[{"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-174":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},1934055,2572,"Chapter 174","reborn-in-1981-fishing-and-hunting-in-the-northw-chapter-174",174,"\u003Cp>Li Long rode his bicycle out of Xiaobaiyang Gully and rushed quickly toward the county town. This wild boar meat wouldn't keep well, so he needed to take it home and process it as soon as possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He rode to the township middle school. It was lunchtime, and Gu Xiaoxia was heating up food in the dormitory. Li Long rode over, and Gu Xiaoxia happily helped him steady the bicycle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I killed it in the mountains this morning. Do you want a leg or the ribs?\" Li Long said. \"Put the meat in cold water to soak first, and stew it when you have time this afternoon.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, no, no, I don't want it. I haven't finished eating the two jars and that piece of meat you brought last time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why are you eating so slowly? Your nutrition didn't keep up before; you need to supplement it now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can't eat any more, if I eat more I'll... get fat.\" Gu Xiaoxia said the last two words very softly, but Li Long heard them. He smiled and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where are you fat? Not at all... Besides, it's good to be a little fat; it means you have resistance.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, without further ado, he cut a piece of wild boar ribs for Gu Xiaoxia and placed it on the cutting board:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You just need to soak it in a basin of water and deal with it tonight. I have to hurry back to the team now; it's hot today, I don't dare leave it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Eat before you go!\" Gu Xiaoxia hurriedly tried to stop him, but Li Long waved his hand and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, there's a pile of things to do back there, and I have to rush back into the mountains today. By the way, your dad is doing quite well. I left a leg of this meat over there, so they can eat it too, don't worry.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After saying this, Li Long rode off on his bicycle in a hurry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The young man is quite good.\" Wang Laoshi came out only after Li Long had left. She said while holding her bowl of rice:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To be able to think of you from time to time and bring you meat, he really has you in his heart. He can catch wild boars from time to time and earn money; there must be quite a few girls in your team who like him, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Xiaoxia thought of Wu Shufen, and she said with some confidence:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He won't pay attention to anyone else.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Laoshi smiled and didn't speak, but in her heart, she sighed that people's hearts are easily changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Li Long returned to the team, the Li family was also eating. Seeing that Li Long had brought back another wild boar, they were all a bit surprised, but then they were relieved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You guys eat first, I'm going to the Wei family. They have one of these small wild boars,\" Li Long said, carrying the sack. \"The wild boar group was discovered by Wei Zhonghua.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then send it over first, we'll save your food,\" Li Jianguo said. \"Explain things clearly. Do you want to take some meat over?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Take a strip, we made it clear in the mountains that it was just one small wild boar, but our family can't finish this meat anyway, so take some ribs and pork belly or something.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright.\" Li Jianguo and Liang Yumei both nodded, and then they went to cut the meat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'll cut one more strip to send to Uncle Old Luo,\" Li Long said again. \"By the way, send the remaining injured small wild boar over.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good, good, good. I went to Old Ma's station this morning to look. Old Luo is raising the small wild boars quite well; they can all eat, but this guy doesn't grow well; it doesn't grow as fast as a domestic pig. By the way, those two small deer are still a bit wilted...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There's no way around it, we don't have the experience of raising this kind of thing. See if they can be raised; if they can't, then just slaughter them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let's keep raising them for now,\" Li Jianguo shook his head. \"Maybe they'll live.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long carried the two small wild boars and two pieces of meat toward Old Ma's station. Old Luo was eating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long took a look and discovered that the food he was eating was cornmeal mixed with alfalfa and steamed, similar to the method in the middle school textbook's \"Elm Seed Rice,\" and a small dish of soy sauce was the side dish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uncle Old Luo, can you get by eating this?\" Li Long placed a piece of pork belly on his cutting board. \"There's no nutrition in this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Eh, as long as I can eat my fill, why so much fuss! Why are you bringing meat again? I stewed the meat you brought last time, and I haven't finished it yet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then you have to eat it, don't be reluctant,\" Li Long said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. \"Won't it go bad if you leave it for a long time?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It won't go bad, it won't go bad.\" Uncle Old Luo grinned. He was missing a front tooth, which looked quite festive. \"Do you want to eat some?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, it's already done at home. It's also steamed vegetables; my sister-in-law picked some thorn buds from the edge of the ration field and steamed them to eat.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the Li family also had steamed vegetables, the side dishes were rich: stir-fried pickles, plus salted chives, and they also boiled two eggs and mashed a bowl of egg and garlic to eat with it. The taste was definitely different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uncle Old Luo didn't urge him, but pointed at the sack in Li Long's hand and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Caught small wild boars again?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah, caught two this time. One healthy one is for the Wei family; the wild boar group was discovered by him. There's another one to put in our station; it's injured, let's see if it can be raised.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let me see...\" Uncle Old Luo came over, opened the sack, looked carefully, and picked up the injured small wild boar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This should be from being crushed; look, there's some bruising on its body. Let it rest for two days. Wild piglets are easy to keep alive; those five are very lively now, they eat whatever you give them, and they root around every day, not idle at all...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then keep this one separate for now, otherwise, if the others root at the injury, don't let them root it to death,\" Li Long suggested. \"Alright, Uncle Luo, you eat first, I'm going to send the piglet to the Wei family.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good, good, good. By the way, those small deer...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Keep raising them for now. If they can't be raised, there's no help for it,\" Li Long waved his hand. \"Take it slow.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good, good, good.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long went to the Wei family, and they were also eating. Wei Zhonghua's wife, Cao Guixiang, was a bit surprised to see Li Long come over. Wei Zhonghua's son was in elementary school, and now she was the only one at home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long said to her at the courtyard gate:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sister-in-law, Brother Zhonghua discovered a group of wild boars in the mountains. I dug a pit and caught two. One is yours, and here is a piece of meat divided for your family. Take it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long's voice was very loud, and the old lady neighbor opposite came out with small, quick steps to look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Guixiang was a bit surprised:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is it really mine? Can his dad still find that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course, I couldn't just give your family a small wild piglet for no reason, right? By the way, this wild piglet might run away, you have to lock it up. This thing is easy to raise; Uncle Old Luo says it eats everything. If you have anything you don't understand, go ask him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Cao Guixiang's surprise, she immediately found a basket and caught the small wild boar inside. Seeing it not stop for a moment in the basket, she believed Li Long's words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After sending the wild boar and meat, Li Long went home to eat in a relaxed mood. After eating, he took a nap, and only then got up, intending to go into the mountains—Halimu and the others were leaving soon, so he had to buy them more batteries to take with them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Jianguo and Liang Yumei had both gone to the fields to work, and Li Qiang wasn't at home either. Li Long pushed his bicycle out the door, and a sweet fragrance drifted in the air—the Russian olive flowers had bloomed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this time, quite a few Russian olive trees were planted in the tree fields on both sides of the road and on the edges of the cultivated land. This thing was drought-tolerant and salt-alkali-tolerant; it was the earliest greening tree species in the oasis, and it had considerable economic value.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the brigade's retail department used to sell a mug of Russian olives for five cents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was only later, because better economic tree species were planted, and because Russian olives were choking to eat, plus they had thorns and the trees couldn't become timber, that they were cut down and burned in large swaths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in any case, the sweet fragrance of Russian olive flowers was incomparable to other flowers, even the later best-selling horticultural flower, lilac, couldn't compare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every season, every family would usually get a wine bottle, fill it with water, break off a branch of Russian olive flowers, stick it in, and put it in the room, and the whole room would be fragrant—even if the flowers dried up, the fragrance could still dissipate for a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long pedaled the bike with a bit of reminiscence and headed out of the village, and then he saw a group of children on the side of the road ahead, breaking off Russian olive flowers while shouting loudly: \"Russian olive flowers, pungent to the nose, brother-in-law falls in love with his sister-in-law...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damn it, Li Long actually saw Li Qiang in the group of children, shouting especially loudly!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pedaled over quickly and braked in front of the group of children. After getting off the bike, he slapped Li Qiang on the head, and not only Li Qiang, but also several other children:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Speak properly, is this what you should be saying?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Qiang was just about to get angry, but when he saw it was Li Long, he immediately wilted and pointed at Mingwa in the group of children with some grievance:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I learned it from him! He taught it to us...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mingwa looked at Li Long with some fear, but his face still maintained a stubborn posture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your dad is the team leader, the village director, and a party member. He has to take the lead for the whole team, and you teach them this? It would be strange if your dad didn't beat you if he knew!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this, Mingwa was scared. He said to Li Long with a crying tone:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uncle Qiangqiang, don't tell my dad, I won't dare again...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Go play, if you don't shout it, I won't tell your dad.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>!.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The children scattered in a flurry, occasionally looking back at Li Long. He vaguely heard someone say to Li Qiang: \"Your uncle is really amazing...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's right!\" Li Qiang answered proudly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long pedaled the bike quickly toward the west.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he arrived at the department store, Li Long bought four boxes of batteries. Just as he was getting the receipt, the older sister inside the counter asked him with a smile:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Young man, buying so many batteries, are they for use at your unit? Which unit are you from?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, no, no, I'm not from a unit, I'm just a farmer,\" Li Long said with a smile. \"No unit.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A farmer? That can't be, right? In this day and age, there aren't many farmers who can afford several radios, bicycles, and sewing machines.\" That older sister clearly didn't believe him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long said with a smile:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's because I'm nominally a part-time purchasing agent for the supply and marketing cooperative, helping friends in the mountains with purchases. It's part-time, I don't draw a salary, I don't have a worker's status, and it's impossible to have one, so I'm still a farmer. Alright, here's your money, goodbye!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After paying the money, Li Long left with the batteries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Liu was there, looking at Li Long's back, feeling a sense of loss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He really is a farmer...\" That older sister also felt a bit regretful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When that older sister said that Li Long had bought so many things, he had already sensed the meaning behind it. He even clearly felt a trace of tension in the expression of the young girl next to him at the time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Male-female relationships in this era were mostly relatively simple, so Li Long knew that he couldn't give the other party hope at this time. He directly said he was a farmer, and although he explained the reason was that he was a part-time purchasing agent, he didn't have a worker's status and it was only nominal, which was a very positive rejection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other party should be able to hear the meaning, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That girl was indeed quite pretty; he hoped she could find a suitable partner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long didn't take this matter to heart and rode his bicycle into the mountains again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time he reached Halimu's place, the sun was already slanting to the west, and Halimu and the others had already packed up most of their things. Quite a few things were laid out outside the winter shelter, in piles that looked like they were sorted and were to be loaded onto different horses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Li Long arrived, Halimu was moving things out of the winter shelter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"These are the batteries,\" Li Long handed him two large boxes of batteries. \"You should be able to hear radio stations at the summer pasture, so you need to prepare more batteries, but still, use them sparingly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good.\" Halimu accepted them readily and pointed to a small pile of things on the west side of the winter shelter and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Those are what they brought for you, take them away quickly. We're leaving tomorrow, you don't need to come to see us off. See you in the winter!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good, see you in the winter.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long didn't feel any reluctance; it wasn't as if they wouldn't see each other again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long went over, used a sack to pack that pile of things, and took them to his bicycle—it was a pile of jade and skins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The jade was a bit dirty and couldn't be looked at very carefully, but it could basically be determined that they were all seed materials—from the river.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The skins, however, could be identified as deer skin, wolf skin, and roe deer skin, and it felt like there was also a piece that looked like wild goat skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The largest was the deer skin—half again as big as the wolf skin. Li Long guessed it should be an adult male red deer; when this thing grows up, it can really grow to be about the size of a horse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Riding his bicycle with the things back to his wooden house, the sun had already set, and the sky had darkened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long put the bicycle and the things into the small house, intending to go to Xiaobaiyang Gully to look around after eating tomorrow morning. If there were no fritillary bulbs, he would take them directly back to the big courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although this was a desolate mountain area, no one could guarantee that there wouldn't be any problems.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After locking the small room door, Li Long boiled some porridge, pulled off a piece of air-dried meat, entered the big house, lay half-reclined on the wooden kang, and slowly tore and ate it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt quite leisurely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long was also pondering: Halimu and the others were gone, what about their winter shelter? What would happen if someone came and occupied it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking about it, he felt he was overthinking. This winter shelter had been there for decades without any problems. There were few people in the mountains to begin with; people coming into the mountains in the summer and occasionally staying in the winter shelter for a night was nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking and thinking, after finishing a piece of meat, he simply washed up, locked the door, and intended to go to sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wind in the mountains wasn't very strong at this time, and there was no movement outside, but the temperature was still a bit low. Li Long took off his outer clothes, crawled into the quilt, and quickly fell asleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't know what time it was when footsteps and urgent knocking on the door came from outside. Li Long woke up from his grogginess and asked:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who is it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm a deer antler collector, I got lost in the mountains, can I stay at your place for one night?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was normal for people to get lost in the wilderness. Li Long climbed up, draped his clothes over his shoulders, and asked while getting off the kang:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How many people?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just me...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long immediately stopped his movements, and he reached back and touched the gun next to him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thanks to book friends Wukong Babujie, 20221128231805548, and 20220321155702401 for their tips, and thanks to everyone for their subscriptions, monthly tickets, recommendation tickets, and comment support. Currently, this book's performance is steadily advancing, but the six consecutive weeks of recommendations have ended. The data will grow very slowly later, but I think it's quite good. In the next few days, there will be festivals here in Xinjiang, which will be very lively. You can come and see if you have time, but it will be very congested. As a local, I can only stay at home obediently and dare not go out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here, I wish all the Adashis and Duosens a happy holiday!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",3043,"2026-06-14T06:06:39.549Z",1,"Qwen3.5 122B","dab6e997a57ca0dda241d5a2b005538db513db8481721f520c24bfe05a152060","reborn-in-1981-fishing-and-hunting-in-the-northw-chapter-175","reborn-in-1981-fishing-and-hunting-in-the-northw-chapter-173",180,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Freborn-in-1981-fishing-and-hunting-in-the-northw-cover.jpg"]