[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-reborn-in-1981-fishing-and-hunting-in-the-northw":3,"chapter-reborn-in-1981-fishing-and-hunting-in-the-northw-reborn-in-1981-fishing-and-hunting-in-the-northw-chapter-134":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Reborn in 1981: Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1934015,2572,"Chapter 134","reborn-in-1981-fishing-and-hunting-in-the-northw-chapter-134",134,"\u003Cp>Coming out of the department store, Li Long returned to the courtyard, got on his bicycle, packed the chickens and eggs, pushed the bike out, locked the door, and rode back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In late March, the spring breeze blowing in his face was still a bit cold, but for Li Long, this was a small matter. It was much more comfortable than smashing through ice to catch fish in minus twenty or thirty degrees, or wading through knee-deep snow to cut wood in the mountains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hummed a song all the way and rode out of the county town with a gust of wind. On the road, he could occasionally see people walking or driving horse-drawn carts, but although there were rut marks on the road, he didn't see any trucks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long rode his bike to the township middle school. There was no one watching the school gate, so he turned in. It was class time, and he remembered that Gu Xiaoxia taught first-year Chinese.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he could turn toward the classroom, Li Long was stopped by a man in his fifties. Li Long vaguely remembered this person was the school janitor, so he stopped and said proactively:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm here to see Gu Xiaoxia. We're from the same village, and I'm bringing her some things.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Li Long riding a bicycle—people who could ride bicycles in this day and age were no ordinary folks—the janitor kindly said, \"Teacher Gu's morning classes are over, she's in the dormitory now. Ride forward, turn left at the end, ride to the end, and the third room in that row of bungalows is it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thanks!\" Li Long said, and rode his bike toward the teachers' dormitory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Li Long reached the teachers' dormitory, he heard a man's voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Teacher Gu, it's very inconvenient for you to live here alone, isn't it? My home is right in the township. How about this, I'll bring you some meat and vegetables tomorrow. You eat these coarse grain buns and pickles every day, there's no nutrition in that!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now we need to teach and educate well to realize the Four Modernizations. We can't do that without a good body!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Teacher Lin, thank you for your kindness, but I don't need it. I'm fine eating this. I need to prepare my lessons now, could you please not disturb me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long could tell that this Teacher Lin had \"ulterior motives.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He saw Gu Xiaoxia standing at the dormitory door, and that Teacher Lin was not far in front of her, clearly not intending to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long shouted from afar:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xiaoxia, I've come to see you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Li Long, a flash of surprise appeared on Gu Xiaoxia's face, followed by a blush—she was shy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Li Long, why are you here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long arrived at the dormitory door, got off his bike, propped it up, took something out of his bag, and handed it over:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I went to the county town on business today and saw this scarf in the department store. It looked pretty, and I thought it would look good on you, so I bought it. Come, try it on!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Xiaoxia wanted to refuse, but seeing Li Long's eyes and thinking of Teacher Lin's attitude, she took it and said softly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Teacher Lin suddenly felt a bit awkward standing there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he was a bit unconvinced, forced a smile on his face, and proactively reached out his hand, saying:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hello, I'm Teacher Gu's colleague, my name is Lin Bingwen. You are...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm Xiaoxia's fellow villager, we're from the same village.\" Li Long shook his hand and said with a smile, \"Teacher Lin must have been teaching at the school for a long time, right? Thank you all for taking care of Xiaoxia. She's just arrived at the school, so please help her out if there's anything she doesn't understand...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long said \"you all\" because he saw a female teacher around thirty years old come out of the next dormitory upon hearing the commotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Xiaoxia kept her head down. Seeing Li Long dealing with the middle school teachers with such ease and confidence, she felt it was quite magical. He was a villager! Whenever those students' parents came and saw these teachers from the city, which one of them wasn't extremely cautious, even speaking with a hint of flattery?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Li Long now acted as if there was no difference in status at all, and even maintained the initiative in the conversation throughout. When did he become like this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But thinking about what Li Long had done in the past two months, it seemed so natural.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Bingwen didn't expect that Li Long didn't treat him as a \"love rival\" at all, but acted entirely as one of Gu Xiaoxia's own people, leaving him with no way to intervene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A dignified teacher like himself, eating from the public pot, actually couldn't do anything about a mud-legged peasant!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's almost noon,\" Li Long looked at the sun and said, \"Let's go, let's go to the township canteen to eat. My treat, and thank you all on Xiaoxia's behalf.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned his head to look at the female teacher at the door of the other dormitory and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Teacher, why don't you join us?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, no.\" The female teacher waved her hand with a smile, \"You go ahead, I won't go. Xiaoxia has been working quite hard lately, she really should have some extra nutrition.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she said this, Li Long looked into Gu Xiaoxia's room and saw a small stove and the coarse grain buns on the table next to it. He pretended to be angry and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xiaoxia, you can't just eat these, right? How about this, I'll bring you some meat tomorrow. You need to eat nutritiously. I think I heard Teacher Lin talking just now, and he's right. You need to take good care of yourself so you can teach and educate well and contribute to the early realization of the Four Modernizations!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Li Long speaking in such an old-fashioned way, Gu Xiaoxia couldn't hold it in and almost laughed out loud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You guys go, I still have class, I won't go.\" Lin Bingwen also wanted to save face, so he left a sentence and turned to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, Li Long still didn't get to eat in the township with Gu Xiaoxia, but he insisted on taking Gu Xiaoxia to the township store to buy some things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You're here alone, and the relationship between your family and mine is like this. You tell me, when I see you eating buns, can you imagine how I feel?\" When Gu Xiaoxia wouldn't let Li Long buy things, Li Long put his foot down:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'll bring you some fish and meat tomorrow, and I'll leave you a few of these eggs. I won't leave the chicken, you wouldn't know how to cook it anyway.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>!.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'll come early tomorrow. You can share the fish I bring with the teacher next door, just say it's a small token. Living outside alone, you have to learn to take care of yourself, don't just make do.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sitting on the back of Li Long's bicycle, listening to this young man about her own age rambling on with words similar to what her father had once said, at this moment, Gu Xiaoxia wanted to laugh, but also felt sweet inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the store, Li Long bought two large bags of egg cakes for Gu Xiaoxia, as well as a jar of chili sauce and a jar of red fermented bean curd. If Gu Xiaoxia hadn't refused, he would have wanted to buy even more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sending Gu Xiaoxia back to school and leaving her six eggs, Li Long felt he had to prepare the things he was bringing back. Thinking about it, it was normal. Gu Xiaoxia had never traveled far since she was a child, and she was worried about her father's health. It hadn't even been a month yet, so she definitely hadn't been paid, and naturally, she would be frugal with food and clothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He suddenly realized, was he treating Gu Xiaoxia as his girlfriend?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was he?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was... he?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed Gu Xiaoxia wasn't that resistant either... So, should he continue?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long didn't think too much about it. Let nature take its course. Actually... it was pretty good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back home, Liang Yuemei was cooking lunch. What surprised Li Long was that Tao Daqiang had already fixed the four nets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long put the roosters, hens, and eggs into the kitchen, and inevitably got scolded by Liang Yuemei a few times. Li Long said with a smile:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The two children need to build up their strength. This hen might hatch a brood of chicks in a few days, let's keep it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liang Yuemei actually wanted to raise chickens too, but the family's conditions hadn't allowed it before. Now that Li Long had bought them, let's raise them. The younger brother-in-law was becoming more and more sensible, and having spent so much money on the family made Liang Yuemei feel a bit guilty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tao Daqiang and Li Jianguo came back together. But what surprised Li Long was that his shoes and hair were wet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did he fall into the water?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1547,"2026-06-14T06:06:39.549Z",1,"Qwen3.5 122B","9ed858042259fc8b29797a1462df2a7c998cb0cf977c88db97e1d1c3ceb909b3","reborn-in-1981-fishing-and-hunting-in-the-northw-chapter-135","reborn-in-1981-fishing-and-hunting-in-the-northw-chapter-133",180,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Freborn-in-1981-fishing-and-hunting-in-the-northw-cover.jpg"]