Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Li Xiangqian called Li Long over, of course, not just to talk about the commendation meeting in Beiting City.

After answering the two phone calls, Li Xiangqian told Li Long about another important matter.

"Our supply and marketing system intends to select you as our county's People's Congress representative. You should be mentally prepared, go through the procedures, and then learn more about how to perform the duties of a representative.

I tell you, this is a great thing. With this representative title, anyone who wants to touch you in the future will have to think twice to see if they have the weight to do so. "

Myself? People's Congress representative?
Li Long was a little confused. Such a good thing fell into his head?

There is no need to explain this, those who understand will understand. This title is more valuable than the title of Advanced Individual in National Unity.

Of course, if you really want to be a representative, you have to do things, come up with proposals that are useful to the people, and speak for the people.

"Am I qualified enough?" After recovering from the shock and calming down, Li Long asked Li Xiangqian, "I feel like I'm not qualified enough."

"What's not enough?" Li Xiangqian said with a smile, "You are an advanced individual in ethnic unity at the autonomous region level. The work you have received from our supply and marketing cooperative in the past two years has helped many people in your village live a good life, right?

Besides, you have been helping the herdsmen of Halim three or four years ago, improving their living standards and living environment. Plus you have worked so hard, you must have been a millionaire two or three years ago, right? All these together are enough to qualify as a representative.

To be honest, among the current county representatives, not many can achieve what you have done, so don’t underestimate yourself.”

Li Long was a little dazed. Yes, if you count it this way, he has done a lot in the past few years. Putting all these things together, it is really a big achievement.

"Also, this is just a preliminary intention, and it still needs to be pushed forward step by step, so now is just a heads-up for you, so that when it is approved, you can be mentally prepared."

Li Xiangqian was actually a little jealous because he himself was not even a county people's congress representative.

Of course it’s normal to think about it. When he was Li Long’s age, he didn’t achieve the same results as Li Long does now.

But how many people in this era can make such a big splash in their twenties?
Li Long's current situation was due to the things he has done over the past few years which attracted the attention of his leaders.

So, opportunity is not something that is airdropped to someone. It is more likely that you will have the opportunity only after you have done something that has had a certain impact.

After this was said, Li Longyuan was thinking about going back. Li Xiangqian told him that he planned to go to Beiting City on the first day of the meeting.

"I remember Section Chief Zhou said the meeting would be held in the morning. If we drive there in the morning, we will arrive there in the morning." Li Long asked in confusion, "Why do we have to go there a day in advance?"

"What else can I do? Of course it's for socializing." Li Xiangqian said as a matter of course, "Didn't you see that two calls came in just recently, both saying that we should get together and have a meal together. If I go on the day of the meeting, I may not be able to make it even if I eat eight meals a day.

I went there the first night and met up with Lao Wei and the others to chat. I talked about other social events after the meeting the next day. You are a person of status now, so don’t just think about business. You never know when you might need it after the meeting.”

Li Long understood a little about this, but he always felt that such things had little to do with him.

It seems that this approach is not useful in his circle at the moment.

"Do you think you are not an official, so there is no need to do this?" Li Xiangqian saw through Li Long's thoughts and asked with a smile.

"Yeah, I think these things may not even be the icing on the cake for me." Li Long said quite honestly, "What I do is not at this level yet."

"Then you are wrong. You can't just say that you are building good relationships with Director Qian and Director Wei.

The directors of the supply and marketing cooperatives in the county and the staff in the state become familiar with each other when they meet, and they can clink glasses with each other at the table. If there is any problem later, you will have a reason to look for them.

I tell you, your business will definitely grow bigger in the future. It cannot be limited to our county. If you really want to go out and encounter some troubles that you can’t solve by yourself, you really have to find these local people.

Even though they may be slick and not necessarily as capable as you, they may be able to help you at a critical moment."

This is Li Xiangqian's philosophy of life. First build a good network of relationships, and whether it can be used later is another matter.

Li Long didn't know whether this was right or not, but Li Xiangqian was sincere in what he said, so Li Long listened carefully.

Anyway, when the time comes, I will be young and can just follow along.

After leaving the supply and marketing cooperative, Li Long returned to the big yard. Sister Yang was taking Mingming and Haohao out of the yard, and Li Long told Sister Yang that he would go out now and come back in the evening.

"Are we going to the mountains again?" asked Sister Yang.

"Yes. We have a meeting next week, so we need to finish everything this week."

"Then you go and do your work. I'm here in the yard." Sister Yang said to Li Long.

Li Long drove his jeep to the oil depot and filled it with gas. He then went to the market and bought a sheep, which he cut in half. He also bought some sprouts, vegetables like potatoes, and rice, flour and oil, and drove them to the pastoral team's stay-at-home point.

These things were given to the families of Halimu and Yushanjiang.

After delivering the food, Li Long hurried back to the county and went to the department store and the free market to buy some supplies. After buying the supplies, he saw that it was past mealtime, so he went to the state-owned canteen to eat and then went into the mountains.

After finishing the work of weaving the dam at Xiaobaiyanggou, Li Long only had to go to the wooden house when he entered the mountain.

In front of the wooden house, Sun Jiaqiang was bargaining with a man who was digging Fritillaria.

The man who originally mentioned the Fritillaria had a very loud voice, and it seemed that he wanted to raise the price. However, when he saw the jeep coming, his voice immediately dropped. After hurriedly exchanging things with Sun Jiaqiang, he carried the things and went into the mountains.

Li Long always felt that the back figure was a little familiar. He didn't know whether he had dealt with him before or had exchanged supplies with him before.

Sun Jiaqiang brought the bag of Fritillaria weighing about seven or eight kilograms to the spring and put it down, then came over to say hello to Li Long.

"Boss, you are really awesome. This guy insisted that I exchange it for five yuan per kilogram, saying that the price of Fritillaria outside the mountain has increased. I said I had not received any notice, but he still wanted to argue with me. As soon as you came, he immediately exchanged it and left."

"The price can be slightly higher later." Li Long smiled, not feeling proud of Sun Jiaqiang's words. "The first batch of Fritillaria has been sold, and the price has indeed increased. Other people's recycling prices have increased, and our purchase price has also increased."

"Okay, if someone comes to exchange this afternoon, I'll give them a raise. These people in the mountains will definitely be very happy." Sun Jiaqiang said as he and Li Long moved supplies.

"Has there been any situation recently?" After moving the supplies, Li Long and Sun Jiaqiang put Fritillaria into the car together and asked as they did so.

"Nothing, it's still the same. Not many people come to exchange Fritillaria for supplies. Oh, there are a lot of wolves at night. There are wolves howling outside every night these days."

"Then, after you finish cleaning up, don't linger outside. Go back into the house as soon as the sun sets. The wolves in this mountain are very ferocious. Don't let them hurt you."

After Li Long explained all this to Sun Jiaqiang, he drove away.

Sun Jiaqiang ran over and said to Li Long through the window:

"Boss, can you bring some razors next time you come? My beard has grown long and I need them. Some people came to exchange things. They also have long beards and asked to change their razors."

"Okay, no problem." Li Long said, "You can tell me if you need anything later."

After driving the car away from the wooden cabin, Li Long did not leave the mountain, but drove to another ravine. After parking the car and locking it, he went into the mountain carrying his gun and backpack.

Tianshan Mountain is too big, and it might be difficult to find anything good in a short period of time. Li Long thought that since he was going to see Director Qian and Director Wei, he might as well give them some of the mountain's specialty, the morels.

Ordinary people may not know the benefits of morels, but Director Qian and others certainly know them.

Now is the peak season for morels, and Li Long wanted to pick more. He would dry them in the next few days and take them over to Director Qian and the others.

The mountains are lush and green in May, many wild flowers have bloomed, and the valley is filled with a faint mixed floral scent.

Li Long came to a pine forest with a gun in his hand. There was a layer of moss in the pine forest.

The first thing you see is a few pine mushrooms and a bunch of enoki mushrooms.

Li Long took out a bag from his backpack and started picking the mushrooms.

After picking the mushrooms under the pine tree, I walked forward and saw some morels poking their heads out among the yellow-green moss.

The morels grown on flat ground basically have round heads, with fewer pointed ones, and are gray in color.

Most of the morels grown in the mountains have pointed heads and are mainly brown in color.

Li Long could see seven or eight morels of different sizes in this patch of moss. They looked very cute, like curious elves poking their heads out of the moss to take a look at the world.

Li Long walked over slowly, trying to be careful not to step on the mushrooms. He picked all the morels in this area and continued walking forward.

Because mushroom spores fly around, the more valuable morels and tiger paw mushrooms in the mountains grow in clusters.

Li Long picked up about half a kilogram of mushrooms in this area, and the moss area disappeared. Going further, the area under the pine trees became dry, and occasionally pine mushrooms or other mushrooms could be seen.

Li Long prepared to change place.

Before the sun set, Li Long picked up more than three kilograms of morels. It seemed like a large amount, but after being dried, these morels might only weigh about half a kilogram.

He put away the morels and went to the jeep with his gun. Today, he had climbed three mountains and thought he would encounter some prey, but in the end, he only saw a wild rabbit that fled in panic.

I drove the jeep back to the county town and entered the compound just in time for dinner.

"Are you going into the mountains again?" Gu Boyuan asked.

"Well," Li Long took the mushrooms down and spread them out in the side room. He came out and said, "I'm going to the state for a meeting next week. I have to prepare some local specialties for the leaders there."

As he spoke, he took the Fritillaria he had taken from Sun Jiaqiang and put it in the wing room. Most of these Fritillaria were dry, and a few needed to be dried in the sun.

"Let's eat first and then get busy after dinner." said Gu Boyuan.

"it is good."

During the meal, Li Long told his family about the plan that Li Xiangqian had mentioned.

"You can leave early if you want to. The leader has made arrangements, so just follow them." This is understandable, Gu Boyuan said, "I'm here. You'll be gone for two or three days at most. If Boss Jia comes over during these two or three days, I'll ask him to wait for you."

"No need to wait, the Fritillaria are all here in the wing. I'll leave the key here, and you can just sell them when the time comes."

"That's fine." Gu Boyuan nodded, "So what are you going to do tomorrow?"

"I'll drive the tractor to the forestry team tomorrow to see how much more goods they have. I'll bring them back and wash them at home."

Li Long valued the things from the forestry team. Although the things were quite diverse, they were in large quantities and cheap.

Pull the things over there back before leaving, so that even if Jia Tianlong comes, there will be enough for him to take away in his car.

Li Long suddenly felt that time was a little tight.

After dinner, Li Long hung up the undried Fritillaria he brought from Sun Jiaqiang to dry. He then spread out the morels and took the remaining mushrooms, washed them at the well, and put them in the kitchen.

These fresh mushrooms do not need to be dried in the sun, it is better to stir-fry them directly tomorrow.

The next morning, Sister Yang made mushroom soup with the mushrooms that Li Long brought back and fried some mushroom meat.

The fresh mushrooms have a strong flavor and everyone likes to eat them.

After dinner, Li Long adjusted the position of the jeep, drove out the tractor, added water and oil, and then went to the department store to buy some canned food, brick tea and sugar cubes.

Then he went to the market to buy some yams, and finally went to the winery to move some wine, and then drove a tractor to the forestry team's garrison point.

The tractor was indeed slower than the jeep and was very bumpy. Li Long was a little uncomfortable with the thumping all the way.

When they arrived at the forestry team's garrison, but before entering, Li Long saw Ali coming out on horseback.

Ali was also a little surprised to see Li Long driving the tractor.

In the past, when I saw Li Long, he was always driving a jeep. This year is the first time I saw Li Long driving a tractor.

Then the two men, one sitting on a tractor and the other on a horse, greeted each other, and Ali said:

"I'm going to the county for a meeting now. Are you here to buy those things?"

"Yes."

"I see you pulled a lot of stuff."

"This is for you." Li Long said with a smile, "These things are very convenient to buy in the county, and it's also convenient for me to bring them here. It's not convenient for you to buy them here, so I'll send them to you."

"Okay, okay, thank you. Let's go and pull some stuff... Your tractor may not be able to hold all the stuff."

"Is it a lot of stuff?" Li Long was a little confused. It had only been a week since the last time he hauled a truckload of stuff away. He thought this tractor should be enough to pull it.

"In the past two days, many people want to transport Fritillaria out of the mountains. We forest rangers have a hard time too. We catch all the Fritillaria we come across."

Li Long understood.

Some time ago, the forest rangers of the forestry team conducted strict inspections. Those who were digging for Fritillaria dared not come out. After a while, those people should have used up most of their supplies.

The exchange price at Sun Jiaqiang's place was relatively cheap, so these people took the risk and tried to get out of the mountains.

There are wolves in the mountains at night and it is very dangerous, so they only go out during the day.

The tractor drove to the warehouse. Ali dismounted, tied up the tractor, opened the warehouse, and showed Li Long some of their achievements.

There weren't many other things in the warehouse this time, mainly Fritillaria.

Seeing that the quantity was not much less than the first time, Li Long roughly estimated that there were at least thirty or forty bags scattered around.

Moreover, these bags were generally fuller, unlike the first time when they were half a bag, half a large bag, or half a small bag.

He entered the warehouse and opened a bag to take a look. The mother-of-pearl inside was half-dried and quite clean.

Open another one, the mother-of-pearl inside is dry.

"The Fritillaria is much better this time." Li Long put the Fritillaria in and clapped his hands, saying, "Let's ask for help. We will move the things off the tractor now, and then calculate the money for these Fritillaria."

"Okay." Ali said decisively. He turned around and went out to call for help.

Li Long came out with a bag in one hand and waited beside the tractor.

Ali called two young men over to help carry the bags. Li Long took out a notebook and a pen and started to estimate the price.

This time, the Fritillaria was not moldy and was quite clean. Although the number of bags was less than last time, there were thirty-three bags and the weight of the Fritillaria reached 580 kilograms.

For the Fritillaria alone, Li Long paid Ali 4,700 yuan.

"The remaining leather and antlers are for you," Ali said as he looked at Li Long who was still counting the remaining items. "Friend, you have brought us so many things. These are our gifts to you."

Then he asked someone to bring ropes to help Li Long load all the things onto the tractor and tie them up with ropes.

Li Long didn't hesitate in the end. This was not the first or second time he had done business with the forestry team. Just like with Halim, if you show your sincerity first, the other party will respond with greater sincerity.

Because Ali was in a hurry to attend a meeting, Li Long didn't chat with him for long. The two of them, one riding a horse and the other driving a tractor, went to the county town one after another.

Back in the yard, Li Long began to unload the truck.

Sister Yang wanted to come over to help, but Li Long refused.

Haohao is obviously more active now, and he has the ability to flip out of the bed truck. Li Long doesn't want the two little guys to join in the fun when they are unloading the truck, as it would be a big deal if they get hurt.

The car was only half unloaded when Li Long went to look after the children, while Sister Yang was in a hurry to cook.

Although he was busy this morning, Li Long was very happy. He had made a lot of gains. The Fritillaria in the yard now weighed more than one ton.
There are more than last time. But some of them are not dried yet, and some are not clean enough and need further cleaning.

These are all odd jobs, which can be done at any time. (End of this chapter)