Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

When leaving Director Qian's house, Sister Guan kept telling Li Long to come often when he had time, and not to bring so many things, and just treat this place as a relative.

Because Director Qian and Sister Guan both had to go to work in the afternoon, they didn't have much time for lunch. After Li Long left, Sister Guan simply cleaned up the table and took it to the kitchen. While washing, she said to Director Qian outside:
"If you hadn't told me that Xiaolong was from the countryside, I really wouldn't have known. He speaks Mandarin well, his conversation is not vulgar, and he is very particular about his meals. Such a young man is so likable!"

"Xiaolong is different from others." Director Qian nodded. "He is not greedy, modest and not ostentatious. He knows how to weigh the pros and cons and knows a lot. Such a person will achieve something wherever he is, as long as there is a suitable opportunity."

"It feels a bit of a shame that he is not in the system." Sister Guan finished washing her things, wiped her hands and walked out, "If it was our junior, I would have let him enter the unit no matter what.

In the current situation, he has set up such a big stall, and it is a bit like a big tree attracting wind. If he is really bullied, all the efforts of the past few years may be wasted. "

"Fenghua, you don't see this as clearly as Xiaolong. I heard from Xiang Qian that the county's supply and marketing system wants to nominate Li Long as a representative of the National People's Congress. Think about it, because of his big stall, he has led so many people to make money and improve their lives, and then he was nominated as a representative of the National People's Congress.

If you say he did it by accident, I don't believe it. Xiaolong is a very cautious person. I think he did the right thing in complying with the policy.

I used to have the same idea as you, and I always wanted to drag him into the system, but now I think he is doing well and he doesn't necessarily have to work within the system.

Now he uses the opportunities given by the community and his special identity to get some money-making jobs, and then helps the villagers get rich, which is very good.

There is no shortage of talent within the system, and someone has to do this kind of work—but people within the system are not convenient to do this kind of thing. I think from now on, Li Long is the most suitable person to do it.

Let me tell you, there have always been people doing this kind of work before, so why didn’t they have an impact like Xiaolong?

Aren't those people just too greedy? They won't give most of the profits to the people who work like Li Long did. When those people have a lot of money or the power to control other people's lives, most people's greed and desires will be quickly magnified.

Why was the broom business always done before, but only in recent years has the autonomous region's leaders taken it seriously? Isn't it because Li Long has been strict in this regard? You should know how poor the quality of the brooms was in the past? It's good if three or four out of ten of those brooms can be used for more than three months - what kind of things are they? It would have been fine if there was no comparison before, but now that I have made the comparison, I find that those people are really too much!"

No wonder Director Qian would scold. The big brooms that were made in the past were not only used by grassroots units, but also by the leaders of the autonomous region. These things looked good at the beginning, but who knew that those guys were just donkey dung eggs with a shiny surface. The big broom that looked very beautiful started to fall off after less than half a month of use. Who can stand this thing? It was originally used to sweep garbage, but it ended up creating garbage. It would be strange if it was not despised!

The supply and marketing system is also being disliked. You guys made this thing, who else can I blame? The previous leaders mentioned this, but when it comes to the implementation, the big brooms are mixed together, who knows whose it is? The law does not hold everyone responsible, and if there is no label, no one will recognize it.

Sister Guan also understood that what Old Qian meant was to keep Li Long in his current position. With him, Li Xiangqian, and Director Wei and other old employees taking care of him in the supply and marketing system, at least Li Long would not be short of work.

When Li Long has work to do, he will bring villagers from several villages to work together, and he will also create opportunities to give feedback to the community. Why are Director Wei and Li Xiangqian commended? Isn't it because of the opportunities they got from Li Long?
There must be suitable people both inside and outside the system, and now Li Long is the most suitable one outside the system.

Even more broadly, Director Qian’s current position is largely due to Li Long.

At this level, one believes in materialism, but some metaphysical aspects like luck also need to be considered - anyone who can reach this position is not a diode.

Li Long didn't know that Director Qian and Sister Guan chatted about him for a long time after he left. He had a lot of things to do and couldn't think too much about it. He just felt that Director Qian was a good person and Sister Guan was also good to him, and they should move around more often.

After driving out of the community, Li Long went to the department store to buy something. Li Xiangqian's drinking party would definitely not end until the afternoon. Li Xiangqian also said that there would be another drinking party in the evening. Li Long took the time to go to both places to see where he was and pick him up there.

According to Li Xiangqian's idea, they would return to Ma County tomorrow. Li Long naturally had no objection - since he had brought Li Xiangqian here, he must bring him back safely. He couldn't just run back today and let Li Xiangqian take a long-distance bus back tomorrow, right?

The fruits here are better than those in Ma County, so Li Long went to buy some fruits, intending to take some back home and leave some for his eldest brother and his family.

After buying some applications, Li Long drove around Beiting City, and then he thought of what Brother Bielxi said.

He got off the bus and asked the store owner. This kind of inquiry was a bit random, but he didn't expect that after asking a few people, he actually got the answer. It was almost the same as he thought. After the Beiting City state-owned purchasing station was closed, a private person rented the original location and opened a private purchasing station.

After asking for the address, Li Long drove his jeep over. The yard of this purchasing station is larger than the one in Ma County, but it is not independent. There are a row of yards on both sides, most of which are listed, and it is considered a public unit.

There is a sign that says "Happiness Purchasing Station" hanging at the gate of the yard. Li Long feels it is strange. It is also quite interesting to call a purchasing station this name.

The gate of the purchasing station was open, and there were many people standing in the yard, some carrying bags, and some carrying baskets. There was a row of seven or eight bicycles leaning against the wall.

There were several tractors parked on the side of the road outside. Some of them had people on board, while others had gone to the opposite tree to enjoy the cool air.

As expected of a state capital, those who come here to sell things are all generous. Those driving tractors are pulling several or even dozens of bags, and even those waiting in the yard are carrying two or three bags, which makes them look much more generous than his place.

The main door of the purchasing station was open, but the small door inside was locked, which meant that they would not collect anything at noon. However, these people were not in a hurry and just waited, as if they were used to it. Li Long looked at his watch and saw that there were still ten minutes before work. In fact, even if it was a public purchasing station, people should have arrived by now, so they should always be prepared in advance.

This is what is called a big store bullying customers. No matter how big a seller is, he has to follow the rules of the store.

Seeing the jeep stop, the people outside looked at it curiously. Many of them thought that a leader had come to inspect and thought that this purchasing station was in trouble.

Li Long observed from the car, got off and walked towards a tractor. The tractor owner was originally leaning on the seat to rest, and when he heard the noise, he opened his eyes and saw Li Long getting off the jeep and walking towards him. He immediately sat up straight and straightened his clothes.

"Hello, Master. Is that Fritillaria in your truck?" Li Long smelled a medicinal odor when he came over. He took out a pack of cigarettes, took out one and handed it over. "I want to ask you something."

"Tell me what you want." The man took the cigarette and put it on his ear, then said with a smile, "Ask me anything you want."

"This Happiness Purchasing Station buys Fritillaria at a certain price per kilogram."

"That depends on the grade." The man got off the tractor, put one hand on the fender and took the cigarette off his ear with the other hand to smell it, and said to Li Long, "The price of different Fritillaria is naturally different."

"Master, this isn't the first time you've sold Fritillaria, what's the price of the premium grade ones?"

"The special ones are thirty-five to forty. If the grains are big, they're forty. The standard ones are thirty-five."

"This is cheaper than the state-owned purchasing station." Li Long didn't expect it to be so cheap, and asked in confusion, "Didn't they say that the price of medicinal materials is rising?"

"What can we do? The state-owned purchasing station is gone, the medicinal material company won't buy ours, and we can't contact those private bosses. We can't keep these Fritillaria at home. They can't be eaten or drunk..." the man sighed.

"Haven't you thought of selling it somewhere else?"

"It's about the same everywhere. The price is the same at the purchasing station in Hu County and Miquan. I've been to all these places. Wucheng is a little more expensive, but the requirements there are also high."

The Tianshan Mountains start from the three eastern counties and go west to Yili and then out of the country. Among them, the area from the south of WLMQ to Yili, which stretches for hundreds of kilometers, is rich in Fritillaria.

"Master, what grade is this Fritillaria of yours? Can I see it?"

"Of course it's top grade." The chef had already lit up his cigarette. After taking a puff and blowing out smoke rings, he walked to the tractor bucket, pulled out a bag, opened it and took out a handful to show Li Long, "It's washed very clean and sieved, leaving no residue, just to sell it for a few more dollars."

"Master, if you think it's reliable, I'll take your Fritillaria." Li Long looked at several bags of Fritillaria and said, "How about 45 yuan per kilogram?"

"Really?" The master was a little bit unconvinced by what Li Long said.

"Of course it's true." Li Long smiled and said, "Why else would I ask you?"

"That would be great... cash?"

"Cash, of course."

"Okay, okay! It's just this weight..."

"Master, you must have weighed them before you came, right?" Li Long said with a smile, "Let me tell you, although I can't say I can grab a handful, I can still roughly know how heavy a bag is. Since we are doing business, let's be generous. You know the weight of your mother-of-pearl. I will estimate these bags one by one. If the difference between our two weights is no more than three kilograms, then we can do it. How do you think?"

"Okay, if all else fails we can borrow a scale from the market to weigh it." A little over five yuan per kilogram, and the tractor pulled by this master weighs more than two hundred kilograms of fritillaria.

That's a difference of more than a thousand dollars!
Then I guess the difference of three or five kilograms of Fritillaria is nothing!
The master immediately decided that if the weight difference estimated by Li Long was within five kilograms, he would accept it - of course it was less, if it was more, he would be even happier - it would be pure profit!

Li Long picked up the bags one by one, and then calculated in his mind. After adding up the total, he said to the tractor driver:
"Your Fritillaria weigh about 234 kilograms. Do you think the difference is big?"

"Hey! Comrade, you are awesome!" The chef gave a thumbs up in amazement. "I weighed 236 kilograms at home. This difference of two kilograms... is the same as what you would get in a state-owned shopping mall, right?"

"I'm removing the skin." Li Long said with a smile, "How about we make a compromise and charge it for 235 kilograms?" "Okay, okay, great. That's the money..."

The price of 235 kilograms of Fritillaria is not a small amount, and these Fritillaria do not belong to this master alone. He was able to collect so many Fritillaria in partnership with others, which is equivalent to a small broker.

"Cash, don't worry." Li Long pointed to his jeep and said, "Wait a minute, I'll drive the car over."

Li Long's jeep could barely fit more than 200 kilograms of Fritillaria, including a bag of Fritillaria on the passenger seat. He planned to go back and come back again.

In other words, Li Long has the habit of carrying money when he goes on a long journey, and carrying a gun when he goes into the mountains. Otherwise, this opportunity would not have come to him.

Li Long also calculated that he could earn 20 yuan per kilogram from these 200 kilograms of Fritillaria, which is more than 4,000 yuan. Excluding the shipping fee, he could earn 4,000 yuan per trip. There is really no other business that can make so much money.

Here, the master and Li Long loaded the Fritillaria into the jeep together and counted the money in front of them. The master happily went to drive the tractor to go back and divide the money. When Li Long was about to leave, he was surrounded by people.

"Comrade, comrade, can you take my Fritillaria as well?"

"That's right, my mother-of-pearl is also top grade, absolutely clean and dry. Come and try to take a bite. I have dried it in the sun for many days!"

"Although mine is not of the highest quality, it is cheap. Not to mention forty-five, thirty-five will do..."

People gathered around selling Fritillaria. Now is the peak season for Fritillaria, and many people want to make some money during this season.

At first, they all watched Li Long and the master chatting and trading. To be honest, they were skeptical about the price Li Long offered. Now that Li Long took out the cash and the master took the money, these people immediately became interested.

Li Long ignored these people and said to the master:

"If you can get so many Fritillaria in the future, go to Ma County. The purchasing station there is more expensive. I tell you, I'm buying forty-five now. If you want the same specifications, I can give you fifty."

What? Fifty?

Li Long could offer such a high price mainly because the Fritillaria of this master was sieved and the particles were large, better than those Fritillaria that Li Long sold to Jia Tianlong.

The Fritillaria sold by Li Long are of uniform quality and come in all sizes. They just need to be washed clean and free of impurities and residue.

This master was even more ruthless. After washing them clean, he sifted them again, and all the small Fritillarias fell through.

If Li Long didn't know that the technology for growing Fritillaria is still immature, he would have thought that his Fritillaria was grown - it's really beautiful!

That's why Li Long wanted to recruit him to his own purchasing station. It would be okay to pay a higher price for Fritillaria.

"I own that purchasing station, so I can set that price. Look at the money you have in your hands... Think about how much more you can sell a kilogram for. Even if I'm cheating you, it doesn't cost much for you to make a trip with your tractor, right? It's only been two years since 1983, so you shouldn't be afraid of anything, right?"

After Li Long finished speaking, he said to the others:

"I'm sorry, everyone. As you can see, my car is only this small. It can't hold anything else. Just this one. I have to send the Fritillaria back quickly before I can do anything else. I just picked it up on the way."

He was trying to steal business from someone else's doorstep, so he naturally didn't dare to stay for too long. He then said to the few people selling other things who didn't come over:

"The purchasing station in Ma County buys all kinds of things. It's not much cheaper than the original state-owned purchasing station. If you trust it, you can work together to bring the things there to sell."

After saying this, he waved at the master who was pulling the Fritillaria, then got on the jeep and drove away westward.

Li Long felt a little guilty about intercepting other people's goods. He didn't know if it was immoral, but if he met the owner of this purchasing station, he would definitely not be able to justify himself.

So Li Long increased the speed and drove directly back to the county.

Xiao Hei was tied up in the yard, and Sister Yang was watching Mingming and Haohao playing on the ground. Hearing the sound of the jeep, Sister Yang hurriedly carried the two children into the jeep and went to open the door.

Li Long drove the car into the yard. Mingming Haohao saw the car coming in and excitedly started to climb over the railing of the car, preparing to escape from prison.

After Li Long got out of the car, he picked up his two sons. The two children were so happy to see Li Long that they giggled.

"Uncle, is it over now?" asked Sister Yang.

"The meeting is over, but the work is not done yet." Li Long explained, "I took some time to collect a truckload of Fritillaria and brought it back. I have to go there again later. Director Li is still there. We will not be coming back tonight. We will stay in the hotel for one night and come back tomorrow."

"Oh, this is quite troublesome." Sister Yang asked again, "Are you hungry? I'll prepare something for you to eat now?"

"No, no." Li Long waved his hand, "I had a full meal at noon, I'm not hungry now."

At noon at Director Qian's house, Li Long originally wanted to be more polite, but Sister Guan said that young people like them have big appetites, so she gave him more and asked him to finish all the food so as not to waste it.

Li Long ate a lot and is really not hungry now.

After holding Mingming and Haohao for a while, he put the two children on the canvas and let them play by themselves, and Li Long began to unload the fritillaria into the room.

After unloading the Fritillaria, Li Long went into the house to get some money. After loading everything, he said hello to Sister Yang, drove out of the yard, went to the oil depot to refuel, and then drove towards Beiting City.

Li Long's gas coupons have not been used up yet, and he has no plans to bring a tank of gasoline into the yard.

Diesel is okay, but gasoline is too dangerous and cannot be kept in the yard.

Then he drove to Beiting City and arrived at the place where Li Xiangqian had lunch. He found that the drinking party there had not yet ended.

After going in and taking a look around, he found that there were new customers joining in. These people are really excited. Li Xiangqian was still drinking, so Li Long came out and waited in the jeep.

The person in charge of the Xingfu Purchasing Station went to work half an hour later than usual. This person was Qi Shuohui, a former employee of the state-owned purchasing station. Because he thought his salary was not high enough, he was poached by the boss of this private purchasing station with a high salary.

He is very professional and gives accurate ratings for the items he collects. The boss behind this purchasing station is also very powerful, so up to now there is only this one in Beiting City, and it has a monopoly.

It is no exaggeration to say that he makes a fortune every day.

Qi Shuohui deserves great credit for this. His boss gave him a lot of autonomy, so the rules for get off work and rest were not so strict. It didn't matter if he came a little late, as his boss trusted him very much.

Qi Shuohui also has two assistants, who are specifically responsible for cleaning and sorting the things that Qi Shuohui receives.

The reason why I was late at noon today was that these two assistants invited Qi Shuohui to dinner.

When they arrived at the purchasing station, the three of them found that there were fewer people this afternoon than usual. But they didn't care, because Qi Shuohui and his team often told customers, "If you don't sell, there will be others who will."

There is no way. There are many middlemen now, but there are not many large purchasing stations like this that can collect a lot of supplies.

Many people still trust them. If the price is a little lower, they can still make some money.

Some people come here because they don't trust middlemen, and some people come here because they find that the purchasing stations in nearby counties are all similar, so they don't travel far.

Of course, it is hard to say how Li Long’s news will spread and how much impact it will have after it is released.

Li Long himself was also very happy. He made a small profit from the trip and also advertised his purchasing station, which was pretty good.

I feel happy. (End of this chapter)