Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

When Li Long stepped on the rocks and went around to the other side of the mountain, the living mountain goats had disappeared.

He found two ibex that had been shot in the grass halfway up the mountain. The smaller one was already dead, and was blocked by a large bush when it rolled down. If it weren't for Li Long's keen sense of smell, it would have been difficult to find this ibex kid weighing only a dozen kilograms in the tall grass.

The other adult ibex was easier to find. It was blocked by a rock and had not yet completely died. Li Long's shot hit it in the stomach. It was still breathing, but it looked like it would not live long.

Li Long held the little lamb in one hand and the big sheep's hoof in the other and started walking down the mountain.

He would rather walk half a circle than walk in the gravel piles, which was too uncomfortable. Li Long stopped after carrying the two sheep for a few dozen meters.

The big ibex still struggled a bit, but the force of its struggle was insignificant to Li Long. He mainly felt that the gravel in his shoes had not been completely emptied out, and it made a creaky sound every time he walked, which was uncomfortable.

When he sat down, Li Long looked around and found a place without nettles to avoid being pricked and feeling uncomfortable.

This thing is also called scorpion grass. If you get stung by it, there is really no way to avoid it. It feels more uncomfortable than being stung by a wasp.

When Li Long traveled to Yili in his previous life, he saw people using this thing as vegetable garden walls in Zhaosu and Nileke villages.

What a great idea.

After emptying the sand out of his shoes and knocking them to make sure they were gone, Li Long took off his socks, turned them over, and shook the insides before putting them on.

When I put on the shoes and walked again, I felt much more comfortable.

The big sheep was really strong and still alive. Li Long carried the two sheep down to the bottom of the mountain, then walked around the valley to the eastern end, and then walked north.

I could have walked more than a kilometer longer, but honestly, at least I didn’t have to tread on gravel anymore, which felt pretty good.

Those weathered gravels are really annoying.

From a distance, he could see the man who had just talked to him and was rescued by him on another hill. When he saw Li Long, he waved desperately and shouted something.

Li Long ignored this guy. He kind of hated this guy.

An hour later, Li Long returned to the jeep.

Instead of driving off immediately, he put the ibex down and pulled out a few bottles of wine from the back of the jeep.

These wines are Gucheng Daqu bought from the department store. They are 50% alcohol and taste good.

Li Long unscrewed four wine bottles, poured out half of the wine, and then carried the bottles to the adult Siberian goat.

Since I'm not dead, I'll make my final contribution.

It is said that this northern goat is a hanging goat, and its blood is said to be very good. The small one has died and is no longer useful, but this adult one is still okay.

Li Long drew a knife from his waist, pulled apart the hair on the ibex's neck with his left hand, gestured with the short knife, and then slashed it down.

The blood vessel was cut and blood immediately gushed out.

Although the ibex was already dying, it was still struggling after being cut by the knife.

Li Long put the knife aside, held the sheep's head with his left hand, took a half-bottle of wine with his right hand and started collecting the sheep's blood.

Three of the bottles were full and the fourth was less than half full. No matter how hard he tried, no more blood could be squeezed out of the sheep's neck.

That's enough.

Li Long screwed on the bottles one by one, shook them and then put them in the car.

These four bottles can be used as a test. After a month or so, drink them and if they are good, you can try them later. If the effect is average, it is better to soak deer or something like that.

After bleeding, Li Long carried the two mountain goats and placed them on the co-pilot seat - mainly to fill the back with coal bags and mushroom bags.

Fortunately, black tiger paw mushrooms are relatively tough and not as easily broken as morels, otherwise today’s harvest would have been lost by more than half.

After releasing the mountain goats, Li Long drove the jeep northward. When he was almost at the outer mountain, he turned west and headed towards the cabin.

When Li Long drove to the cabin, he saw Sun Jiaqiang sitting on the doorstep, eating from an enamel bowl.

When Li Long got off the jeep, Sun Jiaqiang stood up, swallowed the food in his mouth, and said with a smile:

"As soon as I saw there was food here, I knew you were coming... Well, it's only because you're here that I can have a good meal."

Sun Jiaqiang is like a savage now.

His hair was a mess, making his head look like a lion's head. His beard was also quite long and untrimmed. He looked like a homeless man with a strong personality.

Even Li Long looked at his teeth and found them to be yellow, and he didn't know how long it had been since he last brushed his teeth.

But it’s normal to think about it. Not many people insist on brushing their teeth these days, and many people don’t care about it.

"I thought your supplies were almost gone, so I sent them over." Li Long began to unload the coal. "I saw that the coal was almost gone, and you were burning firewood, so I went to fetch some coal over."

"Hey, that's good!" Sun Jiaqiang didn't help either. He just watched Li Long busy and said, "I didn't find many of the mushrooms you mentioned, but I did find a lot of straw mushrooms."

"I saw it, but your dried straw mushrooms are really not worth much." Li Long put down four bags of coal, then picked up two mountain goats, put them next to the spring, and then came back to get the basin.

"If it's not valuable, then it's not valuable. I'll take it back for my family to eat." Sun Jiaqiang looked at the mountain goat with shining eyes. "Hey, you can catch things as soon as you enter the mountain. You're amazing! The Tianshan Mountain treats you as its own son!"

"Go to hell." Li Long said to him, "Don't say that - I saw a big bear and a wolf today. How have you been these days? Have you encountered any?"

"Yes! There are wolves howling outside every night. It was quite scary at first, but later I got used to it. They can't get in anyway, so I just have to lock the door." Sun Jiaqiang stood by with a bowl in his hand and watched Li Long skinning the Siberian goat.

He ate very quickly and enjoyed his meal very much - it was just as he said, during these days here, he only cooked seriously in the first few days, but later on he basically just made do with whatever he wanted.

Sometimes I only eat one meal a day and make do with dried meat at night.

Although he didn't eat much, he didn't lose much weight either - Li Long left a lot of dried meat and braised meat fat, and later on, when he exchanged for Fritillaria, there was very little left, so he basically ate all of what was left.

It’s impossible to eat so well even at home, so even though I don’t eat much, I haven’t gained much weight.

But after eating the food made by Li Long, I suddenly realized that I hadn't had a normal meal for a long time.

However, Sun Jiaqiang only sighed slightly. After Li Long peeled off the skin of the northern goat, he immediately put down the enamel basin and began to cooperate with Li Long to gut the northern goat, take out the internal organs, and then clean the goat's stomach and intestines.

He was very skilled at these tasks. Although he had not done them for more than a month, he quickly became familiar with them.

"I'll leave you a leg of lamb and some offal. Set up the stove in the house later. If there's danger at night when wolves come, you can cook the meat in the house."

Li Long said as he unloaded the meat.

"No, no. Just light two fires outside and the wolves won't dare to come." Sun Jiaqiang is very experienced. He may have been a bit talkative in the past few days, so he said a lot today. "I'll light up both stoves, cook the meat and boil the offal at the same time. We'll have a good meal tonight!"

"Okay, then you just need to be careful." Since Sun Jiaqiang was sure, Li Long did not remind him again.

"Will you come tomorrow?" Sun Jiaqiang asked, "Today you can take the harvested mushrooms I dried."

"Okay. You keep the straw mushrooms, and I'll take the morels and black tiger mushrooms... Would you like to keep some of these two mushrooms to take back with you?"

"No." Sun Jiaqiang immediately shook his head. "I don't think there's anything delicious. You should take it away. It's better to exchange it for money."

"Okay." Seeing that he had made up his mind, Li Long didn't say anything more.

After unloading the meat, Li Long rubbed salt on the ones he was going to take away, and for the ones left for Sun Jiaqiang, after obtaining his consent, he cut them into small pieces without cutting the meat - mainly because there was no need to fry them, and Sun Jiaqiang just wanted to have a good meal after cooking, and then let them air-dry and eat them slowly.

While Sun Jiaqiang was washing his stomach, Li Long put the meat, heart, liver, lungs, etc. that he was going to take away into a clean bag, and then went to get firewood to light the stove outside.

When the stove was lit, he put two large pots on the stove, added water, and threw the bone stick from the hind leg of the mountain goat into one side, and the heart, lungs, and liver in the other side.

Li Long planned to take the stomach and intestines back with him.

"Take away the meat and offal at night. The love wolf will definitely come to steal the broth. Be careful and go back to the house early to knock on the door." Li Long and Sun Jiaqiang washed their stomachs and intestines together and said as they were filling them. "Okay." Sun Jiaqiang washed his hands, then went to wash his enamel basin, put it back, and took out the dried morels and dried black tiger palm mushrooms from the cabin, as well as a small amount of dried Fritillaria.

Li Long gave an estimate and finally gave Sun Jiaqiang one hundred and twenty yuan.

Holding the money, Sun Jiaqiang's face was full of smiles - this month's work was not in vain!
After Li Long once again reminded Sun Jiaqiang to be careful, he flatly refused Sun Jiaqiang's request to stay and have a bite of cooked ibex meat, then drove away in his jeep.

With a wife and two sons at home, Li Long can't wait to go back and share his gains with them.

Only after the jeep drove away did Sun Jiaqiang remember to ask Li Long whether his wife had given birth and what child she had.

Forget it, I’ll ask again tomorrow.

Looking at the jeep with envy again, Sun Jiaqiang started to get the seasoning from the cabin.

The ibex is also a goat, but for wild animals, the meat will not taste as good as domesticated animals if it is simply boiled in plain water, so he has to put something in it to suppress the smell.

There is only dried ginger and other things, but there is still some white wine, which can be used as cooking wine.

Anyway, Sun Jiaqiang doesn't like drinking this very much, and he doesn't know why people like Bolati like to drink so much.

Li Long's jeep drove out of the mountain and the sun had not yet set when he arrived at Qingshui River.

On the road to Qingshuihe Village, there were some people returning from harvesting wheat. Li Long felt vaguely that their faces were familiar, but he did not stop to say hello. Instead, he drove towards the county without stopping.

By the time we reached the courtyard, the sun had completely set, with a hint of red glow still in the western sky.

Han Fang was on holiday, and she was playing with Xiao Hei and two roe deer in the yard. Li Long had said that he wanted to send the two roe deer to the stable of the fourth team, but was stopped by Gu Xiaoxia, Sister Yang and Han Fang.

So Li Long had to think about going to collect sugar residue again after a while, otherwise these two wild animals that grew very fast would have nothing to eat.

The jeep drove into the yard. Li Long stopped the jeep and got out. He first put the dried mushrooms into the room where the Fritillaria were originally placed, and then put the black tiger paw mushrooms he picked on the shelves in another room to dry.

These mushrooms are insect-free and very easy to dry.

Finally, there is the meat and offal of the ibex.

Sister Yang originally wanted to call Li Long to eat, but when she saw the meat and offal, she immediately found a large basin to put them in, and then soaked them in water, planning to deal with them after dinner.

As soon as Gu Xiaoxia came out of the house, she heard a child crying from inside, so she had no choice but to turn back.

Li Long didn't care about that. He went into the house to change his clothes and went to see the child. Then he let Gu Xiaoxia smell the blood and asked him to wash his hands before holding the child, otherwise the child would not be able to bear it.

Li Long smiled awkwardly and went to wash his hands and face.

The child is actually quite well behaved. Li Long has also made some toys with small pieces of wood during this period. There is a small pistol that he simply lets the child use as a tooth grinder - anyway, he will put anything he grabs into his mouth, regardless of whether he can eat it or not.

Li Long played with the child for a while, and waited until Gu Xiaoxia finished her meal and it was his turn. Only then did he reluctantly go to eat.

While eating, I saw Han Fang cleaning the jeep.

Han Fang is a diligent little girl. She usually goes to school and does homework most of the time. When she has free time, she cleans the yard and packs up the tractor and jeep.

She also helps Gu Xiaoxia change diapers for the two children Mingming and Haohao.

Changing this is different from changing diapers in later generations, it requires certain skills.

Li Long did not stop him, he knew it was useless to stop him. What he wanted to do was to take out the four bottles of wine and put them away, and then see the effect after a while.

Also, since you have fired the gun, you need to clean it.

However, there was a lot of ibex meat, so he left a leg for Sun Jiaqiang, and there were about 20 to 30 kilograms of meat and bones left. He couldn't eat so much himself, so he planned to send a leg to his eldest brother and two kilograms of meat to Uncle Luo.

After telling Gu Xiaoxia, Li Long told Han Fang that there was no need to clean the car, then he put some meat in the car and drove out.

"Having a car is so convenient." Sister Yang said to Gu Xiaoxia with a smile while processing the offal and meat, "Where do you want to go? Just start the car and go.

It’s not like before, when it took half a day to walk from one town to another, or a whole day to go to the county and back… Now it only takes a few hours.”

"Yes." Gu Xiaoxia also sighed, "His father clearly said that every family will be able to afford a car in the future...it will be really convenient then."

"How is it possible? Can you just buy this car?" Sister Yang certainly didn't believe it. As a "family member", she knew that although the jeep belonged to Li Long, it was still nominally owned by the state supply and marketing cooperative. At present, private car purchases have never been heard of here. Even those big cars are owned by the company.

Although I know that Li Long can make money, he bought a tractor a long time ago and now he makes a lot of money, so he may be able to afford a car, but Li Long is capable.

Sister Yang doesn't think that every household will be able to afford a car in the future. It is absolutely impossible.

She could afford a bicycle now, but she just didn't think it was necessary.

"I believe it will happen in the future." Gu Xiaoxia has lived with Li Long for the past two years and has really witnessed the miracle of life. Three years ago, she would never have believed that she could live the life she has now.

Not to mention the days like today, three years ago, she would have thought it was impossible to eat commercial grain.

When Li Long drove the jeep to the fourth team, it was getting dark. The windows of the jeep were open, and he could feel the wind blowing, some hot and some cool.

He kind of regretted not cutting some watermelon to eat when he came out.

When we arrived at Li Jianguo's yard, they had just finished dinner - it was just something like dumpling soup, which was considered a supplement.

Everyone in the family was very happy to see Li Long coming.

Li Long took out the two northern goat legs and handed them to his sister-in-law:
"I went to the mountains today and killed two mountain goats. You can cook the meat. It is said that this thing is good. Everyone should try it."

Here, the mountain goats are not considered as weird as they are made out to be. After all, how rare can such creatures that exist in groups be?
It was far less shocking than when Li Long took out those tiger bones before.

"How is the baby?" Li Jianguo asked.

Li Qingxia and Du Chunfang both care about it.

"She's fine. Let Xiaoxia bring her here to stay for two days." Li Long said, "She's very well behaved."

"Don't bother." Li Jianguo waved his hand. "Wait until he's a little older and can crawl. He's still so young, just stay there for now. I heard from your sister-in-law that Sister Yang is taking good care of him, so don't bother."

The team had more work to do. Li Long stopped driving the harvester, so Li Jianguo contracted the wheat fields in the team and several nearby villages, and earned a lot of money from harvesting every day.

He went to harvest wheat, Liang Yuemei and Li Qingxia worked in the wheat field, and Du Chunfang was responsible for cooking.

There are a lot of things to do at home, and it would be difficult to take care of Gu Xiaoxia and the others if they come back, so it would be better for them to stay in the county.

Li Long just said that. He was mainly thinking that his father and mother had not taken good care of the child yet. Since they were busy here, he decided not to come over for the time being.

It’s not far anyway and there’s plenty of time.

After chatting for a few words, Li Long drove the jeep to Laomahao.

Lao Luo had finished eating and was cleaning the pens for roe deer and red deer.

Now that these guys are familiar with each other, they are very naughty and Uncle Luo might get bumped by them accidentally.

So Uncle Luo had to curse from time to time, and when Li Long came over, he was hearing him cursing the deer.

Li Long handed the mutton to Uncle Luo with a smile, and then let Uncle Luo drive him away.

Uncle Luo seemed angry that the boy didn't bring him any red eggs, but in fact he was thinking about the man with children. It was getting dark, so he should go home quickly.

How can that big yard be managed without a man?

(This chapter is the end)