Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Yang Laoliu returned very quickly, partly because of fear.

He said it was okay while drinking, but after drinking, he felt a little scared when he walked back.

Although Li Long said it very clearly, if we compare the time, that person’s sacrifice actually had nothing to do with himself.

After all, I was fired because I embezzled money for gambling.

But if you really want to investigate, you can't clearly explain what you did.

The more he thought about it, the more scared he became. When he got home, he was already sweating all over, and all the drunkenness was scared away.

The more he thought about it, the more panicked he became. Yang Laoliu had no desire to sleep at all. After thinking it over, he felt that Li Long was still not reliable.

If there is really an opportunity to make a contribution these days, there are people who would even sacrifice their relatives for the sake of justice. Besides, he and I are not that close, just from the same village.

So Yang Laoliu really didn't dare to bet whether Li Long would tell on him - he chose to leave.

After packing up his things overnight, Yang Laoliu quietly went out and walked quickly westward with the two legs that he had trained in the Whampoa Military Academy.

Now he regretted showing off to Lao Luo that he was a colonel.

It's useless and it even becomes a handle.

He believed in Lao Luo, but had little contact with Li Long and did not trust Li Long.

By the time Lao Luo found out that Yang Laoliu was not at home, it was already two days later. The five-guarantee household itself had few relatives. Although Yang Laoliu's parents were from the county, they had passed away several years ago. Yang Laoliu was married before liberation, but he embezzled public funds for gambling, which drove his wife away. He never remarried and had no children. He remained single.

Later, because he was literate and had a high level of education, he became a literacy teacher in Team 4. He helped many people in Team 4 to become illiterate.

Later, I became a five-guarantee household, and in the team I was only familiar with Lao Luo and others.

I can talk to Li Jianguo and the others, but not much.

He told Lao Luo that before coming to the Fourth Team, he had actually worked as a teacher and custodian at the County Second Primary School, where he had also embezzled public funds to buy a bicycle. As a result, he got caught and was imprisoned for several months. Otherwise, he would not have been able to come to the Fourth Team.

This trajectory is quite clear now - I also talked about this with Lao Luo when we were drinking.

Lao Luo also joked at the time, saying that it was fortunate that northern Xinjiang was liberated peacefully, otherwise he would have to fight with Yang Laoliu.

As a result, no one knew about Yang Laoliu's departure until two days later, and Lao Luo heard about it.

The land of the five-guarantee households is contracted out to others by the team for cultivation, and they are given grain and oil, as well as some contract fees in the autumn.

So Yang Laoliu doesn’t have to farm.

When Lao Luo heard that Yang Laoliu had disappeared, he immediately reacted.

In his heart, he blamed Yang Laoliu for not trusting Li Long, but he was also worried about how this old friend was living outside - it was said that he had two relatives in Shawan, and he didn't know if he had gone there.

Wait a minute.

It was a long time before Li Long found out that Yang Laoliu had been scared away. He didn't think it was necessary.

However, people who came from that era have experienced a lot, and they came from an agency similar to the "Military Control Commission" like the Second Section, so it is normal for them to be a little suspicious.

It was two months later when Yang Laoliu came back. Although he left, he never forgot to inquire about the news here. Since everything was calm here, he knew he was overthinking.

However, for such things, he would rather believe it, otherwise he would die instantly.

It was already past eleven o'clock when Li Long returned to the yard. He quickly washed up and went to bed, and he soon fell asleep.

Gu Xiaoxia, on the contrary, didn't fall asleep so quickly. She saw Li Long sleeping soundly and even snoring a little. She knew he was very tired and felt a little distressed.

Feeling heartbroken but helpless, Gu Xiaoxia felt unhappy.

So when I woke up the next day, my face was a little dark and I was not in a good mood.

When Li Long got up, he quickly discovered it. He thought about it and roughly understood it. He smiled and comforted his wife:

"In half a week, I will be done with my work here. After that, I will not go out anymore. I will have a good rest at home until you give birth and the baby is one month old. How do you think?"

"That's okay." Since Li Long had already said it, Gu Xiaoxia believed it and felt much better.

After sending Gu Xiaoxia to work, Li Long went to the free market first. The jeep was parked outside the market, and he got off on foot and walked to two ethnic people who were selling knives on wooden stands facing each other, one in the south and one in the north.

These knives are placed on a wooden shelf like a bookshelf, upright, with sheaths in one row and without sheaths in another. The boss can take down whichever one he wants to see.

At this time, the person selling the knife is still very enthusiastic in doing business and will not threaten anyone with a knife. You can take it down and have a look, or ask for a sheath to compare. It's okay if you don't want to buy it, and the seller won't force you.

It’s different from twenty years later, but similar to forty years later - forty years later, you need your real name to buy a knife.

Seeing Li Long coming over, the ethnic comrade asked enthusiastically:

"Adasi, which one do you want? Which kind do you want?"

Most of the knives here are straight or curved, with single-sided blades. There are almost no daggers.

"Are there any sharpened blades? I took them to the mountains, but they had no place to sharpen them, so I used them then."

"Open it, open it," the knife seller took out a short straight-blade knife and showed it to Li Long: "Look, it can even cut meat and skin." He used his thumb to test the knife and gestured to Li Long: "Look like this..."

Then he used a knife to cut a piece of cloth on the edge of the wooden frame. It was easy to cut, and then he showed the small piece of cloth to Li Long: "Look, this is okay, right? It's very fast!"

"Not bad, not bad." Li Long pointed to the row on the shelf and asked:
"Are they all sharpened?"

"They're all open...how many do you want?"

"How much is one? I want more."

"Five dollars. If you want more than ten, it's four dollars and fifty cents."

"I want twenty?" Li Long thought, since I'm going to buy it, I might as well buy more. Sun Jiaqiang and the herbalist like it, which means most herbalists will probably buy it, not only to make life easier, but at least they have something to protect themselves.

"Twenty?" The ethnic brother was startled, then surprised: "Twenty, four dollars! It can't be any lower, if it's any lower, I'll lose money!"

"Okay, then take it." Li Long didn't choose very carefully. The quality of things at that time was basically acceptable. As for how much steel there was, he couldn't tell. He would know only by using it.

He mainly tried to see if the knife and scabbard fit well.

The handles of these knives are decorated with copper and colorful plastic blocks, which are very beautiful. The blades are more than ten centimeters long. Although not big, they are enough for self-defense and daily use.

The knife seller was so happy. Usually, he could sell ten knives a day, but today he sold twenty knives in one deal. He thoughtfully gave Li Long a cloth bag to pack the knives. Li Long's words after he took the bag made him ecstatic, and he couldn't calm down for a long time.

"When I get into the mountains, if this knife works well for me, I'll come back to buy more from you later!"

After buying the knife, Li Long went to the transport team again. He had to finalize the task of pulling the handle that night.

Captain Ma Chunlei was there, and he was naturally very welcoming to Li Long who often came to see him. When he heard that he needed a car at night, Captain Ma agreed without hesitation and did not change the price.

Li Long asked them to drive the car to Qingshuihe Village after get off work. Naturally, there was no objection here. The drivers were all familiar with the place, and it was summer now, so it was very convenient.

After leaving the transport team, Li Long went to the department store to replenish goods, and then drove into the mountains.

This time he went directly to the wooden house, intending to let Sun Jiaqiang feel the joy of his own dagger first.

When the jeep drove to the cabin, Sun Jiaqiang had just completed a deal with a herb digger. He had a smile on his face - he couldn't help but smile, because the herb digger brought 11 kilograms of Fritillaria this time, which was rare in his trading history.

This means that the Fritillaria thunbergii have appeared in large numbers in the mountains, and of course it also means that his good luck is about to come.

Seeing Li Long getting off the car with a cloth bag, Sun Jiaqiang greeted him with a smile:
"Brother Long, what did you bring this time?"

This was the first time Sun Jiaqiang called him Brother Long this year, which made Li Long stunned for a moment. He smiled and said:
"Don't you want a knife? I brought the knife here." The man who exchanged the herbs had not left yet, and he also wanted to see what Li Long brought this time.

Seeing the knife that Li Long said he brought, the man became a little curious.

Li Long walked up to Sun Jiaqiang, took out a short knife from his cloth bag and handed it to him:
"Take a look and see if it works." Sun Jiaqiang pulled out the knife and gestured. Just when he was about to say it worked, Li Long took out another knife and handed it to him, "If that one doesn't work, take a look at this one. The style is a little different, but the knives are actually similar..."

He changed three in a row and Sun Jiaqiang liked them all very much.

"Can you give me one?" The herbalist next to him suddenly interrupted, "I don't want these noodles and this pair of shoes for now. I want a knife instead... How much is this knife worth?"

"Two kilograms of Fritillaria." Li Long said.

"Okay, that's about right." The man immediately put down his new rubber shoes and some noodles.

Li Long took out four knives for him to choose from. The man picked one at random, pulled it out, looked at it, gestured with it, and then left happily.

After Li Long and Sun Jiaqiang moved the things out of the jeep and put them into the small room, Sun Jiaqiang began to wash the mother-of-pearls.

The dagger he chose was placed aside. He would take it out and practice with it from time to time, and he was obviously very excited.

This reminded Li Long of the children in Team 4.

Li Qiang and his friends also like knives very much. However, the knives that can be used at home, or knives that children can touch, are those black clip-handle knives that can be folded up to store the blade, except for pencil sharpeners.

Anyone who has a knife like the one Sun Jiaqiang has in his hand will definitely be the envy of everyone.

In this age when there is no money to buy toys and there are not so many toys on the market, a suitable knife is very important for children.

Carving clay blocks to make guns, carving wood to make slingshots, carving branches to make bows and arrows, etc. all require knives. There is even a game called "heart-piercing" that is played with a knife.

The two children sat opposite each other and drew a vertical pattern with pointed ends like an eye on a relatively wet ground, like two brackets put together.

Use small arcs to circle the two sharp corners as the base camp for the two children, and then cut a horizontal cut in the middle of the pattern as a boundary.

Two children play rock-paper-scissors to guess who will go first. The first person to arrive will take a knife and poke a hole in the bracket on the ground. The knife must not fall down and must stay in its own area. In this way, they take turns to move towards the other party's base camp. Whoever arrives first wins.

If you could pull out such a knife at that time, even if you lost in the end, you would actually be considered a big winner.

Subsequent facts proved that Li Long's guess was correct.

Everyone who came to exchange Fritillaria for supplies would be tempted to exchange it for a knife.

Two kilograms of Fritillaria are not a lot for them, but a knife is really necessary for their survival in the wild. Whether it is for life or for dealing with possible dangers, a knife and a stick are equally important.

When preparing to go to Xiaobaiyanggou for lunch, Li Long had already replaced six of the twenty knives he brought with him, except for the one he gave to Sun Jiaqiang.

In return, they got more than ten kilograms of Fritillaria - the next six herbalists also brought nearly forty kilograms of Fritillaria.

Quite a few.

Li Long was naturally very happy.

Sun Jiaqiang naturally didn't go, waiting for Li Long to bring it back. These dozens of kilograms of mother of pearl were enough for him to wash.

Li Long came to eat every day. Everyone was used to it and greeted him as usual. After eating, Li Long brought food to Sun Jiaqiang, went back to pull up the washed Fritillaria, and went out of the mountain to Qingshuihe Village.

They had already had lunch here. He Yuqing and Meng Hai had lunch at Bian Taibazi, which was sent by their families.

When Li Long came over, he saw a lot of porters on the threshing floor. He drove the jeep over there, and when he arrived at the threshing floor, He Yuqing and the others had already seen them, and came over with Meng Hai.

When Li Long got off the jeep, Meng Hai asked:

"Comrade Li Long, have you eaten?"

"I have eaten it in the mountains."

He Yuqing said with some complaints:
"Why don't you come before dinner? If you come before dinner, we can have a meal with you. If you come here after dinner, it's obvious that you don't consider us as your own."

"No, I have some work to do in the mountains, and there are a bunch of people there." Li Long explained with a smile, "We came here to do some work, and it would be better if we can have dinner and drinks with you after we are done."

"Okay, okay, it's settled." He Yuqing smiled and turned around, pointing at the people carrying the handles and said:
"Then I'll ask them to bring the handle over?"

"Row."

Li Long took out a small notebook and a pen, clipped the pen to his ear, and waited for those gangsters to come up.

This time everyone helped each other, first lifting one person's handle, and then lifting the next person's.

Li Long was also very familiar with checking these things. If they were qualified, they would be passed. If they were not qualified, they would be put aside. These people had no objections, because Li Long would also tell them the reasons for the failure when checking.

Li Long found that the pass rate of the inspection and acceptance has increased again. Obviously, everyone's proficiency has improved, and the pass rate has also increased.

It's a good thing for both him and these people.

There were three or four hundred people carrying the bags, and it took a lot of effort to finish the inspection. Fortunately, everyone was already skilled, and it was not time to leave work after the inspection.

Li Long then talked to He Yuqing about another matter and asked a young man to help unload the truck.

"No problem, no problem." He Yuqing agreed readily, "What's the big deal? This is what we should do."

"No, there is another main thing," Li Long said, "After these porters unload the goods at the supply and marketing cooperative, I have to ask everyone to go to my yard to load the hundreds of horses over there onto trucks and unload them at the supply and marketing cooperative. I will pay for the loading and unloading fees for each person who loads the truck..."

"No need to go!" Meng Hai waved his hand upon hearing this. "I'll take the people with me. Don't worry about it. Why should I pay money? We are already very grateful for your help. Isn't it normal for us to contribute a little? Okay, okay, we get it. Don't say anything more."

Li Long actually thought that he should explain the matter clearly and ask for the money he was due, but these two people did not give him a chance to speak.

Now that the inspection is completed, it is time for everyone to take a break. Some sit by the threshing floor and relax, some smoke, some chat.

Li Long called He Yuqing and Meng Hai aside and gave them the money first as per the usual practice.

He doesn't care how they give money to others.

The appearance of three cars broke the tranquility of the evening, and the people who were sitting and resting immediately stood up. They had received the hard-earned money for a week from He Yuqing and Meng Hai, and they were all very excited.

If they didn't have to load the truck, they would have happily run back home to show off the good news to their families.

Basically everyone can get more than 100 yuan, which is really a lot.

Therefore, loading was very quick. He Yuqing and Meng Hai kept reminding people to be careful and not to damage the handle.

After loading the truck, Meng Hai and six of the others stayed behind, planning to go to the county to unload the truck and complete the task assigned by Li Long.

Li Long thought it would be troublesome and time-consuming to load the handles on each tractor tomorrow. It would be great if he could pay for the freight and finish it in one night.

The supply and marketing cooperative agreed that when the truck drove over to unload, the gate would open quickly, but there was no one else except the gatekeeper. The checker and the warehouse manager were not there either, after all, they were off work, and Li Long was embarrassed to ask them to work overtime. Just come over tomorrow morning to count and put them into the warehouse. I think the supply and marketing cooperative will have to transport these things to the state tomorrow, otherwise it will be troublesome to pile so many things in the yard.

It was already twelve o'clock when all the loads in the yard were unloaded. Sister Yang made noodles for everyone. Meng Hai led the young men to chat and laugh while they washed their hands and ate. Everyone felt that they were treated well.

Li Long thought that people at this time were really sincere and willing to work hard.

He originally wanted to let Meng Hai and his friends stay, but Meng Hai and his friends wanted to go back, so Li Long drove the jeep overnight and sent the crowded jeep back.

He could understand the urgency of wanting to go back.

But when he came back, it was already past one o'clock.

The lights were on in the yard, which made him feel warm. (End of this chapter)