Chapter 42 Success is not something that everyone can copy Li Long drove out of the production team and headed west. When he was about to reach the commune, he looked back and found a dark shadow walking in the same direction less than a kilometer away from him. There is no pollution now and the view is wider. Li Long wondered who got up so early to go out? It was winter, and the temperature outside was minus 30 degrees Celsius. Usually, few people went out unless it was urgent. Unlike later times, every household had little spare money, and there were not many good things in the county commune, so everyone basically stayed at home and rarely went out. Of course, Li Long was just curious and continued walking forward. He was not idle in the carriage. He carried a bundle of thin wire with him and started making rabbit traps while in the carriage. The rabbit trap is actually very simple, and he didn't say anything nonsense to Tao Daqiang. He just rolled a circle and tied a noose around it to ensure that the rabbit would shrink easily after stepping into the trap. After all, the most important skill lies in the location of the rabbit trap. The rest depends on luck. He remembered that in his previous life, when he set rabbit traps, if he was lucky, he could catch six rabbits out of twenty traps, which was ideal. The carriage did not stop at the commune. The store in the commune was not open yet and there was nothing to buy inside. Li Long went straight to the county. He planned to go to the black market to bring some food to Halimu's family. There are two things that Kazakh herders cannot lack in their daily lives: milk tea and naan. Milk tea requires tea leaves and salt, while naan requires flour. When they were almost at the county town, Li Long put down the bundle of thirty or forty rabbit traps, jumped off the carriage and prepared to walk for a while. When he turned his head, he found that the dark shadow behind him was still there. That person is also going to the county?
Li Long still didn't think much about it. After entering the county, he turned a corner and went directly to the black market. It was already daybreak, and there weren't many people in the black market. Fortunately, the food sellers were still there. Li Long also saw people selling chickens, meat, and fish. It seemed that he was not the only one who wanted to sell fish. Business will be difficult in the future. Li Long was very happy after buying ten kilograms of noodles at a high price and the other party also gave him a small cloth bag. He passed by and looked at other stalls, but found nothing good to buy, so he drove his carriage towards Qingshui River. As soon as he came out of the black market, Li Long heard a commotion behind him. When he turned around, he found two people wearing red armbands running over. Those who had set up stalls were closing up their stalls or running away. It was a chaotic scene. Although it had nothing to do with Li Long, he still subconsciously cracked the whip and drove the carriage away from this dangerous place quickly. At the other end of the black market, Gu Ermao pushed his way through the crowd and squeezed forward. He tried hard to keep up with Li Long's pace, but the crowd was in chaos and everyone was running around, so he couldn't squeeze through at all. Gu Ermao was so angry that he cursed loudly, but who would pay attention to him? After the people who rushed out of the black market scattered and the stall owners hid themselves, he finally had some free time, but he saw that there was no trace of the carriage in the distance ahead. "You! Just you! What are you doing?" Gu Ermao was still looking for the trace of the carriage when a voice called him. Gu Ermao turned his head and took a look. He saw the one wearing a red armband. He turned around and ran away in fear, but the other one wearing a red armband grabbed him and said with a sneer: "Speculation! Do you know what the crime is? Which commune are you from? Come with us!" Gu Ermao's clothes were obviously not from any unit in the county, so the two men wearing armbands felt no psychological pressure to arrest him. In the past two days, more and more people have set up stalls in the black market, and more and more people have come here. The leaders all knew about it, so they called their leaders and scolded them. How are we going to report this matter if we don’t catch a few people? Gu Ermao hurriedly defended himself: "No, I just came here to find someone..." "Haha, you're going to the black market to look for someone so early in the morning? You should explain yourself after you get in! Let's go!" He pushed Gu Ermao hard and walked forward. Gu Ermao was crying without tears. He just wanted to follow Li Long to see where he entered the mountain. Why was he so unlucky?
Li Long naturally had no idea that Gu Ermao had been arrested for following him. He slowed down only after driving the carriage out of the county. There were still few people on the road, so Li Long simply got off the carriage and walked forward. Some exercise would help him warm up. When the carriage entered the mountain and could see Halimu's winter home, the road had become difficult to travel on. It was fine before with Tao Daqiang helping to push the carriage, but now it is a bit difficult for me to pull the carriage by myself. Fortunately, some roads had been cleared before. Li Long pulled the reins in front and barely stopped the carriage at the original place. He unloaded the carriage, led the horse, and walked towards Halimu's winter den with a small bag of noodles. The dog barked twice and then stopped, still shaking its tail in front of its winter den. Halimu opened the door and walked out. When he saw Li Long, a smile immediately appeared on his face. "Jax?" Li Long asked with a smile. Halimu was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter, came over to take Li Long's reins and said: "Jax Jax." Jax means "good" in Kazakh, and it is a common greeting when meeting someone. Li Long heard this from his brother Li Jianguo. When Li Jianguo first came here, he went into the mountains with herders and interacted with them, so he knew something about it. After entering the winter den, Li Long handed the bag of flour to the old man: "This is noodles for you." Halimu translated it, and the old man took the noodles with a smile and handed them to Halimu's wife, then motioned Li Long to get on the wooden kang. Nathan and Susken were playing on the wooden kang, and they smiled when they saw Li Long coming over. They remembered that this Han uncle had brought them candy. After drinking a bowl of milk tea and warming up, Li Long asked Halim: "Have any wolves come here in the past two days?" "Yes." Halimu pointed to the five or six semi-automatic rifles hanging on the wall and said with a smile, "I killed one and injured another, and then they never came again." Li Long gave a thumbs up and said: "you're good!" "By the way, Li Long, there is a group of wild boars nearby recently. They run down the mountain early every morning and run back into the mountain after dawn. Do you want to hunt them? If you do, I will take you to hunt them tomorrow morning and you can bring them back." Harry's words immediately caught Li Long's attention: "Is it far?" "Not far, only less than a kilometer from here. If you don't fight, I will go and fight them tomorrow and drive them away. Otherwise, they will come and eat my grass." "Hit!" Li Long immediately became interested. His own pigs were superstitious, and there was no New Year pig to eat during the New Year. If he could kill a wild boar, that would make do. He remembered another important thing he had come here for, so he asked Halim: "Have you come across any pretty stones in the mountains? The green ones? They're called jasper, you know what they are, right?" Halimu laughed when he heard this. Thanks to book friends heidiww, Shaved Head as Light Bulb, and I Love Reading History for their monthly tickets. Thank you all for your recommendation tickets and follow-up support, as well as your suggestions and opinions. I have recommended it, and the data is okay. I hope everyone will continue to support me. I will post one more chapter today and see how it goes tomorrow... (End of this chapter)