Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

A regular meeting was going on in the supply and marketing cooperative.

As matters were discussed one by one, in fact, most of the mid-level and above leaders attending the meeting knew clearly that these matters had been reviewed by the director and deputy director, so there would be basically no accidents. The person in charge pointed out the importance of the matter, the funds and manpower required, and which unit and individuals would be responsible for its implementation, and then passed it.

After everything was said and Deputy Director Yu was about to adjourn the meeting, the newly transferred Deputy Director Liu suddenly coughed and said:

"The main matters are over. I will say something off topic at the end. It's a small matter."

This was a small accident, but since it was off topic and a small matter, Deputy Director Yu did not stop him and let him talk.

Deputy Director Liu Shengli was parachuted in from the provincial cooperative. He is 27 or 28 years old, young, energetic, and very motivated at work. Old comrades usually support him.

"I was assigned by the organization to be in charge of personnel, so this matter is actually my responsibility. But I just arrived, so I think I still have to bring it up at the meeting. I sorted out the personnel in our company and found that there is a temporary worker named Li Long who is not in office. He is in the purchasing department, Chief Li, your man, right?"

"He's mine." Li Xiangqian nodded.

"Where are people now?"

"I'm out on business." Li Xiangqian didn't respect the new deputy director very much. He started to criticize him as soon as he came. After all, he was an old man. It would be fine if you communicated with me in advance. I would explain it to you. But you didn't say anything. Are you going to make trouble for me?
"What kind of business trip? I asked some people and they said that this person hardly ever goes to work, but the company still pays him a salary and gives him benefits. Isn't that inappropriate?"

"There's nothing wrong with it. It was the decision of our company to let Li Long be the temporary worker. As for why Li Long could be the temporary worker, there were specific reasons. Deputy Director Liu, you were not there at the time, so it's normal that you don't know. As for why Li Long was on a business trip, this is the business of my purchasing department. I think if you want to know, Deputy Director Liu, you can come to me after the meeting." Li Xiangqian didn't look at the director's face. He believed that the director's face would not be good either.

It was just that the director could not argue with the deputy director at this meeting. After all, even if there were conflicts between the leaders, they would usually communicate privately. If the director and the deputy director quarreled at the meeting, it would be a big deal. The leadership team was not united, which was a big deal!

So Li Xiangqian would not bring the topic to the director, but as an old employee of the supply and marketing cooperative and a middle-level backbone, Li Xiangqian would not be friendly to Deputy Director Liu. Usually, the director and deputy director would be polite to him when they talked to him, and it was impossible for them to bypass him and bring the matter to the meeting. Since the new deputy director did this, he would naturally "handle the matter impartially".

Deputy Director Liu didn't expect Li Xiangqian to directly counterattack. What did he mean by "find him after the meeting?" He, as a deputy director, had to go to a section chief to explain himself? Shouldn't the section chief take the initiative to report to the deputy director?
He was a little confused. This was not what he expected.

Moreover, the director was drinking water with a calm face, and had no intention of resolving the situation. Deputy Director Yu was also looking through the documents and did not say anything to help him. This made Liu Shengli feel ashamed and angry.

Great, before I came here I heard about gangs and factions in the county, and I thought it was someone causing trouble, but I didn’t expect it to be true!

It seems that I have to report this to my boss. This Li Long is just a temporary worker. Could he have some extraordinary identity? I'm just going to touch him this time!

However, Liu Shengli had also risen through the ranks, and he knew that he couldn't force his way through at this time, so he laughed dryly and said:
"If that's the case, I'll find out later."

This is equivalent to taking a step back.

Seeing that the director had nothing to say, Deputy Director Yu announced the end of the meeting.

As soon as the meeting was over, Li Xiangqian followed Deputy Director Yu to his office, closed the door and started cursing:
"What the hell is this? You want to find trouble with me right away, don't you? You want to start a fire here, don't you? Don't you know what you are capable of? When Li Long joined the company, it was approved by the leader. He was originally going to be offered a permanent position, but he didn't want to be offered a permanent position. Besides, with Li Long's ability and the things he has done, can't he be offered a temporary job? In the past, when we accepted tasks from the state, every time there was a defective product, we were notified. Since Li Long started taking on jobs last year, which of these big jobs has had problems? He was praised by the state, and with those praises, he is not worth a temporary job?"

"Old Li, Old Li, don't be angry. Deputy Director Liu wasn't targeting you." Deputy Director Yu smiled and poured him a glass of water. "Calm down. You have to understand that this Deputy Director Liu came from the state commune. It is said that his father is a leader in the state. He is just a figurehead at most. It is inevitable for young people to act on impulse. You are an old man, why bother with him? He might be gone in half a year. What's wrong with tolerating him?"

"If it's just a normal thing, I would put up with it. But how can I put up with Li Long's matter? I won't put up with it! I'll just wait and see what he dares to do to me. If he dares to fire Li Long, I will report it to the state society. It's as if I have no one above me... Oh, there are people in the state society who know Li Long, I don't believe it - I'll go make a phone call!"

After saying that, Li Xiangqian went out to his office.

Deputy Director Yu smiled and put down the teacup.

After a while, Deputy Director Liu Shengli came to the door. He saw Li Xiangqian coming over just now, but because the office was far away, he only heard Li Xiangqian getting angry, but didn't hear what he said. Now he came here to get some information.

"Deputy Director Yu, I just arrived and don't understand the situation. What is the background of this Li Long?" Liu Shengli asked.

"He was recruited by Lao Li. He helped the police solve a case in Shicheng, and the report was sent directly to us." Deputy Director Yu said briefly, "He also completed several major tasks, such as the work of the purchasing department. He is Lao Li's right-hand man."

He thought that since he had explained it so clearly, Deputy Director Liu should understand.

"That means he doesn't have any background, but he's quite capable, right? Then why isn't he recruited? I remember our company expanded its staff before the New Year, right?"

"I heard that Li Long doesn't want to be supervised." Deputy Director Yu said, "You can ask Lao Li for details. I don't know much."

Liu Shengli nodded thoughtfully.

After listening to Deputy Director Yu's words, he understood that Li Long must be Li Xiangqian's own man, maybe even a relative. If he was not included in the staff, it means that he did not meet the requirements! Who would not want to be included in the staff and become a formal employee these days? Only a fool would not want to be included, right?
Eating commercial grain is the dream of many people!

Therefore, the fact that he could do this only means that Li Long firstly did not meet the qualifications and secondly did not have any background, otherwise how could he be just a temporary worker?

So Liu Shengli thought that it might not be a bad idea to make some moves on Li Long.

Of course, he still needed to reach a consensus with his superiors, so he thought he should first sound out the director.

Since it was an organizational decision, the director must have agreed to it, but this person was often absent, and there were regulations for moving him. If you want to carry out your work, if you cannot establish your authority, it will be difficult for others to obey you.

How can you convince people if you haven’t even taken the first step?
Li Long was not aware that someone was interested in a small figure like him. He was building the well platform while answering Zhang Xinhua's questions.

"I went into the mountains to pull wood. It was very cold in the mountains at that time. I happened to come across Halimu's winter home. He invited me in for some milk tea. That's how we got to know each other."

After knowing that the other party was a reporter from the autonomous region, Li Long became cautious. Although the collection of Fritillaria and deer antlers is now more relaxed, it is not good to say it out loud. So he made it vague.

"Then how did you become friends?" Zhang Xinhua continued to ask.

"I am an employee of the supply and marketing cooperative," Li Long skipped a long story and said, "I often have to go to the mountains to perform tasks, such as making handles and broom poles. Halimu and Yushanjiang thought that it was not good for me to live in the mountains, so they helped me build a wooden house in the mountains, so that I could become a mountain dweller. I am very grateful to them. I often bring them some food, salt and other daily necessities. We became friends for each other. They helped me complete the task as soon as possible in the mountains, and I brought them things. This is a win-win situation and mutual benefit here, but in fact it is more about friendship, like brothers. Otherwise, they would not trust me so much." Zhang Xinhua nodded. In fact, she did her homework before coming to the interview. The herders in the mountains are relatively closed and it is difficult for them to trust outsiders. However, once they trust each other, they will open their hearts and really treat them as their own people.

"Then you have a really good relationship." Zhang Xinhua praised, "You must have paid a lot to gain their recognition, right?"

"In fact, I feel that I have gained a lot. Some people have misunderstandings about them. They are a group of sincere men. The more you communicate with them, you will know that they speak and act without beating around the bush. If they like something, they like it. If they don't like something, they don't like it. They are very direct and straightforward."

"That's right." Zhang Xinhua felt a little emotional and nostalgic. She had met such people when she went to the countryside.

"I heard from Yelaya that you have come here three times. Are you commissioned by Halim and others?" Zhang Xinhua continued to ask.

"Yes and no." Li Long had almost finished building the well platform. Ye Laya was standing by, holding the wellhead. Zheng Mingyue was taking pictures. Ma Xiaoyan came over to listen. In fact, she also wanted to show her face in the camera.

"At that time, Halimu and Yushanjiang asked me whether we should send our children to school in the mountains. My suggestion was to do so. In fact, before that, when they went to the summer pasture last year, I brought them a radio. They learned a lot about the country's policies and major events from it. They also heard a lot of stories and legends about their Kazakh people and the current good policies from the Kazakh language station of the autonomous region. That's why they wanted to send their children to study in the mountains. Of course, they also had concerns. After all, the elderly and children would definitely have some difficulties in life if they went down the mountain. At that time, I told them not to worry and go to the mountains. I was here. They regarded me as a good brother. How could I let my brother's family suffer? Besides, I have a tractor, so it is convenient for me to come here and find people to work. It's easy to do all these things."

"But your simple act is very, very rare in the eyes of many people," Zhang Xinhua said. "Not everyone can fulfill their promises, let alone to comrades of other nationalities, even to their own relatives and friends."

"That's a human problem, not a national problem." Li Long smiled, applied the last bit of cement, and said with a smile:

"We have dozens of ethnic groups living together on this land. In socialist society, we are members of a big family. We are all equal, and it is normal for us to make friends and call each other brothers. Now that we have the good policies of the Party, we should hold together like pomegranate seeds, so that we can live a good life and realize the four modernizations. I won't make big promises, but since I promised Halim Yusanjan and others, I must do this, otherwise I will not be able to see them."

"What did you say? All nations should be like..."

"Like pomegranate seeds," Li Long felt ashamed. Sorry to borrow your great words, I just said it. "The pomegranate seeds are tightly hugged inside the pomegranate. The outside is red, and the inside is also red. The whole outside is our autonomous region, and the seeds inside are our ethnic groups. Why should we be divided into your ethnic group and mine? We live together on this land. I heard that during the Han Dynasty, the Han people cultivated land here, and people of all ethnic groups lived together. There were thirty-six countries in the Western Regions, and later groups came, left, and stayed until now. We are all members of the same big family, and there is no distinction between us."

"That's great!" Zhang Xinhua couldn't help but applaud and praised, "Li Long, you're great! What's your education level? Where did you graduate from?"

"Me? I didn't even graduate from junior high school." Li Long said with a smile, "I don't have any education, I just speak out my feelings. I didn't know how to say these things before, but after communicating with people like Halim and Yushanjiang, I gradually understood. Yelaya!"

"Hey!" Yelaya responded quickly.

"Tell the old lady not to use this well for the time being. Tomorrow, at least wait until the cement dries up before using it. And it's best to sprinkle some water every one or two hours to make sure it's completely dry from inside to outside. That way, there won't be any problems even in winter. Otherwise, if the well platform is broken, it will be hard to repair."

"Okay." Yelaya hurriedly told the old lady, and the old lady nodded and also spoke.

"She said there was water at home and she would see how it would be used tomorrow."

"Okay, I have to go to Yushan Jiang's house." Li Long stood up and said with a tile knife in his hand, "Reporter Zhang, should we move to another place? I want to finish the work today."

"Okay, no problem." Zhang Xinhua naturally had no problem with it. She was still surprised that Li Long, who only had a junior high school education, could say such a philosophical thing.
Is it because the truth is simple, or is it because of the power of the masses?

This is really the right trip!

She felt that the story between Li Long, Halimu and Yushanjiang could really be explored!

Li Long carried the remaining half bag of cement to the tractor, put it down, and drove the tractor in front to lead the way. Ye Laya sat in the tractor's bucket, and 212 followed behind to Yushanjiang's home.

There were also many people in Yushanjiang's house carrying buckets to pump water. The well platform was obviously different from the day before. Li Long probably got loose while pumping, so he built it up again.

Adili came over on horseback. It was not that he was slow to realize it. Today, there was a dispute between the team and others over the grassland, so he went to check the grassland. Only when he came back did he know that a big shot had come to the team, so he hurried over on horseback.

After exchanging a few words with Yelaya, Adili basically understood the situation.

He came over to meet Zhang Xinhua and Zheng Mingyue, said hello, and then went to chat with Li Long.

"Deputy Captain, let everyone go back first. I'll fix the platform with cement. You see it's still shaking. Once it's done, we can pump water properly tomorrow." Li Long said.

Adili nodded and shouted a few words to those who were still waiting for water to be pumped, and everyone slowly left with their buckets.

"Yelaya, ask Yushanjiang's wife if the water pressure at home is good. If it is, I will repair this table."

Ye Laya asked, and Yushanjiang's wife shook her head and took out two empty buckets from the house.

Li Long pressed carefully, and after pressing out two buckets of water, he began to mix cement and sand.

This time it was Adili who helped, holding the head of the well, and then Li Long began to build the platform from the bottom up.

Zheng Mingyue took the photo again. This time Ma Xiaoyan didn't dare to move closer. If she moved closer, it would be too obvious.

Zhang Xinhua pulled Ye Laya over and asked her to translate for Yu Shanjiang's wife while he asked questions. They were mainly about Li Long's coming and the things that happened in the mountains.

When Li Long had half of the well platform built, Zhang Xinhua had almost finished asking questions, and then came over to Li Long and said:

"Comrade Li, both families have spoken very highly of you. They said that you changed their lives, allowed their children to go to school, helped them survive the snowstorm, kept them from getting sick and having no medicine to take on the summer pasture, and helped them solve the problem of insufficient food..."

"No, no, no, this is mutual." Li Long said again, "My contribution is not free, they also helped me a lot. I think this is normal. The situation in the mountains is complicated. If it weren't for them, I might have been eaten by wild animals in the mountains. They took me in when I was helpless and allowed me to complete the task smoothly. This is all the help they gave me. This kind of thing is mutual, so I think if you really count it, no one can do without the other. We can no longer say who owes whom or who helps whom. It's all due and it feels very natural.

That's it, brother." (End of this chapter)