Chapter 195: Not everyone is suitable to be a hunter—Tao Daqiang

Li Long measured it, the distance here to the roe deer is about a hundred meters, he whispered to Tao Daqiang:

"Daqiang, let's touch over quietly, I'll go left and you go right, remember to open the safety and push the bullet into the chamber."

After speaking, Li Long carried the 56-semi, opened the safety, pushed the bullet into the chamber, and then slowly took a few steps to the left, specifically waiting for Tao Daqiang, and the two advanced forward in parallel.

Tao Daqiang was excited and nervous. When hitting the wild boar, he didn't get a chance to fire, and didn't dare to fire. Now that the roe deer is in front, and Li Long said he has a chance to fire, how can he not be excited?

Although he trained to shoot in the winter with the base militia, it was still a 56-semi, but that was lying on the snow pile on the south bank of the Little Haizi, everything had people shouting slogans, lying down listening to slogans to load bullets, pull the bolt to push into the chamber, listening to slogans to shoot, there was no autonomy at all, whether it hit or not, there was no reward or punishment—unless a sharpshooter hit the full target or hit zero rings, both of which were almost difficult to exist.

Tao Daqiang used his peripheral vision to keep consistent with Li Long, pulled the bolt to push into the chamber, opened the safety, and then held the gun with both hands and walked forward slowly.

The grass was quite deep, fortunately the distance was far enough, and the wind was not big this season, Li Long didn't worry about being smelled by the roe deer, mainly movement.

Both of them were bent over, their heights were quite tall, and it was quite uncomfortable to bend over for a long time, but at this time, they had to endure it.

Walking forward for twenty or thirty meters, Li Long looked at the distance, it was almost time, he could aim, but there were many high grasses in front, he turned his head to Tao Daqiang and said:

"Daqiang, let's walk forward for ten or so meters, bypass this piece of high grass, and then aim and fire. When I count three, two, one, we fire."

This piece of high grass was mixed with shrubs, the two bypassed carefully, Tao Daqiang's clothes were hooked, he hurriedly turned his head to untie, and was worried that the movement would startle the roe deer, his face turned red, and sweat came down.

After untying, he walked over to the right, saw Li Long kneeling on one knee, already started aiming, immediately followed suit, aimed the small caliber at the roe deer on the right, his finger subconsciously rested on the trigger, and then subconsciously:

"Bang!"

Li Long was aiming, suddenly heard the gun fire from Tao Daqiang next to him, and immediately understood that he should have gone off accidentally. Although he hadn't prepared here, the roe deer there had already been startled. In desperation, he hurriedly aimed at a male roe deer and pulled the trigger!

When he was ready to fire the second shot, the group of roe deer had already rushed toward the reverse slope.

"Chase!" Li Long didn't look at Tao Daqiang's expression which was a bit confused and immediately became guilty, shouted, "Let's go see if we hit!"

Tao Daqiang reacted, carried the gun and rushed forward.

"Close the safety first, lest it go off again!" Li Long reminded again, kept a certain distance from him, and rushed forward running.

Tao Daqiang lowered his head to close the safety, then strode forward, he used all his strength, and soon rushed past Li Long, rushing onto the mountain slope like the wind.

Li Long also accelerated his speed, the two rushed to the position where the roe deer had just stayed one after another, they didn't stop, but continued to run forward, rushed over this flat slope, and saw the downhill road behind the mountain.

That side is a grass slope with green grass up to the knees, occasionally with one or two clusters of shrubs, but overall there are no tall shelters, and you can see far away at a glance.

Then he saw a roe deer limping from the bottom of the slope along the ditch and running into the distance, still screaming while running.

That roe deer was less than eighty meters away from Li Long and Tao Daqiang, and the speed was not fast.

Male roe deer, with short horns on its head.

Li Long was about to raise his gun to aim, Tao Daqiang had already rushed down like a gust of wind. Looking at it, he wanted to catch the roe deer alive!

Li Long put away the gun helplessly, but looking at Tao Daqiang's speed like lightning, maybe he could really catch that roe deer.

Li Long carried the gun and followed quickly. The male roe deer heard the movement, turned its head and saw Tao Daqiang rushing over, so it immediately accelerated.

Helplessly, its front leg was hit, it was very painful as soon as it moved and was bleeding, it should be that the bone was broken, the speed couldn't be mentioned, it ran out for more than thirty meters and was caught up by Tao Daqiang.

Tao Daqiang carried the small caliber rifle on his back, grabbed the skin on the back of the roe deer's neck with one hand, bent down and grabbed its leg with one hand, and pressed the roe deer to the ground.

The roe deer with gunshot wounds was not Tao Daqiang's opponent at all, and could only scream in terror there.

Li Long ran over, looked down at the roe deer's wound, and said with a smile:

"This is okay, caught a live one!"

"Brother Long, it's my fault, I don't know why it went off..."

"It's okay, it's okay, didn't we catch a live one?" Li Long smiled, "First time hunting, understandable. But your marksmanship and psychological quality really need to be practiced."

On the way back, Tao Daqiang let Li Long carry the small caliber, he carried the male roe deer on his shoulder, and carried it all the way back to the winter nest wooden house.

The roe deer probably guessed its fate, and stopped screaming after screaming.

This roe deer is not big, Li Long estimated it should be less than thirty kilograms. Li Long arrived at the small wooden house, opened the lock, Tao Daqiang hugged the roe deer and went in, and when he came out, he had already tied a halter for the roe deer with the rope inside.

"Not bad, you can still do this." Li Long said with a smile.

"My family has a donkey, I learned it after watching my dad do it twice." Tao Daqiang said with a shy smile, "I see this roe deer's injury is not heavy, should it be able to be raised?"

"Probably can't be raised." Li Long shook his head and said, "Wild ones, small ones are okay, big ones are not easy to raise. But now the weather is hot, bringing it back alive is better than dead, at least it can be kept for a few more days."

"Then put it here first?" Tao Daqiang asked, "What about at night?"

Li Long thought for a while and said: "Daqiang, how about I ride a bike and send it back to the team first, put it at Uncle Old Luo's place, and then I'll come back. Are you afraid of staying in the mountains alone?"

"What's there to be afraid of?" Tao Daqiang waved his hand, "What can be in this mountain? I have a gun during the day, and at night I drill into the house, I won't go out no matter who calls..."

"No need, it's only noon now, let's get something to eat in a while, I'll go back, I can still come back before dark." Li Long said, "Then let's cook, that meat should be almost smoked, let's do it simply, roast it and eat it."

It's not so particular to eat in the mountains, it's quite good to be full, and having meat is already an enjoyment.

Li Long went to see the smoking room, the fire pile below had been completely extinguished for so long, the meat was smoked black and yellow, Li Long cut a large piece of lean meat with a little fat, Tao Daqiang had already picked a handful of red willow branches, Li Long skewered the meat, Tao Daqiang set up the fire, and soon the fire was lit.

He used thin branches, the strong fire burned out soon, leaving a pile of white charcoal fire, Li Long put the meat branches on the edge of the stone to roast, the two were not particular, eating while roasting.

"Brother Long, can you go back later, I'll dig some mushrooms to bring to my dad." Tao Daqiang said suddenly after eating two skewers of meat.

"Okay." Li Long said with a smile, "Get more, I'll also get some. There are plenty of these things in the mountains, but it's not easy for people in the team to eat."

There are many mushrooms on the hillside, so there is no need to be particular about whether they open the umbrella or not, as long as they are straw mushrooms, as long as they are fresh, they are all picked. Soon the two got half a urea bag.

Li Long also saw porcini mushrooms, but there are too many branches of this thing, he didn't dare to pick them, afraid of encountering poisonous ones.

Thinking about it in half a month, the famous morel mushrooms should come down, right?

Li Long was full, he went to the small room, divided a few bags to pack the mushrooms, and tied them on the front handle of the bike.

Tao Daqiang tied the roe deer up with five flowers and tied it firmly on the back seat of the bike.

Li Long looked at it, pointed to two places and let Tao Daqiang tie it loosely, lest the roe deer die halfway.

"Brother Long, you can take that Codonopsis pilosula back to my dad." Tao Daqiang said, "Can I dig a few more here?"

"Okay. I'll leave that 56-semi to you, you dig your things, if you encounter others, don't believe anything they say, wait for me to come back. By the way, if I come back late or come tomorrow, you go into the house early, lock the door and sleep, don't open it no matter who comes." "Okay, I know." Tao Daqiang promised.

Li Long pushed the bike and walked a few steps, feeling quite stable, then stepped on it and rode up, waved to Tao Daqiang, and went down the mountain.

Watching Li Long's back disappear, Tao Daqiang turned and returned to the wooden house.

Li Long was not there, Tao Daqiang didn't feel free, but a bit worried and panicked.

Actually, he was clear that if it weren't for his accidental discharge, Li Long's harvest today might be more. Although he caught the roe deer alive and brought it back, this couldn't cover up the fact that his accidental discharge almost caused this hunting to fail.

Following Li Long in the past, he just needed to do what Li Long said. Now Li Long was gone, leaving him alone, but he didn't know what to do.

Thinking about what he said to Li Long earlier, he locked the door, carried the shovel, carried the gun, and went to find Codonopsis pilosula according to the position in his memory.

Walking through a ditch, Tao Daqiang found that there was no need to go so far, in the ditches nearby, many shady mountain slopes grew Codonopsis pilosula.

Tao Daqiang became interested immediately and started digging.

Digging out a branch of Codonopsis pilosula, Tao Daqiang was a bit disappointed, this root was not even half as long as the previous one, he stood up straight and looked around, and then saw fritillaria growing nearby.

!.

Dig or not?

Hesitated for a while, Tao Daqiang still thought about Li Long's words and didn't dig.

Continue digging Codonopsis pilosula, pick mushrooms.

Li Long rode the bike with the roe deer out of the mountain pass, and then began to accelerate.

He was still a bit worried about leaving Tao Daqiang alone in the mountains. But since he had already come out, he should finish the matter as soon as possible and talk about it after returning.

Riding all the way through the county, Li Long didn't stop, all the way to the township middle school, Li Long turned in and came to Gu Xiaoxia's dormitory. After parking the bike, he came to the dormitory door. He originally thought Gu Xiaoxia was still in class, but didn't expect the door to be open, and Gu Xiaoxia was organizing things inside.

Li Long knocked on the door, Gu Xiaoxia turned her head and looked, a look of surprise appeared on her face immediately. Li Long took a bag from the front of the bike and handed it over, saying:

"This is the mushrooms picked today, and some smoked wild boar meat, you take it and eat. I have to rush back to the team now, so I won't stay."

"You wait..." Gu Xiaoxia originally wanted to talk to Li Long for a few more words, but hearing him say this, she turned around and groped at the bed for a while, then took a white shirt and gestured in front of Li Long, saying:

"This is the dacron shirt I bought for you. The weather is getting hot, and the thick clothes behind can't be worn. You are tall, wearing this shows your figure."

Li Long smiled and took it, gestured on his body and said:

"It looks quite fit, then I'll take it." He didn't be polite to Gu Xiaoxia, and Gu Xiaoxia was also quite happy.

"Then I'll go first, this guy was injured by me, I have to put it at Uncle Old Luo's place, see if it can be raised for a few days. I plan to clean up the horse pen, and then invite the young people in the team to work when they are free. If this roe deer can't be raised, then kill it and eat meat."

"Yeah." Gu Xiaoxia nodded first, then asked after the fact:

"Are you going to clean up the old horse pen?"

"Yeah, my dad and mom are coming over in a while, my house is not enough. I bought the old horse pen and plan to clean up a room to live in first. In a while, I'll ask Captain Xu about building a new house, see where he allocates me a foundation."

Gu Xiaoxia originally listened very seriously, but when Li Long said this, when she realized the meaning, she lowered her head and didn't speak.

"You are busy, I'll finish this busy period, and then come to talk to you." Li Long took the clothes, folded them carefully and put them in his cross-body bag, "Eat more, I'll bring you more later."

Gu Xiaoxia watched Li Long leave at the door, then returned to the room and opened the bag.

In the bag were two pieces of smoked wild boar meat, the kind with five flowers. And there were two or three kilograms of wild mushrooms. The two flavors mixed together, smelling strange.

She first took out the smoked pork, wrapped it in a cage cloth, and hung it at the back window of the dormitory. Then she took a basin and picked out those mushrooms one by one.

She couldn't finish eating in one meal, she planned to slice some and dry them, and send some to Teacher Wang next door. Teacher Wang has always taken good care of her, and there should be reciprocity.

Li Long rode the bike all the way to the elementary school, saw that the elementary school hadn't finished class, so he returned directly to the old horse pen.

Uncle Old Luo was picking up some half-broken bricks outside the horse pen. Seeing Li Long come back, he was a bit surprised, and seeing Li Long's bike still carrying a live one, he asked with a smile:

"Little Long, what did you bring back?"

"Roe deer, I hit it with a gun, it was injured, I don't know if it can live, put it here first." Li Long said, "If it can live, raise it first. If it can't live, then in a few days I'll find the young people in the team to clean up this yard, just in time to use the roe deer meat to treat everyone."

"That's fine, I'll raise it first—hey, the injury on the leg is not small, you didn't bandage it... come, come, come, leave it to me."

"Then you be careful." Li Long hugged the roe deer into the horse pen, "This guy has been two years old, it's wild."

"Not afraid, not afraid. I can handle horses, what is this guy."

After handing the roe deer to Old Luo, Li Long rode his bike home.

Li Jianguo and Liang Yumei were not there, Li Qiang was squatting by the pressure well and busy with something. After hearing the car sound, he turned his head and saw it was Li Long, and ran over excitedly.

"Little Uncle, Little Uncle! I caught a lot of fish, look!" He pulled Li Long to the pressure well. Li Long saw a dozen crucian carp the size of a palm in the basin by the pressure well, half of which had been picked of gills and scales, and asked unexpectedly:

"Where did you catch it?"

"Behind the big canal, there is no water, I caught it. Little Uncle, you are back, can you stew fish?"

"No, I'm going into the mountains in a while, do you want to eat fish?"

"Yeah." Li Qiang was a bit disappointed.

"Then you clean the fish stomach clean, I'll roast fish for you to eat." Li Long thought for a while and said with a smile, "But you have to wait for your sister to come back and eat together."

"Okay!" Li Qiang became happy when he heard there was something to eat.

Li Long first put some mushrooms and meat in the kitchen, then went to see that there was water in the pot on the stove, so he hugged a handful of firewood and stuffed it under the stove to burn. After a while, the water was half-open, Li Long withdrew the fire, leaving red fire. He went to find a few newspapers. At this time, Li Qiang had already finished handling the fish.

Li Long went to the pressure well, washed the fish while pressing water, and handled the ones Li Qiang didn't handle clean again. After handling, he wrapped the fish with wet newspaper, took salt and chili powder, and rubbed it carefully on the fish, including the inside.

After all the fish were handled, Li Long wrapped four or five fish in wet newspaper, wrapped them all, came to the stove, picked open the red ash and stuffed the paper bags in one by one, and then covered the paper bags with wood ash.

"Qiangqiang, wait twenty minutes, if your sister hasn't come back, you take these paper bags out one by one. Look, there are four in total, you eat one, leave the rest for your sister and the others to come back and eat together."

"Okay!"

Li Long also cleaned up the firewood in front of the stove to avoid Li Qiang causing a fire when he took the fish bag, and finally left by bike.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 196 =====