Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

It was already noon when Li Long returned to the courtyard. If he went to Sister Yang's house now, he could actually catch up with lunch.

But Li Long didn't go over. He drove the tractor into the yard, got off the car and locked the door. He took out the Fritillaria and other things in the tractor one by one and put them away. Then he went into the bedroom, changed his clothes, and fell asleep.

In fact, he had a good rest during this period. He basically didn't stay up late at night, and there was no need to do so.

But now I just want to have a good sleep.

After finishing a big project, I felt relieved and relieved. My tense nerves finally relaxed and I really needed a good rest to relieve them.

Some people say that if you are tired and want to recover, men rely on eating and women rely on sleeping. In fact, men also need good deep sleep to relieve.

Li Long didn't sleep for long. When he woke up, he saw the sunlight coming through the window. It should be around five or six in the afternoon.

In the past, when I didn’t sleep well during my nap, I would occasionally feel dizzy, but today I didn’t.

When I woke up I just felt hungry.

He got up and put on his clothes. The clothes he brought back from the mountains were rolled up into a ball and thrown into the basin behind the door, ready to be washed in the evening. He changed his clothes and went out.

There are actually ingredients in the kitchen, such as steamed buns and stewed meat. If you want to make them, you can make a delicious meal in just half an hour.

But Li Long didn't want to do it. He washed himself, wiped his face, felt much more awake, and then pushed his bicycle out the door.

After locking the door, he rode his 28-inch bicycle to the cafeteria.

There were a few more bicycles parked in front of the canteen than before. Although it was not yet lunchtime, after locking the bike and going in, Li Long discovered that there were still a few people eating at this time.

The small blackboard hanging on the wall lists today's dishes, staple foods and prices. In the past, most people needed to bring food coupons, but now it seems that nearly half of them don't need them.

Two-thirds of the tables were empty. Li Long went to the waiter and ordered a bowl of fried pork noodles and two extra noodles. Then he took the ticket, found a table, sat down, and started peeling garlic.

The cafeteria is very particular. They now serve fresh garlic, which tastes very good with noodles and goes well with rice.

But this thing requires moderation. In Li Long's previous life, he had a friend who could peel half a bowl of garlic for him when eating noodles. Li Long is not like that. Two or three cloves of garlic are enough for a plate of noodles. After peeling, he pinches the garlic into small pieces with his hands and puts them in the tea bowl, waiting for the noodles to come.

The waiter looked at Li Long and saw that he only peeled two or three cloves of garlic, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

Not bad, not greedy.

Soon, the noodles and dishes were served. Li Long put the dishes directly into the noodle bowl, then took the noodles and poured them in. He took the vinegar pot and sprinkled some on the noodles, then took out the garlic and put it into the bowl, stirred it leisurely a few times, let the noodles dip into the vegetable juice, and then began to eat with big mouthfuls.

Fragrant!

After taking just two bites, Zhong Guoqiang sat over.

"Xiao Li, are you going down the mountain? I heard from Section Chief Li that you have finished your work in the mountains?"

"Done." Li Long said after swallowing the noodles in his mouth.

"I also heard you got a bear in the mountains?"

"Yeah." Li Long nodded, "I'm lucky to have come across this."

"That bear paw..."

"Sorry, there's no more." Li Long waved his hand, "We divided it among our family and ate it up."

"Oh, okay. I got the news too late. If you meet me again in the future, please leave me one or two bear paws. I will definitely pay you a high price!"

"Okay." Li Long nodded. "I'll find you first if we get caught later."

Whether you can really find it or not is another matter, but at least this statement must be made.

"Okay, okay. The bear meat..."

"I have some bear meat, some dried and some roasted," Li Long asked. "Which one do you want?"

"I see... Can you send me some dried ones when you have time?"

"Okay." Li Long agreed.

"Okay, you can eat it." Zhong Guoqiang stood up, "Remember to save some for me if you get it!"

Li Long nodded and continued eating.

The others who were eating, including the waiter, were a little dumbfounded.

Fighting a bear? Are there bears in the mountains?
Don't blame these people for not knowing. More than 1.2% of the people in the county have never been to the mountains. The northern slope of the Tianshan Mountains covers nearly square kilometers, and the area of ​​Ma County is square kilometers. The main terrain is still basin plains.

Therefore, only a few people go into the mountains. They know that there are wolves and deer in the mountains, but there are animals like bears. Some people may know about them, but most people have never seen them.

Some people may never even have seen the bears in the Tianshan Mountains in their entire lives, let alone now. As for some other rare wild animals, they may never have even heard of them.

So when they heard Zhong Guoqiang say that Li Long had killed the bear, their expressions were as if they had seen a god.

Li Long didn't care about that and just enjoyed the pleasure the mixed noodles brought to his stomach. After eating, he ordered another bowl of noodle soup, poured it into the bowl of noodles, washed it down with the vegetable juice, and drank it all together.

Comfortable.

Cool!
perfect!

After a loud burp, Li Long pushed the bowl of noodles forward and wiped his mouth, only to find that there was no paper. Oh, paper was not provided at this time, and toilet paper was still a rare item.

He picked up the tea bowl, took a sip of the slightly cold tea, rinsed his mouth, walked out with the water in his mouth, and spit it out outside.

There were obviously more people on the street than a month ago. Although Li Long would come back every few days, he was in such a hurry that he had no chance to compare the present with the past.

There were more smiles on the faces of people coming and going, and some were discussing things related to life, such as new things in the department store, people selling cooked meat in the market, more beef in food company stores, etc.

Life is slowly getting better.

Li Long rode his bicycle slowly back. When he got back to the compound, he felt it was time to take stock of his assets.

He took his shoulder bag and the money that was in the room and started to calculate.

First, we have to make up the money for the porter.

I received 8,416 yuan from the supply and marketing cooperative, and I gave 800 yuan to my eldest brother, leaving 7,616 yuan.

The supply and marketing cooperative collected 1,052 bearers, but Li Long's account book recorded 1,061. Of the remaining nine, one was judged unqualified in Xiaobaiyanggou, and the remaining eight were placed in the shed next to the wooden house.

Among the 1,061 porters, Li Jianguo compiled 101 of them, and Li Long gave him 800 yuan, which was tacitly equivalent to 100 porters. The unqualified one would be counted on the eldest brother, so that it would be easier to settle the bill.

Then the remaining 960 baobazi were given to the remaining Lu Yingming and his gang. Li Long gave 3,840 yuan for the 960 baobazi.

So this time, Li Long, the boss, earned 3,776 yuan - but he didn't get that much money, because he had to deduct the 1,000 yuan kickback to Li Xiangqian, leaving a net profit of 2,776 yuan.

If this money was put into last year, it would have been a lot of money. Li Long remembered that the first time he went into the mountains, he earned more than ten yuan from selling deer antlers.

At that time, it felt like a lot.

But now, after more than a month, I just watched and checked other people's baggage and made more than 2,700 yuan in one transaction. Unexpectedly, I felt that it was not much.

I've really become too inflated.

Put the two thousand seven hundred and seventy-six dollars aside and continue to calculate.

In front of him was a pile of money, the largest pile of money Li Long had ever seen in his life.

Collect the money from the sale of Fritillaria.

I have to say that I had a flash of inspiration at that time and set up a small shop in the mountains, selling things and collecting Fritillaria at the same time. This idea was really the right one.

Li Long actually did something similar last year, but it was just a small thing at the time and he wasn't famous, so those people didn't even want to believe him.

But this year is different. It can be said that Li Long's cabin has really become a golden sign in the eyes of the mountain people and migrant workers who dig for Fritillaria. Within the scope of Li Long's cabin, forest patrollers will not disturb him. Think about the effect.

Although the price is very low, it saves time.

Of course, Li Long is not sure if he can receive so many Fritillaria next year, but it doesn't matter. It would be the best if he can receive them, but if not, he can receive something else. Anyway, there will always be something to do.

He kept records and found that this year he sold 377 kilograms of dried fringewood to the purchasing station.

If calculated at a 70% discount, it means that in the past month, he received at least two and a half tons of fresh Fritillaria.

Li Long vaguely remembered that in the 1920s, the forestry department confiscated 22 kilograms of Fritillaria that were carefully dug by diggers in the mountains, which was considered a major case.

Three hundred and seventy-seven kilograms of Fritillaria were sold for 16,965 yuan, but this was not pure income.

After all, Li Long has to invest money and buy it at three yuan per kilogram.

Li Long counted the remaining money. It was a huge pile. Excluding the nearly 7,000 yuan he gave to those who dug Fritillaria and people like Bolati, he still had 10,790 yuan in his hand.

Of course, two and a half tons of Fritillaria, at three yuan per kilogram, should actually cost at least seven thousand and five. Taking into account impurities and the like, Li Long should have paid at least eight thousand yuan to those who dug the Fritillaria.

But there was another thing. He not only collected Fritillaria, but also bought daily necessities from the county and exchanged them for Fritillaria. He made a lot of money. He also exchanged a lot of Fritillaria for the meat of wild animals he hunted in the mountains. These were free of cost - or the cost was his own strength and bullets, which was not counted.

So now, by selling the Fritillaria, I have made a net profit of more than 10,000 yuan!
If this gets out, won't many people be shocked?

Although there are now 10,000-yuan households in every town and village, Li Long is very clear that this 10,000-yuan household is just like the title of 10,000-yuan household of Sun Shaoan's family in "Ordinary World", which includes all the family assets, not the amount of money earned in a year.

Therefore, Li Long made a net profit of 10,000 just by collecting Fritillaria, which has surpassed more than 90% of the people in this area.

This also reminded Li Long that there are two types of people doing business in later generations.

They both celebrated the New Year. One was heard, the other was seen.

I heard that in a certain place, once the Chinese New Year comes, someone can get a license to sell fireworks in advance, and bring a truckload of fireworks from the place of production to the city to sell. They start selling the fireworks fifteen days before the New Year and continue until New Year's Eve, then clear out the stock, count the money, and go to bed.

Those with a strong foundation can earn 200,000 to 300,000 yuan in 15 days, while those with a weaker foundation can earn a little less, but it is still almost a year's income.

Then I can take a year off. Of course I can't really take a year off, but the money is enough.

Of course, if fireworks and firecrackers are strictly controlled in the future, there won’t be so many good things.

There was another one he had seen before. At the entrance of the vegetable market, every Chinese New Year, someone would bring a truckload of fresh peppers to sell. It was a big truck, covered with a big tarpaulin, packed in big plastic bags, and it wasn't expensive.

During the Spring Festival, everyone has the habit of stockpiling vegetables. People in northern Xinjiang always put chili peppers in their cooking. In winter, the ones grown in greenhouses are expensive, so put less. Now there are fresh ones, and they are cheap, so you have to buy a few kilograms for the Spring Festival, right?

Then they would be sold out very quickly, and new truckloads would be brought in the next day.

A few years ago, you could make hundreds of thousands of dollars from a few truckloads of chili peppers - in fact, you just rented a train freight car, brought a train carload of chili peppers from the mainland, rented a warehouse in the city, and started selling them directly.

A truckload of dozens of tons, minus the loss of peppers, can make a gross profit of 300,000 or 400,000. After all, during the two days of the New Year, the price of peppers here can rise to 250 or 280 yuan. Is it not expensive to sell it for 18 yuan on a truck? It is much cheaper to buy it from the mainland.

I only make this much money once a year, and usually it's just small amounts.

Later, as more greenhouses appeared around and more people grew peppers, this became more difficult to handle.

Li Long felt that he could do this before a complete ban on the collection of these wild Chinese medicinal herbs was implemented.

It’s a pity that Codonopsis pilosula is not dug in this way, otherwise I could come and try it later.

Put the 10,079 yuan in the middle. It's a big pile and looks very beautiful.

The third pile is the money left from last year to this year.

In fact, from last year to this year, before he was appointed as the boss, Li Long earned more than ten thousand yuan.

We bought a tractor, a color TV, this yard, built a house for the team, and gave away a lot of things.

What was left in his hands were four thousand-yuan bills, two five-hundred-yuan passbooks, and a few stacks of unused bills that had been placed in the house, totaling seven thousand yuan.

I usually carry change with me and spend it whenever I need it, such as buying things or doing other things.

What is on the table is all his property.

Li Long didn’t care much about it before, but after this incident, Li Long felt that he couldn’t go on like this.

In fact, in the village, many families are completely different from what they were thirty or forty years later. At that time, men were in charge of money and women were in charge of the household.

But Li Long didn't plan to do that. I've already said that I would buy a few more TVs. Otherwise, it would be bad for Gu Xiaoxia to be idle at home. Watching TV is a good way to relax now, and other people have TVs at home. They can discuss the content of TV during work. If you don't have a TV at home, you will be easily isolated.

Li Long doesn't want his wife to suffer any injustice in this regard.

He planned to give the passbook with 5,000 yuan and 2,000 yuan in cash to Gu Xiaoxia and let her deal with it. He would deposit 10,000 yuan of the remaining money in the bank and keep the remaining 2,000 yuan in his hand for emergencies.

After allocating the money, Li Long felt a lot more relieved.

The Fritillaria drying in the room and the Fritillaria he brought back this time can be sold for several thousand yuan, which is enough to buy a TV.

The value of the large and small Hetian jade seeds, the top-grade jasper seeds, and the few pieces of natural gold is hard to estimate, and Li Long doesn't plan to calculate them in detail. These things will only show their value after being kept for decades.

Even if Li Long were asked to sell it now, he would not be willing to do so.

Although some people in later generations said that the Hetian jade unearthed now is only one-tenth of the total amount, and that Hetian jade, like diamonds, is also being hyped up, Li Long feels that the Hetian jade seeds he has are of such high grade that no matter what, they will not be sold at a bargain price in thirty years.

Leave it alone.

After sorting out his money, Li Long packed it up and left the house.

He looked at the time and saw that there was still more than an hour before Gu Xiaoxia got off work, so he went to the kitchen first.

I had mixed noodles for lunch and also ordered two extra noodles. Logically, I shouldn't be hungry.

But Li Long was very strong and his energy was consumed quickly, so he wanted to make dinner.

There was stewed meat and some green vegetables in the yard, so Li Long thought of making some cold noodles with sauce.

It's refreshing and comfortable to eat.

The braised meat is already chopped up, scooped up, and fried with the sauce to make meat sauce and set aside, then add the noodles.

Dried noodles would be fine. He was too lazy to knead the noodles. He cooked one bowl for himself and another for Gu Xiaoxia. To prevent the noodles from clumping together, he mixed them with cooked oil.

Wash the green vegetables, leeks and celery, rinse them with boiling water, squeeze out the water and cut into cubes to use as side dishes.

After everything was prepared, Li Long covered these things, then left the kitchen, went to the glass house to release the roe deer and fawn, cleaned the glass house, and changed their water and food.

The four guys, big and small, rushed straight to the vegetable garden. Only when Li Long came out and waved a stick at them a few times did they become afraid and then went to have fun in other places in the yard.

Li Long opened the side room to let the smell of Fritillaria dissipate. Although it was airy in the side room, the smell was still quite strong.

The bear and deer skins were in another room, and they were also opened to let in some air. Roe deer was still a little scared when he smelled the faint smell of blood.

After letting these familiar creatures run around for more than 20 minutes, Li Long drove them back in. Although they were reluctant, they still cooperated, knowing that this was the same every day. When they smelled the new food after entering, they immediately rushed over to eat it.

There is still plenty of sugar residue and other feed, but it is a pity that it is difficult to get grass in the city.

Li Long suddenly thought of this. Although he had provided Uncle Luo with a lot of feed at the Lao Ma Hao, he still went out to cut grass every day. Now that there were more things to feed, should he give Uncle Luo a horse or donkey cart?

It’s my own negligence!

Li Long felt that he had to settle this matter when he returned. This thing itself was not expensive, and Uncle Luo was not young anymore. It was really hard for him to carry the grass back and forth every day.

Well, this is something you must remember.

When he walked to the front yard again, the door was pushed open and Gu Xiaoxia came in with a look of joy. (End of this chapter)