Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Normally, Li Long didn't want to go out. He just wanted to stay at home, with his wife and children, and feed Xiao Hei and the two roe deer - but the roe deer were a little big and not so fun to play with.

But when he was driven out by Gu Xiaoxia, and then drove a jeep to buy some daily necessities and took some food to the mountains, he was in a very happy mood, and even felt like he was leaving a cage.

Very contradictory feeling.

When he was leaving the county town, he saw a watermelon stand in the west of the city, and he bought seven or eight big watermelons. If Sun Jiaqiang was still in the cabin, he would miss the big watermelons, right?

When the jeep passed Qingshuihe Village, Li Long could see many people harvesting wheat in the wheat fields around the village, and there were several wheat stacks piled on the village's threshing floor.

The threshing has not yet begun, and no sound of tractors or horse-drawn rollers can be heard.

Li Long didn't stop. He drove the jeep along the mountain road, passed the mountain pass, and headed straight for the wooden house.

It is not time for Halimu and the others to come back yet, so Li Long plans to go directly to see if Sun Jiaqiang is there.

When passing through the woods, the sound of the jeep startled a few birds.

The originally quiet mountain was now a little noisier.

A gray shadow flashed past in front of the left side of the field of vision and then disappeared into the woods.

Li Long held the steering wheel with his left hand, touched the rifle on the passenger seat with his right hand, and then let go.

Forget it, I ran too fast. If I go down myself, that guy will definitely be gone.

This is a gray wolf, it seems to be not very big, it may be a wolf cub from last year.

I didn't expect that after being away from the mountains for more than a month, the wild animals in the mountains would become so unrestrained?
I wonder if Sun Jiaqiang will be in danger?
When Li Long arrived at the wooden house, he found that the door was locked.

However, the dried mushrooms drying on the table in front of the cabin proved that he was still there, but he was most likely out picking mushrooms.

Li Long got out of the car and opened the door of the wooden house.

The main house was almost the same as when he left, and it was obvious that Sun Jiaqiang did not sleep here.

There were two large pots here. There was a fire in the stove, and a pot of hot water was boiling on it.

But there was really nothing left in the room. At least there were no steamed buns, and only a thin layer of flour was left in the bag, and there was no rice at all.

Li Long guessed that if he had come two days later, Sun Jiaqiang might have gone hungry.

There was still quite a bit of braised meat, it seemed that Sun Jiaqiang was not very used to cooking with this.

Of course, it is also possible that this guy is lazy and just eats steamed buns and porridge every day.

Li Long opened the door of the small room again and found several bags on the shelf inside.

Although it was not opened, Li Long could smell that the bag was full of dried mushrooms.

There are morels and black tiger mushrooms, but the most common are straw mushrooms.

I don’t know why Sun Jiaqiang picked up so many straw mushrooms. They are not valuable and the purchasing stations won’t accept them.

Li Long looked at the shelves and found that most of the other supplies had been used up, with only a few packets of tea and a bag of salt left. There were no more canned food or sugar cubes.

The bedding on the ground was not tidied up. I guess Sun Jiaqiang would go out directly after waking up every day to have breakfast and then pick mushrooms, so there was no need to take care of these things.

Li Long opened both doors to get rid of the smell.

Although it was still morning, Li Long did not plan to go far. He went to the nearby area to find some wild celery, some wormwood, and some straw mushrooms to prepare lunch.

Thinking that Sun Jiaqiang probably hadn't cooked properly for a long time, Li Long planned to cook a good meal and then go pick mushrooms in the afternoon.

Now is the peak season for black tiger paw mushrooms. If he finds a place, he can harvest 100 kilograms in an afternoon - Li Long is confident of this.

If you dry one kilogram of less than ten kilograms, you can earn a lot in a day.

The main reason is that Li Long has been in this mountainous area for two years and is very familiar with it.

He had a general idea of ​​which area was more likely to produce black tiger paw fungus.

Including morels.

After picking the things, they washed them at the spring, and then set up a stove outside to prepare for frying.

The stove in the big wooden house was lit with charcoal, and Li Long prepared to cook rice.

When the meal was ready, Sun Jiaqiang had not returned yet, so Li Long ate first. After eating, he put the portion left for Sun Jiaqiang on the shelf of the cabin, put coal foam in the stove, and then drove to the ditch on the other side of Yushan River.

The coal in the wooden house was almost used up, so Sun Jiaqiang got some fallen wood and branches and used the branches to make the fire.

There is still some coal foam for pressing the furnace, but it is no longer usable.

Li Long plans to bring back two bags of coal when he goes mushroom picking. He will use them first, and if he gets two bags of coal every day, he will soon have a lot of coal.

There is no need to drive a tractor to pull it.

The open-pit coal mine is relatively close to Yushanjiang’s winter den, so it is better to drive here.

There are also several ditches nearby with many black tiger paw mushrooms, which makes it convenient to pick them.

The grass is starting to turn yellow in some places, but most of it is still green.

The area in the ravine shaded by trees was relatively cool. Li Long carried a bag to the open-pit coal mine, used a shovel to shovel away the weathered coal, and took out the larger pieces that were easier to burn and put them into the bag.

After getting two bags of coal, seeing that there was still a lot left, Li Long packed two more bags into the car, then went to pick mushrooms with his gun on his back.

Li Long discovered more black tiger palm fungi mainly in the sparse pine forests on the northern slope of the mountain. In these places, pine trees are scattered here and there, with many shrubs in between.

Black tiger paw fungus grows among the pine needles and moss.

Compared with morels, black tiger paw mushrooms are larger and easier to find. You can see several of them at a glance, and almost each one is bigger than Li Long's palm.

After searching only a few places, the large sack Li Long brought with him was almost full.

He still follows the old tradition and picks the black tiger's paw mushroom without the roots, and even breaks off the roots if they still have any.

In the past, he liked to cut the black tiger palm mushrooms into slices when drying them. Later, Chen Hongjun said that they should mainly collect the dried whole mushrooms, so Li Long just put them directly into the sack.

When the time comes, cut the flowers into slices for home consumption and use the whole flowers for sale.

Don't delay either.

Li Long saw that this sack was almost full, so he carried it to the jeep and then brought back another sack.

Before he knew it, he had picked all two sacks of black tiger paw mushrooms, and Li Long knew he would have to move to other places tomorrow.

This thing doesn't grow as fast as morels. After you pick one, it will take a long time for another one to grow.

What surprised Li Long was that he had walked around a large area today but didn't encounter any large animals.

The main reason was that he encountered a young gray wolf when he first entered the mountain. This made Li Long feel that there should be a lot of wild animals in the mountains, and maybe he could kill one or two while picking mushrooms.

Unexpectedly, I didn’t encounter any.

This made him wonder whether he should try his luck at the hot spring ditch or the salt mine before going down the mountain.

Of course it would be best if you could meet him nearby.

Li Long looked at the nearby mountains, put the sacks on the jeep, and couldn't help but walk towards the steeper mountains.

He wondered if it was just a coincidence. It would be great if he was lucky enough to encounter a mountain goat.

Li Long hadn't been active in the mountains for several days, and he actually felt a little breathless when climbing the steep mountain. This made him feel that he should go into the mountains to exercise more often.

Otherwise, your physical strength will decrease later, which is not good.

Of course, he also knew that his physical strength was much stronger than that of ordinary people, but he would never complain about his poor physical strength. He would only think about getting stronger the better.

Li Long climbed up the steep mountain and found that the shape of the mountain on the opposite side was quite unique, with many overlapping layers, and there were many pine trees growing on the steep slope.

There are also some ancient trees that must be very old, and some of their stumps are empty.

But the top of the mountain over there is bald, and you can see sand and rocks and so on, with one or two creeping pines occasionally adding a bit of green.

Li Long was also very curious, so he went down the slope and walked over there.

Maybe there will be some gains.

When he was halfway up the mountain, Li Long faintly heard shouting from above the mountain.

The voice traveled far away, and Li Long heard two words: Help!
He immediately quickened his pace to climb up, and when he was almost at the top of the mountain, he saw a figure crawling down from the top of the mountain, followed by a huge bear!

The bear was at least two meters tall, and was somewhat similar to the one he had injured in the summer, with brown-black fur and thick flesh. When it ran, its whole body moved like waves, and it roared as it ran.

It can be seen that if the man had not run down the hill quickly, the bear would have strangled and eaten him! The man and the bear were less than 30 meters apart, but the bear was very careful when going down the mountain, not wanting to roll down, so the distance was kept at this level.

Otherwise, with the speed of this bear, this man would probably be finished.

Li Long was about a hundred meters away from the bear. It was too late for him to run away, so he found a rock and aimed his gun at the bear.

This thing is too big, and the target is easy to find. Li Long took aim and pulled the trigger:
"Bang! Bang!"

Two shots were fired. The first shot hit the bear's belly. With the second shot, the bear missed a step and fell, and the bullet was also empty.

The bear rolled down a few meters before being stopped by a stone. It then quickly got up and fled diagonally in another direction.

Obviously this bear was not stupid. It knew that there was someone in the distance who could hurt it, so it ran away from Li Long.

Li Long hurriedly picked up his gun and chased after him. When he passed by the man, he found that the man was in his fifties, with messy hair and a long beard. It was obvious that he had been in the mountains for some time.

When the man saw Li Long, he didn't say anything, but followed him.

He doesn't look seriously injured, and I don't know why he followed Li Long.

Seeing that the bear was about to climb to the top of the mountain, Li Long aimed his gun at it, but unexpectedly the bear was quite smart. It lowered its body and rolled into the bushes, and Li Long's shot missed.

Of course he was unwilling to give up, so he continued running forward with his gun in hand and soon reached the top of the mountain.

I could see a sparse pine forest on the other side, and the bear was running in the pine forest. The shot had little effect on it!
Li Long ran to catch up, but after passing the forest, he found that he had lost him.

After leaving the forest, there is a bush, and then some rocks.

Although Li Long could smell a faint smell of blood, there were also more smells of wild beasts nearby.

He found bloodstains on the leaves of a bush and followed the trail inside. However, as he was searching for his target, his movements were slow, and when he came to a pile of rocks after leaving the bush, he gave up.

This was different from the last time he looked for the thief. Last time, Li Long was able to find the thief's whereabouts.

This time the bear's endurance seemed to be greater than his. It kept running, and not much blood was flowing from its body, only a few drops occasionally. It was unknown whether it would be dark before the bear was found.

Forget it.

When Li Long turned back, he looked at the bald mountain.

He was pleasantly surprised to find some moving shadows on it.

There's movement!

Li Long immediately turned in that direction.

Halfway through the run, he saw the man being chased by the bear. When the man saw Li Long, his originally fast pace immediately became staggering, and he shouted for help to Li Long as he walked:

"Thank you for saving me, little comrade. Can you help me get out of the mountain?"

Li Long glanced at him, ignored him, and ran quickly towards Bald Mountain.

He's not stupid, he saved people because he's kind, but this guy obviously wanted to take advantage of him.

He ran so fast just now that the bear was almost able to keep up with me, and he was not seriously injured even when being chased by the bear. This shows that this person is very agile and stronger than ordinary people.

Still want me to be sent out of the mountain?
Come on.

Seeing that Li Long ignored him and went up the mountain, the man waved hurriedly:

"Comrade, it's dangerous over there! There are bears and wolves on the mountain. It's not safe for you to go alone. Let's go down the mountain. I have food at the foot of the mountain. Don't run up..."

Li Long turned a deaf ear to his words and quickly climbed up the bald mountain.

After all, that person's strength and endurance were no match for Li Long, and he fell further and further behind. Looking at Li Long's increasingly smaller figure, he couldn't help but curse.

Li Long really didn't have time to deal with such a weirdo. In his opinion, he didn't ask this person to repay his life-saving grace, but this person was taking advantage of the situation and wanted to cheat him. It was better to stay away from such a person.

If the Siberian goat hadn't been discovered, and if Li Long hadn't had a pretty good temper now, he might have been beaten up.

Li Long finally came to the place where no grass grew.

Previously, climbing the mountain was relatively smooth because of the vegetation, but it became more difficult here.

The gravel and sand that fell from the top of the bald mountain were so severe that one could sink halfway into the ground with one step. Gravel would occasionally get into one's shoes, which was very troublesome.

Occasionally there is a place in front where weeds grow in the gravel, and it is relatively easier to walk in such places.

There was a group of more than a dozen ibexes in front.

The longest horn Li Long could see had more than twenty sections. This sheep was very old.

There were also half-grown lambs, and mostly young and strong lambs with ten horns.

Those are four or five years old or five or six years old mountain goats, the main force of this group of sheep.

These sheep were originally running and eating grass in the mountains, avoiding their old enemy, but they did not expect to be chased by Li Long.

The reason they can survive here is because of this terrain. It is difficult for both bears and wolves to enter, and it is difficult for them to leave once they enter.

The ibex is very agile when running in the mountains. Even with these gravels, its speed is not slow. It soon runs to the farther mountain top.

Li Long stopped about fifty or sixty meters away from the group of mountain goats.

He realized that when he tried to climb up next time, there was a possibility of a landslide or something.

Even now when we walk up there are large pieces of rubble rolling down the mountain, which is very dangerous.

Fortunately, there are grass slopes, bushes and finally pine forests at the foot of the mountain, which can block a lot of gravel and sand.

Otherwise, the mountain will collapse.

Li Long raised his gun and aimed at a young ibex that was lagging behind.

However, this mountain goat may have sensed danger, and suddenly jumped up with all its might, and rushed to the front in a few steps. Together with the other mountain goats, it turned to the other side of the mountain and disappeared from Li Long's sight.

Li Long was unwilling to give up. After waiting for a while and not seeing them appear, climbing up seemed unrealistic, so he walked around the mountain, trying to find a place that could block the vision of these mountain goats.

Now that I have seen a herd of mountain goats, I would not be satisfied unless I catch one.

Let’s try this hanging lamb and see what’s so good about it.

Li Long walked laboriously in the gravel, looking up as he walked. He even saw a few snow lotuses growing in the gravel pile near the top of the mountain.

The place where the snow lotus grows is quite good, and ordinary people can't pick it even if they want to.

One step was deep and the other was shallow, and I had to stop from time to time to pour out the sand and gravel in my shoes.

That was because he was wearing high-waisted rubber shoes, otherwise the soles of his shoes would have been full of sand by now.

Continuing to move forward, Li Long passed two creeping pines and vaguely saw a jumping figure on the top of the mountain. He quickened his pace and turned forward.

Li Long quickened his pace. He was afraid that the mountain goats would circle around him, and mainly because climbing this mountain was very daunting.

Large pieces of gravel fell down the mountain after he stepped on them, sometimes even causing a large area of ​​rocks to roll down.

Li Long no longer cared about these things. The rocks on the top of the mountain had been weathered anyway, and would eventually fall down with the passage of time. It was not that important.

Finally, he walked more than a hundred meters and came to the other side of the hillside.

Then he saw most of the mountain goats climbed to the top of the mountain. Now Li Long guessed that the top of the mountain was flat and those mountain goats could not be seen after they climbed up.

However, it is not easy to reach the top of the mountain from where they are climbing. It is steeper than where Li Long is standing. These mountain goats run up one by one, and some of them cannot grasp their position well, and they will slide down after jumping up.

Li Long immediately glanced at the one at the back: this is just a young and strong one.

The distance from here to the ibex is only seventy or eighty meters, and Li Long is confident that he can hit it with one shot.

"boom!"

When Li Long fired, a white shadow suddenly flashed from behind the mountain goat, and then was pushed forward with a bang by Li Long's shot.

Li Long could see clearly that it was a half-grown mountain goat. The place where the mountain goat landed was not flat, and it seemed to have rolled over there.

Those ibexs that hadn't jumped up yet were immediately shocked. Two of them jumped up desperately, and the others jumped to the opposite side!

"Bang!" Li Long fired again. An adult sheep of three or four years old jumped up and was hit by the gun, then rolled down.

Li Long climbed up hurriedly, but after a few steps, large pieces of rocks under his feet, including the rocks above, were falling down. He had no choice but to move to the side and continue to go around.

Although it is troublesome, it has to be done.

I hope it's in time! (End of this chapter)