The ravine looked quite narrow from the outside, but after entering it, I found that it became wider and wider as I walked inside, and it was quite flat. Li Long wondered if it was because of the camouflage at the entrance of the ravine outside that those who entered the mountain thought it was narrower inside. Come in?
There are indeed traces of trampling and gnawing on the grass, and there is also a patch of dung eggs as you walk in. I don’t know if they were left by wild goats or other animals.
Li Long stepped on it with his foot and found that the excrement egg was quite soft and it did not last long.
He carried the gun and continued to walk in. Because there were tall grass and shrubs, it was difficult to tell how long the ditch was.
As we walked ahead, we should have reached the widest point. The bottom of the ditch was in a shallow arc, thirty or forty meters away from the hillsides on both sides. There was no stream, so it was a good pasture.
There are no signs of cattle or sheep eating, and there are no signs of grass cutting, so the grass here is relatively messy, but high. Some dry grass and some green grass are mixed together.
Li Long saw Codonopsis pilosula growing tangled together on the flat ground. There were not many caladiums. Maybe the environment was not suitable, or maybe they had all been dug up before.
He searched very slowly for fear of missing something, but he continued to walk forward and saw that the front was already narrower and he didn't find anything.
What Li Long didn't see was that on the ridge ahead, a red deer was looking down anxiously. The direction it was looking at was diagonally in front of Li Long.
As Li Long continued walking forward, he seemed to smell a faint fishy smell, accompanied by the smell of blood.
What does it mean?
Li Long looked around and couldn't find the source of the smell.
But it was obvious to him that the smell did not come from something dead and smelly, but more like the smell of living blood.
As he continued to walk forward, the smell became stronger, and he slowly watched within a radius of dozens of meters.
Finally, Li Long tested it for a while. The smell was lighter when it was far away, and the smell was strong when it was close to it. Li Long finally determined that in a bush, the smell came from here.
He searched slowly in the bushes. This is a willow forest, a kind of shrub willow tree. The leaves are like sea buckthorn, but without thorns. They are thinner than ordinary willow leaves. Unlike ordinary willow trees that grow into big trees, shrubs grow here, and Li Long is also there. I have seen this kind of place before, but I have never seen it in other plain areas.
Or maybe it's not a willow tree, he doesn't know what it is.
This area is full of such trees. They are not tall, less than 1.5 meters tall, but there are large clumps. Soon, Li Long found a bloody thing among them.
Then, he saw another small living creature, which looked at Li Long with horror in his eyes.
This is a newly born fawn!
Slightly larger than a newborn lamb, it lay quietly under the bushes, motionless.
Nor bark.
Li Long looked around and couldn't find the doe - but he was sure that the doe must be nearby, but he didn't know where it went.
Li Long is in a bit of a dilemma, what should we do with the fawn and the doe?
He definitely wanted to get the fawn back, but without the doe, wouldn’t the fawn be able to eat or feed him milk powder?
After thinking about it, Li Long took out a thin nylon rope from his backpack, made a noose near the deer, pressed it with a thin stick, and tied the other end to the root of the shrub. The tie was strong. He planned to use the noose to tie the deer down if he could get it. Get it back together.
If you can’t lasso and the doe takes the fawn away after you leave, that’s good luck.
After finishing the condom, Li Long stood up and left.
He turned off the safety of the gun and walked to the mouth of the ditch. He turned around and looked around. He didn't see any movement, so he strode away.
The food he ate was given to Sun Jiaqiang. Li Long was still a little hungry, but he didn't want to go back at this time, but wanted to take a walk around the area and then come back.
Didn't that Sun Jiaqiang also say that there was something in a ditch? Then go and have a look.
After Li Long left, the doe ran down the ridge quickly and slowed down when she reached the bushes.
It smelled a strange smell and became very wary.
More than an hour later, Li Long found the place Sun Jiaqiang mentioned.
Unfortunately, there is nothing in this ditch. Although there are indeed traces of wild animals, there are none now.
Well, it looks like I’m having a lot of bad luck these days.
Li Long felt that he was really hungry now. He felt that he could eat three steamed buns now.
Although I really want to go back to the cabin now, after all, it is closer from here. But he decided to go back first to see if the condom was useful. If you don't get it, don't say anything. If you are caught, go back with the harvest.
While walking back, Li Long felt for the first time that the Type 56 semi-automatic rifle was actually quite heavy. He walked quietly with his head down until he reached the mouth of the landslide, and he was already sweating.
If you had a pedometer, you should have walked 30,000 steps today, right?
Li Long laughed at himself and then got into the ditch.
He wanted to hear the sound of the doe, but unfortunately it was very quiet in the ditch.
Nothing happened.
Isn’t this true? Wouldn't that be a waste of time?
Li Long mentally constructed himself. If his trip was in vain, then it would be a charity. But we can’t throw away the rope, we have to take it back.
When he walked to the bush, he still didn't feel any movement. Li Long deeply suspected that the fawn had been taken away by the mother deer.
But when he opened the bushes and looked inside, he found the doe lying on the ground, chewing the rope. The fawn was lying next to the mother deer sucking milk, both movements were quite strange.
The nylon rope around the doe’s legs was almost worn out by it.
When Li Long appeared, the doe was startled. Before she could get up, she was held down by Li Long.
Now that you’ve been fooled, don’t do your own charity, just take it back and keep it!
At this moment, all the fatigue in his body disappeared. This was the first time that Li Long got a deer in the mountains, and it also came with a big gift package, which was really good!
He pressed his knee on the doe’s neck. The doe struggled twice but did not struggle. It just accepted its fate.
The fawn was a little frightened, but still stayed close to the doe. After seeing Li Long not continuing, he lowered his head and continued to nurse.
Li Long took out a thicker rope from his satchel.
Thin rope is more suitable for making a sleeve, and branches need to be used to make the mechanism. A thick one is not suitable, but if it is thick and tied around the head, Li Long can easily get a rope halter and put it on the doe's head.
Afraid that the halter was not strong, Li Long untied the string again, and the doe suddenly struggled desperately. However, it had just finished giving birth to its fawn today, and its strength was far inferior to that of Li Long. It was still pinned under Li Long's legs. Li Long used A few strings are used to reinforce the bridle, so that even if it is pulled hard, the bridle will not fall off.
Tugling the reins tied to the halter, Li Long pulled the doe up, and the fawn followed immediately.
Li Long was afraid that the doe would not cooperate, so he broke another willow sliver from the side. If the deer didn't follow him, he would beat him.
The deer was able to stand firm. Sure enough, it was still wild and relatively powerful.
Li Long forcefully pulled the doe out of the bush. Although the doe was not very cooperative, Li Long was very strong and the bridle restrained its head and neck, so the doe had to Follow Li Long. The fawn doesn't understand this yet, but it will follow its mother closely, so Li Long controls the two of them toward the mouth of the ditch.
When they reached the mouth of the ditch, the doe stopped and refused to nibble away. Li Long pulled it several times. The deer seemed to have the temper of a donkey. Li Long also got angry. He raised the willow sliver and slapped the doe several times. The one who was beaten cried out, and the deer also cried out.
I don’t know whether it was because of the fawn or the pain, but the doe opened her legs and followed Li Long forward.
After crossing the stream, Li Long dragged the doe and continued walking forward. He had to stop after walking for about ten minutes, otherwise the doe would be strangled to death by Li Long.
At first he was worried that the fawn would run around, but he found that the fawn kept following the doe step by step.
This pause from time to time is also allowing the fawn to adapt. After all, it is just born and its physical strength may not keep up.
The fawn is also very well-behaved. After the doe stopped for a while, it went over to suckle.
When Li Long bypassed the two ditches, the sun was not far from the top of the mountain. He stopped in the grass to let the doe rest and eat grass.
It’s still far away from the cabin, so we can’t tire them out.
Li Long still thought about carrying the doe away, but the doe had just given birth, and he didn’t know if it would hurt him if he carried it, so he had better go slowly.
Just walking and walking like this, by the time we arrived at the wooden house, the sun had already set for a while. Li Long finally breathed a sigh of relief. He tied the doe to the tractor, then opened the wooden house and got it a basin of warm water and sprinkled some salt in it. It was considered a blessing.
After the doe tasted it, she drank heavily.
Li Long took two steamed buns, one to eat by himself, and the other to break open and feed to the doe, which was regarded as an extra meal. This stuff is definitely more nutritious than that grass.
The doe smelled the steamed buns that Li Long broke open, and then quickly ate it. She also knew that this stuff was good stuff.
As long as you can eat it.
Li Long ate a steamed bun, turned around and took it again. When he came out, he saw that the doe had finished eating the steamed bun and was looking at him.
Okay, half for each person.
The doe must have been exhausted. After eating steamed buns and drinking light salt water, she lay down on the wooden floor to rest. The fawn was also exhausted. He lay next to his mother and closed his eyes.
Looking at the blackout after a while, Li Long originally planned to go back tonight, but after thinking about it, he decided to forget it. After riding on the tractor for several hours, the doe and the fawn would probably feel uncomfortable at this time, so it would be better to wait for a night's rest before leaving tomorrow morning.
He himself also took a good rest.
I set up a stove to boil water. Although there was still no game harvested, the steamed buns with red tofu were quite delicious.
Tomorrow I will take this thing to the old horse number in the team and let old uncle Luo keep it.
Let the three little cubs enlarge the yard first. When they come back, they will bring some feed to enlarge the yard. When Gu Xiaoxia can't stand it any longer, she will pull them back to the horse's stable.
Now my breeding team has increased a lot, and after raising them, it will all be a waste of money.
With water boiling on the stove, Li Long went to the next room and collected all the caladiums on the floor. The deer had to live in the house at night, otherwise a wolf would come and he would be in vain. Been struggling for most of the day.
We'll stay one night first, and tomorrow we'll put the two deer on the tractor and pull them away.
When Li Long pulled the doe to the small room, the fawn was sleeping soundly and didn't even follow. It was Li Long who carried it back. After this trip, the deer was really exhausted.
Putting the doe’s drinking basin over and locking the door, Li Long went to the back of the wooden house for a while, then returned to the wooden house, locked the door from the inside, lit the oil lamp, and lay half on the bed , let out a sigh of relief.
It’s hard work, but it’s worth it.
It was a very tiring day and I didn’t even dream all night, so I woke up naturally. After he woke up, he didn't waste any time. He didn't add coal to the stove when he got up. He went next door and put two steamed buns for the doe for breakfast. Then he drank the steamed buns with boiling water in the thermos and ate briefly with red tofu. After breakfast, I tied the legs of the doe and carried the tractor bucket, then picked up the squeaking fawn, locked the door, cranked the tractor, and drove away to the mountains.
The sun hadn't come out yet and it was quite cold. Li Long wore his cotton coat inside out to protect his knees as he walked all the way out of the mountain, crossed the Qingshui River, and arrived at the county.
Arrived at the big meat restaurant, Li Long stopped. He went in and bought a few buns, and got some water and added it to the tractor. There was enough oil, and the water had been boiling for a while, so there probably wasn't much left.
Zhong Guoqiang was also there. Seeing Li Long's appearance, he asked:
"Have you just come back from the mountains?"
"Yes."
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"What did you get?" Zhong Guoqiang was now very interested in the game Li Long got.
"The doe and the fawn are not for sale. I will take them back home."
"How big is the fawn?" Zhong Guoqiang asked as he walked out, "Let me take a look. ”
He is really curious.
“So small? Did you do it this way?”
"I dropped it yesterday, and I happened to see it, so I brought it back." Li Long said with a smile.
Not to mention the fawn, the doe weighs about fifty or sixty kilograms, which is quite big.
According to what Sun Guoqiang said, there should be a male deer in the ditch. Li Long thought that he might as well go over and take a look when he had time. If the stag could not be found, he might be able to find the antlers. After all, being able to give birth to fawns there means that it is a place where they often stay.
“This little deer looks so beautiful.” Zhong Guoqiang admired.
People eating breakfast nearby looked at it and felt it was quite strange. With so many people watching, Li Long was not afraid of losing the deer. He went into the house and ate the buns, drank two bowls of hot tea, then started the tractor and drove back to the team.
He had been out for several days, and as soon as the tractor entered the team, others knew about it. After all, this tractor is the first in the team, and others will know whose tractor it is even if they can't see it.
Li Long drove the tractor to the horse number. Uncle Luo was weeding in the vegetable field. When he saw Li Long coming back, he smiled and asked:
"Why did you come back at this time? Have you eaten yet?”
The sun had risen quite high at this time. Li Long said with a smile:
“I’ve eaten, Uncle Luo, I’ll get you another job. .”
"What kind of work?" Upon hearing this, Old Uncle Luo took the hoe to the waist wall and put the hoe down and asked.
“Look inside the truck.” Li Long got off the tractor, stood at the front beam of the truck, turned over into the truck, and picked up the deer:
“Look "
"Oh, why are you so small... By the way, we are in the horse number. The female roe deer also laid eggs, which were smaller than this one." Old Uncle Luo also gave Li Long a surprise, "They laid eggs the day after you went to the county two days ago."
"Hey. , Not bad." Li Longke was happy, which means that the things raised in the horse number are already producing output.
"Hey, there's another big guy!" Old Uncle Luo walked up to Che Douzi and saw a big guy lying inside.
"Well, I got the mother and the baby back together." Li Long said proudly, "I didn't beat them, I used a condom to cover them."
"It's amazing, it's amazing. You are the first in our team to be able to trap a live deer," Old Uncle Luo also said happily.
"Then you find an empty circle for them, and I will get them in. After riding on the tractor for several hours, they are almost done."
"That circle is not It's ready." Old Uncle Luo said with a smile, "I knew there would be more later, so there is a circle."
Li Long took the doe down. The doe had been lying down for a long time. He didn't know whether it had regained its strength or its temper. He kicked Li Long hard, but Li Long held it skillfully and it couldn't kick it at all. Li Long pushed it away. Put it into the empty circle, Old Uncle Luo also put the fawn in, and then closed the door.
The doe barked several times and turned around in a hurry, which made the other two deer also bark.
Li Long looked a little worried. Now there is only one male deer that has grown up here. It is the half-grown deer from last year. Now it is separated from its mother, the doe. If you want to continue developing, do you still have to wait for the two fawns in the big yard to grow up?
Should I work harder and bring back a big buck?
Otherwise, how could there be a deer?
The number of roe deer is also a bit low. It seems that I have to work harder in the mountains.
“When will we go up the mountain again?” Old Uncle Luo asked, “How many days can I stay in the team?”
“I have to go to the county today and enter the mountain tomorrow.” Li Long said, "Fritillaries have recently started to be dug in the mountains. I Let’s see if we can collect some and resell them to make some money. There are also these deer and roe deer. I’m thinking of getting a few more alive. There’s still a lot of empty space in this circle.”
“ Okay, you don't have a soft tone, go ahead and do that thing Just go and get it." Old Luo Shu was happy, "But no matter how much it is, as long as you can get it, I can keep it for you. By the way, you will have to get some more sugar residue now. It's not high enough to cut. This is where our horse is. It’s unlikely that these guys will be left out.”
“Well, I’ll bring them back later this fall. I’ll have to bring back some corn stalks. .”
In fact, the silage of later generations is better, but these days we don’t have enough food, and it is impossible to do that stuff.
After talking to Old Uncle Luo for a while, Li Long drove the tractor to his yard.
Sure enough, I didn’t have any objection at all. My mother was pulling weeds in the vegetable garden. She didn’t see her father. Of course she couldn’t see her. Li Qingxia was picking up nets in Li Jianguo’s yard.
Everyone has his or her own work, and no one interferes with anyone else. But when he heard the sound of the tractor, Li Qingxia put down the net and walked towards Li Long's yard.
The younger son is back, so I have to take a look. (End of chapter)