Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Li Long and his friends returned before the sun set.

From three places and six ice holes, a total of seven or eight kilograms of fish were taken out. The largest one was the carp that Li Long caught. The rest were basically not big, mostly crucian carp.

But everyone is very happy to be able to eat fresh fish in the middle of winter, even if there is not much.

The four families divided the fish and each took it back home, saying that they would make fish soup to taste the fish.

Li Long meant the same thing. He had been eating more meat these days, so eating fish was a good way to change his taste.

Naturally, Li Long also took the carp. He carried the carp and more than two kilograms of crucian carp back to his eldest brother. He planned to leave the red carp here for his parents to stew and eat, and he would just take some crucian carp back with him.

"No need for that. This carp is so beautiful. You can take it home and eat it." Mother Du Chunfang said, "Your father catches fish every day in summer. He eats a lot of fish like this. He doesn't need this one."

Regardless of whether the fish tastes good or not, at least it looks festive with its red head and red tail. It's no wonder Du Chunfang said that, her partiality is obvious.

"I want crucian carp. I like to eat crucian carp." Li Long felt that it was a bit inappropriate for him to take the biggest fish since his parents were both here.

"Take it. We don't need it." Liang Yuemei said, "Aren't you going to go fishing tomorrow or the day after tomorrow? You should be able to catch a lot then."

When the sister-in-law spoke, Li Long nodded.

At this moment, Du Chunfang also understood what was going on. It turned out that the younger son listened to his eldest sister-in-law.

She was a little jealous - but it was also very sad to think about it. What could she do? Xiaolong was sent to Northern Xinjiang when he was very young, and Li Jianguo and Liang Yuemei had been taking care of him, just like they were their own children. How could he not listen to his sister-in-law?

I don't feel qualified to be a mother.

This further aroused Du Chunfang's favoritism. She didn't have the conditions to take good care of the child before, but now she has the conditions, so she might as well be a little more partial to him.

The sun was about to set, and Li Long did not eat here. He packed the fish and drove his jeep back to the county. He would come back tomorrow anyway, so he did not care about this meal of fish.

While Li Long and his friends were catching fish, Liang Yuemei and her friends were also busy. They cut up the meat that Li Long had sent and started to braise it.

Since there is nothing to do in the winter anyway, it is better to finish the work in advance.

The Li family has no shortage of meat. In a few days, Li Jianguo plans to wait until Li Long finishes his work and ask him to bring his wife and children over because the New Year pig will be slaughtered in the yard.

At that time, including Gu Boyuan, Sister Yang and Han Fang will all come. The main reason is that Li Long's two children are taken care of by Sister Yang. Although Li Long has given money, every time Li Long and Gu Xiaoxia bring the children over, it can be obviously seen that the children are taken care of very well.

He has made contributions.

Killing the New Year pig is a big event for ordinary farmers. At this time, some farmers do not raise pigs for their own consumption. After raising them, they rush to the township purchasing station and sell them alive.

This way, the annual expenses can be increased. In those days, the nine-year compulsory education had not yet begun, and students still had to pay tuition fees. In addition, the textbooks and miscellaneous fees added up, if a family had two or three students, it would be quite a lot.

Therefore, many domestic pigs are sold before the end of the year, most likely to raise enough money for the children's tuition in September and to save some pocket money for the family.

The Li family didn't worry about this, they killed the New Year pig just to eat the meat. After all, the pig-killing dishes were really delicious.

Li Long returned to the courtyard with crucian carp and carp. It was already dark. Sister Yang had already prepared dinner. Gu Xiaoxia and the others had already eaten. Gu Xiaoxia was watching the children while Sister Yang was cleaning up the meat that Li Long had brought back. Seeing Li Long coming back, she hurriedly brought out the food that was still hot in the pot.

Li Long put the fish in the kitchen and said to Sister Yang while washing his hands:

"Sister Yang, go and do your thing. I'll clean these up after dinner."

"Why do you need to clean up the fish? You've been busy all day. Go and have a rest after dinner. I can clean up these fish in a short while."

Sister Yang actually waited until Li Long finished his meal and then drove him out of the dining room, saying that the two children hadn't seen him for a day and missed him.

Li Long went to the main house. Gu Xiaoxia appeared at the door when he drove the jeep into the yard, and then went inside because the child was still inside.

When Li Long came in again, he found that the two children were still awake and Gu Xiaoxia was telling them stories.

The TV was not turned on because Li Long had told Gu Xiaoxia that the light from the TV would have a bad effect on children's eyesight. Although Gu Xiaoxia had a higher level of education than Li Long, she still listened to Li Long in this regard.

The TV is not turned on before the two children go to bed. And if the TV is turned on when the children fall asleep, they will use a pillow to block the light.

Before Gu Xiaoxia finished her story, Mingming and Haohao fell asleep one after another.

Li Long and Gu Xiaoxia worked together to arrange the child's surroundings, put up the curtain, and put the pillows upright to block the light. Then they sat on the bed together and talked.

"Have you noticed that Haohao and the others are going to bed later and later, and they are not sleeping as long as before."

"He's starting to make noises." Gu Xiaoxia shook her head and said with a smile, "Before, at this time, I could just sing a nursery rhyme to get him to sleep, but now it's not enough to just sing a nursery rhyme, I have to tell him a story too. I don't understand what he's saying, but I just want to hear it."

"Well, the older they get, the smarter they are, but also the harder they are to appease." Li Long said, "How's things going at work? No problems, right?"

"No. The summary is done, but I didn't get the excellent rating, after all, I took a leave in the middle. But it's okay. I came back to see Mingming and Haohao, and I felt that I should take good care of the children. Director Wang also said that if I didn't get it this year, I would try hard next year. By the way, how is the team?"

"Very good." Li Long recounted what happened today, including the fact that he brought back a big red carp and the fact that Liang Shuangcheng was not convinced by him. Gu Xiaoxia also laughed after hearing it.

"After I catch and send off the fish in the next two days, I will go deliver some venison to Professor Wu and Director Du in Kuitun. After that, there will be basically nothing important to do before the New Year, so I can just stay at home."

Gu Xiaoxia suddenly said:
"Li Long, you have changed a lot in the past two years. I remember that you never thought about giving gifts to others before. You also said that you only knew how to do your job well and would never try to build relationships... Now you are completely different."

Li Long himself knew that he was this kind of person in his previous life. He could be said to be more upright, or more old-fashioned, or he was too ashamed to take that step.

But in his new life, Li Long has let go of that psychological burden. In his previous life, he considered building relationships as an improper behavior, but in this life, he has no such idea at all. In the next few decades, he will still be in a society based on human relationships. Some things are much easier to accomplish through connections than through normal procedures.

He is just an ordinary person among the vast majority of people. He has no way to change the general environment, so he just has to adapt to it.

"It's not that difficult actually." Li Long thought for a while and said, "You see, I have a good relationship with Section Chief Li. We can say that we got to know each other through fighting. And then, many of the big jobs in the supply and marketing cooperative can be given to me directly. I can make money from the work, and it can also bring income to the team members..."

"That's because you have high requirements for the quality of the handles and brooms." Gu Xiaoxia didn't want Li Long to make it sound like he got those jobs only by relying on connections.

They all knew that if they relied solely on connections, they could get the job in a year, maybe two years, but it was unlikely to be three years. Didn't they see that the autonomous region was going to cancel the job of sweeping the broom?

A blacksmith must be strong himself and have connections to have better opportunities.

"I don't know where I heard this, but sometimes we can't just follow the example of an ox. When an ox pulls a cart and plows the field, it only looks down at the ground. But people are different. When people work with their heads down, they also have to look up at the road and the direction. Only when they know the direction can they walk steadily and go a long way."

Li Long had said this before, but comparing it with what he is doing now, it really makes sense.

Gu Xiaoxia thought about why Li Long was becoming more and more successful. It was not only because he was smart and capable, and could find ways to make money that others could not find, but also because he was down-to-earth in everything he did, and he could complete the tasks assigned by others seriously and with high quality.

The most important thing is that Li Long would give feedback to these people, who were his benefactors to ordinary people, every time he finished his work. He would visit them frequently like he would visit relatives and friends. Even if he didn't give them gifts, as long as he said hello and showed concern, they would remember it.

It has only been a few years since the reform and opening up, and the awareness of the vast majority of farmers in this regard has just begun to awaken. There are not many people who can do these things as naturally as Li Long.

After all, at this time, most farmers were a little nervous when they went to the gate of a state-owned factory to ask for security, let alone handing over cigarettes naturally.

Even in another twenty or thirty years, there will still be people who don't talk much outside the village, who are afraid of interacting with more people and don't know how to deal with those things.

Even unable to communicate.

In the eyes of many normal people, there is a mouth under the nose. Don’t you know it or ask?

But some people just don’t know how to ask.

When Li Long explained to Gu Xiaoxia, he recalled a hellish situation of communication failure that he had heard in his previous life. A bank employee told an old lady that to process a certain business, she only needed to click on the electronic screen to confirm. The old lady hesitated and said she didn't know how to do it.

The bank employee explained again and again that clicking OK would allow her to handle the business she needed, and she could also read the words above, so it was normal business.

The old lady hesitated and said no.

There's nothing he can't do! The explanation was very clear. It was just that. It wasn't about transferring money or anything like that. It was just a simple service like a bus card. There was no way to explain it.

How should I put it? Too many people are afraid of things beyond their own knowledge, and don’t want to understand or try.

That’s why there are outliers like Li Long. Of course, he also has the capital to take risks and try, so he will succeed.

The next morning, Li Long, Gu Xiaoxia and others drank delicious fish soup - even though it was made from fish caught the day before, the soup still tasted very fresh.

After breakfast, Han Fang went to school, Gu Xiaoxia went to work, and Li Long took care of Mingming and Haohao. When Sister Yang finished cleaning up the kitchen and came over to take care of it, Li Long drove the jeep to the fourth team.

He drove the car directly to the small lake, where Tao Daqiang and his friends were already fishing on the ice.

What surprised Li Long was that there were not only six ice holes on the ice at the three places where Tao Daqiang and his team were, but also people smashing holes in the ice near the reeds farther away. It could be seen that they were members of the same team, at least four or five groups of people.

Li Long smiled and walked towards Tao Daqiang.

When the team members remember to catch fish, they either eat them at home or sell them.

It’s a good thing, at least we can get moving and do something, otherwise it would be a shame to waste almost half a year of winter.

Li Long also knew that some people made shoes, weaved mats, knitted sweaters, etc. at home, which could be considered as finding a job for himself.

As long as people are diligent, it is not difficult to find a way to make money.

As I said, it depends on whether you are willing to take this step.

Tao Daqiang greeted Li Long with a smile:

"Brother Long, look, I got a big black mullet today. Don't sell this one. You can take it home and eat it later."

The taste of Wudaohei is very good. It was sold at a higher price than domestic fish in later generations. Now it is also considered a good thing in everyone's eyes. Although its current price is similar to other fish, if people are asked to choose a big fish, this is still the first choice.

Li Long went over to take a look. Tao Daqiang had already taken out a dozen big fish and a bunch of small crucian carps. The one weighing two or three kilograms with five black stripes was particularly eye-catching. He asked:
"Daqiang, you're here early!"

"Hey, I came right after breakfast. I haven't fished in a while, and I can't help myself."

Without Li Long's guidance, Tao Daqiang would definitely not have taken that step, would not have gone to the county alone to sell fish, and there would not have been any subsequent events.

In the past two years, he has almost followed Li Long's footsteps and has become a stable front-line member of the Fourth Team. He lives a rich and happy life and is very content.

In the past, before 1981, he was the object of ridicule, even the children of some arrogant families would tease him. But now? Many people in the village, even some elders older than him, would take the initiative to greet him when they saw him.

Who would dare to look down on this young man who was once thought to be a spoon?
In the past, Tao Jianshe could still act like an old father in front of Tao Daqiang, but now, he is basically just a supporting role. In the past, he favored his eldest son, partly because he was worried about his retirement, and of course, partly because he really wanted Tao Daqiang to rely on Tao Dayong for his living in the future.

But now, it is obvious that Tao Daqiang is living a better life, and he can also lead his elder brother who has corrected himself to become well-off. So what can he say as a father?
He still has some self-awareness, so he should abdicate.

It must be said that the Tao family had a good understanding. If they didn't have the ability, they would not try to be strong. Li Jianguo and his family said that they would not plant melons next year, and the price of melon seeds would drop next year. Not only did Tao Daqiang follow their lead, but even Tao Dayong did not plan to plant melons next year.

Although he didn't make as much money as Tao Daqiang this year, he still made several thousand. When someone praised him, he didn't get cocky, but instead became closer to his brother's family.

This made many people look at Tao Dayong differently.

This vain guy, it turns out he has a background.

After Tao Daqiang made two nets, it was Li Long's turn.

After two nets, Tao Daqiang was surprised to find that Li Long was still the same Li Long. As long as the net was in his hand, he would catch a lot of fish every time.

There are also many big fish, such as black carp, carp, silver carp and so on.

While Li Long was fishing, Tao Daqiang was also busy, separating the big fish and the small fish into two piles. Before Li Long came, there were more small fish, but after Li Long had fished five or six times, the pile of big fish was obviously much higher.

Tao Daqiang felt that this was a combination of reasons. It was because Li Long had better skills in catching fish, and it was also because Li Long had better luck, right?
Tao Daqiang has always felt that Li Long is very lucky and very capable, and he is always sure of this.

After all, not everyone can find money in every way.

When Li Long was taking out the fish, someone from the team came to find him.

What surprised him was that one of the people who had smashed ice holes in the other two places was Xu Haijun.

"Xiaolong, you caught a lot of fish!" Xu Haijun was a little surprised. The ice hole he dug in the morning was already dug when Li Long came over. Now he had dug more than ten nets and only caught a few small fish - crucian carp, pike, etc., but no big fish.

Although I know very well that holes in the ice are for breathing, unless the fish are particularly short of oxygen, it will take some time for them to gather around. But compared with the ice hole that Li Long dug just yesterday, it is far inferior, right?

Li Long was also a little tired. He straightened up, took the net out of the water and turned it upside down on the ice. He looked at the fish jumping inside and said with a smile:

"It's OK. There are still a lot of fish in our small lake. Although we caught a lot in the past two summers, to be honest, those crucian carps can lay eggs for hundreds or even thousands of times. They grow up in two years, which is much faster than what we catch."

Li Long was amazed by the tenacious vitality and reproductive capacity of crucian carp in both his previous lives. In his previous life, he had seen videos of fish living in mud bricks in the desert, and he thought that was quite magical - he didn't know whether it was true or not.

But he had seen crucian carp with his own eyes. In those mud pits that seemed to have dried up, crucian carp as big as a palm would appear in the accumulated rainwater after the next rain. Li Long would definitely not believe that these fish fell from the sky.

Even if there are fish eggs, it's impossible for them to grow to the size of a palm in just two or three eggs, right?

It must be hidden in the mud.

"If we catch too many fish to eat, will you collect them?" Xu Haijun asked.

"Of course I will." Li Long said with a smile, "But I will only accept big fish weighing one kilogram or more."

"What's the price?" asked another person.

"piece."

The man pursed his lips. It was a little lower than the market price, but it was normal.

"Okay, then I'll sell you the big fish I caught these days that I don't eat." Xu Haijun thought it was a good deal. After all, he didn't need to run around the county to sell fish himself.

Li Long had no problem with this, he could catch a ton of fish a week, more than 100 kilograms a day. Six ice holes might not be enough.

It would have been possible three years ago, but now after more than two years of fishing, Li Long has no idea how many fish are left in the small lake.

Several other people also thought the price was okay and shared the same idea.

Then let’s fish it out.

PS: Let me talk about a few things. The first one is headache. I can only write one chapter today. This chapter is scheduled to be released. I have checked this headache and couldn't find the cause. It's the dark circles around my eyes and temples.

Second, the name of the person who copied my book is "Reborn in the 80s, Starting from Hunting in Northeast China". Tomato, if anyone has an account there, please help me report it. If anyone has an account on Longkong, please also help post a message - I signed for the second day, and tomorrow night will sign for the third day, and then I can post it. If not, forget it, I will post it later.

thank you all. (End of chapter)