Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Chapter 229 Who would have thought that there was such a thing in Tianshan?

By the stream, Halimu opened a bag of egg cakes that Li Long had brought him, while drinking the clear stream water.

Li Long had brought this thing to his child before. He tasted a piece at that time and found it delicious and sweet.

But he only tasted a piece and kept the rest for his children Nathan and Susken.

Now he plans to eat another pack because he has finished his naan.

I didn't bring many naan with me originally, and I was a bit optimistic in my plan. I didn't expect that I ate a bit too much during the long journey here, and I got hungry quickly.

It must be because a lot of energy was consumed in the process of rushing on the road.

Although the egg cake was soft, it was a bit choking. Halimu had to drink a sip of water after eating a piece.

After finishing a bag of egg cakes, Halimu turned the plastic bag upside down, tilted his head back and shook it towards his mouth, pouring all the crumbs inside into his mouth. Then, he folded the bag with a reluctant look and put it in his bag.

This bag can still be used after you take it back.

Two days later at noon, Halimu returned to the summer pasture and saw his own yurt.

The horse under him neighed happily and ran towards the yurt.

Nathan was piling up the cow dung he had picked up. When he heard the horse neighing, he turned his head to look, then shouted excitedly.

Soon, everyone in the family ran out, including Yushanjiang who lived in a nearby yurt.

The pastures of the two families were adjacent to each other, so when they came here this time, they simply built their yurts closer together so that they could take care of each other.

"Did you have a good trip?" Yushan Jiang shouted, "You brought back so many things, you must have run into Li Long, right? Is he still in the cabin?"

"Yes, they are at the wooden house." Halimu got off the horse and unloaded the things with Yushanjiang. "His father, brother, and Daqiang are in the wooden house together, cutting those poles, saying that they are going to make brooms."

"He must have bought all these things for you, how come there are so many..."

"Because he said that the leather was very valuable." Halimu explained, "After buying things for us, he still wanted to give me a thousand yuan. I didn't want it, and he said he would save it for us. I said that was his business..."

"See, this is what Li Long is like." Yu Shanjiang said with an expression as if he had guessed it long ago. "He doesn't want to take advantage of us. He is different from those cunning traffickers..."

"I told him, and he said we are friends, and it is his duty to help us. He told us that we can't do this in the future, because the things we take are usually of higher value, and we will suffer losses if we do this. Guess what I told him..."

"Why don't we just look for him in the future? He won't let us suffer any loss!"

"Yes, yes. I asked him back, will you let us suffer a loss...hahahaha..."

"A heart of gold." Halimu sighed. He took out the remaining two packs of egg cakes, gave one to Yushanjiang and the other to Nathan:

"This is what Li Long bought for me to eat on the way. Let's share the rest. It's not much, so I won't leave any for others."

"I'll take some batteries away first." Yu Shanjiang said hurriedly, "Let's not talk about anything else, this is too important."

"Don't worry, there are a lot of things this time, so it's no problem for you to take three boxes." Halimu said with a smile, "Li Long prepared thirty boxes - he also told me how to find him if he is not in the cabin when we go down the mountain later."

"Tell me about it. Maybe I'll be the one to go down the mountain next time." Yushanjiang joked, "Since that skin is so valuable, I'll make another one for him."

"He won't want it, that guy is too stubborn!"

"Don't worry, I have a way. I'll give it to his future wife. Hahahaha, it's our gift - I don't believe he won't accept it..."

"Yes! Why didn't I think of it? Li Long is not married yet..."

The two of them half-jokingly teased Li Long while classifying the items. There were eleven or twelve herdsmen in this summer pasture, and some of these items could be given as gifts, while others could be exchanged with other herdsmen.

Halimu's family has plenty of salt and sugar, but they are usually very frugal with their use. This time they can be a little more generous.

In the afternoon, most of the herders in the summer pasture knew that Halimu had brought back the batteries, and they all rode their horses to Halimu's yurt to replace the batteries.

Yes, change the battery.

No one came empty-handed. Some brought sheepskins, some brought deer antlers, some brought dried meat, and some brought jade or wolf skins.

Another family brought three lambs.

Halimu accepted everything and kept everything. He knew that these things were of no use to the herdsmen, but could be exchanged for money and supplies if given to Li Long.

This place is temporarily regarded as a convenience store, a convenience store in the clouds - because when it is cloudy, there are really clouds "flowing" passing by nearby.

The summer pasture is nearly three thousand meters above sea level. It is very cool at night and the ultraviolet rays are very strong, but this is the traditional pasture of Halimu's tribe. Generations of Kazakh herdsmen have come here to graze every year, and they are used to it.

But Halimu thought that it was enough for his generation. Nathan and the others should be sent to school in a year or two. He could see that Nathan was very curious about the things Li Long brought.

He had said this to Yushanjiang, who had similar ideas. Although his children were grown up, he also wanted to ask Li Long if there was any way to let them see the world outside the mountains and live there.

After a busy day, the grassland became quiet again, but the sound of radios could be heard from the yurts across the alpine grassland, and even occasionally the sound of "small loudspeakers".

Although there are not many herdsmen who understand Chinese, there are still some.

Although the lives of the herdsmen seemed to have returned to normal, there were obviously more laughter and joy.

Halimu packed the things he collected. He planned to dry the leather every once in a while to prevent it from getting damp, moldy and infested with insects. If there was time, he would send these things down the mountain in advance. Firstly, they took up a lot of space and were not easy to carry when moving. Secondly, if he took them down in advance, he could give them to Li Long to exchange for what he needed.

After seeing Halimu off, Li Long returned to the wooden house. Li Jianguo and the others had already gone to cut poles.

Li Long opened the door and entered the small room, and a faint fragrance of snow lotus wafted over.

He placed the snow lotus on the rack to dry in the shade, and the whole room was filled with fragrance.

Li Long pushed his bicycle inside and put it away, then came out, locked the door, and walked towards a nearby ditch with a machete in hand.

The next step is to seriously cut the poles.

It is always cooler in the mountains than in the plains, but it feels quite comfortable as long as you are not directly exposed to the sun.

Li Long came to a mixed wood forest beside the ditch, aimed at the branch of a fine-leaved willow, and started chopping.

Most of the miscellaneous trees did not grow neatly. In this forest, only willows, poplars, pines and cypresses grew naturally straight. Elms and apple trees grew crooked. Even the side branches were rarely useful as shovel handles.

The machete was sharpened very well, and after a few chops, the pole was cut directly down. The next step was to cut off the side branches, cut off one end, and do some trimming, and the handle of a large broom was ready. It took about four or five minutes.

Then the next pole.

Another pole.

Although Li Long has more convenient and easier ways to make money, as a human being in two lives, he knows very well that no matter how easy it is, as a person of this era, he still cannot forget his roots.

And he didn't plan to have any grand goals. He just wanted to make himself live a more comfortable life, be happier than in his previous life, and have fewer regrets.

After cutting down more than twenty poles, there were no more poles left in this area. Li Long cut some thin willow branches and twisted them together to make ropes. He tied the poles together at both ends, placed them at the edge of the ditch, and walked in.

He planned to cut some more and then come back.

Now it seems quite easy to complete the pole task before the specified time limit. After all, based on this progress, it is no problem for each person to cut down one hundred poles every day.

There was a patch of bushes in front, and further ahead was a larger patch of mixed forest. However, there were some stones on the edge of the forest. Li Long walked to a stone and planned to sit down and rest.

Then he saw a ball of red and yellow fur in the crevice of the rock - what was that?

Li Long didn't dare to grab it with his hands. He picked up a branch and poked it and threw it. The thing was soft and made a chirping sound.

A fox!

Li Long was happy, this was great, he could get a whole fox skin while chopping the pole, what an unexpected gain!
Li Long took the machete and poked it inside. The crevice between the rocks was not very deep, so Li Long's machete hit the fox's butt directly. The fox tried desperately to get in, chirping as it went.

Li Long saw that this was not a solution. Not only would it not kill the fox by just stabbing it in the butt, it would also easily pierce the skin. After thinking about it, he went to find a long, thin willow branch, twisted it into a rope, and then made a loop around it. He planned to put the loop around the fox's legs and pull this guy out.

Just as Li Long walked back to the crevice, he heard something moving in the bushes next to him. When he turned around, he suddenly saw a dark shadow rushing towards him. He subconsciously dodged and raised the machete in his hand to block it. Then he felt a sharp pain in his arm. The thing also screamed, kicked Li Long hard, ran away, and disappeared into the bushes!

The speed was so fast that Li Long couldn't even see clearly what it was!

But at this time he was not in the mood to pay attention to what it was. The wound on his arm made him realize that he had been attacked!

Fortunately, that thing was not very big, half a body length smaller than a wolf, and about the same size as a medium-sized pet dog, but a little bit more powerful.

Li Long looked at his arm again. His clothes were torn into a big hole. There was a cut about ten centimeters long and half a centimeter deep on his upper arm. Blood was flowing out!

Li Long took a deep breath. It hurts so much!

He could no longer care about the fox at the moment, and quickly looked for horse thistle in the grass, which is commonly known as prickly horse thistle. He picked up more than ten leaves, hurriedly tore off the thorns on the edges, and then rubbed and pressed them on the wound.

I don't know if there is poison on that guy's claws. I don't have any white medicine, iodine or gentian violet, so I can't disinfect it.

It's a bit sad, but this is the only way it can be these days.

Fortunately, I had a good physical condition. I don’t know if it was because my blood coagulation factor was abundant or if the medicine really worked, but the bleeding stopped soon, and a not-so-strong scar was left on the wound.

Li Long let out a long sigh, and his excited and nervous mood calmed down. Only then did he look around again, but he could no longer see the guy's shadow.

The fox was still hiding in the cracks of the rocks.

Thinking back now, the more Li Long thought about it, the more he felt that the thing that had just attacked him was a bit like some kind of cat with very pointy ears that he had seen in movies and TV shows.

But he had never heard of such a thing in Tianshan Mountains!

This thing actually appears here... Is it because my knowledge is too narrow?

Li Long was distracted from the pain in his arm by his random thoughts. He guessed that the thing must have thought the fox was food and chased it here, and then he showed up. It might have thought that he was competing with it for food, so it grabbed him.

He suddenly remembered that he seemed to hear a scream when the guy grabbed him, and hurried to look at the machete, and found a little blood on it.

Were you injured by the knife you were holding at that time?
But it's obvious that the injury shouldn't be serious.

Li Long didn't dare to stay here. What if that thing went crazy? Without a gun in his hand, Li Long couldn't guarantee that he could deal with its terrifying speed!

But he was unwilling to give up, so Li Long took the machete with his uninjured right hand and stabbed the fox hard, not caring whether it would damage the skin or not.

A few minutes later, the fox became silent. Li Long found a stick to pull the fox out, then hit it twice on the head with a machete to kill it completely, then he carried it away in a hurry.

Holding more than twenty poles under his right arm and carrying the fox, Li Long walked back to the wooden house.

When Li Long came back, the others had not come back yet. He put down the pole, threw the fox aside, went to the small room to find the white medicine, and sprinkled a layer of it on the scar, just as a psychological comfort.

Only then did Li Long breathe a sigh of relief.

But I still feel a little depressed.

I have been hunting for half a year, how come I ran into such a thing and got hurt!
The point is that I didn’t even see the other person’s full appearance clearly!

So frustrating!

Although I am angry, I still have to continue doing what I should do.

Li Long added firewood to the stove and started to boil water. He planned to make some porridge. He hadn't finished the steamed buns from the day, so he would get some wild vegetables and stir-fry two dishes.

But this arm doesn't seem to be able to bear much force.

While I was cooking porridge and boiling water, Li Qingxia came back carrying a large bundle of poles.

Li Qingxia was very happy. He cut more than sixty poles in the afternoon, a big bundle!

According to the price Li Long mentioned, this is more than 30 yuan!

Why didn’t I know before that it was so easy to make money?

Back home, it was really hard to find a job that was worth a dime! Not to mention this kind of work, even if it was a job that paid only a few dollars a day, many people would still be eager to do it!

If I tell others that I make money like this, none of the old guys in my hometown will believe me.

He saw Li Long cooking porridge, put down the pole and said with a smile:
"Little Dragon..."

Just as he was about to say that he was still as heroic as ever, he saw the wound on Li Long's arm and his expression changed immediately!
(End of this chapter)