In this era, some people of sixteen or seventeen do not understand many things. They have rarely been out of the house, have been exposed to too few information media, and have little experience. It is no wonder that they are confused.

"That was you. If it weren't for you, the Liang family's second son would have really fallen ill... It was you who told him to take off his clothes and wrap himself in a coat..."

"Yes, I haven't got my coat back yet." Li Long suddenly thought of this.

"I'll send it to you." Uncle Luo said with a smile, "I'll thank you very much."

Li Long thought that there was no need to thank him, as long as he could send the coat to him tomorrow morning.

The fish soup was ready. Li Long first served a bowl to Uncle Luo, and then served himself a bowl. The fire was not strong anymore, so Li Long did not take out the pot and just let it simmer.

Li Long felt very comfortable after drinking the delicious fish soup. After finishing one bowl and about to drink the second bowl, he heard footsteps outside the yard, and then a knock on the door.

The voice of Boss Liang.

"Look, the coats are here." Uncle Luo said with a smile.

Li Long opened the door and Liang Lao Da came in with a bag in his hand, followed by Liang Lao San.

"Uncle Luo, Xiaolong, have you eaten?" Boss Liang greeted him habitually, "Have you been chatting?"

"Well, what are you doing? Why are you being so polite? Instead of buying these things, why not buy some malted milk or something for Lao Er to supplement his diet?" Li Long saw Boss Liang put the things down and said, "Money doesn't come easily, and I don't lack these..."

"You don't need it, so we should show our appreciation." Boss Liang's words made sense. "Originally my parents wanted to come over, but I said I would come. Either you accept me, or I ask my parents to come over?"

"No, no, no!" Li Long waved his hands hastily. "Not that serious, okay, I'll take the stuff. This isn't a big deal, anyone would help. By the way, how is the second one now? Much better, right?"

"Much better, I just cough occasionally." Boss Liang said with a smile, "It's no big problem now."

"Well, maybe water is choking on the lungs. Go see a doctor in the next two days to make sure it doesn't get inflamed." Li Long didn't quite understand this and just made a suggestion.

"I've cleaned your coat and brought it to you." Liang Lao Da took the coat from the third brother behind him and handed it to him. "Thanks to you guys for your coats, otherwise my second brother would have been frozen to death."

"Haha, let's not talk about it anymore. It's best if he's fine." Li Long took the coat and put it on the bed. "Are you guys still going to fish these two days?"

"My mom doesn't allow us to do it. My third brother and I think it's okay. We just need to be careful. Earning a few dollars a day is better than staying at home, isn't it?" When Liang Laoda heard Li Long's question, he immediately expressed his opinion, "You still want to take it? We'll get you fish later. It doesn't cost 60 cents, 50 cents will be fine!"

"No, no, no!" Li Long objected immediately. "Friendship is friendship, business is business, these are two different things. You sent me canned food and biscuits, I took them, and this is the end of the matter. The rest is one thing, don't think about anything else."

Boss Liang didn't insist, and they chatted for a while and then left.

"Hey, they're all good." Old Luo didn't say anything the whole time, but after Boss Liang left, he smiled and said, "They're all good kids."

The next day, Li Long, Tao Daqiang and Yang Yongqiang went to check the traps and catch rabbits early. On the way, Yang Yongqiang smiled and said:
"Yesterday, when the third son of the Liang family gave me my coat, he also brought two cans of food."

"Me too." Tao Daqiang said, "My dad said no, and the third child threw the can and ran away."

"Take it. You saved his life. He will feel relieved if you take the things." Li Long said, "Let's just let it go. Let's not talk about it anymore."

"Yeah, yeah, I won't say anything." Yang Yongqiang followed suit and changed the subject. "Brother Long, your ears are too good. I didn't hear anything at all, but you heard it? The third brother said that the second brother told him after he recovered at home that he shouted "ouch" and then fell into the water. He was so cold at that time that he didn't know anything..."

"Hehehe, if you eat well, your eyesight and hearing will definitely be good." Li Long said, "When you have children in the future, remember to eat more good food, meat, milk, goat milk is also OK, eat more, eat all kinds, then they will grow well." Li Long remembered a family in the team, the father was 1.72 meters tall, the mother was 1.65 meters tall, the child liked to drink milk when he was born, and the grandparents went to a family in the team that raised native cattle to get milk. This grandfather had a favor to that family, and the native cattle of that family could produce less than two kilograms of milk a day. Many families wanted to buy it, but the family refused to sell it, so they gave this grandfather more than one kilogram each time, and kept the rest for their own family to drink.

After the milk was boiled, the child could drink two large bowls. He was also picky about food when he was young, but he grew strong. When he was 13 or 14 years old, he was more than 1.7 meters tall. When he was 17 or 18 years old, he was already 1.9 meters tall. He always liked to drink milk. If no one persuaded him, he could drink a box of milk a day. From this example, it is indeed good for children to drink milk when they are young.

As for the genetics, it is hard to say whether the height of a child is a combination of the parents. There is a relationship, but it is not an absolute relationship. Li Long has seen too many examples where the parents are not very tall and the children are relatively tall.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that life in later generations is better and nutrition is rich enough. If children eat well, they will naturally be taller. He bought a house in the city, and there were many elementary and middle school children in the community who were over 1.7 meters tall. They grew like bamboo poles.

"Then it seems that I have to raise a cow at home when I have time." Yang Yongqiang said to himself. It seems that he attaches great importance to height.

Tao Daqiang didn't say anything. Li Long felt that he didn't have any worries in this regard. He was tall and his wife was not short either. Together with the two of them, their child wouldn't be that short either.

After chatting for a while, they arrived at the place where the condoms were set. The three of them were holding bags and patrolling the locations where they had set the condoms.

Li Long soon found a rabbit, and two traps were in the wrong position, which meant that a rabbit had passed by. It was just that the position of the traps might not be right, or the rabbits might have been alert and not been caught.

Li Long adjusted the positions of the two condoms and then took the rabbit off.

Wild rabbits are basically grayish white in color, which helps with camouflage in such an environment. This rabbit weighs more than three kilograms, and its body is not very stiff from the cold. It must have been put on early this morning.

After rubbing the cover with snow, Li Long changed the place to put it on and continued patrolling.

After he finished his inspection with the traps, there were already seven more wild rabbits in the bag. It seemed that he really needed to move to another place. The larger the wilderness, the more wild animals there would naturally be.

The three people got together and showed their results. Tao Daqiang had three and Yang Yongqiang had two.

"Brother Long, you still use more condoms." Yang Yongqiang looked at Li Long carrying the bulging bag and couldn't help but say:

"Look at the condom we set up. Can you give it to Shun Shun?"

"Okay." Li Long knew that Yang Yongqiang wanted to learn, so he didn't mind teaching him. This thing itself was just experience, not a special skill, so there was no need to keep it to oneself.

Tao Daqiang took the bag from Li Long, and then followed Li Long to watch him adjust the condoms for both of them.

"Here... you see, the trap is too low. Rabbits jump, so the trap here is where they have to go, but the thin wire can see it, so it will jump over. So it has to be slightly higher so that the head can get in, but the body and legs will be hung."

"Look here for a place where several rabbit prints gather. You can't just put the condom here. You have to see where there are more rabbit prints. If there are more rabbit prints here, then put it here..."

Li Long explained from time to time that in fact, there is no problem with most of the bets. It is also a matter of probability. It does not mean that if a rabbit passes by here today, it will pass by here again tomorrow. It can only be said that the probability is relatively high.

After taking all the condoms, the three of them returned to the team together, and after breakfast they went to Xiaohaizi.

The eldest and the third son of the Liang family were already there, as were Zhao Laoshi and his son, and another family, but they were quite far away and Li Long could not see clearly.

After greeting them, Li Long and the other two went to their own ice holes. The weather was a bit cloudy, and when Tao Daqiang and Yang Yongqiang were digging the ice hole, Li Long said:

"If we do it today, it might snow tomorrow." Although we have radios now and can hear weather forecasts, the forecasts are for the whole country. There are also forecasts for autonomous regions, but there are no forecasts for states. They are not very accurate, and there are even fewer for counties.

I can only look at the sky.

"Snowing? As long as it's not too heavy, we'll come again." Yang Yongqiang threw a few crucian carps on the ice and said, "It's good if it snows. When it snows, the ice is thick and the fish have no air holes. As long as there is a hole in the ice, they will pounce on it. I heard from Daqiang that when you dug holes in the ice last winter, you could catch 60 to 70 kilograms a day... Just thinking about it is amazing!"

Li Long smiled. That kind of scene only happened in the first year. After all, everyone was hibernating at that time, and no one dared to sell fish in the market, so there were a lot of fish in stock. Last year, my family alone caught more than ten tons of fish from the small lake. The total amount has dropped so much all of a sudden. Now we can still catch 20 to 30 kilograms of fish every day, which is already a lot.

The reason why there are so many fish is that the original stock was relatively large, and crucian carp reproduces relatively quickly. In fact, it is already obvious that the number of large carp, grass carp and black carp is obviously less than last year.

Of course, these people can't catch all the fish, but the yield will be reduced. After all, they have been fishing until the year when Li Long left in the previous life. There have been many water shortages in the middle, but when water comes back, there are still fish.

At noon, when it was time for lunch, Tao Daqiang carried the fish bag and followed Li Long to put the fish in Li Jianguo's home, and then he and Yang Yongqiang went home for lunch.

Liang Yuemei asked them to keep some for themselves, but they refused.

At the dinner table, Li Jianguo said to Li Long:
"I got a telegram from home."

"Who hit you?" Li Long picked up a piece of pickled vegetables with chopsticks and put it in the bowl, then asked while eating.

"Your second brother."

"What's the matter?"

"They said that after the New Year, your parents, your second brother's family, and your brother-in-law will all come over."

"My second brother's family?" Li Long was stunned for a moment, "With a baby?"

"Yes." Li Jianguo's expression was a bit complicated. "He said he would not stay in his hometown anymore and would develop in northern Xinjiang."

"Then..." Li Long was also a little worried. After thinking for a while, he said, "I will clean up the stable in the next few days. One room will be for my second brother's family, and one room for my brother-in-law. Dad and Mom can still live in the east room."

"This is the only way now. They didn't say much in the telegram, but I think they will write to me in two days." Li Jianguo said, "Then we will know the details."

"Since my second brother and his family have come here, my parents will probably plan to settle down here, which is a good thing." Li Long said, "Then find the team leader to register a household registration, cancel the household registration over there, and then divide the land here. It will be great. As a family, it's best to be together. I think my sister and her family will come here in the future."

"That's possible. Your brother-in-law is a smart guy, but he's not the type to settle down. He stayed here for a few months last year and made some money. He definitely wouldn't want to go back and live that kind of life." Li Jianguo was also analyzing, "But it will be hard for your second brother and your sister's family to settle down."

"During this period, I have also been looking for places where I can find jobs or settle down," Li Long said. "If it doesn't work, I will just live here first. There will always be opportunities."

He vaguely remembered that various factories and mines were recruiting workers, but the requirements were quite high. After all, young people in rural areas basically wanted to go to the city and become a worker. The monthly salary was much better than that of old farmers who worked all year round.

People like Li Long are unique.

"That's the only way. If we really want to carry out land contracting at the beginning of the year, then we can contract more land and let your second brother and his family farm it. It will be a job for them."

Li Long nodded. Generally speaking, farming in the northern Xinjiang, or more specifically in the team, is much better than farming in his hometown. At least you can get 15 or 20 acres of land, plant it all year round, and after paying the public grain and contracting fees, the rest can ensure that the family can eat fine grains and have some savings.

Of course, this is the most extreme approach. Li Long feels that his second brother would not like to farm here.

The eldest brother doesn't want to work, the second brother doesn't want to farm, and I don't want to be a worker. Haha, our family! (End of this chapter)