After Wang Caimi left, Li Long chatted with his family for a while, then drove the tractor to Laomahao.
He wanted to see old Uncle Luo.
The tractor was parked, but Uncle Luo did not come out, which surprised Li Long. He pushed the door open and found Old Uncle Luo sitting on a chair with a slightly painful expression.
"What's wrong, Uncle Luo? Are you sick? Come on, I'll take you to the countryside to see a doctor!" Li Long said immediately.
“No, no, no, I’m not sick.” Old Uncle Luo stood up in a hurry and said, “I’m really not sick, don’t worry.”
"Then I saw how painful you were just now..." Li Long asked doubtfully.
“Oh, let the male roe deer go over it.” Old Uncle Luo smiled bitterly, “The deer in our circle had their antlers cut off, and the antler of the roe deer was too short, so we didn’t care at that time. As a result, in winter, the velvet turned into a horn."
"Did it hit you?" Li Long asked.
"Yes." Old Uncle Luo said, "I got up early this morning to feed them. When I entered the pen, I had to collect the leftover grass stalks from yesterday's feeding. As a result, I accidentally let them go up. It made a somersault and twisted its arm when it fell."
"Then I'll kill it now. If this guy dares to hit anyone, I can't keep him." Li Long stood up. It's easy to kill a roe deer.
"No, no, no, you can't kill it." Old Uncle Luo hurriedly dissuaded him, "We have to keep it for breeding."
"It's not the only male roe deer."
"As long as it is more ferocious, it will breed better." The old man said Uncle Luo is considered a professional and said, "You have to keep it."
"Then saw off its corners." Li Long felt that he had to restrict it, otherwise he would hurt Uncle Luo again later. , then you might as well stop raising them and just slaughter them all.
There are more than a dozen wild boars in this pen.
Uncle Luo wanted to help, but Li Long persuaded him. He's not afraid of the big red deer, but he can't control this little roe deer?
Going to the tool room and finding the saw, Li Long looked a little disgusted. The hand saws used in later generations were so convenient, but this square saw was really useless.
But there is no other way, there is only this, that kind of small saw blade is not good to use, it is easy to get stuck.
When we reached the edge of the circle, Old Uncle Luo also came out wearing a cotton coat.
"I'll just take a look, don't worry about me." Old Uncle Luo was still a little worried.
Li Long smiled, placed the saw on the wall, opened the circle door and walked in.
The outside of the roe deer's pen is an open pen. They graze outside during the day. Inside is a warm pen with a roof. The door is separated by a soft cotton curtain. After the roe deer enters the warm pen at night, the Cotton curtains can keep out the wind.
There are already a lot of roe deer, but fortunately the circle is big, so they are quite comfortable.
There were three or four male roe deer deer, and the others had small antlers. When they saw Li Long coming in, they all backed away, and then looked at him curiously. Only one male roe deer deer saw Li Long coming in, not only Instead of retreating, he took two steps forward, obviously having an intention towards Li Long.
This is it.
After the male roe deer saw Li Long standing still, he lowered his head and pushed him over. Its horn is twenty to thirty centimeters long, with many small bumps at the base, a small fork branching out from the middle, and a pointed top, like a small dagger.
It has to be hit directly from the front, why not just insert it into the person's body?
While Li Long was still thinking about it, this guy was already coming straight at him!
Li Long didn't even dodge. When the guy rushed over, he grabbed the two horns with both hands and twisted them. Li Long immediately twisted the roe deer to the ground!
Although he borrowed the power of the roe deer to rush towards him, Uncle Luo couldn't help shouting "Okay" as he watched from behind!
So neat!
Li Long stepped on the roe deer's neck with his foot, reached out to take the saw from the wall, then pressed the roe deer's head with one hand and started sawing.
At this time, the roe deer was frightened and screamed in panic. However, the other roe deer did not feel that "things hurt their own kind". Instead, they looked at Li Long's movements curiously and stopped eating grass.
The roe deer antlers are very hard, and Li Long cut them very hard, leaving a lot of antler residue on the ground. The little roe deer was not afraid at all, and even wanted to come over and stick out his tongue to lick what it was. Then he was scolded by Li Long and ran away.
“In another half month, the deer may give birth to a baby, and so will these two roe deer.” Old Uncle Luo said, “At that time, I will grab the baby and freeze it. You can take it when you come back.”
"There's no rush." Li Long said, "Uncle Luo, you have to take care of your arm. This is no small matter. It takes a hundred days to break your muscles and bones..."
"How can I hurt my muscles?" ? It’s just a touch, how can it be so serious? "Uncle Luo’s activities? The arm said, "Don't worry about it, just do your own thing. I can take care of these animals."
In the pen next door are red deer. These animals are obviously bigger than roe deer, but they have long velvet. They were cut off when they were young, so they don't have horns. At the moment, they are grazing very quietly, and they probably got used to it after being in a circle for a long time.
A few minutes later, one of the horns was sawed off. Li Long leaned the saw against the wall, holding the roe deer in both hands and turned it over. The roe deer wanted to struggle, but Li Long was too strong. It's so big that there's no way it can break free.
A young roe deer went to sniff the saw, and Li Long waved it away.
After sawing off the other horn, Li Long let go of the roe deer.
This guy lost his temper after being tortured by Li Long. After letting go, he got up and ran to the corner. Li Long was originally preparing to deal with his counterattack, but it seemed that he lost his courage.
"Uncle Luo, shall we saw off those ones too?"
"No, no, no, those are very honest. They have been raised since childhood and are obedient. These are only half-grown ones. "It's not mature enough."
"If it's not mature enough, take care of it. Get a shovel and put it aside. Give it a few sticks when it makes trouble. If you hit it too much, it will become more honest."
Some animals just can't be treated well.
Since Old Uncle Luo said he didn’t need to worry about the roe deer, Li Long didn’t do anything about it and took the two roe deer antlers out of the circle.
A little roe deer wanted to follow him out, but was pushed back by Li Long.
Two roe deer antlers Li Long gave to Uncle Luo.
"What do I need this for?" Old Uncle Luo waved his hand, "You can use it and sell it for money."
"It's not bad for these few dollars. You can take it and keep it for yourself. Or wait until the Chinese New Year and someone comes over to pay New Year greetings. If they think the doll is nice and the relationship is good, you can give it out."
"Okay." "Old Uncle Luo was not pretentious and said with a smile, "This thing It’s also a rare thing. When students are on vacation, groups come to see the roe deer and deer here.”
At that time, only Wucheng and Shicheng had zoos nearby. I wanted to see domestic animals and nearby wild animals. Animals other than animals are very difficult.
So the raised wild boar, deer and roe deer have really become rare things.
Li Long and Old Uncle Luo chatted again and agreed to kill a few wild boars after a while, and then kill a red deer and roe deer before the end of the year. Li Long drove the tractor and left.
The sun has set in the west, and it will be dark soon if we don't move.
You can already see students returning from school on the road. Li Long also met Li Juan who was riding a bicycle carrying Li Qiang. He stopped to talk to the two dolls for a few words, and then headed back to the county.
After the matter was finalized, Li Long did not rush to Kuitun immediately. He needed to deal with the tiger bones and meat first.
After breakfast the next day, Gu Xiaoxia went to work, Han Fang went to school, and Sister Yang packed up the kitchen and went to sell food with her cart. During this period, she cooked two meals every morning when she got up. One was for Li Long and the others to eat, and the other was porridge, cakes, etc. that were going to be sold.
The car also has cut pickles, chili sauce, etc. It is said that people in the free market like it very much.
Li Long went to fasten the door, then opened the door of the side room, and carried the bag containing the frozen solid tiger bones and meat from the inside to the glass room at the back.
An ordinary person can be considered a strong man if he can carry a hundred kilograms of grain bags - there are really many young and strong people at this time who can carry it.
Li Jianguo and his group of young men who came from the border with insufficient food are considered the most capable of hard work in the village. According to what Li Jianguo told Li Long, they can carry a hundred kilograms of large sacks of wheat. , there are several in the team.
This Li Long also knows that let alone this time, in just thirty years, the team and Li Jianguo believe that there are still old men who can carry fifty or sixty kilograms of corn at once.
But something like Li Jianguo cannot carry more than one hundred and nearly two hundred kilograms.
Li Long can do it.
He felt that his strength was still growing, but not as fast as before.
Put the bag into the glass greenhouse. The temperature inside is high. Li Long feels that it will not be long before the flesh and blood of the worker tiger will be in a semi-transformed state.
Then it can be dismembered.
Bones are useful, and meat should be useful too.
Anyway, just don’t waste it. He went to the tool room and brought a large piece of plastic sheeting and two large pots. The plastic sheet was spread on the ground and the big pots were placed next to it.
Take out the tiger bones and meat from the bag, place them on the plastic sheet, and slowly dismember them with a knife.
The tiger hadn't disemboweled it yet, and he suspected that the meat might not be edible. But it's okay, as long as the tiger bones are there. As for the tiger whip, it shouldn't be affected by the smelly chest, right?
The first thing Li Long cut off was the tiger whip. After Li Long looked at it carefully for a while, he put it aside.
Next, starting from the legs, use a knife to slowly cut the frozen meat along the grain, find the joints, and then break them apart.
The tiger's body was frozen solid in the ice and snow, but it was left in the Li family's wing for some time. Although it did not become soft, it was not as hard as it was at the beginning.
Li Long worked on it non-stop for more than an hour, but only four bones were removed. Fortunately, the bones were not small.
The meat was also reduced to two or three kilograms, so Li Long stopped doing it because his legs were numb from squatting.
The temperature in this glass greenhouse will rise a bit during the day, and when it reaches zero, he plans to wait until the tiger bones and flesh melt some more in the afternoon before decomposing it.
Taking the decomposed tiger bones, tiger whip and tiger meat, Li Long walked out of the glass greenhouse. The place is closed on all sides, with blue bricks paving the floor. Li Long has carefully cleaned up the place after taking the roe deer away, and there is no smell. There is no place for rats to get in, so he feels more at ease.
Li Long put the clean tiger bones in the side room together with the antlers and wolf teeth he kept. Once this thing is taken out, nothing will be visible.
He planned to peel off the skin from the tiger's head first in the afternoon and hide it. In this case, no one would be able to tell what it was.
As for the tiger whip, let it dry slowly in the shade first, and then soak it in wine when you are free.
Li Long had almost finished cleaning up. The door rang and Sister Yang pushed the car into the yard.
Li Long helped Sister Yang take down the pot. He found that there was still less than half of the porridge in the pot.
"Business is not good today." Li Long said.
"Yes, there was someone who went earlier than me and also sold porridge." Sister Yang didn't care and said, "There are also cakes, which are similar to mine. I think I will add some eggs to the porridge tomorrow, which will be a bit If you boil the egg flowers thinner and sell them at the same price, it should be better.”
Yes, Sister Yang is quite smart in business.
Sister Yang didn't care, so Li Long didn't say much. She went to cook while Li Long cleaned the rooms.
There are many rooms in this courtyard, and most of them contain old things piled up by the original owners. Some rooms were cleared by Li Long, either for people to live in or to store things.
But most of them have not been cleaned up yet, such as the empty houses facing the street.
He plans to clean it up bit by bit. If it can be used in the future, it would be good to rent it out as a storefront.
At noon, Li Long asked Sister Yang to fry some of the tiger meat, but found that the meat was quite sour and had a faint smell, and no one wanted to eat it.
So Li Long decided not to use the tiger meat at the back. It must have smelled bad, or that was the smell of tiger meat itself.
When he was handling it, he found that the tiger was still quite fat and had a lot of oil, but since he didn't want to use it anymore, he put it all in a bag and planned to put it in the tractor and throw it into the wild when he went to Kuitun.
Come from nature, return to nature.
Li Long then spent the whole afternoon and the whole morning of the next day picking out all the tiger's bones and placing them in the side room to dry for a period of time before soaking them in wine.
I don’t dare to ask anyone for prescriptions for this stuff anymore. I can only give some to close friends in the name of lynx bones, or just make some wine and share some with them when the time comes.
This thing is a big deal, and Li Long feels that if he exposes it, he may not be able to afford it.
As for the tiger meat, he divided it into two bags and put them in the tractor compartment. No one asked him what it was.
Li Long told Gu Xiaoxia that he was going to Kuitun, and went to the team again that afternoon to tell his parents.
"Since you are going, bring some rice and noodles for your second brother, second sister-in-law, and children." As the boss, Li Jianguo was very thoughtful in this regard, "They don't live in the city. It's easy, just that little salary to support a family I don’t know if it’s enough for a family of four.”
Li Long loaded the tractor with two bags of rice and two bags of noodles, covered it with plastic sheeting, accepted his father’s and mother’s advice, and promised to be careful. Then he drove the tractor to Yang Hua's house again.
He had to ask Yang Hua if he had any advice for Yang Yongqiang.
Yang Yongqiang was not married, so he lived in the company dormitory and ate in the company canteen, so there was no need to send rice and noodles. Li Long listened to Yang Hua's questions and returned to the county.
While it was still dark, he went to withdraw some money, intending to buy a harvester.
The next day, Li Long put the Type 56 semi-automatic rifle on his back in his gun bag, then put on his thick fur coat and a hood specially made for him like the robber, and then put on Put on the leather hat, and then drive the tractor toward the west.
The weather is particularly sunny. Whether it is the west of Ma County or the south of Shicheng, everything is covered with snow at a glance. There are only a few clouds in the sky, which are as white as cotton.
Li Long looked at it and smiled. If he told the people here now that thirty years later this place will develop and there will be high-rise buildings everywhere, but the sky will be foggy in winter, there will probably be no one there. will believe it.
Can't even imagine it.
When the tractor drove to the old street, Li Long did not stop. Less than half an hour had passed and he did not feel cold.
After leaving the city limits of Shicheng and arriving at a group field in the west, Li Long stopped the tractor, bought two kilograms of sesame cakes in a small shop, and ordered a bowl of hot tea to drink.
In fact, you can still drink hot tea even if you don’t buy anything. Li Long thinks this is good and he feels at ease.
After taking a rest and seeing that there was still plenty of water in the tractor's water tank, we continued moving forward.
At noon, Li Long arrived in the no-man's land. He saw groups of yellow sheep picking up and eating on the roadside. When the tractor came over, they ran to high ground in the south and then stopped. Fifty or sixty meters away from Li Long, look here.
Li Long immediately became interested. He stopped the tractor. The yellow sheep noticed it and immediately moved away another twenty or thirty meters.
There were thirty or forty yellow sheep in this group, large and small. Li Long got on the side of the tractor, squatted down, put his knees against the sides of the side of the side of the tractor, and took out the Type 56 from the holster. , open the safety and pull the bolt to load the bullet.
Then aim.
The yellow sheep in the distance were still very clear in Li Long's eyes. He aimed steadily and pulled the trigger.
Huge gunshots echoed in the air, and a majestic yellow sheep with sharp horns fell down in response to the sound. The herd of yellow sheep exploded and scattered towards the south.
Li Long planned to shoot again, but the yellow sheep ran too fast, and when he aimed, he could only see shadows, so he had to give up.
He unloaded the gun, turned off the safety and put it on his back, carrying a bag in each hand and walking towards the south. When he was twenty or thirty meters away from the road, Li Long began to lift the bag upside down and throw away the tiger meat.
By the time he arrived in front of the yellow sheep, Li Long had spread the two bags of tiger meat evenly on the open space dozens of meters in radius. It could not be seen from a distance.
Li Long looked at the dead yellow sheep. The bullet hit its head. Li Long clearly saw this guy staring at him just now, so he selected it.
The horns on the head of this yellow sheep are thirty to forty centimeters long, which is relatively rare. Li Long dragged the yellow sheep back by its horns.
While Li Long was about to get on the road, a Dongfeng truck drove over, bringing with it a burst of snow and fog.
Seeing Li Long carrying the yellow sheep, the driver sounded the horn, probably to express his admiration for Li Long's marksmanship.
Li Long smiled, and after the car drove by, he threw the yellow sheep onto the tractor and cut his stomach with a knife, making a short cut to let the heat inside escape.
That wasn’t the end yet. He took out the intestines and other internal organs and put them into bags. It was difficult to clean up now, so he put them in the bucket of the cart and then moved on.
This is a small episode on the road.
Next, continue walking west. From Shawan to Kuitun, there is a large area of the Gobi Desert, where tall tamarisks and Haloxylon ammodendron grow. From time to time, you can see groups of yellow sheep, and you can even see them. Wolves.
It’s just that these guys ran away in front of the big monster of a tractor.
Li Long originally wanted to see if he could kill another yellow sheep, but he didn't have the chance.
During the break, Li Long ate a few sesame cakes in the snow and regarded it as lunch, and then stuffed some snow into the tractor's water tank. The top of the water tank was already hot, and the snow melted as soon as it was put on it. Soon, the water was filled.
If you walk further, you can already see the shadow of Kuitun Military Station. (End of this chapter)