Ling Ling always bought something worth four to five hundred yuan, and food accounted for a large part of it, such as sesame cakes, chicken cakes, and river noodles that could be eaten directly. There are not many such foods in department stores these days. After all, people don’t have much spare money, so most snacks are made at home.
I bought some sugar cubes and fruit candies, not many. After all, these things are considered snacks. Those who dig Fritillaria may not be willing to eat them.
Wine is a must. Whether it’s a forestry team member like Bolati or a fritillary digger, there is always someone who likes this stuff. After all, it's a long night with no entertainment, and just sleeping doesn't seem fun. Of course, the main thing is loose wine, not many bottles of wine, but a box of small champagne. I will see if I can sell it.
Li Long also brought a portable radio. He thought it would be okay to listen to it by himself. If someone wanted to buy it, he could just sell it. The price is not high, just buy about ten kilograms of fresh Fritillaria.
The rest are some daily necessities, lighters, mohe cigarettes, shovels, sickles, and essential oils. He also went to a medicinal company to buy some commonly used medicines, which are also very useful in forest areas.
Then there is food, mainly rice and white flour. The stall owners in the market were very happy. The three times Li Long bought it were enough for him to sell for several months.
Lin Lin Zongzong got a truck of buckets, and Li Long drove the tractor towards the mountains. These things will have to be placed and arranged in the small room of the wooden house - do you really want to open a canteen?
Are you kidding?
But it doesn’t matter, as long as you can make money. I am not a professional hunter, and the two knives do not necessarily count. Now I am one step ahead, and I have not moved to protect myself. I have a gun in my hand, so I can run rampant in the mountains. If you want to make money, you can't just rely on hunting. You have to walk on multiple legs.
Collecting fritillaries, exchanging things, and doing knitting are all ways. Although it is short-term, it really makes money.
The tractor drove quickly into the mountains, and when it crossed the Qingshui River, many people came out to watch. Although Qingshuihe Township is relatively close to the mountains, the people here look for food in the mountains, and at most they only get some wood and medicinal materials. Since the forestry team was established last year and those people came to the villages near the mountains to promote it, people here have stopped going into the mountains.
Unlike those in the Northeast who live off the mountains, the people in Qingshuihe Township are mainly engaged in farming, and the people in the Northwest have relatively conservative ideas. They will do whatever the superiors do not allow them to do. As for the things not mentioned above Whether you can do it or not, chances are you won’t.
This comparison was already said N years ago. Why did the southerners get started? It was because as long as policies and regulations did not stipulate that they were not allowed to do it, they would do it. The reason why northerners are not so flexible is because they only do what they are told according to regulations and notices from above.
The same goes for the northwest.
There are almost no orthodox hunters in the entire northern part of the Tianshan Mountains, because this area was mainly herdsmen and farmers for decades or hundreds of years. However, there were some hunters in southern Xinjiang, otherwise the XJ tiger would not have become extinct. There are too few people who hunt full-time, and the population is also small. There are relatively many resources, and there is less space for farming. Most of them will not venture into the mountains. After all, there are many wild beasts. The story of wolves eating people is not new. About ten years ago, a lot of people disappeared. People are normal.
After entering the mountains, Li Long's tractor first drove to Harimu. When he went there, he found that their winter nest was almost packed, and some supplies were bundled and packaged outside, waiting to be put on the horse and taken away.
Hearing the sound of the tractor, Halimu and his wife came out together. After greeting each other, Halimu said enviously:
"It would be great if the tractor could drive to the summer pasture. , our things can be dragged directly. The machine looks great."
Li Long said with a smile:
"It will be realized later. There is also a road to Xia Ranch, but the road is narrow. In the future, the animal husbandry team will do it. If you have money, you will definitely need to build this road.”
These are not words of comfort. The road to Xia Ranch is really built later. Although it is only the most common gravel road, it can at least pass cars. When they change places later, they can hire cars to pull things up.
Li Long brought some more daily necessities to Harimu and the others. After putting the things down, he drank two bowls of milk tea and was ready to leave.
"We are also planning to go to Xia Ranch in the past two days." Harimu told Li Long, "We may come down in the middle of the day. I will go to you if I need anything then."
" No problem. ”
With Li Long as the middleman, Harimu and his tribe don’t really want to go down the mountain and deal with too many people. People from a tribe have been communicating with each other since childhood, and they are not used to seeing too many people. Although the young people in the tribe have now begun to learn Mandarin through radios and other herdsmen, they are still quite shy when it comes to communicating with many people.
Li Long drove the tractor to the cabin, opened the door, set up the stove, and started moving things into the cabin.
There are shelves in the cabin itself, so it is relatively easy to place these things. He didn't plan to go out this morning, so Li Long took out the caladiums collected earlier and put them on the wooden floor in front of the house to dry in the bright sun, which made them dry faster.
While we were moving, two people came over from a distance.
When Li Long saw the figure, the two people had already walked less than thirty meters away from the wooden house.
Li Zhengtang and Li Zhengting.
"You guys are here?" Li Long greeted, "How have you been these two days?"
"I came over to check on you yesterday, but found that your tractor was not there." Li Zhengtang said, "The day before yesterday and yesterday We dug some caladiums and wanted to come over and exchange some with you."
"Just right, I'll do it. I brought some things here today, let's see what you want to exchange." Li Long didn't expect this business to come so quickly. He pointed at the cabin and said, "Look, I'm planning to open a store."
"That's good." Li Zhengtang was very happy, so they didn't need to travel dozens of kilometers down the mountain to buy things. I don't have any money, so it's very troublesome to go down the mountain to buy things.
Of course, digging fritillaries in the mountains is also to make money, and you will definitely have to exchange money later, but for now, you must at least ensure a normal life, otherwise you will not be able to survive, and you will make a crappy money.
"Are there any steamed buns?" Li Zhengting was obsessed with steamed buns. He drank porridge the day before. It felt delicious at the time, but he soon became hungry. He always felt that steamed buns were better.
"Yes." Li Long remembered the steamed buns he had steamed earlier, went to the big room and opened the cage to have a look, touched it, smelled it, shook his head and said to Li Zhengting who was following him at the door. Said:
“It was steamed earlier. When I went back yesterday, this steamed bun was not dried and it became sour.”
"It's okay, just don't grow hair." Li Zhengting didn't care at all, "I'll change some steamed buns."
"Don't let it ruin your stomach." Li Long was a little worried, this Li Zhengting just had a fever. After all, if I get fed up again, there is no village or shop in this forest, and I might not have another chance to save him.
"It's okay, boss, think about what we usually eat." Li Zhengtang didn't care, "This bun is just a little sour, it's okay, just dry it and it will be fine."
Since they said Okay, that's fine. However, Li Long still recommended to them the medicine he brought.
Li Zhengtang and Li Zhengting brought over four kilograms of Fritillaria, which together can be sold for about ten yuan. Li Long brought a scale, and he asked Li Zhengtang to weigh it himself. After weighing and calculating, he began to exchange things.
Two packs of sesame cakes, one pack of sugar cubes, four small bottles of medicine, one shovel, one sickle, two sheets, and six steamed buns.
This is what two people exchanged. In their opinion, it is worth exchanging the Fritillaria dug for two days for these things.
Although they exchanged rice and noodles from Li Long, the cooking utensils they had on hand couldn't steam steamed buns. The most they could do was make lump soup, batter, or make a few dead dough pancakes on a stone kang.
This is much better now.
Satisfied and leaving with his things, Li Long continued to place his things. The two brothers did not exchange for wine and champagne. They were obviously more economical. They spent all their money on steel blades. They hoped to get the most practical things at the lowest cost so that they could get more during the remaining month of fritillary mining period. , and finally exchange for more money.
Reasonable.
Li Long picked out the dirty things from these caladiums, washed them, and then broke the remaining steamed buns into pieces and put them in a basket to hang on a wooden pole outside to dry, and then continued to place things.
In the ravine to the east, Sun Jiaqiang lay quietly in the woods, looking at the trap he had set more than 40 meters away.
He has always been very patient when it comes to improving his life.
The trap cover is made of rope, and the edges are a few pieces of broken salt picked up from the rock salt mine. He knew that animals needed salt, and he was also sure that the rock salt was not a gem. Since it was not a gem, he would use the waste and place a trap where animals passed by to see if he could catch it. Sun Jiaqiang came here early in the morning, and the condom was laid last night. He planned to come over to see the harvest. If there was any, he would keep some meat for himself and carry the rest to the cabin to exchange for some things. If not, grab something to eat and dig for caladiums.
When he came over, he found a young roe deer chewing grass nearby. He immediately became excited and waited to see if the guy could find the condom.
After waiting for about twenty minutes, the little roe deer really discovered the rock salt, and then he licked it excitedly, and then he was hooked!
Hearing the panicked cry of the little roe deer and watching it struggle desperately, Sun Jiaqiang suddenly became excited, rushed out of the forest and ran over. He was afraid that the little roe deer would break away, so he directly killed the little roe deer. It was pushed to the ground and tied with the rope of the lower set, and then it felt relieved.
Just such a roe deer deer must have at least ten kilograms of meat, right?
Sun Jiaqiang licked his lips, hugged the roe deer and went to his nest.
But he ran into trouble as he walked. He can't kill or skin this thing. Although you can cook a pot of meat in the environment of your own nest, you can't cook meat with fur on it, right?
Why don't you just change something?
Sun Jiaqiang was quite perseverant and headed west with the roe deer in his arms. He didn't even know if he could find the cabin, so he took action.
Fortunately, he found the tracks of the tractor halfway through. This was when Li Long drove out of Harimudongwozi to find a relatively wide ditch to pass through. Although Sun Jiaqiang is not very good at life at home, he still developed his observation skills in the mountains, otherwise he would be eaten by bears.
When he carried the roe deer all the way to the wooden house, he was almost exhausted and fell down.
Seeing the tractor there, Sun Jiaqiang felt relieved and shouted loudly:
"Boss Li, Boss Li! I have something to sell!"
But he remembered that Li Long had a gun in his hand. He was worried that if he approached rashly and the other party took out his gun and fired a few times, wouldn't he be angry?
Of course not.
Li Long had already laid out his things and was preparing for lunch. When he heard the shouting outside, he came out to take a look and was a little surprised.
No, is this guy so powerful? Is it so easy to catch roe deer now? Or is it that my luck has leaked in the past two days and I haven't been able to make up for it, or because my family is too sexually blessed, I must have shortcomings in other aspects?
How is this measured? Do you want to give up temporary sexual happiness?
Impossible.
Li Long complained in his heart, but his movements were not slow at all. He took the tightly tied roe deer from Sun Jiaqiang's hand, took a look at it, and then put it on the ground in disappointment:
< br>"Let you give it to me It's dead. The rope you tied is a little too tight."
"I wonder why it won't move." Sun Jiaqiang was still a little confused. "I also plan to exchange it for some supplies. The steamed buns are good. .”
He had already seen Li Long's steamed buns drying in the pole basket, and licked his lips. I ate steamed buns before, and then I ate wild vegetables and so on, which was really hard to swallow.
"It can be changed." Li Long pointed to the cabin, "I brought some new things there. Take a look at what you want to change. I suggest you prepare some medicine. Living in the wild, myrrh is No, it might make you dehydrated even if you have diarrhea.”
“ Uh-huh, but I was thinking that if you peeled off the roe deer, could you give me a piece of meat? I haven’t had good meat for a long time. It’s best if you give me a piece of cooked meat.”
"No problem, as long as you can wait." Li Long skillfully pulled out the knife and started peeling it off.
Sun Jiaqiang did not enter the cabin to choose anything. He knew how to avoid suspicion and was tired, so he simply sat on the edge and watched Li Long clean up the roe deer.
If the roe deer was strangled without bleeding, it must be cleaned up as soon as possible. Fortunately, the roe deer is not big. It should be the calf in the early autumn of last year. The total weight now is only 11 or 2 kilograms. Li Long finished disemboweling and skinning it in less than half an hour.
"I'll wash the intestines and stomach." Sun Jiaqiang was almost rested and got up to help. Li Long thinks this person is good. At least he doesn't live for free and doesn't work. He has a job in his eyes. How could he get to this point?
The stone stove outside was renovated, a pot was set up to boil water, and after Li Long lit the fire underneath, he repaired the other stove.
It would be much better to burn firewood on the two stoves outside. The stove in the house is okay for boiling water and frying small pots, but it is not enough to maintain large pots.
Sun Jiaqiang carefully washed his stomach and intestines and brought the whole basin back. Li Long said:
"The offal has been marinated together. You can take some away with you when the time comes."
"Okay." Take away some of the cooked ones. Sun Jiaqiang thinks it's pretty good. Although there are not many things that can be exchanged, at least my food will be better later. He was confident that he could still pull something on next, but he didn't expect that the little tricks he learned from his grandfather would actually work!
The big pot was boiling, one pot of meat and one pot of offal. At this time, Li Longcai and Sun Jiaqiang who were free started discussing.
"How much meat and offal do you plan to take away, and how much is left over, right?"
This is a female roe deer, with no horns and no whip, so it must be nothing. Useful. So all that can be used is the skin and meat. Not to mention the skin, it is small, and it is currently in the molting period, so it looks a bit miserable.
Of course, it can actually be sold for a few dollars.
"After eating, I will take two more pieces of meat and cut some offal for me, including some heart, liver, intestines and intestines." Sun Jiaqiang thought for a while and said, "I will exchange some steamed buns and medicine from you, and then Just get a bottle of wine. You took care of this, and I don’t have the nerve to ask for more.”
What a real person.
Li Long packed the medicine and wine that Sun Jiaqiang asked for, and gave him another reminder:
"This steamed bun is a bit sour, so I dried it for you to take a look. If it doesn't work, change it." Others.”
Sun Jiaqiang went over and turned over the steamed buns and said, "It's okay. It's not hairy or moldy. What's wrong with it being sour? You can eat it even if it's rancid."
Well, I wish you a stomach of steel. Li Long simply wrapped up all the steamed buns for him and brought him a rope.
Sun Jiaqiang is very satisfied. This businessman is very conscientious.
The meat of the little roe deer was cooked quickly. Li Long sprinkled the seasonings skillfully. He also went to get a handful of wild onions nearby, washed them, and prepared to put them in when serving the soup later. If you eat meat and drink soup, you are not afraid of high blood fat at this time.
Sun Jiaqiang couldn't wait for a long time. Li Long brought him an enamel basin and fished out a piece of meaty leg bone. He couldn't wait to take it, pressed it and took a bite. It was so hot that he sucked it, but I couldn't bear to spit it out, and it hurt when I saw Li Long!
Li Long also fished out a piece, put it on the case to cool, and then went to see the condition of the internal organs there.
I don’t know whether it’s cooked or not, so Li Long used his chopsticks to poke a piece off, sandwiched it and put it in his own bowl. Then he found two more bowls and scooped out two bowls of soup. , sprinkled with chopped green onion inside, put it on the case to cool, and then slowly started to eat the meat.
What he fished was the neck meat, and all the lymph and other things were removed. Sun Jiaqiang was still a little dissatisfied, but Li Long didn't care about him. It was better to eat less of this stuff.
It would be better if there was a piece of naan - but looking at the meat in the pot, Li Long thought about it, if there is meat, what kind of naan should we eat?
He admitted that he underestimated Sun Jiaqiang. He hadn’t chewed half of the piece of meat here. Sun Jiaqiang had already chewed the leg bones clean, not even the tendons were left, only a dry bone stick was left. .
"Put this aside. I'm going to knock out the bone marrow later." After Sun Jiaqiang put down the bone stick, he picked out another piece, which was still a leg bone. The meat on it was big and delicious.
Li Long removed less than five kilograms of meat, and the rest was on the bones, so the meat bones were really fragrant.
Sun Jiaqiang has not eaten such delicious meat for a long time, or he has never chewed meat like this in his life. Today he turned into a hungry wolf.
With three legs and sticks, Li Long visually estimated that at least one and a half kilograms of cooked meat had filled Sun Jiacheng's belly. He was worried that the guy's stomach wouldn't be able to bear it, so he hurriedly got medicine for him.
At this time, the only medicine Li Long could use here was Dashanzhao Pills.
Sun Jiaqiang actually knew that he had eaten too much, and he didn't want to move at this time. He accepted Li Long's kindness, chewed the hawthorn pills slowly, and looked at Li Long slowly drinking the soup, feeling really envious.
This is what I call a person who knows how to eat! (End of this chapter)