Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Seeing someone fall off his horse, Li Long got ready to rush out, but he was pulled back by Yushanjiang after only two steps.

"Don't worry about him, he will get up." Yu Shanjiang waved his hand, "Look, the first person to change is here, and these people below all want to rush in first, let's see who is faster!"

"Really not to worry about it? I see he hasn't gotten up yet..." Li Long was still quite worried.

"It's all right to fall down like this. He's not crushed by the horse. Look, he got up, and the horse got up too."

Just as Yushanjiang said, the fallen horse struggled to get up, and the rider also got up. He walked with a limp, as if he was injured, but not seriously.

In just a few minutes, the first place has been changed by several people, and the competition is very fierce.

When the horses were less than a hundred meters away from here, a black and red horse that looked inconspicuous and not very tall rushed to the front. The rider was a boy with dark skin, who looked less than eighteen years old. He did not half-stand up while riding the horse like the Hong Kong racehorses, but sat firmly on the horse's back, holding the reins with one hand and waving the whip with the other, but did not swing it.

The horse ran very steadily, with its four hooves flying, but its upper body seemed to always be on the same level. Its speed was getting faster and faster, slowly moving from one body length ahead to two body lengths, and then to three body lengths, before it rushed past Halimu's position. The boy cheered and waved his whip, and won the first place!
When the second one rushed over, Li Long felt a little regretful. This was a very tall and beautiful black horse, with skin like black satin, very much like the second-generation horses he had seen in Yili in later generations - second-generation horses meant purebred horses introduced from foreign countries or other excellent horse farms, and hybridized to obtain second-generation mixed-breed horses.

Such horses often combine the advantages of both sire and dam lines without being so expensive, and are usually the mainstay of a horse farm.

A second-generation horse often costs more than 100,000 yuan to buy - of course, this was what Li Long asked at the horse farm at the time, and I don't know whether it is true or not.

The horse was very beautiful and the rider looked experienced, but I didn't expect him to lose to a teenager.

The third horse was only half a body length behind the second horse, and behind it was a group of riders in the third echelon. What surprised Li Long was that the rider who fell also followed on his fallen horse.

Judging from the way the horse runs, there is no big problem.

not bad.

Halimu gathered everyone together again and said a few words. Li Long heard him calling out a few names. Every time he called out a name, those people would cheer.

This should be talking about the winner.

After he finished speaking, he turned to look at Li Long.

Li Long asked:

“Are we giving out prizes now?”

"Send it now."

"Okay, let the top three stand out, I'll go get the prize." Li Long smiled and turned around and walked into the house.

It feels like I'm both a ceremonial person and a leader - giving prizes to the winning contestants is what leaders do!

Just kidding. Just kidding.

Li Long entered the room. He had already thought it through. The first place winner would get one portion each of brick tea, sugar cube and salt. The second place winner would get brick tea and sugar cube. The third place winner would only get brick tea.

Because Halimu brought back some bullets, Li Long gave five bullets to each of the top three winners.

"I'll be the first one to present the award. Second one... Yushanjiang, you present the award. Third one, Halimu?"

After Li Long brought out the prize, he said to the two people.

"Okay." Yushanjiang had no objection. Halimu smiled and asked the three people to stand up.

What made Li Long a little dissatisfied was that instead of giving out prizes, the top three people had to come and receive their prizes, which was quite interesting.

The other riders behind showed envious expressions, and when Li Long gave the award to the boy named Bahati, the riders cheered.

Bahari's face was a little red, because of the bloodshot, but more of it was because of excitement. I'm afraid he himself didn't expect to get first place, right?
"Congratulations!" Li Long stuffed the thing into his hand. Bahari took the bullet first and put it into his pocket, looking very precious. Then he held the thing in his hand, paused for a moment, then nodded to Li Long with a smile, turned around and waved the thing in his hand to everyone, then walked back happily.

The riders laughed.

Li Long was deeply touched. The relationship between these people was really good. He could hear that most people's cheers were sincere.

Yushanjiang and Halimu presented awards to the next two riders, and there was also cheering. The two riders held up their awards proudly to show off to others. They were more mature than Bahati and more familiar with the other guys. They were really happy about their achievements and did not try to hide their shortcomings or be modest.

When you have an honor, you should show it off. It is normal for young people to show off.

Halimu said a few more words, and Yushanjiang came over and said:
"What Halimu means is, we should take a break, and then play sheep-stealing. When the sheep-stealing is over, whoever wins will own the sheep. Of course, we won't take the sheep away. We will cook it here for everyone to eat. The winner will treat us all!"

The young people cheered again, then dismounted. Some wiped the sweat off their horses, while others came to look for water and food.

Halimu placed the naan and milk lumps on the table and let the young people eat them. There was hot water in the teapot and bowls on the side, but they didn't care. One person drank, and the second person took the bowl and continued to drink.

The young men were laughing and joking there, while Li Longze and Yushanjiang were asking about the situation nearby.

His main purpose was to find out where there was any place nearby where he could go hunting.

"As for hunting, I know there are several places where I live. I've seen wild goats and wolves, but they don't have fixed places." Yushanjiang said, "I can only tell you the approximate location, and you can go and have a look. Usually, we mainly hunt wolves, and wolves will actively attack my sheep. This time, with the bullets you gave me, my sheep will be much safer!"

He squatted down and began to draw the terrain in the snow:

"Here is Halim's winter home. Across these two mountains, here is my winter home. And in your direction, you see, here are three mountains away from you. And in this ditch, I saw wild goats. Those wild goats run very fast!"

Li Long looked at the location. It was just a mountain away from the hot spring valley. It seemed that he had to find some time to go over and take a look.

Wild goats and gazelles have their own advantages. Gazelle is a kind of antelope, so it is a little rarer. But when it comes to meat, no one is better.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Halimu called the young man up and spoke loudly.

"Halimu said, let's start the sheep-catching game now. In the past, the sheep-catching game was divided into two teams, and they competed like playing basketball. Today, the sheep-catching game is mainly based on individuals. Whoever holds the sheep in the end will win in fifteen minutes. In addition to owning the sheep, the winner will also receive other rewards!"

Yushanjiang saw Halimu pause and then speak again, so he translated: "He means that the additional reward is five bullets."

Perhaps worried that Li Long didn't understand the value of the five bullets, Yushanjiang said:

"For these young men, five bullets are much more tempting than a bottle of wine! Bullets can play a particularly important role in their hands, or in the hands of their fathers. We Kazakh herders are not hunters, but we need to use the weapons in our hands to fight wolves and protect our sheep and cattle.

Normally, the gun is in the hands of their fathers, and they rarely have the opportunity to get the bullets. If they can win the bullets now, they will have a certain say in their fathers’ hands.”

Li Long finally understood what Yushanjiang meant.

"Do you want more bullets?" Li Long asked, "We still have a lot of bullets left."

"No. Having too many bullets is not a good thing for them." Yushanjiang shook his head. "When we called people, we gave some bullets to each family, especially to the herdsmen who brought things earlier. We gave them more bullets. Li Long, bullets are just enough to kill wolves. Having more is not a good thing."

Li Long stopped talking. He always felt that Yushanjiang's words were full of hidden meanings. Thinking about it, it was true. With a sharp weapon in hand, he naturally wanted to kill. A considerable number of these herdsmen had guns in their hands. It was just that bullets were scarce before. Now if there were more bullets, no one could guarantee that they would not use the guns for other things.

So as for bullets, the only thing they need is to eliminate the threat of wolves.

The young men who participated in the sheep-stealing competition had already ridden their horses to the flat ground and started to gather. Halimu carried the headless sheep that was not yet frozen and came to a place fifty meters away from the young men. After he put the sheep down, he rode his horse away from that place. When he returned to the vicinity of the wooden house, Halimu looked at Li Long.

"You give the order." Li Long waved his hand. He didn't intend to shoot.

Halimu raised his hand to those young people, and when they all noticed him, he suddenly shouted.

The young men shouted and rode their horses towards the headless sheep on the ground. Li Long focused his attention on Bahati, who won the first place in the horse race.

Bahati fell behind immediately. The black horse running in the front was sprinting at an astonishing speed. When it was one horse's length ahead of the other horses, the rider bent over, with his legs clamped around the horse's body, and his entire upper body fell towards the headless sheep. He stretched out his hand almost touching the ground, and grabbed the headless sheep as he passed by the ground, and galloped away almost without slowing down!

This reminded Li Long of the scenes during equestrian performances where riders reached out to grab the Hada ribbons on the ground.

Not bad at all compared to that one!
The riders behind naturally did not want to be outdone, and they all rushed forward at once. Some of them even flanked from both sides, trying to intercept the rider who had already caught the headless sheep.

The exciting sheep-catching competition has begun! (End of this chapter)