Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

When Li Long came out of the office building, he found that the bucket of his tractor was full of sugar residues, and there were ten large sacks on top, which were also full of sugar residues.

The sugar residue is being loaded onto trucks at the discharge port.

Li Long went over, and Song Ming asked with a smile:

"Have you met with the section chief?"

"Yes, I have." Li Long said with a smile, "The section chief really has something to do, so he is taking care of me."

"That's good. The sugar residue is ready. You should take it away quickly. Otherwise, it will freeze if you wait any longer."

"Okay, then you go ahead and do your work, we'll talk later." Li Long also knew that time was tight, so he started the tractor, waved to Song Ming, and drove out of the sugar factory.

This cart of sugar residue is enough for the livestock and pigs of Lao Mahao and Big Brother to eat for two or three months. Li Long plans to deliver the sheep before the New Year and then pull another cart, so that they can at least eat until the beginning of spring.

Before the New Year, we need to deal with a batch of livestock, at least one roe deer and a wild boar. Although there is a lot of meat at home, we still have to celebrate the New Year with a sense of celebration.

The most practical way to give meat to relatives is to visit them.

The wine was almost bad.

Li Long drove his tractor out of the sugar factory, and many people who rushed to the big pit to dig out sugar residues were envious.

But Li Long didn't have time to take care of this. He had to unload the sugar residue as soon as possible, and then tell his eldest brother about collecting the fish. He had to drive the tractor into the mountains himself.

When the tractor arrived at the county, it was still early for lunch, so Li Long did not stop in the county and drove directly to the team.

When they arrived at the old stable, Uncle Luo was clearing the leftover grass stalks in the pen. Hearing the sound of the tractor, he put down his wooden pitchfork and came out to see what was happening. Then he saw Li Long driving the tractor directly into the large yard of the stable.

Seeing Li Long pulling a full cart with many bags of sugar residue, Uncle Luo was overjoyed. Without waiting for Li Long to turn off the engine, he climbed onto the tractor, grabbed a bag of sugar residue and threw it down.

The sugar residue contained water and had frozen all the way. A bag weighed hundreds of kilograms, and Uncle Luo just threw it down like that, with great enthusiasm.

After throwing away eight bags of sugar residue, Uncle Luo stopped, jumped off the tractor and said:
"That's enough. It'll last for a while."

"Well, let's feed them first. I'll bring back a tractor before the New Year, and we'll be able to eat them until the spring."

"That's great!" Uncle Luo was even happier when he heard that there would be more. This thing is more popular with livestock than bran.

Li Long and Uncle Luo carried the bags of sugar residue out of the warehouse together. After looking at the animals and chatting for a while, they drove the tractor to their eldest brother's side.

Uncle Luo cleaned up the circle before going over to prepare dinner.

He usually lives alone and only eats two meals a day.

The supplies here at Mahao are very complete, including rice, noodles, vegetables and meat. Uncle Luo will not treat himself badly. He suffered a lot when he was young, and now that he has the conditions, he is willing to treat himself better.

In Li Long's words, he plans to keep the livestock in the old stable as long as possible. Only if Uncle Luo eats well and lives longer can he help him raise the livestock for a few more years.

Although he knew that it was Li Long's words to comfort him, Uncle Luo still listened to them.

If you have them, then eat them. Just accept the child's kindness. As for myself, taking good care of these animals is the best response to Li Long.

When Li Long arrived at the compound, the aroma of food was already wafting through the yard.

The fish were being harvested in the front yard, so Li Long did not go over. He threw down the remaining two sacks and dragged them into the shed. Then he used a shovel to shovel the sugar residue in the truck bed into the place where the sugar residue had been placed originally.

When I have time, I will put the sugar residue back into the bag and keep it safe. Otherwise, it will be destroyed by rats.

Pigs won’t eat the sugar residue that mice have crawled over because the smell is too strong.

When Li Long was almost done unloading the sugar residue, Li Jianguo and Li Qingxia came back with the fish.

Seeing that Li Long was almost done with his work, he didn't come over to help.

By the time he washed his hands, Li Long had finished his work and entered the house.

"We caught more than 60 kilograms of big fish this morning. At this rate, the one ton of fish will be enough for this afternoon."

"We'll continue to collect fish even if we have enough." Li Long said, "Brother, I'm going to go into the mountains tomorrow. I'll bring the fish back today and send them to the supply and marketing cooperative tomorrow. If there are more fish, we'll continue to collect them. When we're done in the mountains, we'll go to Shicheng to set up a stall."

"Okay." Li Qingxia was most proud of doing this. Before Li Jianguo could say anything, he immediately spoke up and agreed.

"Okay then." Li Jianguo also felt that this was a money-making business and there was no need to stop.

"Eat first, and then we'll talk after dinner." Liang Yuemei urged, "The kids are hungry."

The rule at this time is that children cannot eat until the adults start eating.

After the meal, Li Long wanted to leave some money, but Li Jianguo stopped him.

"You collected this ton of fish yourself, so it's yours. The money collected later will be counted as our partnership." Li Jianguo said with a smile, "Then I will also have a share of the money earned from the stall. I will pay for the fish first."

Li Long did not refuse. He also planned to give a share of the money he earned from supplying fish to the supply and marketing cooperative to his father and eldest brother.

But I didn’t say anything for now.

While eating, Li Long talked about going to see his sister.

"Hongqin is alone?" Liang Yuemei really felt sorry for the child, "When you guys set up the stall in the back, why don't you talk to Xiaoxia and ask her to bring Hongqin over to stay for a few days?
Wouldn’t the child be lonely? Here are Juan and Qiangqiang, and I can take them out to play. We are all relatives, and we are often together and close to each other.”

Although it is said that distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors, when it comes to blood relations, the older generation still thinks it is best to be close.

"Okay, I'll ask then." Li Jianguo nodded.

Du Chunfang grinned as she ate. They were all her grandchildren, and she loved her grandchildren. She was here, so she naturally hoped that the children would be around her.

How lively!
Li Long pulled the fish back at night. He had already calculated that the amount of fish he had brought back this time and last time must have been more than 1,000 kilograms.

We’ll take it to the supply and marketing cooperative tomorrow, settle this matter, and then go to the mountains.

After dinner, I talked about this with Gu Xiaoxia while watching TV.

"I don't stay in the mountains. I go there and come back the same day." Li Long's plan is very good. "Every day I pull some sheep into the yard. When I have 50 sheep, I will take them directly to the sugar factory."

"Yeah." Gu Xiaoxia also felt the same way, but then she added, "It doesn't have to be so hard. If you really can't make it in time, just live in the mountains and don't travel at night.

We are right across from the police station, it's safe. We cleared out a bunch of bad guys last year, so nothing will happen. You have to be careful in the mountains, there are wolves and the snow is heavy, so don't rush back until dark."

"Okay, I'll pay attention." Li Long nodded. In fact, this was the truth. He didn't want to make Gu Xiaoxia worry, but if he hurried on his way, it would be easy for something to go wrong.

The next day, Li Long got up and packed up the tractor first, then went to the glass house to set up the stove.

After breakfast, Li Long walked to send Gu Xiaoxia to her workplace, then turned back, started the tractor, and drove the cart of fish to the supply and marketing cooperative.

As the year approaches, the supply and marketing cooperative has less and less work to do. All the things that need to be transported have been transported back, and all the things to be sent to various units in the county have been delivered. Now it is just daily activities. Li Xiangqian was planning the work for the first quarter after the New Year and the beginning of spring with a small notebook in his hand. When he heard the sound of the tractor, he knew that Li Long was coming.

Sure enough, Li Long strode into the office a short while later, poured himself some water and drank it, then said to Li Xiangqian:

"Captain, I have collected all the fish."

"Okay, let's go to the warehouse in the backyard to weigh it."

Li Long went to drive the tractor, and Li Xiangqian went to the backyard with the ticket book.

The tractor drove to the backyard, bags of fish were weighed, and then poured into the warehouse for inspection.

During the inspection, Li Long also told Li Xiangqian about the previous incident with the sewage fish.

"Is this really true?" Li Xiangqian was still a little skeptical.

"Of course it's true." Li Long said, "The sewage fish is really big, but it smells a bit bad."

"Hey, now that you mention it, Old He must have been fooled." Li Xiangqian was a little gloating, "A few days ago he said he bought a cheap big fish, but it had a bit of smell, maybe it was a sewage fish. I have to pickle him later!"

Li Longxin wondered if he had done something bad.
Could someone in the supply and marketing cooperative also be infected?

It's normal to think about it. After all, not everyone in the supply and marketing cooperative is a buyer, and not everyone has sharp eyes. It is normal that they can't tell the sewage fish.

Since Li Long had already said it, he would not take it back. He took the invoice issued by Li Xiangqian and went to the finance department to settle the bill. After saying hello to Li Xiangqian, he drove the tractor back to the yard.

He went back to the yard to refuel, as there was diesel in his yard. After refueling, Li Long loaded up his equipment, put on his fur coat backwards to protect his front half, put on his cotton hat and other things, and drove to the county to purchase some things.

The things he bought included but were not limited to daily necessities such as matches, wine, tea, cotton shoes, leather gloves, wool socks, and some common medicines. Then he drove off into the mountains.

From the Wuyi Highway heading south to the Qingshui River, the snow has been cleared and one can see at least two tractors and several horse-drawn and donkey-drawn carts passing by.

There are also many people who have walked through the prints.

All the way to Qingshuihe Township, most of the tracks stopped here, but there was one tractor that continued to go into the mountains, and it was going back and forth.

Li Long was a little surprised. What was the tractor doing in the mountains at this time? What did it bring back?

This is good too, as his tractor can follow the road opened up by the other party without having to go through the trouble of traveling further.

The tractor drove all the way to the mountain pass, and Li Long became more and more puzzled. The direction the tractor was heading was the same as the location of Halimu's winter nest.

Is he also collecting sheep?
Li Long had a bad feeling.

He did not regard the mountain herdsmen as his exclusive prey, but he felt that if someone took the sheep, it would be a bit difficult for him to complete the task of collecting fifty sheep as mentioned by Section Chief Hu.

Following the path left by the tractor, Li Long drove all the way to Harimu's winter home, and then he was sure that the other party was coming for Harimu and his group.

The tractor's tracks showed that it was heading towards Halim's winter home, then heading into the mountains, probably towards the Yushan River, and finally returning along the same route.

While Li Long was still thinking, the sound of his tractor had already alarmed Halim's dog, and then Nathan and Sasken ran out of their winter den.

Seeing Li Long, the two children shouted with joy.

Apparently, they were on holiday.

Li Long drove the tractor to the winter den. At this time, Halimu had already come out of the winter den.

He was also very happy to see Li Long. After greeting Li Long who got off the tractor, the two of them moved things together.

Li Long asked while moving things:
“Was there a tractor coming yesterday?”

"Yes, from our animal husbandry team."

"From the animal husbandry team?" Li Long was a little surprised. "What are they doing here?"

"Collecting sheep." Halimu said as a matter of course, "We are under the management of the animal husbandry team. We have a yard at the animal husbandry team's stay point. The team will distribute supplies and take care of the children's schooling.

We herders also have to deliver sheep to the herding team regularly. We deliver culled sheep in the spring and fattened sheep now.”

Li Long thought that he was in trouble now!

Once the fat sheep is handed over, it will not be easy to complete the task on our side.

Halimu asked while moving the supplies:
"What brings you here?"

Li Long smiled bitterly and told the sugar factory that they wanted fifty Klangzi sheep.

"Fifty sheep?" Halimu felt a little embarrassed.

"The sheep that Yushanjiang and I have are not enough." Halimu thought for a while and said, "We have to use the fat sheep from other families."

Halimu had not thought of using discarded sheep to make up the number at the beginning. Since Li Long wanted sheep, he would give him fat sheep. Not all the sheep in the flock can be slaughtered for meat. Usually, they are fat sheep.

Most of the ewes have calves at this time, and they will give birth to the next batch before the New Year. There are also some old sheep that are discarded and will be handed over to the animal husbandry team in the spring. These sheep are usually not slaughtered directly for food factories, but used for other purposes.

Most of the mutton used in the mink farms mentioned above is discarded mutton.

Of course, there are others.

When Li Long heard that Halimu had a solution, he felt hopeful again. In fact, he had been thinking about whether he should ask other tribes if they had any sheep.

He had no idea, but since he couldn't complete the task here, he had to think of other ways.

If there is a way right now, he would naturally like to accomplish it here.

But I overlooked one thing, that is, this pastoral team has rules, and Halimu and the others are different from before.

But it’s also good this way, as organized herders will be counted as retired when the time comes, which is better than just herding on their own.

Of course, right now we should think about how to complete the task.

After unloading the things, Halimu started to harness the horses.

"Li Long, you stay here. I'll go notify other families and see how many fat sheep we can gather. You ride slowly on a horse and can't catch up with me, so just wait here."

After saying that, Halimu jumped on the horse, waved the whip, and the horse galloped away.

Li Long looked at Halimu's back, hoping that he was safe and at the same time hoping that he could bring good news.

Nathan and Susken pulled Li Long towards the winter den. Li Long could already smell the aroma of milk tea. (End of this chapter)