Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Li Long came to find Li Xiangqian mainly because of the transportation issues of the carrying handles.

Because the winter huts for the herdsmen needed to be renovated this year, Li Long basically didn't take care of it after he handed over the task of making the handles to Xie Yundong and others.

Even the inspection and acceptance points are done by people sent by the supply and marketing cooperatives.

He only coordinated the vehicle twice to pick up the pre-assembled handles after inspection and brought them back, and he himself did not follow them from beginning to end.

Now the renovation of the winter den has been completed, and the organization of the porters has also come to an end - nearly 3,000 porters were brought back from the last two times, and with 30 people at two locations, more than 100 porters can be organized every day. From the last time to now, it will take less than ten days to complete the organization of the remaining porters.

After finishing this task, Li Long will not have to worry about it anymore.

Of course, you have to settle the bill afterwards.

As there were more than a thousand trucks left, Li Long wanted to transport them all at once and also pick up the people in the mountains, so he decided to discuss the matter with Li Xiangqian two days in advance and send two more trucks.

"No problem. Just tell me a time and I'll have the transportation department coordinate the truck in advance." Li Xiangqian definitely supported this. He said, "This is not just your job, it's also a big task for our company. After this last trip is completed, both you and our company can breathe a sigh of relief."

"Then I'll go into the mountains tomorrow," Li Long said, "to take inventory and calculate the number of people who can carry the goods. When I come back from the mountains, I can determine the specific time for transportation."

"Okay." Li Xiangqian nodded, "Don't forget to take some time to thank Secretary Ma and give him some gifts. You can come to the commune to get the money for the gifts reimbursed when the time comes."

"Okay, okay, I'll do it later."

After discussing the transportation, Li Long left the department store from the supply and marketing cooperative, bought a bag of food and daily necessities, then went to the county party committee compound, called out Ma Xiaoyan, and gave her the bag of things.

Through these trips to the mountains, Li Long discovered that Ma Xiaoyan's family situation was average. Instead of giving her some flashy things, it would be better to directly give her these practical things that can be used in life.

Sure enough, seeing the things Li Long sent, Ma Xiaoyan was quite happy. In fact, everyone knew that being interviewed and published in the newspaper was a win-win situation. Li Long and Li Xiangqian got benefits, leaders paid attention to them, the unit became famous, and Ma Xiaoyan got the same.

Such good material can be published in the autonomous region daily and state daily, and Ma Xiaoyan herself can also be commended and rewarded.

These days, there are rewards for submitting articles to news media at all levels. Not only are there cash rewards, but there will also be extra points for promotion and professional title evaluation.

So Ma Xiaoyan would also try to get closer to Li Long and his team. In her opinion, Li Long was a treasure trove of material. If she had a good relationship with Li Long, it would be no problem to get one or two articles published in the autonomous region-level newspapers every year.

After delivering the goods here, Li Long returned to the yard and continued to work with the medicinal herbs.

Licorice, Cynomorium, Codonopsis, these herbs are not ready to use right after they are collected. Like Fritillaria, they also need to be cleaned and washed. Jia Tianlong said that after he sent this batch of Fritillaria away, he would come to transport other herbs in a few days. Li Long wanted to pack these things before he came.

Compared with Fritillaria, the quantity of these medicinal herbs is not particularly large, but that is only relative.

The several kinds of medicinal herbs together weigh several hundred kilograms, and are worth several thousand dollars.

Not a small amount.

Li Long did not look down on the few thousand dollars just because he made tens of thousands of dollars from selling Fritillaria.

He had come from a hard life. A few thousand dollars was a huge sum of money for ordinary people, and it was not a small amount for him either.

Li Long was washing medicinal herbs in the yard while watching Mingming and Haohao. Sister Yang was tidying up the yard and the house, taking out some bedding to dry in the sun, then going to buy vegetables and prepare to cook.

When Li Long is around, Sister Yang will have more freedom. She can go to the market, go to the courtyard on Wuinan Road, and discover new things just by going out.

When she came back, Sister Yang said to Li Long:
"I was in the market and saw someone arguing with the collectors in front of the purchasing station. They said the prices they charged were wrong and much lower than the prices at our purchasing station.

The collector said that since the items were different, the prices must be different. The seller called them profiteers, and a quarrel ensued.”

Li Long smiled and said nothing.

If there is competition, there will definitely be comparison. Gu Boyuan has a high EQ in this regard. Besides, he has been to college and has rich experience. He will not take the initiative to argue with others. He will definitely be able to convince those people with reason.

So Li Long felt at ease leaving the purchasing station in his hands.

After breakfast the next day, Li Long waited for Sister Yang to clean up the kitchen and take over Mingming and Haohao. Then he drove his jeep to the naan shop and bought all the more than 20 naan that had just been made that morning and had not been sold out. Then he went to the department store to buy daily necessities.

Not long after Li Long left, a few Adasi came to buy naan. Seeing that the naan pit was empty, they couldn't help but complain to the boy making naan:
"Where's the naan? It's not made yet? Did you get up late today?"

"You came too late, and someone bought it." The young man making naan said with a smile:
"Wait a little longer. The next pit of naan will be ready in a while."

These people are very unhappy, but they have no choice but to stand by the naan pit and wait - those who come to buy naan at this time are not in a hurry to go to work. Those who are in a hurry to go to work often buy naan for the next morning the day before.

After buying things, Li Long drove out of the county and took the Wuyi Highway to the west. When he arrived at Qingshuihe Village, he drove to the wheat field and chatted with the team leader He Yuqing.

"We now have 300 to 400 finished handles, and the pass rate is guaranteed to be more than 90%." He Yuqing is very confident in this regard. "Old Meng and his team didn't come here to make them after they renovated the winter nest, otherwise we could have more."

Li Long didn't ask why Meng Hai didn't come. In addition to counting the number of people who came to help, he also had to settle the money from the last two times with He Yuqing.

The last two times when they pulled the carts, Li Long just led the car over and left. Both this side and the supply and marketing cooperative only recorded the total number. The specific number of carts each person had was recorded by He Yuqing and the people who had made the carts also kept it.

Li Long didn't care about that. He checked the total with He Yuqing and then paid him the money.

How to divide the money is He Yuqing's business and he will not get involved.

He Yuqing was very happy after receiving the money. He was still a little stressed during this period. Last year, the money was paid once the money was collected.

This year, they had collected money twice but still hadn't paid. He and Meng Hai trusted Li Long and knew that Li Long would not steal their money. But it was hard to say for other people in the village. It involved money, and the amount was not small, so it was impossible for these people not to think about it.

Now that the money is in hand, I can rest assured. After seeing Li Long off, He Yuqing went to the people who were making up the group and said:
"Everyone, slow down a bit and come over to share the money!"

As he said this, he took out a notebook from his jacket pocket, on which was recorded the number of each person and their signatures.

After leaving Qingshuihe Village, Li Long stepped on the accelerator and drove towards Hongshanzui.

After entering the mountain, he drove towards Xiaobaiyanggou with ease. When he was almost at the mouth of the gully, he saw something moving on the hillside in front of him. He slowed down, looked carefully, and found a group of more than a dozen wild boars digging for something to eat.

Li Long hurriedly stopped the car, reached out and grabbed the Type 56 semi-automatic rifle from the passenger seat, opened the door, got out and prepared to aim.

But when the jeep came over, the sound of the engine had already startled the wild boars. When Li Long got off the car, the wild boars had already spread their legs and ran towards the mountain.

By the time he aimed, there was no wild boar in his sight.

Li Long hurriedly rushed up the mountain with his gun in hand. When he rushed up the hillside, he found a forest on the opposite side. At last, a little wild boar had half of its body entered the forest.

Li Long picked up his gun and fired two shots. The little wild boar shook and fell into the woods.

Li Long rushed over with his gun, went down the mountain and then up again, and when he reached the edge of the woods, he saw the knocked down little wild boar.

The little wild boar weighed about 20 to 30 kilograms. There was a pool of blood beside it. It had a bullet wound in the head and was dead.

Li Long looked around with his gun in hand. There was no movement in the woods now, and the other wild boars had already run away.

He walked back with the gun in one hand and the wild boar in the other.

Returning to the place where the wild boar had just dug up the ground, Li Long took a closer look. There was a patch of Codonopsis pilosula seedlings and a patch of wild strawberries that had just borne fruit.

Wild strawberries or green pimples, are wild boars eating this?
He wasn't sure, but he saw that many of the wild strawberry green bumps had been chewed up.

They were about to arrive at Xiaobaiyanggou. Li Long did not deal with the wild boar here. He carried the wild boar and his gun into the car and continued driving forward.

When we arrived at Xiaobaiyanggou, we immediately smelled the familiar smell of burning rice cakes. The air was also filled with smoke, like fog. The jeep drove to the cave, and Li Long got out and pulled the little wild boar down.

Most of the people were weaving ropes near the dugout, and a few were absent, probably because they were going to cut strips.

Xie Yundong came over to say hello to Li Long. Old Huang, who was busy at the stove, also came over and said with a smile:

"Hey, Xiaolong, are you hitting something again? The gunshot you heard just now was from you, right?"

"Well, we saw a group of wild boars before we entered the ditch. When we got off the car, most of them ran away, but we shot this little guy. You take care of it and we will have a snack at noon."

"Okay, okay, your eldest brother shot a roe deer a few days ago. It's not a big one, and we've almost eaten it these past two days. The little wild boar you shot is just enough to supplement our meat."

Old Huang happily carried the wild boar over to deal with it. Li Long followed Xie Yundong to see how the gang was doing.

"Now everyone has 30 to 40 braided handles," Xie Yundong said as he walked, "and the pass rate is getting higher and higher. The main reason is that everyone is experienced, and the problems of failure in the past are easier to avoid."

There were handles piled high in front of everyone's workbench. When they saw Li Long coming, they all took the initiative to greet him.

After Li Long finished looking at this side, he said a few words to his eldest brother, and then went to see the situation of Xu Haijun and Liang Wenyu. He found that the progress of the three groups was roughly the same.

After reading it, Li Long estimated that there are about 1,120 qualified stage masters. He plans to wait until tomorrow to edit them and come directly the day after tomorrow.

If there are extra handles by then, if the supply and marketing cooperative wants them, let them take them away. If not, Li Long will take them to the big yard of the purchasing station and put them down. He can sell them or use them himself.

This was the plan. When Li Long turned back, Xie Yundong pulled him aside and whispered:

"These past two days, after some people finished weaving the bamboo poles, they ran to the nearby ditch to dig for Fritillaria. No rangers from the forestry team came over, so they became bolder."

"Are they from Xu Haijun's group?" Li Long also asked in a low voice, "We are all old people here, we should all understand."

"Well, yes, I think the Navy is a bit connivance, this matter..."

"Don't worry about it. I'll tell everyone later. I'll edit it for another day tomorrow. I'll pack up and go back the day after tomorrow morning. They won't have much chance to do other things..."

"Then I suggest you not to tell them." Xie Yundong thought for a moment and said, "If you tell them, some of them will definitely want to do something on the last day.

Why don't you just bring your car here early the day after tomorrow morning, and while everyone is having breakfast, announce the matter, then check the vehicles, load them, and take them home directly. Some people won't have time to cause trouble even if they want to."

Li Long thought about it and agreed.

The lunch was very sumptuous. Lao Huang skinned the little wild boar and removed the meat. He stewed it with sauerkraut and used the remaining bones to make soup.

The wild boar itself was not big, so two dishes were cooked directly. The staple food was part of the naan that Li Long brought, and Li Long planned to take the remaining naan to Sun Jiaqiang.

Sun Jiaqiang is not good at steaming buns, so Li Long has to give him some of this leavened food from time to time to ensure that he doesn't eat badly.

While eating, Li Long looked at the people who were doing the editing and carrying the staff. Most of them had untidy beards and long hair. On the contrary, the old people who had been here several times were all very careful. They had shaved their beards, trimmed their hair, and washed their faces. Although they looked a little smoky, they still looked basically clean.

In comparison, young people are relatively sloppy and most of them don’t care much about their image.

After eating, Li Long said hello to them and drove to the wooden house.

While walking on the road, Li Long deliberately slowed down to see if he could encounter any prey on the hills beside the road.

But I walked all the way to the wooden house and didn't see anything.

Sun Jiaqiang was washing Fritillaria there as usual. When he saw Li Long coming, he shook his hands and stood up.

"Have you eaten? I've brought some naan." After getting out of the car, Li Long saw that there was no fire under the stove, so he asked Sun Jiaqiang with a smile.

"I haven't eaten yet. I ate late this morning, so I'm not very hungry now. But when you mentioned naan, I really wanted to eat it."

"I'll unload the things. Here, you can eat it." Li Long handed the bag of naan to Sun Jiaqiang.

"No hurry, no hurry, let's unload everything first." Sun Jiaqiang put the naan on the table after seeing Li Long open the trunk, and then joined in moving things, saying as he moved:
"There are a few people coming to exchange Fritillaria these two days. I wonder what's going on?"

"Maybe the forestry team has increased their patrol efforts, so some people are afraid to go out of the mountains," said Li Long.

After going to the forestry team to collect Fritillaria twice, Li Long heard from Bolati that Team Leader Ali asked the forest rangers to increase patrols and confiscate Fritillaria from those who dug them, so that they could get more money.

Some ruthless people even took the people digging Fritillaria to their hideouts and took away their stocks.

In this case, those people who were digging Fritillaria all hid themselves and dared not come out easily.

This thing has both advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that we can receive a large amount of Fritillaria from the Forestry Bureau, but the disadvantage is that the business here at the wooden house is not good.

Anyway, the money will rot in the pot. No matter who collects it, it will eventually go into Li Long's pocket, so he doesn't care.

After unloading all the supplies into Sun Jiaqiang's wooden house, Li Long and Sun Jiaqiang put the cleaned mother-of-pearl he had collected into bags and put them into the jeep.

There are about sixty to seventy kilograms of Fritillaria that have been washed clean, of which less than ten kilograms are completely dry. The rest are both dry and fresh and need to be dried in the sun.

Li Long drove his jeep back to the county and went to the supply and marketing cooperative first.

"The day after tomorrow morning, right? No problem. I'll tell the transport chief right now and ask him to arrange three trucks." Li Xiangqian said after listening to Li Long's report, "The day after tomorrow morning, you just need to come and lead the trucks into the mountains."

"Director, you still need to arrange for someone to check the numbers."

"We don't need three to test it, right? Two will be enough?"

"Two will do."

"Well, let's go with the two of them as last time." Li Xiangqian said, "You go and do your thing, I'll take care of this. As for the extra porters, as long as they pass the inspection, our supply and marketing cooperative will take them, and those people can also take them back with trucks. I'll tell the driver to deliver them directly to the village."

Li Long left the supply and marketing cooperative and went to the county transportation company.

The Jeep had been driven for a while and needed some maintenance.

The next day Li Long rested at home. On the third morning after breakfast, he drove his jeep to the supply and marketing cooperative, took the people and the car and went directly to pull the lifting handle.

One car was parked here at Qingshui River, and two cars drove directly to Baiyanggou.

The people who were weaving the ribbons in Baiyanggou had just finished their breakfast. Some of them who ate quickly took their tools and prepared to cut the ribbons.

Seeing the big truck coming, most people thought it was a routine process of collecting the cargo, and only a few elderly people guessed that it was the time to take back the cargo.

In the past two years, the number of people who carry the banner has been fixed, and they know exactly how much each person gets every year.

So when Li Long announced that the matter of making up the handles was over, most people looked surprised, while a few people showed expressions of expectation.

Whether it works or not, this is it.

"After the inspection and acceptance, some people will go back by car, and some people will go back by tractor driven by my eldest brother." Li Long said, "After the acceptance, after recording the numbers, just pack up."

Just like the first two times, he did not participate this time. After finishing his story, he went over and chatted with his eldest brother for a few words, then drove away in his jeep.

Li Long was being lazy, so he decided to go into the mountains to pick some morels. (End of this chapter)