Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

For the next two days, Li Long harvested wheat with Team One and Team Five.

Team 1 and Team 5 were not far from each other. Once one family harvested, the others would soon know. Relatives and friends would talk about these topics together. Although it was not so widespread that it would spread from one person to ten, but within two days, nearly a hundred families in the two teams knew about it.

Li Long did not expect that after harvesting the wheat fields of Team 4 and part of Team 3, he skipped Team 2 and Team 6 and went directly to Team 1 and Team 5 on the edge of the county town.

After harvesting Ye Jiaping's land and two other farms, Li Long received invitations from three more farmers before leaving.

So when he returned to the yard that day and had dinner, Li Long told his family about his plan.

"I may have to harvest with Team 15 for a few days. I won't come back here at night. I will go directly to the county compound. It's close there and convenient for commuting."

"Then go back to the compound." Li Qingxia thought clearly, "Your wife is over there, is it okay for you not to go back often? Your mother and I are still hoping to have a baby for you next year!"

Li Long smiled.

"That's right, go back if you can. You've spent more time outside than at home this year, is that okay?" Li Jianguo didn't say anything, Liang Yuemei spoke up. Although her parents-in-law were there, she had taken care of Li Long for so many years, so she still had to say what she had to say: "Although it's for the sake of making money, how can you make money forever? Go back if you can, and live a good life with Xiaoxia."

Du Chunfang curled her lips. Although she knew that what Liang Yuemei said made sense, she still felt a little uncomfortable when she heard her eldest daughter-in-law talking about her youngest son.

Li Long saw all this and said with a smile:

"okay, I get it."

After breakfast the next day, I drove the tractor towards a small team.

When the harvester went to the field, the landowner had already flattened the stalks and provided Li Long with tea. Farmers have always respected skilled craftsmen and those who can drive tractors and harvesters.

The first family had ten acres of land, but there was only one laborer in the family, the child was still young, and his wife was pregnant, so they lived separately, so they looked for a harvester.

The young man looked very honest and did whatever Li Long asked him to do, which made Li Long feel a little embarrassed.

Li Long harvested the ten acres of land very carefully. He harvested every corner where the tractor could reach. He also encountered two nests of hornets. Fortunately, Li Long was wearing a hat and face scarf before he came, and there was dew in the morning, so the hornets could not fly, so he escaped.

"Be careful when you bundle the wheat. There are two nests of wasps over there," Li Long reminded the landowner. "Don't get stung."

The landlord responded with a silly smile and asked about the location of the wasp, but judging from his expression he didn't seem to care much.

Li Long said this because he had seen many cases of people being stung to death or injured by hornet stings in short videos in his previous life. In fact, the local hornets do not seem to be that poisonous. Both adults and children have been stung, and the most serious injuries were swelling of the eyes and face. He has never heard of any serious cases.

So this man with a silly smile who was comparable to Tao Daqiang didn't care much.

After cutting the grass at this house, they moved on to the next one, and then Li Long heard a topic.

Wei Tianxing drove a tractor to Kuitun early this morning. He has already announced that he will drive the harvester back from Kuitun tonight or tomorrow morning. The harvesting price will be 1.8 yuan per mu, so everyone should wait for him to come back for the harvest.

The landowner who let Li Long harvest the crops told this as a joke:
"Two cents and two days' waiting, I won't wait. I only have 15 acres of land. I don't know if I can get the first place by then. I don't know if he can bring it back."

Li Long knew that he couldn't bring it back, but he didn't say that.

If it were in the past, he would definitely say it happily, saying that Wei Tianxing could not be brought back and that there was no stock there.

But he would not say it now, after all, the other party could pass the word to him, and what he said could also be passed to the other party. He would not keep this handle, and he should make a fortune in silence.

It took about an hour to harvest the 15 acres of land for this family. After that, Li Long ate two melons at the invitation of the owner, and then continued to harvest the next family's land.

The people in Team One and Team Five were enthusiastic. The third family had a lot of land, 40 acres of wheat, and Li Long had to harvest it until the afternoon.

The host also prepared lunch early, including cornmeal steamed cakes and fried cabbage - those who picked cotton in later generations probably hated these dishes the most. Eating them every day would make people sick.

At this time, Li Long didn't care so much. It was good enough to have something to eat. There was no need to be so particular.

The fourth family's land is thirty acres, which was agreed upon yesterday. However, when they arrived at the land, the owner was a little hesitant.

Seeing that the owner of the land was reluctant to say anything, Li Long actually guessed it. He smiled and said:

"If you want to wait for Wei Tianxing's harvester, that's fine. I'll go harvest the next one now. He can do it, too. If he can't harvest by then, and you still want me to harvest, then you'll have to wait in line."

The landlord didn't expect Li Long to be so easy to talk to. He agreed immediately and handed over the watermelon.

Li Long didn't care. One more family wouldn't make much or less. He went to the next one. After mowing 25 acres of land, he saw that the sun was about to set, so he drove the tractor back to the county compound.

Today, 90 acres were harvested, which was lower than the average. But Li Long didn't care. What the sister-in-law said was right. How much is enough? It's time to enjoy life. Don't be blinded by money.

Gu Xiaoxia hadn't gotten off work yet, so Li Long parked the tractor, washed up quickly, and went to cook.

Dinner doesn’t need to be too complicated. Just toast some steamed bread slices, mix some cold dishes, steam a few pieces of dried meat, and then steam them after they are cooked. Then, prepare a bowl of sauce and you’re done.

Of course, porridge is indispensable, no matter how many people in later generations say it has no nutrition, but after eating it for a lifetime, it has become a habit.

After the meal was ready, Gu Xiaoxia had not returned yet, so Li Long went to release the roe deer that had grown quite a bit, including the fawns.

Red deer are very cute when they are young, but they will butt people when they grow up. Li Long heard from Gu Xiaoxia that a young red deer butted a child of her colleague. She took a stick to punish the deer, but was stopped by the child.

Well, these little deer also look up to people. When Li Long lets them out, they are very well behaved. They will even come to Li Long to rub against him and try to get close to him.

After cleaning up the shit and garbage in the glass house and letting these guys have a good rest, when they were about to lock them up in the pen, Gu Xiaoxia pushed the door and entered the yard with a smile on her face.

"Why did you come back so late today?" Li Long asked as he took her bicycle.

"I asked about a yard and it looked good, so I thought about taking a look." Gu Xiaoxia said with a smile, "I think the yard is really good. Although it is not big, it has a good location and a storefront. It is really good for opening an agricultural supply store."

Li Long told Gu Xiaoxia about this. Gu Xiaoxia was very happy. After all, if her father could come to the county, she wouldn't have to run back every now and then. That would be great.

"The yard is located at the intersection of Tuanjie Road and Wenhua Road. In terms of distance, it is basically in the middle of our compound and the big meat canteen. Tuanjie Road goes all the way down and out of the county. Farmers coming to the county will pass by there. I think this location is good."

Gu Xiaoxia gestured with her hands:
"The yard is a bit like the one where Sister Yang lives, but it's not as big, and the vegetable patch inside is also small. The only bad thing is that the front door faces south, not west. It would be better if it faced west, close to Tuanjie Road."

"It's already pretty good." Li Long said with a smile, "After the reform and opening up, people are no longer stupid. They know that the prices of shops along the street will definitely increase. Some people will plan to start their own businesses, and some will rent out their shops. Very few people want to sell their shops, so it's good enough to find one."

"Well, you can go and take a look when you have time. If it works, we can buy it." Gu Xiaoxia simply washed up and said to Li Long at the dinner table, "There is no rush to open a store. After buying the yard, we can slowly renovate it."

"Yeah, that's the point." After Li Long served Gu Xiaoxia a bowl of rice, he said, "Buy your dad a bicycle then, and it will be convenient for him to travel back and forth."

"Okay." Gu Xiaoxia didn't say anything else.

Li Long was thoughtful, and she was very happy. Her husband could think so much for his father, and she was also thinking that as a daughter-in-law, she should consider her parents-in-law more.

While eating, Gu Xiaoxia was also asking Li Long about the wheat harvest. Li Long told Gu Xiaoxia about Wei Tianxing and also said that he had gone to Kuitun.

"There are no harvesters left at the Kuitun Agricultural Machinery Factory. Many people from Team One and Team Five have already made reservations with Wei Tianxing. I just want to see their expressions when Wei Tianxing comes back tomorrow."

"It will be exciting!" Gu Xiaoxia laughed when she heard it. "I can imagine the expression on Wei's face when he comes back. He went there with great enthusiasm to buy a harvester, but when he got there, he found out that they didn't have any..."

"I can't help it. Who told him to be so rude?" Li Long's tone showed no sympathy for Wei Tianxing. "If we talk nicely and discuss things properly, I can still tell him that he is like this now, it's his own fault." Li Long has always been a man of return favors. If you are polite to me, then I won't turn my back on you. If you want to use some tricks on me, then we can also see who is more cunning.

After chatting and laughing, they finished their meal, cleaned up together, and went to the bedroom to watch TV.

The new TV series, "Heroes of the Past", starring Huang Yuanshen, Liang Xiaolong and Michelle Yim, was watched with great interest by Gu Xiaoxia, and Li Long also watched it with reminiscing memories.

Speaking of martial arts films, Hong Kong Island is really good. The peak period was basically the Wong Fei Hung series, "Fist of Fury", "Drunken Master", "SPL" and so on. The "Heroes of the East" I'm watching now still has that turn-based system, with every move and style being rigid and precise, which looks quite fake, but at the time, it was really eye-opening.

According to Li Long's evaluation, it is equivalent to when online novels such as "The Mystical Journey" and "The Legend of the Little Soldier" first came out, making people feel that there may never be a novel that can surpass this level in their lifetime.

When I read it again ten years later, I found that actually, the novel I read as Ru Shenwen had many flaws, and I thought it was too cool.

After all, people's appreciation level is gradually improving, which is inevitable.

The reason why some classics become classics is that even after twenty years, you can still find meaning in them and not feel they are childish.

When the song "The Great Wall Will Never Fall" started playing, Gu Xiaoxia turned off the TV with a feeling of unsatisfied satisfaction.

Silent all night.

All action.

The next day, Gu Xiaoxia went to work with a happy face, while Li Long drove the tractor to the field with a rosy face.

There are two more in Team One and two more in Team Five, so today's harvesting task is enough. If no one comes to continue in the afternoon, Li Long plans to rest for two days.

As a result, before noon, a group of people came to the field and stopped Li Long when he drove the harvester over.

"Comrade Li, we want to use your harvester to harvest wheat. Two yuan per acre, right? How late is the queue now? I have 35 acres!"

"My family owns thirty acres, I'll be next in line!"

"My family, and mine. My family has 20 acres, and I am the third one..."

Five families, with 120 acres of land, were vying for the land.

"Tomorrow, according to your order, you can harvest tomorrow." Li Long said, "The first one in line will wait for me at the village entrance tomorrow. In addition, level the stalks in the field, this is the most important thing."

"Okay, okay." Those people laughed but didn't leave.

Li Long got off the tractor, took out a notebook and asked these people to sign to avoid chaos.

After writing their names down, these people felt relieved, chatted for a few more minutes, and then went back to prepare.

Li Long continued to harvest, and then he heard from others that Wei Tianxing had returned.

Wei Tianxing drove a tractor there. He was not familiar with Kuitun, so he kept asking for directions along the way. He also did not have enough gas, so the tractor stalled halfway. Fortunately, it did not pull the tires, otherwise it would have needed a major overhaul.

He stopped a truck on the way, begged for some oil, ran to Anjihai to buy more oil, got on the road again, arrived in Kuitun, and then found the agricultural machinery factory after asking around.

The factory director was not there, as he was attending a meeting in the autonomous region. The factory only had a harvester that had been disassembled, and Wei Tianxing wanted to buy it, but the factory refused to sell it.

The matter was stuck here. With no other options, Wei Tianxing had to rush back today. Not only did he make a wasted trip, but he also nearly crashed the tractor on the way.

A lot of gas money was wasted.

It is said that after returning, Wei Tianxing had a quarrel with his wife, and his wife went back to her parents' home.

Overall, Wei Tianxing failed.

Li Long just smiled and continued to harvest. Now that he has money to earn, why should he care about other people's affairs?
In the next few days, many people in Team 15 saw that the harvesters were harvesting well and it was much more comfortable than manual work, so they found Li Long and started queuing up to harvest. This place is close to the county town, and basically every household does not go to the village or brigade stores to buy things, but goes directly to the county.

So basically every family can provide Li Long with watermelons when he is harvesting, which is a good treatment.

What Li Long didn't expect was that on the third day after Wei Tianxing returned from Kuitun, he found Li Long harvesting wheat in the field.

"Li Long, you didn't tell me the details. I went to Kuitun but came back empty-handed. Not only did I not buy a harvester, but I also spent a lot of diesel." Wei Tianxing said while eating the melon from the landlord's house. "My work on the field has been delayed. Can you harvest my field when you are free?"

"Okay." Li Long said while chewing a watermelon, "Two plots per acre, arrange them in order, let me see..."

He took out his notebook, did some calculations, and then said:
"You can schedule it for the day after tomorrow, in the afternoon. Again, smooth over the obstacles in advance."

"We are old acquaintances. Can you tell me how things went this afternoon?" Wei Tianxing asked shamelessly.

The villagers from the same village nearby felt a little embarrassed and walked away two steps with the melons. This guy - sigh.

"Not very good." Li Long did not give Wei Tianxing face, "Everyone lined up in order, even my father-in-law did not cut in line. If you want to harvest, then line up, prepare the money, and flatten the stems. Or, you can harvest slowly first?"

Wei Tianxing's wife has already returned to her parents' home. He doesn't work as hard as her. The family has 30 acres of wheat, but he has only harvested less than five acres. How can he harvest all of it by himself?
In fact, you can just grit your teeth and cut it. It's just a matter of working harder for a few days.

But now that there is a good solution, the persistence in my heart naturally relaxed.

Seeing that there was no way to convince Li Long, and Li Long ate two pieces of melon and went to harvest again, Wei Tianxing had no choice but to eat the melon with an envious look on his face, and then waited for Li Long to come back again.

He could have left originally, but when he saw someone coming from a distance, Wei Tianxing guessed that the person might be looking for Li Long to register.

He must register first and cannot put it off any longer.

The wheat is ripe now, and large numbers of sparrows, yellow finches and other birds, as well as some insects, are reveling in the fields. If the wheat is not harvested early, there is no telling how much loss there will be.

Let’s queue up first.

Although it's a bit helpless, this is all I can do.

After the tractor turned a circle, four more names appeared in Li Long's notebook.

The reputation of the harvester grew step by step. On the day of harvesting wheat for Wei Tianxing, Li Long was somewhat surprised that a team from another brigade in the north came over on a bicycle. The family planted 100 mu of wheat, most of which they had reclaimed and planted themselves. At the moment, they did not have enough manpower, so they wanted Li Long's harvester to help with the harvesting.

This is a big deal!
Li Long didn't expect that his reputation as a harvester would spread so far.
Of course, business that comes to your doorstep will not be turned away. Li Long and the other party confirmed the time and then continued to harvest.

He believed that if he went to the brigade in the north, there would be more than just this one order of business and he would be busy for several days.

It is certainly a good thing for ourselves and for farmers as well.

When everyone was farming, they didn't think that a large number of people would be needed to harvest the crops. Anyway, they were used to the hard work, so it wasn't a matter of working a few more days.

But when it came time to harvest, we found that it was not a matter of a dozen more days. After all, the wheat would drop grains if it was left in the field for too long.

Now the emergence of harvesters has solved this problem. (End of this chapter)