Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

"You're back? You're not leaving, are you?" This was the first question Gu Xiaoxia asked after she parked the car.

"I'm not leaving. I've finished my work in the mountains. Now I want to have a good rest and enjoy our happy life." Li Long said with a smile, "I won't leave even if you chase me away."

"Hehe." Gu Xiaoxia looked very happy. She put down her bag, went to the bedroom to change clothes, and said:

"I'll cook, what do you want to eat tonight?"

"I've already prepared the meal and was just waiting for you to come back." Li Long smiled and pulled her into the kitchen. "Cold noodles, I don't know if you like it or not."

"I like it. It's a hot day, so eating cold noodles is just right." Gu Xiaoxia always had a smile on her face, a happy smile.

Li Long suddenly felt a little guilty. He had been neglecting her. Gu Xiaoxia was only 20 years old. In later life, she would not have graduated from college yet. It was the time for her to enjoy her youth and love. But after he married her, she had to face work and a life of being apart from her.

unfair.

The two sat down. Gu Xiaoxia took the bowl and mixed the vegetables for Li Long. After mixing, she pushed the bowl to Li Long:
"Eat. You won't have time to have a good meal in the mountains, will you?"

Li Long actually wanted to say that the food he ate in the mountains was pretty good, but looking into Gu Xiaoxia's eyes, he smiled and said:

"Indeed, in the mountains, sometimes we just have to make do with what we eat. But don't worry, I eat a lot of meat. Look, I've gained weight again."

"I don't look fat, but I am a little stronger." Gu Xiaoxia smiled, her face slightly reddened, and she lowered her head to mix the cold noodles for herself. After mixing, she took a bite and nodded.
"Yes, it tastes good. Well, we can do it often in the future."

"Okay, as long as you like it, I'll make it every few days. I also got some good mushrooms from the mountains, and I'll make you some soup tomorrow. This soup is very nourishing."

"I don't need supplements at a young age. You can bring them back to your parents." Gu Xiaoxia said, "We already eat well enough. My colleague often asks me what I eat at home. At first I told her the truth, but later I didn't dare to tell her. I said I eat meat every day at home, but she didn't believe me. She said how could we eat meat every day with our salary? I couldn't say that you can often hunt in the mountains... Later I just listened."

Li Long listened to Gu Xiaoxia talking about things at the unit, and from time to time he would also talk about things in the mountains.

"Have they been talking about TV recently?" Li Long asked. "I heard they are playing The Legend of the Condor Heroes."

"Yes, they say it's very good." Gu Xiaoxia didn't think it was a big deal. Not many families have TVs now. There is only one older sister in the entire office who has one. When she talks about TV, her expression is, hey!

Another colleague lives quite close to this older sister's house and occasionally goes to her house to watch TV. He seems to use a very fawning tone when speaking to this older sister.

In the eyes of these people, Gu Xiaoxia was considered a nobody, at least when they were talking about these things. After all, she just came from the countryside, and these people still looked down on her a little bit.

Fortunately, Gu Xiaoxia didn't care and did her job well. She was not stupid and knew the situation of her family. In terms of living standards and quality, the whole situation, even including those leaders, was not necessarily better than her own family.

But there are some things that you just need to know yourself, you can’t say them, and it’s not easy to say them.

Both of them are actually very smart. Compared to many people in later generations who are still enjoying romance and having no idea of ​​the hardships of life at this age, they have already started working and are facing relatively less complicated social relationships.

It is a good thing and not a good thing.

After dinner, Gu Xiaoxia didn't let Li Long clean up and drove him out of the kitchen. After she cleaned up herself, she washed her hands, left the kitchen, and returned to the main room.

Then I saw the two stacks of money and the passbooks.

"This is..." Gu Xiaoxia was a little hesitant and couldn't guess what Li Long was going to do.

"This is our money. Take it and spend it as you wish. Just plan it yourself." Li Long patted the bench beside him and motioned her to come over and sit down. "I've made some money since last year, and this is part of it. I'll keep some of it here. Take this money and spend it as you wish, whether you want to save it or buy something. It's up to you."

"Then... no." Gu Xiaoxia walked over to Li Long and sat down, still feeling a little numb.

Needless to say, this stack of solidarity is at least one thousand.

Two stacks, and a few deposit slips.

This must cost at least several thousand dollars!
Although she knew her husband could earn money, when she saw so much money in front of her, the first thing Gu Xiaoxia felt was not surprise, but numbness and shock. Was she not dreaming?
"You're the hostess, so you should take what you want. I still have some in my hands, quite a lot. Tomorrow I'm going to sell the mother-of-pearl that we hung out to dry, and all these sundry items will add up to a few thousand dollars." Li Long pushed the money and the deposit slip in front of her, "These few thousand dollars are just enough to buy two color TVs. Put one here so we can watch together, and put the other at your dad's place. I plan to put the one in our yard at my parents' place so they can watch it, what do you think?"

"Okay." Gu Xiaoxia didn't think there was anything wrong with it, and then shook her head:
"My dad... we won't buy it, right? You know my dad, he's very stubborn. Besides, he's afraid of gossip."

"What's there to gossip about? You are his only daughter, isn't it your duty to show respect to him?" Li Long smiled, "How can the villagers laugh? They are envious."

"Then..." Gu Xiaoxia looked at the money in front of her, then looked at Li Long, and said:
"Then use this money to buy it. I have so much money - I am scared and a little panicked."

She was really panicking.

My current salary is 37.5 yuan a month. As a young person who has just started working for a year, this salary is not low.

After working for a year, she lived frugally and saved more than 300 yuan, which was considered rich among young people.

But Li Long took out a handful of money and said he would give it to her. This handful of money was her salary for twenty years!
How could I not panic?
The older sister in the unit has been working for 20 years and bought a 14-inch color TV for her family, one-third of the money was borrowed from others.

Li Long casually took out enough money to buy three or four TVs. This was only part of it. This was what he earned in just one year.

How can she not panic?
Gu Xiaoxia believed that Li Long would not do anything illegal, but that was why she was panicking.

What's wrong with this society?

Is it really that easy to make money?

impossible!

Think about Sister Yang, who works hard from dawn to dusk. She is much harder than me. Selling food in the market, suffering from the cold in winter and the heat in summer. She can only earn 50 or 60 yuan a month.

More than myself, but much harder than myself.

At the dinner table, Sister Yang often used herself as an example to educate Han Fang, telling her that she must study hard and get into a normal school or technical secondary school, so that after graduation she could become a state cadre like herself, have a formal job, and work in the office without having to work hard outside like her.

This is what more than 90% of fathers of this era expect of their children.

Gu Xiaoxia was sometimes quite proud. Among her peers, Wu Shufen had lost her chance to work formally after getting married. Most of the girls in other villages were married, and those who were not married were working at home.

I occasionally meet them when I go back to visit my father, or when they come to my house to find me, their tone of voice is mostly full of envy and flattery, either praising Li Long for his ability to make money, or praising themselves for becoming more and more beautiful.

Sometimes Gu Xiaoxia would feel elated, after all, she was different from them.

But most of the time, she is still very clear about how she got this job, which is different from others.

She herself is not the kind of person who loves vanity, so she can basically remain calm in the face of praise or criticism.

With Deputy Director Wang's support and Li Long's occasional help in analysis, Gu Xiaoxia knew that as long as she did her job well and reported to her superiors regularly, there would be no problem in this aspect of her work.

Under such circumstances, she felt that she was already relatively outstanding among her peers, but today her husband suddenly took out so much money and wanted to use extra money to buy a color TV for the family and his father. She was shocked and a little self-doubting.

Is this still Li Long?

"Do you find it hard to believe?" Li Long smiled. "Come, let me tell you where the money came from."

Gu Xiaoxia naturally wanted to listen.

The easiest explanation is that it was the reselling of Fritillaria. Gu Xiaoxia already knew something about this when she was having dinner at Sister Yang's place.

Li Long did not hide the money he earned from being a gang leader, including the fact that he paid the full amount to his eldest brother. Gu Xiaoxia nodded, thinking that this was what he should do.

After all, Li Jianguo and Gu Boyuan were close friends. In Gu Xiaoxia's eyes, Li Jianguo was actually an elder. He had taken care of Li Long for so many years, so it was only right for him to get more. There were also various animal skins and deer antlers from the mountains.

Li Long ran to the guest bedroom again and took out the large and small gold nuggets he had picked up.

"See? I picked this up in the mountains."

"Is this... gold?"

"Yes, natural gold." Li Long put the gold nugget on the table and said, "It's not as pure as the gold in the bank, but this kind of natural gold is very rare. It's very expensive if we want to sell it. But we won't sell it now. We'll keep it for later. It will become more valuable as time goes by!"

"Then put it away!" Gu Xiaoxia had some gold jewelry that Li Long bought for her, but she didn't like wearing them, so she put them away. She knew the price of gold. The little bit of gold she had was only a few hundred yuan, but the one in front of her was a huge pile! How much was it worth!
"So take this money. Our family is not short of money. If you see something you like or think our family is short of something, just go buy it yourself. Don't be afraid to spend money. We make money to spend it. Otherwise, what's the point of the money?"

After Li Long said this, Gu Xiaoxia felt relieved. She stood up, went to the master bedroom, took out two notebooks from the drawer, brought them to the living room, and sat down in front of Li Long.

"Here's the money I saved." Gu Xiaoxia was a little embarrassed. "I didn't save as much as you did. Look, this one, this one..."

She put the money one by one in different pages of her notebook, and when she took them out, she would find both the change and the whole amount.

"A total of three hundred and twenty-five dollars and fifty cents." Gu Xiaoxia blushed and said, "I thought I was good at saving money, but now compared to you, I'm nothing."

"How can it be nothing?" Li Long said hurriedly, "How much is your monthly salary? Being able to save so much money is already amazing, okay? My income is relatively flexible, and I also happened to take advantage of good policies and the convenience of my identity."

Although she knew that Li Long was praising her and that the praise was a bit exaggerated, Gu Xiaoxia was still very happy to hear it.

"Okay, you keep this money, and you keep this money too." Li Long said with a smile, "Our family will become richer and richer, believe me. Our lives will get better and better..."

"It's already good!" Gu Xiaoxia is a very contented girl. Her current life has exceeded her psychological expectations. In fact, Gu Boyuan would ask her about her life when she went home on weekends. When she told him about it, Gu Boyuan was also surprised.

Think about it, you live in a yard that is far better than the average, you have meat for every meal, you control your own salary and don't need to add money to your family, and someone even cooks lunch for you...

Isn’t this better than the life of the landlords in the past?

Fortunately, Gu Boyuan knew Li Long's ability to make money, so he just told Gu Xiaoxia to go to her yard and say hello to her parents-in-law every time she returned to the team. She should also buy something for the Li family when she came back.

Gu Xiaoxia was very careful to be the daughter-in-law of the Li family when Li Long was often away. Fortunately, she was originally a younger generation, and Li Jianguo and Gu Boyuan had a good relationship, while Li Qingxia and Du Chunfang preferred Li Long. Gu Xiaoxia also had a bonus from her work, so she had no conflicts with her husband's family.

Gu Xiaoxia used to work in school, and now works in an office. She has heard a lot of gossip and conflicts between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

In this era, most conflicts were caused by poverty. Because of poverty, people would not be too aggressive. This is different from many conflicts between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in later generations.

I can control my own work now, my husband can earn money and does not restrict me. My relationship with my husband's family is also good, and my quality of life is one of the best. I don't even dare to tell others about it. What else can I ask for?
The two of them settled the matter, and Gu Xiaoxia collected the money. Li Long saw that it was already dark outside, and it was still early. He thought that if there was a TV, he could watch it and enjoy the peaceful life in the evening.

But it doesn’t matter. Since there is no TV, I can just enjoy another kind of fun.

Gu Xiaoxia went to the bedroom to put the money, and Li Long followed her in. She put the money in the drawer and said:
"I think we should save these two thousand dollars. There's nothing we need to buy at home right now. It can earn interest if you save it, and a little bit of it will add up to a lot in a month. We have nothing to do tomorrow afternoon, so I'll go and deposit the money then."

"Okay, you decide for yourself." Li Long came forward and hugged her from behind, whispering in her ear:

"It's getting dark, shouldn't we take a break?"

Gu Xiaoxia's face turned red. Li Long held her in his arms, and the two of them sat down beside the bed like conjoined twins.

There was plenty of time to get to know each other, so Li Long was not in a hurry to take off his clothes and get down to business. He whispered his thoughts in Gu Xiaoxia's ear and slowly kissed her. Gu Xiaoxia was a little passive at first, but soon responded actively.

That night, both of them felt the best they had ever felt.

Early in the morning, Li Long was woken up by Gu Xiaoxia.

"The meal is ready. If you don't want to get up, just sleep for a while. There's nothing else to do anyway. I'll go to work after I finish eating."

"Okay, go ahead." Li Long really didn't want to get up.

After Gu Xiaoxia went to work, Li Long stayed in bed for a while before getting up.

He lazily went to the yard, released the roe deer and let them run around, then knocked on the vegetables to prevent them from eating them. Li Long cleaned the glass house, poured water for them, sprinkled food on them, and then sent them back.

After finishing all this, Li Long went to wash up and eat.

Although I want to enjoy myself without working, I realize that I can't just stay at home like this. After all, it would be boring.

So after dinner, Li Long first took out the dried fringe shells that had been dried in the room a few days ago, and rode his bicycle to the purchasing station.

Chen Hongjun was standing in the yard chatting with his colleagues. When he saw Li Long, he smiled and said:

"Comrade Xiao Li, I heard that you killed another bear this time? Where is the bear skin and gallbladder?"

"It's not done yet." Li Long said with a smile, "I thought I'd come back to sell it after it's done."

"You'd better bring it over. This thing is too rare. I'm afraid that Li Xiangqian will tell someone else about it, and then someone else will come to collect it. I finally came across it, and you don't have any use for it now, so just sell it to me."

Li Long didn't expect Chen Hongjun to be so eager to get the bear skin and bear paws, but since he said so, he agreed.

After Chen Hongjun weighed and invoiced the Fritillaria that Li Long brought, Li Long went to get the bear gall and bear skin that were not completely dried.

"Hey, this bear isn't very brave." Chen Hongjun looked at it and said, "Isn't it an adult bear?"

"Well, it should be less than two years old. It's not even as tall as me." Li Long said, "If it is really big, I may not be able to kill it."

"That's fine. It's better than nothing." Chen Hongjun looked at it and said, "The quality is okay, but it's a little small. I'll give you 800 yuan for this gallbladder. How about it?"

"Okay."

"The bear skin is rotten, and I'll give you 1,200 yuan in total including the skin. Bear skin is actually quite valuable, mainly because it is rare." Chen Hongjun explained, "If there were no bullet holes, it would be more expensive."

This brought in another 1,200 yuan, plus the 1,540 yuan he had just sold for the Fritillaria, Li Long now had almost 5,000 yuan in his hands.

If I want to buy two TVs, I can get them for more than 3,000 yuan at the current price, and I will have enough change left over.

Because he could make money, Li Long spent money lavishly. After selling the skins and bear gall, he rode his bicycle back to the compound.

To buy two televisions, a bicycle would not work, he would have to drive a tractor.

It was still early, and Li Long calculated that he had enough industrial tickets, so he went directly to the department store.

"Buy two color TVs? 18-inch ones?" The salesperson at the counter was a little surprised when he heard what Li Long said.

"Why, out of stock?"

"There's only one left at the moment." The salesman shook his head and said, "The next batch will arrive in June. Do you want to buy one first?"

Why did Li Long think about buying one? If he wanted to buy one, he could just buy two.

Why not go to Shicheng? I can also visit my brother-in-law Chen Xingbang and see how he is doing. (End of this chapter)