Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

At four o'clock in the morning, Li Long opened his eyes.

There was a slight vibration from the ground, and a faint humming sound came from the window paper that was not sealed tightly.

This wild boar makes quite a noise when it crosses the border.

Li Long climbed up, lifted the window paper and looked out, looking for the wild boar's movements.

This was the darkest time of the day. Even though Li Long had much better eyesight than ordinary people, he could only see a dark object in the distant mountains and forests moving towards the northwest at a very fast speed and making quite a lot of noise.

This group of wild boars is quite large, with about thirty or forty of them.

Li Long did not go out immediately. He watched for a long time. When all the wild boars disappeared from his sight, he returned to the bed and lay down again. When he lay down, he could still feel the vibration of the ground. After a few minutes, the vibration of the ground disappeared and the surrounding area returned to peace again.

Li Long was about to take a nap, but then he heard a creaking sound and the door of the wooden house next door was gently pushed open.

Li Long sighed and sat up.

Sun Jiaqiang had been waiting in the cabin. He heard the noise of wild boars passing by. His tense nerves relaxed. After the wild boars left, Sun Jiaqiang immediately prepared to tell Li Long the news.

He had just arrived at the door of the big wooden house and was about to knock when Li Long's voice came from inside:

"Xiao Sun, go back and rest for a while. I'll call you later, and then we'll ambush the wild boar ahead.

Don't worry now, the wild boars are in a hurry to find food and will be back in a while."

Sun Jiaqiang put down his raised hand. It turned out that Li Long had been paying attention to him. He was really overthinking it.

He grumbled, then went back to the cabin and relaxed on the bed.

After Sun Jiaqiang told Li Long the news that wild boars would come here every day and Li Longming said that he was going to fight these wild boars, he became a little worried.

He was worried that the wild boars would not come today, and he was also worried that Li Long would not wake up when the wild boars came.

Therefore, he didn't sleep well all night. Now the wild boar has come and Li Long is ready to fight. He is relieved. The rest depends on Li Long's shooting skills.

Of course, judging from his contact with Li Long in the past two years, Li Long has a lot of hunting experience. With a gun in hand and an ambush in advance, he should be able to hit the target.

Half an hour later, Li Long, dressed neatly, carrying a roll of things and holding a gun, went to knock on Sun Jiaqiang's door.

Sun Jiaqiang had fallen asleep. When he heard the knock on the door, he sat up suddenly, rubbed his eyes, and replied, "I'll be right out." Then he stood up, stretched, walked over, opened the door, and came to Li Long's side.

Li Long said only one word, "Go," and then strode in the direction where the wild boar passed.

There is a fairly large area to the south of the cabin, which is a gentle slope from the southeast to the northwest, including the area where the wild boar passed by.

Li Long walked and looked, and came to a place about 20 meters southwest of where the wild boar passed. There was a mound about ten meters high with lush grass on it. Li Long planned to ambush here.

As they climbed up, Sun Jiaqiang said to Li Long:
"Boss, what are you holding in your armpits? Come, let me... let me take it."

"We'll each have a sheepskin mattress. Use it as a cushion under your body when you lie down later. The grass here is very damp, and you'll get sick easily if you lie down for too long."

Li Long shook out the rolled sheepskin mattress, gave one to Sun Jiaqiang and took one for himself.

"Actually, wolfskin mattresses are better. We have them at home. We are mainly worried that wild boars will be scared away by the smell of wolfskin." When they reached the top of the slope, Li Long explained, "The sheep won't have much of an impact."

Sun Jiaqiang was quite grateful. He didn't expect Li Long to be so thoughtful.

The temperature in the mountains was relatively low at night, and Sun Jiaqiang had already prepared to warm the ground with his body, but he didn't expect that Li Long had prepared a sheepskin mattress.

Li Long found a suitable place to aim, spread the sheepskin mattress down, then lay down, set up the gun, and adjusted his posture.

Sun Jiaqiang was on his right, preparing to spread the mattress. Li Long pointed to the left and said:
"Go over there. When I shoot, the bullet will explode to the right, so as not to burn you."

Sun Jiaqiang chuckled and obediently moved to the left to spread the mattress, putting more than two meters between him and Li Long.

He lay down on the mattress and looked intently in the direction where the wild boar disappeared.

To be honest, he can't see anything now with his eyesight, but he is full of confidence.

Li Long opened the safety, pulled the bolt to load the gun, raised the gun and aimed, and determined the shooting position. He planned to start shooting when the wild boar was about to come in front of him. The wild boar would definitely run away when the gun went off, and then he would prepare to shoot again, thinking that he could kill at least one, preferably two or more.

The idea is good, it depends on the specific situation at that time.

After the bear hunting incident, Li Long felt more and more that he must be adequately prepared before hunting.

He also anticipated several unexpected situations. For example, if a ferocious wild boar rushed towards him after the gun was fired, how would he respond?

Sun Jiaqiang didn't have so many thoughts. He was just thinking about waiting for Li Long to kill the wild boar, then he would go over and move the boar to the wooden house and help Li Long.

Time passed by minute by minute, Li Long didn't say anything, and Sun Jiaqiang felt that he could not wait any longer.

He whispered, "Could those wild boars have escaped in other directions? It's been so long, why is there still no movement?"

"It's possible." Li Long responded.

Sun Jiaqiang showed a disappointed expression on his face.

Is this all in vain?

"But it's unlikely. Wild boars usually return along the same route unless they are in danger." Li Long smiled and continued, "It won't be long. You are anxious. Wait a little longer."

Sun Jiaqiang felt a little embarrassed when he heard what Li Long said. Yes, the people who were shooting were not in a hurry, so why should I be in a hurry when I was just watching?
Sure enough, Li Long was suitable to be a hunter, but he himself was not capable of that for the time being.

He was thinking about all sorts of things, and was also thinking about how he had to look after the place for Li Long. He wondered if he could get a gun and go hunting when Li Long was not around.

At night, you can hear not only wild boars passing by, but also wolves howling. Sun Jiaqiang thought about asking Li Long how to hunt wolves if he wanted to. He thought that Li Long couldn't stay here every night, so if he had time, he would catch one or two wolves and taste the delicious wolf meat.

Just as I was thinking about it, I suddenly heard Li Long say softly:
"coming."

Although there were only two words, Sun Jiaqiang immediately stopped his wild thoughts and looked in the direction the wild boar had gone.

I didn't see anything.

Sun Jiaqiang tried hard to open his eyes, but he felt like he saw nothing.

It was pitch black over there, and he could only see fifty meters at most. He could not see anything further than that. Within this fifty-meter range, he could only see a rough outline.

Li Long ignored him and slowly raised his gun.

In his field of vision, about a hundred meters away, a group of wild boars that had already eaten were slowly walking towards this side, with a few half-grown wild boars in the front, nudging each other as they walked. Just like half-grown children, these wild boars were at their most naughty, and they would not be idle for a moment after eating.

In the middle were several large wild boars, both male and female. The largest one weighed about 200 to 300 kilograms, with very long tusks. Li Long looked carefully and saw that there was more than one wild boar with tusks!
This group of wild boars has grown to a certain size.

The terrain of Nanshan is relatively complex. There are relatively few places with large gentle slopes and fewer trees, such as the wooden house. Other places are not suitable for wild boars, but are suitable for climbing animals such as wild goats.

Therefore, there are few large groups of wild boars here.

This group is relatively large, with quite a lot of adult wild boars.

Further back were a few sows and a dozen or so wild boar cubs, all in a mess. The cubs weighed only about 70 or 80 kilograms, and would scatter and gather around the sows at the slightest noise.

Further behind were a few big wild boars, and two half-grown wild boars that were well fed fell behind, looking around, and had a distance of about ten meters from the group.

Li Long gripped the butt of his gun tightly and waited patiently.

Sun Jiaqiang finally saw the herd of wild boars, and his heartbeat suddenly accelerated.

It was his first time to personally experience hunting. Although it hadn’t started yet, he was obviously more excited than Li Long.

As expected, the herd of wild boars returned along the original route. When they were about twenty meters away from the hill, the few wild boars in front suddenly stopped.

Sun Jiaqiang suddenly became nervous. Would he notice that there were two people on his side?

Li Long was not in a hurry. There was no wind at the moment, so even if the smell from his side spread, it would not spread far, and it should not be as strong as the smell on the sheepskin mattress.

So the wild boars should not smell the human scent and not be alerted in advance. Sure enough, after more than ten seconds, the wild boars slowly walked forward again, and seemed to be relaxed.

When the group of wild boars came to them and were only about ten meters away from Li Long and his men, Li Long finally took aim at a half-grown wild boar weighing forty or fifty kilograms, pulled the trigger, and fired with a "bang".

"boom!"

The group of wild boars suddenly panicked. Sun Jiaqiang stared with wide eyes, and then he saw one of the wild boars suddenly tilt its body and fall over there.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"Boom!"

There were four more bangs, and another half-grown wild boar and a little wild boar fell down. The little wild boar was not completely dead yet and was squeaking there.

When the first gunshot was heard, the other wild boars fled out of their dens and rushed towards the northwest, north and northeast. Their speed was beyond Sun Jiaqiang's imagination.

After he heard Li Long's last gunshot and looked up again, he found that there was no unharmed wild boar in his field of vision.

"So fast!" Sun Jiaqiang said, "Isn't it too fast?"

"Those who didn't run fast died." Li Long stood up with his gun in hand and said with a smile, "Let's go, two and a half, enough to eat for a while."

Sun Jiaqiang stood up, rolled up his and Li Long's sheepskin mattresses, tucked them under his arms, and said as he walked down:
"Hunting... Boss, you're too quick. It feels like hunting takes a long time to wait, but the hunting is over in the blink of an eye."

"We have more prey than hunters here. If we find a good hunting location and know where the wild animals are, it will be easy to hunt." Li Long said as he walked down. "With a gun in hand, it is indeed a simple matter."

As for hunting, he usually doesn't do it unless it is necessary.

Resources are relatively abundant, and hunting only takes a moment, so it is safe.

The expected unexpected situations did not happen, so Li Long felt relieved.

The two half-grown wild boars we shot weighed about 40 to 50 kilograms each and looked to be over a year old, one male and one female. In addition, there was a small wild boar whose front leg was grazed by a bullet, which was an unexpected harvest and very good.

Two half-grown wild boars, one was shot in the chest and the other in the head, both died on the spot, with blood soaking the ground.

Li Long turned on the safety of his gun, put the gun on his back, held a half-grown wild boar in one hand and the small wild boar in the other, and said to Sun Jiaqiang as he walked towards the wooden house:

"Carry that half-grown wild boar back."

Sun Jiaqiang responded, went over, lifted the wild boar's front leg with one hand and the hind leg with the other, and the sheepskin mattress fell off.

He looked at it with some embarrassment, and now envied Li Long's strength, as he lifted it up with one hand.

What to do?
Finally, he had no choice but to roll up the sheepskin mattress and hold it in his mouth, then holding the wild boar in both hands, he quickly rushed towards Li Long.

Li Long came to the spring, took a knife and started to gut, bleed and skin the wild boar.

Sun Jiaqiang came over panting, and Li Long said to him while peeling the skin:
"Go get two large basins. Do you have a knife? If you do, come over and help with the skinning. Oh, put the stove on the fire first, and put two pots with water on them. Then we can cook the meat."

"Okay." Sun Jiaqiang put the half-grown wild boar next to Li Long, and then went to do these chores.

Do it with a willing heart.

He is a hunter. He got something and did nothing about it, so I just help him out.

No problem.

Li Long was a little unfamiliar at first, but he soon found the feel for it and became faster at peeling the wild boar skin.

This thing is not quite the same as peeling yellow sheepskin. Wild boar skin is oily and not as thick and layered as yellow sheepskin, so it is easy to tear when peeled.

Fortunately, after I got used to it, my efficiency improved.

Before I knew it, the sky gradually brightened and the view became wider.

Sun Jiaqiang put fire on two stoves, put water on the pot, then brought a large basin over to help Li Long.

The little wild boar was grunting on the grass. Li Long and Sun Jiaqiang ignored it and it slowly moved away. However, its wound hurt, so it moved a few steps and then stopped, still grunting.

After Li Long skinned the wild boar, he cut it open and took out the internal organs, then asked Sun Jiaqiang:
"Would you like to eat the offal of this wild boar?"

"Eat it." Sun Jiaqiang said, "Even if it's offal, it's still meat."

"Okay." Li Long put the entrails into the basin and said to him:
"Wash the stomach and intestines, rinse with the rest of the water, and boil it."

Sun Jiaqiang did as he was told. He helped Li Long deal with the stomach and intestines, which had to be washed with warm water. Li Long ignored him and after taking out the internal organs, he used spring water to rinse the boar's larvae, and then began to cut them into pieces.

These are also resources. Some can be eaten, and some can be dried and exchanged for Fritillaria.

When they skinned the second wild boar and took out its stomach contents, it was already bright outside and both Li Long and Sun Jiaqiang felt a little tired.

"Cut the wild boar into pieces," Li Long said to Sun Jiaqiang. "I'm going to send some meat to my eldest brother first and will be back soon. After you cut the meat, keep half of the pig and cook the rest."

Li Long planned to take half a pig back home to let his family try it.

Take the little wild boar back with you to see if you can raise it. It's just a small one anyway. If you can raise it, that's even better. If not, we'll see later.

Sun Jiaqiang looked at the half-grown wild boar and felt a little confused.

But Li Long had already peeled the skin, cut open the belly, and washed and boiled the internal organs.

If he couldn't even remove the fat, Sun Jiaqiang felt that Li Long might not want him anymore.

Come on then!

Drawing out his dagger, Sun Jiaqiang thought about Li Long's previous actions and began to cut off the wild boar's legs.

Okay, even though the part where the knife cuts looks crooked, but at least I dare to cut, so that's okay.

Li Long nodded, put the unloaded half wild boar into a bag and put it in the back of the jeep, put the gun on the passenger seat, and drove to Xiaobaiyanggou.

The smoke from burning wood was already rising from Xiaobaiyanggou. Li Long could smell that special smell as soon as he entered the ditch.

When the jeep arrived at Li Jianguo and his family's winter home, the smoke was even heavier. Li Long saw that Lao Huang was already preparing to cook.

Li Jianguo and his colleagues were roasting the strips. Some of them had already taken the chopped poles and fixed them in front of the dug pit to make handles.

"Xiaolong is here." Xie Yundong, who was closest to him, greeted him, "You didn't go home last night?"

"Well, I found a group of wild boars over by my cabin. I just killed two of them. I'll bring you some pork so you can have better food."

"Hey, what am I talking about?" Lu Yingming, who was standing next to Li Jianguo, said with a smile, "As long as we come to the mountains, Xiaolong will definitely be able to get us some meat. This life is much better than at home... We are blessed with delicious food."

Li Jianguo smiled and went over to help Li Long carry down the wild boar meat.

"You didn't run into any danger, did you?" Li Jianguo asked. "When you're hunting wild boars, they can be really ferocious when they get mad."

"No, you know that when I hunt I set up an ambush in advance and then I shoot. It's relatively easy to shoot, just pull the trigger." Li Long said easily.

"Don't be careless." Li Jianguo reminded again, "It's best to have someone with you when hunting. You can't be alone. It will be easier to deal with any problems. We were relieved when Daqiang followed you into the mountains before. Now you are alone, so you must be careful."

"Okay, I got it." Li Long responded, "I plan to bring the double-barreled sand gun over when I go down the mountain. Do you want it then?"

"Yes." Upon hearing this, Li Jianguo's eyes lit up. "I didn't find anything yesterday and today, but I can't guarantee that I will find something later. If I do, you can bring some back."

Li Long was happy. Just now his elder brother reminded him to be careful, but when he said he would give him the gun, he immediately got excited.

So, this matter cannot actually be blamed on yourself. If it is blamed on yourself, it will be almost the same.

As for men, few of them don't like hunting. (End of this chapter)