Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

"The weather is clear and bright in autumn, and the summer harvest is going on in a lively and orderly manner. This year, a strange-looking giant broke into the wheat harvest in Hongqi Township, Ma County..."

Jiang Zhiyu was lying on the table writing a press release with a serious expression.

Li Long was reported in the autonomous region's daily newspaper for his work on ethnic unity and was commended by the autonomous region. Ye Laya, who was related to him and originally wrote the radio script, was seconded to the county radio station.

It is impossible not to envy him. Jiang Zhiyu also wants to work in the county. After all, the stage for display in the countryside is not big, and there is a feeling of being unable to make full use of one's strengths.

Originally her parents were both in the county, but now because of work transfer, her father went to the state and her mother is still in the county hospital. The family of three is divided into three levels: state, county, and township.

It would be great if she could be transferred to the county.

"Secretary Jiang, are you writing an article? You're really hardworking. I'll learn from you." A young man knocked on the open door, walked in and said, "Come, I'll treat you to some cream popsicles. I wanted to buy some doll heads, but they're selling out fast today."

He handed over a cream popsicle wrapped in paper.

"Thank you, but I've been having stomach discomfort lately and can't eat cold food." Jiang Zhiyu politely declined.

"You can't eat it? Okay then." The young man chatted with the popsicle with some regret, then walked away when he saw Jiang Zhiyu continuing to write.

After a while, another young man came over and saw Jiang Zhiyu writing the manuscript. He sat down aside and chatted with her. Jiang Zhiyu ignored him and he was not embarrassed either. He did not leave until someone called him from outside the door.

Jiang Zhiyu sighed as he watched his back disappear.

She stood up and closed the door loudly to express her determination.

When can I write quietly?

One of the two young men is an armed officer of the township armed forces department, and the other is a teacher at the Agricultural Extension School (Agricultural Technology Extension School). They both have a crush on Jiang Zhiyu and come to pursue her.

Both of them were dressed very fashionably, with their hair combed smoothly. They looked very energetic and were considered to be outstanding young people among the township cadres.

Unfortunately, Jiang Zhiyu would not consider this. Sometimes she would have a flash of thought and compare these two with Li Long.

In terms of appearance, Li Long was completely defeated. Jiang Zhiyu met Li Long several times and felt that his hair was always messy, his eyes were red, he had a lingering smell of diesel, and his clothes were also covered with diesel stains.

On the hands too.

During the interview, Li Long would only answer questions and would not expand on them. Unlike these two, they knew a lot about the international and domestic situations and could talk about them eloquently, as if they were masters of international situation analysis.

However, Jiang Zhiyu felt that Li Long's temperament was real, while these two were too superficial.

Just like writing essays, when I was young, I liked the kind of writing that used fancy words and parallelism and lots of gorgeous words. I thought that was cool.

However, when I got older, I realized that there was a lot of writing there, but in fact it can be summed up in four words: meaningless.

What true masters write may be very detailed or plain, but there is something in every sentence.

At this time Jiang Zhiyu felt that Li Long had something, and these two also had something, but not much.

She should just continue writing. She didn’t believe that Yelaya could get to the county level with just a radio script, but she couldn’t?

snort!
Li Long naturally didn't know that he was being compared with others again. At this moment, he was harvesting wheat in the field.

After today's harvest, the team is almost done, and tomorrow we will go to the third team to harvest.

What surprised Li Long was that a small team of people came to ask Li Long to harvest wheat. This person was a large-scale farmer. Including his own food grain fields and contracted land, he planted a total of 60 mu of wheat, which was considered a large-scale grain farmer.

They also agreed to pay me in cash after the harvest. Since it took most of the day to harvest, they also provided me with lunch.

This attitude is quite good. The man is in a hurry, so Li Long plans to go and circumcise the man the day after tomorrow.

Coincidentally, this person is in the same team as Wei Tianxing.

Li Long has not encountered any problems with the wheat he has harvested so far. In this era, there are basically no problems. The people are relatively simple and honest, so even if there is a problem, it is limited.

Unlike later times, with the popularization of the Internet, bad things have become common. There are all kinds of bad things, which make people angry.

For example, as seen on the short video platform, someone would stick steel bars into someone else's corn field that was about to be harvested, and then the harvester would hit the steel bars when entering the field, and the blade gears would be directly broken.

Li Long had seen more than one such news. And because the cornfield was so large, it was impossible to investigate.

The harvester owner can only blame himself for his bad luck.

Li Long actually thought about this question at the beginning, but then he laughed.

At that time, people were not that bad.

If there was a grudge between two families, and the adults could not resolve it face to face, they would not have any further dealings. The children would at most spit at the other family when passing by their door, or if they were older, they would do something bad by digging a hole in the other family's wheat field to let water in and prevent the harvest.

Compared with some of the bad things done in later generations, it is almost like a prank.

Steel bars are a useful thing even in every household. They are used to make farm tools or other things, not for this.

Even if you put a wooden stake in the wheat field, it won't be very powerful and won't have much effect. The most important thing is that people nowadays don't remember this.

Two days later, when Li Long was with a team harvesting wheat, he met Wei Tianxing.

What surprised Li Long was that Wei Tianxing was going to the field in a carriage. If this man was not so shameless, Li Long would not have recognized him.

The tractor rumbled past the carriage. Wei Tianxing glanced at Li Long and turned in the other direction.

Li Long also only took a look and guessed that it should be Wei Tianxing, then drove to the third house in a small settlement.

The man who called Li Long over was called Ye Jiaping, who was in his forties. When he heard the sound of the tractor, he had already walked out of the yard.

Li Long parked the tractor outside and asked:
"Brother Ye, have you eaten yet? Can we go to the fields now?"

"Yes, everything is ready. Why don't you come down and have some tea and rest?"

"No, the sooner we finish mowing, the easier it will be." Li Long said, "It's more comfortable to mow in the morning, but it's too hot in the afternoon."

"Okay, wait a moment, I'll get the stuff."

The Ye family had a donkey cart and a bicycle. Ye Jiaping's wife led the donkey cart behind, while he rode his bicycle in front to lead Li Long to the end of his wheat field.

When Ye Jiaping went to see Li Long two days ago, he already knew that he needed to level the stalks in the field. The stalks of sixty acres of land are not small.

"Brother Ye, is this all yours?"

"Well, the plots of land in our team are relatively concentrated. When the land was divided, I asked for a piece of land together. Later, when the land was contracted, I exchanged it with others and put all the plots together. This way it is easier to plant and harvest."

This is a good idea. Li Long thought that no one in Team 4 seemed to do this.

"Then I'll start." Li Long sat on the tractor, looking at a small strip of field that was more than 300 meters long. It was not long and he could make a round trip quickly.

It is quite rewarding to harvest in this way. It only takes a few minutes to go back and forth, which feels good.

After more than an hour, 20 acres of land were harvested. Li Long drove the tractor out of the field and stopped. The water in the tank had boiled. The tractor needed a rest, and Li Long also needed a rest.

Ye Jiaping cut a watermelon in the field and called Li Long to come over to eat. Li Long was not polite and took a piece of watermelon while eating and asked:
"Brother Ye, did you keep the seeds for your wheat field yourself or did you buy them from a seed company?"

"We bought them. Their seeds are naturally better than our own." Ye Jiaping said, "Not only seeds, but I also used a lot of fertilizers. One acre of this land can yield more than 100 kilograms more than when we had a big pot of rice!"

Li Long is quite knowledgeable. When the communal meals were distributed, many people slacked off, so it was difficult to increase the yield. But when the land was distributed to the people themselves, their enthusiasm for planting was aroused. In addition, they used good seeds and more fertilizers, and the yield naturally increased.

"If the seeds and fertilizers in private stores are cheaper than those in state-owned stores, would you buy them?"

"Cheaper? Is it formal or not?"

"It must be legitimate. It has the same supply channel as the state-owned company. All the goods are imported from Wucheng and Youcheng."

"Then buy it. As long as it is from a regular channel, I will definitely buy it. Even if a bag of fertilizer is 10 cents cheaper, I can use several bags for one acre of land. I have 60 acres, so it can save a lot of money." Ye Jiaping said without hesitation. Li Long's question was certainly not aimless. Since he was planning to open an agricultural material company for his father-in-law, he had to see whether the target group would accept it. Although agricultural material companies in later generations are basically profitable, it is 1983 now, and whether it can be accepted by farmers is still a question.

Private enterprises and shops are still inferior to state-owned enterprises in terms of credibility, at least at this time.

However, at present, we are still relatively optimistic. As long as the source is normal, everyone can accept it.

In fact, Li Long's plan was to tell his father-in-law when he opened the store that he should not worry about the income and profit first, and that the main purpose of opening a store was to explore the road and seize the first opportunity. As the first person to open an agricultural supply store in the county, it was easy for people to remember him.

Of course, Li Long also planned to try some traditional advertising methods, such as painting a wall advertisement in a conspicuous place or distributing flyers, but it is hard to say whether he can print enough flyers at this moment.

I've gone off topic. I ate two melons and continued harvesting.

Ye Jiaping was watching at the edge of the field. When Li Long continued to drive the tractor in circles, a man walked over from another plot of land.

When Ye Jiaping saw that it was Wei Tianxing, although he had a casual relationship with this person, he was polite when he saw the person approaching:
"Old Wei is here, come and have a piece of melon."

Wei Tianxing was naturally not polite. He took the melon and ate it. While eating, he pointed at Li Long in the field and said:
"How did the boys from Team 4 do for you?"

"It's okay." Ye Jiaping couldn't figure out what Wei Tianxing wanted to do, so he said vaguely.

"I heard that one mu of land costs two yuan? That's still a bit expensive. If I had a harvester, one mu of land would cost one and a half yuan, not a cent more! How difficult is it to harvest? I can just drive a tractor and it's easy!"

Ye Jiaping glanced at him and said nothing. This guy has a tractor at home, but he doesn't usually use it when he goes to the fields. How can he expect him to charge a low price for a harvester? Ye Jiaping was skeptical.

But after all, they are on the same team, and it is not easy to fight back directly, so Ye Jiaping did not say anything.

Wei Tianxing finished eating a piece of melon, threw the rind to the ground, then bent down to get another piece, and said as he ate:
"Old Ye, you have a lot of land, and the harvesting fee is not low. You have to teach this boy a lesson. Young people are unreliable at work. If you don't teach him a lesson, he won't work hard for you..."

Ye Jiaping still didn't say anything. He could see that Li Long was very skilled at his job, cutting the grass without wasting any time, cutting very cleanly, and rarely taking a break.

They are doing a good job, and you, Wei Tianxing, come here to put on a fuss. Are you afraid that others don't know that you are trying to take advantage of them, right?

When Wei Tianxing was eating the third piece of melon, he saw that Li Long had turned back, so he took the melon and left.

Ye Jiaping looked at the remaining half of the melon and shook his head, not because he felt sorry for the melon. Watermelons are cheap now, mainly because of this person, alas, he is from his own team, it's hard to say.

Li Long took a break in the remaining 40 mu of land. It was past lunchtime when he finished mowing all the land. Ye Jiaping's wife brought the meal to the field. Freshly steamed buns and fried potato shreds. Although it was just one dish, the portion was sufficient.

Li Long was not polite. He was really tired after mowing 60 mu of land this morning. He picked up some vegetables in an enamel basin, took a steamed bun and sat in the shade of the tractor, eating it with big mouthfuls.

While Li Long was eating, some people had already finished their meals at home and went to work in the fields in the afternoon.

Then, seeing that the Ye family's sixty acres of land had been harvested and Ye Jiaping's wife was bundling wheat in the field, someone stopped and came over to ask what was going on.

"Harvester? Sixty acres in one morning?"

Some people looked shocked.

After all, harvesters are still a rare thing these days. Team Four has seen a lot of them, but the other teams have rarely seen them.

Manual wheat harvesting is the mainstream method. Kangmaiyin is extremely rare. It can be used on large plots of land in the Corps, but ordinary people cannot afford it for the time being.

"How much did it cost?"

"Two yuan per mu of land." Ye Jiaping said, "I think the price is right, and it's fast. If only the two of us were to harvest my 60 mu of land, I don't know how long it would take. If I didn't have this harvester, I would have hired someone. Hiring someone is not cheap either..."

To be honest, it is not cheap to hire people these days. It is mainly because it is the busy farming season, and it is not easy to hire people. After all, everyone has to harvest wheat.

After all, only a few people don’t grow wheat these days.

"Two dollars." A villager shook his head and left.

Some people hesitated.

Team 1 doesn't have as many jobs as Team 4, where Li Long can take on. Especially last year's big brooms and reed handles, that job can be done by everyone in the village, and if done well in one season, you can earn a year's salary.

So every household still has some spare money.

Team 1 does not have as much land as Team 4, so there are not many big jobs that can be done as a sideline. The advantage is that it is relatively close to the county town, which is only about one kilometer away. In the summer, some vegetables and fruits can be picked and sold in the county town, which can earn money for vegetable oil.

So most people will still have to consider the price of two yuan per acre of land.

Then three families came to Li Long, one to bargain, the other to see if Li Long could cut the meat in the afternoon.

"I can, but the price cannot be changed." Li Long had already eaten two big steamed buns and the vegetables in the enamel basin. He used tea to rinse the vegetable juice in the enamel basin, then filled half the basin with tea, drank it all in one gulp, put the basin down, wiped his hands and said.

One household thought that since they couldn't reduce their fat, they would just not cut it, so they said goodbye to Ye Jiaping and left.

The other two households discussed it and finally decided to use a harvester to harvest the crops.

Seeing Ye Jiaping's 60 acres of land mowed so neatly, they were really moved.

"You can harvest now." Li Long did not even think about resting. "You have to level the stalks in the field first, otherwise my tractor will easily crush your wheat. In addition, I will pay you after the harvest. My tractor is from Team 4, and we are not familiar with each other. It is not easy to owe money and it will be difficult to collect the money later."

Let me be frank with you. When we are familiar with each other, we can pay off the debts with wheat, but it is better not to do such a thing right now. Li Long is annoyed by people who keep asking for debts.

He planned to take back the wheat from Tie Lao Gang when he returned. If they didn't give it to him, he would just go to the wheat field and pull it directly.

While making this decision, one of the two families turned back to get the shovel, while the other one was smarter and directly borrowed the shovel from Ye Jiaping, and also borrowed money for it.

Ye Jiaping handed Li Long the one hundred and twenty yuan that he had prepared long ago.

Twelve Great Unity banknotes, very new. I don’t know if I went to the credit union specifically to exchange them or if I had them at home for a long time.

Li Long took the bill, counted it, and put it in his pocket, indicating that the deal was over.

After saying hello to Ye Jiaping, he drove the tractor in the direction the man had pointed.

Ye Jiaping looked at the cloud of dust raised by the passing tractor, his eyes full of envy.

One hundred and twenty yuan, it would take 800 kilograms of wheat to sell, and the income from four acres of good land was earned in just this morning.

He could roughly calculate how much money Li Long earned this wheat season, and he could also guess why Wei Tianxing came to flatter Li Long.

It's all because of money.

I must get a tractor next year. It is much more useful than a donkey cart.

It doesn't matter if it consumes fuel, the stronger the force, the more things it can pull. How can I not be envious when I see other people making money and the money pouring into their pockets?

Wei Tianxing watched Li Long whizzing past the field on his tractor, and then entered the field two houses away. The owner of the field over there was leveling the stalks in the field. They had already mowed more than three acres of their land, and it seemed that they planned to use a tractor to harvest the rest.

If the harvester is yours, the money is also yours.

Wei Tianxing thought to himself.

Do you want to go to Kuitun and buy a harvester?
Seeing Li Long making so much money, Wei Tianxing was really tempted.

Even if it's just 500 yuan, if you harvest like this, you can earn it back in a few days!
Then I watched Li Long drive the tractor into the wheat field and start harvesting again.

He had already done the math. With Li Long's harvesting speed, he could earn more than two hundred yuan a day.

If the harvester really costs 500 yuan, I can make my money back in two days!
Wei Tianxing stood up suddenly.

Li Long can earn this money, and so can I!

Buy a ticket to Kuitun tomorrow! (End of this chapter)