Chapter 1022: Never had such a rich hunt before

Driving first to the wooden house, after Li Long got off the car with his gun on his back, he opened the door, moved the things brought from the jeep into the house, then closed the door, took down the gun and leaned it against the wall, and began to tidy up the stove.

After emptying the stove ash, cleaning the stove chamber, and setting up the fire with kindling wood and coal layer by layer, Li Long knew that the coal under the shed was not much left.

Although there was a ready-made open-pit coal mine in the mountains, the road to there was now covered by snow, and it was not cost-effective to go there to dig coal with such heavy snow.

The remaining bit of coal should be enough for these few days, and there were some wooden blocks that could be used for emergencies. If he came again in winter next time, he would pull one or two bags of coal then. Or after finishing hunting, if he didn't come in winter, then wait until spring, and go directly to the open-pit coal mine to pull coal.

After the stove was lit, Li Long set a pot on it, went to the spring to fetch a bucket of water, and boiled some boiling water for backup.

The thermos and teapot in the wooden house hadn't been used for a long time, and a layer of dust had accumulated on the surface. He poured the water from the bucket into the pot, then carried the thermos and teapot out, wiped the surface of the pot clean with snow on the snowy ground, and then went to the spring to pour some water and rinsed it.

Carrying the thermos and teapot back, the water in the pot had some temperature. Li Long then used a horse ladle to scoop some warm water into the thermos, shook it, and poured it back into the pot.

He took half a pack of brick tea from the table in the corner, broke off a few pieces, and put them in the teapot for backup.

After doing all this, Li Long sat on the edge of the kang and waited.

Ten minutes later, the water boiled. He poured the boiling water into the thermos, and scraped the rest into the teapot, brewing a pot of tea.

Lining it with wire gloves, he took the pot off the stove, shoveled a shovel of coal dust from the stove to suppress the fire, poured himself a bowl of tea, and drank it while blowing. After drinking, he carried the gun on his back and went out, locked the door, and drove to Halimu's winter quarters.

The journey was very quiet.

It was a clear day, the sun shone down, and through the snow, it scattered out. The light was dazzling. Li Long took out his sunglasses and put them on, feeling a bit better.

In this weather, not only is it difficult for wolves to find food, but wild boars should also be hard to find food. I don't know if he can hunt any. Mainly because the snow is too deep, maybe Halimu and the others don't know where wild boars are active nearby.

When he arrived at Halimu's winter quarters, Li Long saw their cattle and sheep lowering their heads to eat grass on the cleared grassland. Those cattle also stretched their hooves to kick the snow from time to time, raking the grass out.

Halimu and the two children were watching at both ends of the cattle and sheep, probably afraid that wolves would suddenly come out and snatch the sheep.

Li Long parked the jeep in front of the winter quarters. After getting off the car, he carried the gun on his back and walked to Halimu. Halimu pointed to the forest over there and said:

"Wolves were discovered there again this morning, three of them. I chased them out with a gun, but the wolves ran into the forest."

"I don't think they ran far, so I have to watch here."

"Then how do you plan to fight?" Li Long asked, "Ambush at night, or chase directly?"

"I want the two of us to go out and chase them together." Halimu said, "The snow outside the forest is thick, and this piece of forest is not very big. We should be able to drive them out easily. After going, if we can see them, maybe we can hit them."

"Good, then let's go!" Chasing hunting was a project Li Long rarely tried, because he hadn't hunted for a long time, and he felt his legs were eager to try, wanting to race with wolves in this ice and snow.

Halimu waved Nasen over, telling them to watch these cattle and sheep well, and when it was almost time to eat, drive the cattle and sheep into the pen. If wolves came, carry a stick and shout loudly.

In fact, it wasn't a few years or more than a decade ago. Although the wolf pack dared to patrol and peek around the winter quarters, if there were people outside, the wolf pack still didn't dare to approach.

After the arrangements were made, Halimu carried the gun and walked into the forest with Li Long.

Both of them were very fast, neither spoke, and they were about five or six meters apart.

Li Long observed the surroundings while walking. After entering the forest, the field of vision suddenly darkened. He narrowed his eyes, adapted, and then continued to speed up his pace.

Li Long had good eyesight. He soon discovered the traces of wolf claws on the thin snow and withered pine branches in the forest.

These traces were fresh and some were not fresh. He observed for a while and adjusted the direction according to those fresh traces.

"How is it? Any discoveries?" Halimu asked in a low voice.

"The wolves went in this direction," Li Long pointed and said, "Let's chase, maybe we can catch up."

Although Li Long's hunting history wasn't as long as Halimu's, Halimu knew that Li Long observed particularly carefully and already had signs of surpassing him. He believed in Li Long's judgment and followed Li Long to adjust the direction and advance rapidly.

This forest was sometimes sparse and sometimes dense, distributed very unevenly.

The traces of wolf claws were sometimes obvious and sometimes hidden. Fortunately, Li Long kept chasing and didn't lose them.

At first, he could see that there were indeed three wolves. When he chased out forty or fifty meters, Li Long discovered the claw prints of a fourth wolf, and then two more wolves joined in. By the time he was about to leave this forest, Li Long had already discovered seven wolves nearby.

He estimated that from entering the forest to now, he had chased about six or seven hundred meters.

When the trees became sparse again, Li Long stopped. Seeing Li Long stop, Halimu also stopped immediately and raised his gun.

Ahead, at a position seventy or eighty meters away from the forest, on the upward gentle slope, a group of wolves was walking forward in a "small" shape.

Five wolves followed in a line, and there was a wolf on each side walking and alert.

"Fight now?" Halimu asked Li Long.

"Fight!" Li Long said, "We are in the forest, they haven't discovered us yet. If we go out of the forest to chase, they will run very fast when they discover us."

"Fight as many as we can now. You fight the line in the middle, I fight the sides."

"No, no, no, we both fight the sides, and after fighting the sides, we fight the middle!" Halimu said, "Try to fight a few more. The more we fight, the safer my cattle and sheep will be!"

"Good!" Li Long said, aiming his gun at the wolf on the right. It just happened to stop, looking like it wanted to turn and follow the wolves in the middle. One of the wolves in the middle howled shortly, as if warning to stop it.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang bang!"

"Bang bang!"

"Bang!"

Li Long and Halimu fired within less than a second of each other. The two wolves on the sides fell to the ground in response. The wolves in the middle, after hearing the gunshots, two turned their heads to look back, and the rest accelerated and ran forward.

The two immediately adjusted their muzzles and began to shoot. After a few rounds, five wolves fell on the snow. The remaining two were extremely fast and highly alert. As soon as the shots rang, they traveled at extreme speed on the snow, and then disappeared behind the gentle slope.

The two closed the safety, put away their guns, and quickly went to the place where the wolves fell. Before they arrived, they felt the ground shaking. On the gentle slope, various sounds were mixed together, the howling of wolves and the squealing of pigs.

Li Long immediately accelerated his pace, took his long legs, and ran wildly on the snow.

The snow was very deep, and every step forward had to sink to above the knees. If it weren't for his sufficient strength and strong leg muscles, he wouldn't be able to run at all.

By the time he ran to the top of the slope, he saw a black crowd of wild boars crossing the valley mouth at the far end of the valley. In front of their right, two wolves had run to the hillside in a panic.

The natural enemies of the past, under the pressure of the two-legged beasts, had no interest in fighting each other, and were running for their lives at high speed.

The valley mouth was more than a hundred meters away from the slope top where Li Long stood. Li Long hurriedly raised his gun and fired the remaining bullets "bang bang bang bang".

Two wild boars fell at the valley mouth, and the rest rushed out one after another, and then disappeared.

When Halimu walked to Li Long panting, only the trampled messy snow and two wild boars with a large area of blood around them remained in front.

"A group of wild boars?" Halimu asked.

"Yes, a large group, there must be more than twenty." Li Long said, "I really didn't expect these wild boars to be so close to your winter quarters."

"The snow is thick this year, there's no way to graze sheep around, so I don't know where there are wild boar groups nearby." Halimu said, "I really don't know that there are wild boars active here."

"It's okay, I hit two, plus those five wolves, it's not a wasted trip." Li Long said with a smile, "The snow is too heavy, the wild resources have actually gathered together. If you hunt like this, it's really easy to fight."

"Not very likely. It's just that we haven't hunted much during this period, and these wolves are used to being arrogant. After fighting like this today, these wolves will definitely increase their vigilance, and it will be difficult to see them again in a short time."

"It's okay, the wolves are afraid in front of your winter quarters, then your winter quarters will be safe. Tomorrow I can go to Yushanjiang's winter quarters to fight, or go further to Tarihar's winter quarters." ===== CHAPTER 1023 =====