Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Grilled meat, boiled meat, naan, broth.

It was a very sumptuous lunch - for people like Meng Hai, it was an unexpected surprise.

In fact, they had thought about enduring more hardships when they came here. After all, Li Long and his team had already given them good treatment - they had high wages, and since they were in the mountains, they would definitely keep their food simple.

For them, eating naan is actually quite good. After all, some families still eat 60% fine grains and 40% coarse grains.

Freedom from refined grains has not been fully achieved.

No matter what, naan is made of white flour, and it is baked, so it tastes good.

I never expected that it actually tasted so good!
Originally, there were people who complained about Li Long running away without doing any work, but now there is nothing.

They went hunting to improve our food, which is also a serious matter.

Man is iron and rice is steel. If you don't eat for a meal, you will feel hungry.

If you can eat such delicious food, how can you not work hard?
So Li Xiangqian was surprised to find that after resting for half an hour after lunch, these people took the initiative to get up and go to work.

Each one of them worked even harder than in the morning!
"Director, take your time, I'll go to the mountain to have a look." Li Long saw Meng Hai and the others start to work, so he stood up and said, "I'll see if I can hunt some more prey."

"Still fighting? We haven't even finished eating yet." Zhou Yuan pointed at the meat and bones still in the basin, "Too much, right?"

"Bring it back and share it with everyone. Since we've gone into the mountains, we have to bring back some gains." Li Long smiled.

Zhou Yuan, who originally wanted to persuade him, immediately stopped talking.

Really? Then not only can we not persuade them, we must also strongly support them!

"This kid... Li Long, if you want to be lazy, just say it!" Li Xiangqian scolded with a smile.

"Then Director, you go hunting and I work here? Let me be frank, I can do your job, but when it comes to hunting, you may not be better than me." Li Long was also joking.

"Go ahead." Li Xiangqian was a little speechless. He actually directly exposed his shortcomings. "Be careful..."

The deputy director actually wanted to follow Li Long to take a look, but before he could bring it up, he saw Li Long walking towards the mountain with a gun in hand and a backpack on his back, and soon he reached the halfway point.

So he gave up the idea. To be honest, he couldn't keep up.

His long legs didn't seem to be tired at all, as if they were equipped with springs, and he climbed up the mountain quickly.

During his break, he also tried to climb the mountain, but he couldn't continue halfway up. This was not a job for someone like him.

Just like Li Xiangqian said, people like Li Long are born to live in the mountains.

They are the masters of the mountains.

Wang Qiang carried the deer leg in one hand and the bag in the other and walked quickly out of the ravine. When he turned around and couldn't see the man with the gun anymore, he breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, he also knew that if the man had not fired a shot at the last moment, he would really not be able to catch up with the elk.

I can't just throw away the Fritillaria I dug with great effort, right? This is the property I worked so hard to get these days.

After going down to a ravine and walking a little further, we saw a destroyed pit.

This pit is half a meter in diameter and seventy to eighty centimeters deep. The sika deer just fell into it.

In fact, it was not that it could not get out, but because the pit was too small, the hind half of the elk was stuck in it, making it difficult to get out and exert force.

This is also the reason why Wang Qiang was able to hit the sika deer's hind legs.

He looked at the pit and continued walking forward. When he reached a rocky beach on the southern slope of the ravine, he bent down and crawled under a stone that protruded diagonally.

This was the hiding place he had dug out using the terrain.

The stone doesn't look big, but its roots are very deep. Wang Qiang dug up the soil under the stone and piled it on both sides to build a relatively hidden shelter.

There was a simple stove made of stones in the cave, with a steel pot on top, and a roll of blankets in the corner. Wang Qiang put the deer leg on the steel pot, put the Fritillaria in the innermost part, and covered it with blankets.

Next, he held the deer leg in one hand and the steel pot in the other to fetch water.

The deer leg weighed seven or eight kilograms, enough for him to eat for several days.

Of course, it has to be cooked first.

After a while, a faint blue smoke floated up from the ditch.

There are no Fritillarias growing in this ditch, so very few people come here. When the green smoke rises, it does not attract much attention.

Wang Qiang knew there was a wooden house in the northwest where he could exchange supplies. He had originally planned to go there today to exchange supplies. He didn't have much food left, but with this deer leg, he could hold on for a few more days.

After washing the deer legs and filling the steel pot with water, Wang Qiang brought it back and placed it on the stove which was already on fire. Then he took out his blunt and rusty knife, sharpened it on the stone next to him, and began to cut the deer meat.

The knife was very dull. It had been used for a long time and had been sharpened many times. The steel inside was gone and only the iron was left. If it touched something hard, the blade would bend and it would not be able to cut.

At this time, Wang Qiang was a little envious of the man just now. The knife he held was so sharp - he wondered if there was any knife in the cabin that he could exchange.

Knife, salt, rice, noodles, ...

There are too many things I need to replace.

He turned his head and looked at the fritillarias he had hidden, thinking, should these be enough?

After climbing over several mountains, Li Long headed towards the winter home of Talihar's family.

He remembered that Talihar once brought back more than a dozen wild goats at one time. At that time, he heard Talihar say that it was mainly because there was a very steep rocky mountain over there, and wild goats liked to climb and run on such mountains to avoid natural enemies.

Li Long knew that it was difficult to find sika deer in the mountains, but it would be fine if he could find a group of wild goats.

I don't want to get a bunch of them at once like Talihar did, but even if I can get two or three, it will be enough to share.

Each of them has their own strengths. Meng Hai and his colleagues' strength is renovating houses, while Li Xiangqian's strength is that as a leader he can allocate materials to make house renovation more convenient.

Then my strength is hunting, and providing meat for everyone is also good.

Soon, he came to the ridge south of Talihar winter nest diagonally.

After climbing over two mountains ahead, he could indeed see some steep mountains and faintly saw animals jumping among the mountains. Li Long was invigorated and immediately rushed over there.

The distance between the two mountains appears to be only one or two hundred meters, but if you really climb up, it is at least five or six hundred meters or even farther.

Half an hour later, Li Long arrived at the ridge opposite the steep hillside.

This place is less than a hundred meters away from the steep mountain wall. Li Long can see seven or eight wild goats jumping and eating grass between the almost vertical mountain walls.

In a position that seemed almost impossible to Li Long to stand in, the wild goat was standing there flexibly, stretching its head to reach the grass growing on the mountain wall.

Li Long raised his gun and aimed at one of them.

At this time he had no emotions and was just a machine hunter.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

When the first gunshot was heard, a wild goat fell down, and the other wild goats immediately fled on the cliff. One of them lost its balance and fell down. While falling, the wild goat stepped on the cliff several times, trying to find a gap to stand, but was finally blocked by a bush.

Then Li Long shot it dead with one shot.

Three shots shot down three wild goats. Two of them rolled to the bottom of the mountain, and the last one was blocked by bushes and did not fall from the cliff more than ten meters high.

The other wild goats had successfully climbed up the mountain wall and disappeared.

Li Long walked to the bottom of the ravine with a gun in hand.

The two wild goats that fell were already dead. One was shot in the head and should have died instantly, and the other was shot in the stomach. Li Long guessed that it must have died from the fall.

There was still a wild goat that had not fallen down. Li Long looked up and saw that the wild goat was still trembling slightly on the bushes, so it should not be dead yet.

He tried to climb up, but after climbing five or six meters he couldn't go any further. The angle of this cliff was too steep, and there was no place to gain leverage, it was like being cut by a knife.

Li Long couldn't stand on the cracks in the rocks where the wild goats could stand. He thought about it, found a few stones at the bottom of the ravine, took aim, and threw them at the wild goats.

The first piece hit the goat on the head, but not hard enough to knock it off the bush.

Then Li Long hit it a few more times, trying different angles. Almost every stone hit the target, and then the wild goat on the bush would move slightly, shifting its center of gravity.

After seven or eight stones were thrown up, the wild goat was knocked down.

Li Long dodged to the side and waited for the wild goats to roll down, then he went over to pick up the three wild goats and put them together.

These three wild goats are not very big, one weighs more than 30 kilograms.

He took out a rope from his backpack, tied two slightly smaller wild goats together, carried them on his back, and then picked up the other wild goat in his hand and drove them back.

It’s impossible to process it here, and it’s not easy to bring it back after processing it here.

When Li Long brought three wild goats to the winter nest in Yushan River, he found that the main construction project here was nearing completion.

The roof of the winter house that was originally demolished has now been covered. It can be seen that the anti-mud coating on it is very thick, and the top layer is covered and smoothed with cement concrete mortar. In this way, after the rain falls, it will not accumulate on it, and those grass seeds will not easily grow on it, and finally cause leaks.

The entire wall of the winter home was covered with a layer of concrete, and the original pits and peeling places were all filled in. The entire door frame was demolished and rebuilt with bricks. Li Long now regretted not pulling two new doors to replace the original old door.

Now these two old doors don't look quite in harmony with the brand new winter nest.

The brick pool has also been completed, but the water pipes have not been moved over yet because the cement concrete has not dried yet.

When Li Long brought the wild goats over, Meng Hai and his colleagues were renovating the shed next to their winter den.

This job is relatively simple because the whole thing is made of wood. You only need to fill in the missing wooden parts and then reinforce it with wire.

The grass on the shed was originally held down by wood, one bundle on top of another. Now they are braided with wire to make them stronger.

Seeing Li Long coming back with a wild goat on his back, Meng Hai and the others felt a little accustomed to it, but they were still very envious.

Li Long placed the wild goat next to the water pipe, said hello to Li Xiangqian and the others, and then began to skin and gut it.

Li Xiangqian came over to wash his hands, thinking of helping Li Long. However, looking at Li Long's skillful movements, he felt that it was unnecessary for him to stand by.

Instead, Meng Hai took a look and then told a young man, who ran over, cleared out two of the original large basins, and helped Li Longsheng turn out his internal organs.

This was not the first time that Ma Xiaoyan saw Li Long hunting, nor was it the first time that she got a share of meat from Li Long, so of course she was still very happy this time.

When Li Long came over, Ma Xiaoyan had already completed her task of following the interview and was picking mushrooms and digging wild onions on the hillside.

Zhou Yuan, the head of the purchasing department, was nearby and also doing the same job. Ma Xiaoyan did it for a living, while Zhou Yuan did it out of pure curiosity. Of course, it was normal to bring back some mountain specialties after a trip into the mountains.

By the time Li Long had gutted, skinned and dismembered the three goats, the sun had already set over the woods. Meng Hai and his team had finished their work and helped Li Long clean the internal organs of the wild goats.

"Let's divide the sheep," Li Long said. "We'll have venison tonight. Each of you can take a leg of the sheep home as a reward for this trip into the mountains."

Meng Hai and the others didn't say anything, and then looked at Li Xiangqian.

Li Xiangqian smiled and said:

"Xiaolong has already said so, everyone hurry up and get it."

"If you don't take it, no one else will dare to take it." Li Long joked.

"You little bastard, how dare you make fun of me?" Li Xiangqian cursed with a smile, but he still casually picked up a leg of lamb and put it in the bag.

Everyone then picked up a lamb leg, all with smiles on their faces.

"The remaining meat belongs to me." Li Long said at last, "Come on, let's eat first. I see the venison in the pot is still hot. Is there any naan left?"

"Yes, yes, yes," the driver shouted over there. He was also given a leg of lamb and was very happy.

Although wild goats are not big and a leg of goat weighs only about four or five kilograms, it is meat.

These people don't mind the free meat being stuck in their teeth.

Of course, everyone had no objection to Li Long taking the remaining meat - if Li Xiangqian had no objection, then certainly no one else would have an objection. Besides, the meat was obtained by Li Long, and if he didn't share it with everyone, no one would be able to do anything about it. What's more, he gave everyone a leg of lamb, which was quite considerate.

Li Long put the remaining meat into a bag and put it in the trunk, then he and everyone else shared the venison that was still cooking in the pot.

Meng Hai and his colleagues split up, some washed the pots and some packed up the tools. Today's work was equivalent to completing the task ahead of schedule.

There were still some bricks, cement and wood left in front of the winter camp. Meng Hai and his team moved these materials into the winter camp, planning to carry them directly to Tarihar and his team tomorrow.

As for the carry, Li Long plans to just pull a few over from Xiaobaiyanggou tomorrow.

Before leaving, Li Long paid Meng Hai and his team today's wages on the spot, 10 yuan per person. Li Xiangqian also said that after this trip was completed, Li Long would report to the finance department, and the supply and marketing cooperative would pay for the wages.

The jeep was in front and the truck was behind. The sun was still high when we left the mountain. Li Xiangqian said with emotion:
"If we all work at this pace, we can probably finish it in less than ten days, right?"

"Almost. There are two or three winter dens relatively close to each other. When we finish working on one side, we can continue working on the other side." Li Long explained while driving, "Today we are just testing our speed. Starting tomorrow, we won't be able to be so idle."

"Are you going hunting tomorrow?" Ma Xiaoyan asked.

"We may have to fight again then."

"Then can you come and pick me up tomorrow? By the way, Director Li, are you coming tomorrow?"

"Come on. I'm not putting on a show. You will definitely come tomorrow," said Li Xiangqian.

He had actually made up his mind to hold out for at least three days. Now that Officer Ma was going to come with him tomorrow, he would definitely come.

Most people in the car could sense that Ma Xiaoyan had come along partly because Li Long might catch prey and share it with them, but no one thought there was anything wrong with this.

The truck stopped at Qingshuihe Village and let Meng Hai and others get off.

After getting off the car, Meng Hai and the others waved to Li Long, and then went home.

There was still smoke floating in the air from the wheat field, and it was obvious that the people weaving the wheat harvest ropes had not finished their work yet.

When people in the village saw Meng Hai and his team coming back, one of them was holding a leg of lamb, and they immediately surrounded them to ask what was going on. When they learned that Meng Hai and his team not only got paid for their work but also got a share of the meat, they were all extremely envious.

It turned out that some people were not selected to be the boss, so Meng Hai asked them to work. He heard that the pay was five yuan a day and the job was to rebuild houses in the mountains. Some people felt it was too hard and tiring and didn't want to go.

Now that they know that the daily wage has become ten yuan and they can get a share of the meat, those who originally rejected Meng Hai immediately regretted it.

That night, someone brought eggs to Meng Hai's house and wanted to ask if he needed anyone to do the job.
Meng Hai refused directly.

He was wary of such people, although most ordinary people were like this, rejecting at the beginning and fawning at the end, this was something Meng Hai couldn't do. He wanted to make money, wanted things, but didn't want to contribute.

How can such a good thing happen?

I have to keep my distance from these people in the future. They are not suitable to be friends.

Li Long drove Li Xiangqian and the others home and then returned to the courtyard.

Gu Boyuan and Gu Xiaoxia haven't come back yet, but Han Fang has already finished school and is looking after Mingming and Haohao in the yard, while Sister Yang is cooking.

He unloaded the meat he brought back this time and carried it into the kitchen.

"We got a lot of meat this time!" Sister Yang, who was preparing the dishes, smiled and said when she saw all the meat and offal. "We really don't lack meat at home."

"We caught it in the mountains. Let's grill it." Li Long said, "I'll break the bones into small pieces later and we'll make it into dried meat."

Before dinner, Gu Boyuan came over and Li Long told him something.

Because Li Long has to go to the mountains to renovate the herdsmen's houses these two days, he can't take care of the purchasing station. Li Long thought that he couldn't stop, so he posted that he would open every other day. He couldn't just break his promise, so he could only see if Gu Boyuan could stop the agricultural supply store for a while and then watch over here for two days.

Gu Boyuan naturally had no problem with this. He asked Li Long to write down the purchase price tonight so that he could do his job when the time came.

"I have always been selling things, but this is the first time I'm collecting things. I've sold things to the purchasing station with your elder brother before. I felt it was very impressive to see people grading me with a wave of their hands. Now I want to feel it too." Gu Boyuan joked.

"Then you should feel it well these few days." Gu Xiaoxia said with a smile, "Wait until Li Long is done with his work and you have felt it well, then we can look after your agricultural supply store."

"What does this mean? Are you going to throw me away after you use me?" Gu Boyan said pretending to be angry.

Everyone laughed. (End of this chapter)