Before dawn, Li Long got up.
There is a bit of excitement in the expression that has not yet completely woken up.
I can hunt again!
Hey hey hey!
He couldn't help but feel his blood boiling.
Cutting wheat is not as exciting as hunting!
Just like codewriting, some people persist for more than ten years without making much money, but they still enjoy it. This is a hobby.
Although some people earn more than 10,000 yuan a month, they look sad when they go to the computer to code.
This is life.
I don’t know how long I will stay outside for a while, so although Li Long wants to go out with his gun and find a place to shoot twice, he still endures it.
Open the stove lid and check that the fire is not completely extinguished. Add some chopped firewood, add charcoal on top, set the pot and boil water.
When the fire started here, Li Long had already gone out with a bucket, fetched water from the spring, kneaded the dough, and put the cakes on it.
Dead dough pancakes are difficult to digest, but they are better than nothing to eat. Although it is August now, it is hot during the day outside the mountains and cool at night, but inside the mountains it is not cold at night, but cold.
Don’t talk about people, animals are also uncomfortable.
If you don’t eat something, you will be shivering if you go out in the coldest time of the morning.
As for the dishes, I don’t have any. The red tofu is just fine. As long as you catch wild animals later, you will have the food.
Young people can’t just eat plants. You have to eat some animals to be considered vegetables. We have all come to the mountains, so I would be sorry if I didn’t get some game.
When making the dough, the white flour is mixed with some corn flour. When the pancakes are cooked, one side will be golden and charred, while the other side will be soft. Take it off and put it on the steamed bun plate, pour some batter into the pot, stir it up and drink it as porridge.
The biscuits have a sweet aroma when eaten, and the browned side tastes good when chewed. Dip it in some red tofu, and it is delicious.
Of course, this is Li Long's self-comfort. As long as he has hot food in his stomach, he won't be afraid of the cold when he goes out later.
After eating, he put coal foam on the stove, put a piece of cake into his satchel, and Li Long walked out with his gun.
The moon is not there and the stars are twinkling. Judging from the time, it should still be an hour or two before dawn.
The dew hadn’t come yet, so he strode eastward with his gun in hand.
Halfway through the walk, he felt the need to urinate. Li Long casually walked to the side, unfastened his belt and started to drain.
I don’t know what plants are nourished.
It is said that when a famous singer lived in a hutong, he would get up at night to empty his urine pot, which shows that this is normal.
It was very powerful and loud, and Li Long was very satisfied.
After releasing the water, he went into battle lightly and his pace was much faster. In less than an hour, Li Long arrived at the entrance of the valley.
Li Long has had fruitful results here. What he wants to see now is whether there will be wild animals spending the night in the cave. If so, that would be great.
Unless absolutely necessary, he does not intend to hunt wild boars for the time being. After all, now I am thinking of grabbing something and getting it directly to Harimu and the others, so that I can eat it with everyone.
It's better to eat the wild boar quietly by yourself.
Li Long opened the safety of the gun, pulled the trigger to load the bullet, and then slowly moved up the hillside.
After the fritillaries were dug, there were fewer people in the mountains. Occasionally, people come over, but those are very few, so this place has become a paradise for wild animals.
Animals like salt, so Li Long guessed that there must be animals coming to this mine. As for whether anyone spends the night here, it depends on fate.
The speed should be slow and the steps should be light. If there are any wild animals, you have to prepare in advance. Whether it is an ibex or a wolf, their fighting power is not small, and they will not be underestimated just because they are herbivores - the ibex weighs 50 to 60 kilograms, and if it is in a hurry, it can lower its head and bump it with its horns, and it can probably kill someone. Hold your breath.
Li Long reminded himself as he touched up, touched the entrance of the cave and listened quietly, then his face showed joy.
He heard breathing and smelled blood.
Available!
This is even more important. Li Long directly raised the gun.
If there is a wooden handle grenade at this time, he can directly unscrew the cover tab and throw it in.
Just by smelling the smell and listening to the sound, I knew there was a high probability that a meat-eating person was killing a grass-eating person and then spent the night here.
Slowly walking to the entrance of the cave, Li Long heard the call getting louder. Apparently, the guy inside was awake.
Li Long had no intention of going in. When the enemy was in the dark and we were clear, he suddenly went in and his vision went dark. The guy suddenly jumped out and bit him. Shouldn't he suffer a loss?
No matter how cunning an animal is, it is no match for a good hunter. Li Long bent down, picked up a stone and threw it into the hole, then quickly backed away and aimed his gun.
He has used this trick several times, and it basically works every time.
"Ouch——!"
A gray shadow came out of the hole and jumped towards Li Long!
"Bang! Bang!"
Li Long pulled the trigger repeatedly and shot the guy to the ground with two shots.
A gray wolf is currently twitching on the ground.
Both shots hit, one in the front leg and one in the head, not in the middle, but a little off.
But it doesn’t matter, if you get shot in the vital part, you will die.
Just as Li Long was about to step forward, there was sudden movement inside, another howl, and a ball of gray jumped out.
Li Long was startled, and when he was about to shoot, he held back. He was happy. This guy was a half-grown wolf cub, baring his teeth and demonstrating at Li Long.
Li Long was not used to it. Seeing that the wolf cub was two to three months old, about ten kilograms and half old, and could not be raised to maturity, he raised his hand and shot it, killing it and allowing the mother and son to reunite. .
Are these two wolves using this place as their den?
Li Long held the gun and listened carefully, and then he felt relieved after making sure that there was no more breathing sound inside.
As for why the gray wolf mother and her son lived alone here, he was not in the mood to investigate. He walked inside with his gun in hand. After entering, he found two roe deer, one large and one small, lying on the ground. The stomach of the smaller one had been emptied, while the neck of the larger one had only been torn open.
Li Long was a little surprised. There were only two wolves, one big and one small. How did he kill both roe deer?
Could it be that the roe deer is staying here first and the wolf is an outsider?
I stepped forward and touched it. I found that the roe deer carcass was not very hard yet, and the time of death was only within five or six hours.
In other words, what happened last night.
Li Long pulled out the two roe deer and placed them with the wolves outside.
There are four large and small ones, so it’s hard to carry them back.
And it’s all Harimu that they can eat.
There was a slight hint of light in the sky, Li Long gritted his teeth and took them all away!
After all, there are twelve people from Harimu and the others. One wolf or one roe deer is not enough to eat. If you don’t want to eat the dead roe deer, you can still eat the wolf meat.
The female wolf weighs about 40 kilograms, and the cub weighs more than ten kilograms. The large roe deer seeds weigh more than thirty kilograms, and the small roe deer seeds weigh ten kilograms.
Fortunately, this place was not very far from Harimu's winter nest. Li Long didn't plan to take the skins anymore. He put the two small ones on his shoulders and dragged the two big ones directly down the mountain.
After resting for a while, he climbed over two mountains. When the two big guys dragged him until they were skinless and hairless, Li Long came to Harimu's winter nest.
The eastern horizon is already red, and the sun will rise soon.
White smoke rose from Harimu's winter nest, and it was obvious that he had gotten up.
Li Long dragged the roe deer and wolf to Harimu's winter den and shouted:
"Harimu, Harimu!"
Halimula Opening the door to Dong's Nest, he stooped and walked out.
"I just killed a wolf, and I took the roe deer seeds with me. Don't you want to eat the roe deer seeds that were bitten by the wolf?"
Halimu was a little surprised, looked at Li Long, and said with a smile:
"That..."
"Big wolf and little wolf me They're all here, and I'll take the roe deer away. Tell them all, and just call them over and let's do it together." Li Long left the two wolves on the ground, "It will be faster."
< br>"Okay." Harimu nodded. In fact, he thought so too.
"I'll go back and clean up the roe deer, and then I'll drive the tractor over. Don't worry, we'll work together after I get the tractor."
Then Li Long left with the roe deer on his shoulders.
What Harimu actually wanted to say was that when there was nothing to eat, they also ate the roe deer deer killed by wolves.
Halimu thought for a while, first dragged the wolf to the winter den, closed the door, and rode on horseback to call someone.
Li Long carried the roe deer and walked for almost an hour back to the wooden house. His body was covered with blood spots, and he was very tired. He was breathing heavily and couldn't rest much.
Sit on the threshold for a while, change your clothes, and then start skinning.
This roe deer has been dead all night and needs to be peeled out as soon as possible.
It took a little longer to die, so peeling is not as easy as fresh ones.
He took a knife and cut off all the places where the wolf had gnawed, skinned and cleaned the rest, and then began to decompose it.
Because we still have to work, we cut the meat into large pieces after unloading it and soak it in a large basin of water until we finish the work.
Bringing the big meat basin into the house, Li Long took a gulp of water, then locked the door and drove the tractor to Halimu's winter home.
Have a free meal here at noon and try the wolf meat they make.
When the tractor drove to Dongwozi, Li Long saw Yushanjiang who had just dismounted, and two young men.
It seems familiar. I should have seen Diaoyang during the horse racing in winter.
Yushanjiang was also very happy to see Li Long driving his tractor. He tied his horse and came over.
Li Long drove the tractor to the open space, came down, shook hands with Yushanjiang, and said hello.
"Halimu said you came over, so I knew you must have a way." Yushanjiang said with a smile, "Is this the harvester?"
"Yes. I just harvested it. After finishing the wheat over there, we will cut the grass here. It's very good!" Li Long patted the harvester and said, "One day can cut as much grass as a person can do in ten days."
"That's great," Yu Shanjiang said with a smile. I am also very curious and want to experience the feeling of mechanized grass cutting.
"I shot two wolves this morning, and Harimu asked you to go, so we can take care of this wolf." After greeting the two young men, Li Long said to Yushanjiang.
"Okay." Yushanjiang was in charge here. He pushed open the door of the winter den and pulled the wolf out.
Li Long went to find wood and stones to build a stove at the door. Yu Shanjiang and two young men skinned the wolf and disposed of its internal organs.
The big pot was set up, the fire was started, the wolf meat was cut into pieces and thrown in.
After a while, the water boiled, and blood foam appeared on the water, and then one after another young men and middle-aged men came over on horseback.
Some people they knew, some they didn't, greeted Li Long one by one.
Most of them looked at Li Long curiously and at the strange-looking guy on the front of the tractor.
Li Long went and picked up two watermelons and cut them for everyone to eat.
An hour and a half later, Harimu came back.
Two young men came back with him, riding horses and whipping their whips, looking very anxious.
After dismounting, he said hello to the others, shook hands with Li Long, and then went to see the harvester.
When I came here, I passed by Harimu’s pasture and looked at the neatly cut grass. To be honest, it was impossible not to be surprised.
Most people cut grass for two or three days, but it turned out that it was better for him, and he finished cutting two or three hillsides in one afternoon.
Mechanization is awesome!
Listen to the radio and listen to the modernization of agriculture. Animal husbandry is not separate. It is included in agriculture. Now I can really feel it.
In the past, Li Long gave them daily necessities, and they exchanged things from the mountains, but they didn't feel deeply about it.
Now that Li Long is driving a harvester and can help them cut grass, the feeling is completely different.
The wolf meat was rolling in the pot, and everyone was standing or sitting there discussing the matter of cutting grass.
After Yushanjiang finished finishing the wolf skin, he joined the discussion and quickly made the decision.
Everyone acted together and divided into two groups. One group cleared the stones and wooden piles in the pasture in advance, and the other group waited for the grass to dry and then bundled it together. At that time, Li Long's tractor will pull the grass to each family's winter nest.
As for improving food, you can do it when you have time.
The reward for Li Long was not mentioned, and Li Long himself did not think about it.
Sprinkle salt into the big pot, put it out, and eat one piece at a time, just like the dry naan. Li Long was not used to it, so he dug out an enamel basin on the tractor, filled it with soup, soaked it in dry naan and ate it.
We chatted while eating, and after eating, we started working.
The time was wrong, but no one cared. Except for Harimu, who had seen a tractor plowing grass, no one else had seen it, and they were just curious.
In later generations, except for Adasi's short video and grandpa's use of a samarium sickle to cut grass, everyone else has basically used a specialized lawn mower.
After all, the pasture is very large, often hundreds of acres. If you do it manually, you don’t know that it will take until the Year of the Monkey and the Horse.
A lawn mower is more convenient. Advanced lawn mowers can directly compress the lawn into bales. Of course it can't be done now, because the grass is still green after being beaten and needs to be dried before being bundled. Otherwise, it will become moldy, and the cattle and sheep will not eat it or they will get sick after eating it.
Everyone rode horses and gathered around the tractor, walking toward the mountains as if watching the excitement. A few young men occasionally whistled, and it was as lively as an Aken talk concert.
Li Longde drove carefully. After all, some young men were quite curious and he was afraid of bumping into the tractor if they were too close.
No matter how small a tractor is, it's still a tough guy, and it can do a lot of damage if you touch it. Just like a car, the driver feels that the speed is very slow. If you move forward slowly, it should not be a big problem if you knock someone down.
But think about something that weighs one or two tons. It has such great inertia that if it falls over, it could cause fractures or something.
Arrived at another hillside of Harimu's pasture, Li Long stopped the tractor, Harimu and the others dismounted, tied their horses, and then took the young people to start walking through the grass. Occasionally, when someone encounters a wooden pile, they just knock it over, pull it up, and throw it far into the forest.
If you encounter a stone, you will pry it up and throw it aside.
In fact, there are basically no big obstacles in the pasture. If there are any, they have been cleared during the previous grass removal.
It's just a small one. After all, when the scythe is cutting grass, if it encounters a small obstacle, the small wooden stake will be ignored directly. If it has little impact, don't worry about it.
It’s different now. The young people are very serious, and they all know that this machine must be valuable. If it breaks because a stone is not picked up, then the remaining grass will have to be cut by yourself, which is very troublesome.
It didn’t matter when there was no harvester, everyone was the same. But now it is suddenly said that there is no need to mow the grass, and the machine can do it, it feels different.
Li Long looked at this piece of grass and glanced at it. Codonopsis pilosula, Bupleurum root, astragalus root, and licorice root were all herbs.
No wonder the mutton in the mountains is so delicious. Look what other people eat. It's all supplements.
Harimu and the others walked over, and Li Long was also ready. The tractor drove up the grass slope and controlled the harvester to start cutting grass.
The young people looked over, and then looked at the place where the tractor drove. The grass was cut almost close to the ground, and the cut grass was neatly placed on the right side of the tractor.
“Wow!”
“This is great!”
“Mechanization, that’s how mechanization is!”
The herdsmen were all amazed.
While sighing, Li Long had already driven halfway up the hillside.
Yu Shanjiang was also thinking that in just a few minutes, Li Long's tractor could cut the grass. If it were done manually, it would take at least half an hour or even longer.
After Li Long circled around, there were two more marks on the hillside that was originally lush with grass, as if it had been shaved by a razor.
The boys are quite excited and even have the idea of driving a tractor.
Riding a horse is a tradition that has been around for thousands of years, and driving a tractor is a temporary curiosity.
If we just cut grass like this in the future, we won’t need to spend so much time anymore? After all, looking at the speed of grazing, a herdsman's pasture might be finished in a day or two.
Walking is the most tiring part. As for waiting for the grass to dry, stacking it together and bundling it, it’s all added to the trouble.
It’s the same as cutting wheat.
The boys started laughing and joking, but only Harimu and Yushanjiang gathered together to discuss in a low voice.
When Li Long turned around, he gained the envy of the young men, but he did not dare to hand over the tractor to them at this time. This is on a hillside. If you can't drive well, just rush up and do somersaults. It's okay to say that the tractor is broken, but maybe someone will die.
Li Long always remembered the incident when Yang Yongqiang drove his tractor into the wall.
After Harimu and Yushanjiang discussed it, two people were left here to take care of them, while the others rode horses to another hillside. They had to clear away the stones and wooden piles on the pasture as soon as possible to make it easier for Li Long to mow the grass.
Finish it as soon as possible and transfer back to the summer pasture.
After all, the cattle and sheep are still there. The sheep in Yushanjiang are still looked after by others, so I don’t feel at ease.
Li Long's job is quite easy, just driving a tractor and mowing. And it's not as careful as cutting wheat. If the grass is pressed, it will be pressed, it doesn't matter. (End of this chapter)