Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

From the truck driver's tone, it can be heard that he often gives such instructions to others.

At this time, anyone who could drive a truck was considered a powerful person. In the ordinary world, Jin Bo was considered a successful person in his hometown if he could drive a truck.

At this time, if a girl marries a driver, she will be envied by others.

After all, truck drivers have a fixed salary, and they can earn some extra money by smuggling some contraband. Although it is hard work, they can make a lot of money.

This has also fostered the arrogant character of some drivers. After all, most of the time it is others who ask them for help, while they rarely ask others for help.

In other words, they will not show that arrogant face to the person who can help them.

Abulati and Abdusaimaiti were used to the driver's tone. One went to open the trunk of the truck, and the other went to the harvester.

Li Long also went over to help. The driver stood beside the truck, giving instructions from time to time, and then he saw the jeep parked in the yard.

He was only paying attention to the people before, and didn't notice that there was not only a tractor but also a jeep in the yard. He was still slightly drunk, but he sobered up all of a sudden.

What kind of family is this? How can they afford a jeep? Did they steal it?
Impossible, he remembered that the police station was what he saw diagonally opposite just now, so it certainly couldn't have been stolen.

Is that the family? Or which leader does this young man drive for?

The driver definitely didn't think that the truck belonged to Li Long. Nowadays, those who can afford to ride in such a jeep are not ordinary people. People usually don't live in such a yard, they should live in a large compound.

The driver had many thoughts in his mind, and then a smile broke out on his face. He trotted forward and helped Li Long move the harvester, asking as he moved:
"Comrade, what is your name?"

"My last name is Li, just call me Li Long." Li Long didn't know why the driver suddenly became enthusiastic, but he really didn't like this driver.

He had learned driving skills in his previous life, and he remembered deeply that he should not drink while driving. However, this driver had obviously drunk a lot of alcohol the day before, and the smell of alcohol has not yet dissipated. He cannot be considered a qualified driver.

It will be dangerous.

"Comrade Li Long is a promising young man." The driver even knew how to use an idiom. "Is this jeep driven by you? I see the license plate number. Is it from Beitingzhou?"

"Well, my boss asked me to drive it." Li Long said, "He asked me to do something, and because it would take a long time, he parked the car in my yard."

"Oh, then the boss still thinks highly of you." The driver dreams of driving a small car. Although driving a large truck is convenient for hauling things, it is the last link in the contempt chain of drivers. They look glamorous to outsiders, but they actually have their own pursuits.

"Not bad." Li Long said with a smile, "I have been doing things for the leader for two years. The leader feels that I can do things with confidence."

"That's really amazing." The driver exclaimed, "This small car is much more comfortable to drive than our big car..."

"That's different. It can't carry as much stuff as your big trucks." Li Long also flattered the other party, otherwise he would be a little annoyed to listen to it.

After putting the harvester on the truck, he saw that there were a lot of things piled in the front half of the truck, covered with a tarpaulin, so they could not be seen.

"Use a rope to tie this up tightly. Otherwise, if it bumps or collides with other parts, it will break down and be difficult to repair." Li Long and Abulati said, "Tie it up tightly."

"Okay." Abulati said.

The driver pulled out a bundle of ropes from under the tarpaulin and tied the harvester together with Abdusaimaiti.

After the harvester was tied up, they jumped out of the car and Li Long said:

"Come on, let's go inside and have some water?"

"No, no." Abulati remembered what the driver had said and waved his hand hastily, "We are ready to set off."

"It's okay, it's okay. Have a drink of water. Comrade Li Long, is everything inconvenient?" The driver was not in a hurry this time and said, "Are there no one else at home?"

"Everyone is busy." Li Long really wanted to keep them for some tea, so that the driver could sober up and get rid of the alcohol. The road was covered with ice and snow, and if they were not careful, they would fall into the ditch.

Li Long led three people into the house. Abulati and Abdusaimaiti had both been in before, but they didn't feel anything. The driver looked around curiously, and asked while Li Long was pouring tea:
"Comrade Li Long, your house... is it an old house?"

"Yes. The previous owner returned to Shanghai, so I bought this yard and live in it myself."

"Isn't this yard cheap?" the driver exclaimed. "In our area, only the rich could afford such a big yard. The materials used are very good. Even now that it has been improved, ordinary people can't afford it."

"Not bad, I guess I got a bargain." Li Long originally wanted to say "picked up a bargain", but this phrase didn't seem to be popular at the time, so he changed it to two words:

"Come, have some tea. Jasmine tea. It's not as good as the rose tea you have over there, but it tastes okay. The cup is new, so don't worry about it."

"Hey, Comrade Li Long is very polite and knows a lot. Our rose tea is indeed very famous." The driver was quite talkative. "Have you ever dealt with people from our ethnic group?"

"Well, I have many ethnic minority friends." Li Long thought that the driver probably didn't know that he was in the newspaper, so he didn't want to say more, so he said:

"I have some herder friends in the mountains, and we have a very good relationship."

"Okay." The driver took a sip from the cup and asked, "Which unit does Comrade Li Long work for?"

“Supply and marketing cooperative.”

"No wonder!" The driver slapped his thigh. "No wonder, no wonder. I was wondering why you, Comrade Li Long, are so kind. I'm also from the supply and marketing cooperative, the Yili Prefecture Cooperative! This tea is great!"

"I got it from our leader." Li Long joked, "It's good to drink."

Li Long could clearly feel that the driver was trying to get him to talk, so he was happy to chat more. He let them drink more tea and sobered up the driver.

"It's almost time. Let's go. I'll treat you to a meal." After chatting for thirty or forty minutes, Li Long felt that it was enough, so he stood up and said, "Let's go to our state-owned canteen."

“No, no.” The driver waved his hand immediately. “We have to hurry. We have to reach the front Wutai of Guozigou today and cross Guozigou tomorrow. If we don’t leave now, we won’t be able to make it in the evening.”

The driver had a strong sense of time, and he continued to explain:

"We will set off now and drive to Shawan or Anjihai for lunch, and then continue west. This way we can reach Wutai in the evening and stay there."

Since the driver said so, Li Long did not force it.

When he saw the driver off, he also learned the driver's name: Hailiqie.

Haili said that he would contact Li Long the next time he came to transport goods. Li Long thought that it would be convenient if he had a driver who often went to Yili, so he nodded in agreement.

When Abulati and his companions left, they left a bag of apples for Li Long. Not many, only about a dozen, but all of them were quite big.

It is a rare fruit in winter.

After sending the truck away, Li Long felt relieved. All the harvesters were sold and a large area of ​​the yard was empty.

Ten minutes later, Sister Yang came back pushing the cart. Seeing the courtyard door wide open and Li Long standing there, she asked:

"Uncle Li, is someone coming? I just saw a big truck go out."

"Yes, I bought the last harvester." Li Long said, "Sister Yang, is there a lot of people in the market today?"

"There are still many strange things." Sister Yang lifted the lid of the pot to show Li Long, "The rice was sold out in the morning. The weather is getting colder and everyone wants to drink something hot."

"Then bring a thermos and a bowl when selling food, and pour a bowl for those who want to drink water. This will attract more people." Li Long suggested.

At this time, most people still have their face to save. Usually, drinking some hot water means they owe someone a favor, and they have to think about repaying them.

Unlike thirty or forty years later, when some people gave out cotton and down jackets for free to those in need because the weather was cold, some people ran to get them even though they clearly didn't need them.

shameless.

Sister Yang's eyes lit up and she said with a smile:

"Okay, okay, this is great. Many of those vendors are really pitiful."

Many people who have been caught in the rain will think of holding an umbrella for others when they are able.

Sister Yang can be considered as someone who has been caught in the rain.

Since it was time to prepare lunch, Li Long did not run to the team again. He planned to go there after lunch. He had already told his eldest brother and father yesterday that he would go there later today.

In the small lake, some people who were fishing saw that Li Long didn't come. Some thought it was normal, but some started to worry.

When Li Jianguo and Li Qingxia were about to go home with their nets at lunchtime, someone shouted, "What are you doing?"
"Uncle Li, Xiaolong isn't here yet, are we still going to catch the fish?"

"Yes. Xiaolong has something to do and can only come in the afternoon." Li Jianguo said, "You can send the fish over now and I will take it. If you are waiting for Xiaolong, you can send it over together in the evening."

Knowing that the Li family continued to collect fish, the others felt relieved.

"Xiaolong's harvester should have been sold, right?" Li Qingxia also asked Li Jianguo on the way back.

"It should have been sold. If it hadn't been sold, he wouldn't have come so late." Li Jianguo guessed, "It's OK. Even if it can't be sold, I can keep it for next year." The Li family knew the role of the harvester very well. Li Jianguo had his own tractor, and he would also think about doing a big job next year. After all, raising a pen of pigs is really not as good as using a harvester to harvest a season of wheat.

During lunch, Du Chunfang was still asking why Li Long didn't come. Li Jianguo, who had just returned from collecting fish in the front yard, explained that he was busy selling a harvester to someone.

Both Li Jianguo and Liang Yuemei have become accustomed to the old lady's preference for Li Long.

And it already feels like it should be.

Without Li Long around, Du Chunfang no longer felt like enjoying her meals.

"Just eat well. Xiaolong has his own yard. Can he eat with you every day?" Li Jianguo and Liang Yuemei didn't dare to say anything. Li Qingxia didn't indulge his wife. "Or you can move to the county?"

"Then I won't go." Although Du Chunfang favored her youngest son, she also knew what was good for her. "Xiaolong and his wife are not home every day. They only come back for dinner. They are not like my eldest son's wife who is always by my side and can take care of me..."

This made Li Qingxia laugh out of anger.

This bias is really beyond measure.

Liang Yuemei and Li Jianguo also laughed out loud. My mother's straightforward words were just a disguised acknowledgment that Liang Yuemei took good care of her.

I'm quite cute.

After a lively lunch and a short break, when they were about to go catch fish, the sound of a jeep was heard. Soon the car drove into the yard and all the Li family members came out of their rooms.

Du Chunfang grinned as she watched Li Long jump out of the car with a bag in his hand.

"Dad, Mom, Big Brother, Big Sister-in-law, these are the apples that people left for us. I brought some over. Each of you can have one."

Li Long took out apples and handed one to each person.

"It's so big!" Du Chunfang looked at the apple that was bigger than her face and was a little worried, "What should I do if I can't finish it?"

"What should we do? Why don't we just share one?" Li Qingxia put the apple in his hand into Li Long's cloth bag. Then he took Du Chunfang's apple, broke it into two halves with force, ate one half himself, and gave the other half to Du Chunfang.

"Why are you eating mine? Why don't you break yours?" Du Chunfang was not satisfied, but still took a small bite of the apple. Hey, it's so sweet!

Li Jianguo followed suit and broke his apple in half and gave them to Liang Yuemei.

"Xiaolong, you eat too." Du Chunfang said.

"I ate one on the way." Li Long smiled, "Sister-in-law, you can put the rest in the house. Let Juan and Qiangqiang eat them when they come back."

Dad and eldest brother have really strong hands. Most people can’t open that apple.

I think it would be nice if Hailichu could send me a batch of these apples. The supply and marketing cooperatives don't provide any fruit as a New Year's gift. Fruits in winter are still a luxury.

If you can really get some apples, you can keep them for yourself or give them as gifts to acquaintances.

If there really are fish coming over here next time, let him help pull some over.

The Ili River Valley has a world-famous wild apple forest. The apples here are native, taste good and are available in large quantities.

Even after thirty or forty years, when Aksu apples have become the apple bags of southern and northern Xinjiang, you can still buy local apples in boxes at five yuan per kilogram in the wholesale market in Yili in autumn and winter.

And the quality is definitely good.

Most of them have sugar hearts.

The hometown of fruits and vegetables is no exaggeration.

When Li Long, Li Jianguo and Li Qingxia appeared in Xiaohaizi together, everyone else took the initiative to greet them.

Li Long, who had made a small profit today, was also very enthusiastic towards these people.

In the next few days, Li Long appeared in the small lake every day as if he was going to get off work on time, and collected fish twice a day at noon and in the evening.

In mid-January, when Li Juan and Li Qiang were on vacation and Liang Yuemei went to attend a parents' meeting, Li Long calculated that he had collected nearly 700 kilograms of big fish.

There are hundreds of kilograms of peeled small crucian carp stored in both homes.

Li Long even asked Sister Yang to prepare some deep-fried small crucian carps to sell at the market. Although there were not many of them, many people bought them.

After all, the cleaned small crucian carp tastes pretty good, because it is fried until crispy and there is no need to spit out the bones, so it is easy to eat.

People who like crunchy food will definitely enjoy it.

After Li Juan entered junior high school, she did well in school. Li Qiang also did well in elementary school and became a Young Pioneer.

At that time, students had to join the Young Pioneers in the second grade, unlike in later generations when many students joined in the first grade.

Li Long once heard a classic saying in Yili, which was said by a school principal of a minority ethnic group: Children are also our battleground. If we don't occupy them, those who teach the black scriptures will pull them over.

The principal was the principal of an elementary school in Caoyuan Township, and things were very complicated during those years.

Therefore, Li Long was deeply impressed.

It got better later.

The final exam results were out on the day of the parents' meeting. After the parents' meeting in the morning, the children had a day off. Liang Yuemei was originally going to ride a bicycle to the meeting.

Li Long drove her and the two children there in a jeep, and then calculated the time to bring them back.

Li Jianguo was a little worried that it was too ostentatious.

But Li Long said it was okay.

The jeep has been around for a while, and now everyone has accepted the existence of a jeep. Don't doubt people's ability to accept new things these days.

During the period of wild development, when something new appeared, everyone would be surprised for a while and then accept it.

Everyone is busy running towards a better life. When others make a lot of money, they will envy and be jealous, but more often they will think about how they can live a good life.

If you can't innovate, then just learn from others, right?
Everyone understood why Li Long had done so many things but had never been caught.

These days, what the authorities are saying is that we should all find ways to get rich first, and it is true that the rich will help the poor to get rich.

Then work hard to make yourself rich first.

In winter, there are all kinds of people doing business.

At this time, business opportunities are really everywhere. After all, we are still in an era of material shortages. As long as you have the idea and dare to do it, you can make money.

The leeks in my own garden have turned into greens during the winter. It’s not too much to sell some before the New Year, right?
It’s not excessive to sell the rabbits you catch in the wild if you can’t finish eating them, right?

Not to mention the fish in the river, no one cares about them at all. If they did, Li Long would have been put in the fence long ago.

Of course, the most numerous products are handmade, such as baskets, forks, plates, etc. At present, the steamed buns and plates in the kitchen can only be made of sorghum stalks, but in a few years, when cattails start to grow in Xiaohaizi, cattail stalks will be used to weave steamed buns and plates.

This thing can be considered an invasive species. Once it arrived, it took root and squeezed out the reeds, causing them to shrink on a large scale.

The market became prosperous, not only in the free market, but also at the school gate, where people sold roasted potatoes, candied haws, fried melon seeds and peanuts in winter.

Although students’ money is not much, it is the easiest to earn.

At the entrance of the middle school, while Li Long was sitting in the jeep waiting for his sister-in-law Li Juan, he bought a bag of roasted melon seeds and started cracking them.

At that time, a pack cost five cents. It was made by folding newspaper into a triangle. When it was opened up, a small glass of melon seeds could be placed inside. It was quite convenient.

Then I saw Liang Yuemei and Li Juan walking out from the school gate.

They were holding award certificates in their hands, and it was obvious that Li Juan had won the award.

At this time, the value of the award certificate was much higher than in later generations.

It’s hard to say about the award certificates that almost everyone has in later generations.

At this time, there are only two types: three-good students and excellent class leaders.

Those who are good at studying are really good at studying. There are several of them in the team. Some of them come from poor families, but the award certificates that are pasted all over the wall are the pride of their parents.

This thing is just as good as a villa even if it is placed in a thatched house. (End of this chapter)