Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Chapter 1044 The child needs more exercise so he can become bolder.

Seeing the commotion on the hillside, Li Long grabbed his gun, stepped forward to shield Hao Hao behind him, and at the same time pulled Mingming over from the water's edge.

If the baby wild boars come down first, then there will definitely be adult wild boars following behind them. Li Long doesn't want his two children to be frightened or bumped by the adult wild boars.

From the bushes on the opposite bank, several half-grown wild boars poked their heads out, watching Li Long and Mingming Haohao warily.

With a grunt, two larger female wild boars sprang out of the bushes. They were quite anxious when they saw the baby boar that had fallen into the water. They bared their yellow teeth and squealed, trying to get the baby boar out of the water quickly.

These two female wild boars must weigh at least 200 kilograms each. As they cautiously walked towards the water, they knocked the bushes over and over. These things are not to be trifled with!
Then they saw Li Long and his two children.

The wild boars were startled when they saw Li Long. The half-grown boars turned and ran away, while the two sows hesitated. After all, their babies were trapped in the water. Should they save them or not?
"Mingming, Haohao, you two stand back, Daddy's going to shoot!"

Li Long shouted, picked up his gun, released the safety, cocked the bolt, chambered a round, and fired towards the wild boars. At this point, he no longer cared about hitting them; his priority was to scare them away!
When Li Long pulled the trigger, the two sows had already made their decision, turned around and ran, instantly disappearing into the bushes.

Gunshots echoed along the water's edge. The bushes swayed intermittently, and there were the cries of wild boars and the grunts of a mother wild boar. To Li Long's surprise, several more wild boar pups, whether frightened or jostled, tumbled out of the bushes and fell into the water.

The opposite hillside is slightly steeper, and there are several clearly worn paths through the gaps in the bushes. These are probably paths used by wild boars to come down and drink water. These wild boars probably use this path often, and they are usually more stable going downhill. But no one expected to encounter a predator today.

Li Long was also taken aback. He had two children with him when he carried the gun, so he couldn't possibly have disengaged the safety, and he hadn't even chambered a bullet. Although he reacted quickly afterward and fired decisively, the children were with him, and he was afraid of something going wrong, so the shot was fired somewhat hastily.

Judging from the wild boars running away in the bushes, I don't know if any of them were killed, but these ten or so wild boar pups in the river are an unexpected bonus.

The bushes on the opposite hillside were now still, and the wild boars in the river, surprisingly able to swim, had begun to recover from their panic and were each searching for a way to survive.

"You two wait here and don't move. I'll go catch some wild boar for you!"

Li Long turned off the safety on his gun, slung it over his shoulder, and turned to Mingming and Haohao, saying, "Move back a little further, but don't go near the water."

These wild boars are only about two or three kilograms each, not very big, but they are very agile in the water.

Most of them swam to the other side of the water, but it was a bit steep and there were some shrub roots blocking the way, making it difficult to climb up.

Two or three swam over here, but they weren't very brave and didn't dare to get close to people; they swam diagonally to either side.

Li Long was afraid that another large wild boar would appear, so he dared not run far. He strode into the water, grabbed a small wild boar that was trying to get ashore four or five meters to his left, and pushed it into the shallow water. He picked up the squeaking boar, took out a rope from his pocket, tied it up, and handed it to Mingming.

"Dad, I want one too!" Hao Hao said eagerly as soon as he saw that his older brother had a little wild boar.

"Okay, okay, we have them all."

Li Long glanced at the bushes opposite him but still didn't see any large wild boars. He then strode to the right, where there were two small wild boars. One had already swum to the shallow water, while the other was about half a meter behind and swimming forward.

No wild boar in the water could possibly be faster than Li Long on the bank. When Li Long arrived, the little wild boar that had already come ashore squealed and tried to escape back to the riverbank, but Li Long kicked it back into the water. Then he went up and pinned down both little wild boars, one in each hand.

Hao Hao ran over to help, but didn't know what to do; he was just very excited.

They tied it up with a rope again and dragged it to Mingming and Haohao. When Mingming saw that two other animals were trying to snatch it, Li Long gave him one and gave the other one to Haohao.

When Hao Hao saw that his brother had two, he took the one his father gave him, but he still pouted and was a little unhappy. Li Long said, "Don't worry, there are more in the river. I'll catch some more for you."

Two wild boar pups had already climbed up the spot where they had come down to drink water and disappeared into the bushes.

However, as they climbed up, they wet the path, making it slippery. The little wild boars behind them started to slip and couldn't make it up in time. Several little wild boars crowded together, giving Li Long an opportunity.

He first scanned the bushes, finding no danger, and then waded through the water to see if he could get across.

Fortunately, the water wasn't deep. When they were almost on the other side, the water only reached their thighs. The few wild boars that hadn't managed to climb up began to scatter in panic, and Li Long started catching them in the water.

Meng Hai, who was directing everyone to repair the road in the distance, paused for a moment after hearing the gunshot, and hurriedly said to a young man beside him:
"Liu Zhigang, hurry over there and see what's going on!"

"It must be Comrade Li Long hunting, right?" Liu Zhigang replied, holding a shovel. "I just saw Comrade Li Long carrying a gun and taking the kids with him."

"You know he has kids with him? The two children are still there. What if wild animals come out and hurt them? Hurry up, and Hu Xinjun, you come with me!"

The two young men didn't dare to delay Meng Hai's orders and hurriedly grabbed their shovels and ran towards the sound of gunfire. At this time, Li Long had run out of rope. He was carrying a small wild boar in one hand and another under his arm as he walked from the water to the shore.

Mingming and Haohao each had two ropes, and a small wild boar was tied to each rope.

The wild boars were extremely restless. Even when being pulled by the rope, they were still trying to struggle to escape. Although these wild boars were not very big, they still made the two children very busy. Hao Hao was even pulled down by a wild boar and ended up covered in mud and sand.

Mingming was slightly stronger, and when she saw her younger brother doing a somersault, she just laughed.

The two wild boars he was holding were tied up quite tightly. Although they kept squealing, they weren't struggling very hard.

After Li Long brought the wild boar ashore, he subconsciously turned his head to look at the bushes. He didn't see anything, but he could smell a faint scent of blood.

When Hu Xinjun and Liu Zhigang arrived at Li Long's place, they found the father and his two sons playing on the beach with seven wild boar pups.

Li Long didn't have any extra rope, so he cut the rope that Mingming and Haohao were using to tie the wild boars, tied the three little wild boars he was holding down with the rope, and walked them around like dogs.

In the middle, one of the ropes in Hao Hao's hand came loose, and the little wild boar darted out and into the water, only to be pulled back by Li Long.

He thought to himself that if the little wild boar darted towards the shore, he might not be able to catch it.

"Comrade Li Long, you've had quite a harvest!" Hu Xinjun said with a smile.

"Since you're here, you can lend a hand. I'm keeping an eye on the kids and can't stray far. You two go check the bushes over there. I fired a shot earlier, but I don't know if I hit anything. If I did, you can drag them over and have them as an extra meal at noon."

Li Long had to keep an eye on things, since Mingming and Haohao were playing here, so he handed over the task of searching the other side of the river to Liu Zhigang and Hu Xinjun.

Upon hearing that they might have caught a wild boar, the two men happily grabbed their shovels and waded across the water to the other side.

Li Long didn't have high hopes, but since he had already started, he might as well give it a try.

The two men quickly found bloodstains in the bushes, then searched further ahead. Hu Xinjun shouted:

"Comrade Li Long, we've got it! There's a half-grown wild boar!"

"Okay, let's drag it back then!" This was a pleasant surprise, and Li Long responded with a smile, "Let's make a good lunch!"

Soon, Hu Xinjun and Liu Zhigang dragged the wild boar back into the water and waded back to Li Long's side.

This wild boar isn't very big, only about 30 or 40 kilograms. It's a wild boar piglet from last year, so the meat should be pretty good.

"Comrade Li Long, you're really amazing!" Liu Zhigang exclaimed. "You always have a good catch when you go hunting. These wild boar piglets are perfect for raising, right?"

"Take them back and raise them. They're not very big anyway, so we can keep them for the kids to play with." Li Long watched Mingming and Haohao struggling with the wild boars with great interest and thought it wouldn't hurt to keep them in the yard.

Mingming Haohao was getting a little tired of playing with the lambs, Xiao Hei and the others, in the big courtyard, so this time he got some new companions.

These were just wild boars weighing two or three kilograms, and Mingming and Haohao's two children were stronger than other children their age, so they were able to subdue them.

Otherwise, if the wild boars got a little bigger, let alone pulling on two at the same time, they probably wouldn't even be able to hold onto one. Even so, the two children wrapped the rope around and around in their hands, afraid that they would lose their grip and the wild boars would run away and they wouldn't be able to find them again.

Liu Zhigang and Hu Xinjun carried the half-grown wild boar back, while Li Long watched Mingming and Haohao playing with the little wild boar.

After playing for a while, I felt that the two children were a little tired, but I was reluctant to let go. So I let each of them hand over a small wild boar to me and let them play and run around on the riverbank with one of the boars, or to put it more simply, walk the boars.

Although the two children were a little reluctant, they knew that they could hardly hold onto the two wild boars on their own, so they each handed one of them over to Li Long.

The children found it easy to play with a wild boar here, and they immediately became energetic again, chasing the wild boar around. If the little wild boar wouldn't run and pretended to be dead, they would drag it along the sand. Li Long watched with a mixture of helplessness and amusement. If this continued, the little wild boar would be played to death in a day.

Fortunately, the two children had limited energy, and after playing for thirty or forty minutes, they sat on the ground and stopped moving.

Li Long then took all the ropes back into his own hands, and led the two children and the wild boar back home.

Hao Hao held the jade he had picked up in his hand. Mingming had lost his competitive spirit with his younger brother at this moment. He also held a stone that he thought was quite good. He and Mingming walked on either side of Li Long, head held high and chest out, like a victorious general returning to the capital.

Meng Hai and his friends were happy because Li Long had hunted a wild boar, but they were even more surprised when they saw the father and his two sons returning with seven wild boar pups.

"Comrade Li Long, that's a really good haul!" Meng Hai said with a smile as he walked over. "Did you wipe out their wild boar's den?"

"No, that's not true." Li Long explained with a smile, "It's all thanks to Mingming. A group of wild boars came down to drink water, and Mingming scared the baby boar so much that it fell into the water. After I shot the big one away, this little guy became our trophy."

Mingming was very happy to be praised by his father. This time, Haohao, unusually, didn't argue with his brother. At three years old, he understands some things; it's true that his brother found the wild boar.

On the riverbank next to the construction site, some people had already started skinning the half-grown wild boar.

A fire was lit under the stove inside the stone, and water was boiled.

After eating dry rations for several days, the villagers were all quite happy, as they could finally eat meat again today.

Li Long gathered the ropes of the seven wild boar piglets together, led them to the jeep, and tied them to the wheels.

The little wild boars seemed quite unwilling, squeaking as they went. Li Long didn't pay much attention, letting the two children rest in the shade of the jeep while he wandered around nearby.

The stone in Minghao's hand caught Meng Hai's attention, and he asked Li Long:

"Did the child find a piece of jade? What great luck!"

“Well, there should be quite a few jade stones in the ditch where we’re working right now,” Li Long said. “If you push the tractor a bit more, you might be able to get some out.”

Decades later, when jade from the Ma River began to come into people's view, a large number of people went into the river to collect jade during the dry season, while more ambitious people went directly into the mountains to trade with the herdsmen.

Because herders who live in the mountains year-round always have various kinds of accumulations in their yurts, jade is one of them.

Then things changed. Some herders would team up with people from outside the mountains to blast open jade mines with explosives, get mountain jade, and sell it as riverbed jade to people who came into the mountains later.

These stones from the mountains are riddled with cracks and can't be used for anything.

This is the lesson learned.

Of course, not yet. Many people don't have a clear concept of the jade in the mountains yet. It was only when Li Long brought them here to work and they found the jade that they truly discovered this new world.

Of course, the people of Qingshuihe Village had a longer history of recognizing jade, since they lived on the edge of the mountains and jade was occasionally found in the river near the village.

Otherwise, Meng Hai wouldn't have been able to send such a big treasure to Li Long together with He Yuqing.

The fact that he gave it away doesn't mean he was unaware of its value.

So when Li Long said that, Meng Hai responded with a smile:

"When the bulldozer comes in later, I'll take a good look. I reckon that after they finish eating lunch, they'll probably go look around the neighborhood; maybe they'll find something unexpected."

"Well, let's see who's lucky then." Li Long had no objection to picking up jade during the lunch break.

Although the wild boar was obtained by accident and the villagers were unprepared, Li Long always carried various seasonings in his jeep, so the wild boar was cooked to perfection.

Large chunks of wild boar were braised and cooked, while the sliced ​​pork belly was stir-fried with cooking wine. Li Long also had some spicy peppers in his jeep. He brought some naan bread every day. Although it wasn't enough for everyone, each person could share some, and roasting a piece was quite delicious.

Mingming Haohao ate an unusually large amount at lunch today. Li Long thought it was probably because he was tired from playing there in the morning and had used up a lot of energy. It wasn't like at home, where he could have a snack or meat jerky between meals.

Actually, cooking wild boar meat this way is a bit rough, but fortunately, the animals themselves aren't very big, and the taste isn't too fishy or pungent. Plus, we use a lot of seasonings, which is enough to mask the odor. Also, everyone was tired from working, so they enjoyed the meal.

After the two children finished eating, they went to sleep in the jeep.

Although the sun was strong, it was still quite cool in the valley, and Li Long looked after the children by the jeep.

The little wild boars, tired from squealing, lay down to rest by the wheels, occasionally letting out a grunt, whether to express dissatisfaction or to indicate they were hungry, was unclear.

Li Long never bothered with such wild animals; the little wild boar probably wouldn't die even if it went hungry for a day, he'd deal with it when they got back.

Actually, Li Long could have gone back now, but since Mingming and Haohao were both asleep, it wasn't convenient to drive. So he waited until the two kids had woken up, were refreshed, and had some water before untying the wild boar, putting it in a bag, tying it up, placing it in the passenger seat, saying goodbye to Meng Hai and the others, and driving back.

"Dad, can we come again tomorrow?" he asked, peering out the car window.

“That’s right, Dad, let’s come again tomorrow!” Hao Hao chimed in.

"Sure, I'll bring you guys over again tomorrow." Li Long naturally had no objection. Boys need to be out there and train themselves more often. The more they see and experience, the bolder they'll become, and their personalities will improve.

Think about it, many children in the village have never been outside the county town, except for school-organized activities.

Li Long felt that this wouldn't be good for Ming Haohao's future development. Of course, this was just his own opinion. Anyway, Sister Yang was busy and Gu Xiaoxia had to go to work, so he decided to take Ming Haohao around in the mountains, which would broaden his horizons.

Back in the courtyard, Li Long opened the door and let Mingming and Haohao come down before taking them to change their clothes.

The two little ones were crawling and rolling around on the riverbank, having a great time. They got covered in mud and sand, looking like mud children.

After changing the two children into new clothes and washing their faces and hands, Li Long soaked the soiled clothes in a basin. Only then did he have time to attend to the several wild boars that were starving.

Little Black had already smelled the wild boar's stench and was barking wildly at the jeep.

After putting down the bag containing the wild boar cub, Li Long was also a little worried.

If we don't have a pigsty at home, putting the wild boars in the outhouse will make a complete mess.

The greenhouse in the back is fine to put them in, but there are still some chives and bok choy in there. Oh well, the vegetables in the vegetable patch outside are ready to eat anyway, so let's put them in there first.

I also picked some bok choy; I plan to cook it for dinner tonight.

If you're interested in Mingming and Haohao, raise them for a couple more days; if not, just send them to Lao Ma's account.

(End of this chapter)