Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

"Puff, puff, is there any sound? Yes...Okay, listen carefully, Team Four. Now let me notify everyone. I mean, every household, send one person to the team headquarters to get the meat. Hurry up, send one person from every household to the team headquarters to get the meat. Okay, I'll notify you again..."

That morning, the sound that suddenly came out of the loudspeaker of Team 4 surprised every household.

It’s okay for those who know the news, but it’s really a surprise for those who don’t know the news.

After all, since the land was distributed to each household and the era of big pot meals ended, how could there be any distribution of things? Everyone looked after themselves, and the things that were originally communal in the team were sold at a discount. Part of the money was used for the team's public use, and part was used to repair the canal gates and other things.

As for money, there may be some, but definitely not much.

I'm going to gain weight today. Is this because the sun has set in the west?

The three teams of people separated by a reed ditch were very envious when they heard the sound coming from the loudspeaker.

Since Team 4 can take on several big jobs a year, they are richer than other teams, and many of them buy tractors and bicycles. Currently, Team 3 only has one Dongfanghong 75 track tractor and no small four-wheel tractors.

There's no comparison.

Now other teams are starting to give out meat again, what has your team given out?
There is no doubt that it is gone.

People went to Xu Chengjun's house one after another, and when they arrived, they found that the entire yard of Xu's house was filled with pieces of meat.

Some were half a leg, some were a rib, and some were a neck.

The meat on the wild boars is different, and everyone has different ideas. No matter how you divide it, there will definitely be dissatisfaction.

But Xu Chengjun had a solution. Just like dividing the land, he laid bags on the ground, cut the meat into roughly equal weight portions, and did the same with the internal organs. After they were laid out, they were marked with numbers, and then lots were drawn according to the number of households.

Whichever piece of meat you grab is the piece of meat. Whether it is suitable or not depends on God's will.

Of course, if they were arrested, anyone who wanted to be replaced could have been replaced right away, but Xu Chengjun would not care at that time.

Soon, more than 40 people arrived. Xu Chengjun was sharp-eyed and saw that no one came from Li Jianguo's house. He thought that the Li family was very generous and would not want the seven or eight kilograms of meat.

"Come, come, come and draw lots. Take the number you draw. Stop looking at it or the flies will lay maggots on the meat!"

Xu Chengjun asked the heads of each village group to maintain order. Since Li Jianguo was not there, he asked Lu Yingming to maintain order in that group, and then draw lots in the order of first come, first served.

Everyone had no objection to this. Sharing the meat itself was a pleasant surprise. What's not to eat? Besides, everyone knew that if they caught it later, they could exchange it if they didn't want it.

After all, some people like to eat pig heads, and some people like to eat the back seats (buttocks).

Although the meat was distributed by the team, most people realized through conversation while waiting to draw lots that it was a wild boar shot by Li Long and handed over to the team as payment for building the horse roost.

"Li Long specifically sent the meat to the team so that the team could distribute the meat. He just didn't want to get this reputation." Xu Chengjun heard the discussion and said, "I'm telling you, someone in Xiaohaizi Township wants to contract it. If it's contracted, you won't be able to catch any fish you want.

Li Long knew about this and had contracted Xiaohaizi in advance, so those of you who still catch fish in Xiaohaizi and sell them for money should thank Li Long. Otherwise, it would be illegal for you to catch fish again.”

After hearing several stories about Li Long, everyone in the team was quite surprised, especially since many people caught fish in Xiaohaizi and sold them this year.

These people don't go there as often as Li Qingxia and Tao Jianshe. They only go there to catch some fish during the slack season and sell them at the morning market for some pocket money.

In later generations, these people could only go to reservoirs such as Dahaizi or Baitukeng to catch fish; because at this time in the previous life, the small lake had been washed away by floods, and all the big fish inside had run away.

The fish in Xiaohaizi are still there, so everyone can still catch them. Following the principle of proximity, everyone also knows that the fish in Xiaohaizi are delicious, so naturally people will catch them here.

Now I heard that Li Long has taken over the small lake. It seems that Li Long will not forbid the team members from catching fish after taking over the lake, which means it is the same as not taking over the lake at all.

It’s different. This is a benefit for the team members.

After hearing this, everyone's perception of Li Long changed again.

However, some people had other thoughts after hearing this. If Xiaohaizi can be contracted, does that mean other public places in the team can also be contracted?
After drawing lots, everyone took the meat according to their numbers. Some people didn't want to eat offal, while others preferred to eat pig intestines, so they switched. Xu Chengjun's house was in chaos at this time, and it was not until mid-afternoon that it became quiet.

Although the yard was in a mess, Xu Chengjun still felt a sense of accomplishment. He could feel that everyone had taken the meat, and after knowing the truth, he was quite grateful to the team.

After all, if you ask around, this is the only place like this. The meat was obtained by Li Long, but this was organized by the team.

Of course, as the captain, he kept a pig's head and the meat was selected in advance, so he did have some privileges.

Including Li Jianguo's portion of meat, there were several other portions of meat that no one took, so Xu Chengjun delivered them on his bicycle.

"Hey, Xiaolong sent a pig home, so we decided not to take the meat distributed by the team." Li Jianguo explained, "And we asked you to send it over..."

"What Xiaolong gave was given by Xiaolong, and what the team distributed was distributed by the team. How can they be the same?" Xu Chengjun said with a smile, "By the way, Brother Li, did Xiaolong tell me that this reed handle..."

"I haven't said that yet, but it will probably be soon," Li Jianguo said. "The reeds are turning yellow now, so it should be about time."

Xu Chengjun was a little disappointed because he didn't get any specific information. The main reason he was so anxious to ask was that Li Long had allocated some of this year's work of weaving handles and tying brooms to other villages.

Although Li Long's original intention of distributing it to other villages was because his own village could not complete that number, Xu Chengjun still felt a sense of crisis.

So this time, he not only sent meat for Li Jianguo, but also meat for Li Long and Gu Boyuan. Li Long had a separate household, and Gu Boyuan's household registration was not moved.

The three portions of meat that Xu Chengjun kept were ribs and spareribs, which were still oily and were all top quality stuff.

Although the portion is not large, the thought behind it is obvious.

Since it had been delivered, Li Jianguo did not refuse and said that he would go to find the captain as soon as news came out from Li Long.

After Xu Chengjun left, Li Jianguo kept two portions of the meat and took the remaining portion to Laomahao and gave it to Uncle Luo.

Uncle Luo took one portion for himself and was preparing it in the yard, stewing it into meat oil. Li Jianguo brought another portion to him, and he kept saying that he couldn't finish it.

"As for Xiaolong's share, he has meat to eat in the county, so you can keep it. He said you still need to recruit people, so the food consumption will naturally be more." Li Jianguo said, "You are not young anymore, so you should work more slowly and don't dodge."

"Hey, got it." Lao Luo is Uncle Luo in front of Li Long, but not in front of Li Jianguo. They were all a group of people who came here to build the village, so they speak more casually.

After Li Jianguo left, Uncle Luo smiled and slowly stewed the meat. The meat could be eaten until the Spring Festival.

Li Long will definitely go hunting in winter, when there will be more meat.

In the past, I couldn’t even imagine eating meat every day; even the landlords and rich people in the past didn’t live like this.

Life was good at that time! Life was good during the reform and opening up, when production was contracted to each household.

After lunch, Li Jianguo and Liang Yuemei thought they had nothing else to do, so they processed the pork at home. Although it was cold in the morning and evening, the meat would go bad if left for two days, so they had to process it as soon as possible.

Li Jianguo and Liang Yuemei were enough to do this job. Li Qingxia had nothing to do, so he simply rode his bicycle and called Tao Jianshe, and the two of them went online again.

Li Jianguo and Liang Yuemei were busy in the yard, and the whole yard was filled with the aroma of fried meat.

In other words, at this time the whole village was filled with the smell of meat, and from time to time one could hear the laughter of adults and children.

In the afternoon, Li Long drove over in a jeep.

Seeing Li Long rushing over, Li Jianguo waited for him to get off the car and asked:

"Is it the Reed that survived?"

"Hey, big brother, you guessed it right." Li Long said with a smile, "But this year there are fewer reeds than last year, ten thousand."

"What do you mean, you'll collect less in the future?"

"Well, I guess we may not accept it in two years." Li Long analyzed the reasons to his elder brother. "Now more and more cement is being produced, and there are prefabricated panels. People will start using prefabricated cement panels when building houses. They are strong and don't require house mud. The roof is flat and can be used to dry things..."

"That's right." Li Jianguo sighed, "Alas, there will be one less source of income in the future... the handle and the broom..."

"There will definitely be fewer and fewer handlebar porters, and they won't be able to do this for a few more years. After all, there will be more and more cars in the future, and handlebar porters won't be able to carry much, and they will take up two people, so they will be eliminated sooner or later. Because of what happened this year, the big brooms are probably still going to be able to do this for several more years."

Because of the strict control over the quality of brooms, the direction of what was originally going to happen this year was changed by the butterfly Li Long.

Therefore, Li Long judged that this broom work would continue as long as the supply and marketing cooperative existed.

After all, as long as the quality is up to standard, many units in northern Xinjiang naturally want to purchase local products, so that the money goes around and remains in their pockets.

Even if the county supply and marketing cooperative was abolished and no longer purchased brooms, Li Long could set up a processing factory and produce brooms himself and sell them. After all, the market had been cultivated and the products could not fail to sell. Forty years later, you can still see brooms made of sedge for sale in some markets.

"The captain just came over to deliver the meat and asked about the reed handle. Now that it has been decided, you can tell him." Li Jianguo was still picking up the meat with chopsticks in his hand. Now that it has been decided, he can inform him.

After all, the team members are worried now, because the reeds have turned yellow and can be harvested. If the job is not done, no one dares to do it themselves - they did it themselves last year, but the standards changed and all the hard work was in vain.

"Brother, I want to give you the job of collecting reeds this year," Li Long said. "There are only 10,000 reeds. Last year, I charged 30 cents for each reed. This year, you can charge 35 cents for each reed. 10,000 reeds can only take up three or four trucks. When I settle accounts with you, I will charge 50 cents for each reed. You will earn 15 cents for each reed. The total for these 10,000 reeds is 1,500..."

"What about you?" Li Jianguo asked doubtfully, "You're quitting?"

"I didn't stay at home properly because I was cleaning the big broom in front and doing other things in the back. My two children are still young, so I just want to spend more time with them at home from now on."

"Then I can't take so much money. You took this job. I'll take 500 and you can keep the 1,000..." There was no way Li Jianguo could take so much money with a clear conscience.

"Hey, big brother, I won't lose money." Li Long whispered, "The purchase price at the supply and marketing cooperative is 60 cents. I don't do anything. I just make a profit. I can make a thousand from ten thousand..."

After hearing what Li Long said, Li Jianguo stopped mentioning the money.

"But I still say that quality must be managed well." Li Long said seriously, "The length, number of roots, and size of the reeds must all be considered. You don't have to worry about that."

"That's fine. It's so easy to make money, so why not be serious about it?"

"When the time comes, I'll put the reeds in your yard. I'll have a truck come over to take them away every few days." Li Long said, "The truck that's carrying the sugar residue will take the reeds away when it returns to the city."

Song Ming still brings a truckload of sugar residue here every week. If the old horse house wasn't so big, there wouldn't be enough space for the sugar residue.

After Li Long finished explaining everything, Liang Yuemei didn't let him go when he was about to leave, and asked him to take some of the braised meat oil back with him.

"I have some at home too. I just finished it this morning." Li Long waved his hands hurriedly.

"Then bring some vegetables and eggs back." Liang Yuemei said, "Wait a little longer. Dad has gone fishing. He also brought a casting net with him. He should be able to bring back some fish. Bring some back later."

As they were talking, Li Qingxia and Tao Jianshe came back on their bicycles, with bags dripping with water tied to the back seats.

"Hey, Xiaolong is here." Li Qingxia got out of the car and said with a smile, "It's just right, I just scattered a lot of crucian carp, you can take them back and make soup."

He didn't want to say directly that he would make soup for Gu Xiaoxia to feed her baby, but that was his meaning.

"Okay." Li Long was not polite. We are a family, so there is no need to do anything fancy.

While he was driving his jeep back with the fish, Li Jianguo was riding his bicycle to Xu Chengjun's house.

"You mean Xiaolong gave you the job of collecting reeds?" Xu Chengjun asked in surprise, "He doesn't care anymore?"

"He has two young children at home, so he should spend some time with them." Li Jianguo said with a smile, "I will take it in, but he will take it away when the time comes."

"I see. You two brothers, hey, that's great." Xu Chengjun sighed and envied.

His brothers and cousins ​​all wanted to get some benefits from him because he was the team leader. However, they would hardly think of him when they wanted to get any benefits, and they seldom helped him with any work.

Look at the two brothers. When Li Long was young and ignorant, Li Jianguo raised him like his son, fed him fine food, and paid him to work as a worker. When Li Long grew up, any good things he got would be given to his eldest brother's family first.

At present, he directly handed over the money-making work to his eldest brother.

This is what brothers are like!

My brothers...ah, there's no comparison. It's so infuriating.

But when he thought that most of his brothers in the team were similar to himself, Xu Chengjun could feel more balanced.

Then turn on the loud speaker and shout.

When they heard that they could make reed bundles, the standard was the same as last year, and the price had increased by five cents, the team immediately became excited again.

Team Three was stimulated again.

The four teams divided the meat in the morning and discussed money-making jobs in the afternoon. They also wanted to do it.

Unfortunately, a good cook cannot cook without rice. Although the place where Team 3 lived was close to the reed ditch, the reeds in it belonged to Team 4.

In terms of natural resources, except for the fields and the upstream of Dahaizi, which is located together with Team 4, Team 3 has no other resources at all.

Well, actually Team 3 is a normal production team. Team 4 is located in the easternmost part of the township, so its situation is the most special. There is a large saline-alkali land and reed and red willow beach to its east, plus a small lake on top and a large lake to the north, so its natural resources are unique.

Some people regretted their decision. If they had known that the standards would remain unchanged, they would have started cutting reeds and tying reed bundles earlier and could have earned more money.

After all, a reed bundle became worth 35 cents, and if you made dozens of them a day, you could earn more than ten or twenty dollars.

Although the number of reeds has decreased, the price has increased. Some people don't know why the number of reeds has decreased. In their opinion, it may be that others have taken away some of Li Long's work - after all, such an incident happened two years ago.

Today, with the precedent of Li Long contracting Xiaohaizi, some people became interested.

Not long after Li Jianguo returned, someone from the team came to the team headquarters to look for Xu Chengjun.

"What? Contracting a reed ditch?" Xu Chengjun was a little surprised when he heard what the visitor meant. "You really want to contract it? Contracting a reed ditch is not cheap."

"How much? Three to five hundred a year at most?" the man was very sure. "These reeds in the ditch can't be sold for much unless we make reed stalks. At most, we can send them to the paper mill..."

"If you really want to contract, you have to start from next year." Xu Chengjun thought that three to five hundred would be good, "It's definitely not possible this year."

"I know, I just want to take a seat. Starting from next year, I will contract for three years, and I will pay for one year first." The man asked, "How much is the contract fee?"

"Since you've said so, let's not be pretentious and just give it 500," Xu Chengjun said with a smile, "But 500 is half. Do you want the first half or the second half?"

Counting from the middle of the Weigou Road, the upper half goes all the way to the Xiaohaizi, which is about 700 to 800 meters long, and the lower half goes all the way to the Dahaizi, which is about one kilometer long.

The upper part is shorter, but there is a road on the side, which makes it convenient to transport reeds. The lower part is longer, with more reeds, but the road is short, which makes it inconvenient to transport reeds from the back.

"I want them all! A total of one thousand yuan? Captain, isn't that too expensive? Can you sell all the reeds for one thousand yuan?" The man wanted to bargain, mainly because he didn't have that much money.

"Just think about it, how many reed bundles can be made from the reeds in that reed ditch? One reed bundle is only 35 cents..." Xu Chengjun shut the other person up with just one sentence.

"Pay the money and sign the contract." Xu Chengjun basically has the final say now. Of course, he believes that if this matter is made public, other village committees will definitely agree.

After all, it's money.

Of course, if the villagers in the team want to cut reeds and make reed bundles next year, they can go to the reed lake or the small lake in the northeast of the village. There are many places where reeds grow nearby. As for whether it is enough, that is another matter.

The contract was written very simply, and there was no need to be too rigorous at this point, so the matter was settled.

The man didn't bring that much money, so he paid a deposit of 500 first.

Xu Chengjun put the money away and planned to call Accountant Chen tomorrow to record it in the account.

He can't take this kind of money.

The man walked out of Xu's house with a smug look on his face - Hey, next year if your Li family collects reeds again, I will definitely take some of them.

Who gave me so many reeds?

This is Zhang Qiang.

The big brooms in his house haven't been sold out yet.

But after more than a year, I finally paid off my debts and earned a little less.

But these five hundred yuan are all the cash in the family.

We still have to collect reeds now, otherwise we will have a hard time getting through the winter.

Fortunately, Li Jianguo is now in charge of the reeds, so he doesn't have to face Li Long.

Otherwise it would be so embarrassing. (End of this chapter)