Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Venomous snake season arrives suddenly.

Ever since the guy digging for Fritillaria found a poisonous snake near Li Long's house, Li Long found several poisonous snakes in the vicinity one after another over the next two days.

He even wondered if the poisonous snakes had all left their nests. Otherwise, how could there be so many of them?
In order to prevent snakes from sneaking into the house in the middle of the night, Li Long checked the house again and found no gaps, which made him feel relieved.

But it was impossible for him to not go anywhere on a normal day, and he suddenly remembered what he had seen before: sulfur powder seemed to be able to drive away snakes.

Is there natural sulfur in the hot springs?

Li Long decided to go over there and take a look.

With something on his mind, Li Long went out at dawn in the morning. After locking the door, he walked towards the hot spring carrying his gun and bag.

The weather was getting hotter, and the dew on the grass was not as heavy in the morning. Li Long strode into the mountains. This time he didn't care about so many other things, and his main purpose was to see the end of the hot spring.

When crossing a ravine, they met a man digging Fritillaria who was cooking porridge on a stove made of several stones. He was startled when he saw Li Long.

"Eat yours, I'm just passing by." Li Long waved his hand, crossed the ravine about 20 or 30 meters away from the man, and continued walking southeast.

The man was originally preparing to rush into the forest, but when he heard what Li Long said, he was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Li Long vigilantly as he walked into the mountains.

"Be careful with snakes," Li Long left a message, "Don't get bitten."

The man was stunned for a moment, then nodded subconsciously to indicate that he understood.

Li Long had already entered the forest. The man realized what he was doing and wondered what he was doing. No one could see him.

But it's good to remind myself. But are there really snakes in this forest?
In any case, it's better to be careful.

Li Long came to the hot spring valley and walked up along the water. The valley was still filled with the smell of sulfur, from shallow to deep, and by the time he reached the pool, the smell was already quite strong.

The water in the pond was turbulent, and Li Long guessed that an animal had just left. He did not conceal his footsteps as he walked forward, so he must have been heard early on. He did not know whether it was a roe deer or a wild goat.

Li Long did not stop and continued to walk up the mountain. The higher he went, the narrower the valley became and the stronger the smell of sulfur became. When he walked further, he could no longer walk but had to climb. There were a lot of rocks on both sides and no path. There were bushes and rocks all mixed together. The stream in the middle was very fast and the temperature was high. Li Long could only use his hands and feet to walk up.

When he reached the end of the hot spring he had visited last time, Li Long stopped.

Sulfur cannot be seen with the naked eye. He was a little disappointed.

But he was not discouraged. After looking around and finding a suitable place to stay, Li Long jumped over and began to search among the stones.

We soon discovered that some of the rocks near the spring were covered with yellow natural sulfur, but not much.

He broke off a branch, removed the leaves and twigs and made it into a stick, and used it to move the stones in the spring.

The water is too hot, and if you put your hand in it, it's basically boiled meat, so it's better to be careful.

The stones inside were pulled out, and the surface quickly dried up, turning white and yellow. Li Long was very strong, and he dug a pit under the spring in just a few minutes.

And then there was a discovery.

First, he found a yellow substance the size of a pigeon egg. Li Long dragged it to the shore and got burned when he picked it up. He put it on the ground and observed it. It did have a pungent smell. He was sure that this thing was natural sulfur.

Well, the first piece was found.

With confidence, he searched much faster and soon found the second and third pieces. The third piece was as big as a fist, which made Li Long very happy.

The fourth thing that was pulled up surprised Li Long. It was only about the size of a baby's palm, irregular in shape, and very heavy. He tried several times but failed to pull it up. It kept sliding down. Li Long simply found a branch to pull it out.

He thought about waiting for it to cool down before picking it up, and then he tried to move it again. This time he pried up a few stones, and found another one that was about the same size as the previous one, and moved it up easily.

Then Li Long felt something was wrong. The piece just now felt much heavier than this one, and the color was also yellow. The things were different!

He bent down to pick up the piece. It should have cooled down after a while.

As a result, it was burned again - but Li Long did not let go! So heavy, so pressing, such a familiar color, and so beautiful.

This is not sulfur!
Gold! Natural gold! Gold nuggets!
If it was the gold nuggets that Halimu and his friends brought to Li Long last time that made Li Long realize that there really was natural gold in the mountains, then now that he had picked up a piece with his own hands, it undoubtedly confirmed the saying "gold plate and jade base".

There really is natural gold mines in this mountain!

Li Long ignored the fact that his hands were red from the heat and looked at the nugget of gold carefully. He took it much more seriously than the one given by Halimu and the others.

After all, I picked it up with my own hands.

It is slightly longer in shape, one centimeter thick, and weighs less than one kilogram. The edges and corners are thick and thin. This may be due to the erosion of running water, making the edges smoother and without edges.

After thinking for a long time, he couldn't think of any image that could be compared, so Li Long stopped thinking about it, put the gold into his bag, and continued to dig with the branch.

He was very strong, and the rocks weighing more than ten or twenty kilograms in the spring were quickly dug out and thrown aside. There were quite a few sulfur fragments among the rubble, and Li Long picked them out one by one and carried them to the shore.

I just didn't find that heavy feeling anymore.

They kept digging until they had almost cleared out all the rocks below the spring and picked up the broken stones. Finally, they found two small gold nuggets the size of two fingers.

Although it was not big, it finally made Li Long a little satisfied.

In theory, the value of these three pieces of gold is far less than the things in the two bags he accidentally got, but Li Long was much happier to get these things than the two bags.

He thought that if he continued walking down along this hot spring, he might be able to find gold, but he was not in the mood for that now.

He dug down with a stick for a while, but found neither sulfur nor gold. He looked up at the sky and saw that the sun had risen in the east. He put his things away, put a few pieces of sulfur in his bag, and walked back with his gun.

I was really excited. These three pieces of gold weighed more than one kilogram. If we calculated the price of pure gold, it would be more than 10,000 yuan - of course, it is not pure, but if we calculate it at 80%, it would be 10,000 yuan.

Of course he wouldn't sell it. Li Long wasn't short of money now. The longer this thing was stored, the more valuable it would be. He had this dream before, but he didn't expect to actually pick it up!

Gold nugget! It's something that can be passed down from generation to generation!
The steps walking back were much lighter.

It took an hour to get back to the cabin.

There were three people waiting for Li Long here. They were standing in three different positions and had no intention of chatting.

They were even a little wary of each other.

Li Long was a little puzzled, but since the other party came to sell Fritillaria, he would focus on this for now.

Seeing Li Long coming back, the three of them smiled, their vigilant expressions disappeared, and they took the initiative to greet Li Long.

Li Long nodded at them, opened the door of the small room, took out the scale and started weighing the Fritillaria.

Although the three people's mother-of-pearl were a little dirty, Li Long didn't care much. The price he offered was not high, so the impurities were just a part of the price.

The first person weighed seven kilograms, the second person weighed eight kilograms, and the third person weighed a little more, fourteen kilograms.

The first and second person both wanted money, and immediately left with the bags after weighing, running hurriedly towards the forest. The two people ran in different directions.

When Li Long used the third person, he raised his doubts:

"You are all fritillaria diggers, so you should help each other, right? But from what I saw just now, it seems like you were on guard against each other."

"Alas, some of us have teamed up to rob others of their Fritillaria, and now no one dares to trust anyone else." The man sighed, "Although this mountain is big, there aren't many Fritillaria ditches, only a few, and you're the only one collecting Fritillaria, so we don't want to run too far. As a result, we're afraid that someone will find our whereabouts, beat us up, and rob us of our Fritillaria and money."

So this is ah.

This man chatted with Li Long for a few more words. He asked for money for 12 kilograms out of the 14 kilograms of Fritillaria, and exchanged the rest for food and meat. Then he went straight east - the previous two had gone straight to the southeast and south, and he was obviously avoiding the direction of those two people for fear of being ambushed.

Oh, why is it so complicated?

The Fritillaria he received these days weighed 500 to 600 kilograms. He simply packed all the Fritillaria into the tractor. The wood was not dry yet, and he had not built the racks yet. He locked the door and drove the tractor to Xiaobaiyanggou. The Fritillaria he received today had not been washed yet. He would go back and do it. It was important to put these Fritillaria back first. Otherwise, if someone broke into the wooden house while he was away, it would be a big loss.

Li Long stopped at Xiaobaiyanggou, then called everyone together and told them about the snake.

"We encountered one too." Tao Jianshe said, "We saw a snake when we were cutting poles yesterday. It scared me! Not only did it not run away, it even tried to bite me. I stomped it to death."

It's so fierce, I stomped it to death!

"We still have to be careful." Li Long said, "I got some sulfur in the mountains. You can crush it and spread it around the cave. It's hot there when we burn the sticks, so snakes might like to crawl over there. These guys are all poisonous snakes, so we have to be careful. If we get bitten by them, it will be more trouble than good. I'll go back today and get some snake medicine, it'll be better."

Li Long thought carefully. He gave the sulfur to Xie Yundong and asked Xie Yundong to take care of this matter.

After completing the quality inspection and registration of the number of porters today, Li Long asked others what they needed.

"Just clippers and scissors."

"It's better to bring back some more wine, we've drunk all the wine." said Old Huang.

"Do you still have cigarettes?" Li Long asked.

"Yes."

After asking other people, they basically had enough. Li Long drove the tractor out of the mountain.

Some people who were digging Fritillaria came to the wooden house, but when they saw from a distance that the tractor was not there, they stopped coming.

Li Long arrested two bad guys and put them in jail. The news had spread among the migrant workers, so even though Li Long was not there, no one came to the wooden house to take advantage of them.

The tractor rumbled out of the mountains. On the way, Li Long saw three people walking out in a group, carrying bags on their backs.

It should be used to dig for Fritillaria.

Li Long vaguely felt that there was a person who looked familiar, and he should know him.

Two of them quickly ran into the woods when they heard the sound of the tractor. The one that Li Long felt a little familiar with was standing on the side of the road with a bag on his back, with a smug smile on his face.

Is this a demonstration to myself?

Li Long was in a mischievous mood. He adjusted the steering wheel and rushed straight towards the man. The man was startled and immediately ran into the bushes nearby. Li Long laughed and drove away on the tractor.

Of course, he couldn't really bet on it. He just thought that this person had a problem with his attitude. It's normal that you don't sell it to me. But your expression is a bit irritating.

"Are you okay?" Li Long went over, and the two men immediately came over to help the fallen man up. Fortunately, the mouth of the mother-of-pearl bag was tied, otherwise it would be troublesome if it spilled all over the floor.

"It's OK." The man rubbed his wrist and said reluctantly, "No big problem, this bad guy..."

"Why would you mess with him? It's not shameful to just avoid him," another person advised. "Everyone who has acquired the company knows him. Why would you do this?"

Although this man was still indignant, he knew he couldn't do anything to Li Long and could only stare at the tractor as it drove away.

When he arrived at the county, Li Long unloaded the Fritillaria into the yard, then drove the tractor to Sister Yang's place.

It was almost time for lunch, and this time he planned to spend the night in the county before going back, so he was not in a hurry.

You can't sacrifice your life just to make money.

Gu Xiaoxia hadn't come back yet, but Sister Yang heard the sound of the tractor and ran out with a cooking spatula.

"Uncle, you're back?" Sister Yang said in a loud voice, "Come in quickly."

"Hey." Li Long responded, turned off the engine, got off the tractor and walked towards the yard.

He could see people sticking their heads out of the gates of several nearby houses.

Sister Yang spoke very loudly just now, so Li Long naturally knew what she meant.

"Sister, what are you cooking today?" Seeing Sister Yang go into the kitchen and continue cooking, Li Long still asked loudly in the yard, even though he could smell the scent of leeks and eggs.

"Let's make fried leeks and eggs, and later we'll make fried celery and meat, and steam rice." Sister Yang's voice was still loud, "We can have dinner when her aunt comes back."

It was all home-cooked food, and Li Long liked it very much. The vegetables in the small courtyard garden were growing well. One-third of the chives had been cut, and the cut part was only two centimeters high. The grape trellis was coiled on a wooden frame, and the leaves had grown to the size of a child's palm. The grape ears were in bloom, and the fragrance could not be smelled, but it was foreseeable that there would be a lot of grapes to eat in the fall.

The yard was very clean. When he approached the toilet, he smelled the sanitary scent. Li Long was quite satisfied.

Ten minutes later, Gu Xiaoxia pushed her bicycle into the yard. When she saw the tractor, she knew Li Long was coming, and she couldn't help but feel happy.

"You're back?"

"Well, we're back. We'll stay for a day and go up the mountain tomorrow." Li Long went over to help prop up the car and said with a smile.

"Okay." Gu Xiaoxia blushed slightly. She knew what Li Long meant.

"Are you busy at work?"

"It's OK. It's not as regular as in school, but it's quite challenging." Gu Xiaoxia used her hand to tuck a few strands of hair on her forehead behind her ears. "I have to go to school for checkups from time to time. I feel that what I see now is different from what I saw when I was a teacher in school."

"The pattern and position are different now." Li Long said with a smile, "We are all leaders now."

"No way." Gu Xiaoxia said coquettishly, "He's just an ordinary cadre... How is it in the mountains?"

"It's OK, but there are snakes recently. I'll come back to buy some snake medicine."

"Then you have to be careful." In fact, there are snakes near the village, mainly earth snakes. The earth snakes and long worms mentioned here are non-venomous snakes, so Gu Xiaoxia doesn't care much about them. If she knew it was a plateau pit viper, she would definitely be worried.

Gu Xiaoxia suddenly remembered and whispered:

"I remember that in the first two years after you joined the team, you were quite good at catching snakes. You put the snakes you caught in bottles and said you were making snake oil..."

"Hehe, I was ignorant at that time." Li Long's old face turned slightly red. He was really quite immature at that time.

"Her aunt is back. The meal is ready. Come, let's prepare to eat." Sister Yang poked her head out of the kitchen. "Uncle, come over here soon."

"Where is Han Fang?" Li Long asked as he walked.

"Don't worry about her, she'll be back in a while." Sister Yang said, "I left it for her. She's been studying a bit hard lately, so she comes home a little late every day."

In that case, they didn't have to wait any longer. Li Long washed his hands and sat at the table. Sister Yang had already served the meal, and the three of them ate and chatted.

Knowing that Li Long would leave tomorrow, Gu Xiaoxia didn't say much, and Li Long just talked about interesting things he had seen in the mountains. After eating, Gu Xiaoxia went to work, and Li Long drove the tractor back to the compound.

Wash your face, shave, take a bath, wash the Fritillaria and put it in the sun. The Fritillaria that was previously dried can be collected. Seeing that there is still time, Li Long simply sells the Fritillaria.

I made another sum of money, this time it was a little more than last time, two thousand and forty-three yuan, but the mother-of-pearl in the yard could be exchanged for double the money.

Chen Hongjun was already a little numb. He didn't tease Li Long anymore, but just gave him a message:
"There are a few more people selling Fritillaria here these past two days. Some of them must have sold Fritillaria to you before and know you. They said you were too aggressive in lowering the price. You should be more careful and don't let others cheat you."

"I know." Li Long nodded. "Actually, someone did this, and I caught him in the act. He's in jail now. I think it's been five years?"

"Hey, it really happened." Chen Hongjun was a little surprised, "What did he do?"

"I wanted to burn my handle, but the wolf found me." Li Long said with a smile, "I guess the wolf helped me."

This was quite a strange story, so Chen Hongjun hurriedly asked Li Long to tell him about it.

Li Long believed that before long, those who came to sell Fritillaria would know about it.

After all, Chen Hongjun must help me. (End of this chapter)