Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Chapter 103: Being Zhuge Liang
The young people in the team originally thought that Li Long would cherish the bicycle after buying it and at most let everyone see it. Unexpectedly, he was not stingy at all and let everyone try it. This immediately won everyone's favor.

Before Gu Ermao came, he knew that Li Long would lock the car and would not even let anyone touch it, but he miscalculated this time.

Xu Haijun rode his bike around the yard and came back, exclaiming:
"This new bike is so comfortable to ride! Xiaolong, how much did you pay for it?"

"Over 160." Li Long said, "It's not expensive. The heavier design can carry a lot of things."

"One hundred and sixty is not expensive?" Tian Siping couldn't help but say, "It's more than 400 kilograms of 75% flour, which can last for a year!"

Li Longxin didn't think so. With this bicycle, he could go to the mountains every other day and earn back the money in a week.

But he couldn't say this, because if he did, others would say he was bragging, so he didn't explain anything.

"Why haven't you been selling fish recently?" Qin Hongyan asked curiously, "Is it because fish are not selling well?"

"Not really. I've been busy hunting in the mountains recently." Li Long said. Anyway, he would spend nearly half of his time in the mountains in the future, so there was nothing to hide.

"Did you catch another wild boar?" Xu Haijun asked, his eyes lighting up.

"Not only wild boars, but also roe deer." Li Long said, "There are a lot of things in the mountains, but they are hard to find."

Although he said this, others showed envious expressions.

"You've almost replaced all the bullets for everyone in the team. Hunting must be fun." Xu Haijun joked with a smile.

"Not bad. We'll know after we get there that our skills at the shooting range are far from what we have in the mountains." Seeing that no one was riding anymore, Li Long locked the bicycles and led everyone into the east room. "Come in. It's still cold outside."

“Is it colder in the mountains?”

"Of course, I always wear felt in the mountains," Li Long said, pointing to the felt beside the kang, "otherwise I can't bear it at all."

These young people were very curious about life in the mountains, and Li Longjian said as much as he could, but when they heard that there were wolves in the mountains, and that the wolves were very fierce, they really kept silent.

No matter how powerful one is, no one would think of putting themselves in danger when facing a ferocious and cunning wolf.

"After the spring, the team's sideline group may go into the mountains." Xu Haijun suddenly said, "Will Xiaolong go in then?"

"No." Li Long said bluntly, "I won't participate in the public employment of the team this year. I will just pay the fee at the end of the year."

One worker gets eight cents for a day's work. Li Long can earn thirty or fifty yuan a day by fishing in the small lake. One day's money can make up for a year's work, so why make things difficult for himself?

Li Long has the confidence and courage, but others do not. The Li family is now unique in the team, with meat and white flour buns to eat every day - Li Qiang no longer wants to eat corn flour. Li Long himself is thinking about buying some eggs to nourish his family when he goes to the morning market to sell things.

"I want to join the sideline team." Tian Siping suddenly said, "The sideline team goes to dig Fritillaria. A kilogram of dried Fritillaria costs more than 30 yuan at the purchasing station, and even fresh Fritillaria costs 5 or 6 yuan. A skilled person can dig 4 to 5 kilograms a day. After paying the money to the team, he can still save a lot of money."

Gu Ermao sneered:

"That's an old hand. You're a new hand. It's good enough if you can dig one kilogram a day." Qin Hongyan sighed and said, "New hands can become old hands after practicing. It takes a month for the sideline team to dig Fritillaria. They must have practiced hard. It's a pity that the sideline team doesn't want women, otherwise I would like to go too."

She looked at Li Long, hoping that he could give her some advice.

Gu Ermao sneered again:
"You can't have a woman. It's inconvenient to eat and live in the mountains. There are more than a dozen people living in a winter camp. What can you do as a woman? Just stay in the team honestly!"

Gu Ermao became a driver apprentice. He felt that his status was higher than others, so he often gave instructions. Everyone was reluctant to say anything because of his status, but today he talked too much and was annoying. Qin Hongyan rolled her eyes at him:
"You're the only one who can do it! You're just an apprentice! People say it takes three years for a driver to learn to drive a car, and we don't know how you'll perform after three years."

These words made Gu Ermao's face turn red. He really hadn't even touched the car yet. The master was very strict and he still had to pay tribute. But when he mentioned touching the car, the master scolded him for being too ambitious and wanting to run before he had learned to walk.

When Gu Ermao was about to argue with Qin Hongyan, Li Long interrupted:

"Actually, men can go to the sideline team, and women can do other things."

"What?" Qin Hongyan asked hurriedly, "As long as I can make money, I'm not afraid of hard work."

"I've seen quite a few people selling wicker baskets at the morning market these past few days. The red willow branches grow so well in the wasteland to the east of us in the spring. When the farming season starts, we can make some baskets to sell. Each basket is two or three yuan, and we can make two or three baskets a day, which is quite profitable."

Li Long was telling the truth. In those days, supplies were scarce, and city dwellers thought the things in department stores were too expensive. Baskets like this were good for storing things, and they were cheap. So the business of selling baskets at the morning market was quite good.

"Weaving a basket?" Qin Hongyan looked embarrassed. "That... I'm not very good at it."

Li Long smiled and said:
"It's spring now. Did you know there are wild mushrooms over there at the dam?"

"Of course, I definitely know."

"We pick wild mushrooms and sell them in the county for one yuan per kilogram. We can earn a lot even if we work hard."

There were two plots of land near the production team. Until Li Long's last life, wild mushrooms could be dug every spring and autumn. They were called reed mushrooms locally and their scientific name was Agaricus edulis. The reputation spread far and wide, and later generations would drive cars from the city to come here to dig mushrooms.

The amount of artificially cultivated mushrooms is relatively small these days, and wild mushrooms are an excellent food ingredient, so naturally there are many people who want to eat them.

This is possible. Not only Qin Hongyan was thinking about it, but others were also thinking about the feasibility of this matter.

When Li Qiang came to invite Li Long to dinner, the young people all left tactfully - this time Wu Shufen didn't feel comfortable coming over, but at home, her mother Wang Yuzhen scolded her severely, blaming her for taking the initiative to break up with Li Long.

Now that everyone has bicycles, the future is obviously bright!

Wu Shufen hid in her room, covering her ears and not wanting to hear these words.

She was also very upset - she blamed Li Long in her heart, why did you become so outstanding after the breakup, what were you doing before?
Maybe if Li Long came to her now to get back together, she would agree, right? But thinking about the unclear relationship between her and Gu Ermao, she knew that this was impossible.

So annoying!
(End of this chapter)