Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

After breakfast, Gu Xiaoxia went to work, Han Fang went to school as usual, and Li Long made a bunch of egg-sized snowballs for Mingming and Haohao.

The two children are now fascinated by snowball fights and play outside for a while every day. After the snow in the front yard has been cleared, Li Long gets some clean snow from the backyard, squeezes it into not very solid snowballs, and lets the two children "fight each other".

Sister Yang prepared food for Li Long to bring on this trip.

"These mutton buns are not tasty when they are cold. You need to find a suitable place to heat them up before eating." Sister Yang reminded Li Long as she loaded the food into the jeep. "There are not many vegetables in winter. I packed a few pieces of salted radish for you. Eat them when the time comes."

The pickled radish is made of carrots. After being cut into strips, it is crispy and tastes very good.

In addition to these, Sister Yang also cut a bag of braised meat and brought a few boiled eggs. The Li family had no shortage of food, but the environment outside was like this. No matter what you brought, unless you could start a fire or find someone to heat it up, it would end up being cold.

Li Long didn't really care. Although the heavy snow had covered most of the bushes and weeds, it was still easy for him to find firewood and start a fire in the wild. Of course, if he could find a suitable family, it would be nice to have a hot meal at their home.

There are also towns, companies and farms of the Corps near Shawo in the north, and if possible, food can be found there.

Don’t worry, the things Sister Yang brought are just for backup.

After Sister Yang finished cleaning up and took over Mingming and Haohao, Li Long drove the jeep out of the compound and headed towards Team 4.

Tao Daqiang and the others have gathered at Li Jianguo's house. There is only a tractor outside the door, which is driven by Jia Weidong.

"Weidong, you need to wear something thicker. It's not cold for us to sit in the small car, but you will suffer."

Xie Yundong and his friends discussed it and decided to follow Li Jianguo in Li Long's jeep while Jia Weidong drove the tractor. Of course, driving a tractor was cold, but it also had its benefits: if he shot more than ten yellow sheep, he could choose one more.

Even if there are less than ten heads, we can give him two more legs or something.

Among the people present, Jia Weidong was the weakest. This time he borrowed money from Xie Yundong to buy a gun, and to buy a tractor, his foundation was exhausted.

So even though he was a little cold this time, it was still considered taking care of him.

"It's okay. I'm wearing a fur coat, big-toed shoes, and woolen socks knitted by my wife. With all this, I don't believe I can get cold while driving a tractor."

Jia Weidong said this as he added a nose guard to his cotton hat. Although he said this, he was still very cautious.

According to Li Long and his colleagues, we have to drive the tractor for at least two hours today, and we basically cannot get off the tractor during these two hours, so our legs and feet will definitely be frozen.

It is already the beginning of November. Although the outdoor temperature has not yet reached the lowest point of the winter, the temperature drops as you move northwards in the sandy areas. Jia Weidong will not joke with his own health.

So he had a guard wrapped around his neck, the kind made of mohair, which looked like a woman's, but no one laughed at him.

At this time, Xie Yundong and a few others were sitting in Li's house, discussing the dry food they brought with them.

Tao Daqiang brought steamed buns and pickled vegetables. However, the pickled vegetables were fried with meat and cut into thin and crispy pieces. If the steamed buns were heated, it would definitely taste delicious if the pickled vegetables were sandwiched between them.

Xie Yundong brought leavened bread and mutton chili sauce. The last time Li Long gave them mutton, the Xie family stewed all the meat and made some of it into chili sauce, which must be delicious when rolled in bread - his wife also cut some green onions for a better taste.

Jia Weidong’s is relatively simpler, the buns are similar to Li Long’s. Although they are also filled with mutton, a lot of radishes and green onions are added. After all, it is impossible to be as extravagant as Li Long’s family and use almost pure meat as the filling.

Liang Dacheng's was a little different. He brought fried fish and steamed buns. A can of salted fish fried with chili peppers. The three Liang brothers caught a lot of fish before winter, dried them and put them away. Now they soaked some in water and fried them with chili peppers. Although it was not as delicious as fresh fish, it was also very good.

On Li Jianguo's side, Liang Yuemei also prepared fried meat with pickles, braised meat, steamed buns, etc.

Liang Yuemei prepared a large amount. Among these people, Li Jianguo is the oldest, and because Li Long has a good relationship with them, they call Li Jianguo "Old Brother Li". According to the seniority in the village, these people actually have to call Li Jianguo "uncle".

So Liang Yuemei prepared enough for everyone, thinking that everyone would eat together when the time came. She knew how much these young men could eat when they were hungry.

It was just over ten o'clock when Li Long's jeep drove up to his brother's place. Seeing that everyone was there, he waved them away.

Lu Yingming came to the Li family yesterday and came again today. He complained yesterday that Li Jianguo didn't ask him to buy a gun. Today, he saw several people driving a jeep and a tractor, leaving with a rumble. He regretted again why he didn't go by himself yesterday.
In fact, the Lu family has enough money. Yesterday, when they learned that Li Jianguo and his friends had bought sand guns and were going hunting, they were of course envious.

But when he went back to discuss it with his wife, she disagreed, and he was a little hesitant, so he let the matter go.

According to my wife, even though we hunted a lot of gazelles last year, the Gobi Desert is full of sand pits, so the chances of hunting in vain are much greater than the chances of hunting successfully.

Now, seeing others happily going out hunting with their hunting rifles, he felt a little jealous.

But what's the point of being jealous? He would definitely miss the trip. Lu Yingming thought about whether he should buy a hunting rifle in the next two days, and then ask Li Jianguo to bring him along next time.

Anyway, he has a tractor, so if he can't do it, he can just drive the tractor to catch up.

Li Long and his men did not hide the fact that they went out hunting, and many people in the team knew about it.

Xu Haijun was the one who reacted the most - last year he took people to Beishawo to hunt and had a great harvest.

This year he also planned to go hunting when the snow was thicker, and of course he would bring more people with him. But the prerequisite was to have guns, so he was waiting for the township armed forces department to issue a notice to let the militia companies in each village go and get the guns back, so that he could borrow guns to go hunting.

Now is not a good time for hunting. After all, although the snow is thick, winter has only just begun, and the gazelles are still fat and can last for a long time.

As for whether the gazelles could form large herds, he was not sure. His experiences before and after serving in the army were not enough to make him understand what the gazelles' living habits were like.

Then he could only hunt according to last year's hunting habits.

But he didn't expect that Li Long and his team had taken the lead, which made Xu Haijun a little angry for a moment, as if Li Long and his team had stolen his opportunity and limelight.

But when you think about it, it doesn't make sense. The yellow sheep is in Beishawo, it doesn't belong to anyone, so it belongs to whoever catches it.

So he couldn't say anything.

Actually, now that he thinks about it, he can afford a sand gun. But he is different from the others, who are now the backbone of their families, and have worked with Li Long for a long time to earn money, so they have extra money at home. Even Jia Weidong, who is the worst, is willing to be lent money by others.

Xu Haijun is not married yet, and part of his earnings have to be given to his parents, so he cannot spend too much.

So even though he could afford a sand gun, he didn't think about buying it. He was thinking about hunting in the winter, so his idea was to borrow a gun from someone. The best way was to borrow a public gun during the militia training.

So after Xu Haijun found out that Tao Daqiang and the others had bought guns, he was stunned for a long time.

Why can't I buy it? Or why can't I remember to buy it?
I regretted it for a long time.

Then he decided to buy a gun.

Xu Haijun is different from many people, he is a man of action. If he misses an opportunity, he will try his best to make up for it. In the army, he learned and has been practicing the principle of "mend the fold after the sheep have been lost", and it is never too late.

Many people in the team discussed this matter. In the sales department, Lao Zhang was behind the counter listening to people talking about this matter. Many people felt that if so many people went hunting, they would probably not get anything.

Although Li Long had good results in hunting in the past, who could guarantee that they would be able to find what they wanted to hunt on this snowy day?
When Li Long and his companions were heading north, they had already reached an agreement on the way.

In fact, Li Long had no objection - according to Li Jianguo's original intention, he should go directly to Wang Mingjun. They might have a drink, but he would definitely be able to ask for news about the yellow sheep.

After all, Wang Mingjun and his team are closest to Shawo, so they naturally know the most.

But the others disagreed. They meant to go directly into the sand pit and look for the traces of the gazelle without asking for help. After all, it had just snowed heavily, and the footprints of those wild animals in the snow must be fresh. So they just had to chase them.

The people who went hunting were all strong and had no problem running a few kilometers in the snow.

If you still can’t find it, then look for Wang Mingjun and others.

Li Long didn't care. In fact, he had a vague guess that these people probably didn't want to accept favors from others. Once they accepted favors, they had to pay them back. If you kill a yellow sheep, should you give it to others?

We can't say that these people have narrow vision and short-sightedness. After all, who doesn't want to make achievements and shoot things when they get their own hunting rifle for the first time?

It is not nice to say that you are taking advantage of the situation. There is a difference between individual efforts and combined efforts.

The jeep was driving very fast and did not wait for the tractor. Since there was only one road, Li Long believed that Jia Weidong would be able to find him by following the wheel marks.

There were already ruts on the road to the north, which was much better than the previous two years. In the previous two years, when it snowed heavily like now, it would take at least a week for the road to have ruts - and then it would be slowly flattened. The jeep ran fast and passed the front-line company of the Corps in more than an hour. Because he didn't want to disturb Wang Mingjun and his men, Li Long went around to the east, which also allowed him to enter the depths of the sand pit.

At the fork in the road, Li Long and his team used snow, reeds and other grasses to mark the area. There were not many people around here, so Jia Weidong probably could see and guess where they were going.

After entering the sand pit, the jeep stopped. It was already past twelve o'clock.

Running to a sand pit, Li Long looked around with his gun in hand. Wherever he could see, there were patches of red willows in the snow, undulating sand bags, and lonely saxaul trees.

There are no gazelles.

Although he was a little disappointed, he was not discouraged. If he could really see a large number of gazelles as soon as he arrived at the location, then the gazelles must be rampant and Wang Mingjun and his men would have started hunting them long ago.

Li Jianguo and his men got out of the car with guns in hand, stomped their feet hard in the snow, and then started to release water.

"The food I ate this morning was a bit salty, and I drank a lot of porridge. I also drank tea at Brother Li's house just now, so I urinated a lot now." Xie Yundong said as he drained the urine.

A few yellow stains appeared in the originally clean snow.

Li Long pointed at the sandbag and said:

"Let's go to the Red Willow Beach first. We can't see any gazelles here. If there are any, they might be in the Red Willow Beach. Let's look for them first, shall we?"

"Should we wait for Xiao Jia?" Li Jianguo asked, "He'll need at least half an hour, right?"

"Let's go there first." Liang Dacheng said, "This Red Willow Beach is not far away, less than one kilometer away. Let's go there and see what's going on. If there's nothing there, why don't we wait for it when we move to another place?"

He had a sand gun in his hand. Yesterday he couldn't wait to try the gun at the small lake. It went very smoothly and he just wanted to find something to shoot with.

"Then let's go." Li Long had no objection. It would be quite troublesome to just wait.

Looking at the 56.5 rifle in Li Long's hand, and then at the hunting rifle in their own hands, although they knew that the 56.5 rifle might have greater power and farther range for hunting, they just liked the guns in their hands.

Treasure your own things.

Several people dispersed, holding guns and almost lined up in a line as they moved towards Hongliu Beach. They were not moving fast and no one spoke. Although the safety of the guns were on, the bullets were loaded.

The shooting method was discussed in the car. If there was a group of gazelles lined up in a line, people would shoot the gazelles at the position where they were, and try not to hit the target too hard and waste bullets.

Of course, the prerequisite is that you can meet him - on this point, except Li Long, everyone else is quite optimistic.

After all, they have been hunted several times. Xu Haijun also caught one last year. What does that mean? It just means there are many yellow sheep.

The group reached the red willow beach and found quite a few paw and hoof prints of wild animals. It was a bit messy, so everyone was very happy.

"Open the gun safety." Li Long saw the wolf's five-claw plum blossom mark and reminded, "There might be a wolf, be careful."

This patch of red willows is not very tall, the tallest is only two meters, but it can easily hide ferocious wild animals like wolves.

"Don't be too far away, make sure everyone can see, and don't shoot to both sides." Li Jianguo reminded before entering Hongliu Beach.

Then they walked in.

Hongliu Beach is not very big. After five people walked in a row, they all watched carefully, pointed their guns forward, and remembered not to shoot to the sides - there were people guarding both sides.

When they were about to leave Hongliu Beach, several people were a little disappointed. Although animals had been here and there were many hoof prints, they had obviously run away.

"boom!"

Someone fired a shot, and Li Long looked over hurriedly. It turned out to be Liang Dacheng.

"Fox!" Liang Dacheng said loudly, "I didn't hit it, it ran away..."

Li Long thought that if he fired this shot, even if there were yellow sheep nearby, they would run away.

But it was difficult for him to say this right now.

After the few people walked out of Hongliu Beach, Xie Yundong said to Liang Dacheng:

"We are here to hunt gazelles. Don't shoot until you see one. Otherwise, if there are gazelles nearby, they will jump away in fright, and we will be caught blindly."

Liang Dacheng nodded somewhat embarrassedly.

The snow in the sand pit was not as deep as imagined, and some grass was not covered. Especially on the red willow beach, there were many tender red willow branches, which could be eaten by gazelles, red deer and the like.

Li Long thought that if they were waiting for hunting, they could stay here for a while, but they obviously didn't plan to wait like that.

Then let’s keep going.

"Xiao Jia should be here soon. When he comes, we'll go inside. There must be something in the sand pit!" Tao Daqiang was still quite optimistic at this time.

However, when Jia Weidong came to meet them, they walked towards the sand pit together. They walked for more than an hour, but did not find any prey within a radius of five or six kilometers.

In the middle, Jia Weidong went back and started the tractor to prevent the water in the water tank from freezing - if it did freeze, it would be a big trouble.

As they had agreed in advance not to look for the Corps company, the group finally returned to the jeep, got some firewood, lit a fire, and had lunch.

The atmosphere was a bit dull for a while. No one expected that hunting would be different from what they imagined. They ran dozens of kilometers and walked around for a whole morning, but found nothing.

Li Long thought this was normal. He had often experienced such things in the mountains. He said, "It's normal that we can't find it. The situation we had in the uninhabited area of ​​the Wuyi Highway in the west is only possible there."

"Is there any there now?" Jia Weidong asked.

"It's not time yet." Li Long waved his hand. "We have to wait a little longer. When the snow covers all the grass in the farther north and there is not enough food in the sand pits, the gazelles will migrate south to the southern mountains to find food."

That being said, Li Long was actually worried. He thought for a while and said, "We can't see this area. Let's drive back to the road and continue east. Let's go east for another ten kilometers to see."

Li Long is an expert, so everyone listens to him.

When we entered the sand pit more than ten kilometers away again, the red willow beach here was larger, but more sparse than the previous one.

They were still lined up in a row, but just after entering the red willow beach and not far away, Li Long heard a dense sound, and he immediately said:
"Get ready! Something is coming! Look carefully, if it's a wild animal, hit it, be careful not to hit anyone!"

His voice was not loud. Firstly, he was worried that if it was a gazelle or something, it would scare it away. Secondly, everyone was close to each other, the farthest was only about 20 to 30 meters away, so this little sound could be heard.

Then they saw a group of elk rushing out from the red willow beach, heading towards them. When the elk saw them, they were startled. Some turned around and ran westward, some were stunned on the spot, and some even fell in the snow.

"Shoot!" Li Long shouted in time and was the first to fire a shot. He aimed at a male sika deer that was leading the group. The male sika deer had long antlers. Li Long shot it in the head with one shot. The sika deer tilted its body and fell into the snow, motionless.

At this moment, someone from the Northeast shouted:

"Who's shooting?"

"Be careful! Don't hit anyone!"

Li Long was startled. Was someone chasing the red deer? Did he run into someone in the same group?

Will there be disputes because of this?

He hurriedly shouted at everyone to stop shooting. In fact, at this time, everyone had finished a round of shooting.

Brilliant results!

PS: Thank you kcman for the big reward, thank you 小小草房1980 for the reward, thank you book friends ren_Cd, 一蓑煙雨踏山巔, 谢兰欧, 海節_ae, 江现鹏, 独飞的青鷔 and other book friends for the reward. Let me explain, it is not the Northern Xinjiang that calls the father-in-law uncle, it is Li Jianguo who calls him that, and Li Long followed suit, and the others are the same, most of them call him dad. Let me explain again, in the Northern Xinjiang, especially when driving the new F, I also hate some people who don’t turn the steering wheel and randomly cut in line, but as far as I know, in the past two days, many of the traffic jams in Duku were caused by mainlanders who drove their own cars and turned around and blocked the road. So there are bad habits everywhere... Don’t regard the bad habits of some people as the collective symbol of a certain place. (End of this chapter)