[{"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-22":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},1933903,2572,"Chapter 22: Gu Ermao blocking the door","reborn-in-1981-fishing-and-hunting-in-the-northw-chapter-22",22,"\u003Cp>At dawn the next day, Li Long climbed up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After tidying up his things and banking the stove with coal, he went to the east room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The light there had been lit long ago. When Li Long went over to wash up, sister-in-law Liang Yuemei was stir-frying vegetables, and Li Jianguo was already packing steamed cakes for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother, don't pack so much, can't eat it all.\" Li Long said and went to wash his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a double-happiness character on the enamel washbasin; this was purchased when his brother got married, and in the blink of an eye, it had been more than ten years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking about it, actually, if it weren't for him, with his brother's diligence and his sister-in-law's frugality, his brother's family should have lived better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's fine to pack more, bring back what you can't eat.\" Li Jianguo lowered his head and said while packing, \"If you're hungry from working, it's uncomfortable. Poor family, rich road; it's easy to say at home, but it's troublesome when you're out in the middle of nowhere.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's right, bring more. By the way, bring some of the mutton cooked last night too.\" Sister-in-law Liang Yuemei said while stir-frying vegetables, \"Eating meat gives you strength to work.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Qiang shouted from the kang in the inner room:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mom, I want to eat meat too!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Eat, eat, eat, only know how to eat!\" Liang Yuemei retorted directly when she heard her son's words, \"Didn't eat enough last night? Your uncle is going to work!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Qiang immediately stopped talking. Both children in the family were afraid of Liang Yuemei. The old saying is strict father and kind mother, but in the Li family, it was the other way around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long finished washing his face, and Li Jianguo handed him the satchel and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The water bottle is also filled with warm water, but it can only be drunk for the first half of the day. It will freeze in the second half of the day, so eat some snow if you're thirsty.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this time, there were no thermos cups yet. If you were thirsty when going out and encountered a place in the middle of nowhere, a handful of snow would solve the problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Breakfast was sweet potato porridge, steamed cakes, and stir-fried pickles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liang Yuemei served the remaining sheep offal soup from yesterday, gave Li Long a bowl, and distributed the remaining bit to Li Juan and Li Qiang. And the few sheep offal were basically all served in Li Long's bowl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long looked at Liang Yuemei's habitual actions, his nose felt a bit sour. He distributed the sheep offal from his bowl into Li Juan and Li Qiang's bowls and said with a smile:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'll just drink the soup—sister-in-law still treats me like a child.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Aren't you just a child in front of us.\" Li Jianguo said while eating pickles, \"How old are you? If you're not married, you're a child.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright.\" Li Long lowered his head and drank the soup, \"This sheep soup tastes really good!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liang Yuemei said with a smile:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then I'll boil soup again when you come back. Yesterday I cut some sheep heart and sheep liver; today your brother will clean the sheep stomach and boil it tonight.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good. Maybe I can bring back a sheep tonight.\" Li Long finished the soup, wiped his mouth, and said, \"If I bring one back, I'll send half to Uncle Liang's side.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liang Yuemei and Li Jianguo looked at each other, and she said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wenyu came over yesterday, I let him take some fish, so don't send this meat...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's different.\" Li Long remembered very clearly that for the past few years, and even the next few years, the Li family had received a lot of help from the Liang family, and the biggest reason was himself. First it was work, then it was setting up things after separating the family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt it was really good to live again; the feeling of paying back debts was really good!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The way of eating is different. Mutton has the taste of mutton, and fish has the taste of fish. I can run a few more trips before the New Year, maybe I can bring back a few more sheep, and then our family can have a fat New Year!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Have a fat New Year... Uncle, what is a fat New Year?\" Li Qiang looked up while chewing a piece of sheep heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It means...\" Li Long thought for a moment and said, \"During the New Year, let you eat mutton in big chunks, eat as much as you want!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Really?\" When Li Qiang heard this, stars appeared in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Juan was also full of yearning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Really, it must be true.\" Li Long patted his chest. Just for Li Qiang's words, he had to work hard!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After eating, he went to the east room, dressed neatly, and Li Long carried the satchel and walked out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he reached the door, he saw Gu Ermao outside, and Li Long was a bit surprised. Didn't this guy break up with him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Little Long, heard you're going into the mountains, take me with you?\" Gu Ermao still had that cheeky look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can't take you.\" Li Long refused decisively, \"I made an appointment with Daqiang, the horse cart can't take many people, can't haul things if I take too many.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Little Long,\" Gu Ermao saw Li Long refuse directly and hurriedly explained, \"Listen to me, I didn't intentionally pass on the news of you being fired to Wu Shufen, she's just like that, you believe me, actually...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long had already shaken him off and walked toward the horse stable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Ermao still wanted to follow, but Li Long walked fast, and he had been freezing outside for a long time, so he couldn't keep up and was left behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn it, not taking me, right? You can go, I can go too!\" Gu Ermao became ruthless, \"Isn't it just the mountains? Who can't go?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long was still wondering why Tao Daqiang hadn't appeared. When he got to the horse stable, he found Tao Daqiang squatting in the corner of the wall outside the stable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Daqiang, why didn't you go to my house?\" Li Long asked strangely, \"Why are you huddled here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I saw Ermao go to your house.\" Tao Daqiang whispered, \"I guessed he must be looking for you to go into the mountains too, thinking if he went, I might not be able to go...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tao Daqiang is not stupid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long said with a smile:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Didn't I tell you, the two of us are going, not taking him. In the future, it will be the two of us going, you know?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>!.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay!\" Hearing Li Long say this, Tao Daqiang immediately became happy, \"Just the two of us!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he got up in the morning and walked out, his father Tao Jianshe said a word to him, which made Tao Daqiang unable to recover for a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Daqiang, look, you went into the mountains with Li Long, and now you have fur gloves and a leg of lamb. Look, if Li Long wants to go again, let your brother go for you? He has a family to support, and he's smarter than you, can bring back more things.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Li Long said not to take anyone else, just me!\" Tao Daqiang lied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then you remember the road. After this trip, don't follow Li Long. You and your brother borrow the team's horse cart and go over. If you can haul back a sheep, our family can have a fat New Year.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tao Daqiang knew himself; even if he remembered the road, it was impossible to trade for a sheep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People trust Li Long, not him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His brother Dayong wouldn't work either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long found Old Luo to hitch the horse cart, and he and Daqiang went to the county together. First, they bought brick tea and salt, thought about it, and bought two packs of granulated sugar, weighed half a kilogram of loose fruit candy, and then drove the horse cart into the mountains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he was familiar with the road, when they arrived at Halimu's winter shelter, it was even earlier than yesterday.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, the dogs were already barking when they saw the horse cart coming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the two dogs didn't run over when they barked, and their tails were wagging. Li Long guessed that they should recognize him now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unhitching the horse cart and leading the horse to the side of the winter shelter, Halimu had already come out of the winter shelter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Li Long and Tao Daqiang, Halimu took the initiative to reach out:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Li Long, are you good?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good, good.\" Li Long shook his hand heavily, \"Troubling you again.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Kazakh people attach great importance to etiquette. Yesterday they weren't familiar, but today they were familiar, so the necessary etiquette still had to be there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Halimu took the horse reins and tied them to the wooden post. After putting down the fodder, he let Li Long and Tao Daqiang into the winter shelter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Entering the winter shelter, after his eyes adjusted, Li Long saw the things by the stove, and his eyes lit up:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There are good things!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 23 =====\u003C\u002Fp>",1560,"2026-06-14T06:06:39.549Z",1,"Qwen3.5 122B","6a970fd3474cf2d091b9285162e58aa699b55ada94d178c3e7d6ec2bc783dacb","reborn-in-1981-fishing-and-hunting-in-the-northw-chapter-23","reborn-in-1981-fishing-and-hunting-in-the-northw-chapter-21",180,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Freborn-in-1981-fishing-and-hunting-in-the-northw-cover.jpg"]