Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

When the sun was about to set, Talihar said goodbye to the other boys and headed for his winter home, carrying his gun.
He was a little frustrated. After Yushanjiang finished talking yesterday, he returned to the winter den and began to look for traces of wild animals, but found nothing.
In fact, Talihar knew that there was a group of wild goats nearby, on a mountain not far from the winter den. The mountain was very steep, and it was difficult for wolves and foxes to climb up.

These wild goats graze in the mountains or on the tops of the mountains. They only come down to drink water at fixed times every day. After drinking, they return to the mountains along the paths they have trampled out.

When Talihar was a child, he once climbed up those paths, but he slipped down halfway because it was too steep and it seemed impossible for anyone to climb up.

It was almost like it was going straight up or down, and I don't know how the sheep got up there.

Wild goats usually live in groups in the mountains. There are no trees on that mountain, only relatively sparse bushes and weeds growing under the bushes. These wild goats feed on these weeds and young leaves of the bushes.

Originally, Talihar thought he had a sure win against the leading wild goat, but after returning yesterday, he waited until dark, but the wild goat did not show up.

He got up very early this morning and waited at the stream at the foot of the mountain for nearly two hours, but to no avail.

Have the wild goats left the area?
Seeing other herdsmen hunting roe deer or picking up jade, Talihar became a little anxious.

I have already cut half of the grass slope, I can't let others work for me for nothing, right?
Dad will beat me if he finds out.

The Kazakhs are like eagles in the sky, with a clear distinction between love and hate. When they receive favors from others, they should know how to repay them.

He had twenty bullets with him, which should be enough to kill two wild goats. Halim said that the skins of two wild goats or roe deer, or one deer skin, would be enough to pay for the grass.

Talihar felt it was not enough. How could it be enough?

Last year, he came here with his father to cut grass. It took more than a month to cut grass on the three hillsides of his home, covering hundreds of acres of grassland.

I get up early every day to eat dry naan, eat dry naan at noon, and eat dry naan at night. Although it is cool in the mountains in the morning and evening, the sun is scorching during the day, which is uncomfortable!

Last year's sickle was new, and was also sent by Li Long. It was much more useful than the previous one. But after swinging the sickle for more than a month, my arms couldn't bear it anymore. Talihar felt that his arms had become thicker.

What can we do? We have to cut more grass, otherwise the cattle and sheep will have nothing to eat in the winter and will starve to death.

Cattle, sheep and yurts are everything to the Kazakhs and they are all indispensable.

Talihar never thought that there would be such a simple and convenient way to cut grass.

If I go back and tell my dad, he will definitely say it's impossible!
It took two people a month to mow the grassland, but the tractor with the lawn mower finished mowing it in two days, and it was cleaner and neater than manual mowing!
This is unimaginable in the eyes of the older generation!
Therefore, I must hunt the wild goat as a thank you gift.

Talihar waved his whip, and the chestnut horse that he had been with day and night understood what its master meant and quickened its pace towards the winter den.

When he arrived at the winter camp, Talihar took off the saddle, tied up the horse, gave it water and grass, then walked towards the south mountain with his gun on his back.

The mountain was still as steep as ever. He searched carefully at the foot of the mountain and found several clear hoof prints and some sheep dung.

It seems that the wild goats are still there, but they go down the mountain not during the two periods that I was guarding.

He tried to climb up, but still couldn't.

It was too steep, and I slid down after just a few steps.

The cracks in the rocks that the wild goat's hooves could step on were simply too deep for Talihar's shoes to fit into.

He had no choice but to continue looking for a place to climb up at the foot of the mountain.

We walked until we reached a place nearly one kilometer away from the winter nest. The mountain here was not as steep. Although it was still difficult to climb, it seemed that we could barely climb up.

Talihar put his gun on his back and climbed up through the bushes. After climbing more than a hundred meters, the mountain became steeper and it was difficult to go up, so he had to walk sideways, hoping to find a suitable place.

However, after walking sideways for dozens of meters, there was still no suitable location. Seeing that the sun had set and the sky had become dark, Talihar had to slowly go down the mountain and return to the winter den.

After a simple wash and lying on the wooden kang, Talihar was still thinking about how to go up the mountain.

The wild goats must be on the mountain. I can’t watch them at the foot of the mountain, so I have to go up the mountain to look for them.

The only prey he could find nearby was the wild goat. He had seen red deer and roe deer in farther places before, but those animals only passed by occasionally, unlike the wild goat, which lived right here.

As Talihar thought about it, he actually came up with an idea.

Go to bed and try again tomorrow morning!

It was getting dark, and Li Long had already driven the tractor back to the wooden house.

He first hung the roe deer's whip and head in the small room to dry. This thing is quite useful.

Roe deer meat is better than wolf meat after all. However, it is not good to eat too much of this stuff. Some people say that the stomach of the Han people is suitable for omnivorous eating, so they can't eat only meat or only plants (grass), so they need to take both into account.

When he came back, it was still light and the sun was still half visible in the west. He hurried to the nearby woods and got some wild mushrooms.

There was no other way. The only thing that was easy to get was wild mushrooms. Wild onions, wild garlic, and wild leeks were all out of season. All that could be obtained were the ones below. The green ones on top were basically gone. Fortunately, there was a spring where water came from, and he could still pick a few handfuls of wild celery that grew later. He cherished it very much, washed it, and planned to stir-fry it.

Make some cold mushrooms and stir-fry some wild celery, and you’ll have food for tomorrow morning.

As for the others, you can actually find them if you look for them in a large area. For example, you can dig up some Codonopsis pilosula and cut them up to eat. However, August is not the best season for Codonopsis pilosula, it is October.

Just make do with it.

When we came back in the afternoon, we had meat at Halimu's place. I just sliced ​​it and toasted half a steamed bun, and put some red tofu and chili sauce in it to change the taste.

After a tiring day, go to bed.

The next morning, according to yesterday's plan, I made cold mushrooms and stir-fried wild celery - this dish still requires a lot of oil and meat, and it can't be overcooked, otherwise it will be like eating rope.

Toasted steamed bread slices plus rice porridge, this meal is not bad!
After eating, Li Long went to Halimu's place. When he arrived, he found that Halimu was the only one there, skinning a half-grown elk.

Male deer.

Yesterday's bull roe deer brought not only meat, but also horns and penis. The same is true for today's red deer.

Knowing that Li Long wanted to collect this thing, Halimu had already cut it off for him and put it aside.

Li Long rubbed it with salt and let it dry first.

"Aren't they here yet?" Li Long asked, "Did they get up late today?"

"No, Talihar had more than a dozen wild goats, and he couldn't do it alone, so he came here to ask for help."

"What? A dozen wild goats?" Li Long was shocked. "Did he kill the wild goats?"

"About that?" Halimu didn't know much. When Talihar came over, he was out of breath and didn't say much. He just called people, and the more he talked, the more he knew.

Yushanjiang and his men then followed on horseback.

This elk was shot by Yushanjiang this morning. There was also a big deer originally, but it was not shot.

The big deer was too alert. It ran into the forest early after hearing the noise and smelling the scent. The half-grown male elk was not alert enough and was more playful, so it fell under Yushanjiang's gun.

This half-grown male elk actually weighs about 40 to 50 kilograms and is not small in size, but among the elk herd, it is considered a teenager.

Halimu peeled the skin very quickly, and then he started to dissect the internal organs. They didn't eat the internal organs, but they knew that Li Long ate them, so they left them for him.

Li Long was not polite either. This thing is actually the fattest part of the deer. Otherwise, how could wolves and leopards catch the deer, drink its blood and then eat its internal organs?

It's just that it has a lot of oil and calories. He was very curious about how Talihar got a dozen wild goats, but those people didn't come back, so he couldn't ask.

With nothing to do, he built a stove with stones nearby, then put a pot on the stove and started to cook the internal organs.

As for the stomach and intestines, just go to the stream and wash them. Now the sun is rising and the weather is hot, so it is not too cold to wash in the stream. After washing, rinse with warm water and put it directly into the pot.

Over there, Halimu cut the venison into pieces, taking out more than 20 kilograms of clean meat, and then cut the remaining bones and threw them into the big pot to cook.

I got a lot of dried meat yesterday, and I plan to cook all the bones today.

As for the clean meat, he planned to learn from Li Long and directly use the lard in the stomach to cut and cook it, so that it can be preserved for a longer time.

Of course, according to Halimu, all the stewed meat and oil would be taken away by Li Long after they finished cutting grass.

Li Long didn't agree.

There are old people and children staying at the pastoral team's place at the foot of the mountain. What does it matter if he takes their things away?
But if Talihar really got a dozen wild goats, there would be no need to fight. The meat alone would be enough to braise for five or six families, let alone one or two.

When Halimu started to stew meat in the small pot in the winter nest, the sound of horse hooves was heard, and a group of herdsmen came on horseback, talking and laughing as they ran.

Look, there really is a wild goat on every horse's back, some are one and some are two.

Talihar was surrounded by everyone, and he felt a little embarrassed. It was the first time for the young man to be the center of the tribe, and he was not very adaptable.

Of course, there was a hint of pride in his expression.

This achievement is something to be proud of.

When they arrived at the winter den, they put all the wild goats down and piled them up in a big pile. After seeing them, Li Long had a rough guess.

Afterwards, after listening to Talihar's story, he finally understood the details of the situation.

It can be said that Talihar's luck bar has been filled up and a big one has exploded.

Early this morning, he got up as soon as it was light, drank a bowl of cold water, grabbed a piece of dry naan, and while eating it, he carried his gun and left the winter den.

When he reached the halfway point where he had climbed yesterday, he put his gun on his back and climbed up again. When he reached the point where he could not climb any higher, he began to look for a suitable position.

There were many bushes nearby, most of which were thorny, but a few were thornless. He found a thornless one, grabbed the roots of the bush, climbed up, and then stepped on the branches of the bush.

One or two branches of a bush cannot support it, but fortunately these bushes grow in large clumps and can withstand it.

Then he stepped on the bushes and looked for another place to stay.

He slowly searched left and right, stepped on them, and relied on the bushes, and he actually climbed to the top of the mountain.

The sun had already appeared above the surface, and Talihar knew that he didn't have much time left. If he delayed any longer, Halimu would start working.

He walked quickly on the top of the mountain, looking for the traces of wild goats, and soon he really found them!
A group of wild goats, more than 20 of them, were lying in the bushes. They must have gotten up early to eat grass and went down the mountain to drink water. Now they were full and were lying here to chew the cud.

The top of the mountain was very safe. Wolves and bears could not get up there. There were no natural enemies, so they had basically no sense of defense. It was not until Talihar was almost thirty meters away that they started to panic. They climbed up one by one, ran back shouting, and followed a leader sheep with very long horns on its head to find a way to survive.

Talihar chased the sheep with his gun, looking for the right time to shoot. There were many bushes, and his shooting skills were not very accurate, so he did not want to waste bullets, and just wanted to wait until the sheep reached a suitable position before shooting.

Unexpectedly, his running scared the flock of sheep. The sheep panicked and ran down the mountain along the way it had originally taken to drink water.

The sheep behind were running down one by one. Talihar couldn't bear to see them running down the mountain. He ran directly to the top of the group of wild goats and pulled the trigger at the last one.

"boom!"

A huge noise echoed in the valley. The wild goat was shot in the back and rolled down, hitting several of its companions.

The gunshots also scared the wild goats. These animals were timid to begin with, and now they were even more panicked when they encountered the enemy. The gunshots frightened them even more, and they sped up one by one. With the fall of the goat, the herd was blown away!

One by one, the wild goats rolled down the mountain like snowballs. The wild goats in front that were walking steadily were hit by the ones behind, and their bodies became unstable and rolled down one after another!
Those with a good sense of balance can even roll up, but most of them just roll faster and faster, some hit rocks and bushes, and some are even blocked by the bushes from falling. The others basically just roll all the way down, and by the time they reach the foot of the mountain, most of them have broken bones.

There were seven or eight wild goats in this group that were scattered around in other places. They were not hit and ran safely to the foot of the mountain. Then they ran in panic into the nearby woods and disappeared.

Talihar watched the sudden change with his mouth wide open. It was not until he saw the leader sheep, which had fallen and had broken bones, struggling to get up and trying to escape, that he remembered and hurried down.

He still couldn't walk the way the goats had walked, so he could only return the same way. When he returned to the foot of the mountain, several wild goats with broken bones but not serious injuries had already run away dozens of meters.

Talihar raised his gun and was about to fight, but finally put it down, chased after them, and slit their throats one by one with a knife to let the blood flow.

Looking at the dozen or so wild goats in front of him, he felt both proud and worried. After thinking about it, he finally decided to go to Halimu's winter nest to find help.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to get all the wild goats back by ourselves.

However, fearing that the goats would be snatched away by wolves, he dragged the wild goats into a pen next to his winter den to provide some protection.

Of course, it is hard to say how much protection can be provided.

Fortunately, a gunshot was heard here, and animals in the mountains would usually retreat when they heard this sound.

Everyone knows what happens next.

"There are seventeen in total," Yushanjiang said with a smile, "I didn't expect that Talihar would do something big this time. There are too many of them, and it's hard to deal with them."

"Simple." Li Long had thought about it a long time ago. "You guys peel the skin first. I'll drive the tractor back and get the two big pots from my side. You guys can process it here. Just have two or three people go with me to the pasture to cut grass."

Li Long knew that they hunted to provide him with skins, so he needed to harvest the grass well.

That was it. Li Long drove the tractor to get the big pot, while the others started skinning the wild goats, mainly air-drying them.

Of course, in order to make the best use of it, the meat should be stewed so that it can be preserved for a long time. Everyone can take some with them when they leave. Those they don’t want to take can be left to Li Long, or to Halimu or Yushanjiang’s family.

Yushanjiang patted Talihar on the shoulder and said with a smile:

"Great, Talihar, you are the best hunter among us! You killed more than a dozen wild goats at once. Our tribe has never had such a record from the past to the present!

This time, you will become a legend in our tribe!"

Tarihar felt excited and proud after listening to Yushanjiang's words. He didn't expect that his action just to thank Li Long would have such great significance!

Others also gathered around Tarihar, praising his behavior.

After all, even if there are some tricks, no one can catch so many prey at one time.

Even if you tell this to the elderly, they may not believe it!
"Okay, each of you take a sheep and start skinning it. We still have a lot of work to do today." Yushanjiang, as the oldest among the group, saw that Tarihar was a little unnatural, so he said, "You don't have to do anything else today, just clean these sheep first."

So everyone took out their knives and started dealing with the wild goats.

Because they were obtained from hunting and because the skins were to be given to Li Long, they did not have any psychological burden in handling them.

Li Long drove the tractor and brought two large pots over. A few more stoves were built outside with stones. After the pots arrived, they poured water into them and started to process.

Li Long brought not only a pot, but also salt and marinade. They didn't eat the internal organs, so Li Long planned to marinate them first and then bring them down with him when he went to refuel the next day or the day after tomorrow.

Anyway, they are all good things and should not be wasted. If you put these things at the foot of the mountain, everyone will scramble to eat them! (End of this chapter)