Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

When he arrived at the hot spring, Li Long deliberately slowed down and walked through the woods.

When he reached the woods above the pond, where he had been lying in ambush, he put down his bag and raised his gun to look, but found that there was no movement.

There was just a strong smell of blood.

Is there something, but I just can't see it?

Or has something already been hunting here and I am too late?

Li Long held the gun and carefully moved towards the pond.

After leaving the forest and coming to the edge of the pond, Li Long discovered that by the stream, a half-grown roe deer was lying on the ground, its body twitching from time to time.

Blood was oozing out of his neck, and it was obvious that he had been bitten to death not long ago.

The hunter who bit it to death most likely heard the noise I was coming and ran away in fear. He seemed to have dragged the prey for a while out of the stream while running, but perhaps he couldn't drag it anymore or for some other reason, so he left the little roe deer here.

Li Long was happy. He turned around and went back to the place where he had just ambushed, waiting with his gun in hand.

He felt that the hunter would definitely come back, or it was waiting somewhere unwillingly for him to leave. If he didn't take the prey away, it would definitely come back.

Li Long was not in a hurry. He just sat there holding the gun with the safety on and the bullet already loaded, waiting for the prey to appear.

The wound was not very big, and there were signs of a struggle nearby. In Li Long's opinion, the hunter was probably not a big guy. It could be a wolf cub or a lynx. After all, if it was a bigger animal, it would not be scared away by ordinary noises.

If it is the latter, then if I can really wait, I can make a small fortune today.

After waiting for more than ten minutes, there was no movement in the woods on both sides. Li Long was wondering if he had guessed wrong?
But that shouldn't be the case. No hunter would willingly give his prey to others. And now the prey is still soaking in the stream. Any carnivore would not tolerate this, right?
Li Long’s current location is about twenty meters away from the stream and he is not in the upper wind direction. He shouldn’t be discovered so easily, right?

He thought so, but he didn't know the truth.

At most, I would wait for another half an hour. If the guy still didn't come out, Li Long would not be polite. If I couldn't kill the hunter, it would be nice to get a roe deer back to eat.

After waiting for a while, a humming sound suddenly came from the woods opposite. The noise was not loud, but Li Long knew it must be a wild boar coming.

He didn't know how many there were, but unlike the rumbling sound he had heard before, he guessed it was a small group of no more than three or five.

If you can't hit the big guys, hitting a wild boar is also good.

Li Long raised his gun and changed his aiming position, pointing the muzzle towards the position where the wild boar was humming.

At this moment, a strange sound suddenly came from the woods opposite. It sounded like a cat or a leopard. The voice was very thin, but sounded very threatening.

The group of humming birds suddenly became chaotic and started running in the woods. It was unclear whether they were fighting against the owner of the cry or escaping. The trees and grass in the woods over there were shaking, and occasionally a piece of dirt or mud would pop up.

The noise soon died down, and the grunts disappeared too. Occasionally, a wild boar's scream could be heard in the distance, but it was unknown whether the wild boar had fallen or been caught by something.

Li Long knew that it must be the hunter who was playing tricks - it had been waiting on the opposite side, trying its patience with Li Long. Seeing the wild boars coming to disrupt the situation, the hunter was worried that the wild boars would take away its prey, so it made a threatening sound.

Aren't wild boars very stupid? Why were they driven away too?
Li Long was a little confused, but he still turned the gun around and aimed at the dead roe deer.

It was a pity that after waiting for another ten minutes, the sun had already set, and there was still no movement in the forest over there. Li Long didn't want to wait any longer, so he stood up and strode down with his gun in hand.

When he reached the roe deer, Li Long glanced into the woods opposite and felt as if something was staring at him from somewhere. He subconsciously raised his gun and shot.

"Boom!"

After two shots, there seemed to be some movement there, and then it was quiet. Li Long hurriedly looked over with his gun, and saw some yellow hair on a stone under a tree in the woods opposite, but no blood.

The location I saw just now should be here, but I didn’t hit it.

He felt a little regretful and looked around vigilantly. He knew he could not catch up with the beast, so he had to turn back to the stream.

We stopped soaking in the hot spring and walked back, dragging the roe deer, carrying the bag and tools.

I returned to the cabin, put away the Codonopsis pilosula, and started to process the roe deer roe.

This roe deer was born this year. The meat was very tender and the body was not very big. It was a male and its horns had not grown out yet. Li Long skinned it and opened the belly. He took out the heart, liver, lungs and other parts and put them in a basin. He also found some dried chili peel to soak them.

Previously, these internal organs were boiled or braised, but today he planned to stir-fry them and make a plate of deer offal to eat.

The meat of roe deer is easy to break down. Just pick off a portion and put the rest, along with the bones, into a basin of water and turn out the intestines.

I was in high spirits and didn't feel hungry. After finishing all this, Li Long rubbed salt on the skin, took it into the small room, stretched it out and hung it on the wall, then turned it out, chopped the soaked spicy skin, cut a part of the internal organs into a large plate, then peeled garlic and took seasonings. The fire under the stove started to burn. At this time, the sun had already set on the top of the mountain. It would be dark in a while, but Li Long was in high spirits.

Things that are rushed to be obtained are good!

Heat the pan, pour in oil, add minced garlic, and stir-fry until fragrant. Then start pouring in chopped chili peppers and stir-fry for a few times. When flames rise, pour the washed offal into the pan, which will produce a crisp sound.

Li Long took a step back, waited for the heat to dissipate, and then quickly started stir-frying.

The secret to stir-frying is to use a big fire and stir-fry quickly, but Li Long didn't want to eat the ones that were medium-rare or medium-rare. Having lived two lives, he knew that many people were keen on eating this kind of not-so-cooked, very tender offal, and then they were infected with hydatid disease.

It must be so painful to cut again and again.

It is very important to give up some taste and protect your health.

Roe deer are very fat in autumn, and their internal organs contain a lot of oil and water. After frying for a while, the aroma wafted over, and Li Long began to pour seasoning into it.

Although he likes to eat offal such as mutton, he doesn't eat them specifically for the fishy or stinky smell. He washes the stomach, intestines and kidneys very clean, and even removes the smelly pieces in the kidneys, so that he can eat with peace of mind.

By the time a large plate of stir-fried roe deer offal came out of the pot, Li Long already felt like he was drooling.

Let’s eat.

But you still have to wait a while. First, take the pot to the spring to wash it clean, then fill half a pot of water and bring it over to the stove to boil. Only then can you sit in front of the table with peace of mind and start eating.

It was a pity that he didn't have a staple food. He decided to let the dough ferment before going to dig Codonopsis tomorrow morning. He had to at least have hot steamed buns during this time. As for rice and other things, he would talk about it later.

After finishing a large plate of roe deer offal, Li Long felt that he didn't need to move anymore. The water in the pot was boiling and steaming, and the sun had completely set. There was no cloud in the sky and no sunset glow could be seen. Li Long rested for a long time before slowly standing up, washing the dishes and putting them back in the small room.

He took a teapot and scooped some water from the pot, brewed brick tea and put it aside, then put the remaining internal organs into the pot and started to boil.

As for the meat, apart from saving some to fry tomorrow morning, I plan to make the rest into dried meat and eat it here. If I can't finish it, I can take it down with me when I go down the mountain.

The main reason is that it is too troublesome to ride a bicycle up and down. If there is an electric tricycle or a sidecar motorcycle that can enter here smoothly, Li Long would ride back without saying a word.

Unfortunately not.

He was thinking, should he wait until next year to see if it would be possible to get a second-hand motorcycle?
With his relationship with Officer Guo, it shouldn't be a problem for him to ask about the channels, right? Of course, Li Xiangqian might know more.

Well, that's it.

After cutting the meat and rubbing it with salt, Li Long saw that the water in the pot had also boiled, but it would not be fully cooked for a while, so he had to cook it for a while longer.

The howling of wolves was heard again in the distance. Li Long could already tell from the sound that these were his old rivals, the ones that often came here.

Next time I come up, I’ll set a few iron traps here at the cabin and see if these wolves dare to come again!
Li Long just thought so, but it was actually difficult to do. There was no trapping equipment for sale in the blacksmith shop, and those blacksmiths might not be able to make it. After all, there were not many hunters here, or even very few, and most of them were gun hunters, and those who used traps were almost unheard of.

There are mousetraps, but no traps for hunting big animals.

At around eleven o'clock, Li Long poked the internal organs with chopsticks and felt they were cooked. He then turned off the fire, scooped the food into a basin and put it in a small room, then poured the soup in the pot far away to prevent the wolves from coming too close and harassing him in the middle of the night.

Go back to the house and sleep.

However, Li Long miscalculated. In the middle of the night, a wolf was howling nearby again. After being awakened, he took a gun to the window and fired several shots at the jumping black shadow. The gunshots echoed in the valley. The wolf was scared and ran far away, then rushed into the forest.

continue to sleep.

In the next few days, Li Long went out early and came back late, bringing a lot of Codonopsis pilosula every day. However, the first batch of Codonopsis pilosula that was dried in the sun gradually became dry and lost its original plump appearance.

There was a mixture of smells in the cabin, including the smell of Codonopsis pilosula, the smell of meat, and the bloody smell of leather.

Li Long has to ventilate the room every morning and evening to avoid being suffocated.

After ten days, Li Long finally couldn't stay in the mountain any longer. He felt like he was turning into a wild man. So this morning, he got up, packed up half a sack of dried codonopsis, and put most of the dried meat on his bicycle. He tied it up, pushed it outside, locked the door, and rode down the mountain with his gun on his back.

He couldn't wait to get a haircut - taking a bath was easy, he had taken several baths in the hot spring, but the feeling of having wildly growing hair and beard was not pleasant.

However, when he returned to the compound and before he had time to change his clothes, Officer Guo came to his door.

PS: Today someone mentioned the issue of aspirin and big crucian carp in the comment area. First, the explanation of aspirin on Baidu is that it was introduced from Germany in 03. However, I think people over years old should have heard a nursery rhyme about aspirin when they were young, "Headache and fever, a packet of aspirin". I was already working in , and no nursery rhymes were being shouted at that time. Another check showed that aspirin has been used in China since the late Qing Dynasty, but the channels were different.

I also called it big crucian carp when I was a kid. Even now, it is not only the Japanese white crucian carp that is called big crucian carp. Locals call all the bigger crucian carps big crucian carp. As long as it is longer than a chopstick and weighs more than 200-300 grams, we call it big crucian carp. Here is the explanation. (End of this chapter)