Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

After two and a half days, Li Long sold all the wolf meat and sheep offal, including sheep heads and hooves.

If Li Jianguo had not collected the sheep heads and hooves that his family would use in advance, I'm afraid none of them would have been able to be saved.

It was difficult to go out in the winter, and transportation was far less convenient than it is today. Even if you went to a store to chat and play cards, you couldn’t get so many people together.

What can I do at home? Roasting sheep's head and sheep's trotters is a good way to kill time.

Therefore, sheep heads were gone, and wolf heads and wolf paws became hot-selling items.

Li Long did not sell the wolf king, nor the wolf head, claws, or body. He wanted the thigh stone and fangs. For such a big wolf, both the fangs and thigh stone were rare.

Later I can take it out and say it belongs to the Wolf King, so I can show off.

And now some people have gradually come to know that wolf-tooth and wolf-thigh stones have the effect of warding off evil spirits in some legends.

When Gu Xiaoxia went to work, she didn't have much work to do, so she simply tidied up her desk. The annual summary had been completed, and the new year's work plan was still being sorted out.

This is what everyone has to submit, and after that she will help Deputy Director Wang to sort out the annual work plan of the unit. However, the work plan of the state bureau has not been issued yet, so there is no rush.

Several colleagues in the office were gathered together to talk about preparing for the New Year. Su Ningning, who had a good relationship with Gu Xiaoxia, was transferred to the county middle school. Tao Min was still there. Seeing Gu Xiaoxia coming over, she came over and asked:
"Xiao Gu, how are your family's preparations for the New Year going?"

"I didn't care. My husband was the one who prepared everything." Gu Xiaoxia touched her belly and said with a smile, "He told me not to worry about this and just told me to take good care of myself."

Tao Min showed an envious expression. She had given birth to a child before, and when she was pregnant, she had to do all the housework.

My wife has a job, and I have to cook for her after get off work every day. I feel very tired at that time.

But since everyone else had gone through this, she didn't say anything and thought it was normal.

But now, when comparing myself with Gu Xiaoxia, I find that I really can't compare to her.

Why does someone’s lover love his wife so much?
"As for preparing New Year's goods, we women have to do it." When the colleague Ma heard what Gu Xiaoxia said, she immediately said:
"What does a man know how to prepare? In my family, my wife gives me her salary and I go shopping. They don't know how to choose, so they just bring me kelp. Is that okay? You have to eat the head of kelp...

By the way, Xiao Gu, what has your wife prepared? I'll give you some advice and see if it's okay. "

Gu Xiaoxia thought for a moment and said:

"A sheep, two plates of offal, fish, and half a pig from my wife's eldest brother's butchering. He said he would go to the market in two days to buy a chicken..."

As my colleagues listened, they were all a little stunned.

"How many people are there in your family to feed? How long will it take to finish so much meat?" another older sister couldn't help but ask.

"Is it a lot?" Gu Xiaoxia didn't think so. She didn't even count the wolf king's meat. Li Long said it was not delicious. They would occasionally eat braised food in the winter, and they would have to use wine to remove the fishy smell.

"That's a lot!" Tao Min said enviously:

"This amount of meat is enough for three or five families to eat during the New Year, right?"

"It's not good to have only meat without seafood, right?" Sister Ma said sourly, "My husband's company gave him some dried shrimps. Although they are not big, they are very clean..."

"There are seafood products." Gu Xiaoxia said, "He was seconded to the state society for a period of time, and then the state society distributed welfare and gave him some frozen prawns..."

Gu Xiaoxia gestured with her palm, then added: "I saw in an ice tray that the shrimp stretched out was longer than my hand. There were also kelp, all in bundles, which I didn't see. There were also sea fish, which tasted quite fishy..."

No one is talking anymore. Can we still discuss this topic?
"The provincial commune has thought of everything," Gu Xiaoxia continued, "even setting off firecrackers. I don't understand what kind of fireworks they have, I didn't see them. Oh, and there seemed to be ham, my wife said it was bacon, from Jinhua, and we don't like that at home..."

We can’t chat anymore, the conversation is over. Finally, Sister Ma couldn’t help but ask:

"Besides the welfare, other things must cost a lot of money, right? How about your wife's year-end bonus? Xiao Gu, let me tell you, you have to keep the money in your own hands. You are pregnant now, you must keep a close eye on your man... You can't let them carry all the money!"

Gu Xiaoxia shook her head and said with a smile:

"I don't care about his money. When I came back from the pastoral area two days ago, he gave me 400 yuan but I refused. In the end, he forced 200 yuan on me and said we would split it in half. We don't spend much money at home. We get rice, flour and oil from my eldest brother, and my wife gets the meat and other things directly. We don't have much to spend."

This time it really broke up.

Gu Xiaoxia really didn't mean to provoke them. She was pregnant and her family was happy, so she just wanted to find someone to share and speak out. She didn't have the chance before, but today everyone was discussing it, so she just said it out loud.

After she said it, she realized that she might be a little out of touch with the masses.

In the past, everyone knew that Gu Xiaoxia's family had good living conditions, and some colleagues had gone to her home to see the deer, but that was just a vague concept.

After hearing this today, I realized that there is a huge difference between my family and others.

Others give out a few dozen yuan in bonuses at the end of the year, which is considered a very good company. How many envious glances will you receive?

As a result, the boss took out four hundred yuan to give to his wife, but she refused to accept it!
Can this be compared?

As for those materials and benefits, some people are purely envious, while others are jealous to the point of going crazy.

Gu Xiaoxia knew she had spoken out of turn, and she didn't know how to make amends. At this moment, Director Wang shouted in the corridor:
"Xiao Gu, come to my office."

Gu Xiaoxia hurriedly stood up and went out.

As soon as she left, Sister Ma immediately curled her lips and said:

"This is really exaggerating. I don't know if it's true or not. Shrimp as big as a palm, how can ordinary people like us eat it?"

"Hey, Sister Ma, don't disbelieve me!" Another male colleague who had been listening said, "Do you know what I saw when I got off work two days ago?"

"What did you see?" Sister Ma asked immediately when she heard it was gossip.

"I saw a jeep pick up Xiao Gu less than 30 meters away from our unit."

"Jeep? That's not an ordinary person, is it?" Ma Da's eyes immediately lit up with a raging fire, "This little Gu doesn't look like that kind of person, does he?"

"Sister Ma, what are you thinking about?" Tao Min couldn't listen any longer and said directly, "That's the jeep driven by her husband. I've seen it, and Xiao Gu also told me about it.

Didn't she just say that her husband was seconded to the state cooperative? The leader of the state cooperative assigned him a task that took a long time, so in order to complete the task, he was given a jeep from the state supply and marketing cooperative. The car is still in his yard..."

"Really? Then just send a jeep randomly?" Sister Ma still didn't believe it, her chubby face was full of gossip.

"They are a state cooperative, managing ten counties and cities. Jeeps are rare in our county, but it's different there..." Tao Min and Gu Xiaoxia have a good relationship, so naturally she has to help speak up. "Besides, I saw it with my own eyes. His wife was driving the car. How could she be wrong?"

Sister Ma rolled her eyes and stopped talking, but Tao Min knew that this sister was not an easy person to get along with, and she didn't know what she was thinking.

Xiao Gu will come back later and I have to remind her.

Gu Xiaoxia arrived at Director Wang's office. Director Wang asked her to sit down and said:
"Xiaoxia, I need your help with something."

"Director, you say."

"It's like this. My sister-in-law is about to give birth. She heard from somewhere that this wolf thigh stone can ward off evil spirits. As you know, we are party members and don't believe in those nonsense..."

Gu Xiaoxia nodded hurriedly. She was already a probationary Party member and was very determined in this regard.

"But my sister-in-law is not like that. She is just an ordinary person. You can understand, as a mother, she wants to give the best to her children, so she wants to find a wolf thigh stone.

She knew I knew more people, so she wanted me to help look for them. My sister-in-law rarely asked for help, so I had to help. After thinking about it, I remembered that your wife knew someone in the pastoral area.

It is definitely not easy for us to find this wolf thigh stone, but it should be easy for the herdsmen to find it. Can you help me? It would be best if you can find it, but if not, wolf teeth will also do..."

"Then, Chief, how many do you want?"

"How many?" Director Wang was a little surprised when he heard Gu Xiaoxia's calm words:
"How many can there be? I've asked a lot of people, but it's hard to find even one, let alone a few..."

"Oh," Gu Xiaoxia said a little embarrassedly, "Well... my husband just came back from the herdsmen a few days ago. There was a wolf disaster over there, and the herdsmen he knew from the small gathering point killed a few wolves and my husband brought them back. We still have some of these wolf thigh stones at home."

"Okay, okay, then give me one... or two." Director Wang didn't expect things to be so easy, and then added: "How much is one? I won't take advantage of you..." "It's free." Gu Xiaoxia said with a smile.

"No, that won't work. How can I do that without money? I'm already very grateful that you can help me find it."

"It's really free. My wife took some wolf tooth and thigh stones and gave a lot of them to children in the village."

"Well..." Director Wang didn't know what to say, and finally said, "Okay, fine, bring it to me when you are free. It's Chinese New Year, and my wife's company gave me some tea. I'll give you a pack to try."

Gu Xiaoxia did not refuse. At least on the surface, there was nothing wrong with this way of doing things.

When Gu Xiaoxia returned to the office, Sister Ma immediately asked:

"Xiao Gu, Director Wang is looking for you to assign you another important task, right?"

"No way, Director Wang just cares about me and asked about the annual work plan." Gu Xiaoxia is not a fool, it is impossible for her to tell everything.

When Sister Ma heard this, she lost interest and went back to her desk.

When it was almost time to get off work, Tao Min saw Sister Ma had gone out, so she went to Gu Xiaoxia and told her about what had happened.

"Is it okay for your lover to drive a jeep?"

"No problem." Gu Xiaoxia knew the whole story, and since all the procedures were complete, there would definitely be no problem.

However, she was a little worried that what she said about the New Year's goods was a bit too ostentatious, so when Li Long came to pick her up, Gu Xiaoxia was not in a very good mood.

Li Long noticed it immediately, and as they walked and talked, he asked her to speak out.

After Gu Xiaoxia finished speaking, Li Long laughed and said:

"What's the big deal? We should keep a low profile, but that doesn't mean we should let people provoke us. It's okay to confront them appropriately.

It's just our family's New Year's goods, what's the big deal? The sources are all legitimate, so we don't have to worry even if the Commission for Discipline Inspection comes to investigate.

Don't worry, it's nothing. Don't let this little thing affect your mood. Sister Yang has prepared lunch at noon. Let's have a nice meal and everything will be fine. "

Gu Xiaoxia's trust in Li Long was blind, and she felt relieved after hearing what Li Long said.

She immediately remembered the incident with the Wolf Hip Stone and told Li Long about it again.

"That's easy. I'll give you a pack when we get back, and you can pick one yourself." Li Long really had a pack of them. "Wolf teeth aren't suitable for children, so let's use wolf thigh stones. Since Director Wang mentioned two, you can take three or five and let her pick one."

Gu Xiaoxia didn't care. There were a lot of things at home anyway, so she just accepted whatever Li Long said.

As soon as Li Longyi said this, she felt better. The two of them chatted with smiles and went back to the compound to eat.

After dinner, Li Long took out a bag of wolf tooth and wolf thigh stones for Gu Xiaoxia to choose from. At first, Gu Xiaoxia wanted to pick a few big ones, but later she couldn't bear to give them up.

"Should our child also wear this when he is born?" Gu Xiaoxia didn't care about it before, but now that Director Wang said it, she started to care.

"Then we won't wear this." Li Long said with a smile, "There's still a wolf king in the wing room. When I have some free time in the next two days, I'll get the wolf king's thigh stone and wolf teeth off. Then the boy will be given two teeth, and the girl will wear two thigh stones."

"Okay." Knowing that her child had a better one, Gu Xiaoxia felt relieved. She gently touched her belly and said:

"Baby, your dad left the best things for you."

Li Long smiled and thought that Gu Xiaoxia was still a little childish at this time, really cute.

Gu Xiaoxia arrived at the office and saw that it was time to work. After Director Wang was busy for a while, she went to her office.

"so much?"

"My husband said, let you choose." Gu Xiaoxia said with a smile, "He also said that this one looks grayish white now, but you have to touch it often, also called polish it. After a long time, it will be like jade, very smooth and very beautiful."

"Okay, I see." Director Wang picked two and handed the rest to Gu Xiaoxia: "Thank you so much."

"Don't be polite. My wife said that you are my benefactor." Gu Xiaoxia smiled and took the wolf thigh stone.

When she returned to the office, Gu Xiaoxia didn't notice that Sister Ma had been watching her.

A day later, Li Long went to the supply and marketing cooperative to punch in as usual, and then was stopped by Li Xiangqian.

"Chief, what's the matter?"

"What's the matter? Do you know that someone has reported you?" Li Xiangqian looked at Li Long with a smile.

"Report me?" Li Long was stunned. He hadn't done anything illegal. He had been very quiet recently. Who would report him?

"Yes, they reported you for driving a government car around. They asked us to investigate your case. They called our office."

"Who answered? Director?"

"Well, the director asked me about this." Li Xiangqian said with a smile, "I retorted. I think some people are jealous. They think it's too ostentatious for a temporary worker like you to drive a jeep. Maybe they are jealous."

"Hey." Li Longxin said, this is really bad luck.

"It may be someone from our agency, otherwise he wouldn't be so familiar with it." Li Xiangqian analyzed, "Don't worry about it. Since someone has reported it, just say it clearly. This is the car given by the State Cooperative Association and the mission given to you.

The director also said that we should announce it at the meeting tomorrow, so that we don’t have to be watched all the time.”

"Thank you, Section Chief, and thank you, Director." Li Long said with a smile.

As soon as he heard about it, he knew it was not a big deal. But it was good to announce it, so that he could drive the jeep around openly in the future. However, he did not think that this was an internal matter of the supply and marketing cooperative. It was probably done by someone with red eye disease in the Education Bureau.

However, he did not plan to tell Gu Xiaoxia as it would not have much impact, so as not to make her worry.

Since nothing happened, the matter was over. There was no need to fight back, and it was unlikely. Li Long did not have the energy to find out who reported it, and he did not want to find out, because it would not affect anything anyway.

However, he did not know that after the county cooperative announced the matter the next day, someone found out about it and traced back to the person who reported it, and asked the leader of that unit to criticize him.

After all, Li Long is an advanced model of the autonomous region. If there is a problem, then the county and the state will be implicated. But if there is no problem, but he is falsely accused, then the model's reputation must be maintained.

At this time, the propaganda models were basically all tall, handsome and perfect. It just so happened that everything Li Long did was legal and compliant, and the state also gave an explanation.

This matter needs to be traced back.

Just because Li Long doesn't care doesn't mean some people don't care. In the eyes of some leaders, isn't this a slap in the face? Can they tolerate that?

Sister Ma has had a sour face these past two days, and people in the office don't know why, so no one bothers her.

Gu Xiaoxia wasn't familiar with her anyway, and didn't often take the initiative to talk to her, so she just did her own thing and took good care of her pregnancy.

Later, Tao Min secretly told Gu Xiaoxia that Sister Ma’s lover was punished at work. The reason was unknown, but he was demoted, which had a great impact.

Gu Xiaoxia just passed the news on and didn't care about it anymore. Anyway, it had nothing to do with me. The New Year was coming soon, so I just had to prepare for the New Year peacefully.

She had already planned to return to the team after the Chinese New Year. Sister Yang and Han Fang were watching over the courtyard, so there was nothing to worry about.

Li Long was preparing to do his last business before the New Year, to deal with all the fish at home, and then he could spend the New Year leisurely.

In the past two days, there are more people digging holes in the ice to catch fish in the small lake, but most of the newcomers are not here to sell the fish, but to have fish to eat during the Chinese New Year. If you want to eat fish during the Chinese New Year and ask them to dig holes in the ice, they are willing to do it.

If you say he is idle and doesn't want to work, and takes money to go to the Li, Tao, and Liang families to buy fish, they won't do it.

People are just weird like that.

It’s hard to understand. (End of this chapter)