Chapter 405: This big guy is worth a lot of money!

No. 76's back was carrying Li Long, Li Long's hand was pulling the rope, the rope was tied to the plastic sheet, and on the plastic sheet were the bear and the roe deer.

No. 76 knew the location of the wooden cabin, and it also urgently wanted to get to the wooden cabin, to get rid of the scent behind it that made it somewhat afraid.

So the return speed was quite fast, much faster than when they came. However, even so, by the time Li Long reached the wooden cabin, the sun had already reached the mountain top in the west and would soon set.

What made Li Long a bit surprised was that there was someone waiting outside the wooden cabin; it was Yushanjiang.

"What... did you hunt?" Yushanjiang's horse was tied up. He looked at the bear that was half-exposed in the plastic sheet. At first, he was curious, but after looking, he was startled:

"You hunted a bear? Is this a brown bear?"

"Yes." Li Long got off the horse, tied No. 76 over, and said proudly:

"I went to the hot spring to hunt a roe deer, injured it, and that roe deer ran to a place where a bear was hibernating, and then it was hunted by me."

He said it very easily. Of course, if one didn't care about Li Long's psychological reaction, objectively speaking, the whole process was really very easy and neat.

But in fact, in those short few minutes, Li Long felt that he had truly experienced life and death.

Facing life and death once, life will accelerate its growth. Li Long felt that this was really the case. Now thinking about the bear head with its wide-open mouth right in front of him, and the next moment it might bite off half of his head, at this moment Li Long felt that he should still be more careful in the future. Life is precious!

"Very powerful!" Yushanjiang gave a thumbs up, "We usually find it very difficult to encounter them, and after encountering them, we can't hunt them, and we will avoid them. Sometimes they will attack our dogs, and we can't carry guns all the time."

Li Long also had a deep understanding of this point. That thing is too difficult to be killed. If ordinary herdsmen don't have guns, they can only avoid it. If the dog goes up, it will only die. After all, ordinary herdsmen can't have a dog pack.

So Yushanjiang was very surprised and very respectful that Li Long could kill a bear.

"I was also lucky." Li Long smiled and said, "Why did you run over?"

"Huang Yang said you brought grain and also wanted to hunt, so I came over to take a look, and by the way, I wanted to ask about the children going to school."

"Children going to school?" Li Long remembered Yushanjiang's two children; they looked quite old.

"My two children have both attended primary school, but because of some reasons, they didn't continue afterward. I was thinking of asking you about going to school." Yushanjiang said.

"Then what are your plans?" Li Long said while wiping the sweat off No. 76. Although the return journey wasn't long, dragging two hundred kilograms of things in the snow without a road was also quite tiring, especially since they were running at a small trot all the way, the speed was very fast, so there was sweat on No. 76's body.

"The children want to go to school." Yushanjiang's expression was a bit complicated, "As for me, I'm still hesitating whether to let them go. We Kazakh people, we have always mainly grazed, and our ancestors have lived in the pastoral area, in the mountains. Recently, the children listened to the radio, knew that the outside world is very good, and want to go out to see. They attended school before, knew some things, and later didn't attend school for a period of time, and maybe they also got used to the life of grazing. Now, they want to go to school again."

Li Long could understand this feeling.

But the children couldn't make the decision; the key was still to look at Yushanjiang.

Seeing that the horse's body was dry, he went to get grass to feed the horse, then opened the door of the wooden cabin and let Yushanjiang in.

The fire in the stove hadn't gone out yet. Li Long uncovered the stove lid and added coal, and the stove fire soon started.

Li Long poured a bowl of hot water for Yushanjiang and gave him a stool, letting him continue to speak while drinking.

"At first, we people felt that this radio is a good thing, understanding the outside world and knowing the good policies. Now, the elderly have opinions about the radio. They say this thing makes young people restless." Yushanjiang drank a few sips of water, put down the bowl, and wiped his mouth, saying, "But young people feel this thing is really good! Like Huang Yang, he listened to the things inside and wanted to send the children to school, saying that the children need to understand the outside world. As for me, I haven't determined yet, I don't know whether it's better to send the children to school or stay in the pastoral area..."

It is very normal for this situation to appear. The elderly want to insist on tradition, and young people want to accept new things; neither is wrong.

Li Long couldn't make a decision for Yushanjiang on this kind of matter, so he said:

"This kind of matter must be thought through before making a decision, and you don't need to worry. Now it's winter, the time is still long, and you can consider it slowly. There is enough time for you to consider."

"That's how it is." Yushanjiang also nodded. This man, who had always been decisive, also became hesitant at this time. On one side is the ideal of his children, and on the other side is the tradition of his people. He is not as young as Huang Yang, doesn't have such strong curiosity about fresh things from the outside, and is not like the elderly in the tribe, whose thinking has already solidified, feeling that tradition is the most important.

Middle-aged people are just like this.

"How do you plan to deal with this bear?" Yushanjiang asked.

"I plan to transport it away and sell it," Li Long said honestly, "Someone might buy it. I'm just dealing with its internal organs simply now. Freeze it at night, and when it's frozen solid, I'll pull it to the county seat tomorrow."

"Hmm, then I'll help you deal with this roe deer... By the way, where will you put this bear at night? Putting it outside might be eaten by wolves."

"Put it inside the house." Li Long sighed. It seems that when summer comes, he really needs to build a shed next to it, so that at least the horse can be put in the shed, and the bear can be put in the small room.

Things seem to be getting more and more complicated. And his bond with the mountains is getting deeper and deeper.

Now the bear can't be put in the small room, otherwise No. 76 wouldn't dare to go in. Li Long could only tidy up the bear's internal organs simply and let Yushanjiang help him lift it into the large room.

The bear had already frozen, but it would definitely melt a bit tonight, and the smell wouldn't be pleasant then.

Just endure it.

After lifting the bear and tidying up the roe deer, Yushanjiang still wanted to help Li Long, but Li Long told him to go back quickly. It was almost dark, and if Yushanjiang walked on the night road later, it would still be quite dangerous.

Fortunately, Yushanjiang also came over with a gun on his back; it seemed that in his original plan, it might be quite late when he went back.

Before leaving, he told Li Long that in the mountain gully more than a kilometer southwest of the wooden cabin, a herd of wild boars often appeared. Li Long calculated the distance; it was about the place where the beekeeper put the beehives. He thought about waiting until tomorrow to see, and if he could get up early, he would go over to take a look.

After Yushanjiang left, Li Long squeezed the feces out of the bear's belly and intestines, and after washing it simply, he went back to the room and remembered the bear gall.

He used the method he saw in short videos in his previous life to deal with the bear gall simply, and then hung it up. It should be able to air-dry a bit tonight, and it would be easy to take back tomorrow.

No. 76 was led into the small room. It was a bit restless, but soon calmed down. Li Long got some grass into the small room for No. 76 to eat, and after closing the door, he returned to the large room, opened a crack in the door, let out a breath, and then felt hungry.

He had no energy to make any more dishes. He took out two steamed buns and stuffed them into the space under the stove to roast, then rummaged out a jar from the corner of the room, opened it, found a pair of clean chopsticks, and fished out some pickles from inside, including carrots, chili, celery, and cabbage.

Covering the lid and putting the jar back, Li Long rinsed the pickles with water, didn't cut them, and when the steamed buns were almost roasted, he took them out and put them on a plate, endured the heat, broke open the steamed buns, and ate them with the pickles.

After eating two bites, he felt choked, so he hurriedly went to pour water. He wasn't very used to drinking cold water directly—a habit formed in his previous life, drinking warm water. After taking a sip of warm water, he felt a large lump of food go down his throat into his stomach, and only then did he feel better.

Sigh, too hurried.

Next, eat slowly, savoring the saltiness and fragrance of the pickles, feeling that it was still a bit lacking; it would be good if he could stir-fry them.

It was just that this afternoon was quite exciting and quite tiring, and Li Long didn't want to toss anymore. He ate two steamed buns, picked up all the crumbs that fell on his body and ate them. The pickles were left with quite a lot, so he simply left them on the table, didn't have the heart to wash up, just rinsed his mouth simply, locked the door, lay on the bed, and went to sleep.

Li Long was frozen awake. When he woke up, he found that the stove had gone out at some point—he remembered that after eating and sleeping last night, he forgot to press the stove. Looking at the time, it was only past four. Li Long rubbed his eyes, climbed up, lit the oil lamp, cleared the stove ash inside the stove, picked up the unburned charcoal cores and put them to the side, opened the door, ran to get some broken firewood and dry grass, and hurriedly ran back to the room.

It's really damn cold!

After closing the door, Li Long laid the grass, firewood, and broken charcoal in the stove layer by layer, then covered the stove lid, lit the dry grass with a lighter, and watched the fire spread slowly. Li Long closed the stove door, and only then did he feel the unpleasant smell in the room.

It would be a big problem to get this thing onto the carriage tomorrow.

Li Long just thought about it and had a headache, but there was always a way. If it really didn't work, he would pull it to the hillside, find a slope, get some snow, set up the carriage, and roll it onto the carriage.

It wasn't that he hadn't done it before.

When the stove fire started, coal smoke filled the room, and Li Long had to open the door again to disperse the smoke and air.

When the air in the room became fresh and cold, Li Long no longer had any sleepiness.

He simply made himself something to eat, then pressed the stove fire, put on his cotton coat and overcoat, carried his gun, brought his satchel and plastic sheet, locked the door, and went to lead No. 76, preparing to go to the place where the wild boars appeared that Yushanjiang had pointed out to take a look.

Anyway, he had come once, and had a carriage, so he would hunt as much as he could!

There was no moon in the sky, and the snow reflected the faint light of the sky. Li Long walked deep and shallow, and after walking for nearly half an hour, he arrived at the place where the beekeeper Old Lu had stayed.

The field of vision wasn't good. Li Long still looked for a good while before he found the place where the wild boars had rooted. This was by the side of the original stream. Li Long vaguely remembered that the water grass here grew relatively well, and maybe it was because of this that the wild boars would come over to root for grass roots to eat. The valley was windless. Li Long looked around; the wild boars came from the southeast and finally turned back to the southeast.

There was a flat land of about two hundred meters there, and further ahead were shrubs, and then the hillside and pine forest.

Li Long then ambushed in the north, the direction he came from, not to hit the wild boars head-on, mainly so that when the wild boars came over, they wouldn't "step on" Li Long.

Finding a relatively high place to lie down, facing the place that had been rooted, Li Long built a gun rest and then lay down quietly.

Cold, really cold. This season was the third or fourth nine days, and the temperature in the mountains reached minus thirty-something degrees. He didn't feel it when walking, but once he lay down, Li Long felt that the end parts like his ears, fingers, and toes were all itchy and painful.

It should be frostbite. He had to get some medicine to rub it when he went back. It seemed that someone said summer eggplant stalks boiled in water were useful?

Li Long thought wildly, feeling the temperature under his belly getting lower and lower. He couldn't help but turn his body to the side. Although wrapped in an overcoat, the cold air still seeped in bit by bit. At this time, he felt that there was no place on his body that was hot; almost everything was frozen.

The waiting time was particularly long. He felt that the sky light didn't get brighter, but instead was slowly turning black, and the field of vision became near and small. Just when Li Long was wondering, movement came from the woods in the distance.

Faint grunting sounds, plus the sound of colliding branches, and the sound of breaking ice, there should also be a small stream there.

Li Long immediately lay straight, his expression becoming nervous.

The field of vision was still very black. Could this be considered the darkness before dawn? Li Long thought, and then watched black shadows scurry out in the snow.

The ones running in the front were always the impatient half-grown wild boars. These wild boars had just been separated from their mother's care and were at the age of newborn calves not fearing tigers. They were reckless, impatient, and particularly greedy. They were the first to arrive at the place that had been rooted, found a suitable position, and started rooting.

!.

Soon there were wild boars rooting out the grass roots they liked and chewing them. The grunting sound grew louder, and even Li Long could hear the enjoyment in this sound.

Heh, quite good at showing off!

Li Long slowly aimed at that wild boar—this was a black-haired half-grown one, its butt facing Li Long, twisting from time to time.

Then the field of vision slowly became clear. Li Long was a bit surprised; this herd of wild boars was quite large!

There were twenty or thirty wild boars walking toward this side.

Yes, they were walking!

Except for the three or four half-grown wild boars that ran over in the front, the other wild boars were walking, not in a hurry at all. Was it because this herd of wild boars was large and invincible in this area?

Soon, most of the wild boars arrived at their destination, started looking for positions, and then started rooting in the snow.

Li Long looked at the furthest place, where the heads of the wild boars couldn't be seen clearly yet. He didn't intend to wait; anyway, he couldn't eat that thing even if he hunted it, so it was better to hunt a few more half-grown ones.

Moving his fingers that were a bit stiff from the cold, Li Long opened the safety, aimed at the black wild boar he had seen earlier, and then looked at the wild boar next to it. He intended to leave at least two behind.

Fire.

"Bang!"

That black wild boar fell at the sound. Li Long immediately moved the gun muzzle slightly. At this time, the herd of wild boars was blown up because of the gunshot. These wild boars ran in all directions. Li Long aimed at a yellowish-brown wild boar he had long set his eyes on, and "bang, bang" fired two shots to put it down.

At this time, most of the wild boars had already scurried into the snow, far away from the direction the gunshot came from, except for one male wild boar that didn't know if it had run dizzy or was intentionally avenging its "brothers," and charged toward Li Long!

The vibration of the ground was very strong. Li Long fired "bang, bang, bang, bang" at this wild boar.

That wild boar didn't know if its luck was too good, or if Li Long was slack. These shots hit it but didn't hurt its vital parts. That male wild boar's speed actually didn't decrease much, and it continued to charge over!

Li Long was a bit panicked, but he immediately calmed down and continued firing.

"Bang, bang, bang!"

Until the magazine was emptied, that wild boar was hit in the head and finally helplessly fell more than ten meters away from Li Long.

Li Long let out a long breath, and then hurriedly took bullets from his satchel and pressed them into the gun.

He had been hunting for a year, and this was the first time he had emptied the magazine!

To say it was dangerous, it wasn't, but it felt a bit exciting.

The remaining herd of wild boars had already scattered and run away. Now he could still faintly hear grunting sounds in the shrubs and pine woods. There was clearly some fright in that sound. These fellows shouldn't come over for a long time, right?

Li Long stood up and came to that male wild boar.

This wild boar must also be over a hundred kilograms. At this time, its body was still trembling slightly. Li Long was thinking, was this fellow not afraid of death? Or did it eat something incredible and go mad?

The size and weight of the other two wild boars added together could be as big as this one. This thing is just a chicken rib; it's hard to eat, and it's a pity to discard it.

Drag it back, and let Li Xiangqian ask those people if they want it.

Putting away his gun, Li Long first dragged the two half-grown wild boars over, put the three wild boars together, and then opened their bellies to bleed them.

He wouldn't peel the skin. He spread out the plastic sheet, rolled the three wild boars onto the plastic sheet, and dragged them as he walked back.

Fortunately, this whole journey was relatively flat, and there were no shrubs, otherwise Li Long would have to endure the pain and give up one.

He was thinking, should he make a sled? That would be more convenient than a plastic sheet.

He was also stupid, living more and more backward. At this time last year, he knew how to make a sled, and now that sled was gathering dust at his eldest brother's house.

When he dragged the wild boars to the wooden cabin, the edge of the sky just had a fish-belly white.

Li Long rested for a while, let No. 76 out, gave it water to drink, and then tied it to the wood by the side of the house, letting it continue to eat grass.

The doors of the two rooms were wide open, dispersing the smell.

Li Long spent a great deal of effort again to get the bear out and put it outside.

The purpose was to freeze this fellow, otherwise, it would really be difficult to get it onto the carriage later.

Then it was cleaning the bellies and intestines of the three wild boars. The water at the spring was still flowing, but it was too cold to use that water right now, not to mention that the bellies and intestines wouldn't be cleaned, and his hands would be frozen. Li Long boiled a pot of hot water, poured it into a basin, and poured some spring water to mix it into warm water, quickly washing the intestines and bellies.

The bellies and intestines of the three wild boars were washed clean, and then put back—at this time, the cavities of the wild boars were almost frozen solid.

Next, it was putting them onto the carriage.

The small wild boars were okay; Li Long could hold them and put them onto the carriage. What was difficult to handle was this male wild boar and that bear.

He sighed, and had no choice but to find a slope.

The sun revealed a little red face. Just when Li Long intended to pull the carriage out to find a suitable slope, he saw Yushanjiang.

This Kazakh man rode a horse and trotted over, stopping at the wooden cabin.

After getting off the horse, Yushanjiang adjusted his hat and said:

"I think you can't get this bear onto the cart by yourself, so I came over."

Look, Kazakh people are just this straightforward!

Li Long smiled. He pointed to the male wild boar and said:

"There's also this one, don't mind, right?"

"What's there to mind? It's not like I haven't hunted one!" Yushanjiang said generously, and then together with Li Long, harnessed the carriage, and then lifted the male wild boar onto the cart.

Li Long felt warm in his heart. (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 406 =====