Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Li Long took the three skins from the man and gave him forty-five yuan. The man took out a small paper bag from his pocket and stuffed it into Li Long's hand.

"Comrade, you have solved my big problem. Inside is the shit bag of the water rat. I took it out specially and gave it to you."

Li Long took the "shit bag", opened it, looked at it, and smelled it. Yes, it was a water rat's sachet.

"Brother, this shit bag is not cheap." Li Long weighed the paper bag in his hand and said, "Have you not found other places to sell it?"

"Comrade, we used to know how to sell things to the purchasing station. Now that the purchasing station is gone, where else can I sell them? My home is on Beiwucha Shawo Island. There is only one bus a day. If I wait any longer, I will miss the bus back today. It's up to you to buy my skins. Otherwise, I won't get any money today, and I won't even have money to stay in the hotel..."

The man said a few words to Li Long and then left in a hurry.

He was really in a hurry - it would be best for these people who don't go out often to be able to get back on the same day. If they can't get back, where to stay will be a big problem for them.

Fortunately, at least I have money now, and I feel a lot more at ease.

Seeing that Li Long had taken the man's skin, the people who were watching nearby immediately came over:

"Little comrade, take a look at my rabbit skin. Would you like to buy it? It's cheap! The original purchase station charges three yuan per piece. If you want to buy it, it's two yuan and a half... two yuan is fine."

"I also have rabbit skins. This rabbit weighs five or six kilograms. It's a big rabbit. I'm selling this skin at a low price too!"

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These people more or less had some local specialties in their hands. They had originally planned to save them for some time and sell them to the purchasing station, but they didn't expect that the purchasing station would close down.

At that time, the transmission of information was very slow, unlike later generations where almost everyone had a mobile phone with an internet connection, so they could know what was happening on the other side of the earth that day.

At this time, some major events in the county may take one or two months to reach the village. And in this cold winter, if you want everyone in the village to know, unless you notify them through a loudspeaker, it may take another ten days or half a month.

Therefore, the purchasing station was closed for more than a month, and many people in villages far away from the county town were unaware of it.

"Sorry, I can't take so many things." Li Long waved his hands hurriedly, took the water rat skins, turned around, got in the jeep, and drove away.

He is not a god and cannot solve everyone's problems.

The reason why he got off the car and asked the person was because that person looked like his older brother.

Back in the yard, Li Long parked the jeep and took the water rat skin, wolf skin and the paper bag into the room.

There weren't many things left in the wing room, and he kept the more important things separately. The three water rat skins were cleaned up, without a bit of grease on them. After being rubbed with salt, the skin became hard and the hair was thick, with long hard hair and short soft hair, which was not particularly comfortable to touch.

Maybe it needs special processing before it can be made into fur.

After Li Long put his things away, he closed the door of the wing room and walked into the house, still thinking about those people.

I don’t know if any of them live far away, and whether they can make it back tonight. If they can’t, where will they stay?

After washing my hands in the house, I went to see Mingming and Haohao. The two children had just finished eating, Han Fang was watching, and Sister Yang was already cooking in the kitchen.

After Li Long came in, he released Han Fang, and she ran back to her room to play. Li Long was looking after the two children, feeling a little distracted.

As soon as Mingming and Haohao saw Li Long coming in, they crawled over to be held by him. Li Long picked them up one in each hand and swayed them around the room, thinking about what had just happened.

What would happen if you opened your own purchasing station?
If you really want to sell your products, then opening a purchasing station will definitely be very profitable.

Think about the mother-of-pearl and the large amount of leather last summer. In fact, Li Long had set up a store in the market with the intention of buying things. If he bought the yard of the purchasing station and opened a private purchasing station to resell, it would definitely have a bright future.

Not to mention the mother-of-pearl, you don’t even need to beat the leather yourself. The leather that comes delivered to your door is many times more valuable than the one you beat yourself.

Although Zhao Hui only wants good leather when he collects leather, ordinary leather should be able to be sold to leather factories, right?
But there is no way to deal with other things. If there is no market, there is no way to collect them.

Of course, this is also a money-intensive industry. Acquisitions require a large amount of money, which cannot be turned around in a short period of time.

Li Long does have quite a bit of spare money, and he also knows that the prices of all kinds of materials will continue to rise, and this situation will continue for nearly ten years.

Therefore, it is definitely profitable to collect these things according to the original price of the purchasing station.

And now that the purchasing station is gone, he can even lower the price further, which will leave himself more profit.

There is a lot of room for maneuvering.

When Gu Xiaoxia came back, she saw Li Long holding two children, both of whom were asleep, but he was still rocking them. So she asked:

"The child is asleep, why don't you put him down?"

Li Long then came to his senses and bent down to put the two children on the bed.

It was completely dark outside. Li Long covered the child and then told Gu Xiaoxia what happened today.

"If you want to open a purchasing station, you have to understand the policy first." Gu Xiaoxia did not make fun of Li Long. Instead, she helped him analyze the possibility of opening a purchasing station.

"The crime of speculation and profiteering has not been completely abolished yet, but private purchases of materials have been tacitly allowed. But if you want to purchase as many types of materials as a purchasing station, you still need to know more. After all, some things are purchased by the supply and marketing cooperative. Oh, by the way, you are a member of the supply and marketing cooperative. With this identity, you can solve many problems..."

Now Gu Xiaoxia found that Li Long’s identity as a supply and marketing cooperative employee was really useful.

It will take some time for the crime of speculation and profiteering to be abolished. This crime is rather vague. When they want to convict you, they can put this hat on you. After all, second-hand dealers were once completely covered by this crime at a certain period of time.

But later on, the restrictions were relaxed and middlemen were allowed to do business, but there was no explicit documentation, so the extent of the relaxation depends on how the implementers define it.

Gu Xiaoxia originally wanted to help Li Long analyze the feasibility, but after hearing this, she realized that it would definitely work, and the next step was to analyze the direction of execution.

"If you want to set up a purchasing station, it would be best to directly buy the yard of the original purchasing station." Gu Xiaoxia continued to analyze, "That place is recognized by many people, so it is naturally very convenient.

But if you want to purchase materials, you can’t purchase as many categories as the original purchasing station did, and sales are a big problem.”

Li Long watched Gu Xiaoxia talking and suddenly remembered that when he had just got some sheep offal from the mountains, she came to his house to buy some for Gu Boyuan to nourish his body.

This stubborn and somewhat frail little girl has now grown into a confident and powerful state official.

Hey, that's really what it looks like.

"Why are you looking at me?" Gu Xiaoxia analyzed the pros and cons of everything to Li Long, and then she realized that Li Long was staring at her. She thought there was something on her face, so she touched her face and asked:
"What's wrong? Did I not wash my face clean? Is there dust on it?"

"No, no." Li Long smiled and said, "I find that you are very capable now. You analyze these things very logically and with reason and evidence, which is very realistic. I think you might be better than me in doing business."

"Definitely not." Gu Xiaoxia waved her hands hastily, "I'm just good at talking. You also know our work. It's OK for theoretical analysis, but it's not so good when it comes to actual operation..."

Gu Xiaoxia was just being modest when Han Fang knocked on the door and said that dinner was ready and asked the two of them to come over to eat.

Li Long asked Gu Xiaoxia to go eat while he stayed here to look after the two children. The children were older now and didn't sleep so soundly at night, so they might roll off the bed. Gu Xiaoxia didn't give in and went out to eat.

After the two of them took turns eating, Li Long told Gu Xiaoxia about his ideas, and they discussed them together.

"If we really want to open it, we have to find out who this yard belongs to and whether we can buy it. If we can't buy it, then we can rent it." Gu Xiaoxia knew Li Long's ability. If he really wanted to take over this yard, Li Long would definitely be able to do it successfully.

As for failure, she hadn't thought about it. She thought Li Long could do it.

Of course, Gu Xiaoxia also had her own selfish motives. If Li Long took over the purchasing station and ran it himself, he would spend more time at home. After all, he would not feel at ease handing the purchasing station over to someone else. In that case, Li Long would spend less time traveling to the mountains and other cities.

At this time, women can hold up half the sky, but they still attach great importance to their families.

The two of them were sorting out the issues that needed attention one by one, without even turning on the TV. If you really want to open a purchasing station, there are many things you need to do. The first is the yard, and the second is the shipping channel.

Although Jia Tianlong and Zhao Hui were there, Li Long and Gu Xiaoxia both agreed that the channel could not rely entirely on one line.

It’s not that I don’t trust these two people. The main reason is that they are not from the local area. What if they have something and can’t come for a while, and Li Long has a large backlog of goods, what should he do if the capital chain is broken?
"After that year, I took some time to go to Beiting and Shicheng to ask. The purchasing stations there should be open. At most, I can collect enough supplies and then go there to resell them. Of course, I have to ask what they collect. If they collect too much of some things, it will be troublesome if I have no place to sell them."

"Leather is easier to deal with. There are leather factories in the county. At worst, we can just buy it and sell it directly to the leather factories. Zhao Hui will buy the better leather, and the leather factories will definitely buy the average leather. As long as we know the price of the leather factories, we can lower the price by a few dollars when we buy the leather and that's the profit."

"The main medicinal materials here are licorice and Cynomorium songaricum, which are the bulk. In fact, medicinal material companies also buy them, but ordinary people have small quantities, so medicinal material companies usually don't buy them. We can keep them and sell them after a certain amount is stored.

Jia Tianlong accepts these things. If he doesn't accept them, he can just sell them to the medicinal materials company. Of course, we have to have a good relationship with the medicinal materials company, otherwise, if they don't accept them, we have to take them to other places..."

"If you buy a large yard, you also need to clean up the warehouse. Preserving some things requires skills. If you store a lot of them and they get moldy and spoil, you'll lose a lot of money."

"The purchasing station also accepts things like copper coins. But if we accept them, it will be troublesome to sell them. We won't accept them if this one doesn't work, or we'll end up holding on to them if we can't sell them."

......

The two people analyzed it one by one. At the beginning, Li Long was still talking, but later he felt that he couldn't remember it just by talking, so he simply took a notebook and started to record it.

Gradually, all the things needed to open a purchasing station became available.

"…We also need to pay attention to the license issue and see what kind of license is better."

Li Long didn't care about this. Previously, he collected things in the name of a supply and marketing cooperative employee, so there was no license problem.

If you want to purchase a yard seriously now, you need to get a license.

This is the most important point that Gu Xiaoxia reminded him of. Li Long wrote it down and planned to ask about it.

He didn't know much about this, so he had to ask Li Xiangqian for advice. Given his current relationship with Li Xiangqian, the section chief should be able to give him a sincere suggestion, and Li should also be able to make connections in the industrial and commercial sector and help him get it done.

After they had discussed almost all these things, it was almost eleven o'clock. The two of them were no longer in the mood to watch TV, so they just went to bed.

Li Long plans to solve all these problems before the beginning of next spring. Of course, the most important thing is that he plans to buy the yard before the New Year. If he really wants to do it, the yard must be made his own as soon as possible, and then the ticket will be posted.

Otherwise, once everyone knows that this purchasing station is closed, who will take the initiative to come and sell things to the door?

The next day after breakfast, Li Long went to the street office to ask about the matter. If it came to where this yard belonged, the street office would definitely know the most.

The yard of the purchasing station and Li Long’s big yard both belong to Beicheng Street. Li Long had dealt with them when he bought Lao Ma’s yard before, but now those people no longer remember them.

If an ordinary person came to look for it, the street office might not take it seriously, so Li Long drove a jeep and went there with his work permit from the state supply and marketing cooperative.

The people from the street office enthusiastically helped Li Long check the ownership of the property. The house was public property.

In other words, it is currently the county's asset. According to the suggestion of this street office staff, there is a high probability that this yard will be under the management of their street next year.

As for how to use it then, it depends on the situation.

Li Long then asked where he should look if he wanted to buy or rent the yard.

"Go to the Housing Management Office." The street official said, "The house is currently registered under their name and is managed by them."

Li Long knew this was going to be a hassle. At the time, the restrictions on buying and selling public housing were still quite strict. It was possible to rent it, but it was difficult to buy it.

But now that I know the origin of that courtyard, I can rent it even if I don’t buy it.

He thanked the cadre and went to the housing management office.

After seeing Li Long’s work ID, the staff at the Housing Management Office helped check it for him.

"We do own the property of this yard. Do you want to rent it?"

"Yes, I rented it and planned to open a purchasing station." Li Long did not hide his purpose.

"Doesn't your supply and marketing cooperative have its own yard? The county supply and marketing cooperative is a subordinate unit of the state cooperative, right?" The staff member misunderstood Li Long's meaning, "Do you want to open another one?"

"The items we purchased are different." Li Long said, "This time I rented it in my personal name."

"In personal capacity?" The staff member was stunned for a moment. "Well... it's not impossible." It was already 1985, and some trends had become obvious. Invigorating the market economy had become the mainstream. The staff of the Housing Management Office had even heard that private transactions of public housing would be allowed in the future.

Of course, it's just a rumor, and it's not clear whether it can be realized.

Li Long had a work ID and was driving a jeep that only cadres at the department level and above could use. The license plate number was indeed from Beiting, so after the staff at the Housing Management Office registered his work ID, they rented the yard to him at the original price.

Li Long was somewhat surprised that this matter went so smoothly.

But it made sense after thinking about it. At that time, there were no ID cards, and work permits were much more useful than certificates from the production team. And the rent was not expensive, the annual rent for a yard was 150 yuan, and Li Long rented it for three years.

If the Housing Authority had not given a maximum term of three years, Li Long would have planned to rent it for a few more years.

Now that the yard has been rented, the next thing to do is to get a license.

As for the sales channels of the materials, he planned to slowly explore them. Some of them he could figure out by himself, and for some that he couldn't figure out, he planned to go to Chen Hongjun if he really received something unexpected.

At worst, we can buy it here and sell it to Chen Hongjun’s old unit. There will be someone who wants it anyway.

During lunch, Gu Xiaoxia was a little surprised to hear that Li Long had rented the yard.

"I didn't expect things to go so smoothly. In this case, why don't you go to the yard and tear up the notice and replace it with another one?" This time, Gu Xiaoxia really supported Li Long wholeheartedly in doing a business.

"Yes, yes, yes. I'll go after dinner. Then in the afternoon I'll go to the supply and marketing cooperative and ask Section Chief Li about getting a license."

He was not sure whether his work permit would still be valid at the Industrial and Commercial Bureau, so it would be best to ask Li Xiangqian for clarification first.

The next day after Li Long came back from Beiting, he went to relay Director Qian's words to Li Xiangqian.

After listening to Director Qian's words, Li Xiangqian was silent for a while, then he felt relieved and didn't say much.

I don’t know how Comrade Lao Li is doing now.

In the afternoon, Li Long went to the supply and marketing cooperative and went to Lao Li's office with ease.

When Li Long saw Lao Li, he was a little surprised - Li was holding a cup in front of him and reading a newspaper with a smile on his face, and it looked like something good was going to happen.

"Chief, what's the good news? You look like a happy new year!" Li Long walked into the room without any hesitation and asked while pouring himself some water.

"You're getting more and more rude. You started insulting me as soon as you came in." Li Xiangqian opened the drawer, took out a small bag of tea and said, "Here, try this tea. Someone gave it to me yesterday."

Li Long looked at the packaging, which was considered very exquisite in this era, and asked in confusion:

"Section Chief, did you do anyone a big favor? Why did you get such good tea?"

"Hehe, you never expected that, did you?" Li Xiangqian smiled, "Guess?"

Li Long took the tea leaves and put them into the cup while thinking.

Is there something good happening to Lao Li? (End of this chapter)