Chapter 374: Acting as a hunting mentor this time?

The next day, Li Long and Gu Xiao woke up almost at the same time. Breakfast was made by Gu Xiao—her reasoning was that Li Long still had to clear the snow in the courtyard today, so she would take care of breakfast.

Otherwise, she felt she would be spoiled.

When Gu Xiao said this in a slightly coquettish voice, Li Long felt that he really should get married immediately.

After breakfast, Gu Xiao went to work, while Li Long repaired the handcart. He wrapped the damaged handle with wire, nailed the detached sheet metal at the bottom back into place, and then continued clearing the snow.

The handcart was quite old, and the quality of the materials was still decent, but it had been used a bit too much, which is why it ended up like this.

Li Long felt that if this thing were taken to the blacksmith shop for repairs, it could still be used for another three to five years without any problems.

When the third cartload of snow was pushed out, Li Long saw someone riding a bicycle over.

Li Xiangqian?

He was a bit puzzled; how did old classmate Li have time to come over at this time?

Something up?

He stood at the gate of the courtyard waiting.

After Li Xiangqian arrived, he got off his bike and asked Li Long:

"You're clearing the snow by yourself? Do you want me to send a few people from my side to help you?"

"No need, no need, there isn't much left." Li Long pointed to the courtyard and then asked:

"Section Chief, what's up?"

"There is indeed something, this counts as my private matter..." Li Xiangqian was still a bit embarrassed. He looked left and right, pointed to the courtyard and said, "Let's go, let's talk in the courtyard."

After entering the courtyard, Li Xiangqian propped up his bike, picked up a shovel from the wall, and while shoveling snow into the handcart, he said:

"Didn't I buy that lynx pelt from you yesterday? I had someone send it to the prefecture in the afternoon. There are people there... who also like hunting..."

"Is it that director from last time?" Li Long asked.

"No, no, this time it's the leader's children, three of them, two men and one woman." Li Xiangqian said to Li Long with some apology, "They want to go into the mountains to experience the feeling of hunting, and then, it would be best if they could hit something..."

"They haven't hunted before?"

"Not really, but they know how to use guns." Li Xiangqian said hurriedly, "They have a car, they have guns, they will provide you with bullets, and they will also guarantee food and such. You just need to lead them and hit one or two pieces of game. If one day isn't enough, then two days; anyway, they have a car."

Li Xiangqian spoke quite lightly. In his view, since Li Long brought back so many pelts in a period of time, he must be able to find many traces of game. Just like last time, if one place didn't work, he could go to another.

Li Long was a bit resistant. He really didn't want to do this kind of thing; it felt a bit beneath him.

Most importantly, doing this thing had no benefit for him!

"By the way, they said that for every piece of game you lead them to hit, they will give you money. For example, a deer, two hundred per head. Wild boar, one hundred per head. Mongolian gazelle, one hundred and fifty per head, roe deer, one hundred per head, and if it's a wolf, two hundred per head..."

"So expensive?" Li Long was stunned for a moment.

"They really have money!"

"The family conditions of these few young people were originally quite good, and recently they have had a large income, and these children are all quite spoiled, which is why they are like this."

Alright, Li Long understood. But money shouldn't be spent like this, right?

Of course, if people are rich and willful, that's their business, and it has nothing to do with him. "Then when?" Li Long felt that since the game was priced, and the price was good, if he really collected money according to this, he felt that being a hunting guide was also not bad.

Making money, it's only right!

"In a week, I guess." Li Xiangqian said uncertainly, "When someone called me, they said it was such a matter. Because they felt that someone who could hit a lynx and a pack of wolves must be extraordinary. Previously they had also looked for guides, but to be honest, hitting wild boars is difficult, at most hitting a few rabbits—they offered such a high price, the original idea was also that they might not necessarily hit anything, at most hitting one or two like that."

"Then if they really hit a lot, will they not pay?" Li Long worried about this.

"Don't you worry about that, isn't there still me?" Li Xiangqian said with a smile, "You go ahead and get busy with your work, do some preparation. I will reply to them here and let them know you are an expert."

Expert my foot. Li Long himself didn't admit that he was an expert; actually, he was just average, it's just that his luck was relatively good.

But regardless, with such a job, he could earn more money this winter.

As for whether he could find game, Li Long wasn't very worried. With the salt cave and the hot spring, finding game was still relatively easy. Li Long had this confidence.

Li Xiangqian told Li Long this news, and seeing that Li Long agreed, he went back. Before leaving, he also told Li Long that he would prepare the bullets on his side. Li Long hurriedly told him to let those hunters not use small-caliber rifles; that thing was okay for hitting small things, but not for big guys.

Li Xiangqian's face darkened, he replied "You brat don't know quality" and then left.

Li Long thought for a long time before reacting; the one Li Xiangqian gave him was a small-caliber one.

!.

Haha, a blunder.

Spending half the morning, Li Long cleared the snow, went into the house, added coal to the stoves in the two rooms, and took his own clothes that were drying outside into the house, roasting them by the fire wall. This way, his trousers would be dry in the afternoon.

After finishing all this, Li Long saw that the time was about right. He didn't want to cook for himself, so he went out and headed to Yang Xiulan's house.

Yang Xiulan steamed buns today, the buns were steamed very well, and meat bones were stewed in the pot, which was Li Long's request when he left yesterday. Since there was meat brought over, don't be so frugal. Yang Xiulan cooked meals quite well, and yesterday before Li Long left, she had already paid the rent. Li Long wanted to refund some food expenses, but she was unwilling, saying that bringing so much meat made her want to add money. After all, she and her daughter were also eating here.

Li Long accepted it. It could be seen that Yang Xiulan and Han Fang had indeed been eating quite well recently; the originally thin Han Fang not only had a rosy glow on her face but had also grown significantly taller.

This was a good phenomenon.

After waiting for a while, Gu Xiao came over. Seeing the three of them waiting for her, she said with some embarrassment:

"Working overtime at the bureau, there are several meetings to attend recently."

"It's okay, just happened to make up for it." Li Long pointed to the meat bones on the table and said, "Big Sister Yang stewed them well, come, have a taste."

During the meal, Li Long told Gu Xiao about his plan to be a hunting guide.

"It's not dangerous, is it?" Gu Xiao thought of this first.

"No. They all carry guns." Li Long explained.

"It's just that I don't know how those people are with guns..." Gu Xiao's perspective was different from Li Long's, "If they aren't very good with guns..."

"Don't you worry about this, I will definitely pay attention." Li Long felt that Gu Xiao's worry was necessary. If he ran into a group of greenhorns, that would be troublesome. He really had to pay attention then! (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 375 =====