Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

After eating boiled meat for two or three days, Li Long wanted to change his taste today. He first soaked the untouched internal organs in a large basin and removed them, and planned to cut the remaining meat after dinner.

Take out an enamel bowl from the trunk of the car, mix chili oil, vinegar and chopped wild onions in it, and set it aside.

Li Long took out a piece of lamb neck meat and placed it in another enamel basin. He used the washed knife to cut a piece of meat, dipped it in the sauce, put it in his mouth and ate it. The taste was particularly good.

The mutton is quite smelly. Although ginger and wild onions are added when cooking to reduce the smell, the flavor is still there.

But now, using this method of eating, the mutton smell is suppressed. And because the sheep is freshly slaughtered, it is especially delicious after being cooked and mixed.

In later generations, people in many places in northern Xinjiang ate hand-pulled meat. After the meat was served, the restaurant would give them a plate of pepper salt, which was fried chili powder with salt. Some people also added cumin and mixed them together. When eating, you would tear off a piece of meat and dip it in the pepper salt, and it would taste very good.

Right now, all we’re missing is a piece of peel.

Okay, let it be a flaw. In this day and age, 99% of people have never enjoyed this way of eating.

After shaving a piece of lamb neck meat, he used chopsticks to poke out the spinal cord inside and ate it. Li Long then took a piece of naan to chew on to get rid of the greasiness, then picked up a piece of pangasius mutton ribs and continued eating like this.

The big pot attracted flies, so Li Long simply covered the pot with a lid, and did not extinguish the fire underneath to keep the temperature of the soup pot. When Meng Hai and his friends came back from work, they would definitely have lunch here, and this soup and the meat inside were the best reward for them.

Hou Zhengyi came back more than two hours later. By then, Li Long had already finished eating. He also asked him to divide the remaining mutton in the big basin evenly into twelve portions - the deputy director was not here this time, so each of the twelve people had one portion. As for the offal, Li Long kept it for himself. There was no doubt about that, after all, he was the one who made it.

"Comrade Li Long, I've been really blessed these past two days," Hou Zhengyi said sincerely as he washed the cooking utensils he had brought back from Buick's winter home. "I can eat such good meat, and I can bring some back every day. My wife said that this business trip is the most valuable of all the times I've been on it."

"Hey, let's each play to our strengths." Li Long said with a smile, "I saw you picked some mushrooms today?"

"Yes, I learned it from Director Ma. There are so many things in this mountain. I didn't know it before. Look at these mushrooms, wild onions, wild leeks and so on. They are all good things to take back, and they don't cost money."

"Then pick more and know poisonous mushrooms, right?"

"I don't know, but I know straw mushrooms. I won't make a mistake with this one. I only pick this kind of mushroom. It's safe."

"That's right." Li Long nodded and said, "There are still some in that patch. Pick more when you have time. If you can't finish them, you can dry them and give them to others."

"Yeah, that's what I thought." Hou Zhengyi washed the pots and bowls, and then went to pick mushrooms.

Li Long thought about it and went to pick some mushrooms. He was fast and took big steps. He was also familiar with the growth habits of wild mushrooms. In a short while, he picked five or six kilograms, which was more than Hou Zhengyi.

After Li Long picked the mushrooms, he put some of them in the jeep to take back, and washed the rest under the water pipe, then broke them apart, intending to make some mushroom soup, which Li Xiangqian and the others could drink directly when they came back.

There were not so many stoves in Yushan River, so Li Long simply moved four stones, transferred some fire from the previous stove, then took a pot that Hou Zhengyi and the others had brought, washed it, poured water in it, and started cooking.

The mushrooms are very fresh, the wild onions are also fresh, the highest quality ingredients, using the simplest cooking methods.

Just burn it directly!
There were not only straw mushrooms, but also some morels - the early morels had already grown, and Li Long didn't pick much, about 200 to 300 grams, and he planned to use a small half of them here. This stuff is good, and it tastes very unique when cooked.

When the mushroom soup was ready, Li Long turned off most of the fire, leaving some at the bottom to keep it warm. He put some in an enamel basin, cooled it, and tasted it. It tasted good and fresh.

Although straw mushrooms are not as famous as Chinese delicious mushrooms, nor as expensive as morels, they are abundant and easy to harvest.

When the sun was about to set, Li Long came back from the grass slope and heard the voices of Li Xiangqian and others in the ravine.

The workers have also returned.

When Li Xiangqian and his companions arrived at the Yushanjiang Diwozi, Li Long and Hou Zhengyi had already prepared dinner. The naan was torn into pieces, and there was enough meat in the pot for each person; the mushroom soup was just the right temperature.

This time, Li Long added more dipping sauce so that everyone could dip it in it.

"Hey, this is a good way to eat it." Li Xiangqian looked at the dipping sauce that Li Long made and said with a smile, "I've been eating this cooked meat these days. The meat is good, but it's a bit unbearable to eat it every day. Your way of eating it is not bad. I have to try it when I get back."

"Try it now," Li Long pointed to the bowl and said, "Try it first and then go back and try again."

Others don’t have this idea. They think it’s good enough to have meat to eat. Why be picky?
Meng Hai and the others washed their hands and ate. While they were eating, Li Long said:
"The argali we got today is quite big. Besides eating it, each person can get three or four kilograms of meat. By the way, I just picked up some straw mushrooms, and everyone can share them. Each person can get one or two kilograms, and they can be stir-fried to make a dish."

Everyone had a smile on their face, including Ma Xiaoyan. In fact, she had picked up some straw mushrooms on the grassland near the winter nest in Buick, but who would complain about having too much of this kind of thing?
Meng Hai came over with a basin and reported to Li Long:

"We also finished the winter camp in Buick. There was still a lot of material left. We didn't know where the next winter camp would be, so we didn't continue working on it. We just moved all the materials from the winter camp in Talihar over there."

"I'll go over there tomorrow to point out the location," Li Long said. He then said to Li Xiangqian, "Director, from tomorrow onwards, can we bring more wood blocks and fewer bricks?"

"Okay, okay, no problem." Li Xiangqian turned to Hou Zhengyi and said, "Old Hou, go back and get some more wood."

"no problem."

"Director Li said he won't be there tomorrow, so we..."

"It's okay. The director is busy. It's already very hard for him to follow us these few days. We can do the rest by ourselves. Anyway, you have become familiar with the work these days and know how to do it. There is no need to watch over you."

"Xiao Li," Li Xiangqian said as he dipped the meat in the sauce and ate it, "What about tomorrow's matter of pulling the leader..."

"My focus will still be here tomorrow. You can send a car and I will take the people to Xiaobaiyanggou. They can inspect and accept the goods directly there. By the way, Meng Hai and his people in the village have another batch. Let's take them away together then."

"Okay, I'll tell them then. Don't worry, they won't say anything they shouldn't." Li Xiangqian said meaningfully.

Li Long smiled. He naturally understood that what should not be said was the real price of the handle.

After eating, everyone cleaned up the place, put out the open fire, and loaded the things into the car. Everyone came to get their own portion of meat and mushrooms. Li Xiangqian was the first to come and Ma Xiaoyan was the second. When distributing meat to Meng Hai and others, they also paid their wages.

Everyone is very happy.

Bolati waited in the cabin for an entire afternoon, but Li Long never came.

He knew that Li Long and his men were working in the herdsmen's winter den, but when he came to inquire, Sun Jiaqiang said that Li Long still came here once or twice a day, so Bolati thought about waiting here.

While he was waiting here, he scared away several people who wanted to come over to exchange things, and in the end he still didn't wait for Li Long.

When the sun was about to set, he went back reluctantly. Before leaving, he told Sun Jiaqiang that he would come over tomorrow morning and afternoon, and if Li Long came, he must wait for him.

After dropping Meng Hai and the others off, the car returned to the county to return Li Xiangqian and Ma Xiaoyan. When Li Long returned to the compound, the sun had already set.

Gu Boyuan was packing up the things he had exchanged from the purchasing station. Han Fang opened the gate of the compound and let Li Long drive the jeep in. After Li Long got out of the car, he said directly:

"I don't have enough money. There have been too many people selling things these past two days. I've collected a lot of things and my money has been spent too quickly. Now I understand what it means to spend money like water... If you keep spending like this, can you afford it?"

"Not bad." Li Long smiled, "I'll get you the money later."

This is also the reason why ordinary people cannot open a purchasing station, because there is too much inventory. Right now, Li Long has more than 10,000 yuan worth of inventory, and at the current rate, he may have two or three times as much inventory.

How could ordinary people take out 20,000 or 30,000 yuan to hold back goods these days? Not to mention ordinary people, even ordinary small business owners can't do that.

Li Long was not under much pressure. Although he had less than 100,000 yuan in cash, he had a lot of things that could be converted into cash at any time.

If he was really short of money, he could just pull a truckload of dried Fritillaria to Shicheng or Beiting City and exchange it for cash. The reason he didn't do that now was mainly because he had already made an agreement with Jia Tianlong, so he was waiting for Jia Tianlong to come. In Li Long's opinion, Jia Tianlong's price was a little higher, and he was coming to pick it up, so it must be more cost-effective.

People like Jia Tianlong and Zhao Hui have a lot of cash flow and they do big business. They don't look down on small markets like a city or a county. Their eyes are on the entire northern Xinjiang or at least a region or an autonomous prefecture.

Li Long does not have such big ambitions. He thinks that it is good enough to be able to circle and develop the market in Ma County for the time being.

This time, Li Long directly took out 10,000 yuan in cash and gave it to Gu Boyuan. Gu Boyuan also wrote a formal receipt. Since the partnership has been agreed upon, it should be more formal.

Li Long doesn't have much cash on hand now, so he plans to go to the bank to withdraw some cash for backup when he is free tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.

The more troublesome thing now is that there is no way to contact Jia Tianlong and Zhao Hui. The purchasing station he runs is private, and the current post office will not call him. Ma County will have to wait another two years until the program-controlled switches become popular before private telephone services can be opened.

Although the installation fees and telephone charges for landline phones were very expensive at that time, it made communication much more convenient.

There was also mutton and internal organs in the jeep. Li Long took it down and put it in the kitchen. Sister Yang, who was cleaning the kitchen, started to clean it up. She liked to clean up these things in the kitchen. Li Long took out the meat and said it was mutton. Sister Yang smiled and said she had never eaten it before, and she would fry a plate of it tomorrow to try.

She knew that Li Long liked to eat intestines, so she planned to braise them first and stir-fry a plate tomorrow morning, otherwise they would not be fresh by the evening.

The next day at work, Li Xiangqian specifically called the driver and warehouse manager who were preparing to go to the mountains to his office to explain the situation and told them not to talk nonsense.

"I don't know what you think of Li Long, but I tell you that half of the honors our supply and marketing cooperative has obtained from the superiors in the past two years were obtained through him. From now on, I still want to continue to use him to get more honors for our supply and marketing cooperative, so you must pay attention to what I ask you to do with him.

This time when you go to inspect and accept the goods, you only need to worry about the quality. Those that are qualified are qualified, and those that are unqualified will not be accepted. You only need to count the total number of qualified items, and then issue a receipt to the people over there. You don't need to worry about how they count.

If someone asks you something, just say you don't know. I'm making it clear now. If someone says something they shouldn't say and causes a bad impact, don't blame me for making things difficult for you when I come back."

Li Xiangqian had just become the director. He knew that he did not yet have the support of the people and could not make everyone obey him unconditionally.

So he just made the threat now. He didn't want this matter to cause any trouble to Li Long in the village.

Whatever requirements he put forward to Li Long, Li Long completed them conscientiously and with high standards.

This time when he went into the mountains to work, the county's propaganda officer accompanied him the whole time and took a lot of photos of him, Li Xiangqian, the deputy director, and the section chief.

Li Xiangqian and Ma Xiaoyan also talked about it privately and learned that this manuscript would be published in the Autonomous Region Daily.

If the names of the units in the county can appear on the pages of the autonomous region's daily newspaper once or twice a year, it would really be like a commendation and reward.

After all, the leaders of the autonomous region, as well as the top and bottom leaders of various prefectures, counties and cities, must have the autonomous region’s daily newspaper on their desks every day.

This time the supply and marketing cooperative can show its face, and a special article will definitely leave a deeper impression on those leaders.

Li Long had done this, so Li Xiangqian naturally couldn't bring any more trouble to Li Long because of his own aspect.

After he said that, the warehouse manager and the driver would definitely agree. The county magistrate is not as good as the current manager. The leader has spoken and made his words clear. If he causes trouble again because of his careless mouth, he will really be walking into a trap.

Li Long drove to the supply and marketing cooperative, where three trucks were ready. Hou Zhengyi's truck was still loaded with a lot of supplies, and the other two trucks were empty. Li Xiangqian and his men were waiting in the yard.

Now Li Long came over, and Li Xiangqian said, "Xiao Long, you take care of the arrangements."

"Okay." Li Long was not modest and stepped forward and said, "Master Hou, drive directly to Qingshuihe Village, pick up Meng Hai and the others, and then go to the winter nest in Yushan River to unload the materials and transport them up.

I will drive with Master Zhang and Master Lu to collect the porters. Master Zhang's car will go to Qingshuihe Village, and Master Lu's car will go to Xiaobaiyanggou. Is this okay?"

"no problem."

Several drivers and warehouse managers agreed one after another.

Both vehicles were equipped with warehouse managers. Li Long was only responsible for leading the way. After bringing the people, he still had to go to the mountains to see Meng Hai and the others building their winter home.

Although Li Xiangqian is not going, this work still needs to be completed.

After making the arrangements, Li Long set off with his car. When they arrived at Qingshuihe Village, Meng Hai and his team got on Hou Zhengyi's car and headed directly into the mountains, while Master Lu and his team drove to the entrance of Hongshanzui Valley and waited. Li Long took Master Zhang's car to the wheat field in Qingshuihe Village.

He Yuqing and his men were weaving the banners there. When they saw Li Long driving over with a truck, they quickly stood up, put down the burned banners and came over to say hello.

"Captain He, I've brought some people here to inspect the porters. This is Manager Hu and Master Zhang from our supply and marketing cooperative. They are responsible for the inspection of the porters in Qingshuihe Village.

When you have completed the inspection, please sign a total bill, one for you and one for the company. Captain He, please remember everyone's numbers clearly. I will settle the total bill with you and you can distribute it yourself, okay?"

"Okay, no problem." He Yuqing agreed readily.

After giving the instructions, Li Long rushed to the mountain pass, and then took Master Lu and his team's car to Xiaobaiyanggou.

After arriving here, Li Long gave the same instructions to Xie Yundong and the others. After the inspection and loading, Xie Yundong, Xu Haijun, Liang Wenyu and others signed the general order with the supply and marketing cooperative. The amount of each person was recorded by the individuals and the team leader, which saved Li Long a lot of trouble.

After giving the instructions, Li Long did not stay here. After talking to his elder brother for a few words, he drove to the winter nest in Yushanjiang.

Master Hou was watching the car here, and Meng Hai and his team had already pulled the materials into the mountains.

Li Long took his gun and walked into the mountain. When he arrived at Tarihar's winter camp, Li Long looked around and found that the cement was not completely dry yet, so he stopped to splash water on it and continued to walk in. When he arrived at Buick's winter camp, he saw Meng Hai and the others were there, spraying water on the cement wall.

Meng Hai and his team had only been up here for a while. After all, they were carrying supplies and couldn't walk fast.

They didn't know where the next winter camp was, and they needed Li Long to lead them. The nearest winter camp was Yeerjiang's. Yeerjiang's father was called Revolution Beike, which was a rather special name.

In that era, some ethnic minority people would choose names that were more in line with their political form, like this one. Li Long had heard of "Revolutionary Buick" or other revolutionary names more than once.

It may sound a little funny now, but it was a very serious matter at that time.

"Come on, follow me." Li Long carried a bag of cement and a gun and walked south along the grass slope. Yeerjiang's winter camp was far away from the outer mountains in the north. Li Long didn't come here often.

Compared with the mountains in the north, the terrain here is relatively flat, with fewer trees and large tracts of mountain grasslands. The grass in the grasslands is growing well now, and you can see many wild flowers blooming.

The winter home of Yeerjiang's family was less than 500 meters away from Buick's family. After arriving at the location, Meng Hai and his team began to work.

Li Long also put his gun on his back and followed them to dismantle the roof. As a result, Meng Hai said to Li Long:
"Comrade Li Long, you should go hunting. We can do this job, and it is more meaningful for you to go hunting than to do this."

"That's right, Officer Li, you should go hunting." Others also echoed.

"We have enough people working, but now we are short of meat." A young man said bluntly.

"I may not be able to catch them." Li Long also laughed after hearing this: "I am not sure where the prey is in this mountain. I was able to catch them two days ago because I know there are several places where wild prey often appear.

I have been to those places in the past two days. Those wild animals will definitely not come back. I am not familiar with this area, so I can’t guarantee whether I can catch them. "

"It's okay, it's okay. If you can catch anything, that's the best. If you can't, that's okay too." Everyone had a good attitude. "We are the ones who do the rough work. We are enough. If you really don't need to be here, just go and look around. If you really can't catch anything, you can pick some mushrooms."

All right, Li Long clapped his hands, washed himself, and then walked towards the grassland. (End of this chapter)