The wild goat collapsed on the hillside.
Li Long breathed a sigh of relief, but did not go over immediately. He gasped first, regaining his strength, and at the same time loaded bullets into the magazine.
After a few minutes of recovery, Li Long walked to the goat with his gun.
The wild goat has lost its breath and cannot move. That shot hit its chest, most likely mincing its internal organs.
Li Long pulled out a knife with a gun on his back and made a cut on the blood vessel on the goat's neck. He stood up and stepped on it hard, making sure to drain as much blood as possible from the wild goat's body.
After a while, the wild goat's neck stopped bleeding.
Li Long looked around. It was still early as the sun had just emerged. He picked up the goat and put it on his back. He held the gun in his right hand and walked down the mountain holding the goat with his left hand.
This goat is thirty to forty kilograms, and it will take more than an hour just to carry it back.
Fortunately, you can take a shortcut without entering the hot spring ditch. From here, you can cut diagonally through the head of the hot spring ditch and go straight into the wooden house.
Occasionally, a drop or two of blood would fall on Li Long's clothes, but he didn't care. When I go hunting, I wear old clothes. I always wear the same set. I wash them when I have time after hunting. There is no need to wash them too clean. They just need to be durable.
The sun had just come out and the dew hadn't dissipated yet. Li Long's trousers were already soaked, and his trousers stuck to his legs, making him feel uncomfortable. He was anxious to return to the wooden house quickly to change clothes. After passing the second ditch after the hot spring ditch, he suddenly remembered that this was not what the young man who brought the four metal pieces to him to change yesterday said. A ditch?
Unfortunately, Li Long was in a hurry to leave with the wild goat on his back, so he hurried over without looking for anything in the ditch.
In the ditch less than 500 meters away from Li Long, under the cover of shrubs, the tall and thin man was looking for something in the stream.
He originally wanted to leave the mountain and go to the county last night. After Li Long's persuasion, he returned to his home for safety.
After being disturbed by gunshots early this morning, the man simply got up. When he went to the stream to wash his face, he suddenly thought that since the four metal pieces yesterday could be exchanged for thirty yuan, if he found other Good things, can they be exchanged for money?
With this idea, he immediately ran to the stream where he found the bronze mirror and the metal piece and started looking for them.
After searching that area for a long time, except for some scattered copper coins and torn pieces of cloth, nothing else was found.
This area seemed to have been deposited by floods. The tall and thin man looked upstream, where the bushes were denser. The tall and thin man had seen wolves in this forest area, and he did not dare to go there. .
Forget it, it’s important to save your life, let’s get something to eat and get out of here quickly.
Li Long returned to the wooden house, put the wild goat at the spring, quickly went to the wooden house, opened the door and got in, changed his clothes and pants, and then felt better.
After changing his clothes, Li Long put his dirty clothes on the tractor bucket outside, took a knife and a basin to the spring, and started skinning and disemboweling him.
Soon, the sheepskin was peeled off, rubbed with salt and set aside. He did not expect that an ant or bee would come over so early and wanted to eat some. But even with salt, the wasps would only dare to circle on the sheepskin or come to the mutton.
Li Long took out the internal organs of the wild goat and put them in a basin. He untied the large pieces of mutton and put them in another basin. Then he washed the stomach and intestines.
When his stomach and intestines were washed, Li Long straightened up. He filled the viscera basin with water and carried it to the small room. He put salt on the unloaded mutton and found a clean sack to put it in. got up.
Although he was a little hungry, he didn't plan to eat. First, I put all the dried caladiums in the cabin into one bag, and two more bags of dry ones, and put them on the tractor, including the antlers.
There were still some supplies left in the small room, but Li Long didn't pay much attention to them. They weren't too valuable in calculation. The most valuable thing here now were these caladiums. He planned to go down the mountain.
After locking the door and shaking the tractor, Li Long drove away suddenly.
Although he knew that the movement was quite loud, Li Long couldn't help it. After all, he couldn't find someone to guard him here. In fact, you can ask the eldest brother to come over, but the eldest brother obviously still wants to make money with his own strength and skills, and you can't interrupt his enthusiasm.
Let’s do this for now. It only takes half a day. There shouldn’t be any trouble, right?
The tractor drove out of the mountain at high speed, crossed the Qingshui River, and turned onto the Wuyi Highway. It was more than an hour later when we arrived at the county seat.
It was now time for everyone to have breakfast, and Li Long was very satisfied with his speed.
He drove the tractor to the compound and happened to meet Gu Xiaoxia. When Gu Xiaoxia turned around to lock the door, she heard the sound of the tractor and turned around to see Li Long.
"Come back?" Gu Xiaoxia asked in surprise.
"Well, I'm back." Li Long said with a smile, "I was anxious and killed a wild goat to put some meat at home, but not much. Two of my friends in the mountains are in the animal husbandry team, and I Go and deliver some meat and supplies to the two of them, and sell some fritillaries.”
“Okay, when will you go back?”
"We'll leave in a moment. It's Fritillaria season now. There are a lot of supplies in the wooden house, and the braided handles are also placed there. I don't dare to leave for too long."
"Okay. Then please be safe." Gu Xiaoxia was slightly disappointed, but she also knew that the work in the mountains was the most important to Li Long now. She gave a few instructions and went to work.
Li Long drove a tractor into the big yard, took the undried caladiums to the wing to dry them, and then gathered up the dried caladiums, adding that he was in the mountains The dried caladiums totaled more than half of the bag.
Li Long estimated by himself that these caladiums weighed less than twenty kilograms, which was quite a lot. He threw the half of the antlers in the side room without intending to take it with him. It’s too little. It’s better to accumulate some before selling them.
After finishing these things, Li Long drove the tractor out, locked the door and went directly to the purchasing station.
Chen Hongjun came out when he heard the sound of the tractor. After seeing Li Long, he smiled and said:
"Listening to the sound of the tractor, I guessed it was you. I just went to work and you came here. This was yesterday "Arrived at night?"
"No, arrived in the morning." Li Long drove the tractor into the yard of the purchasing station and said with a smile. , "It's the Fritillaria season in the mountains now, so I've been very busy recently. No, I gathered a bag of dried Fritillaria and sent it to you."
"What you sent is definitely right." Chen Hongjun That's what he said, but after Li Long got the fritillaries off, he still opened the bag and checked it carefully, then poured it into the big basket on the counter and looked through it.
"It's good, it's almost free of impurities, and there's no mold or deterioration. It's definitely no problem to give it a first-class rating." Chen Hongjun nodded appreciatively after reading it, "Now I'll weigh it for you and issue an invoice."
Eighteen kilograms and nine, forty-five yuan per kilogram, a total of eight hundred and fifty yuan and five cents.
After Li Long collected the money, Chen Hongjun originally wanted to chat with him, but Li Long really had no time and he had to do other things quickly.
Take the money and go to the department store first and buy some things. Some of these things will be placed in the wooden house as supplementary supplies, and some will be given to the families of Halimu and Yushanjiang. With the strong labor force on both sides absent, Li Long naturally had to take on the responsibility of delivering supplies when he had time.
Not only daily necessities, he also bought some homework books, pens and other cultural supplies. These should all come in handy.
After leaving the department store, Li Long went to the market again, this time to buy food. The food delivered to the two families last time must have been uneaten. What Li Long bought this time was for the mountains, including eggs.
Sister Yang was still selling breakfast, and she was very happy to see Li Long driving his tractor.
Li Long was hungry, so he stopped and said to her:
"Sister Yang, get me a meal."
"Okay!" Sister Yang smiled and gave it to Li Longsheng I got a bowl of mixed noodle porridge and a yeast pancake with vegetables. This surprised Li Long. It turned out that Sister Yang had also started making noodles.
This cake is made of white flour mixed with corn flour. It is baked until brown and makes you appetizing.
Li Long ate a pancake in two mouthfuls, and then Sister Yang gave him another one. After eating, he waved his hand to indicate that he would not eat, and drank the warm porridge in one breath. Li Long wiped his mouth and handed the bowl to Sister Yang. He arrived. In the back bucket, put the ibex steaks in the sack Gu took out a piece and handed it to Sister Yang:
"This is what I got in the mountains today. Leave a piece here for you. Eat it slowly. I'm leaving!"
It opened suddenly. The tractor left the market, leaving behind a cloud of oily smoke.
The direction of the animal husbandry team is directly south of the county seat, parallel to the direction of Qingshui River. There is also a road to Xiaobaiyanggou here, so Li Long planned to go to the animal husbandry team. After giving the things to Harimu's mother and Yushanjiang's family, he went directly up the mountain to Xiaobaiyanggou to the wooden house. The animal husbandry team is relatively quiet now. The children are all in school. Most of the people left behind are old people. They just sit in the house, twist wool or bask in the sun. He smelled the fragrant smell of naan, and he didn't know who was making naan.
Li Long arrived at Harimu's house first. Harimu's mother, the old lady, was making cow dung cakes in the yard. These must have been brought by Harimu. The cow dung pancakes were piled half as high as a person on the wall, and there were coals covered with grass next to them.
Hearing the sound of the tractor, the old lady turned her head and looked over. When she saw Li Long, she was startled for a moment, and then she grinned.
Li Long turned off the car and got out of the car, and said to the old lady:
“I brought you meat!”
After saying this, he remembered that the old lady didn’t understand. In Mandarin, he went to the cart, took out two wild goat legs, and gave the old man a signal.
The old man waved his hands hurriedly and said a series of words. Li Long could only hear what he meant, but couldn't understand the rest.
However, he did not allow the old lady to refuse, so he took the leg of lamb and walked into the house.
The house is really not big. The kitchen and bedroom are together, which is a bit similar to a winter nest in the mountains. Li Long found an empty basin and put the meat in it.
The old lady followed in and said something, but Li Long didn't care so much. When he decomposed the sheep, he basically removed the four legs and cut off the ribs from the body. One fan was left to Sister Yang. He planned to keep the remaining fan and spine in the wooden house and eat it himself.
There are two families here, one family with two legs, one in front of the other, regardless of each other.
After putting down the leg of lamb, Li Long took another set of daily necessities and placed it on the bed. He could understand everything inside, so he didn't explain much.
The old lady took out a small bag from her clothes and opened it layer by layer. There was money inside. Li Long hurriedly waved his hand and helped her close the bag again. You can't ask for money, it's a slap in the face!
Seeing that Li Long did not accept the money, the old man went to make milk tea. Li Long hurriedly waved his hand, pointed at the car, and then said:
"Yushan River!"
He wanted to deliver meat to Yushanjiang's family, then he waved to the old lady and left.
In fact, if he had enough time, he planned to chat with the old lady. Even if he didn't understand, it would feel different if someone was talking to the old lady.
Let’s wait until we are done with the work for a while. I said earlier that I would have to patch up the house and yard for the two families, but I don’t have time for the time being.
Li Long shook the tractor, waved to the old lady after getting on the tractor, and went to Yushan Jiang's house.
After watching Li Long leave, the old lady wiped her eyes and turned to process the meat. It's hot today, and the meat will go bad if it's not processed.
Yu Shanjiang’s wife is getting vegetables in the yard. It's not true that they don't all grow vegetables. Yushanjiang's wife will grow some. Li Long can see that there are potatoes? And Pi Yazi?
But no matter so much, when he looked at her, Li Long said hello to her, and then took out two legs of lamb from the cart. This surprised Yushanjiang's wife. Like Harimu's mother, she said Saying many words.
Li Long smiled, handed her the leg of lamb, then turned around and went to the car to get the daily necessities, and then put them into the house.
The woman said something that Li Long couldn't understand. He just pointed at the tractor outside, indicating that he was in a hurry and had to go out.
Yu Shanjiang’s wife chased her out and also asked for money, but Li Long refused.
Just kidding, how is it possible to collect money?
He felt that he owed Harimu and Yushanjiang too much, which was not worth it in terms of money.
Of course, we all owe each other.
Li Long got on the tractor and waved to Yushanjiang’s wife. When he was about to drive away, a man came over on horseback. When he saw Li Long, he said with a tongue-rolling Asked in Mandarin:
“Are you a friend of Yushanjiang?”
“Yes. I sent some things to his home. Didn’t they change the scene? If the man is not here, there will definitely be something at home. Somewhat difficult.”
"Yeah, yeah, I heard Yushanjiang told you about you." The man was in his forties and wearing a worn-out peaked cap. "I am Adili, the left-behind vice-captain of the animal husbandry team. I heard that you also gave them to them last time." It’s great to have a friend like you. Thank you on behalf of the animal husbandry team!”
“You’re welcome, Duosen, Adasi, You're welcome." Li Long smiled and said. , "If nothing happens, I won't stay. There are still some things in the mountains. I will come over in a while and repair the house for their family. Let's talk about it then. How about it?"
"Okay, okay." Adili's eyes lit up after hearing this, and he said with a smile, "You are really good! Yaxie! The real Adasi!"
Li Long left under Adili's watch. The animal husbandry team headed directly to the mountains.
Adili asked Yushanjiang’s wife why this person came here. Yushanjiang’s wife told the truth. Adili nodded and left.
Li Long entered the mountain and then turned towards the entrance of Xiaobaiyanggou. However, he did not enter the ditch, but drove directly to the wooden house.
The people in the team that carried the handles in Baiyanggou also heard the chug sound. They thought the tractor would turn in, but they didn't expect the sound to come from far away and then go away again.
"Isn't it Xiaolong's tractor? A new tractor has been introduced in this mountain? Are there so many rich people now?" Lu Yingming asked curiously while braiding.
"No, this tractor belongs to Xiaolong." Li Jianguo knew the sound of his brother's tractor very clearly, "He must be busy and anxious to return to the wooden house. Didn't you hear it? The sound came from He came from the east, which means he didn't come from the mountain above the Qingshui River. There is a pile of things in his cabin, and it will definitely not work if he leaves it for a long time." br>
When Li Long's tractor drove near the wooden house, he saw someone running south from the direction of the wooden house in a hurry. He quickly drove the tractor and chased after him. The man saw the tractor chasing after him and immediately Running to the west away from the tractor again, Li Long looked at the distance, stopped the car, turned off the engine, pointed his gun at the top of the man and fired a shot.
"Stop, or the next shot will hit you in the leg!"
The man was startled and fell to the ground. When he got up and was about to run, he heard Li Long's shout. He immediately didn't dare to run away.
This guy really dares to shoot!
Li Long strode over with a gun in hand. When he walked past the wooden house, he found that both doors of the wooden house had been pried open.
He could see things scattered all over the floor and he was very angry!
When he walked up to the man, he found that he was carrying two pockets, both of which were bulging. Li Long guessed that if the man hadn't been too greedy and just took something and left, he might not have noticed it.
The man lay on the ground and did not dare to move. When he heard the footsteps, he hurriedly begged for mercy:
"I'm sorry, I'm so hungry. Seeing that you weren't here, I wanted to open the door and take a look. See what happened, but... I couldn't hold it back..."
Li Long didn't believe his lies. How could you hold so many things if you couldn't hold it back?
He stepped forward and kicked the man in the ribs, causing the man to scream in pain.
"Stop pretending, get up! Carry the things back to the cabin!"
The man did not dare to resist, he held his liver and got up obediently, carried the things honestly, and slowly moved towards the cabin.
Li Long pointed a gun at him, walked to the front of the cabin, and sternly asked him to put down his things. Then he took a rope, tied the guy up firmly, and then punched and kicked him!
The main reason is that he found that many things in the house were not taken away and were destroyed!
The rice and flour bags were opened, and the dried meat that was not taken away was thrown on the ground, and some of it was stepped on. The lid of the wine was also opened, and a cage fell to the ground. Now the room smelled of wine!
This guy is really nothing!
For a while, screams could be heard endlessly, but Li Long didn't care at all, and didn't stop his mouth, and just dealt with it ruthlessly.
After calming down a little, this guy's face had turned into a pig's head, but the most seriously injured was probably his ribs. Li Long should have broken or cracked a few of his ribs.
You deserve it! (End of this chapter)