Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

When Zhang Qiang heard what Li Long said, he really panicked.

But looking at the large number of brooms piled up in the Li family yard, he felt relieved and said with a sneer:

"Li Long, don't be so harsh. We all know that you provide work for everyone, and the team members thank you. You can make money, and everyone can make money too.

But if it weren't for the big brooms made by the team, you would still be unlucky. You are speaking tough words to me now for the sake of face, that's fine. But when the time comes, if you can't deliver the goods, you will be in trouble. Think about it carefully!"

After saying that, Zhang Qiang left.

Li Long sneered and began to pack up the brooms he had collected today.

Li Qingxia was helping out. Although he wanted to beat up Zhang Qiang just now, he was actually quite worried. In the old man's opinion, what Zhang Qiang said made sense. The important thing was to deliver the goods to the superiors. If the goods were not delivered, Li Long would definitely be the one to suffer.

"Why not give him some money and take those big brooms?" Li Qingxia suggested, "You don't have to give too much, just negotiate with him. We still have ten days to go, and the nearby Stipa has been cut, so the brooms that everyone can deliver are limited..."

"Dad, don't worry about this." Li Long waved his hands. "We can't let this go easily. Once we let it go, I will have to do big work every year, carrying handles, big brooms, and reed handles. Zhang Qiang succeeded this time, and next time someone will definitely follow suit, and then I won't make any money."

That's the truth, but the time is almost up.

Li Qingxia naturally didn't know that the time Li Long told Xu Chengjun was ten days earlier than the final time set by the supply and marketing cooperative.

So Li Long still had enough time to deal with this matter. But Zhang Qiang and Xu Chengjun didn't know.

That night, two people came to Zhang Qiang's house. Looking at the pile of brooms in the yard, the two people smiled and went into the house.

"Old Zhang, you did a great job this time." The leader came into the room and praised Zhang Qiang first, "So, is Li Long soft?"

"I haven't given in, but it doesn't matter." In front of outsiders, Zhang Qiang was still very tough, "It will expire in seven or eight days.

Now the people in the team can make at most 100 brooms a day, and he is still far from that! I don't believe he dares to take these big brooms to the supply and marketing cooperative to stock the goods! Then he won't have to do the rest of the work!"

"That's it." Another person laughed happily.

"Then you have to be careful that he doesn't ask people from other villages to do the work for you." said the person who spoke first.

Zhang Qiang sneered and said:

"He still has acquaintances in our brigade and several teams. Outside our brigade, who in other brigades in the village knows him? Not to mention knowing him, even few people know his brother!

This job requires investment. You can’t just tell someone something and they will do it for you. All the Achnatherum splendens near our brigade has been cut down. Even if he goes to other villages, they have to be able to produce Achnatherum splendens for him.”

After he said this, the two men nodded repeatedly.

This is the truth.

The two men chatted for a while and then left.

After leaving Zhang's house, a man said:

"Second brother, this time, Li Long must pay compensation, right?"

"That's hard to say. But Third Brother, let's wait and see. Whether it's Li Long or Zhang Qiang who gets into trouble, it's not a good thing for Li Long. The more enemies he makes, the more likely he is to get into trouble in the future.

Remember, we just need to stir up trouble from behind, and never come out to confront him directly. This Li Long is not a simple man, and he may have other ways to turn the tables."

"Second brother, I understand."

The two people who were talking were Hu Lao Er and Hu Lao San.

Last year, because of the reed handle incident, the two of them tried to be clever and ended up losing a lot of money, which made them enemies with Li Long.

Hu Laoer had seen the broom-tying incident early on, and he fanned the flames at Zhang Qiang, and even helped Zhang Qiang instigate some wavering members of the team to send the broom to Zhang Qiang.

Later, when Zhang Qiang ran out of money, he went to them to borrow some. They cried poor and said that they had not paid off the debt they incurred last year. Otherwise, how could they hate Li Long so much?
Zhang Qiang believed it.

Without the instigation of these two people, Zhang Qiang would not have been so determined.

Of course, Zhang Qiang said that he would give them some benefits afterwards, so just listen.

Li Long left with a cart of brooms, and when he returned to the courtyard, he unloaded the brooms and laid them out. He hadn't taken the roe deer out to roam in the mornings and evenings these past two days, mainly because he was afraid that the brooms would be damaged.

He did not tell Gu Xiaoxia about Zhang Qiang's affairs, but he discussed the matter of Roe Deer with her.

After the big sweep is done, the roe deer will be dragged to the stable. The main reason is that this thing becomes more ferocious after it grows bigger. Gu Xiaoxia is also worried that when her colleagues' children come to play, they will be hit or kicked by the roe deer, which is unbearable.

The next morning, Gu Xiaoxia went to work, and Li Long drove the tractor into the mountains.

The poles that were pulled back were not used up, mainly because there were not enough brooms. Now Li Qingxia used the pole to push up the brooms that were collected every day. Li Long joked with the old man that it cost one cent to put up a pole, so it had to be strong, otherwise he would be fined.

Li Qingxia was worried about not being able to catch fish and having nothing to do, so he happily accepted this "task".

When the tractor arrived at Qingshuihe Township, Li Long did not continue driving forward but stopped.

His tractor goes in and out of the mountains, and the people in Qingshuihe Township are really familiar with it. When the tractor stopped suddenly, some people came over curiously.

There are few tractors in Qingshuihe Township, and it is close to the mountains. There are many Gobi deserts on the hillsides, and there are few good farmlands that can be reclaimed, so it is relatively poor.

Although it is relatively close to the mountains, not many people go into the mountains because of wolves and the presence of forestry teams. At most, they go into the mountains to pull wood in winter like Li Long did the winter before last.

As for hunting, basically no one does it.

After all, if you haven't played this thing before, you really don't have the skills. Li Long also followed the half-bottle vinegar like Yushanjiang and Halimu, and he dared to do it with some experience from the later network platform.

Seeing someone approaching, Li Long got off the tractor, took out a cigarette and handed it over, and took the initiative to ask:

"Brother, where is this team headquarters?"

"Over there. What, what's up?"

"Yes. Brother, can you make a big broom?"

"A big broom? That's not a technical job."

"Are there many people in your neighborhood?" Li Long was asking about this area. This is Qingshuihe Township, which used to be the gathering place of the commune. There is a village here. Other villages are scattered all over the place, and the distance is quite far.

"Almost every family knows how to do that." The old man looked to be about 40 years old. He took the cigarette but didn't smoke it. He put it close to his nose and smelled it, looking quite curious.

"I want to buy big brooms, two dollars and fifty cents each, do you have anyone to sell to?"

"Two dollars and a half? Are you really going to take it?" The man's eyes widened. "Are you kidding me?"

"How can you joke? You can finish the work today and I will come to collect it tomorrow." Li Long said with a smile, "Of course there are conditions."

"What conditions?" The man had an expression that said "I knew it wouldn't be that good."

"The broom must be tied tightly, the pole must be 1.5 meters long, the Achnatherum splendens cannot be shorter than 1.2 meters, and the edges must be surrounded by red willow branches..."

"That's nothing. Isn't that how we usually make a big broom?" The old man's expression relaxed when he heard it. "Are you really going to take it?"

"Take me to the team headquarters. I want to collect a lot, thousands of them." Li Long said, "You can't do it all by yourself."

The retail price of a large broom in the market now is three to three and a half dollars, but there are people selling it but few buyers.

After all, most people in the countryside can tie their own ties, so they don’t need to buy them. In the city, each unit distributes them, and they are purchased from the supply and marketing cooperatives. Retail sales are for those urban families with large yards.

After all, a small yard doesn't need a big broom and it can't be spread out.

In addition, there are few people in Ma County, so the market is not big. Large brooms are more durable, so there is only one broom seller in the whole market, which can barely make money. If there are two, they may not survive.

The old man took Li Long to the team headquarters with a half-believing attitude. The wheat had been harvested, but the corn, sunflower and sesame were not ripe yet, so they were relatively idle.

"Captain, someone is looking for you. They say they want to collect the brooms." The old man told Li Long his story without waiting for him to speak.

"Are you going to collect the brooms?" The captain looked at Li Long and felt that he was familiar with him.

"I'm Li Long from the county supply and marketing cooperative." Li Long took out his work ID and handed it over. "Recently, the supply and marketing cooperative needs a batch of large brooms. I want to order some from your village."

After taking the work permit, the village chief glanced at it and suddenly remembered:

"You are the one who was featured in the Autonomous Region Daily and was commended... Li Long?"

"Yes, it's me." Li Long didn't expect that the captain also knew about him, and he was very happy. Now that he knew, it would be easier to do. If we did this for a stranger, the team would definitely have concerns, but if we did it for someone who knew, it would be easier.

"Order a big broom?" The captain returned the work permit to Li Long and asked while pouring water, "What specifications and price?"

"This old man asked just now, so I told him. Two dollars and fifty cents a pole, the pole is 1.5 meters long, the Sphagnum reticulata is 1.2 meters long, and it is reinforced with red willows and surrounded by ropes..." The captain listened and thought in his mind.

The requirements for this big broom were not difficult, and it was actually easy to tie it up. But he was thinking about whether he could get some benefits from the team.

But the old man is here, and the captain can’t say anything.

He thought about it and said to the old man:
"Changgui, go tell my family to kill a chicken at noon. I have to entertain Comrade Li Long."

Changgui didn't want to leave, but the captain had spoken, so he had to leave. Before leaving, he said to the captain:

"Captain, you must agree to it. I'll get it done as soon as I get back!"

After Changgui left, the captain thought for a moment and asked:
"Comrade Li Long, how many brooms do you need?"

"Initially, one thousand brooms, and we'll see how things go later." Li Long couldn't make a final statement. It was hard to say whether Zhang Qiang's more than two thousand brooms would have any chance of improvement. After all, they were all on the same team, and he didn't want to do anything extreme. Of course, the other party had to give in.

"One thousand..." the captain murmured.

"Captain, you can try to notify me first. I will come to inspect the first batch tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. You can ask everyone to send the brooms over and you can inspect them first. I will give you 10 cents for each large broom. How about that?"

When Li Long said this, the captain laughed:

"It's fine for me, but it won't benefit our team at all."

"If the first batch is qualified and can be completed within five days, I will give the team another 100 yuan afterwards - no more than that."

"Okay!" The captain decided. "Five days, right? In this weather, the sedge can be dried in two or three days, and then we can start working. Five days, yeah, that's about right!"

"I'll come over tomorrow or the day after tomorrow to collect the first batch." Li Long said, "I hope the captain will strictly control it!"

"Then Comrade Li Long, you have to leave a note." The captain was also very rigorous in his work.

"Okay." Li Long wrote a note and signed his name. The note said that he would collect 1,000 brooms in Qingshuihe Village, and the deadline was five days later, with a specific time.

After receiving the note, the captain turned on the loud speaker and started shouting. Li Long wanted to leave, but was kept by the captain.

The chickens have been slaughtered, they can’t be killed in vain.

Just for the 1 cent inspection fee that Li Long gave him for a big broom, he had to eat this chicken!

Li Long had no choice but to stay. As soon as the loudspeaker was turned on, the village began to boil.

How long has it been since such a good thing happened in this village?
Every household got to work. Those who had tools went out to the red willow beach to cut sedge and red willow. Those who didn't have tools went to borrow tools from nearby villages.

The reason why Li Long wanted to look for it here was because there were a lot of Achnatherum splendens nearby. There were a lot of Achnatherum splendens growing in this red willow beach, and in later generations, it was a place that those families who made brooms liked to visit.

As Zhang Qiang said, the Sphagnum Reed near Team 3 and Team 4 had already been cut by the people from Team 4. If they wanted to make a big broom, they had to go to a farther place.

To the north, there are two townships on the edge of the Gurbantunggut Desert, where there are a lot of Achnatherum splendens. Not only Achnatherum splendens, but also a large number of Haloxylon ammodendron.

But the north is too far, Li Long doesn't want to go. Now it's more convenient to go south, so it's just right here.

After having fried chicken for lunch, the captain persuaded Li Long to have a couple of drinks, but Li Long refused. After all, he had to drive a tractor and this matter was not negotiable.

What surprised Li Long was that just after he finished his meal, someone brought him the first big broom.

The cherries of the Sphagnum splendens on the broom have not been burned yet, but overall it looks very standard.

Li Long tugged at the reed on top and found it was also very strong, meeting the requirements.

Li Long paid two dollars and fifty cents to the man on the spot.

The happy man left. Li Long took out another dime and put it on the table, which meant that whether the captain inspected or not, he had to pay the inspection fee of dime.

The captain was naturally very happy too.

That's how you deal with people.

Li Long drove a tractor into the mountains. When he was leaving, the captain saw him entering the mountains and asked him a question. Li Long said that there were still some things in the mountains that needed to be brought back.

Of course he went to pull the pole.

Originally, the 3,000 poles that Halimu and his men cut were not enough. Now, if Zhang Qiang insisted on doing that, Li Long really didn't want those brooms. The brooms he ordered from Qingshui River were even provided with poles!
Can a living person be killed by holding his urine?

You can't.

When he arrived at the wooden house, Li Long was somewhat surprised to find that there were a lot more poles here.

He sighed. Needless to say, this must have been cut by Halimu and his men when they had time.

Never mind, just go ahead and pull it out.

He was still thinking about getting back to the big yard today.

I'm so busy all day that I can hardly make a living.

What life?

They rushed down the mountain with a cart full of poles, but were stopped again at Qingshuihe Village.

The villagers held big brooms and asked Li Long to collect them.

Li Long had no choice but to go to the team headquarters and check the brooms in front of the team leader.

There were sixteen brooms, two of which were substandard, one had a short pole and one had no rope.

They are all small things, I can just go back and fix them.

After paying the money and sending the person away, Li Long gave the captain another one dollar and forty cents.

The captain was embarrassed to accept it, so he said to Li Long:
"Comrade Li, how about collecting the inspection fee together at the end?"

"Okay." The captain said, and Li Long was happy. He took out money from his pocket, counted out forty-eight dollars and fifty cents and handed it to the captain:

"Captain, add the $1.40 this time and the $10 cents at noon, the total is fifty dollars. Pay half first, and the other half after you finish practicing a thousand pieces."

"Okay!" Seeing Li Long's understanding, the captain also said, "I will check the brooms that everyone brings next. Don't worry, I will be strict!"

This was exactly what Li Long wanted to hear. After chatting for a few more words, he drove away on the tractor.

Qingshuihe has no special products and no industries, and its economy is not as good as the following townships with large tracts of land.

The captain was very happy to collect fifty yuan at once, so he checked the brooms carefully.

Just a few minutes after Li Long left, someone brought a big broom over. The captain said that those people were still a little unhappy after he left.

The captain asked us to keep the brooms for him to check. He picked out a few that were unqualified and asked them to go back for rectification. One of them was purely sloppy and even pulled out Sedge Weeds, so the captain scolded him.

Now the news spread among the villagers that the broom had to be tied properly, otherwise the team leader would scold them.

Li Long pulled the pole to the big yard. It was not yet dark.

He unloaded a few brooms but left the poles on, planning to take them directly to the team early tomorrow morning.

Anyway, the team can still collect some brooms from time to time, so the poles are still needed.

Of course, Li Long wouldn't care about Zhang Qiang. There was already a second way, and it was so easy, who would compromise, right?
When Gu Xiaoxia came back, she was holding a newspaper and smiling.

Li Long helped to prop up the bicycle and asked:
"Why are you so happy?"

"You're in the newspaper again!" Gu Xiaoxia waved the newspaper towards Li Long and said, "The Autonomous Region Daily reported that you, a model of ethnic unity, helped your fellow ethnic groups to cut grass. You were praised so highly..."

"Hey, let me take a look." Li Long took the newspaper and started reading.

Correspondent Ma Xiaoyan, Ye Laya’s name is at the back.

Not bad, Li Long knew that Ma Xiaoyan should be praised this time. After all, it was definitely not easy to be published in the Autonomous Region Daily. Zhang Xinhua's family was a reporter for the Daily, so it was okay to write about it.

It's really not easy for Ma Xiaoyan to make it to the newspaper with her own ability.

But the most difficult one is still me, Li Long thought with some pride. (End of this chapter)