[{"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-173":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},1934054,2572,"Chapter 173: Some people are born with bad hearts","reborn-in-1981-fishing-and-hunting-in-the-northw-chapter-173",173,"\u003Cp>Before Li Long opened the bag, he felt that the fritillaria in this bag should be about the same as the day before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, when he opened it, he found that the fritillaria inside were of all sizes, and mixed with some grass leaves, and he felt a slight dissatisfaction in his heart—not directed at the two people opposite, but at the people digging the fritillaria.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn't help but complain in his heart: There are so many fritillaria in that fritillaria ditch, don't you know how to pick the big ones? The small ones can grow for two more years!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And when digging, they didn't remove the grass leaves. Don't they know that the acquisition station will deduct their fritillaria grade because of this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, it was just complaining in his heart. After all, these two people in front of him were just people collecting fritillaria, not the ones digging.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lifted the bag and weighed it, and his heart jumped—that's not right!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised his head to look at the translator and asked:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The fritillaria you got from others, is it like this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, no, no, we dug it ourselves.\" The translator waved his hand, \"Not taken from others.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long smiled, and after smiling, he said seriously:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We are not doing business for the first time. Do you know how to dig fritillaria? Impossible. These fritillaria must have been collected from others. Rest assured, I am just a purchasing agent, I don't care about that much.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay, okay, you Han people are too smart—these fritillaria were confiscated from several people. They didn't get our permission and ran to the ditch to dig fritillaria. These were dug by three people...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did you put the ones dug by three people together?\" Li Long asked, \"This fritillaria... is not good.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where is it not good?\" The translator was immediately unwilling and asked back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The team leader next to him heard that the dialogue between the two was a bit wrong, asked a sentence, the translator replied, and then he said a string of words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The translator translated for Li Long:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The translator was somewhat reluctant, but he could tell that Li Long was truly dissatisfied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long gave a cold laugh and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm saying, the weight of this fritillary bulb is wrong! Did you mix something into this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He reached out to grab into the bag of fritillary bulbs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The translator suddenly became anxious, pushed Li Long away, and said loudly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you don't want to buy it, then don't touch it! Don't talk nonsense. You don't trust us; your heart is bad! We, we won't do business with Han people like you anymore!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, he pulled on the bag, preparing to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long thought that if they didn't want to do business, then so be it, but when he looked up, he noticed that it was the translator who was anxious. The team leader's gaze was somewhat confused, and he immediately asked the translator a string of questions. The translator pointed at Li Long very urgently, his tone very aggressive, and Li Long realized what was going on!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This translator had a problem!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stepped forward and snatched the bag away. When the translator tried to grab it back, Li Long slid his small-caliber rifle off his shoulder and leveled it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The translator took a step back, his face turning somewhat pale. Facing the muzzle of a gun, there were few people who weren't truly afraid!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The team leader, however, had anger appear on his face. He drew a knife directly from his waist, glared at Li Long, and spoke a long string of words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Xie Yundong, Tao Daqiang, and the others over there saw Li Long pull his gun and immediately ran over, shouting loudly; they were there to back Li Long up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Xie Yundong came over, he asked: \"Xiao Long, what's going on?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This translator has a problem. He mixed something into the fritillary bulbs...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn it, a crooked merchant!\" Xie Yundong's expression changed as soon as he heard this. \"I hate these people who cheat others the most! You tell me how to handle it, should we beat him up first?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While he was saying this, Tao Daqiang had already rolled up his sleeves, ready to go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, no, no. This translator likely did it on his own; that team leader probably doesn't know. The trouble now is that we don't understand their language and can't communicate... You watch him, I'll dump the bag out and let the team leader see clearly...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No need, no need, I'll translate for you! I still know a few sentences.\" Xie Yundong laughed when he heard this. \"Although not many, it's enough to make them understand.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long looked at Xie Yundong with some surprise; he really hadn't expected that he could actually speak a minority language!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It stood to reason that Xu Chengjun choosing him to be the team leader was also for this reason.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two men watched this group of people surround them. The translator had already taken the horse and was preparing to mount it and flee, but the team leader was very stubborn, holding his knife while loudly cursing something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Yundong spoke a few sentences, and the translator's face immediately became flustered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The team leader stopped cursing, but it was clear he hadn't understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Yundong was a bit embarrassed. He then spoke slowly, repeating each word several times, gesturing while pointing at the fritillary bulbs, then pointing at the translator, and then pointing at Li Long. The team leader finally understood something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned his head to look at the translator, who was explaining something with a flustered expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The team leader looked at Li Long, and Xie Yundong pointed at the fritillary bulbs and asked Li Long in a low voice:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xiao Long, these fritillary bulbs really have a problem, right? We have to be sure now, let's not make a mistake...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Rest assured, there's definitely a problem! Yesterday, a bag like this weighed at most ten kilograms. Now this bag is almost fifteen kilograms. If it isn't filled with other things, I'll swallow these fritillary bulbs whole!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long was very certain; the weight difference was quite large!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having received Li Long's assurance, Xie Yundong immediately became confident and spoke a few more sentences to the team leader in a loud voice. Although it was a bit disjointed and he had to think as he spoke, the meaning was very clear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long put away his gun at this time, and the team leader also put away his knife. He stepped forward, grabbed the fritillary bulb bag, and then, with the opening facing up, dumped the bulbs directly onto the grass!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A large pile of fritillary bulbs scattered across the ground, revealing the large and small stones mixed inside!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The team leader's face turned beet red. He never imagined that the one causing the trouble this time would be his own subordinate!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The team leader grabbed his horse whip and lashed out at the translator indiscriminately, cursing as he struck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He said that the translator disgraced their people, brought shame to their ethnic group, and left him with no face to see anyone...\" Xie Yundong translated for Li Long in a low voice. \"There were some other things I didn't quite understand.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fine, knowing the general meaning is enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After taking several lashes, the translator couldn't take it anymore, mounted his horse, and ran away. The team leader turned back, panting, and said a few words to Xie Yundong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Yundong translated:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He said he is sorry to you, and he won't take these fritillary bulbs...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, no, no. You tell him I'm still buying the remaining fritillary bulbs.\" Li Long hurriedly took out twenty yuan and handed it over:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The money for the fritillary bulbs is the money for the fritillary bulbs. Since it wasn't their intention, but the behavior of an individual, then the business continues.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The team leader refused once, but Li Long insisted on giving it. In the end, he accepted the money, said something vaguely with a red face, and rode away. \"Come, come, help pack these fritillary bulbs up,\" Xie Yundong said. \"Everyone did well today; it wasn't in vain that Xiao Long often brings us meat to eat.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's right, we're all on the same team, can we get by if we don't stick together?\" Feeling that he had helped Li Long, Tian Siping said with a glowing face, \"Whatever happens in the team is easy to talk about, but when we're out here, we have to be of one mind!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Exactly, exactly. Bullying Xiao Long is bullying us. Can we let them get away with that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone felt as if they had won a battle, and while talking, they packed the fritillary bulbs into the bags.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xiao Long, are these fritillary bulbs easy to sell?\" someone suddenly asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They're alright,\" Li Long said. \"The acquisition station is still buying them. However, you've seen the mountains here; they've all been divided into the areas of various forestry teams. If you want to dig for fritillary bulbs, it's... quite troublesome.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, alright, let's just honestly weave the carrying poles!\" Xie Yundong said after seeing that everyone had finished picking up the bulbs. \"Just earning money this way, how many people in the team envy us? Don't look at one mountain and think another is higher! If it weren't for Xiao Long, we wouldn't even have this work weaving carrying poles!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Xie Yundong said this, everyone's minds settled, and they each went to weave the carrying poles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long tied the fritillary bulb bag to the back seat of his bike. Actually, for a moment just now, he had hesitated: should he take the people from this sideline team to the fritillary bulb gully near his winter shelter to dig for a day after they finished weaving the poles, to help everyone earn some extra money?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he thought better of it. This area was allocated to the forestry team, and the other side was naturally the same. It wasn't worth taking a risk for one day of extra money. If he went to dig by himself, he had the procedures and proof, so it could be explained, but taking people over there would be hard to justify.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After packing the fritillary bulbs, Li Long went to check the area where Wei Zhonghua said the wild boars were.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>!.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he even arrived, he heard the wild boars calling. Li Long immediately became happy; they had caught the wild boars this time, which was really great!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Li Long didn't let his guard down. He took down his gun, turned off the safety, chambered a round, and walked down the hillside with it leveled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spot was a mess. Where the pit trap had been, branches and leaves were scattered everywhere, and the wild boars had rooted up the surroundings into a mess; the edge of the pit had also been rooted away quite a bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, there was more than one thing squealing and grunting in the pit, and from time to time, he could see a wild boar poking its head out, trying to scramble up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were no wild boars in the surroundings; clearly, the other members of this wild boar group had scurried into the mountains for some reason.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Li Long arrived at the edge of the pit, he saw a half-grown wild boar constantly trying to charge out. The pit, over a meter deep, wasn't too deep for it, but the pig had an injury on its leg—he didn't know if it was an old injury or one sustained from falling in this time—so its charge wasn't fierce. It was about the same every time, but it just couldn't charge up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were three small wild boars in the pit. One had already been crushed to death, and of the other two, one was also injured, having been poked by a tree branch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When this half-grown wild boar saw Li Long coming over, it turned its head and grunted at Li Long in a show of defiance—or rather, intimidation. Of course, in Li Long's view, it felt a bit like a paper tiger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised his gun and fired two shots, \"pop-pop,\" at the half-grown wild boar's head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wild boar fell to the ground before it even understood what was happening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long put away his gun, went to the edge of the pit, reached one leg down, grabbed the wild boar's front leg, and pulled it up with effort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two remaining small wild boars saw the half-grown one being pulled up and were a bit panicked, squealing even louder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long didn't have time to deal with them. He went up, pushed his bicycle down, took the fritillary bulb bag off, and hung it on the front handlebars. Then he put the half-grown wild boar on the back seat, tied it up with a rope, and steadied the bike. Only then did he go down into the pit and bring up the three small wild boars, dead or alive, in a sack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In just this short while, green-bottle flies had already smelled the scent and were crawling onto the half-grown wild boar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long hung the sack on the front handlebars as well and pushed the bike toward Xiaobaiyang Gully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he reached the entrance of Xiaobaiyang Gully, Li Long shouted loudly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother Zhonghua, Wei Zhonghua!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Zhonghua, who was cutting willow strips, had actually been paying attention to the movement here. As soon as Li Long's voice came over, he immediately grabbed his sickle and rushed over, shouting in response as he ran:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xiao Long, Xiao Long, I'm coming!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Wei Zhonghua saw Li Long bringing a half-grown wild boar, as well as the sack on the front handlebars that was moving from time to time, the smile on his face couldn't be stopped. He threw his sickle aside as he passed his dugout and ran to Li Long's side to help push the bicycle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One half-grown wild boar, two live piglets, and one dead piglet,\" Li Long said while pushing. \"Do you want a live piglet, or a wild boar leg?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dividing it with me?\" Wei Zhonghua laughed even more happily when he heard this. He thought for a moment and asked Li Long: \"Xiao Long, do you think these wild piglets can be raised?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't know about that. I have a few wild piglets kept at Old Ma's station, letting Uncle Old Luo help raise them, and I don't know if they can be raised either.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then... I'll take a wild piglet,\" Wei Zhonghua said, gritting his teeth. \"I've seen it at the morning market; a piglet costs ten yuan! Keeping a small wild boar is fine too. Even if I don't raise it to a hundred pounds, if I can raise it to seventy or eighty pounds, it'll be enough meat for the winter.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, when I go back today, I'll send the small wild piglet to your house,\" Li Long said. \"Is there anything else you need to send?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, just let your sister-in-law raise it however she wants. This thing came for free, we don't need to be so delicate with it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he said that, Wei Zhonghua's eyes were actually fixed on the sack hanging on the bicycle handlebars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Take it down and open it to see,\" Li Long said with a smile. \"It just so happens you need to help me dress this half-grown wild boar.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sure, sure.\" Wei Zhonghua immediately took the sack down, untied the hemp rope at the mouth of the bag, and looked inside. The two live small wild boars inside immediately tried to scramble out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why is one injured?\" Wei Zhonghua frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The injured one is mine, the healthy one is yours,\" Li Long said. \"We'll dress the dead one here in a bit and eat it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The small wild boar had been crushed to death, and it hadn't been dead for long, so there was no problem with eating it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tao Daqiang also ran over, and he helped Li Long get the half-grown wild boar down. He was used to being a helper and very nimbly began preparing to gut and skin the wild boar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Others came over to help, while some were in the distance cutting willow strips and hadn't seen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The half-grown wild boar was only about fifty kilograms, and gutting, skinning, and processing the internal organs took only forty minutes. This half-grown wild boar didn't have much fat in its belly. Li Long packed up the internal organs to take away, leaving a leg and the dead small wild boar for them here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just with this, the people from the sideline team were already overjoyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was meat to eat again!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",2826,"2026-06-14T06:06:39.549Z",1,"Qwen3.5 122B","bb960c8e6cb5523c653a06d48ca298172d416eabb73bef785bbf3eb4278f77b2","reborn-in-1981-fishing-and-hunting-in-the-northw-chapter-174","reborn-in-1981-fishing-and-hunting-in-the-northw-chapter-172",180,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Freborn-in-1981-fishing-and-hunting-in-the-northw-cover.jpg"]