Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Mid to late April is the busy farming season, with tasks like leveling the land, sowing seeds, and watering.

The busiest person in Team 4 is Wang Caimi, who has completely turned the team's original chain-track Dongfanghong No. 75 tractor into his own.

In the past two years, he has been responsible for plowing, sowing, leveling, plowing and harrowing the two to three thousand acres of land in the village, and he charges for every task.

In the past two years, the team has implemented the household contract responsibility system, and there are several jobs a year where one can earn cash from Li Long, so no one will owe him the fees for the mechanized farming.

But he made a lot, but he also spent a lot. A tractor alone cost tens of thousands of yuan, plus a plow, a seed drill, a tillage harrow, etc., and with this set, Wang Caimi spent almost all of his earnings in two years.

The most troublesome thing is that this tractor breaks down too easily. I don't know how old it is. It breaks down every now and then. If it breaks down, it has to be repaired. If it can be repaired, it's fine. If it can't be repaired, it has to replace parts, and these parts are expensive.

Everyone in the team knows that Wang Caimi makes money by driving a tractor, and they all say that he makes tens of thousands of yuan a year. But in reality, only he knows how hard his life is, and he really doesn't live as carefree as Li Long.

But every road is different, so he has nothing to complain about. Right now he has only one idea, which is to save money as soon as possible and buy a new tractor.

He was fed up with this old Dongfanghong 75 that was probably older than he was.

Of course, I can’t say this, or I’ll be scolded to death by others.

Although Wang Caimi's family made money, their life was still the same. Although the clothes they wore were not patched, they were not new. They did not even buy a bicycle, and their children still walked to school. They did not even maintain the yard at home.

This makes many people think that he is too stingy and does not know how to improve his life after making so much money.

Although some people laughed at him, Wang Caimi just smiled and didn't respond.

He works as he should and repairs the car as he should. When others talk to him, he just smiles at the people he knows and ignores those he doesn't.

Li Long really admires this guy. He is so strong inside.

Even though he may have earned millions later, he still wore the same shabby work clothes and his house still looked messy.

You can't tell at all that he has such a high net worth.

Later, the land of Team 802 increased from to to acres, and the team had another old tractor.

Before high-horsepower tractors came out, Wang Caimi's tractor had always been the team's main force for plowing the fields. That 802 seemed to have more problems than the Dongfanghong .

He makes big money and also small money when he has free time. When Li Long came back and met Wang Caimi, he half-jokingly asked Li Long if he could call him on the next mission.

Li Long refused. He joked: "How can you have time when you are making the handlebars? You have to repair your tractor plow and other things. Otherwise, when you plow the land later, your tractor will not be able to move."

Wang Caimi stopped talking.

Every year after the planting season, he has to overhaul his tractor and inspect all the farm machinery to ensure they are in good working order when they are used in the fall.

Li Long was right, he was not idle during the slack season.

Sigh, there's nothing I can do.

Li Long came back to the team and wanted to discuss with his elder brother about the selection of people to go to the mountains.

According to what Li Xiangqian said, there may be 3,000 jobs for making handles this year, so ten people are definitely not enough.

It’s not that we don’t want our people to make more money, but the main reason is that the season is just that, and there is only one month left. Otherwise, farm work will be delayed and people can’t stand it. Besides, whether it is a state or county cooperative, this task has a time limit.

He didn't know much about who in the village was capable and who wasn't, so he had to consult with his eldest brother.

In fact, after Li Xiangqian said that he could decide the number of porters, Li Long, after getting over his excitement, began to wonder whether he could expand the number of people who formed the porters to outside the village.

You can call Liang Wenyu over, or you can call the people from Qingshuihe Village over.

It's not that he doesn't want to let the villagers make money. As for the people who make up the gang, Li Long's plan is to have fewer people than too many.

He knew very well what kind of people there were in this village. There were many people who were arrogant and had no idea of ​​their own abilities and wanted to make money without putting in any effort.

He won't indulge these people.

The benefits brought to the team in the past two years are obvious, and most people are grateful for Li Long's "righteous act", but some people always think that Li Long cannot work without them.

Li Long thinks that some people need treatment.

In the yard, Li Jianguo was repairing the vegetable field. The family's food grain field and contracted land had been planted, and the last to be planted was the melon.

After finishing the work in the fields, the next thing is to work in the yard. In the countryside, there is no work that can be finished as long as you want to do it.

Li Long arrived at the vegetable field ready to help, Li Jianguo hurriedly asked him to leave:

"Don't step on it. There is a row of nepeta planted there. Dad brought the seeds from his hometown. I forgot about them last year and only remembered them when I was rummaging through my luggage this year."

At that time, vegetable seeds were naturally not as complete as in later generations, nor as convenient. The things planted in the vegetable fields were basically the seeds kept by the family. Although agricultural supply companies or specialized seed companies had seeds, they were not many.

Otherwise, the seed company would not have asked Li Long to help save melon seeds.

Fortunately, Li Long knew that the situation would get better and better.

Li Long felt a little embarrassed. He had basically not done any farm work in the past two years, and he was a little unfamiliar with the things in the vegetable field.

He simply gave up, squatted on the ground, pinched a piece of leek leaf, and while pulling it he spoke out his thoughts.

Li Jianguo put down the rake, thought for a moment and said:

"If we talk about the people who can take the lead in the team, it won't be a problem to get 30 to 50 of them. But you are right. If we really want to gather so many people, they will definitely not all listen to Yundong. Some people just won't listen. There is nothing you can do about it."

"So I thought, we should get two groups of people in the team, 20 at most, and let Wen Yu find five people from their team for the rest, and I will find a few more from Qingshui River, so that we can get 30 people to go into the mountains.

They have someone in charge of each group, and I just need to take care of the leaders, and I won’t get involved in management matters, how about that?”

"Yes, I will." Li Jianguo thought for a moment, nodded, and said, "Who else do you want to lead the team besides Yundong?"

"Daqiang? Dacheng?" Li Long thought of two people.

"No, Daqiang can't suppress him, and Dacheng can't suppress him either." Li Jianguo shook his head.

"Then big brother, will you take him?" Li Long joked.

"I don't care. If I want to go, I can just make it up. I won't lead people... You might as well let the navy lead them."

"The Navy... The Navy is back?" Li Long was a little surprised. At that time, the soldiers had a term of three years or more, and those who served beyond the term or as volunteers could serve even longer.

Xu Haijun has only been there for two years.

"I don't know what the situation is, but he's back and staying at home. You can go find him. Although he hasn't been in the team for two years, the young people still listen to him." Li Jianguo gave Li Long this advice.

In fact, if possible, captain Xu Chengjun is the best candidate, but it is impossible for Xu Chengjun to go.

Li Long himself can also convince the crowd, but Li Long obviously doesn't want to cause trouble, so let's find someone else.

Now that Xu Haijun is back, Li Long really wants to go look for him. If he is willing, that would be the best.

Xu Haijun was piling up earth in the yard. He was wearing a white vest with red words on it, which was issued by the army. He was sweating a lot and was wearing a green military cap backwards, which made him look cool.

After not seeing him for two years, Xu Haijun is obviously stronger than before, but it can also be seen that he still seems to have some difficulty in moving the soil.

But it's normal. After all, a piece of soil is as heavy as three or four red bricks. You have to be careful not to break the soil when moving it.

"Navy," Li Long greeted outside the yard.

Xu Haijun turned his head and saw Li Long. He was happy at first, then he smiled bitterly.

When he joined the army from the team, he was full of ambition and wanted to make achievements in the army.

I didn't expect to come back early after working for two years. When I came back, I found that huge changes had taken place in the team.

At first, I looked down on him, but later, seeing that Li Long had changed a little, he unexpectedly became the core figure in this storm. Now he not only bought a tractor, but also drove a jeep.

He also married Gu Xiaoxia, who had become a state official, and became a city dweller.

Even Tao Daqiang, whom they looked down upon, bought a tractor, got married, and had children.

What about the core figure of the group? He has become a marginal figure. After Xu Haijun came back, he talked to a few of his peers and heard that the evaluation of these two people was mixed.

People like Huang Siping were naturally dissatisfied because he couldn't borrow money, and he complained to the two people.

There were also many fair comments from others. After all, it was Li Long who made a lot of money with his team.

Xu Haijun learned in detail from his family and friends about the changes in the team over the past two years and what Li Long had done. He couldn't help but sigh in admiration for what Li Long had done.

I really caught every node and it was a great pleasure to make money.

But after sighing, he still has to work hard for his own life.

Xu Haijun is the eldest child in the family. He is not married yet and has a younger brother and a younger sister. His younger brother has stopped going to school and works for others, also thinking of joining the army. His younger sister is learning tailoring after graduating from junior high school.

He didn't feel it before, but this time when he came back he felt that there was not enough place to live. So he took advantage of the time when he finished sowing to expand some soil and planned to build a small house next to his main house to live in.

When Li Long came over, he was moving clods of earth and was about to call for people and mud.

Even if Li Long didn't come to find him, he planned to look for the Li family. Building a house requires wood, and he wanted to go into the mountains to get some wood. There were several families in the team with tractors, but it seemed that Li Long was the only one who could go into the mountains to get wood.

At present, horse-drawn carriages and donkey carts are the main means of transportation for each of the four teams, but everyone envies the tractor and wants to own one too.

Xu Haijun had just returned from the army, and he thought that his vision must be much broader than those of the villagers. Even if he retired early, he would be able to show his talents and do something good.

But after coming back, he found that the team had undergone tremendous changes, and these changes even made him feel a little out of date.

Even in his development plan, it would take two or three years before he could buy a tractor.

Unexpectedly, when he came back, he found that even Tao Daqiang, whom he looked down upon, had bought a tractor.

So when facing Li Long, Xu Haijun felt very complicated.

The two chatted for a while. Li Long talked about his process of making money, and Xu Haijun talked about his career in the army.

"You know, I was very ambitious and wanted to win first place in every event in the army, but I trained too hard and ended up hurting myself. I couldn't stay any longer, so I had to come back."

Sitting on the dirt, Xu Haijun said with a wry smile:

"I was in the reconnaissance company. To be honest, the training was really tiring." Xu Haijun complained, then sighed, "But to be honest, it really trains people. Those who come out are all... experts."

Li Long believes this.

At that time, there was no such thing as special forces in the army, or it could be said that the scouts at that time were the predecessors of special forces. After all, until the end of the century, there were still many people representing domestic troops to participate in the World Scout Competition.

How can special forces training not be tiring?

I was exhausted, which was normal. There was no such thing as scientific training at that time. If you don't die from training, you should train yourself to death, right?

Li Long felt that this topic was not suitable to be discussed any further, so he started talking about his purpose:
"I have to close my group recently. Are you interested in finding a few people to go into the mountains with you?"

"Me? Looking for someone?" Xu Haijun didn't understand what Li Long meant.

When he went to the army, Li Long didn't have such great skills. He was just catching and selling fish, doing some small business.

"I am considered an employee of the supply and marketing cooperative," Li Long explained. "The next task for the supply and marketing cooperative is to collect the porters. What I mean is that you should find a few people in the team who are suitable and can make porters, and go into the mountains to make them. I will come to you regularly to collect them. Of course, the quality must be up to standard."

"I heard that you were looking for Xie Yundong before?" Xu Haijun also inquired about some information.

"There are many tasks this year. Brother Yundong will lead a team, and I thought you should lead one too. Of course, you need to find someone you think is suitable and someone you can manage. Also, you have to stay in the mountains for at least a month, and I don't know if you can stay."

"That's no problem. When we were training, it was common to be in the wild for ten days or half a month." Xu Haijun waved his hand:
"I can also weave handles, but my skills are not very good."

"You can supervise them to edit." Li Long said, "If you control the quality well, I will give you extra money separately."

"How much does it cost to be the porter?" Xu Haijun asked another key question.

"Last year it was four dollars a piece," Li Long said. "I'm not sure about this year, but it won't be less than that."

"Can you edit... four or five in a day?" Xu Haijun calculated that it was a lot of money!
His monthly allowance is only a dozen yuan!

Once this is compiled, one day's salary will be equivalent to his monthly allowance!

"Well, last year my eldest brother could weave five or six in a day." Li Long said with a smile.

Although Xu Haijun was demobilized and received a demobilization fee, it was not enough to build a house and have other plans.

"Do it, I did it." Xu Haijun gritted his teeth.

"Then you'd better discuss it with Brother Yundong, and don't ask people to weigh too much when the time comes." Li Long said, "Also, the quality of the handles must be strictly controlled, otherwise it will be embarrassing for everyone if they are returned."

"Don't worry about this. If I don't understand, I will just go directly to Xie Yundong." Xu Haijun knew it.

That was settled. Li Long asked Xu Haijun to contact someone first and then prepare things. If he didn't know what to prepare, he could ask Xie Yundong.

Now that the grass in the mountains has grown out, Li Long guessed that the work should be done soon.

Watching Li Long driving away in a jeep, Xu Haijun said it was impossible not to be envious.

After all, this jeep belongs to the unit and only leaders at the regimental level can ride it.

He felt a little regretful that he didn't ask Li Long how the car came.

After thinking about it, he smiled bitterly. Why think so much? He couldn't even afford to buy a tractor, let alone a jeep.

But if I bring people over to work this time, I can earn a few hundred yuan a month, which is more than enough to buy a bicycle.

It should be okay to get some wood to build a house at that time, right?
Thinking of this, Xu Haijun felt a lot easier when moving the soil.

Li Long didn't stop and drove the tractor to Liang's house again.

After telling Liang Wenyu about the matter, Liang Wenyu was very interested, but he did not agree. He turned his head to look at Liang Donglou who was working with him in the vegetable field.

"You can go... I can go." Liang Donglou knew that this was Li Long creating an opportunity for his son to make money, but it was more than just making money. Since Liang Wenyu was the village league secretary, training him was also one aspect. Isn't management ability trained in this way?

Of course, he also had concerns.

"But Wenyu is not good at carrying the handle."

"That's okay." Li Long smiled. "I wanted Wen Yu to go over there because I wanted to take charge of things. This time I might want a bigger load, and the people in our team may not be able to do it. Of course, we're just talking about it for now. If the load is not that big, we can stop it."

"I know, I know." Liang Wenyu knew that Li Long was taking insurance, and immediately expressed his understanding.

"Then let's talk about the possibility." Li Long looked at the puppy running over and rubbing against his feet, so he squatted down and touched it, and continued:
"Wenyu, just find the right people, people you can manage, and then supervise them. Last year, a leader was paid four yuan. This year, if Wenyu wants to go, I'll pay him five yuan each, and you'll pay them four yuan, and you'll take one yuan from them. If you calculate it over a month, it's not bad to make a lot of money."

It is normal for intermediaries to take money. Even after ten or twenty years, those who organize people from the inland areas to pick cotton in northern Xinjiang will still take money.

So it sounds normal now.

"One person can compile more than a hundred in a month? Then I will lead five people..."

Liang Wenyu was shocked when he did the calculation.

This is no small number.

"Let's do the math first." Li Long smiled. "Wait for my news. As soon as the quantity is confirmed, I'll come over to inform you. You can find someone in the team yourself. Just know who to find. If there's not that much, I'll come over to tell you."

Liang Wenyu said he understood.

Li Long did not tell Meng Hai in advance, after all, there was no exact number at the moment.

He had no intention of letting other members of the team know that he was looking for an outsider.

Otherwise someone in the team would definitely scold him, and although he didn't care, it was better to avoid it if it could be avoided.

He also thought about dividing the people into three ravines so that they would not see each other. This would be the best way. (End of this chapter)