Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

After the fifteenth day of the lunar year, the atmosphere of the New Year slowly faded away. The village had heard that the land would be contracted out when the snow melted in the spring. The specific policy had not yet been announced, but the Li family had already known most of it because of Li Long.

There is actually not much land in the village now (compared to later generations). There are more than 200 people in the village, and each person is given a food ration of 5 mu, so more than 1,000 mu of land is allocated. Last year, there were more than 1,000 mu of land left that was cultivated by the whole village. However, the team can clearly feel that the enthusiasm of the villagers for cultivating their own land and the team's land is different.

Now there is a policy from above that, apart from the food-grabbing land allocated to each farmer, the rest of the land will be contracted out. In this way, the village is no longer responsible for farming, and public workers are only left with some infrastructure such as clearing channels, planting trees, and building roads. They don't need to worry so much, and the cadres in the team are also very happy.

After all, they have to manage so many people farming and also manage their own land, which is quite tiring. Although there are invisible benefits, who doesn't want to relax a little?
Li Long took Tao Daqiang, Yang Yongqiang, and Li Junshan to fish a few more times, but they stopped later because the ice beside the small lake had slowly melted and they could no longer catch fish by digging holes in the ice. So they only went to Shicheng to sell the fish once. They didn't make much money this time because there were fewer rabbits. Later, Li Long simply collected the rabbit traps and planned to use them again in the winter when it snowed.

Chen Lirong, Li Xueping and Li Xueqin enjoyed several delicious meals of fish. Li Xueqin was even pricked by a fish bone. According to Li Anguo, the bone was pressed down by eating steamed buns. Li Long was next door. He used the method of drinking a bowl of four-grid water that he learned from the Internet in his previous life. It was not known whether it was a blessing or some other method, but Li Xueqin's fish bone was really gone later.

Then Chen Lirong, Xue Ping and Xue Qin looked at Li Long with strange eyes.

Awe mixed with gratitude.

Li Long didn't care about this. He really needed to finish building the house quickly.

At the end of February, Li Juan and Li Qiang had already started school, and the snow on the roadside had shown signs of melting. Li Long harnessed No. 76 and prepared to take Tao Daqiang, Yang Yongqiang, Li Junshan, and the Tao family's donkey cart to the mountains.

He needed to get some fallen trees from the mountains to build a house.

It is not suitable to expand the soil now, after all, the snow has not melted yet, but the wood can be prepared in advance. Li Long did not think about building a big and nice house, after all, he needed to run back and forth between the county and the village, but he had to have a house. He did not plan to get a city hukou, so the homestead in the village must be preserved.

After Li Qingxia and Cun Chunfang arrived, Li Jianguo had already gone to find Xu Chengjun, hoping to transfer his parents' household registration to his own.

According to the regulations at that time, parents who came to live with their children could settle down, and after settling down, the elderly could also get land. At that time, land was not so valuable, and there were not so many people in the village. Everyone basically believed that there was strength in numbers, and the more land they were given, the more they could harvest, and the more public grain the village could pay.

Later, Li Long also brought some of the fish and rabbits he caught to Xu Chengjun's home. Since he had asked someone to do something, he should do it with the attitude of a person who does it. Li Jianguo was very concerned about his reputation. As an elder in the village, he was considered a half-elder of Xu Chengjun. He couldn't do this kind of thing, so it was normal for Li Long to do it.

Xu Chengjun fully supports the two elderly people, Li Qingxia and Du Chunfang, settling in the village. Li Long can get things done and bring money to the village, and Li Jianguo can settle things. As the village representative of Xinzhuangzi, some conflicts between neighbors do not need to be brought to the village cadres, but can be settled by him.

Therefore, Xu Chengjun is very positive about settling down.

But settling down at this time is still a hassle after all. You need to move your household registration from your hometown, get a letter of introduction, and get a certificate.

There are still relatives in the old home, but they just need to contact each other by telegram, so there is no rush. Instead, Xu Chengjun gave a guarantee that no matter whether the household registration is completed when the land is planted in the spring, he will make the decision to divide the land of the two elderly people, and it will be done together when the land is contracted and measured, so as not to delay the Li family's farming.

This attitude made the Li family very satisfied. Li Jianguo felt that this was mostly the result of Li Long bringing several big jobs to the team last year, and Li Long did not deny it. Anyway, if there is work this year, he will definitely take the villagers to do it. As for whether to find the villagers directly or through the team, we will see the details.

"Brother Long, the snow in the mountains hasn't melted at all. It's much colder than in the team." Yang Yongqiang couldn't help but say as he looked at the still thick snow on both sides of the mountain road.

They made a short stop in the county. Yang Yongqiang and his friends went to buy some buns, while Li Long went to the department store to buy some daily necessities, which he intended to bring to Halimu and his friends.

When leaving, Li Anguo insisted on following. Chen Xingbang originally wanted to stay in the stable, but seeing that everyone was going, he wanted to follow too. Li Long did not refuse, as there is strength in numbers.

Li Long saw that the mountain road was wider than before. It should be that besides him, there were other people who entered the mountain during this period, otherwise the mountain road would not have become so wide.

There was a light snow during the Chinese New Year holiday, and the original footsteps on the mountain road were covered by the snow, but new marks had appeared on them.

It was lively when there were many people, and we talked and laughed as we entered the mountain. We didn't feel tired. If we felt tired, we would get on the bus and ride for a while. If we felt cold, we would get off and walk for a while. When we entered the mountain, there was wind and we felt cold.

Li Long had spent quite a while in the mountains before the Chinese New Year, and he knew where there were more fallen trees. In fact, with the current management system, Li Long could have cut down some trees for materials. However, the cut trees needed to be dried in the shade for a while, so he thought of looking for trees that fell last year. Those trees were already dried in the shade, and because they had only fallen for a year, they were not rotten, so they were just right for use.

But before that, he planned to go see Halimu first and bring the things over. As for Yushanjiang, he would not go there. He would leave the things with Halimu and let Halimu take them over when the time comes. Of course, the main reason was that Yushanjiang's winter home was not suitable for carriages to pass through.

However, Li Long did not let the donkey cart come over. He asked Tao Daqiang to lead the donkey cart to another ravine. This road was easy to distinguish. There was a pine forest on the shady slope at the end of the ravine. However, because the mountain was steep, it was possible for a mudslide to fall down when it rained, bringing down some pine trees. These pine trees were large and small, just suitable for building houses and making furniture.

Li Long took No. 76 to Halimu's winter home.

The barking of the dog woke Nathan up. After seeing Li Long, he immediately shouted. Then Halimu came out of the house. To Li Long's surprise, Yushanjiang also came out with him.

After they came over, they helped Li Long push the carriage to the winter den. Li Long began to take things down, asking as he took them:

"Brother Yushan Jiang, why are you here?"

"I came here to discuss the children's schooling and, of course, your wooden house." Yu Shanjiang said with a smile.

"It's just right. You can have a share of these things." Li Long packed them into two separate bags, just enough for one family.

"Okay." Yushanjiang was not polite, and Halimu pulled Li Long into the house to drink milk tea.

Li Long waved his hand hastily and said:

"No, I came here with the others this time. We went into the mountains to get some wood to build a house in the spring."

"Build a house? Are you preparing to get married?" Halimu reacted quickly.

"Yes, I plan to get married after the house is built and the furniture is ready."

Li Long had a smile on his face when he said this. Halimu and Yushanjiang also laughed. They were happy for Li Long.

"Do you need our help?" Yushan Jiang said, "You know, we are also good at handling wood."

Of course Li Long knew about it. He had seen it on a short video platform in later life and had also heard about it when he was traveling in Yili. It said that when these people were preparing to build houses, they went to the mountains to get wood at night because the forest rangers would not allow them to cut wood.

After they selected the tree, they cut it down in the middle of the night, cut it into three or four meter long sections, cut a hole at one end to tie a rope, passed the rope through, and then rode on horseback to drag the wood. The wood was easy to drag in the snow, so they dragged it out of the valley at a very high speed and returned home. When the rangers found them, they had already passed by and could not be chased. Of course, it is also possible that they did not chase them at all.

"No, no, we have more people." Li Long said with a smile, "We have one more car, it will be enough to pull the wood twice."

Building a house requires sandalwood rafters, both large and small trees. Li Long plans to use a horse-drawn carriage to pull the large logs and a donkey cart to pull the small logs. Tao Daqiang follows with his donkey cart, and the logs pulled belong to him. Tao Daqiang also wants to get some logs to make furniture. He also wants to build one or two more rooms next to his house, so that it will be more convenient to live in.

After all, he was about to have a son, so he had to make his home more spacious. Yang Yongqiang was not in a hurry. He came here purely to help Li Long. He was just staying at home anyway.

"Have you discussed how you plan to send your children to school?" Li Long asked as he left.

"We have already asked the herding team, and they have a house for us. Of course, we can also build our own house. We plan to leave the elderly and children there. The children will go to school and the elderly will take care of them. We can just go to the summer pasture with Yang Gangzi."

"That's good too." Li Long said, "It seems the animal husbandry team is taking good care of you."

"We haven't looked yet. We'll go and have a look after the snow melts. If we can't see the house then, we'll hurry and build one before we go to the summer pasture."

"That's fine. I'll go take a look when the time comes. I have relatives who can build houses and can help." Li Long said, "There is strength in numbers."

"Yes, there is strength in numbers." Yu Shanjiang echoed. It seemed that he had thought it through. He should let his children go to school and see the world outside instead of staying in the mountains all the time.

Li Long pulled the carriage back to the ravine where Tao Daqiang and his team had gone. Although the terrain was slightly flat, there was no road, and the carriage and donkey cart left a rut on it. Fortunately, the snow was not very deep, and Li Long walked forward along the footprints of the donkey cart and people. Less than a kilometer in, he saw Li Anguo and his team cutting trees there.

Several trees had been dragged to the donkey cart. Everyone brought tools, including saws and axes. Li Junshan, Tao Daqiang and Yang Yongqiang were cutting the branches of the trees, while Li Anguo and Chen Xingbang were sawing the two ends of the trees. The division of labor was clear. There were already two not-too-thick pieces of wood on the donkey cart at this time, and it seemed that they were very efficient.

Seeing Li Long pulling the carriage over, some people greeted him while others continued to work. Li Long also tied the carriage aside, took the axe from the carriage and started working.

Tao Daqiang and his team chose a good place. The mountain here is steeper, and there are quite a few pine trees that have been washed down on the slope. Most of them have fallen down the mountain and are lying in a mess, while some are still growing tenaciously. Li Long cut down a tree that was not too thick and suitable for being a rafter and threw it on the donkey cart. Then he went to the bottom of the ditch to drag a piece of wood and continued cutting.

There must be at least a dozen wind-fallen trees in this several hundred-meter-long ditch, the thickest of which is as thick as a bucket. Such thick pine trees can be used as beams. However, Li Long couldn't drag them, so he could only use some smaller ones.

The axe had been sharpened before coming and was very sharp. Li Long was also very strong, and it seemed that the top of the small tree only took three or five axes to chop off, and the thick end only took ten axes to chop off. As for the side branches, he only needed to chop off one with one light stroke of the axe.

Looking up at Yang Yongqiang and the others who were still chopping hard over there, and comparing their efficiency, Li Long felt quite a sense of accomplishment.

I don’t know if this is the benefit of rebirth, but Li Long always feels that he is stronger than ordinary young people of his age.

Of course, there are also better listening skills, and there should be other aspects. Li Long thinks this is also good, and he will further explore it in the future.

After working for two hours, Li Long saw that the time was almost up. There was already a lot of wood piled on the donkey cart and it could not be piled any more. There was still some left on the horse cart, so he stopped and piled up the chopped branches. He then went to the sunny slope to dig up the snow and pulled some dry grass.

There was quite a lot of dry grass under the bushes. The ravine was not a grassland and had never been grassed, so just pulling a few handfuls of hay produced a large bundle. He piled it under the broken branches and Li Long took out a lighter and lit it.

There were a few small pieces of ice on the hay, and the fire started slowly at first, and there was smoke. Li Long saw the fire and ignored it. He went to get the steamed buns he had bought, found some thin branches, strung the buns together one by one, and stuck them in the snow beside the fire.

The fire slowly started burning. Li Long got a thicker branch and found two stones to place on both sides. He then placed the branch on the stones so that he could put the buns on the branch to roast.

However, because the buns are strung with tree branches, they must be turned over frequently, otherwise the branches will burn and break, and the buns will fall into the fire.

After a while, the aroma of roasted buns spread out, and Li Anguo over there shouted loudly:
"Xiaolong, how are the buns baking?"

"Wait a moment, the outside is almost done, but the inside is still a little hard. Come over here to warm up, sit by the fire and rest for a while."

"It's not cold, I'm just a little hungry." Chen Xingbang replied, "I'll go over after I finish these two pieces of wood."

When Li Long had almost finished baking the buns, Li Anguo, Chen Xingbang and others came over one by one.

Taking off his gloves, Chen Xingbang said with emotion:
"There are so many trees in this mountain, and no one is taking care of them. If it were where I am, there wouldn't be any left."

"It's different." Li Anguo also took off his gloves and said, "There are so many people in my hometown, so there is not enough of anything. There are fewer people here, and the place is big, so there are more things. I can't use them all."

"Brother Long is a forest ranger, otherwise someone would have investigated." Tao Daqiang knew about this. "Now that the forestry team has been established, there are people in charge of the mountains and forests."

"That's right. If no one took care of such a good forest, it would have been cut down long ago, right?" Chen Xingbang sighed, while also thinking about what business he should start.

Wood is definitely not an option. Even if I borrow Li Long's help to get some wood, this is not my hometown, so there shouldn't be a shortage of wood. Shipping it back to my hometown would be a hassle and would cost a lot of money, so forget it.

Li Long said that many people dig for Fritillaria in the summer, so I could consider it. But there are still risks, after all, I am not a member of the forestry team.

Several people took a bun and started eating it, holding it with branches, otherwise it would be too hot. If they were thirsty, they would just pick up a ball of snow and chew it, anyway, the snow didn't feel dirty at that time, and no one would dislike it.

Two truckloads of wood were pulled back from the mountain to the team and temporarily placed with Li Jianguo. According to Li Long's calculations, these two truckloads were definitely not enough, and at least two more would be needed. One more would be enough to build the house, and another would be for making furniture.

Unlike later generations where two young people build a home together, in rural marriages these days, it is basically the man who prepares everything. Besides, Gu Xiaoxia is too busy to do these things, even the dowry is prepared by Gu Boyuan.

The third trip of wood transportation was barely completed because the snow on the plains began to melt and the road into the mountains became muddy. If it weren't for the large number of people, the horse-drawn and donkey-drawn carts would have almost been unable to get out.

This shows the shortcomings of animal-powered carts. The road is not good and the power of animals is limited after all. They are easily restricted by terrain and weather.

If you have a tractor, you won't have such troubles. No matter it's windy or rainy, as long as you want to run, the speed and power will be just right.

Of course, it is more difficult in winter. If you want to start the car, you have to heat the fuel tank and add hot water first, otherwise it will not start.

However, this problem can be completely ignored in the face of power - now the small four-wheel tractor has 12 horsepower, what is the probability? It is equivalent to the power of twelve No. 76s!
The wood that originally required three trips to transport can now be pulled back with one truck.

Of course, it’s still more expensive.

Li Long has inquired and found out that a new small four-wheel tractor with 12 horsepower costs yuan.

It was cheaper than he had imagined. He calculated the money he had saved, and after deducting the cost of building the house, he found he could actually afford it!
Then buy it!

Li Long told his family about this. Li Qingxia and his wife, as well as his two brothers and brother-in-law, were all very surprised.

Is this too much? Or is it that the show is too hot? (End of this chapter)