Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Yellow sheep have very strong running ability. By the time Yang Yongqiang recovered, these guys had already run away and disappeared.

Li Long stood up, unloaded the bullet, turned off the safety, put the gun away, put the ejected bullet into his pocket, and strode forward.

On the roadside ahead, there were two yellow sheep lying on the ground, one was dead and the other was still twitching.

It was not appropriate to deal with these things at night, so Li Long went over, took a knife, cut open the two yellow sheep, drained their blood, and carried them back to the jeep.

Yang Yongqiang came over to help. He wanted to load the yellow sheep onto the car. Li Long said hurriedly:

"Don't do that yet. Let this guy freeze for a while."

Yang Yongqiang followed Li Long's example and put the yellow sheep down. Then he took out a bag from the car and put the yellow sheep into the bag.

Although the jeep is often loaded with prey, it is better to keep it clean. Li Long's method is to put it in a bag.

The temperature outside was now over 20 degrees below zero, and the gazelle became cold and hard in less than ten minutes. Li Long and Yang Yongqiang carried the bags and put them into the trunk, then continued driving forward.

Yang Yongqiang became even more excited. He said with a little excitement:

"Brother Long, you are such a great shooter! Sigh... I regret going to work now. It would be so great if I could follow you in the team every day and catch fish and hunt!"

"I'm not that idle." Li Long said with a smile, "In the summer, I have to take people to the mountains to weave bamboo baskets, collect Fritillaria, and help the herdsmen with their work. In the autumn, I have to watch over the hay and wheat harvesting, and help my brother harvest melon seeds. I'm not idle in the winter either..."

"But if you work for yourself, you can do whatever you want." Yang Yongqiang sighed, "After working for a year, I feel that I have tried hard to save money. I am still a formal employee, and I have saved less than 400 yuan in a year. I feel that it is not as much as what I earned when I followed you to catch fish for a month..."

"That's still different. Think about it, you are in the city, your children will be city people too, they will eat commercial grain, what they learn in school is different from the children in our team. If they want to watch a movie, they can go on weekends, and if they want to go to the Children's Palace, they can sign up to go there. What about the people in the team?"

Li Long knew that Yang Yongqiang would definitely regret it, but he didn't expect it to come so soon. However, since he was already a formal worker, Li Long would definitely not persuade him to come back, but instead wanted him to stay there peacefully.

Saving 400 yuan a year was already a lot at that time. Yang Yongqiang worked with Li Long and earned more, and the fourth team had a small lake, so he could make money by catching fish.

How can other farmers have this income?

Moreover, city dwellers still have many hidden benefits, which enable them to look down upon rural residents.

Of course, if we really say that people live better than rural residents, that is the case in most parts of the country, but right now in Ma County, the living standards of the villagers in the fourth team are generally higher.

After listening to Li Long's words, Yang Yongqiang stopped talking about things he regretted.

In fact, he also knew that after becoming a worker, more people introduced him to potential partners, and it was impossible for him to return to the village.

Not everyone is like Li Long, who can come back from the city and be successful.

At least he can't.

Although he is conflicted at the moment, if he really wants him to give up his worker status and become a farmer again, his family will not agree, and Yang Yongqiang himself is unlikely to make such a decision.

Li Long sped up, wondering if there would be any more yellow sheep crossing the road ahead that he would run into.

Unfortunately, when they drove all the way to the 143rd Regiment and were almost reaching Shicheng, the Gobi Desert was no longer on both sides of the road. Li Long didn't encounter any gazelles here, so he knew that it was unlikely to happen again.

He drove all the way, passed Shicheng, crossed the Mahe Bridge, and arrived at the county town. Although it was already dark, it was only around ten o'clock.

Li Long did not enter the compound either. Yang Yongqiang was there, so he had to send Yang Yongqiang back first.

The ten-kilometer road from the county town to the Fourth Team takes less than an hour to go back and forth, so Li Long turned north and drove directly to the Fourth Team.

When the jeep stopped at the door of Yang Hua's house, it startled the dog in the backyard. Yang Hua heard the noise and came out in a cotton coat, and saw Yang Yongqiang carrying a black bag.

"Huh? Why are you back..." Yang Hua said halfway when he saw Li Long's jeep and realized what was going on.

Li Long greeted Yang Hua, and then said to Yang Yongqiang:

"I'll leave the yellow sheep with my elder brother. Go get a leg tomorrow. I'll tell my elder brother, don't refuse to go, and don't ask my elder brother to bring it to you...Okay, I'm leaving now."

Yang Hua wanted to keep him, after all, Li Long had come a long way to bring his son back, so he owed him a favor.

Li Long said it was too dark and he couldn't stay long, so he left in a hurry.

He drove a jeep to his elder brother Li Jianguo's place. The sound of dogs barking was heard. Li Jianguo went out of the house and saw Li Long lifting a yellow sheep from the car.

The dog's barking was not a warning, but an expression of excitement - the dog at home was quite familiar with Li Long.

Hearing the noise, Li Qingxia put on his cotton coat and went out, then went into the west room with Li Long.

"Why are you here so late?" Li Qingxia asked, "What is this?"

Du Chunfang came over and asked:

"Have you had dinner tonight?"

Liang Yuemei also asked if she wanted to heat up her meal.

Li Long took the yellow sheep out of the bag and said:
"I went to Kuitun today. This is the yellow sheep I shot on the way. I had some meat at my second brother's place this afternoon. I'm not hungry. Sister-in-law, please pour me a cup of hot tea."

Although there is a heater in the jeep, it goes up and down, and the temperature is definitely not as high as in the house. Li Long feels that he needs to drink a bowl of hot tea to warm himself up. "Don't deal with the yellow sheep. You are exhausted from running all day. You are frozen anyway. You can deal with it tomorrow." Li Jianguo decided, "Take a good rest. Are you going back to the big yard? If not, rest in the front yard. The stove is set up anyway..."

"Yes." Li Long said, "But I have something to talk to my parents about."

He talked about Li Junshan's situation and then waited for Li Qingxia to express her opinion.

"If Junshan agrees, we will definitely go." Li Qingxia now had the awareness of becoming the clan leader. He was the oldest in the Northern Frontier, and Li Junshan was his brother's grandson. He was a relative after all. How could he ignore him?

"That's all right. When we go there again in a couple of days, we'll ask him when he'll do the work, and then I'll take you over there - Big Brother, you and Big Sister-in-law want to go too, right?"

"I won't go." Liang Yuemei waved her hands, "Mom and Dad, your eldest brother can go, I have to look after the house. It will take at least one or two days to go back and forth, and someone has to take care of the baby..."

"Then let mom and dad go." Li Jianguo thought about it and said, "I won't go either. Your second brother is over there, and we have enough people at home."

In fact, Li Jianguo wanted to go. As I said before, the Li family in Northern Xinjiang only had these people, and as Li Junshan’s elder, he also wanted to help.

But Liang Yuemei is the only one at home, and there are a lot of things to do in winter. Can she handle it?
"Just go ahead, it's okay." Liang Yuemei gently pushed him, "I can definitely handle it in a day or two."

"Okay, let's go." Li Jianguo nodded, "We'll see how things go then."

"By the way, I brought Yongqiang back with me. I told him to come over tomorrow and bring back a yellow sheep leg."

"That's no problem." Li Jianguo smiled. "It doesn't matter if you see this leg. Whoever sees it gets a share. I'll skin the yellow sheep tomorrow and send some meat to Lao Luo."

"The head is a male yellow sheep. Big brother, you can keep the horns." Li Long reminded again.

"Don't worry, I know."

Li Long stayed with his brother and sister-in-law for a while, then drove the jeep back to the yard.

After having a child, I feel uneasy living away from home. I always want to go back home and see my wife and children, only then will I feel at ease.

It was almost twelve o'clock when they returned to the yard. Gu Xiaoxia and the others were still asleep, so Li Long took the yellow sheep out and put it outside, then went into the house.

Looking at the two sleeping children, a sense of happiness arises spontaneously.

Li Long and Gu Xiaoxia sat at the head of the bed, looking at the child and talking about what happened during their trip to Kuitun today.

Gu Xiaoxia thought that Li Long might not be able to come back today, but she didn't expect that Li Long would come back so late. Although she was a little curious about those things, she was more touched because Li Long came back even after dark.

After breakfast the next day, Gu Xiaoxia went to work and Han Fang went to school. Li Long put the frozen yellow sheep in the kitchen, and waited until it thawed in the morning before starting to skin it.

This yellow sheep weighs more than 30 kilograms. It is a young ram with short horns. It looks to be only one or two years old.

Li Long peeled off the sheepskin, squeezed out the feces from the stomach and intestines, and then soaked them in a basin of warm water to start cleaning.

While Sister Yang was cooking, Li Long had almost finished processing the yellow sheep. He planned to go see Li Xiangqian in the afternoon.

Li Xiangqian was also nervous. Li Long went over there to check the situation, but he didn't know what the specific result would be, so he was still a little worried.

Even Li Xiangqian felt a little regretful. Anyway, Li Long was driving the jeep, and he should have followed him earlier. Seeing is believing.

Fortunately, Li Long rode his bicycle and carried things to the supply and marketing cooperative to meet him in the afternoon.

"This is... a yellow sheep leg? It looks like it's real goods!" Li Xiangqian was relieved as soon as he saw what Li Long was carrying.

"Yes, there are indeed gazelles, but they are different from what we imagined." Li Long said, "It is difficult to spot gazelles during the day. The gazelles have become smarter now and know that it is more dangerous to cross the road during the day, so they have changed to night. Of course, they may also cross the road early in the morning at dawn."

"What's the danger? Haven't we fought yet?" Li Xiangqian was a little confused.

"We don't fight, but someone else does. Think about how many cars pass by every day. How many drivers know that there are groups of gazelles passing through that uninhabited area?" Li Long said, "To us, they are prey, and to others, too."

Li Xiangqian nodded, that's the truth.

"What should I do?"

"My idea is that we will set out at midnight and arrive there in the early morning to ambush and wait. For example, there will be one person every one kilometer. In this way, no matter where the herds of gazelles pass by, we will be able to kill them.

Of course, we can also stay in the car and keep an eye on the north. When a group of gazelles come over, we can drive to intercept them and shoot them if we intercept them.”

Li Long mentioned several plans, including setting off early in the morning and setting off in the middle of the night.

Anyway, if you go at normal time, it will probably be difficult to hit the target.

If Director Qian wanted to hit something, it would be a bit troublesome. Otherwise, if he went to see it in broad daylight, he would have to take his chances.

After listening to Li Long's plan, Li Xiangqian was a little confused about what to do.

The leader came here to hunt for fun, not to suffer.

Li Long saw his hesitation and said with a smile:

"You can't decide on this matter, so you should ask the director. If Director Qian wants to come, then it depends on what he decides. If he thinks it's troublesome, then it's fine if he doesn't come." (End of this chapter)