In the end, Li Long didn't hit the red fox.
The bullets of the Type 56 rifle are too ferocious. If they are hit, they will be broken into pieces. If they are not hit, they will be wasted. Of course, another reason is that the fox "floated" too fast, and the hard shell on the snow could support its weight, making the little guy very fast. Before Li Long was fully prepared, he flew Already fled into the woods.
Some regrets, but not particularly big.
Li Long returned to the wooden house with a gun. The broth had been boiled until only half of the pot was left. The smell was very strong, and there was water vapor in the whole room.
Li Long opened the door to let the water vapor and smell dissipate, then added half a pot of water to the pot and continued to cook.
Li Long was so tired from running in the snow that day that he went to bed early. There was the sound of wolves howling outside at night, but he didn't get up because he was too sleepy.
I sleep soundly at night and get up early during the day. The next day, Li Long got up early and made himself breakfast refreshed. After eating, he went to the hot spring.
Unfortunately, there is still no prey - he arrived too late. There are tracks of wild animals in the hot springs, including wild boars and five-clawed plum blossoms, and there are no traces of fighting.
Li Long was a little regretful. If he had come earlier, he might have gained something today.
After walking out of the Hot Spring Valley, Li Long simply went east. He had hunted wild game in the valley here before, but he didn't know if he could encounter it now.
Unfortunately, there was no prey either.
The day just passed by.
On the third day, Li Long did not go out. After he got up, he had a simple breakfast, and then he took out the prizes for the competition with his herdsmen friends and arranged them neatly on the cases in the big room.
The two stoves outside were also cleaned up, and pots were set up early to boil water.
He was busy here, and Harimu had arrived on horseback. There was a lot of stuff on his horse. When he got off the horse at the door of Li Long's cabin, he took down the two bags of stuff.
In one of the bags, there was actually a slaughtered sheep with its internal organs removed - the skin was not peeled off.
"Is this used to trick sheep?" Li Long asked Harimu curiously.
"Yes." Harimu said while taking the contents of another bag, "Today, let these young men practice well."
Li Long's previous life In my impression, there seem to be several types of Diao Yang. In the TV series "My Altay", in some scenic spots and some official performances, the sheep used are fake sheep made of parchment rolls to simulate the real feeling.
Li Long guessed that Diaoyang might find it easier to fight for. At least the sheepskin roll was lighter and easier to grab.
And the Diao Sheep he had seen in his previous life used live sheep - live little goats. The sheep were not big, but the live animals were inconvenient to fight for. The sheep would struggle and resist, which actually increased the number of people. The fun, viewing and complexity of an activity.
Of course, the compromise is like what Harimu is holding now, a dead sheep with the internal organs removed and no skinning. Such a sheep is light, easy to catch, and will not struggle to resist. Moreover, it is a real sheep. For the unruly herdsmen, it feels more real, and if they really grab it, the sense of accomplishment cannot be compared to the parchment rolls.
The only problem is that this thing will harden quickly in this cold weather. If you grab it after it is frozen, it will easily hurt people - especially the herdsmen who get it can use this thing. The power of those who come to smash and rob is not small.
"Put it in the house first." Harimu took out the contents of another bag, including naan bread, milk dumplings, and some of the remaining bullets from the pack of bullets Li Long gave him.
"With this bullet, you can wait for the winner to come out and give them a reward. They will definitely be very happy with the prize you bring."
"I prepared prizes for them." Li Long was actually quite happy to think about Harimu like this. He sincerely hopes that he and other herdsmen will also become good friends.
He smiled and pointed to the cases in the room and said:
"They are all ordinary things, but I think everyone should be useful. I bought these just for this competition. "
"Great." Harimu laughed, threw the bullet bag on the case, and then carried the sheep. He put it into the house and stood on the wooden floor outside the house and said:
"We herdsmen are too lonely in the mountains. If we hold such an event, everyone will be happy for a long time. I think no matter who wins this competition , everyone will remember it, and they will remember you, and they will treat you as a true friend.”
Li Long smiled and said nothing.
Half an hour later, Yushanjiang rushed over. He also brought some things, which were somewhat similar to what Harimu brought, but he also brought a skinned sheep. Look at the stove There was water in the pot, so he called Harimu, and the two of them broke down the sheep in the snow outside, threw the bones and meat into the pot, added fire to the stove, and started cooking.
Soon, the smell of meat wafted in front of the wooden house.
“Well, this is this year’s sheep.” Yushanjiang said to Li Long with some pride, “The grass in the pasture this summer is good, and the sheep’s fat is also good. This sheep is very fat and fragrant. Very good!”
“I saw it, there’s a lot of oil!” Li Long pointed at the layer of oil floating on the soup in the pot and said with a smile, “The boys will definitely like it later.”
Yushanjiang burst into laughter. You will feel a sense of accomplishment when the things you bring are recognized.
The young men on horseback came over one after another, one came over, and two or three came together. I have to say that the riding skills of the herdsmen are really good. Nearly half of them have no saddles on their horses and only have a blanket on them. This is equivalent to riding bareback, which Li Long would not dare to do, but these young men did not seem to have any discomfort riding on the horse, and the horses ran and jumped as usual.
Envy cannot come.
When the water in the pot for cooking meat began to boil and Yushanjiang added water twice, Harimu gathered the young men together and started talking in Kazakhstan.
Li Long always thought that such an event should be organized by the older Yushan Jiang, but he did not expect that the host would be Harimu.
"Halimu said, let's compete first, race horses. From here, ride all the way to the top of the mountain in the west, and then ride back after you get there - you can know where there is from here, if If you don't get there, you won't win even if you come back first. He also said that the three horses that actually get there and come back the fastest will be rewarded by you, and there will also be rifle bullets... ”
This is what Yushanjiang translated for Li Long.
After Harimu finished speaking, some of the boys cheered and some screamed, all looking at Li Long, which made Li Long a little embarrassed.
"Aren't you two participating?" Li Long waved his hands to the boys and then asked Yushanjiang.
"I won't participate, leaving the opportunity to them." Yushanjiang said with a smile, "The young men need to vent their energy, and most of these people's family conditions are not very good. If there is a prize, they will work hard to fight for it. We are older ”
The boys got on their horses, and Harimu found a wooden stick and drew a line in a flat piece of snow to the west of the cabin. When the boys came to the line on their horses, he adjusted the formation again, so that These guys, please don't crowd, keep some distance apart to avoid getting hurt.
When the boys were ready, Harimu pulled Li Long over and whispered to him to take out his gun and give orders with it.
Li Long didn't refuse. He went into the house and took out the five or six halves. He stood more than thirty meters away from the flat ground, turned on the safety, pulled the trigger and loaded the gun. He raised the gun with one hand and tilted it upward. At 45 degrees, he assumed a cooler posture, and when the boys were ready, he pulled the trigger.
“Bang!”
With the sound of gunfire, the young men immediately urged their horses to run towards the target.
A few horses were frightened by the sound of gunfire and circled in place. Others stood up and were unwilling to leave. The remaining horses were urged by the boys to kick up large snowflakes. , ran away in a flash.
Some young men got excited about running, holding the horse's belly between their legs, half standing up, holding a whip in their hand, and making strange screams, which echoed in the valley.
Finally, these horses started running one after another, and one of them was running very fast. Within a few minutes, he overtook the two horses that had run out earlier, and he continued to run.
Although he did not participate in the horse racing, Li Long was equally excited when he saw the dozen horses galloping. He put away his rifle and said sincerely to Yushan River:
"The boys are so awesome. They just rushed over such an undulating slope. They felt like they were in a car on horseback. It didn't affect them at all..."
"Haha, it didn't affect me at all." It's impossible." Yu Shanjiang waved his hand, "It's just that they have been riding horses since they were young, and they are familiar with their horses, so they cooperate. Better... You see, although the young man next to him rushes very fast, his coordination with the horse is not very good. On the contrary, it is the one in red, although he is not at the front, but he always follows the front. Very tight, very experienced..."
Yu Shanjiang gave Li Long pointers one by one, which allowed Li Long, a layman, to gradually see the ropes.
Halimu didn't speak from the beginning to the end, and kept observing. Li Long guessed that he was watching whether the riders really reached the target point. After all, as the host and referee, he had to see clearly the whole process.
Soon, the first rider who rushed to the midpoint of the target and started to turn appeared. He rushed to the top of the mountain with all his strength. He didn't have complete control and rushed a little further. Then he turned his horse's head and headed down the mountain. Rushed back.
"This young man rushed too fast..." Yushanjiang said with some worry.
“What happens if you go too fast?”
“There is a slope going down the mountain, which is different from going up the mountain. If the horse does not control well when going down the mountain, it will slip in the snow. Although These horses are all shod, but they may be injured."
Li Long was in a complicated mood.
This horse racing activity looks very exciting, but the risks are also high.
The second rider who reached the midpoint was more experienced. He had already slowed down when he reached the top of the mountain. As soon as he reached the top, the horse's head turned around and then charged diagonally down the mountain. Although the speed is not as fast as the first one going down the mountain, it feels very stable.
The third, the fourth...
Soon, all the riders passed the midpoint and started to turn back. The first place had already reached the first gentle slope of the hillside, and There is an accelerating trend.
At this moment, the second echelon behind suddenly became confused. Two horses were too close and ran into each other while running down. The riders on the horses shouted loudly, and one of them seemed to be injured. After being injured, the other man quickly pulled the horse away, but the other horse seemed unwilling to give up. It turned its head and opened its mouth to bite the horse!
The two riders reacted quickly and pulled away from their horses, but this also delayed their competition. The other horses in the second echelon had already rushed far away, and they were forced to become the third echelon. Although the two people speeded up again, it was obvious that it would not be easy to catch up.
"Ah -" Li Long suddenly cried out worriedly. When the horse that had been rushing down the second gentle slope went too fast, its front hooves became unstable and fell down. The horse fell in the snow. After two turns, the rider was thrown far away. The other horses quickly passed them, and the fluttering snow powder enveloped each person and the horse!
PS: It’s morning for the last two chapters (end of this chapter)