[{"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-42":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},1933923,2572,"Chapter 42: Success Is Not Something Everyone Can Copy","reborn-in-1981-fishing-and-hunting-in-the-northw-chapter-42",42,"\u003Cp>Li Long drove the cart out of the production team. On the way west, almost to the commune, he looked back and found a dark shadow also walking in this direction less than a kilometer away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no pollution now, and the view was relatively open. Li Long wondered who was out so early?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In mid-winter, it was thirty degrees below zero outside at this time. Usually, unless it was an emergency, few people went out. It wasn't like later generations; every family had no surplus money, and there weren't many good things in the county or commune, so everyone basically huddled at home and didn't go out much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Li Long was just curious for a moment and continued forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn't idle on the cart either. He had the bundle of thin wire with him and started making rabbit snares while on the cart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rabbit snares were actually very simple, and he hadn't lied to Tao Daqiang. He just rolled a circle, tied a slip knot, and ensured it would easily shrink after a rabbit kicked into the snare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the main technique lay in where to set the rabbit snare. The rest had to be left to luck. He remembered setting rabbit snares in his previous life; if luck was good, setting over twenty snares could catch six rabbits, which was quite ideal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cart didn't stop at the commune; the commune’s retail department hadn't opened yet, and there was nothing to buy inside. Li Long headed straight for the county town; he planned to bring some grain to Halimu’s family at the black market.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two things were indispensable in the daily life of Kazakh herdsmen: one was milk tea, and the other was naan. Milk tea required tea leaves and salt. Naan required flour.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he was almost at the county town, Li Long put down the bundle of thirty or forty rabbit snares and jumped off the cart to walk for a while to stretch. When he turned his head, he found that the dark shadow behind was still there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was that person also going to the county town?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long still didn't think much of it. After entering the county town, he made a turn and went straight to the black market.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was bright now, and there weren't many people at the black market, but fortunately, those selling grain were still there. Li Long also saw people selling chickens, meat, and fish. It seemed he wasn't the only one thinking of catching fish to sell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Business wouldn't be easy to do in the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He bought ten kilograms of flour at a high price, and the other party even gave him a small cloth bag, which made Li Long quite happy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Passing by to look at other stalls, he found nothing good to buy, so he drove the cart toward Qingshuihe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he left the black market, Li Long heard a commotion behind him. When he turned his head, he found two people wearing red armbands running over. Those stall owners were either packing up or running away, a chaotic mess of chickens flying and dogs jumping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although it had nothing to do with Li Long, he still subconsciously flicked the whip and drove the cart quickly away from this place of trouble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side of the black market, Gu Ermao pushed through the crowd, trying desperately to squeeze forward. He tried hard to keep up with Li Long’s pace, but the crowd was chaotic, everyone was running around, and he couldn't squeeze through at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Ermao cursed angrily, but who would pay attention to him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time the people rushing out of the black market scattered and those stall owners hid, he finally had some time, but he saw that the shadow of the cart was already gone in the distance ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You! Just you! What are you doing?\" Gu Ermao was still looking for the cart’s tracks when a voice stopped him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Ermao turned his head and took a look. Seeing it was someone wearing a red armband, he was so scared he turned and ran, but the other person wearing a red armband grabbed him and said with a cold laugh:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Speculation and profiteering! Do you know what the charge is? Which commune are you from? Come with us!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One look at Gu Ermao’s clothing showed he wasn't from any unit in the county, so these two wearing armbands felt no psychological pressure in catching him. For the past two days, there had been more and more people setting up stalls at the black market, and more and more people coming here. The leaders knew about it and had specifically called their leaders to scold them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they didn't catch a person or two, how could they report back?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Ermao hurriedly defended himself:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m not, I was just here looking for someone...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Heh, running to the black market early in the morning to look for someone? You’d better wait until you get inside to confess properly! Move!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying this, he gave Gu Ermao a hard push and walked forward. Gu Ermao was beyond tears; he just wanted to follow Li Long to see where he entered the mountains, so why was he so unlucky?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long naturally didn't know that Gu Ermao had been caught for following him. He slowed down only after driving the cart out of the county town.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was still no one on the road, so Li Long simply got off the cart and walked forward, exercising to warm up a bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the cart entered the mountains and he could see Halimu’s winter shelter, the road was already difficult to walk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had been fine when Tao Daqiang was helping to push earlier, but now it was a bit difficult for him to pull the cart alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, a path had already been pressed out earlier. Li Long pulled hard on the horse reins in front, barely stopping at the place where he had stopped before. He unhitched the cart, led the horse, and carried the small bag of flour toward Halimu’s winter shelter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dog barked twice and then stopped, still wagging its tail in front of the winter shelter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Halimu opened the door and walked out. Seeing Li Long, a smile immediately appeared on his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Jakes ma?\" Li Long said with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Halimu was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter, came over to take Li Long’s reins, and also said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Jakes, Jakes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Jakes\" was \"good\" in Kazakh. People usually greeted each other like this when they met. Li Long had heard this from his brother, Li Jianguo. When Li Jianguo first arrived here, he had followed people into the mountains and dealt with herdsmen, so he knew a little.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>!.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Entering the winter shelter, Li Long handed the bag of flour to the old man:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A gift for you, this is flour.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Halimu translated, the old man smiled and accepted the flour, handed it to Halimu’s wife, and then signaled for Li Long to get on the wooden kang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nasen and Sasken, the two children, were playing on the wooden kang and smiled when they saw Li Long come over. They remembered that this Han uncle had brought them candy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After drinking a bowl of milk tea and warming up, Li Long asked Halimu:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Have any wolves come over these past two days?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes.\" Halimu pointed to the Type 56 semi-automatic rifle hanging on the wall and laughed. \"I killed one, and another was wounded, and then they didn't come again.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long gave a thumbs up and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are very capable!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"By the way, Li Long, there’s a group of wild boars nearby recently, running down the mountain early every day, and then running back into the mountains after dawn. Do you want them? If you do, I’ll take you to hunt them tomorrow morning, and you can take them back.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Halimu’s words immediately caught Li Long’s attention:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is it far?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not far, less than a kilometer from here. If you don't hunt them, I’ll go hunt them tomorrow to drive them away. Otherwise, they’ll come to root up my grass.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hunt!\" Li Long immediately became interested. His family’s pig had been superstitious, and there was no New Year pig to eat. If he could hunt a wild boar, he could make do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He remembered another important thing he had come for, so he asked Halimu:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When you are in the mountains, have you ever encountered those relatively beautiful stones? The green ones? That is, nephrite jade, you should understand, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Halimu heard this, he laughed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thanks to book friends heidiww, shaving head as a light bulb, and those who like history categories for their monthly tickets, thanks to everyone for their recommendation tickets and follow-up support, as well as suggestions and opinions. On the recommendation list, the data is okay, I hope everyone continues to support, I will post an extra chapter today, and see the situation tomorrow...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 43 =====\u003C\u002Fp>",1520,"2026-06-14T06:06:39.549Z",1,"Qwen3.5 122B","7531db1553a313a376eff009ed05d2e62eb80fd9ad547bc76fa3c26929a43256","reborn-in-1981-fishing-and-hunting-in-the-northw-chapter-43","reborn-in-1981-fishing-and-hunting-in-the-northw-chapter-41",180,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Freborn-in-1981-fishing-and-hunting-in-the-northw-cover.jpg"]