Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Perhaps the wild boars knew that this was the last time to eat good food before winter came, so after they rushed into the alfalfa field, they immediately scattered and each found a place to eat.

The little wild boars would pick and choose the tender alfalfa to eat, while the experienced big wild boars would directly dig up the soil above to gnaw on the alfalfa roots that were easy to fill their stomachs, humming with satisfaction as they ate.

The largest wild boar running at the back was alert, but not very alert. Li Long guessed that it was probably because it had successfully eaten for the past few days that it felt there was no danger.

The place where they were ambushing was about thirty or forty meters away from the wild boar, and those with poor eyesight could only see a dark shadow.

Li Long was not sure if Meng Hai and his men could see the location of the wild boars clearly. He regretted that he should have worked harder in the afternoon. Since they were ambushing here, they should have dug a few big pits on the opposite side. When the gunfire sounded, the wild boars that were not hit would definitely run to the opposite side. When they fell into the pits, they could catch a few more without wasting bullets.

Or maybe I have too little experience and am a bit arrogant.

But it was too late to regret now. Li Long looked at the wild boars, who were already relaxed and eating. He felt that Meng Hai and the others had also adapted to the light at night, so he shouted:
"beat!"

While he was shouting, he had already shot at a half-grown wild boar that was at the farthest point of the wild boar herd!

Li Long wanted to use his marksmanship and speed to kill as many wild boars as possible!

"boom!"

After firing the shot, Li Long did not even look to see if the wild boar was knocked down. While the wild boars were frightened, he quickly moved the muzzle of the gun and aimed at another wild boar and fired a shot.

When he fired the second shot, Meng Hai and others had just fired the first shot. Li Long ignored the wild boars that were hit. His third shot was aimed at a little wild boar that had been frightened and fled in all directions - this wild boar was inexperienced and when it was frightened it actually fled to the northwest, facing Li Long sideways. How could he miss such a good shooting opportunity?
"boom!"

Li Long took the lead and the shot hit the little wild boar's shoulder blade accurately. The wild boar fell down, twitched once and then stopped moving.

When I looked again, I could no longer see any other wild boars.

He looked back at the places he had aimed at and found that the three wild boars he had just shot were all hit by bullets and were lying on the ground motionless.

There were still a few wild boars left in the alfalfa field, big and small. The largest one weighed about 90 kilograms and was a several-year-old sow.

The smallest one was the one Li Long hit last, weighing about 20 to 30 kilograms.

"Put away the guns, we have a good harvest!" Li Long said loudly. While speaking, he had already turned off the safety, picked up the gun strap with his thumb and swung it, then put the gun on his back.

The other three also put away their guns, while Meng Hai turned off the safety and released the bayonet, then walked forward while talking and laughing.

"Comrade Li Long, you are a good shooter. Three wild boars. Wow, awesome!" Meng Hai hit two of them. He thought he was very good. But when he looked at the scene, counted the wild boars, and looked at the muzzles of the guns on his body, he immediately found that the three wild boars were lying far and near in the direction that Li Long had arranged for him.

Li Long just finished counting and found that the five of them killed a total of eight wild boars, he killed three, Meng Hai killed two, and the other three killed one each.

Not bad, really good.

"You can keep the half-grown ones for yourself, and I'll take the rest away." Li Long said without hesitation, "Thank you so much this time, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to catch so many."

"Why are you being polite? Take everything away. We can fight when we want to eat." Meng Hai waved his hand, "Your business is more important."

"No, no, no, that's enough." Li Long said with a smile, "I can't let you make a wasted trip. This is a matter of principle and I won't change it. Okay, I'll go drive the car and come over to pick up the pig."

After Li Long said this, Meng Hai no longer insisted. A relationship with a backup and a give-and-take relationship is the only way to last long.

The other few people also smiled - when Meng Hai called them, he clearly said they wanted to help, and they would give Li Long whatever they had.

They were willing to do this, after all, they also earned money from the big broom work that Li Long did for their team. It was just a reward for Li Long after working hard all night, and it was all they deserved.

Now that Li Long said he would leave a wild boar for them to share, they would naturally be even happier. How could they not be happy to have meat to eat?

Li Long drove the jeep to the edge of the field and stopped. Several men carried guns and carried the wild boar over and put it into the car.

It was quite a feat to cram seven wild boars into the jeep, because except for the female wild boar, the others were not very big, otherwise the jeep would not be able to accommodate them.

"Lao Meng, brothers, I'm leaving first. I just killed the wild boar, I have to go back and find someone to take care of it. You should go back as well. It's still dark and you can rest for a while."

"Comrade Li Long, do you want to process it in our team before taking it back? What we take back then will be meat, which is easier to handle." Meng Hai tried to persuade him to stay.

"No, no, it's already troublesome enough to ask you to help beat them. If I ask you to help deal with the meat, I will be embarrassed to come over again later." Li Long smiled and said, "I won't take you back. I'll come over when I have time."

"Okay, drive slowly and be careful on the road." Meng Hai said and waved his hand.

Li Long said goodbye to several other people one by one, then closed the door, started the engine, turned on the lights, and drove away in the jeep.

"When will we be able to drive a car?" Someone licked his lips and said enviously.

"Don't even think about it in this life." Another person discouraged him, "Think about how to divide the wild boar meat first."

"Let's carry it back to my house. We can skin it and divide it on the spot." Meng Hai said, "Don't rest now."

Several people happily carried the wild boar back.

When Li Long drove back to the county yard, Sister Yang had just gotten up to cook. When she heard the noise, she hurried over to open the door.

Li Long's jeep didn't drive in. He opened the back door, dragged down a small wild boar, carried it into the yard, put it on the table next to the kitchen, and said, "I'll deal with it when I come back. You go do your thing."

After saying that, he patted Xiao Hei who was jumping in front of him, turned around and walked out.

Gu Xiaoxia should not have gotten up yet, so I won’t disturb her sleep.

When Li Long drove the jeep to the team, it was just dawn. Smoke was already rising from some people's homes, while there was still no movement in some others.

It's late autumn now and there's not much to do. If there are no children at home who need to go to school, it's okay to sleep a little longer.

Li Long's jeep stopped at the door of Xu Chengjun's house. Ma Hongmei was boiling water on the stove. Mingwa had to go to school, so she had to get up early to cook.

Xu Chengjun and Mingwa were brushing their teeth together by the ditch outside the door. He was a little surprised to see Li Long's jeep parked on the side of the road.

Xu Chengjun spat out the toothpaste foam, picked up the toothbrush holder and asked Li Long who got off the car:
"What's the matter? Is there something wrong? Are you calling or using the loud speaker?"

"I just shot a few wild boars and put them in your house. Find someone to take care of them and distribute them to the team members. When you kill more in the winter, you can distribute them again. My 400 kilograms of meat will be enough."

As Li Long spoke, he first pulled down the female wild boar weighing more than 90 kilograms, then grabbed the two front hooves with his left hand and the two hind hooves with his right hand, and carried them into the yard.

Ma Hongmei was also surprised when she saw the big wild boar:
"Xiaolong, did you hit this? It's so big - it must be about 100 kilograms, right?"

"Almost there." Li Long put the wild boar against the wall and went to get the others.

Xu Chengjun handed the tooth bowl to Mingwa, wiped the foam from his mouth, and followed Li Long to carry it. Fortunately, the other wild boars were not as big as the first one, weighing about 40 to 50 kilograms, or 50 to 60 kilograms, otherwise Xu Chengjun would not be able to lift it.

The last wild boar was on the passenger seat, weighing about 30 to 40 kilograms. When Xu Chengjun was about to move it, Li Long stopped him:

"I won't move this one. I have to take it to my eldest brother's house."

"Hey, you two brothers..." Xu Chengjun exclaimed and gave a thumbs up, "That's true! But you've caused me a lot of trouble..."

"What's the big deal? We should thank you!" Li Long closed the car door and went to find a basin to wash his hands. While washing, he said, "Anyway, I signed a contract with the team. This meat is for the team. It's up to you how to divide it. If you think it's troublesome, why don't you find the leaders of each group to help clean up together? Okay, I'm leaving..."

"Please stay for breakfast before you leave..." Ma Hongmei tried to persuade him to stay.

"No, no, I'm going to go to my eldest brother's place." Li Long said.

The jeep drove away. Xu Chengjun looked at the pile of five pigs and felt a little worried. He said:

"This Li Long has really caused me a lot of trouble!"

"It's just troublesome!" Ma Hongmei was also worried, "So much... How long will it take? Can't he handle it himself and distribute it?" She knew that Li Long had promised to distribute meat to the team members. "Hey, I'm just saying, this is Xiaolong's cleverness!" Xu Chengjun waved his hands, "He Li Long distributes it, so everyone is grateful to him, right? He gave the power to distribute the meat to the team, so the team members are grateful to the team headquarters, how can it be the same?

Xiaolong can see clearly, he got a new circle of horses, let the team do the face-showing, although it is a bit troublesome, but they give us the benefits, this is magnanimity..."

Xu Chengjun kicked the wild boars and sighed:

"No wonder the Li family is so prosperous and Li Long can make money. With his ability to get things done and his eyesight, who wouldn't want to work with him? I want to hand over the captaincy to him..."

Think about those who followed Li Long, now they have become rich, bought tractors and made money. With this way of doing things, who would not want to follow him?

"It's just you, working for him and speaking for him!" Ma Hongmei snorted and went to cook.

Xu Chengjun smiled and pushed his bicycle to call for help. Five wild boars weighed nearly 300 kilograms, and it would take at least seven or eight people to handle them today.

Although it was cold that day, the meat could not be kept overnight. It had to be processed today and distributed, so as to avoid wasting time and causing the meat to become smelly, which would then turn a good thing into a bad one.

When Li Long drove his jeep to his eldest brother's house, Liang Yuemei was cooking cornmeal porridge at the stove and steaming steamed buns on another stove.

Li Qingxia and Du Chunfang were lighting a fire near the stove. The old man was telling the old lady about his hometown and how he had cleverly managed the family tree matter.

Li Juan and Li Juan were at the east end of the yard, one in the south and one in the north, reciting the text and English words, and they both looked very hardworking.

Li Jianguo, who was cleaning the pigsty, stuck his head out when he heard the sound of the jeep. He watched the jeep enter the yard and everyone gathered around.

When Li Long pulled out the little wild boar, Li Qiang shouted and ran over to see.

"Is this what we caught yesterday?" Li Qingxia put some fire into the stove and stood up to take a look. "This wild boar isn't very big..."

"It tastes better when it's not big!" Du Chunfang didn't want him to say anything bad about his youngest son, "If it's big, it will be smelly and stinky."

"Well, I'm the best at eating." Li Long praised Du Chunfang, and then explained, "We killed eight of them. I left one for Qingshui River, one for me in the county, and five for the team. I'll bring one here for you to eat."

"Hey! Eight heads!" Li Qingxia was immediately excited, and regretted why he didn't go with them yesterday? "Did you guys wipe out that whole nest?"

"No, there are about 20 of them, and we killed less than half of them." Li Long replied, then turned to Li Jianguo and said, "Brother, the captain may ask people to deal with the other five later, so you don't have to worry about it. The one at home is enough for you to deal with."

"Okay, I understand." Li Jianguo smiled.

"Then I'll go back first. There's another one in the yard. I have to skin it and clean it up quickly. The meat is better when it's fresh."

After Li Long finished speaking, he got on the jeep.

"He came to our house and left without even eating a bite of food." Du Chunfang was always the one who complained. She always felt that there was a layer of distance between them and her younger son since he lived in the county. They could only say a few words to each other when they met.

"He's busy now. In two days, he will have to make reed bundles. Xiaolong will have to stay at home every day. He was at home every day making brooms some time ago." Liang Yuemei had no objection to her mother-in-law's obvious favoritism towards her brother-in-law and continued to persuade her.

"That's right." Du Chunfang sighed. Fortunately, they were close. So that's it.

Li Long hurried back to the big yard. At this time, Sister Yang had just prepared breakfast. Xiao Hei was usually not tied up. He watched the wild boar circling around, but since he was well trained, he did not bite it.

Gu Xiaoxia looked at the wild boar and asked Li Long:
"It's not big - it looks like a two-month-old piglet."

"Wild boars don't grow as fast as domesticated pigs. They're hungry and full at times, which is different." Li Long asked while washing his hands, "Where are Mingming and Haohao?"

"They are playing on the bed. They have already eaten in the morning, and now they are having fun."

It was cold in the morning, so the two children were not brought out. They would be brought out when the sun came out and it was warm. Li Long knew that basking in the sun could supplement calcium.

After breakfast, Gu Xiaoxia went to work, Han Fang went to school, Sister Yang looked after the children, and Li Long began to clean up the wild boar.

The wild boar was not big, so Li Long kept a small one. The reason why he cleaned it up so quickly was that he wanted to eat the meat directly at noon.

A few days ago, when the Xinmahao was being built, Li Long brought back a portion of pig-killing dish every day. Gu Xiaoxia and Sister Yang all said it was delicious, so Li Long wanted to make another meal.

This time it's a young wild boar, the meat is more tender and should taste better when stewed.

The little wild boar was easy to handle. After just over ten minutes, Li Long peeled off its skin and threw it to Xiao Hei.

Xiao Hei was not picky at all. He grabbed the wild boar skin and ran to his nest, where he slowly started to chew it.

Li Long rinsed the skinning knife in the basin of water beside him, then began to cut open the meat and deal with the internal organs on the table.

The wild boar was small, so I could handle it by myself. As the sun slowly rose, Sister Yang began to set up the venue outside, preparing to bring the baby out.

The sunlight is not irritating at this time, so it is good for children to bask in the sun.

"Uncle, the smell here is very strong. Is it appropriate to let the child out?" Sister Yang asked Li Long for his opinion before holding the child.

"It's okay, I'll open the door in a while and the smell will dissipate quickly." Li Long waved his hand.

Winter is coming soon, and we can go back to hibernation then. I can take care of the kids myself, and Sister Yang can go back to work. Li Long vaguely remembers that they seem to be building a storefront in the market, but he doesn't know if it's finished yet. He has to go check it out when he has time. If it's finished, he'll buy a few.

At that time, I will let Sister Yang open a shop in one room, and rent out the rest and collect rent.

After the wild boar is skinned and gutted, there is only about a dozen kilograms of meat, not much bigger than a large lamb. It is mostly lean meat and looks good.

Li Long unloaded the meat and put it away, then cleaned up the internal organs. When he finished, he saw that it was not yet twelve o'clock.

Next it was his turn to wash the food and look after the child while Sister Yang went to process the meat.

The two children were playing there happily, sometimes lying down and sometimes lying down. After Xiao Hei finished eating the pig skin, he ran over and lay beside the mat, occasionally interacting with the two children.

Li Long saw that there was nothing serious, so he went to open the door. Today, he had pulled a wild boar, and there was a lot of blood in the jeep. Some blood was stuck to the seat, so he had to deal with it.

While I was dealing with it, there was a knock on the door.

Li Long looked at the children and saw that they were fine, so he went to open the door.

What surprised Li Long was that the guest outside the door was Li Xiangqian.

"Well, you kid... you don't go to the community when you have free time." Li Xiangqian pushed his bicycle in, and after parking it, he ran towards the two children first.

He squatted down and talked to the child for a few words, then picked up Mingming.

Li Long hurriedly picked up Haohao to prevent him from feeling psychologically unbalanced.

"Is there any work coming to the commune?" Li Long asked, "Do you have to go there in person?"

"Hey, that's what you said. There's work for reed sticks now - but it's not good news. The number has dropped significantly this year, and there may be none next year."

"If it's gone, it's gone." Li Long was not surprised. This was the general trend. In the future, everyone would want to build a good house. Prefabricated houses were much stronger than wooden and reed roofs - and they looked much more fashionable.

Of course, it won’t be used for long, and this is also being modified. After all, prefabricated houses are also dangerous in the event of a major earthquake.

Fortunately, there were no major earthquakes in Ma County until forty years later.

"Ten thousand reed stems, twenty reeds, each harvested at 60 cents, a little higher." Li Xiangqian said, "After you finish this, you can take a break and spend some time with the children in the winter - will you go hunting yellow sheep then?"

"Beat it." Li Long smiled. Li Xiangqian's first sentence asked him to spend more time with the child, but his second sentence revealed his true nature. Perhaps he was not the only one who wanted to beat the yellow sheep, but he was also asking for Director Qian?
Li Long himself also plans to hunt yellow sheep when the time comes. This thing is really good! (End of this chapter)