Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Li Long only found out about this matter two days later.

He really didn't expect that his words would come true. Just as he was worrying about it, it happened.

Seeing that Ma Ming was trying to pull her hand, Zhu Yuechan quickly took a step back and screamed.

Hu Dongfeng and his colleagues who were digging in the saline-alkali land, and Professor Luo Shuluo and his colleagues in the Lao Ma Hao, all heard the scream.

The first person to run over was Uncle Luo, who was standing at the door of the pigpen preparing to feed the wild boars. In his hand was a stick to drive away the little wild boars.

When Ma Ming saw Zhu Yuechan screaming, he immediately panicked and came over to cover Zhu Yuechan's mouth to stop her from making any sound. Zhu Yuechan was also very brave and smashed the basin that had just been used to pour out the waste water at Ma Ming.

Ma Ming was quite strong, and when he grabbed the basin, he also grabbed Zhu Yuechan's wrist, saying, "Don't yell, don't yell, I just want to be friends with you..."

When Lao Shu Luo rushed out, he happened to see this scene. He was so angry that he ran over and hit Ma Ming on the back with a stick, cursing as he beat him:

"You beast, you're so bold to come here and cause trouble! I'll beat the shit out of you today!"

Uncle Luo really used all his strength. The stick hit Ma Ming on the back. Ma Ming jumped up in pain, let go of Zhu Yuechan, turned around and ran away.

At this time, Hu Dongfeng, Zheng Weiguo and Li Qingyuan, who were holding shovels, also ran over and stopped Ma Ming who was about to escape.

The three college students were also very angry and they pulled Ma Ming to the ground.

"Tie him up and send him to the team headquarters!" Uncle Luo said angrily, "You are committing a sin. You are ruining the reputation of our team! I'll see if the captain doesn't punish you to death!" Then he hit him a few more times with the stick.

Seeing Ma Ming screaming and groaning after being beaten by Uncle Luo, Professor Luo was also very angry, but he still stopped him:
"Brother Lao Luo, let's hand him over to the team. It will be troublesome if he gets damaged."

Uncle Luo nodded, and then asked Zhu Yuechan:

"Xiao Zhu, are you... okay?"

"It's okay." Zhu Yuechan, who was still in shock, relaxed. "He said he wanted to be friends with me and wanted to hold my hand. I refused, so he grabbed me..."

Everyone felt relieved when they knew Zhu Yuechan was fine.

Xu Chengjun soon found out about this. He was so angry that his face turned blue and he rode his bicycle to Laomahao.

Seeing Ma Ming tied up and sitting against the wall with a wronged look on his face, Xu Chengjun stepped forward and kicked him over, cursing as he kicked:

"You beast, if you're in heat, go to the pigsty! I tell you, given the nature of your case, I would have taken you to target practice two years ago!"

Xu Chengjun's words were harsh, but Ma Ming knew that he was telling the truth. At this time, Ma Ming also regretted it. Why did he listen to the instigation of those people and come here to harass the college students?
After dealing with Ma Ming, Xu Chengjun went to Professor Luo and Zhu Yuechan to sincerely apologize.

"This matter has nothing to do with you, so you don't need to apologize." Professor Luo said seriously, "Fortunately, no serious consequences occurred."

"Alas, I am definitely responsible for what happened in our village. Little girl, I'm sorry." Xu Chengjun said to Zhu Yuechan.

"It's okay. I wasn't hurt. Thanks to what Li Long told me today, if I ever run into this kind of situation I should scream. As soon as I screamed, Old Luo would come over and beat him up."

While Xu Chengjun was still comforting Professor Luo and Zhu Yuechan, Ma Ming's parents, sister Ma Chunhong and brother-in-law Tao Dayong all rushed over to the door of Lao Mahao.

"Look at what your Ma Ming has done!" Xu Chengjun was not in a good mood towards this family. "I tell you, if this happened two years ago, your Ma Ming would have been taken to target practice! Although the female student didn't suffer any harm, this is hooliganism! The nature of this is very serious! This is a disgrace to our entire team! If this gets out, our team's reputation will be ruined! I'm telling you this matter, I must deal with it seriously!"

The Ma family was in the wrong, so they could only apologize to everyone with a smile and promise that there would not be a next time.

"If you dare to do it again next time, I will break his legs!" Uncle Luo said fiercely.

"That's right. I'm telling you, don't get close to the Lao Ma's bar. If you dare to come over, I'll punish you!" Yang Laoliu said with bared teeth, "Lao Ma, keep a close eye on your son. You also know what I did before liberation, don't give me a chance to do anything!"

Ma Ming's father was not afraid of Uncle Luo, but he was scared by what Yang Laoliu said.

"Old Yang, Old Yang, don't worry, I'll take care of him when I get home..."

Xu Chengjun pulled Professor Luo aside and whispered:

"I'm really sorry, Professor Luo. I have my share of responsibility for this. Now let's talk about how to deal with this. I want to detain him at the police station for a few days and give him a good lesson, but I'm also a little afraid that this matter will get out of hand and it will be bad for the reputation of our female students. You see..."

Professor Luo also hesitated. Indeed, although reform and opening up had taken place at that time, people were not as conservative in their thinking and did not care as much about these things as before. But as a victim, Zhu Yuechan must not be allowed to suffer a second injury.

Professor Luo thought about it and called Zhu Yuechan over. Xu Chengjun then shared his idea with Zhu Yuechan.

"He didn't cause me any substantial harm." Zhu Yuechan's emotions have now completely stabilized. "You beat him up enough. I think he should have learned his lesson. It's okay if you don't send him to the police station, but I don't want to see him in the future."

"Well, let's keep this matter within this small circle and not tell anyone." Xu Chengjun breathed a sigh of relief. "I'll ask their family to buy some things tomorrow to come and apologize to you. As for Ma Ming, I'll first lock him up in the team headquarters and teach him a lesson, so that he can reflect on his mistakes."

Xu Chengjun would definitely not let Ma Ming get away with it easily. This situation had just emerged, and now was the time to kill the chicken to scare the monkey. Xu Chengjun also wanted the Ma family to compensate Zhu Yuechan with 100 yuan, but Zhu Yuechan refused to accept it.

Everything was fine on the Lao Ma Hao side. During dinner, Zhu Yuechan's mood completely returned to normal, and she even joked at the table:
"Thanks to Li Long for reminding me to shout. I think the sound of my shouting scared Ma Ming directly. Otherwise, he wouldn't have covered my mouth out of fear."

"If you were me, I wouldn't know what to do." He Lijuan was a little worried, "I don't think there will be such a thing again in the future, right?"

"No." Lao Shu Luo said, "There are a few of us at the back, guarding the door of Lao Ma Hao every day, watching you work. Don't worry, if anyone dares to get close, we will just hit them with sticks."

"No, no, it's not that serious." He Lijuan said hurriedly, "You are all old, and you have your own work to do..."

"It's okay, it's okay. Your safety is the most important!" Uncle Luo said seriously.

Ma Ming was taken to the team headquarters by Xu Chengjun and given a beating. After interrogation, it was discovered that it was a few idle old bachelors in the village who instigated Ma Ming and other lazy young people to try the Laomahao, hoping that they might be able to take advantage.

After Xu Chengjun finished the interrogation, he took the militia with him that night and knocked on the doors of every household to beat up these people.

That night, the team was in chaos and many people heard the noise, but basically no one knew what was going on. When they asked those who had been "visited" by Xu Chengjun, they were hesitant and didn't say anything.

It was not until the next day that gossip started to spread in the team. Someone went to the Lao Ma Hao and spread rumors about those students and was caught. These old bachelors were the instigators.

As a result, all these people became rats crossing the street.

What Professor Luo and his team were going to do had already been spread among the aunts and uncles in the village. Everyone knew that this was a great thing that would benefit the village. If it was done well, saline-alkali land would no longer be despised. If a family could reclaim dozens or hundreds of acres of wasteland, wouldn't their income increase again?

Everyone hasn't had enough time to thank Professor Luo and his team, but some people just go and become demons. Are they still human?
At first, it was the more aggressive older sisters-in-law and aunts who would either mock or laugh at the old bachelors. Later, some children also followed suit and would shout at these people when they saw them, making them too embarrassed to go out.

Some people also argued that they were just joking, and immediately some women scolded them, asking why they didn’t just joke with their mothers and sisters?

The feelings of ordinary people are simple and sometimes even short-sighted.

But it's true.

They know who is good to them and what is beneficial and what is harmful.

After all, the moral constraints accumulated over thousands of years are still useful.

The next day, Xu Chengjun released the limping Ma Ming and asked Ma Ming's parents to come and pick him up.

Although they felt sorry for their son, they knew that at least he was not locked up in the detention center, so Ma Ming's parents blushed and accepted it. Then they took the things they bought to the old Ma's store and apologized to Zhu Yuechan.

Professor Luo and his team had returned to peace. In the morning, Uncle Luo and Yang Laoliu were guarding the gate of the Lao Ma Hao in the afternoon. It was strange to say that when they were guarding, no idle people came to watch the fun.

For the sake of Zhu Yuechan's reputation, the handling of this matter was kept secret, and not many people knew what the "bad coward" Ma Ming had done.

Of course, Ma Ming himself didn't have the face to say it out loud. For the first few days, he stayed at home every day and didn't dare to go out. Of course, he was also embarrassed to go out because of his lame leg.

Two days later, Li Long found out about this, and he rushed to Ma's house, slapped Ma Ming several times, and scolded him. He almost beat up Ma Ming's father who tried to stop him. Ma Ming knew he couldn't hide any longer, so he simply left the Fourth Squad and took refuge at a distant relative's house.

After Li Long returned from Laomahao, he found a piece of wood in the yard, painted it with ink from home, and ran to the entrance of the purchasing station to hang it on the iron gate. He wrote on it the information that it was open on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.

This saves people who come to exchange things from not knowing and making unnecessary trips.

The next day, Li Long was no longer in a hurry. He ate his meal peacefully, pulled the stretcher to the yard and looked after the child. He waited for Sister Yang to clean up the kitchen and come to replace him before he drove the jeep to the purchasing station.

There were already two people waiting at the door of the purchasing station. Li Long got out of the car to open the door, and then asked them to make way. He drove the jeep in, got out of the car to lock the door, then opened the door of the room and started to collect things. Not many things were collected in the morning. When it was almost one o'clock, Li Long saw that there was no one, so he closed the door in advance, loaded the collected things into the jeep, and drove it to the supply and marketing cooperative first.

Li Xiangqian was reading a newspaper in the director's office. When he saw Li Long coming in, he smiled and said:

"Xiaolong, you are great. You are in the newspaper again."

Li Long knew that this was referring to him inviting Professor Luo and others over, so he explained it.

"Not bad, not bad. After all, young people nowadays are smart and know how to think of ideas and do things. Unlike us when we were young, we knew nothing and only knew how to follow orders and work."

"That's the same," Li Long smiled, "Director, I plan to take some people to renovate the herdsmen's houses tomorrow, you see..."

"Okay, I've been waiting for a long time."

Li Xiangqian stood up, picked up the jar and poured water, saying as he poured:

"Let me tell you, I couldn't help wanting to talk to you these past few days and ask you when it would start, but in the end I held back because I knew you must have your own plans. It's okay, at least it's not too late now."

"Then I'll go find Director Ma later and drive over to pick you up tomorrow morning?"

"Okay. By the way, what supplies do we need to prepare?"

"Wood, cement, tools for piercing the wall, etc. Our community needs a truck. My jeep can't carry so many people."

"That's no problem. I didn't bring much this time..." Li Xiangqian was a little dissatisfied.

"Then bring half a truckload of bricks and we'll renovate their house to make it sturdier."

"Hey, that's fine. Okay, okay, I'll arrange it right away!"

Li Long watched Li Xiangqian asking people to arrange work for him. Since he had nothing to do, he drove to the county party committee compound.

Ma Xiaoyan had also been waiting for this news. When she was about to get off work, after meeting Li Long, she immediately went to find her leader.

The deputy minister, who had just finished get off work and was about to leave the county party committee compound, listened to Ma Xiaoyan's report and immediately approved it.

It is less than half a month before National Unity Education Month, and it is very meaningful to have such an event at this time.

Worth following up!

After lunch, Li Long unloaded the things from the jeep and put them into the compartment. He drove to Qingshuihe Village and told Meng Hai about this matter. Meng Hai then went to contact the people who had been identified earlier.

It was agreed that they would go into the mountains to renovate the house. They would not have to live in the mountains, but would leave early and come back late, and settle the bill on the same day.

For Meng Hai, this is less money than making a living as a gang leader, but for others, this is a good job.

Five dollars a day, much more than what those workers earn.

After sorting out all the relationships, Li Long drove his jeep back to the purchasing station and continued collecting things.

As of now, the largest item that can be received is still Fritillaria.

Obviously, more and more people go into the mountains to dig Fritillaria. These people use various methods to transport the Fritillaria out of the mountains and then sell them to purchasing stations.

Although the price Li Long paid for Fritillaria was not as high as that offered by the state-owned purchasing station last year, for these people, even if the price dropped further, it would still be better than just holding on to it or selling it in other places such as Shicheng.

There were more people selling things in the afternoon. Li Long had been collecting things all the time. By the time the sun went down and he was about to close the shop, the things he had collected could not even fit into a jeep.

He just ran twice.

Fortunately, the jeep was faster and the distance from here to the big yard was not far. Otherwise, he would have to use a tractor - that thing could carry a lot.

After breakfast the next day, Li Long went to pick up Secretary Ma and then went to the supply and marketing cooperative.

In the large yard of the supply and marketing cooperative, a large truck was already parked there, and Li Xiangqian and several leaders of the supply and marketing cooperative were chatting in the yard.

The big truck was loaded with supplies, including bricks and wood at the bottom, cement on top, and several large baskets containing some tools.

Li Long seemed to have seen the wrapped naan and other foods.

Well, it seems they are ready for lunch too.

After seeing Li Long coming, Li Xiangqian walked forward with a smile, shook hands with Officer Ma who got off the car, and after chatting for a few words, he got in the car and set off.

Also going there were the deputy director of the supply and marketing cooperative and Section Chief Zhou, who would take over Li Xiangqian's position.

Li Long's jeep was in front, with Li Xiangqian, deputy director, Ma Xiaoyan and Zhou Yuan sitting inside, and the driver driving a truck following behind.

Originally, Li Xiangqian wanted to sit in the truck, but Li Long persuaded him to come over.

Then just let Meng Hai and the others sit in the back.

Arriving at Qingshuihe Village, Li Long saw Meng Hai and others waiting by the roadside, each of them carrying a tool bag. Some were new, some were old, with tool handles sticking out.

Li Xiangqian got out of the car and shook hands with Meng Hai and the others one by one:

"From today on, I'll be working hard for you!"

Ma Xiaoyan knew that this matter was a little bit non-compliant, but it was not a big deal. As long as the supply and marketing cooperative took the lead in providing materials and as long as it helped the herders renovate their houses, then this matter was worth reporting.

She also saw the report in the state daily about Li Long inviting professors from the Bayi Agricultural College to come to the production team to improve the soil, and she felt a little resentful that Li Long did not tell her such a good news clue.

But she didn't know what to say directly. After all, Li Long took the initiative to tell her this news clue which was more important and more in line with the development of the times. This was already very friendly.

Therefore, Ma Xiaoyan will do her best to report this matter, and she even considers whether to embellish it.

When the jeep and the truck drove into the ravine, turned around and arrived at Yushanjiang and their winter home, Ma Xiaoyan immediately started taking pictures. She felt that there was no need to beautify it - after all, this winter home was really shabby.

As long as you stay here for a day and take pictures of the winter den after it was renovated, and compare the two photos, it will be enough to show the result of the supply and marketing cooperative helping herders to do practical things.

The deputy director wanted Li Xiangqian to say something, but he waved his hand and said, "Why bother with that nonsense? Come on, let's get to work. We can't do technical work, but we can still move things. Let's unload bricks!"

Li Xiangqian boarded the truck first and started unloading bricks. The deputy director and Zhou Yuan immediately followed and the driver also stepped forward to help.

Meng Hai and the others also wanted to come forward, and Li Xiangqian said to them:

"You are now skilled workers and technicians. You can discuss with Li Long how to renovate the house."

Meng Hai and the others looked at Li Long.

Li Long smiled and said:
"Okay, then, Lao Meng, come here, I'll tell you how to renovate these houses."

Six people followed Meng Hai and came to Li Long.

"The main structure of this winter house is quite solid, but the mud on the roof will leak after a long time. Do you think we need to tear it down and rebuild it, or use mud? Of course, now that we have good materials, we can use the best solution. It would be best to replace the wood directly, apply mud again, and then repair the wall. By the way, bricks and cement can be used in key places."

"Don't think about saving materials." Li Xiangqian, who was unloading bricks over there, said, "We bring materials into the mountains every day. There's enough. Just repair the house!"

After hearing this, Meng Hai and the others immediately became full of confidence.

Li Long smiled and said:
"Okay, you guys get started, I'll go do my thing here."

The engineering team opened and everyone had their own position. Li Long took the gun from the jeep and walked into the mountains.

There was no difference between one more person working here and one less person working here. He didn't really want to show his face on camera, so he thought about going to see if he could catch something to improve the food for everyone.

I can't pay much, after all, the job is just like that, so I can improve it in other ways, right? (End of this chapter)