Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

When Li Xiangqian ran over to take a look, he found that the largest elk was not on the ground.

He said with a frustrated look:
"Oh, why didn't you hit the elk? That elk was really big... If you take the whip off..."

"That deer is too clever." Li Long shook his head, put away his gun, pulled out his knife and walked towards the sika deer lying on the ground, "It's impossible to hit it! As soon as I fired the gun, the deer rushed out at once, and it moved in an S shape. Can you believe it?"

"What's the S-shaped movement?" Li Xiangqian walked to the fallen elk and saw a male elk with horns on its head. Although it was not long, it was still a male, so he felt a little better and asked:

"What do you mean?"

"That means it turns when it runs and avoids bullets." Li Long looked at the male elk. The bullet hit its head and it was dead.

He pulled out the knife and stabbed himself in the stomach.

It requires a lot of skill to stab the belly without peeling the skin - if you don't do it right, the intestines and stomach will be ruptured, and then it will be difficult to clean up the belly full of shit.

Li Long was an expert, and his cut was just right, cutting open the belly without damaging the internal organs.

Li Long felt the heat coming out of the sika deer's belly and was very satisfied.

The other one was a female elk, which looked to be about two or three years old, had no cubs, and was very capable. It was just unlucky. After Li Longlong fired a gun, the elk ran into Li Long's sight in fright.

As usual, he stabbed Li Xiangqian in the stomach. Li Long said to Li Xiangqian:
"Captain, let's go back. I won't be cleaning up this sika deer tonight. I'll clean it up tomorrow and send one to you."

"Okay." Although Li Xiangqian didn't get the injection, he knew he couldn't wait any longer. If he waited any longer, his frostbite would probably relapse. Anyway, it was confirmed that he would be able to get the injection in the evening, so he went back to report to Director Qian.

When Li Long took the sacks back, the blood of the two elks had stopped flowing and the heat in their stomachs had already been released. Although their bodies had not yet completely hardened, they could already be put into the sacks.

When Li Xiangqian went to collect the wolfskin mattress and fold it and put it in the car, Li Long had already put the two elk into sacks and stuffed them into the trunk.

The only option is to stuff them in there - both elks are not small in size.

If we really want to kill that big elk, it won't fit in the back of this car.

When starting the jeep and heading back, Li Xiangqian suddenly said with emotion:

"Hey, Xiao Li, I think hunting at night is quite exciting, but it's a bit cold. I don't know if Director Qian will come..."

Li Long smiled and said:

"I don't know, I'll find out when the time comes."

He didn't care. If they came, he would fight together. If they didn't come, he would tell Xu Chengjun about the situation. If Xu wanted to bring people to fight, he could bring them over at night. Anyway, the militia in the team was definitely better at enduring cold than Li Xiangqian.

After all, I've been lying on the ice of Dahaizi every day during this period of time, and I've practiced it.

Regardless of whether the team members come or not, he will definitely come. He will come during the day and send Yang Yongqiang back to Kuitun, and see if he can hunt any more prey.

He still owes the team some meat.

The jeep drove to the county, and Li Long first sent Li Xiangqian home, and then returned to the big yard.

When the horn sounded outside, the first person to move was little Hanfang. She put on her cotton coat and ran out, ignoring Sister Yang's calls.

Li Long opened the door and walked in while asking Han Fang to go back into the house. Han Fang went back with a smile.

After parking the jeep, Li Long got out and closed the gate, then carried the two sika deer into the wing room. The temperature there was a little warmer than outside, so it would be easier to thaw tomorrow.

Sister Yang stood at the door and greeted Li Long. Li Long told her to go into the house quickly, saying that nothing was wrong.

Then he went back into the house with his gun.

As soon as he entered the house, a gust of hot wind blew in his face, and most of the coldness in Li Long's body disappeared in an instant.

Gu Xiaoxia came out from the inner room and helped Li Long take off his coat.

"How are you? Are you not cold?"

"It's okay. Chief Li may have caught a cold. I was wearing thick clothes." Li Long said proudly while taking off his coat. "I knew he would play it tough. As a result, he almost got a relapse of frostbite this time."

"Hehe, he really doesn't have much experience," Gu Xiaoxia smiled and said, "I'm glad you're okay. Are you going to go later?"

"Let's wait for news. If Director Qian wants to come, then we have to go. But no matter whether Director Qian goes or not, I have to inform the team. Lao Xu has already said that the bullets are ready, so we have to tell him anyway."

"Oh, this is quite troublesome." Gu Xiaoxia sighed, "It will take several days."

"Well, it will be almost done before New Year's Day." Li Long took off his clothes and folded them, and then put on his long-sleeved shirt and long-legged trousers. It was hot in this room, even hotter than his elder brother Li Jianguo's room, so he didn't need to wear so many clothes. He asked:
"Where's Mingming Haohao?"

"I slept." Gu Xiaoxia said, "I slept for half an hour."

"Not bad." Li Long smiled. They can eat and sleep well and rarely get sick. The two boys are in good health.

The next morning, after Li Long had set up the stove, he went over to pick up the two sika deer and brought them to the east room of the main house. In the kitchen, Sister Yang was preparing to cook, but she was unable to do anything.

After breakfast, the two sika deer had already begun to decompose, so Li Long took a basin and a knife to deal with them.

In order to prevent the blood from flowing onto the ground, Li Long laid a layer of plastic sheeting in the room. It was quite uncomfortable to step on and a little troublesome to deal with.

He was quite an experienced hand. After peeling the skin of the elk, the internal organs in its stomach became soft. He then put the internal organs into the prepared large basin. There was no need to deal with this thing in a hurry.

The main thing is to get the whip off first.

This is what Li Xiangqian wanted. And the antlers of the red deer - Li Long cut off the head, intending to see if Li Xiangqian wanted to make the antler head into a specimen.

As for the elk he had caught, there was no need to worry.

Before he finished dealing with the two sika deer, Li Long heard Mingming and Haohao crying in the room over there.

Sister Yang's voice also rang out. After hearing what she said, Li Long knew that these two guys were fighting over a rag doll.

Hi, there will be trouble later. Recalling the video he saw on the Internet platform in his previous life, where twins had to have their faces injured in the same place, Li Long felt fortunate that it was in the 1980s, not in the future.

Nowadays, children are not so pretentious and cautious in their education. Are you not convinced? Just give them a good scolding. Anyway, they are much more capable of bearing it now.

just kidding.

The child soon stopped crying, and after a few minutes he started laughing again, and Li Long's mood also improved.

Keep busy.

It was almost one o'clock when they finished with the two elks. Li Xiangqian's elk was well prepared, with the internal organs and bones and flesh separated into two bags, including the whip and the deer head. The intestines of his own elk were not cleaned yet, so they were soaked in a basin first.

Li Long was not in a hurry, as there would be plenty of time later. He had to deliver Li Xiangqian's gift first.

Li Xiangqian is talking on the phone with Director Qian.

He "reported" to Director Qian the details of yesterday's hunting trip in the uninhabited area, and then asked Director Qian when he could come over and try.

"It depends on the time." Director Qian said with emotion, "Since I got this position, I am much busier than before. I thought I would be freer in the winter and could go hunting with you to relax, but now there are many things to do such as storage and summary, which is very troublesome.

Alas, I should have known not to move. Think about how free I was before. The salary is not much higher now, but the work is more than doubled. I am busy in this winter. Now I envy you. Xiang Qian, tell Li Long that I will find time to visit you guys. You need to relax..."

Although Director Qian was complaining, what Li Xiangqian heard was a sense of bragging and complacency.

Well, who doesn’t want this kind of busyness?

Li Xiangqian was very envious, but he also knew that envy would not work. He had missed the best opportunity and it would not be easy to get promoted.

Actually, it’s not bad now. Although Ma County is a small place, we have considerable power and live a comfortable life.

Just after I hung up the phone, Li Long came over.

Li Long also knew that it was difficult to hide his jeep, and many people actually knew about it. This time he simply drove the car directly into the yard of the supply and marketing cooperative.

Without taking the things down, he went to Li Xiangqian's office empty-handed, poured himself a glass of water, drank two sips and said:

"Captain, I've packed my things. Can I send them to your home later?"

"Okay." Li Xiangqian said without pretense, "I'll go with you later - never mind, let's eat first after get off work, and then go back. You treated me yesterday, so let's go to Lao Zhong's place today and cook two dishes. It's my treat."

Li Long was not polite either. He said that the busy morning was worth the meal.

"By the way, Director Qian said that he is busy now, and he will come over when he is free - I don't know when he will be free." "Maybe he won't be able to come over." Li Long joked, "It's okay, anyway, the migration of yellow sheep and red deer lasts for a long time in winter, so just wait."

Li Long believed that as long as there were no large-scale hunting operations, he would be able to see gazelles running into the mountains every day this winter.

After all, at that time, on the northern border, there were herds of gazelles that often roamed between the two countries, with tens of thousands of them in each herd - can you imagine how big that herd was!
There are also herds of gazelles numbering in the hundreds in the northwest of Kazakhstan.

At that time, the population was small, and the population of Kazakhstan was even smaller. There were really a lot of these animals in those uncultivated wastelands.

Since Director Qian couldn't come for the time being, Li Long planned to talk to Xu Chengjun in the afternoon.

The village chief of Team 4 is capable and can take a gun out to hunt, which other teams envy but cannot learn from.

Hunting is not something you can do by just taking a gun and going out into the wild. You have to know where the prey is.

Li Long just made up for this shortcoming - he knew it, but he wouldn't tell anyone else.

The basic militiamen from Team 4 who went hunting last year are definitely not so tight-lipped, but others may not believe it after hearing it, and even if they do, they may not dare to try it.

It's just like Li Long digging a hole in the ice to catch fish.

The cost of trial and error is relatively high, so it will scare away most people.

Li Xiangqian left work early, and no one had any objections, even Director Wei pretended not to notice. In winter, the supply and marketing cooperative had no business except for people coming from the shops outside. Anyone who had something to do could just go and do it, and they could just tell their boss and it would be over.

Riding in a jeep when they arrived at the big meat canteen, Li Xiangqian said hello to Zhong Guoqiang. This time they did not eat noodles, but ordered two dishes, braised pork and sauerkraut and vermicelli meat, both of which were good dishes to go with rice, and then two large bowls of rice - large bowls.

"It's noon, so it's not a good time to drink. Otherwise, let's at least have a couple of drinks."

"No, I have something to do in the afternoon." Li Long said as he ate rice. Although the meat was not as delicious as the pig-killing dish, at least it was not the kind of pig feed in the future, and the taste was okay. The sauerkraut was also authentic, and the vermicelli was also genuine sweet potato vermicelli, both good.

Serve the meal.

After dinner, he sent Li Xiangqian home and carried the two bags in. After letting Li Xiangqian look at the whip that had frozen solid, Li Long drove the jeep back to the yard.

I haven’t finished dealing with the red deer at home yet.

Gu Xiaoxia had just finished her meal and had not yet gone to work, and was watching the child. Seeing Li Long coming back, Sister Yang asked him if he had eaten. Li Long nodded and said he had, and then went to wash his stomach and intestines.

Sister Yang wanted to help, but Li Long refused. To be honest, he knew that Sister Yang was the busiest person in the family. She had to cook, take care of the children, and clean the house - in the future, this job would take three people!

So we can't add any more tasks to her.

Li Long cleaned the stomach and intestines and put them in the pot to cook. The fire in the stove was not very strong, so it could cook for a while longer.

When all these were done, Gu Xiaoxia had already gone to work. Li Long said goodbye to Sister Yang and drove out in the jeep.

He planned to talk to Xu Chengjun today to find out when Xu planned to leave.

Xu Chengjun is still training with the basic militia in Dahaizi in the north. There will be live-fire shooting today, and he is very nervous.

After Li Long returned to the team and learned this, he waited at his eldest brother's house.

Du Chunfang was very happy to know that Li Long could stay a little longer. She quickly took out the sunflower seeds Liang Yuemei had prepared for them as snacks and gave them to Li Long to crack.

Li Long was not polite either. He grabbed a handful of melon seeds and chatted while cracking them. He did not throw away the shells, but collected a handful and threw them at the furnace door, waiting to be burned.

Liang Yuemei was knitting slippers by the fire wall, while Li Jianguo was sitting on the sofa reading a book. Winter days are much more comfortable, and the old couple were chatting here when they had nothing to do.

"I went hunting at midnight yesterday. These things only come here at night. I was wondering when the team will go hunting."

"Hey, we fought a lot last year, so it should be about the same this year, right?" Li Qingxia said with a smile. He actually wanted to go too.

It's just for fun.

Li Jianguo put down the book and asked:

"We have to fight at night? It's cold there."

"We can't help it. The gazelles don't dare to walk during the day. There are too many cars on the road, and some drivers carry guns. We shoot them, and the gazelles and elk are so scared that they don't dare to get close to the road for a long time." Li Long analyzed the situation and explained, "There are so many things. Last night, we waited for less than an hour and saw dozens of elk rushing past."

"Of course I can fight. It doesn't matter if it's a little cold at night," Li Qingxia really wanted to go, "Just wear something thicker."

It’s all very simple. We’ve all been through hardships, so we really don’t have to worry about anything.

It was almost dark when Xu Chengjun got the news and rushed over.

Li Long explained the situation to him. Xu Chengjun thought for a moment and said:
"Then let's do it the day after tomorrow. Tomorrow I'll go tell the township about today's target shooting. The militia in our team is pretty good. I'll come back tomorrow and ask how many want to go. Then we'll gather everyone together and drive the tractor out. There's bound to be people who don't want to go hunting so late at night, so we won't force them."

"I still say the same thing," Li Long said, "Captain, I can't guarantee whether I can be beaten or not. I can only say that the chances are greater at night."

"Don't worry," Xu Chengjun said with a smile, "Why don't I trust you? There's no guarantee about this, and you're not a god. That's enough, it's good to know this. I'm leaving now."

When he stood up, he asked Li Jianguo again:
"Brother Li, are you going? If you go, I'll ask Mingwa to bring your gun over."

"Go, I'll go get the gun from you tomorrow." Li Jianguo said, "How can I let Mingwa deliver it? It won't cost me much to make the trip."

Li Jianguo must also want to go hunting. After Xu Chengjun left, Li Qingxia turned around and asked Li Long:

"Xiaolong, do you have your shotgun?"

"Yes," Li Long said with a smile, "When I come to pick you and your brother up, will I bring it with me? Or should we go fight alone tomorrow night?"

"No, no, why do we need to make so many trips?" Li Qingxia waved his hand. "It's winter, and it's cold to go at night. Besides, if we go there tomorrow and get something, but nothing the day after tomorrow, what will happen if the team members make a wasted trip?"

Hey, Dad has thought of everything. Li Long smiled and didn't say much. He thought that if Dad and the others didn't get the fight or didn't have enough fun, they could go again later.

It's the whole winter anyway, so why not just sit there doing nothing?

After saying this, Li Long drank sweet soup at his eldest brother's house, ate two slices of baked bun with pickles, and then drove back.

It was not yet completely dark. After seeing Li Long off, Li Jianguo suddenly said to Liang Yuemei:
"I'll go to the captain's house and get the gun back first."

Liang Yuemei smiled and said:

"go Go."

Li Jianguo chuckled and pushed his bicycle out.

As soon as he went out, he saw Lu Yingming walking back from outside. He greeted him out of habit:
"Old Li, why are you going out at this time? Where are you going?"

"Go to the captain and get a gun." Li Jianguo smiled.

"Get the gun?" Lu Yingming shouted hurriedly:

"What are you doing with the gun?"

"In a couple of days the team will take us hunting, just like last year." Li Jianguo stopped, propped himself up on the ground and said, "I'll get the gun back and clean it first..."

"Hey!" Lu Yingming understood immediately: "Then I'll go too!"

"What are you going to do? Do you have a gun?" Li Jianguo asked, "You need a gun to fight, and you have to go at night. Can you do it?"

"If you can do it, why can't I? Besides, the gun must have been approved by the captain, right? I don't believe that the soldier won't give me the gun."

Lu Yingming said so, but he did not go with Li Jianguo. He also knew that he was different from Li Jianguo. If the two of them went together at this time, although Xu Chengjun might give him a gun for his sake, it would be equivalent to setting Li Jianguo up.

He, Lu Yingming, would not do such a thing.

Li Jianguo went to Xu Chengjun's house, took the gun and a bag of bullets, and started cleaning the gun in the house.

Li Juan and Li Qiang were watching from the side. There was gun oil left by Li Long at home for winter use, which made maintenance easier. After Li Jianguo finished wiping, Li Qingxia suddenly said:

"I don't know if Xiaolong's hunting rifle has been scratched..."

"Don't worry, Xiaolong is very careful with the gun and will definitely wipe it." Li Jianguo replied.

Li Qingxia was relieved. (End of this chapter)