Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Li Long did not go to the small lake immediately, although he knew that Tao Daqiang, Xie Yundong and others must be digging holes in the ice at that time, and might even have already dug them and were catching fish.

He and Li Jianguo unloaded the meat, hung it in the spare room, then returned to the west room and started chatting.

Li Long didn't say much, he mainly listened.

"Boss, please take some time to send some of this meat to Juan's grandfather's house. There is so much meat, please send more."

"Okay," Li Jianguo rolled a Mohe cigarette and handed it to Li Qingxia, then rolled another one for himself, agreed, and then struck a match to light the cigarette.

Li Long took out a lighter to light a cigarette for Li Qingxia. Li Qingxia stood up and went straight to the stove outside, lit the hook red, leaned over to light the cigarette, and then came back to continue sitting and talking.

He was reluctant to part with the match, and he was also reluctant to let Li Long press the lighter, saying that it would waste oil and flint.

The older generation, having experienced hardships, are used to being frugal.

When Li Qingxia and Du Chunfang eat here, they never leave any food. This habit is slowly and subtly influencing Li Juan and Li Qiang.

"Xiaolong, are you still selling sheep? I heard from your brother that many people in the team have bought sheep. The mutton your eldest brother and sister-in-law brought back is very fat. I'll eat a piece. Hey, it's delicious!"

Du Chunfang grinned and spoke while laughing.

I haven’t had a good chat with Li Long for a long time. At this time, my youngest son was sitting by the fireplace, looking at him tall and big, which was really nice.

In the past, Li Long came over every week, but he didn't chat with her for a long time and was always running around. She also had to take care of the children, so they chatted less.

"Take some time this afternoon to go to Xiaohaizi to see Daqiang and his friends digging holes in the ice. Come here tomorrow to start catching fish. Once we have caught enough fish, there will be nothing to do next." Li Long said honestly, "Maybe we can spend the New Year in peace... Not necessarily. We still have sheep in the pen. We will slaughter another batch before the New Year and send some to the county to sell."

Normally, he would have made back his investment and made a profit, but he didn't plan to keep the sheep for another year. They were fattened and slaughtered at a certain stage to maximize benefits.

Anyway, Sister Yang still has an unused shop with the door locked. She will refurbish the shop before the New Year and start selling meat in the twelfth lunar month.

This was Li Long's plan, so he just said it out loud.

"That's fine." Li Jianguo thought it was good. "Such fatty meat is popular. It's Chinese New Year, who wouldn't want to eat two kilograms of meat?"

Then they talked about what to plant next year. Li Long still planned to plant beets or something. Since it was saline-alkali land, not much could be planted at present. He would cooperate with Professor Luo to see the situation.

"I plan to send some meat to a few professors and some friends before the New Year." Li Long said, "Let's go with the venison. It's good for your health. Dad, Mom, Big Brother and Big Sister-in-law, you guys should have some too."

Winter is the time to nourish the body, so there is nothing wrong with eating this.

"We won't make up for it." Liang Yuemei smiled, "We're not old."

"You have to eat it, too." Li Long said, "I've been tired for a year."

To be honest, the degree of mechanization was not high at that time, and it was normal to be tired from doing farm work. It was only in the past two years that we no longer have to harvest wheat because of the advent of harvesters, otherwise it would be tiring.

It is not an exaggeration to say that women hold up half the sky. Liang Yuemei is just as good as Li Jianguo in doing farm work.

"Hey, Juanjuan's mother is really good at work." Although Du Chunfang didn't work in the fields much, he saw it after watching her for two years. "If she were in my hometown, she would be able to be the mainstay."

It's rare for my mother to praise my sister-in-law, and Li Long wanted to laugh when he saw it.

In fact, there was nothing specific in this chat, but Li Long really felt relaxed. Just by chatting like this, the stress and fatigue in his heart slowly dissipated.

Home is the best harbor. The big yard in the county carries Li Long's happiness. There, he is the pillar and the head of the family, and he has to shoulder the responsibilities of a man.

It’s different here. He is the youngest son of his parents, the younger brother of his eldest brother and sister-in-law, and a young man who has been raised like a son for nearly ten years.

Here he could even act like a spoiled child - even though he was already a famous figure within a dozen kilometers, he could still act naughty and throw tantrums here.

This is the only place where you can completely relax.

After realizing this, Li Long especially cherishes such time, even if it seems meaningless to others.

But in fact, having lived two lives, Li Long knows that such moments are truly precious.

It was not until after five o'clock that Li Long stood up and said he wanted to go to Xiaohaizi when he saw his mother dozing off while sitting there.

Now you don't need to walk or pull a sled to get to Xiaohaizi anymore. When the road was being repaired in the summer, Xu Chengjun made connections with the drivers who hauled gravel. The team paid for a lot of gravel to be paved on the road to Xiaohaizi, so there is now a gravel road to Xiaohaizi.

Although the road is not very good, at least it can be passed by driving a tractor or a car.

This gravel road was originally supposed to appear ten years later, but it has now come out ahead of schedule.

When Li Long drove his jeep to Xiaohaizi, he found that there were still many people on the ice. There was a thick layer of snow on the ice, and most of the reeds had been cut, with some scattered reeds fluttering in the north wind.

Tao Daqiang and his team were scattered in three locations, and they dug two ice holes in each location. These three points were all located in areas with relatively open ice surface, and the two ice holes in each location were about ten meters apart.

The snow on the ice was very thick, and occasionally one could see footprints left by birds or rabbits moving in the snow. These footprints were mostly left in and out of the reeds.

Li Long parked the jeep at the end of the road, next to the reed ditch on the north dike, and walked to Tao Daqiang.

The snow on the ice surface near the ice hole has been cleared, and the axe and pickaxe are placed aside. Tao Daqiang is holding a scoop net in his hand and scooping out the broken ice floating on the ice hole.

This hole in the ice must have been recently created. The water surface was swaying, and large and small pieces of broken ice were mixed in it. It was impossible to tell whether there were any fish underneath.

"Brother Long, go check over there later. There should be fish down there." Tao Daqiang was a little excited when he saw Li Long coming over. "The ice hole over there opened early. Brother Yundong just caught two small crucian carps."

Looking at the ice hole, Li Long was a little dazed. How long had it been since he last fished like this?
He smiled, took the scoop net handed to him by Tao Daqiang, and strode towards the ice hole over there.

The ice hole here was well dug, and the place for footsteps was very obvious. Li Long leaned down, stepped on the ice with both feet, stretched the scoop net into the ice hole, and stirred it vigorously.

At first I couldn't feel any fish, but after stirring it a few times, I felt something starting to touch the scoop net, and occasionally there was a loud noise.

Li Long was not in a hurry to lift the scoop net up. He stirred it a few more times, and after feeling the loud noise twice, he predicted the opponent's swimming direction, scooped over suddenly, and then pulled back with force, quickly lifting the scoop net up.

He didn't care that the water from the scoop net had dripped onto his pants - he could already feel that there was something in the scoop net!
"It's a big carp!" Tao Daqiang's surprised voice floated over the small lake, "It must be two or three kilograms! Brother Long, you are amazing!"

Daqiang's voice attracted Xie Yundong, Jia Weidong and the Liang brothers from the other two places.

Li Long went onto the ice and turned the net upside down on the ice. Looking at the jumping fish, his mood improved.

A big carp with a red head and tail, which, as Tao Daqiang said, weighed about two or three kilograms, as well as four or five crucian carps, and two small dog fish.

The big carp was very unconvinced and jumped hard on the ice. However, after a few jumps, the cold and dehydration made it stick to the ice unwillingly but helplessly.

"It's so big!" Xie Yundong, who was closest, ran over, looked at the big carp, and said in surprise: "It's so beautiful! Xiaolong, you are amazing, this is a good omen!"

"Yes, it's a good sign!" Jia Weidong, who rarely talks, couldn't help but add a sentence.

Liang Shuangcheng came running over from behind, squatted down, picked up the fish, felt it and said, "It must be at least two or five kilograms. It's really beautiful. Look at the beard of the fish. Hey, the color... is the same as in the painting!"

Li Long smiled. He felt that this was also a good sign.

"Let me cast a net too!" Liang Shuangcheng was a little unconvinced, but also a little curious. He took the scoop net off the ice, went down to the ice hole, and half-squatted to cast a net as well.

He was a little anxious. He just lowered the scoop net and stirred it half a circle before pulling it up. Then, like Li Long, he flipped the scoop net upside down and onto the ice surface.

Well, a small crucian carp was mixed in with some crushed ice. It jumped twice and then stopped moving.

"Hahahaha..." Everyone else burst into laughter.

They could naturally see Liang Shuangcheng's reluctance to accept Li Long's defeat and the young man's competitive spirit.

There's nothing wrong with it. In fact, that's how young people should be.

So, if you dare to fight, you have to bear the consequences of failure. Liang Shuangcheng was still a little unconvinced, so he dug out another net. This time he stirred it underwater for a longer time. When he took it out again, there were two small crucian carps in it.

"All the fish below have been scared away." Liang Shuangcheng blushed and tried to save face.

Everyone laughed again.

Daqiang asked Li Long to cast another net, but Li Long did not move. He felt that if he wanted to catch more fish, Shuangcheng might really have to fall into the ice hole.

Tao Daqiang doesn't care about that. Even though he already has a child and has become much more stable, Li Long is still his idol.

Seeing that Li Long didn't take it, he lifted the scoop net and went down to the ice hole, stirred it vigorously four or five times, then lifted it up and placed it on the ice surface.

A silver carp weighing more than one kilogram and a smaller grass carp appeared.

"Hahahaha..." This time everyone laughed even louder.

Even Liang Dacheng was laughing. His second son was too proud and arrogant, and he needed a blow to make him face the reality.

PS: It's a little late today, and a little less, mainly because someone on Tomato copied my book, changed the places and names, many paragraphs are similar, and the general plot is basically the same. I reported it to Tomato but it didn't work, so I was going to post on Longkong to expose it, but found that my Longkong account was banned, so I had to apply for a new one, which took a long time. I have to continue tomorrow.

We'll see what happens tomorrow. (End of this chapter)