Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

When Li Long drove his jeep back to the county, it was not yet time for lunch.

This was the first time in these days that he came back so early. After returning to the purchasing station, Li Long drove the jeep to the backyard, unloaded the wild mushrooms, and dried them directly in the hot sun.

The backyard of the purchasing station is big enough, and Sun Jiaqiang cleaned the red brick floor very cleanly, so the wild mushrooms can be directly poured on the ground to dry.

The mushrooms collected by Talihar and his team were quite clean, but those collected by Xiaokelaiti were a little unsightly.

There was no other way. Since they had already been collected, they had to be properly processed. After Li Long spread out the other wild mushrooms to dry in the sun, he began to clean up the dirt in the two sacks.

Use a knife to scrape off the dirt on the roots, and then place the processed wild mushrooms aside to dry in the sun. As for the dirt underneath, just clean it up at the end.

Li Long said that the purchasing station here is strict about what it accepts, but that is not always true. After all, if someone really brings mushrooms of the quality of Xiaokelaiti, it is impossible not to accept them, but if they do, they have to lower the price, and then Sun Jiaqiang will take time to deal with them.

It’s the same model as what Li Long is doing now.

Since they didn’t finish the work in the morning, Gu Boyuan asked Li Long to go back for lunch and continue working on it in the afternoon.

To the outside world, this is his business, he can't really ignore it. So when necessary, he still has to clean up here.

However, before I had finished picking the wild mushrooms in the afternoon, an uninvited guest arrived.

"Mr. Sheng, you're looking for me?" Li Long was a little surprised. After listening to Sun Jiaqiang's words, he stood up, went to the faucet to wash his hands, and asked, "Did you tell me? What do you want from me?"

Li Long subconsciously thought that those who came to him were most likely to discuss business matters. After all, he opened a purchasing station, which was quite famous in the counties and cities of Beiting. The things in the purchasing station were quite diverse, and there might be something that others would like.

"No, he just said there was something important." Sun Jiaqiang didn't invite anyone over. After all, Li Long didn't say anything, so it was hard to say whether he was welcome or not.

"Then please come in to the reception room." Li Long said.

At present, most of the materials in the purchasing station, or the materials that account for the majority of the funds, have a place to go, but a small part has been piled up. Most of the antiques collected have not been sold, and are stored in a special warehouse. It is unknown how long they can be kept.

So Li Long guessed that this man surnamed Sheng might have come here to purchase something or seek cooperation.

As soon as Li Long arrived in the reception room, Sun Jiaqiang brought someone over.

After bringing the people in, Sun Jiaqiang went to pour tea for them - he did this kind of tea-serving job without any reluctance. To be honest, although he was older than Li Long, Sun Jiaqiang knew that Li Long was much more capable and he could not compare with him.

He was able to arrange a household registration for himself, was given money and a stable job, with a good salary and a monthly bonus that was higher than his salary. These benefits were enough to make Sun Jiaqiang willing to do any job.

My monthly salary is several times more than what my family back home earns in a year. What else can I ask for?

Li Long looked at the person who came.

She was in her thirties, and her hair was combed meticulously. I don’t know how many times she used the brush, but it looked quite disgusting.

There were even creases on the white shirt, which showed that it was newly put on. He had a blue suit on his arm and trousers on his lower body, which was a set.

She was wearing a gold ring on her hand, I don’t know if it was real or not, and I don’t know if the leather shoes on her feet were wiped before entering the recycling station, but there didn’t seem to be any dust on them at all.

Judging from his dress and temperament, he looks a bit like a professor doing research, and also a bit like an expert in research.

But the look in his eyes was quite complicated, and Li Long felt that this person was quite cunning.

"Hello, Comrade Sheng. Please take a seat." Li Long pointed to the seat opposite and said, "Please have some tea."

There is no sweat on my face. How could I not be sweaty with this outfit? Either I wiped it off before, or I am too weak to get any oil on my face even under such strong sunlight.

The former is more likely.

The man surnamed Sheng sat opposite Li Long, put the black bag in his hand on the table, and said with a smile:

"Alas, I haven't been back to my hometown for a long time. I am really not used to the climate here."

The man's accent wasn't from northern Xinjiang, and it didn't even sound like someone from China. Instead, it sounded a bit like a returned overseas Chinese.

"Homeland, Mr. Sheng, have you returned from abroad?" Li Long asked curiously.

"Yes." The man surnamed Sheng sighed and said, "How should I put it? After my father took me out, I never came back. This is my first time back. I have to say that the motherland has changed a lot now. I am deeply touched after coming back."

"Yes, our country has developed very quickly in recent years." Li Long nodded and said, "I wonder which country Mr. Sheng was originally from? Why did you come back this time..."

"America." Sheng smiled and said, "I came back this time to complete what my grandfather didn't complete."

"Yeah." Li Long nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

If Li Long didn't ask, Mr. Sheng would be at a loss for words. Shouldn't he continue asking himself?

Mr. Sheng thought that maybe he hadn't pointed it out, so he continued:

"I think Mr. Li should know that the surname Sheng is not common..."

"Well, that's true." Li Long said with a smile, "Among the people I know, there is only one..."

He stopped here. There was indeed only one, and that person was in the previous life. In this life, that person has not appeared yet.

"Our Sheng family is actually a big family." The man surnamed Sheng sighed, "If it weren't for... well, let's not talk about the past."

Having said that, he looked at Li Long again, intending to see what Li Long could remember.

"Sheng?" Li Long thought for a moment and suddenly asked, "Sheng Shicai?"

"Yes, it's my grandfather."

"Puff!" Li Long sprayed.

real or fake?

This thought only lasted for a moment, and then he rejected it.

Ninety-nine percent of it is fake. Are they trying to cheat me?
If Li Long had not lived two lives, he would probably still be shocked. But after living two lives, he had experienced the "Qin Shi Huang sending money" joke, so what was this?

However, he did not attack immediately. Instead, he wanted to see what this man who claimed to be surnamed "Sheng" was trying to deceive, and also how this guy found him.

Seeing that Li Long had guessed his family background so well, the liar smiled and said, "Thanks to our country, the policies are now more relaxed and we are very welcome to return home.

To be honest, I originally wanted to invest here, but after looking around, I found that the infrastructure here is really backward, and the money I originally brought with me, even if I invested it, would only be a drop in the bucket. So..."

So what? At this point, the man surnamed Sheng paused again, as if to whet people's appetite. He picked up the tea bowl in front of him, a little disgusted, but had to take a sip.

I've talked too much, and it's a hot day, so I'm indeed a little thirsty.

Li Long just watched this guy perform quietly. Of course, he still needed to be a supporting actor when appropriate:
"So what? Does Mr. Sheng have another source of funds?"

"Well, there must be some." The swindler put down the tea bowl and said calmly: "Of course, it is difficult to take it out."

Li Long smiled.

This is the normal routine. If Li Long responds, the other party will most likely throw out bait and mention the difficulties.

Do you want to continue acting with me?
Then let’s act and see what bait this liar lays out.

"Is it difficult to withdraw money? What's the difficulty? Is it possible that the funds are not in the bank?" Li Long pretended to be puzzled and asked, "Or is it that the funds are not money?"

"Well, it's money, but it's not money." The liar sighed again, "To be honest, I brought back quite a bit of money this time, but our country has immigration regulations. You can't bring too much cash, and the procedures for bringing in large sums of money are particularly troublesome. I thought... forget it, I know you are someone I can make friends with, Mr. Li, so I told you this..."

As he spoke, he opened the black bag and took something out of it, but when he did, he also took out an unsealed envelope. The envelope fell on the table, with the opening facing Li Long, and a stack of green paper, or in other words, US dollar bills, slipped out of it.

It was neatly tied, and at least two sides looked like US dollars. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry." The scammer quickly put the envelope away, and deliberately showed the seal to Li Long again, then put the stack of US dollars into the black bag: "I'm sorry, it's not packed properly."

“Is it US dollars?”

"Well, I brought some US dollars..."

"I heard there are restrictions on bringing in US dollars." Li Long nodded. He was not used to carrying US dollars.

"I don't know how much RMB these US dollars can be exchanged for. It's very inconvenient to hold these US dollars." The swindler said helplessly, "In Dadu, it's very convenient to spend US dollars, and you can also exchange them for foreign exchange coupons, but in Northern Xinjiang, it's not easy.

Mr. Li, can you help me exchange some RMB? Not much, just one thousand US dollars. The official exchange rate is a bit disadvantageous. Of course, I won't let Mr. Li suffer a loss. Now I heard that the exchange rate is 1:8 privately. I don't want it to be that high, 1:5 is enough! "

"Okay, can you show me your dollars?" Li Long smiled. He was not sure if the dollars the man took out were real. He had a stack of dollars, which contained 10,000 US dollars. At least that one had been confirmed to be real (the others in the same box had already been sent to the autonomous region).

So by comparing it to that, he believed he could see whether the US dollar bill in the other person's hand was real or fake.

"If Mr. Li needs to exchange money, doesn't he go to withdraw it? Five thousand yuan is not a small amount, right? After all, the largest denomination of RMB now is ten yuan, unlike US dollars, which have twenty yuan and one hundred yuan denominations." The scammer did not take the US dollars out of the envelope and asked back.

"Withdraw money?" Li Long said with a smile, "I have it here." He called out "Xiao Sun!"

Sun Jiaqiang hurried over.

"Get five thousand yuan from Uncle Gu."

Sun Jiaqiang left in a hurry and soon came back with five thick stacks of banknotes.

The liar's expression was not good at that time.

He came to Ma County specifically to inquire about the situation because he thought it was a small place and even the rich people there were country bumpkins with little experience and were therefore easy to cheat.

As for money, people in small places will definitely hold on to it tightly, but when they encounter an opportunity, they will definitely grab it greedily and be easily deceived.

Unexpectedly, Li Long took out five thousand yuan at once. He had US dollars in his bag, but he didn't have enough to make up one thousand yuan.

"I didn't expect Mr. Li to be so generous." After all, the liar had been to many places, so he quickly reacted and said with a smile: "But I don't have so many US dollars on hand at the moment, I keep them in the hotel. However, since Mr. Li is so generous, I have another suggestion, which is much more profitable than exchanging US dollars!"

"What's the proposal?" Li Long said with pretended interest.

"Actually, I can't just tell anyone about this." The liar lowered his voice and looked at Li Long and said, "I also know about Mr. Li's past. That's why I dare to come here. Mr. Li, you often go into the mountains, right? Do you know anything about my grandfather?"

Of course I know about it, he was the overlord of Northern Xinjiang during the Republic of China period. Li Long thought to himself that during the period of Northern Xinjiang rule, he was pulling the Soviet Union while nominally uniting with the Republic of China, killing progressive young people, including the member of our party who used the alias Zhou Bin.

Of course, it is certain that huge amounts of wealth were plundered.

"When my grandfather left in a hurry, many things could not be transported away, and some were buried in the Tianshan Mountains." The liar talked freely, "We originally thought that we would never be able to come back after leaving the country.

Now that the mainland has relaxed its policies towards us, we are able to come back. After we come back, we will definitely think about getting the wealth in the mountains out, part of it to invest in construction, part of it...haha."

The liar didn't say anything else, but his meaning was very clear. The remaining part was for personal enjoyment.

"Where is that thing hidden?" Li Long asked the key question.

"Here is a map." The liar took out a blueprint from the black bag and waved it in front of Li Long. Li Long was amused. This man had done sufficient preparation. The map was obviously a copy of a military map, but it was an old one and the scale didn't seem to be very large.

Because it just shook, Li Long couldn't see it clearly, which was also the other party's intention.

"Then what do you need me to do?" Li Long asked, trying not to laugh.

"Mr. Li, let me tell you, the treasure of the Jury that my grandfather buried contains at least a thousand gold bars, and according to today's terms, it weighs at least thirty kilograms! As for the silver dollars, it's one hundred thousand!"

The liar wanted to trick Li Long into a trap, so he revealed the amount of the treasure: "There is at least one million US dollars in cash in it."

This is increasing the appeal.

"So much money? What do you need me to do?" Li Long couldn't help it any longer. This liar was getting more excited.

"To dig these things out, we need fewer people, and that requires professional excavation equipment. These equipment need to be customized. I have already contacted an expert and paid a deposit.

But the experts are from northern Xinjiang, and they don't recognize U.S. dollars, so we need RMB. Of course, Mr. Li, I also know that it's hard for people to believe such empty words. Don't worry, I brought something with me. "

He took out an iron box from his black bag. The iron box was a little rusty and looked very old. He opened the box and said:
"Actually, my grandfather placed things in many places in Northern Xinjiang. Some of them can't be found because of the construction here, some have been dug up, and some are still there. Here are ten small yellow croakers, which are the deposit."

As he said this, he pushed the box towards Li Long.

There were indeed ten golden things in the opened box.

Li Long picked one up and took a look at it, and immediately determined that it was fake.

He bought gold jewelry for Gu Xiaoxia, picked up gold nuggets in the mountains, and exchanged them for gold plates.

The so-called small yellow croaker in my hand is too light and is not made of gold.

"Look, there's a number on it, in traditional Chinese characters, it's from that time." The liar said confidently, "This little piece of gold can be exchanged for one or two thousand yuan on the black market..."

Li Long thought, "Do you think I don't know the price of gold? Even if I exchange it for an antique, it can't be so valuable, right?"
"Then Mr. Sheng, how much money do you plan to get from me by using these things as collateral?"

"At least 20,000." The liar held up two fingers. "Of course, I can also put the US dollars here. Don't worry, I will be back with the equipment in three days at most, and then we will go into the mountains to dig for treasure together. Mr. Li, I believe in your character, so I also hope you can keep it a secret for me...

Of course, now I just want to get the money and go get the equipment.”

Five thousand yuan was placed on the side. Although the scammer tried not to look at it, he would glance at it from time to time. It was obvious that he cared a lot about the money.

Li Long smiled and said:

"Is that all?" I thought this liar would ask for a huge sum of money, but I didn't expect his appetite was only 20,000.

But think about it, the things this person took out can't be exchanged for much money.

"Well, that's all for now." The liar knew he couldn't change his words, so he said, "I found someone who was introduced by an acquaintance, so the price of the equipment is not very high. But don't worry, they are definitely professional equipment. By the way, before those things are dug out, we can discuss how to distribute them then, okay?"

"Okay." Li Long nodded, and then asked the last question:
"Mr. Sheng, why did you find me?"

"Because Mr. Li is very famous. He often goes to the mountains and is familiar with the terrain. Besides, you are the best in this county, right?" The liar thought that Li Long really believed him, and he also told him the reason for looking for Li Long. "Others either don't have the ability or the courage. Actually, to be honest, after talking with Mr. Li, I feel that it is really a waste of talent for Mr. Li to stay in a small county. If he has time, he should go to a big city and see if there is greater development. Only when you go out, you will know how big and wonderful this world is..."

Li Long shook his head and said:

"No need to go, that place is not suitable for me." After saying that, he shouted to the outside:
"Xiao Sun!"

Sun Jiaqiang rushed over upon hearing the noise.

"Call Lao Guo, the Lao Guo who came here a few days ago." Li Long saw that Sun Jiaqiang was a little confused, so he pointed at him and said, "Tell him that I need his cooperation with something."

Sun Jiaqiang knew who it was right away. Guo Tiebing often came to maintain order, and Li Long initially called Guo the police officer, but after a while Guo Tiebing asked him to call him Lao Guo.

Sun Jiaqiang went to make a phone call.

"Mr. Li, what's this?" The scammer became a little alert.

"Oh, that's right. I don't have enough cash on hand. Lao Guo is my partner and he has more cash. Don't worry, it won't cause any trouble." Li Long explained.

The liar was a little suspicious, but he couldn't bear to do it.

Things are going so smoothly, how could I leave without taking some money?

In less than ten minutes, Guo Tiebing and his men hurried over. (End of this chapter)