Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Yuan Guomin reported the total weight with a satisfied look on his face: "Excluding the skin, the total is 1,054 kilograms. Come on, I'll issue you an invoice and stamp it, and you can go to the finance department to collect the money."

Li Long looked at Li Jianguo, who shook his head and nodded, motioning him to follow him. Li Long then followed Yuan Guomin to the office area.

"Comrade Xiao Li, does your eldest brother still have these melon seeds?" Yuan Guomin walked into the office, sat down, took out the receipt from the drawer, and asked while writing.

"There are still some, but less than one ton." Li Long wanted to leave some seeds for the villagers. After removing the shriveled ones, there would be about 800 kilograms but less than 900 kilograms.

"Are all of them of this quality? If so, then I suggest you bring them over and sell them to us. Let me tell you, there is no one else except us who can give you such a high price so directly." Yuan Guomin praised Haikou.

Li Long smiled and said:
"Okay, I'll go back and discuss it with my brother."

In fact, if you take it to a seed company, you might be able to negotiate a higher price, but seed companies usually don't want so much. After all, melon seeds are not food and the planting area is limited.

If I discuss this with my eldest brother, he will most likely agree to sell it here directly.

After all, the price offered here is high (beyond my brother's expectations), and the money is paid promptly.

Although this price was not what Li Long expected, it was actually acceptable. Besides, his eldest brother's family was almost always busy with the whole work from planting to harvesting the melons, and he did not participate much in it, so naturally his eldest brother took the lead.

"Okay, you're welcome to come again." Yuan Guomin smiled.

Li Long is more shrewd, while Li Jianguo's vision is not broad enough. He thinks he can probably eat all the melon seeds that come next.

For this snack factory, at least there is no need to worry about supply this month.

Li Long took the ticket to the finance department, signed and received the money.

Two dollars and eighty cents per kilogram, one thousand and fifty-four kilograms, a total of two thousand nine hundred and fifty-one yuan and twenty cents.

Almost three thousand dollars.

Li Long took the money in both small and large amounts, walked out of the office and went to the tractor.

"Brother, here you go. A total of more than 2,900 yuan." Li Long handed the bill to his elder brother Li Jianguo.

"Why don't you take it?" Li Jianguo said with a smile.

"How can I take it?" Li Long stuffed the money into his brother's hand. "Section Chief Yuan asked if we wanted to sell the remaining ones to him. He said that if the remaining ones are still of the same quality, he would give us the same price."

"Hey, if you really want this price, you will definitely send it over." Li Jianguo said with a smile, but he felt something again, looked around, and then whispered:

"Xiaolong, did I agree too quickly just now?"

"A little bit. Actually, I wanted to negotiate the price down to three dollars." Li Long smiled, "But the difference is not that big. Two dollars and eighty dollars is not bad. These ten acres of land cost more than five thousand, almost six thousand dollars. It's really the price of a tractor, and there's still some extra."

"Two thousand and nine in total. I'm not saying it's a lot. You bought the seeds and hired an expert. It was also your idea how to harvest the melons. You even hired someone to press the seeds.

Your sister-in-law and I are the ones who do the work, so I'll give you half of the 2,900 yuan, and the rest will be given to you at this ratio if we sell it, how about that?"

"Not very good." Li Long smiled, "I just came up with an idea and bought the seeds. Anyone can hire people, but I didn't do any of the work in the fields, such as sowing, thinning, watering, spraying pesticides, and weeding. If I took half of the money, it would be too easy to make."

"That's not what I meant." Li Jianguo wanted to say something, but Li Long waved his hand and said:
"Brother, let's talk about this outside. If we talk about this in this snack factory, others won't hear us and will think we're fighting over money."

Li Jianguo also smiled, put the money away and stopped talking.

Li Long took the crank, started the tractor, sat on it, turned his head to see that Li Jianguo was seated, then shifted gears and drove the tractor out of the roasted nuts factory.

Li Long drove out of the roasted nuts factory and stopped at a relatively wide roadside. He turned his head and said to Li Jianguo:
"Brother, I should take the money, but not so much. Ten acres of land can be sold for five to six hundred yuan. I'll take one thousand, which is my information fee, and the rest is your hard-earned money.

Brother, you want to buy a tractor, I think the remaining money should be enough to buy one."

"No, one thousand is too little." Li Jianguo disagreed, "If it weren't for your idea, I wouldn't have thought of planting melons.

If you hadn't gone to Wucheng to find seeds, I wouldn't have had anything to plant even if I wanted to. If you hadn't found Professor Wu and knew which medicine to use for which disease, I would have been at a loss.

Your sister-in-law and I have worked hard, but it is all physical work, and anyone can do it. Not everyone can have this idea..."

"Hey, big brother, we should make a distinction, but we can't do it this way." Li Long smiled, "If we really want to make a distinction, should I start from the moment I move into this house and count the food I eat, the house I live in, the clothes I wear..."

"Go! You are just messing around..." Li Jianguo was so angry at Li Long that he laughed, "You are..."

"Brother, that's enough, let's divide it this way. First of all, I'm not short of money, and secondly, this is just a trial planting, you're taking the risk. Now that we've sold the melon seeds, naturally everything else is fine.

What if the melon seeds can't be sold? I'll just walk away, and all the pressure will be on you, right? "

Li Long insisted: "So I will take one thousand yuan, and you can keep the rest. It's just right that I can go and look at the tractors today. In a few days, the remaining ones will be dried and sold here, and I can really buy a tractor.

Next year I will go to Kuitun to order another harvester. Then with the two of us, we will be able to harvest tens of thousands of acres of wheat in the township."

Li Long said this, and Li Jianguo was also a little excited. He knew that Li Long had earned the same amount of money as a tractor just by harvesting wheat with a harvester this year. He would be lying if he said he was not envious. If he also had a tractor and could do the same, he would make money much faster.

But when the time came, Li Jianguo hesitated. He thought for a moment and said:

"Number 76 is still usable. If you buy a tractor, it will be idle."

"How can we just sit there? We can send the horses and the carts directly to Uncle Liang. Uncle Liang has helped us a lot in the past few years. Now that our life is better, Uncle Liang's life is not much better. In fact, we can let them grow some melons there." Li Long had already thought about it:

"They found a piece of land over there to plant some melons. We have the seeds, the technology, and the market. You can go over from time to time to talk to them about how to manage it. When it's time to harvest, teach them how to get the seeds. Once they sell them, won't that make money?"

"Hehe, that's the truth." Li Jianguo nodded, somewhat moved.

Indeed, my father-in-law often helped in the past few years, otherwise it would be difficult for this family to survive. In the past two years, I have been doing well here and often send things there, but if we really want to help the Liang family get rich, Li Long is the only way.

After all, whether it is weaving a handle or a big broom, or even a reed handle, it is not suitable.

The more Li Jianguo thought about it, the more he felt that this was a good idea. He smiled and said:
"Xiaolong, you are really thoughtful. I will discuss this with your sister-in-law when I get back. We can make this happen!"

The two brothers didn't say anything more about dividing the money. Li Jianguo counted the money on the tractor, and after counting out one thousand, he put it aside.

Since Li Long said he wanted one thousand, then let's split it. Anyway, although the two brothers have separated, to be honest, in the first two years, my wife and I didn't treat him as a younger brother, but raised him as a son.

In the past two years, Li Long has been particularly diligent in bringing things home, and it is hard to count how many times he has gone there.

The right thing to do is to live a good life together.

The tractor drove to the old street and saw that his father Li Qingxia had not sold all the fish yet. Li Long parked the tractor in the parking lot and then went over to help sell the fish.

Li Jianguo was still a little hesitant, but Li Long didn't care. He spoke very loudly and soon attracted more people.

He also saw Zhang Qiang selling brooms.

Zhang Qiang heard Li Long's voice and shrank back into the pile of brooms. There were about 20 to 30 brooms on his stall, and people came to ask the price from time to time, and it seemed that there was no shortage of buyers.

But if we sell more than 2,000 brooms like this, it will probably take a year to sell them all.

Of course, it would be good if he could sell them all in a year and make a lot of money, but it depends on whether he can endure the hardship.

After all, a round trip to Shicheng in a day is not close - he doesn't have a tractor.

He was also embarrassed to see Li Long. After all, he failed to make a deal with Li Long, did not make any money, lost his people, and almost lost his home.

He now sees things clearly. If he doesn't have the ability of his elder brother, he shouldn't take risks. If it was his elder brother who encountered this situation, he would definitely not collect the things first and then find Li Long. That would be a threat. If he wanted to make this money, he would definitely talk to Li Long first and take over part of the work, saving Li Long trouble and making money for himself.

He failed because he had too big an appetite and underestimated Li Long's ability and determination.

Of course, even if the matter was analyzed clearly, Zhang Qiang didn’t understand that he would still fail next time he encountered such a thing - his personality determined that.

Li Long and Li Jianguo helped Li Qingxia to sell the fish here, and the remaining 20 to 30 kilograms of fish that Li Qingxia had were sold out in about 40 minutes.

"Hey, today was great! I sold these 70-plus kilograms of fish for 102.5 yuan." Li Qingxia was very happy. "If I can do this every day, I can make a million yuan in three months."

Of course, this is just a thought. Firstly, it is impossible to catch so many fish every day. Secondly, he knows that because he hasn't been here for quite a long time, people visiting the market are very enthusiastic about buying fish.

If I really come here every day, even with so many fish, I may not be able to sell them at today's price.

After closing the stall, they put the things on the tractor and asked the old man who collected signs in the parking lot to watch over them. Then the three of them walked towards Chen Xingbang's stall together.

Li Long was very sharp-eyed. When he was still 40 or 50 meters away from Chen Xingbang's stall, he saw a sign erected next to the stall:
"Shicheng Food Factory Raw Meat Sales Point"

Huh?
Li Long looked at it carefully again and confirmed that the sign was erected in front of Chen Xingbang's stall. Neither side was selling meat, so it should have nothing to do with them.

Could it be that my brother-in-law was recruited by the food factory?
Li Long was happy. He didn't expect that his brother-in-law could create a bright future here.

In the previous life, my brother-in-law was also recruited, but not in Shicheng, but in another city. Of course, in Li Long's opinion, that city was not as good as Shicheng.

If Chen Xingbang really entered the Shicheng Food Factory, even if he was just an ordinary employee, that would be great.

The three of them came to the stall together. Chen Xingbang smiled when he saw them. He cut some meat for others, greeted the customers, collected their money and sent them away before he smiled and said:

"Dad is here? Big brother, Xiaolong, why are you here?"

"Selling fish and pumpkin seeds," Li Jianguo said, "What's wrong with your brand?"

"Hey, that's what I was talking about," Chen Xingbang said proudly, "I set up a stall here to slaughter pigs. Two days ago, or four days ago, an old man came to buy meat. He wanted two kilograms of spare ribs and two kilograms of pork belly. I cut with my knife..."

Chen Xingbang gestured, and the movements looked very solid:

"Two kilograms of spare ribs have an extra 100 grams, and two kilograms of pork belly is just right. The old man praised my knife skills and the good portions.

That afternoon, someone from the food factory came to me and said that they were planning to set up a meat stall here and asked if I would be willing to be a temporary worker for them.

What they said was that they would send me half a pig and a sheep from the food factory every day and give me the wholesale price. I would sell it at the market price and keep the extra money for myself. I think it’s good. At least this way I can save a lot of time looking for sheep and pigs…”

As he was speaking, someone came over to buy meat. He asked the other party what they wanted, then pointed at the meat on the table. After the other party confirmed what they wanted, he started cutting the meat.

After sending the customer away, he continued:
"The food factory said that if I do a good job, I might be made a full-time employee later."

"Hey, that's great!" Li Qingxia nodded first. "If I become a formal worker in a food factory in the future, I can eat commercial grains, and then I will be a city dweller!"

In Li Qingxia's opinion, Shicheng is much better than Ma County. It's great that Chen Xingbang can stay in Shicheng.

"I plan to ask for leave from the food factory in a few days and go back to my hometown to pick up Xiaoxia and the child."

"Going back to my hometown? Then come over and I'll go back with you." Li Qingxia suddenly added, "I still have to go take a look at the yard in my hometown."

"Okay, I'll buy the ticket then." Chen Xingbang made money and spoke generously.

"You don't have to buy anything. I have my own money!" Li Qingxia was also very tough. "I sold a hundred dollars today alone. I gave fifty to Xiaolong. I made fifty dollars myself in the morning!"

"What do I need? Dad, take it yourself." Li Long smiled, "Do you really want to go back? Then what are you going to do in your hometown? There's nothing to do."

"I have to go back to visit my hometown." Li Qingxia said, "The graves of our ancestors are there, and I heard they are going to compile a family tree. Even if all our descendants have come here, we still have to include those who should be included in the tree. It won't work if no one is there."

Well, the old man takes this matter very seriously, so it’s normal for him to go back.

At this time, someone else came to buy meat, and Li Long and his friends greeted them and started walking around the market.

There were many things being sold in the market, but what surprised Li Long was that there were also people selling rare crops such as peanuts and sweet potatoes.

At present, the cultivated land is not particularly large, so there are few crops with low yields. Moreover, grain is still the mainstream at present. When every household has fine grains every day, these crops will be gradually promoted.

These are probably grown in private plots or vegetable gardens, and they don’t look like much.

However, Li Long didn't mind buying some. Firstly, he wanted to try something new, and secondly, he wanted to save some seeds so that he could plant some next year.

At this time, there is no seed barrier, and the second generation of seeds can still be planted. Rural people who grow vegetables and melons basically save their own seeds, and they are also very knowledgeable. They pick big and beautiful ones and keep them for easy planting next year.

Li Long bought a little of everything, but had no way to put them all in one basket, so he bought another basket from two stalls over.

Li Jianguo thinks he shouldn't buy a basket:
"Why buy a basket? Your sister-in-law can make this basket. It's 1.5 yuan each - it's really a steal! There are bags in the car, so just use the bags to put more."

Although he made a lot of money, the habit of frugality was still engraved in his bones. Li Long didn't care and said with a smile:

"Sister-in-law can weave. I won't leave this basket with you. I'll take it to the big yard. I need to dry things there."

Li Qingxia laughed along. He and Li Jianguo had no idea about sweet potatoes, but they could try peanuts, which were delicious when fried. Li Long bought five or six kilograms of shelled ones, and he planned to keep three kilograms for himself, one kilogram of which would be used as seeds.

After shopping in the market, he didn't deliberately avoid Zhang Qiang's place, but just ignored him when he passed by. There were also people buying brooms at Zhang Qiang's place and they didn't pay attention to Li Long and the others.

Li Long walked a long way and still heard someone say, "Two dollars and eighty is already very cheap, it can't be reduced any further... OK, OK, two dollars and eighty, pay up!"

A broom is sold for two dollars and eighty cents, it's really hard-earned money. Oh, if you calculate it this way, unless you cut the pole yourself, you will lose money.

It’s over, don’t worry about it.

After visiting the market, the three drove the tractor to the city to eat mixed noodles, and then drove back to the county. When passing by Gu Boyuan's agricultural supply store, Li Long stopped for a while, and Li Qingxia and Li Jianguo went down to chat with him for a few words.

Gu Boyuan felt quite comfortable in this store. Li Long found that it was cleaner than Gu's yard, with fewer things and neatly arranged. There were a few books on the counter, and it seemed that he used them to kill time when he was free.

A radio was placed on the corner of the counter, and it was playing the news at this moment.

"Hey, you seem to be living a comfortable life." Li Jianguo said with a smile.

"That's because you don't want to come. If you wanted to come, wouldn't it be easy for Xiaolong to set up a store like this for you?" Gu Boyuan exposed Li Jianguo's thoughts with just one sentence.

"Hey, I'm destined to be a farmer all my life." Li Jianguo didn't refute, "I can only farm, I can't do anything else."

"That's because you don't want to do it. So, what did you do?"

"Selling pumpkin seeds."

"How's it going? Is the price okay?"

"Hey, 2.8 yuan per kilogram, one mu of land yields 200 kilograms, you do the math..." Li Jianguo only becomes beaming with joy when he is with Gu Boyuan, and of course he also wants to show off, "I planted ten mu of land and got a tractor!"

"That's great!" Gu Boyuan was also surprised. "Then you'll plant more next year? If the team knows that you can make so much money, they won't plant less next year, right?"

Li Jianguo nodded, that's right. (End of this chapter)