Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

The two young men left and Li Long continued with his work.

Before the yellow sheep were unloaded, a group of people came to sell things.

"Hey, I thought the purchasing station must still be open. My wife even said she heard from others that the purchasing station was closed... I thought if it was closed, wouldn't all my hides be wasted? I was planning to sell the hides and exchange them for some fertilizers."

"That's right, I've kept these licorice roots at home for a long time. I'm going to exchange them for some money and buy some seeds and fertilizers. Spring is coming and the snow is melting, so I have to prepare for planting."

Li Long listened to the noise outside and suddenly remembered that he hadn't checked whether Gu Boyuan's shop was open in the past two days. Now was the season for preparing for farming, and his shop was about to open, which was just the right time to make money.

However, Li Long could see that Gu Boyuan had a somewhat Buddhist attitude towards opening a farm supplies store. He would open it if he wanted to, and not open it if he didn't want to. He was quite motivated to make money at the beginning, but now that he has money, and his daughter, son-in-law and grandson are living well, he has lost the motivation to make money.

No, we need to give my father-in-law some motivation. He is only in his forties and has a long life ahead of him.

There were six people in this group, selling rabbit skins, licorice, cashmere and copper coins.

Although Ma County is vast and sparsely populated, it is still an ancient city. There was Shouzhuo in the Tang Dynasty and Suilai County in the Qing Dynasty, so some places not far from the county seat still have old households. If the treasure hunting methods of 30 or 40 years later were available at this time, it is estimated that a lot of things could be obtained - after all, some old people were still there at this time and knew some secrets.

In a few decades, those secrets will disappear with the old people, and some things will really be unknown to future generations.

Li Long did not refuse any of these items and paid for them according to his own price.

These people did not bargain - or in their minds, this purchasing station is still public, and the price is what the other party says.

Moreover, for them, these things would just be kept at home, and it would be better if they could be exchanged for money to buy agricultural supplies.

Before one o'clock, Li Long collected goods from seventeen people, filled a whole car, locked the door and drove to the yard.

After returning to the yard, Li Long was not in a hurry to unload the car. He washed his hands and went into the house. It was Sister Yang's turn to cook while he looked after the children.

At noon, when the children were asleep, Li Long unloaded the things in the car and put them away in different categories. It was because the yard was big and there were many empty rooms, otherwise, it would be difficult to store those things.

Even so, he wanted Jia Tianlong and Zhao Hui to come as soon as possible and take these things away.

Although Li Long still had a lot of cash on hand, to be honest, he really knew that opening a purchasing station was not something that an ordinary person could do. It was too costly.

After putting the things away, Li Long continued to go to the purchasing station, where someone was already waiting.

The next day, Li Long drove a tractor to the mountains and brought back seven fawns from Halimu. Two of the seven fawns were relatively small, so Li Long put them in the yard, and he took the remaining five to the old horse farm for Uncle Luo and his family to raise.

Last year, red deer were sold at a high price, so Uncle Luo and his family were also interested in raising them. If we keep these five fawns here, the females will give birth in two years, and the males will be ready for antler harvesting in two years, which will bring economic benefits.

Uncle Luo was very satisfied that his team had grown stronger!

Li Long returned to the county and when he drove his tractor past the purchasing station, he was surprised to find that there were some people gathered there, and there was a pile of garbage at the gate of the purchasing station!
He understood what was going on in an instant. Someone was causing trouble!
It was probably done by those two young men!

He didn't pass by here in the morning, so he didn't know whether the garbage was placed there last night or during the day.

But no matter when it was released, those two people from a few days ago cannot be separated from the responsibility.

Li Long suppressed his anger and drove the tractor back to the yard. He said hello to Sister Yang, put some tools into the jeep and drove to the purchasing station.

There were only two or three people left waiting. When Li Long's jeep arrived, they immediately gathered around and started talking.

"This pile of garbage was there this morning. We were here this morning. Someone must have vandalized it on purpose!"

"That's right, we should tell the police, right? These people are so bad..."

Li Long recognized these two people. They were also middlemen. They had come two or three times after his purchasing station opened. Li Long guessed that they went to the countryside to collect things and then sold them here to make a profit from the difference.

"Alas, these bad guys, I don't even know when they threw it." Li Long knew that calling the police would be of little use. After all, there was no Sky Eye surveillance at that time, and these people threw it in the middle of the night, so there was no way to check.

He opened the gate, took out his tools and cleared the road. The garbage included coal ash, rotten leaves, dirty ice, and even feces from a toilet.

The temperature is not high at the moment, so it hasn't melted much, but it does smell a bit.

Li Long threw the garbage into a pile outside the gate and collected the goods from the two men first.

Both of them came by bicycle, one of them carrying a bronze Buddha in a bag. Li Long was a little amused and said:

"Brother, this thing...how do you sell it? Are you selling it at a copper price? You'll be at a disadvantage if you sell it at a copper price. Otherwise, I won't accept these antiques..."

"Just go by the copper amount, I'll charge by the copper amount too." The old man was forty years old, wearing a slightly torn green felt hat, a bit like the one Chen Xiaoer wore when he performed sketches. His face was a bit long, a bit like the long face of the man who committed suicide in the Inspection Office in Joy of Life.

"Okay, let me weigh it for you first." This bronze statue was a standing statue with a broken hand. It was unknown which Buddha or Bodhisattva it was. Li Long didn't know much about it. After weighing it, it was more than nine kilograms. Li Long calculated it as ten kilograms, which was one dollar and fifty cents per kilogram. He gave the man fifteen dollars.

The old man smiled and took it away. Li Long guessed that he made at least five dollars from this Buddha.

Another thing he brought was a sack of dried Cynomorium songaricum. Li Long saw that there were both new and old goods from last year, so he picked out the broken and poor quality ones and weighed out 21 kilograms of the remaining good ones.

That person didn't care and thought that Li Long's behavior was normal - after all, Cynomorium songaricum is still quite easy to dig these days, and it is normal for people to get the best ones.

The price Li Long offered was acceptable. The year before last, he went to a medicinal material company and saw that the wholesale price was 50 cents per kilogram. Last year, the price increased to 60 cents, and it may increase this year.

Li Long gave the man 40 cents. He didn't earn much, but the man was quite happy. After taking 8.40 yuan, he helped Li Long put the Cynomorium songaricum into a bag and put it in the car.

After the two people left, Li Long set up the stove and went to clear the garbage outside the door.

There is a garbage dump nearby, which is a collapsed yard. Everyone tacitly regards it as a garbage station. Everyone's garbage is piled here, and then the authorities clean it up every one or two weeks.

After Li Long cleared away all the garbage, he looked around.

He believed that the person who brought the garbage here must have been watching here at some time today.

There were residents watching the place from all around, and their expressions ranged from sympathy to indifference, some just watching the fun, and some feeling indignant.

Li Long saw all of this and went back with his tools.

This matter is not over yet.

In the afternoon, Li Long collected some more goods at the purchasing station. When it was almost time for dinner, he locked the door and drove the jeep back home.

Back in the yard, Li Long unloaded the things in the car, went into the house to wash his hands and then went to see the children.

In the evening, Li Long told Gu Xiaoxia about this matter and also told her his plan:
"Look after the child while he sleeps. I'll stay over there. In just two days, I will definitely catch the person who did this..."

"What if we catch you?" Gu Xiaoxia was a little worried. "Should we report it to the police station?"

"It's useless. Unless you catch someone for throwing garbage, the police station won't be able to take care of it." Li Long whispered, "Don't worry, I'll bring a gun and scare them. They won't dare to move. When the time comes, we'll hand them over to the police station. They'll definitely be able to do a good job of the interrogation. I know Public Security Officer Guo, he'll definitely be able to find out about this."

Although Gu Xiaoxia was still a little worried, she also knew that Li Long was very concerned about the acquisition station, so she repeatedly reminded Li Long to be careful:
"If it's just one person, then catch him if you can. If there are too many people, don't go over. You can scare them, but if that doesn't work, just shoot - you can't let anyone hurt you!"

Li Long told her not to worry, he knew what to do.

When it got dark, Li Long went to the east room, got the gun, loaded it with bullets and went out.

Mingming and Haohao had already fallen asleep. Sister Yang was very experienced in raising children, and Li Long also told her that it was best to develop a good routine for the two children and coordinate it with the adults, so that the adults could also rest.

Now the two children are almost ten months old. Although they are lively and active, it is not that troublesome to take care of them, so Gu Xiaoxia doesn't have to worry too much.

Li Long went to the purchasing station with a gun. There were no street lights at night, and it was dark. Although he had a flashlight, he did not turn it on. Relying on his good eyesight, he went directly to the purchasing station, did not open the door, and climbed over the wall. After entering the house, the stove was not extinguished yet, so he added some coal inside, pressed it on, and sat on a chair behind the counter to rest. It was still more than ten degrees below zero outside at night, and Li Long was not too cold in the house wearing a coat. Although he looked like he was dozing, he was very alert and would wake up immediately if there was any movement outside.

Li Long had actually made plans to stay here for three or five consecutive nights. If one day didn't work, he would do two days, and if two days didn't work, he would do four days.

Those people who throw garbage here just want to disgust themselves. It is very likely that they found that they cannot get it back to this recycling station through secret means, so they are just venting their personal anger.

Li Long also guessed that the other party was unable to take away this purchasing station through official channels. The most likely reason was that either Li Xiangqian had strong connections, or Director Qian had revealed his relationship with him to some people before.

The most likely possibility is that he is the advanced individual for ethnic unity at the autonomous region level.

Even though this is just an honorary title, in the past two years when national unity activities are in full swing, if someone really wants to touch me, they have to consider whether they can suppress the consequences of me turning the table.

At five o'clock in the morning, there was a noise outside and Li Long opened his eyes.

He gently stretched his slightly stiff body, moved closer to the door with the gun in hand, and heard two people talking quietly outside.

"Our job is pretty easy. We only get five dollars for taking out the garbage. It's just a bit troublesome to get up in the middle of the night..."

"You can be happy about the money you've made, because others can't even make it. Come on, throw the garbage into the yard with a shovel. I went to the canteen yesterday to get the swill, it smells terrible, and when the snow melts in a couple of days, it will stink for half a month!"

Li Long slowly opened the door and bent down to feel outside.

Through the iron gate, you can see two people carrying two bags of garbage and dumping them towards the gate of the courtyard. After one of them finished dumping the garbage, he used a shovel to pick up the garbage and threw it into the wall.

He felt his way to the corner of the wall, and while the two men were still struggling to dump the garbage towards the gate, he climbed over the wall with a single effort. Before the two men could react, he had already rushed down and kicked them to the ground one by one!
Not those two young men.

It's normal to think about it. Those two people probably believe in "a son of a wealthy family should not sit in the hall", so how could they come in person? Spending some money to hire someone to disgust them is the ultimate for them.

People in small places don't have such evil hearts, and it's impossible for them to cause harm or death over such a small matter.

The two men were lying on the ground screaming, and hadn't reacted yet. Li Long kicked the two shovels aside, walked forward and kicked them a few times to vent his anger.

As the two people just said, these two bags of garbage are much smellier than yesterday's.

The screams of the two people spread far in the silent night. Li Long didn't care whether it would attract other people. After kicking them a few times, he pointed his gun at the two people:
"Put the garbage back in its original place! If you dare to run, I'll break your legs!"

The two men looked at Li Long holding the gun and endured the pain. After getting up, they wanted to pick up the shovel to collect the garbage. Li Long said viciously:
"With your hands! Take off your gloves, don't look, I'll break Xinxin's legs!"

The two men didn't dare to test whether Li Long would really fire the gun, as they were well aware of the power of this thing.

The garbage smelled very bad and some of it had not yet solidified. Li Long asked them to use their hands, and they did not dare to disobey him. They squatted there and started to put the garbage into the garbage bag with their hands.

One of them pretended to be something and moved to a place five or six meters away from Li Long. Then, when Li Long was not paying attention, he got up and ran away!
This guy usually runs very fast, and he bets Li Long can't outrun him!
Li Long sneered, kicked the person who didn't run away to the ground, bent down, picked up the shovel and threw it out!
"what--"

The shovel spun and hit the man's calf hard. The man screamed and fell to the ground, holding his calf and howling.

The man here was still cursing Li Long inwardly, wondering what it had to do with him if that man ran away. But after seeing the man's miserable appearance, he stopped complaining, put the garbage back obediently, and then looked at Li Long while holding the garbage bag.

"Throw it at the garbage dump!" Li Long pointed his gun at him, "Go!"

After the garbage was cleared away, someone came out to see what was going on, but didn't ask any questions and went back again.

The man was hugging his legs and howling on the road. Li Long went over and kicked him, making him stand up.

The shovel hit his left leg. Li Long lifted the man up. The man still wanted to deny it. Li Long picked up the shovel and said:

"If you don't want to leave, how about I give you a right leg?"

He could walk immediately—a little hopping, which was also walking.

Li Long took the two people to the police station.

The police officer on duty at the police station also heard the screams, but because he was some distance away, he was still looking around at the gate of the police station to see what was going on.

When he saw Li Long escorting two people over, he asked in surprise:

"Huh? Xiao Li? What's going on?"

Li Long had delivered meat to the police station and cleaned snow with everyone, so the police officers at the police station were quite familiar with Li Long.

"These two guys threw garbage into the yard of my purchasing station twice," Li Long said angrily, "and even threw feces. Everyone who went to the purchasing station to sell things yesterday was affected... It's disgusting!"

The policeman's surname was Qin, and his name was Qin Hongjie. He immediately understood what was going on, but didn't say it out loud. He followed Li Long and took the two people to the police station.

After taking Li Long's statement, they let him go back. As for the two men, they were handcuffed and locked to the radiator in the style of Qin Qiong carrying a sword on his back. They would talk about it until daybreak.

The two men wailed, but soon there was no sound.

Li Long returned to the yard with his gun on his back.

Xiao Hei heard his footsteps, ran over happily, and kept sniffing him.

Li Long thought that it must have smelled the stench on him - although the garbage was taken away, some of the smell must have been on him.

Gu Xiaoxia knocked on the door. Li Long knocked twice, and her voice came from inside:

"Who?"

"Me." Li Long responded.

Gu Xiaoxia hurried over to open the door and pulled Li Long into the house.

"Are you frozen?" she asked with concern. She helped Li Long take down his gun and put it aside, then went to pour him some water.

"No, there's a stove in the purchasing station." Li Long said as he took off his coat. "Two scoundrels, I sent them to the police station. Officer Guo might come over tomorrow to talk about the situation. It's okay, I'll take a shower, and we can still sleep for a while...Are you awake?"

"I can't sleep." Gu Xiaoxia said truthfully. She was really worried about Li Long.

"Ah..." Li Long sighed, "Then go to sleep quickly, you have to go to work in the morning."

"It's okay. There's less work in the office these two days, so it's okay for me to sleep less. I just hope you're okay."

The room was very warm and the fire in the stove was always burning brightly. It seemed that Gu Xiaoxia was always adding fuel to the fire.

The two of them quickly got into bed. Li Long didn't say anything else. He hugged Gu Xiaoxia and closed his eyes.

He actually didn't sleep much, mainly because he was worried that Gu Xiaoxia would wake up late. He was young, and staying up one or two nights was nothing. When it was past eight o'clock, Li Long quietly got up and prepared to set up the stove, and found that Gu Xiaoxia was no longer in bed.

When he turned his head, Gu Xiaoxia was changing Mingming and Haohao's diapers.

"Why are you up? You've been up all night, why don't you get some more sleep?" Gu Xiaoxia heard the noise and said as she watched him change his diaper.

Two children also sat there and looked at him.

Li Long felt warm in his heart.

Happiness. (End of this chapter)