Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

In the morning, Li Long picked up Ma Xiaoyan, and then met up with Li Xiangqian and others in the supply and marketing cooperative compound. The two cars drove into the mountains one after the other.

The big truck was loaded with supplies, including bricks, wood, cement and various tools.

Li Long originally thought that when he passed Qingshuihe Village to pull Menghai and the others, he would take a few porters into the mountains to use as tools.

Unexpectedly, Li Xiangqian directly arranged to load the five handles in stock in the supply and marketing cooperative's warehouse onto the truck.

Now you don't even need to prepare tools.

After they picked up Meng Hai and others at Qingshuihe Village, they drove into the mountains and came to the winter nest of Yushan River.

All personnel got off the truck and unloaded the supplies. From here to Tarihar's winter camp, the truck could not go any further, so Li Long took Meng Hai and the other two with a handle to carry bricks and wood to Tarihar's winter camp.

Li Xiangqian and others also helped carry the wood. Ma Xiaoyan hurriedly took out her camera and started filming. This was very good material.

The winter nests of the two families of Tarihar and Yushanjiang are less than 1 kilometer apart. The road in between is mainly in the ravine. When you are almost there, you have to climb over a not-so-high mountain. The overall journey is not difficult.

After the first batch of supplies was transported, Li Long said to Li Xiangqian:

"I think we can use a tractor in this ravine. You guys carry it first, and I'll drive a tractor over."

"Okay, this ravine is quite narrow and trucks can't pass through, but maybe a tractor can." After putting the wood down, Li Xiangqian found a place to sit down and talked while resting.

Li Long took long steps and looked back quickly. After reaching Yushan River, he drove the jeep out of the ditch and headed to Xiaobaiyanggou where Li Jianguo and his team were working.

Xiaobaiyanggou was filled with smoke. Li Long hadn't been here for the past two days, so everyone was back to work and busy with their own things.

After Li Long's jeep arrived, these people stood up and gathered around to say hello.

After all, they were now in a closed mountain valley, isolated from the outside world. Li Long was their only link with the outside world during this period, so they were very happy that Li Long came.

Even Xu Haijun, who was across the mountain, heard the noise and ran over, apparently wanting to ask about Professor Luo and those college students.

Li Long chatted with these people for a while, and took a quick look to see that there were many pre-made handles piled up on each person's workstation. He thought that he might need to find time to call a few trucks from the supply and marketing cooperative to collect a batch of handles.

After greeting everyone, Li Long went to talk to his eldest brother Li Jianguo, then parked the jeep here, drove the tractor to the winter home in Yushan River.

We pulled a cart of bricks here and drove southeast from the ravine. It turned out that the tractor could drive in the ravine. Although the tractor had to drive slower in order to avoid the old shrubs, it was still better than carrying the bricks up the mountain by manpower.

It was just that the tractor couldn't get over the last hill, but even so, it saved 90 percent of the manpower, which was very good.

Meng Hai and his team tried yesterday, and they were not sure whether the results would satisfy the leaders of the supply and marketing cooperative. But judging from the final results, their level was recognized.

So today Meng Hai and his team became more confident. After arriving at the winter camp, they made a clear division of labor. Two people stayed on the top of the hill, waiting for Li Long and his team's tractor to come over and unload the supplies. After unloading the supplies, they used a carrying handle to carry the supplies to Tarihar's winter camp, and the rest of the people began to officially work.

The truck driver, Li Xiangqian and his team, and Li Long were loading supplies onto the tractor at the winter camp in Yushanjiang. These people were not good at technical work, but they were no problem doing some physical work while loading supplies. All the personnel were divided into three groups, each doing their own work. By noon, all the supplies at the winter camp in Yushanjiang had been transported away.

Before Li Long drove the tractor to transport the last truckload of supplies, he took a few buckets of water from the water pipe and poured it on the places where the cement had been applied yesterday. These cement walls that had not yet dried needed to be shaded, otherwise they would easily crack in the sun.

The amount of work at the winter nest in Tarihar was smaller than that at the east nest in Yushan River, and did not require Li Long's participation, so he drove the tractor to unload the last truck of materials, then drove the tractor back to Xiaobaiyanggou, and then drove the jeep out again.

Li Long did not go to the mountains immediately, but went to the cabin first.

Sun Jiaqiang was washing Fritillaria at the spring. The wooden floor and the table in front of the cabin were all covered with Fritillaria. It seemed that he had a good harvest in the past two days.

Seeing the jeep coming, a smile appeared on Sun Jiaqiang's face.

After Li Long got off the car, Sun Jiaqiang shook off the water droplets on his hands and came over to say, "Boss, you're finally here. If you don't come again, I won't have enough supplies."

"How many Fritillaria have you exchanged? The supplies are gone so quickly?" Li Long found it unlikely. How could it be so fast?
"More than 100 kilograms." Sun Jiaqiang said, "Yesterday, many people came here with bags to exchange things. I don't know if it's because Bolati and his team have been patrolling more strictly. It seems that these people in the mountains are short of all kinds of supplies, such as rice, flour, oil, matches, clothes, shoes, knives, and everything else."

No wonder.

"Then put these Fritillaria away. I'll take them back. It's not safe to leave them here with you. It will be troublesome if someone else steals them. After I take them back, I'll bring the supplies back when I come back."

Li Long could only do these things when he had time, after all, his main job now was to repair houses for herders with Li Xiangqian and others. Fortunately, Meng Hai was there, and the materials had been transported there, so he was not needed for the house repairs. All he had to do was to kill a few prey before leaving at night and share them with everyone.

After hearing what Li Long said, Sun Jiaqiang immediately began to pack the dried fruits, including the mother-of-pearl that was being washed, into bags and then put them into the jeep.

The jeep was filled to the brim with six and a half bags of Fritillaria. Li Long did not stop and drove straight back.

It was already noon when they got back to the big yard. Gu Boyuan brought back all the things from the purchasing station and then went back to work. Gu Xiaoxia was not there either. Sister Yang was looking after Mingming Haohao who had fallen asleep. When she saw Li Long coming back, she wanted to make him a meal, but Li Long stopped her.

After unloading the Fritillaria, Li Long drove to the department store, then to the market, and then turned to the medicinal materials company.

The things that need to be purchased, besides food, rice, flour, oil, shoes, clothes and various supplies, the most important thing is medicine.

These people in the mountains are very prone to getting sick, especially those who are entering the mountains for the first time and don’t know how to protect themselves. The mountains are very humid at night, and without a suitable shelter, they are prone to catching a cold.

After buying all these supplies, Li Long went to the winery to buy some wine. He was a little hungry, so he drove to the canteen and ordered a bowl of fried pork noodles and another bowl of extra noodles. After paying, he poured himself a bowl of noodle soup, and when the noodles were served, he mixed the extra noodles with the vegetables and started eating them. He wolfed them down and finished them in less than ten minutes, then wiped his mouth and left.

Time was too tight, so he didn't even go to the purchasing station and drove back into the mountains.

When the supplies were transported to the cabin, not only Sun Jiaqiang was there, but also Bolati.

Seeing the jeep coming, Bolati got off the horse, shook hands with Li Long who got off the jeep, and said with a smile:

"This Sun said the things were gone, but I didn't believe it. But now that you've come here, I believe it. You must have gone back to get the things, right?"

"Yes." Li Long smiled and said, "You got quite a lot of Fritillaria this time. Tell me, what do you want to exchange for?"

"What else can I exchange? These are not just for me. These are three bags for the three of us. I can exchange one bag for some wine, one bag for two sets of clothes, and one bag for some meat."

"We don't have any meat suitable for you to eat at the moment." Li Long shook his head and said, "Wait a couple of days. How about switching to canned food or something else?"

"That's fine." Bolati said reluctantly, "You have other things to do this year. I feel like you are not as enthusiastic about hunting as last year."

"Yes, I am currently repairing the winter nest for Yushanjiang and his men with my leader, so we have to take some time off from hunting. I will put my stuff down later and go see if I can catch anything. Don't worry, we still have plenty of time."

"Okay." Bolati agreed. He waited for Li Long to open the trunk and started to take out the things he needed.

Both of them were honest people. Bolati didn't take much, and Li Long didn't say anything. He and Sun Jiaqiang poured out the Fritillaria he brought and packed the things he needed in a bag. The wine was wrapped in the clothes he changed to prevent it from breaking.

After Bolati left, Li Long and Sun Jiaqiang unloaded the things together and arranged them in the cabin. Then Li Long drove away in the jeep again.

If he wanted to get the stuff as quickly as possible, he had to take a shortcut - he drove to the ravine where the salt mine was.

The jeep was left outside the ditch. Li Long carried a Type 56 semi-automatic rifle into the ditch. He opened the safety and loaded the bullet while observing the direction of the mine.

Hey, you came just in time!

Li Long had only walked about 20 to 30 meters into the ditch when he saw several yellow sheep walking toward the northeast. It seemed that they had just eaten salt in the mine, and at this time they had walked about 50 to 60 meters out.

On the other side, several roe deer were walking towards the mine, stopping and starting.

Apparently, he hadn't been here for a long time, and this place had become a paradise for wild animals.

Of course, the main reason why no one comes here is that there are no special products in this valley. There is no Fritillaria, there are many stones and no Codonopsis, and even wild strawberries do not grow, so it is of little value.

If no one comes, and there are salt mines, more wild animals will come, and there is nothing wrong with that.

Li Long immediately ran forward, trying to close the distance before the gazelles disappeared. Although he ran fast, he made little noise, and the four roe deer didn't notice him and went into the salt mine cave. The gazelles jumped, and it seemed that they were going to cross the North Mountain and leave here, and return to the Gobi Desert in the north.

The gazelles were about to run away. Li Long saw that the distance was about 130 to 40 meters. He knew that if he didn't shoot now, it would be too late. He didn't hesitate any longer. He raised his gun, took a breath, and roughly aimed. "Bang, bang, bang!" As soon as the gunshots rang out, the gazelles suddenly accelerated. Except for one that fell to the ground, the others went over the mountain at a very fast speed and disappeared.

Li Long thought to himself that it was a good thing that he had managed to kill one, otherwise it would have been embarrassing - however, just as this thought came to his mind, the fallen yellow sheep actually struggled to get up and limped away to the north!

Li Long was not in a hurry to catch up. He picked up the gun again and walked up while holding the gun.

After hearing the gunshots, the roe deer in the salt mine cave quickly crawled out of the cave and ran back.

When the roe deer came out, Li Long had already run thirty or forty meters upwards. At this time, the distance between him and the roe deer was less than eighty meters. Li Long was relatively stable at this distance. When the roe deer appeared in his field of vision and ran sideways to the left, he estimated the lead time and fired "bang bang bang".

All the remaining bullets in the gun were used up, and the two roe deer fell to the ground. The rest were moving so fast that they ran to the back of the mountain under the cover of rocks.

Li Long then put away his gun and quickly chased in the direction of the yellow sheep - he didn't want the food at his fingertips to slip away.

While running, Li Long took out the loaded ammunition from his backpack and loaded bullets into the gun.

Ten bullets were loaded at once. Li Long put the empty bullets into his pocket and quickly went up the mountain.

Standing on the top of the mountain and looking down, to the north is a slightly lower stone mountain, and to the north are two horizontal rows of red sandy soil mountains. The few yellow sheep that were not hit have disappeared.

Where is the injured gazelle?

There were some bushes growing on the shady slope of the mountain. Li Long found the bloodstains, followed the bloodstains to find the hoof prints, and then followed the hoof prints down the mountain - the hoof prints of a lame yellow sheep were different from those of ordinary yellow sheep, so they were easy to find.

Soon, Li Long found the dying yellow sheep under a large patch of red willows.

The bullet entered through the front leg, and it was not known whether it injured the lung. When the yellow sheep saw Li Long, it only moved its body slightly and was unable to even struggle.

A lot of blood was shed, which was why Li Long found it easily.

Carrying the gun on his back and holding the yellow sheep, Li Long went back to look for the two roe deer.

The roe deer was dead.

The three of them together are more important than the three wild goats yesterday.

Fortunately, the jeep was just outside the ditch. Li Long brought the three prey to the entrance of the ditch, put them on the jeep, drove out, found a place with water nearby, and started skinning them.

The yellow sheep looked a little older, about three or four years old, and was a female sheep. The two roe deer looked less than two years old.

Li Long was good at skinning. In just over an hour, he had skinned and gutted three prey.

He didn't have time to wash his stomach and intestines, so after squeezing out the feces inside, he put them in a bag and planned to take them back.

As for the other offal, he also kept it, only cutting off the heads and hooves of three prey and leaving them here, and packed up the rest and took them away.

Not long after his jeep left, two wolves came here following the smell. When they saw the things Li Long left behind, they looked around vigilantly, and then immediately started to eat them.

After a while, another yellow pointed-eared animal ran over. It was not afraid of the two wolves at all. It squatted on a rock and made threatening noises.

For a moment, this place became lively.

Li Long drove the jeep back to the cabin. Sun Jiaqiang was exchanging things with someone else at this time. The man had come last year and was not afraid when he saw Li Long's jeep. He even greeted Li Long when he got off the jeep.

Li Long smiled and waved to the other party, then took down the bag of the yellow sheep and part of the heart, liver, lungs, etc., and gave it to Sun Jiaqiang and said:

"This is a yellow sheep. You can cut the meat apart and cook it, then air-dry it. See if anyone wants to buy it later. You can cook and eat these offal. Okay, I'm leaving now. I still have work to do in the mountains."

Li Long and Sun Jiaqiang waved their hands, nodded to the man, got in the car, turned a corner, and left.

The man exclaimed:

"Hey, this boss is awesome. He caught a yellow sheep with one move. He's really good at hunting!"

"That's right," Sun Jiaqiang said proudly, "The boss has also killed a bear, that's amazing."

"You've also fought a bear? That's awesome—you can fight a wolf, too, right?"

"Of course, I've killed wolves many times." Sun Jiaqiang said affirmatively.

"Then can I..." The man hesitated and said, "There is always a pack of wolves near the ditch where I am, and they won't leave. I am worried that they will attack me at night. Can you ask your boss to help me beat up the wolves, or even scare them away? I will pay you with Fritillaria as a reward, how about that?"

"Well... I'm not sure. I have to talk to my boss first."

"Okay, okay, I'll come back in two days and hear from you then."

"So how have you been doing lately? Are you safe?"

"What else can we do? Just light a fire at night." The man sighed.

Sun Jiaqiang felt the same way. He did the same thing when Li Long didn't come over.

So he thought he should help this mountain man.

After the man left, Sun Jiaqiang washed the Fritillaria first, then set up the stove, put water in the pot, and then began to process the yellow sheep.

The offal is easier to deal with, just wash it, put it in the pot and cook it.

There were already flies crawling on the yellow sheep's liver. Sun Jiaqiang drove them away and checked whether the sheep had laid eggs. Then he put the sheep into a large basin, washed it at the spring, and cut it into small pieces.

This is the second time I have done this, and I am much more skilled than last time.

When Li Long drove the jeep to Yushanjiang Dongwozi, only the driver stayed here to watch the car.

When the driver saw Li Long coming over, he smiled and said:

"Comrade Li Long, your trip took a long time."

"We shot two roe deer. We'll share the meat with everyone later." Li Long unloaded the roe deer and said with a smile, "How are they? The director and his men haven't come back yet?"

"No, we just had a simple meal at noon. Without you to prepare the meat, the food wouldn't taste good." The driver joked.

"Then let's cook some meat tonight." Li Long asked the driver to light the stove in front of Yushanjiang's winter nest, and he began to cut up the two roe deer.

This time each person couldn't take much. Two roe deer, minus the skin and internal organs, still had nearly 40 kilograms of bones and meat. I would cook 7 or 8 kilograms of meat and some offal later and have a good meal in the evening. The rest could be divided into two or three kilograms for each person.

The driver over there lit the stove and took the pot down to fill it with water to cook the meat as Li Long requested.

The pot was on the truck, and Li Long thought that he wouldn't need to carry so many things tomorrow.

After he cleaned up this place, he rushed towards Talihar’s winter camp with his gun.

After arriving there, Li Long found that there was no one here and not many supplies left. After a little thought, he realized that they should go to Buick's winter nest.

He also rushed over there - this was the direction he had pointed out to Meng Hai before, so it shouldn't be wrong.

When Li Long arrived at the Buick family's winter home, he heard a quarrel.

He had very good hearing, and he understood after arriving at the place that someone had occupied the Buick family's winter home. Meng Hai and his men asked them to leave, but the other party refused to leave.

Hey, this foreign dragon from across the river is used to occupying other places, right? (End of this chapter)