Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

The family dinner ended before dark.

Li Anguo drank too much, but he was not completely unconscious.

Chen Xingbang simply vomited in the room and definitely couldn't drink anymore.

Li Long stood there a little apologetically and looked at his sister Li Xia who was supporting Chen Xingbang.

"I didn't expect that my brother-in-law is a bit..."

"Don't worry about him. It's his own business if he drinks too much." Li Xia said to Li Long, "Come on, you have to help me hold on. I'll sleep in the east room of your yard today."

The east room of Li Long's yard was the room where Chen Lirong, Xue Ping and Xue Qin used to sleep.

There are still a lot of frozen fish here before the twelfth lunar month. Can people sleep here?
"We have packed everything this morning. Your sister and her family will live over there, and your second brother and his family will live in the old horse house. You can send your brother-in-law to your place, and I will push the cart to send your second brother to the horse house." Li Jianguo said, "After that, you can take a rest, you drank a lot today."

Of course they drank a lot. There were six 500-gram bottles of wine on the ground, but when Li Long came back, they had only drunk a little over one.

That is to say, after Li Long came back, he drank more than four bottles of wine with them.

Li Long alone drank more than two catties, or more than one kilogram, of alcohol.

With this calculation, Li Long felt that his alcohol tolerance was not bad - after all, he had already drunk some at Lao Ma and several other restaurants before returning. Although they were only two or three cups, a little bit added up and it was not a small amount.

But at the moment, he is still very sober.

He helped his sister Li Xia put on his brother-in-law's coat and hat. At his sister-in-law's reminder, he also put on his coat and hat, then helped Chen Xingbang walk out.

Chen Xingbang was completely unconscious, and he was dead. Anyone who has experience in helping a drunk person knows that if he sobers up and still cooperates, then it's better.

If the child is completely unconscious, it will be troublesome to support him/her.

Fortunately, Li Long was very strong, and Chen Xingbang only weighed about 70 kilograms after supplementing his nutrition over the past six months. Li Long simply carried him to the front yard.

In the middle, Chen Xingbang wanted to vomit but didn't.

Li Long quickened his pace and arrived at the east room of his yard. He found that a stove had been set up inside, the clutter had been cleared away, and the big bed was neatly made. He helped Chen Xingbang onto the bed and took off his coat before he fell down.

Li Xia came over quickly with her child and said to Li Long:
"Xiaolong, go back to the west room and have some rest. I think Xiaoxia is about to come out. I'll take care of your brother-in-law here."

Li Long touched Hongqin's head and went to the west room.

Gu Xiaoxia had already opened the door with her clothes on.

Seeing Li Long approaching the door, she asked:
"What's wrong?"

"Come into the house and talk."

"Have you been drinking?" Gu Xiaoxia made way for the door. She smelled a strong smell of alcohol and immediately turned around to pour water for Li Long. Seeing the honey on the kitchen windowsill, she scooped another spoonful, and then added another spoonful after thinking about it.

When Li Long took off his coat in the inner room, Gu Xiaoxia had already brought a cup of thick honey water to his mouth.

Li Long took it and drank it all in one gulp, and immediately felt his stomach feel much better.

In fact, when he was drinking before, there was a very hot wall of fire behind him. Li Long was sweating all the time and kept drinking tea.

Although he drank the most at the moment, he sweated a lot, which took away the alcohol in his body. In addition, he was young and his physical strength and endurance were much stronger than ordinary people, so although he drank so much, he was not actually drunk.

Gu Xiaoxia went to the bed and made it, then said to Li Long:

"How much did you drink? Why don't you lie down for a while?"

Li Long waved his hand, moved the stool and leaned against the fire wall. With his back against the fire wall, his sweat-soaked fleece clothes immediately warmed up and he felt comfortable for a while.

"Today I came back from visiting New Year's greetings..." He recounted what happened.

Seeing that her husband's thoughts were clear, Gu Xiaoxia felt relieved and said with a smile:

"You are bad enough."

She went to get a basin, scooped some cold water and added some hot water, put the new towel in, moved it around, wrung it half dry, and came over to gently wipe Li Long's face.

"Who made them so arrogant? They really don't know how high the sky is and how deep the earth is after eating commercial grain?" Li Long smiled, "My mouth smells like alcohol, go to the bed, I won't stink you."

"What are you afraid of?" Gu Xiaoxia shook her head. "Close your eyes. I'll wipe your eyes..."

Li Long closed his eyes and enjoyed it.

In the north yard, Li Jianguo pushed his bicycle and took Li Anguo to Laomahao.

Li Long drank here at noon. At that time, Li Jianguo had not yet brought Li Anguo and others back.

When they were brought back, Li Long had already gone to the settlement in the west. Li Jianguo came over and told Uncle Luo about it, and they went to a house together to clean up. Uncle Luo set up the stove and prepared to provide a temporary shelter for Li Anguo's family.

More houses are better.

These days, ordinary families don’t dare to have distant relatives come to visit. It’s not easy to live in. Some families don’t even have enough quilts when distant relatives come.

Not to mention the bed.

It’s easy to arrange in summer, but difficult in winter.

Chen Lirong and her two children followed Li Jianguo and his friends to Laomahao, which had a large bunk bed made of wooden boards. They had lived there before, and it was a bit new to them now.

Li Jianguo drank a lot of wine, so he didn't ride his bike, but pushed it back.

When I got home, the house was already clean. I covered the place where Chen Xingbang had vomited with ash, then swept it, rubbed it with ash, swept it again, sprinkled water, and opened the door to let the smell out, and it was fine.

The things on the table were cleared away and taken to the kitchen. The table was put back in its place. There was still a slight smell of alcohol in the room, but it was not strong anymore.

"Hey, I didn't expect Xiaolong to drink so much today." Li Jianguo took off his coat, took a sip of the tea handed over by Liang Yuemei, and sighed, "He has grown up."

"He has grown up. Xiaolong was really awesome today." Liang Yuemei said with a smile.

She knew her husband understood what she meant.

"We are all family, alas." Li Jianguo is still very tolerant of his younger brother and brother-in-law.

"Xiaolong is also one of our family members." Liang Yuemei was not willing to tolerate any injustice. "Since they are family members, they shouldn't say that."

Li Jianguo stopped talking, then he thought for a moment and said:

"Tomorrow we're going to visit Juan's grandfather, and Xiaolong and Xiaoxia are going to visit Old Gu. Have you prepared everything?"

"Of course, we've prepared it a long time ago." Liang Yuemei smiled and said, "Two bottles of wine, two bottles of canned food, sugar cubes, snacks, fish and meat, is that enough?"

"Hey, Old Gu should be speechless." Li Jianguo smiled, "Then have you told Xia and the second son's wife about tomorrow's dinner?"

"They said they would come over to cook in the morning." Liang Yuemei said.

"That's all." Li Jianguo nodded. "Why haven't the two kids come back yet? Where did they go to play?"

"I guess he went out to set off firecrackers. Xiaolong came back yesterday with a lot of firecrackers, and gave a small portion of them to Juan and Qiangqiang, who were so happy. Xiaolong also gave them some extra money. Today I saw some small change in Juan's hand, and when I asked her she said it was given by her uncle."

"This little dragon." Li Jianguo said to Li Long, "He just dotes on his child too much."

"Those are his nephews and nieces. He has been pampering them for two or three years, not just now." Speaking of this, Liang Yuemei's face was full of satisfaction, "Xiaolong, hey, this uncle is... really good!"

When they got up to eat breakfast the next day, Li Long, Li Anguo and Chen Xingbang had basically returned to normal. Although Chen Xingbang still smelled a little drunk, his speech and actions were no different from usual.

Now both of them understood the meaning of yesterday's drinking. In fact, Li Xia and Chen Lirong both complained about it in the morning.

It's a bit embarrassing that he runs to his elder brother to show off when he has achieved a little success, but ends up being taught a lesson by his younger brother.

Therefore, everyone tacitly agreed not to mention this matter.

Because they were visiting relatives on the second day of the Chinese New Year, both the eldest and the youngest had to go, so after breakfast, both sides prepared. Li Long drove a jeep to Gu Boyuan's house, which was not far away, but he didn't want to walk because he was carrying things.

Li Jianguo also got up early to boil water and put up a charcoal fire on the tray under the tractor to roast the food.

Driving a tractor to visit relatives at the Liang family is not as good as a jeep, but it is considered showing off nowadays.

There is basically no New Year's greetings on the second day of the Chinese New Year. Married people go to their parents-in-law's house, and children who have adopted godparents go to their godparents' house. Chen Lirong's parents are in her hometown, so she can't leave, so she just stays here.

Although we can celebrate the New Year in Kuitun, there are not as many acquaintances as here.
When Li Long was driving the jeep to Lao Gu's house, he met many people from the team on the road and he greeted them one by one.

Arriving at Old Gu's house, the jeep drove into the yard. Old Gu opened the door and came out. He looked at the jeep and Li Long getting off, and laughed and scolded:
"I don't even want to walk these few steps."

"That's right," Li Long said as he carried the things down, "Who would walk when we have a car?"

Gu Xiaoxia got out of the car from the other side, greeted her father with a smile, and then walked into the house.

She entered the house and looked at her room first. It was very clean and the furnishings had not changed.

Although we were visiting relatives, we didn't have much to talk about. After all, we had eaten together every day before, which was longer than the time I spent with my eldest brother and his family.

Gu Boyuan asked Li Long what his plans were after the New Year.

"After the Chinese New Year, I have to go to the woodworking factory to see if the furniture I ordered is ready. If it is, I will send it to the mountains." Li Long said, "We can't let the people in the mountains wait too long."

"Well, this is business."

"After the snow melts, we will lay water pipes for them so that they can use water more conveniently in the future." Li Long told them about his plan for his friends in the mountains.

"Isn't it better to drill a pressure well?" Gu Boyuan asked.

"That's fine. But most of them live on the hillside, and we don't know how deep the water is. It's far away, so it's better to divert water. There are basically streams and springs near the winter nests, so it's better to divert water.

Thick plastic pipes buried in the soil are not prone to rotting. As long as the water inlet is properly treated and sand is not allowed to enter, they can be used for a long time. "

Seeing that Li Long had a plan, Gu Boyuan didn't say much.

When it was almost noon, Li Long was about to cook, but was stopped by Lao Gu. He did not let Gu Xiaoxia cook, and went into the kitchen himself.

He said that Li Long was a guest today and Xiaoxia was pregnant, so they couldn't enter the kitchen.

After all, Gu Boyuan had worked as a cook in a collective canteen, and soon dishes were served out - not many, actually, just four dishes, two cold dishes, two hot dishes, and some wine.

"Li Long, his second brother and brother-in-law drank a lot of wine yesterday. They won't drink today, right?" Gu Xiaoxia said dissatisfiedly while looking at the wine.

"We don't drink much, so we can just have one bottle for the two of us, is that okay?" Gu Boyuan said, "I only drink this much throughout the year..."

"That's not the case!" Gu Xiaoxia said, "You drink with Li Long today, and tomorrow or the day after tomorrow you should drink with the other people in the team. Maybe you'll go drink with Big Brother tomorrow..."

"Of course, you have to have a drink with your elder brother." Gu Boyuan said with a smile.

Anyway, the bottle of wine was opened, and Li Long accompanied Lao Gu as they chatted and drank.

It was mainly Lao Gu who talked and Li Long who listened. He told stories about the time when the village was first built here. For example, the villagers planted sorghum, but bought sweet stalk seeds. After planting, one person went to the field to rest because he was tired. He didn't bring any water. He picked a stalk and chewed it. He didn't expect that the stalk was so sweet.

The news spread.

For example, when Li Jianguo and his team plowed the land and found a money cellar, there were not so many villages at that time, and now that place is no longer the land of Team 4.

The whole village was quite shocked at that time and full of envy, because Li Jianguo and his team sold all the usable copper coins, bought a cow and killed it for food. The meals for the whole group during those days were like Chinese New Year's Day, which made other groups very envious.

Some people went there to pick up copper coins when they had free time. Most of the families with more copper coins in the team picked them up from there.

When the team was first building the pit, someone died of illness, so the team sent three people to dig a pit. After they finished digging, one of them said that the pit was not good enough, and the person who died of illness was tall and couldn't fit him.

One of them said that this pit was good and he would bury the dead here when he passed by. Then in the afternoon, when this man went to the commune to do some work, he was hit and killed by a frightened horse, and he was really buried here.

As he was talking, Lao Gu said:

"There is another thing. There was a person in the team. No one knew where he came from. His hometown was Shanghai. When the team was first established, he got dysentery and died.

The only thing he left behind was a notebook and a dozen dollars. Before he died, he asked me to take them back to his hometown. I looked for his hometown twice but couldn’t find it… The address was wrong.”

What a pity.

Most of the people who came here at that time were young people who went to work in the border areas, but some also came from their hometowns. After all, in the 1960s, life in Xinjiang was not as good as in northern Xinjiang, but at least you wouldn't starve here.

At that time, most people who came here went to the county, and then the county assigned those who wanted to stay to various units. At that time, there were no villages yet, so we first went to measure the wasteland.

In fact, according to the conditions, these people can basically meet the conditions of the 57 workers in later generations. After all, they have worked in various units. For example, Li Jianguo has worked in the well drilling company and the surveying group.

However, after these temporary jobs ended, some of them joined state-owned units, while others stayed in the villages and became the main force in village construction.

But where these people came from, even those who lived in the same dormitory only knew a rough idea and not necessarily the specifics.

Even those who are familiar with Li Jianguo and Gu Boyuan only know that Gu Boyuan is a college student and the approximate province and city of his home, but are not very clear about anything else.

Moreover, the background check at that time was not reliable, otherwise it would be impossible for Li Anguo’s political review materials to be written so badly.

Li Long heard some of these things from Li Jianguo, some in later generations, and most of them he had never heard of.

The person who told the story about the sweet potato field later told it many times on different occasions. He told a different story from Gu Boyuan, saying that he found it when he went to relieve himself in the sweet potato field.

Gu Xiaoxia was like listening to a foreign language. At least Li Long could hear some from Li Jianguo, but she simply didn't hear anything at all.

So I was quite curious.

The chat lasted till afternoon.

When Li Long and Gu Xiaoxia came out of Gu's house, the sun was already less than a pole high.

When we returned to the courtyard, Li Jianguo and the others had already returned.

Gu Xiaoxia and Li Long went to greet their families first. Gu Xiaoxia didn't talk to Li Xia and Chen Lirong yesterday, and left after breakfast this morning without saying much, so they chatted now.

Li Jianguo looked at Li Long and said with a smile:
"Juan's uncle asked why you didn't come over, and I said you're married now, so you have to go to your father-in-law's house."

Li Long smiled and responded: "Brother, didn't you urge him to find a partner and get married quickly?"

"Before I urged her, Juan's grandfather told him to hurry up and not to delay. If he delays any longer, I will introduce him to someone."

"Haha, then he will be panicking." Li Long laughed.

This year I will help Liang Wenyu buy a tractor so that he can get his life going over there.

On the third day of the Lunar New Year, Li Long drove his jeep back to the county, and Li Jianguo drove a tractor to take Li Anguo and Chen Xingbang's families to the county bus station.

On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Li Anguo and Chen Xingbang both had to go to work, and Yang Yongqiang also came to the bus station. He was already a formal employee of the construction and installation company, and he would definitely settle down there in the future.

When Yang Yongqiang arrived at Li's house this morning, he chatted with Li Long. He was very grateful to Li Long, but there was also a little bit of superiority in his words.

It was not directed at Li Long, but at other young people in the village.

It's normal for young people to be more outspoken.

Li Long has always been very tolerant as long as it is not directed against him or his family.

There had been no fire at home for two days, so when Li Long returned to the compound, he went to set up the stove in the main room.

There was no need to rush to the glass house. All the edible vegetables were picked this time. Most of them were brought to my eldest brother's house, and the rest were placed in the storage room. It was the chives, which were covered with several layers of sacks. It shouldn't be a problem.

When the stove in the house was lit, Li Long went to set up the stoves in the kitchen and the glass room.

Soon, the cold air in the room and the moisture that had not yet gathered were dissipated by the heat from the fire.

"I feel really annoyed when I think about going to work tomorrow." Gu Xiaoxia said worriedly beside Li Long, "I just don't really feel like going to work."

"Why don't you want to go? Director Wang should have plans for you, right? He definitely won't let you do any heavy work."

"That's right. It's basically all clerical work. I'm no longer allowed to go on business trips to the countryside." Gu Xiaoxia said with a smile.

"That's it, isn't it?" Li Long smiled. "I still have to go to work. It's better to have something to do than nothing."

"Then you will go to the wood factory tomorrow?" Gu Xiaoxia asked.

"Well, let's go check out the situation tomorrow." (End of this chapter)