Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Xu Haijun and five other men settled down at Dabaiyanggou next to Xiaobaiyanggou.

The two valleys are separated by only a mountain, so the distance is relatively close and you can reach them by crossing the mountain.

The reason why Liang Wenyu did not choose this place at that time was because there was almost no flat terrain here, and it was not easy to dig a hole in the ground.

The stream in the ditch is quite big and not very convenient.

Some people were puzzled by Xu Haijun's choice of this location, and they felt that it would be difficult to settle down and make a living here.

"What's the matter? Find a place that is convenient for work. As for the dugout, I'll tell you how to dig it."

Xu Haijun found a slope with better soil and fewer rocks on the hillside and started digging.

"Are you... digging a cave?" When Li Long came over to take a look, Xu Haijun had already dug more than one meter deep, but it was still a bit far from his goal.

"Yeah, we live in the soil anyway. The dugout is downwards and mine is inside. We don't have to worry about the rainwater flooding in. How great is that." Xu Haijun said as he dug.

The others had obviously been convinced by him a long time ago and were also digging along with him.

Li Long felt that what Xu Haijun said was right. A waterproof cave is a better place than a dugout. When it rains heavily, at most a little water will blow in from the cave. If you use sacks to block the entrance, you won't have to worry about it at all.

There are many northwest winds in the summer, so they dug holes on the west slope of the ditch without really worrying about rain.

The geology of this area is quite complex. The holes dug by the five people were distributed over an area of ​​30 to 40 meters, making it difficult for them to take care of each other.

"You have to be careful at night. There are wolves, lynxes, bears and snakes in this mountain. Be sure to take protective measures at night and don't get attacked."

"Don't worry, if they dare to come, I will let Lao Huang add more food." Xu Haijun replied with a smile.

He had heard that Li Long had often brought back wild boars, wolves and other prey from the mountains in the past two years, and he was a little unconvinced.

As a scout for the past two years, he has practiced shooting a lot. Although he was injured, his marksmanship is still there.

This time he also brought a gun, thinking that if he really encountered a wild animal, he would definitely shoot it down.

When he came over, he saw Li Jianguo had shot down a wild boar. Xu Haijun was naturally full of confidence, thinking that he must bring some meat back when he returned.

Although the household contract responsibility system has made every rural family much wealthier, only the Li family can eat meat every day.

If we can bring back a wild boar, our family won’t have to worry about meat for half a year.

Li Long came over and gave a few words of advice. Seeing that Xu Haijun was quite confident, he said no more and returned to Xiaobaiyanggou.

He was also a little confused. Xu Haijun did not bring Huang Siping with him this time. The five people he brought were all relatively honest young people in the team.

Has the relationship between the two changed?
Li Long naturally didn't know that Xu Haijun made the decision after careful consideration.

If Huang Siping becomes another troublemaker like Xu Jianjun, it is hard to say whether he will be able to come next year.

Xu Haijun was thinking about the long-term plan. If Li Long could get the job every year, then he'd better bring people here every year.

Not only can he make money, but he can also get a group of people to listen to him.

Everything will be easier to do in the future.

Xu Chengjun told him some things, and he also analyzed a lot himself. He also found out what his cousin Xu Jianjun did the year before last that made Li Long stop paying attention to him.

Therefore, Xu Haijun was very cautious. He did not intend to be Li Long's younger brother. At most, the two of them were just partners. He was just taking over Li Long's job and becoming a second-level distributor.

Young people, who doesn’t have the idea of ​​being the big brother?

Therefore, the person you choose for the first time is more important. At least he or she will not be against you and should be relatively obedient.

Although Huang Siping was close to Xu Haijun, the words he said after returning and his attitude towards Xu Haijun made him feel that he might not be able to control this guy.

He still remembers that the next day after he came back, Huang Siping came to see him and complained that Tao Daqiang refused to lend him money, which made him lose face when he got married.

After hearing what happened, Xu Haijun said to him, if there are ways to make money, why not work and earn money yourself? Wouldn't it be more enjoyable to spend the money?
As a result, Huang Siping directly said to Xu Haijun: "Hainan, I came to you because I treat you as a friend and told you the truth. What do you mean? Are you on his side? If you want to treat me as a friend, you should have less contact with him!"

Just from these few words, Xu Haijun knew that if he was really brought to the mountains and there was a dispute, he would not listen to him like other young people and would definitely talk back to him.

What the hell is that?

So Huang Siping was not chosen, and when Huang Siping found out, he complained for a while.

Fortunately, Huang Siping had just gotten married and didn't want to be separated from his wife for too long, so he just talked about it and it was over.

Xu Haijun and a few others were digging a cave here. After Li Long returned to Xiaobaiyanggou, he smeared salt on the three legs of the wild boar, put them in a clean bag and put them into the jeep.

Li Jianguo meant that these three legs should be taken back, one should be placed with Li Long, one with Team 4, and the other with the Liang family.

Liang Wenyu went into the mountains. The old couple had a lot of things to do and needed to catch up.

The remaining leg, the wild boar's body, and the offal are enough to last us a while.

At lunch time, Li Jianguo, Liang Wenyu and others came over with bowls. Xu Haijun and others were still digging, so Tao Daqiang climbed up the mountain and shouted, and then six people from their side came over.

It's quite lively when there are more than 20 people eating together.

At noon, Lao Huang prepared two pots, one large and one small, and used a small iron shovel to cook the vegetables, and some cornmeal pancakes.

The dish was wild boar meat stewed with cabbage and vermicelli - the cabbage and vermicelli were brought here. Now that every household was not so poor, they not only brought food, but also some things from home.

So the food reserves include not only grains, but also cabbage, potatoes, and radishes, which are left over from last year, as well as some pickles.

Lao Huang stewed a big pot, and after everyone had an enamel basin, there was still a lot left in the pot.

They were all working people, working without stopping, and squatting or sitting in groups of three or five, slurping their food.

"Whose dugout is that? Why isn't it moved?" a young man who came with Xu Haijun asked.

"Little Sundi." Lu Yingming took a look and said while eating.

"Xiao? Who's Sun?" The young man looked around and seemed not to see anyone with the surname Sun.

"He came here to dig for herbs last year." Lu Yingming explained, "I don't know if he will come this year. He's a good guy. I think he pointed out where there were wild boars or deer or something."

Li Long thought of Sun Jiaqiang again.

"Then...if he doesn't come, I should come here?" The young man asked this because he was somewhat tempted. He thought that he didn't need to dig a hole in the ground. There were some rocks in the place he found, and it would not be easy to dig. He hadn't even dug half of it yet.

"You'd better stay over there." Xie Yundong shook his head, "Maybe Xiao Sun will come over someday." He didn't want to have one more person on his side and then have any conflicts with Xu Haijun.

The young man shut up.

All that needed to be said was said, and after dinner, Li Long left the mountain. He had to hurry to deliver the meat to each household.

The jeep drove back to the county, and he went to Liang's house first. Liang Donglou and Chen Xiuzhu were cleaning up the tractor in the yard. Both of them were very careful. After driving the tractor to the mountains, they had to take good care of it. There was a lot of grass entangled in the gaps between the wheels of the chassis.

Li Long seemed to have never cared about it. He felt that tractors were sturdy and durable and did not need to be so delicate.

Li Long took the wild boar leg down, and Chen Xiuzhu quickly wiped her hands and took it, asking curiously:
"You're fighting right after entering the mountain? When did you start fighting, Xiaolong?"

"It wasn't me, it was my eldest brother. Didn't my eldest brother go into the mountains yesterday? In the middle of the night, he heard wild boars rumbling past his dugout. When the wild boars came back, he shot one."

"Hey, I was sitting on the tractor and watching the wild boar." Liang Donglou slapped his thigh, "I didn't even think about what it was for, and Juan's father didn't say anything, so it turned out that he was the one who killed it."

Thinking that Li Jianguo would hunt a wild boar when he arrived, Liang Donglou felt a little envious. From what he said, he felt that he should stay for a night to see if he could be lucky enough to encounter another group of wild boars.

Then Chen Xiuzhu gave him a lecture.

Li Long left Liang's house and drove to Team 4. He was a little surprised to see his father and Tao Jianshe clearing the nets in the yard.

My sister-in-law and mother are working in the vegetable garden.

Everyone watched the jeep enter the yard, and then watched Li Long get off and take out the wild boar leg.

"We've already hit a wild boar?" Li Qingxia was as surprised as Liang Donglou.

"My eldest brother beat him up early this morning." Li Long repeated Li Jianguo's "heroic deeds" again, "It's amazing."

Tao Jianshe was full of envy. Although their family had a better life, it was still several levels lower than the Li family.

"Uncle Tao, cut a piece of meat and take it back. This wild boar is not big and tastes amazing." Li Long made the decision. Since Tao Jianshe was here, he couldn't let him go back empty-handed.

It looks like the two old men are preparing to go fishing together.

On his way back, Li Long cut two or three kilograms of meat from the remaining wild boar leg and put it with Uncle Luo. He politely declined Uncle Luo's invitation to have dinner together and hurried back to the county.

Sister Yang now has an additional job, which is to process the meat.

But for Sister Yang, this was a good thing. Who wouldn't be happy to have meat to eat?

The next day, Li Long first went to Xiaobaiyanggou to see that they were making ribbons, so he did not stay there for long and went to Halimu's place.

The winter kennel of Halim was filled with the smell of carat phosphorus, which is an insecticide used to wash sheep and has a bad smell.

The sheep grazing on the grass slope were all brown in color, obviously having been bathed in medicine, so there was definitely no more insects.

Li Long brought down some rubber shoes and rubber boots he had brought with him. Halimu came over on horseback, with his own black dog following beside the horse. The dog looked at Li Long and wagged its tail.

The dog was already familiar with Li Long's scent, but was not very close to him. When Li Long wanted to touch the dog's head, the dog had already run away.

"We will move to another pasture in three days," Halimu said. "The Buek family in the mountains has already arrived at the summer pasture."

Li Long nodded and said:

"Then I'll come over to help in three days."

"No, no." Halimu shook his head. "We'll get up early and leave. Your daughter Yang Gangzi is pregnant, so don't rush over. If you have time, just go to the animal husbandry team and visit Nathan Sasken and the others."

Halimu was still worried about his mother and children, but he believed that Li Long would help take care of his family.

Li Long nodded and drove to the wooden house.

What surprised him was that just as the jeep passed the ridge and reached the flat grass, he saw from afar a horse outside the wooden house, with no one on its back.

Li Long quickened his pace. He wondered if it was someone from the forestry team patrolling the area. The horse's coat color looked a bit like Bolati's, but he didn't know if it was the one.

The sound of the jeep startled the horse's owner, and a man stood up in front of the house and looked in the direction of the jeep.

As they got closer, Li Long saw that it was indeed Bolati.

Bolati was a little surprised when he saw the jeep, and he was a little nervous. Although he had never ridden in a jeep, he knew that ordinary leaders could not ride in it - let alone the forestry team, it was said that even the superiors of the forestry team could not ride in this car!

But when he looked at the person driving the car, many things went through his mind.

How could it be Li Long?

When Li Long came down to greet Bolati, he was still confused.

But later he accepted Li Long's explanation. It was a state car, so that made sense.

He definitely didn't believe that the car belonged to Li Long.

"I saw that the dirt in front of your wooden house was swept clean, so I knew it must be you." After Li Long opened the door and brought him a bench, Bolati said, "I think it's time for you to come."

Li Long poured an enamel basin of water from the thermos and handed it to Bolati.

Bolati took a sip and felt it was warm, so he drank it all in one gulp, wiped his mouth, put down the enamel basin, and said to Li Long:
"The Fritillaria have already grown. The day before yesterday, another one of our forest patrollers caught someone digging for Fritillaria, and he handed over more than two kilograms of Fritillaria. Will you still harvest them this year?"

"Yes." Li Long said with a smile, "I will take any I find. The more the better."

"That's good. If I come across it later, I'll send it to you." Bolati knew that Li Long must have made a lot of money from it, but he didn't care. The reward he could get for handing in the Fritillaria was not much.

When things are sent to Li Long, he can get a lot, whether it's wine or supplies.

Li Long didn't plan to go back at noon. He thought of just making something to eat here.

I'll go check on the fish later and pick some mushrooms. Two dishes will be enough. There's some noodles in the big house. I'll knead some noodles and steam a basket of steamed buns. It'll be enough to last for a few days.

Li Long set up the stove and put the bedding out to dry. Bolati chatted for a while and was about to leave.

Li Long understood what he meant, opened the small room, took out a bottle of wine and handed it over:
"Don't drink too much, or you'll fall asleep and fall."

"Okay, okay." Bolati looked at the wine with shining eyes, took it and said with a smile, "Don't worry, just a small sip, less than a glass. I just want to taste it... I haven't drunk it for a long time."

Li Long didn't believe it. Last year, Bolati made a lot of money from him. How could he have no money to drink?

Bolati mounted his horse, bit open the spout of the wine bottle and took a sip of wine, waved his whip, said goodbye to Li Long, and staggered away.

From a distance, Li Long saw him put the wine bottle into the pocket on the side of the saddle, then raised the whip and galloped away. Only then did he feel relieved.

Knead the dough, let it rise, take the net, peel the fish, pick mushrooms, process and cook.

Two stoves were set up outside the wooden house again, one for boiling water and steaming buns, and the other for cooking.

Marmots have begun to appear on the grass. When they see Li from afar, they will shrink back into their holes, and then secretly crawl out after Li Long passes by.

Li Long was thinking about getting a small-caliber gun and aiming at each one he saw.

It eats grass roots underground. It can eat all the grass roots and make holes in the turf. It also spreads the plague. It's really not that cute.

The meal was a little late, mainly because it took time to make the dough rise. Steaming steamed buns was not difficult for Li Long.

After he finished eating, he spread some of the remaining buns in the big room and broke the rest apart to dry outside.

Then I sat outside leaning against the wall to bask in the sun.

Li Long was still wondering if any herb diggers would come to exchange things today, but he waited until the sun set and no one showed up.

He was a little disappointed, so he stood up and took back the bedding and spread it on the wooden bed. After a few days of drying, the bedding had become very soft, and the moisture in the wooden house had almost dried out.

After putting away the pot outside and the half-dried steamed buns and bringing them into the house, Li Long locked the door and drove back to the county.

The next day, he bought some naan before going to the mountains. Naan was relatively cheap at that time, and you could buy one for only a few cents.

Li Long bought fifty of them, some of which he would send to the porters, and some of which he would put in the wooden house to serve as his staple food together with steamed buns.

Fifty naan breads were almost enough to buy up all the naan breads made in the morning in the only three naan shops in the county.

Those who came later to buy naan were very resentful when they heard that they had to wait half a day to get it.

But there is no way. If someone comes to buy it, the owner of the naan shop will naturally not refuse to sell it.

When Li Long drove his jeep past Qingshuihe Village, he still smelled the strong smell of burning cigarettes. He suppressed the urge to go over and see how many gangsters there were, and drove directly into the mountains.

Xiaobaiyanggou still smells like roasted noodles. Li Long was not worried about his elder brother Li Jianguo. He watched for a few minutes, said hello to a few people, took down some naan and put it here, and then went to see Liang Wenyu.

Liang Wenyu and others were weaving and cutting strips, and the fire for burning the strips had already started. Li Long looked at the strips they had woven yesterday and frowned.

After thinking for a while, Li Long called Liang Wenyu over alone, then pointed at a few people who were carrying the handles and said:
"These four are unqualified. Can you control these people you brought in?"

"sure."

"It's fine if it can. Tell them that these handles have been reworked and are loosely woven. They will fall apart soon. The quality is not good. If you can't hold it down, I will do it when I come to collect the handles in two days."

"No, no, I can do it myself." Liang Wenyu explained hurriedly, "I finished editing it a little late yesterday, so I went straight to bed and didn't check it. From today on, I will check it every night after dinner."

"Row."

With Liang Wenyu's words, Li Long felt relieved.

Then he looked at Xu Haijun's. What surprised Li Long was that the quality of the handles compiled by Xu Haijun was still acceptable.

Not bad.

He was just a little depressed. In the next few days, he didn't meet any herbalists who came to exchange things. (End of this chapter)