Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

When Tao Daqiang came back from fishing, he heard that they were going to dig for badgers and piglets, and he immediately agreed.

In the eyes of local people, there are two types of badgers, dog badgers and wild hog badgers. Dog badgers are rare, and most of the badgers you can see locally are wild hog badgers.

However, adults in ordinary families usually work in the fields and are busy all year round, so they have no time to dig this thing.

Children are usually warned by adults. After all, the badger's mouth is very sharp and it is easy to bite people, so adults will tell children to stay away from this thing.

When you see fox holes and badger holes in the wild, you usually just look at them out of curiosity. Even if you come across a rabbit hole, you rarely dig it.

The main reason is that they are not hungry enough, or there are more abundant food sources available, such as fish, wild vegetables, and crops from the fields. They can be full with just any food, so they will not take risks.

But there is also a contradiction. Although everyone doesn't want to dig it, if badger oil really exists, everyone will definitely like it.

The three of them chatted and laughed as they took their things back.

Meng Zhiqiang, who was still fishing in the small lake, felt a little uncomfortable when he saw the three people together.

He heard Li Long calling for help, but hesitated and didn't follow him. Thinking about the things in other villages, he was not particularly familiar with Li Long, so what was the point of following him?

When Meng Zhiqiang saw Yang Yongqiang rushing out and running over there with Tao Daqiang, he laughed at the young man and thought he was a little silly.

Now it seems that the young man is not stupid at all, or maybe it is true that stupid people have good luck?

The three people went home to get tools, met on the road outside the settlement, and then were led by Yang Yongqiang to look for the badger hole.

The badger hole is actually not far away. It is right next to an abandoned canal less than one kilometer away from the settlement.

Li Long sighed to himself as he walked.

In my memory, the length of this section of road varies. When I first started farming in my previous life, this section of road seemed so far away, with several marking points in the middle. It took more than ten minutes or even half an hour to walk between sections.

Of course, there is also the problem of bad roads.

Then, 20 years later, the settlements merged, and the distance to farm became even longer. Then, 10 years later, the county built a ring road that bypassed this place. Later, cars came and the ring road was asphalt, and it felt like you could reach the destination with just one step on the accelerator - how could it become so close?

I even had the illusion that some invisible powerful being had directly taken away a piece of land in the middle. Otherwise, how could the landmarks, which seemed so far apart before, become so close now?

"This is it." Yang Yongqiang pointed to the badger hole and said, "It's not night yet, I wonder if the badger is in there."

"No matter if it's there or not, just dig it up." Li Long not only carried a shovel but also a gun. He said, "Dig it out. If it's there, kill it. If it's not there, then it's lucky."

Three people were digging. Li Long and Tao Daqiang were at the bottom, digging on both sides, while Yang Yongqiang was digging a hole at the top.

"Don't be anxious, dig slowly. This badger hole should have no other holes. Be careful when digging, don't let it bite you." Li Long said, "Don't let it bite you. This guy has very strong teeth and can bite through wooden sticks."

In fact, it was just a topic of conversation. The three people present all knew how powerful the badger was. After all, it had a close relative, the honey badger, which was a very ferocious creature that dared to fight against lions and crocodiles.

Although the wild hog badger is not as famous as the flat-headed badger, they are both members of the badger family, so how different can they be?
The soil in northern Xinjiang usually has a loose alkaline layer on top, which starts to harden as it goes down, especially hard. It was a bit laborious to dig, so after half an hour, we only dug less than a meter. The space in the hole shrank a little, but we could see that something was going in and out frequently, and we even took out some corn cobs.

"This guy also eats corn?" Tao Daqiang was a little surprised.

"It's an omnivore. It eats a lot of things." Li Long said, "snakes, earthworms, fish, bird eggs... and corn."

Then he took out a half-long worm - there are two kinds of local snakes, the most common one is the long worm, which the locals also call the earth bow or the earth centipede, but it is different from the earth centipede you find on the Internet. Its tail is round and it looks relatively less like a snake. It is like a round stick, with the head and body of about the same thickness, and it suddenly becomes thinner at the excretion hole, and then it still looks like a round stick.

In the eyes of the locals, it is considered a non-venomous snake. However, not many people like to get close to snakes, so in fact, the person who is best at dealing with snakes in the whole village is the bigger one like Li Long, who has no choice but to catch fish and often encounters them. The smaller one is actually Qiang Qiang.

Qiangqiang has had a strong curiosity since he was in elementary school. In his previous life, he ate snake meat with Li Long, and after that he was not afraid of snakes anymore.

Whether it is a non-venomous long worm or a poisonous plateau pit viper, as long as you are brave and careful, you can handle it.

In fact, in Li Long's opinion, Qiangqiang's reputation as a snake catcher was sometimes forced. At the beginning, he might have encountered snakes occasionally, but after catching them twice, someone spread the news and asked him to catch snakes when they saw them. He had to catch them because of his reputation. Fortunately, he basically never failed. He was also brave and careful, so his reputation grew.

After graduating from high school and entering college, Li Qiang's eldest sister-in-law Liang Yuemei heard from somewhere that the snake was a dragon, so she stopped Li Qiang from catching snakes at will. As Li Qiang went to college, the story gradually faded away. The villagers still remember that there was a child who was very good at catching snakes, but it has become a memory.

"They really eat snakes." Yang Yongqiang exclaimed as he looked at the half snake. "It seems that they just ate it not long ago. The snake meat is not rotten yet."

"Look, there's still a piece of fish head - this one is smelly." Tao Daqiang also took out something.

Li Long saw some movement inside.

A short tail retracted into the body, then turned around, revealing a little bit of the head with a white stripe.

"Be careful, there are badgers inside!" Li Long warned. His words made Yang Yongqiang and Tao Daqiang excited. If you dig for a long time and find nothing, you are unlucky, but if you can dig something, you will definitely be very happy.

At least there's a guarantee of gain, right?

The two of them immediately sped up the digging process, intending to dig the things out directly.

Li Long stopped digging. He took a step back with the shovel and said:

"If one runs out later, I'll take care of it. If any of you are watching... forget it, Daqiang, you need to free up your hands and help me to deal with this one as quickly as possible. Yongqiang, you just watch at the entrance of the cave. If there is another one inside, you take the next one. Otherwise, if we all attack one that jumps out, the one behind will run away."

Although Li Long's words were simple and anyone could think of them, arranging them at this time would give the other two people a mental preparation, otherwise they would easily panic when the time comes.

In fact, it is no exaggeration to say that the Chinese are the best organized people in the world. After all, this time has only come out of those years, and the whole nation was a soldier more than ten years ago. Even now, the village militia has to undergo a period of training every winter. So as long as the matter is said, the other two people can immediately understand it, and then work hard in the direction of what they should do.

To put it in a formal way, the subjective initiative is very strong.

Less than half a minute after Li Long finished speaking, a badger came out of the hole, with its front paws raised as if fighting for its life. Its movements were not very fast, but its eyes were fierce and its aura was very strong.

Li Long took another step back and hit it with a shovel!
The badger dodged but didn't get away completely, and one of its legs was broken by Li Long. It screamed and tried to escape with its leg limping.

"Da Qiang, keep an eye on the hole. I'll take care of this."

Li Long shouted, led the badger away from here, and started to deal with it from five or six meters away.

The badger was injured, and its teeth looked even more ferocious, as if it was about to bite. But after all, it was small, weighing only about ten kilograms, not as big as the big dogs in the village. So Li Long was not afraid. He suddenly hit it with a shovel, but the guy was stubborn and the effects of his several hits on the head did not seem to be very good.

Tao Daqiang suddenly screamed:
"Another one comes out!"

As he shouted, the shovel in his hand did not slow down at all and hit the head of the little badger that had just jumped out.

The force was so great that it almost chopped off the badger's head.

Yang Yongqiang was stunned for a moment, then said:
"Daqiang, you are awesome!"

"Hehe." Tao Daqiang smiled, "Just happened to run into you... Look, you're here..."

There was a very loud scream after him, and Yang Yongqiang reacted a little slowly. When he heard the sound and shoveled down, another badger jumped out at an extremely fast speed. Yang Yongqiang's shovel only hit the tail, and his force was not strong enough. The badger struggled to break free and ran into the canal.

Yang Yongqiang hurriedly chased after him, and Li Long was already walking over with the badger that he didn't know whether he had beaten to death or knocked unconscious.

The badger that Tao Daqiang had chopped off was still moving, but it was obviously dead. Li Long took Yang Yongqiang's place, stretched out his shovel and probed inside, saying as he probed:
"I wonder if there are any more..."

Now there are one big and two small ones coming out. Li Long guessed that there should be another bigger one in this litter of badgers.

But I haven’t seen it yet.

When he had thrust his shovel less than half a meter inside, he felt something soft inside - there was more!
Tao Daqiang and Li Long have been working together for a long time. You can tell from Li Long's actions and expression that he immediately chopped the little badger into pieces, then got ready with a shovel in hand.

Seeing that the things inside did not move or come out, Li Long poked it again with the shovel. This time he used more force. A badger inside could not bear it and rushed out with a threatening sound, facing two sharp shovels at the entrance of the cave.

"Hit it hard and don't let it get away!" Li Long didn't know whether Yang Yongqiang could catch the badger. If not, this one would have to make up the number, one for each of the three men.

Tao Daqiang also understood this, so he struck hard as soon as the badger showed its head.

But the badger was smart and it retracted as soon as we exerted force.

It took the two men a lot of effort to kill the badger - and the hole was dug bigger.

Yang Yongqiang also came back with the badger in his hand, feeling quite proud of himself as he had succeeded.

Four badgers.

When Li Long was thinking about how to distribute it, a somewhat annoying voice sounded:

"Hey, Xiaolong, what did you catch? Badgers? So many? Not bad, not bad. Everyone who sees it gets a share. There are three of you. Can you give me the extra one? I don't ask for much. A small one will do!"

Li Long looked up and saw Ma Jinbao.

How could there be such a disgusting person? (End of this chapter)