Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Li Long felt relieved now.

Since Li Long and Halimu became friends, Dongwozi has changed a lot.

One of them is that they have increased their attention to guns.

With the guns and the bullets given by Li Long, they would not be afraid even if a woman was alone in the winter den, even at night.

After all, if a wolf encounters a hot weapon, it will be reduced to scum, or rather, prey.

Li Long thought that since this was the case, he needed to fire some more bullets.

Li Long always carried a gun when he went into the mountains, and this time was no exception. He also carried a hundred rounds of bullets, so he kept all the bullets except the ten that were loaded into the gun.

Halimu is going to inform Yushanjiang and the others, so he must bring a gun with him and cannot be careless.

Although there are few cases of herders being attacked by wolves in the mountains in winter, it does happen.

These guys are not picky eaters!

Halimu knew that this matter could not be publicized, because there would definitely be a lot of people who wanted to follow him and Li Long to the county to slaughter sheep.

Maybe too many people can't imagine that if you ask the young people here to go out to the county alone, they will most likely not go.

Social fear.

But if Halimu or Li Long took them out, they would definitely fight for a spot.

Li Long is someone they can trust, his friend, and Duosen.

Unlike the merchants who go to the ranch to trade with them in the summer.

In more than two years, Li Long has completely integrated into this small tribe. In fact, in Halimu's view, Li Long is just like a member of their tribe outside.

Young men who listen to the radio every day naturally want to go out and see the world, to see what the things they talk about on the radio are like, and to see how people in the city outside live.

There were not many opportunities in the past, but now that I am free and can go out, who wouldn’t want to go?
Li Long did not stay in the winter nest for long. He had a lot of things to do. Halimu and the others did not keep Li Long, so he needed to find Yushanjiang and the others as soon as possible.

After all, Li Long said he would come tomorrow, so the butcher needed to arrange his family affairs and come here early tomorrow to wait.

When Halimu went to find Yushanjiang, there were a lot of things on his horse's back, including food, potatoes, sprouts, chickens, etc.

He didn't bring much, just to show his appreciation. His idea was to wait until Yushanjiang and the others came back from Li Long tomorrow, and then these people would carry the things back themselves.

Yushanjiang was feeding the sheep in the sheepfold. He was very happy to see Halimu coming over. Although the two families lived not far from each other, it was impossible for them to visit each other often.

After getting off the horse, Halimu picked up the wooden pitchfork and helped him to spread grass for the sheep. While spreading grass, he told him about Li Long.

"Okay, no problem." Yushanjiang was of course fine. "Then I'll tell Talihar later that you go find Buick, then you go home, and I'll tell Amantai, then five people will be enough."

Halim agreed.

He wanted to unload some of the things on the horse's back, but Yushanjiang refused. He still had enough things, so he asked Halimu to take them to the others.

Everything was normal at first, until Yushanjiang met Alema and Tukebai visiting Amantai's house, and then things became a little different.

"We want to go too. Let's go out and take a look... No, let's go out and slaughter sheep for Li Long!" When Alema, who was in her twenties, heard that Yushanjiang was going to take Amantai to slaughter sheep for Li Long, she immediately said, "Take us with you. We are also good at slaughtering sheep!"

Most Kazakh young men and strong men are experienced in slaughtering sheep. They have been pulling the sheep's legs since they were young when their fathers slaughtered sheep. When they grew up a little, they followed suit and did it themselves. Later, they trained themselves to become mature.

"But the car can't accommodate all the passengers." Yu Shanjiang explained patiently, "Li Long's car can only accommodate five people at a time. I have already called five people. You..."

"We take turns, he can't just slaughter sheep in one day, right?" Alma said immediately, "Ask Li Long, it's just slaughtering sheep, there's no need to be so anxious..."

Well, this is a bit troublesome. Facing such an active young man, Yushanjiang thought that he could also rotate.

"Then let's wait until we see Li Long tomorrow. Come over tomorrow afternoon and I'll let Amantai tell you then."

After he said that, Aman was very reluctant. If he could go out for two days, he could only go out for one day after Alma said that.

Isn’t this a bad idea?
Yushanjiang had a headache as he had to discuss this matter with Li Long tomorrow.

But I think Li Long would agree. Alma has a brother, and if he comes the day after tomorrow, he will definitely bring his brother with him. In this way, after slaughtering them tomorrow, it is possible to replace them the day after tomorrow.

After Li Long returned from the mountains, he went to the county and found it was already noon. Gu Xiaoxia and the others had already eaten, so Li Long went to the state-owned canteen to eat, and then rushed to Team 4.

"Come and slaughter them tomorrow? Sure." Old Uncle Luo naturally had no objection. They could feed the sheep, but slaughtering and skinning them was naturally a little inferior. "Then we'll just chop them up and clean the intestines."

"You guys can't wash it all, and you need to boil water and so on. I'll ask my eldest sister-in-law and Lu's sister-in-law to come and help. They can just bring back some sheep heads and sheep hooves."

Uncle Luo also agreed with Li Long's words. After all, washing the intestines and stomach is a time-consuming job. Slow work produces fine work, and this thing cannot be rushed.

"You and Uncle Yang collect the blood and boil water. We will set up two stoves in the yard this afternoon and boil water and cook meat in the yard tomorrow." Li Long continued, "I will bring a few people over. They can't eat our food. If they let them slaughter so many sheep, they will have to cook a sheep at least."

"Go, go, go."

Minority people basically do not eat animal blood, but this stuff, whether it is sheep blood or pig blood, is good stuff for Han people. In the fourth team, pig blood is usually made into pig blood steamed buns, and sheep blood is a very good dish when sliced ​​and fried after coagulation.

Can't waste it.

After Li Long settled the place, Uncle Luo directed Yang Laoliu and a few others to start building a stove in the yard. This job was not difficult. Although it was cold and difficult to mix mud, it was nothing for these old hands.

There were bricks left over from the construction of Xinmahao in the yard. We could easily dig out a basket of soil by taking a basket to the saline-alkali land to the west of Xinmahao and digging through the snow. We could bring the soil back to the yard, mix it with warm water, and use it to plaster bricks.

Although the stove built in this way cannot bear much load, it is definitely suitable for temporary use.

So in less than an hour, the two stoves were built. Uncle Luo also tried them with the pots in the house and found no problem.

"We already have a pot here, why do we need to buy a new one?" Some people think it is unnecessary.

"They are Xiaolong's guests, ethnic people, and have their own rules. Let's not worry about it. Just do our job well tomorrow."

Li Long drove his jeep to his eldest brother's house and told him about the matter. "That's definitely no problem. We'll all go help tomorrow," Li Jianguo said. "Your eldest sister-in-law and her friends can go over and deal with the chores. It should be enough if we call two more women."

"Then I'll call Tietou's mother and Yundong's wife." Liang Yuemei thought about it and said, "They will definitely be willing to help. If they can get back the sheep's head and hooves, that would be even better."

If neighbors help each other with small favors, there is basically no need to say anything. Unless there is something special, they will come when they are called. If it takes several days, it would be unreasonable not to pay them.

After the matter was settled, Li Long hurriedly drove away. He had to go back to buy a new pot. He had to pick someone up early tomorrow morning, so it might be too late to buy one then.

When he returned to the county, the department store was still closed, so Li Long bought two new pots, a stack of enamel basins, a pair of new chopsticks and other things.

He originally thought of buying naan as well, but then he thought that by the time he picked up Halimu and the others tomorrow, the naan shop would definitely be open, and it would be better to buy freshly made naan then.

Load all these things into the jeep and take them away tomorrow.

After returning to the compound, Gu Xiaoxia had not yet finished get off work. Li Long was spending parent-child time with his two children as usual. Only then did Sister Yang take the time to cook.

The two children were very willing to play with Li Long, which was different from being with Sister Yang. Li Long held one child in each hand, and sometimes lifted them up, which also allowed the two children to feel what excitement was.

The next day, after getting up and having breakfast, Li Long hurried to the mountains. When he arrived at Halimu's winter nest, he saw several horses tied next to the sheepfold.

After hearing the dog barking, the door of the winter nest opened, and Halimu Yushanjiang and others came out one after another. What surprised Li Long was that he felt that these people were not dressed in the usual old Zhongshan suits and jackets, but in chaps and ethnic-style hats.

Is it so formal?
Li Long felt that he had thought too much about taking them to slaughter sheep.

Maybe in the eyes of Halimu and others, they came out not only to help Li Long slaughter sheep, but also to visit guests.

After all, Li Long is their true friend. Li Long often stays at their homes, but they have never been to Li Long's home.

We have to take a look at it this time, right?

Seeing these people dressed so formally and looking at him with smiles, Li Long felt that he was a little negligent.

But since it has come to this, let’s just proceed as planned. After all, we have a good relationship, so I don’t think they will mind too much.

When asking everyone to get in the car, Li Long was surprised to find that Talihar and Yushanjiang had moved a lot of skins and several deer antlers into the trunk.

"During this period, we also go hunting when we are free in the mountains." Yu Shanjiang said with a smile, "Sometimes we can encounter prey. We don't have anything to bring when we go to your place today, so these things can be gifts."

"Okay," Li Long said without hesitation, "Then I'll collect it on behalf of my family members."

Li Long drove a jeep and took Yushanjiang, Halimu, Talihar, Buick and Amantai down the mountain.

Since they brought gifts and were so formal, Li Long first took them to the big yard - he originally planned to buy some naan and go directly to Team 4.

"This is my home." When the jeep arrived at the gate of the courtyard, Li Long got out and opened the gate of the courtyard, then drove the jeep in, parked it, asked the people to get out, and introduced them:
"I'll bring the baby out for you to see later."

Halimu and the others knew that Li Long was married, had met Gu Xiaoxia, and had given Li Long wedding gifts and gifts for the child, but had never seen the child.

"Is this a courtyard that only rich people can live in?" Talihar looked at the large courtyard and sighed, "Li Long is too generous!"

"He bought someone else's yard. It seemed to cost a few hundred yuan when he bought it, which was not very expensive." Halimu knew Li Long's affairs best and said, "I don't know if it is expensive now, but at that time, it was not expensive."

"Well, there is no sheep pen, otherwise, we can buy one, right?" Buick looked around.

Li Long invited them into the house. Sister Yang had just finished feeding her child complementary food when a group of people came in. She greeted them. Halimu was a little confused. This didn't look like the Yang Gangzi that Li Long had seen before.
"This is Sister Yang," Li Long introduced. "My wife is at work, so she's not here."

Oh I see.

Halim and the others looked at the child in wonder. Mingming Haohao was also surprised to see so many people. He was not afraid at all. He looked at them one by one, blinking his big eyes and smiling from time to time, making the grown men very happy.

"Okay, okay, let's go." Yu Shanjiang knew that the smell on them was different from the smell in the house, and it was not good for so many people to stay here together. Soon after seeing the children, he said, "There are still important things to do."

After coming out, Li Long and they unloaded the skins and antlers. Yushanjiang and the others got on the car, while Halimu stayed to close the door. After going out, Halimu squeezed into the car and Li Long drove to the naan shop.

"Would you like to buy naan? How much is one?" Amantai was quite surprised to see someone selling naan.

"Fifty cents." Li Long said, "There are also milk tea shops. Some people don't have time to cook in the morning, so they eat naan and drink a bowl of milk tea in the milk tea shop."

At this time in his previous life, Li Long started to cast nets in the sea to catch fish in the summer, and then went to the market to sell them in the morning. After selling the fish, he would drink milk tea and eat naan.

After buying twenty naan, Li Long packed them into a bag and put them in the trunk, then drove away again.

"Let's go slaughter the sheep first." Yu Shanjiang, who was sitting in the co-pilot seat, said, "Let's take a look at the county when we come back in the afternoon. There's no need to look now." He had already seen that Li Long intended to show them around the county.

But he still remembered that business was more important.

Li Long no longer took a detour and drove straight to the Fourth Squad.

When we arrived at Lao Ma Hao, Uncle Luo and his men were already in place. One of their fires was boiling water, and the other one was also burning very vigorously. They were just waiting for a new pot.

Sister-in-law Liang Yuemei and others were also there. When they saw Li Long bringing people over, they all came out and prepared to work.

"This sheepfold is really big!" Talihar exclaimed after getting off the car. "How many sheep can be raised here?"

He saw that both the houses and the sheepfolds (horse stables) were much more formal than those in the mountains, and he could not help but sigh.

"Sheep, cattle, horses, and deer are raised here... It used to be a livestock pen for a production team, so it's a bit bigger." Li Long explained, "Come, let me introduce it to you."

Li Long introduced the people from both sides. Yushanjiang and Halimu were okay, but the other three were a little embarrassed.

Li Long knew this, so he didn't say much and directly led people to the entrance of Xinmahao where the area had been cleared and prepared to slaughter the sheep here.

Looking at the sheep in the pen, Yushanjiang and Halimu were also surprised this time.

"This sheep is so fat, great, it's amazing!" They both praised sincerely.

I am convinced. (End of this chapter)