Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

In the next few days, Li Long traveled back and forth between the mountains and Team 4 every day, driving a tractor to pull a dozen sheep back - although it was a bit crowded, the sheep were all in good condition.

Li Long insisted on counting the money for each sheep and paying according to the standards set by the pastoral team.

He insisted, and the herdsmen stopped saying anything and just took the money and the things.

Those leathers will be considered as exchanges with the supplies brought by Li Long.

In addition to the bear and snow leopard skins obtained from Yushanjiang and Talihar, Li Long also obtained dozens of skins of various sizes, including wolf skins, red deer skins, roe deer skins, wild goat skins, etc. There were relatively fewer deer antlers and jade this year, but there were two pieces of aquamarine rough stones. The rough stones were not small in size, a little bigger than a pigeon egg, and the color was slightly light blue, which was really nice.

People use this and just want to change some medicines. How simple-minded.

Of course Li Long would not let anyone suffer any loss, so he not only bought a box of medicine, but also provided medicine, wine, sugar, salt, etc.

When it snowed heavily, Li Long had already collected the sheep from all the herdsmen's homes. In addition to exchanging them for supplies, he also helped them buy some things.

Although the minority population in Ma County is relatively small, there are still some ethnic shops. Li Long helped them buy some daily necessities such as blankets, knives, felt tubes, saddles, and bags of coarse salt.

It saved everyone a lot of trouble.

What surprised Li Long was that there were actually three ethnic shops in the market. These ethnic people had a keen sense of business. They sold knives, ethnic clothing, and ethnic daily necessities, such as soap that looked like mud, teapots for making milk tea, and Adras silk from southern Xinjiang.

Most of the odds and ends are what the herdsmen need in their daily lives. Some of the things Li Long buys for the herdsmen in the mountains come from here.

This market has a large flow of people. Although some stores have not yet opened, those that have opened have a lot of people coming in and out.

From time to time, you can hear a lot of people shouting in front of the store, and most stores have stoves, so it's quite warm.

The attitude of the service staff in the department store is slowly changing, but compared with the enthusiasm of the store owners here, their level is not on the same level.

Those in the building are employees, they get fixed salaries; no matter how much they sell, they don't get much money. Here, we are self-employed, we earn our own money, so of course we are enthusiastic. Fortunately, there are no solicitors at this time, no one is trying to pull people in, no matter if you buy or not, you will be treated warmly when you enter the store.

A heavy snowfall marked the official arrival of winter, and this stage of Li Long's trip to the mountains officially ended.

He had to go back to the yard to sweep the snow.

When he was making the big broom, Li Long was planning to buy a blacksmith shop and make a personal snow pusher of the type that would be produced in later generations, the curved one.

But later on, I was busy with various things and put this matter aside.

If he didn't plan to make this thing on a large scale, he wouldn't have planned to order it from a blacksmith shop. Anyway, he could just buy a thicker piece of iron and process it himself in the yard.

Of course, before processing this, you have to shovel the snow in the yard first.

The snow started falling in the middle of the night, and by dawn, it had already reached a depth of nearly twenty centimeters.

The heavy snow was still falling, so Li Long got up early and went out to sweep the snow.

The large yard is paved with bricks, which is relatively flat and there are no bumps or bruises, so it is relatively easy to push snow and you can push all the way through.

Sister Yang got up to make breakfast, and Han Fang also ran over to help Li Long sweep the snow.

"Go back and put on your scarf." Li Long said to Han Fang, "It's snowing heavily. Look, you've been out for a while and your head is covered with snow."

Han Fang went in with a smile and put on a headscarf, while Li Long continued to shovel the snow.

When Han Fang came out, she found that Li Long had already created a wide path from the main room and kitchen to the front door.

However, the road that had just been pushed out was already covered with a thin layer of snow, and snowflakes were still falling down.

Fortunately, the wind was not strong at that time, so clearing the snow was not that uncomfortable. Han Fang picked up the snow shovel and joined the snow-clearing team.

"Uncle, how come you sweep so fast?" Han Fang stopped panting after pushing a few boards of snow. The snow was really thick and wet, so it stuck together after being pushed. She was not grown up and did not have enough strength.

"I'm very strong." Li Long had already pushed away three boards of snow while Han Fang was pushing away one board of snow. He was very fast, like a human snowplow. He said as he pushed away, "You can go and recite your lessons. You don't have to worry about this. If you get too much snow on you, your clothes will get wet."

Although Han Fang was somewhat reluctant to go back, the snow on her body did show signs of melting.

She knew she would have to sweep the snow when she got to school, so she went back into the house.

Li Long's snowboard flew. When Gu Xiaoxia fed the two children, the snow in the yard had been completely cleared. The place that was swept at the beginning had already been covered with two or three centimeters of thin snow.

"It's snowing so heavily today!" Gu Xiaoxia looked out the door and sighed.

"I'll drive you there later." Li Long put down the snow shovel and picked up a big broom to sweep the snow at the door to make it easier to step.

After cleaning, he went to clean up the jeep so that it would be difficult to start after dinner.

The wind and snow were blowing hard, and there were very few people on the road. Even those who were going to work or school were in a hurry, walking quickly with their heads down.

Li Long drove the jeep and looked ahead carefully to avoid hitting passers-by.

Gu Xiaoxia was wearing quite thick clothes, but in the jeep, she was not worried about the snow falling on her body. When she was driving, she suddenly heard Han Fang beside her whisper:

"That's my classmate Zhao Xiaogang!"

Gu Xiaoxia looked outside and saw a primary school student holding a snow shovel and walking with the adults in the opposite direction of the jeep. There were many such students, all carrying snow shovels or snow shovels.

Li Long drove to the Education Bureau, dropped off Gu Xiaoxia, and then turned east to take Han Fang to school.

When Gu Xiaoxia hurried into the office, there were already several people in the office.

Because of the heavy snow, these people were in a mess at the moment, sorting out their clothes and shoes one by one. On the radiator by the window and on the chairs near the radiator, there were all kinds of things being roasted, such as hats, scarves, coats, etc.

Seeing that Gu Xiaoxia only had a few snowflakes on her head, which fell off after a slight shake, a colleague said with a smile:

"Xiao Gu, you're the best. You have someone to pick you up, and you don't have to carry the snow here. You don't know, I'm better off. I came here by bicycle, and Lao Li came here on foot. The snow was so strong that people couldn't open their eyes."

Gu Xiaoxia smiled but said nothing. She knew that she had a car to pick her up at a critical moment, and that someone in the company would gossip about her. She was a little hesitant before, fearing that there would be a bad influence.

But after I had the child, I thought it through clearly. There was nothing to worry about. I could take the bus to and from get off work because my husband was capable and competent. He could take the bus based on his ability. Whoever wanted to say anything could say it, but as long as they didn't say it to me, I would pretend I didn't hear it.

First, hold a shift handover meeting, and then clear the snow in each area.

Yes, you are right. These cadres who go to work also need to clear the snow in the yard, and each department has its own snow-clearing area.

Basically, men hold large snow shovels and women hold large brooms or something like that. If the snow is heavy, women also have small snow shovels.

If a man goes out with a small snow shovel or a big broom at this time, he will be despised.

Labor is glorious, and those who are lazy will be ridiculed by everyone.

Han Fang was riding in a jeep on her way to school. She passed many students along the way, some of whom were her classmates. She was very happy.

When they arrived at the school gate and got off the jeep, Li Long helped her take out the snow shovel at the back. Then she went into the school and started clearing the snow.

Snow is an order, and it is not something that has only happened 30 or 40 years ago. Whenever it snows heavily, people from all units will arrive early to clear the snow. Those who arrive late will be laughed at by others. Snow must also be cleared on both sides of the street, and each household is responsible for clearing the snow in front of its door.

At this time, it doesn’t matter whether you are a state official or a vagrant, everyone is equal and has to sweep the snow.

The school would also organize students to clean the streets during breaks. If there were troops stationed near the city, you would soon see rows of PLA soldiers carrying snow-clearing tools, shouting slogans or singing military songs, and dispersing to the main roads of the city to start clearing the snow.

However, the snow continued to fall today and it was a bit heavy, so it needed to be cleared several times.

When Li Long drove the jeep back to the yard, he saw the police officers from the police station across the street were already clearing the snow in the yard.

He drove the jeep into the yard, said hello to Sister Yang, then went out with the snow shovel and quickly cleared the snow on the road.

It's because there are fewer cars in this era, otherwise the snow that fell in the morning would have been compacted on the road and difficult to remove.

Normally, the first snow in northern Xinjiang cannot be completely retained in most places because the ground temperature is not low enough. However, this time the snow was too heavy. As soon as a layer of snow melted on the ground, it was covered again. Moreover, from midnight yesterday to this morning, the snow fell nearly 30 centimeters. The melted layer below could not be seen because the ground was frozen.

When Li Long had cleared half of the snow on the street outside, Guo Tiebing and others came out of the police station to sweep the snow. Li Long chatted with him for a while.

Since the "clean-up" operation started last year, the public security situation has improved a lot, so Guo Tiebing and his team are not so busy. He and Li Long talked about the current prices of daily necessities. It seems that the prices of various daily necessities are rising. Eggs were a few cents last year, but now they have risen to ten cents. Meat prices have also been rising, and the supply from state-owned meat shops has always been insufficient.

Li Long felt that the business he wanted to do seemed to be quite good.

When the Chinese New Year comes, everyone wants to buy some meat to eat, so the beef and mutton that you raise will have a place to go.

After clearing the snow on the street, the snow was still falling, so Li Long ignored it. He went into the yard and cleared the snow in the yard. Then Li Long said something to Sister Yang and went to Team 4.

Although it has been a long time since his eldest brother's accidental death in the previous life, Li Long is still quite worried.

It snowed heavily today, the ground was slippery and there was snow on top. In the countryside, the roads in the village would be cleared, but the roads outside the settlements would not be cleared, so Li Long was worried that his elder brother would have an accident when he went out.

Besides, my parents are old and I have a big yard over there, so it’s normal for them to go back and sweep the snow.

When his jeep arrived at the township middle school, he saw middle school students sweeping snow on the campus. Some of them took the opportunity to grab handfuls of snow and start snowball fights. He could also hear the teachers' scolding and the children's laughter.

The same goes for elementary school.

There was no one on the road until I passed the reed ditch, when I saw a few people sweeping snow on the road outside their yards.

The snow had subsided. When Li Long's jeep drove to Li Jianguo's yard, he saw Li Jianguo sweeping the snow in the yard.

He parked the jeep on the side of the road, got out and asked:
"Brother, where's Dad?"

"The front yard is being swept for you."

Li Long secretly felt ashamed and immediately ran to the front yard.

Li Qingxia was not very fast in sweeping the snow, he just kept on sweeping. Although he had been here for more than two years, to be honest, sweeping snow was still a rare job for him.

There is snow in my hometown, but it basically melts after it falls. It is cold, but not as dry and cold as snow.

This is winter, and there should be snow in the north in winter. This year has four distinct seasons, which is a good place for people to live.

Li Qingxia was sweeping the snow while sighing, and then he saw Li Long running over.

"Hey, why are you here?" Li Qingxia asked with a smile, "Is the child okay?"

"Okay, okay." Li Long said with a smile.

He has planned to bring Gu Xiaoxia and the two children to the village every weekend to interact with his parents and his elder brother and sister-in-law.

Who a child is close to depends largely on who they spend more time with. Children are usually close to whoever is taking care of them - of course, except for those who abuse their children on the Internet.

Most normal elderly people may be strict or doting in their care for their grandchildren, regardless of gender. It is nonsense to say that it is all abuse as described in some brainless novels on the Internet.

Yes, there are, but they are a minority after all.

Li Long plans to let the two children gradually get in touch with their grandparents from now on, which is good for forming habits.

He picked up the snow shovel and started shoveling the snow.

Although Li Long's yard is not paved with bricks and the floor is not made of cement, it was pressed very firmly and flatly when it was paved, so it is relatively easy to push snow with a snowboard.

Li Long moved quickly. After he finished shoveling the snow in the yard, he went out the door and saw that Li Jianguo had also finished shoveling the snow on the road, and then they started shoveling the snow on the road together.

After pushing the cart, Li Long went to check on the old horse. Before leaving, he specifically told Li Jianguo not to go out recently because the road outside was slippery. Since there was nothing to do at home, he could just stay at home.

Li Long went to Lao Mahao and found that Lao Luo and his team had already cleared all the snow there.

Yang Laoliu was still a little afraid of Li Long. After seeing him, he didn't come close to him, but went straight inside to feed the livestock in the pen.

"The animals may have eaten it. Fortunately, we prepared a lot of sugar residue and bran." Uncle Luo is now a leader, and he speaks with more energy. "It's only been a few days since we fed them, and I think they can gain a kilogram or two."

When cattle and sheep are kept in pens, they have less activity and fat tends to accumulate.

Li Long looked at the cattle and sheep in the pen. At this moment, they were all in the warm pen, with only their heads sticking out of the door. Occasionally, a naughty one would come out, step on the snow in the open pen twice, and then quickly go back in.

There is nothing much to say here, so Li Long drove the jeep back.

For the next few days, Li Long stayed quietly in the yard until a guest came who surprised him a little.

Jia Tianlong and his wife Qiao Fengzhi.

Qiao Fengzhi is pregnant.

Li Long was a little surprised when he heard the knock on the door. It was not long after lunch and Gu Xiaoxia went to work. Usually no one would come to disturb him at this time.

"Hey, Xiao Li, you still recognize me, your brother, right?" Jia Tianlong laughed and shook hands with Li Long, then introduced his wife.

Looking at Qiao Fengzhi, Li Long was a little surprised. There was basically no movement in her stomach, but Li Long could feel it - mainly because she was too cautious. Jia Tianlong's action of supporting her didn't look like something abnormal.

"Come in, come in!" Li Long hurriedly let the two people in, and said as he walked, "Where did you come from? Don't run in this icy and snowy weather. I think my sister-in-law seems to be... pregnant?"

"Hey!" After Jia Tianlong entered the yard, he smiled and said, "Thanks to that stone! I tell you, that stone is definitely spiritual! I fell in love with it at the time, and I felt that the treasure was blessing me!
After I went back, I originally thought that I would not go out this winter, but I didn’t expect that more than a month later, your sister-in-law, hey, is pregnant! "

Then he said to his wife:

"Fengzhi, this is Xiao Li, Li Long. Come on, let's worship the treasure first. Let me tell you, this treasure is magical! We must be sincere!"

As he spoke, he pulled Qiao Fengzhi towards the northeast corner of the yard.

You can see the jade on the brick platform at a glance. Sister Yang wiped it when she had nothing to do, and all the snow on it was cleared away. Not only the snow on the brick platform, but also the snow on the stone platform was cleared away.

Jia Tianlong brought Qiao Fengzhi to the stone, and the two of them bowed respectfully. The subsequent actions made Li Long a little confused.

The brick platform under the stone was quite large. Jia Tianlong took out an incense burner and a box of incense from his bag, while Qiao Fengzhi took out some other things from the bag that Jia Tianlong put on the ground.

When Xiao Hei saw a stranger approaching, Li Long hurried over, carried Xiao Hei to its nest, and tied him up with a chain.

Xiao Hei was very smart. He knew that these were guests, so he didn't bark, but just watched. Li Long was worried that Xiao Hei would bump into Qiao Fengzhi. After all, Jia Tianlong said that his wife hadn't gotten pregnant for a long time, and now that she was pregnant, wouldn't she be very precious? If something unexpected happened here, it would be bad.

When he got Xiao Hei over, he felt a little amused and helpless when he saw the scene in front of him.

On the brick platform below the jade stone, there was not only an incense burner with incense burning on it, but also three plates of food, including fruits, cakes and vegetables.

Does this mean that this jade is vegetarian?

It's thoughtful to be able to grow vegetables in the middle of winter.

Jia Tianlong and Qiao Fengzhi took out mats and laid them in front of the stone platform, then knelt down and began to worship.

Is it necessary to be so exaggerated?

Li Long really felt that Jia Tianlong had gone too far. Was it really that serious? This was just a piece of jade, at best it was a little bigger, at least in his opinion there was nothing special about it.

However, since Jia Tianlong is willing to worship, Li Long will not stop him.

Sister Yang was watching her child when she heard the noise. She saw the child playing on the bed, so she came out to check and saw two people kowtowing to a stone.

And Li Long stood aside.

She was also startled.

What is this doing?
However, worried about her child, Sister Yang hurried back in.

Jia Tianlong and his wife bowed three times before getting up. Qiao Fengzhi tidied up the cushions while Jia Tianlong looked at the jade with longing in his eyes.

How nice it would be if it were mine! (End of this chapter)