Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Li Jianguo looked at the figures, his expression changed from confusion to surprise, and then he became a little excited.

"Vice-Lieutenant Wang—Old Chen?"

Those people were also a little surprised when they saw the jeep coming. After all, this car must be at the level of a group leader or a field manager. How could it come here just to hunt?

They also heard the gunshots, so they all ran out.

Judging from the license plate number of this jeep, it is a vehicle of the Corps, but it is not clear which regiment it belongs to.

But it doesn't matter, we are all in the same system. It's good to just say hello and get some reception.

After all, we are also landlords. If a leader from the same system comes over and we don’t receive him, it will be very unpleasant if the news gets out. It will also be embarrassing for the leader.

"Brother, acquaintance?" Li Long asked, "Stop?"

"Stop, look at that tall guy, that was the former deputy company commander, Wang Mingjun. I had a good relationship with him at that time, because the deputy company commander was in charge of logistics. The fatter one, Lao Chen, was older than me. He was the head of the kitchen squad at that time, and I was in charge of him. At that time, the company was not as big as it is now, and there were fewer people to manage, so we all ate together."

Li Jianguo looked at the four people in front of him and recalled the scene at that time: "Everyone had a really big appetite back then..."

The jeep stopped by the roadside and the men came over immediately.

They have already seen Li Long in the driver's seat, a young man who looks very energetic and a good driver.

Co-pilot... this is...

Wang Mingjun and Lao Chen’s eyes widened suddenly!

How is that possible?
Li Jianguo didn't react until the car stopped. Then he opened the door, got out, and walked towards the two people with a smile.

"Deputy Lieutenant Wang, Lao Chen, why don't you recognize me?"

"Hey, Xiao Li!"

"quartermaster!"

Two excited greetings, one of them shook Li Jianguo's outstretched hand, and Lao Chen hugged him tightly:
"Chief Steward, I thought I would never see you again in this lifetime... It's been almost twenty years since you left, right?"

"Hey, that's true... Why, it seems like you two haven't changed much. By the way, where's Captain Chai? And Instructor Liu?"

"Captain Chai has been transferred to the regiment headquarters and is now the head of the armed forces. Instructor Liu has been transferred to a brother regiment to serve as the head of the organization department. Being educated makes a difference. If you had stayed, you would have definitely gone to the regiment headquarters... But now you are not doing badly either, and you can ride in a car. Which regiment are you in?"

"Hey, which regiment am I in? I'm just an old farmer now." Li Jianguo said with a smile, and then introduced Li Qingxia and Li Long who had already got off the car: "This is my dad, and this is my brother. Come on, these two are my former colleagues, Wang Mingjun is Deputy Lieutenant General Wang, and this is Lao Chen, the cook squad leader at that time, and you two are now..."

"Now you are Captain Wang." Old Chen said with a smile, "I am the quartermaster, taking over your position. This is our clerk Wei Qingshu, and this is the cook squad leader Hua Wenfeng. Old man, hello, little brothers, let's go, let's go to the company headquarters first, and then we'll talk inside."

Li Jianguo followed them, Li Qingxia and Li Long got in the car, and the jeep followed the crowd, moving slowly forward.

Wang Mingjun and Lao Chen kept asking Li Jianguo some questions.

In their opinion, Li Jianguo must be being modest. How could an old farmer ride in a jeep that also accommodates regimental-level cadres, and sit in the passenger seat?
Everyone in this car is their family. What does that mean? It means that this jeep belongs to them!
In this situation, even if they had the face to borrow a jeep, I'm afraid the other party would send a driver. After all, at this time, a jeep represents status, and it is not something that can be borrowed casually. What if it breaks down?

At this time, not to mention jeeps, even drivers were rare.

The jeep stopped at the company headquarters. Li Jianguo looked at the company headquarters and sighed:

"It's still the same place, but it's really changed. Back then it was just a row of low-rise houses made of dirt, without even a yard. Now it's better, brick houses have been built, and the place is much bigger. Have you upgraded your weapons?"

"Hey, after more than 20 years, there must be some changes, right?" Old Chen said with a smile, "Come on, come on, come inside. Everything is ready."

After entering the house, we saw a large round table in the company canteen filled with sumptuous dishes.

At least six meat dishes, in this era, is really very rich.

A basket of liquor was also placed on the table, and the clerk helped to add bowls and chopsticks.

"Steward, you haven't had any of our company's own liquor in the past ten years, right?" Old Chen asked Li Qingxia to sit down, and then asked Li Jianguo to sit down, and picked up the cage to pour him some wine:

"We were the ones who started this liquor cauldron, and it has basically never been out of service over the years."

"Hey, it's true." Li Jianguo sighed, "At that time, we grew a lot of grain, and we made wine when we couldn't use it all. I didn't expect that you are still doing it."

"That's right. We can drink it ourselves and sell some to the regiment. Our company's liquor is famous in this area and many people come to buy it." Wang Mingjun said with a smile, "Why? After the old company commander passed away, he asked us to send some liquor to him every year. He said he was used to the taste."

"That's great. Is there a lot of liquor this year?" Li Jianguo was also tempted to drink.

It’s not that I really like drinking, but I like drinking the wine that I and my friends made at that time.

"A lot. We still have three more cylinders this year." said Lao Chen. "We can drink until the beginning of next spring."

"I'll take some with me when I leave, but you have to give me the wholesale price," Li Jianguo said with a smile.

"Aren't you scolding me?" Old Chen waved his hands. "You come to drink, how can I let you pay? If that were the case, wouldn't the old company commander scold me if he knew? At that time, you wanted to leave, and the company commander advised you, saying that he wanted to focus on training you. If you didn't leave, our company commander Wang might not have become the company commander."

"Old Chen, what you said is not pleasant to hear." Wang Mingjun said with a smile, "But how come Xiao Li was under my charge at that time..."

"That's easy. It's okay for the old company commander to transfer the quartermaster to the next company to be the company commander or instructor, right?" Lao Chen and Wang Mingjun had a very good relationship and they joked around without any scruples.

"That's right, that's right... Old man, come on, come on, eat, pick up your chopsticks. It's like being at home here. Xiao Li is our comrade-in-arms. We once went to the border together to carry out missions. We may not be brothers in life and death, but we have also been here all the way. You are Xiao Li's father, which means you are our uncle, so don't be polite to us..."

Li Qingxia nodded and said:
"You're welcome, you're welcome..."

Li Long knew that his father must be in a very complicated mood right now.

Think about what Wang Mingjun and Lao Chen said, if the eldest brother had not asked dad to call him back at that time, he might have been the commander of a company now.

Compared to being a farmer in Team 4, the future here is definitely much better.

I think my dad must be very regretful too.

The food was rich and delicious. Braised pork, stewed meat with pickled cabbage and vermicelli, and what surprised Li Long was that there was also yellow sheep meat on the table, so he asked:
"Captain Wang, are you guys also hunting yellow sheep? I'm eating yellow sheep meat, right?"

"Yes, yes, Xiaolong, did you guys go hunting yellow sheep just now? I heard gunshots."

"Yes, Chief Quartermaster, are you here hunting?" the current Chief Quartermaster, Lao Chen, asked his former leader Li Jianguo.

"Well, I'm free, so I came to see if I can catch one." Li Jianguo said with a smile, "I didn't expect that after more than ten years, there are still herds of yellow sheep."

"There are more in autumn." said Lao Chen. "After the crops are harvested in autumn, we organized people to hunt them several times and got dozens of them. We dried them into jerky. You can take some when you leave."

"Where's the hide?" Li Long asked, his mind moved. "Is the yellow sheepskin still there?"

"Yes, it's not sold yet." Wang Mingjun said, "You want it? I'll give you two."

"No, no, no, I opened a purchasing station in the county. If you don't have any missions and you are ready to sell the skins, I will buy them."

"Hey, sure!" Wang Mingjun laughed, "Okay, Lao Chen, let's keep a few and sell the rest to Xiaolong."

"Then how do you collect it?" Once talking about business, Boss Chen's expression became much more serious.

"The original purchasing station in the county has been closed, so I set up one here and got a formal business license. Normally, a yellow sheepskin costs about 30 to 50 yuan," said Li Long.

Wang Mingjun and Lao Chen looked at each other and then laughed.

"Yes, this price is much higher than the middlemen who come to our place to buy leather."

"Xiaolong, you are doing a good business, you will definitely make a fortune in the future." Old Chen sighed, "I didn't expect that you are so young..."

Having said this, he turned his head and looked at Li Jianguo:
"Chief Steward, you haven't told me in detail how you've been doing these years?" "What else can I do? I stayed there for two years, and then I came back again."

"Then why don't you come back here? If you come back here, the old company commander will still be here, and he will definitely let you be the quartermaster. The old company commander really cares about you. I was also the quartermaster at the time, and the old company commander often scolded me, saying that he was not as good as you at work."

"At that time, when we arrived at the county, we were assigned to the surveying team to measure the land for the county. After that, we were assigned to the well-drilling team. As you know, at that time, we only had an ID card and they would wait for us at the bus station. After we got off the bus, we were arranged for everything. How could we have so much freedom?"

Li Jianguo's words were half true and half false. He could have escaped if he wanted to, but the company was too far from the county, and he didn't really want to stay in the company. After two years, who knew what would happen next?
"That car?" Wang Mingjun held back for a long time before asking this question.

"My brother, Xiaolong's." Li Jianguo pointed at Li Long and said, "He has a post at the Beitingzhou Supply and Marketing Cooperative. The leader asked him to do the work and assigned him a car."

"Well, it's a long-term task." Li Long added with a smile.

Wang Mingjun and Lao Chen suddenly understood, but then they were confused again. What does it mean? Someone from the Supply and Marketing Cooperative in Beiting opened a purchasing station in Ma County, and they can send a car?
However, the local system is different from the Corps, so they didn't ask too many questions. They just thought that it would be good if they could sell these dozens of yellow sheepskins for more money.

Although the Corps’ companies are far away from the city, they are not isolated from the outside world and also need money for construction.

Li Long's existence is really a good thing for them.

During the meal, except for Li Long, everyone else drank a lot of wine. Li Qingxia also praised the company's liquor, but he drank less. Wang Mingjun and Lao Chen both toasted him, but then he didn't drink much, mainly because he was old and couldn't drink too much.

Li Jianguo kept drinking, the kind that never stopped. Wang Mingjun and Lao Chen always had ways and excuses to get him to drink, and Li Jianguo accepted everything, drinking cup after cup. It felt like he had drunk more than half a kilogram in a short while, but he was still very clear-headed, and his eyes were getting brighter and brighter.

After the meal, Li Long felt that his brother had drunk almost one kilogram, which was a bit exaggerated!

The alcohol content of this soju is quite high!
"Lao Wang, we are all family, so I won't be polite. Can you let me take another look at our company's vegetable cellar?" Li Jianguo suddenly said after dinner.

"Sure, why not?" Wang Mingjun didn't expect Li Jianguo to have this idea. He immediately said, "Old Chen, let's go with Xiao Li to take a look."

"All of them, all of them." Old Chen said with some pride, "Chief Steward, let me tell you, for more than ten years, the rules of our vegetable cellar have been in place. There are a lot of things in it during the winter. When you leave, take some of everything with you."

The vegetable cellar was right next to the company headquarters. Like a dugout, it was a long pit dug directly underground with brick walls and a wooden roof, which was then covered densely with reeds and finally covered with soil.

When Li Long and his friends entered, they smelled a rich fragrance.

Li Long could smell the aroma of fruit, apples and pears. When the lights were turned on, he could see baskets of apples on the shelves, some of which might be rotten. He could also smell the aroma of fermented fruit.

"Did you guys make some fruit wine?" Li Jianguo suddenly asked, "This smell... is it fruit wine?"

"Hey, what did I say?" Old Chen smiled. "I can't hide anything from you, Chief Steward. Yes, seven or eight years ago, we started making fruit wine. Not much, just one jar, and we drank it ourselves."

Li Long looked at this huge vegetable cellar and was somewhat shocked.

The vegetable cellar is divided into different areas. Cabbages, potatoes, carrots, green radishes, and sprouts are in one area, with cabbages hanging on the wall and the others in grids below, half covered with sand.

There is one area for fruits, one area for pickles, one area for wine, and there is also an area for honey, etc.

The things in this company's vegetable cellar are really rich.

"Hey, Mr. Chen, this vegetable cellar is well managed." At this time, Li Jianguo looked at these things like a leader, and from time to time he opened the pickle jar to see what was inside, "Well, it still tastes the same."

"Chief Steward, do you want me to get you some pickles?" asked Big Chen with a smile.

"No, no, just get me some liquor back." Li Jianguo is not greedy. Revisiting the old place is like fulfilling a wish. When people show you respect, you have to be tactful.

"Take one box each of apples and plows, and two baskets of honey," Wang Mingjun waved his hand, "and two baskets of five-liter liquor, and send them all to Xiao Li's car. Xiao Li, don't be polite, we're family, and even if the old company commander is here, it will definitely be the same."

"That's right, Chief Steward, we haven't seen each other for so many years. Please don't be polite. We are family. You should visit us often in the future." Boss Chen said with a smile.

Li Jianguo was somewhat touched.

"Okay, okay, let's go. It's cold in here. We just drank some wine. We can't stay here for long." Wang Mingjun said, "Things are different now. Back then, we made wine and drank it from a jar. Now, hey!"

The clerk and the cook who followed them asked people to move things, while Li Long and his team left the vegetable cellar.

Li Qingxia and Li Jianguo returned to the company headquarters. Big Boss Chen stopped Li Long and talked about the yellow sheepskin.

"I have more than fifty yellow sheepskins that I can sell. Do you want to buy them now, or do you want us to send them to you later?"

"I have the money." Li Long said with a smile, "You can collect it now."

"Will you accept the wolf skin?"

"I buy all kinds of wild animal skins here... Oh, rabbit skins are cheaper."

"You're also collecting rabbit skins? Can that stuff be sold for money?" Boss Chen was a little surprised.

"Well, if you want one, it's probably about two or three dollars." Li Long wanted to make a profit from the difference.

"Hey, if I had known, I would have kept them. The company staff had a lot of these, and if we really wanted to collect them, we could easily get a few hundred, but no one kept many."

Old Chen felt a little regretful, and then said:
"Okay, let's look at the leather first."

Li Long opened the jeep and took out the bag he had brought with him.

I always carry two to three thousand yuan in my bag, just to prepare for things like this.

In the warehouse, Li Long checked the yellow sheepskins one by one. As he expected, most of the more than 50 skins were damaged.

"Brother Chen, I'm telling you the truth. These leathers are all broken, with bullet holes all over them. They really can't be sold for much."

"Just give me the price. Don't worry, I won't give it back." Big Chen said with a smile, "We are one family, so we shouldn't be shy."

"Okay, the average price of a piece of leather like this is thirty, and the price of a dozen intact leathers is fifty each. How about that?"

"Okay." Big Chen smiled.

Someone came to buy it. A broken skin cost twenty-two or three yuan, and a complete one cost about forty yuan.

The price Li Long offered was much higher. The extra money was much more valuable than the things they gave to Li Jianguo.

There were nine wolf skins, all of which were broken. Li Long offered thirty for each.

Two wild donkey skins, this thing was given directly to Li Long by Big Boss Chen.

In the end, Li Long paid Boss Chen 1,990 yuan.

"Hey, I didn't expect this to generate revenue." After counting the money, Lao Chen sighed, "Xiaolong, will you keep buying these furs in the future?"

"Well, I'll keep collecting them as long as they're available." Li Long put the leather back in place, and then Big Chen waved his hand and asked someone to put the leather on the car.

There's almost no room in the car.

"Don't leave, just stay for one night. I think your brother drank a little too much. Will he vomit on the way back?" said Lao Chen. "The company has a guesthouse. Don't worry, it's very clean."

Li Long looked at Li Jianguo.

"It's okay. I'm sober." He was drinking honey water. "Let's go home. I can't bother you guys here anymore. I have to stay overnight and drink again tomorrow morning. How are you two? Don't I know?"

Wang Mingjun and Lao Chen both laughed.

They have this plan.

This time, he not only received old colleagues, but also cleared out the inventory and earned a lot of money, which was a pleasant surprise. Even the way he looked at Li Long was different.

The old quartermaster's brother is no ordinary man! (End of this chapter)