Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

After saying goodbye to Bolati, Li Long drove the jeep out of the mountain, and was stopped by Meng Hai when he arrived at Qingshuihe Village.

Seeing Meng Hai waving at him from the side of the road with a pile of things under his feet, Li Long stopped the jeep on the side of the road, turned off the engine and got out of the car, saying with a smile:
"Old Meng, did you place sentries at the entrance of the village? How come you knew as soon as I entered the mountain?"

Meng Hai laughed and said, "No, no, some people in our village know that you and I have a good relationship. When they saw you go into the mountains, they came to tell me.

Comrade Li Long, I just happen to have something to ask you."

"You said."

"I remember you said that this job of tying handles may not last long, but the job of tying big brooms will definitely last for a long time.

I thought, this broom-making job requires not only strength and skills, but also finding the right things. Achnatherum splendens is easier to get, just find a place to cut it, but this pole is not easy to find.

Last year, people in our village ran into the mountains to cut poles, and all the poles nearby were used up.

So I want to take advantage of the slack season now to organize a group of people to go into the mountains to cut poles, and then sell them to those who need to make big brooms but are short of poles. A pole is fifty or sixty cents, I think everyone should be willing to buy it, right?"

"Meng, you really have a business mind. You are a natural businessman." Li Long said with a smile, "This is feasible. If you have nothing to do now, you can organize people to go into the mountains to cut poles in the next two days. Don't even mention 50 cents for a pole. If you sell it for 70 or 80 cents, there will definitely be people who want it. If you do the math, if you cut 10,000 poles before making the big brooms in July and August, that's 7,000 to 8,000 yuan..."

"Can 10,000 poles be sold?" Meng Hai was a little bit unbelieving.

Li Long smiled and said, "If you can't sell it, just leave it there. It's not broken. Don't worry, I'll help you sell it later. Even if it doesn't sell for 10,000, it can still sell for 7,000 or 8,000."

In fact, when we were having dinner at Director Qian's house, Old Qian had already pointed out that the number of housecleaning tasks this year would definitely be more than in previous years.

But Li Long also knew that no matter how many tasks there were, he could not give them all to the supply and marketing cooperative in Ma County.

Li Xiangqian could actually let himself be assigned all the sweeping work, mainly because he had given face to the president of the county supply and marketing cooperative.

He guessed that this would be around 15,000 yuan for him?
There are some forests near the Fourth Team and Qingshuihe Village. The poles in the wild forest can be cut at will, and whoever cuts them owns them. Li Long estimated that the villagers in these two places cut about 5,000 poles this year.

If we add the manpower organized by Liang Wenyu and the nearby resources, then add a little more - even if there are eight thousand poles.

The remaining gap is still large.

When they first made brooms, the team was short of poles so Li Long and his father and elder brother went to the mountains to cut poles. It took them nearly half a month to fill the gap.

Now Meng Hai is actively thinking about making money in this area, and it is realistic and his judgment is very accurate, which shows that he really uses his brain. In this era of rapid development, such people will definitely achieve something in the future.

Because they can take the initiative to seize opportunities and even create opportunities to develop themselves and those around them.

Hearing Li Long's analysis, Meng Hai laughed: "Comrade Li Long, I feel relieved when you say that. Then I will organize people to go into the mountains to cut poles..."

"If you meet the forest rangers from the forestry team, tell them that I told you to cut them down," Li Long added hastily. "If they don't believe you, don't resist. Come to me as soon as possible."

Li Long believed that he still had some face in front of the forest rangers of the forestry team, especially since he had recently engaged in in-depth "cooperation" with the forestry team.

However, no one could guarantee that there wouldn't be any reckless young men among the forest rangers, so he gave Meng Hai a heads-up in advance.

"Understand, we understand this." Meng Hai said with a smile.

In fact, Li Long could have assigned this job to the team. But to be honest, most of the people in the team have families. Tao Daqiang, Xie Yundong, and Jia Weidong would definitely not take the initiative to do it, and the three brothers of the Liang family were not sure. Besides, Li Long had been busy recently, with various things to deal with, so he didn't think about this aspect.

Now that Meng Hai has brought it up, he might as well go with the flow and make this happen.

Anyway, the people in Team 4 who have a good relationship with me basically have tractors at home. When the wheat is harvested in July, they can use the tractors and harvesters to make money, and the money can come faster.

Meng Hai put a basket of eggs, two live hens, and a basin of peeled small fish into Li Long's car, waved, and watched Li Long leave.

When the jeep drove away, several young men came out from the woods, surrounded Meng Hai and asked:
"Captain, is this possible? What did Comrade Li say?"

"He said it's no problem. He said that this year we need at least 10,000 broom poles, and asked us to go cut them down as soon as we have time." Meng Hai didn't hide anything and said directly, "We can sell one pole for at least 50 cents, maybe even more."

"Hey, this makes more money than making poles!" A young man who often worked with Meng Hai said excitedly, "It takes at least one and a half to two hours to make a pole. It takes less than ten minutes to cut a pole, trim it, and repair it. It's easy to make five or six poles in an hour..."

When everyone calculated it, it turned out to be true.

Besides, cutting poles is not a technical job, and the requirements are not as high as lifting the handles. It is a job that requires real skills.

These people immediately discussed with Meng Hai how to get the pole.

At the cabin in the mountains, as soon as Li Long's jeep disappeared, several people came out of the woods to the south. Some of them acted alone, while others came in pairs. Most of them were carrying half or less than half a bag of Fritillaria and walked towards the cabin.

Those who dared to appear together had come here to exchange things several times. They knew that this place was safe and they would not be caught even if they were carrying Fritillaria.

Sun Jiaqiang smiled when he saw these people appear. When the two closest to him approached, he ate his naan while laughing and cursing:
"You guys have sharp eyes! You came out right after my boss left. Have you been hiding in the woods?"

"Why are you wasting so much time talking? Come and exchange things." One of the tall and thin men threw the bag of mother-of-pearl to Sun Jiaqiang, "Give me a pair of Jiefang shoes, two cans of food, and there is still rice and flour this time..."

Before he finished speaking, the shorter man next to him suddenly said:
"I smell naan! You must have more than one naan in your hand! Give me three naan, no, four!"

"Hey, hey, hey! My boss gave me less than 20 naan in total, and you only exchanged four for one person. Is that okay? What am I going to eat?"

"I don't care what you eat, change it quickly!" The man didn't show any weakness and his tone sounded like he was going to snatch the food away.

In fact, people use this tone only because they are familiar with each other.

"Exchange, exchange, exchange, but the price must be high. This is my food!" Sun Jiaqiang used to dig Fritillaria, so he knew how to deal with these people. He complained, "I finally waited for the boss to send me some food, but before I even had half a naan, you guys started snatching it away. If you hadn't offered a high price, I wouldn't have exchanged with you!

"Okay, okay, stop pretending to be pitiful here. No matter how pitiful you are, you are better than us. You have a boss taking care of you, and you don't lack anything.

We can only fight on our own. If we encounter bears, wolves or anything like that in the mountains, we can only consider ourselves unlucky. How many fritillarias have been lost!
It's not like you have a wooden house to live in, and a boss to take care of you and send you supplies regularly. You just need to stay here and exchange our things. "The one who wanted to exchange for naan said sourly.

"You can also do other things," Sun Jiaqiang said with a smile, "If you encounter wolves or bears, find a chance to kill them. The skin of a wolf is equivalent to the fritillaria you dig for a week. If you can kill a bear, you will be rich."

"Do you think wolves and bears are so easy to kill?" The man took the naan from Sun Jiaqiang and said sarcastically while chewing it:
"Although you used to dig for Fritillaria, I tell you, you are no longer capable of that now. If you really saw a wolf, you would have been scared away long ago. People like you are no longer used to living in the mountains, and you don't dare to face a wolf."

He belittled Sun Jiaqiang, but Sun Jiaqiang didn't get angry. He also mocked them for being useless and not even being able to take care of their own stomachs.

Just as he said a few words, the people behind him arrived.

The first choice of supplies these people exchanged for Fritillaria was actually naan.

There is no way to make a living in the mountains without hard work. Now is the peak season for Fritillaria, and most of the day is spent digging Fritillaria. For food and drink, we can only make do with what we have.

Unleavened bread, cornmeal porridge, wild vegetable porridge, and half-cooked rice are the norm.

It is such a treat to be able to take a bite of the roasted browned naan and smell the fragrant smell. "Hey, Mr. Sun, why didn't you ask your boss to get some dried meat? I remember there was some meat to exchange at the beginning, but there is none now."

"The boss has something to do down the mountain and has no time to hunt. If you want to exchange meat, I'll tell him next time he comes." Faced with such questions, Sun Jiaqiang would respond politely and put all the blame on the boss.

As for whether the boss can finally deliver the goods, that’s hard to say, and it’s not something Sun Jiaqiang can control.

In just one morning, most of the supplies in Li Long's jeep had been exchanged, leaving only one third.

Sun Jiaqiang received dozens of kilograms of Fritillaria. He skillfully washed and dried the Fritillaria. Most of the Fritillaria he brought in were semi-dried, but few were fresh. The weather was good now, and if they were exposed to the sun for seven or eight hours a day, the Fritillaria would be completely dried in three or four days.

Li Long drove a jeep to the county town and went to the big yard first. After unloading the Fritillaria, he took down the eggs, small fish and hens.

"Is this the fish sent from Qingshuihe Village?" Sister Yang asked as she took the fish. "Why not just stew it for lunch today? I'm just about ready to steam some rice. It's hard to preserve it now anyway."

"Okay," Li Long took the hens to the chicken coop that had been blown up. These creatures couldn't be let loose to run around the yard. They pooped too much. He fed them first and took them to Team 4 to raise them with his eldest brother when he had time.

As for eggs, Sister Yang put them in the storage room. They have to be cooked every day, fried, boiled, or stir-fried, and the consumption is very large.

After finishing the things, Li Long drove the jeep to the purchasing station.

The yard of the purchasing station was already crowded with people, and Guo Tiebing and another police officer were maintaining order.

When Guo Tiebing saw Li Long coming and waited for him to get off the car, he had already walked over and whispered to Li Long about the two thieves.

"These two people are from our county. After graduating from junior high school, they couldn't find a job, so they did odd jobs. In 1983, these two people happened to work in a private factory in Shicheng. Not long after that incident ended, they came back in 1984.

To put it bluntly, they are just lazy and like to enjoy what is ready. They have done several crimes this year, both in Shicheng and our county. Because they are roving criminals, they are difficult to catch.

To be honest, your father-in-law is really amazing and smart. He knows how to reduce the amount of medicine in the bullet, otherwise it would be troublesome if he fired it. "

"How do we judge these two people?" Li Long asked.

"I've reported it to the police station, and they said they'll give us a heavier sentence! We've got such a good and stable situation, but it's been ruined by these two bad guys. You're an advanced individual recognized by the state, and you have a great influence, so don't worry, they won't be able to get out for at least seven or eight years—

Do you know that they didn’t receive the money at your counter and they are planning to tie up your father-in-law and ask him where the money is?”

"Then give them a heavy sentence. It seems that these two guys broke the law knowingly. They are very bad." Li Long nodded and changed the subject. "I'm going to trouble you again here today."

"Why are you talking about this? This is what we should do." Guo Tiebing waved his hand, "Let's not be so formal."

Li Long thought that he would go to Laomahao to slaughter two sheep when the situation was a little more relaxed and there were fewer people, and then send one to the police station.

They are truly serving the people.

With Li Long coming to help, Gu Boyuan felt a little more relaxed.

For the next three or four days, there were still a lot of customers, but Li Long also felt that the amount of goods received was steadily decreasing. This showed that some of the previous stocks had been almost cleared, and some people from other counties began to sell semi-dried Fritillaria.

The daily cash outflow has dropped from more than 20,000 at its peak to more than 10,000 now, and has basically stabilized at around 10,000.

What made both Li Long and Gu Boyan happy was that because of the appearance of these people from other counties, many people selling Fritillaria in this county also began to pay attention to the quality of Fritillaria.

The Fritillaria collected now, whether from other counties or this county, has less impurities and residues, and is much cleaner.

As if waiting for something, Jia Tianlong finally arrived on the morning of the fifth day after Li Long's meeting.

When Jia Tianlong arrived, Li Long was still at the purchasing station. He didn't see Li Long in the yard, so he drove directly to the purchasing station.

Seeing so many people in the purchasing station, Jia Tianlong was a little surprised. He didn't expect Li Long's business to be so big.

A truck drove to the side of the yard and everyone's attention was immediately drawn to it. Li Long also heard the noise and came out from the counter, then saw Jia Tianlong getting off the truck.

"Boss Jia, welcome, welcome." In front of so many people, Li Long went over to greet them with a smile, "I'm glad you're finally here. If you don't come, my warehouse won't be able to store any more."

"I didn't expect you to make such a big and lively event here!" Jia Tianlong also smiled and patted Li Long's arm, "Then let's talk about it after you finish your work here?"

"No, no," Li Long said, "Let's go to the big yard to inspect the goods. My father-in-law is here."

Li Longjin said something to Gu Boyuan, then took Jia Tianlong and the others to the big yard.

When she heard the truck roar again, Sister Yang picked up Mingming and Haohao and went into the house. Jia Tianlong had come just now, and Sister Yang knew he would come again. It was not yet time to cook, so Sister Yang took Mingming and Haohao to play in the house.

Li Long took Jia Tianlong and drove the truck into the yard. He went to the kitchen to pour water for both of them, and then talked about recent events.

Of course it's half true and half false.

"Recently, there are a lot of people coming to us to buy Fritillaria, and these Fritillaria are big and clean. I'll get you a bag to see." Li Long opened the side room, pulled out a bag of Fritillaria, opened the bag, and grabbed a handful of Fritillaria to show Jia Tianlong.

Jia Tianlong took a look, then opened the bag, stirred it a few times, and found that the mother-of-pearl inside was really big and good.

He said admiringly:
"This quality is really better than the top grade ones. I see you have quite a lot of goods here?"

"Didn't I tell you? The Fritillaria we collected these two days is much more than before. The dry goods we have now are already two tons." Li Long said, "If you don't come again, I won't be able to collect anymore."

Of course he could afford it. After all, he had taken nearly 100,000 yuan from Jia Tianlong last time. Li Long still had some savings of his own, but as a human being, he still had to hide his wealth.

Jia Tianlong believed it. He took a suitcase from the seat of the truck and said to Li Long with a smile:

"I guess you have plenty of Fritillaria here, so I brought more cash than last time. Shall we get started?"

"it is good."

When Li Long and Jia Tianlong were weighing Fritillaria, Li Xiangqian received a call.

"What? You said someone from the Industrial and Commercial Bureau in Beiting called you and wanted to check our purchasing station?"

"Yes, yes. Wasn't that receiving station built by the temporary workers of your company? It is said that they participated in unfair competition in the industry. People in Beiting City said so. Of course, there was no official letter. They just told me so privately and asked me to investigate it thoroughly. If it is convenient, they will send a letter to me..."

"Then why do you care? I'll tell you straight, this purchasing station is supported by our supply and marketing cooperative, so it's unfair competition!

I know what happened. The private purchasing station over there is completely useless. It treats the people who dig for Fritillaria and collect the skins as fools. I am telling you this matter, and it ends with you. Li Long, he is a person who has a say in front of the state leaders. The autonomous region's supply and marketing system regards him as a benchmark. You should weigh him and see which side is heavier and which side is lighter!"

"Old Li, don't talk like that. We are family, so I am telling you the news. Don't worry, we will never betray each other!"

After hanging up the phone, Li Xiangqian's face darkened. Some people in Beiting are a bit overreaching. It seems that he needs to find some connections and make some calls! (End of this chapter)