[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-reborn-in-1981-fishing-and-hunting-in-the-northw":3,"chapter-reborn-in-1981-fishing-and-hunting-in-the-northw-reborn-in-1981-fishing-and-hunting-in-the-northw-chapter-107":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Reborn in 1981: Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1933988,2572,"Chapter 107: Yu Shanjiang's Territory","reborn-in-1981-fishing-and-hunting-in-the-northw-chapter-107",107,"\u003Cp>When Li Long rode his bicycle into the mountains again, he was surprised to find Yu Shanjiang at Harimu's winter camp. Yu Shanjiang had arrived on horseback, and Li Long carefully noticed that he must have been dragging a few logs, for a long trail led from his winter camp to this spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Today, you go with Yu Shanjiang and take a look,\" Harimu said. \"I still have some things to do here. I've told you almost everything I know about the surrounding area; the rest you must discover yourself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you need my help?\" Li Long asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, no, no, not needed. Just a little bit, a tiny bit,\" Harimu said with a smile, gesturing with his fingers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long did not insist. He left his bicycle with Harimu, picked up his semi-automatic rifle, and followed Yu Shanjiang to his side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The straight-line distance between Yu Shanjiang's winter camp and Harimu's was at most five or six kilometers, but separated by a mountain gully and traversing uneven terrain, it felt much farther.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This location lay southwest of Harimu's winter camp, deeper into the mountains. Because the terrain north of Yu Shanjiang's winter camp rose and fell sharply, and the mountains were filled with pines, cypresses, or shrubs rather than grasslands, there was little pasture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I heard from Harimu that you encountered a lone wolf today?\" Yu Shanjiang suddenly asked. \"Do you want to hunt it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, I especially want to bring down that wolf,\" Li Long said. \"I always feel that wolf has a grudge against me; we've met several times already.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If it keeps following you, then tonight we'll set an ambush. We'll place a sheep outside; if it dares to come, we'll shoot it!\" Yu Shanjiang said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Setting a trap?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Would the wolf fall for it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long could not guarantee it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good.\" He nodded anyway. Roaming the mountains with a persistent, ghost-like wolf following them, no one could feel at ease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"First, I'll take you to a few places where wild beasts appear. Here, we have red deer,\" Yu Shanjiang grinned, took hold of his horse, and led Li Long westward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they reached a small mountain gully, Yu Shanjiang stopped and pointed at the stream, saying:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Our jade was picked up right here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long memorized this spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Part of the water in this small stream was still flowing and even steaming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was there a hot spring upstream? Curious, Li Long walked over, touched the water, and found it was indeed warm!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Up there, there is a hot spring, though the smell is not good,\" Yu Shanjiang said, noticing Li Long's interest in the water. \"But our elders say that if you have skin ailments, soaking in it does you good.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was indeed a hot spring. Li Long thought he could come soak in it during summer and even bring his family along.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Continuing west, before entering a gully, Yu Shanjiang tied his horse at the gully entrance, then led Li Long inside. After walking more than two hundred meters inward, he stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Slow down, go quietly; there's movement.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long had been trudging along, panting, hearing nothing. Now that Yu Shanjiang mentioned it, he immediately stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This big brother Yu Shanjiang was indeed an experienced hunter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Shanjiang moved slowly inward, with Li Long following quietly behind. After going ten or so meters, Yu Shanjiang stopped again and pointed ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long walked over to stand beside him and saw, far away near the bottom of the gully, more than a hundred meters from their position, a male deer with large antlers grazing on shrubs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The distance was too great, and the shrubs here were quite tall, occasionally blocking the deer's silhouette. Li Long took down his rifle, aimed, but the male deer kept moving; he felt he couldn't hit it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He planned to move forward, but at that moment, wolf howling suddenly echoed through the mountains again!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The male deer, as if struck by lightning, bolted into the mountains upon hearing the howl and quickly disappeared into the thicket, vanishing from sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long was so angry he wanted to curse!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damn, that wolf really is a persistent ghost!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's fine. Tonight, at the winter camp, we'll use a sheep to lure the wolf over,\" Yu Shanjiang comforted him. \"Once we bring down this wolf, your hunting afterward will be much easier.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good.\" Li Long vowed to take down this wolf; otherwise, he wouldn't have a moment's peace for the rest of the year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leaving the gully entrance, Yu Shanjiang hurried back. Fortunately, the horse tied at the entrance was unharmed; the wolf seemed not to have come this way. He then took Li Long to another location where wild boars had once appeared, but judging by the tracks, the snow had been trodden down days ago and had hardened, indicating the boars hadn't been there for at least two days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Inside there are medicinal herbs,\" Yu Shanjiang pointed to another gully. \"You can go check later. Before, Han people came here to dig for herbs, something called fritillaria.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fritillaria? Then in April or May, he could come take a look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pasture area where Yu Shanjiang lived had red deer, roe deer, wild boars, wolves, and argali sheep. Today, however, the luck was poor; besides that one red deer, they encountered nothing else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sun was about to set. Yu Shanjiang led his horse and Li Long back toward the winter camp, once again saying that tonight they would help Li Long bring down that lone wolf.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long looked around, feeling that the wolf might currently be watching him from some mountain peak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Xiangqian, the procurement section chief of the Supply and Marketing Cooperative, hung up the phone, rubbed his head, and wore a worried expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Huang, a purchaser in the section, seeing Li Xiangqian's troubled look, leaned over and asked with a smile:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Section chief, what problem have you encountered? Tell me; maybe I have a solution.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You have no solution at all,\" Li Xiangqian cursed. \"Don't think I don't know your limited capabilities.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Section chief, one person's plan is short, two people's plan is long. If you don't tell me, how would I know? Besides, even if I can't solve it myself, maybe I can find someone who can?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>!.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Xiangqian knew Xiao Huang was good at gathering information, skilled at maneuvering, and a promising candidate for procurement. He said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A leader at the regional Supply and Marketing Cooperative wants to obtain antelope horns. Can you get them?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's definitely impossible; we don't have antelopes here either.\" Upon hearing this, Xiao Huang immediately waved his hand. \"Maybe we can buy them at a pharmacy?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They want whole horns; pharmacies only have sliced ones,\" Li Xiangqian shook his head. \"This antelope... let me ask Old Chen.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He picked up the phone and dialed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Old Chen, have you received anything good lately?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What good things could there be? Nothing but deer antlers and such. Why would you, such a busy person, think to call me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I've run into a problem and wanted to seek advice from you, big brother—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Go ahead,\" Chen Hongjun said with a smile. \"If I know, I'll certainly help you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A leader of mine wants whole antelope horns. Is there a way to get them? I can pay a high price.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Antelope horns? What kind of antelope? There are many kinds of antelopes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then what kinds do you have?\" Li Xiangqian, hearing hope, asked, \"Tell me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't have any kind,\" Chen Hongjun laughed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then what are you saying?\" Li Xiangqian immediately deflated. \"I thought you had some.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't, but I know where to find some.\" Chen Hongjun's words reignited hope in Li Xiangqian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where could it be?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of this chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1300,"2026-06-14T06:06:39.549Z",1,"Qwen3.5 122B","2027ed970c1b02956833fddfea7a106b163e1dec1399a4bd0c3b45535f96820b","reborn-in-1981-fishing-and-hunting-in-the-northw-chapter-108","reborn-in-1981-fishing-and-hunting-in-the-northw-chapter-106",825,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Freborn-in-1981-fishing-and-hunting-in-the-northw-cover.jpg"]