Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Chapter 246: Not suitable for hunting in the wild, but suitable for ambushes
When Li Long got up, it was already daylight.

He rubbed his face hurriedly, put on his clothes, picked up his gun and went out.

Without time to eat, Li Long simply went to the small room to get a palm-sized piece of dried meat, and while chewing it with great effort, he hurried into the mountains.

Although the sun has not risen yet, the sky is already bright. Usually at this time, the wild boars have come down the mountain after hunting and run back into the mountains.

There were still dewdrops on the tips of the grass. Li Long was anxious and just lay over it. Soon his trouser legs got wet and stuck to his legs, feeling cold and uncomfortable.

The yellow rubber shoes were also soaked through, and my feet in socks felt like they were stepping on a bag of water. They slipped every time I walked, which was very awkward.

But he didn't care about all this. Li Long rushed all the way to the hot spring.

In fact, he already had a vague feeling in his heart that this trip would most likely be in vain.

But you have to make the trip anyway, it's just a few kilometers.

If you want to eat meat, are you afraid of the hard work?
The people in the village have no chance to have such a thing happen.

With this in mind, Li Long entered the ditch where the hot spring was and slowed down.

He was afraid that his movements would be too big and scare possible prey.

He hurried to the location of several ponds, but still scared away a pheasant that was drinking water there.

The sound of flapping wings echoed in the valley.

Li Long looked around the pond and was somewhat surprised to find that there were indeed animal hoof prints, but not many, and not in groups.

So are there large groups of animals that haven't arrived yet?
With hope in his heart, Li Long's mood immediately improved. He turned around with his gun in hand and went to the ambush position he had prepared in advance and squatted down.

There is a tree here that just blocks your figure, and there are some weeds nearby, so you can avoid being seen by squatting down.

The wind in the ravine flows downstream, with no diagonal winds. In addition, the hot spring itself has a sulfur smell, so there is no need to worry about the smell being discovered by animals.

perfect.

Only then did Li Long feel hungry, and he continued to chew the dried meat. After it dried, it was very hard and tiring to chew, but once it softened, he found that it tasted pretty good.

A few wild rabbits came to the water. Instead of drinking water, they played here, jumped for a while and then left.

Li Long didn't care about these, there was too little meat and not much oil.

After a while, a few birds flew over, but they just stayed for a while and then left.

Next, the sun rose, and the sunlight shone through the trees, shining on the dewdrops on the tips of the grass, creating golden halos, which looked very beautiful.

Suddenly having time to appreciate these subtle landscapes, Li Long felt that this life was actually quite good.

It’s much better than lying on the sofa and watching short videos in my previous life.

He looked down and found a morel in the moss not far from his feet. Shouldn't morels be in season at this time of year? Why was there still one?

Is it a fish that slipped through the net?
Li Long was guessing, thinking about picking the mushrooms and taking them back to make soup, and then he heard a huhulala sound.

He looked towards the hot spring and saw several roe deer rushing out of the woods and jumping to the edge of the hot spring pool.

The leg of one of the roe deer seemed to be injured, and it was just standing by. The other two had lost most of their hair, probably because they had skin diseases or infectious diseases, which looked quite ugly.

When the two roe deer arrived at the hot spring, they jumped in directly, and it seemed that they were familiar with the place.

Li Long could see that these three roe deer were relatively young, slightly larger than a two-year-old sheep, but not much larger, weighing about 20 kilograms, and were not yet stable.

The hot spring pool itself was not deep, reaching the thighs of the roe deer. After they went in, they squatted down and let the water cover their entire bodies.

Li Long picked up the gun. There were three roe deer and he was hesitating which one to shoot.

Attack the ones on shore first?
After catching the ones on the shore, if the ones in the pond haven't run out, you may be able to catch another one.

Li Long thought of a plan and slowly aimed his gun at the roe deer on the shore that was licking its wounds from time to time.

At this moment, a hushing sound suddenly came from the forest.

The roe deer were startled at once, and the one on the shore ran directly into the woods. Li Long did not pull the trigger, and did not even look at the source of the sound. He was not sure about hitting the roe deer that was running so fast, so he aimed at a roe deer crawling out of the pond.

It's okay if the leather is not good, but it's better than having nothing!
"boom!"

After the shot was fired, the roe deer that was halfway up its climb suddenly tilted its body and fell into the pond.

The blood immediately dyed the pool red.

Li Long didn't even look at it again, but turned the gun towards the direction of the previous sound.

A dozen wild boars just rushed out of the forest. The first few yellow-haired ones had already rushed into the stream and were swimming towards the pond. The sow, big wild boar and seven or eight little wild boars behind them were rushing into the stream. When they heard the gunshots, some of them stopped to see what was going on, and the smart ones turned around and ran back into the forest!
"Boom! Boom!"

Li Long started shooting at the wild boar still swimming in the stream.

The position was not very good, so it was a bit difficult to aim. After firing several shots, Li Long finally killed a wild boar in the water. The rest had already jumped out of the shallow stream and scattered into the woods.

Li Long could even hear the cries of wild boars hitting trees and the sound of rocks rolling down.

The roe deer was still in the pond, its blood still being washed away by the water, and most of the stream water downstream was red.

The wild boar was slowly washed down by the current and then got stuck by the rocks.

This wild boar is not big, weighing about 40 kilograms. Li Long is actually quite satisfied with it.

Not only are they not tasty if they are too big, but it is also difficult to take them back.

This is the downside to hunting alone in the mountains: it's not convenient to bring back the items.

In fact, if he had been more careful just now, he should have been able to shoot a wild boar.

But I won’t fight anymore. It will only tire me out.

Going to the pond, Li Long took out the roe deer.

This is a male roe deer. It has antlers as long as a foot long growing on its head. Its hair is scratchy and scarred, so it must be suffering from a skin disease.

I don't know if the purchasing station will accept such skins. I carried the roe deer and walked downstream to the wild boar, put the roe deer down, and fished out the wild boar.

Li Long put the right front leg and the left hind leg together and lifted them up with one hand. Not feeling that they were particularly heavy, he put the gun on his back, carried the wild boar on his shoulder, and held the roe deer in his other hand, striding downstream.

After walking out of the ditch, he remembered that he didn't take the morel - so let it return to nature, maybe there will be more of it next year.

After taking two breaks, Li Long returned to the wooden house before ten o'clock.

Quite tired.

Gasping for air.

The wooden board and the chopping board were already filled with dried mushrooms, so Li Long took a break, ate a piece of dry steamed bun dipped in red tofu, then rested for a while again, and took the wild boar and roe deer to the stream to process them.

The stomach was cut open and the internal organs and offal were placed in two basins. The skin was peeled off, but the meat was not removed. It would be easy to carry down the mountain when the time came.

The main reason is that it is troublesome for one person to turn over the intestines.

The stomach is easier to deal with, just take it out, cut it open, and wash it under running water. Anyway, you still have to wash it when you eat it.

When eating meat in the mountains, Li Long would try his best to cook it well even if it was grilled, not to mention boiled meat.

After all, echinococcosis is prevalent in the Tianshan Mountains. If there are echinococcosis eggs in the meat, simply roasting it will not kill them.

After cleaning the internal organs and offal, Li Long looked at the small basin of lard and shook his head. It's already July, why are the roe deer and wild boar still not fat?

But it's nice to have it.

The roe deer's whip was cut off separately, and I don't know whether Li Xiangqian would still want it later.

Logically, it should be time to go back. But Li Long remembered Lu Dafeng, so he soaked the meat first, then carried a wild boar leg to the place where he kept bees.

The weather was fine and the bees were working hard to collect honey. When Li Long saw the tent, he saw Lu Dafeng wearing a hood and looking through the bees in the beehive.

"Is there any honey?" Li Long shouted loudly. He held the bloody wild boar leg in his hand and did not dare to move forward.

"Yes, yes." When Lu Dafeng saw that it was Li Long, he put down the beehive with a smile and said:
"We harvested a crop of honey yesterday. It's not much, but the honey is very good."

Then he went to the tent and got two bottles.

"One bottle is honey, and the other is pollen. Most of the honey is not capped yet. When it is capped, I will cut some and give it to you." Lu Dafeng looked much more energetic. "Comrade Li, I don't want this meat. I haven't finished the one you left last time."

"Keep it. Pickle it with salt. Who knows when the next time you can go hunting will be." Li Long said, "I'll take the honey..."

"Well. This pollen can be eaten dry or mixed with honey. It is good for women." Lu Dafeng said.

Li Long nodded, indicating that he understood. In the previous life, there were many marketing methods for pollen, and some of them were used directly as facial masks.

Carrying the bottle of honey weighing more than two kilograms, Li Long returned to the wooden house, collected the half-dried mushroom slices, put them into a sack, and also packed the wild boar meat, roe deer meat and internal organs, put them on the bicycle, and carried them out of the mountain.

He went to the big yard first. Today was Monday, and Gu Xiaoxia was still at work. Li Long put the meat and internal organs in a basin, continued to pull them out with water, and then took the sack of mushroom slices to the purchasing station.

"Xiaolong, it's my fault for not explaining it to you clearly." Chen Hongjun looked at Li Long happily, but after seeing the dried mushrooms, he said apologetically:

"We buy black tiger palm mushrooms in whole pieces, not cut. If you cut them into slices, we won't know what they look like in their original form, and it will be difficult to grade them. Customers won't buy them like this."

"Okay then." Li Long was not too disappointed. "I didn't ask clearly at the time. I usually cut the mushrooms into slices when I dry them, so that they are easier to eat. Then the mushrooms I picked later will be dried directly with the whole head - but to be honest, it's not easy to dry them that way, and it's not easy to eat them either."

"Then you don't have to worry about it." Chen Hongjun said with a smile, "This is how the higher-ups grade it. Just get it and I'll take it. There are a lot of mushrooms in the mountains, right?"

"A lot, yes. It's in season now."

Li Long took out more than two kilograms of dried mushrooms from the sack and placed them on the counter:
"Comrade Chen, since you don't want to accept it, I'll take this back and eat it myself. These are for you. This kind of mushroom tastes pretty good."

"It's really good, thank you." Chen Hongjun did not refuse. He had been dealing with Li Long for a while and knew that this young man was generous. He also liked to communicate with such young men.

After leaving the purchasing station, Li Long rode his bicycle to the supply and marketing cooperative. He left some dried mushrooms for Li Xiangqian and asked him to pass some on to Uncle Li, the former gatekeeper.

The gatekeeper is now a young man. After asking, Li Long found out that Mr. Li was not feeling well these days and had not been out.

Back in the yard, Li Long guessed that Gu Xiaoxia was about to get off work, so he started cooking.

Li Long brought back a lot of things, so he steamed rice, fried some roe deer meat, and fried some mushroom meat.

When Gu Xiaoxia rode her bicycle to the gate of the courtyard, she saw that the lock was not there. She was surprised at first, and then she was happy: Li Long said that only the two of them had the key, so did Li Long come back?

As soon as she opened the door, she smelled the fragrance of food. Gu Xiaoxia felt both happy and guilty.

The traditional concept is still very stubborn these days. Women usually cook. Even if they have jobs, they cook and take care of the children after get off work. Men can only help out.

Now that she has come back and has a ready-made meal, how could she not be surprised?
"You're back?" Li Long just served the fried mushroom meat. Seeing Gu Xiaoxia standing there pushing her bicycle and staring at him, he smiled and said:
"What are you standing there for? Go park the car, wash your hands and eat. Did I calculate the time correctly? You just came into the house to eat... Hehe, come and taste my cooking skills! The roe deer meat I caught this morning should taste good..."

Li Long said this as he placed the food on the dining table.

Seeing that Gu Xiaoxia still didn't move, Li Long asked doubtfully:

"What's wrong? Did you get wronged at work?"

"No...no." Gu Xiaoxia hurriedly parked the car and washed her hands. When she came to the dining table, she looked at Li Long and said:
"You're so good to me!"

"Isn't it my duty to be nice to you? You'll be my wife soon." Li Long said with a smile, "You've been pretty nice to me, too."

"Then I'm not as good as you..." Gu Xiaoxia lowered her head.

"It's the same." Li Long understood Gu Xiaoxia's mood a little bit, and said with a smile:

"I have time. If you have time, you will be nice to me. I definitely believe this, don't you?"

Gu Xiaoxia nodded vigorously.

She felt that compared with the two colleagues in the office who kept nagging about all kinds of troubles at home, she was really very happy.

"After dinner, let's take a rest. Then you go to work. I'll put some meat here and take some back. I'll put some at your dad's place and some at my brother's place." Li Long said as he ate. "It's time to harvest wheat at home. I'll leave right away after I'm done... I don't want to stay to harvest wheat. It's too tiring! It's scary just thinking about it!"

"I don't want to either..." When she thought of those wheat awns, Gu Xiaoxia felt itchy all over her body and her attention was diverted. "It's so sunny... Although I know that hard work is meaningful, I really don't want to feel it!"

(End of this chapter)