Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Li Long had never expected that four thousand gangsters would expose huge loopholes in his plan, which he originally thought was pretty good.

Transportation is a big problem.

In fact, he could do nothing all day and just drive the tractor to transport the handles from the mountain. If he did it three times a day, he could transport almost all of it out.

If all the tractors in the team were mobilized, a trip every two or three days would be enough.

But the tractor is also used in the team. Although it is the slack season, we still have to prepare for the busy season, and there are many chores. At this time, even if the strong laborers go out, the family members still have to work.

Besides, Li Long doesn't want to waste time on the road every day.

Fortunately, Captain Ma, who took over from Captain Hong, was also familiar with Section Chief Li Xiangqian and was willing to take on this private mission to earn some pocket money, otherwise Li Long would really not know what to do.

This time he wanted three cars. Although all three cars were about 70% to 80% loaded, Li Long was very satisfied.

After all, it can be taken away in one trip, which costs more but saves time.

The purpose of earning money is to spend it, and what’s more, you can earn more money. Li Long understood this very clearly.

At noon, we had lunch at the home of He Yuqing, the captain of Qingshuihezi Village, and then He Yuqing went to replace Meng Hai.

This is no small matter, and Li Long would have paid attention to it even if he hadn't said it. After all, there are many more people carrying the bags later, and Li Long also said that these people carrying the bags would be directly piled up in the warehouse of the supply and marketing cooperative when they were taken back, and then checked again by the people of the supply and marketing cooperative.

If something goes wrong with these gang leaders, it goes without saying that Li Long will never recruit gang leaders from this side again.

He Yuqing and Meng Hai can still tell the difference between a meal of meat and every meal of meat. Last year's big broom and this year's broom handles, these two things can make Qingshuihe Village look different.

How could they not take it seriously?

In the afternoon, Li Long drove a jeep and three cars to Qingshui River, where He Yuqing and the others were still organizing the group.

Seeing Li Long coming, Meng Hai and He Yuqing immediately rushed out, greeted Li Long, and then shouted to the other people to come and load the handles onto the car.

Those people worked quickly and cooperated with each other. In less than half an hour, all the tools were loaded.

Similarly, use poles to secure the outer edge of the car box so that more things can be loaded.

Li Long could see that the unqualified handles he had inspected in the morning had been dismantled. Some of the handles could be recycled, including the poles, while some were simply discarded aside.

Obviously, Meng Hai and He Yuqing implemented this requirement very strictly.

Li Long pulled the two people aside and said to He Yuqing:

"Captain He, we checked this morning and found a total of 374 qualified porters. Each one costs 4 yuan, which is 1,496 yuan. This is 1,500 yuan. Please count them."

Li Long took out a thick and a thin stack of Great Unity notes from his bag and handed them to He Yuqing.

He Yuqing handed the thin stack to Meng Hai and asked him to count it. He spat on his fingers and started counting quickly.

Meng Hai's movements were obviously slower than his, and the two of them finished ordering almost at the same time.

"Yes, yes, Comrade Li Long, please wait a minute. I will give you the change now." He Yuqing said.

"No need, I'll leave it with you first." Li Long waved his hand, "You need to help me find a few guys to unload the truck. I can't unload it by myself when I take it back to the supply and marketing cooperative, so I'll send them back then."

"No problem." He Yuqing could still handle this little thing.

At this time, the task of organizing the gang was almost done, so He Yuqing called six young men. Meng Hai took the initiative to lead the team. Three of them sat in the passenger seat of the truck, and four of them took Li Long's jeep to the county.

Meng Hai sat in the passenger seat of the jeep, touching here and there curiously. He was curious but also nervous, and his body was straight.

Li Long smiled, said nothing, and continued driving ahead.

He had to unload the three trucks' loadsheets to the backyard of the supply and marketing cooperative before dark, as his own big yard could not accommodate so many.

He also planned to take all the porters in his family to the supply and marketing cooperative tomorrow. Although the total amount would be less than one thousand, it would still be seven or eight hundred.

It’s enough for the supply and marketing cooperative to give it a thorough inspection.

When the car entered the supply and marketing cooperative compound, there were not many people in the yard; everyone had gone off work.

If Li Long hadn't taken the lead, the guard wouldn't have let him in.

"Come, unload it here." Li Long said to the young men, "After unloading, lay it out in piles of twenty."

Li Long has now figured it out. He can only send the carts here in batches, and the supply and marketing department will also send the carts to the state in batches.

Although the backyard of the supply and marketing cooperative is large, it is unlikely to accommodate all 4,000 porters. Even if they could, they would not have time to do anything else.

I think we'll pull the carrying handles from the yard over tomorrow, and the supply and marketing cooperative will have to organize a truck to transport them to the state.

Meng Hai organized the young men to unload quickly. Li Longyou went over and stuffed a pack of cigarettes into each of the three drivers' hands, while they chatted about what to do next.

"I'll probably ask you to help me carry the handle every two or three days. Is that okay?"

"Definitely no problem." The driver who had come with Li Long several times said with a smile, "As long as there are idle cars, everyone will definitely want to come after get off work."

After all, it's a way to earn extra money, one trip is equivalent to a week's salary, so everyone definitely wants to come.

After unloading all the handles, the sun's afterglow had completely disappeared, but it was not dark yet and stars could be vaguely seen twinkling in the sky.

Three cars drove out of the yard. Li Long asked the boys to squeeze into the back seat and the trunk as he wanted to take them back.

There was one person sitting in the front passenger seat, four people squeezed in the back, and two more sitting in the trunk, so the car was fully equipped.

When Li Long sent the people to Qingshui River, it was already dark. A waning moon hung in the sky, very dark, and the stars looked very bright.

After saying goodbye to Meng Hai and the others, Li Long drove the jeep back with the headlights on. Over here in Qingshui River, the dozen or so families were bustling with activity.

Meng Hai returned to the team headquarters and got the money that belonged to him.

The person who earned the least received more than 100 yuan, which was just one week's income.

Think about it, if you work for a month, wouldn't you be able to earn three or four hundred yuan?

This is equivalent to a year's net profit!

Can you be unhappy?
The news could not be kept secret in the village, and soon it spread throughout the village.

Many people who were not chosen by He Yuqing and Meng Hai to be the leaders said sour words to them.

But there is no way. There are only so many people in the village, and it is impossible for everyone to work together and share the money together like in the big pot days.

Naturally, whoever has close ties with the team leaders and has better skills will be assigned the work.

This time, those chosen by He Yuqing and Meng Hai were not just their close friends. At least three of them were "technical personnel" who were good at organizing and carrying troops. So everyone understood that the team cadres had their reasons for choosing these people.

That night, some people came to He Yuqing or Meng Hai's home carrying things, such as a string of fish, a jar of honey, or a chicken, to inquire about the situation of the band.

They also wanted to join in, but were rejected, and the things they brought were also rejected.

He Yuqing and Meng Hai had made it clear at the beginning of the selection that they would not add more people this time. If there is a next task, they will select people from the entire village.

Although the person who brought the things was a little dissatisfied, he also promised that he would try his best to get the job of making big brooms in Qiuli.

I should be able to earn more money then.

The happiest people are naturally He Yuqing and Meng Hai. If they can get Li Long's relationship, the people of Qingshuihe Village will be one step ahead of others in the future, and they will be able to buy bicycles, tractors, and so on before others.

Buying a car?

This thought flashed through Meng Hai's mind.

When Li Long returned, there were several kilograms of shelled mountain loaches and two plastic cages of honey in the jeep.

This honey is from last year and has not come out yet. The honey has crystallized and it is not easy to take it out and eat. After all, the mouth of the plastic cage is small. It is okay to pour oil, but it is not so good to pour honey.

Li Long planned to wait until the weather got hot before eating it, because the crystals of this thing would melt when the weather was hot.

By the time we got back to the yard, it was already eleven o'clock in the evening.

Gu Xiaoxia, Sister Yang and Han Fang were all awake. After the jeep entered the house, Han Fang tried hard to close the door and then put the bolt on.

When Li Long brought the fish out of the car, Sister Yang smiled:
"Hey, it's going to explode again. Fortunately, the fire in the pot is still on."

She was not angry about having more work to do at night; instead, she was quite happy about it.

Gu Xiaoxia's eyes narrowed into crescents, not because of the delicious food, but more because Li Long returned safely.

It was past midnight when the lights in the yard were finally turned off.

The next day, Li Long drove a jeep to take Gu Xiaoxia to the Education Bureau. He drove a tractor himself and delivered the baskets piled in his yard to the supply and marketing cooperative one by one. He then asked the supply and marketing cooperative to send someone to inspect and sign.

Li Long was one of them, so the supply and marketing cooperative naturally cooperated. After Li Xiangqian and his men carefully inspected the goods, signed and filled out the forms, and when Li Long left the supply and marketing cooperative, he had received a sum of more than 5,000 yuan.

The payment is made immediately, which is quite efficient. He did not go to the mountain that day, but went to buy some things in the afternoon to prepare for a break.

The next day, after sending Gu Xiaoxia to the Education Bureau, Li Long drove the jeep west and then south.

When passing by Qingshuihe Village, he put the basin at the team headquarters.

The trunk was filled with supplies again. Li Long went to Xiaobaiyanggou to say hello, and then went to the wooden house.

Not long after I opened the door to dry the bedding, Bolati came over.

"Li Long, you didn't come yesterday?" Bolati got off his horse and took two small bags of Fritillaria as usual. "There are a lot more people on the east side of Mantou Mountain this year. The newcomers are very fierce. If I didn't have a gun, they would have wanted to beat me up!"

"Mantou Mountain?"

Li Long felt as if he had heard this word before. When he was searching his memory, Bolati showed a lewd smile:

"It's Mantou Mountain! The guys over there also call it Nitou Mountain because of its round shape..." He winked at Li Long, meaning "you know".

But Li Long did not respond to Bolati's smile, which made Bolati feel that Li Long did not understand this and shook his head.

Young man, you don’t know what’s fun!

Li Long suddenly remembered where he had heard the word Mantou Mountain.

Bolati did not let him continue to recall. He took down the two small bags of Fritillaria, asked Li Long to weigh them, and said:

"This time, let's exchange it for money. Hey, Li Long, you don't have those good things from last year anymore!"

"What good stuff?" Li Long asked while weighing it.

"Meat! Those air-dried meats are such good meat. If you can get more this year, I'll get more Fritillaria to exchange with you! That air-dried meat is delicious and goes really well with wine. One piece of meat can make you drink a bottle of wine!"

Li Long thought so. Last year, they harvested a lot of things, but it was difficult to take them back, so they dried them on the spot. Both the forest rangers of the forestry team and those who dug medicinal herbs would exchange some.

This year I was only thinking about the matter of lifting the boss and forgot about this matter.

"Okay, wait for me. I'll go hunting in the next two days. After I'm done, come over and dry the meat."

Hunting is not only about exchanging things here, but also can improve the family's food. Now that my parents are here and Gu Xiaoxia is pregnant, they both need nutrition, so it's always a good idea to get more meat.

The two small bags of Fritillaria weighed a total of seven kilograms. Li Long gave Bolati twenty-one yuan. After counting the money happily, he rode away on his horse.

Only then did Li Long wash the Fritillaria while slowly sorting out the relevant information about Mantou Mountain.

This mountain is related to a treasure.

The people of Ma County have no habit of naming the mountains in the south, because the mountains here are stacked up one after another, with no end in sight on both sides, and the layers inside seem to have no end in sight.

So they just named it after the ditch.

For example, Queergou, Meiyaogou, Dabaiyanggou, Xiaobaiyanggou and so on.

At most, we can name the place "Hongshanzui" or "Qingshitaizi" after its geographical features.

Li Long heard the name Mantou Mountain when Lao Luo was drinking with several five-guarantee households in the team. He didn’t know whether it was last winter or the year before last. It should be the year before last, right?
At that time, several of the five-guarantee households were once soldiers in northern Xinjiang. After the peaceful liberation, a large number of former soldiers, including the People's Liberation Army who later entered Xinjiang, either transferred to local jobs and became employees of the Corps, or retired and became builders of northern Xinjiang.

They are also one of them.

It was said that during the Kuomintang period, Sheng Shicai was in power and amassed a large amount of wealth here. When he left, he left behind some valuables, especially gold, so he arranged for someone to bury them in the Nanshan Mountain in Ma County. It is said that the burial place is Mantou Mountain, and an iron stake was erected as a mark.

At that time, senior officials from the northwest fled south one after another. Some of the two Mas from Gansu and Shaanxi and one Mas from Qinghai took away a large amount of gold when they fled.

Of course, what they took away was not much compared to what they had accumulated over the years.

Many more were buried.

However, the place name Mantou Mountain seemed unfamiliar to Li Long. He thought hard and found that there was no mountain of this shape in the Nanshan area where he had set foot.

As for the treasure, Li Long didn't have too persistent an idea. In the past forty years, no one had heard of treasure being discovered in Nanshan. He was lucky enough to get those things last year.

So he didn't cling to it. After hearing it at that time, he just regarded it as a legend and wrote it down just as gossip.

Now after hearing what Bolati said, he really wondered, could this be a coincidence?
But it is indeed time to look to the east. I wonder if there will be any gains in that salt mine.

Li Long did it as he thought. He put the washed Fritillaria into a bag and put it in the car, preparing to drive the jeep east.

At this time, a man carrying Fritillaria came out of the woods, and Li Long had to get out of the car again.

This man was very silent, only speaking one or two words the whole time. His hair was messy and his beard was quite long. It seemed that he had been in the mountains for quite some time.

He carried nearly ten kilograms of Fritillaria, half of which he wanted to buy for money and the other half for supplies.

Li Long still calculated the price at three yuan per kilogram, and the other party did not bargain.

When he was about to leave, he asked:
"Is there any meat?"

"I'm going hunting now, and maybe there will be meat tomorrow," said Li Long.

It seems that meat is still quite popular.

The man nodded and left.

Li Long thought that it seemed that he was really serious about hunting.

He loaded the collected Fritillaria into the car and drove the jeep eastward.

Li Long's idea was to go to the salt mine cave to take a look. If there was nothing there, he would continue to go east. If he could drive through, he would drive through. If not, he would turn back to Xiaobaiyanggou to have lunch, and then continue to go east in the afternoon to see what Mantou Mountain looked like.

The jeep had been driving out for more than ten minutes when someone else appeared from the woods. However, when he saw that there was no jeep in front of the cabin, he shrank back in frustration.

Another person came out later and walked to the wooden house. Seeing that the door was locked, he walked back, thought for a while, picked up a stone and wrote a few words on the mud wall before leaving.

Li Long drove the jeep all the way to the entrance of the ravine where the mine was, stopped the car, locked the door with his gun, took off the safety and loaded the gun, then walked forward with the gun in hand.

His past experiences taught him that there were too many dangerous things in the mountains and he had to be on guard.

When Li Long arrived at the mine, he found clear hoof prints at the entrance, which showed that animals had entered and exited here early in the morning.

He stopped and listened quietly, then a look of delight appeared on his face.

There was a breathing sound in the cave, and more than one sound.

He walked slowly in with a gun in hand, intending to shoot whoever he came across.

As soon as he entered the cave, Li Long stopped, thinking about adapting to the light, otherwise he would not be able to see clearly when he went in.

The two men's breathing became noticeably faster, probably because they had discovered Li Long.

You didn't run outside?

Li Long walked further in, his hand already on the trigger.

There was no way they could catch it alive, and if it turned out to be a carnivore, they would have no choice but to shoot.

As soon as he saw the two dark shadows, the smaller one suddenly jumped up and rushed out!
Li Long was about to pull the trigger when his hand loosened again.

This was a elk calf about the same size as the hopping roe deer at home, and it was obviously trying to escape.

The mother sika deer, who was originally hiding, saw her child running away, so she jumped up and rushed towards Li Long.

Li Long guessed that she was trying to buy time for her child - otherwise she wouldn't have bumped into Li Long directly.

Li Long dodged and watched two sika deer, one big and one small, rushing down the mountain, raising a small cloud of dust and quickly disappearing into the bushes.

I had the chance to fight, but I was soft-hearted.

Li Long took the gun and turned off the safety, then looked inside. Of course, there was nothing inside except feces.

If there aren't any, then there aren't any. There are many animals in this mountain, so one or two won't make a difference.

There was nothing to regret. Li Long came out of the mine with a gun in his hand. He looked at the mouth of the ravine, then looked to the east, and then headed east with the gun.

He wanted to know how far this place was from the Mantou Mountain that Bolati mentioned.

I just walked along, walked about two or three kilometers, walked out of this ditch and crossed another ditch, and in front of me were still layers of mountains, and I didn’t see any of them that looked like a steamed bun.

It looks like it will go even further.

Seeing that it was time for lunch, Li Long walked back.

He was somewhat frustrated that he didn't get anything. When he reached the mine, he wondered if he should go in and take a look. (End of this chapter)