Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

The sound was very loud, but Li Long could tell that the direction of the sound was not within the rifle's direct firing range, and the distance was not close, at least thirty or forty meters.

Upon hearing the shout, everyone immediately put away their guns for fear of hitting anyone. It was also because of the shout that the remaining elks, who could have fired another round, took the opportunity to escape.

There were four sika deer lying on the ground. Li Long knew the one that hit him, but he had no idea who had killed the others.

Apparently there weren't enough to go around, and he felt a little regretful. If no one over there had shouted, at least each family would have gotten one.

At least he could still fire one shot.

But there was no movement in the red willow beach, so Li Long shouted:
"We've put away our guns, you guys come out!" He guessed that the people over there were afraid that there would be more shooting here, so they didn't dare to come out.

A few seconds after he finished shouting, a figure appeared in the northeast direction.

Two people, one holding a gun and the other holding a stick.

Seeing that Li Long and the others had put their guns on their shoulders, the man holding the gun put it away and was still cautious when he walked over.

"Where are you from? Why are you shooting here?" The man with the gun was very angry and came over to question. The person he questioned was Li Jianguo, the oldest one. Naturally, he thought that Li Jianguo should be the leader among these people.

"What's wrong? Where is the rule that says hunting is not allowed here?" Li Long stepped forward and asked without waiting for Li Jianguo to respond, "What's the matter? Does this sand pit have an owner?"

The man choked, looked at Li Long, and responded: "Although there is no owner, if we are hunting, shouldn't we notify and see if there is anyone inside?"

"Then why did you run into the sand pit without informing the people outside that you were inside? Why didn't you tell us what you were doing?" This time it was Liang Dacheng who spoke.

Since Li Long had set the tone, the others knew how to respond. Everyone here had guns, so people couldn't be cowardly. The main thing was that the other party would start accusing people as soon as they opened their mouths, and no one could stand that.

Of course, the question of whether shooting was wrong or not is a vague concept in itself. Who could have known that there were still people in Hongliu Beach?

You can't just point your gun into the air and shoot before hunting, what's the point of hunting then?

After hearing what Liang Dacheng said, the man's face flushed red, and he was obviously very angry. The man holding the stick next to him didn't know whether he was being honest or scared, but he spoke out honestly:

"We are from the Second Company. Our horses are lost, so we are out looking for them..."

It turns out he’s from the Corps.

Li Long vaguely remembered that Wang Mingjun and his men were from the fourth company. Does that mean they were from the same regiment?

The one holding the gun glared at the one holding the stick, as if he thought he shouldn't show weakness.

"You guys should make louder noises when looking for horses." Li Long was sure that this was a misunderstanding and asked, "Did you see the group of deer just now? Why didn't you kill them?"

"No, they saw us first and then ran over here. There were too many red willows, we couldn't hit them at all..." the one holding the stick continued to speak, and then he glanced at the one holding the gun. He obviously realized that he seemed to have said too much.

The one holding the gun glared at the one holding the stick again and thought that this guy was really stupid.

"How about this," Li Long thought for a while and said, "It can be said that there is no acquaintance without fighting. Although we killed this deer, you scared it, otherwise we wouldn't be able to kill it. I'll give each of you a deer leg, mainly because we need the deer skin, how about it?"

The one holding the stick immediately agreed in surprise, while the one holding the gun didn't say anything, which probably meant he agreed.

In fact, it is not necessary to give it, but Li Long feels that if people do not alarm these sika deer, it may not be so easy to kill them.

He handed the gun to the older brother next to him and found that the older brother Li Jianguo had been staring at the man with the stick. The man with the stick was nearly 40 years old, and the man with the gun was almost 50 years old, both of them were not young.

Li Long didn't think too much about it. He pulled out his knife, randomly selected a female deer, and neatly peeled off the skin of its two hind legs. He removed the hind legs and handed them to the two people respectively.

Seeing how skillfully Li Long wielded the knife, the two men's expressions changed. The one holding the gun was no longer so angry and took the deer leg.

The one holding the stick thanked him several times, even saying sorry, then suddenly thought of something, pointed to the northeast and said:

"You have to go inside. There is a Haloxylon ammodendron forest about two or three kilometers away. We saw a group of gazelles there yesterday, but they ran away when we passed by. I don't know if they will come back... If you are hunting, you can go and take a look."

The guy with the gun was really convinced this time. Was he sent by the other party to lurk? Why was his elbow pointed towards the other party? He was bribed by a deer leg? Isn't this bone too soft?
At this time, Li Jianguo finally spoke:

"From the Second Company? Do you know a guy called Luo Erwa?"

"I am Luo Erwa!" The man holding the deer leg with a stick looked at Li Jianguo seriously, "Brother, why do I feel that your face looks so familiar? Have we met before?"

"Erwa? You are Erwa?" Li Jianguo was surprised at first, then he smiled, "I am the former quartermaster of the Fourth Company, Li Jianguo!"

"Hey!" Luo Erwa stared at Li Jianguo again and slammed his stick into the ground. "You are Brother Jianguo? Really? Do you remember that several companies worked together to dig a big canal, and I went to your kitchen to eat steamed buns?"

"How can I not remember? I thought you looked like me just now, but you were much thinner and looked very old. You are several years younger than me, but why do you look older than me now?"

No matter how you look at it at this time, it feels that Luo Erwa is older than Li Jianguo, but Luo Erwa calls Li Jianguo "brother".

"That's because you look younger." Luo Erwa sighed, "You look only a few years older than you did then, right? You look like a city dweller..."

He turned his head and glanced at the man holding the gun next to him, who looked to be almost fifty years old. Luo Erwa looked at Li Jianguo and said:
"This is He Suozhu, the militia platoon leader of my company. He is forty years old..."

Okay, Li Long understood.

The living conditions of the people on his side are considered good in the Fourth Team, and the average living standard of the Fourth Team is much better than that of other people in the county.

At this time, the living conditions in the Corps might be better than those in other places, or more difficult, so it is hard to say, but their lives are definitely not as good as the Li family's.

Since eating old sparrows and quacking chickens in the winter of 1981, the Li family has never lacked meat.

So whether it is Li Qingxia and his wife, Li Jianguo and his wife, or Li Juan and Li Qiang, the brother and sister, they all look different from their peers at that time.

Li Juan and Li Qiang are stronger and taller, while Li Jianguo and Liang Yuemei appear younger than their peers.

One outward sign of being well-nourished is that people appear more energetic.

It is not very obvious in the village, but once you come out, the contrast becomes apparent.

Because they knew each other, the slightly unnatural atmosphere suddenly became harmonious. Li Jianguo and Luo Erwa chatted about the past, while Li Long and his team quickly skinned and dissected the doe before it was stiff. Jia Weidong took the time to go to the tractor, started it, and brought back some bags.

After dealing with this deer, he ignored the remaining ones for the time being. Li Long still remembered the Haloxylon ammodendron forest that Luo Erwa mentioned and wanted to go and see if there were any gazelles there.

"Brother Jianguo, please come to my house for dinner." Luo Erwa invited sincerely, "We haven't seen each other for so many years. We must have a lot to talk about."

"No," Li Jianguo waved his hand. "I have something else to do today. You can see that I am not here alone. We are out hunting, but it is not the right time yet. We need to go back inside to see if we can hunt yellow sheep or something."

"Okay, okay, I'll come over when I'm free later. Your family is in the Fourth Team, right? I'll come to see you when I'm free." Luo Erwa was very talkative at this time.

Knowing that Li Jianguo and his men were going to hunt, Luo Erwa did not stay here any longer and left with the deer leg. Although the other man was somewhat dissatisfied, he could not say anything more at the moment.

After the two men left, the deer was put back on the tractor. Jia Weidong watched on the tractor, while Li Long and the others went in the direction pointed by Luo Erwa with guns in hand.

Luo Erwa and the others wanted to find a horse, so they didn't go with them. They had to find the horse before dark, otherwise the horse might be besieged and eaten by wolves.

The horses were the company's public property and could not be lost. Li Long and his companions walked for more than half an hour and arrived at the outskirts of the Haloxylon ammodendron forest.

The young branches of Haloxylon ammodendron are food for wild animals in winter. Although not as delicious as the young grass in summer, it is still better than the dead grass on the ground at this time.

So this group of gazelles had actually heard the previous gunshots and fled quickly after hearing the gunshots, but because they didn't see anyone coming, the gazelles rushed back and continued to nibble on the tender branches of Haloxylon ammodendron in the snow.

When Li Long and his companions came over, the gazelles had already seen them, but their movements were not big, and the gazelles were not vigilant enough. When Li Long and his companions were less than a hundred meters away from the gazelles, the most vigilant gazelles began to become agitated, and stepped out of the Haloxylon ammodendron forest to stay away from danger.

"Get ready to fight. Don't get any closer." Li Long said, "These gazelles are very cautious. If you get any closer, they will run away in groups."

Several people lined up, half-crouched, holding guns and looking for their targets.

Li Long looked in a farther direction - because the Haloxylon ammodendron forest was sparser than the previous red willow forest, he could see through these not very tall Haloxylon ammodendrons to the distance, and there was no figure over there.

No need to worry about accidental injuries this time.

"Should we get closer?" Li Jianguo was a little worried. "I don't think our sand guns can shoot that far, right?"

Li Long suddenly realized that only his 50/60mm can still be accurate and powerful at such a long distance. The sand gun does not have such great power at such a long distance. He nodded and said:
"Then we have to keep low and go slowly."

"Okay." The others responded.

"No need to lie down, just squat and move slowly over there." Li Long squatted down and looked forward. He could see that some of the "short grass and shrubs" exposed outside the snow in front of him could actually block their view, so they didn't need to go through so much trouble.

I squatted and walked forward for thirty or forty meters, getting closer and closer to the gazelles. Some of them had already left the Haloxylon ammodendron forest and went deep into the sand pit.

This large group of gazelles is itself made up of many small groups of gazelles. Some of the small groups of gazelles are highly vigilant and leave early, while others are still greedy for the tender branches of Haloxylon ammodendron and are reluctant to leave.

Want to eat more before the heavier snow comes.

"Get ready to shoot." Li Long and his team were less than fifty meters away from the group of gazelles and had already approached the edge of the Haloxylon ammodendron forest. Seeing that the Haloxylon ammodendron forest was already in turmoil, he said, "Kill as many as we can!"

There are still fifty or sixty gazelles in this group. Li Long can guarantee that he can fire at least two shots before the gazelles run away.

He also believed that the two shots would definitely hit both gazelles, and what he needed to do now was to choose which gazelle.

Is it delicious, or is it too skinny?
Li Long hesitated for a moment before choosing the former.

A yellow sheep about one and a half years old, at this moment, put its front hooves on the Haloxylon ammodendron tree, stretching its neck to reach the tender branches near the top of the tree - the yellow leaves closer to the ground have been eaten by other trees, so it can only try its best to reach the ones above.

"Bang!" Li Long shot the yellow goat in the head. He didn't even look at the result of his shooting. He turned his gun and aimed at another yellow goat that was digging in the snow not far away. Then he pulled the trigger:
"boom!"

Then other people nearby started shooting: "Bang, bang, bang!"

Two gazelles fell down. Li Long looked at the gazelles that had already broken out of their den and adjusted the muzzle of his gun. He could no longer aim accurately at this time, so he could only aim at a gazelle that was running sideways based on his feeling: "Bang!"

When the third yellow sheep fell, Li Long felt joy in his heart. At the same time, he aimed at the fourth yellow sheep. "Bang, bang, bang", he fired three shots in a row before knocking the yellow sheep down. When he turned the gun again, the yellow sheep had turned into a black dot within his sight and he could no longer aim at it.

Li Long breathed a sigh of relief and stood up with his gun in hand. Only then did he realize that his elder brother Li Jianguo and the others were all looking at him.

"What's wrong?" Li Long was a little surprised. "Why are you looking at me?"

"Brother Long, you are really amazing!" Tao Daqiang's face was full of admiration, "We each fired two shots, and you shot four yellow sheep by yourself!"

So that's it. Li Long smiled and said, "How is it? How many did you hit?"

"I have two." Li Jianguo smiled, put away the sand gun, hung the gun belt on his shoulder and said.

"I have two too." Tao Daqiang was confident. He always felt that Li Long was the best hunter in the team, and he was the second best. Although he had a stable life after getting married in the past two years, he had gone hunting with Li Long many times before, and no one else could compare to him.

"I only have one." Xie Yundong was a little embarrassed, "I still need to practice my shooting skills."

"I shot one too. I injured another one, but I didn't kill it. It ran away." Liang Dacheng said a little embarrassedly, "The recoil of this gun is greater than that of the 565. I'm not used to it yet."

This is the truth.

"Well, let's go and get the yellow sheep back. We have to hurry back home." Li Long said, "This trip has yielded quite a lot of gains. As for Brother Weidong, just take one from me."

Last time, Xie Yundong and Jia Weidong didn't catch any of the four red deer, so Jia Weidong didn't get any either. This time, there were extra gazelles, so Li Long decided to give one of his to Jia Weidong, which was just enough to pay for his tractor.

Others naturally have no objection. At least everyone has gained something, and that's enough.

There were many yellow sheep, and luckily they brought ropes when they came, so they used the ropes to drag the sheep back in the snow when they couldn't carry them. Li Long now missed the plastic sheet he used when hunting in the mountains a few years ago. This time, he didn't bring that thing because he had a tractor.

Fortunately, the distance was not particularly far and the gazelles were not particularly heavy, so each person divided them into two and pulled them with a rope. After more than an hour, they returned to the tractor.

Jia Weidong didn't expect to get such a big harvest from hunting yellow sheep this time. He smiled and said, "Not bad, not bad, really amazing!"

"Brother Long killed four of them by himself!" Tao Daqiang has always been a fan of Li Long. He said excitedly, "I said I'll give you one."

"Well, I'll take it then." Jia Weidong also knew that there was no need to be polite at this time, and said with a smile, "When you come again tomorrow, it will be my turn to play. If you play too much, I will go back."

It’s hard to say whether he can do it or not, but let me put it this way first. Li Long can also see that Jia Weidong is sincere.

The yellow sheep were piled in the cart and tied up with ropes. This time Xie Yundong took the initiative to sit in the cart bed, as he was going to see the yellow sheep.

Li Long and his companions drove the jeep back. In the car, Li Jianguo, Tao Daqiang and others were eating the food they brought with them.

Although it was a bit cold, he was hungry and didn't care about that. The main thing was the braised meat. Li Long would grab a piece and chew it from time to time - there were no cameras at that time, and he was a good driver, so it was normal for him to hold the steering wheel with one hand, so he ate slowly and didn't feel hungry anymore.

Of course, what I was thinking about was to get home quickly and eat some hot food, which would be better than this cold food.

More than an hour later, the jeep returned to the team and arrived at Li's house first. The tractor would take at least another hour to arrive, so they had to wait a while.

The Li family had already prepared dinner, and when the jeep arrived, the four of them were welcomed in, washed their hands, warmed themselves up, and then had their meal.

Rice porridge, also known as weak white rice, is not very thick, but has a lot of oil. It gives a warm feeling when you drink it, which goes all the way to your stomach.

The white flour buns were cut into slices and roasted until golden brown, the pickles fried with meat were very oily, plus there was a large bowl of shredded potatoes and a plate of braised lamb. Although there were not many varieties, the portions were sufficient.

"Xiao Jia and Yun Dong are in the back? Their food is left in the pot." Liang Yuemei said with a smile, "They are frozen to death this time."

"I'm happy too." Tao Daqiang said as he ate. "Brother Long killed four yellow sheep and gave one to Jia Weidong. This way everyone gets something. A hide is only 30 or 40 yuan. What's the harm if it gets cold?"

He shot a sika deer and two yellow sheep by himself, and his daily income was over a hundred yuan, so he must be very happy.

Even Jia Weidong, who had the smallest harvest, was able to get a yellow sheep. Not only was his skin worth the money, but his meat was enough to last him several days.

Very good.

At this time, some people in the team have already started discussing. After all, the jeep has returned, but the tractor has not. Are the people who entered the Li family going to fight or not? (End of this chapter)