Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

When we got off the car at the market, Yushanjiang and Halimu were better. Buick's first words were:
"There are so many people!"

Yes, in the mountains, even when there are gatherings, the most people you see are only twenty or thirty.

Occasionally, when I go to a pastoral team, I would see around 40 or 50 people at most.

But here? Even though it was winter, there were at least hundreds of people buying things at the market, selling things around the market, and soliciting customers at the door.

"We don't even have so many sheep!" Talihar thought for a while and said, "Looking at these heads makes me feel dizzy."

Li Long thought, if you feel dizzy just by seeing so few people, then in forty years, if you go to Liuxing Street at night in the summer, you will probably have to call an ambulance on the spot - there will be so many people by then that you won't be able to see the scenery, you can only see people's heads.

As for other attractions that are said to be crowded, he has not been there and cannot comment on them.

"Come on, I'll take you for a walk." After parking the jeep and locking the door, Li Long said to Yu Shanjiang and the others.

So they followed Li Long and walked around inside.

This combination was also quite surprising, with many people watching them from a distance - mainly because there were relatively few ethnic minority people in the county town. Moreover, Li Long took them, who were dressed quite formally, to visit each store and introduce the shops, so it felt a bit like a tour group or a visiting group?

This is how lively it is.

"This is the tack shop. Some of the saddles I bought came from here." Li Long took them to the tack shop and introduced it. "Look, they only sold saddles here before. Later I told them that they now have added cushions, whips, bridles, etc. It's already very complete."

Yushanjiang and his friends liked these things very much, so they all squeezed in at once.

Although the boss is a Uyghur, they are also a minority and a large customer, so the boss was very enthusiastic and even spoke to Yushanjiang and others in his ethnic language.

Some of it is understandable and I can understand a little bit, some of it is not understandable, but in the end we all still speak Chinese.

When several people came out, they all bought some things, such as whips. Although Li Long brought some, they still didn't have enough. Besides, horse whips are very beautiful, and no one minds having one more.

Then there was the knife shop. Seeing those knives, Yushanjiang and his friends were also very excited.

These people were very knowledgeable when it came to choosing knives. After each of them bought one, Yushanjiang also bought one for Li Long.

What surprised Li Long was that they all brought money. He originally thought that when Yushanjiang and the others bought things, they would pay for it themselves, or if anyone didn't bring enough money, they would make up for it themselves.

But I didn't expect that they all brought money, and it seemed like a lot.

It’s normal when you think about it. You don’t usually have the opportunity to spend money, so you have saved a lot of money.

Li Long was almost entirely responsible for the daily necessities, and he saved all the money from selling cattle and sheep to the pastoral team.

After coming out of the market, Li Long saw that there was still time, so he took them to the department store.

Although Yushanjiang and his friends had tempered their nerves in the market, they were still shocked in the department store.

Then everyone smiled and started shopping.

What surprised Li Long was that the most common things they bought here were various foods.

Like the egg cakes, sesame cakes, sugar cubes, fruit candies, snacks, etc. that Li Long brought them.

There is white wine, champagne, beer, and some other things.

For example, canned food.

Now you don’t need tickets to buy things in department stores. Although it’s more expensive without tickets, these people don’t care much.

Li Long realized that they didn't know how to bargain in the market, as long as the goods were good.

I am also quite restrained when buying things. I don’t buy everything I see.

I counted the gifts I bought for various people in my family and brought back quite a few.

Yes, Not Bad.

People in the department store rarely see people buying things like this, and the sales clerks behind the counters also look quite strange.

Li Long saw Xiao Liu again, but this time she had her hair tied up and looked a little fatter. Li Long guessed that she must be pregnant.

Xiao Liu also noticed Li Long. She just looked at Li Long with a complicated look, and then went to install batteries for Yushanjiang.

Many people bought batteries today. Amantai even bought a radio. He said the radio at home seemed to have some problems with reception, sometimes it would work and sometimes it would not.

Coming out of the department store, everyone had a lot more stuff in their hands, so they put it all in the trunk. Anyway, people were squeezed in the seats, so there was still room for some stuff in the trunk.

What surprised Li Long was that Yushanjiang also wanted to go to the bookstore.

Li Long vaguely remembered that Xinhua Bookstore sold books in minority languages, so he drove his jeep to the bookstore.

There weren't many people in the bookstore at this time, after all, it was almost time to get off work. Yu Shanjiang went in, and the others also went in. Although they didn't buy anything, they could take a look.

Yushanjiang looked at the Kazakh works for a while and bought some books of national folk literature to take out with him.

Li Long felt emotional when he saw Yushanjiang paying the bill. Books that cost two or three dollars are probably only available in this era.

This time they had to go back for good - if they didn't leave now, it would be dark in the mountains, and Li Long would have to come back, and they couldn't let him go back so late at night.

On the way the jeep headed into the mountains, Yushanjiang and his companions did not seem tired at all. They chatted and laughed, talking about what they had bought today, the meat they had eaten today, and their own proficiency in slaughtering sheep today.

For them, this was a very novel experience and they enjoyed it very much.

Halimu, who was sitting in the co-pilot seat, suddenly asked Li Long:
"Li Long, how did you make these sheep so fat?"

As soon as he asked this question, Yu Shanjiang and the others behind him immediately stopped talking.

To be honest, they were also very curious, but they were busy before and had no chance to ask. Then they were too excited about shopping and forgot about it.

The main reason they were so curious was that the sheep was too fat.

Look at the meat, with a thick layer of fat on top.

Although the cattle and sheep they raised in their winter dens had fat, it was only a thin layer and did not taste as delicious as the meat today!
The fat mutton is so delicious, and your mouth is full of oil when you take a bite!

Li Long smiled and said:

"It's actually quite simple. As you can see, the sheep I feed stay in the pen and basically never go out. They eat grass and a lot of feed, which I mix with sugar residue, bran and cornmeal. They eat a lot of feed and move around less, so they naturally get fat."

Yushanjiang and Halimu were silent. They understood the principle, but they could not afford to feed cattle and sheep in this way.

These feeds are too expensive.

Is it worth it?

"The sugar residue I transport is free. The sugar factory can transport it for free, no charge." Li Long continued, his words answered the doubts of these people, "so the cost is relatively cheap."

"No money?" Halimu was a little confused. "Not a penny? Is it for free?"

"The sugar residue from the sugar factory is what's left after sugar is squeezed out of beets. The sugar factory directly pulls the residue out and dumps it into a big pit, and everyone can transport it back. I found someone from the sugar factory and he paid me 20 yuan per truckload to transport it back. With my two hundred sheep, one truckload of residue can feed them for several days."

He thought that if Halimu and his people changed their nomadic habits and prepared to raise cattle and sheep, he could give them some sugar residue.

After all, the sugar residue that is brought back now cannot be used up.

"Do you want some? If you do, I'll pull some for you then."

"Let's not do that." Yushanjiang shook his head, "It's not easy to pull it back."

"Actually, you can also raise sheep like me. You can see that I have only raised this sheep for two months and it is already so fat. But it is not as delicious as the sheep you raise in the mountains..."

"Who said that? It's delicious. I think it tastes better than our lamb!" Talihar retorted hastily, "Really, it's very fragrant!"

Li Long was a little surprised. Is it true?

Or is it because the sheep raised in Team Four eat grass grown in alkaline soil, so the taste is different?
No matter what, as long as it tastes good, it's fine. Li Long has always been worried that the mutton raised in the pen is not as delicious as the free-range ones and will not be popular. His taste is also better than in his previous life. He really feels that this meat is not as fragrant as the mutton raised in the mountains.

But Talihar and the others said it was delicious, which made him feel more at ease.

"You can also raise some red deer. They are also quite expensive," Li Long said. "Some people buy them. One costs nearly a thousand yuan."

Of course, there probably aren’t many buyers now, and not many people can afford it.

But the money earned from one elk is more than that from dozens of sheep. Even if there are few buyers, it’s okay to sell one a year, right?
"No, these guys are too fierce." Yu Shanjiang shook his head, "I raised a half-grown one, and it gored two sheep in my pen to death, and it also gored me."

Is it so fierce?

Li Long thought about it and felt that Uncle Luo didn't seem to have mentioned this.

Could it be that he was a modified individual raised in Team Four, or did Uncle Luo just not mention it?
But even if those sika deer in the circle really become fierce, they are no match for Lao Shu Luo and Yang Laoliu, right? Those guys are either soldiers or have special professions. These sika deer are all in the circle. No matter how powerful they are, can they be compared to these guys?
So it’s normal that Uncle Luo didn’t say anything, because maybe the unlucky ones were those sika deer.

Although Halimu and Yushanjiang denied Li Long's two proposals, others were actually already thinking about this issue.

After all, after spending money outside, they experience the joy of buying things, so they will think about having more money to buy more things they want.

"Will there be more red deer giving birth in the mountains next spring?" Li Long suddenly asked, "If you have the time, please help me find some red deer babies. I'll charge 200 yuan each. As for roe deer babies, 50 yuan."

Although roe deer roe can also be sold for money, they are not as expensive as red deer and are not well-known, so they definitely cannot be sold at a high price.

But Li Long didn't despise it. He knew that he had to look at the long term and not just the present.

Once you have developed a certain scale, you can build up your reputation or run advertising.

There will be many such things in the future, so there is no need to rush now.

With the old and new horse numbers together, there is definitely no problem raising three to five hundred cattle and sheep, and dozens of red deer and roe deer.

"What money do you want? I'll give it to you when I catch you. Is it still Duosen if you want money?" Yushanjiang glared at Li Long with dissatisfaction.

"It's different." Li Long said while driving, "Let me tell you, the person who bought my sheep this time plans to buy two red deer. He gave me 800 yuan for one red deer - think about it, if this little red deer is caught and raised, and if it doesn't die of illness, it may be sold for several hundred yuan by the end of the year - of course, male red deer are more expensive, and female ones are cheaper."

After Li Long said this, Yushanjiang stopped talking.

After all, he also felt that what Li Long said made sense.

Li Long sold the two young red deer because he had heard in his previous life that red deer were prone to illness. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, some red deer farmers saw large numbers of deer die from illness, which was a huge loss.

But Uncle Luo has raised red deer and roe deer for two years and hasn't seen any problems with them.

So Li Long thought, since someone wants it and since he can get the sika deer, he might as well raise it!
The matter was settled like that.

After everyone behind him agreed with Li Long's opinion, they suddenly felt that this was a good way to get rich.

Two hundred dollars! The total amount of money they spent today was less than two hundred dollars!

Talihar was even more confident - because of this, the disappointment of not being able to continue slaughtering sheep tomorrow had been diluted.

What does it matter if he can't slaughter sheep? With his love of hunting and his habit of running all over the mountains, when the snow melts in the spring and the red deer start giving birth, isn't that his home ground?
Don’t get too many, just two elk babies will be enough to equal your family’s income for a year!
Halimu and Yushanjiang did find some elk babies, but in their opinion, what was more important was not whether they could catch the elk, but whether they should ask Li Long for money after catching the elk.

After all, they have such a good relationship with Li Long, and Li Long always brings them things every time he goes into the mountains. If they ask for money, wouldn’t that be too distant?
Moreover, they were both worried that if they asked for money this time, would their relationship with Li Long change in the future?
Li Long didn't think so much about it. Brothers should settle accounts clearly. His elder brother Li Jianguo was the boss, so he still had to pay him money.

Friendship and business are two different things, so it is better to settle the accounts clearly.

It is impossible for everyone to have such a good relationship with me as Halimu and Yushanjiang. If they don't charge, it's not easy for others to charge, but if they don't have a good relationship with me, they might feel at a loss, right?

So we still have to make things clear, do things in a nice way, and don't be stingy when it comes to paying.

When the car drove into the mountains, the sun had already set and the afterglow quickly disappeared.

Li Long sent Halimu and the others to their winter home. After unloading their belongings, he immediately returned.

The others did not stop either. They said hello to Halimu's wife, loaded their shopping onto the horses, and then hurried home.

The farthest one might take around 40 to 50 minutes or even an hour.

It can’t be achieved in a short time.

When Li Long returned to the yard, the moon had already risen. Although it was not fully round, it was still quite bright.

We will continue tomorrow, and Li Long has realized that two days may not be enough.

After all, he planned to slaughter a hundred sheep, two cows, three red deer and a roe deer.

Since Halimu and his men have come down the mountain, let’s not bother two masters with one thing, just kill them! (End of this chapter)