Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Chapter 670: Bolati's troubles: murder
When the jeep drove back to the cabin, it felt noticeably heavier. Sun Jiaqiang could see it.

When Li Long came down, he couldn't help but ask:
"Brother Long, those two robbers stole a lot of things, right?"

"Yes, there are quite a few." Li Long nodded, "Not only the Fritillaria, but also other things. I'll wait for Bolati to come over and give them back to him."

"Give it all to him? Isn't that a loss?" Sun Jiaqiang couldn't help but say, "If it weren't for you, we wouldn't have been able to catch those two people!"

"I'll give you part of it." Li Long also spoke the truth. "I can't give you all of it. If I give you all of it, wouldn't my trip be in vain? Here comes another person."

Li Long pointed to the south, and two people came over carrying bags.

Li Long thought the face looked familiar, but he ignored it and turned back to sit on the doorstep, planning to rest for a while and then get some morels.

I originally came here to get some morels, but ended up running into this incident and didn't get anything done.

Sun Jiaqiang had finished his work, and when the two men came over, he went to meet them.

Normally he doesn't cater to these people because he is worried. The main reason is that it is a seller's market now and he doesn't need to cater to these people.

Now that Li Long is here, he has the confidence, and of course he also hopes to exchange for more Fritillaria and earn more money.

But the two men and Sun Jiaqiang nodded, and then came straight towards Li Long.

It made Sun Jiaqiang very embarrassed.

Li Long stood up reluctantly. The two men decided on Li Long, and although he looked bad-tempered, they still said what they wanted to exchange.

Money, noodles, and rubber shoes.

Li Long was a little surprised that the knife was not changed, but it might have been changed before.

Li Long took these things and checked the weight of the Fritillaria and the exchange items with the other party.

The two people still believed in Li Long. Although Li Long didn't smile the whole time, these two people always felt that Li Long was kind by exchanging things for them.

After taking the things and leaving, he even said hello to Li Long. After the two of them left, Sun Jiaqiang came over to Li Long with some dissatisfaction and said:

"Why don't I understand? My service attitude seems to be much better than yours, so why don't they come to me?"

"I don't know either." Li Long didn't understand either. After thinking for a while, he said, "Maybe it's because I've been here longer and you've been here shorter, so people may not trust you."

I don’t know if this is true, but let’s just assume it is like this.

Li Long waited until the sun was about to set and Bolati still didn't come, so he drove away in the jeep.

At worst, I can bring some more Fritillaria over tomorrow. Li Long has made the decision anyway. He has made a contribution, so I'll just take three... no, four bags of Fritillaria.

We don't have to swallow it all, just a part of it will be fine.

Li Long did not leave the mountain directly, but went to Xiaobaiyanggou, where he picked up his elder brothers Li Jianguo and Tao Daqiang and went back directly to Team 4 first.

The people in Xiaobaiyanggou will be withdrawn tomorrow, and we will need a tractor to pick them up. Right now, the jeep is loaded with eight bags of Fritillaria (seven bags seized and one bag collected) and other things, so it is quite full and cannot carry so many people.

So he took his eldest brother and Tao Daqiang with him, and the two of them went back and drove the tractor over tomorrow morning. Together with Liang Donglou, they could bring the people back directly.

This is the only way to do it. Cars are hard to come by these days.

Although he had a good relationship with the transportation company, there was no way he could get them to put down their work and pick up people during working hours.

In the fourth team, after dropping off the eldest brother and Tao Daqiang, Li Long went to Liang Wenyu's house again.

Liang Donglou was twisting straw ropes in the yard. There was little land and reeds here, so we used straw ropes to tie things up - but the straw was not produced here either, the fourth team had it, but not here.

In general, the resources of this village are far inferior to those of Team 4. Surrounded by several villages, it can only develop specialty planting.

We are slowly starting to plant green onions, and then we started to plant grapes. Around 2010, we started to plant more seedlings, but in the end we basically just planted cotton.

After all, the government subsidizes this every year, so at least you won’t lose money if you grow crops on your own land. If the harvest is good, you can make a profit and make up for all the previous losses.

Chen Xiuzhu is picking sword beans in the vegetable garden. At a certain time, you need to put up a rack for the sword beans to grow.

Hearing the sound of the jeep, Liang Donglou looked over, stood up and moved his stall back to make room for Li Long.

Li Long did not drive the jeep completely into the yard. He stopped at the gate, turned off the engine and got out of the car.

Chen Xiuzhu came out of the vegetable garden and went to pour water after a greeting. Li Long followed Liang Donglou to talk about business.

"They will be back tomorrow? Sure, I'll get them there early tomorrow morning after dinner." Liang Donglou said with a smile, "It's time for them to be back. In a few days, the wheat will be harvested."

Li Long chatted for a few more words and then left.

It was almost dark, and he had to hurry back to the yard.

Gu Xiaoxia and the others had finished dinner, and Gu Boyuan had already gone home. When Li Long came back, Sister Yang hurriedly brought out the dinner that had been left for him.

"Why are you so late today?" Gu Xiaoxia asked, "Did something happen in the mountains?"

"My eldest brother and his men will be back tomorrow. I will go to the Fourth Squad and my eldest sister-in-law's family to tell them that we need to drive a tractor into the mountains to bring them back tomorrow, so it will be a little late."

Li Long was not in a hurry to eat. He first took down the five bags of Fritillaria and put them into the side room.

"Why are there so many today?" Gu Xiaoxia was a little surprised when she saw Li Long carrying down so many Fritillaria.

Although the amount of Fritillaria brought back every day varies, it's usually around two or three bags. Today's amount is really a bit too much. She also noticed that there was more in the car, which Li Long hadn't moved down.

"Two cowards used the place where I exchanged Fritillaria as bait, and specifically robbed those who came to exchange Fritillaria..." Li Long told the story of the two robbers, then pointed at the Fritillaria in the car and said, "These Fritillaria were basically taken out from their nests. The ones I took down are mine, and the rest will be handed over to the forestry team tomorrow."

Gu Xiaoxia understood, and she also cursed angrily:

"These people are so mean! They are all digging herbs, how can they rob others?"

Li Long smiled and didn't respond. There are all kinds of people in this world, and even weirder ones are there, but because the information transmission is not smooth now, we can't hear them.

When the information age comes, you will find that there are all kinds of birds in the forest.

Besides, he was the one who benefited from the misfortune, which was not very glorious, so he decided not to accept the suggestion.

The next day, after Li Long sent Gu Xiaoxia to the Education Bureau, he drove to Xiaobaiyanggou. He knew without thinking that his elder brother, Tao Daqiang, and Uncle Liang would get up earlier than him and drive to Xiaobaiyanggou earlier.

"Go early and come back early" has always been a catchphrase that Chinese people remind those who travel, and it is also a tradition.

Sure enough, when Li Long arrived at Xiaobaiyanggou, the trucks were being loaded, breakfast had already been eaten, and the dugouts had not been moved, apparently intending to continue using them next year.

Li Long had not been here for long before they had packed up their things. They excitedly climbed onto the tractor, greeted Li Long, and their faces showed the uncontrollable joy of going home.

The money has been distributed, and I can show off the good news to my family when I get home. How can I not be happy?

Seeing that everything had been packed, Li Long drove the jeep in the lead, all the way to the mountain pass, and then watched the tractor rumble out of the mountain until it was out of sight. Then he drove the jeep towards the wooden house.

When he arrived at the wooden house, Li Long found that Bolati was still not there, and Sun Jiaqiang was washing mother-of-pearl there.

"Collected this morning?" Li Long asked.

"No, last night, I was about to knock on the door when a man came in and said he wanted to exchange things. He said he was afraid of being watched during the day, so he only came at night. I asked him if he was afraid of wolves? He said he was, but he brought a stick and a knife. It was dark when we exchanged yesterday, so I thought I would wash it early this morning."

"Has Bolati come?" Li Long asked.

"No." Sun Jiaqiang shook his head, "No one from the forestry team came today."

This is really strange. Li Long couldn't figure it out, but he didn't plan to go over there to take a look. The main reason was that he didn't know what Bolati said specifically, and he was afraid that what he said would not match what he said. There was nothing to do later, so Li Long simply carried his backpack and went to the forest to pick morels. He told Sun Jiaqiang that if Bolati came over, he should stay for a while and he would be back soon.

Li Long is familiar with every piece of land nearby. He has walked there enough times that he knows roughly where there are places nearby that are suitable for the growth of morels.

He went out for a walk, and sure enough, within an hour, when he came back, there were more than three kilograms of fresh morels in his backpack.

There was no one in Xiaobaiyanggou, so he had to make his own lunch. After Li Long dried the morels on the table, he went to the nearby stream.

The net that was once placed there has not been raised for a long time, and I don’t know if there are still any fish.

When Li Long went there, he found that it was quite terrible.

Some of the fish had died, their flesh had rotted away, leaving only a few bones hanging on the net lines.

Some of the fish had just died and were still inside, not yet completely rotten.

There were some live fish jumping and struggling in it, which looked quite miserable.

Li Long took the net down directly, turned it over on the bank of the stream, picked up the live fish, washed them and skinned them on the spot.

I plan to steam some rice and stew some fish for lunch.

Although there is not much fish, less than two kilograms, Li Long plans to stir-fry some mushrooms, which will be enough for two people.

There should be some dried meat in the cabin, but Li Long didn't plan to cook it. It would be better to eat fresh meat.

After packing up the fish, Li Long carried it to the wooden house, and he found that Bolati still hadn't come.

In the afternoon, Li Long waited until the sun was about to set in order to wait for Bolati, but Bolati still didn't arrive.

For two days, Li Long went there late every day. He had already agreed with Sun Jiaqiang that as soon as Bolati came, he should tell him that if there was no emergency, he should wait for Li Long. If there was an emergency, he should come back at noon or in the afternoon.

Li Long was not in a hurry to go into the mountains, he wanted to sell the Fritillaria in his room in batches. Now the Fritillaria he could receive every day was slowly decreasing, and fewer people came to exchange things. When Li Long went in and out of the mountains, he sometimes even met people digging for medicine from the mountains.

More and more Fritillaria are blooming, and many can no longer be dug.

Those herbalists also knew that the Fritillaria season was about to end, and they all planned to leave Nanshan and prepare for the next stage of work.

There are fewer and fewer Fritillaria in the compartment, and Li Long has to air the three bags of Fritillaria in his jeep every day to prevent them from getting moldy, which would make them worthless.

It was not until the fourth day that Li Long arrived at Bolati.

At that time, Li Long had just picked morels and was planning to see what to cook for lunch when Bolati came over on horseback.

When he saw Li Long, he dismounted, tied the horse to a piece of wood beside the shed, and then took the initiative to tell Li Long about his experiences over the past few days.

"I'm telling you, I almost died!" Bolati turned his head and glanced at Sun Jiaqiang who was busy at the stove, and said bitterly:

"None of these people digging for medicine are good people!"

"What's wrong with you?" Li Long was also shocked when he heard Bolati's words and asked hurriedly.

"It was those two guys who stole things." Bolati said to Li Long, "That day I led them to where we lived. Halfway through the journey, at the edge of a forest, the man on horseback said he wanted to pee. I thought he didn't want his pants to get wet on my horse, otherwise what would happen if the horse got sick again? So I helped him off."

Bolati gestured as he spoke:

"Wasn't he tied up? At that time, I thought of asking his accomplices to help him. I didn't want to help him unbutton his pants. But it turned out that these two cowards colluded with each other and wanted to kill me!"

Bola angrily swung the whip in the air, making a sound, and then said:
"If they run, I can just chase them. There are trees nearby, so if I can't catch up, then I can't catch up. There are many such things, it's not a big deal.

As a result, the two tricked me into saying that the belt could not be untied, and after I got through, they came together to grab my gun! The ropes on the hands of the two men had been untied long ago, and they were planning to cut me!"

"Did you snatch it away?" Although Bolati was right in front of him, Li Long was still worried when he heard it.

"They snatched it away! I was totally unprepared at the time. Who could have thought that these two guys were so ruthless! They snatched the gun away, and the one who got shot in the leg aimed at me and pulled the trigger!"

"Ah?" Li Long was shocked! These two are really cruel!
"As a result, the gun was on safety and the bullet was not loaded! When I saw that these two cowards were really going to attack me, I pulled out my knife and went up!

The one holding the gun was still looking at the gun, and the other one had already run into the woods. As a result, I stabbed the one holding the gun, snatched the gun, and shot the one who ran away!"

"Good beat!" Li Long felt that these two were a real nuisance. He should have beaten them up and taught them a lesson! At the very least, he should have helped Bolati tie them up together. He should not have looked down on them so much.

These two are obviously desperadoes!
"In the end, the man was beaten to death." Bolati smiled bitterly, "The man also knelt down. I was also angry at the time, and I didn't care too much. I didn't bandage his wounds. I tied him up and put him on the horse's back. I also put the dead man on the horse's back and led the horse back.

When I got back, the one who was still alive was almost dead. People in our team took him to the hospital to try to save him, but they couldn’t save him.”

"What about you these two days..." Li Long asked worriedly.

He didn't feel any pity for those two people.

You could have lived a good life, but you had to play tricks on yourself.

Li Long was worried that the two men might have committed a crime, otherwise why would they have to snatch the gun? If they had really followed Bolati's instructions, the two men would have untied the rope in front of the woods, pushed Bolati down, and then ran into the woods, and they would have really escaped.

Or after snatching the gun, they could just tie up Bolati to prevent him from chasing them and then go into the woods with the gun.

Why do you have to kill people?

Looking for death.

"Our team said this was a big deal, and they interrogated me for a long time. I said that I ran into the man and was ambushing him and I caught him. Li Long, I didn't tell them about you..."

"I know, I know, you're a good friend." Li Long gave a thumbs up, "You're really a good friend!"

Li Long believed what Bolati said. He wanted to tell Li Long that someone must have come to see him in the next two days.

I didn't expect that Bola would get into trouble, and after it happened, he actually took care of it all by himself.

"At that time, I was also very scared." Seeing Li Long said that he believed him, Bolati smiled, "I tell you, I didn't expect to kill two people... How should I put it, I felt very angry at the time, but later I kept thinking, those are two lives..."

"You did the right thing." Li Long felt that what he was going to say to Bolati now was to help him establish a belief that he did the right thing, so he said, "Think about it, if they untied the rope and ran away, you would at most chase them, and if you couldn't catch up, you would give up. It's not a big deal, right?"

"Yeah, yeah, that's what I thought. What's the big deal? Why did you shoot me?"

"So, I'm telling you, Adasi, there must be something wrong with these two people. Maybe they are involved in murder cases in their hometown, and they don't dare to follow you. They are afraid that if they follow you and the past events are exposed in the first trial, they may have to die. So..."

"Why didn't I think of this?" Bolati was stunned for a moment, then he reacted and looked at Li Long and said, "You mean... they are carrying out the case?"

"That's the biggest possibility. Otherwise, even if one of them had a leg that I shot, and then he ran away with your gun, you couldn't chase him, right? Why would he dare to shoot at you? I think these two guys have killed people before, so they took the gun and shot at you first!"

Bolati reacted and swung the whip in his hand onto the shed next to him: "Yes, that's right! I was wondering why they were shooting at me? If they were to run away with the gun, I wouldn't dare to chase them... Really..."

"So, you are not wrong. They are the ones who are wrong." Li Long said to Bolati seriously, "Don't worry about so many things. What you did was right. If it were me, I would have killed both of them at that time, and I would have spared their lives."

Polati smiled.

He felt that Li Long really had this kind of personality.

"Since you're here, let me tell you. I've been waiting for you these past few days. I took out the Fritillaria they stole and left a few bags for you. Do you want to take them back and hand them in, or exchange them for money from me?"

"Exchange money for money!" Bolati waved his hand. "I didn't tell the higher-ups that I was interrogating them. What else do they have to hand over? Now that both of them are buried, this matter is over."

Since it’s money being exchanged, it’s easier for Li Long to deal with it.

Otherwise it would be troublesome to pull the Fritillaria back and forth all the time.

(End of this chapter)