Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

After the ninth day of the ninth month, the weather in northern Xinjiang became colder and colder. Even Li Long was reluctant to go out.

But I have to go out. I have to get rid of the yellow sheep and peel off the skin. I have to find someone to tan it and make a fur coat for me.

There are many other things to do. There are still many sheep that have not been slaughtered at Lao Mahao. According to the plan, they need to be fed for more than half a month, slaughtered in the twelfth lunar month, and then sold in the market.

This winter is not idle.

After getting up and having breakfast, Gu Xiaoxia saw that Li Long was fine, but still reminded him:
"If you're tired, just take a few days off and stop running. I saw you slept so soundly yesterday, you must be exhausted."

"It's okay." Li Long smiled and said, "I slept all night and I'm all right. There's not much left to do. I just need to run around. There are other people doing the work."

Gu Xiaoxia nodded and went to work.

Li Long looked at the two children, and waited for Sister Yang to finish her work before taking over. Then he went to the wing room, brought the yellow sheep to the east room of the main house, set up the stove, and waited until the yellow sheep became soft. Then he slowly peeled the skin. He didn't want to deal with the remaining stomach and intestines, so he simply squeezed out the feces and didn't want to wash them. He just chopped it into pieces and put it away to feed the dogs.

At Li Long's house, Xiao Hei mainly eats leftovers. The food is pretty good among dogs of the same age, but it is rare to be fed raw meat directly like this, and it is quite excited.

Li Long unloaded the yellow sheep meat and hung it in the storage room. The next step was to deal with the leather. This yellow sheep skin was really good. The leather was not to mention, but the hair on it, especially the fine and dense hair, was very comfortable to touch.

After smearing salt on the leather, stretching it out and hanging it up, Li Long said something to Sister Yang and drove the jeep to Team Four.

The meat that had been slaughtered earlier was all kept in Lao Ma’s cellar. Li Long wanted to take some and send it to those “people with connections”.

The county was mainly composed of Li Xiangqian, Director Wei, etc. The purchasing station had been closed, and Chen Hongjun had also returned to the state. Li Long wanted to deliver his portion to Director Qian while delivering the meat.

The fact that Old Chen introduced Jia Tianlong and Zhao Hui to him shows that he really treats Li Long as a friend.

He also planned to go to Wucheng to give some meat to Professor Wu and Professor Luo as a holiday gift before the New Year.

Uncle Luo, Yang Laoliu and others were mixing sugar residue in the yard. The fat sheep that had not been sold had to be fattened up. According to Li Long, they would be fattened up for another half a month, and the rest of the time they would be fed with ordinary grass, and then slaughtered and sold for meat.

"Xiaolong is here." Uncle Luo greeted him with a smile, "It's convenient for you to have a car. You can get to the county in no time. It's not like us, who have to walk for two or three hours."

"If you want to go to the county, that's fine. When I'm done with my work, I'll take you there for a tour."

"That's just a suggestion. I won't go now." Old Uncle Luo waved his hand hastily. "There's nothing to do in the county in the middle of winter. It's better for us old brothers to play chess in the house comfortably."

Now these old men have not yet become addicted to playing cards. In another twenty or thirty years, when they are in their seventies or eighties, they will gather in a few small shops to play cards and drink beer, or gamble a dollar, and they will be very excited.

"I'll get some meat and send it to my leaders and friends." Li Long said, "I'll make one trip before the New Year, and I won't go there again after that."

Uncle Luo knew that the work Li Long got for the team was all done by the leaders, so he smiled and said:

"That's what I should do." He went over to help Li Long pick the meat.

The venison and beef are already cut up, so you just need to select the parts and mark which piece goes to whom.

After packing the meat into bags, Li Long loaded the bags into his car and drove his jeep back to the county.

He went to the supply and marketing cooperative in the afternoon. Li Xiangqian was in the office, and Director Wei went to the state for a meeting.

Li Long then asked Li Xiangqian to collect the meat for the director.

"Okay, Xiao Li," Li Xiangqian said with a smile, "This meat looks quite fat. Is this the cattle and sheep you fattened yourself? How many are left?"

"There are still dozens of them." Li Long said, "Why, is the section chief interested?"

"Our commune is distributing welfare at the end of the year. If you get ten sheep, we will also give you some meat. The meat is so fat, the workers in our commune will definitely like it."

"Sure." Li Long said with a smile, "Do you want to get another cow? I have quite a few cows."

"Okay, let's get a cow. Beef is hard to get. If we distribute some beef this year, then our community's welfare will be the best in the county." Li Xiangqian thought about the welfare funds in the community and thought it was okay, there should be no problem.

"Then I'll bring it over tomorrow." Li Long said with a smile, "This price..."

"Don't worry, we'll just go with the market price. Your meat is so good, and I think it's the only one in the county, so I won't let you down on the price."

Li Long just chuckled.

Li Long had originally planned to go to Beiting and Wucheng the next day, but he postponed it.

The next day he got up early, boiled water and put it in the tractor, then piled red charcoal fire under the engine. It took him a while to start the tractor, and then he drove towards Team 4.

There were still quite a few slaughtered sheep in Laomahao, with their internal organs preserved, but there were no intact cows.

So Li Long drove the tractor to Laomahao, and the first thing he did was to call Uncle Luo and the others together to talk about slaughtering the cattle.

"Butchering a cow? None of us have done that before." Uncle Luo was a little embarrassed. "If you want to help, it's ok. I also saw your friends butchering a cow that day. It's not easy."

"Don't worry, I'll do it." Li Long said with a smile, "I saw it that day too. It's just slaughtering a cow. It's no problem for us."

In his previous life, Li Long had watched quite a few videos. He saw it with his own eyes when Halimu and others came to slaughter a cow some time ago. It didn't require much technical skills.

It all depends on whether you dare or not.

As the saying goes, there are different ways to kill a pig or a pig’s butt.

Cows are also mammals. The two major arteries in the neck are cut and bled out, and the cows die when the blood dries up.

Of course, Li Long has also seen another way of killing cows, which is to take a wooden hammer and hit the cow on the head, and the cow will fall to the ground and die on the spot.

But he didn't know the part, and he couldn't just knock it randomly to test it. And it seemed difficult to bleed the cow that way, so it was better to tie it up and kill it.

Just like slaughtering a sheep.

The cattle and sheep in the pen were still grazing leisurely, unaware that the fate of one of them was about to end.

There are also brown cattle here, but Li Long guessed that Li Xiangqian would not want such a big one. There are not so many people in the supply and marketing cooperative. This brown cattle weighs nearly one ton and can produce several hundred kilograms of meat. The supply and marketing cooperative probably does not have that much welfare funding.

The sugar factory has the foundation to support it, but the sugar factory mainly eats mutton and does not like beef very much.

Li Long jumped into the circle with a rope in his hand, and took a fancy to a two-year-old yellow cow. While the cow was eating grass with its head down, he squatted down and grabbed the cow's leg. When the cow struggled desperately, Li Long had already grabbed the other leg, and with a lift and a pull, he knocked the yellow cow to the ground!
Last time they slaughtered the cow, several young men worked together to catch the cow, so Li Long didn't do much. This time, it was just him, Lao Luo and a few others who were old, so Li Long didn't dare to let them enter the pen, in case the cow butted them, it would be troublesome.

So he decided to fight alone - it was okay, at least he knocked the bull down.

After tying the cow's legs with a rope, Li Long called Uncle Luo and others in and carried the cow out together.

In fact, he could carry this nearly 200-kilogram cow out by himself, but that was a bit shocking, so he thought it would be better to keep a low profile.

"Xiaolong, you are amazing." Yang Laoliu looked up and exclaimed, "You can knock down a cow by yourself. If this happened in ancient times, you could have become a strongman or a martial arts champion!"

"That's definitely not possible. This thing has a skill to use its strength. It's not on guard against me, so it's easy to knock it down." Li Long said with a smile, "Come, I'll kill the cow. Who of you can bring the basin to collect the blood?"

At this time, the blood of various animals is a good thing, or in other words, at this time, there is nothing on the meat of the animals that can be wasted except the bladder.

Although Li Long doesn't eat lymphatic meat, others don't care. That's meat!

The cow was lifted onto the board outside the pen. The board was supported by bricks, which was a simple slaughtering table. They had slaughtered cows and deer here before, but they would need it again later, so they kept it. Yang Laoliu hurriedly went to the kitchen to get a basin, and put some salt and a rolling pin in it.

"I'm afraid this basin is not enough." Uncle Luo looked at him and fetched another basin. Last time when we slaughtered sheep, Yang Laoliu collected the blood. When we slaughtered cattle, he was busy with other things and was not here.

Seeing that they were all ready, Li Long held the bull's head with one hand and pulled out a knife with the other, ready to take action.

The cow also knew that its end was coming, and it cried loudly and shed tears.

Li Long didn't look at this. He used a knife to push away the hair on the cow's neck, wiped it, and then cut it with a knife.

The knife just cut the cow's artery, and a stream of blood spurted out.

The basin where Yang Laoliu was bleeding was in the wrong position, and the blood spurted onto the snow. He moved hurriedly, and a lot of blood got on his body.

"Lao Liu, you didn't put the basin in the right place." The man who was helping to press the cow said with a smile, "Now half a kilogram of blood is gone."

Li Long continued to cut the cow's neck while saying, "It's gone, it's gone. It doesn't matter that much."

This cut must also avoid the cow's trachea and esophagus. The main concern is that the food in the esophagus that has not entered the stomach will mix with the blood, thus contaminating the blood.

After one basin of blood had flowed out, Yang Laoliu was quick to change another basin. After half of the basin was filled, the blood gradually disappeared, and Li Long said:
"Let's take the basin away." After Yang Laoliu took the blood basin away, Li Long used great force on the knife to cut off the trachea and esophagus together, and the cow died completely.

It's cruel to say.

The next step was skinning and gutting, which was not difficult for Li Long. Although he had never skinned an animal this big before, these things were basically the same.

Li Long took the small knife and peeled the skin quickly.

"Hey, look at Xiaolong's skinning speed, it's not worse than those ethnic groups." Yang Laoliu whispered to Lao Luoshu, "If I were to peel that fast, the skin would have had several holes in it."

"Haha, me too." Old Uncle Luo and he carried the blood back together, "Okay, let's just do our job well."

After the cowhide was peeled, the viscera were taken out. Uncle Luo and his friends were good at washing the stomach and intestines. When Li Long was peeling the skin, they had already mixed warm water.

Li Xiangqian didn't mention the cows, so Li Long decided not to pull them in. The tractor's bucket was not big enough, and it was basically full after pulling ten sheep and a cow.

After processing the cow, Li Long did not disassemble it. He felt that it was more impressive to pull the whole head over. And the color of the meat showed its freshness. This was different from sheep. You could tell which parts of sheep were different at a glance. When the cow was to be disassembled, Li Long was also worried that people in the supply and marketing cooperative would suspect that he had replaced the meat.

But to be honest, this cow is really fat!

After loading ten sheep and a cow onto the truck, Li Long drove the tractor towards the county.

By the time they arrived at the county, it was already noon, so Li Long went back to the compound to have lunch.

"Where is this meat sent to?" Gu Boyuan looked at the pile of freshly slaughtered cows curiously, "Is this cow freshly slaughtered?"

"Yes, I just slaughtered one." Li Long said with a smile, "The supply and marketing cooperative wanted it, so I slaughtered one."

"Hey, it looks like this year's fattening of cattle and sheep is done." Gu Boyuan poked the beef that was not completely frozen and said:

"With this fat, it must be 20 to 30 kilograms heavier than before, right?"

"This one? More than that." Li Long said with a smile, "This cow has gained at least 40 kilograms!"

"Hey, so you made a hundred dollars just from this cow? That money came really fast!" Gu Boyuan smiled, "Not bad, not bad, this is the right way to go."

After a short rest after dinner, Li Long drove the tractor to the supply and marketing cooperative. When the tractor entered the compound, Li Xiangqian walked out quickly and said to Li Long after seeing him:
"I thought you were missing. I thought you would come over this morning, and I had already found everyone, but you didn't come!"

"Hey, isn't that freshly slaughtered beef? This beef is freshly slaughtered..." Li Long pointed at the beef on the truck bed and said, "Look, isn't this good meat? I specially picked a two-year-old calf. The meat is neither too old nor too tender, just right!"

The more tender the beef is, the better it is. On the contrary, the meat of a one-year-old steer is not very tasty.

Li Xiangqian is also an experienced purchaser. He stepped forward to take a look at the beef and couldn't help laughing:
"Yes, this meat is good. Okay, just for this, I won't say more."

He called people over to unload the truck and weigh the meat.

"The sheep's internal organs, including the stomach, are all in Kelangzi's stomach. If our commune wants them, then that's it. If not, I'll take them out and take them back." Li Long said this in advance. "The cow's offal has not been cleaned up yet, so I didn't bring it with me."

"Okay, okay, no problem." Li Xiangqian said with a smile, "Let's go by the market price. Come on, weigh it!"

Ten sheep weigh a total of 287 kilograms, not counting the odds. One cow weighs 154 kilograms.

Li Long charged 1.8 yuan for mutton and 2.8 yuan for beef, making a total of 947.8 yuan.

Li Xiangqian waited for the warehouse manager to weigh the goods and issue an invoice. After he signed, he let Li Long go and get the money.

After Li Long got the money back, Li Xiangqian said to him:
"The sugar factory called this morning and said they needed another fifty sheep and two cows. Do you have enough? If so, they said they would send a truck over tomorrow to get them."

"Hey, I'm afraid it's too late." Li Long counted and found that there were only a few Clan sheep left in the warehouse, and half a cow. If he wanted it, he would have to slaughter it now.

"Then give me a call and reply." Li Xiangqian said with a smile, "It seems you will have to fatten up more next year."

Li Long understood what Li Xiangqian meant. He thought his cattle and sheep were gone, so he explained:
"Captain, we have cattle and sheep, but they are alive and it takes time to slaughter them."

"Oh, I see! It seems you have made a lot this year!" Li Xiangqian nodded, "Not bad, you are smart. If it were someone else, they would make a lot in the summer, but they might not work in the winter. You haven't stopped working this winter, you are a serious person!"

"Then Chief, your position as director..." Li Long said in a low voice, "Do you want to go to the state to make some moves?"

"Oh." When talking about this, Li Xiangqian shook his head, "Director Qian told me not to worry..." He mainly relied on Director Qian. Director Qian told him not to worry, so he could only wait.

Fifty sheep and two cows. Li Long, including those in the team, is definitely not enough. Li Long plans to bring Halimu and others over tomorrow. It's still the old plan. They must be notified today.

Li Long went to call Section Chief Hu back. The call was transferred to Section Chief Hu's office, and Li Long asked and found out that the cattle and sheep were not actually wanted by the sugar factory.

The benefits at the sugar factory had already been distributed. After distribution, some workers could not help but show off to their co-workers from other factories. Now people from other factories also found out and reported it to their own union.

Many factories in Shicheng trade what they have with each other. When others find Chief Hu, they find out where such fatty beef and mutton comes from, so they simply ask him to help order another batch.

In fact, the market price of beef and mutton has already gone up a bit, but Li Long did not raise the price when he sold it.

He calculated that after this batch of meat was finished, there would only be some cattle left in his pen, and only a few fattening sheep.

I originally thought that I would need to sell the meat at retail before the New Year, but I didn't expect that I could sell it almost entirely at wholesale.

This matter can really be sorted out.

He had heard before that a few people could decide the mutton market in southern and northern Xinjiang, and he thought it was a joke at the time.

Now think about it, if fattening sheep starts with him and gradually expands the scale, it can really affect the market price.

Of course, he didn't intend to monopolize the business, he just wanted to make the money he deserved. After driving the tractor back to the compound, Li Long immediately changed to a jeep and drove up the mountain with his gun.

I need help again! (End of this chapter)