Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

After breakfast the next day, Li Long poured the dried mushrooms he brought back from Sun Jiaqiang onto a large sieve and picked them out.

Sun Jiaqiang picked mushrooms differently from Li Long. He pulled them up with the roots, which brought a lot of dirt with him. Li Long got a pair of scissors and cut off the roots of the mushrooms. He sifted through a sieve and almost all the dried dirt was removed.

Han Fang came over and squatted down to pick up the wild mushrooms with Li Long. Li Long gave her some instructions, and she quickly mastered the skills and was busy there happily.

Li Long could just take these morels and black tiger palm mushrooms to the purchasing station to sell. The purchasing station always gives a high price for these rare and precious mushrooms.

But he didn't. Since he started picking mushrooms and selling them to purchasing stations more than two years ago, including skins and Fritillaria, Li Long has always maintained the attitude of selling high-quality goods.

If you can clean things up, do so. Whether it's Fritillaria or wild mushrooms.

He doesn't want to lose the reputation he has worked so hard to build.

Keeping this habit will allow him to gain greater benefits, just by moving his hands. If others have this opportunity, they will be eager to do it.

There was a wooden bed in the yard with a mat on it, and the two children were lying on it. There was a mosquito net over the bed, which kept out the insects and also the sunlight.

Li Long was thinking about whether to build a grape trellis in the yard so that there would be no place to cool off in the hot summer.

The yard is very large, so you can plant a few grape plants in the flower bed, set up a grape trellis in the spring, and then you can enjoy the cool under the trellis in the summer.

Before I had kids, I would just go inside when it got hot and didn’t think too much about it. Now I have to think about these issues.

In addition, some big toys should also be made for the children, such as swings, wooden horses, etc., and some small sleds and other things in winter. Li Long plans to build some of the exercise and entertainment facilities that were officially set up in leisure squares in later generations in his own yard.

If these two boys act naughty, they will really drive people crazy.

Since Gu Xiaoxia doesn't have to go to work, Li Long has much less to do in the yard.

After he and Han Fang cleaned up the dried mushrooms, they said goodbye to Gu Xiaoxia and drove away in the jeep.

This amount of wild mushrooms is obviously not enough at the moment, so he plans to pick more, dry them, and then sell them at the purchasing station.

The purchasing station is still there this year, so I will sell more. Next year, the purchasing station will be closed, and then I can find someone to sell the Fritillaria. If that doesn't work, I will go to a medicinal material company.

But it is not easy to sell dried wild mushrooms.

Although the free market allows more people to participate and make more people rich, it also makes it difficult for people like Li Long who hold a large amount of resources to find buyers who can buy the goods all at once.

It's also quite a headache.

However, relying on Tianshan, Li Long feels that he has no need to worry about resources at all.

All year round, you can obtain resources from the mountains and exchange them for wealth.

Now I think about how wise it was to ask Li Xiangqian to get a forest ranger certificate.

Being able to freely enter and exit the mountains of Tianshan, and to freely hunt and obtain supplies in the mountains, is almost impossible for ordinary people in the county.

Although people can enter the mountains, hunting and gathering are restricted. For ordinary people, this place will only be a tourist attraction in the future.

Nowadays, traveling is not something that ordinary people are willing to do.

Li Long drove the jeep back into the mountains. At the wooden house, he found that Sun Jiaqiang had gone out to pick mushrooms, so he drove the jeep eastward. There were also many wild mushrooms in some ditches in the east. There were originally many Fritillaria growing in those gullies. People who dug Fritillaria would turn over many places, which was also conducive to the growth of weeds.

It's like turning the soil.

Li Long drove the jeep to a ditch entrance on the east side, stopped the car, and went in with his gun on his back and his bag in hand.

There is a shallow stream at the entrance of this ditch. The two sides are relatively spacious, and the grass and bushes are trampled by many cattle and sheep.

The mouth of the ditch faces northeast, the head faces southwest, and it turns a few times and slowly heads west.

The southeast side of the ditch is a gentle slope with sparse pine trees growing on it. The northwest side is slightly steeper and is covered with grass without any trees.

Li Long went to pick mushrooms on the gentle slope in the southeast. There was a thick layer of humus under the pine trees, and pine needles and moss on the humus. If he pulled aside the knee-high weeds, he could find patches of black tiger paw mushrooms if he was lucky.

This thing has a beautiful pattern and can be seen at a glance in the grass.

Li Long found a piece and was picking it when he heard someone shouting outside.

"Li Long, Li Long!"

Li Long straightened up, holding a black tiger mushroom as big as Li Qiang's head in his hand. He turned his head to look outside the ditch, then put the mushroom in his pocket and walked out carrying it.

Mushrooms of this size are only available at this time, and can be picked up in the next thirty years. But after forty years, mushrooms of this size will rarely be seen. By that time, black tiger paw mushrooms will mostly be the size of an adult's palm, and there will be no particularly large ones.

I don’t know whether it is adapting to the environment or mutating.

Li Long could tell that it was Bolati's voice.

Since the end of the Fritillaria season, Li Long has not seen this forest ranger friend since he returned to the big yard to accompany Gu Xiaoxia to prepare for her birth.

It was quite cordial to hear his voice at this time.

When he came out of the ditch, Bolati saw Li Long holding a bag, was stunned for a moment, and asked:

"Li Long, what's in that pocket of yours?"

"Mushrooms." Li Long knew that Bolati was always so direct, so he opened the bag and showed it to him. "After drying, these mushrooms can be sold for money."

"Can this be sold?" Bolati held the horse with his left hand and reached into his pocket with his right hand to take one out and take a look:

"Is it expensive?"

"It's not as expensive as Fritillaria." Li Long said with a smile, "But you don't have to dig, just pick it up. I don't just sell it, I eat it myself."

"You Han people eat all kinds of things. We don't eat this." Bolati threw the mushroom into his pocket and pointed to the mountain in the north. "There is a ditch on the north side of the mountain. Grass grows in the ditch. Every morning before the sun comes out, a group of wild boars rush over and make a mess of it."

"You guys know more. I'll go hunt some when I have time." Li Long smiled. This was considered knowing a spot where wild boars were active.

Some gullies in this mountain have steep sides, so wild animals basically don't go there. Some gullies are gentle, with good grass growth, so herbivores and omnivores appear more often.

There are countless small ravines on both sides of the main ravines, which are impossible to distinguish unless you live here all year round.

Li Long was not very interested in the wild boars at the moment. He asked Bolati:

"Do you know why there are still so many people from outside the mountains even though the Fritillaria season is over this year? I've met quite a few of them. They're not picking mushrooms, so what are they doing in the mountains?"

"Looking for treasure? What else can you do?" Bolati sneered after hearing Li Long's question. "Didn't I tell you last time that someone said there was a treasure in this mountain? It's a weird rumor!"

"What treasure?" Li Long remembered the treasure of Sheng Shicai. Is it this?

"Some say it's cartloads of gold, some say it's an ancient tomb with lots of gold and silver treasures in it, and some say it's people who used to dig for gold, but they were killed by the pigtail soldiers at the time, and the gold they found was left in the mountains... These people just want to find this gold, and make a fortune with a handful of it!"

Well, once the market was liberalized, everyone was allowed to get rich first. Some people got rich through hard work, some through their brains, and some found other ways to get rich.

"We have captured several of them," Bolati continued. "They all said they had maps and wanted to drag our people to dig together. As a result, one of them followed us and was tricked into almost drowning in a river fork in the mountains..."

"What's going on?" Li Long was a little surprised. "How could something like this happen?"

"Hey, isn't it just that Spoon is greedy? People said that if he followed them to a place, he would get a lot of money, so he followed them. In the end, he was thinking about the money, while others were thinking about the gun on him.

If this guy hadn't reacted quickly, we would have been eating pilaf now (it is a custom of some ethnic minorities to eat pilaf at funerals)."

As Bolati spoke, he took out a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to Li Long:

"Look, this is the treasure map that Spoon mentioned yesterday. He coaxed me into thinking that if I found the place, there must be something hidden there. I don't believe it!"

"Where are the people?" Li Long took the map and looked at it. The paper of the map was really a bit like the Republic of China style, and the characters were also traditional Chinese, which looked quite old. It was a hand-drawn map, but it had a bit of the flavor of a military map. Overall, he could still see the general location clearly - at least he saw Hongshanzui, so he knew the specific location.

Of course, we still need to compare.

"They've been arrested." Bolati waved his whip and said, "These swindlers can't be trusted at all. You should be careful too, don't let these swindlers fool you."

"Okay, I understand." Li Long thought of the person he rescued the day before. Is that him?

Bolati came over to say hello to Li Long after seeing the jeep, and then asked Li Long:
"Do you have any more wine? If you do, give me a bottle."

"I didn't bring any today." Li Long shook his head. "The Fritillaria season is over. I've been carrying brick tea and sugar cubes during this period. I'll bring you a pack of this. Oh, and there are also watermelons. I'll bring you one."

There was actually some wine, but Li Long didn't plan to give it to him. In this deep forest, Bolati would just want to drink the wine. What if he really fell down and got hurt? After all, he was a friend, so he should just let him eat melons.

Bolati was a little disappointed when he heard that there was no wine, but when Li Long said there was watermelon, he suddenly became happy.

It is now the peak season for watermelons, but the forest rangers patrolling the mountains cannot eat watermelons often.

Li Long found a bag, put two big watermelons in it for Bolati, as well as brick tea, canned food and other daily necessities, and left happily.

Li Long called him again and asked:

"Where's the money? Do you want some?"

Bolati thought about it and said, "Give me some first."

Li Long always carries some money with him. He counted out five hundred and said:

"Is five hundred enough?"

"That's enough!" Bolati took the money and put it in his pocket with a smile, without counting it. After putting it in his pocket, he whispered to Li Long, "Someone over there found gold. I want to buy some to make a ring for Yang Gangzi."

When Li Long heard this, he knew that it was most likely a nugget, so he quickly counted out another 500 yuan and said:
"Come on, buy some for me too."

"How much do you want to buy?" Bolati asked as he took a thick stack of money. "With so much money, you can buy a lot..."

"The more the merrier!"

"Okay." Bolati took the money and said, "I've got it. I'll meet you at the cabin this afternoon or tomorrow."

"Well, you should be careful too." Li Long saw Bolati was about to leave and handed him the map. "Some of those people in the mountains have criminal records and have hurt people. They are not good people."

"Don't worry, we have guns. As for the map, here you go." Bolati tied the bag of watermelons to the horse's back, waved to Li Long, and rode away.

Bolati was worried that the watermelon would be damaged, so he didn't run fast after riding the horse. Li Long looked down at the map.

Maps may be a bit more difficult for outsiders. After all, except for the outer mountains such as Hongshanzui, Maxian, and Tasihe, which are easy to find, some gullies in the inner mountains are not the same as the current place names.

But for people like Li Long and Bolati who often travel in the mountains, they can understand some of the terrain by just comparing them briefly.

Bolati has been to those marked places, but to be honest, over the years, although some terrain has not changed, the man-made buildings have long been destroyed by time and the people who entered the mountains later.

It is difficult to say about human nature. Some people will maintain or at least not destroy buildings that can shelter them from wind and rain if they encounter them in the mountains.

Some people, however, allow their inner evil to reach its maximum when no one is supervising them. They enjoy the shelter from the wind and rain, but will destroy it after leaving to prevent others from benefiting from it.

So when Bolati got the map, he actually went to the several points marked on it. Although he didn't recognize the words on it, he could still see the key points.

In the end, nothing happened, so he felt that he was right to send the liar to the detention center.

After the liar has been detained for a sufficient period of time, he will be deported to his place of origin. If he has a case in hand there, he will wait for the verdict.

Li Long was a little confused as to why these people would want to seek cooperation with the forest rangers - were they feeling uncomfortable?

He looked at the map carefully and highlighted two points on it. One point was where he had encountered the three men with shotguns last time, and the other point was in another ditch nearby.

Li Long thought about it and put the map away. He planned to pick mushrooms first, picking all the way to that place and see what he could find.

There are different amounts of mushrooms in the mountains. After picking all the mushrooms in this ditch, Li Long’s sack is still not full.

This is normal. Some ditches have more mushrooms and you can pick several sacks from one ditch. Some ditches have fewer mushrooms and you may not be able to find two kilograms even if you walk from beginning to end.

It also depends on luck.

Li Long placed the sack of mushrooms at the head of the ditch, took out another sack, and walked out of the ditch, heading diagonally southeast.

The nearby point on the map is just beyond the two ditches to the southeast.

The ditch they entered now was a bit steep, with many rocks on both sides. Li Long wanted to walk faster and cross the ditch to a wider area.

After walking just a few steps, I saw some wild strawberries growing in patches next to the stones.

He thought that Gu Xiaoxia really liked this small fruit. He also had some when he picked Fritillaria, but he didn't dare pick any for Gu Xiaoxia for fear of allergies.

It's actually out of season now, but there are still some here. Li Long took out a small cloth bag from his backpack, bent down and started picking them.

The wild strawberries were not big, but they were sour and sweet and tasted very good. Li Long quickly picked half of the bag. He thought it was enough, so he tied the bag and put it in his backpack. When he stood up and prepared to leave with the sack, he saw a brown-gray figure about forty or fifty meters ahead, shuttling back and forth between the cracks in the rocks, occasionally lowering his head to eat something.

Ha bear!
Half-grown bear cub!
Li Long subconsciously dropped the sack and took the gun from his back.

This bear cub is only about 1.12 meters tall. It doesn't look big, is furry, and looks a bit cute.

However, Li Long knew that such a large bear cub could cause great damage. The claws on its paws were about one or two centimeters long, and they could leave a row of cuts on a person's body.

Bear cubs this big are usually accompanied by their mother. When Li Long took the gun, he had already hidden behind a rock, looking around, trying to find the mother bear.

If this thing kills a bear cub and you go to collect the body and get ambushed by the mother bear, you'll be in trouble.

However, he looked around but couldn't find the mother bear.

Li Long thought he would fight first, since he had killed the little bear, so he would not go over yet, thinking the mother bear would appear.

Just as he was about to aim his gun, the little bear found a patch of wild strawberries. When he bent down to eat the strawberries, his body was blocked by a rock.

Li Long had no choice but to move forward slowly and look for a suitable position.

"howl--!"

Several gray wolves rushed down from the ridge and attacked the little bear!

No one knew how long they had been lying in ambush here, but as soon as they appeared, they formed an encirclement formation and blocked the little bear's retreat.

The little bear was startled and after a cry, he stood up with his back against a rock, waving his two paws to scare the gray wolf.

The gray wolf didn't dare to pounce directly, but jumped around the little bear, looking for an opportunity.

The little bear was a little scared. He called out twice but his mother didn't come. So he took advantage of an opportunity when the gray wolf left an opportunity and turned around and ran to the ridge.

The gray wolves immediately chased after it. One of them was the fastest and pounced on the little bear, bit its butt and twisted it hard. The little bear screamed in pain and slapped the wolves. The gray wolf was a little slow to let go and was slapped to the ground by the little bear.

The little bear didn't dare to chase after them and ran towards the ridge again, trying to get rid of the gray wolves.

The fallen gray wolf turned over and got up, with blood on its body, but continued to chase.

Li Long didn't bother to get his bag and followed closely.

It's a rare opportunity to be the fisherman, he doesn't want to miss this opportunity! (End of this chapter)