Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Unlike the plan, Li Xiangqian had originally planned to attend two banquets, but the one at noon lasted until the afternoon and almost evening. People joined in the middle, and in the end he simply merged the two banquets into one and called all the people who came in the evening. Since most of them knew each other anyway, those who didn't know each other sat at the table, drank a few glasses, and became brothers.

Li Long waited outside the cafeteria until the banquet was over. He helped the drunk Li Xiangqian into the car and drove to the hotel.

The organizers of the commendation conference have reserved hotels for all participants until noon. If they want to stay longer, they will have to pay for it themselves.

The waiter knew Li Long and Li Xiangqian and skillfully issued tickets to them. After Li Long paid the bill, he helped Li Xiangqian to the room.

This time Li Xiangqian was really drunk and vomited a large pool of water before he even reached the room. Li Long could only wait until he finished vomiting, help him to the bed, cover him with a quilt, and then go to the corridor to clean up the mess.

Li Long took the initiative to clean up. Seeing that he had a good attitude, the waiter didn't say anything. He helped to clean up and left. The waiters at that time were different from those in later generations. Their service awareness was not that strong.

There was still a strong smell in the corridor, so Li Long went over and opened the window at the end to let in fresh air and dispel the unpleasant smell.

According to conservative estimates, Li Xiangqian drank at least two or three bottles this time, which really showed that he was really into it.

After returning to the room, Li Long saw that Li Xiangqian had fallen asleep, so he took a basin and placed it beside his bed, ready for him to vomit later. He also poured clean water into the cup on his bedside table, ready for him to drink in case he woke up thirsty in the middle of the night.

After finishing all this, Li Long went to open the window in the room. The room smelled too strong and it was stuffy, so Li Long couldn't sleep.

This time, Li Xiangqian's true nature was revealed. He snored, gnashed his teeth, and farted. He even got up and vomited at around three in the morning.

Li Long was tormented enough that night, but he had no complaints. To borrow Shi Jin's words, Li Xiangqian had been very good to him, and now that he was drunk and needed care, it was his duty to do so.

Li Xiangqian woke up the next day. He was still dizzy and uncomfortable, but he was conscious and just couldn't control his actions.

The smell of alcohol in the room has almost dissipated, and the place where I vomited has been cleaned up. There is no dirt on my clothes, which means someone was watching me when I vomited. Although I was blacked out at the time, I don’t think it was Li Long who did it - there is still some residue in my mouth and nose, which is normal.

I wiped my face and it was clean, probably because it had been wiped.

I didn’t expect that a grown man could be so attentive - this young man is good.

Just as he was thinking, Li Long came in from outside. Seeing that Li Xiangqian had woken up, he put the breakfast in his hand on the bedside table and said with a smile:

"Director, you made quite a lot of noise tonight. Fortunately, the door was closed, otherwise the waiter would have come to trouble us... This is breakfast. I was afraid that it would be gone when you woke up late, so I bought it directly. Go wash up and eat it. It's still hot."

There is not much for breakfast, just eggs, buns, and porridge.

"That bowl of porridge is from the cafeteria. I'll return it to the owner after he finishes eating." Li Long said, "Director, are there any other activities today?"

"No more. Even if I had, I couldn't participate. I'll go back early. Yesterday, I lost half my life." Li Xiangqian was a little embarrassed at first, but after Li Long's words, he lost everything. He laughed at himself, "When I was as young as you, I could drink two or three bottles of wine and walk back to the dormitory by myself. Now I'm fatter than then, but my alcohol tolerance has dropped a lot... It's still better to be young!"

"Hehe, are you envious?" Li Long said with a smile while sitting on his bed. "Even if you are envious, you can't go back. You should take good care of your body from now on. Your body is your own and the capital of the revolution. You can't mistreat it."

Li Xiangqian went to wash up, then came over to eat. After eating, Li Long went to check out, and then the two got in the car and went back.

"Director, is there anything you need to buy?"

"Nothing. I just want to go back early, so that no one will come to me and ask me to drink again." It seems that Li Xiangqian was really drunk this time and didn't want to stay any longer.

When Li Long was driving, he deliberately circled around the entrance of the Happiness Purchasing Station. He found that there were fewer people here than yesterday afternoon, and they were all walking or riding bicycles. There was not a single tractor.

Li Long wasn't sure if it was usually like this in the morning.

After getting on the Wuyi Highway and heading west, the two men didn't have much to talk about. Li Xiangqian sat in the back and closed his eyes to rest. The sleep he had last night didn't help him fully recover.

Li Xiangqian didn't say anything, so Li Long just drove the car attentively. He occasionally thought that if he had time, it would be nice to drive to Beiting to intercept the Xingfu Purchasing Station - there was a mistake before, and he should have asked for the contact information of the tractor driver. To be able to pull so many Fritillaria at one time, that person must have a special way.

Li Long felt that the forestry departments and forest rangers in Beiting or Huhhot County were probably not as strict as those in Ma County, or perhaps there were more openings leading down from their Nanshan Mountains, making them difficult to manage.

This is a very good opportunity.

I don’t know if the ethnic and religious affairs secretary Beierxi can lead people to my side. I also don’t know if anyone listened to what I said to those people yesterday afternoon, or if anyone dared to try?

After entering the county town, Li Long asked Li Xiangqian:

"Director, are we going to the agency or to your home?"

It was past twelve o'clock, and there were less than two hours left before lunchtime. Li Xiangqian opened his eyes and said:

"Let's go to the club."

Li Long drove the jeep to the supply and marketing cooperative. Li Xiangqian, who had been a little listless in the car a moment ago, became energetic after getting out and greeted several cooperative leaders who came out after hearing the sound of the car engine.

"Director, I'll go back first." Li Long said, and after saying hello to everyone else, he drove back to the yard.

Li Long was very tired from attending meetings, taking care of people and transporting goods these past two days, so he planned to go back and have a good rest.

This is the advantage of opening your own shop and doing business. It is easier to manage your time and you can skip work if you don’t want to.

When the jeep passed by the purchasing station, Li Long was startled - the entrance of the purchasing station was crowded with people, and there were even more people inside. Gu Boyuan's voice was a little hoarse:
"Get in line, get in line. Don't worry. Even if I don't eat lunch today, I will still collect your things. Don't push. If you push again, I will close the store!"

What a life of hard work! I was just thinking about taking a good rest, but now it seems impossible.

He hurriedly parked the jeep on the side of the road, got out, locked the door, and went to maintain order, shouting as he walked into the yard:

"Everyone, line up in the order of first come first served! Those who don't line up, their things won't be accepted! Everyone, move back, you, I'm talking about you! Don't push forward, or you'll be carried out..."

Li Long was tall and strong with a loud voice. When he stood in the crowd, he was very intimidating and immediately calmed the place down.

In fact, most of those who came to sell things were laborers, and there were not many middlemen - most of those local middlemen knew Li Long, and when they saw him come out, they immediately started queuing up and greeted Li Long, trying to show off the advantage that they knew Li Long.

Most of them are farmers and laborers. They carry things they have worked hard to get, or things that were obtained by their relatives and friends. These people are relatively law-abiding - as long as there is someone to maintain order.

So a long queue soon formed in the yard - the people who had been squeezed out were joined in the queue under Li Long's arrangement.

It was too conspicuous outside and would easily attract onlookers, so Li Long asked the team to turn two corners in the yard and barely line up.

While waiting in line, he recognized two people he had met at the entrance of the Happiness Purchasing Station yesterday. He smiled and greeted them:

"I was right, wasn't I? The prices at this purchasing station will definitely satisfy you - at least better than over there."

When Gu Boyuan heard Li Long's voice, he immediately felt relieved. He also found that in just a moment, the crowd at the door, which was originally crowded and chaotic, became orderly, so he was no longer panicked.

In fact, under orderly conditions, Gu Boyuan collected things very quickly. He already had enough experience, and others would accept the grades of the medicinal materials and leather goods if they were roughly the same. However, after collecting for a while, Gu Boyuan shouted inside:

"Xiaolong, we don't have enough cash!"

He had quite a bit of cash here, but who could have thought that so many people would come today?
When they heard that there was no cash left, the people queuing behind became a little agitated.

They had finally come here from other counties, and just now they heard that the purchase price here is indeed high, so they were actually quite happy. But now they haven't arrived yet, and they don't have enough cash here. Does that mean they can't get their things, and have made a wasted trip?

Some people started to make a fuss.

Li Long sensed the anxiety of these people and shouted hurriedly:
"Don't worry, I have a solution! Uncle, wait a minute, I have money in my car, I'll give it to you right now."

Li Long hurried to the jeep, opened the door, took out the cash, and walked into the purchasing station and handed it to Gu Boyuan at the counter.

Seeing Li Long taking so much money and walking into the purchasing station, the people in the queue felt relieved. Gu Boyuan also wiped the sweat from his forehead and breathed a sigh of relief.

He didn't know why so many people came suddenly, and thought it was probably related to Li Long. However, it was not the time to ask, and it was important to collect the things first. Except for the locals who sold a variety of goods, most of the people from other places came to sell medicinal herbs. Gu Boyuan was surprised to find that the medicinal herbs sold by these people were processed very cleanly, with few impurities and high quality. If one of them was special, it would be interesting if all of them were like this.

Since it was of good quality, Gu Boyuan gave a good price.

"This is a special grade Fritillaria. It's cleaned, dry, and big. I'll give you 48 per kilogram."

"Forty-eight?" The man selling the Fritillaria looked surprised.

"Why? Do you think it's cheap?" Gu Boyuan looked at the man's expression and thought that he thought the price he offered was too cheap, so he explained, "This price is fine. If the state-owned purchasing station was still there, it would be about the same price. We are a private company and need to take risks..."

"It's not cheap at all, the price is too good! In our place, they only give me 35 yuan per kilogram for my goods!" The man was surprised, "This is 48! You really give a conscience price!"

"Where are you from?" Gu Boyuan understood a little bit after hearing it, "The purchasing station over there is a bit shady."

"Third worker of Beiting, oh, it's hard to say." The man who brought the Fritillaria sighed, "You should have a conscience..."

"Then come here and sell the Fritillaria you have in the future. Even with the travel expenses, you can still make more money."

"Of course, I'll come again next time..."

"You can also call those who dig Fritillaria from your area, and you can collect them and sell them. We not only collect Fritillaria, but also Codonopsis in autumn, and now wild mushrooms - such as morels, black tiger palm mushrooms in July and August, and we also collect dried goods. We also collect leather, both winter leather and spring leather... wild ones, forget about sheepskin, which is cheaper."

Gu Boyuan was talking as he poured the dozen kilograms of Fritillaria that the man brought into the basket and weighed it.

Outside, Li Long was maintaining order while saying something similar:
"I'll tell you, you'll know when you get the goods in, our prices are definitely fairer than yours. You can just act as an agent, collect the goods from your side, and then sell them here. For example, the price difference of more than ten yuan per kilogram for this Fritillaria is nothing compared to the transportation fee.

They not only collect medicinal materials such as Fritillaria, Codonopsis, Saussurea, etc., but also hides, mainly hides of wild animals, such as red deer and yellow sheep. They also collect deer antlers...

Think about it, you don’t have to do anything else but collect the goods and you can make a lot of money by reselling them, what a good job! ”

Li Long said a lot of things.

"You also collect snow lotus? How much is one?"

"Three dollars." Li Long casually quoted a price. He charged the herders five dollars, which was a friendly price. Of course, he wanted to make some money here.

"Three dollars? Sure, I'll bring them over tomorrow... I have several hundred flowers, old ones from last year, do you want them? Our purchasing station sells them for fifty cents a flower..."

"As long as they can be preserved, we'll collect last year's as well." Li Long said, "When you pick snow lotus, be sure to keep the roots and don't dig them out, so you can dig them for a few more years."

"We know. We're not stupid..."

"How do you sell red deer and yellow sheep skins?" someone asked in local dialect. "We have more than a dozen skins at home. We hunted them during the Spring Festival this year, but the public purchasing station was closed and the private purchasing station offered too low a price."

"For full leather, a red deer hide is about fifty, depending on the size. This is the average price." Li Long said, "Yellow sheep hide is a bit cheaper, forty? If there are many holes, then the price will go down."

"That's more expensive than our place, I'll bring it over tomorrow!"

Li Long thought to himself, it looks like he has to go get the money today. The ten thousand yuan he just gave to Gu Boyuan may not last until the afternoon!

I didn't expect that after talking to Beersi yesterday and showing off my financial strength at the Happiness Purchasing Station, I would attract so many people all of a sudden!

According to conservative estimates, there are now about 300 kilograms of Fritillaria in this yard.

Maybe someone will come in the afternoon!

No, I have to go get the money later!
Some of these people who came from neighboring counties or Beiting came with acquaintances, while others came alone. While waiting in line, some were discussing going back to collect herbs and skins, while others were thinking about how to make more money.

Two people were walking towards them from outside. Li Long, who had been paying attention to his surroundings, noticed them immediately. When he saw that it was Guo Tiebing walking in front, he went to greet him with a smile.

The people in the queue looked at the two police officers coming over with different expressions. Some people were just there to watch the fun, wanting to see what the two police officers were doing; others were worried that there might be something wrong with the purchasing station, otherwise why would the police come over?
"Hello, Officer Guo." Li Long greeted him and said with a smile, "This is..."

"This is my colleague Liu Bin."

"Hello, Officer Liu." Li Long shook hands with the two men and asked, "What are you doing..."

"We found that there were a lot of people here and it was a bit chaotic just now, so we wondered if something happened. The director sent us over to take a look and help you maintain order. We came to see that you were doing well here, not bad." Guo Tiebing said with a smile, "We made a wasted trip."

"It's not a wasted trip." Li Long said, "Today there are quite a lot of people selling things here, and the purchase money is not enough. I have to go to the bank to withdraw some. I may need to trouble you to look after this place. There are many customers coming from other places, don't cause any trouble..."

"Then go ahead, we'll watch from here." Guo Tiebing said, "Don't worry, there won't be any chaos."

Li Long was naturally relieved. He went in and told Gu Boyuan about it. Gu Boyuan also meant the same thing - of the ten thousand yuan Li Long had just brought in, only a little more than half was left. There were too many things and the money went away too quickly!

"At least take out 30,000!" Gu Boyuan whispered, "At this rate, 30,000 may not be enough in the next two days!"

Gu Boyuan spoke with a bit of excitement.

Although the cost of collecting these Fritillaria is relatively high, it is stable and convenient. Most of these Fritillaria from other places are top-grade goods, which are well packed by others. After they are collected, they only need to be simply processed and then packed into bags, waiting for Jia Tianlong to come and collect them.

According to Gu Boyuan's purchasing standards, he could make fifteen to twenty yuan per kilogram, with almost no cost, pure profit.

What a great thing!
If we continue to harvest like this today, we can collect a ton of dried Fritillaria in two or three days, and make a net profit of 10,000 to 20,000 yuan!

It’s not that fast to rob money!

Gu Boyuan felt like he was walking on a tightrope. He didn't have Li Long's experience of living two lives. He thought that if he made so much money, twenty years ago, would it be considered as stealing from socialism? He would be paraded through the streets with a sign hanging over his head!

Of course, Gu Boyuan couldn't say what the current situation was. Since Li Long had already made his decision, he should just follow him. After all, the police were helping to maintain order. What did that mean? It meant that the higher-ups approved of this business situation.

Twenty years ago, if the police came, they would definitely arrest you. How could you expect them to help maintain order in a private store?

Thinking of this, Gu Boyuan felt relieved.

Not only did Gu Boyuan feel at ease, but those who were queuing up to sell things also felt at ease - this was the police maintaining order, how often have you seen such a scene?
Guo Tiebing and Liu Bin naturally knew what these people were thinking, but they didn't mind. They had a good relationship with Li Long. They had contact with him when he was still young. Later, Li Long sent things to the police station several times, including meat and other things. The police station also knew that Li Long had a public identity and did normal things. He was a good person.

At this moment, it was really the director who asked them to come here. It is a good thing to do this to avoid any disputes.

Li Long drove a jeep to the big yard to get the deposit certificate first, and then went to the bank to withdraw 30,000 yuan.

When he returned to the purchasing station, he found that more people were coming here.

Li Long was not worried after taking the money into the purchasing station. It was broad daylight and the police were there to maintain order, so no one would come here to cause trouble.

Then he collected supplies with Gu Boyuan.

Guo Tiebing and his team stayed here for a while, and seeing that there was nothing to do, they said goodbye to Li Long and his team and went back.

At this time, the police force was quite tight - there was no such thing as auxiliary police in those days, and every police officer was a jack of all trades. Fortunately, the population was not too large at that time, otherwise the local police would be exhausted.

Although Guo Tiebing and his group left, the people selling things were obviously much more "civilized". This young man must have a background in this purchasing station, otherwise how could the police come to maintain order? Moreover, the young man and the police were talking and laughing, and it seemed that they had a good relationship.

So these people were quite honest, including those who came later who heard the previous scene while queuing and knew what to do.

Li Long went back to eat lunch and then brought it to Gu Boyuan. There were not many fewer people in the afternoon. Most of them came here because of the reputation. Hu County and Ma County are dozens of kilometers apart. Some people sold their goods in the morning and went back. Once the news spread, some people rushed here at noon. A kilogram of Fritillaria can be sold for more than ten yuan, and a piece of skin can be sold for more than ten yuan. Who wouldn't want to make more trips? The fare is only a few yuan? (End of this chapter)