Chapter 303: Robbed a hunter's prey, really refreshing!

When he arrived at the hot spring, Li Long deliberately slowed down and even passed through the forest.

When he reached the forest above the pool, the place where he had ambushed before, put down the bag, raised his gun and looked, he found there was no movement here.

There was just a quite strong smell of blood.

Was there something, just that he didn't see it?

Or had something already hunted here, and he came late?

Li Long carried the gun and carefully touched toward the pool.

After coming out of the forest and arriving at the side of the pool, Li Long discovered that on the side of the stream, a half-grown roe deer was lying on the ground, its body still twitching.

Blood was continuously squirting out from its neck, obviously having been bitten to death not long ago.

And the hunter who bit it to death probably heard the movement of him coming over, was scared away, and even dragged the prey for a distance when running, dragging it out of the stream, but maybe couldn't drag it or for other reasons, threw this small roe deer here.

Li Long was amused. He turned his head and returned to the place where he had ambushed just now, carrying the gun and waiting.

He felt that the hunter would definitely come back, or rather, at this moment it was waiting unwillingly in some place, waiting for him to leave. If he didn't take the prey away, that guy would definitely still want to come over.

Li Long wasn't in a hurry either, just sitting there carrying the gun, the safety opened, the bullet had long been in the chamber, just waiting for the prey to appear.

The position of the wound wasn't very large, and there were traces of fighting nearby. In Li Long's view, this hunter shouldn't be any big guy either. Small wolves or lynxes were both possible. After all, if it was a bigger guy, usually it wouldn't be scared away by general movement.

If it was the latter, then if he could really wait for it, he could make a small fortune today.

Waiting for over ten minutes, there was no movement in the forests on both sides. Li Long was doubting if he guessed wrong?

But it shouldn't be, right? No hunter would willingly hand over their prey to others. And now that the prey was still soaking in the stream, but for any carnivorous animal, usually they couldn't endure it at this time, right?

The position Li Long was currently in was over twenty meters away from the stream, and he wasn't on the upwind side, so he shouldn't be discovered so easily, right?

That's what he thought, but what the facts were, he didn't know either.

Wait at most another half an hour. If that guy still didn't come out, then Li Long wouldn't be polite either. If he couldn't hit the hunter, getting a roe deer back to eat meat was also quite good.

Waiting for a while, a strange sound suddenly came from the forest opposite, like a cat, and also like a leopard, the sound was very thin, but it sounded very threatening.

Those grunting sounds suddenly became chaotic, running in the forest, don't know if they were fighting against the owner of that calling sound, or running away, and then the trees and grass in the forest were shaking, occasionally a piece of soil or mud would bolt up.

The movement disappeared quickly, and those grunting sounds were also gone. Occasionally, a scream of a wild boar could be heard in the distance. Don't know if that wild boar fell, or was grabbed by something.

Li Long knew that it must be that hunter playing tricks—it had been waiting somewhere opposite, fighting patience with Li Long. Seeing those wild boars coming to stir up trouble, that hunter was worried that the wild boars would root up its prey, so it made a threatening sound.

Aren't wild boars very stupid? How were they also driven away?

Li Long was a bit confused, but he still adjusted the muzzle of the gun and aimed at the dead roe deer.

It's just a pity that after waiting for over ten minutes, seeing the sun set, there was still no movement in the forest opposite. Li Long didn't want to wait anymore. He stood up, carried the gun, and walked down with big strides.

Walking to the side of the roe deer, Li Long looked at the forest opposite, feeling as if something was staring at him somewhere, so he subconsciously raised his gun and fired.

"Bang bang!"

After two shots, there really seemed to be some movement there, and then it became quiet. Li Long hurriedly carried the gun to look. On a stone under a tree in the forest opposite, Li Long saw some yellow fur, but there was no blood.

The position he saw just now should be here, but he didn't hit it.

He felt a bit regretful, looked around vigilantly, chasing definitely couldn't catch up, so he had to turn back to the stream.

Not soaking in the hot spring anymore, dragging that roe deer, carrying the bag and tools, and walking back.

Returning to the wooden house, putting away the codonopsis, and starting to process the roe deer.

This roe deer is a cub of this year, the meat is very tender, and the size isn't big, male, the horns haven't grown yet. Li Long skinned it, gutted it, first took out the heart, liver, and lungs and put them in a basin, and found some dried chili to soak.

Before, eating these internal organs was all boiling, marinating. Today he planned to stir-fry them well, fix a plate of deer miscellaneous to eat.

The meat of the roe deer is easy to break down. After trimming off a part, the rest was directly put in a water basin with bones, turning over the intestines and stomach.

The interest was high, and he didn't feel hungry. After these were all done, Li Long rubbed salt on the skin, took it into the small room and hung it on the wall, then turned out, cut the soaked chili into pieces, took a large plate of each of the internal organs, and then peeled garlic and took seasonings. The fire under the stove started to burn. At this time, the sun had already reached the top of the mountain, and it would be dark in a while, but Li Long's interest was very high.

Things grabbed and brought over are good!

The pot was hot, oil was poured, garlic minced was put in, after stir-frying until fragrant, he started to pour in the chili pieces, stir-frying a few times, and when the flame rose, he poured the washed miscellaneous into the pot, exploding with a crisp sound.

Li Long retreated a step, and after that heat dissipated, he hurriedly stir-fried quickly.

The secret of stir-frying lies in the big fire, quick stir-frying, but Li Long didn't think about eating that kind of internal organs that were five-cooked or seven-cooked, very tender. Having lived two lives, he knew that many people were keen on eating this kind of not-very-cooked, very tender internal organs, and then were infected with hydatid disease.

Cutting and cutting again, that is very uncomfortable.

Giving up some taste and keeping his health is still quite important.

The roe deer in autumn is very fatty, and there is quite a lot of oil and water in the internal organs. After stir-frying for a while, the fragrance drifted over, and Li Long started to pour seasonings into it.

Although he likes to eat miscellaneous like sheep miscellaneous, he wouldn't specifically wash the miscellaneous like stomach, intestines, or kidneys very clean for that smell or stench, including tearing off the smell pieces in the kidneys, so that he could eat with peace of mind.

When a large plate of stir-fried roe deer miscellaneous came out of the pot, Li Long already felt he was going to drool.

Start eating.

!.

However, he had to wait a bit, first take the pot to the spring to wash it clean, and then connect half a pot of water and put it on the stove to boil, only then sitting at the desk and starting to eat with peace of mind.

It's a pity there is no staple food. He decided to ferment the flour before going to dig codonopsis early tomorrow morning. During this period, he must ensure he eats hot steamed buns. As for rice or something, talk about it later.

After eating a large plate of roe deer miscellaneous, Li Long felt he didn't need to move anymore. The water in the pot had boiled, steaming with heat, and the sun had completely set. There wasn't a cloud in the sky, and he couldn't see the sunset glow. Li Long rested for a long time before slowly standing up, washing the plates and bowls, and putting them back in the small room.

He took a teapot, drew some water from the pot, soaked the brick tea, and put it aside, and then boiled the remaining internal organs in the pot. As for those meats, except for leaving a little to stir-fry for breakfast tomorrow, the rest were planned to be made into air-dried meat to eat here, and if not finished, bring them down when going down the mountain.

Mainly, riding a bicycle up and down is too troublesome. If there was an electric tricycle, or a sidecar motorcycle that could enter here smoothly, Li Long would say nothing, and ride back now.

Unfortunately, there isn't.

He was thinking, could it be possible to get a second-hand motorcycle next year?

Relying on his relationship with Officer Guo, asking about the channel shouldn't be a problem, right? Of course, Li Xiangqian might know more clearly.

Yeah, that's it.

He cut the meat and rubbed salt on it. Li Long saw that the miscellaneous in the pot had also boiled, but it wasn't completely cooked for a while, so he had to boil it for a while longer.

In the distance, wolf howling came again. Li Long could already hear from this sound that this was an old opponent, the few that often came over.

Next time he comes up, set a few iron traps here at the wooden house, and see if these wolves still dare to come!

Li Long just thought about it, but it wasn't easy to handle. There were no animal traps sold in the blacksmith shop, and those blacksmiths wouldn't necessarily make them. After all, there really weren't many hunters here, or it could be said that there were particularly few, and basically they were gun hunters, and he almost never saw anyone using traps.

Mouse traps were available, but there were none for big animals.

By eleven o'clock, Li Long poked those internal organs with chopsticks, feeling they were cooked through, only then withdrawing the fire, scooping the things into a basin and putting them in the small room, and then pouring the soup water in the pot far away, so as not to let the wolves run too close and harass himself in the middle of the night.

Return to the house and sleep.

However, Li Long miscalculated. The wolves howled in the vicinity in the middle of the night. After being awakened, he took his gun to the window, fired several shots at the jumping black shadows, and the sound of the gun echoed in the valley. The wolves were scared and ran very far, and then bolted into the mountain forest.

Continue to sleep.

In the following days, Li Long went out early and returned late, bringing back quite a lot of codonopsis every day, and the first batch of dried codonopsis slowly dried, losing its original plump appearance.

By past eleven o'clock, Li Long poked the internal organs with chopsticks and felt they were thoroughly cooked. Only then did he pull the fire, scoop the items into a basin, and put them in the small room. Then, he poured the soup from the pot far away to avoid the wolves running too close and harassing him in the middle of the night.

Li Long had to ventilate every morning and evening, so as not to be smoked to death.

Over ten days later, Li Long finally couldn't stay in the mountains anymore. He felt he was almost becoming a wild man. So this morning, after he got up, he packed up more than half a sack of dried codonopsis, packed up most of the air-dried meat, put them on the bicycle, tied them up, pushed them out, locked the door, carried his gun, and rode down the mountain.

He couldn't wait to get a haircut—taking a bath was easy, he had washed several times in the hot spring, but this taste of hair and beard growing wildly wasn't good.

However, returning to the courtyard, before he had time to change clothes, Officer Guo came to the door.

ps: Today someone in the comment section talked about the problem of aspirin and large crucian carp. First, the explanation of aspirin on Baidu is that it was introduced from Germany in 2003. However, I think people over forty should have heard a nursery rhyme about aspirin when they were young, "Headache and fever, a pack of aspirin." I was already working in 2003, and at that time, nursery rhymes weren't shouted anymore. Also checked, aspirin has been used in China since the end of the Qing Dynasty, just the path was different.

Large crucian carp, I also called it that when I was young, and until now, it's not said that only Japanese white crucian carp is called large crucian carp. Locals will call relatively large crucian carp large crucian carp—as long as it is longer than a chopstick, and the size is over two or three hundred grams, we all call it large crucian carp. Hereby explained. (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 304 =====

More than ten days later, Li Long finally couldn't stay on the mountain any longer; he felt like he was about to turn into a savage. So, this morning after he got up, he packed up half a sack of already air-dried Codonopsis, packed up most of the air-dried meat, placed it on his bicycle, tied it down, pushed it outside, locked the door, and rode down the mountain with his gun on his back.

He couldn't wait to get a haircut—taking a bath was easy enough, as he had washed several times in the hot springs, but the feeling of his hair and beard growing wildly was truly unbearable.

However, upon returning to the compound, before he even had time to change his clothes, Officer Guo had already come knocking.

PS: Today someone in the comments section mentioned the issue of aspirin and large crucian carp. First, the explanation on Baidu is that aspirin was introduced from Germany in 2003. However, I think anyone over forty should have heard a nursery rhyme about aspirin when they were young: "For headaches and fever, a pack of aspirin." I was already working in 2003, and by then, people didn't chant nursery rhymes anymore. Furthermore, checking elsewhere, aspirin has been used domestically since the end of the Qing Dynasty; it's just that the channels were different.

Large crucian carp, that's what I called them when I was young, and even now, it's not just the Japanese white crucian carp that are called large crucian carp. Locals call any relatively large crucian carp "large crucian carp"—as long as it's longer than a pair of chopsticks and weighs over two or three hundred grams, we all call them large crucian carp. This is hereby explained. (End of chapter)