[{"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-109":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},1933990,2572,"Chapter 109: Helping to Hunt Yellow Sheep?","reborn-in-1981-fishing-and-hunting-in-the-northw-chapter-109",109,"\u003Cp>Li Long pried open the three-pronged bayonet, walked up to the wolf, and drove it hard into the wolf's neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yushanjiang, following behind, watched the scene and nodded slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bayonet pierced the wolf's neck and sank deep into the snow; feeling no movement from the wolf at all, Li Long finally felt completely relieved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let's go, drag it to the entrance of the winter camp; I'll skin it for you,\" Yushanjiang said to Li Long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long closed the three-pronged bayonet, slung the rifle over his back, and dragged one of the gray wolf's legs as he walked back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You did well this time. Although you fired a bit early, the follow-up shots were good,\" Yushanjiang spoke again. \"Hunting is all about timing. With good timing, one shot kills. In the mountains, we must save bullets. Sheep can give birth to dozens over winter, but bullets are finite; every shot fired is one less.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long understood Yushanjiang's meaning: he wanted to say that firing when the wolf bites a sheep would be best, but Li Long had fired too soon. However, the follow-up shots completed the hunting objective, even if it was a bit of a waste of bullets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their values differed—Li Long felt he didn't lack bullets. He decided that before coming here next time, he would get more bullets from the team, so that at least when Halimu, Yushanjiang, and others went to the summer pasture, they would have some confidence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was said that at the summer pasture, one could not only encounter wolves but also snow leopards and brown bears; those creatures were even more dangerous!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While the wolf's corpse was still unfrozen, Yushanjiang quickly skinned it that night. As for the wolf meat, Yushanjiang and the others didn't want it, so Li Long planned to take it back along with the wolf skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next day, Yushanjiang led Li Long toward the southeast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In these mountain gullies, each one has mushrooms. Ten years ago, Han people came here to pick mushrooms, saying the mushrooms here were very valuable. Oh, and there are also herbs, like ginseng,\" Yushanjiang said, standing on the ridge and pointing to the gullies below. \"Our Kazakh herbs are different from yours. Wait until summer to come, or find someone who knows the trade, and you should be able to tell.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long looked at the similar terrain and felt worried. Previously, Halimu had pointed out some locations he could barely remember, since those places had some distinct landforms, but here the valleys all looked alike, making them truly hard to distinguish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yushanjiang saw Li Long's trouble and said with a smile:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's fine. You just need to remember the location of this winter camp, then walk around from there. Don't go too far. The nearby area can be covered in a week; by then, you'll know what's where.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alright, this really treated him like a universal hunter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After staying two days with Yushanjiang, Li Long returned to Halimu's place with one wolf, two wild rabbits, and two deer antlers. After drinking milk tea, he rode his bicycle, carrying the already frozen-stiff wolf back to the county town.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After putting the wolf meat, wolf skin, and wild rabbits in the large room, Li Long took the deer antlers to the procurement station.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Hongjun was not there; Li Long saw the woman who had given him a discounted price last time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman recognized Li Long only as familiar, not knowing who he was. Seeing the two deer antlers, she smiled and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Young man, these antlers are of good quality. I'll give you four yuan fifty per kilogram; that's a high price.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long knew this woman certainly wouldn't offer a fair price. He picked up the antlers and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I heard prices have gone up for everything recently. Your four yuan fifty is a bit low.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Four yuan fifty isn't low,\" the woman shook her head. \"A while ago it was three yuan; that's already a fifty percent increase.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, then I'll wait. Antlers aren't hard to sell anyway,\" Li Long said, unwilling to suffer a loss for nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then... five yuan. Five yuan is okay?\" the woman said, her eyes darting. \"At this price, we won't buy many all winter.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Six yuan,\" Li Long blurted out. \"Six yuan and I'll sell!\" Actually, five yuan wasn't bad; last time Chen Hongjun had bought them for five yuan, but Li Long simply didn't want to sell directly to this woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Six yuan is definitely impossible!\" the woman immediately refused. \"At most, I can give you five yuan fifty!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did the price really go up again?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long nodded. The two deer antlers weighed seven point six kilograms and sold for forty-one yuan and eighty fen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After collecting the money and leaving, Li Long unlocked his bicycle and rode to the department store.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>School was about to start, and spring was coming. He planned to buy a pair of sneakers for each of Li Juan and Li Qiang, plus two pairs of thin socks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There weren't many people at the department store now. Li Long knew Li Juan's and Li Qiang's shoe sizes, so there was nothing much to choose. He bought two pairs of shoes and two pairs of socks, then purchased some sesame cakes, Jiang noodles, and weighed out some seasonings. He went out, rode his bicycle to the compound, loaded the wild rabbits and the wolf, and headed back to the team. As the bicycle entered the team area, Li Long was somewhat surprised to find no children playing on the road; perhaps it was mealtime and they had all gone home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, where the children often played, a smooth, mirror-like ice track five or six meters long had been worn down. He had to avoid it while riding, or he would surely fall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the roadside, someone had discarded an electric spark plug (a small \"old ox\" made from a spark plug). Li Long stopped the bike, picked it up, then pedaled home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the bicycle bell, Li Jianguo pushed the door open and came out, followed by Li Juan and Li Qiang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uncle, you caught another wolf!\" Li Qiang shouted, looking at the items on the bicycle's rear rack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And two rabbits,\" Li Juan added, looking at the rabbits hanging from the handlebars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Quick, come inside; it's cold out there,\" Li Jianguo said with a smile. \"You've been gone several days; someone even called for you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Called for me?\" Li Long was somewhat surprised. \"Who? Who called?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They said it was from the Supply and Marketing Cooperative,\" Li Jianguo said. \"They asked you to go to the cooperative when you have time and find Section Chief Li.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long understood; it must be Section Chief Li from the procurement section.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could there be a problem with those sheep? That shouldn't be; the sheep were slaughtered fresh, young castrated males without internal organs, so there shouldn't be any infectious diseases or the like.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>!.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They said they want you to help hunt yellow sheep,\" Li Jianguo added. Li Long understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So it was just hunting; then there was no problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They all unloaded the items from the bicycle together. Li Long parked the bike under the window, locked it, and then went inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The room was steaming with heat and filled with a fragrant aroma. Li Long said with a smile:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I really came back at the right time; I've caught the mealtime.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing cornmeal steamed cakes on the table, Li Long asked Liang Yuemei:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sister-in-law, why aren't you eating fine grains?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know you care about those two,\" Liang Yuemei said with a smile. \"They said they wanted to eat steamed cakes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alright, heaven and earth are vast, but children come first. Li Long said no more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, it was already mid-afternoon. Li Long guessed the family had resumed the habit of two meals a day and said nothing more. Li Jianguo, however, said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A couple of days ago, Da Qiang and I went to catch some fish, but we haven't gone since. There aren't many fish left to catch in the small lake now. Da Qiang said he wants to check the big lake later...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There are quite a few people selling fish on the black market now,\" Li Long said after thinking. \"Let's sell the fish we have stored first. If that doesn't work, we'll have to wait.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"True. The ice is melting soon; this season's fishing is basically over,\" Li Jianguo said, still somewhat regretful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When the snow melts, we can set nets to catch fish then,\" Li Long said with a smile. \"I bought gill nets. We can set them the night before and retrieve them early the next morning to sell the fish; it's very fast!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Will that work?\" Li Jianguo asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There are many more people selling things on the black market now. I estimate that in a while, no one will be managing it anymore. It will work.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's good...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hope filled the eyes of the Li family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1513,"2026-06-14T06:06:39.549Z",1,"Qwen3.5 122B","23cc3bafb00e2594de5d7971124aef8d1ce6ce47c2a3cd7efe58ce82b414441d","reborn-in-1981-fishing-and-hunting-in-the-northw-chapter-110","reborn-in-1981-fishing-and-hunting-in-the-northw-chapter-108",825,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Freborn-in-1981-fishing-and-hunting-in-the-northw-cover.jpg"]