Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Not long after Li Long entered the woods, he saw a vagrant digging Fritillaria. The man was frightened when he saw Li Long and ran away with the bag.

Li Long felt that he had seen this person two days ago, so he shouted:
"You dig yours, I'm just passing by."

The man also recognized Li Long's voice, stopped, smiled awkwardly, and said:
"I thought it was from the forestry team...it turned out to be Boss Li."

"Why are we digging here? There aren't many Fritillaria here." Li Long asked casually.

"But no one is checking here..." the man told the truth. "There are quite a few Fritillaria in the ditches to the east, but there are also quite a few people checking. We might get caught. It's more dangerous to go further into the mountains. There are wolves and bears. So I dig here. I can dig several kilograms a day."

Okay, everyone has their own aspirations. Li Long nodded and left.

He had no ill feelings towards the blind migrants. After all, the so-called blind migrants were just people who did not have an identity in northern Xinjiang now, but who might get one someday.

Moreover, his elder brother was considered a youth who went to the border areas before he was settled down. In fact, he was also considered a kind of blind migrant before he was settled down, right? Most of the people in the fourth team could not make a living in their hometown, or because of various difficulties, they fled to the northern Xinjiang and then settled down. Now the settlement is stricter than before. Those who settled down first call those who came later blind migrants, which is actually not derogatory. After all, most of the people who settled down had the same status before.

Li Long used to think that the term "blind flow" only existed in northern Xinjiang, but later he learned that it also existed in the northwest and northeast. After all, these two areas are vast and sparsely populated, making it easy for people to survive.

After passing this area, Li Long continued to move forward. There was still dew in the forest. The man just now was not an expert in digging Fritillaria. He squatted there and still dug in the soil. Of course, it was also related to the environment in this area. The density of Fritillaria was not that high, so each Fritillaria was very precious.

Although Li Long also collected Fritillaria last year, he did not encounter many migrant workers digging for Fritillaria. It was not only because of the wooden house, but also because the market in northern Xinjiang was only opened up last year, and it took some time for the news to spread. Therefore, there are more people this year than last year.

After leaving this area, Li Long walked quickly towards another ditch. The terrain was relatively flat for a long distance in front of the wooden house, but after entering the forest, the terrain became complicated, with large and small gullies, and some tributaries, or mountain folds, were not long, just like the hot spring ditch, and the gullies were not wide, so it would be more difficult to walk.

Unlike Xiaobaiyanggou, it is a long ditch that stretches for 20 to 30 kilometers from the northern mountains.

The ditch where Sun Jiaqiang dug the fritillaria was a branch of Xiaobaiyanggou, just like a fork. The terrain of Xiaobaiyanggou and its brother ditch, Baiyanggou, is not complicated, but the terrain on both sides is difficult to say.

After crossing a few short ditches, Li Long's pants got wet. He got used to it. This thing would dry in a short time. Now he missed the imitation of the army's 06-style split raincoat, or rain pants, that he bought from the labor protection store a few years before his death in his previous life. Wearing this thing would at least keep his pants from getting wet when there was heavy dew in the morning.

The ditch in front was the place the tall and thin guy mentioned when he first sold the metal sheets. Li Long clenched his gun. He came here to hunt in the wild, looking for things that no one wanted, to see if he could pick up any bargains. Of course, he did it while he was hunting.

After going down into the ditch and searching for a while, I saw the place Tang Hongsheng mentioned.

This place is full of footprints, some of which are quite deep, obviously left by people squatting for a long time.

Li Long walked around the area twice and indeed found some copper coins that had not been picked up in the stream - they were almost rusted.

He looked around, but there was no one. The mud around the footprints was dry, and the time was at least a day ago. Li Long walked upstream along the stream while looking.

After walking 20 to 30 meters, he stopped. There was a fork in the stream, and some copper coins appeared at the fork. There were not only copper coins, but also some broken pieces of cloth.

Walking a few meters along this fork in the ditch, Li Long saw traces of excavation. Several large stones were moved to one side, and the soil underneath showed signs of fresh turning. Some broken porcelain was thrown aside. Li Long bent down to pick up an incomplete base, and the words "Made in the Kangxi Period of the Qing Dynasty" were revealed.

This should be a plum vase.

Rags were thrown everywhere, some of which had dull patterns on them. Rusty copper coins were mixed in the soil. Li Long picked up a stick and dug a few times, and picked out a few smooth copper coins without holes.

The people who came to look for things were obviously not interested in the copper coins, and no one knew whether there were any ingots or silver dollars inside, but they could not be seen now.

The area was not small, but there were not many things left. Li Long just looked through them briefly and found only seven or eight copper coins, a Yuan Datou, and a gold ring with a ruby. Maybe because the objects were small, they were not picked up and mixed in the soil. The gold color was a little dull, but the ruby ​​was really beautiful.

After putting it away, Li Long turned around and continued walking towards the Hot Spring Valley.

These things can't be exchanged for money in a short time, so he doesn't care much. If he has them, he will keep them. If he doesn't have them, it doesn't matter. After all, he doesn't have too much obsession. The main thing is that the things are right in front of him, so it's easy to take them. To put it simply, if he really wants to get these things, with his current wealth, he can take the money to the cultural relics stores in his hometown, find connections and find agents, and he can buy a lot of good things.

But there is no need to do so. If you are not in this line of work, as for antiques, if they are right in front of you, just play with them and don't be greedy.

So you still need a backpack. It’s okay to put these things in a shoulder bag, but if you add a copper incense burner, the shoulder bag may not be able to fit it.

After walking a few dozen meters towards the stream and finding nothing there, Li Long climbed over the mountain and headed towards the hot spring valley.

From this location, you can go to the hot spring valley almost directly to the pool.

There were no wild animals in the pond, no wolves, wild boars, wild goats, or roe deer. But there were hoof prints on the side, which must have been there before, but I didn't know if it was last night or this morning.

Li Long didn't care. He took off his clothes and hung them on the grass. He put his gun by the pool and went into the pool, ready to take a good soak.

I won't talk about the rain. Although I wiped it off when I returned, I was still wet when I came back. Then Liu Shanmin was here, and it was difficult to wash myself, so I just came here. It's not easy to get such a treatment as taking a hot spring bath in the future. I remember that when I traveled to Yili in my previous life, those famous hot springs were surrounded at the beginning, such as Xiata. When the scenic spot was not famous, there were already hotels at the hot springs, and there were also Bulong, Bargeti, etc.

Later, even the wild hot springs in Kashi were surrounded by people, so it was more troublesome to take a bath. For now, you can enjoy it, so enjoy it.

I soaked for about half an hour and then washed myself. I felt slippery because of the minerals in the water.

After wiping his body roughly, Li Long put on his clothes. Although his clothes were not completely dry, they were much better than before.

After he got dressed, he headed southeast with his gun. After soaking in the hot springs, the wild animals like to go to two directions, southeast or southwest. Li Long shot the wild goat in the southeast, and the bear was also killed in the cracks of the rocks in the southeast. So he likes to go here.

Passing through the pine forest and going up to the open slope, Li Long discovered that there were a lot of Fritillaria on the shady slope, and there were also patches of Codonopsis pilosula, with particularly thick stems. He wondered whether he should come and dig some in the fall.
Going up further, we came to the rocky beach, not far from where Li Long had killed the bear. He held the gun tightly and walked slowly over there.

There are no traces of the bear cave anymore. Grass has grown and a few thatches are almost blocking the cave.

Li Long picked up his gun, turned on the safety and walked in. He found traces of animals walking in there, the grass on the ground had not grown, and there was a fishy smell.

When I walked carefully to the corner and looked inside, I found nothing.

Li Long retreated with some disappointment. This was the farthest place he had ever been. There was more up the mountain, but there was not much grass over there, and there were more large rocks, so Li Long simply climbed over.

When he was almost at the top, Li Long stopped to take a rest. He looked down and saw the mountains and forests below, which were well-organized, green and full of vitality.

There were no human figures in sight, only the occasional eagle flying in the sky, circling, or diving, perhaps having discovered a marmot or a rabbit.

Li Long continued to climb up. When he reached the top of the mountain, a mountain breeze suddenly blew over and he suddenly felt cool.

The mountain wind was quite strong. This was the highest mountain within a few kilometers, and the top was full of rocks, with not many plants growing, just some weeds between the cracks of the rocks. Li Long looked toward the south slope and unexpectedly found some mountain goats jumping on the rocks below.

Ibex!

Li Long immediately raised his gun and aimed - the location was less than fifty meters away from him, and it was very steep. After Li Long took aim, he put down the gun again.

It is relatively easy to hit the sheep, but if you hit it you won't be able to get it because the south slope is too steep. If you hit it and it rolls down, it will take Li Long more than an hour to go around the mountain and carry the sheep back.

If it hits but doesn't roll down, and gets stuck on a stone in the middle, then it would be a waste of time.

Li Long put away his gun in disappointment, picked up a stone and threw it down.

The stone quickly fell behind the herd of mountain goats. There were about ten sheep in the herd. They were frightened by the stone and immediately ran away in all directions.

What surprised Li Long was that these mountain goats did not run down the mountain, but ran parallel to both sides. The steep cliff was not a big problem for them. Well, this is their territory.

The influence failed, and Li Long could only watch these mountain elves run away.

Walking further to the east, Li Long discovered the bones of a ibex, which included not only a skull but also other bones in the body.

Li Long picked up the skull and counted it. There were twenty-two sections - it was an old sheep!

Got to take this back.

Holding the sheep's horns, Li Long thought for a moment and walked west. It had been nearly two hours since he came here, so he had to go back.

Walking over the hot spring valley, Li Long remembered that he seemed to have chased a group of wild boars here and even killed one. However, the cracks between the rocks were now full of grass, and occasionally feces could be seen, but he didn't know what it was.

After passing the hot spring valley and the head of the valley where the gold ring was found, and heading west, when Li Long was about to go down to a relatively flat place, he saw a few roe deer eating grass on a gentle slope where a spring was bubbling up.

There were five of them, three big and two small. The largest male roe deer was about the size of a young red deer, weighing about 30 to 40 kilograms. The smallest one was probably a calf from last year, and had just grown up, weighing about 20 kilograms, and was chewing grass there.

The old roe deer were very alert, looking around from time to time, while the younger ones were more relaxed, jumping up and down from time to time, and even fighting with each other, butting heads and so on.

Li Long saw that the roe deer were about 70 to 80 meters away from here. He could hit them, but he was not sure because they were moving. So he slowly circled westward with his goat horns and came to the back of a small hill less than 50 meters away from the roe deer. From here, the roe deer were just to the side of Li Long, and behind them was a swamp formed by the gathering of spring water.

Putting down the sheep's head, Li Long bent down and walked forward slowly. When he reached the top of the hill, he half-knelt and held up his gun.

When he took aim and turned on the safety, the male roe deer turned his head and saw Li Long. He let out a scream and then ran to the north.

The female roe deer followed the male and ran out, followed by another female. Their target was obvious, which was in the forest not far to the north of the swamp.

Fortunately, when Li Long was squatting, his target was not the bull roe deer and its prey, but one of the younger and stronger ones.

The male roe deer had only run out two or three meters when Li Long fired his gun. This shot knocked the young male roe deer to the ground. When Li Long adjusted the muzzle of the gun again to shoot another young roe deer, he was surprised to find that the roe deer ran into the swamp in a panic and sank. Soon, the water mixed with mud reached its thighs!

Hehe, Li Long happily picked up the gun, picked up the sheep's head and ran down.

The roe deer trapped in the swamp was extremely worried and kept crying pitifully, but the more it struggled, the deeper it sank.

When Li Long approached, the roe deer's belly was already sticking to the water surface. It looked at Li Long pitifully, apparently not sure whether this two-legged monster was coming to catch it or to save it.

Li Long first looked at the roe deer that was shot. It was not dead yet. The bullet hit its neck and blood was still gushing out. It was definitely not going to survive, but it was still twitching.

Li Long looked around. The other three roe deer had already run away and there was no one around. He put down his gun and sheep's head and prepared to rescue the roe deer in the swamp.

Of course, it’s not in vain to rescue it, you can take it home and raise it.

The roe deer panicked when Li Long reached out his hand, and hurriedly swayed in the water to avoid Li Long. However, the more it swayed, the deeper it sank. Li Long couldn't go down by himself, because who knew how deep the swamp formed by the spring was, and it would be a waste if he got stuck.

The roe deer was disobedient, so Li Long took out a rope from his bag and tied a noose. He wanted to learn from the Kazakh herdsmen and put the noose on the roe deer so that he could pull it out after putting it on.

Whether you can pull it out depends on luck.

After two attempts, the deer didn't cooperate. In addition, Li Long's aim was not very good, so he either missed the target or was fooled by the deer. Li Long became a little impatient and pointed at the deer and cursed:

"If you want to die, just shake like this. If you shake twice more, you'll be buried. Don't move!"

It was not known whether the deer scare the deer with its momentum or the deer knew that Li Long did not want to kill it now, so the guy did not move, and Li Long finally caught the opponent's neck.

The rope was pulled and tightened, and the roe deer couldn't make a sound even if it wanted to. It just opened its mouth, feeling uncomfortable from being strangled.

Li Long didn't dare to exert too much force, as he didn't know whether the mud underneath the roe deer was thin or thick. If it was thin, it would be fine, but if it was thick, the roe deer might be strangled to death and there was no way it could be pulled out.

Fortunately, after the rope was tightened, Li Long actually pulled the roe deer, and directly pulled it onto the water surface and slowly moved it out.

But this guy looked a bit miserable with his tongue sticking out and his eyes almost rolled back, so Li Long could only loosen his grip and pull.

Ten minutes later, the roe deer was pulled out, lying on the ground wet all over, too tired to move.

Li Long put the gun on his back, and now he was a little worried. He had to carry the dead roe deer and lead it at the same time, and he had to abandon the sheep's head.

Alas, just give it up. There’s nothing I can do about it. I can’t grow two more hands.

Li Long picked up the dead roe deer and dragged it towards the north. The deer didn't want to walk, but Li Long didn't give in and just dragged it along the ground.

After being dragged out for more than ten meters, the roe deer probably realized that if it didn't follow, it would be dragged to death. When Li Long loosened his hand slightly, it suddenly climbed up and followed Li Long reluctantly.

It still wanted to run away, but the rope was very strong and Li Long was very strong, so he would not let it get away with it. Whenever it wanted to run, he would pull hard, which made it roll its eyes. After a few pulls, the roe deer became obedient.

We kept dawdling like this, and by the time we got back to the cabin, it was already noon.

What surprised Li Long was that there was a plate of fried mushrooms, two bowls of rice, and a plate of chopped offal on the table.

Liu Shanmin looked at him with some pride, and when Li Long looked over, he explained:

"I'm hungry. I thought you might not be back for a while, so I cooked dinner first. My cooking skills are average, so you'll have to make do with it."

The cooking skills were indeed average. Li Long could tell at a glance that the rice was undercooked and the crust was definitely black. The mushrooms were also a bit watery, so it was estimated that this person had rarely been in the kitchen when he was at home.

But it doesn’t matter, at least there’s something to eat.

"You've got quite a harvest. You got two roe deer in just one trip." Liu Shanmin added:
"Good marksmanship!"

"It's mainly because there are a lot of resources in the mountains." Li Long said modestly, "Okay, let's eat, and then we can clean up after we finish eating."

He was tired too.

As for whether the rice is cooked or not, that’s secondary. What matters most is whether it can fill your stomach.

Liu Shanmin helped Li Long tie up the roe deer. After Li Long picked up a bowl of rice, he took the other bowl and started eating, not only the rice but also the vegetables.

Li Long knew that he was not rushing to eat because he was extremely hungry, but was indicating that the food was not poisonous.

Okay, that’s pretty honest.

Be worthy of your care. (End of this chapter)