Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Chapter 162 Tao Daqiang's Good Luck

Li Long rode his bicycle through the narrow mountain paths. He felt that riding the bicycle more often would improve his riding skills. Passing by the gully where Halim and his friends lived in the winter camp, Li Long did not turn in. He still had several tasks to complete today.

The task of compiling the handles also requires checking the progress.

It was nearly an hour later when we arrived at Xiaobaiyanggou by bike.

Along the way, Li Long found quite a few mushrooms, wild onions, wild leeks and so on, but he didn't pick them up because he didn't have the time.

If there is one here, then there should be one in Xiaobaiyanggou as well.

However, when Li Long rode to Xiaobaiyanggou, he found that the grass here was shorter than that in other places, and because there were many trees, the resources were not very abundant.

There was a smell of burning strips in the ditch, and Li Long was a little surprised. Usually, don't weavers cut the strips in the morning and burn them in the afternoon to weave them?
When he rode over, he found that the editor in charge was Xu Jianjun.

He was the only one squatting in the pit beside the dugout, weaving the handles, while the others were scattered in the ditch, cutting strips and chopping poles.

Hearing the sound of a bicycle, Xu Jianjun stood up and turned around. After seeing Li Long, he was stunned for a moment, then continued to squat down and weave the handlebars.

Li Long was a little surprised. He opened his mouth to say hello - after all, they were all on the same team, and he was the middleman of the mission.

But since the other party doesn't have that idea, he shouldn't make himself miserable.

Li Long parked his bicycle at the stove, removed the two wolf legs and placed them on a wooden rack - there was a wooden rack covered with plastic cloth. Although the rack was a bit crude, it was filled with mushrooms, wild vegetables and the like. Li Long guessed that Gu Boyuan must have gotten them when others were making handlebars.

After setting up the bicycle, Li Long carried a small-caliber gun and began to look along the pit that everyone had dug.

There were some braided handles placed beside each handle pit, some had more and some had fewer, some had five or six, and some had three or four. Only Xu Jianjun had only two finished handles, plus the half-finished one he had just finished making, so that would be three.

Li Long frowned. The progress was not that fast.

Fortunately, if we calculate according to the time, there is still more than enough time to complete the task. Now it depends on the quality of the people who carry the handle.

Li Long picked up a carrying handle and took a look at it. He found that the carrying handle was of good quality and was woven very densely. Although the strips were of different thicknesses, they were pressed tightly. The carrying handle was not crooked when it was stood upright. The thickness difference between the two ends of the pole was not much. It was not a defective product with different thicknesses. The curve and depression in the middle were also suitable, which was good.

Li Long nodded approvingly and put down the porter. He saw that the porters in this pit were all good, so he looked at the next one.

What makes Li Long quite satisfied is that these bosses are all good. It seems that those who come to the team to do side jobs at least have good skills. There is no sign of cutting corners, and the quality is all up to standard.

When the inspection reached Xu Jianjun's pit, Xu Jianjun stood up reluctantly, but he still didn't say anything.

Li Long bent down and picked up the braided handle in front of him. It looked basically ok, so he shook it vigorously to see if it was braided tightly.

"Stop shaking it. If it gets scattered, you'll have to pay for it."

"If it can be shaken off, you are not qualified as a bearer. You need to re-train." Li Long had a blank expression. "Bearers are for use, not for viewing. I didn't put anything there. If it can be shaken off, is it called a bearer?"

These words choked Xu Jianjun to the point where he was speechless.

But even though his words were unpleasant to the ear, the braiding of the handle was still okay, with a few minor flaws. Li Long pointed to the branches that had not been cleanly trimmed on the handle and said:

"Shave this clean, otherwise the person who is carrying the handle will get his hand scratched and injured, then won't we still be to blame?"

"Okay, you're the supervisor, whatever you say is what it's all about." Xu Jianjun realized that Li Long was an inspector and supervisor, and immediately became timid, "It's just to shave off the knots, it's not a big deal."

As he said that, he took the handle from Li Long, then picked up the sickle from the side and started to sharpen.

When Li Long finished checking the remaining handles, Xie Yundong came over with a bundle of strips. Seeing Li Long, he smiled and said:

"Xiaolong is here. How are they? Are all the bearers qualified? I checked them one by one last night."

"Yes, there are some minor flaws, like this..." Li Long pointed at the handle that Xu Jianjun was sharpening and said, "The grip should be sharpened a little, otherwise the user will get hurt, which is not good."

"Okay, I'll have everyone check it again later." Xie Yundong said cheerfully, "Let's do our best to pass it in one go, and it would be best if we don't have to rework it."

Li Long nodded. It was the best thing that Xie Yundong could have such an idea.

One after another, people came back with strips and poles, and they all greeted Li Long. The last one to come back was Tao Daqiang, who was very happy to see Li Long.

"Brother Long, you're here." Tao Daqiang put down the note and ran over, "Um...how's my family doing?"

"It's nothing, everything is fine." Li Long met Tao Jianshe on his way back and knew that he was fine, so what he said was true.

"Brother Xiaolong, I saw something." Tao Daqiang's voice suddenly became softer. "When I was cutting strips yesterday, I entered a small ravine." Tao Daqiang looked back and whispered:

"At that time, there was a creature that looked like the roe deer you shot. I saw it eating grass under a tree, so I didn't dare to disturb it..."

"Where is it?" Li Long's eyes lit up. Tao Daqiang is really lucky!

"It's in the ditch over there." Tao Daqiang pointed behind him. "The grass at the entrance of the ditch is quite dense. They didn't get in... That thing has horns on its head, but the horns look hairy, so I don't know if they are fur."

Following Li Long, Tao Daqiang also knew what deer antlers and velvet antlers were. He knew that these things were very expensive. If they really existed, Li Long would definitely not treat him badly if he could get them.

Li Long was about to go over with his gun in hand. At this time, Gu Boyuan came back with a cloth bag of mushrooms. When he saw Li Long, he smiled and said:
"Xiaolong is here, so let's fry some mushrooms for lunch, let's eat together."

"Okay, Uncle Gu, I brought back some wolf meat. I'll put two legs here for you to enjoy. You can prepare the wolf meat. I don't know how to eat it properly."

"Wolf meat is similar to dog meat, and braised meat is best. But we don't have enough seasoning, so we'll just simmer it." Gu Boyuan is very experienced and said, "Leave it to me."

Li Long felt relieved when he saw that although his hair and beard had grown longer, he looked much more energetic in the village than before.

After Li Long and Gu Boyuan finished talking, several other people came over to ask how their families were doing. Li Long told those who had seen him about the situation, and those who had not seen him said that he would go back today to take a look and then tell them when he came back.

Xu Jianjun had already sharpened the handlebar. Seeing that everyone else was asking Li Long, he also wanted to ask, but in the end he didn't open his mouth.

Xu Jianjun has always looked down on Li Long, especially the Li Long before the New Year. However, Li Long has changed a lot in the past six months, but he still doesn't look down on him. However, since Li Long can bring such a big business to the team, Xu Jianjun knows that this Li family waiter has really changed. Now he is jealous of Li Long's achievements, and he thinks it would be best if Li Long could fall this time - the supply and marketing cooperative suddenly canceled the order, so is Li Long at a loss?
But if the order is cancelled, I won’t be able to earn that money, which is also painful.

He was very confused.

After Li Long finished talking to everyone, he followed Tao Daqiang into the ravine.

Some people speculated what they were doing, but no one asked directly. Xie Yundong said as he burned the note:
"If you have that much time, you can all recruit a leader. They are different from us, and they don't make the same money. Don't think too much, just work. The more you recruit, the more money you can earn."

This time, the sideline team did not assign specific tasks to each person, so they were paid for each task they completed. If you have the ability to complete more tasks, you will earn more. If you complete fewer tasks, you will naturally get less money. This rule of more work, more pay has made everyone very motivated.

Everyone else felt it was a good thing that Tao Daqiang was leaving. Tao Daqiang was the one who was the fastest at making up the handles, and the quality was not bad either, which gave others a sense of crisis.

Who wouldn't want to make more money by writing one more? But there are only 300 tasks, and if you write one more, I will have one less.

Tao Daqiang didn't know what others were thinking. He brought Li Long and quietly came to the entrance of the small ravine.

Li Long discovered that the grass here was indeed growing very lush, and the dead grass and green grass were almost blocking the entrance of the ditch.

The two carefully pulled away the dead grass and got into the ravine. Li Long could see that this ravine was actually a branch of the Xiaobaiyang Ravine, like a stream merging into a small river, or a wrinkle on a mountain ridge. It was not deep, but few people entered it.

After entering, neither of them spoke. After walking more than 20 meters inside, Tao Daqiang pulled Li Long.

Li Long turned his head to look at him and found that Tao Daqiang had a disappointed expression on his face. He pointed at the tree in front and was about to speak, but Li Long immediately waved his hand. Tao Daqiang understood immediately and covered his mouth.

"You mean you found it under the tree in front?" Li Long asked in a low voice.

"Well, it seems that he is not here today..."

"Look inside." Li Long said in a low voice, and walked towards the tree even more quietly.

There was indeed feces under the tree, and in more than one place, which meant that there were indeed creatures that frequently came here.

Tao Daqiang breathed a sigh of relief, but was still a little disappointed. The presence of feces meant he was not lying, but if that thing was not there, wouldn't that mean there was no harvest?

He wanted to tell Li Long that it was not possible and to come back in the afternoon or tomorrow, but Li Long suddenly raised his gun.

Tao Daqiang suddenly became nervous. Could it be that Brother Long found out?
Li Long really discovered it.

From the beginning of the year to now, whether he was following hunters or hunting on his own, Li Long slowly developed some habits and feelings of a hunter. He first smelled a foul odor, then felt the grass on the top of the ditch in front of him moving, and when he looked closely, he found two roe deer, one big and one small, eating grass there - or rather, the small one was eating grass, and the big one was smelling the small one's butt.

The big roe deer has a pair of antlers on its head, but the small one doesn't, so it must be a female.

It was about a hundred meters away from here, and Li Long felt it necessary to move forward - after all, he was still a novice in small-caliber shooting and was not very confident.

"Wait here, I'll take a look forward, don't move." Li Long whispered to Tao Daqiang, then bent down and moved forward.

There was a lot of grass in the ditch, which made it easy for Li Long to move forward. Fortunately, the windward side was at the top of the ditch, which was the side of the roe deer, so Li Long and his men were not discovered.

Of course, the biggest reason, Li Long guessed, was that the male roe deer was courting the female roe deer, so he had no time to take care of this side. After all, they had been here for quite a long time and there had been no danger.

Li Long kept moving until he was less than sixty meters away from the two roe deer, then he stopped, raised his gun and began to aim.

He hunted the clumsy way - get close and shoot. If the prey ran away after getting close, it was bad luck.

Fortunately, he was lucky today. Even though he was so close, the pair of roe deer were still flirting with each other. The female roe deer was reluctant to accept, while the male was already a little impatient. Then Li Long aimed at the male roe deer's chest and pulled the trigger.

After three shots in a row, Li Long felt relieved when he saw the male roe deer jump out two steps after being shot and then fall to the ground.

The female roe deer rushed to the ridge as soon as she heard the gunshots, then flipped over and disappeared.

He currently does not have the ability to shoot two people with one shot, or to hit one and then the other.

Of course, being able to hit a roe deer now is already a great achievement in itself.

After the gunshot, Tao Daqiang ran over and asked nervously beside Li Long:

"Did you hit it, Brother Long?"

"Hit it." Li Long put away his gun and turned off the safety, then pointed to the distance and said, "Over there, a male. It should have fur."

"Brother Long, you are awesome!" Tao Daqiang praised sincerely. He always hit the target. There were a few old men in the team who had experienced hunting, but they didn't have this ability.

The two men walked over together and came to the male roe deer. Li Long found that this guy was already dead. The bullet must have hit his heart, and blood was all over the ground.

Fortunately, the velvet on his head was not broken. He immediately took out a knife and cut off a pair of velvet. He smiled and said to Tao Daqiang:
"Da Qiang, let's each have one."

"No, no, no, just give me ten dollars. No, no, no, just wipe out ten dollars of the money I owe you." Tao Daqiang waved his hands quickly, "I just told you the news, how can I take so much!"

Tao Daqiang knew that deer antlers were very expensive. He felt that he had not done anything special. He was just a guide. How could he afford so much?

Besides, the roe deer was not found in the place he pointed out.

"It's settled. You get one antler, and I'll bring back a leg for your father as for the meat. I'll leave some of the internal organs here for the stew, and I'll take the rest. As for the antlers, I'll sell them for money... Never mind, I'll tell you this, a wet antler weighs more than a kilogram, and dried should weigh half a kilogram, so the money you owe me will be settled."

"No, no..." Tao Daqiang felt like he was in a dream after hearing what Li Long said. He thought that if he could settle the account by working with Brother Long this year, it would be good enough. After all, his family bought a donkey and a car.

Is it smoothed out now?

"Hurry up and carry this roe deer back. I have to skin it when we get back. We can't wait."

"Okay, okay." Tao Daqiang bent down, grabbed the big roe deer weighing forty or fifty kilograms, put it on his shoulder, and walked back with big strides.

I’m so lucky today!
(End of this chapter)