Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Li Long carried the yellow sheep into the house and handed Hong Qin the bag of sesame cakes and fruit candies he had bought from a roadside store.

Hongqin was still a little unfamiliar with this uncle. Although she had shouted at him fiercely just now, she was a little timid now. She hid beside her mother, looking at Li Long and then at the bag of snacks.

"Your uncle gave it to you, so just take it." Li Xia said with a smile, "You were just calling for your uncle's tractor, why don't you call for help now?"

Hongqin bravely took the bag of snacks and called out "uncle".

Li Long smiled and touched her head, then carried the yellow sheep into the house.

There are more empty rooms in this yard and it's larger, much better than the yard where my second brother and his family live.

However, in a place like Kuitun Construction Company, even if they build a new family compound next year, they won't be able to have a large yard like this. The land there is tight and it's difficult to expand.

Li Xia poured tea, Li Long took the bowl and took a sip, then asked:

"My brother-in-law hasn't come back yet?"

"I'll be back soon. Since I joined the food factory, I have to follow the factory's working hours, which means I can only be back between 7:30 and 8:00 in the evening. Fortunately, this place is close, and it's only a few steps away."

It can be seen that Li Xia is very satisfied with her current life.

"Okay, I won't be busy anymore. My brother-in-law is better at skinning than me. I shot this yellow sheep on the way. I know you don't need meat, so let's eat it as game."

"We can eat some of the leftover meat, but we don't eat much of the good meat." Li Xia said honestly, "The yellow sheep you sent is just right for our family."

Hongqin was chewing on a sesame cake. Even at such a young age she already knew that this thing was crispy and would fall into crumbs. She caught the crumbs with her hands while eating and poured them into her mouth after she had finished.

At this time, my mother and uncle were talking about eating meat, and I quickly raised my hand and said:
"That's right! The meat we eat is full of tendons, I can't even chew it..."

"It's good enough to have something to eat, but you're still complaining about this and that. Think about it, when you were in your hometown, did you have meat to eat?"

"No." Hongqin's voice immediately became softer. She was very satisfied with her current life. Of course, it would be better if she could live like she did in the fourth team, even though she only spent one night there.

"You haven't eaten yet?" Li Xia asked Li Long, "I'm almost done here, you can take a shower and have a rest, your brother-in-law will be back soon, and my meal will be ready soon too."

Li Long didn't want to wait any longer, so he waved his hand and said:

"I'm fine. I went to Kuitun to get a harvester for next year. I went to see my second brother and his family. Everything is fine with his family and children. In Ma County, my parents are also doing well. My father may come here to catch fish and sell them in a while. You will see him then."

"That's good, that's good." The only bad thing about Li Xia here is that she can't see her relatives and has almost no acquaintances. There are people nearby, but it's impossible to get familiar with them all at once. Hongqin, on the other hand, quickly became friends with the children nearby.

Kidnappers are extremely rare here these days, and are almost unheard of.

There should be some, but very few.

Because until later generations, Li Long had never heard of such things in the area within dozens of miles.

Maybe he is too well protected, don't you know?
Knowing that her father would come over in a while, Li Xia was already thinking about how to entertain him then.

"Sister, I'm leaving now. I was so shaken by the tractor after driving here from Kuitun that I feel uncomfortable. I just want to go back and sleep quickly." Li Long put down the tea bowl and stood up.

"Then sleep here." Li Xia hurriedly stopped him, "Why are you leaving?"

"Xiaoxia is pregnant, right? I've already told her to come back today. If I don't go back, she will be worried, right?" Li Long smiled.
"It's okay. It's only 15 kilometers away, and it will take 30 to 40 minutes to get there. I can sleep peacefully when I get there. If my dad doesn't have anyone to fish with later, I will come with him."

Since Li Long said so, Li Xia stopped trying to dissuade him. She was actually a little envious of Gu Xiaoxia. Li Long was really good to his sister-in-law. She was capable, could make money, and took care of the family.

I think my brother's wife is not bad. She is a state official, she is pretty, they eat commercial grain, and she is good to her family.

Yeah, they're a good match.

Li Long had already driven the tractor and sat on it. He adjusted his leather coat, put on a hood, waved to Li Xia Hongqin, and drove the tractor towards the road.

Since I was going back, I wouldn’t pass by the old street, otherwise I would have to turn a corner and park the car in the parking lot.

When the tractor arrived at the forest where he was robbed, the sun had already set completely, and it felt like the sky had suddenly become a lot darker.

Li Long stepped on the accelerator and increased the speed. He could feel that the temperature was dropping rapidly. If you don't have a suitable place to spend the winter at this time of year, you can really freeze to death.

When they arrived at the Ma River Bridge, it was already slightly dark. Li Long turned on the headlights and drove forward. On the road from Shicheng to Ma County, he encountered two vehicles, a horse-drawn carriage and a truck, both of which seemed to be in a hurry.

When the tractor arrived at the county town, it was already completely dark. There were no street lights at that time, so everyone walked in the dark. The occasional light that could be seen was the light from the windows of houses on the roadside, or someone holding a flashlight, or the headlights on the motors of bicycles.

There are also the lights of tractors like Li Long.

When Li Long's tractor drove into the compound, both Gu Xiaoxia and Sister Yang came over to open the door, and Han Fang followed beside them, as if it was a grand welcome.

Li Long felt that the feeling of fatigue disappeared in an instant.

What surprised him was that after the tractor entered the yard, he saw Gu Boyuan in the yellow light of the headlights.

"Xiaolong, you're back?" Gu Boyuan nodded and said, "You must be tired after running all the way. Is that a harvester on the tractor?"

"Yes, a harvester and two yellow sheep." Li Long took down the bags of two yellow sheep and said:

"I took a taxi on the road. I can't pick it up today. I'll pick it up tomorrow during the day."

He planned to keep one here to eat and send the other back to the team, and by the way, tell them that the matter had been settled.

Dinner was actually finished, but some was left for Li Long. Gu Boyuan stayed here just because he was worried about something going wrong. Now that Li Long was back, he said a few words and rode his bike out.

It was cold and the road was slippery, and the distance was not far, so he didn't ride it and just pushed it back.

Li Long was also hungry. After Sister Yang heated up the food, he wolfed down two large bowls of it. Then he went into the house, changed his clothes, and lay on the bed, not wanting to move.

But he had to move even if he didn't want to, because he still remembered that the tractor's water tank had not been lowered.

He muttered to himself that this was much more troublesome than the cars of later generations.

"I have drained all the water from the tank." After Gu Xiaoxia pushed the door open, she saw Li Long wanted to go out, so she guessed what he was thinking and said.

"Where is the water that was released?"

"Put it in a basin and pour it into the sink."

There was a sink in the kitchen, and the owner had put a wire mesh around it to prevent it from being blocked. Li Long simply took down the old colander and put the wooden handle there, so it fit perfectly.

"That's it." Li Long still trusted Gu Xiaoxia. Since the water had been drained, there was no need to go out again.

Lying back on the bed and twisting his body comfortably, Li Long didn't want to move at all.

It’s not that he didn’t have enough physical strength, but the main reason was that the tractor at that time was not well shockproof. He felt like he was being shaken all the time and his body was shaking all the time. Even if he had the best physical strength and energy, he still needed to rest at this time.

Gu Xiaoxia didn't turn on the TV. She walked to the bed, got on the bed and lay down next to Li Long, listening to his breathing, feeling very at ease.

In fact, Li Long would go out often, and most of the time he would not tell me when he would be back. At that time, although Gu Xiaoxia was occasionally worried, she did not pay much attention to it.

Li Long is capable and has a gun, so she believes that Li Long will pay attention to his own safety.

But occasionally he would tell her when he would be back, and Gu Xiaoxia would pay special attention to it. If Li Long could not come back in time, she would panic.

It's already dark today and Li Long hasn't come back yet. She really feels like her heart is hanging in the air.

I didn't feel relieved until I heard the sound of the tractor.

Li Long actually did this intentionally or unintentionally. If he didn't say anything, for example, if he was in the mountains, he really wouldn't know when he would come back.

But if you join the team, go to Kuitun or Shicheng, you will roughly know when you should come back.

Silent all night.

The next day, Gu Xiaoxia went to work, and Li Long slept very late. After getting up, he slowly ate breakfast and then went to get the yellow sheep in the storage room.

The yellow sheep, which was originally frozen solid, was now somewhat soft, perfect for skinning. Sister Yang should have gone to sell food, so Li Long skinned the yellow sheep leisurely and then processed the internal organs.

Before the offal was processed, Sister Yang came back. This time she had sold all her food, and seeing Li Long busy there, she came over to help.

The two of them quickly finished cleaning up the yellow sheep. Li Long asked Sister Yang to cook while he went to deal with the other yellow sheep.

When Gu Xiaoxia came back to prepare for lunch, Li Long had finished processing the yellow sheep.

The sheep's flesh was put into a bag, and the washed internal organs were put into another bag. The yellow sheepskin was rubbed with salt and was not taken back home, but was left here.

As for the two yellow goat horns, take them back. Li Long still has some here. He thought that if he could get a real saiga horn one day, he would get more and give one to each family. He would not need these yellow goat horns anymore.

Although the gazelle is also a type of antelope.

After lunch, Li Long talked to Gu Xiaoxia, unloaded the harvesters, piled them against the wall, covered and compacted them with plastic sheeting, then put a yellow sheep and its internal organs on the tractor, added water and oil, and drove away.

Sister Yang started to prepare the yellow sheep in the kitchen. She was happy but a little worried, because she could not eat all the meat of the sheep she brought back from time to time!

Li Long ignored Sister Yang's happy worries. He drove his tractor north and arrived at the team in less than half an hour.

Some children who did not go to school were beating an old cow on the road like Li Qiang did at this time two years ago. When they saw Li Long driving a tractor over, they did not take the old cow away, but let it stay on the road to see who would be run over by Li Long's tractor.

Li Long drove the tractor very steadily. He did not deliberately look at which old cow would be most likely to be crushed. After driving past and hearing the cheers of the children behind him, he continued to drive towards his eldest brother's house.

When they arrived at the eldest brother's house, Li Long had just turned off the engine when the door opened and Du Chunfang walked out first, bending over.

My mother's hunchback became a little more serious. She was wearing a headscarf, and when she saw Li Long, a smile immediately appeared on her face.

Li Long walked up to my mother carrying a bag of yellow sheep and sheep offal and asked:
"Mom, why did you come out? Come inside, it's cold outside."

"What's there to be afraid of? I'm wearing thick clothes."

At this time, Li Qingxia and Liang Yuemei also came out. Li Jianguo was not there because he had gone to the team to attend the villagers' representative meeting on land contracting.

Li Long knew that some of the land in the team was contracted for one year. After all, mechanization had not yet been fully popularized, and the land that each family could cultivate was still limited. Those who were able to cultivate more would contract more, and those who were not able to cultivate less would contract less.

The contract period for these active lands in the team is relatively loose, and can be one year, three to five years, or ten years.

Of course, it can also be carried out in accordance with the national maximum land contract period of fifteen years.

It was not until the second round of land contracting in 1997 that the term was extended to 30 years.

We’ll talk about this later.

"You hunted yellow sheep in Kuitun?" Li Qingxia was very envious. Which man doesn't want to participate in fishing and hunting?
"Well, I killed them when I saw them on the roadside in the Gobi Desert. I brought one to my second brother, one to my sister, one to my family, and one here."

Li Long said this with some pride, as he had shot four yellow sheep in one trip. Not to mention the yellow sheep meat, the skin alone could be sold for one or two hundred yuan.

After all, when he aimed, he basically shot the heads of yellow sheep, with the skins intact.

Liang Yuemei smiled and said:

"Xiaolong is a good shooter, otherwise he wouldn't be able to hit me. By the way, I heard that the militia training is about to start again..."

"I won't be participating this year. In the remaining two months, I will occasionally come back to dig holes in the ice and catch fish with my dad. The rest of the time I will stay in the county with Xiaoxia."

"Hit, hit, hit." Li Qingxia was very happy to hear that and responded with a grin. Tao Daqiang had to take care of the children and had no time to accompany him to catch fish. He was really itching to catch fish.

After putting the sheep on the table, Li Long started to cut it up with a knife, leaving the rest of the meat cleaning to Liang Yuemei. Li Long also had to go to Yang Hua's house to talk about Yang Yongqiang's matter.

Yang Hua and his wife were at home, and Yang Yongqiang's sister was in school, so Li Long told them that Yang Yongqiang needed to stay and wait for militia training, and would come back the following year.

"It's all right, it's all right." Yang Hua and his wife were both very excited. It was inconvenient to call at this time, so Yang Yongqiang would occasionally write back, but the letters could not contain too much information.

Even if it was from Kuitun to Ma County, the letter would still take a week or even ten days to get there.

They were naturally very happy about the news Li Long brought back yesterday.

Li Long left Yang's house and went to the team headquarters. Xu Chengjun had finished the meeting and was discussing with the accountant how to collect the land contract fee.

Li Long came to ask for leave, and he approved it.

"You won a prize last year. If you don't participate this year, it will be difficult for our team. Daqiang doesn't seem to be able to participate either--" Xu Chengjun was still a little worried.

"What's the big deal? There are so many young people. Are you afraid that you won't find any good ones?" Li Long said with a smile, "Just be strict during training. If you are not strict, everyone will run around. If you are strict, everyone will train well and fight well."

Xu Chengjun deeply agreed with this.

After Li Long dug a not-so-small hole for the young men in the team, he went back to meet with his eldest brother, talked about his second brother and sister, and then drove his tractor back to the county.

Although it was a bit cold on the road, he still liked to stay in the big yard.

My wife is here, and I have a warm bed with my wife and children. Although I don’t have children and a warm bed, it’s good to sleep with my wife.

What Li Long didn't expect was that someone came to his door after only three days at home.

Li Long was not surprised that the person who came to him was Wei Tianxing. He even guessed that Wei Tianxing had gone to Kuitun. Since they would not sell him harvesters, he had no choice but to come to Li Long.

After entering Li Long's yard, Wei Tianxing looked around and saw something piled up in the corner covered with plastic sheeting, and he had an idea.

Don't hit someone who smiles at you. Wei Tianxing came over with cans of food and wine, so Li Long couldn't just kick him out.

Besides, the other party came to him for help and there was no grudge between them, so there was no need for him to do so.

Sure enough, after chatting for a few sentences, Wei Tianxing said that he wanted to buy a harvester from Li Long.

"Yes, 550 yuan for one." Li Long quoted a high price. "I have become the agent for this area. You can only buy harvesters from me in the future. 50 yuan is my markup. You also need to sign an agreement."

He bet that Director Du would not tell Wei Tianxing the real price of the harvester.

"What agreement?" Wei Tianxing did not dwell on the price issue, but asked about the agreement.

"Five people have already bought harvesters from me. They will disperse to various villages to harvest wheat so as not to affect others. And the price of harvesting wheat is two yuan per mu, and the price cannot be reduced..."

"That's for sure. Which townships have been decided? Can I see?"

"Okay, I'll tell you." Li Long told him about several villages.

"That's fine. I happen to have a relative in Letuyi in the east. I can go there to harvest the wheat. If I do well, I can also go to harvest the wheat in Dafeng in the next county." Wei Tianxing had no objection.

"That's fine. You decide when to get the goods. I have them now, but you can get them in the spring."

"I'll come over in the afternoon with my tractor... I still need to ask you for advice on the harvesting techniques."

"That's no problem." Li Long certainly didn't just sell things, he still had to teach people how to do simple operations. The Kuitun factory didn't give him instructions, so he had to teach them by operating it himself.

I made more than 200 yuan from this transaction. The speed at which I made money is really exaggerated.

Sure enough, it’s still doing business to make money!

Of course, during the wheat season, Li Long himself would not give up harvesting wheat. He also had to save money to buy Kangmaiyin.

Wei Tianxing left happily. At this moment, he felt that Li Long was not that annoying after all.

It was a misunderstanding before.

He also felt that what Li Long said was quite right. No vicious competition would help everyone make money. Otherwise, if the price was lowered, everyone would make less money.

He is a young man with ideas. (End of this chapter)