Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

After dinner, Li Jianguo drove Li Long away.

According to him, there was no point in staying here, and it would be better for him to go back to the cabin and do his own things.

By the way, we need to send Lao Huang to Xiaobaiyanggou. There are people watching there, and we will exchange the person back after Lao Huang goes there.

Li Long sent Lao Huang and the pot to the Xiaobaiyanggou campsite, and then drove to the wooden house.

When Li Long arrived at the wooden house and handed Sun Jiaqiang an enamel bowl of pilaf, Sun Jiaqiang, who was washing and drying Fritillaria, took the bowl and said with emotion:
"They're going to be back soon, right? When they get back, I'll have to cook for myself. This pilaf... to be honest, I really don't know how to make it."

After saying that, he went to find chopsticks, sat on the doorstep, and started eating with big mouthfuls.

The traditional way of making pilaf is to soak every grain of rice in oil, but the rice grains must be distinct and not stick together. It should be a little hard, but not undercooked.

The yellow carrots are used instead of the red ones. They are the yellow ones, or the red and yellow ones. You can’t just use the red ones, because they don’t taste right.

In addition to large pieces of bones, you also need to use enough oil, otherwise the pilaf will not be fragrant.

After finishing this kind of pilaf, there is often oil at the bottom of the bowl. In this era, people who know how to eat it would mix the oil at the bottom of the bowl with the rice while eating, which makes it fragrant.

Naturally, people in later generations would not be able to eat it, and at the end there would probably be only half a bowl of oil left. Some people simply took the rice on top, so that there would be less oil.

Although Sun Jiaqiang has been in Northern Xinjiang for several years, it is probably not easy to ask him to make pilaf.

While we were eating, a man was walking towards us from a distance.

Li Long looked a little strange. The man looked dejected and had nothing in his hands. What did that mean?
When the man came closer, Li Long discovered that his clothes were torn and he seemed to have injuries on his body.

When the man saw Li Long, his eyes lit up and he shouted in a low voice:

"Can I have something to eat?"

When Li Long heard this, he turned his head and glanced at Sun Jiaqiang.

Sun Jiaqiang didn't see it because he was eating with his head down, and he didn't hear what the man said.

Li Long entered the house and brought a steamed bun to the man.

The man grabbed the steamed bun and started eating it in big mouthfuls. After taking three or four bites, he choked. Li Long didn't get him any water, so he ran to the spring and drank the water to swallow the contents of his esophagus.

After finishing the meal, the man felt stronger, and then he leaned against the table and said to Li Long:

"Those two were also herb diggers. They held the knives they had exchanged from you and threatened me that if I didn't give them my things, they would kill me."

Having said this, the man paused and looked up at Li Long.

Li Long ignored him.

"Why did you change your knives? This is so dangerous." The man must have gained strength from eating the steamed buns, and began to scold Li Long, "If they didn't have knives, I could still fight against the two of them alone..."

"What do you mean? You can't beat them, so you plan to ask us for compensation, right?" Li Long understood what he said and asked with a sneer.

"That's not the case. I think you guys still have some responsibility..." That's what the man meant originally. But after seeing Li Long's look, he got a little scared. But he still said with courage, "Look, I have nothing. How about you give me something to last me through the night? Tomorrow I can dig some Fritillaria and make some money..."

"I think you'd better go dig for Fritillaria now. It's still a long time before dark. Even if you can dig a kilogram of Fritillaria by dark, I can give you something in exchange."

If this person did not file a claim or anything, Li Long was thinking of giving him some subsidies.

But after he ate the steamed bun, he obviously became more demanding, and Li Long was not happy about it.

Sun Jiaqiang finished eating, came over with the enamel basin to wash it, and asked:
"what's going on?"

"He was robbed at knifepoint, and he felt it was our responsibility, so he wanted us to give him some subsidies." Li Long pointed speechlessly.

"What?" Sun Jiaqiang couldn't believe his ears.

"The knife was sold from you, and I was robbed. Don't you want to take some responsibility?" The man still thought he was right.

Li Long heard the noise and turned to look to the east.

Bolati and another young man rode their horses towards this side, one after the other.

"I think you can talk to them." Li Long pointed at Bolati and said, "They are forest rangers of the forestry team, and they are also in charge of the public security in this area. You were robbed, they should support you. If they think I need to compensate you, then there is no problem."

Li Long's expression was very serious when he said this, as if he really thought so.

The man was stunned for a moment, then immediately shook his head:

"No, no, no, I don't want to meet them... I'm leaving, leaving..."

After saying that, he turned around and ran into the woods. His movements were very fast, as if he was afraid that Li Long would immediately hand him over to Bolati.

"Humph, I really want to beat him up!" Sun Jiaqiang said as he washed the enamel basin and put it on the table, "He is so shameless. He wasted a steamed bun."

"Okay, if you see a dog that's starving to death, you have to give it something to eat, right?" Li Long smiled and signaled him not to worry about it.

After Bolati and the other two came over, they took the bags off their horses and placed the four bags in front of Li Long.

"For meat, for money." Bolati said with a smile, "There are people coming out of the mountains every day these days. It seems they are planning to leave."

“Then you guys check it out. Aren’t they working for a month in vain?” Li Long looked at the bags in front of him, all of which were full.

"Don't worry, we won't do anything extreme. We can only say that they are unlucky if they leave a bag for each person." Bolati didn't care about so many things. He felt that leaving a bag for each person was already the most he could do.

"We have meat and money." Li Long weighed the bag, which was about thirty or forty kilograms. He opened the bag and took a look. It was full of half-dried Fritillaria.

"As for the money, I'll give you more. This Fritillaria has been dried in the sun." Li Long explained.

"Okay, okay, you decide. We know you are a good person and will not let us suffer any loss!" Boladan said, and then he said to the man next to him:

"Look, let me tell you, Li Long will not let us suffer any loss. The people who have half-dried Fritillaria have said so."

The young man was a little shy and didn't say anything, just smiled.

"By the way, Bolati, my eldest brother and his team will be digging for Fritillaria in the ravine near Xiaobaiyanggou tomorrow. Just one day, is that okay with you?"

"One day? No problem. I'm in charge of that area, so there will be no problem." Bolati smiled and said, "I'll go over and take a look tomorrow. You can let them dig. If they have any problems, just come to me. If you see any of our people, just tell them my name."

Li Long smiled. This problem was indeed easy to solve.

Next is to check out these Fritillarias.

He calculated the price at six yuan per kilogram, which was double the original price. Bolati and the young man each took more than three hundred yuan, a few bottles of wine and some meat, and left happily.

More than two hundred yuan, what a huge sum of money!
Li Long looked at the Fritillaria that had been washed very clean and dried in the sun for a while, and silently mourned for the unlucky ones who were investigated.

Who put them in danger?

I guess because people died, the forestry team’s rangers are now stepping up their patrols.

"These Fritillaria must weigh more than 100 kilograms, right?" Sun Jiaqiang came over and said enviously, "They are still half-dried."

"Yes." Li Long smiled and moved the bags of mother-of-pearl to the car.

It is like reaping the harvest of those who work hard to dig medicinal herbs in the mountains.

But he would not feel any guilt, because the behavior of those herbalists was already illegal, and he was just transferring some of the profits.

Anyway, even if Bolati doesn't take it here, he will hand it over, and then it will be equivalent to giving part of the profits to others.

As for who it would be, Li Long had no idea.

When the sun was about to set, Li Long loaded all the Fritillaria here into the car and told Sun Jiaqiang that it would be better for him to stop working now and close and fasten the door of the wooden house. Then he drove the jeep to Halimu.

When Li Long arrived, Li Jianguo and his team had already returned to Xiaobaiyanggou.

Li Long was delighted to see that the sheep washing pool had been dug. Its shape somewhat resembled an ancient Chinese character with a short and wide horizontal line in the middle.

The vertical line on top is the entrance, the short and thick horizontal line in the middle is the sheep washing pool, and the opening at the bottom is the sheep pen to prevent the sheep from running away after washing.

The wall at the opening is in a Y-shape, so it is easy to drive the sheep in. There is also an opening at the sheepfold at the back, which is not particularly large, but there is plenty of space nearby to accommodate the sheep.

There is a channel in the middle of the sheep washing pool to drain water. After washing the sheep, you just need to dig up the soil blocking the channel and the water will be released.

There is no water in it at present, because the sheep washing pool is located about 5 meters below the outlet of the water pipe. Li Jianguo and his team thoughtfully led a canal from the outlet to the water pipe. The canal is currently blocked, so it can be dug out when it is used.

Halimu's winter home was also repaired.

The grass and mud on the roof were almost all replaced, and the walls were re-plastered, so it looks like new.

The fences of the sheep pens were also reinforced and re-nailed, and they are much neater than before.

They even found some flat stones and laid them from the winter den to the water pipe to create a path, which Li Long thought was pretty good.

In fact, you can do it yourself in the wooden house.

I think we can do the same for the winter nest in Yushan River next year.

It’s not a good idea to delay it any longer this year, otherwise it would be a good idea to find someone to do it when I have some free time.

For example, after the wheat is harvested?
Of course, this is something.

Li Long did not go to Xiaobaiyanggou again, but drove the jeep directly back to the county.

There were so many fritillarias in the car, and he planned to unload them first.

After all, it's all about money. (End of this chapter)