Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

When Li Long came, he brought a lot of fertilizer bags. Some were from the supply and marketing cooperative, some were from his eldest brother's family after applying fertilizer, and some were from the sugar factory when he was pulling sugar residue.

Li Long peeled the bear skin with the help of daylight and stove fire. Fortunately, his eyesight was good, otherwise, he would probably have cut a hole in the bear skin with one cut.

After all, it is not easy to peel off the fat and skin of a bear with such a sharp blade.

If it is a young roe deer or red deer, the job is easier.

Fortunately, Li Long has enough patience and is not lacking in physical strength and eyesight. Although his skills are not as good as those of Bolati, who has been following adults to slaughter and skin sheep since childhood, they are not bad, and he has time.

The black bear had a thick layer of fat on its body, probably because it had stored it for the winter. Unexpectedly, it became a good thing for Li Long.

Looking at the thick layer of oil, Li Long was already thinking that if he took all the meat back and steamed it, he could make at least two pots of bear oil.

It took more than half an hour to completely peel off the bear skin. Seeing that there was almost no fat left on the skin, Li Long nodded with satisfaction.

Well, my skinning skills are pretty good.

After the bear skin is peeled off, it is not removed. The bear body is still on the skin. It is necessary to open the belly here and then take out the internal organs and separate them.

It was cool at night, so Li Long felt quite deep when peeling the skin. Fortunately, although there was a foul smell when he opened the belly, it was warm inside.

The first thing to be taken was the bear's bile, which was boiled in water according to the old method and hung in the house, and then taken when leaving.

Then Li Long took the bag and put the internal organs that did not need to be processed, such as the heart, liver, and lungs, into it. Then he took out the stomach and intestines and put them in a large basin. He also got another large basin with hot water, took it to the spring, filled it with cold water and diluted it into warm water, and began to wash the intestines.

Marry an official and you will become his wife; marry a butcher and you will turn his intestines.

As the old saying goes, it takes two people to turn out the intestines, one to turn them over while the other pours warm water to wash out the remaining feces.

Of course one person can wash it, but it is a little more troublesome.

Fortunately, Li Long often does this, and the feces in his intestines are squeezed out onto the grass on the side. Feces are often stored here, and the grass is more lush than in other places.

After squeezing, rinse with warm water. Do it a few times and it will be clean.

The stomach is easier to deal with. With one hand, I hold the bear's stomach weighing dozens of kilograms, and with the other hand, I poke a hole in it with a knife, pour out the undigested food inside, and then rinse it with water.

The internal organs to be processed are mainly the stomach and intestines. These are difficult to process, but they taste good, and Li Long also likes to eat them.

After cooking, it is a good dish whether stir-fried or served cold.

Of course, the taste of bear tripe is different from that of cow and sheep tripe. In some places in northern Xinjiang, there is fried tripe noodles, and it is said that there is also in Sanqin, which is quite delicious.

Li Long was thinking about the taste of the fried tripe noodles, and the smell of shit in the bear's stomach didn't seem so strong anymore.

Clean the stomach and intestines and put them into the bag for internal organs, then come the odds and ends.

This is a male bear, with a gun. Both kidneys are also there. As for the spleen and pancreas, Li Long did not throw them away. He has a little black at home, so it would be nice to take it back to feed the dog.

There are about 20 to 30 kilograms of fat in the bear's stomach, filling half a bag. If the fat is steamed, it is enough for an ordinary family to eat for a year.

The pig raised by my eldest brother weighed more than 90 kilograms, but the fat in its stomach was less than one-third of that.

If you kill a bear, and if you don't mind the meat being unpalatable, it can feed an average family for a long time.

After the internal organs are prepared, the next step is to cut up the meat.

Bear Paw Li Long peeled off the skin directly this time. Anyway, he didn't know how to cook it, so he might as well do it according to his own ideas.

Don't say it's a waste of resources. Since this thing is in your hands, do with it as you please.

At worst, you can just press it until cooked and then stir-fry it with spicy sauce.

You can try the same method as for beef and lamb hooves.

As for the bear's head, its face had been smashed and the brains inside had come out, but the bones as a whole were not broken. It was not like the skull being lifted off as described in the novels, so he simply peeled off the skin on the head.

This is a bit more difficult to handle, but fortunately Li Long didn't intend to be too detailed, so it's fine as long as it's roughly done.

The four leaders filled most of the bag, and the next step was to cut up the meat.

The meat from the bear's body was packed into two large, solid bags, and there was just one bag for each family of my eldest brother.

Eat slowly.

After finishing the bear, Li Long stretched his waist and felt tired.

He did not deal with the wolf first, but went back to the house, poured some hot tea and drank it, then ate a few bites of naan and cut some roe deer meat to eat. After filling his stomach, he felt much better.

Li Long rested for a while and then began to skin the wolf.

This wolf was much easier to deal with, but it was a bit regrettable that when the bear slapped it, it also opened its claws and scratched five bloody cuts on the wolf's belly - the skin was rotten.

This piece of leather is considered a remnant.

Since it had been skinned, Li Long didn't care too much. After peeling off the wolf skin, he no longer had the heart to deal with the stomach and intestines. It was too troublesome. He just picked it up and threw it far away on the grass.

It will probably be eaten by wild beasts before tomorrow afternoon.

The wolf meat was quickly unloaded and put into bags, and the bear skin was wrapped up and loaded into the car.

Li Long saw that the sky had already brightened and the sky in the east was getting brighter, so he drank a few more sips of water, cleaned up the place, wrapped the bear gall in a clean cage cloth and put it in a bag, put the pot back into the house, put out the fire inside, then locked the door and drove the jeep back.

When the jeep drove out of the mountain, the sky finally got brighter and a line of red light slowly appeared in the east.

Because it was already late autumn and farm work had been completed, there was no one in the fields at the moment. When passing by the Qingshui River, only one or two wisps of smoke rose.

Everyone is still resting.

It was only when the jeep drove onto the Wuyi Highway that we saw some human activity.

Li Long didn't care about anything else and drove the jeep all the way to the big yard before stopping.

There were already people moving around on the street, but not many. The sun hadn't risen yet, but Li Long had heard people talking in the yard, and then Han Fang came over and opened the door.

Li Long saw Han Fang holding a book in her hand, probably reciting something. When she saw Li Long, she smiled and greeted him, opened the door, and stood quietly behind it.

After Li Long drove the jeep in, she closed the door again.

Li Long got out of the car, took down a bag of bear meat and wolf meat and took it into the kitchen.

Sister Yang was making breakfast. Seeing Li Long carrying something bloody into the kitchen, she asked:
"Uncle, what is this?"

"This bag is bear meat, and this bag is wolf meat." Li Long said, "We have to deal with them today."

"You killed a bear?" Sister Yang was shocked. "You didn't get bitten, did you?"

Li Long smiled and said, "He was shot dead from a distance, without even being touched."

"That's good, that's good. Leave the meat here, I'll stew it after breakfast." Sister Yang said, "Is all the meat stewed?"

"Leave some. I'll send a bag of meat to my eldest brother after dinner, and I'll get some meat to give away when I come back."

Whether bear meat tastes good or not is another matter, but this thing is famous and rare, so it is a good gift.

Li Long also took out some of the bear's internal organs from the car and left them here, and left the wolf's internal organs directly in the car to be taken to his eldest brother.

He then took down the bear and wolf skins, rubbed them with salt, and put them in the side room to dry.

Since the bag of Codonopsis pilosula had been dried, there was no need to take it out and it could be placed directly on the shelf in the room.

The east wing is basically where Li Longsheng stores the things he collected from the mountains.

The bear bile was hung on the roof of the wing to dry.

After finishing these things, wash your hands and eat. After Gu Xiaoxia knew that Li Long had killed a bear, she asked him about the details at the dinner table.

What Li Long said was very simple, which surprised Gu Xiaoxia and Sister Yang, mother and daughter.

"Is hunting so simple?" Han Fang was still a little confused.

No matter the stories she had heard or her own imagination, hunting should be difficult.

Li Long smiled and said:
"Hunting becomes easy with a gun in hand. Besides, I was in the house at the time, so I could shoot it if I saw it. It was also good luck."

After dinner, Gu Xiaoxia went to work and Han Fang went to school. Li Long looked after the children for a while. After Sister Yang cleaned up the kitchen, he drove his jeep out to Team 4.

It’s cold now, so the child can’t be taken out for a while, so we have to wait a little longer.

When Li Long arrived at the Fourth Team, his mother and sister-in-law were picking up nets in the yard, his eldest brother was picking small crucian carps, and his father was not there. Li Long guessed that he must have gone with Tao Jianshe to sell fish.

The whole family was very happy to see Li Long coming back, but when Li Long brought down the bear meat, Li Jianguo was a little surprised.

"We killed a bear." Li Long said proudly, "Some of the meat is in the county. Bring this back for you to eat. Oh, and there's bear fat. The bear is fat and has a lot of fat. Sister-in-law, please take some time to roast it."

Liang Yuemei was a little surprised when she saw Li Long taking out the large piece of fat from the bag.

"Hey, I killed another bear!" Li Jianguo said with a smile. He was actually quite envious. After all, to be honest, he had been in the mountains for quite a while, and if there was anything he had killed, it was only a wild boar.

Unlike my little brother, he has fought bears, wolves, not to mention lynxes, elks and so on.

This is hunting!

"I was planning to hunt wild boars last night, but a group of wolves and bears came to my cabin together and woke me up, so I hunted them."

Li Long spoke lightly, and this relaxed tone made Li Jianguo want to hit someone.

How could it be that easy!

"I'll give one piece to Uncle Luo and the others, and I'll also give some back to some leaders and friends." Li Long didn't stop, "I won't stay at home."

"Take the fish back. It's already well-chosen. You don't need to clean it up." Liang Yuemei said hurriedly, "Make soup with it."

Li Long did not refuse. He took the fish in the plastic bag and put it into the car. He chatted with his mother for a few words and then drove away in the jeep.

Uncle Luo had just finished breakfast at Lao Mahao and was preparing food for the livestock. Li Long put down the bear meat, chatted for a few words, and then hurried back.

I returned to the yard, put the fish in the kitchen, and then took out a few pieces of bear meat from the bag in the kitchen and put them in plastic bags and put them into the jeep.

Chen Hongjun was a little surprised to get the bear meat.

"Hey, if Old Zhao knew that you got a bear skin so quickly, he would be so happy. I'll tell him next time he calls." Chen Hongjun was also very happy.

Li Long also gave Zhong Guoqiang a piece. Although I haven't been in touch with Lao Zhong for a while, he is a good person.

"Hey, bear meat! Do you have bear paws?" Zhong Guoqiang asked, "If you have them, I'll take them. They're great stuff!"

Li Long thought for a moment and said, "I can only give you two. I have a use for the remaining two."

"Two is fine." Zhong Guoqiang said with a smile, "I'll go to your house to get them later, or can you bring them to me?"

"Let me bring it to you." Li Long said.

Li Xiangqian is one group, Director Wei is one group, and the deputy director is one group - the new deputy director is different from the previous ones.

Li Xiangqian was very satisfied with the bear meat sent by Li Long. After all, the young man was thinking about him, which meant he had good intentions.

Director Wei and the new Deputy Director Huang were also very satisfied, but they spoke in official tones, so Li Long just smiled.

Driving the jeep, Li Long went to the big yard to get some meat, took the bear paws, and drove to find Zhong Guoqiang.

Two bear paws were sold for one hundred yuan, which Li Long thought was good.

Then he went to the oil depot to fill up the gas and drove to Shicheng, where he delivered a piece of bear meat to Section Chief Hu and a piece of wolf meat to Song Ming.

"Hey, Comrade Li is so thoughtful." Section Chief Hu hadn't seen Li Long for a while, and he didn't expect Li Long to give him a piece of bear meat as soon as he came. Whether the meat tastes good or not is another matter, it's rare!

It's also good to brag about it.

Section Chief Hu wanted to have a good chat with Li Long, but Li Long had something else to do, so after a few words, he said goodbye and left.

Section Chief Hu knew that Li Long asked Song Ming to pull the sugar residue, so he said to Li Long before leaving, "Just pull it, don't worry about it."

This sentence made Li Long very happy. If he really wanted to fatten the sheep later, the key point would be the sugar residue.

He drove again and rushed to Beiting.

The road at that time was not a highway, but fortunately there were not many cars on the road and the jeep could run quite fast.

Now that we have a car, places that were once considered far away by the locals are actually just that far away.

However, when Li Long arrived in Beiting, it was almost noon.

He just happened to see Director Qian who was about to go home at the gate of the State Supply and Marketing Cooperative - Xiao Si was driving him there.

Li Long stopped Director Qian, and then the two cars drove out of the gate and stopped on the side of the road.

Director Qian was also a little surprised. Why did Li Long come here at this time?

"Director, I shot a bear this morning. I thought it was a rare thing, so I sent you two bear paws."

"Hey, that's thoughtful!" Director Qian was very happy. This young man is pretty good. He still thought of him when he was killed by a bear. The gift he gave was the most famous bear paw. Whether he would eat it or not is another matter, but Director Qian was very happy that he remembered him in this way.

"Xiao Li, come on, follow me, let's have dinner at my house and let my family get to know you." Director Qian was planning to have Li Long go back to his home with him.

"No, no." Li Long declined seriously, "Director Qian, I have to go back. I have a lot of things to pack at home. I not only killed a bear, but also a wolf. I can't stay here anymore..."

In fact, Li Long was very tired and planned to go back to have a good sleep. After all, he got up in the middle of the night to fight the bear, and slept for less than five hours a night. Add to that the running back and forth, and even the strongest man would not be able to cope with it.

"Okay then, you must come to my house when you are free later," said Director Qian.

Li Long handed the bag of bear paws to Xiao Si who came over, and whispered to him, there is another piece of bear meat for you.

Xiao Si understood what he meant, patted Li Long's arm, and put the bag in the trunk.

Watching Xiao Si drive away, Li Long breathed a sigh of relief and then went home to rest.

Before going home, he went to a restaurant and had some noodles. He was hungry and wanted to replenish his calories.

After dinner, they drove out of Beiting. Not long after leaving the city, Li Long felt too sleepy. He knew he couldn't drive anymore, so he drove the jeep off the national highway, got off at a fork in the road, and drove to a field.

A grove of poplar trees blocked the sunlight. Li Long parked the jeep under the shade of the tree, locked the door, and took a nap in the back seat.

I fell asleep immediately, and when I woke up, it was already getting dark.

Because I slept in a sideways sitting position, my body felt a little sore, but fortunately, after sleeping on it, I no longer felt sleepy.

He got out of the car, stretched, and moved his body. Seeing that the sun was setting, he calculated that he should have slept for two or three hours.

Let’s go back first.

He sat in the driver's seat, started the engine, drove onto the national highway, and headed west.

Although he only went out hunting for one day, he spent a lot of energy, so Li Long took a few days off.

The herders who have moved to other pastures are about to leave the mountain. Li Long's next task is to buy cattle and sheep. (End of this chapter)