[{"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-57":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},1933938,2572,"Chapter 57","reborn-in-1981-fishing-and-hunting-in-the-northw-chapter-57",57,"\u003Cp>After getting the money, Li Long didn't get carried away. He still remembered one thing and earnestly asked the old man:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Old man, I want to ask what the price of Hetian jade is now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Want to know?\" The old man smiled. \"Two hundred yuan per kilogram for first-grade raw jade. If you go to the jade farmers to collect it, it might be even cheaper than this jade of yours.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long was startled!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He remembered that first-grade white raw jade sold for hundreds of thousands per kilogram in later generations, more expensive than gold. That kind of special-grade raw jade cost tens of thousands per gram!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's a pity he could only think about it. Now, asking him to go to Hetian to collect jade is simply impossible. First, he doesn't know the way, and second, he doesn't know anyone. Even if Li Long has lived two lifetimes, he wouldn't dare to run there rashly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But to be honest, the temptation is really great!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he really went there, bought some, and hoarded it, he wouldn't have to worry for the rest of his life. He heard that raw jade the size of a finger costs only a few mao each now!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, he could only think about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he also knew clearly that even the two pieces of nephrite he had just sold weren't easily obtained. The normal ones all had sesame-like black spots, and those couldn't sell for money now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, resources are too abundant now, just like the fish in Xiaohaizi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you have such good materials in the future, feel free to come over. We'll buy them openly here.\" The old man said with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long said goodbye and left the jade factory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Turning his head to look at the gate, which had a sense of historical vicissitudes, Li Long didn't know if he would have a chance to come in again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sun had already set. There was nowhere to go now, so he could only go to the guesthouse to stay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Accommodation in Wucheng is very cheap. Even in the late nineties, some units' guesthouses had rooms for ten yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long arrived at the Bayi Guesthouse and asked for a triple room. The accommodation fee was one yuan and eight mao. Someone was already staying in the room. After Li Long entered the room, he put the empty urea bag under the bed, carried his satchel, and went to the water room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simply washing his hands and face, he used his military green water bottle, which had almost all the porcelain on the outside knocked off, to get some hot water, melted the water that had frozen into ice inside, neutralized it into warm water, returned to the room, put the satchel on the bedside table, took off his coat and put it on the bed, and then ate meat jerky with cold steamed buns, occasionally drinking a sip of warm water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He ate very slowly. The person opposite was lying on the bed with his eyes closed, resting. Smelling the scent, he opened his eyes and glanced at Li Long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a middle-aged man in his forties, wearing an ill-fitting suit and lying there. Li Long actually wanted to remind him that it was quite hot in the room and there was no need to wear an outer coat, as it would make the suit wrinkled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in the end, he didn't say anything. They were all strangers, no need to get close, and besides, the other party was clearly wary of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long's money was divided and put into the inner pockets of his cotton-padded jacket—this was something his sister-in-law had temporarily sewn on before he came, which was very safe and couldn't be seen from the outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long was indeed hungry. After the excitement of selling the jade, he felt empty in his stomach. After eating two steamed buns, two pieces of meat jerky, and a piece of pickles, and drinking half a bottle of water, he finally felt full.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this time, he found that the person was still looking at him, so he pointed to the remaining steamed buns and asked:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Want to eat?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The person hesitated for a moment and shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long didn't stand on ceremony anymore, put the steamed buns and pickles into his satchel, cleaned up the bedside table, and saw that it was already dark outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having lit kerosene lamps in the team for many days, now suddenly using electric lights, he had a long-lost feeling and was a bit unaccustomed for a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until the next day, only two people lived in this room. Li Long got up, simply washed, ate the remaining steamed buns and vegetables, and when he was ready to leave, the person on the other bed was still sleeping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long went out to check out. There were still many things to do today. He first went to the station to ask, and the bus was still leaving at twelve o'clock. He bought a ticket first, then took the No. 2 bus north, intending to go to the department store to buy some things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wucheng Tianshan Department Store is the \"Tianbai\" that many people in later generations have heard of—now that it's near the New Year, there are many people in the department store.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the dazzling array of goods compared to Maxian and Shicheng, Li Long started \"sweeping the shelves.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>New Year is coming soon, so firecrackers must be bought. At this time, there were electric light cannons and small whips. He bought a thousand-count electric light cannon, and several strings of one-hundred-count ones. These were for Qiangqiang to play with after being dismantled; the cannons were small, so he wasn't afraid of them exploding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He also bought a few two-kickers, and the sky-rockets couldn't be missing. At this time, the purchasing power of money was really strong; fifteen yuan bought a big bag of firecrackers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he bought new cotton-padded rubber shoes for both Li Juan and Qiangqiang. These had been measured beforehand, and he bought them one size larger. They could be worn with insoles now, and could still be worn next winter. Each person got a new school bag. He bought a doll for Li Juan and a wind-up tin green frog for Li Qiang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He bought a standard military cotton hat and a military green cotton-padded coat for his eldest brother, Li Jianguo. Li Jianguo had originally wanted to be a soldier, but because he had to take care of his family, as the eldest in the family, he didn't make it, which was a regret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He bought a wool scarf and a pair of cotton-padded rubber shoes for his sister-in-law, Liang Yumei.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next was the food shopping spree. Because it was New Year, the department store released a batch of food that didn't require coupons at this time. Although it was slightly more expensive, Li Long didn't have any worries in this regard. Sweep!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Canned luncheon meat, noodles, fruit candies, frozen persimmons, oranges, apples, pears... The children in the family were prone to frostbite when playing outside, so he also bought some Baiquelin and Vaseline sticks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adding everything up, a urea bag was almost full.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>!.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the price of all the things was only a little over one hundred yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it weren't for the fact that it couldn't hold any more, Li Long wouldn't even want to leave the department store—materials in the team were really too scarce, and now that he had money, he couldn't help but buy enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carrying the big bag, he went out and got on the bus. It wasn't far from the famous \"Eight-Story Building\" of later generations, but Li Long was in no mood to see it now. He had to hurry back to the Bayi Guesthouse and take the bus back from there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he returned to the guesthouse and got on the bus to Shicheng, stuffed the urea bag onto the luggage rack, and sat down, Li Long felt a bit regretful. He should have bought some hot food to eat; now his stomach was a bit hungry again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Forget it, wait until the county.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The driver got on the bus, and the ticket inspector hadn't arrived yet, so he went up and handed the driver a cigarette, saying:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master, can you stop when we get to Maxian? I'm getting off there.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright.\" The driver saw the cigarette was a Daqianmen and said readily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Done.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More than two hours later, Li Long got off the bus in Maxian with the urea bag on his back. It was noon, the sun was still very strong and a bit dazzling, but Li Long had no time to care about the weather. He had to hurry to the meat canteen to buy something to eat, otherwise, he really couldn't carry it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now Li Long felt a bit regretful. Why did he buy so many things? This wasn't like having a horse-drawn carriage; even a sled would have been fine, right? Carrying it back, ten kilometers would probably take at least three hours!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He went to the meat canteen first and bought four meat buns, ate them hurriedly, drank two cups of free tea, rested at the table for a while, and then went out with the bag on his back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long already had a way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He came to the supply and marketing cooperative, tore off a two-meter-long and wide thick plastic sheet, tied the two back corners together to form a half-pocket, tied the mouth of the urea bag, put it on the plastic sheet, and dragged it away by pulling the front of the plastic sheet himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Isn't this just a simple sled? Anyway, there was thick ice and snow on the road, and the friction was small, so dragging it like this wasn't strenuous and was quite fun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Going home!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1664,"2026-06-14T06:06:39.549Z",1,"Qwen3.5 122B","ce9b9349daa6d23e540e533265899e6a432e4eb3124db2350ee62f8b6ce23658","reborn-in-1981-fishing-and-hunting-in-the-northw-chapter-58","reborn-in-1981-fishing-and-hunting-in-the-northw-chapter-56",180,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Freborn-in-1981-fishing-and-hunting-in-the-northw-cover.jpg"]