Chapter 194 Not everyone is suitable to be a hunter: Tao Daqiang
Li Long made a visual inspection and found that it was about a hundred meters away from the roe deer. He whispered to Tao Daqiang:
"Daqiang, let's The two of them quietly touched over , I’ll leave you right, remember to open the safety and load the bullet.”
After that, Li Long took the five and six half, opened the safety, pushed the bullet to load, and then slowly took a few steps to the left, deliberately waiting. Waiting for Tao Daqiang, the two of them moved forward in parallel.
Tao Daqiang was excited and nervous. When hunting wild boars, he didn't fish and didn't dare to shoot. Now that the roe deer is in front, Li Long personally said that he had a chance to shoot, so how could he not be excited?
Although the basic militiamen had practiced shooting in the winter, they were still 50 or 60, but they were lying on the snowdrifts on the south bank of Dahaizi. Someone was shouting commands at every turn. They would lie down and listen to the commands to load bullets, load the gun, and shoot according to the commands. , there is no autonomy at all, there are no rewards or penalties for hitting or missing - unless the sharpshooter hits the full target or hits zero rings, both of which are almost impossible to exist.
Tao Daqiang kept in tune with Li Long with his peripheral vision, loaded the gun, opened the safety, and then slowly walked forward with the gun in both hands.
The grass is quite deep, but fortunately the distance is far enough, and the wind is not strong this season. Li Long is not worried about being smelled by the roe deer. The main thing is the movement.
Both of them were bent over, and they were both quite tall. It was uncomfortable to bend over for a long time, but at this time I could only endure it.
After walking forward for twenty or thirty meters, Li Long saw that the distance was about the same and he could take aim, but there was a lot of tall grass in front of him. He turned to Tao Daqiang and said:
"Daqiang, let's walk about ten meters further, bypass this patch of tall grass, and then aim and shoot. I'll count to three, two, and one and fire."
This There was a patch of tall grass mixed with shrubs. The two of them walked around carefully. Tao Daqiang's clothes were still caught. He hurriedly turned back to untie himself. He was worried that the noise would cause a big stir and startle the roe deer. His face turned red with anxiety and he was sweating.
After untying it, he walked over to the right and saw that Li Long was kneeling on one knee and had already begun to aim. He immediately followed suit and aimed at the roe deer on the right with a small caliber, his finger subconsciously resting on the trigger. , and then subconsciously:
"Bang!"
Li Long was taking aim when he suddenly heard the sound of Tao Daqiang's gun next to him. He immediately understood that he must have misfired. Although he was not ready here, the roe deer over there was already alarmed. He had no choice but to I hurriedly took aim at a male roe deer and pulled the trigger!
When he was about to fire the second shot, the group of roe deer had already rushed towards the reverse slope.
“Chase!” Li Long shouted without looking at Tao Daqiang’s confused and immediately guilty expression, “Let’s go see if we hit!”
Tao Daqiang then After reacting, he rushed forward with the gun in hand.
"Turn off the safety first to avoid another misfire!" Li Long reminded again, keeping a certain distance from him, and rushed forward at a trot.
Tao Daqiang lowered his head and turned off the safety, then strode forward. He used all his strength and quickly rushed past Li Long, rushing up the hillside like the wind.
Li Long also speeded up, and the two of them, one behind the other, soon reached the spot where the roe deer had just been. They did not stop, but continued to run forward, crossing the flat slope and seeing the downhill road behind the mountain.
There is a grassy slope with knee-high grass, and occasionally there are one or two bushes, but there is no tall shelter on the whole, and you can see far away at a glance.
Then I saw a roe deer limping away from the bottom of the slope along the ditch, shouting as he ran.
The roe deer was less than eighty meters away from Li Long and Tao Daqiang, and it seemed that it was not very fast.
The male roe deer has short horns on its head.
Just as Li Long was about to raise his gun and take aim, Tao Daqiang had already rushed down like a gust of wind. It seemed that he wanted to capture the roe deer alive!
Li Long reluctantly put away his gun, but judging from the speed of Tao Daqiang's sparks and lightning, he might actually be able to catch the roe deer.
Li Long quickly followed up with his gun in hand. When the male roe deer heard the noise, he turned around and saw Tao Daqiang flying over, and immediately accelerated his speed.
Reluctantly, its front legs were hit. It hurt and bleeded at the slightest movement. The bones were probably broken and it couldn't pick up the speed. It ran forward for more than thirty meters and was killed by Tao Daqiang. Caught up.
Tao Daqiang put the small-caliber rifle on his back, grabbed the skin of the back of the roe deer's neck, bent down and grabbed its leg with one hand, and pushed the roe deer to the ground.
The roe deer who was wounded by a gunshot was no match for the tall and powerful Tao Daqiang. He could only scream in fear.
Li Long ran over, looked down at the roe deer’s wound, and said with a smile:
“It’s okay now, I caught a live one!”
“Long Brother, it’s my fault, I don’t know why It just went off the rails..."
"It's okay, I caught someone alive." Li Long smiled, "It's my first time hunting, I can understand it, but your shooting skills and psychological quality are indeed good. Gotta practice.”
On the way back, Tao Daqiang asked Li Long to carry the small caliber on his back. He put the male roe deer on his shoulders and carried it all the way back to the Dongwozi wooden house.
Roe Deer Zi probably guessed his fate, and stopped barking after barking.
This roe deer is not that big. Li Long visually estimated that it should weigh less than thirty kilograms. Li Long arrived at the cabin and unlocked it. Tao Daqiang carried the roe deer into the cabin. When he came out, he had already tied a halter to the roe deer with the rope inside.
"Not bad, you can still do this." Li Long said with a smile.
“I have a donkey at home, and I’ll see if my father can handle it a few times.” Tao Daqiang said with a smile, “I don’t think the injury on this roe deer is serious. I think I can keep it?”
"I guess I can't raise them alive." Li Long shook his head and said, "The wild ones are okay, but the big ones are not easy to raise. But now that the weather is hot, it's better to bring them back alive than dead. At least they can be kept for a few more days. ."
"Then first Put it here?" Tao Daqiang asked, "What should we do tonight?"
Li Long thought for a while and said, "How about Daqiang, I'll take it back to the team on my bike and put it at Uncle Luo's place?" Then I would come back and be afraid of being alone in the mountains. Not afraid?"
"What's there to be afraid of?" Tao Daqiang waved his hand, "What can be found in this mountain? I have a gun during the day, and I can sneak into the house at night and no one can come out..."< br>
“Do you need "Look, it's only noon now. Let's get some food later and I'll go back. I can still make it back before dark," Li Long said, "Let's cook first. The meat should be almost smoked. Let's keep it simple." Eat it grilled.”
Eating in the mountains is not so particular. It’s good to fill your stomach. Meat is already considered a pleasure.
Li Long went to see the smokehouse. The fire below had been completely extinguished after such a long time, and the meat was smoked black and yellow. Li Long took a knife and cut off a large piece of skinny meat with a little bit of it. Tao Daqiang had already thrown out a lot of red willow branches, and Li Long was skewering the meat. Tao Daqiang started the fire and quickly lit it.
He used thin branches, and the strong fire burned out quickly, leaving a pile of white charcoal fire. Li Long put the meat branches on the edge of the stone to bake. The two of them were not particular and ate while grilling. .
"Brother Long, can you go back later, I will dig some mushrooms and bring them to my dad." Tao Daqiang said suddenly after eating two skewers of meat.
"Okay." Li Long said with a smile, "Make more, and I will make some too. There are a lot of these things in the mountains, but it is not easy for the people in the team to eat them."< br>
There are a lot of mushrooms on the hillside. At this time, it doesn’t matter whether the umbrella is open or not. As long as it is a straw mushroom, as long as it is fresh, I will pick it. Soon the two people made a small half urea bag.
Li Long also saw porcini mushrooms, but there were so many branches and types that he didn’t dare to pick them up for fear of encountering poisonous ones.
Think about it, in half a month, the famous morels will be here, right?
Li Long was already full. He went to the small room to pack the mushrooms in several bags and tied them to the front handle of the car.
Tao Daqiang tied up the roe deer and tied it tightly to the back seat of the bicycle.
Li Long looked at it and pointed to two places for Tao Daqiang to loosen the binding to prevent the roe deer from dying on the way.
“Brother Long, please take that Codonopsis root back to my father.” Tao Daqiang said, “Can I dig a few more roots here?”
“Okay. I’ll take them back. Then bring you five or six, you can dig your stuff Xi, if you meet someone, don’t believe anything they say, and wait until I come back.” Li Long said, “If I come back late or don’t come until tomorrow, go in early and lock the door to sleep, and don’t open it to anyone.” "Okay, I understand." Tao Daqiang agreed.
Li Long pushed the bicycle for a few steps and it felt quite stable. Then he pedaled a few times and rode up. He waved to Tao Daqiang and went down the mountain.
Seeing Li Long's back disappear, Tao Daqiang turned back to the wooden house.
With Li Long away, Tao Daqiang did not feel free, but instead felt a little worried and panicked.
In fact, he knew that if he hadn't gotten into trouble, Li Long might have gained more today. Although he captured the roe deer alive, it could not cover up the fact that he almost caused the hunting failure by misbehaving.
In the past, when you followed Li Long, you only had to do whatever Li Long said. Now that Li Long is gone and he is left alone, he doesn't know what to do.
Thinking about what he had said to Li Long before, he locked the door, took a shovel and a gun and went to look for Codonopsis pilosula according to the location in his memory.
After walking through a ditch, Tao Daqiang discovered that there was no need to go that far. Codonopsis pilosula grew on many shady slopes in nearby ditches.
Tao Daqiang immediately became interested and started digging.
Tao Daqiang dug out a branch of Codonopsis pilosula and was a little disappointed. This one was not half as long as the previous one. He stood up straight and looked around, and then he saw Fritillaria growing nearby.
To dig or not to dig?
After hesitating for a moment, Tao Daqiang still thought about Li Long's words and did not dig.
Keep digging for Codonopsis pilosula and picking mushrooms.
After Li Long rode his bicycle and led the roe deer out of the mountain pass, he began to accelerate.
He was still a little worried about leaving Tao Daqiang alone in the mountains. But now that we have come out, we should finish the work as soon as possible and then talk about it when we go back.
Li Long rode all the way through the county seat without stopping, until he reached the township middle school. Li Long turned in and came to Gu Xiaoxia's dormitory. After getting out of the car, Li Long set up the car and came to the door of the dormitory. He originally thought that Gu Xiaoxia was still in class, but he didn't expect that the door was open and Gu Xiaoxia was packing things inside.
Li Long patted the door. Gu Xiaoxia turned around and looked, with an expression of surprise on her face. Li Long took a bag from the front of the bicycle and handed it over, saying:
"These are the mushrooms we picked today, and some smoked wild boar meat. You can take it and eat it. I have to rush back to the team now, so I won't keep any."
"Wait a minute..." Gu Xiaoxia originally wanted to say a few more words to Li Long, but after hearing what he said, she immediately turned around and groped around on the bed for a while, then took out a white shirt, brought it to Li Long, gestured, and said :
"This is a really good shirt I bought for you. The weather is getting hotter and thicker clothes can no longer be worn in the back. You are tall, so wear this to show off your figure."
Li Long He took it with a smile, made signs on his body and said:
"It looks like it fits well, so I'll take it." He was not polite to Gu Xiaoxia, and Gu Xiaoxia was also very happy.
"Then I'll leave first. This guy was injured by me. He needs to be put in Old Uncle Luo's place to see if he can take care of him for a few days. I plan to clean up the horse number and ask the young people on the team to be free. If the roe deer cannot be kept alive, it will be killed for meat." Gu Xiaoxia nodded first, and then asked after thinking:
" Do you want to rectify the old horse number? "
"Well, my parents are coming over in a while, and my house is not enough. I will buy Lao Mahao, and I will renovate a house to live in after a while. I will ask Captain Xu. Asked about building a new house, show me which foundation to lay."
Gu Xiaoxia originally listened very carefully, but when Li Long said this, she lowered her head and said nothing.
"You should be busy. I will finish my work for a while and then come to talk to you." Li Long took the clothes, carefully folded them and put them into his satchel and said, "Eat more, and I will bring them to you later."
Gu Xiaoxia watched Li Long leave at the door, then returned to the house and opened the bag.
In the bag are two pieces of smoked wild boar, the five-flavored kind. There are also two or three kilograms of wild mushrooms. The two flavors mixed together and smelled weird.
She first took out the bacon, wrapped it in a cage cloth, and hung it in the back window of the dormitory. Then he took a basin and picked out the mushrooms one by one.
She couldn't finish the meal, so she planned to dry some slices and give some to Teacher Wang next door. Teacher Wang had always taken good care of her, and she only had to come and go. .
Li Long rode his bicycle all the way to the elementary school. When he saw that the elementary school was not over yet, he went straight back to Lao Ma Hao.
Old Uncle Luo was picking up some half bricks outside the horse race. He was a little surprised when Li Long came back. Then he saw that Li Long was carrying a living person on the back of his bicycle, so he asked with a smile:
"Xiao Long, what did you bring back?"
"Roe Deer Zi, I shot you with a gun. I'm injured. I don't know if I can survive. Let you go first." Here." Li Long said, "If it can survive, keep it first. If not, I will ask the young people in the team to tidy up the yard in a few days, so that I can use the meat of the roe deer to entertain everyone." br>
"Okay, I'll take care of it first--hey, the injury on this leg is not small, and you didn't even bandage it... Come on, leave it to me."
"Then you should be careful." Li Long carried the roe deer into the horse's bay. "This guy has been here for two years. He is wild."
"Don't be afraid. I can handle horses." "What the hell is this guy?"
Handing the roe deer to Lao Luo, Li Long rode his bicycle home.
Li Jianguo and Liang Yuemei were not there. Li Qiang was squatting beside the well and busy doing something. After hearing the sound of the car, he turned around and saw that it was Li Long and ran over excitedly.
"Uncle, uncle! I caught a lot of fish, look!" He pulled Li Long to the well. Li Long saw a dozen palm-sized crucian carp in the basin beside the well, half of which had their gills and scales removed, and asked in surprise:
"Where did you catch it?"
"The big canal at the back is out of water. I caught it. Uncle, you are back, can you stew fish?"
"No, I'll go to the mountains soon. Do you want to eat fish?"
"Yes." Li Qiang was a little disappointed.
"Then you pick out the belly of the fish, and I will grill the fish for you." Li Long thought for a while and said with a smile, "But you have to wait for your sister to come back and eat together."
"Okay!" Li Qiang became happy when he heard that there was something to eat.
Li Long first put some mushrooms and meat in the kitchen, then looked at the water in the pot on the stove, and brought an armful of firewood to the bottom of the stove to start burning. After a while, the water was half boiled, and Li Long removed the fire, leaving a red fire. He went to find some newspapers. By this time, Li Qiang had already finished processing the fish.
Li Long went to the well and pressed water to clean the fish, while also processing the fish that Li Qiang had not cleaned. After processing, he wet the newspaper with water, took salt and chili powder, and applied it carefully on the fish, including the inside.
After all the fish were processed, Li Long wrapped four or five fish in wet newspapers. After wrapping them all, he came to the stove, picked up the red ash and stuffed the paper bags one by one, and then Then he covered the paper bag with firewood ash.
"Qiangqiang, wait twenty minutes and if your sister doesn't come back, take out this newspaper bag one by one. Look, there are four people in total. You eat one and give the rest to your sister and the others. Keep it and eat it together.”
"Okay!"
Li Long cleaned up the firewood in front of the stove to avoid causing a fire when Li Qiang arrived to get the fish bags, and finally rode away.
(End of this chapter)