No. 76 was carrying Li Long on his back, and Li Long was holding a rope in his hand. There was a plastic sheet tied to the rope, and there were bears and roe deer on the plastic sheet.
No. 76 knows the location of the wooden house, and it is also eager to go to the wooden house and get rid of the aura behind it that makes it a little scary.
So the return trip was very fast, much faster than when we came here. But even so, by the time Li Long arrived at the wooden house, the sun had already reached the top of the mountain in the west and set quickly.
What surprised Li Long was that there was someone waiting outside the wooden house. It was Yushanjiang.
"You hit...what?" Yushanjiang's horse was tied up. He looked at the bear half exposed in the plastic cloth. He was curious at first, but was shocked after seeing it:
"You hit a bear? Is this a brown bear?"
"Yes." Li Long dismounted, tied No. 76 to him, and said proudly:
"I'll go I was hunting roe deer at the hot springs and got injured. The roe deer ran to a place where bears hibernated and was beaten by me. "
He said it very easily. Of course, if Li Long's psychological reaction is ignored, objectively speaking, the whole process was really easy. Very neat.
But in fact, in just those few minutes, Li Long felt that he had truly experienced life and death.
Facing life and death once, life will accelerate its growth. Li Long feels that this seems to be true. Now thinking about the bear's head with its big mouth right in front of him, it might eat half of his head off in the next moment. At this moment, Li Long felt that he should be more careful in the future. Life is so precious!
“It’s very powerful!” Yu Shanjiang gave a thumbs up, “It’s usually difficult for us to encounter them, and we can’t hit them even if we encounter them. We will avoid them. Sometimes they will attack our dogs. We can’t carry a gun all the time.”
Li Long also understands this very well. That thing is so hard to kill. If ordinary herders don't have guns, they can only hide. The dog would only die if he went up there. After all, it is impossible for ordinary herdsmen to have a dog gang.
So Yushanjiang was very surprised and admired Li Long for being able to kill a bear.
"I am also lucky." Li Long smiled and said, "Why did you come here?"
"Halimu said that you brought food and wanted to hunt. I came over to take a look. I also wanted to ask about the children's schooling."
"The children go to school?" Li Long thought of the two people in Yushanjiang. A child, he looks quite big.
"My two children both went to elementary school, but due to some reasons, they did not continue to go to school. I wanted to ask you about going to school." Yushanjiang said.
"Then what are your plans?" Li Long said while wiping the sweat of No. 76. Although the return journey is not long, it is quite tiring to drag two hundred kilograms of things in the snow without roads, especially since it is a trot and the speed is very fast, so No. 76 is sweating.
“The children want to go to school.” Yushanjiang’s expression was a little complicated. “I am still hesitating whether to let them go. We Kazakhs have always been mainly herding, and our ancestors have lived in pastoral areas. , in the mountains. Recently, the children have listened to the radio and know that the outside world is very good, and they want to go out and see it. They have gone to school before and know some things. Then they did not go to school for a while, and they may have become accustomed to the life of herding. Now, I want to go to school again.”
Li Long can understand this feeling.
But children cannot make the decision, the key point still depends on Yushanjiang.
Seeing that the horse was dry, he went to get grass to feed the horse, then opened the door of the wooden house and let Yushanjiang in.
The fire in the stove was not extinguished yet. Li Long opened the lid and added coal, and the fire quickly started.
Li Long poured a bowl of hot water for Yushanjiang, brought him a stool, and asked him to continue talking while drinking.
"In the beginning, we people thought this radio was a good thing, and we learned about the outside world and good policies. Now, the old people have opinions on the radio. Talking about this thing makes young people uneasy." Yushan Jiang drank some water, put down the bowl and wiped his mouth and said, "But young people , I think this thing is really good! Like Harimu, after hearing what happened, I want to send my children to school, saying that children need to understand the outside world. Well, I haven’t decided yet, and I don’t know whether to send my children to school. It is better to go to school or stay in the pastoral area..."
It is normal for this situation to occur. There is nothing wrong with old people adhering to tradition and young people adhering to new things.
Li Long couldn't make a decision for Yu Shanjiang about this kind of thing, so he said:
"You must think clearly about this kind of thing before making a decision. Don't be anxious. It's winter now. It's still a long time, so you can think about it slowly. There is enough time for you to think about it."
"That's it." Yushanjiang also nodded, and this man who had always been decisive also became more decisive at this time. Be hesitant. On the one hand, he has the ideals of his children, and on the other hand, he has the traditions of his tribe. He is not as young as Harimu, and he is not so curious about new things in the outside world. He is also not like the elders in the tribe, whose thoughts have been solidified and they feel that tradition is the most important thing. .
Middle-aged people, that's it.
"What are you going to do with this bear?" Yushanjiang asked.
"I plan to transport it away and sell it," Li Long said honestly. "Someone may buy it. I will simply process its internal organs now. Freeze it at night. Once frozen, I will take it to the county tomorrow. Go inside.”
“Well, let me help you deal with this roe deer. Next...by the way, where do you put this bear at night? If you put it outside, it might be eaten by wolves."
"Put it inside the house." It seems that it really needs to be waited for in the summer. A shed was built next to it, so at least the horse could be put in the shed and the bear could be put in the small room.
Things seem to be getting more complicated. And the bond between himself and the mountains is getting deeper and deeper.
Now the bear cannot be put in the small room, otherwise No. 76 will not dare to go in. Li Long could only simply clean up the bear's internal organs and asked Yushanjiang to help carry it to the big room.
The bear is already frozen, but it will definitely melt a little tonight and the smell will not be good.
Bear it.
After carrying the bear and packing the roe deer, Yushanjiang still wanted to help Li Long, so Li Long asked him to go back quickly. It's almost dark. If we go back later, it will still be quite dangerous if we walk in Yushan River at night.
Fortunately, Yu Shanjiang also came here with a gun on his back. It seemed that he might have returned later in his original plan.
Before he left, he told Li Long that a group of wild boars often appeared in the ravine more than one kilometer southwest of the wooden house. Li Long calculated the distance and found that it was about the area where the beekeeper placed the beehives. He thought about waiting to see it tomorrow. If he could get up early, he would go over and have a look.
After Yu Shanjiang left, Li Long squeezed the feces out of the bear's belly and intestines, washed it briefly, and then returned to the house and remembered about the bear bile.
After briefly processing the bear bile using the method he saw in the short video in his previous life, he hung it up. It should be able to dry a little in the shade this night, and it will be easy to pick it up tomorrow.
No. 76 was led into the small room. It was a little embarrassed, but it soon calmed down. Li Long brought some grass into the small room for No. 76 to eat. After closing the door, he returned to the big room, opened the door a crack, breathed a sigh of relief, and then felt hungry.
Not having time to prepare any more dishes, he took out two steamed buns and stuffed them into the space under the stove to bake. Then he pulled out a jar from the corner of the room, opened it, found a pair of clean chopsticks, and fished out some pickles. There are carrots, peppers, celery and cabbage.
Cover the lid and put the jar back. Li Long rinsed the pickles with water without cutting them. When the steamed buns were almost baked, he took them out and put them on a plate. He endured the heat and broke open the steamed buns. Just eat it with steamed buns and pickles.
After taking two bites, he felt choked and hurriedly went to pour water. He was not used to drinking cold water directly - he had a habit of drinking warm water in his previous life. I mixed it with warm water and took a sip. I felt a big ball of food in my throat go into my stomach, which made me feel better.
Oh, it’s too urgent.
Next, I ate slowly, savoring the saltiness and fragrance of the pickles. I felt that it was still a bit boring. It would be better if they were stir-fried.
It's just that this afternoon has been exciting and tiring, and Li Long doesn't want to bother anymore. He ate two steamed buns and picked up all the scraps that fell on him. There was a lot of pickles left, so he simply put them on the table. He didn't bother to wash up. He just rinsed his mouth briefly, locked the door, and lay down. Fell asleep on the bed.
Li Long woke up from the cold. When he woke up, he found that the stove had been extinguished at some point - and then he remembered that he had forgotten to press the stove after eating and going to bed last night. Look at the time, it's just after four o'clock. Li Long rubbed his eyes, got up, lit the oil lamp, cleaned the ashes in the stove, picked up the unburned charcoal cores and put them aside, opened the door, trotted to get some chopped firewood and hay, and quickly Run back to the house.
It’s so damn cold!
After closing the door, Li Long spread grass, chopped firewood, and crushed charcoal layer by layer in the furnace, then covered the furnace lid, lit the lighter and lit the hay, watching the fire slowly spread, Li Long closed the stove door and felt the unpleasant smell in the room.
Getting this thing onto the carriage tomorrow will still be a big problem.
Li Long had a headache just thinking about it, but there was always a way. If it didn't work, he would pull to the hillside, find a slope, get some snow, set up the carriage, and roll it onto the carriage.
It’s not like I haven’t done it before.
When the stove was on fire, soot filled the room, and Li Long had to open the door to disperse the smoke and air.
By the time the air in the room became fresh and cold, Li Long was no longer sleepy.
He simply made himself some food, then lit the fire, put on his cotton coat, carried his gun, and his plastic bag, and looked towards the area pointed by Yushan River where wild boars were found. look.
Anyway, I came here and there is a carriage, so I can pack as much as I can!
There was no moon in the sky, and the snow reflected the faint skylight. Li Long walked with one foot deep and one foot shallow. He walked for nearly half an hour and came to the place where the beekeeper Lao Lu used to stay.
The view was poor, but Li Long still searched for a while before he found the place where the wild boar had passed. This place is beside the original stream. Li Long vaguely remembered that water plants used to grow better here. Maybe it was because of this that wild boars came to eat the grass roots. There was no wind in the valley. Li Long looked around and saw that the wild boar came from the southeast and finally turned back to the southeast.
There is about two hundred meters of flat land over there, and then there are shrubs, then hillsides and pine forests.
Li Long lurked in the direction he came from in the north, not counting the wild boar head-on, but mainly so that when the wild boar came over, it would not "step on" Li Long.
Finding a relatively high place to lie down, facing the arched area, Li Long built a gun stand, and then lay down quietly.
Cold, so cold. It's 39-49 at this time, and the temperature in the mountains has reached minus 30. He didn't feel it when he was walking. When he lay down, Li Long felt that the end parts of his ears, fingers, and toes were itchy.
I think I have frostbite. I need to get some medicine to apply it when I get home. It seems that boiling water for eggplants in summer is useful?
Li Long was thinking wildly and felt that the temperature under his stomach was getting lower and lower. He couldn't help but turn over. Even though he was wrapped in a coat, the cold air still seeped in little by little. At this time, he felt that there was no heat anywhere on his body. Yes, almost frozen.
The waiting time was particularly long. It felt like the sky was not getting brighter, but was slowly getting darker, and the field of vision became closer and smaller. When Li Long was wondering, there was movement in the forest in the distance.
There was a faint humming sound, plus the sound of collision with branches, and the sound of ice breaking when stepping on it. There should be a small stream there.
Li Long immediately straightened up and looked nervous.
The vision is still very dark. Is this the darkness before dawn? Li Long thought, and then watched the black shadows emerge from the snow.
The ones running at the front are always the restless semi-large wild boars. These wild boars have just escaped the care of their mothers and are in the age of newborn calves. They are fearless, frizzy, and extremely greedy. To eat, they are the first to come to the arched area, find a suitable position and arch.
Soon a wild boar came out and chewed the grass roots it liked. The humming became louder, and even Li Long could hear the enjoyment in the sound.
Oh, you can show off quite well!
Li Long slowly aimed at the wild boar - it was a half-big man with black hair, his butt was facing Li Long, and he twisted it from time to time.
Then the vision slowly became clearer. Li Long was a little surprised. These wild boars were quite big!
There are twenty or thirty wild boars coming this way.
Yes, it's walking!
Except for the three or four semi-large wild boars that ran over at the front, they were all running wildly, and the other wild boars were walking, not in a hurry at all. Is it because the wild boars are so large that they are invincible in this area?
Soon, most of the wild boars arrived at their destination, began to look for positions and then hunched up in the snow.
Li Long looked at the furthest distance. He couldn't see clearly the wild boars there. He didn't plan to wait any longer. There was no way to eat those things anyway, so he might as well kill a few more half-sized ones. Tall.
Moving his frozen fingers, Li Long opened the safety, took aim at the black wild boar from before, and then looked at the wild boars next to him. He planned to keep at least two of them.
shooting.
“Bang!”
The black wild boar fell down in response. Li Long immediately moved his gun slightly. At this time, the wild boar herd exploded due to the sound of the gunfire. These wild boars were scattered in all directions. , Li Long took aim at a tawny wild boar that he had already spotted, and knocked it down with two "bang bang" shots.
At this time, most of the wild boars had already fled into the snow, far away from the direction of the gunshots. Only one male wild boar, who didn’t know whether he fainted or wanted to avenge his "brothers", faced Li Long rushed over!
The ground shook very strongly, and Li Long fired "bang bang bang bang" at the wild boar.
The wild boar didn't know whether it was due to good luck or because Li Long was lax. These shots hit but did not hurt the vital part. The male wild boar did not slow down much and continued to charge towards him!
Li Long was a little panicked, but he calmed down immediately and continued shooting.
"Bang, bang, bang!"
Until the magazine was emptied, the wild boar was shot in the head and fell helplessly about ten meters away from Li Long.
Li Long let out a long breath, then hurriedly took out the bullet from his backpack and pressed it into the gun.
I have been hunting for a year and this is the first time I have emptied the magazine!
It's not dangerous, but it feels a little exciting.
The remaining wild boar herds have long since dispersed, and now you can still faintly hear grunts in the bushes and pine forests. The sounds are obviously frightened. These guys should not be around for a long time. Will you come over?
Li Long stood up and came to the male wild boar.
This wild boar must weigh more than a hundred kilograms. At this time, his body was still shaking slightly. Li Long was thinking, isn't this guy afraid of death? Or did you eat something extraordinary and go crazy?
The combined size and weight of the other two wild boars can be as big as this one. This thing is worthless. It is unpalatable to eat and will not be discarded.
Pull it back and let Li Qianqian ask those people if they want it.
Putting away his gun, Li Long first pulled two half-sized wild boars over, put three wild boars together, and then opened them up to bleed them.
I won’t do the peeling thing anymore. He unfolded the plastic sheet, rolled the three wild boars onto the plastic sheet, and dragged them back.
Fortunately, the road was relatively flat and there were no bushes, otherwise Li Long would have had to give up one of them.
He was wondering if he should get a sledge? That's more convenient than plastic sheeting.
I am also stupid, and the longer I live, the more I go back. At this time last year, I knew how to build a sledge, but now the sledge is gathering dust at my eldest brother's house.
When I dragged the wild boar to the wooden house, the sky turned white.
Li Long rested for a while, released No. 76, gave it a drink of water, and then tied it to a log beside the house so that it could continue to eat grass.
The doors of both rooms are wide open, letting out the smell.
Li Long spent another effort on the boss to get the bear out and put it outside.
The purpose is to freeze this thing, otherwise it will be really difficult to get on the carriage later.
Then clean the intestines of the three wild boars. There is still running water at the spring, but the water is too cold to use right now. Not only is it difficult to clean the stomach and intestines, but the hands are also very cold. Li Long boiled a pot of hot water, poured it into the basin, mixed some spring water into warm water, and quickly washed his intestines and stomach.
The stomachs and intestines of the three wild boars were washed clean and then put back in. By this time, the wild boar’s cavities were almost frozen solid.
The next step is to put it on the carriage.
The little wild boar was okay, Li Long could hold it and put it on the carriage. The tough ones are the boar and the bear.
He sighed and had to look for Po.
The sun showed a little red face, and just when Li Long was about to pull the carriage out to find a suitable slope, he saw the Yushan River.
The Kazakh man trotted over on horseback and stopped in front of the wooden house.
After dismounting, Yushanjiang held his hat and said:
"I don't think you can get this bear to the car by yourself, so I came here."
Look, Kazakh Dosans are so straightforward!
Li Long smiled, he pointed at the male wild boar and said:
"There is also this, don't you mind?"
"Do you mind spreading it? It's not like you don't mind. "Fighted!" Yu Shanjiang said boldly, and then he and Li Long hitched the carriage, and then lifted the male wild boar onto the carriage.
Li Long felt warm in his heart. (End of this chapter)