Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Ten mu may sound like a lot, but the field is long, about 400 meters from end to end, and three people can cover about six mu of land by walking back and forth along the furrows. Although the sowing speed is not as fast as that of a seeder, it is much faster than expected.

Moreover, this method of sowing does not require bending over. You just need to lower your head and use force with your hands, and pay attention from time to time to see if there are enough seeds in the funnel above. It is actually very easy.

Li Long didn't have the chance to make that kind of roller-type jukebox, otherwise the speed would be even faster.

This was already quite good. When they turned around and called back, there were already people watching at the edge of the field.

The news that the Li family was going to plant da melons had spread throughout the village. At this time, most people in the village didn't even know what da melons were.

After being educated by knowledgeable people, these people realized that this thing is the same as watermelon, except that the seeds are used.

Li Long didn't care much about the spread of these news, and even deliberately fanned the flames, because Dagua is different from watermelon. Watermelon is mainly sold for the melon, while Dagua is mainly sold for the seeds. This thing is not as delicious as watermelon, and at most it can quench thirst. If someone wants to eat Dagua, Li Long welcomes them with both hands, as long as they leave the seeds behind.

For the villagers in the team, it is not easy to crack melon seeds, so there is no use in taking them back.

At first, everyone came here just to see what the melons grown by the Li family looked like. Now, it seems that more attention is paid to the on-demand devices in the hands of Li Long and the other three.

Tao Daqiang and his team also came over. He knew about the on-demand device and had used it before, so he gave everyone some basic information.

Yes, it is popular science. This term was taught to him by Li Long. It is about popularizing science so that everyone knows what science is. The principle of this thing can also be considered a kind of science. Tao Daqiang feels like he has become a teacher.

"That on-demand device is pretty good." Someone saw the trick and praised it.

"It's inconvenient to use a large plot of land, but it's nice to have vegetables in the vegetable garden at home."

"It can be used in a private plot. It's good for planting things that can't be planted on a large scale. There's no special seed drill, so don't you have to use this?" Some people are already thinking about what they would use this for if they borrowed it.

By the time Li Long and his team came back and forth, the sun had risen to noon.

The original plan was to go home for lunch after sowing. Now it seems that there is not much left, less than two people each making a round trip. Li Jianguo said:

"Xiaolong, drive the tractor back and bring the food here. We'll come back after we finish the work."

"What are we going to cook?" Li Long waved his hand. "Three of us, hurry up. You start from this end, I'll start from that end. We can just connect and eat when we're done. Why make another trip?"

Li Qingxia and Du Chunfang followed them all the time as they ordered the seeds. After Li Long and his team finished ordering the seeds, they stepped on the location where they ordered the seeds to compact the soil on top of the seeds, which would help the seeds germinate.

After hearing what Li Long said, Du Chunfang also said:
"That's right, what's the point of that trip? One person chews a piece of dry bread to fill his stomach, drinks a few sips of water, and it's done in a short while."

Li Jianguo knew that his mother would unconditionally support Li Long no matter what happened, so he looked at Liang Yuemei.

"Let's finish the work before we come back." Liang Yuemei also said, "The rest of these are not worth doing after dinner."

Li Jianguo looked up at the big sun and said:

"That's fine." Then he turned to Li Qingxia and Du Chunfang and said:
"Dad, Mom, you two go take a rest in the shade behind the tractor."

"What's this sun?" Du Chunfang waved her hands. "Come, each of you eat a piece of bread to fill your stomach. Then hurry up and work. After you're done, you still have to plant vegetables when you go back."

Liang Yuemei smiled when she heard this. She knew that her mother-in-law was most concerned about the vegetables in Li Long's vegetable garden. These past two days, her mother-in-law often said that her own vegetable garden was taken care of, but Li Long's yard was often empty and no one was taking care of the vegetables, so she had to go there often.

Liang Yuemei didn't have any objections. Her mother-in-law was telling the truth, and she was happy to see the vegetables in both yards grow well. They could definitely not finish eating, but whether they could finish eating was one thing, and whether they grew well was another. The women in the village were still competing with each other, openly or secretly. Living a good life, growing vegetables well, taking good care of children, and having a man who could make money were all objects of comparison.

Liang Yuemei actually compared herself with others last year, but she didn't have the heart to do so this year. Her brother-in-law was able to make money, and her family's living standards suddenly became the best in the village, and no one could compare with her.

Her husband can farm, has high aspirations, can raise pigs, and has won honors in the village. This is enough for her to speak loudly and do things confidently in front of other women.

It is normal for the mother-in-law to favor her younger brother-in-law, after all, she has not taken care of him for a long time. But Li Long pays more attention to his own family. Although he has started a family now, people's hearts will not change so quickly.

Even though there were urgent matters in the mountains, Li Long still insisted on finishing planting the melons here before leaving. Just this point made Liang Yuemei realize that Li Long was still the same Li Long, and he would not become estranged from his elder brother or this family just because of marriage.

Several people each had a piece of dry steamed bun, chewing it with tea. Li Long regretted not bringing some pickled mustard and red tofu, even a bowl of salted chives would have been nice.

But there are not so many rules here. Just chew the dry bun with a crunch, take a sip of tea to moisten your throat, and then continue working.

The onlookers had long since dispersed. They were just there to see the novelty. It takes four or five months from sowing to harvesting melons. There is no need to rush. When the melons are ripe, you can come over if you want to eat them. I don't think the Li family will refuse.

The sun in early April was not very strong, but Li Long's face was sweating, but he didn't feel tired. After all, he had experienced many things and done many jobs that were much more tiring than this one. It was nice to experience farming life occasionally. At least it would not make him forget his roots.

When Li Long and his colleagues finished their work and drove the tractor back home, Chen Lirong was already getting a little anxious.

Li Xueping and Li Xueqin had already finished their meal and didn't want to rest at home, so they went to the preschool hand in hand. Although the preschool hadn't started yet in the afternoon, there were already a few children playing there, and they quickly joined in.

The two children have gradually changed to speaking Xinjiang-style Mandarin. Children learn languages ​​much faster and integrate into this environment much faster. Even when they heard from their mother that they might go to school in the city in the future, they were reluctant.

After all, it’s so much fun here, and no one looks down on or bullies them. As outsiders, they are treated differently.

Hearing the sound of the tractor and seeing it turn at the end of the road, Chen Lirong breathed a sigh of relief. She waved her hand and quickly went back to the house and started serving the meal.

She is not very good at using a pot to cook rice, steamed buns, stir-fried vegetables and soup at noon.

The tractor drove into the yard. After it was turned off, Li Long got off. He went to the back and helped his parents get off. Here, Chen Lirong had already prepared water and put out towels for everyone to wash.

When you work in the fields in the spring, you are inevitably covered in dust. When you harvest in the fall, you will have some leaves or insects on your body. This is a habit.

After brushing off the dust on their bodies, they washed themselves quickly and ate. They were so hungry that they ate voraciously, including Du Chunfang.

Li Long thought that he should let his mother do less work like this in the future. His mother had little physical activity and little appetite, but she lived to be over 90 years old. She always looked sickly, but she had never been seriously ill.

Now that my lifestyle habits have been changed, isn’t that a bad thing?

With all sorts of random thoughts in his mind, Li Long finished eating quickly.

"There's no more work to do in the fields, Xiaolong. You still have work to do in the mountains, so go ahead." Li Jianguo said while eating. "It's good to come back once in a while."

"Yes, Xiaoxia is in the county, you two should not act like you are separated." Liang Yuemei also said while eating, "Being married is different from not being married, so if you can be together, don't separate. Even if you have to work in the mountains, you have a tractor, so come back every few days and talk to each other about life. It's not right for you to be alone, especially when you just got married."

Li Long deeply agreed with this.

After dinner, he drove the tractor to add water and oil, and checked other things that needed to be dealt with. After finishing them, he handed the house key to his mother. Li Long hid the Type 56 semi-automatic rifle in the bed of the tractor, took some clothes for change, and drove the tractor to the county.

Although Chen Xingbang was told that they would leave the day after tomorrow, he could go to the county now, purchase food and other things tomorrow, and visit Halimu and his children at the pastoral team, and then go into the mountains the day after tomorrow.

Well, that's it.

The tractor was driving very fast, running in fifth gear very easily. The tractor seemed to be able to sense Li Long's urgency, and it sped forward with a rumbling sound without even a puff of smoke. There were not many people on the road, and even if there were people, they would avoid the roadside when they heard the sound of the tractor from a distance, and then look at the tractor curiously.

There are no more than ten people who own private tractors in the whole township, which is quite rare.

After driving all the way to the county, Li Long saw that it was still early, so he went to the market. The grain sold here was more expensive than in the grain store, but the advantage was that no tickets were required.

Li Long bought two bags of rice and two bags of noodles. It can be seen that these whole bags of rice and noodles are probably from the grain store, and the stitches are not removed. Each kilogram is a few cents more expensive than the grain store, but it is worth it.

He went to the department store again and bought notebooks, pens, school bags, pencil cases, erasers and other school supplies. Thinking that Yushanjiang's children were old enough to use fountain pens, he bought two more fountain pens and four bottles of ink. At that time, students still used sky blue ink, or pure blue ink.

After buying the things, Li Long saw that there was still time, so he simply drove his tractor to the pastoral team.

The pastoral team is located not far from Qingshui River and at the foot of Nanshan Mountain, but it is still several kilometers away from Nanshan Mountain.

The road was newly built and paved with gravel. The houses in the residential area were both new and old. When Li Long arrived, the first thing he saw was the school with the national flag erected.

The school is not a new building, but it occupies a large area. There are children playing football on the playground and shouting loudly. It seems that from this time or even earlier, these herdsmen's children have liked to play football.

Li Long looked at the time. It should be the end of the school. He originally wanted to ask someone to go to Halimu's home, but now he changed his mind and drove the tractor to the front of the elementary school.

The rumbling sound of the tractor attracted the children on the playground. Li Long stood up, stepped on the paddle board, and tried hard to look among the crowd of children to see if he could find Nathan.

He was a little face-blind. Although these children were not wearing the same clothes, their face shapes looked similar. Moreover, the distance was a bit far, so Li Long could not tell.

He was a little disappointed. When he got down to start the tractor and went to ask someone, a child suddenly ran out and shouted:

"Uncle, uncle!"

Then another bigger man jumped out.

When he ran up to him, Li Long recognized him. Wasn't this Halim's other son, Sasken?
There is another one, that should be Yushanjiang’s child. Li Long remembers that his name seemed to be Yeerjiang?

"Have you finished school?" Li Long asked with a smile.

"It's released, it's released. Uncle Li Long, are you here to see us?" Sasken asked as he climbed onto the back of the tractor.

"Yeah, I don't know where your home is."

"I'll take you there." Ye Erjiang said loudly.

"I can bring it too!" Susken also rushed to say.

"Come one by one, come one by one, whose house is closer?"

"My home is close!" Yeerjiang said loudly, full of pride.

Li Long remembered that Yushanjiang's son was a bit honest and didn't talk much. Is he different after arriving at the pastoral area?
"Are you in junior high school?" Li Long asked.

"Yes, starting from the first grade." Ye Erjiang is actually old enough to go to the third grade, but he probably needs to make up for the previous courses.

Under his guidance, Li Long drove out not far before arriving at Yushanjiang's yard.

The old yard is quite big, but it is rather run-down, which is normal. After all, the animal husbandry was only re-established last year, and some things will take some time to recover. Li Long thought that he would find time to build it up later.

There was no gate, so Li Long simply drove the tractor into the yard. When he heard the noise, the people in the house had already come out: Yushanjiang's wife and her daughter, Ganagul.

When they saw Li Long, they looked surprised. They probably didn't expect Li Long to come.

"All right," Li Long greeted after getting off the tractor. "I heard you were here, so I came to see you and bring you some things."

Yerjiang helped move rice, flour and other things into the truck bed.

"You are going to school now. This is a school bag for each of you. It contains a pencil case, pencils, ink, notebooks, etc. It is a gift for you."

Li Long gave a schoolbag to each of Yeerjiang and Jianaguli. He also bought some brick tea and sugar cubes, which are essential items for herders, and brought one for each of the two families.

"Thank you, thank you!" Yushanjiang's wife knew Li Long. She realized what was happening and hurriedly said thank you. Then she invited Li Long to "come in and have some milk tea!"

"No, I still have to go to Halimu's house, and then I have to rush back to the county." Li Long smiled and waved his hand, saying, "You are not far away, I will come to see you when I am free. If you need anything, let me know in time."

The family of three watched Li Long drive away on the tractor, feeling very emotional.

Their family had just moved here, and the only people they knew were Halim's family.

There are definitely some things missing, but I'm used to it in the mountains, so I just don't need them. But it's different here from the mountains. After all, my children have to go to school, so I can't be without anything. When I first came here, Yushanjiang brought some things with me. I basically have everything I need, but there are still some small things missing.

Now that Li Long is coming, they feel more confident.

This is a friend with whom you can confide and share your innermost thoughts.

Susken pointed and asked Li Long to drive to his home quickly.

The yard of Halimu's family was similar to that of Yushanjiang's family, both were quite dilapidated, but there were wooden sticks erected on both sides of his door, and two wooden sticks were sandwiched horizontally to block it as a door. Although it couldn't stop thieves, it meant that someone was at home.

The sound of the tractor also startled Halimu's mother and Nathan who was playing in the yard. When he saw that it was Li Long, Nathan exclaimed with surprise in his voice.

Li Long parked the tractor on the side of the road, said hello to Halimu's mother, and started moving things downstairs.

Sasken had already got his own schoolbag, and Li Long handed another schoolbag to Nathan, asking him to open it and look at the school supplies inside.

"It's better than mine, much better than mine!" Nathan looked at the schoolbag and shouted loudly, turning his head to say to his grandmother, "Apa, Apa! Look, this is the schoolbag my uncle bought for me! There's a beautiful pencil case inside..."

Grandma smiled happily, and Li Long took down the rice and noodles and put them into the house.

This house is also quite shabby, it seems barely habitable. This made Li Long more determined that he would bring people over to repair this place after a while. It was not okay to live like this.

After putting the rice and flour away, Li Long brought in other things from the tractor, chatted with Nathan and his family, and asked about some things with the old lady through Nathan's translation. Nathan's grandmother wanted to cook, but Li Long refused, saying that he had to go back to the county after dark, and that he would come here often in the future, and asked them to tell him directly if they had anything to say.

When Li Long drove away on the tractor, there were already many children gathered outside the yard, many of whom were playing football just now. Nathan and Yerjiang were already showing their friends the gifts that Li Long had given them.

This made other children envious. Most of them had parents who were herding in the mountains, and they either followed their grandparents or mothers in the herding team. They were considered the earliest group of left-behind children. They also hoped that someone would come to see them and bring them gifts.

When Li Long drove the tractor back to the county, the sun had already set for a while. Gu Xiaoxia should have finished get off work, so Li Long went to the big meat canteen to buy a bag of steamed buns and a few steamed buns, packed two dishes, and excitedly drove the tractor to the compound.

He seemed a little impatient.

Well, that's understandable.

When the tractor arrived at the gate of the compound, Gu Xiaoxia had already heard the noise. When she opened the door and saw Li Long, she was startled at first, but then she smiled. (End of this chapter)