Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

It had been more than an hour since Li Long released the sika deer and came here again, so he thought there was probably nothing in there.

But since I was already here, it wouldn't hurt to come up and take a look, so I turned and came up.

When he was about ten meters away from the mine, Li Long subconsciously slowed down his pace and turned on the safety.

Whether you have it or not, make sure you are well prepared.

Just as he was thinking this, two dark figures suddenly jumped out of the mine. Li Long subconsciously raised his gun:
"Boom!"

"boom!"

He fired two shots directly, and a black shadow fell to the ground. One of the two shots missed, and the black shadow that was not hit was frightened and flew into the air. Li Long adjusted the gun slightly and fired again. When the black shadow landed, his hooves softened and he fell down.

Only then did Li Long see clearly that the two black shadows were two yellow sheep.

They are not big, about 30 or 40 kilograms, with white butts and yellow hair.

Li Long went over and found that one of the two yellow sheep had been shot in the abdomen and the other in the head, both in vital areas.

Hey, my shooting skills are getting better and better!
I felt a little bit smug, then I took my gun and went into the mine to check, but there was nothing inside.

Li Long couldn't figure it out. Shouldn't the yellow sheep be active in the red willow fields in the Gobi Desert outside the mountain at this time? Why did it run here?

But it doesn’t matter, just take it back if you hit it.

He turned off the safety of his gun, put it on his back, and walked towards the mouth of the ditch, holding a yellow sheep in each hand.

This yellow sheep is not easy to catch. It uses one front hoof to lead the other hind hoof, so it can hold its own.

Although the weather in the mountains was cooler than outside, Li Long knew that he had to deal with the two yellow sheep as soon as possible, otherwise he would definitely have to face meat with maggots later - and he didn't want that.

But no matter how urgent it is, I have to go to Xiaobaiyanggou to eat first. I will go back to the cabin and have no time to cook.

Li Long carried the yellow sheep to the jeep. After putting the yellow sheep down, he opened the trunk, put the gun into the gun bag and put it inside. Then he took out a bag of salt, tore open an opening and poured out a small handful of salt, then smeared it on the muzzles of the two yellow sheep.

Although the flies were still flying around the gazelle, they dared not land on it.

Li Long cleared a space in the trunk, put some things on the back seat, then put the two yellow sheep on it, closed the trunk door, started the car and drove towards Xiaobaiyanggou.

Lunch had already started in Xiaobaiyanggou. Lao Huang had already served food to everyone and was about to serve himself when he saw Li Long's jeep coming over.

When Li Long got off the car, Lao Huang had already prepared lunch for him - today's lunch was fried potato chips and steamed mixed flour buns. Li Jing looked at the two mixed flour buns in the enamel basin and thought of the steamed bun mountain that Bolati mentioned.

If Sheng Shicai's treasure is real, and if I dig it up, then I don't have to work so hard -

It's impossible to think about it. Nowadays, all gold shops are state-owned. Even if you find good things, you have nowhere to sell them, or you don't know where to sell them.

All you can do is guard the pile of treasure and keep working hard.

It’s better to focus on the present.

After greeting his elder brother, Xie Yundong and others, Li Long took the enamel basin and gathered around to eat.

The steamed buns mixed with corn flour have a good taste and are slightly sweet. This thing is different from steamed cakes. It contains more corn flour and is not as soft, but it is still filling.

The potato chips were also cut big and thick, but they were stewed in the pot for a long time, and some braised meat was added, so they tasted very good.

There is a lot of soup, and many people ask for more soup so that they can break off a piece of mixed flour steamed bun and soak it in it. The steamed bun full of soup tastes very good.

"You don't have anything to do these two days, right? You didn't come yesterday, did you go to Qingshui River?" Li Jianguo asked while eating.

"Well, they also assigned more than 300 people to help them," Li Long said, "plus the two times we pulled them here, a total of more than 700 people were paid to the supply and marketing agency."

"What's the pass rate for the guys over there?" Xu Haijun was also eating not far away. When he heard Li Long talking about Qingshui River, he interrupted.

"It's better than yours, and about the same as my eldest brother's. Eighty percent of it is qualified." Li Long said while eating, "They have less land over there, and it's not easy to get a job that makes money. They value it very much."

The people around him stopped talking.

Indeed, they would have felt a similar sense of urgency two years ago, but not now. The team has a lot of land, plus there are at least three jobs a year to earn money, and there is a small lake where they can catch fish and sell them. As long as they work hard, they can at least make money at home, even if they don't get rich.

But now there is a new competitor.

Many people know that because of Zhang Qiang's incident last year, Li Long bought a large number of brooms in another village. Although no one suffered a loss, selling the brooms to Zhang Qiang was also a sum of money.

But the fact that Li Long was able to buy enough large brooms from outside shows that he has many options to choose from, not just from his own team.

This has given some people a sense of urgency.

Tao Daqiang, Xie Yundong and others who followed Li Long didn't care. Li Long would definitely take them with him anyway, and they were willing to listen to Li Long.

But others may not think so.

It is not easy to make money and maintain a certain degree of autonomy.

After dinner, Li Long went to the stream to wash the enamel basin, came back and put it on the wooden block next to the stove, said goodbye to his elder brother and others, and drove away in the jeep.

After eating, the others either took a rest or went directly to organize the gangs, each with their own plans.

Li Long drove the jeep to the wooden house and then saw the words written on the wooden house.

"I want some noodles"

He smiled.

There are noodles in the trunk, and if this person comes again, he can really change them.

But the most urgent task right now is to deal with the yellow sheep first.

I went to the shed and got a big broom, then swept the wooden floor in front of the door again. Then I put the mother-of-pearls I received in the morning out to dry, and put the unwashed ones in a large basin and soak them in water.

Li Long put down the two yellow sheep, and there were wasps and flies flying around them.

He went to the big room and pulled out a few basins, then built the stove in front of the wooden house, put the pot on it, poured water, and then lit the fire.

Seeing that there was not much firewood left beside the shed, he thought he would get some more when he had time. He could pull a fallen tree from the distant forest and use it as local firewood.

After completing the preparations, they began to skin the sheep, gut it, and process the offal and meat.

It was hot, and in order to prevent the mutton from spoiling, Li Long soaked the sheep in a basin of water first, then smeared salt on the sheepskin and the mutton and hung them out to dry in the sun.

When he was applying salt, someone came out of the woods with a bag on his back, walked up to Li Long and watched him prepare the meat.

"What to change?" Li Long asked.

These people don’t bring many Fritillarias. Three to five kilograms are the most common, and seven or eight kilograms are rare.

At the beginning, those who dug medicinal herbs didn’t want to exchange too many things, thinking that they could just hold on.

Of course, they would not bring too many supplies when they first entered the mountains, thinking that they would leave the mountains after eating, go to the county to sell medicinal herbs, and then buy supplies to go back into the mountains.

It’s just that after Li Long built this wooden house, many people who came to collect herbs became dependent on it.

"Can this meat be exchanged?" The man was not very old, about twenty-five or twenty-six years old, and he felt a little greedy when looking at the fresh meat.

There are naturally edible animals in the deep mountains and forests, but with their current abilities, they probably won't be able to deal with them.

Even if there are experienced people, only a few can catch a rabbit.

I usually eat dry steamed buns and instant noodles, which makes me a little greedy, so I naturally want to change to something with meat.

"One kilogram of Fritillaria can be exchanged for two kilograms of meat." Li Long said as he worked, "It's the same with getting into the water. But it's all raw, so you have to cook it yourself when you get home."

"Change, change them all!" The man got angry. He knew that the meat smeared with salt could be kept, so he simply changed them all to satisfy his craving.

Isn't it just to live a good life that we come to these deep mountains and forests to dig herbs?

Anyway, there is salt in the meat, so it can replenish salt.

Li Long looked at him with some surprise, and then asked:

"Take a look and tell me which piece you want."

The man finally asked for a yellow sheep leg - Li Long weighed it and found it was about five kilograms, so he gave it to him without much calculation.

The man walked out more than 20 meters with the lamb leg and came back embarrassedly, and asked Li Long in a low voice:

"Can I have a box of matches?"

Li Long smiled, wiped his hands, took out a box of matches from the trunk of the car and handed it to him.

It seems that this person was originally exchanging matches and other daily necessities. He couldn't walk anymore after seeing the meat. When Li Long smeared salt on the meat of the two yellow sheep and hung them up, two more people came to exchange Fritillaria for supplies.

However, these two men were older and more experienced, and they withstood the test of meat. One of them exchanged for a piece of meat weighing more than one kilogram, while the other simply did not want the meat, and exchanged it for noodles, matches, and rubber shoes, then hurried away.

Li Long looked at the cloth shoes on his feet, which were already torn.

The most likely reason why the homemade cloth shoes with thousand-layer soles are worn out is that the sole is worn through or the big toe is broken, which can stretch the shoe upper. This person must have encountered something.

After Li Long finished preparing the meat and hung it up, he started to wash the Fritillaria.

When he finished these tasks, the sun had already set to the height where he would normally go back.

Li Long was preparing to pack up and go back. He was going to take away the salted meat, sheepskin and gathered fritillaria.

Not long after leaving the cabin, I ran into Bolati.

Bolati rode to the jeep and dismounted. After Li Long got off, he unloaded a full bag from the horse and said:

"Just caught. This group of people is really annoying. They dug up the ditch in a mess and broke some small trees. I took my gun and collected all their fritillarias... I'll leave them here with you first, until you have some meat... Eh?"

He smelled blood.

"We shot two yellow sheep today." Li Long said, "One kilogram of Fritillaria for two kilograms of meat, would you like to trade?"

"Change it, but not all of it." Bolati said hurriedly, "Change it to some wine. The meat is raw, right?"

"Yes, it's raw. You have to cook it when you get home. I've already rubbed salt on it."

"Then exchange it for half of the meat and five...six bottles of wine." Bolati waited for Li Long to open the trunk, thought for a moment and said, "And give me some biscuits. I'll take them back for the baby."

There are not many such opportunities, and Bolati knows that he doesn't know when he will meet such a group of people again. So he might as well exchange as much as he can for now.

Bolati left the bag, put the things he had exchanged into two bags and put them on the horse's back, then left with satisfaction.

Li Long also breathed a sigh of relief. There was still more than half of the yellow sheep left, which would be easy to deal with when he got back.

Today I exchanged more than 40 kilograms of Fritillaria from the mountains. If dried, these Fritillaria would weigh about 7 or 8 kilograms. At the current price, it would be at least 300 yuan, right?

However, Li Long did not ask whether the price of Fritillaria has increased this year, so his purchase price is still calculated based on the original price.

It is a seller's market anyway, and the main business is to exchange things. He charges more than two yuan or even less than two yuan for one kilogram of Fritillaria, which is a huge profit.

Of course, this is a matter of mutual consent. Those people who dig medicinal herbs don't have to exchange them. Li Long's main exchange target is people like Bolati. After all, the confiscated Fritillaria there accounts for the bulk of the money.

The Fritillaria in Bolati is a no-cost business, so it doesn’t matter how much it costs, as long as it feels suitable.

When the jeep passed Qingshuihe Village, Li Long saw someone waving and saying hello to him, but he didn't know the person, so he just honked and continued on his way.

After returning to the county and picking up Gu Xiaoxia, Li Long walked back.

"Hey, what's that smell in this car...so bad?" Gu Xiaoxia smelled a strange smell after getting in the car and quickly rolled down the window.

"We shot two yellow sheep at noon. I smell the blood and the Fritillaria." Li Long explained, "Hold on, we'll be there soon."

He quickened his pace.

Gu Xiaoxia doesn't get carsick, but the smell is a little unbearable for her.

Li Long felt a little regretful, but he also knew that next time he hit something, he would have to clean up the car after pulling it back.

After the jeep entered the yard, Gu Xiaoxia got out, walked a few steps away from the car, and then let out a long sigh.

Obviously, she was still feeling quite uncomfortable just now.

Li Long helped Gu Xiaoxia sit on a chair, and then he went to pack the things in the jeep. When taking the meat out of the jeep and putting it in the kitchen, Li Long deliberately walked around his wife to prevent her from smelling the smell again.

"I'm not that squeamish. It's different in the yard." Gu Xiaoxia couldn't help but explain with a smile when she saw how cautious he was.

"Be better off being careful." After Li Long put the meat away, he took the yellow sheepskin to the side room and hung it up, and also hung the washed Fritillaria in the side room to dry.

After dinner, Li Long washed the last few Fritillaria that Bolati brought over in two large basins in the yard. Han Fang came to help, and Li Long did not refuse. After all, the children's studies were not so stressful at the moment.

Sister Yang was preparing yellow mutton in the kitchen.

Li Long calculated that he would have to go to Xiaobaiyanggou to inspect the work tomorrow. The days passed by so quickly.

In fact, he was thinking that if he could gather four or five hundred porters at once, he could pull the trucks back at once. Unfortunately, the transportation company did not allow it, and Captain Ma had no way to mobilize so many trucks at once.

The transport company itself has five cars, and Captain Ma also said that a few must be kept in reserve in the company in case of any emergency. These cars will be of great use.

Then we can only do it piecemeal and slowly.

After washing all the Fritillaria and hanging them up to dry, Li Long shook off the water on his hands. Han Fang went to the kitchen to see Sister Yang busy, while Li Long went into the bedroom.

Gu Xiaoxia was watching TV. When she saw Li Long come in, she asked with concern:

"Are you tired?"

"Not tired, it's much better than those people in the mountains."

Whether it's the weaving bands or the herbalists like my brother, these days they can only live in dugouts or caves in the mountains. It's much better to be able to go home every day, eat on time, and have a car to drive.

What’s more important is that I’m so comfortable, and I’m earning several times or even dozens of times more than these people. If I still say I’m tired, that would be ridiculous.

"It's not about competing with them, it's about you. If you feel tired, don't do so much. You can hire someone to do it." Gu Xiaoxia was mainly referring to the matter of transporting the handles from home to the supply and marketing cooperative.

"I understand." Knowing that his wife was concerned about him, Li Long smiled, moved a chair side by side with Gu Xiaoxia, then took a cushion and placed it behind Gu Xiaoxia, and the two of them watched TV together.

As a man, it’s normal to be a little tired. Otherwise, how can you make your family live a good life?

Besides, Li Long knew that he couldn't sit idle. There were so many good things in the mountains, and he could get them by going into the mountains. How could he not go?

After breakfast the next day, Li Long sent Gu Xiaoxia to the Education Bureau as usual, and then went to the transportation company.

Captain Ma was not there, so Li Long found the driver he was familiar with.

"No problem. The captain is taking the car to transport the supplies. I'll let him know when he comes back. There are no other tasks today, and there will be a car in the evening." The driver promised.

Li Long was not very reassured, but there was nothing he could do.

He restocked his supplies and drove to the mountains.

He first went to the wooden house for a walk, planning to see if there was any material exchange in the morning, go to Xiaobaiyanggou for lunch at noon, and start inspecting the work in the afternoon.

Sure enough, the plan was good. As soon as we arrived at the cabin, we saw someone coming out of the woods and walking towards us.

He wondered if the man had been staying there all the time, waiting for him to come out.

Li Long opened the wooden house and took out the big basin, then waited for the man to come.

The man with the bag on his back was about fifty years old. It was rare to see people in neat clothes in the mountains. Li Long was thinking about whether he should get some clothes, but then he thought better of it.

These people live in the mountains, and even clean clothes will get dirty in a day.

The man came up to him, took out something from his pocket and handed it to Li Long:

"Comrade, do you want to accept this?"

Li Long took a closer look and saw some copper coins wrapped in a towel, and a dagger with green rust. Was it made of bronze?

He shook his head and said:
"It's not worth much, or I don't understand it, so I can't give much money."

Copper coins, or hemp coins, were easy to find at this time, so they were not valuable. As for the copper dagger, it was covered with green rust, and he didn't understand it, so he wouldn't bid for it.

The man was a little disappointed, so he took the towel back, thought about it and said:

"Just give me a price. It's troublesome to hold it."

"That's one dollar." Li Long said, "Do you want money or something?"

"Go ahead and ask for something." The man nodded. "And these Fritillaria, let's exchange them for some noodles. Oh, you said you have rubber shoes? Give me a pair, and some matches, and some salt..."

This man had a lot of demands, and Li Long quickly interrupted him:
"Your Fritillaria cannot be exchanged for so many things."

"Can I get some on credit?"

"No." Li Long almost laughed. He had been here for two or three years, and this was the first time he encountered someone selling things on credit.

Of course it won't work. (End of this chapter)