Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Li Long did not expect that nearly half of the wolf meat had been sold before he even returned to the county town.

There are more people in Qingshuihe Village than in Team 4. When a loud speaker was used to announce that wolf meat was for sale, many people came to buy it or not.

"Uncle Liu, do you want to buy one?" As soon as Meng Hai said that several families were getting together to buy a whole wolf, someone immediately started looking for someone they knew.

At this time, people who usually appear to be more generous and honest are more popular, and people keep asking them questions.

"Buy it, why not? Didn't Xiao Meng say that wolf meat is just like dog meat, very nutritious. It's winter and we have to eat some. I plan to get a leg to try."

"Then let's work together?" The lady who asked the question was happy when she heard it. "My family needs a leg and pork ribs. We just need to call two more people."

"What do you mean two people? You two have discussed it, right? One leg and one leg with fan ribs, right? The rest belongs to me! The three of us can get together and get a wolf, so that we can eat until the beginning of spring!"

This completes the achievement of purchasing a wolf.

These three were the first to reach an agreement and came directly to Li Long.

Li Long asked them to choose, and they picked a wolf of medium size.

A wolf weighs about 40 kilograms, so you can't pick one that's too big. Obviously, no one would like the wolf king that is placed at the highest point.

It is big indeed, but sixty or seventy kilograms would cost sixty or seventy yuan. How could I afford the money all at once?

Even if we can afford it, won’t we plant crops or buy seeds and fertilizers next spring?
Spending money at this time really needs to be calculated. I can buy meat today because it is cheap and highly recommended by the village.

Of course, the meat must be fresh. Fortunately, it can be stored in winter, and if it is not eaten in spring, it can be braised and stored for later consumption.

"Forty-three kilograms, three hundred grams," Li Long and Meng Hai carried the large beam scale together. Meng Hai's wife looked at the scale and read out the number on it.

"Three hundred grams are wiped out." Li Long said as he put down the pole that was lifting the scale.

"That's 43 kilograms." Seeing Li Long had removed the decimal, Meng Hai said loudly, "Comrade Li Long removed the decimal for you."

Three cents is not a small amount of money. It can at least buy half a kilogram of flour.

The three families paid the money together, and then carried the wolf to share. The people behind saw that a wolf had been dragged away, and immediately sped up the speed of forming a group.

Li Long thought, it seems that group buying in later generations had actually already existed at this time.

Next, the two families came together to get a small wolf. This wolf should be a female, weighing 34 kilograms, much smaller than the one above.

One after another, groups of people carried the wolves away, and then more people came. After finding out what was going on, some watched the fun, while others quickly gathered in groups to weigh the meat.

More than half an hour later, Li Long sold seven wolves, weighing a total of 291 kilograms.

Half of the "Wolf Mountain" on the tractor quickly disappeared.

The wolf king was looked at by many people, but no one took a fancy to it and no one bought it.

Instead, the wolf heads and wolf paws and the sheep heads and sheep hooves below were seen by people, who asked about their prices.

"A wolf head is four dollars a piece, a sheep head is three dollars a piece. Wolf claws and sheep hooves are fifty cents a piece." Li Long quoted the price.

It’s relatively cheap.

It’s just that some people don’t understand why a wolf head that is almost the same size or just slightly larger is one dollar more expensive, so some people buy a sheep’s head instead.

Twenty-one sheep heads were sold and eighty-four sheep trotters were sold, each consisting of one sheep head and four trotters.

If I can’t eat mutton, I can’t eat the mutton head?
Anyway, there is plenty of time in the winter. Although it is troublesome to prepare the sheep's head, you can take your time to prepare it. It will be a delicious dish once it is prepared.

Besides, there are sheep brains. At this time, most parents believe that eating brains can nourish the brain, so getting a sheep head is not only meat to eat, but also brains to nourish the children, which is good.

When the sun was halfway up in the sky, no one came to Meng Hai's yard. What surprised Li Long was that Meng Hai bought a wolf himself.

"I don't want this big wolf. It's too big and I can't finish it. I'll get a smaller one." Meng Hai picked a relatively large wolf. It weighed 54 kilograms. The big scale in his house could only weigh 50 kilograms at most, so he couldn't weigh this wolf, so he had to chop off one of its legs and weigh them separately.

"Then I'll give you a wolf head and wolf claws." Li Long took out a wolf head and wolf claws from the truck bed and put them aside. "Captain Meng, there are wolf teeth on this wolf head. You can take out the four big teeth and keep them. These teeth will be valuable in the future."

The reason why Li Long sells the wolf head at a higher price than the sheep head is because of the wolf fangs.

It's a pity that no one here knows the value of this thing yet.

"Okay." Meng Hai didn't expect Li Long to say that. Since he said so, he believed it.

"Captain Meng, it seems that you really don't go out hunting often." Li Long was a little surprised. Obviously, the militia had guns and the village was not far from the mountains, but everyone was quite happy to eat cheap wolf meat.

This shows that they really don't hunt much. Is it that they don't know how to hunt, or that they can't hunt?
"Actually, we also want to go hunting in the mountains with guns, but to be honest, it's okay if we have a hunting rifle, but if we don't have a hunting rifle, the militia's rifle can protect us, but it's still a bit difficult to go hunting." Meng Hai told the truth:
"I know the number of bullets and other things. Although I can get other bullets if I tell the truth, I'm afraid someone will sue me if the news gets out." Meng Hai was also in a difficult situation.

Li Long didn't expect that the management of guns and ammunition here was much stricter than that of Team 4.

It's hard to say.

Meng Hai wanted to kill a chicken and cook, but Li Long directly refused. After drinking a bowl of hot tea, he started the tractor and went back.

"My wife is pregnant, and I've agreed to go back early." Li Long said, "Let's drink again when we have a chance, how about that?"

"Okay, I have something to do at home, so I won't keep you here. I'll just let Lao He know when he comes back. Comrade Li Long, this autumn... that big broom..."

"If there is work, I will definitely come and inform you." Li Long said sincerely, "We worked very well together last year, I remember that."

"Okay, okay, I feel relieved when you say that!" Meng Hai said happily.

When the tractor drove out of Meng Hai's house, the dogs were still barking loudly, but when they saw the tractor coming, they all avoided it. They were not stupid and could not bite such a big thing.

But after the tractor drove away, the dog followed it, barking as it ran.

If Li Long really came down, they would not dare to bite him. Li Long remembered watching a short video in his previous life saying that carrying tiger bones on the body could make dogs afraid to bite.

He has tiger fangs on his body, so I guess those dogs have to give him some face, right?

When the tractor arrived at the county, the sun had just set. There was still a little red light in the west, but the temperature had dropped rapidly.

It was almost the coldest days of winter, and the weather was getting colder day by day. Li Long quickened his pace, and when he arrived at the yard, he just saw Gu Xiaoxia arriving after get off work.

This is considered leaving get off work early. But pregnant women can enjoy this treatment.

Han Fang and Sister Yang opened the gate, and when the tractor drove into the yard, Li Long had just come down and Gu Boyuan had also arrived.

Li Long went to get a basin, drained the water from the tractor's water tank, and then went to wash his hands and change his clothes.

You have to wash off the fishy smell on your body.

When he came out after changing his clothes, Gu Boyuan was already standing beside the tractor, staring at the wolf king.

"It's really big." Gu Boyuan exclaimed, "It's just like a big bull. If this guy meets someone in the mountains, the person won't be able to defeat him unless he has a weapon."

"That's it," Li said, using the stick to pull the wolf king's head out of the truck bed.

"Look at this head, it's bigger than the other wolves, and these teeth are like little knives. This one has to stay."

"Ah."

"Okay, you two come over and eat." Gu Xiaoxia stayed far away from the tractor. She couldn't stand the smell of the wolf, so she called out to the two people.

"Coming, coming." Li Long replied with a smile, and then walked over there with Gu Boyuan.

While eating, Gu Boyuan asked:
"Are you taking all these wolves and offal to Stone City to sell?"

"Well, there are also fish from the team." Li Long said while eating, "My elder brother and my father have caught a lot of fish in the past few days, and we plan to go to Shicheng together to sell them in two days."

"That's feasible." Gu Boyuan nodded. "Before the New Year, city dwellers will definitely want to buy some New Year goods. The meat sold at the food factory requires a ticket, but your meat doesn't require a ticket, and it's cheap, so it will definitely sell well."

The Li family has two tractors and can sell both meat and fish.

"Then when are we going?" Gu Xiaoxia asked.

"Let's wait for two days." Li Long said, "The day after tomorrow is the weekend, you guys can take a rest, I'll take a rest too. I've been running around these days, I'm tired, let's take a break for two days. Anyway, these things are frozen, so they won't go bad."

Hearing what he said, Gu Xiaoxia laughed.

Li Long went back and forth during this period. Although he came back to live at home at night, she felt distressed about him traveling back and forth between the mountains and the team every day.

Now that Li Longming said he would rest for a few days, she felt relieved. Li Long had good physical strength, and as long as he could rest for a few days, he would be back to his peak condition.

After dinner, Li Long asked Gu Boyuan to take two sheep heads home to prepare them for himself. Gu Boyuan waved his hand:
"I won't do this. Your eldest brother can do it, but I'm not very good at it and can't do it cleanly. When the time comes, you guys can just clean it and cook it for me." Okay, after all, he is the older one now.

There was nothing to do in the evening. Sister Yang cleaned up the kitchen and left Li Long and the others alone. Li Long and Gu Xiaoxia went into the bedroom.

"Will you rest at home tomorrow?" Gu Xiaoxia asked, turning on the TV.

"Let's sell those wolf skins tomorrow," Li Long said, "and then try to roast some sheep heads. There are still quite a few sheep heads left, so we can sell some of them. We need to eat them ourselves."

"Okay." Gu Xiaoxia nodded, changed the channel and started watching TV series.

Li Long breathed a sigh of relief, the matter was finally settled. He thought that there should be no wolves harassing Halimu and his friends in their winter den.

But he also had doubts. The snow was not particularly heavy this winter, and the same was true in the mountains.

What was it that drove the wolves out of the mountains?

Li Long guessed blindly, it was either a brown bear or a tiger. The possibility of a tiger was small, right? Halim was extremely lucky to have killed a northern Xinjiang tiger, so it was impossible to have another one, right?

He asked Gu Xiaoxia about this question, and she shook her head. Li Long didn't know, so she didn't know either.

"No matter what it is, we are not going into the mountains anyway. Halimu and the others have guns. There is nothing to be afraid of. It shouldn't be dangerous." Gu Xiaoxia used to be curious, but after two years of class, she no longer had that curiosity.

Safe is best.

There were more than a dozen wolves!

If a group of people really surrounded one person, even with a gun, it would probably be difficult to escape, right?

She was actually quite worried about Li Long, but Li Long's bond with the mountains was too deep for him not to go into the mountains.

So every time Li Long went into the mountains, she was actually quite worried, but she just didn't say it.

After all, right now at home, I am the "national treasure" and the one who is worried about.

Fortunately, Li Long always came back safely, and now that all the important things were done, she felt relieved.

The two chatted about family matters and thought about the difficult days a few years ago. Comparing them with now, the changes were really huge.

Li Long's feeling is not that strong yet, mainly because he has experienced better days in his previous life and knows that the future days will get better and better.

Gu Xiaoxia's life was quite different. In the workplace, her colleagues' lives were considered above average in the county. After all, they had a fixed salary every month, and benefits were also provided.

It is naturally better to eat commercial grain than to work in the countryside.

But when Gu Xiaoxia was at work, she often heard her colleagues chatting about how to buy cheap meat, cheap grain, and some cloth without tickets, and she felt a sense of disconnection.

She knew that her family's life, thanks to Li Long's efforts, had exceeded the average living standard.

But this is a bit exaggerated.

Li Long gave her seven thousand yuan at once and let her spend it as she pleased.

She has saved a lot of money, maybe a few hundred yuan.

Then she would usually listen to her colleagues calculating every few cents and teach her some tips on how to save money.

She knew that normally she should study. Normally, she should live frugally like them.

However, Li Long did not give him a chance.

Basically, she doesn't need to worry about the food and daily necessities at home, such as food, meat, cloth for clothes, and daily necessities. For Li Long, any problem that can be solved with money is not a problem.

So she basically doesn't participate in discussions with her colleagues and has no way to discuss.

"Today in Qingshui River, I sold the wolves I brought back for more than 400 yuan." Li Long took out some money from his pocket and handed it to Gu Xiaoxia, "Take it and buy whatever you want."

"I won't take it." Gu Xiaoxia was thinking about this, and she shook her head reflexively, "I haven't used the money you gave me last time. My salary is enough for me to spend. You can take the money and buy whatever supplies you need."

Li Long smiled, divided the money into two halves, gave half to Gu Xiaoxia and put the other half in his own pocket, and said:

"How about this, we'll each take half. I'll sell the wolf skin tomorrow, so I won't give you any then."

Gu Xiaoxia no longer refused. She would not spend the money, but save it. Li Long was saving money, and she was also saving money.

After all, the main things in life are food and meat, which cost money. Li Long bought the miscellaneous things from time to time. He brought the meat back himself, and the food and oil were brought back from the big brother.

This life really doesn't cost much.

After breakfast the next day, Li Long sent Gu Xiaoxia to work. When he came back, Sister Yang and Han Fang were ready to sell meals.

After they left, Li Long went to the tractor to tear off all the wolf skins, found a knife to scrape off the grease and the undissolved salt particles, then clamped them on the back of the bicycle and went to the purchasing station.

There were too many wolf skins, and the bicycles were not enough to hold them all at once. The tractor couldn't move, and the jeep was even more unable to move. So we had to use bicycles.

I don’t know whether Chen Hongjun is there.

This time he took whole leathers, that is, the bullet hit the wolf's neck, but the leather was intact.

There were seven complete leathers and fourteen damaged leathers. Li Long took seven complete leathers.

The wolf king's skin was a remnant. When Yu Shanjiang and the other three were fighting, they didn't pay attention to where to hit, they just wanted to hit the target.

So all three bullets hit the wolf king, one of the bullets went through it, and two bullets remained in the wolf king's body.

A piece of leather has four holes. Although it is big, it is still a piece of leather.

When he arrived at the purchasing station, Li Long saw a few people selling things in front. What surprised him was that Xie Dafa was also there, holding a stack of rabbit skins in his hand.

"Hey, Xiaolong!" Xie Dafa was quite surprised and asked with a smile, "Is this... a wolf skin?"

"Yeah. Brother Dafa, you got a lot of rabbits?"

"It's the second time. I came here to sell thirteen skins at a time. I'll use the money to buy some New Year goods." Xie Dafa was very grateful to Li Long, otherwise he would not have known the news.

The people in front were mainly selling leather, and they were moving forward one by one.

Li Long chatted with Xie Dafa for a few words, then it was Xie Dafa's turn. He wanted to let Li Long in, but Li Long told him to go in quickly.

There were a lot of rabbit skins recently, so the price didn't change, three yuan a piece. Xie Dafa took more than thirty yuan, smiling like a flower, waved to Li Long, took the money and hurried to the market.

The last one to come in was Li Long, who entered with an armful of leather.

There was a man and a woman at the counter, both of whom were strangers. Li Long hadn't been to the purchasing station for a while, and he didn't know if the staff had changed or something had happened, or if there were a lot of people here and Li Long only knew one of them.

"Wolf skin?" The person inside had heard what Li Long and Xie Dafa said and asked, "Newly made?"

"Yes, I got them two days ago." Li Long spread the leather on the counter, "These are all intact leathers, without any injuries."

"You mean there's still some skin left there?" The man immediately heard something else in Li Long's words.

"Well, there are still a dozen or so remaining skins."

"So many?" The man and woman behind the counter were a little surprised. "How did you get so many?"

"The wolves attacked our winter den and ambushed us." Li Long told the truth, "The wolves have been rampant in the mountains recently."

The two people at the counter didn't quite understand; they mainly looked at the leather.

There is definitely no problem with the leather. Halimu and his team have skinning skills, and Li Long also picked out full leather, so there is definitely no problem.

"This skin is good. Winter skin is better. They are all from adult wolves. I'll give you these three for 61 pieces. These four are slightly smaller, 55 pieces each." The man looked at the skin from beginning to end and said:

"Could you bring the rest of the skins over here?"

Leather is in short supply recently, and the purchasing station hopes to receive more large leathers.

"Okay, make the bill first, and then I'll get it."

Seven skins cost only three or four hundred yuan, so I can earn about a thousand yuan today.

Cool! (End of chapter)