Chapter 369: This Time There Is Something to Raise and Something to Eat

When the group slowly sneaked to the entrance of the cave, Li Long's breathing became small, and his feet were even more careful. He was afraid that there was really something in the cave, and if it suddenly ran out when hearing the movement, and they couldn't intercept it, that would be bad.

Li Junshan, Tao Daqiang, and others also knew that this was a critical moment. The four people dispersed behind Li Long, holding sticks in a defensive state. They were following hunting like this for the first time, feeling excited and nervous, and were also afraid that if prey came out, it would run away from them, which would be a big loss of face.

"There is something inside!" Li Long just stopped at the entrance of the cave for a moment before hearing a slight movement inside. He immediately said, "Follow me closely. If it's a deer or yellow sheep, you hit or pounce directly, knock it down, and it's best to catch it alive! If it's a wolf or something, hold your sticks well, protect yourselves, and if it runs away, let it run!"

Once this was said, everyone understood that Li Long was protecting them, paying attention to their safety. Yang Yongqiang said with a smile:

"Brother Long, you look down on us too much! Anyway, we all have sticks. If something really comes over, we have to hit it with a stick first! That wolf isn't just bigger than a dog? With so many of us, are we still afraid of it?"

"That's right!" Although Li Junshan felt a bit unhappy that Yang Yongqiang had snatched his words, what Yang Yongqiang said was exactly what he was thinking.

Uncle Without Xiao Long, you look down on us men too much!

"Then fine, follow me closely." Li Long didn't say anything more and walked in with his rifle.

The smell in the cave was still very strong, a mixture of urine, the animal's own body odor, and the stuffy smell of poor air circulation, which felt a bit stinging to the eyes.

Li Long couldn't care about that much. He squinted his eyes, trying hard to adapt to the light in the cave, and then scanned the space where things might be hiding.

No, it should be at the bottom of the cave.

Continuing to walk forward, Li Long reminded others to pay attention to their feet while walking. When he went in, the first thing he saw was a deer head.

Li Long subconsciously raised his rifle. The deer was behind a stone. After seeing Li Long, it took a step back subconsciously and then called out. The call was full of fear and helplessness.

Immediately after, another deer call came. Li Long changed direction, staggered past the stone, and then discovered a scene that surprised him—another deer was lying on the ground, and a wolf was pressing on its body, the wolf's mouth biting the deer's neck tightly, and both sides were wrestling.

The deer was much larger than the wolf and had more strength, but the herbivore itself wasn't very aggressive, and it was a doe without antlers, plus the wolf was fierce and wouldn't let go once it bit the neck, so the deer and the wolf were deadlocked.

The deer head he saw earlier was a fawn. It was turning around anxiously on the side, not knowing how to help its mother, occasionally going over to step on the wolf with a hoof, but was scared back by the wolf.

The wolf's mouth was biting the deer's neck tightly, but unfortunately, its body was pressed by the deer and couldn't exert force, so it could only breathe through its nose and make muffled sounds to scare the fawn.

And when it saw Li Long, it panicked instantly. The mouth loosened, the doe's neck was free, and it struggled to stand up, retreating two steps and standing with the fawn—it was called a fawn, but it was bigger than a roe deer, just smaller than a doe horse deer.

Seeing the wolf loosen its mouth, Li Long raised his rifle and fired. The wolf reacted quickly, and when the doe got up, it darted into the stone crevice. Unfortunately, Li Long's rifle was faster. One shot hit the spine, and another shot was added to the head. The wolf died on the spot.

The space was too small, and the gunshot echoed inside, shaking the ears painfully. Behind, Tao Daqiang immediately shouted:

"Brother Long, what's the situation?"

"It's fine, killed a wolf, you come over, there are two deer in here..."

Li Long didn't know if the doe was seriously injured by the wolf's bite, so he didn't go up, but stared at these two deer, waiting for the people behind to come up.

Tao Daqiang and the four entered to Li Long's side and saw the two deer. Li Junfeng exclaimed subconsciously:

"This deer is really big!"

"It's a horse deer, so it's like a horse, right? This is still a doe and a small one, the male is big!" Li Long said with a smile, "Let's watch them closely and catch these two alive. This catch of two deer, we have something to raise in the horse pen again."

"Then Old Luo will be busy." Yang Yongqiang smiled, "These two deer are not easy to raise, right."

"Nothing, they raised two deer in the summer, these two are a family, they should be easier to raise."

While talking, the four people had already thrown away the sticks and changed to ropes, slowly approaching the two deer.

"Junshan, Yongqiang, you two catch the fawn. Daqiang, Junfeng, the three of us get the big deer." Li Long ordered, "Press it down and tie it with a rope—Daqiang, can you make a halter?"

"Yes!" Tao Daqiang nodded.

"Junshan, Yongqiang, you two catch the small deer. Daqiang, Junfeng, the three of us will handle the big deer." Li Long instructed, "Pin them down and tie them up—Daqiang, you know how to make a halter, right?"

"Then you make two halters." Li Long ordered again.

While talking, Li Junshan and Yang Yongqiang had already approached the fawn from the left side. The fawn was afraid and approached the doe. The doe was also afraid, but it still supported itself, making sounds in its mouth, and its hooves were also kicking, wanting to threaten a bit.

However, this threat was of no use. Li Long and Li Junfeng approached the doe and directly forced these two deer into the corner.

No way. When the four people rushed over and pressed them, the big and small deer began to struggle violently.

"This deer is quite strong!" Li Junfeng was kicked by the doe, his outer thigh was burning with pain, and he sighed, "One person might not be able to hold it!"

"Fine, put on the halter." The fawn was pressed down without much struggle, perhaps it hadn't learned the skills of survival and resistance yet. Li Long was also thinking, is the wolf stupid? Why didn't it choose such a good target, but chose that big deer?

Otherwise, it would have bitten the fawn to death long ago, right?

I don't know if this wolf was the last one of the pack of wolves he sniped himself. If so, this group was really reunited.

The two deer were put on halters. Only then did Li Long go over to check the wound on the doe's neck.

Four deep tooth holes, two rows of shallower tooth marks, as the doe moved, it bled, but not much.

Fortunately, it didn't hurt the main artery, it should be able to live. Li Long walked over and carried the wolf out.

There was nothing else in the cave. Li Long was the last one to come out.

The doe was used to freedom, so how could it let humans lead it? After coming out of the cave, it didn't cooperate, shaking its head vigorously, wanting to shake off the rope, and at the same time kicking its hooves constantly, wanting to attack the people beside it.

On the contrary, the fawn seemed to have been scared just now, very obedient. Li Junshan was leading it, and it basically followed obediently, just calling from time to time, following its mother closely.

"Daqiang, you and Junfeng get that doe, Yongqiang, you help me here, let's skin the wolf."

"Good!" Yang Yongqiang was naturally very happy to do this work. He smiled and walked over, helping Li Long carry the wolf.

Li Junfeng pursed his lips. Actually, he wanted to do this work. However, he was leading the big deer, and this work couldn't be handed over to others.

The two deer were led to the horse cart. Li Long thought that if the doe still didn't cooperate, he would tie it and throw it on the horse cart.

Fortunately, here, and between two big men, the doe was trained to have no temper, so it had to accept it, following along listlessly.

The fawn was much more cheerful, curious when seeing the horse cart, and even sniffed it when it reached the horse cart.

Li Long found a flat ground by the horse cart, let Yang Yongqiang put down the wolf, and started skinning the wolf here.

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"Why not take it back and skin it?" Li Junfeng was a bit puzzled.

"It will stink if taken back." Tao Daqiang explained, "The wolf body is still soft now, skinning is just right."

Li Long skinned it quickly, and in a few strokes, the skin on the wolf was peeled open, and he gutted it. Anyway, this pelt was a damaged pelt, and he didn't care if it was stained with oil or meat.

The pelt was already starting to harden after being peeled, but after gutting, the things in the stomach were still steaming.

Li Long directly pulled out the stomach and intestines and intended to throw them away. Seeing his action, Li Junshan hurriedly stopped him:

"Uncle Without Xiao Long, don't waste it! This thing is delicious after washing it well—that's all meat!"

Li Long thought it was also true, so he poked a hole in it with a knife, let Yang Yongqiang squeeze the shit inside into the snow, then put the wolf pelt on the horse cart, put the meat and internal organs on the wolf pelt, Li Long carried the rifle and led the horse cart, Li Junfeng and Li Junshan led the two deer, and walked to the cabin together.

"Uncle Without Xiao Long, are you going back to the village today?" Li Junshan suddenly asked.

"Go." Li Long thought for a while and said, "Must go back, otherwise I'll become a wild man."

"Hahahaha." Several people laughed.

"This place is really good!" Yang Yongqiang suddenly opened his mouth, "Deer can hide in the cave usually, so if you come over from time to time, you can often catch things."

"Not necessarily." Li Long waved his hand, "Last time I waited for a long time and didn't wait for anything. It also depends on luck."

Facts are facts.

"Then where do you usually hunt, Uncle Without Xiao Long?" Li Junfeng pulled the disobedient doe and asked while walking.

"Turning around the whole mountain." Li Long adjusted the direction of the horse, "Those herdsmen friends of mine can point out some places where they have seen wild animals, but it's not necessarily there when you go. There are indeed many things in the mountains. Last time I saw a group of yellow sheep, but whether I can catch them is hard to say."

"Then it's still better to catch rabbits in the red willow beach east of the team." Yang Yongqiang understood, smiled and said, "After this snow, everyone went to pry rabbits. It's so easy to pry..."

Several people talked and laughed and walked to the cabin. To facilitate the horse cart's advance, Li Long took many detours, which was no way, after all, it was in the mountains, and the horse cart was definitely not easy to walk.

Arriving at the cabin, Li Long asked:

"Eat before going back, or go back now?"

"Eat before going back?" Li Junfeng was a bit tired after leading it all the way, "Otherwise I feel like I won't be able to walk halfway." This road had to be walked back. Li Long estimated that it would be dark by the time they got home.

"Fine, there is still fire in the stove here, and meat in the pot, let's eat something before going back."

The two deer and the horse were tied up. Li Long didn't have to worry about cooking. He took the wolf head of this last wolf to the wolf head platform to set it up and froze it layer by layer with water. Li Junshan washed the stomach and intestines at the spring, and Tao Daqiang and Yang Yongqiang were cooking. Everyone had their own division of labor.

After finishing the wolf head, Li Long went to the small room and, together with Li Junfeng, packed the meat that had been broken down earlier into bags and stacked them on the horse cart. The pelts were folded and placed at the bottom, so they didn't take up space.

Li Junfeng saw the two colored rock salts and asked curiously:

"Uncle Without Xiao Long, what is this?"

"Salt." Li Long took a look and continued to tidy up things. Just the meat filled four large bags, which was quite a lot.

"Salt?" Li Junfeng was a bit suspicious, "It looks so beautiful, isn't it a treasure or something?"

"You lick it." Li Long smiled. This Junfeng could really think.

Li Junfeng really licked it. Although he believed it, he still couldn't understand:

"Such a big piece of salt... how can this be salt?"

After tidying up things, the meal was almost ready. Several people laughed and ate happily.

Going down the mountain, Li Long felt, should he tidy up his face? He had lived for these days, just like a hairy man! (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 370 =====

After packing everything up, the meal was almost ready. The few of them ate while laughing and joking.

About to head down the mountain, Li Long wondered if he should trim his face? The way he's been living these days, he's like a hairy man! (End of chapter)