Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

When the group slowly reached the entrance of the cave, Li Long's breathing became lighter and he walked even more carefully. He was afraid that there was really something in the cave that might suddenly run out after hearing the noise, and he and his group would not be able to stop it. That would be bad.

Li Junshan, Tao Daqiang and others also knew that this was a critical moment. The four of them spread out behind Li Long, holding sticks in their hands and keeping on alert. It was the first time for them to follow a hunter like this. They felt excited and nervous. They were also afraid that the prey would come out and run away from them, which would be embarrassing.

"There's something in there!" Li Long just stopped at the entrance of the cave and heard a slight noise. He immediately said, "Follow me closely. If it's a deer or a gazelle, just hit or pounce on it and knock it down. It's best to catch it alive! If it's a wolf or something, take the stick and protect yourself. If it runs away, it runs away!"

After hearing this, everyone understood that Li Long was protecting them and paying attention to their safety. Yang Yongqiang smiled and said:
"Brother Long, you are underestimating us! After all, the four of us are holding sticks. If something comes, we have to hit it with the sticks first! The wolf is just a little bigger than a dog. There are so many of us, are we still afraid of it?"

"That's right!" Although Li Junshan felt a little unhappy that Yang Yongqiang had snatched his words away, what Yang Yongqiang said was exactly what he was thinking.

Uncle Xiaolong, you underestimate us men too much!
"Okay, just follow me." Li Long said no more and walked inside with his gun.

The smell in the cave is still very strong, a mixture of urine smell, animal body odor and the lack of air circulation, which is a bit irritating to the eyes.

Li Long didn't care about all that. He squinted his eyes, trying to adapt himself to the light in the cave, and then scanned the space where something might be hidden.

No, it should be at the bottom of the cave.

Li Long continued walking forward, reminding others to pay attention to their feet. When he went in, the first thing he saw was a deer head.

Li Long subconsciously raised his gun. The deer was behind a rock. When it saw Li Long, it subconsciously took a step back and then cried out. The cry was full of fear and helplessness.

Then there was another sound of a deer calling. Li Long changed direction, looked over the stone, and saw something that surprised him - another deer was lying on the ground, with a wolf under it. The wolf had its mouth tightly biting the deer's neck, and the two were wrestling.

Deer are much larger and stronger than wolves, but herbivores themselves are not very aggressive, and the female deer does not have antlers. In addition, the wolf is ferocious and will not let go of its bite on the neck, so the deer and wolf are in a stalemate.

The deer head we saw earlier was a fawn. It was turning around anxiously, not knowing how to help its mother. Occasionally it would step on the wolf's hoof, but would be scared back by the wolf.

The wolf bit the deer's neck tightly, but its body was pressed down by the deer. It wanted to exert force but couldn't move. It could only breathe out through its nose and make muffled groans to scare the deer.

But when it saw Li Long, it panicked all of a sudden, its mouth loosened, and as soon as the doe's neck was freed, it struggled to stand up, took two steps back and huddled together with the fawn - although it was called a fawn, its head was slightly bigger than that of a roe deer, but just slightly smaller than that of a female elk.

When Li Long saw the wolf let go, he raised his gun and shot. The wolf reacted quickly and ran into the crevice of the rock when the doe stood up. Unfortunately, Li Long's gun was faster and he shot it in the spine with one shot and then in the head. The wolf died on the spot.

The room was too small, and the sound of gunfire echoed inside, making my ears hurt. Tao Daqiang in the back immediately shouted:

"Brother Long, what's going on?"

"It's okay, I just killed a wolf. Come here, there are two deer inside..."

Li Long didn't know how seriously the female elk was bitten by the wolf, so he didn't go forward. Instead, he stared at the two deer and waited for the people behind to come up.

Tao Daqiang and his four companions approached Li Long and saw two deer. Li Junfeng subconsciously exclaimed:

“This deer is so big!”

"Are red deer just like horses? This one is a female and small, the male is bigger!" Li Long said with a smile, "Let's keep a close eye on them and catch these two alive."

"What about the wolf?" Li Junfeng was concerned about the wolf at the moment.

"Well, it's been killed." Li Long pointed to the wolf's position and said, "Don't worry about it, let's catch the deer first. If we catch two deer, we can have more to raise in our stable."

"Uncle Luo will be busy then." Yang Yongqiang smiled, "These two deer are not easy to raise."

"No big deal. I raise two deer in the summer. These two are from the same family, so they should be easier to raise."

As they were talking, the four men had thrown away their sticks, replaced them with ropes, and slowly approached the two deer.

"Junshan and Yongqiang, you two catch the small deer. Daqiang and Junfeng, the three of us will get the big deer." Li Long ordered, "Push it down and tie it up with a rope - Daqiang, you know how to use a halter, right?"

"Yes!" Tao Daqiang nodded.

A rope is tied into a knot to look like a halter, which can be used to put on the mouth of an animal, making it difficult for the animal to break free, and it will not strangle the animal like a halter would.

"Then you should put two bridles on them." Li Long ordered again.

As they were talking, Li Junshan and Yang Yongqiang had already approached the fawn from the left. The fawn was scared and approached the mother deer. The mother deer was also scared, but she still made sounds through her mouth and kicked with her hooves, trying to threaten it.

However, this threat was of no use at all. Li Long and Li Junfeng approached the doe and forced the two deer into a corner.

There was no other way. When the four men rushed over and pressed on, the big and small deer began to struggle violently.

"This deer is quite strong!" Li Junfeng was kicked by the doe's hoof. The outside of his thigh was burning with pain. He sighed, "It may not be possible for one person to hold it down!"

"Okay, put the muzzle on." The fawn was pinned down without much struggle. It might not have learned the skills to survive and resist. Li Long was also thinking, is this wolf stupid? Why did it choose the big deer instead of such a good target?

Otherwise, the deer would have been bitten to death long ago.
I don’t know if this wolf is the last one in the group that I killed with a sniper. If it is, then this group will be reunited.

After the two deer were bridled, Li Long went over to check the wound on the doe's neck.

There were four deep tooth holes and two rows of shallow tooth marks. When the doe moved, blood oozed out, but not much.

Fortunately, the aorta was not injured, so it should be able to survive. Li Long walked over and lifted the wolf out.

There was nothing else in the cave, and Li Long was the last one to come out.

The doe was used to being free, so how could she allow herself to be led by humans? After coming out of the cave, she refused to cooperate and shook her head vigorously, trying to get rid of the rope, while kicking her hooves non-stop, trying to attack the people next to her.

On the contrary, the little deer seemed to be frightened and was very well behaved. Li Junshan held it and it was basically obedient, just barking occasionally and following its mother closely.

"Daqiang, you and Junfeng catch the doe. Yongqiang, help me here. Let's skin the wolf."

"Okay!" Yang Yongqiang was naturally happy to do this job. He walked over with a smile and helped Li Long carry the wolf.

Li Junfeng pursed his lips. Actually, he wanted to do this job. But he was holding the big deer, so it was not easy to hand it over to others.

The two deer were led to the side of the carriage. Li Long thought that if the female deer still did not cooperate, he would tie them up and throw them onto the carriage.

Fortunately, when they got here and were between the two big men, the doe was trained to have no temper, so she had to accept it and followed them listlessly.

The little deer was much happier. When it saw the carriage, it was very curious and even went up to it and sniffed it.

Li Long found a flat area next to the carriage, asked Yang Yongqiang to put the wolf down, and started to skin it.

"Why don't you take it back and peel it?" Li Junfeng was a little puzzled.

"It will stink if we go back." Tao Daqiang explained, "The wolf's body is still soft, so it's just right for skinning it."

Li Long was also quick at skinning, and in no time, he had peeled off the wolf's skin and gutted it. Anyway, the skin was just a remnant, so he didn't care if it was stained with some oil or meat.

In just a short while, the wolf skin had begun to harden after being peeled off, but after being gutted, the contents of its stomach were still steaming.

Li Long directly pulled out his stomach and intestines and planned to throw them away. Seeing his action, Li Junshan hurriedly stopped him:

"Uncle Xiaolong, don't waste it! Wash it carefully when you get home, it'll taste good - it's all meat!"

Li Long thought about it and poked a hole in it with a knife. He asked Yang Yongqiang to squeeze the shit out and pour it into the snow. Then he spread the wolf skin on the carriage and put the meat and internal organs on the wolf skin. Li Long carried a gun and led the carriage, while Li Junfeng and Li Junshan led the two deer and walked towards the wooden house together.

"Uncle Xiaolong, are we going back to the village today?" Li Junshan suddenly asked.

"Go back." Li Long thought for a moment and said, "I have to go back. If I don't go back, I will become a savage."

"Hahahaha." Several people laughed.

"This place is really great!" Yang Yongqiang suddenly spoke up, "There are usually deer hiding in the cave. If we come here from time to time, we can often catch something."

"Not necessarily." Li Long waved his hand. "Last time I waited for half a day and got nothing. It also depends on luck."

This is true.

"Uncle Xiaolong, where do you usually go hunting?" Li Junfeng pulled the disobedient doe and asked as he walked.

"Go around the mountain." Li Long adjusted the direction of his horse. "My herder friends can point me to some places where they have seen wild animals, but they may not be there when I go there. There are indeed many things in the mountains. Last time I saw a group of yellow sheep, but I'm not sure if I can shoot them."

"The rabbits are easier to catch in the red willow beach east of the team." Yang Yongqiang understood and said with a smile, "Now that it snows, everyone goes to pry rabbits out. They are really easy to pry..."

A few people chatted and laughed as they walked towards the wooden house. In order to facilitate the carriage to move forward, Li Long turned a lot. There was no other way. After all, it was in the mountains and it was definitely not easy for the carriage to move.

When they arrived at the cabin, Li Long asked:
"Will you come back after you eat, or should you come back now?"

"Let's eat first and then go back." Li Junfeng was a little tired after leading the way here, "otherwise I think I won't be able to walk halfway." They had to walk all the way back, and Li Long estimated that it would be dark by the time they got home.

"Okay, there's still fire in the stove and meat in the pot. Let's eat something before we go."

The two deer and the horse were tied up, and Li Long didn't have to worry about cooking. He took the last wolf's head to the wolf head stand, poured water on it and froze it layer by layer. Li Junshan was washing his stomach and intestines at the spring, while Tao Daqiang and Yang Yongqiang were cooking, each with their own division of labor.

After finishing the wolf head, Li Long went to the small room and put the previously cut meat into bags with Li Junfeng and piled them on the carriage. The skins were stacked up and placed at the bottom so that they would not take up space.

Li Junfeng saw the two pieces of colored rock salt and asked curiously:
"Uncle Xiaolong, what is this?"

"Salt." Li Long took a look and continued to pack. The meat alone filled four large bags, which was quite a lot.

"Salt?" Li Junfeng was a little skeptical. "It looks pretty, isn't it a treasure or something?"

"Lick it." Li Long smiled. Junfeng is quite imaginative.

Li Junfeng really licked it. Although he believed it, he still couldn't understand it:
"Such a big piece of salt... How can it be salt?"

After they had packed up, the meal was almost ready, and they all started eating with laughter.

As he was about to go down the mountain, Li Long wondered if he should get some facial repairs done. He had been living like a hairy man these days! (End of this chapter)