Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

"Fifteen for one car, thirty for two cars, not expensive, right?" Captain Ma sat down and said to Li Long, "Let me tell you, car prices are not cheap, and they were originally going to go up, but for Mr. Li's sake, this is the price."

Li Long was thinking, Ma Chunlei said again:
"Don't think it's expensive. Ten dollars is given to the driver, and our team will take five dollars. If you think it's okay, then it's a deal. If not, then ..."

"Okay, okay." Li Long naturally had no objection.

It’s really not cheap to transport things by car these days. Fifteen yuan is enough for a trip to the mountains.

Besides, it is not a one-time transaction. It will take at least fifty, six, seventy or eighty trips later.

It is also possible to calculate how much a car can carry. If it carries more, you can estimate based on the quantity later.

After discussing things, Li Long drove a jeep to buy some rice, flour, oil, and daily necessities, and drove to the pastoral team's stay.

Halimu's mother, Yushanjiang's wife and children are all here. Halimu and his family are about to move to another place, so Li Long has to come over to see what's going on here.

This year, the animal husbandry team seems to have added several courtyards and repaired some houses. The contrast between the new and the original traces is very obvious.

Some roofs have also been reinforced and covered with mud.

Of course, the most eye-catching is still Halimu's yard, the wall of which is generally higher and even than other walls, without any gaps. The road leading to the outside of the yard is paved and compacted.

When Li Long's jeep drove into the guard post, some people had already left the yard to look around.

Nathan and Susken were studying at the college, and the old lady was the only one in the yard. When she saw the jeep approaching the door, the old lady smiled.

She knew this car, of course. Li Long had driven this jeep to Halimu's home many times before and brought things to them.

Knowing that Li Long had arrived, the old lady stood up and slowly walked towards the door.

Li Long got out of the car and moved things to the yard. The old lady was talking, but Li Long couldn't understand her, so he just responded with "hmm" and "ah".

After unloading some of the things, looking inside the house and then looking at the kitchen, Li Long planned to bring some meat and new bedding next time he came.

The bedding in this room is very worn out.

Li Long simply helped take out the bedding and hung it outside to dry in the sun, so that at least it would be warmer when sleeping at night.

The weather in late April is still quite cool in the mornings and evenings.

After finishing all this, Li Long said hello to the old lady and went to Yushanjiang's yard again.

When I returned home after delivering the things, Sister Yang was already cooking.

After eating at home, Li Long drove his jeep to the transportation company.

When Gu Boyuan heard that Li Long was going to bring back a batch of trucks in the evening, he said he would stay and help unload the truck.

Li Long did not refuse. Unloading the truck was indeed a troublesome job and it was difficult for him to do it alone.

The place agreed with Captain Ma was not at the transportation company, but at the fork in the road west of the county town.

Cars of transport companies are usually driven into the garage after get off work, but the unspoken rule is that the drivers are allowed to drive back to their own homes and drive back to work the next day.

After all, the person who manages the garage will go off work once the door is locked, and no one will be willing to run over from home to open the door for the driver at this time.

So when Li Long arrived at the west side of the county, he saw two cars.

The driver was squatting on the side of the road smoking. When he saw Li Long driving a jeep over, both of them subconsciously stood up and threw away their cigarette butts.

Li Long parked the jeep on the side, got out and shook hands with the two men, and stuffed two packs of Daqianmen into each of them.

The two drivers immediately laughed.

The jeep was in front and the two cars were behind, driving into the mountains.

The small convoy raised a cloud of dust, and people passing by were also curious when they saw this scene.

What kind of big leader is going into the mountains and making such a big fuss?

When we arrived at Xiaobaiyanggou, the people there had already had dinner.

After dinner, some diligent people still wanted to continue editing, while some people had already taken a rest.

After all, the intensity of labor that day was quite high. I had to cut the strips, chop the poles, and then roast the strips and weave them. My hands were all black.

According to Li Jianguo last year, he hadn't washed his hands for half a month since returning from the mountains.

The black ash from the roasted strips has already seeped into the skin, and the skin on your hands will only turn white after a layer of it has shed off.

When the convoy came over, Li Long parked the jeep aside to try not to affect the entry and exit of cars, and then directed two cars to come to the front of the large pile of porters.

The people who were making the handles came over to help.

Someone swiftly opened the trunk of the car and climbed up. Someone else started to push up the handles from below, and the people above started to place the items.

The two cars were loaded in an orderly manner.

Soon, Li Long could tell the difference between a car and a tractor.

This car can carry at least four tractors, but the capacity of the tractor buckets is still too small.

After the carriage was full, someone brought a dozen large wooden poles and inserted them diagonally vertically. This way, the handle could be prevented from falling, and loading could continue.

If there weren't enough wooden poles, someone would immediately go over and cut some. Anyway, there weren't many requirements for the wooden poles, as long as they could hold the handle.

The car was loaded higher and higher, and the people on top had to step on the handles as carefully as possible.

Fortunately, Li Long has very high requirements on the quality of the handles, so these handles will not be broken even if they are stepped on a few times.

Then Li Long discovered that even with nearly 180 porters, the two cars were not completely full.

There is still room for extra installation.

He roughly estimated that the two cars could carry more than two hundred porters, or even more.

Of course, the mountain roads were not very good, and he didn't want to load too much.

That's it.

It seems that I only need to come here every two or three days to get it.

"Brother Long, I'll go back with you to unload the truck." Tao Daqiang came over and said, "Can you come over tomorrow? Just come and take me with you."

With so many people carrying the load, it took nearly half an hour to load the dozen or so items. If Li Long had to unload them by himself, who knows how long it would take.

Not only Tao Daqiang, but also Jia Weidong, Xie Yundong and others are also coming back.

The same goes for Xu Haijun and a few other young men.

"Don't worry about that much. Brother Yundong, you stay here. Daqiang, Haijun, the rest of you, get on the passenger seat and follow us back to unload the truck." Li Long thought about it and decided, "I'll bring you here tomorrow morning."

The car drove out of Xiaobaiyanggou. It was not dark yet, so the people who were supposed to be carrying the load continued to work. They were also discussing what time Tao Daqiang and the others would be able to return tomorrow.

Li Jianguo walked out with a shotgun on his back.

Xu Haijun told him that there were roe deer passing by the ditch over there, and he wanted to go over and take a look to see if he could shoot one.

With a gun in hand and having shot a wild boar before, Li Jianguo thought he could give it a try in his spare time.

This gun is a good thing!
When the jeep drove the two cars back to the yard, the stars were already visible in the sky. It was indeed a little late.

Fortunately, it was not dark yet. When the car drove into the yard, several young men immediately jumped out from the passenger seat and started unloading the car.

Gu Boyuan, who was waiting, did not expect that Li Long would pull the young man back. He was stunned at first, and then laughed.

With so many loaders, it would take at least one or two hours for him and Li Long to unload them all, right?
Fortunately, we have these guys, that's good.

After Tao Daqiang and his team greeted Gu Boyuan and Gu Xiaoxia, they immediately started unloading the truck.

In order to get back as soon as possible, the two drivers also joined in. In the past, they basically did not participate in unloading when they were hauling things, and there were special people to unload them.

Unloading was much faster than loading, and these people worked together quickly and unloaded the handles and placed them against the wall.

There was a hedgehog there, but it had already been scared away by the noise. The little black dog and two roe deer were also scared away by the scene and hid in the backyard, occasionally poking their heads out to watch the fun.

By the time all the loads were unloaded, it was already dark.

The money had already been given, and Li Long stuffed a pack of cigarettes into each driver's hand and said some words of thanks.

Sister Yang had already ordered the noodles, and the young man who unloaded the truck, the driver, and Li Long ate together.

Even if Li Long wanted to invite them out for dinner, there was no place to go. The state-owned canteen had closed long ago, and privately owned restaurants were still rare and would not be open at this time.

"Eat early tomorrow, and then I'll send you to the mountains so that you won't be delayed from working." Li Long promised.

"It's not that big of an hour." Xu Haijun joked while eating, "When I was in the army, I was thinking about when I could ride in the jeep of our regiment leader. I didn't get to ride in the army, but I didn't expect to have the opportunity to ride in it after returning. It's worth it!"

"That's right, it's worth it!" another young man said with a smile.

Li Long has many houses, so it is no problem to provide accommodation for the young men.

After eating noodles, Gu Boyuan returned to his own courtyard with a flashlight. Li Long arranged rooms for the young men, then went back to the bedroom to soak Gu Xiaoxia's feet.

Gu Xiaoxia's due date is in June, which is still more than a month or nearly two months away, but right now her feet are very swollen and her belly is quite big.

According to Li Long, you should just ask for leave and don’t go. Your health is important.

But Gu Xiaoxia couldn't do that. She felt that she was fine, except that she was a little tired from going to and from get off work. It was not that troublesome for her to stay in the office on weekdays.

"You have no idea how much my colleagues in the office envy me!" Gu Xiaoxia said to Li Long while soaking her feet with a smile, "I said I don't have any reaction now. I don't want to eat anything, but I don't want to eat anything in particular. I don't vomit..."

"Stop talking." Li Long said hurriedly, "Just be good to yourself, don't talk and then react, that would be troublesome, right? The evil here knows this, right?"

"Okay, okay, I won't say anything. In your words, make a fortune in silence." Gu Xiaoxia waited for Li Long to wipe her feet, then brought her slippers, squatted down to help her put them on, and then went to pour the water.

Gu Xiaoxia was a little embarrassed at first, but now she has gotten used to it. Looking at Li Long's back, her eyes are full of happiness.

Sister Yang knew that Li Long and his friends had to go to the mountains early, so she got up to cook as soon as it got light. By the time Li Long and his friends got up and washed up, breakfast was already ready.

Gu Xiaoxia soaked her feet last night, and Li Long put a pillow under her legs when she went to bed, so she slept well. It is said that this is a method of fast rest passed down by someone who used to be a special forces soldier.

So even though she got up early, Gu Xiaoxia slept well and looked energetic.

After having breakfast together, Li Long first sent Gu Xiaoxia to the Education Bureau, then came back to pick up Tao Daqiang and the others, and drove a jeep into the mountains.

Sitting in the jeep, Xu Haijun, who had grabbed the co-pilot seat, looked excited:

"Hey, the leader of our regiment used to sit here. Usually when we see this car and this seat, we are really envious - I never thought that one day I would be able to sit in one. This car is more comfortable than a tractor or a big truck!"

Li Long thought that in twenty years, when you buy a car, you will feel how uncomfortable it is to sit in this 212 square meter cabin.

The shock absorption systems of cars at that time were not very good, and were definitely not as good as those of later cars.

The first batch of cars for the fourth team were not bought with their own money. Instead, the county and township provided rural women with a three-year interest-free loan to help local women start their own businesses.

Since there is no interest anyway, some people take the money and buy a car right away - although it is not a good car, but at least it is a car.

The old people said that these guys were very pretentious, buying cars with very little money.

But I didn't expect that in 2010, cotton prices would suddenly soar. That year, cotton growers became wealthy, and nearly half of the families in the village bought cars. Some didn't even have a driver's license, but they bought a car - it was easier to get a driver's license in those two years.

Tao Daqiang and others squeezed in the back row, and they were also looking at the scenery on both sides.

It's not much different from sitting in a car and looking at both sides, but in their eyes, the feeling is completely different.

Except for this car, only leaders ride in the others.

By the time we arrived at Xiaobaiyanggou, people had already had breakfast. Some people were cutting strips, while others were burning the strips to make handles.

Only then did Xu Haijun and a few others regain their composure, quickly returned to their workstations and started working.

Li Long's gaze fell on Lao Huang.

There was a roe deer hanging on the tree next to Lao Huang's stove, and he was thinking about how to skin it.

Li Long walked over and asked doubtfully:
"Brother Huang, where did you get this roe deer?"

"Hey, your brother did it this morning." Old Huang said with a smile, "After he finished playing and was getting ready for breakfast, he soaked it in the water. Now let's see how to fix it - I think you did it better."

Li Long pulled out his knife, put the thing down, and began to skin it.

As he was skinning the animals, he muttered, "Big brother is awesome!" He had only been here for a few days and had already killed two animals. This Nanshan hunter didn't feel like himself, but more like big brother.

Li Jianguo came back carrying a bundle of strips of silk. Seeing Li Long skinning the animals, he put down the strips and came over.

"Brother, how did you find out?" Li Long asked while peeling the skin.

"Didn't the navy say yesterday that they saw roe deer at the head of the ditch? I went to check after you left yesterday, but I only saw several piles of feces and didn't find any. I got up early this morning and went there with a gun. Unexpectedly, they were still there, so I shot one down."

Li Jianguo had a smile on his face, which was a little proud: "Those roe deer are very stupid. They didn't run away when they saw me."

"That's because they saw you were alone, and ran away when they saw there were too many people." Li Long sighed in his heart. This can't be called luck, this is ability. Everyone else listened to Xu Haijun's words, and only the eldest brother went to see it.

Not to mention that other people don’t have guns. Even if they don’t have guns, even if they go and take a look and find one, they can come back and tell Li Jianguo. If Li Jianguo shoots one, he will give them a share.

Of course, Li Jianguo would definitely keep the meat for eating after he captured it. However, the wild boar meat he had previously eaten was not finished, so there would not be much left for the roe deer, so he still had to take it back.

Lao Huang smoked some of the wild boar meat that had been left over, and braised the rest in an enamel basin and cooked it every day.

There are many kinds of wild vegetables and mushrooms in the woods right now, and everyone has brought cabbage, potatoes, and pickles, so there is no shortage of vegetables.

So Li Jianguo meant to take the whole roe deer back and just leave the offal here.

Li Jianguo could do whatever he wanted with the roe deer he had shot. This was a first-year female roe deer, now weighing about 40 kilograms, not small.

"Brother, do you still have bullets?" Li Long asked while peeling the skin.

"Yes, I used five rounds in total during the two rounds." Li Jianguo said with a smile, "There are more."

This was settled. After Li Long finished cutting up the roe deer, he took it back. According to Li Jianguo, Li Long kept half of it and took the rest back home.

The Liang family didn’t send any more for now. They just sent a wild boar leg, which they probably couldn’t finish eating in a short time.

Although some people still want to taste the meat of roe deer, the roe deer were hunted by Li Jianguo, so the decision lies with him.

Some people thought of waiting for dinner and taking a walk nearby. If they saw any wild animals, they would call Li Jianguo to hunt them and they could get some of the meat.

At least it’s not too much to separate the legs, right?
At this time, Bolati came to Li Long's wooden house on horseback.

There was no one there and the door was locked, so Bolati was a little surprised.

There was a small bag of fritillaria on his saddle. He had originally planned to come here to exchange for some things, but now it seems he has to give up.

Although I am somewhat reluctant to hand over these Fritillaria to the forestry team, there seems to be no other way.

Hidden?
Bolati rode away thinking. Half an hour after he left, someone quietly came out of the woods in the south, bending over and sneaking around, observing the surroundings as he walked.

When he arrived at the wooden house, he found the door was locked. He looked around, hesitating.

In the end, the man left with the bag on his back, but after walking out he still turned his head back and looked here from time to time.

Li Long originally planned to send Xu Haijun and the others to Xiaobaiyanggou and then go to the wooden house. Now he had no choice but to go back first.

On the way, he also thought about cutting off a roe deer leg and putting it in the cabin to eat while cooking. But he gave up after thinking about it. If his elder brother could catch something, there was no reason why he couldn't catch anything with five or six of them.

So he decided to eat what he caught.

Send the meat back today, come over this afternoon or tomorrow, clean the gun thoroughly, and then look around for prey.

Salt mine caves and hot spring ditches are good places.

At noon, the man came to the wooden house again. Seeing that there was no car or tractor, he bravely smashed the lock of the wooden house with the stones he picked up... (End of this chapter)