Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, Li Anguo and Yang Yongqiang took a day off and went to Ma County to spend the reunion festival. Although it was only one day, the two children were still very happy and naively asked Li Anguo when he could come back.

This made Li Anguo very sad. He was also actively applying for housing at the company, but unfortunately the housing there was quite tight. Li Anguo had thought about renting a house near the company like Chen Xingbang did, but he was worried that the company would not give him a house because he already rented a house.

Li Long advised him to rent a house and bring his wife and children to live with him.

"Second brother, I'm not saying I'm chasing my second sister-in-law away. My yard is empty, and I really hope my second sister-in-law and the children can live here forever, and help me look after the yard and clean the house.

But it's not a problem for you to be separated for a long time. Your child will soon go to school, so it's better for them to go to the same school. Then going to school in KT city is better than going to school in this rural area, right?

If you are worried that your salary is not enough to support your family, that's easy. I will send you some rice and flour regularly, or you can take a leave and come back to get it when you are free."

Li Anguo had a similar experience in his previous life. He worked as a worker in the city and there was not enough food. Li Jianguo had to take care of Li Long and save rice for Li Anguo to take away.

As for what I got in the end, it’s better not to talk about it.

Fortunately, Li Long is promising in this life, and Li Jianguo has also made a fortune by growing melons. In the past two years, under Li Long's leadership, the family situation has improved a lot. There is enough food, and it is no problem for Li Anguo to take it.

Li Anguo was somewhat tempted. One of the reasons why he was reluctant to rent a house was that he was worried that when his wife and children came over, his wife would be out of work for a while, and he would have to pay the rent with his salary, which would put the family in a tight spot.

This was settled, and Chen Lirong was very happy. Living here, everyone treated her and her three daughters very well, but this was not home after all, and it felt like living under someone else's roof.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, Chen Xingbang took a leave from the food factory and came to Li Jianguo's home.

It was agreed that Li Qingxia would go back to her hometown together, and there was no debate. Du Chunfang did not plan to go back. According to her:

"What's the point of going back? The food is not good, the clothes are not good, and the sun is not as warm as here. I won't go back!"

Here, when it's busy, the old lady helps with the work, and when she's free, she just sits at the door and basks in the sun, which is so comfortable.

Li Long got my mother a low chair similar to a sofa. When she sat on it, she leaned back, squinted her eyes, and enjoyed herself as much as she could.

It’s impossible to eat meat every meal when I go back to my hometown.

Li Jianguo drove a tractor to take Li Qingxia and Chen Xingbang to the county, and Li Long took a car with them to Wucheng.

After arriving in Wucheng, Li Long sent Li Qingxia and Chen Xingbang on the train, and then went to the Bayi Agricultural College.

The Bayi Agricultural College had just started its new semester and a new batch of students had just arrived. There was a huge difference between the new students and the old students. The new students’ eyes were full of curiosity and a little timid, while the old students were still a little ostentatious.

The college students at this time are truly the chosen ones. They all have smiles on their faces and look confident. Although they are dressed simply, they cannot conceal their energy.

Li Long took his work ID and specified that he wanted to see Professor Wu. The guard registered him and let him in.

Walking among the students, Li Long also felt a lot younger - in fact, he was only about twenty-one or twenty-two years old, about the same age as the older students.

Many students were curious about him. He looked about the same age as a student, but his temperament was not like that of a student. He looked more like a counselor or something like that.

There was also a freshman who greeted him "Hello, teacher" when passing by, which made Li Long a little embarrassed.

After living a new life, Li Long has a clearer understanding of many things, and his temperament has also changed a lot. Judging from his current dress and expression, it is hard to tell that he is still a farmer.

Li Long didn't pay much attention to these students. He went to see Professor Wu for something. He got very useful knowledge from Professor Wu, so he still had to report what he had to report.

“It’s like I’ve finished my research project and need to report to my supervisor.” Li Long said self-deprecatingly.

After finding Professor Wu's office and seeing that the door was not locked, Li Long went over and knocked.

"Come in." Professor Wu responded from inside.

Li Long pushed the door open and saw Professor Wu reading a book and drawing something on it with a pencil.

Hearing the noise of someone coming in, Professor Wu turned his head and took a look, then smiled:
"Comrade Li Long, right? Have you finished harvesting the melons? Come on, come and sit down."

Professor Wu stood up and moved a pile of information on a chair to the floor in the corner, motioning Li Long to sit down.

As she poured water for Li Long, she said:
"I thought you should have finished the harvest. How was the yield? Is it okay?"

"The yield per mu is about 200 kilograms, which should be considered high." Li Long said with a smile, "In July and August, we did encounter the pests and diseases you mentioned, mainly aphids.

We followed the method you mentioned, bought some pesticides and sprayed them twice, the insects went away, and the quality of the melons was not affected.”

"Yeah, not bad. Come, have some water. Sorry, I only have plain water here."

"Very good." Li Long stood up and took the water, sat down and took a sip, and continued:

"We started harvesting melons in early September, and we harvested 2,037 kilograms from 10 mu of land, with a total yield of more than 200 kilograms per mu."

"Good, good, good!" Professor Wu sat down and praised.

The technology in her mind has brought benefits to farmers. This is real science and technology to promote agriculture, which is really great!

Li Long put down his water cup and took out a paper box of melon seeds from his backpack.

At that time, plastic bags were not yet popular, so Li Long found a paper snack box and filled it with two kilograms of melon seeds.

"Professor, this is the melon we grew, take a look."

Professor Wu took the box of melon seeds and looked at it carefully. She immediately found the problem:

"Hey, why are all these melon seeds flat? Not a single one is curled up? This doesn't make sense. Did you pick them specifically?"

"The professor is amazing!" Li Long praised. "We harvested fresh melon seeds and planned to sell them to a snack factory, so we used a board to flatten the warped ones while they were still wet. That way, they will get a higher rating."

"Hey, the wisdom of farmers should not be underestimated." Professor Wu praised, and then asked another question: "This will not affect the emergence of seedlings planted later, right? Will it not hurt the melon seeds? Have you cracked them open and checked?"

"I have seen it." Li Long nodded. "Because after squeezing out the seeds from the melon, the warped seeds are picked out and flattened. At that time, the shells and kernels are wet and tough, so it doesn't affect it."

"Okay, okay." Professor Wu smiled.

She picked up a handful of melon seeds and looked at them carefully, then sighed:

"None of my graduate students have achieved the same results as you. This can really be used as a research topic. By the way, Comrade Xiao Li, how old are you? Do you have a partner? Are you married? I have a few good students..."

"Oh, Professor Wu, I'm married." Li Long was a little embarrassed. He didn't expect Professor Wu to suddenly ask this question.

"Alas, that means we are not destined to be together." Professor Wu smiled. "What is your academic background? Have you ever thought about further studies?"

Li Long roughly understood what Professor Wu meant, so he could only tell the truth:
"Professor, I stopped going to school after graduating from junior high school. I didn't get into high school or technical secondary school, and my grades were not good. I was also ignorant at the time and didn't study hard. It's a bit too late to regret it now."

In fact, this is the truth. After Li Long came from his hometown, Li Jianguo sent him to the township middle school and planned to let him continue his studies. Unfortunately, Li Long really didn't want to go to school at that time and wasted the opportunity.

"Well, actually you can learn a lot from practice." Professor Wu was a little disappointed again. If it was a high school, it's not impossible to make an exception, or there are other ways.

"Professor Wu, if I have any questions about agriculture in the future, can I come and ask you for advice?" Li Long asked.

"Of course you can." Professor Wu said with a smile, "Come on, but I can't guarantee that I understand everything. However, our colleagues have studied various aspects of agriculture, so they should be able to help you solve the problem."

Next, Professor Wu asked some detailed questions about melon cultivation, including the "squeezing" seeds that Li Long just mentioned, which she was quite interested in.

After knowing that it was Li Long's own idea, I also asked Li Long's opinion whether I could talk about it with students in class. Li Long naturally had no objection.

After communicating for more than an hour, a student came to ask questions, and Li Long stood up and left.

After arriving in Wucheng, Li Long went to the jade factory as usual.

Unfortunately, the windows and door of the side door were closed. He didn't know whether Mr. Liu had closed the door temporarily for something or would never open it again, so he had to leave.

I went to the department store and bought some things, mainly children's toys and a 26-inch women's bicycle.

Buying a bicycle here is cheaper than in Ma County. Li Long bought this bicycle for Li Juan to take Li Qiang to school.

There is nothing wrong with the two of them walking to school every day, but Li Long feels that now that the conditions are met, he can save them some time.

Li Juan was obviously much more diligent in junior high school than before. She got up every morning to memorize English words. At that time, English was learned in junior high school. First, letters were learned, then words, and then sentences. Unlike later generations, sentences and short essays were learned from the first or third grade, as if it was assumed that children could recognize letters and words.

Bicycles cannot be placed inside the car and must be transported back on the roof of the coach.

Fortunately, there are a lot of tarpaulins on the luggage rack on the roof, so the bicycles can be tied on it without worrying about bumps and collisions.

Li Qingxia and Chen Xingbang felt a distinct difference when they were sitting on the train. There were not so many people going to Kouli at this time, and they could actually find empty seats on the train.

However, the two people were still very vigilant and reminded each other. After all, there are still many pickpockets on trains these days.

By the way, I want to complain. The great writer also wrote about the year 1983. He wrote more than ten chapters in a row, and each chapter was about the major event of 1983, but there was nothing serious. I only wrote two chapters, and I didn’t even dare to describe it in detail. My manuscript was directly reviewed.

A small servant has no human rights, so he can only work hard to be like the great gods.

Nothing serious happened on the train. They sat to Yongcheng Station, got off and found a minibus heading west. They got off along the national highway and arrived at their hometown.

It was four or five kilometers from the village to Lilou. At this time, there were already people riding tricycles to solicit passengers. Li Qingxia and Chen Xingbang were not the kind of people who wanted comfort, so they simply decided to walk.

Since our plans for this trip were simple, both of us carried simple and light luggage.

Chen Xingbang wanted to help Li Qingxia carry the bag, but Li Qingxia refused:

"What's this little thing? When I carried those dozens of kilograms of fish to Shicheng to sell, I could lift them easily. It's nothing. You don't need to lift it. I'm not old yet!"

Chen Xingbang held back his laughter and thought to himself, it's not like I haven't seen it before, most of the people carrying fish are Daqiang. Even if Daqiang is not there, there are still Li Jianguo and Li Long. When would they dare to let you carry dozens of kilograms of fish?
Of course, it’s normal for the father-in-law to be unwilling to accept his old age.

Let's go to Li's building first. The room was cold. Chen Xingbang wanted to help but was driven away by Li Qingxia.
"Go home quickly. We don't know what's happened to Xiaoxia and Hongqin yet."

What's a cold stove? Li Qingxia has lived this kind of life before. He has been living a good life in the northern border these days, and he really can't adapt to it. It took him a while to remember to go to the yard to find firewood to burn.

However, the remaining firewood in the yard had been taken away by someone long ago, leaving only two or three weeds.

Looking outside, Li Qingxia sighed.

It's no wonder Du Chunfang didn't want to come back. It's hard to find firewood here, unlike in northern Xinjiang, where you can get a bunch of firewood by just grabbing a handful from anywhere in the yard.

He didn't have the ability of the rough and deformed hands in the textbooks, which meant he couldn't just grab some firewood from the ground.

Go out and find it.

Chen Xingbang, wearing a Zhongshan suit and carrying a bag, strode towards Chenzhuang.

At this moment, he wished he could run or fly back home.

I miss home so much.

Li Jianguo of the Li family wears Zhongshan suits, and Li Long is also used to wearing Zhongshan suits. Li Anguo used to do the same, but after arriving at Jianan Company, he wore work clothes more often.

This resulted in even the new clothes Chen Xingbang made for himself being dark blue Zhongshan suits.

Unlike those who went out to work and earned money and then came back wearing suits, this Zhongshan suit made him look a bit like a cadre at this time, which resulted in some villagers not recognizing him for a while when they saw him.

When Chen Xingbang walked a long way away, the man screamed:
"Chen Xingbang?"

Then he shouted:

"Chen Xingbang is back! Chen Xingbang is back!"

The big tree at the entrance of the village faces the edge of the village and is not on the road leading to the village outside, so those gossipy women learned about Chen Xingbang's return relatively late, but this did not affect their enjoyment of the fun.

The news that Chen Changgui and Shen Yujuan had gone to Li Xia to issue an ultimatum had spread throughout the village, and people were saying all sorts of things. Add to that the old bachelor Wang Jinguang, and it was a lively scene!

Although Chen Xingbang was anxious to go home, he also noticed the strange looks from the villagers on the road.

He didn't ask any further questions and planned to talk about it when he got home.

I returned to my yard excitedly and saw Li Xia weaving a basket in the yard with great effort - because the handles of the basket were quite hard, she was trying hard to bend the sticks, and her expression looked a little ferocious.

"Xiaoxia, I'm back!" Chen Xingbang said and went up to help.

Li Xia let go and looked at the man in front of her.

After watching for 20 to 30 seconds, when Chen Xingbang seemed to be getting a little flustered, Li Xia punched him hard:
"Why did you come back just now? Ah——"

Li Xia vented all the grievances, anger, worries and fears that had been suppressed for many days, and burst into tears.

The neighbors all heard it and came out to see. Chen Xingbang was a little embarrassed, but he was more concerned about what happened to his wife. He knew his wife's character. Although she looked weak, she was definitely not the type to cry easily. This must have been a big injustice.

He helped his wife into the house, and after a while of comforting her, Li Xia stopped crying. Chen Xingbang wanted to find out what happened, but his daughter Hongqin ran in, and after seeing Chen Xingbang, she was stunned for a moment, and then threw herself into his arms:
"Dad, Dad, you're back! Ah——"

The daughter also started crying.

Fortunately, his daughter was easy to coax. Chen Xingbang took out a rag doll from his bag, and Hongqin stopped crying immediately. She played with the doll for a while and then ran out.

This is probably to show off to friends.

Only then did Chen Xingbang ask in detail about Li Xia's family situation.

At first Li Xia didn't say anything, so Chen Xingbang told her about his experience in Northern Xinjiang, mainly about his current identity and some things that were not easy to say in a telegram.

"I plan to come back this time and secretly take you and the child to Northern Xinjiang. I dare not tell this to anyone else..." Chen Xingbang had the same idea after hearing what Li Long said.

If I tell you, who knows how many people will cry and ask to follow me to Northern Xinjiang, which is unbearable.

Apart from his wife and children, he had no attachment to this village.

After telling his own story, Chen Xingbang asked again if something happened in Li Xia's family.

Li Xia started crying again, and she told two things while crying: one was what Chen Changgui said, and the other was about Wang Jinguang.

Chen Xingbang really had no way to say anything about what Chen Changgui said, but he had already made up his mind.

Some of the original decisions need to be changed.

But after Li Xia told Wang Jinguang what he had done, he stood up suddenly:
"What the hell, I've only been gone for a few months, and how dare some bastard bully me?"

Having said that he turned and walked out.

Li Xia didn't stop her. The man was back, so she let him solve the problem.

Chen Xingbang found an old shovel in the yard, stomped on the shovel head twice, and walked towards Wang Jinguang's house with big strides.

The neighbors had originally planned to watch the fun, and now they knew there would be real fun.

Wang Jinguang had not heard the news yet. He was a lazy man who didn't care about the next meal after the last one. At this time, he was strolling back and saw someone entering his yard.

Then he heard a chaotic noise coming from his yard. He cried out "Oh no!" and ran towards his home, shouting as he ran:

"Who? Who ran into my house? Stop it!"

When Wang Jinguang got home, he found that there was nothing good in the yard. All the bedding and other things in the house had been pulled out and poured with water. The only furniture, a broken table, was kicked over and several legs of the table were broken.

As for the stove, it was in a horrible state. The bowls were all broken, the pots were cracked, and the stove was kicked over.

As soon as he saw the pot was broken, Wang Jinguang became furious. He smashed the pot and the guy who was eating. He was going to make a mortal enemy!
He immediately went to pull the person who broke the pot, but when the other person turned around, he suddenly wilted.

Chen Xingbang didn't care about his attitude. The shovel handle, which was as thick as the kid's arm, hit Wang Jinguang's arm heavily!

“Ah——” Wang Jinguang screamed and felt his arm was broken at that moment!
He turned around and ran, but if he could outrun Li Xia, could he outrun Chen Xingbang, who was full of anger?
Chen Xingbang took the shovel handle and hit him on the body without thinking. Judging from the rhythm, he was planning to smash this guy to death!

Men's affairs should be solved with men's methods! (End of this chapter)