[{"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-175":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},1934056,2572,"Chapter 175: The Winter Shelter","reborn-in-1981-fishing-and-hunting-in-the-northw-chapter-175",175,"\u003Cp>\"There is a woman in my room, it's not convenient.\" Li Long felt calmer after reaching his gun. \"You two should rest outside the door. It's April now, it's not that cold outside, just make do for the night.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother, have some mercy. I'm not just cold, I'm hungry too. Can you get us something to eat? I picked up some deer antlers, how about I trade them with you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We don't have any food either.\" Seeing the other party insisted on Li Long opening the door, Li Long knew the people outside were not simple. He said, \"Grain is hard to come by in the mountains, and it's late at night now, let's leave it until tomorrow.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long hoped these people would retreat in the face of difficulties, but for safety's sake, he slowly disengaged the gun's safety and chambered a round.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the wooden cabin door was quite sturdy, if the people outside were determined to get in, the internal lock with double bolts wouldn't be able to stop them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason Li Long sensed something was wrong was that he could hear there were at least two people outside, yet when he asked, the other party only claimed to be one person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was definitely a problem here!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother, just have some mercy and open the door, it's too cold outside! My request isn't high, just unlock the room next door and let us stay inside for the night. Don't worry, I absolutely won't take your things. I'll leave as soon as it's dawn, okay?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then just smash the lock and go in.\" Li Long's eyes darted, and he probed, \"I'm scared too, it's so late. We don't need the lock, there's only junk in there, nothing valuable...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, no, how can we do that? Smashing the lock is bad, and buying a new one costs money. Just open the door and take out the key, I'm not a bad person!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's fine, didn't you say you'd trade deer antlers? A deer antler is worth a lot, what's one lock? You guys smash it, alright, we're going to sleep.\" Li Long finished speaking and didn't intend to answer again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other party was clearly not giving up and kept trying different ways to get Li Long to open the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long stopped talking, walked slowly to the door, and pressed the gun against the wooden door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother, what's the point of talking nonsense with him! We have tools in our hands, just smash it! It's pitch black, who would know what we did?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As expected, they were no good!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, the wooden door shook violently, making a huge \"Bang!\" sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, the other party had used some tool to smash the door!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bang! Bang! Bang!\" The other party smashed it a few more times in succession, and the wooden door began to sway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stop smashing! We have a gun!\" Li Long shouted from inside the door. He still hoped to scare them away; he didn't want to see blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They have a gun!\" The smashing sound stopped as expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Gun my ass! If they had a gun, why would they be so cowardly earlier? They're lying! Brother, give me the axe, I'll smash it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone else took over, and with a fierce swing, an axe slammed into the door, causing it to shake violently!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stop smashing, I'm really going to shoot!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long became ruthless, aiming the small-caliber rifle at the door. If they didn't listen, he wouldn't be soft-hearted anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The answer he got was another violent round of door-smashing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Pop!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Pop! Pop!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long pulled the trigger. He aimed at the chest area and fired three shots in a row.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah—! Damn it, they really have a gun! My arm!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My hand!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Screams came, followed by the sound of heavy objects hitting the ground and footsteps running away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long unlatched the door and stepped out with the gun. In the dim dawn light, he saw two dark figures running away more than ten meters away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't run, run again and I'll shoot your heads!\" The two dark figures stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The screaming continued. Li Long turned back to the wooden kang to grab his flashlight and shone it on the two figures. They were two short men with stubble; one had blood on his arm, and the other was clutching his right hand. Clearly, both were injured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come over here!\" Li Long pointed the gun at the two men. At this moment, he didn't dare to let his guard down at all, because he saw an axe at his feet. If he hadn't been carrying a gun, he would probably have fallen under that axe by now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two men slowly moved to within two or three meters of Li Long. Li Long shouted again:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kneel down!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one with the injured arm knelt down directly, crying out with a miserable face:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Big brother, can you bandage it? I'm bleeding to death!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This person was younger and seemed less able to endure pain and injury. The other one was older, Li Long guessed between thirty and forty, his eyes flickering, not daring to look Li Long in the eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You, kneel down!\" Li Long kept the gun pointed at the two men and scolded the man with the injured hand. This man hesitated, not wanting to kneel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Big brother, just kneel down!\" The one with the injured arm next to him couldn't stand the pain and begged the older one, \"Otherwise, I can't get my arm bandaged.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The middle-aged man glared at his brother and had no choice but to kneel down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long scolded:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stay kneeling and don't move!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He went into the room, grabbed a hemp rope, and threw it to the one with the injured hand:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tie him up, tie his arms behind his back! Leave the injured spot exposed, I'll apply medicine for him later! Tie it tight, otherwise, I'll kill you right now!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The middle-aged man refused to tie him, so Li Long fired a shot into the ground and said in a deep voice:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just like you said, in these desolate mountains, if I blow both your heads off and find a place to dig a hole and bury you, no one will come looking for you, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man was terrified. He had no choice but to pick up the hemp rope and kneel there to tie the other person up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young man heard Li Long say he would apply medicine, so he stopped struggling and let himself be tied up obediently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tie yourself up too!\" After watching the middle-aged man tie up the young man, Li Long ordered again, \"Don't tell me you don't know how to tie it, use your mouth! Both hands! Tie it tight!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This man glanced at Li Long and then lowered his head. Li Long could see the unwillingness in his eyes, but he didn't care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I still have six bullets in my gun. If you think you can run away or fight back before these six bullets are gone, then give it a try!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Li Long really didn't mind giving the other party another shot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had already shot them, so one more shot wouldn't matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man didn't speak. When he was tying himself up, Li Long saw his palm was full of blood; it must have been pierced by a bullet. When he was tying it, the hemp rope and his sleeves were covered in blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, the man used his mouth to tie a slipknot at the end of the rope and looked up at Li Long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long didn't say a word, brought the butt of his gun down, and knocked the man to the ground. The young man looked at Li Long in terror, thinking Li Long was going to silence them!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Making a slipknot so you can run away halfway, right?\" Li Long sneered and kicked him again, then used the muzzle of the gun to pry the slipknot into a dead knot. \"Or do you think you can outrun a bullet?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After saying this, he didn't wait for the two to react. He went back into the room, took out a bottle of Yunnan Baiyao, and poured half of it onto the young man's arm first—the bullet had torn a chunk of flesh off his arm, and his sleeve was soaked in blood. It should have stopped bleeding, but it started flowing again when he tied his arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long pulled out the cotton from the Baiyao, poured half the bottle onto the wound, and the young man let out a howl. \"What are you howling for? I poured half a bottle of Baiyao that costs a yuan a bottle on you!\" Li Long scolded. \"Damn it, a grown man can't even endure this little pain?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Li Long pour Baiyao for him, the young man stopped screaming after hearing that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long went over to pour medicine on the middle-aged man's hand. His vigilance was very high at this moment, fearing this guy would suddenly jump up and attack him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, the other party didn't do that and waited quietly for Li Long to apply the medicine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long poured all the remaining medicine onto his hand and stepped back a few paces, only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He really didn't want to have human lives on his hands; it was better to leave the rest to the authorities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Get up, move!\" Li Long pointed the gun at the two men.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two men struggled to get up, careful not to touch their wounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before they moved, Li Long locked the door of the main room, opened the door of the small room, took the things off the bicycle and put them away, then pushed the bicycle out and locked the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he pushed forward, he kicked something under his feet. He looked down and saw a black cloth bag, so he picked it up and tucked it onto the back seat of the bicycle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Move, walk in the direction I point. I'm taking you out of the mountains now. Don't play any tricks; my patience is limited, I won't give another warning, and I don't have any more Baiyao!\" After Li Long finished speaking, he held the gun with one hand on the bicycle handlebars and pointed at the two men with the other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>!.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two men seemed to have resigned themselves to their fate and walked forward one after the other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Follow this sheep path, don't tell me you can't see it,\" Li Long said again:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Keep walking forward!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He escorted the two men out of the mountains. It was more than an hour later when they reached the main road.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can you let us rest for a while?\" The young man felt his wound hurting badly and begged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fine,\" Li Long said, \"Rest for a while.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After resting twice in between, Li Long finally brought the two men into the county town and arrived at the police station across from the compound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this time, the sky was just beginning to brighten.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention the two wounded, even Li Long himself was exhausted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He who travels a hundred miles is only halfway there. When he reached the entrance of the police station, he slung the small-caliber rifle over his shoulder and shouted loudly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Officer Guo, Officer Guo!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A duty officer immediately ran out and was greatly surprised to see Li Long carrying a gun and the two injured men.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are... you're Little Li, right?\" The man actually recognized Li Long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, yes, it's me.\" Li Long thought it was great that he knew him, and pointed to the two injured men:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I went into the mountains to purchase goods. While staying in a winter shelter, these two people attempted to smash the door. I suspect they are habitual offenders and very likely have a criminal record. I shot and wounded them in self-defense. This is my gun—it's registered at the supply and marketing cooperative, Section Chief Li of the procurement section can testify...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, come in.\" The officer was quite clear about Li Long's situation and opened the door to let the three of them in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After entering the police station, the duty director also heard the commotion and walked out with his coat draped over his shoulders. He was also a bit surprised to see Li Long. After asking and learning the general situation, he nodded and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, since the wounds have been simply treated, let's interrogate them now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"By the way, the bag on my bicycle should be theirs. I don't know what's inside, I haven't looked yet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Li Long said this, he clearly felt the two men tremble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The duty officer brought the black bag in and opened it, finding clothes stuffed inside haphazardly, some money, and some Fritillaria in paper bags.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There's blood on these clothes!\" The officer was very experienced and immediately saw the problem with the clothes under the light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long thought to himself, I hope I'm not a jinx, and what I said is true—these two people... had they committed crimes beforehand?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Li Long finished his statement, the duty officer asked him to hand over the gun and took him to the duty room to rest. They knew Li Long's situation well—his background was clean, and they weren't worried about him having any issues.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the contrary, when the director interrogated the other two separately, he became increasingly shocked!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These two people hadn't just committed crimes; they had human lives on their hands!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the sky was completely bright, the duty officer brought Li Long a meal and said with a smile:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Comrade Little Li, you've brought us a great merit again this time! It's also because you were cautious and fired first; otherwise, you might have really been harmed by them!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These two people were drifters who had come from the border. In fact, at this time, many places in Northern Xinjiang accepted these migrant populations, though mainly for farming after acceptance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These two didn't want to do farm work. They had picked medicinal herbs before and thought about getting some herbs in the mountains to make money. Then they met another person in the mountains with the same idea. They wanted to team up with the other person, but the other person was better at picking herbs and only wanted to work alone. The two sides didn't reach an agreement, and the two of them accidentally beat the person to death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After beating the person to death, they robbed the person's belongings and then continued to flee in the mountains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because it was a crime committed by two people, it was uncovered after separate interrogations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Comrade Little Li, you're lucky. The younger one said their original plan was to knock on the door of the winter shelter, tie the person up, and rob them. But you never opened the door, and they developed murderous intent at that time. It was your quick reaction to fire first... this counts as self-defense, it's fine.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was about what Li Long had guessed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The interrogation of these two was still ongoing, but the part concerning Li Long had ended. It was already morning when Li Long left the police station.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gun was returned to him, and he pedaled his bicycle to the compound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After being tired for a whole night, he needed a good sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long didn't wake up until the afternoon. Feeling refreshed, he washed up simply. Because the holster for the small-caliber rifle was still in the mountains, he had to find a sack to wrap the gun in and tie it to the bicycle, intending to go back into the mountains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he pushed the bicycle out and turned to lock the door, Guo Tiebing's voice came from over there:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Comrade Little Li!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long locked the door and turned around, watching Guo Tiebing walk over quickly, asking with concern:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Comrade Little Li, are you alright?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm fine... I've recovered...\" Li Long meant he had rested, but Guo Tiebing clearly misunderstood. He nodded and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It took me several days to recover the first time I fired at a criminal suspect. It's fine, you shot a criminal. You have to understand, if you hadn't fired at him, it's very likely that you would have been the one injured or killed, and even after they got your gun, they might have harmed more people later...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long finally understood. It turned out Guo Tiebing was afraid he would have psychological burdens because he had shot someone. He felt both touched and amused, but it was hard to explain this to Guo Tiebing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guo Tiebing comforted him for a while, then patted him on the shoulder and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, if anything happens, come find me. But I still want to advise you, this gun is fine for shooting animals, but unless it's a situation like today, try to use it less on people. You have to grasp the measure.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After saying goodbye to Guo Tiebing, Li Long pedaled his bicycle into the mountains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He went to Xiaobaiyang Gully first, saw everyone was still weaving carrying poles with peace of mind, and then went to Halimu's place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had already moved away; the winter shelter was empty, and the sheep and cattle pens were also empty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",2916,"2026-06-14T06:06:39.549Z",1,"Qwen3.5 122B","dc0a567a43436bec8c02ffdd687e76d6d85f331beca80a267257e51ced860bec","reborn-in-1981-fishing-and-hunting-in-the-northw-chapter-176","reborn-in-1981-fishing-and-hunting-in-the-northw-chapter-174",180,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Freborn-in-1981-fishing-and-hunting-in-the-northw-cover.jpg"]