Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

When Li Long received the task from Li Xiangqian, he really didn't expect that there would be pressure from Li Xiangqian and Director Qian.

In his opinion, he did a good job, had a good relationship with Li Xiangqian and Director Qian, and the big brooms he made were recognized by the leaders of the autonomous region, so it was only natural for him to do this job.

Of course, he was not enjoying this "welfare" leisurely. Whenever there was something good, he would think of Li Xiangqian and Director Qian.

However, this was not equal. Li Long did not really feel the pressure from Li Xiangqian and the others.

Most of the things you give to your family are just icing on the cake, but things others give to you, from the very beginning, are just timely help.

Different.

Just as Li Xiangqian and his men unloaded two hundred large brooms, asked the warehouse manager to keep them and wait for him to distribute them when he returned, and then drove out of the supply and marketing cooperative in a truck, these thoughts were running through Li Long's mind.

I have to get rid of my previous confidence and put some pressure on myself.

I used to think that it would be fine if the results were similar to those of Team 4, Qingshuihezi and Liang Wenyu. Anyway, he was very satisfied with his own examination.

But looking at the situation today and the standards of the Corps company, Li Long knew that he might have been a little too proud of himself. He must really raise the standards and must not embarrass Director Qian and Li Xiangqian.

If we want to continue to get this big order in the next few years, we must work harder on quality so that others can't say a bad thing about it!

Just like today, Li Long only realized belatedly that these supply and marketing cooperative employees came to see the big broom, not to see their own achievements, and many of them came to find fault.

It’s just that Wang Mingjun and his team have very strict quality control and didn’t give these people any chance.

But what about the big brooms sent by Team 4, Qingshuihe Village and Liang Wenyu?

Although the quality of those brooms is qualified, they are definitely not up to the level of Wang Mingjun's. These people will definitely be able to find problems of one kind or another.

Li Long knew what he should do now.

Of course, before leaving, you have to go to the finance department to settle the accounts.

A big broom cost 3,700 yuan, and a broom cost 5 yuan. Li Long earned more than 18,000 yuan this time, with a net profit of more than 5,000 yuan, which is less than the cost of a tractor.

I won't say how much it was, but the first thing he did when he came out of the supply and marketing cooperative was to drive to Qingshuihe Village, find Meng Hai who was checking the broom, and tell him his idea.

"Raise the standard?" Meng Hai looked at his yard, which had nearly two thousand brooms, and said with some embarrassment, "These brooms have already been collected..."

"Let's not talk about the ones that have already been collected." Li Long said, "I will take them away tomorrow. Unless the quality is really bad, I will take them all. But the quality of the brooms I collect next must be improved to a higher level."

Based on the comments made by the supply and marketing cooperative employees today, Li Long combined his own experience and pointed out the areas that Meng Hai needed to pay attention to.

For example, the pole surface must be trimmed to avoid being prickly, the bark must be scraped clean, the length of the Achnatherum splendens must be the same, the height of the hemp rope, the number of red willow branches, etc.

Meng Hai saw that Li Long was speaking so carefully, so he waited for him to finish before asking:
"Is this a problem?"

"Yes." Li Long nodded. "The higher-ups have given us specific standards. It's not like this. If we accept it later, it may affect whether we can get the job next year. So we must pay attention to it..."

"Okay then. This afternoon and evening, I'll find someone to take care of these two thousand brooms!"

Meng Hai knew that this kind of thing was a matter of mutual benefit. As long as Li Long could keep getting work, he would definitely not abandon Qingshui Village.

This matter must be done quickly!

After Meng Hai collected the dozen or so large brooms he was currently collecting, he said something to his wife and went to call for help.

Working overtime at night is nothing!
Li Long didn't stay in Qingshui River for long. He drove his jeep to Liang Wenyu's place again.

We have checked and found that the number of brooms collected is the smallest, less than 500 at the moment.

The last time Li Long inspected it, there were many problems, and Li Long pointed them out to Liang Wenyu without hesitation. This time when Li Long inspected it again, he found that the quality had indeed improved to a higher level.

But it still didn't meet the standards of the finished product of the Corps. Li Long was not polite. After praising him, he told Liang Wenyu the same thing he had said to Meng Hai before.

These 500 brooms will be taken away tomorrow, but the quality of the remaining brooms must be improved.

Liang Wenyu was still a little unconvinced. In his opinion, the quality of these brooms was already good enough.

"Wenyu, if you don't want to do it, then wait until the people you arranged finish tying the sedge and the poles, and then don't do this job in the future." Liang Donglou, who was tying a big broom nearby, suddenly said, "If you are so unconvinced, then you can't do this job."

Liang Wenyu was suddenly scolded by his father, and he felt even more unconvinced in his heart.

In his opinion, Li Long's behavior was just a change of heart. He had already met the standards mentioned earlier, and now he suddenly raised the standards. Isn't this embarrassing for himself?

Liang Donglou ignored Liang Wenyu and turned to ask Li Long:

"Xiaolong, is there something wrong?"

"Yes. I thought things were simple before. The big broom job I'm doing is all the tasks assigned to our county supply and marketing cooperative by the state.

Director Li has given it to me. Some people are jealous and might do something. I must do this big broom job well and beautifully, so that those people can find no fault with it and have nothing to complain about, so that I can continue to take such jobs next year.

Otherwise, this year might be a one-time deal, and if people find problems with it, it will be difficult for me to hand it over to them next year."

With that said, the situation became serious. Liang Wenyu now knew that the job of carrying the broom would be gone next year. He could make some money from Li Long and gather the young people in the team, which was the big broom job.

As for harvesting wheat with tractors, you can only do it at home. There is no way to form a cooperative - and now you are not allowed to form a cooperative.

If this job is no longer available, how can I integrate these young people in the village next year?
Has the prestige that has just risen been lost?
When he thought about it this way, he understood why Li Long suddenly came over and raised his demands.

"Xiaolong, I understand." Liang Wenyu came to his senses and immediately expressed his opinion:
"I will go and notify all the companies now and ask them to raise the quality standards for the brooms. Please tell me the details and I will take note of them so that I can tell them when the time comes."

Li Long was also very pleased to see Liang Wenyu's rapid change of mind. This matter was not just his, but related to the livelihood of hundreds of people in four places. Although they did not rely on this to make a living, they could live a good life with it.

He can't be careless.

After Liang Wenyu agreed, Li Long finally went to Team 4.

The sun was about to set, but it was still a long way from dark. The days in northern Xinjiang were long, and in August, dark usually came around 10 o'clock, so there was still more than an hour left.

Ever since Li Long gave the job of inspecting the big brooms to Li Jianguo, Li Jianguo could hardly leave the yard. People would come to deliver the big brooms all day long, and he had to check them carefully.

When Li Long came over, Liang Yuemei and Du Chunfang had already prepared dinner. Li Qiang and Li Juan not only played during this summer vacation, but also helped their family feed the pigs.

Although the wheat has been harvested, the sunflowers, flower sunflowers and other crops have not yet been harvested. When Li Long arrived at the yard, Li Juan was chopping beet leaves on a cutting board in the yard with an old kitchen knife, which was prepared for cooking pigs.

Everyone in the family was very happy to see Li Long arrive. Li Qiang was originally helping his sister collect beet leaves there. When he saw Li Long get off the car, he hurried over, grabbed his arm, and took him to see the nighthawk he had caught, which was actually a nighthawk.

Li Long took a look, praised Li Qiang, and then went to talk to Li Jianguo about business.

After listening to Li Long's words, Li Jianguo's face became serious:

"This is something that needs to be taken seriously. But right now, the more than 2,000 brooms we collected..."

"We'll go through them today, pick out the ones without any problems, and take them away tomorrow. For the ones with minor problems, we'll fix them ourselves. For those that met the standards before but don't now, and there's no way to fix them, we'll keep them."

Along the way, Li Long had actually figured it out. He might have to make some losses this time. But to be honest, even if he did lose some, it wouldn't be a big loss. The profit from this big job was enough to cover the losses.

As long as I can raise the reputation and quality standards to a high enough level, relieve the pressure on Director Qian and Li Xiangqian, and make others have nothing to say, then this job will be mine in the future.

In the long run, it's worth it.

"What are we going to do with them? We don't need so many big brooms at home?" Li Qingxia was listening and was a little worried. "It's not just for us. I'm a representative now, and these big brooms can be given away. Although the standard is not particularly high, it's fine for normal use. I plan to give some to the school, and it will be enough for a share. I'm a representative, and sometimes I have to do something."

In fact, Li Long is a very competent representative. He can help so many people become rich and serve as a bridge and link for a pastoral tribe in the mountains.

Of course, he felt he could do more.

Giving away the big brooms that were not going to be handed in was also Li Longlu's idea. Donating money to others in the future would be too obvious and would easily make people jealous.

But if these slightly flawed brooms are sent to the school, no one will say anything. After all, the brooms used by each class in the school are made by the students themselves in the middle school and sent by parents in the elementary school. There are all kinds of them.

Li Long was able to send a batch of large brooms to several schools, and the schools were only happy about it.

This was settled. After a simple dinner, the family got down to work.

Li Long demonstrated for a while, and after he stated the standards, he went to Xu Chengjun's house.

When talking to the team members, you can’t just talk to them one by one, you have to use a loud speaker. After Xu Chengjun learned about the situation, he also agreed:
"Yes, we make what people buy. If we don't do it well, it's normal for them not to buy it. If we want to keep this business going, we have to improve the quality and leave people with nothing to complain about.

Go and notify Brother Li, and tell him that those who are not qualified will not be accepted. If you save face at this time, you will cut off your own retreat. Many families in our team rely on the work of making big brooms to make a good living, so they will definitely understand. "

Li Long then notified everyone through a loudspeaker about the raising of standards.

After three times, he turned off the loudspeaker, left Xu's house and returned to the yard.

He didn't tell his family about this matter. There was no need. It wasn't irreversible at the moment. Li Long was glad that he had brought Wang Mingjun and the others in. After seeing the quality of the work done by the Corps employees, Li Long was really glad.

No matter what the Corps’ system is like, at least their work is better organized than that of local governments.

Originally, Li Long planned to go to Team 4 again the next day, but not long after breakfast, Jia Tianlong came over.

The purchasing station is the base, Li Long must not leave. Fortunately, the four places have been settled, and the people in charge are all trustworthy, so Li Long stayed here to deal with Jia Tianlong's affairs.

After the Fritillaria season was over, Jia Tianlong came less often.

Although the bulk of the Fritillaria was gone, there were still quite a few medicinal herbs. Some middlemen received a small amount of Fritillaria from farmers on the mountainside and sold it here, while others were seasonal Cynomorium songaricum, Saussurea involucrata, and other medicinal herbs such as licorice. The small amounts added up to a lot.

In the reception room of the purchasing station, Jia Tianlong drank tea and looked around. It felt fresh as he had not been here for a while.

"You shouldn't come at this time." Li Long said with a smile, "Is the baby coming soon?"

"Yes, it's almost there, but it should take another month." Jia Tianlong said, "Someone in Wucheng came to me urgently, so I rushed over. I wanted to transport the herbs you have back with me, and then I'll wait for my wife to give birth."

When the wife gives birth, it is best for the man to be around. If not, it is fine if there are others at home - it seems to be a very normal thing.

Jia Tianlong is an exception. Although the place where he lives is more gender-biased and male chauvinism is also very serious, Jia Tianlong is an exception. He has now figured it out. It would be best if his wife could give birth to a son, but if not, a daughter would be fine. Of course, it would be even better if he could give birth to twins like Li Long.

Anyway, he can still have children later - he is not a state official, the worst that can happen is that he has to pay a fine.

"Then I won't waste your time. Do you want to count the goods now or hire a car first?" Li Long asked.

"Someone has rented the car. I'm familiar with the transportation company." Jia Tianlong said with a smile, "Let's take a look at the goods first. By the way, I still need the snow lotus. Now you..."

"That's enough. I have more than a thousand of them. It depends on whether you can eat them all."

There are snow lotuses in the mountains, but they are all deep in the mountains. It takes several hours to walk from the entrance of the mountains to the place where there are snow lotuses. If you want to pick them, you may have to spend the night in the mountains.

But if you can make money, there are people willing to do it. After all, these days, not everyone can make money without leaving the village like Team 4. More people have to find ways to make money as a sideline job.

As long as you find a place to pick snow lotus, you can usually find dozens of them in one area. Moreover, Li Long is not particular about what he collects, he collects both snow lotus and stone lotus, so those who know the place where snow lotus is collected will naturally be happy.

Before the household contract responsibility system was implemented, people in the towns and villages near the county town mostly had sideline teams. They had gone into the mountains to dig Fritillaria thunbergii. Of course, they had also seen other things, such as Fritillaria thunbergii and snow lotus.

So when the farmers are idle and the family is short of money, some people stay at home looking for ways to make a living, while others want to go into the mountains and try to make a fortune.

"More than a thousand? Yes, I want them all!" Jia Tianlong's eyes lit up. "I met a good Chinese medicine doctor, and he said that snow lotus is really good for both men and women. Martial arts novels are very popular right now, and when those people heard that I could get snow lotus, they were all very excited."

Well, the popularity of martial arts novels can actually boost the sales of Xuelian, which is quite surprising.

After drinking tea, Li Long took Jia Tianlong to the warehouse and began to count the medicinal materials.

Snow lotus is the first one. Li Long took out a branch that had just been dried, handed it to Jia Tianlong and said, "Smell it, it smells so good——"

Jia Tianlong actually smelled it and found it to be really good, with a subtle fragrance.

"That's the smell... Hey, I've never smelled anything this good before."

I looked at them one by one. There were 1,071 flowers, and each flower cost 6 yuan, which means more than 6,000 yuan.

There are snow lotuses of all sizes, but neither of us bargained for the price, so the price is calculated based on the average.

Then there were more than 100 kilograms of Fritillaria. This was considered tail goods, collected sporadically from the mountain people. They were all clean, 70 yuan per kilogram, Jia Tianlong just checked it and accepted it.

There is also nearly one ton of dried Cynomorium songaricum.

In fact, I collected quite a lot, but the Cynomorium songaricum was dried out in the sun and it was easy to produce residue. If it was not placed properly, it would easily break due to collision.

Li Long will process it after collecting it, and after processing, there will be about one ton left.

The price is not high, it is collected at a few cents. Now the price of this thing is slowly rising, mainly because society has developed and more people want to improve their sexual performance. Jia Tianlong's purchase price is two yuan, which is not low.

There is also a lot of liquorice, but it doesn't sell for a high price. Codonopsis can sell for a high price, but the quantity is small and it's not in season now, so there are only about 200 kilograms of dried goods.

The remaining antlers and horns are considered miscellaneous goods. The quantity is not large, but they take up a lot of space.

Every time something was checked, they were moved out and placed in the backyard.

When we finally tallied the bill, all these things added up to a little more than 16,000 but less than 17,000 yuan.

Jia Tianlong paid the money readily and left a note for Li Long, and then the car arrived soon.

Jia Tianlong was indeed anxious. After carefully loading the herbs into the car, he left in a hurry without even staying for food.

Li Long could understand his anxiety. His wife at home was waiting to give birth to a child, but the problem was that she had never been able to do so. Now that she was finally able to do so, how could he not worry?

The warehouse was much emptier now, and Li Long felt much more relieved.

The goods collected can be sold out after a period of time, and the funds form a virtuous cycle. Without any pressure on the money, this purchasing station can be considered to be stable.

If making big brooms can be considered as making quick money, seasonal money, then this purchasing station can be considered as the foundation of Li Long's future livelihood. It is stable, and the money comes in quite quickly.

At this moment, Wang Mingjun and Zheng Xiangyang were in the company's office, together with Lao Chen, distributing money to employees one by one.

Those employees who received the money, as well as those who were waiting in line eagerly for the payment, have no complaints at all now.

A large broom costs three yuan. Although everyone works on an assembly line, everyone can roughly calculate how many brooms they have done through overtime in the past few days.

Basically every family can get dozens of dollars, and this is only for six days!

That night, the company’s sales office was bustling with excitement!
The boss remembered many years later that this was the day with the fastest shipments since he opened the store, except for the year-end! (End of this chapter)