When he arrived at the hot spring, Li Long deliberately slowed down and walked through the woods.
When he reached the forest above the pond, where the ambush was, he put down his bag and raised his gun to look, and found that there was no movement here.
There is just a strong smell of blood.
Is there something there but you just don’t see it?
Or is there something already hunting here and you are too late?
Li Long held the gun and carefully touched the pool.
When he came out of the forest and came to the edge of the pond, Li Long discovered that a half-sized roe deer was lying on the ground beside the stream, and his body was still twitching.
The blood on his neck kept squirting out, and it was obvious that he had just been bitten to death.
The hunter who bit it to death most likely heard his coming and ran away in fright. When he ran, he seemed to have dragged the prey for a while and out of the stream, but he might not have been able to drag it away. Due to movement or other reasons, the little roe deer was thrown here.
Li Long was happy. He turned around and returned to the place where he had just ambush, waiting with his gun in hand.
He felt that the hunter would definitely come back, or that it was waiting unwillingly somewhere for him to leave. If he doesn't take the prey away, then this guy will definitely come over.
Li Long was not in a hurry, he just sat there holding the gun with the safety on and the bullet already loaded, waiting for his prey to appear.
The location of the wound was not very big, and there were signs of struggle nearby. In Li Long's opinion, this hunter was not a big guy. Possibly a wolf cub or a lynx. After all, if it is a larger item, it will usually not be scared away by ordinary movements.
If it’s the latter, then if you can really wait, you can still make a small fortune today.
After waiting for more than ten minutes, there was no movement in the woods on both sides. Li Long was wondering if he had guessed wrong?
But it shouldn't be. No hunter would willingly give away his prey to others. And now the catch is still soaking in the stream, but carnivores usually can't bear it at this time, right?
Li Long's current location is more than 20 meters away from the stream, and he is not in the limelight. He shouldn't be discovered so easily, right?
That’s what he thought, but he didn’t know the reality.
Wait for half an hour at most. If the guy still doesn’t come out, then Li Long won’t be polite. If you can't kill the hunter, it would be a good idea to get some roe deer roe to eat as meat.
After waiting for a while, a humming sound suddenly came from the forest opposite. The sound was not loud, but Li Long knew that it should be a wild boar coming.
He didn't know how many there were, but there was no rumbling sound like before. He guessed it was a small group of no more than three or five.
If you can’t hit the big guy, it’s not bad to hit a wild boar.
Li Long changed the aiming position of his gun, and pointed the muzzle at the place where the wild boar was grunting.
At this moment, a strange sound suddenly came from the forest opposite, like a cat or a leopard. The sound was very thin, but it sounded very threatening.
The group of Heng Heng suddenly became confused and started running in the forest. They didn’t know whether they were fighting against the owner of the cry or running away. Then there were trees and grass in the forest over there. Shake, and occasionally a piece of soil or mud will rise up.
The movement quickly disappeared, and the Hums disappeared. Occasionally, the scream of a wild boar can be heard in the distance. I don't know if the wild boar fell or was caught by something.
Li Long knew right then that it must be the hunter who was up to something - it had been waiting on the opposite side, fighting for patience with Li Long. Seeing those wild boars coming to disturb the situation, the hunter was worried that the wild boars would kill his prey, so he made a threatening sound.
Isn’t the wild boar very stupid? Why were you driven away?
Li Long was a little confused, but he still turned the gun around and aimed at the dead roe deer.
It was a pity that after waiting for another ten minutes, the sun had set and there was still no movement in the woods over there. Li Long didn't want to wait any longer. He stood up and strode down with a gun in hand.
Walking to the side of the roe deer, Li Long glanced into the forest opposite and felt as if something was staring at him somewhere. He subconsciously raised his gun and shot.
“Bang, bang!”
After two shots, there seemed to be something really moving there, and then it became quiet. Li Long hurriedly took a gun and looked over. On the stone under a tree in the forest opposite, Li Long saw a little yellow hair, but no blood.
The position I just saw should be here, but I didn’t hit it.
He was a little regretful and looked around cautiously. He definitely couldn't catch up, so he had to turn back to the stream.
I stopped soaking in the hot springs and dragged the roe deer, bag and tools, back.
Go back to the wooden house, put away the Codonopsis pilosula, and start processing the roe deer seeds.
This roe deer is this year's calf. The meat is very tender and not big. It is a male. Its horns have not yet grown. Li Long skinned it and after disemboweling it, he first took away the heart, liver, lungs and so on. Put it in a basin, dig out some dry spicy skin and soak it in it.
In the past, these offal were boiled and braised. Today, he planned to stir-fry them and make a plate of deer offal.
The meat of roe deer is easy to decompose. Cut off part of it and put the rest directly in the basin with the bones, and turn the intestines and stomach.
I'm in high spirits and don't feel hungry. After all this was done, Li Long rubbed salt on the skin, took it into the small room, propped it up and hung it on the wall, then turned it out, chopped the soaked spicy skin, cut each part of the offal into a large plate, and then Peel the garlic and take the seasoning. The fire under the stove started to burn. The sun had already set on the top of the mountain. It would be dark in a while, but Li Long was in high spirits.
What you rush to get is good!
Heat the pot, pour oil, add minced garlic, stir-fry until fragrant, start pouring in the chopped spicy skin, stir-fry a few times, when the flame rises, pour the washed offal into the pot, and make a pop. Crisp sound.
Li Long took a step back, waited for the heat to dissipate, and quickly started stir-frying.
The secret to stir-frying is to use high heat and stir-fry quickly, but Li Long didn't want to eat the kind that was medium or medium-ripe. As a man of two generations, he knew that many people were keen on eating this undercooked and very tender offal, and then they were infected with hydatid disease.
It’s so uncomfortable to cut again and again.
It is still important to give up some taste and protect your health.
Roe deer seeds in autumn are very fat, and the internal organs are fried with a lot of oil and water. After frying for a while, the aroma wafted over, and Li Long began to pour seasonings into them.
Although he likes to eat offal such as haggis, he is not particularly interested in the smell or smell. He washes his stomach, intestines and kidneys very clean, including the inside of the kidneys. Tear off all the sexy pieces so that you can eat with confidence.
By the time a large plate of stir-fried roe deer offal came out of the pot, Li Long already felt like his mouth was watering.
Let’s eat.
But I had to wait a moment. I took the pot to the spring water to wash it, then took half the pot of water and put it on the stove to burn. Then I sat down in front of the case with peace of mind and started eating.
It’s a pity that there is no staple food. He decided to make the noodles before going to dig Codonopsis pilosula tomorrow morning. During this time, he would at least ensure that he could eat hot steamed buns. As for the rice, we’ll talk about it later.
After finishing a large plate of roe deer offal, Li Long felt that he no longer needed to move. The water in the pot was boiling and steaming, and the sun had completely set. There was no cloud in the sky, and no sunset could be seen. Li Long rested for a while, then slowly stood up and went to wash the dishes. Put it back in the small room.
He took a teapot, poured some water into the pot, made brick tea and put it aside, then put the remaining offal into the pot and boiled it.
As for the meat, except for leaving some to be fried and eaten tomorrow morning, the rest is planned to be made into air-dried meat and eaten here. If you don’t finish it, you can take it down with you when you go down the mountain.
The main reason is that it is too troublesome to go up and down by bicycle. If an electric tricycle or a sidecar motorcycle can enter here smoothly, Li Long will ride back now without saying anything.
Unfortunately not.
He was thinking, should he wait until next year to see if it would be possible to buy a second-hand motorcycle?
Based on his relationship with Officer Guo, it shouldn't be a problem to inquire about the channels, right? Of course Li Xiangqian may know better.
Well, that’s it.
Cut the meat and rub it with salt. Li Long saw that the offal in the pot was boiling, but it would not be fully cooked for a while and would have to be cooked for a while.
Wolves howled again in the distance, and Li Long could already tell from the sound that they were old rivals, the ones that came often.
The next time you come up, place a few iron traps here in the wooden house to see if these wolves dare to come!
Li Long just thought this way, but it was actually not easy to do. There is no one selling traps in the blacksmith shop, and those blacksmiths may not know how to make it. After all, there are really not many hunters here, in fact very few, and they are basically all hunting with guns, and I have almost never seen one using a clip.
There are mouse traps, but not for hunting big animals.
At about eleven o'clock, Li Long poked the internal organs with chopsticks and felt that they were cooked. Then he turned off the fire, took the things into a basin and put them in a small room, and then poured out the soup in the pot. But stay far away, lest the wolf comes too close to harass you in the middle of the night.
Go back to the house and sleep.
However, Li Long still miscalculated. The wolf howled nearby again in the middle of the night. After he was awakened, he took the gun to the window and fired several shots at the beating black shadow. The gunshots echoed in the valley. Then, the wolf was frightened and ran far away, and then ran into the forest.
Go back to sleep.
In the next few days, Li Long went out early and returned late, bringing a lot of Codonopsis pilosula every day. The first batch of Codonopsis pilosula to be dried slowly dried up and lost its original plump appearance.
The smell in the cabin was very mixed, including the smell of Codonopsis pilosula, the smell of meat, and the smell of blood on the skin.
Li Long had to ventilate every morning and evening to avoid being smoked to death.
Ten days later, Li Long finally couldn't stay on the mountain any longer. He felt like he was almost turning into a savage. So this morning, after he got up, he packed most of the sacks with dried Codonopsis pilosula, and most of the dried meat. He put it on the bicycle, tied it up and pushed it outside. He locked the door and carried the gun on his back. Just rode down the mountain.
He couldn't wait to get a haircut - taking a bath was easy, and he washed himself in the hot spring several times, but the smell of his hair and beard growing like crazy was not pleasant.
But when I returned to the compound, before I had time to change my clothes, Officer Guo came to the door.
PS: Someone mentioned the issue of aspirin and large crucian carp in the comment area today. First, aspirin’s explanation on Baidu was that it was introduced from Germany in 2003. However, I think people over 40 years old must have heard a nursery rhyme about aspirin when they were young. "If you have a headache and a fever, take a pack of aspirin." I was already working in 2003, and I no longer chanted the nursery rhyme at that time. According to another investigation, aspirin has been used in the country since the late Qing Dynasty, but in different ways.
Big crucian carp is what I called it when I was a kid. Even now, I don’t call Japanese white crucian carp just big crucian carp. The locals will call the larger crucian carp the big crucian carp - as long as it is more than a chopstick long and weighs more than 200 or 300 grams, we call it the big crucian carp. This is explained. (End of this chapter)