[{"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-84":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},1933965,2572,"Chapter 84","reborn-in-1981-fishing-and-hunting-in-the-northw-chapter-84",84,"\u003Cp>The one who called out to stop Li Long was the old gatekeeper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Little comrade, wait a moment.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long stopped and turned to look at the old man and Li Xiangqian. He wanted to hear what the other party had to say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it weren't for the trip to the Shicheng Sugar Factory yesterday to sell sheep, Li Long wouldn't have been so firm. After all, ten sheep weren't as easy to sell as fish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after that trip yesterday, he believed that even if the county supply and marketing cooperative didn't want these ten sheep, he could go to Shicheng to sell them. It was said that the wool mill didn't have sheep yet, and Shicheng also had a supply and marketing cooperative.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was an era of extreme imbalance between supply and demand. In fact, whoever controlled the source of goods held the initiative. Those people in later generations had long since analyzed this clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just that those who controlled the source of goods in modern times didn't have the guts to challenge the public sector, and their actions were even on the edge of the law.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Li Long was different; he wasn't afraid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew that after the New Year, the market would open up. Even if Li Xiangqian used his connections to pressure him now, it would only be for the duration of the Spring Festival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't mind that little bit of time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Li Long stop, the old man smiled and said, \"Young man, don't be so impatient. Business is about give and take; if the price isn't right, we can talk.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned to Li Xiangqian and said, \"You really are something. You've been a purchaser for so long, how can you be so rigid about the price? They went into the mountains and had a hard time hauling the sheep here; you can't give them the same price as when you go into the mountains to collect them, right?\" He signaled Li Xiangqian to talk to Li Long properly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Li Long wouldn't come over, Li Xiangqian cursed the little fox under his breath. He walked forward a few steps and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Young man, don't be unconvinced. Do you know how much I pay for live sheep when I go into the mountains in the summer? A sheep weighing fifteen or sixteen kilograms is taken for five or six yuan! Giving you sixty cents now is already quite good.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That was summer,\" Li Long replied. In the middle of winter, did he not even deserve to earn a little money for his hard work? Besides, he was still planning to calculate the price for Halimu and the others at eighty cents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then what price do you want?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ninety cents,\" Li Long said. \"The sugar factory offered ninety-five cents yesterday, and I sold twenty-two sheep. The wool mill still wants them, but I thought I had promised you, so I brought them here today. If you don't want them, I'll take them to the Shicheng Wool Mill.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some people gathered at the gate, including employees of the supply and marketing cooperative and people from outside. Hearing Li Long mention a meat price of ninety cents, they all started discussing it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ninety cents? That's quite cheap! The butcher shop is one yuan and one, and you need coupons!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He definitely doesn't need coupons, right? The meat looks very fresh.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Didn't you hear? The sheep were slaughtered yesterday—it must be fresh.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If our cooperative collects them, will we be able to get some before the New Year?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing these words, Li Xiangqian really wanted to curse. If he collected these ten sheep at ninety cents, the cooperative really wouldn't earn as much money as before. As a purchasing section chief, it had become a habit to suppress prices and sell at high prices. Not achieving this made him feel like he was losing out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But today it seemed difficult. After all, with so many people watching, the price had already been announced. However, he still tried to lower the price:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ninety cents won't do. How about eighty-five cents...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ninety cents.\" Li Long could see that Li Xiangqian was bluffing. He didn't want to lose out; in fact, ninety cents was already a bit of a loss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If given some time, he had the confidence to slowly sell these ten sheep in various residential compounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Young man, we're all from the same county, after all.\" Li Xiangqian walked a few more steps forward, his voice softening. \"We'll have plenty of dealings in the future. You have to give me, the purchasing section chief, some face...\" He raised his voice:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Eighty-eight cents, no higher!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, deal,\" Li Long nodded. \"That's the price.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two cents, which added up to a total price difference of three yuan, wasn't much. His original purpose was to help Halimu and the others sell sheep, not to make money. This price was fine. The horse cart was led into the courtyard of the supply and marketing cooperative. Li Xiangqian called someone to bring a scale, and the ten sheep were weighed one by one: 166 kilograms, totaling 144 yuan and 8 cents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Young man, you have a future.\" Li Xiangqian settled the account with Li Long and said with a smile, \"If you have good goods in the future, come find me again. I'll definitely give you a good price then.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sure.\" Li Long agreed sincerely. As for what he was thinking, he kept that to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leading the horse cart out of the cooperative, Li Long went to buy some hot food, and he and Tao Daqiang hurriedly headed into the mountains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He still had to haul that offal back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Li Long and Tao Daqiang arrived at Halimu's winter camp, they found the whole family, including Yushanjiang's couple, in the snow, washing and cleaning the offal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long hurriedly told Tao Daqiang to lead the cart while he ran to the front of the winter camp. Looking at Halimu and the others' hands, which were frozen red, he said guiltily:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You don't need to wash them like this. I'll take them back to wash; water is more convenient there than here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, water wasn't very convenient at the production team either, but at least it was better than here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Almost done.\" Halimu said with a smile, \"We can't let you take dirty things back. Since it's food, it's better to be cleaner!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old grandmother was using snow to scrub the inside of the stomach. Li Long went over, helped her up, and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stop washing, just load them directly onto the cart. It's more convenient for me to handle them when I get back. Halimu, call everyone into the house to warm up; it's too cold outside.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We're used to it, there isn't much left.\" Yushanjiang waved his hand. \"We only did a rough cleaning; you'll still need to clean them carefully when you get back. There are less than five or six sets left, we'll be done in a moment.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>!.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long couldn't dissuade them, so he suggested the old lady go cook milk tea and the children go back to the house to rest, while the adults did the work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Halimu and the others agreed. The old grandmother slowly stood up and took the children into the house. With Li Long and Tao Daqiang joining in, the cleaning speed increased significantly, and it was all finished in less than an hour.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They loaded the sets of offal onto the horse cart. Unlike mutton, these were soft and piled up in heaps. Fortunately, they had frozen after being cleaned, so they were in lumps and heavy, but didn't take up much space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More than thirty sets of offal, plus two large sheep that Halimu and Yushanjiang specifically gave Li Long for the New Year, filled the entire horse cart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long knew that saying more was useless, so he took out the money and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The ten sheep sold today will still be calculated at eighty cents. That's 128 yuan. You guys can calculate how many sheep each of you had.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He handed the 128 yuan to Halimu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Halimu also knew Li Long's temper, so he didn't say much, took the money, and went to split it with Yushanjiang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Li Long, I know a herd of Mongolian gazelles active on the edge of the mountain. Do you want to hunt them?\" Yushanjiang took the money, happily packed it away, patted the pocket where the money was, and asked:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There are seven or eight in that herd, of all sizes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mongolian gazelles?\" Li Long thought for a moment and asked, \"Where are they?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you know Hongshan Zuizi?\" Yushanjiang asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes.\" Li Long knew the place Yushanjiang was talking about; it was another mountain pass about five or six kilometers west of here. Because the earthen mountain at the pass was red, it was called Hongshan Zuizi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was actually the road usually taken to enter the mountains. The people from the team who wanted to go into the mountains to haul wood earlier had taken that route.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Walk two kilometers from here toward Hongshan Zuizi. There's a flat slope there, and there are some shrubs on the Gobi. The Mongolian gazelles are active in that area, eating the branches of the shrubs.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not today. I'll come over in a couple of days,\" Li Long thought and said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mongolian gazelles weren't sheep; they were a type of antelope, and those horns...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1590,"2026-06-14T06:06:39.549Z",1,"Qwen3.5 122B","982c58c9ba6aaa285d95027906ace6382a3443f60e63708d5dc30df0818be4fb","reborn-in-1981-fishing-and-hunting-in-the-northw-chapter-85","reborn-in-1981-fishing-and-hunting-in-the-northw-chapter-83",180,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Freborn-in-1981-fishing-and-hunting-in-the-northw-cover.jpg"]