Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Ma Xiaoyan returned to the county propaganda agency and reported directly to the leader that Li Long was helping the herdsmen cut grass in the mountains with a lawn mower.

Ma Xiaoyan's direct supervisor is the deputy of the propaganda agency. The principal is a member of the Standing Committee and has a lot of things to do, so the deputy is in charge of daily work here.

After hearing what Ma Xiaoyan said, the deputy adjusted his glasses and picked up two newspapers from the desk.

One is the news of Li Longshang Autonomous Region Daily, and the other is the news of Shangzhou Daily.

They all directly indicate that it is Li Long from Ma County, but unfortunately they were not written by the propaganda department.

"Xiao Ma, the situation you reported is very timely. Please wait a moment. I will go and ask the Standing Committee for instructions. If the Standing Committee agrees, you can take our compound's car and go to the mountains to conduct a thorough interview.

By the way, don’t just record Li Long’s life, but also record the words of the herdsmen. Isn’t Ye Laya following you? If she doesn’t understand, ask her to translate it.”

After that, the deputy took the newspaper and walked to the office of the Standing Committee. Ma Xiaoyan returned to her own office - a large office where several people could stay together.

During these ten minutes or so, Ma Xiaoyan was like an ant on the stove, very anxious, but because her colleagues were around, she couldn't show it.

To be honest, she wanted to make progress, but she was also a little unwilling. She was the one who took over Ye Laya's manuscript and sent it to the county radio station in the beginning of Li Long's case, and she also accompanied Zhang Xinhua from beginning to end.

It was normal that Zhang Xinhua's article did not include her name, after all, she was just accompanying him. But she did not follow up afterwards. She made a mistake in Li Long's work on the harvester, so she was unwilling to accept it.

There was a typical example right next to us, so why didn’t we catch it?

Not to mention that I had to let others snatch the materials away, I was also in a very passive position as my leader told me to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to look for materials.

Of course, it’s a good thing that I went there, otherwise I wouldn’t have known that Li Long had done this quietly!

This is more newsworthy than getting rich by harvesting wheat with a reaper!
After all, it is in line with the interview with the Autonomous Region Daily. Ma Xiaoyan feels that it is inevitable to submit this material to the State Daily after writing it. Maybe the Autonomous Region Daily can also give it a try.

Even though this is a county propaganda agency, there aren't many articles that can be published in the autonomous region's daily newspaper throughout the year. After all, the autonomous region has 16 prefectures, cities, and counties, 60 to 70 counties, and so many military units.

Some small articles can be published every year, but those pieces of tofu are still rare in the propaganda channels of towns and villages, and they are not taken seriously at the county level.

If you want to be published, publish a long article!

Ma Xiaoyan was feeling anxious when the deputy came out of the Standing Committee's office and called her in the corridor:
"Mr. Ma!"

Ma Xiaoyan stood up suddenly, and without caring about the strange looks from her colleagues, she walked out quickly.

"The Standing Committee has agreed and approved a note. Here, go tell the car team and ask them to send a car. Go today and come back tomorrow. Is that enough?"

"That's enough!" Ma Xiaoyan nodded vigorously. "Does the leader have any other instructions? If not, I'll go now."

"Why don't you go home and tell your family first?" the deputy said, "Are you going to take Xiaoye with you? Ask Xiaoye to pack and get ready."

Ma Xiaoyan nodded to indicate that she understood, and then went to make preparations.

There were few recording equipment back then, so all we had for interviews were paper and pen. Going into the mountains was not like going into the city, so we didn't need to bring money or food coupons, the main thing was to bring thick clothes. Ma Xiaoyan still had this common sense.

So Li Long waited for a while after making the call at the supply and marketing cooperative, and what he waited for was the BJ212 car from the county.

It was neither new nor old, but Li Long's eyes still sparkled when he saw it - this thing was better than a tractor, and he didn't know when he would be able to get one himself.

It is still not easy to buy a car privately at the moment, even a used car.

I can only wait. Maybe I can get a car with my status in the future. It is unlikely that I can own it privately, but it is good to register it with a supply and marketing cooperative.

Ma Xiaoyan got out of the car and told Li Long about the leader's instructions with a smile. Li Long naturally had no objection, and then drove the tractor forward.

The road conditions between the county town and National Highway 312 were good, so Li Long directly told the driver where he wanted to go and asked the driver to go first.

After all, a car is much faster than a tractor, and if it keeps following me, the driver would probably be very anxious.

After all, when I was driving in my last life, I would get very anxious if I encountered a novice driver in front of me. Although I could understand, I definitely didn’t want to follow him. I would overtake if I could, and honk if I couldn’t.

It’s okay to drive, but please drive in the driving lane and don’t speed up in the overtaking lane and affect others.

The driver of bus 212 was named Liu Jun. He was very happy to hear what Li Long said. He waved his hand, circled around the yard of the supply and marketing cooperative like a dragon, and then rushed out.

Li Xiangqian who followed him cursed him as a bastard. This guy was definitely a newbie. How could an experienced person dare to drive like this in the yard of the supply and marketing cooperative?
Well, he is quite new. He looks to be about 27 or 28 years old. He is wearing a green military uniform without collar badges. Is he a retired volunteer soldier?

Li Long went to say something to Director Wei, said goodbye to Li Xiangqian, and then left.

The tractor was rumbling along the Wuyi Highway. There was no sign of Highway 212 in front of it. It should have turned to the road towards Qingshuihezi long ago.

I was envious and thought that the tractor I was sitting on was really big and thick, and it couldn't be called big. A tractor with 15 horsepower was really not that big. The horse-drawn wheeled tractors of later generations were really big, pulling a reversing plow and plowing the land faster than my small four-wheeled tractor could run on flat ground.

When Li Long drove the tractor to the mountain pass, 212 was parked on the side of the road. The driver Liu Jun was sitting on a rock by the roadside smoking. Ma Xiaoyan and Ye Laya were looking for something in the grass not far away. Li Long guessed that they were probably picking mushrooms.

It’s not easy for people in the county town to eat wild mushrooms these days. There are usually no opportunities to pick them, and there are few of them sold in the market.

Ma Xiaoyan and the others waited for Li Long for a long time, and walked around the area when they had nothing to do, but they didn't dare to run far. The scenery here is actually quite nice. Ye Laya is not impressed, after all, it is common, but Ma Xiaoyan is still very happy, and feels that looking at this scenery has broadened her mind a lot.

Then they saw wild mushrooms and were delighted. Yelaya didn't eat mushrooms, but that didn't stop her from helping Ma Xiaoyan pick them.

Seeing Li Long's tractor coming, Ma Xiaoyan walked around the area before coming back. She was holding a lot of mushrooms in her headscarf, weighing more than two kilograms.

"It's a good harvest." Li Long said with a smile, "After we get into the mountains and finish our work, I'll take you to a place with lots of mushrooms. You can pick up a bucket of them."

"Really? That's great!" Ma Xiaoyan was very happy.

This time the tractor is in front and 212 is behind.

Li Long drove the tractor directly to Halimu's winter home. His idea was to use the remaining time in the afternoon to talk about and demonstrate the grass-cutting work.

Ma Xiaoyan may also need to interview Halimu and others. It would be best to finish it before dark. Then when they go back, she can work normally.

There were actually people in front of Halim's winter den. Talihar and another young man were processing a roe deer.

Halimu and Yushanjiang went to the herdsmen's stay point. Most of the other herders went back to their winter homes to rest. Anyway, Li Long was using the harvester to cut grass, so there was no need for them to do it, so they rested.

Talihar also wanted to rest, but he had caught so many wild goats yesterday that Baishanbai, who had a good relationship with him, insisted on taking him hunting with him to see if he could get anything.

The two men went for a walk in the mountains together this morning. There were no signs of prey in the place where Talihar hunted wild goats. They went to the mountains farther away and found two roe deer by a stream. The two guys shot them down together.

They were peeling the mulberry here. Actually, they could have done it in their own winter den, but the young man was still a little vain, knowing that Halimu Yushanjiang would be back today, and Li Long would also be back.

If we handle it here, they will definitely praise it when they come back.

It's not just vanity and shallowness. People always desire recognition from others, especially from those who are more capable than themselves.

They were peeling the skin and were quite happy to hear the sound of the tractor, which meant that Li Long was back. But when they saw 212 coming over, the two guys were a little confused.

No matter how dumb they are, they can see that this 212 is more advanced than a tractor. The person sitting in this car must be quite capable, a leader, right?
So Talihar and Baishanbai, who stood up, didn't know where to put their knives. It wasn't because they were nervous, but because they had never experienced this before and didn't know how to deal with it.

Li Long parked the tractor and introduced it to Ma Xiaoyan who came down:

"Officer Ma, these two are Talihar and Baishanbai, my herder friends. Talihar, this is Officer Ma, a cadre from the county, here to interview us about our grass-cutting business."

What he said was vague, but he mainly liked to brag about himself.

Talihar understood Chinese, but Baishanbai didn't, so Yelaya translated it for him.

Originally, when Li Long said that the county cadres came to interview about the grass cutting, Talihar didn't think much of it, but Yelaya's explanation in Kazakh was quite detailed, and the young man was a little at a loss. Li Long seriously suspected that Yelaya must have added some information to the translation of the two young men, otherwise it wouldn't be like this.

"Did you hunt in the mountains?" Ma Xiaoyan asked curiously, looking at the two half-processed roe deer.

"Yes." Talihar said honestly, "We just hunted it in the mountains. We came down to hunt grass, but there is not much to eat. Besides, Li Long was cutting grass for us, and he did it quickly and for free. So we thought we could peel off the skins and give them to him to thank him!"

Ma Xiaoyan hurriedly wrote it down. This was a very good interaction. Li Long helped the herdsmen in the mountains, and the herdsmen were also affectionate and loyal. It would be good to have interaction.

What Zhang Xinhua wrote probably recorded the causes and consequences of Li Long's friendship with the herdsmen, with a focus on Li Long's repairing houses and digging wells for Halimu and Yushanjiang's family.

The main focus is on providing assistance.

It’s different now. Ma Xiaoyan also wants to write with a different theme. Now she has the material. This is a mutual thing. Li Long helps the herders, and the herders thank Li Long for giving her furs. This is very good.

So she put Li Long aside and let Talihar and Bai Shanbai answer her questions while peeling the skin.

During the interview, I took photos from time to time as material.

Li Long came over to help, and Liu Jun had nothing to do, so he just walked around nearby.

The troops had retired and liked hunting. They didn't bring a gun this time, but he saw that there was a gun in Li Long's tractor, a standard Type 56 semi-automatic.

He was thinking about how to borrow it.

Ma Xiaoyan interviewed a lot of content, but she felt it was not enough. The two young men were very honest and told her everything, including the tea, sugar, and salt that Li Long brought them, as well as food and radios later on.

Bai Shanbai also told Ye Laya that Li Long gave them bullets. Only with bullets could they kill wolves and eliminate the threat to cattle and sheep.

Ma Xiaoyan knew that she had done the right thing this time, and she recorded these things in great detail. Now many people know that Li Long is a model of national unity, and that he built houses and dug wells for people, but they are not clear about the more detailed things.

What I have now is first-hand information, right? Li Long gave radios to herders to let them know about national affairs and the good policies of the Party. This alone is enough to make him a real role model.

As more herders returned, Ma Xiaoyan interviewed more people. Only then did Talihar and Baishanbai have time to continue skinning roe deer roe.

In the meantime, Li Long kept explaining and asked Ma Xiaoyan to go aside.

He made it clear that the radio was not given as a gift, but was exchanged with the herders. Don't listen to what they say, they gave him skins, deer antlers and other things, it was real exchange.

Those food supplies, including rubber shoes, were also exchanged. I didn't give them away. I'm not that noble.

Of course Ma Xiaoyan didn't listen. She listened to the herdsmen.

Moreover, writers of role models these days really like to portray people as perfect, like saints.

This is how Li Long was described by the herdsmen in Ma Xiaoyan's opinion.

What a great role model! He doesn’t even need any artistic processing of his own and meets all the requirements!

Only Li Long was sulking on the side.

Is it easy to be a role model?
Good job.

With a model signboard, it will be very convenient to do things and all units will open their doors to convenience.

But there are also many disadvantages to being a role model. Since you are a role model, do you have to be more selfless? Others will have higher expectations of you, and you cannot have any stains or anything like that.

Li Long was not afraid of stains, and he did not plan to have a harem with one wife and two concubines. The country is promoting economic development and encouraging people to get rich, and it is legal for him to make money. But people don't like to be put under a magnifying glass for everyone to see.

Hatred towards the rich has always existed, and red-eye disease has never been cured since ancient times, so he doesn't want to be the first to stand out, even though he has already become one.

But you can't always be the longest one.

Unfortunately, Ma Xiaoyan ignored it. She just liked the high score. The more the herders praised Li Long, the happier she was at recording.

Li Long couldn't listen any more, and seeing that it was getting late, he interrupted the interview:
"Director Ma, it's getting late. Shall we go take some photos of the grass? After that, you should go back to the county."

Ma Xiaoyan was having a lively interview and had written down a lot of material, but she felt it was not enough, so she rejected Li Long's proposal:

"Halimu and Yushanjiang haven't come back yet, so we can't stop the interview. I'm collecting materials here, don't worry, my boss and I said it would take two days, at worst we can stay in the mountains tonight and cut grass tomorrow."

"Stay for one night. The conditions in the mountains are very harsh." Li Long was shocked. Two girls stayed in the mountains for one night? Is this a joke?
Although Li Long was the eldest, Ma Xiaoyan did not feel anything was wrong. As an officer of the propaganda department, she often went to the countryside to interview and conduct propaganda work, so it was normal for her to live in the countryside.

Now the countryside has been transformed into the mountains. Seeing Li Long's troubled expression, she asked:

"Comrade Li Long, where do you live?"

“My herder friends built me ​​a wooden house.”

"Oh, you mentioned it last time. I know this. How many rooms are there in that cabin?"

"two……"

"That's perfect. You and Master Liu can share a room, and Xiao Ye and I can share a room. Are there any beddings?"

"Yes, but nothing new..."

"What new things do you want?" Ma Xiaoyan was not at all bureaucratic or arrogant at this time. "As long as it's useful, it's fine. We are here to work, not to enjoy ourselves!"

The problem was solved in a few words, and Ma Xiaoyan continued to interview the herdsmen.

When the sun was about to set, Halimu and Yushanjiang came back, and the two roe deer were almost cooked.

Because the county officials were present, the two roe deer were not meated but cooked directly in pieces. No internal organs were wasted. Who knows if the county leaders would eat them?
Halimu and Yushanjiang were also very excited when they learned that someone from the county had come. They became even more excited when they learned that they had come specifically to interview them and that Li Long would cut grass for them.

They returned to their homes during the day, lived in newly built houses, drank sweet well water and ate fresh vegetables.

How good!

They had originally intended to speak out everything they had to say to their fellow herders, but now that reporters were here, they couldn't help but speak out everything that was on their mind.

Li Long even blushed when he heard this - I charged for each of them, so my work was not in vain!
Including this time of cutting grass, Li Long really wanted to work for free, but everyone gave so much skin, which exceeded the cost of transportation and fuel.

This is not what I really want.

Li Long was embarrassed to listen, so he simply sat far away with the roe deer leg stick and chatted with Liu Jun while eating it.

Ma Xiaoyan was handed a piece of river basil meat, and Yelaya was given a piece of neck meat. Halimu told them not to be polite and to eat as much as they wanted.

Two roe deer weigh nearly 100 kilograms. They can't be cooked in one big pot, and with the offal, they are enough for several meals.

Although it was just a handful of salt, it tasted very good. Ma Xiaoyan didn't expect the food in the mountains to be so good. She asked while eating:

"Do you often eat like this? This is a really good standard of living, almost reaching a well-off level."

Although Halimu didn't know what a well-off life was, he knew it must be a good word. He shook his head and said:
"How is that possible? Normally we only eat dry naan and water. In previous years, the task of cutting grass was very heavy. We cut grass manually with sickles and had no time to hunt. We basically couldn't eat meat. This year, Li Long came over and brought a harvester. We have some free time and can go hunting. This improves our situation."

So that's how it is. After all the twists and turns, it's still Li Long.

Ma Xiaoyan finally understood. No matter how Li Long explained it, his actions had actually changed the lives of the herdsmen, or improved their living standards.

Just pointing to this point is enough for me to use a lot of space to promote this role model. (End of this chapter)