Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Gu Xiaoxia was looking after the two children in the house, Sister Yang was washing diapers by the sink, and Han Fang was feeding two grown-up roe deer.

Li Long, on the other hand, was in the side room, staring at the pile of things in a daze.

There are too many things.

The value is too high.

The most common item is leather. In Li Long's opinion, common leathers include wolf skin, deer skin, roe deer skin and wild goat skin.

Among them, there were four wolf skins, seven deer skins, five roe deer skins, and about ten wild goat skins - these things were the most abundant in the mountains.

Deer have four sets of antlers, three of which are relatively large, and one is relatively small. Roe deer have more antlers, about ten pairs, and they are easy to pack because they are not large.

There are two antlers, forming a pair, and the two together weigh less than two kilograms.

There are seven or eight pieces of jasper, but luckily they are not big, otherwise it would be hard to hold. The quality of these jasper is mixed, half is very good jasper without black spots, and the other half is ordinary jade with large and small fly droppings.

They are all seed materials, and the largest one is only about five or six kilograms.

These things alone would be worth about three to four thousand yuan - mainly the jasper without black spots is more valuable.

The most valuable things were in the bags of Halimu and Yushanjiang.

Halimu brought Li Long a bear skin and a dried bear gall.

Yushanjiang brought Li Long a snow leopard skin and some bones.

Li Long guessed that he didn't know whether these bones were useful or not. But Li Long had asked for tiger bones before, so the snow leopard bones might also be useful.

The value of each of these two pieces of skin is at least over one thousand to two thousand.

This was the price before last year. It is estimated that it has definitely increased this year.

If I sell these things, I'll have enough money to buy a tractor.

Bear skins are easy to find, as they are more common in later generations. But snow leopard skins are hard to find, as they are basically very difficult to find in the future.

There was already a snow leopard skin at home, which was hunted by Halimu and given to Li Long and Gu Xiaoxia as a wedding gift.

If you take good care of this thing, it can last a long time.

These two pieces of leather were very good, but Li Long hadn't figured out how to use them. There were a lot of leathers, so Li Long put them in another room, otherwise the room would be full of smell.

After putting away the things, Li Long went to the main house to say hello to Gu Xiaoxia, then drove the jeep to the fourth team and picked up Li Qingxia.

Li Qingxia brought some fish with him when he came.

"I went to get the net with Tao Daqiang's father this morning. After we got it back, we asked him to sell the extra fish. We kept some for lunch at home. I'll bring the rest to you."

Li Qingxia couldn’t explain whether crucian carp soup could increase lactation, but the meaning was very clear.

Plus, fish itself is nutritious, so it’s okay to have some supplementation.

When they arrived at the big yard, Li Qingxia left the fish behind, looked at his two little grandsons, and then drove the tractor into the mountains.

Li Long drove the jeep in front to lead the way, not very fast, and from time to time he would check on Li Qingxia's driving the tractor.

It was already mid-morning when the tractor arrived at Harimu's winter camp.

The herdsmen were still here, some were packing up to prepare meals, and the rest were at the pasture, checking to see if there was anything that would interfere with the harvester cutting the grass.

Halimu is in the winter den, and Yushanjiang is on the other side of the grassland.

Seeing the tractor and jeep coming, Halimu greeted them with a smile.

Li Long introduced his father to Halimu, who warmly asked his father to sit down and served him tea.

The cattle and sheep did not follow, so there was no milk, so they could not drink milk tea. They did have mare's milk, but Halimu knew that most Han people were not used to drinking it, so he simply did not take it out to avoid embarrassment.

Li Qingxia knew that these people were his son’s good friends, so he didn’t shy away from chatting with them and asking about the elderly and children at home.

Li Long drove the tractor to the grassland and planned to teach Yu Shanjiang and others how to drive and operate it.

Li Long had already told us yesterday that the most excited among the herdsmen were the young men.

Zat said to Talihar beside him:
"How about it? Do you want to open it?"

"Of course I've let it go. This is a tractor, which is different from a horse! It is said that this tractor is as powerful as more than a dozen horses!"

As a herdsman with a relatively high level of hunting skills, Talihar had more opportunities to chat with Li Long and knew more. Although he liked hunting with a gun, he also liked this new thing.

But it’s hard to say whether it will be my turn to drive the tractor.

Everyone in the small tribe knew that Halimu and Yushanjiang were the ones who had the best relationship with Li Long. The supplies that Li Long brought from the county were first given to them and then distributed to others.

Of course, everyone knows that Halimu and Yushanjiang provided a lot to Li Long. It is said that in the first winter, the two of them took Li Long hunting and provided him with sheep. It was at that time that they became good friends.

So if Li Long wanted to teach people how to drive a tractor to cut grass, he would definitely teach these two first.

But Talihar also had his own little ideas, which he didn't tell anyone else.

The temptation of driving a tractor was so great that he wanted to learn it through other means.

Li Long drove the tractor to the edge of the grassland and stopped.

The grassland that was mowed clean last year is now lush again, with fine grasses such as foxtail grass, wheatgrass, three-cornered grass and alfalfa growing luxuriantly. The shrubs that had grown in the middle of the past six months have been uprooted, and Li Long, who has good eyesight, can still see some pits in the middle of the grassland.

Some seedlings of Codonopsis pilosula are also among them. Codonopsis pilosula, like other forage grasses, is a perennial herb. After the plants are cut, they will grow again the next year.

Yushanjiang walked out of the grassland. Li Long braked and got out of the car, saying to him:
"Do you want to try it? Let me tell you, after learning it, you can harvest it yourself."

"Okay." Yu Shanjiang naturally wanted to learn. This thing is quite impressive, and it feels better to sit on it and drive it than to ride a horse.

Besides, now that I have learned to drive by myself, I don’t have to wait for Li Long when he has something to do.

Li Long felt that it would be better to teach Yu Shanjiang and others how to drive a tractor and operate a harvester here than to teach Tao Daqiang and others. After all, if the wheat was not harvested well, the loss of grain would not be good.

But in this grassland, it is not a big problem if it is cut crookedly or pressed. It does not make much difference if there is more or less grass.

"Look, if you step on this, it's the brake. Even if the tractor is about to slide, it won't slide backwards if you step on it.

This is the accelerator. When you step on it, it's just like you shouting "go" to a horse, and the tractor will run faster all of a sudden. This is the clutch. All operations must be performed after stepping on the clutch... Of course, you sit on the paddle board later and I will demonstrate it to you.

This is the gear position. Look, at the beginning, you have to shift to third gear... First gear is also OK, this is the power-on gear, if you turn this power-on gear over, it will be first gear, the slowest, if you don't turn it over, it will be third gear..."

After talking for a while, Li Long felt that Yushanjiang was a little confused, so he got on the tractor, asked Yushanjiang to sit on the tractor, and he demonstrated it to him.

Yu Shanjiang watched carefully. Li Long had just said it once, but he didn't remember much. Now that Li Long was operating it again, he was talking as he went along, and what he had just said gradually corresponded to the current operations.

Yu Shanjiang got the hang of it pretty quickly. Within a few minutes, after Li Long had operated it twice, he had roughly memorized the process of driving the tractor. However, he had no plans to do it himself for the moment. He was mainly worried that this thing was too big. What if he didn't operate it properly and made mistakes?

This is just like someone who has never used a computer before. When he is asked to start up the computer and operate the program, he will definitely feel a little nervous.

After clearing away any objects that might hinder the harvester from cutting grass, the herders gathered around and watched Li Long teach Yushanjiang how to drive a tractor. They were quite envious, but did not go forward.

Talihar looked at everyone gathering around him. He thought for a moment, ran to his horse, untied the reins, mounted his horse, and ran into the mountains.

Li Long had good hearing, so he turned his head to look when he heard the horse's hooves, but then ignored it. Anyway, today's morning was mainly for teaching, and cutting grass was not an important matter, so if someone left, they could leave.

Finally, under Li Long's persuasion, Yushanjiang got on the tractor and prepared to drive.

To be honest, I was a little nervous. I have forgotten how it felt when I rode a horse for the first time. Kazakh herders' children have a horse when they are about two or three years old. They learn to ride a horse after they learn to walk, so riding a horse is as common to them as walking.

But even though driving this tractor was more comfortable and less shaky than sitting on a horse, Yushanjiang still felt a little nervous.

"Press the clutch, shift gears, and lightly press the accelerator when you release the clutch... You pressed too much..."

Black smoke came out of the tractor's chimney and the sound of the engine suddenly became louder. Yu Shanjiang was startled and his feet loosened, and then the tractor suffocated.

The herdsmen watching burst into laughter.

"Don't laugh. It may seem simple. You may not be able to tell the difference and grasp it well when you operate it yourself." Li Long smiled and waved at them, then jumped out of the car.

"Come, let me shake it!" Yushanjiang saw Li Long shaking it before, so he wanted to do it himself from beginning to end.

It was not difficult for Yushanjiang to crank the tractor in the early autumn when it was still hot. Li Long showed him how to crank the tractor, and he quickly got the hang of it.

Come again.

Anyway, the venue is large and there is no need to worry about hitting anything. Yushan Jiang suffocated twice in a row and then he could drive slowly.

After driving two laps on the grass outside the pasture, Yushanjiang was still trembling with fear. Li Long originally wanted to teach him how to drive a tractor and operate a harvester, but Yushanjiang made several mistakes, so he simply decided not to learn it for the time being.

Halimu and Li Qingxia chatted for a while. Li Qingxia was going to pick mushrooms in the pine forest, and Halimu also came here to learn how to drive a tractor.

When Li Long was teaching them how to drive a tractor, he saw Li Qingxia heading into the pine forest and shouted:
"Dad, don't go too far in there, there are wolves in there!"

"Okay, I got it!" Li Qingxia waved at Li Long and took a few quick steps into the woods.

After entering the forest, Li Qingxia looked around and picked up a stick, which he used for both self-defense and as a tool to pull up grass.

After Halimu came over, Li Long began to repeat the process of teaching Yushanjiang how to operate the tractor.

Although Halimu was good at riding a horse, his experience driving a tractor was similar to Yushanjiang. He suffocated twice, and it could be seen from the top that he was also very nervous.

This time the herders stopped laughing. They were not stupid, and if Yushanjiang was the only one driving the tractor clumsily, they could still say he was not suitable for driving a tractor.

Now both beginners are like this, which shows that driving a tractor is really different from riding a horse. You can't just hold the horse from behind and tap its belly and then the horse will run.

The on-site teaching lasted until lunchtime, when Halimu could barely drive the tractor. But at this time he was also excited. If there were no one shouting over there, he probably wouldn't want to get off the tractor.

After all, I had just learned how to drive this big guy, and the novel feeling was completely different from riding a horse.

At noon, we had naan made from the broth of the meat left over from yesterday. Of course, naan was indispensable. Today, Li Long drove a jeep over and brought a few bags of rice and flour here. This was enough food for the herders during this period.

There are not only rice, flour and oil, but also brick tea. Although they don't have milk, they still have to drink tea.

While eating, Li Long saw that his father had not come out, so he shouted a few times into the pine forest. When he heard no response, he told Halimu and went in to look for him himself.

Halimu wanted to follow, but Li Long refused. There were so many people around here that basically no other animals would come. Li Qingxia probably ran too far and didn't come back. Of course, it is also possible that he picked up too many mushrooms and didn't want to come back.

At this time, there are fewer varieties of mushrooms in the mountains. The special mushrooms are basically gone. Now you can pick up big white crisp, pine mushrooms, and maybe enoki mushrooms, but it depends on luck.

After Li Long entered the pine forest, he could vaguely see traces of his father's footsteps.

Li Long walked forward for a short distance before he saw some pine mushrooms under the pine trees and in the moss. He picked them up and continued walking forward, shouting as he walked.

After walking more than a hundred meters, Li Long heard Li Qingxia's response when he shouted again.

When the two met, Li Qingxia excitedly said to Li Long:

"Look, Xiaolong, I picked up quite a lot of mushrooms!"

Li Long looked around and found that most of the mushrooms his father picked were big white crisp mushrooms. Li Long never picked up this kind of mushrooms when he went into the mountains before. He always felt that this kind of mushroom was poisonous at first, but after he was sure that it was not poisonous, he felt that this kind of mushroom was old and had fallen into disrepair.

In fact, he is not old at all, but his face does not meet Li Long's aesthetic standards for mushrooms.

"Hey, Dad, these mushrooms... these and these are inedible. These are okay. We can stir-fry them when we get home."

Li Long gave a lot of dried morels and black tiger mushrooms that he picked to his eldest brother. They basically don't eat them now and will eat them until winter.

Because when working, you can pick up chicken leg mushrooms on the fields, and after the rain you can pick up straw mushrooms in some places, and there is also a special place where you can pick reed mushrooms, so there is no shortage of mushrooms to eat in the village - in fact, people don’t pick mushrooms often, because there are relatively few machines at the moment and the labor efficiency is not high, so everyone is busy working during the busy farming season.

There aren't many people like Li Long who pay attention to food from time to time.

Li Qingxia knew that his youngest son had spent more time in the mountains and knew more, so he was very humble. After throwing away the poisonous mushrooms, he followed Li Long back.

Li Long threw away a few purple mushrooms. He had seen people selling them in ZS County when he was traveling before. The people said they were edible, but to be honest, he really didn't dare to eat them.

This thing... looks so pretty, is it really edible?

When the two returned to Halimu's winter home, everyone had already started eating. Naren was served in two enamel basins. Seeing Li Long coming over, Halimu took out two pieces of freshly baked naan and brought them over.

Li Long and Li Qingxia picked up their enamel bowls and started eating. Halimu and Yushanjiang came over with naan and asked about some precautions for driving a tractor.

Obviously, after the conversation just now, these two people have gained some experience and also have some questions.

Li Long naturally answered them one by one. He believed that these two people would be able to learn it almost immediately today.

In this case, I don't need to come so early tomorrow. I just need to tell the two people the precautions. After breakfast tomorrow morning, the two of them can take turns driving the tractor to cut grass without having to wait for me.

There was still half a barrel of diesel in the tractor's bed, which was enough for mowing the grass these days.

As for other people who wanted to learn how to drive a tractor, Li Long did not plan to teach them throughout the whole process. He believed that when the tractor was resting, someone would come to Halimu and Yushanjiang to learn.

Of course, if someone finds him, Li Long will not be stingy. The more people who know how to drive a tractor, the more options he will have when he needs one in the future.

"Where is Talihar?" Yushanjiang asked Zat.

"I don't know. He just rode straight in." Zat said, "I left some food for him."

"Okay." Yushanjiang didn't know where Talihar was doing, and of course there was no need to look for him. He would come back naturally when the time came.

After lunch, everyone rested for half an hour, and Li Long took Halimu and Yushanjiang to the tractor again. He planned to teach them how to drive the tractor to cut grass in the afternoon.

If driving a tractor is considered version 1.0 of driving skills, then driving a tractor while harvesting is version 1.1. It is not yet at level 2.0, so it is not too difficult.

But this requires coordination, you have to drive steadily while manipulating the harvester. Of course, it is just one action, and after the manipulation, the rest is to drive steadily.

For Yushanjiang and Halimu, what they need most now is to become more familiar with driving a tractor, rather than adding other content. They both objected to Li Long's cramming training method, but Li Long did not accept it.

If the driving school instructors of the future knew that Li Long wanted to train a basically qualified tractor driver in one day and let this tractor driver be able to complete the grass cutting work stably, I am afraid they would be so angry that they would curse. (End of this chapter)