Chapter 196: Midnight wolf howl, stupid wolf!

Li Long came out of the house and went directly to Tao Jian She's house.

He was still worried that Tao Jian She was not there, thinking that if he was not there, he could only put the things in his own house and wait for him to come back to take them.

Didn't expect Tao Jian She to be weeding in the vegetable garden at home. Seeing Li Long come in, he was also very surprised, and greeted Li Long with a smile:

"Little Long is here, are you back from the mountains?"

He was also looking behind Li Long.

"Daqiang didn't come back, he asked me to bring some things to you, and I'm going back to the mountains immediately." Li Long raised the bag in his hand, "Hit a wild boar today, there is a strip of smoked meat in here, and some fresh wild mushrooms. By the way, Daqiang also dug a Codonopsis pilosula, this thing supplements qi and blood, he said you can soak it in tea and drink it."

Li Long took out the large Codonopsis pilosula from the bag, Tao Jian She was also startled:

"Why is it so big?"

"This thing in the mountains hasn't been dug by anyone, it's been growing for decades." Li Long explained, "You put it in the spare room to dry. Cut a little every time to soak in tea, or boil water to drink, the taste is not hard to drink."

Tao Jian She, or most people in the team, don't know much about Codonopsis pilosula, but hearing that it is "ginseng", it will definitely be valued.

Of course, Codonopsis pilosula is Campanulaceae, which is different from the Acanthopanax genus of ginseng, but ordinary people won't care about that much.

After explaining, Li Long left the Tao family.

Li Juan saw Li Long riding a bike coming toward her when she was almost at Weigou.

After seeing her, Li Long stopped the bike and asked:

"Just finished class? Is the homework done?"

"Uncle, I'm done." Li Juan said, "Uncle, are you going to the county or the mountains?"

"Going to the mountains." Li Long took this opportunity to rest.

The speed slowed down when returning, after all, riding back and forth, being tired is certain.

"Qiangqiang caught some fish just now, I put them in the red ash under the stove, told him to eat one bag, and leave the rest for you to eat when you come back. I estimate he hasn't taken them out yet, you watch when you go back, eat slowly, there are many thorns, don't prick yourself."

"Okay." Li Juan promised.

Li Long rode the bike and stepped forward quickly again.

When Li Long returned to the wooden winter nest, the sun had already set, and it started to get cool in the mountains.

What surprised Li Long a bit was that Tao Daqiang hadn't come back yet. But he was just surprised, not too worried. With the 56-semi in hand, unless he encountered someone extremely evil, it would be difficult for Tao Daqiang to have an accident.

Li Long lit the stove and prepared to boil some porridge. Although tired, he ate meat in the morning and noon, so he couldn't be too greasy at night.

The water in the pot had just boiled, Li Long hadn't started stirring yet, Tao Daqiang showed his head from the slope top. Seeing Li Long back, he hurriedly accelerated his pace.

"Yo, dug so much?" Li Long was a bit surprised, Tao Daqiang held a handful in his hand, at least seven or eight very thick and large Codonopsis pilosula.

"Yeah, opposite, there are many after crossing that mountain!" Tao Daqiang panted, looking very tired, but also very excited, "It's just that there are too many grass roots and tree roots below, it's troublesome to dig."

"You dug so much... it can't be dried into goods." Li Long was dumbfounded, "Codonopsis pilosula will only be full in September and October. Now it's just a layer of empty skin when dried, just like the wheat that only filled the pulp in May, it's all shriveled when dried..."

Tao Daqiang didn't understand Li Long's previous statement, but once he said this kind of wheat that filled the pulp, he understood, and asked with some disappointment:

"Then inside this... is it all water?"

"Almost." Li Long smiled, "But it's already dug, so let's wash it and dry it first. No weight, but the effect is still there when eaten."

Tao Daqiang then barely recovered a bit of spirit, went to the water to wash the Codonopsis pilosula and dried it on the shelf in the small room.

Li Long boiled the porridge, put two bowls on the wooden table, and waited for it to cool.

Tao Daqiang washed the Codonopsis pilosula and dried it on the shelf in the small room, then walked to the table, pulled a chair and sat down, let out a long breath:

"It's really comfortable now!"

"Haha, not comfortable in the team?"

"Not as comfortable as here. In the team, if you are outside, you have to light a fire, otherwise you have to feed mosquitoes now. There are no mosquitoes here, and there are not so many things. If I have your ability, Brother Long, I won't be in a hurry even if I stay in the mountains every day.

If I'm free, hit a wild boar, hit a roe deer and I can eat for half a month, not lacking meat, and nothing to do. If I lack money, get something to go to the county to exchange for money to buy things..."

Li Long didn't expect Tao Daqiang's leisurely life to be like this.

Thinking about it, it's actually quite good.

But it's actually impossible. Living two lives, he knows that people are social animals and cannot stay away from the crowd. It may also be that Tao Daqiang was talked about too much in the team, so he would have such an idea of avoiding the world.

Thinking of this, Li Long said with a smile:

"Actually, if you have the ability and can earn money, you can live leisurely wherever you are. Look at you, you are actually richer than most families in the team now.

Wait a few days when we really hit a deer, go back and clean up the horse pen, when the land is free, you pull your family's donkey cart, I pull the horse cart, and pull a cart of wood from the mountains back. At that time, you hit your family's furniture, clean up the house, and the people in the team will talk to you differently."

Tao Daqiang actually understands.

"Brother Long, then do you think we can hit it? Besides, you said there is a forestry team, can you still let us pull wood?"

"Isn't there me." Li Long said with a smile, "I take you, there is no problem."

He didn't talk about the forest ranger thing. Even if Tao Daqiang is a very reliable companion to him, Li Long doesn't intend to show all his cards, there is no benefit, and there is no benefit to both sides. The two talked a lot, mainly Tao Daqiang asked and Li Long answered, but this also strengthened Tao Daqiang's idea of continuing to follow Li Long—thinking about just water rats, he could get at least fifty yuan in two trips, and then there was catching fish, five yuan a trip, and other income. In a year, he could get more than a hundred yuan.

It's no problem to get a bike in two years. At that time, who in the team would look down on him?

After the two drank porridge, Li Long said to Tao Daqiang:

"Let's rest early, but be alert at night. Maybe a wolf will come over. If there is movement, don't move first, look at me."

Li Long was afraid that Tao Daqiang would go off accidentally again, and Tao Daqiang also understood his shortcomings, so he nodded and agreed.

After cleaning up the outside, Li Long entered the room, checked the 56-semi automatic rifle, filled it with bullets, closed the safety, stood it by the bed, locked the door and lay on the bed to rest.

Tired for a day, Li Long fell asleep soon.

Then he was woken up by the wolf howl.

This wolf is too unself-conscious, right? Howling in front of the winter nest?

Li Long just fell asleep, and woke up a bit with getting-up anger. He rubbed his face, got up to put on clothes, picked up the 56-semi automatic rifle, and came to the window.

Afraid of scaring the wolf away by opening the door, Li Long carefully tore open the plastic cloth nailed, looked out, and adapted to it. Soon he saw that old wolf by the stove.

The wolf is indeed very old, the winter hair on its body has not completely faded, looking like it has one piece and no piece, very embarrassed.

!.

It's no wonder that "people are poor and ambitious, horses are thin and hair is long", this wolf is very thin, the hair is very long, and skinny is its portrayal.

Li Long looked in other directions again, and didn't see other wolves.

Is it a lone wolf? Was it driven out of the wolf pack, or did it get lost with the wolf pack?

Li Long guessed while quietly placing the 56-semi automatic rifle on the window lattice.

No matter which one it is, he plans to hit the wolf down first.

Tao Daqiang also heard the wolf howl, but he didn't dare to pull the window open, and couldn't see through the door crack, so he was quite anxious.

Li Long's gun just stretched out, and the wolf found it.

But what surprised Li Long a bit was that the wolf not only didn't hide when it heard the movement, but instead showed its teeth and roared fiercely at Li Long's side.

Li Long laughed angrily.

This wolf is stupid enough!

Then he saw that the wolf was actually protecting food, under its claws, there were two quite large wild boar bones.

Damn, this wolf was likely driven out by other wolves, too stupid!

Of course, it will always pay the price for its stupidity, until the end of its life.

The window height is not very good, Li Long needs to stand in a horse stance and aim there. Fortunately, the wolf is also quite "cooperative" and doesn't run away, just howling at Li Long here, giving him enough time.

Li Long put the wolf into the aiming circle, and as taught in the textbook, slowly pre-pressed, and then pulled the trigger.

"Bang!"

A muffled sound rang in the valley. With this gunshot, the wolf fell to the ground in response, twitched, and then didn't move.

Li Long put away the gun, copied the flashlight by the bed, pulled the door latch and walked out.

Tao Daqiang heard the movement and immediately followed with the gun.

"Brother Long, hit a wolf?"

"An old wolf." Li Long said, "I have to be busy for a while at night."

Actually, he didn't want to hit it, tired for a day, and didn't sleep well at night.

But if he didn't hit it, he didn't know how long this wolf would toss here.

Holding the gun with one hand, holding the flashlight with one hand, he went over and poked it with a bayonet, the wolf didn't move, it should be dead.

"Come, Daqiang, you shine for me, I'll skin this wolf, then cut the meat and put it in a big basin, fill it with water to pull it, let's sleep."

Li Long had anger in his voice, but he also knew that this wolf meat had to be handled.

After all, it's not as hot in the mountains as outside, but it's late April, flies and the like have come out, although the meat won't stink in one night, it's definitely not fresh.

It's better to skin it first, and then it will be convenient to handle.

Tao Daqiang now regretted that he couldn't skin, otherwise he could share some for Li Long.

He only shone the flashlight, pulling the wolf leg from time to time, counting as helping.

Although Li Long was reluctant, he also knew that this wolf skin was worth twenty or thirty yuan, and now it's not the time to be willful, so he skinned it very carefully.

Soon, a wolf skin was skinned, the things in the stomach were cleaned out, the wolf meat and bones were decomposed and soaked in the big basin, put in the two rooms separately, Li Long threw the knife and said to Tao Daqiang:

"Go, go to sleep, tomorrow daytime!"

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