Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

After Bolati and his friends left, Li Jianguo and his friends quickly began to clean up the dugout. Old Huang began to prepare the stove for cooking - these seven people had some plans for staying here, so they built a stove at the original stove and actually cooked in the past few days.

All Lao Huang had to do was to reinforce the stove, put the pot he brought on the stove, and boil water and cook.

I just arrived here, and I haven't had time to prepare fresh wild vegetables and mushrooms, but fortunately I brought a lot of pickles. Xie Yundong also had the same idea as Li Long and bought some naan to bring with him. The money was eventually deducted from the food allowance.

With naan, a hot dish and hot tea, I could get through the lunch break.

"You start working in the afternoon. I will also go pick some wild mushrooms and vegetables in the afternoon and make you a good meal before dark." Old Huang said with a grin while cooking.

"Then we'll just wait." Xie Yundong next to him said with a smile.

The seven people cleaned up the dugout, so it was much easier for those who lived here. After Li Long helped Li Jianguo pack up the bedding, he went to see how the others were packing up.

As he was cleaning up, the tractor started rumbling again. Li Long saw Liang Wenyu driving a tractor towards the mouth of the ditch.

Liang Donglou was also sitting on the tractor. Li Long guessed that he was planning to drive the tractor back.

The same thing happened on Xu Haijun's side, but team leader Xu Chengjun did not come. The one who drove the tractor back was Xu Haijun's father Xu Tianyun.

Li Long's tractor, which Li Jianguo had driven over, did not need to be driven back, but was left here for use. In case Li Long was not around and he had to go back to the county urgently, this tractor would always be faster than running on two legs.

When the tractor came over, Li Long greeted Liang Donglou, and Li Jianguo also came over and said a few words.

After chatting for a while, Liang Donglou said to them:

"You guys go and do your own things. I'll go look after where Wenyu and the others are staying and leave soon."

"Why are you leaving, Uncle Liang? The meal will be ready soon. At least you should eat before leaving." Li Long originally didn't plan to eat, but since Liang Donglou came over, he had to be polite.

"That's right, uncle. We've already entered the mountains, how can we just leave like this?" Li Jianguo also persuaded, "The meal is ready, don't worry, we'll help Wenyu with it, it will be ready in a while."

"Don't worry about it, let him do it himself." Liang Donglou said directly with the idea of ​​training his son, "Xiaolong, this time it's all thanks to you."

"Hey, Uncle Liang, what are you talking about? You're saying this... A few years ago when I was still a kid, if you hadn't helped my eldest brother, I wouldn't even have meat to eat? We don't say this among family members."

Li Jianguo habitually calls Liang Donglou "uncle". Although this is a bit inconsistent with the general perception, it is fine as long as Liang Donglou is willing to do so.

Li Long followed Li Jianguo and called Gu Boyuan "uncle". Gu Boyuan did not think it was offensive, he knew what kind of character Li Jianguo was, and it was normal for Li Long to follow his example.

Anyway, Li Long is good to Gu Xiaoxia and respects me, that's enough.

Why do you care so much about other people?

Liang Wenyu and his friends hadn't cleaned up their dugout yet, but dinner had already started here. Li Long went over to call them over to eat. There were 20 to 30 people in the shade of the trees, gathering in groups of three or four, and it was quite lively.

Li Jianguo came over with naan and whispered to Li Long:
"The ranger left a bag of fritillaria for you. Is that okay?"

"It's okay." Li Long smiled and said, "I have a good relationship with him, I will just pay him according to the price when the time comes."

"That's fine. I'm just afraid that those seven people will tell others, and then it will be difficult for you to explain yourself."

"Don't worry about it, Bolati will take care of it." Li Long knew the process of Bolati and the others. These people would at least be sent to prison for a few years.

There was no choice - if they were just collecting Fritillaria, even if they stayed in a group, they would probably only spend a few days in the detention center.

But snatching and robbery are different. It has only been two years and the impact is still there. No one will take this kind of criminal behavior lightly.

Li Long's original idea was to go back after dinner as he still had a purchasing station to manage.

But now that this had happened, he didn't rush to leave after dinner.

Liang Donglou and Xu Tianyun drove their tractors one after the other, rushing out of the mountain. Although the sowing was over, there were still some odd jobs to do in the fields, and they didn't want to waste time.

After dinner, Li Jianguo and his team continued to work. Those who had not finished cleaning the dugouts continued to clean them up, and those who had finished cleaning the dugouts had already started digging the pits for weaving the handlebars. The next step was to cut strips of wood to find firewood and prepare for weaving the handlebars.

After finishing his meal, Li Long took a walk around the area. Seeing that everyone was busy, he did not disturb them. He went to a nearby ditch to take a look. Sure enough, almost every ditch was filled with Fritillaria, more or less, some were densely packed, and some were dotted.

It's a great place.

No one complains about having too much good stuff, but Li Long had no intention of digging it himself. After he finished his tour, he drove the jeep to the mouth of the ditch and stopped.

Having fired two shots earlier, he simply took out the gun and cleaned it at the entrance of the ditch.

If there is no change, Li Long plans to hunt wild boars in the next two days, and in this case, he must get the gun ready.

Just as he thought, within half an hour, the sound of horse hooves was heard, and Bolati was riding a horse towards him in the distance.

After seeing Li Long, Bolati shouted "Go!" and sped up. When he got to Li Long, he pulled the reins, got off the horse and said to Li Long:

"Li Long, thank you for this time. With these seven people, I don't have to do any work this year, and maybe I can get an excellent grade... We just did a simple interrogation, and there is at least one fugitive among them, who hurt someone with his mouth!"

Hey, I caught a big fish.

"Is this the one I injured?"

"No, no, it was a short guy who hid himself very well. It was his accomplices who reported him. He pretended to be an honest man, and he was quite convincing." Bolati said with a smile, "But he didn't expect that one of his accomplices reported him, hoping to get a lighter sentence... He was such a bad guy that he wanted others to hide for him..."

Li Long also laughed.

No matter what, solving a scourge is equivalent to doing a good thing and is worth being happy about.

"By the way, Li Long, let me tell you that the county's purchasing station is gone. Our leaders said that we don't need to confiscate Fritillaria anymore. We can't deal with it if we confiscate it, so anyone who comes across Fritillaria will be arrested and sent back, or locked up." Bolati said with some concern, "So there may be fewer Fritillaria brought to you in the future."

Li Long understood at once that the Fritillaria that had been confiscated by Bolati and his leaders should have been sold directly to the purchasing station.

The one with Chen Hongjun and his group.

Li Long's heart moved, and he said to Bolati:

"Then can you tell your leader that the county's purchasing station has let me buy it? I'm running a purchasing station now, so you can continue to confiscate the Fritillaria and sell the confiscated Fritillaria directly to me. I'll give you the same price as the purchasing station. If the Fritillaria is of good quality, the price I'll give may be higher than that of the purchasing station!"

"Really?" Bolati was a little unconvinced. "Did you really buy the purchasing station?"

"Yes, I not only buy Fritillaria, but also leather, snow lotus, deer antlers, velvet antlers, etc. If you have any, you can bring them to me and sell them."

Li Long knew that each of these forest rangers actually had his own channels. Some of them were getting the resources in the mountains themselves, while others were getting these things through the blind migrants in the mountains.

If he could integrate these resources, it would be enough for him to live a full and happy life.

This is an opportunity for my purchasing station to grow and develop!

If the purchasing station in the market adjusts its strategy, increases the purchasing price and improves its service awareness, its business will gradually flourish.

But if we have the forestry team as our partner, we will be able to leave the purchasing station far behind.

"That's great! Let me tell you, my colleagues still have a lot of good stuff. They used to be able to sell it at the purchasing station, but now the purchasing station is gone. They said Shicheng is also OK, but we are not familiar with Shicheng, and we usually have to patrol in the mountains, so we don't have time!
If you want to buy it, that's great... You want to buy snow lotus too? Sure, I have two boxes at home, with 60 or 70 flowers... How much do you want?"

"Five dollars." Li Long now regretted giving Halimu and Meng Hai five dollars. He only made one dollar - well, actually, these people, including Bolati, are very good partners, and they can't just make money.

"So expensive? We only sell them for one or two dollars!" Bolati showed a surprised expression on his face, "Really five dollars?"

"The big boss here charges six dollars, I charge you five dollars and make one dollar." Li Long was telling the truth.

"Li Long, you are a true friend!" Bolati gave a thumbs up. "Don't worry, I will persuade our leader to give the Fritillaria to you... Will I still go to your wooden house to find you then?"

"If you go to the county, go to the purchasing station, but I am open on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. If you are in the mountains, go to the wooden house. If I am not here, the man surnamed Sun is here last year, and he will help me look after the wooden house. He doesn't have a gun, so if you are free, please help me look after him. I will also come on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays."

"Okay, okay. Tomorrow is Thursday. I will go to the wooden house tomorrow. I can bring a lot of things over tomorrow. You just need to prepare the money and things then." "Okay." Li Long agreed with a smile.

Bolati didn't say anything more to Li Longduo and rode away on his horse.

Li Long drove a jeep to the wooden house and saw Sun Jiaqiang drying the Fritillaria he had picked in front of the table.

Li Long went over and told him about Bolati's situation, then said:

"I will come again tonight, and I plan to ambush the place you mentioned early tomorrow morning to see if I can kill those wild boars. If I can kill two wild boars, then you can eat better here, and my eldest brother and his gang can also improve their food."

He thought that after solving this matter, he would take Meng Hai and others into the mountains to renovate the house for Yu Shanjiang and others.

Of course, Li Xiangqian has to be informed about this matter.

Step by step.

"Okay, okay, then can I go with you tomorrow morning?" Sun Jiaqiang had a hopeful look on his face. He really wanted to go hunting.

"That's definitely no problem. If I really kill a wild boar, I'll ask you to help carry it back." Li Long said with a smile.

He had to go back first, deal with the situation at the purchasing station, and then buy a batch of supplies.

Mainly alcohol, food, etc. After all, what Bolati and his friends like most is alcohol - Li Long has no intention of asking them to quit drinking. It depends on the individual. It is not that persuading them to quit drinking is good for them. Some people cannot be persuaded. Some habits cannot be changed.

Knowing that Li Long was leaving, Sun Jiaqiang took back the Fritillaria he had dug and washed. Li Long did not refuse. After putting the Fritillaria on his chest, he left the cabin.

When he came out of the mountains and arrived at Qingshuihe Village, he drove the jeep to the wheat field, found He Yuqing and Meng Hai, and told them about the recent preparations for the engineering team.

"No problem, I'll lead the team then!" Meng Hai patted his chest and said, "I promise to do a good job!"

"Okay." Li Long nodded. Meng Hai was willing to give up his job as a porter and follow him to renovate the house. It was obvious that this job paid less than the porter, but he was still willing to do it. This was good. He was able to take the work he had assigned him seriously, so Li Long didn't mind giving him more opportunities in the future.

"I found seven people who have done house renovations before. They can use tile knives and mud. Is that enough?"

"That's enough." Li Long said, "There are a dozen winter dens in total. If we build one a day, we can finish them in a dozen days. If we work fast, it may take less time."

Meng Hai nodded and said, "Then I'll wait for you. Let's make some up first."

While they were working, Li Long stopped disturbing them and drove the jeep back to the county.

While it was still early, he went to the department store and bought some food, then went to the winery to buy some wine and put it in the back of the car, then returned to the purchasing station.

As expected, there was someone waiting here, so Li Long apologized, opened the door, and started packing his things.

"From now on, this purchasing station will be open on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays," Li Long said as he collected things. "Don't come to the wrong place. If you know anyone, tell each other. It will be open in a while."

"Okay, okay, just open the door." someone said.

"understood."

"It would be nice if it could be opened every day." Some people also said with regret.

Li Long didn't say anything, he continued to collect things. Nearly half of these people came to sell Fritillaria. Obviously, after the Fritillaria season started, whether it was the blind migrants from other places or the locals who knew about this information, they would take advantage of the opportunity to go into the mountains to dig Fritillaria.

Bolati and his men were not numerous enough to have someone guarding every ditch, so someone was bound to escape the forest rangers' supervision and bring the Fritillaria out of the mountains.

Li Long was waiting for them.

He brought back a bag of more than 20 kilograms of fresh Fritillaria from the mountains. After a short while here, he received more than 20 kilograms of dried Fritillaria.

The quality of these Fritillarias is average and not very clean. Li Long bought them as second or third grade goods. The seller also knew the condition of his own Fritillarias and did not bargain for the price.

Li Long charges 50 yuan per kilogram for grade one, 45 yuan per kilogram for grade two, and 40 yuan per kilogram for grade three.

He makes about 10 yuan per kilogram of Fritillaria at this price, which is much less than what he makes in the mountains. But the purpose of running a purchasing station is to make small profits but quick turnover, which is different from the mountains.

The advantage here is stability, and the amount harvested is definitely more than in the mountains. If you spread it out, you can make a lot of money.

Li Long continued to receive the goods until the end of the day. Seeing that there was no one around, he locked the door and pulled the things back to the yard.

Gu Xiaoxia walked in almost at the same time as him.

Mingming and Haohao in the yard were very happy to see Li Long coming back. Gu Boyuan, who was looking at the children, asked about Li Jianguo and the others' situation in the mountains.

"We ran into some people who were trying to steal our goods and took over the hideout of my eldest brother and his family."

"Why don't we deal with them? There must be twenty or thirty of you going there this time, right?" Gu Boyuan said.

"Well, we'll clean them up and hand them over to the forest rangers." Li Long said as he unloaded the things. "They also kidnapped a woman. They're really bad."

"Then you have to be given a good beating. It's only right to cripple him." Gu Boyuan was also quite ruthless.

"They broke the leader's legs." Li Long didn't elaborate, "They said there was a criminal who escaped from the gang."

After dinner, Li Long washed the Fritillaria and then hung them to dry in the side room.

Last time I sold some things in the side room and freed up a lot of space, now it’s a perfect time to dry the Fritillaria.

In the evening, he talked to Gu Xiaoxia about hunting wild boars, and Gu Xiaoxia did not object. Li Long would be busy at the beginning of the Fritillaria season, and she knew this.

Although she didn't object, Gu Xiaoxia still reminded Li Long to be careful. It's okay if he doesn't get hit, but don't hurt yourself.

After Li Long responded, he went over to say something to Sister Yang, and then drove out in his jeep.

Han Fang opened the door, watched Li Long leave, then quickly closed the door, locked it from the inside, and returned to the house.

It was already dark, and Li Long drove into the mountains with the headlights on, not knowing how many animals he had woken up.

In front of the cabin, Sun Jiaqiang was guarding the door and waiting.

After hearing the movement of the jeep, he immediately stood up and looked to the east. When he saw the two lights, he smiled.

The jeep drove to the wooden house, Li Long got out and asked Sun Jiaqiang to move things downstairs.

Seeing Li Long bringing so much wine, Sun Jiaqiang asked in surprise:

"Boss, can this wine be exchanged?"

"The forest rangers will come tomorrow. They have a lot of stuff that can be exchanged." Li Long said, "Have you eaten tonight?"

"Ate."

"Okay then, let's go to sleep after we move the things, and then we'll get up after the wild boar passes by."

Li Long plans to change his tactics today - not to ambush over there, it's too troublesome.

Sun Jiaqiang's bedding had been moved to the cabin, where he slept on the floor. Li Long wanted to find time to get him a wooden bed, but Sun Jiaqiang refused, saying that this was fine.

At night, the wooden house became quiet. Li Long closed the door and lay on the wooden kang. It took him a while to fall asleep - he hadn't slept here for nearly a year.

I guess I won't be able to live in this wooden house for a few days. After all, Sun Jiaqiang is here to guard it, and all he needs to do is to keep an eye on the county's purchasing station.

As I was thinking, I fell asleep in a daze.

Next door, Sun Jiaqiang was afraid to sleep, mainly because he was afraid that the wild boar would pass by. (End of this chapter)