Chapter 109: Helping others to hunt yellow sheep?
Li Long opened the three-edged bayonet, walked up to the wolf, and stabbed it hard into the wolf's neck.
Yu Shanjiang, who was following behind, looked at this scene and nodded slightly.
The spear pierced through the wolf's neck and went deep into the snow. Li Long felt completely relieved when he felt that the wolf did not move at all.
"Come on, pull it to the door of the winter den and I'll peel its skin for you." Yushanjiang said to Li Long.
Li Long closed the trident, put the gun on his back, and walked back, dragging one of the gray wolf's legs.
"You shot well this time. Although you fired a little early, the last few shots were better." Yu Shanjiang spoke again, "Hunting still depends on timing. If the timing is right, one shot will kill it. We are in the mountains, so we have to save bullets. Sheep can lay dozens in a winter, and bullets are one less."
Li Long understood what Yushanjiang meant. He wanted to say that it would be best to shoot when the wolf bit the sheep, but Li Long was ahead of schedule. However, he made up a few shots later and achieved the goal of hunting - it was just a waste of bullets.
The two have different values - Li Long feels that he has no shortage of bullets, so he decides to get some more bullets from the team before coming here next time, so that at least Halimu Yushanjiang and the others will have some confidence when they go to the summer pasture.
It is said that not only wolves can be encountered in the summer pasture, but also snow leopards and brown bears. Those guys are even more dangerous!
Yushanjiang quickly skinned the wolf at night while the wolf's body was still fresh and not frozen. As for the wolf meat, Yushanjiang and his men did not want it, so Li Long planned to take it back with the wolf skin.
The next day, Yushanjiang took Li Long to the southeast.
"There are mushrooms in each of these ravines. More than a decade ago, Han people who came here to pick mushrooms said that the mushrooms here are very valuable. Oh, and there are also herbs, such as ginseng." Yushanjiang stood on the ridge and pointed to the ravine below and said, "Our Harbin medicine is different from yours. You should be able to find out when you come here in the summer, or find someone who knows about it."
Li Long was a little worried when he saw the similar terrains. He could barely remember some of the locations that Halimu pointed out earlier. After all, those places probably had some landform features. The valleys here were all similar and it was hard to tell them apart.
Yushanjiang saw Li Long's trouble and said with a smile:
"It's okay. Just remember the location of my winter home and walk around it. Don't go too far. You can walk around the area in a week and then you will know what's there."
Well, this really is thinking of yourself as an all-round hunter.
After staying in Yushanjiang for two days, Li Long returned to Halimu with a wolf, two wild rabbits and two deer antlers. After drinking milk tea, he rode his bicycle back to the county town, carrying the wolf that had been frozen hard.
After putting the wolf meat, wolf skins and wild rabbits in the big house, Li Long took the deer antlers to the purchasing station.
Chen Hongjun was not around, and Li Long once again saw the woman who had given him a cheap price last time.
The woman thought Li Long looked familiar but didn't recognize him. When she saw the two antlers, she smiled and said:
"Young man, this antler is of good quality. I'll give you four dollars and fifty cents per kilogram, which is a high price."
Li Long knew that this woman would definitely not give a normal price. He picked up the antlers and said:
"I heard that prices have increased now. Your price of four dollars and fifty cents is a bit low."
"Four dollars and a half is not low anymore." The woman shook her head. "It was three dollars a while ago. It has increased by half."
"No, then I'll wait a little longer. Deer antlers are easy to sell anyway." Li Long didn't want to suffer a loss for nothing.
"Then... five dollars, five dollars is okay, right?" The woman rolled her eyes and said, "We can't offer many at this price in the whole winter."
"Six dollars." Li Long opened his mouth and said, "I'll sell it for six dollars!" In fact, five dollars is not bad. The last time Chen Hongjun charged five dollars, Li Long simply didn't want to sell it directly to this woman.
"Six dollars is definitely not enough!" The woman immediately refused, "I can give you five and a half dollars at most!"
The price has really increased again?
Li Long nodded. The two deer antlers weighed seven kilograms and six cents and were sold for forty-one yuan and eighty cents.
After collecting the money and leaving, Li Long unlocked his bike and rode to the department store.
School is about to start and spring is about to arrive. He plans to buy a pair of sneakers and two pairs of thin socks for Li Juan and Li Qiang respectively.
There weren't many people in the department store right now. Li Long knew the shoe sizes of Li Juan and Li Qiang, so he didn't have much to choose from. He bought two pairs of shoes and two pairs of socks, some sesame cakes and Jiang noodles, weighed some seasonings, went out on his bike, picked up the hare and the wolf in the courtyard, and returned to the team. After the bike entered the team, Li Long was a little surprised to find that there were no children playing on the road, perhaps because they all went home at mealtime.
However, the place where children often play has been slid out into a five or six meter long ice track as smooth as a mirror. He has to avoid it when riding his bike, otherwise he will definitely fall.
Li Long stopped his bike to pick up an electric spark plug (a small old cow made of spark plugs) that some kid had dropped on the side of the road, then pedaled his bike back home.
The people in the room heard the sound of a bicycle. Li Jianguo pushed the door and walked out, followed by Li Juan and Li Qiang.
"Uncle, you've caught another wolf!" Li Qiang shouted as he looked at the thing on the back seat of the bicycle.
"There are two more rabbits." Li Juan added as she looked at the rabbits hanging on the handlebars.
"Come on, come inside, it's cold outside." Li Jianguo said with a smile, "You've been gone for several days, and people outside have been calling you."
"Call me?" Li Long was a little surprised. "Who? Who called?"
"It's from the supply and marketing cooperative," Li Jianguo said. "When you have time, go to the supply and marketing cooperative and look for Section Chief Li."
Li Long understood that it should be the head of the purchasing department, Mr. Li.
Is there something wrong with the sheep? That shouldn't be the case. The sheep are freshly slaughtered. They are Clan sheep, and they don't have internal organs, so there won't be any infectious diseases.
"They said they wanted you to help hunt yellow sheep." Li Jianguo added, and Li Long understood.
So it was hunting, then it’s okay.
Several people unloaded the things on the bicycle together. Li Long put the bicycle under the window, locked it, and then went into the house.
The room was filled with steam and a fragrant aroma. Li Long smiled and said:
"I'm back just in time. It's time for dinner."
Seeing that cornmeal steamed cakes were served on the table, Li Long asked Liang Yuemei:
"Sister-in-law, why don't you eat fine grains?"
"I know you feel bad for them," Liang Yuemei said with a smile, "They said they wanted to eat steamed cakes."
Okay, children are the most important in the world, Li Long didn’t say anything more.
In fact, it was already mid-afternoon. Li Long guessed that the family had resumed the habit of eating two meals a day, so he didn't say much. However, Li Jianguo said:
"Daqiang and I went there to catch some fish a couple of days ago, but we haven't been there since. There aren't many fish left in the small lake now, and Daqiang said he wanted to go look in the big lake out back..."
"There are a lot more fish being sold on the black market now." Li Long thought for a while and said, "Let's sell the fish we have at home first. If that doesn't work, we'll have to wait."
"Yeah, the ice is melting soon, so we can't catch any fish this season." Li Jianguo still felt a little regretful.
"When the snow melts, we can set up nets to catch fish." Li Long said with a smile, "I bought a sticky net. I can set up the net the night before and take it out early the next day to sell the fish. It's very fast!"
"Is it possible?" Li Jianguo asked.
"There are more people selling things on the black market now. I guess no one will be in charge after a while. It'll be OK."
"That's good……"
The eyes of the Li family were filled with hope.
(End of this chapter)
