Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

When Li Long took his children to Laomahao to look after the sheep, he happened to see Song Ming.

Song Ming was also very happy to see Li Long, and Uncle Luo was also very happy to see Li Long and Gu Xiaoxia holding their two children.

Uncle Luo is unmarried and has no children, but he likes children very much. He was very happy when Li Qiang brought the children to see roe deer and red deer.

He had seen Li Long's two children and liked them very much, and even gave them lucky money. Now the two children had obviously gained weight, were not afraid of people, and laughed at Uncle Luo, which was quite rare.

Song Ming smiled happily as he looked at the child.

The sugar residue had been unloaded, and Song Ming didn't leave until he saw Li Long coming.

"So, I'm going to pull sugar residue during my break after get off work. Did your factory say anything?"

"It's nothing. The sugar residue is dumped anyway. We can use it. The factory doesn't care. Besides, Section Chief Hu also said that I can handle this smoothly."

The sheep in the pen seem to have gained weight, their bellies sway when they walk, and their fur looks nice. The pen is cleaned up, and the grass residue and grass stalks are cleaned up regularly. Uncle Luo and his men are paid, but they work very hard. Ma Jinbao's sheep pen is far worse than this one.

"Comrade Li Long, are you going to sell this sheep?" Song Ming suddenly asked.

"Yes, but we are not planning to slaughter them right now. The price of mutton in the market has not risen yet. We plan to slaughter a batch before the New Year." Li Long did not hide his thoughts. "The sheep will be fatter by then, and we can slaughter an extra kilogram or two of meat."

He looked at Song Ming's eyes as he stared at the cattle and sheep in the pen and said:

"If you want, cost price."

Song Ming brought the sugar residue here. Although Li Long gave him money, it was still a favor after all, and Li Long didn't lack it.

"I was thinking that our sugar factory will be distributing benefits at the end of the year soon. Your sheep is so fat. Can you talk to Section Chief Hu and ask him to bring you to our factory to distribute benefits?"

"Okay." Li Long said with a smile, "Of course I agree, but the factory can only charge you the wholesale price."

The purpose of fattening these sheep is to sell them to make money. Between selling one by one and selling dozens of them, he will definitely choose the latter.

It's convenient.

"That's good. I'll tell Chief Hu when I get back. Your sheep are obviously fatter than the sheep on the market. The people in the factory will definitely like them because they are fat."

Li Long was very happy, and Song Ming was also very happy.

The next day, after work, Song Ming went to see Section Chief Hu during a break and told him about the matter.

"You mean, that Li Long is fattening sheep? The sheep are quite fat?" Section Chief Hu was a little surprised. "Is that true?"

"Really, Chief, didn't you see that the sheep was really fat? I estimate that the fat in its stomach must be more than two or three kilograms." Song Ming vowed, "If we really use their sheep to provide welfare, we can't give up the internal organs, offal, intestinal fat, etc."

Section Chief Hu nodded. Although as the head of the logistics section, his family had no shortage of meat or oil, he had also lived a hard life and knew how important those offal, especially lard, were to an ordinary family.

Having these things means that the time for eating meat can be extended by at least one or two months.

In 1984, eating meat was a luxury for ordinary people. Although they could only eat meat during the Chinese New Year, it was still difficult to eat meat in large quantities.

"In that case, you can ask Comrade Xiao Li... Forget it, drive me to have a look this afternoon." Section Chief Hu knew that it was indeed time to prepare for the welfare.

This year, a relative had made advance arrangements, and Section Chief Hu was still considering whether to agree or not. Li Long had not approached him, so he did not consider Li Long's case.

But if what Song Ming said is true, then it is worth considering. Sometimes, when the interests are not so urgent, completing the task and getting praise from the leaders and the workers is also a spiritual need and is also very important.

"Should we invite Li Long along this afternoon?" Song Ming asked.

"No need," Chief Hu waved his hand. "We'll go after lunch in the cafeteria to see what's going on. If it's really good, we'll look for him after we're done."

Song Ming didn't know whether Section Chief Hu was worried that Li Long would falsify information after notifying him, but it didn't matter. He had seen those sheep anyway, and they were really fat, and they were fed with sugar residue, bran and other things, nothing messy. He also thought that if these were the welfare, it would be great.

The sugar factory canteen opened for lunch as usual at noon. After Chief Hu finished his meal, he said hello to a few leaders, then found Song Ming and drove to Team 4.

Before leaving, Song Ming also gave the job of transporting sugar residues to his apprentice. There were more than one car in the fleet, and his apprentice was already able to drive by himself.

The car drove out of Shicheng, passed Ma County, and arrived at Team 4. Chief Hu saw that Song Ming was very familiar with the route and wanted to ask, but then he remembered what he had told him about delivering sugar residue to Li Long, so he didn't ask much and just looked at the scenery on both sides.

The scenery in northern Xinjiang after snow is probably the same, vast and boundless, as if you can't see the end.

At that time, there were not as many people as in later generations, and many places had not been cultivated, so the vision was extremely broad.

When the car arrived at Laomahao, Uncle Luo came out when he heard the car engine. He was a little surprised because it was not yet time to deliver the sugar residue.

However, when he saw Song Ming leading a fat middle-aged man out of the car, Uncle Luo immediately reacted, and drove Yang Laoliu, who was holding a wooden shovel and preparing to unload the sugar residue, back, and walked up to him and asked with a smile:

"Comrade Song, this is..."

"This is Section Chief Hu from our sugar factory. Section Chief, this is Uncle Luo, who helps Comrade Li Long raise cattle and sheep."

"Hello, Comrade Lao Luo. I heard from Xiao Song that the cattle and sheep you raise are extremely fat, so I wanted to come over and take a look. Is that okay?"

"It doesn't matter, just watch!"

When he heard that it was the leader of the sugar factory, Uncle Luo's smile became even brighter. Song Ming had mentioned to him before that he wanted to sell the cattle and sheep to the sugar factory for welfare, but Uncle Luo didn't pay much attention to it. But today, it seems that it is really possible.

Uncle Luo then led Section Chief Hu to the new circle.

At this time, the cattle and sheep have already eaten grass twice and feed once. The sun is shining brightly, and they are either walking around in the open pen looking for fine grass, or going into the warm pen and lying down to ruminate.

When Chief Hu arrived at the gate of the pen, Lao Luo picked up the whip on the wall and swung it twice into the pen, shouting "Yao--Yao Qi--"

Most of the cattle and sheep stood up, but a few in the corners were still lying down.

"Hey, they're really fat!" Looking at the flat backs of the cattle and sheep, and the fat and trembling bellies of the ones, Section Chief Hu really liked them at first sight, "Not bad, not bad, this sheep can at least give us 30 kilograms of meat, right?"

"Almost the same." Old Uncle Luo said with a smile, "There's still a lot of fat meat. Normally, we can slaughter more than 20 kilograms. They are fatter this year."

"The fat is good." Chief Hu sighed, "When we first entered the factory, the dishes in the canteen had some fat lumps, and we were all fighting for them. We also fought for the Youzila buns, which were so delicious..." Youzila is actually the oil residue left after braising the fat and meat. There are two ways to braise the oil. One is to directly put the fat and oil in the pot together, basically frying all the oil in the fat, and the remaining oil residue is actually the dried fat.

There is another type that alternates fat and lean meat and is steamed with lard, but the fat and oil are not fried dry. The lard only needs to be liquefied to extract most of the oil from the fat.

At this time, there is not only oil in the pot, but also small pieces of meat. When it is scooped out and put into a jar or enamel basin, the oil on top covers the meat underneath, just like it is in a vacuum. It will not go bad if it does not come into contact with the air.

Uncle Luo also had this experience. He smiled and said, "That's right. At that time, being able to eat some oily food was like celebrating Chinese New Year."

Section Chief Hu nodded repeatedly, seeming to agree deeply.

The reason why this is not called oil residue is because there is a special thing called oil residue at this time, which is the waste left after pressing sunflower seeds and rapeseed into oil, that thing is called oil residue.

"Comrade Lao Luo, how many cattle and sheep do you have here?"

"Two hundred and forty-nine sheep and eighteen cows. Forty-one of the sheep have lambs. They will probably give birth around the Spring Festival. The cows can all be slaughtered."

More than 200 sheep are definitely enough for the sugar factory. After all, it is impossible to give everyone a sheep, so it would be good if they can give a few kilograms of meat.

Therefore, the logistics department does not need to purchase one sheep per person, but only needs to purchase dozens of sheep. According to the current weight of Li Long's sheep, it may be necessary to purchase a few fewer than last year.

Of course, it was impossible for Section Chief Hu to buy less, so he gave everyone more fat meat. The number of sheep was about the same, but each worker got more meat, so everyone should remember his favor.

Section Chief Hu was thinking, fifty sheep should be enough, right?
How about buying two more cows? This cow is not bad either. Although beef is more expensive than mutton, beef is good.

He looked at the circle and suddenly turned to ask Uncle Luo:
"Comrade Lao Luo, this is a new circle, right?"

"Yes, it was just built in the autumn." Uncle Luo told the truth. He was very friendly to the people in the sugar factory. After all, the sugar residue was given to them free of charge by the sugar factory. Although it would cost freight to bring it over, wouldn't it take people, vehicles and labor to bring it over? Besides, it couldn't bring so much.

It's not like no one in the team wanted to go to the sugar factory to haul slag, but except for those who had tractors, how much could others pull even if they used donkey carts or horse carts? Could it be more than one-fifth of what a car could do?

It seems not?
"Is that a pen over there as well?" Section Chief Hu pointed at the old pen and asked, "Are there animals being raised in there as well?"

"Well, there are wild boars, roe deer, and red deer raised over there..." said Uncle Luo.

"What? This also belongs to Li Long? He also keeps these things?" Section Chief Hu was a little surprised. "Are there many?"

"Anyway, it's quite a lot." Uncle Luo laughed, "Leader, do you want to take a look?"

"Look, we must take a look!" Section Chief Hu said with some surprise and unexpectedness.

He had never seen such breeding of red deer, roe deer and wild boars.

I've seen it in zoos, but it's different.

As soon as he entered the old pen yard, Section Chief Hu heard the grunting of wild boars. He had heard this sound a long time ago, when he was helping the employees of the Corps to dig sugar beets. At that time, there were also wild boars in the fields in autumn, and they would dig up sugar beets to eat.

How long has it been since you heard such a sound?
Chief Hu walked into the pen while reminiscing and saw wild boars of all sizes inside.

Although they have been kept in captivity for a long time and most of the wild boar cubs are born in the pen, they look obviously different from domestic pigs.

Very active, energetic, and alert, when there was movement at the entrance of the pen, the little wild boars would shrink back one by one and go to the other side of the pen.

Wild boars are not very rare. Chief Hu continued to walk inside and saw Yang Laoliu adding sunflower tails to the pen over there.

He walked over, Yang Laoliu smiled at him, then picked up the basket and continued to collect fodder.

Yang Laoliu had met many high-ranking officials before, but he didn't take them too seriously.

Now I have a stable job, a salary, meat to eat and wine to drink, and I am content.

Section Chief Hu went over and peered inside the pen, and saw two circles of more than a dozen roe deer and red deer leisurely eating grass.

"Hey, there really is one!" Looking at these fat and strong wild animals, Section Chief Hu suddenly had an idea. What if he could get a sika deer and bring it back to divide up the animals?
This sika deer is not very big, a little smaller than a deer. He didn't know that Li Long had no plans to let the sika deer grow up, because if it grows too big, the meat will not be tasty.

"Are these also Comrade Li Long's?" Section Chief Hu turned around and asked Uncle Luo.

"Yes, they are all Xiaolong's. We are helping him feed them." Old Uncle Luo said, "Come on, leader, let's go inside and have some water."

"Okay." Section Chief Hu originally planned to leave after looking around, but now that he had set his eyes on the sika deer, he naturally wanted to find out more about the situation.

After entering the room, he felt warm all of a sudden. Section Chief Hu sat down and Uncle Luo poured tea for him and Song Ming.

Most people here drink brick tea, but Yang Laoliu likes to drink jasmine tea, which is more expensive than brick tea. Uncle Luo thought that since there were guests, he made jasmine tea with boiling water for the two people to drink, which surprised Section Chief Hu.

"Comrade Xiao Li will definitely sell this red deer of yours, right?"

"Then I will definitely sell it as long as you pay." In the past, when there were few sika deer and roe deer, Uncle Luo didn't want to sell them. But now, these two species are breeding themselves, and Li Long can catch new ones every spring, so he doesn't worry about it anymore.

What else can you do with it besides eating its meat? It would be nice to be able to sell it for money.

"This elk is not cheap, is it?" Chief Hu continued to ask.

"That's not cheap. Think about it. One kilogram of deer antlers costs nearly ten yuan, and deer skin costs seventy or eighty yuan. The whole body of a deer is precious. If you buy a male deer and raise it, you can cut the antlers every year, and you will make a lot of money. If you eat the meat, it's also worth it. In the past, only high-ranking officials could eat it..."

Section Chief Hu wanted to ask about a specific price, but Uncle Luo was not sure.

But since he knew it could be sold, he wondered how much more expensive it could be? Could it be more expensive than a cow?

However, it is true that the whole body of this deer is a treasure, so Chief Hu became even more determined to buy a sika deer.

Let everyone try something new!
Of course, there is no need to rush to decide on this matter. Let's discuss it when we get back.

I also need to ask Li Long about the price of this sika deer.

The price of cattle and sheep is not a big deal, it will definitely follow the market, but these two things still need to be considered. (End of this chapter)