Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Tielanhua left in a hurry, and Li Long gave the leg of lamb to Sun Jiaqiang. He was not in a position to say anything about this matter.

It is normal for people to have some physical contact when they are in a normal relationship. Li Long just didn't expect to encounter that.

"Boss, it was...she who took the initiative." Sun Jiaqiang was a little incoherent. He had already put his clothes in order and whispered while holding the lamb leg, "I didn't expect that when she came over, I really...I felt at that time..."

"You are a man, you should be responsible." Li Long was not satisfied with Sun Jiaqiang's attitude. "A girl has taken the initiative, and you didn't refuse, which means you agree. You can't take advantage of her and act like a good kid, right? Have you thought about when you will get married?"

"No...I haven't thought about it." Sun Jiaqiang really had never thought about it.

"So do you like her?" Li Long asked.

Logically speaking, Li Long shouldn't care about other people's affairs, but Sun Jiaqiang is his first formal employee, and he is tied up. If Sun Jiaqiang has any problems, he will definitely find him.

He is not sure whether there is any chaos today, but he still needs to take precautions.

"I... like it." Sun Jiaqiang said after thinking for a while.

There is still hesitation about this matter. If this guy is released into the future, he will be called a scumbag, the kind who does not take the initiative, does not refuse, and is irresponsible.

But he didn't dare to do so now.

"Where have you come to?" Li Long asked, half gossiping and half concerned. It wasn't pure gossip, but mainly to know the depth of the matter before making the next decision.

“That… kiss, hand…” Sun Jiaqiang lowered his head, just like a prisoner being interrogated by Li Long.

"Then you should think about buying a yard first." Li Long said, "You can't let it come to that, and make someone else pregnant while you still don't have a yard of your own."

"I've asked around, and it seems the yard next door is for sale." Sun Jiaqiang raised his head and said, "It's not expensive. Although it's not big, it's big enough for the two of us."

The yard of the purchasing station is large, with the front and back yards covering several acres. It is considered a public unit, and the area allocated was large when houses were built in the past.

There were ordinary families next door. There were two or three families going into the alley. Li Long didn't know which one he was talking about.

"Which one is next door? On the road or in the house?"

"It's close to the road." Sun Jiaqiang said, "The yard is about 60-70 mu. His surname is Liu, and he wants to move to his father's place. His father also has a yard in Shicheng, and he sold this one for 900 yuan."

"Then buy it!" Seeing that Sun Jiaqiang had found out so much, Li Long said, "It's close, and we can take care of the purchasing station. You won't be short of money, right?"

"No shortage."

"You can't always ask that girl to give you things. Just give her what she should give you. Now that you've bought the yard, you should discuss how to get married. Their customs are different from ours, so you should pay more attention to them in the future."

Seeing that Sun Jiaqiang had actually thought about it, Li Long stopped asking and left.

What Li Long didn't expect was that not long after he left, Tielanhua came back again.

She actually didn't go far, she was just embarrassed to face Li Long. After Li Long left, she came back to hear what Li Long had to say.

"You mean he asked you to buy a yard as soon as possible, then buy furniture, and discuss marriage with me?" Tie Lanhua didn't expect that this was what Li Long told Sun Jiaqiang.

It was a bit unexpected.

In fact, Sun Jiaqiang was not only passive in this aspect, Tielanhua would sometimes complain about him - even the fact that there was a yard for sale next to the purchasing station was found out by Tielanhua. Sun Jiaqiang really didn't care much about this, and was completely pushed by Tielanhua.

Tielanhua likes Sun Jiaqiang, on the one hand because he is honest and reliable, and on the other hand because of Li Long's reasons for his current job.

As a well-known figure in the county, Li Long not only makes a lot of money, but is also capable, able to take on responsibilities, and has no prejudice against ethnic minorities. This alone is enough.

Tielanhua didn't want to live a miserable life like her mother. If she wanted to change her life, she had to find a good man to marry.

In fact, at her age, many girls of this tribe have already married. That is to say, she is now the mainstay of the family, and she still depends on her for making money. In addition, she doesn't like the young men of this tribe introduced by others, so she has been delaying it.

It was not until I was selling things to the purchasing station that I saw Sun Jiaqiang.

Li Long was married, and even if he wasn't married, she couldn't get close to him. Sun Jiaqiang was a very good candidate. So Tielanhua didn't hesitate at all and took the initiative to get to where she is now.

It’s not that no one is interested in Sun Jiaqiang, but in this kind of situation, either the two of them need to be introduced or the woman needs to hint at the man to take the initiative, otherwise, there’s basically no chance.

There are almost no people like Iron Orchid who, once they fall in love with someone, will take the initiative to show their affection and cultivate feelings without any hesitation.

"So what are you going to do? Buy it or not?"

"Yes." Sun Jiaqiang nodded and said, "Since the boss said so, I will definitely buy it."

"Is the money enough?" Tielanhua knew that the house price was not low, and it was more than one or two years' salary for ordinary workers. In 1985, the workers' wages were also rising. The wages in northern Xinjiang were slightly higher than those in Beijing. She was a little embarrassed, "I can't help much, and I don't have any money..."

"That's enough. I have enough money, you don't have to worry about it." Sun Jiaqiang said hurriedly, "Then I will go to them tomorrow at noon to settle this matter."

"If it's enough, then don't wait until tomorrow, let's go talk now, let's go together!" Tielanhua knew that it would be easy to change if we delayed, so she said immediately, "Now is the right time. You have to go to work during the normal daytime tomorrow, and people will be eating lunch, so it's not easy to talk."

Sun Jiaqiang felt it was a bit sudden, but since Tielanhua said so, let's do it. He went into the house to get the money and went next door with Tielanhua.

Half an hour later, the deal was settled. It wasn't that the guy next door was easy to talk to, but Sun Jiaqiang, or to be exact, Tie Lanhua didn't bargain much.

The price quoted by the neighbor was actually a bit high, and he was prepared to bargain with others, but he didn't expect that this young couple didn't bargain at all. At 880 yuan, he naturally agreed.

We made an appointment to go to the street tomorrow, and that's it.

Back at the purchasing station, Tielanhua said to Sun Jiaqiang: "The price is high, but I know it will take time to negotiate, and I don't want to waste time anymore. Don't worry, after we get the job done, I will work harder to make the money back."

Sun Jiaqiang was actually a little dissatisfied with Tie Lanhua for making the decision on her own, but now that Tie Lanhua had said so, what else could he say?

He thought Tielanhua had just left, but unexpectedly she slowly approached him again. Sun Jiaqiang's face suddenly became hot.

……

It was already dark when Tielanhua returned to her home, and she was very excited.

The yard has been taken over, and Sun Jiaqiang seems to be obviously richer than he imagined, so things can be done faster.

She had almost no money, but Tielanhua believed that as long as she got married and left home, she could earn more money.

"Why did you come back just now? Where have you been?" Hearing the door open, Tieyinhu in the house roared, then he walked out of the house with his crutches.

Although he is only in his forties, Tie Yinhu has grown a beard, wears a traditional hat, and looks very dignified.

Tie Lanhua turned her head and looked at her brother Tie Jinbing and her younger brother Tie Jinyong. The lights in their rooms were off, and it was obvious that they were not there.

"They haven't come back yet." Tielanhua replied, "I'm going to ask about collecting the things."

"They are them and you are you! Are you a kid? How can a little girl run around? What do you want to do instead of washing clothes and working at home?" Tie Yinhu felt that his authority was offended, and his voice became louder. He took two steps forward and was about to hit Tie Lanhua with his crutch.

"If you dare to hit me, I'll run away now!" Maybe the fact that Sun Jiaqiang bought the yard and paid a deposit today gave Tie Lanhua some encouragement, or maybe it was because the two of them broke some taboos before coming back in the evening that made her bolder. Usually at this time when Tie Yinhu showed his power, she would just lower her head and listen to the scolding in silence, and then go back to the house after he finished scolding.

She didn't want to endure it today.

Tie Yinhu was furious! If word got out that his girl had run away at night, he would lose face. He lowered his voice and roared:

"You dare to run? If you dare to run, I will beat you to death!"

Ma Haimai came out of the house, pulled Tielanhua and advised: "What did you do to your father? Hurry up, admit that you were wrong. Come on, go into the house, the clothes are not washed yet..."

Tielanhua did not apologize and eventually went back to the house.

Before she married Sun Jiaqiang, she couldn't really run away because some procedures could not be completed.

As early as when she and Sun Jiaqiang confirmed their relationship, she had already planned her own affairs step by step. This autumn, she earned at least 1,000 yuan for her family just by selling and beating melon seeds.

I thought my family would treat me better because of this, but now it seems that even if I make a lot of money, their attitude will not change.

My family wants to sell me for a good price, and has recently started looking for a suitable partner for me.

Right now, there are only a few steps left, the most critical steps, and she still has to endure.

Li Long returned home and after he and Gu Xiaoxia coaxed Mingming and Haohao to sleep, he told them about Sun Jiaqiang and Tielanhua.

"This girl is quite bold and brave," said Gu Xiaoxia. "Many girls of her ethnic group don't have this courage."

"Well, it will definitely be troublesome anyway." Having lived two lives, Li Long naturally knew how difficult it would be for Sun Jiaqiang to marry a Hui girl, and that this Hui girl had a stubborn father.

"Not necessarily. If this girl dares to go all out, maybe it will work." Girls understand girls. Gu Xiaoxia smiled and said, "If it really doesn't work, then Xiao Sun can sacrifice himself. Anyway, the girl has taken several steps so boldly. If he doesn't move at all, is he still a man?"

Li Long thought about it and agreed.

"There's a movie on Friday, why don't you guys go watch it together? Bring Mingming and Haohao along, and call Sister Yang and Han Fang as well." Li Long said, "I think Mingming and Haohao's grandfather will also go, I'll ask my grandson. We've been so busy lately, now that we're done, why don't you relax for a while."

"Then let's ask Sister Yang tomorrow." Gu Xiaoxia was naturally willing, and she hadn't watched an open-air movie for a long time, so she really wanted to.

The next morning, Gu Xiaoxia asked Sister Yang. Sister Yang didn't want to agree at first, but seeing Han Fang's expectant eyes, she nodded.

What surprised Li Long was that Gu Boyuan did not plan to go, and Sun Jiaqiang was not going either.

Li Long thought that he only needed to make one trip when the time came - he had originally planned to drive twice.

He went to Laomahao again, slaughtered two sheep, and took them back to the county. He sent one to Li Xiangqian's home and the other directly to Beiting.

Director Qian's family invited Li Long to dinner, and before dinner, Li Long cut the mutton into pieces in their kitchen. Actually, it could be cut into pieces and pulled over, but Li Long thought it would be better to send a whole sheep.

"The broom job this year was well received, and they said it was very good. Maybe they will order some next year." Director Qian told Li Long about this during the meal, "So next year, your task will be heavier."

Good thing.

Li Long smiled and said, "I am not afraid of heavy tasks. Now people from three villages are following me to make big brooms. I am not afraid of not having work, but I am afraid of not having enough work. Now these three villages and a company of the Corps hope that I can take on more work next year so that they can earn more money."

Sister Guan listened to Li Long's words and said with admiration: "Xiaolong, look at you, your thoughts and actions are different now that you are a representative. You have become rich, and you are also leading the villagers to a better life. Not bad, not bad, you have not been a representative in vain!"

Li Long felt a little ashamed and proud of saying this.

After returning from Beiting, Li Long was surprised again when he heard from Gu Boyuan that Sun Jiaqiang had bought the house next door.

This action is strong enough!

On Friday evening, after dinner, Gu Boyuan returned to his yard with his hands behind his back. Li Long drove a jeep and took Gu Xiaoxia, Mingming Haohao, Sister Yang, and Han Fang to the fourth team.

It is already late autumn and the weather has become much cooler. Afraid that Mingming and Haohao would catch a cold, Gu Xiaoxia and Sister Yang put coats on both Mingming and Haohao.

When the jeep arrived at the new settlement of Team 4, Li Long saw that the movie curtain had been raised.

The place where the movie was shown was three or four houses away from the Li family, behind a wall. Behind this family was an open space, in the shape of an oblique triangle, and a few dozen meters further back was a large canal, with a road between the open space and the large canal. Because the open space was not large enough to be a residential plot, it was left vacant. Usually, it was a place for children to play football and skip rubber ropes, but now it was just right for showing movies.

Some people had already put benches here to reserve seats, and some children were watching curiously beside the stand set up by the projectionist.

The projectionist was dealing with a long electric wire. There was a telephone pole on the side of the road. He swung up a wire and placed it on top of the wire on the pole. Then he swung up another wire and placed it on top of another one - the power connection was completed.

Li Long happened to see this scene and thought that this man was really "skilled and daring". These days showing movies consumes a lot of electricity, and it is hard to say from whose house to get the electricity, so he might as well just connect it directly from the telephone pole and use public electricity.

The problem is, the two wires are so close together, isn't he afraid of short circuiting when he swings them? It seems this is not the first time he has done this, he is very skilled.

As soon as the power was connected, he began to select the film reel and try it out.

In the 1980s, the opening credits of movies would have some messy images, followed by a countdown, and sometimes you could even see the film burning.

The equipment at that time was relatively primitive, but even such primitive things were the favorites of the children.

The jeep drove to the gate of Li's courtyard and stopped. Liang Yuemei, who had come out to greet them, carried Mingming down. Haohao struggled to climb down by himself. Li Juan and Li Qiang hurried over to help him up.

After Han Fang came down, Li Juan asked Li Long to take Hao Hao from her, and she took Han Fang to grab some melon seeds:

"Come on, I have fried a lot of sunflower seeds at home. They are so fragrant. We also have soybeans. You must fill your pockets later..."

Unexpectedly, these little guys have such a good relationship. Mingming Haohao can walk steadily now, and he trots behind his brothers and sisters, shouting that they want to crack watermelon seeds too.

Gu Xiaoxia was worried that the two children might choke, so she hurriedly followed. Liang Yuemei and Sister Yang also followed, and Li Long left them alone.

He saw a plate of roasted melon seeds on the small table outside, so he picked it up and poured all of them into his pocket. He would also eat some while watching a movie.

The loudspeaker rang again, and the Li family, including Li Qingxia and Du Chunfang, brought small stools and walked towards the place where the movie was being shown, chatting and laughing.

When the family came over, half of the people were already sitting in the open space. Li Long wanted to sit back, but Liang Shuangcheng, who was sitting in the front, stood up and waved his hand hurriedly:
"Brother Long, here, come here, we have reserved a seat for you."

Liang Shuangcheng and Liang Zhongcheng came together, and several young boys nearby also got up, so this area became empty.

Everyone knew that this movie was paid for by Li Long. Although some people in the team said something sour, saying that the money was earned from the villagers, most people were still grateful to the Li family, and it was normal to give up their seats when watching a movie.

Today we are showing "Heroes have always emerged from youth", and the first one is a martial arts film. People of all ages like to watch such films, which are lively and enjoyable to watch.

Li Long asked his parents and his eldest brother and sister-in-law to go over, and Gu Xiaoxia and eldest sister Yang also went over. Since he was taller, he sat in the back.

As a result, Li Jianguo didn't move forward, but chatted with Li Long in the back.

Haohao was obviously very excited, as he had hardly seen so many people before. The two little kids had smiles on their faces the whole time. They looked around, wondering everything.

Xie Yundong and his friends came over, and seeing Li Long and his friends behind them, they also carried their stools and followed behind.

The scene was very lively. Before the movie started, everyone was chatting with each other. Although we were from the same village with three settlements, some people were rarely seen. So when they met, they naturally had something to talk about. They cracked melon seeds while talking and even tasted them together.

I looked at the clock and it was nine o'clock. The projectionist shouted, "It's time to start!"

Then the projector light was turned off, the scene suddenly became dark, and then it became bright again, a beam of light was projected onto the screen, and the movie began. (End of this chapter)