Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

After Xu Haijun got the news from Li Long, he returned to the Xu family's family dinner and did not tell the news. After Xu Jianjun's tossing, the Xu family could no longer drink the wine.

After all, apart from him, everyone else had benefited from the Li family to some extent. Xu Dejun and Xu Haijun had been assigned to lead the team, not to mention Xu Chengjun, who directly took the melon seed, planted 20 mu, and sold the harvest to make money, becoming one of the few people in the team who bought a tractor.

This includes Xu Jianjun himself, who had also been a leader with Li Long, but he was not convinced, which led to the current problem.

Everyone was reluctant to say anything to him directly, but hearing him criticize the Li family made the drinking process very awkward. In the end, Xu Chengjun couldn't stand it anymore and drove him away.

The wine was gone.

It was Chinese New Year, and after such a big drink, to be honest, no one was very happy. Xu Dejun wanted to ask what Xu Haijun and Li Long had said, but he was too embarrassed to ask, and planned to ask in private later.

Xu Haijun stayed to help clean up the table. After he finished, Xu Chengjun asked:

"Tell me, what's the matter?"

"Brother, can you lend me your tractor for two days?"

"What are you doing? What method did Li Long teach you?" Xu Chengjun knew as soon as he heard it that this matter was related to Li Long.

It was impossible to hide it, so Xu Haijun told Li Long about his idea, and then said his own idea: "I think we can give it a try. Anyway, it's still some time before we can plant the crops, and it will take ten days for the snow to melt, so why not go and take a look.

Even if you don’t encounter yellow sheep, you’ll just waste gas money, but if you encounter a large group, you’ll make a few hundred dollars at least!”

In 1985, a few hundred yuan was equivalent to the income of an ordinary farmer for most of the year.

It was worth it. At that time, a small four-wheel tractor could run about 70 kilometers on a tank of fuel, with an 8-liter tank. A trip to the north would only use two or three tanks of fuel.

The current price of oil is less than one yuan per liter, which means a trip costs less than 20 yuan. According to Li Long, as long as you kill a yellow sheep, you will make money.

"How are you going to fight? You can't be alone, right?"

"Who else could it be? Can you call a few of your brothers?"

Xu Haijun couldn't say that he wanted to call the people he had called when he was the leader, because this good thing had to happen to his family.

"Where's the gun?"

"Looking for someone to borrow... Bro, can you get it?"

"Semi-automatic?"

"I want to get a submachine gun. If I really run into a large group, it's easier to shoot in short bursts than to shoot one by one with a semi-automatic. The bullets are powerful, and they basically can't run away after being shot."

"Okay, that's a very thorough idea. I'll take part in this matter. I'll take care of the guns and bullets. We'll leave on the fourth day of the New Year, how about that? People... you and me, at most two more people, otherwise we won't be able to hit anything and it's easy to get into arguments."

"it is good!"

Xu Haijun understood that he and Xu Chengjun would each call one more person. The next step was to make preparations.

But we can't just run blindly, we have to ask people who have been to the sandbags on the north side. Li Jianguo and Li Long must have been there, but we can't ask them, so we can ask other people in the team, there must be someone who has been there.

On the second day of the Chinese New Year, Li Long went to Gu's house, while Xu Haijun went to Lao Tian's house in the team.

Lao Tian is an old party member and has traveled all over the country, so he knows the situation in the surrounding area best.

Xu Chengjun went to the third team on the third day of the New Year and went to the village again in the afternoon. When he came back, several guns were already prepared at home.

Then he asked Mingwa to call Xu Haijun and others home and start cleaning the guns.

On the second day of the Chinese New Year, Li Jianguo drove a tractor and took Liang Yuemei, Li Juan and Li Qiang to Liang's house. There were two elderly people at home, Li Anguo's family and Chen Xingbang's family were there. The two women cooked and they had wine for lunch.

Chen Xingbang made a lot of money this year. When he sold beef and mutton, he could always get himself something good, so the whole family ate well. Li Anguo's family was a little worse off, but fortunately, Chen Xingbang's newly-awakened desire to compare was suppressed by Li Qingxia.

In front of the old man, the wealth of the second son and daughter's family was nothing! Not counting the eldest and the youngest, his own family wealth was richer than these two families.

"If you can do it, do it. If you can't, then come over and find a way to register your household registration in this team. Let's not talk about Xiaolong. Look at your elder brother. He lives such a good life! He eats meat every day, and he can drink wine every meal if he wants. As long as you work hard, you can earn money every day!"

The old man spoke firmly and gradually changed his ideas. It was mainly because the lives of Li Long and Li Jianguo made him understand that a stable job and worker quotas did not necessarily mean a better life than that of farmers.

Although Chen Xingbang wanted to refute, he had no idea how to do so. After all, every word the old man said was true.

Although his life in Shicheng was better than in his hometown, he earned money and had better food at home, but compared with his elder brother-in-law, he was really busy. He was busy all year round and had almost no time to rest.

Li Jianguo is different. He is busy in spring, summer and autumn, and rests in winter. The winter in northern Xinjiang can last four or five months, nearly half a year!
I've been busy for half a year and idle for half a year, but this person is living a better life than me. What should I do?
So he smiled and toasted the old man while saying: "It's better than being in my hometown. I can eat enough and have meat to eat. No one bullies me anymore. Life is already very good."

"That's right, life is already very good." Li Anguo thought about it and made a decision for himself.

Li Long gave him money to change to a bigger yard. He looked around during this period but had not made up his mind. Last night, Chen Lirong accidentally said that the houses in this village were bigger and more convenient than the one he lived in. Li Anguo now thought that he should change his yard.

He even thought that since he was idle in the winter, he might find other odd jobs to do during the next winter, so that he could earn extra money and make his life better.

At the Liang family, this year is as lively as in previous years. Although Du Haihua used to dislike Li Jianguo and even ridiculed him from time to time, the children have a good relationship with each other.

Du Tengyuan is younger than Li Juan and stronger than Li Qiang. Liang Xingmei gave birth to another daughter last year, so this year's lunch was prepared by Liang Yuemei and her mother Chen Xiuzhu, who rushed over early. Liang Xingmei held her daughter Xiaoyu - her full name is Du Tengyu, and watched and chatted with her on the side, while Li Juan, Li Qiang and Du Tengyuan went outside to play.

Du Tengyuan is from this village and usually plays with other children in the village, but unlike the others he does not have brothers or sisters - his younger sister Xiaoyu is still young and there is no way he can be brought out.

Today, there is a new sister and a new brother, so I’m going to take them out to show off.

The men were chatting in the inner room. Du Haihua was very low-key today, and Li Jianguo certainly didn't speak much, so Liang Wenyu was the main character.

In the past, Liang Donglou helped his two sons-in-law, and he also hoped that when he was old, his two sons-in-law could help his son.

Liang Wenyu is not the strong and powerful type. After graduation, he has been living in the village. Because of his father's high prestige, he is basically protected. So when there is really a strong person bullying him, he does not have the strength or the courage to protect himself and his family.

But last year, Li Long took him to form a gang and allowed him to lead a few people. This gave Liang Wenyu an opportunity. Not only did he call several young people with whom he had the best relationship to make money, but he also established prestige among the young people in the village.

When I was doing the bandwagon work, I developed my courage, and when I came back, I became much more confident.

Although he was not tall and not strong, he gradually gained the aura of authority in his speech and actions, which made Liang Donglou very happy.

In addition, they had a tractor and made some money from harvesting wheat in July and August, which immediately made them one of the top families in the village.

Liang Wenyu became more confident when speaking with more confidence. In winter, the Liang family became a gathering place for young girls and boys. Liang Donglou was happy to see this change.

He only occasionally told his son not to be too ostentatious and to communicate more with his brother-in-law when he had time. In the eyes of the young people in the village, Liang Wenyu was considered first-rate, but it was hard to say outside the village.

Liang Wenyu himself was of course aware of this, so when Li Jianguo came this time, he was not only talking, but also asking.

"Brother-in-law, are we still going to make the banner this year?"

"It should be compiled. But Xiaolong said that in the past two years, carts have begun to appear in big cities. They are two-wheeled vehicles like pull carts. It will only be a few years before they can be compiled after the handles are lifted." Li Jianguo repeated what Li Long said.

"Well, let's see later."

"Wenyu, if you want to weave it again this year, call me." Du Haihua interjected, "I was also very fast at weaving when I was young."

"That's fine." Liang Wenyu said, "It's just that the requirements are strict. Don't say I'm ruthless. It's not easy for Xiaolong to give us this job. If the quality is not up to standard, Xiaolong will tell me to return it. Otherwise, it will be embarrassing if it is not up to standard when it is submitted."

In the past, Liang Wenyu would never speak to his second brother-in-law like this - but he knew that the ugly words had to be said first.

Before Du Haihua could refute, Liang Donglou spoke up: "How do you talk to your brother-in-law? When the time comes, you can explain the quality requirements in detail. How can Teng Yuan's father not know what to do? Family members support family members, and the requirements must be met. Wenyu, what you said is not pleasant to hear."

Okay, Du Haihua understood. He could go, but forget about making money by relying on his brother-in-law’s relationship.

However, the team here has little land, and unlike the fourth team, there is no small lake, so it is not easy for the villagers to get rich. After the melon harvest last autumn, he found Liang Donglou and wanted to get melon seeds to plant this year, but Liang Donglou said that planting this year would definitely lose money.

Du Haihua didn't believe it, so he asked Li Jianguo again.

"Brother-in-law, is it really impossible to plant melons this year?"

"We can certainly plant them, but we can't sell them." Li Jianguo shook his head and said, "This year, our team alone will have to plant nearly a thousand acres of melons, so how much can we harvest? Several state-owned and private roasted nuts factories nearby can only consume the output of two or three hundred acres of land. What should we do with the extra?

If you want to sell it, you have to sell it cheaply. The problem is that this thing is not like food. You can eat it as long as it doesn't go bad. What's the use of keeping these melon seeds? Unless you take them to other big cities to find a market, we don't have that opportunity..."

Du Haihua had given up hope, but then he began to blame Li Jianguo a little. He clearly had the opportunity to make a fortune with him last year, but he gave the seeds to the Liang family and not to himself.

He didn't even think about how he usually bullied Li Jianguo. When Li Jianguo gave the seeds to the Liang family, he actually thought that if Du Haihua knew the news and asked him for melon seeds, he would give him some.

But Du Haihua was arrogant and wanted to wait for Li Jianguo to deliver it to him, but he ended up waiting in vain.

It was too late to wait until the seeds opened before opening the mouth, and Li Jianguo had no seeds left.

This is awkward.

Liang Xingmei complained that Du Haihua lost the opportunity to make money for the sake of his face. If her family could grow some melons, she would be able to afford a tractor this year and make money by harvesting wheat with Liang Wenyu.

Now everyone understands that as long as you have a small four-wheel tractor and a harvester, money will come rolling in - after all, at this time, the mainstream crops are still wheat, corn, sunflowers, etc.

After all, they have to pay public grain. Now, farmers don't have to buy wheat to pay public grain like they will in a dozen years. Everyone pays the public grain from the wheat they grow themselves.

After planting wheat, harvesting becomes a big problem.

Those who have never harvested wheat have no idea how hard it is. Those who have harvested wheat will probably never forget it and will never want to experience that kind of hardship again.

So the harvester is definitely profitable. In this way, the more money you make, the more money you make. In one or two years, you can become a millionaire. How wonderful!
"So what are you going to plant this year? What about Xiaolong?"

"Xiaolong has most of his land for me to grow. In addition to crops, he plans to grow some sunflowers, which are easier to sell than pumpkin seeds." Li Jianguo also spoke the truth. "Xiaolong has his own saline-alkali land. He invited a professor from the Agricultural College to come and give him guidance. He said he plans to try growing sugar beets."

"Growing sugar beets? They are easy to sell, but they are not valuable." Du Haihua also knew about sugar beets, after all, the sugar factory was there.

"He planted beets because he didn't want to waste the land. After all, he has a stable and raises cattle, sheep, deer, wild boars and so on. He just planted beets to feed them."

"Then I'll also plant sunflowers, that kind of seeds?"

"Look for seeds in the market, or buy them in the villages. I don't have many here. If the county seed company doesn't have them, you can go to Shicheng to have a look."

Li Jianguo can give advice, but he is not a babysitter. If he has it, he will give it to the relatives if they ask for it. If he doesn't have it, the relatives will have to arrange it themselves.

"Then I'll ask around too. We'll also plant sunflowers this year!" Liang Wenyu immediately said, but then he realized that he had said something wrong. He turned his head and looked at his father Liang Donglou. Liang Donglou did not refute, but nodded and said:

"Plant, plant five acres of land."

In this village, the land is allocated based on the number of people, and each family is allocated five mu of land for food production, but the land that can be contracted is much less. The Liang family competed to contract 15 mu, so there is some land to spare.

With a tractor, farming is not a problem. Some families don't even have a donkey cart, and have to borrow other people's carts to transport the crops they grow.

"It's time to eat." Liang Yuemei came over with a plate of food and said, "Jianguo, clean up the table..."

"How can I ask my brother-in-law to clean up? I'll do it!" Liang Wenyu took over the conversation and said with a smile, "You are the guests today, I feel embarrassed to let you cook..."

"Then you should find a wife as soon as possible. Look, Xiaolong already has two sons..."

"How can I compare to him?" Liang Wenyu felt a little disappointed when he heard this. He really couldn't compare to him in any way.

But he had already given up the idea of ​​competing with her.

That night, Chen Xingbang and his family slept in the room where Li Juan and Li Qiang used to live, so it was not a big deal to squeeze on a big bed.

During breakfast the next day, Li Long said that he would drop off his second brother and sister at their homes and then come back to pick up Gu Xiaoxia, but Li Jianguo refused.

"You guys can come back later. I've already warmed up the tractor. I can drive them to the bus station later."

Li Jianguo couldn't bear to see Li Long running back and forth. The second child and his sister had come here with great difficulty, and it was indeed tiring, but Li Long's running from time to time was also tiring.

To put it bluntly, Li Long has been the one paying the bills in the past two years, giving gifts to this and that, and his brothers and sisters are all enjoying the benefits he has given them. He can't let his younger brother suffer all the time, right?
Although Chen Xingbang was somewhat dissatisfied, he didn't know what to say. His brother-in-law had already spoken, so what could he say?

Li Long knew that his elder brother felt sorry for him, so he didn't say anything. He actually wanted to leave later.

When they returned to the yard, Sister Yang and Han Fang immediately came up, each hugged Mingming and Haohao and kissed them tenderly.

"It's only been three days since we last met." Li Long got out of the car and said with a smile, "So close?"

"Of course not." Sister Yang said as she walked into the house holding the child, "I miss you so much even if I don't see you for just one day, not to mention three days! Come in quickly, the food is ready, get ready to eat!"

The next day, Gu Xiaoxia went to work and Li Long rested at home. He planned to go to the mountain in two days to tell Halimu and the others about the snow lotus and send them some vegetables.

The vegetables available in the market right now are the stockpiled radishes, cabbages, sprouts, potatoes and the like. That’s what everyone eats anyway.

As a result, before he left, on the sixth day of the New Year, Xu Haijun drove over in Xu Chengjun's tractor.

When the knock on the door came, Li Long was wondering who was driving the tractor. He was a little surprised to see it was him. Then he smelled the leather in the tractor bucket and understood.

"Of course. The New Year isn't over yet and there are still people setting off firecrackers outside. Have you already set off one?"

"Well, the sooner the better." Xu Haijun was very excited. He turned his head and pointed at the leather in the truck bed and said:
"I've got seventeen of them. Give me a price."

He was very excited. According to what Li Long had said before, the worst case would be twenty-one. This time, the four of them could each get about one hundred.

Of course, he and Xu Chengjun got more shares, mainly because one provided ideas and the other provided cars and guns.

"Come in, come in." Li Long opened the door and said, "Come in and I'll count for you. How many whole skins do you have?"

"What do you mean by full leather?" Xu Haijun asked while driving the tractor.

"It's the leather without any holes, the kind that was shot on the head or neck. That's expensive, 45 bucks a piece. The leather with holes on the body is the remaining leather, about 20 or 30 bucks."

"Full leather... there seem to be two, one for me and one for my brother." Xu Haijun felt a little regretful, but there was nothing he could do. If he wanted to get full leather, he certainly wouldn't get so many.

It's okay to think about it.

There is also Xu Dejun on the cart, he is the one guarding the leather.

The car came in and stopped, Xu Haijun and Xu Dejun took the leather down, and Li Long looked at them one by one.

There were not only leather goods on the cart, but also two yellow sheep's claws.

"The sheep is a gift to you. If you hadn't come up with this idea, I wouldn't have earned this money." Xu Haijun said sincerely.

OK, that's right. (End of this chapter)