Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

The sky was still clear when Li Junfeng and the others left in the morning. When Li Long had fermented the dough for the steamed buns and was preparing to fetch water from the spring to steam the buns, a cloud floated in the sky and the weather suddenly became gloomy.

The weather can really affect your mood. The light transmission in the wooden house is not very good, and after the overcast, it feels even darker.

Li Long saw that the dough was almost done, so he simply opened the door of the big room. He moved the table that was originally placed outside into the room, and kneaded the dough on the table. He kneaded a ball of dough the size of a basketball into a long strip like a pillow, then folded it and kneaded it again. The more the dough is kneaded, the tastier the steamed buns will be.

While the buns were being steamed, Li Long went to the small room and got some dried meat.

In the past, in the summer, we could set up two stoves outside to cook, steam buns or stir-fry vegetables at the same time. Now there is only one stove, so we can only do things step by step.

The dried meat needs to be steamed before it can be eaten, so Li Long prepared it first, planning to wait until the steamed buns are ready, then steam the dried meat and make some broth to drink.

When he came this time, he also brought some dried vegetables, and there were some leftover dried mushrooms in the small room, all of which could be eaten with meat.

Otherwise, if you only eat meat, your body will not be able to bear it in a few days.

The steamed buns were not ready yet when shouting was heard from outside.

Li Long walked out of the wooden house and saw Halimu riding towards him on a horse.

"Dosen, I'm fine!" After Halimu got off the horse, he shook hands with Li Long and greeted him sincerely.

"Okay, okay." Li Long smiled, "I'm steaming the buns."

"Well, I heard some gunfire yesterday, so I thought you might come over here. How was it, did you hit anything?"

"We killed two wolves," Li Long said. "There are really a lot of wolves in this mountain."

"Well, I killed one a few days ago, and another one got injured and ran away." Halimu and Li Long felt the same way, "These guys are so annoying. They come to my sheepfold every night."

"I brought some extra bullets this time. Come on, I'll give them to you." Li Long said, "It should be enough for you to use for a while."

"That's great!" Halimu said with a smile, "In fact, even if you didn't tell me, I also wanted you to help find some bullets. When some of us went down the mountain, we asked someone to find some. There is no place to buy bullets for the guns we use. One less bullet is one less..."

Li Long smiled and took out a cloth bag from the house and handed it to Halim:

"Here are three hundred rounds of ammunition. You can use them or you can share some with others. I took so many things last time and some of them haven't been sold yet. Use these bullets first."

Li Long believed that as his network of contacts increased, it might become easier to get bullets in the future.

After all, every village has been conducting militia training some time ago, and these people will more or less have some bullets left.

If you hunt a lot this time, you can also use the meat to exchange for bullets in other villages.

You can ask Tao Daqiang to go to his father-in-law's village and ask for help. There will definitely be people willing to help. Especially since the Chinese New Year is coming soon, how can you not eat some meat before the New Year?

At least Xier still has a red hairband, and it is normal for ordinary people to have some meat to eat during the New Year.

"So many!" Halimu originally thought that Li Long could only take out a hundred rounds of bullets, which would be more than enough, but he didn't expect to get three hundred rounds at once!
"Yes, I exchanged it for meat." Li Long said with a smile, "I'll be looking around these days. If I can find prey, such as wild boars, deer, etc., I can exchange it for a lot of bullets."

"Then leave it to us!" Halimu said as soon as he heard it. "I haven't been around recently, so I don't know where there are wild boars or the like. But don't worry, we plan to do sheep hunting and horse racing here in a few days. Then we will definitely find where there are prey - don't worry!"

With Halimu's words, Li Long felt really relieved.

"What specific day will you come?" Li Long wanted an exact date.

"The day after tomorrow." Halimu said, "Yushanjiang and I will notify everyone today. Everyone should get ready tomorrow and come to steal the sheep the day after tomorrow."

"Okay." With two days, Li Long can leisurely wander around the area, and maybe he can get some unexpected gains.

After Halimu left, Li Long took the steamed buns off and boiled water again to cook the dried meat.

The fire in the stove was not very strong. Li Long sandwiched a piece of red tofu with the hot steamed bun. After eating it hurriedly, he locked the door and walked around with his gun.

Li Long passed the place where the stinking boar was found in the north again and found that the thin snow blown by the wind had covered the place where the boar had dug. Here, only the unevenness of the snow could be vaguely seen.

He kept walking north, actually wanting to see if he could run into the group of gazelles that had sneaked into the bushes that day - after all, this place was less than ten kilometers away from where the gazelles were previously discovered.

For the gazelles that like to migrate, this is not a big distance.

After climbing to the northernmost layer of the mountain, Li Long saw snow covering the bushes below. As far as his eyes could see, he saw nothing except some rabbit footprints.

He walked west along the mountain until he reached the edge of the Ma River, but in the end he found nothing.

The snow was very deep, and every step reached his knees. Li Long regretted being so stubborn and running so far.

By the time he struggled back to the cabin, Li Long didn't want to move anymore. The room was filled with the aroma of meat, not the kind of meat that was directly stewed, but with a smell that was not very fresh, but very tempting.

Li Long rested for a while, went to get a bowl, picked up the spoon from the table, scooped up a bowl of soup, blew on it and started drinking.

A lot of salt was put on the dried meat, so the soup was a bit salty, but it was just right for Li Long at the moment.

Li Long ate another steamed bun with the dried meat soup, added some water to the pot after eating, and after resting for half an hour, he felt full of energy again.

He walked out of the cabin again with a gun in hand.

This time, Li Long planned to go to the Hot Spring Valley to take a look.

The hot springs should never stop flowing in winter, so will there be animals going there to keep warm?
After all, when the sky is covered with ice and snow, a warm place should be very precious to these animals.

Li Long walked towards the Hot Spring Valley with one foot deep and one foot shallow.

He carried a shoulder bag containing a pack of bullets and a steamed bun in case of emergency.

The gun was slung over his shoulder, and in his hand was a bag containing a bundle of rope, a machete, and the necessary items - he also had a lighter and a box of matches.

Double insurance.

It was more than half an hour later when we entered the Hot Spring Valley. In winter, most of the leaves of the broad-leaved trees have fallen, so the visibility in the valley is much better than in summer.

The stream in the middle of the valley was frozen, but the ice was not thick and you could hear the sound of water flowing below.

As Li Long walked and looked, he found animal footprints from the valley entrance. In addition to the common rabbits and pheasants, there were also five-clawed plum blossoms, which were not big, and Li Long did not know what kind of animal they were.

When they were almost at the hot spring pool, Li Long put the bag aside, held the gun in his hand, and walked slowly forward.

Although it was inevitable that his feet would make noises when stepping on the snow, Li Long still tried to be careful and quiet.

First I saw the rising steam, and then the pools.

There was snow all around the pool, but the water in the pool was not frozen and was still steaming. The water flowing down only began to gradually freeze after reaching about three or four hundred meters.

Li Long even saw a few small ditch fish in the flowing water.

There were some bones and a lot of messy footprints in the pond. Li Long was more than 30 meters away from the pond at this time. When he was about to walk towards it, a yellow shadow suddenly rushed into the snow, jumped a few times and rushed into the woods, and disappeared.

Although Li Long didn't see clearly what it was - it moved too fast, but he guessed that it was most likely the lynx he had seen before!

What is this guy doing here?

Li Long walked forward with his gun in hand with anticipation. When he reached the pond, he was stunned for a moment, a little surprised, and then he smiled.

I interrupted the other person's meal!

By the pond, there was a half-eaten wild rabbit - its head was still there, but only the claws were left on its legs, its stomach was ripped open, and its intestines were half in the water and half on the ground. It was obvious that a lynx was eating the rabbit just now, and it was startled by itself and ran away.

This thing is of no use to me!

Li Long shook his head helplessly. He bent down and touched the water. The water temperature in the pool where he used to soak was much lower. It was not suitable to soak in it anymore.

Of course, Li Long has no plan to continue soaking now.

He went back and found the bag, then went up to the middle of the mountain opposite where the lynx had escaped, found a place to sit down, and tried to see if he could ambush and find some good stuff.

The steamed buns had frozen hard, and Li Long was not hungry and had no mood to eat, so he spread the bag on the snow, sat down, put the gun in front of his legs, and was ready to take out the gun and shoot at any time.

Li Long planned to wait here for an hour. No matter whether he could wait any longer or not, he didn't plan to wait any longer.

An hour later, Li Long left with some reluctance. During this hour, the lynx appeared once again, but it just flashed across the street and then disappeared again.

Li Long could also guess that with this guy around, no one else would have the courage to come over.

He had no choice but to go back.

When he was about to reach the wooden house, Li Long discovered that where the pieces of stinky pork were, a red fox was gnawing on the meat vigorously!
What beautiful fur!

Li Long immediately put down the bag and raised his gun!
If we kill this fox and use its fur to make a scarf for Gu Xiaoxia, it will look really pretty!
Just as Li Long raised his gun, the fox seemed to sense something, turned its head to look at Li Long, then turned around and "floated" into the woods!

It really floats! It feels like its body is weightless on the snow, and it "floats" so far away with just a touch!
"Bang, bang, bang!" Li Long immediately opened fire! (End of this chapter)