Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Li Long didn't expect that Yang Guifang could actually come out, nor did he expect that she would have the courage to apply for a job at his purchasing station!

"I drove her away. A black sheep like her would only cause trouble if she stayed." Gu Boyuan said, "When she left, she was still unconvinced and said she would come to you directly later. She believed that you would definitely use her, so she asked me to wait!"

"What the hell is she thinking!" Li Long couldn't help but curse, "Even if she saw me, I would chase her away!"

"Hahahaha!"

"Hahaha!"

His insults were somewhat refreshing and unconventional, and everyone laughed.

When Gu Boyuan was laughing, he turned his head and saw Han Fang was also laughing, so he held back his laughter and said to Li Long:
"That's true, but your scolding is a bit vulgar. There are children here..."

Han Fang realized that Gu Boyuan was talking about her, so she suppressed her laughter and said:
"Uncle Gu, I didn't hear anything, hehe..."

The matter just passed and no one cared. After all, Li Long would definitely not use someone with so many bad records, and everyone knew that.

Before leaving, Gu Boyuan called Li Long aside, whispered that he planned to take charge of the purchasing station, and asked Li Long for his opinion.

Li Long said in surprise:
"Really? That's great, uncle. I'm relieved to have you in charge."

"You have no objection? That's good. Then I will move the agricultural supply store here in the next two days, and we can manage it together. I think this purchasing station is much more interesting than the agricultural supply store."

"That's right, but I'm busy and have a lot to do."

"Well, I'll manage this purchasing station for you. I'll keep a clear record of the income and expenditure for you..."

"That's not possible! Uncle, let's keep the accounts openly. This purchasing station can be considered a partnership, and we can split the profits." Li Long was eager to have someone he trusted to manage the purchasing station. He originally wanted to let Sun Jiaqiang do it, but Sun Jiaqiang couldn't come for the time being. Besides, there was another important point. Gu Boyuan was his own man, and he must be more reliable than Sun Jiaqiang, and he was also more capable.

At that time, it would be fine to let Sun Jiaqiang help manage the agricultural supply store.

"It's fine to share the profits." Gu Boyuan thought for a while and said, "You open the purchasing station, the money, the place, and the procedures are all yours, and I will provide a person. How about this, I will take 10% of the shares."

Li Long felt it was too little, but Gu Boyuan refused to ask for more. He had his own idea: judging from the current situation, the net income of the purchasing station was over several hundred yuan a day. Even if he took only 10%, his daily salary would be equivalent to a worker's monthly salary, which was really not a small amount.

"Uncle Gu, let me tell you..." Li Long pointed to the wing room and whispered, "I'm in touch with the forestry team now. The things they confiscated are mainly Fritillaria, Codonopsis, and secondly, antlers, roe deer horns, etc. I will buy them at a low price and then resell them.

The income from the purchasing station is stable, but it is not the main source of my income. However, I plan to keep this purchasing station open for a long time, so I must have someone I can trust to look after it. You are the most suitable person. If you take less, both Xiaoxia and I will feel bad. "

"Okay, since you said that, I won't be polite. Let's put it this way. I'll manage the agricultural supply store, and the income will be mine. I'll also manage the purchasing station, and I'll take 20% of the income, no more. I think it's better to put these harvesters in the purchasing station instead of here. I'll live there and get a dog, and it will be safe there."

"Okay." Li Long didn't say much. According to the information revealed by Chen Hongjun last year, the number of Fritillaria rubra confiscated by the forestry team was at least twice the number of Fritillaria rubra he collected from the mountain people.

If he could get all these Fritillarias, the income from this alone might exceed the total amount he has earned in the past three or four years.

The purchasing station is the foundation, it is very important and cannot be lost. Gu Boyuan watched, Li Long was very relieved. It doesn't matter if the money is less now, we are all family, Li Long will definitely not be stingy when spending money.

In fact, Li Long also thought about asking his eldest brother to come over to work together. He once revealed this news to Li Jianguo, but Li Jianguo did not come because he had his own ideas.

"There are three of us brothers. Your second brother lives in Kuitun, which is far away. To be honest, my parents can't count on him. They are used to the life in the village and they can't get used to the life in the city.

I have moved here for two or three years now. I have just adapted to the place, made new friends, and am living quite comfortably. If I move to the city again, will I have to give all the land in the team to your sister-in-law? If the whole family moves to the county, my parents will have to adapt again, and they can't get used to the life in the city.

In fact, I think life in the team is pretty good. There is rice and fish here. It is a land of fish and rice. How wonderful! Now we have a lot of land, and we grow a lot of cash crops and earn a lot of money, which is enough for us to spend.

Money is a good thing, but when it reaches a certain amount, it is just a number. How much is enough? I will not go to the city. You can develop in the city, and I will stay here to guard our land, our parents, and our homestead.

To put it bluntly, if something happens to you one day, at least we still have land here and a way out. If we abandon this land, we will have no way out if we want to come back in the future.

My father moved here from his hometown, so this place is my root. I can’t throw this root away.”

Therefore, Li Jianguo would only occasionally participate in Li Long's "organized activities", but would not come out to serve as the manager of a purchasing station or any other store.

Yeah.

After the matter of the purchasing station was finalized, Gu Boyuan went back. He still lives in the small courtyard for the time being, but starting from tomorrow, he will move the agricultural supplies and his own bedding from there, and then he can erase the notice of time-sharing opening on the blackboard outside the yard of the purchasing station.

If possible, Gu Boyuan even thought that he didn't need to rest at all and could open the door every day.

The original purchasing station was closed on weekends, but Gu Boyuan felt that except for occasional business needs, there was no need to close the station on other days!
After Gu Boyuan went back, Li Long packed up the things in the yard and then went back to the house.

Mingming and Haohao had already fallen asleep, and Gu Xiaoxia was sorting out some documents at the desk.

Li Long came in and took a look. He didn't disturb Gu Xiaoxia. He first made himself a cup of honey water, then poured out the water in Gu Xiaoxia's cup and made her a cup of warm honey water.

Nanshan has rich wild flower resources, and more and more people are raising bees. The honey at this time is not fake. Drinking it can moisten the lungs, relieve coughs and promote bowel movements.

Gu Xiaoxia looked up and saw the honey water that Li Long had given her, smiled, and then continued to work. Li Long turned on the TV, lowered the volume, and sat on the bed to watch it.

After a while, Gu Xiaoxia finished her work, packed up her things, took a sip of the honey water, and asked softly:

"How's the situation in the mountains?"

"It went pretty smoothly. Today, we encountered a group of herbalists who occupied the Buick family's winter nest. We captured them and sent them to the forestry team. The Fritillaria that was brought back was dug by this group of people, and then the forestry team sold it to me. This is what I just talked to your father about. Let him be in charge of the purchasing station, and I will take care of the outside affairs."

"During lunch, my dad was still talking about this, saying it was much more interesting than the agricultural supply store. I saw that he was really interested, so I let him do it. It's rare that he is interested in running this business."

"Well, I also feel that your father is still as ambitious as he was in the past, which is a good thing." Li Long said with a smile, "This way I can rest assured. I originally planned to recruit someone from the mountains to look after the purchasing station, but it's better to have someone of my own."

"Big brother won't have any ideas, right?" As the daughter-in-law of the Li family, Gu Xiaoxia still cared about the Li family's thoughts at this time.

"I definitely don't have any ideas. My eldest brother doesn't even want to leave the village. He feels more comfortable and at ease in the village."

"How about the ones who carry the handles? It's been several days, so they should have made quite a lot."

"Yes, I estimate that there are more than a thousand porters now. I have to talk to Director Li tomorrow and send two cars to Big Brother to take the porters back."

"Mingming and Haohao are almost one year old. Today, Sister Yang said that they can stand for a while by holding on to the stretcher." Gu Xiaoxia turned her head and glanced at the two children and said:
"Time flies by so fast. I can stand in a blink of an eye, and I can walk after a while..."

"Well, as soon as we can walk, we can run, and then talk, and then we can go to school, and in the blink of an eye, we are old." Li Long pretended to sigh.

"What nonsense are you talking about? How can it be that fast?" This time, Gu Xiaoxia couldn't hold it in any longer and punched Li Long with her fist. "This is just the beginning."

"This is a joke." Li Long said with a smile.

When the night is quiet, the good life begins.

The next morning, Li Long woke up refreshed and hummed a song while changing Mingming and Haohao's diapers. Gu Xiaoxia also got up after hearing the sound and took over the work at hand. Li Long washed his hands and went out to milk the goat.

Kazakhs milking is done by women. When they came to the big yard, Gu Xiaoxia and Sister Yang were not very skilled in this area, but Li Long was quite good at it. So every morning and evening, Li Long was the one who milked the cows.

Mingming Haohao is now used to having a bowl of goat's milk every morning, and Han Fang no longer resists this special treatment.

After milking the goat's milk, they took it to the kitchen and asked Sister Yang to boil it. Li Long began to clean up the yard and sort out the things he brought to the mountains this time.

There was no need to bring the pot, but more seasonings should be prepared. Because he still had to go to the wooden house, Li Long planned to leave early, then go to the department store and the market to buy some things and put them in the trunk to transport to the wooden house.

After breakfast, Li Long went shopping first, then picked up Ma Xiaoyan and went to the supply and marketing cooperative.

Li Xiangqian was already waiting here. The big truck was loaded with supplies, but it didn't seem like there were that many this time.

"Director, I have something to report to you." Before getting on the car, Li Long said to Li Xiangqian, "We have been compiling this product for several days. I estimate that there are at least 1,000 finished products now. Can our company send two trucks to pick up the products in the next two days, and send two inspectors to inspect them together, so that I don't have to inspect them once and they have to inspect them again, which is very troublesome."

"Okay, I'll go and tell them later, and we'll do it tomorrow." Li Xiangqian said, "I'll go into the mountains with you again today, and I won't go tomorrow. You should keep an eye on the work in the mountains. Now that we're doing it, we have to finish it and do it well."

"Make sure to complete the task." Li Long said seriously.

"Then I won't go tomorrow either." Ma Xiaoyan also said, "Tomorrow we have a meeting in our department, and after that I have to go to a few villages in the east to interview people."

"Okay." Li Long said he knew everything.

The jeeps and large trucks came out of the county town one after another, picked up Meng Hai and his team at Qingshuihe Village as usual, and then went into the mountains to start working.

They checked the two previously completed winter shelters. The cement on the surface of Yushanjiang's winter shelter had dried, while the one in Tarihar needed some more water and shade.

Li Long still pulled the people over, used a tractor to transport the materials to Tarihar's winter camp, and then drove away in a jeep.

He first went to the wooden house, unloaded the supplies from the jeep, then loaded all the things that Sun Jiaqiang had collected into the jeep, and then went to find a place to hunt.

After making some gains in the rock mine cave yesterday, Li Long thought about going to another place today. He parked the jeep at the entrance of the hot spring ditch and entered the ditch with a gun in hand.

There were no animals in the hot spring pool, and Li Long was a little disappointed, so he walked up the ravine. He walked all the way to the spring, but didn't find any prey.

Li Long did not give up and continued to move up with his gun. He still remembered that he had encountered bears and wild boars in the pile of rocks above.

This place is sparsely populated and the terrain is relatively complex. Some wild animals actually like to live here because they are less likely to encounter natural enemies.

As he climbed up, he saw no bears but two mountain goats. However, before Li Long could see them clearly, the two mountain goats had already jumped and ran away.

Li Long hurriedly drew his rifle and chased in the direction the ibex fled. The higher he went, the steeper the mountain became and the less vegetation there was.

Even though Li Long was strong, had long legs and great endurance, he was a little out of breath after climbing here.

He looked up and saw that the mountain top was less than a hundred meters away. He decided to hold on a little longer and climb up to see if there was anything there. Even if he didn't find anything there, he could give up.

The closer you get to the top of the mountain, the more complicated the situation under your feet becomes. The originally hard land has turned into gravel and sand, and you can sink into it with every step you take.

When he was almost at the top of the mountain, Li Long felt a lot of sand in his shoes. When he was about to take off his shoes and pour out the sand, he heard the sound of sheep.

Li Long didn't even bother to clean the sand out of his shoes, he just reached the edge of the mountain with his gun in hand.

The top of the mountain is not a line or a peak, but a very long platform.

The platform is made of stone, with large areas of exposed slabs of stone covered with many broken stones and gravel, and some shrubs growing here and there.

Li Long's eyes were fixed on two animals that were more than thirty meters away from him.

Those are two argali.

On the northern slope of the Tianshan Mountains, argali, like ibex, are rare.

On the contrary, there are many argali in the Zhongtian Mountains in the Ili River Valley.

This argali looks like a sheep with enlarged horns, but it is a member of the Bovidae family. An adult weighs one hundred kilograms, much larger than an ordinary sheep.

The two argali in front of Li Long are not yet adults, or rather, they are young argali, and they weigh about 60 to 70 kilograms.

That’s it!
Li Long raised his gun and just aimed, a argali turned its head and saw Li Long popping up. It barked, turned around and ran away.

Li Long was aiming at it and shot it down with one shot. When he turned the gun and prepared to shoot another argali, he found that the other argali was gone!

Li Long hurriedly climbed to the top of the mountain with his gun and ran over. When he got close, he found that there was a narrow gap next to the two argali, leading directly to the bottom of the mountain.

The argali that disappeared just now heard the noise and went straight into the narrow gap. There were large bushes growing in the narrow gap, and it was very winding. You couldn't see the depth when you looked into it, and all you could see was bushes.

At this time, he could hear the noise below, but he couldn't see where the argali ran to.

Li Long looked at the side of the mountain and found that this side was much steeper than the side he had just climbed up, and it was very dangerous to go up and down. The bushes in the narrow gap were all thorny, so he hesitated for a moment and gave up.

With his gun on his back, Li Long looked at the knocked-down argali. He first poured out the sand in his shoes, cleaned them and put them on. Then he picked up the argali and walked down the mountain.

It's difficult to deal with prey here, at least we have to go to the water.

It was not easy to walk down the mountain with the argali in my arms. When the mountain was steep, I had to find a place where I could stand firmly, otherwise I would easily slip and fall. The slope was full of rocks, and if I rolled down, I would be seriously injured and bleed, or even die.

By the time he carried the argali to the hot spring, Li Long felt that he was almost exhausted.

After sitting by the stream and resting for about ten minutes, Li Long began to deal with the argali.

The argali has a big head and big horns. It can't be handled for the time being, just like last time, Li Long took off the sheep's head and hooves and put them by the stream as an offering to the mountain god.

Skinning and gutting the animal all in one go, and squeezing out all the feces from the stomach and intestines.

Because this is a hot spring, it is more convenient to wash the intestines and stomach. Li Long simply washed it and turned over the intestines, then wrapped the sheep's stomach with sheepskin, and still stuffed the stomach, intestines and other internal organs into the sheep's stomach.

Because the grass and feces that were not eaten completely had been squeezed out and the blood had been drained, the sheep was much lighter. Li Long put away the knife, held the argali again, and walked towards the jeep.

Let’s try some mutton today. He has never eaten this before.

When we drove the jeep to Yushanjiang's winter home, Hou Zhengyi had already set up the stove, and the water on it was boiling and splashing.

Seeing Li Long coming, Hou Zhengyi, who was picking mushrooms and wild onions on the hillside, ran down, came to the winter den, and helped Li Long carry the argali down.

"What kind of sheep is this?" Hou Zhengyi asked, "The skin looks a lot like a sheep."

"Argali sheep. The kind with very large horns." Li Long described it. "It's my first time eating it, so I don't know what it's like."

"Then let's cook it and see. Do you want to grill it today?"

"We don't have enough time, so let's cook it first." Li Long said, "I brought some vinegar and chili oil, which can be eaten cold after cooking."

"Okay, okay, I'll cut some wild onions and mix them in." Hou Zhengyi had to watch the cars here, so it was okay for him to help.

Li Long carried the argali sheep's eggs to the water pipe, and Hou Zhengyi came over with a large basin to help.

Although there is only one sheep today, it looks bigger and has more meat than the two roe deer from yesterday.

Li Long's plan was still to cook seven or eight kilograms, and divide the rest into pieces for everyone to take back.

Hunting is a little difficult now, so Li Long plans to tell everyone in advance that they can hunt if they can, but there is nothing they can do if they can’t.

What he was worried about was that the food was too good in the first few days, and everyone would form a habit and complain when there was no meat later.

After all, this kind of thing has happened before.

The meat of argali is also quite smelly, so you need to add more ingredients. Li Long was mentally prepared for this.

When the mutton was cooked, Hou Zhengyi took the initiative to carry the cooked mutton to the winter nest to give it to Li Xiangqian and the others. Li Long did not argue with him, just eating here at his leisure. (End of this chapter)