[{"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-49":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},1933930,2572,"Chapter 49","reborn-in-1981-fishing-and-hunting-in-the-northw-chapter-49",49,"\u003Cp>When Li Long drove the horse-drawn carriage back to the production team, those still outside looked at him in surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A group of children were playing with spinning tops on the road that had been pressed as smooth as ice. Seeing Li Long coming, they immediately surrounded him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long looked around and asked one of the children he was familiar with:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Gawa, where's Qiangqiang?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Someone said you were caught, and Qiangqiang took his top and went back crying. Were you caught?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long immediately understood why those people looked at him strangely. He smiled and shook his head, saying:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, I went into the mountains.\" Li Long explained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You're lying! You didn't bring any wood back!\" A child thought Li Long was lying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But I brought back wild boars.\" Li Long smiled and uncovered the grass, revealing the two wild boars. This matter couldn't be hidden anyway, so he might as well use the children's mouths to break the gossip and rumors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that big wild boar, even if only its head was exposed, those two tusks like daggers startled several children!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After confirming that the wild boar was dead, the bold children dared to step forward, carefully touched the teeth, and then quickly retreated, saying:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Really such big teeth!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long smiled and led the carriage back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the nosy children had already run quickly to the Li family to report the news. The other children also stopped playing with their tops and followed the carriage to the Li family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Li family, having received the news, all ran out of the courtyard gate. When they saw Li Long, Li Jianguo and Liang Yumei finally felt relieved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Qiang still had tear stains on his face. Seeing Li Long, he cried \"Wah\" again, rushed over, and shouted:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uncle! Uncle! They said you were caught by someone and wouldn't come back...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They're talking nonsense. I went into the mountains, you know that.\" Li Long smiled and touched Li Qiang's head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Li Juan didn't cry, it could be seen that she was suppressing her joy, with a smile on her face, just watching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why did it take so long to come back?\" Li Jianguo complained. \"The whole family was worried sick.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, there was nothing wrong, but with Gu Ermao and Tao Dayong being caught one after another, and the rumors spreading, it would be a lie for Li Jianguo to say he wasn't worried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's good that you're back, it's good that you're back. Come into the courtyard first!\" Liang Yumei said with a smile. \"Little Long hasn't eaten yet, right? Go into the room and change your clothes first, let your brother return the carriage, and I'll heat up some food for you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter what the situation was outside, having a bowl of hot food at home—other things could be talked about after being full.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is the most simple emotion of family members.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long remembered the first sentence that the Arab scholar he saw in his previous life said Chinese people ask when they meet: \"Have you eaten?\" It's the simplest, usually unfelt, but it contains the most rustic emotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now he truly experienced it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Others care about how much money you make, whether you live a glamorous or miserable life, whether you have a car, money, or a house, but family members welcome you home with hot food first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Driving the carriage back into the courtyard, the two brothers took down the wood and grass. Li Jianguo looked at the two wild boars in surprise:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did you hunt all these?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, I hunted the small one, and a friend hunted the big one. They don't eat this, so I brought them all back.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This one is huge!\" Although Li Jianguo had seen wild boars, it was his first time seeing one this big. \"It must be over two hundred and fifty or sixty kilograms!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But the meat isn't as good as domestic pork.\" Li Long said. \"And the blood wasn't drained.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's still meat!\" Li Jianguo emphasized. \"It's not bad to have meat to eat! Come, unload the pig, you go change your clothes first, I'll return the carriage, and then boil water to remove the hair!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With two pigs, there's enough meat to eat for a year, so why be afraid of hard work? Just kidding!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Jianguo made Li Long truly feel the appeal of the founders of the old production team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He carried the jade into the room; the stove in the east room was still hot. When he put away the stones, changed his clothes, and prepared to eat, the courtyard was already bustling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The eldest brother of the Lu family, Uncle Chen from the backyard, Qin Laosan, the village pig butcher, and even Old Luo from the horse stable had all come over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Little Long is not bad.\" Old Luo, carrying a pot, entered the east room and said to Li Long with a smile:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone said you were caught with Tao Dayong, but I didn't expect that not only were you not caught, but you also brought back two wild boars. Well done, you're a man!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tao Dayong was caught? Then what about Daqiang?\" Li Long, who had changed his clothes, was also startled when he heard this. Tao Dayong must have been caught for selling fish, so was Daqiang also caught?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Daqiang ran away. He said you had reminded him earlier.\" Old Luo smiled. \"It seems this business isn't something everyone can do.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Helping Old Luo put the pot on the stove, Li Jianguo had already carried half a bucket of water and poured it in. Next was to use a large basket to scoop snow from outside and add it to the pot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stove door was opened, the wind blew in, the stove fire suddenly became intense, the snow melted quickly, and the water in the pot heated up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The courtyard was even more bustling. Everyone was evaluating the wild boar. Although it didn't need to be slaughtered, it was just as troublesome to process.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Li Long was eating in the west room, he heard Liang Yumei talk about Gu Ermao and Tao Dayong being caught, including Li Jianguo lending twenty yuan to Tao Daqiang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>!.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then just give him that money.\" Li Long took twenty yuan out of his pocket and handed it to Liang Yumei:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The last few times Daqiang went out with me, he had a share of the things sold. His money was stored with me, so this time just consider it taken back.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liang Yumei took the money and wanted to say something, but didn't.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long said while eating:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If Daqiang wants to come again later, he'll just be doing labor.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tao Daqiang's work was unquestionable, and he was obedient—the fact that he wasn't caught this time was proof. He had his considerations for not calling his brother to work together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long could see that his sister-in-law had thoughts, of course not questioning Li Long, but rather not understanding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that everyone was outside, Li Long whispered:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sister-in-law, I have news. Wait until spring, the land will be divided. Our family can get a lot of land. At that time, the work in the fields will still need my brother to do it. I'll just do some side jobs. Farming is still the big thing. I don't want work points, but my brother can't be missing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liang Yumei was shocked by the words \"dividing the land.\" She looked outside and asked:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is it really going to be divided?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's going to be divided. Many provinces have already divided it, and we are considered late.\" Li Long said, \"However, the first time it won't be much, but that's our own land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I'm also thinking about bringing some manure back from the mountains—by the way, the team's things might also be divided. Now we need to earn more money. When the time comes to draw lots for horses or something, we'll need money to buy them, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long clearly remembered that the last time the team divided \"village property,\" it was every household drawing lots, from number one to forty-seven—the whole team had forty-seven households.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Jianguo drew number two. Number one was the team's Dongfanghong tractor, which needed over a thousand yuan to buy back. Number two was the big red horse from the horse stable, which cost over a hundred. Li Jianguo gave up the number directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But farming still needed transportation tools. Li Jianguo later spent fifteen yuan to buy a small donkey, and also found wood and spent money to have someone build a carriage frame. It wasn't until a year later that they barely had a donkey cart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the money is prepared now, when the time comes to draw a horse, can't it be bought back directly and used?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The area around Halimu's winter camp is full of cow and sheep manure!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now Li Long doesn't take Li Jianguo when he goes out to sell things, because Li Jianguo's prestige is there. If the two of them have a dispute, who should they listen to? And there are two men in the family. If something really happens, they can't both be caught, right? Leaving one is safer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Li Long appeared in the courtyard after eating, the looks the men in the courtyard gave him were all different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Look, they are all young people of similar age, all wanting to run out and do business. Some people get caught as soon as they go out, while some people not only make money but also bring back two wild boars!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could these two pigs be at least three hundred kilograms? Even if wild boar meat is cheap, half a kilogram of domestic pork is eight mao, so three hundred kilograms is over two hundred!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People and people, they are just different!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1653,"2026-06-14T06:06:39.549Z",1,"Qwen3.5 122B","85f8e10c3b4d1eaf12b3efd576889f8911b8418644d1d643fd7076fc50ece232","reborn-in-1981-fishing-and-hunting-in-the-northw-chapter-50","reborn-in-1981-fishing-and-hunting-in-the-northw-chapter-48",180,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Freborn-in-1981-fishing-and-hunting-in-the-northw-cover.jpg"]