Chapter 726: Wanted to hunt a pig but hunted a bear

South of Qingshuihe, on the north side of the Southern Mountains, there is a Gobi beach belt with saline-alkali land, where red willow, saxaul, and white thorn grow. Under the roots of the white thorn, Cistanche also grows.

Like most people in the Fourth Team, the locals have no research on this thing, and no one thinks of digging it to sell for money—mainly because they don't know where to sell it.

It belongs to the kind of holding a pig's head but not finding the temple door.

When Li Long and Meng Hai were chatting here, he was thinking that if the collection station stops next year, he can completely take over this job.

Currently, Maxian has vast land and few people, and it is a pity that many wild resources are not utilized.

Just like this Cistanche, it grows year after year. If it is not dug, it will just live and die.

It's quite good to dig it and sell it to improve the lives of the villagers.

He naturally didn't think about putting all his treasures on Jia Tianlong's side. If the real price given by Jia Tianlong is indeed as he said, then selling it to him is no problem.

If it's not like that, Li Long also has a way to pull the collected things to Shicheng, Beiting, and even Wucheng to sell.

As long as the quality is controlled, these things can definitely find buyers at the moment.

Qingshuihe Village is close to the Southern Mountains, and it is very convenient to enter the mountains from here. Although the life of the people in the village is not as good as the Fourth Team, if they want to seek wealth in the mountains, they can also improve their lives well.

Although Hearing Bolati and the others patrol the mountains, their manpower is limited, and the probability of bypassing them is quite high.

Just like now, as long as you dig in the mountains for a day, get a few kilograms of codonopsis, and come back after the forest rangers leave at night, and sell them in the county, you can earn half a month's wages for a worker.

Of course, the journey is not short, and there are wolf packs in the mountains, which is very dangerous. It is considered seeking wealth in danger.

Compared with Jia Tianlong and the others, Li Long's capital is not much, so he didn't think about publicizing it widely. He only mentioned it in the few units he had a good relationship with, such as Qingshuihe, the Forestry Team, and the Fourth Team.

The materials collected by these small-scale units can be controlled by his own capital when he collects them.

And because they have been dealing with each other, they know each other's roots, and they won't understand if he mentions any strict requirements.

In this way, his big courtyard cannot be used. He has to take back one of the storefronts rented out this year. Fortunately, the lease term is calculated by the year. Next year, see which relationship is not good, then stop the renewal, and then clear out the storefront to engage in this.

These all need to be done step by step, not in a hurry.

After roughly discussing some matters for next year with Meng Hai, Li Long drove the jeep into the mountains again.

Meng Hai was both worried and happy. The worry is that once the collection station stops, it will be really difficult for people in the village to sell things later. The happy thing is that Li Long is willing to take over the collection station's plate, and the relationship between the two sides is not bad. It seems that the relationship with Li Long needs to be strengthened later.

The relationship between the two sides is not very equal, Qingshuihe Village is in a weak position, but He Yuqing and Meng Hai have no opinions. Li Long can bring them jobs to earn money for no reason, which has already made them owe favors.

So there is no need to consider so much. See what Li Long collects later. If they want to earn money, just get whatever.

They are not people who violate the law and discipline, and they have a conscience, that's enough.

Meng Hai went to find He Yuqing. Although the big pot rice ended, the influence is still there. As village cadres, they won't completely hide the news that allows villagers to get rich at this time.

If the news that the collection station is going to be withdrawn is true, it will definitely explode next year. Sooner or later everyone will know, so it's better to notify the villagers early and let everyone prepare early.

Li Long drove the jeep back to the wooden house. There was no one here. He took the big broom from the shed and swept away the dust, tree leaves, and grass leaves on the wooden floor at the entrance, clearing out a clean place.

After sweeping clean, he put down the big broom and went to the spring eye again, finding that the water volume was a little smaller, and I don't know if it was because it is currently the dry season.

What surprised him a bit was that he actually saw small fish and small toads in the small water ditch flowing down from the spring eye.

How did this thing get here?

Li Long was quite confused. This thing is a spring eye, how can there be such things?

Did they come up from downstream?

Li Long didn't think much, went to fetch water, set up the stove in the room, and boiled water to make tea.

He didn't plan to stay long this time, so he brought some naan, thinking about getting something to eat casually. If he could collect codonopsis from Hearing Bolati, it would be best. If he couldn't, he would dig some himself tomorrow.

Mainly, he is sleeping here tonight, and tomorrow morning he will go over to see if he can hunt a few wild boars or something.

If he can't hunt, then go to the hot spring and salt cave to see, and he thinks there should be some harvest.

He was boiling water when he heard the sound of horse hooves outside. Li Long came out to see and found Hearing Bolati riding over from afar. What surprised him was that besides a bag on Hearing Bolati's horse, there was also a roe deer.

When the horse ran to the front, Li Long saw that the roe deer was still dripping blood, and it should have been hunted just now.

After Hearing Bolati got off the car, he threw the roe deer on the grass in front of the wooden house. While tying the horse, he said to Li Long:

"When I came just now, I saw this roe deer drinking water in the mountain ditch by the side of the road, so I hunted it. It's just right, I haven't eaten meat for some days, how about cooking it and eating it here?"

"Good." Li Long said with a smile, "I'll set up the stove."

This roe deer is not big, weighing twenty or thirty kilograms with skin. It should be a little guy from this year who just grew up. The gunshot wound is in. After Hearing Bolati tied the horse, he pulled out a knife from his waist, walked to the roe deer, and skillfully started to peel the skin.

Li Long went out of the room to wash the pot at the spring eye, took a pot of water, and set it on the stove outside.

He also organized the stove, went to the shed to get grass and firewood, lit the fire under the stove, and the other stove was also done in the same way.

Hearing Bolati's technique was skillful. Soon the skin of the roe deer was peeled off, and then he opened the belly. Li Long went to wash the internal organs, and he started to unload the meat.

Those internal organs that didn't need to be cleaned, such as the heart, lungs, and liver, were thrown directly into the pot to boil.

Two pots, one for meat and one for internal organs. When Li Long washed the stomach and intestines clean and put them into the pot, Hearing Bolati had already wiped the skin with salt and put it on the wire rack.

Seeing the fire in the stove was big, Li Long had already placed salt, big spices, and other materials on the stove. Hearing Bolati went to the spring eye to wash the knife and his hands with satisfaction, then came over, went to the horse, and untied the bag.

"In our forestry team, some people take it back after collecting it, some people can't sell it after collecting it, can't find anyone to sell it, so they throw it away." Hearing Bolati said to Li Long while opening the bag, "There is only so much in total. If I knew you wanted this, I would have told them in advance."

There are more than ten kilograms of dried codonopsis in the bag. Some ginseng bodies are relatively complete, and some are broken.

In general, they are relatively thick and large. Now the codonopsis resources in the Southern Mountains are very rich, and those who dig codonopsis are also quite picky. They don't want the thin and small ones at all.

"What to exchange for these?" When Li Long came, he took a branch of codonopsis and looked at it. The quality was good. He put the codonopsis in, weighed the bag, and asked.

"What else can I exchange for, wine, canned food, haha, the food is relatively good, by the way, I also want some money."

Li Long then put the things he brought in the jeep into a bag, and gave Hearing Bolati fifty yuan. This is the money for collecting codonopsis. As for Hearing Bolati's own money, he wanted two hundred, and let Li Long help him save the rest.

The meat boiled in a while, but it would take a while to boil until soft. Li Long took the opportunity to turn around in the nearby grass forest. The grass skin was basically withered, and no wild vegetables were found. On the contrary, some wild mushrooms were found in the forest land.

Unexpectedly, such things could still be found in the forest at this time. Li Long dug some dandelions that grew close to the ground and plantain that grew relatively late, planning to take them back to wash, blanch them with boiling water, and then mix them cold.

Just eating meat without vegetables always feels a bit imperfect.

After the meat was cooked, Li Long took chopsticks for Hearing Bolati to let him fish it out himself. He removed some of the fire under the stove, and then mixed the dug wild vegetables with boiling water on the stove in the room, and mixed them with ready-made seasonings.

He tore half of the naan he brought for Hearing Bolati, and the two sat at the door and ate.

"Hmm, meat is still delicious." Hearing Bolati said with admiration while chewing meat.

This roe deer is not big, the meat is very tender, and because it is the time of full fat in the season, the meat is fat and lean, although there is a smell of wild game, it is suppressed by spices, quite fragrant.

Li Long is different from him. While eating naan and meat, he occasionally clips a piece of cold-mixed wild vegetables to suppress the greasiness.

He was also thinking about whether to cut a plate of stomach and intestines from the internal organs at night, and make a bowl of dipping sauce to add a meal?

After all, to some extent, offal is the essence.

Of course, Hearing Bolati disdains eating like this. If he is greasy, he drinks a bowl of tea boiled by Li Long before coming. Brick tea relieves greasiness and can supplement vitamins, which is very good.

After eating and drinking enough, Li Long fished out a few pieces of meat for Hearing Bolati, put them in an enamel basin to take away, and Hearing Bolati left with satisfaction.

The mess is naturally cleaned up by Li Long.

When Hearing Bolati left, he reminded him that there are many wolves nearby. Recently, because there are few people, those wolves are hunting wild goats and roe deer everywhere, in groups, so let him close the door at night.

Li Long then fished out the remaining meat and offal into the basin, carried them into the wooden house, and planned to heat them up tomorrow morning to drink.

This thing has a high fat content. You can still drink it at this time, but you won't dare to drink it in twenty years.

After finishing all this, Li Long extinguished the fire in the stove outside, took the roe deer skin in. At this time, the sky had already darkened.

After the autumn equinox, the days are short and the nights are long. The sun has set, and some bright stars can already be seen in the sky.

Li Long closed the door, lit the oil lamp, leaned on the head of the bed, and while reading a book, occasionally picked up a piece of cut stomach to eat as a snack.

Although he was full in the afternoon, he couldn't help but want to eat it when it was placed in front of him.

However, Li Long was also quite restrained, and stopped after eating a plate.

After a simple wash, he went to bed to sleep.

The bedding was dried in the afternoon, and now it is warm up and down, with a pleasant smell.

He brought an alarm clock and planned to get up at 5:30, take a gun to see the place where wild boars appeared closest.

Li Long's biological clock is very accurate, but he brought this alarm clock for safety. After setting the alarm clock, Li Long blew out the oil lamp and went to sleep.

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At four o'clock, Li Long woke up.

He heard the sound of wolves howling outside, very close.

He could even hear the sound of wolves licking the offal soup and roe deer blood he poured out.

Li Long climbed up quietly, put on his clothes, grabbed the five-six semi-automatic rifle beside the bed, opened the safety, and slowly pulled the bolt to load.

Since there is prey running to the front, how can there be no reason to hunt?

Li Long slowly lifted the window paper a little to look out. A group of four wolves were in the field of vision. One was observing on the high place by the spring eye, two wolves were in the place where he poured the offal soup, and one was lowering its head to eat in the place where Hearing Bolati peeled the roe deer.

Li Long slowly extended the gun out of the window, hesitated, and chose the wolf observing on the high place.

Just as he intended to aim, a beast roar came, which not only startled those wolves but also startled Li Long!

A black bear ran over from afar, walking on four paws, occasionally standing up, and when it ran to the front, it stood up and roared fiercely at the few wolves!

Although this black bear was not as tall as Li Long, its body was relatively fat. It should have accumulated enough fat in autumn, and its body was wavy when walking.

Li Long immediately turned the muzzle and aimed at this black bear.

Facing the threat of the black bear, the few wolves obviously didn't intend to give up the meat by their mouths. They immediately gathered together, circled around the black bear, and intended to drive the other party away.

The black bear was thick-skinned and fleshy, fearless of the threat of the wolf pack. Its two big claws waved, occasionally roaring to scare the few wolves.

A wolf circled behind the black bear, suddenly rushed up and bit the bear's leg. The bear hair was very long, and this bite only bit the skin, but it made the black bear roar in pain, and it fanned the wolf away with one palm.

The wolf was fanned five or six steps away. When it climbed up, Li Long vaguely saw blood flowing from its abdomen.

The remaining three wolves retreated a few steps immediately, but didn't run away, still trapping the bear there, restraining each other.

Li Long aimed at the black bear's head, and the muzzle was slowly fine-tuned.

The bear was impatient, looked up and roared, and when it intended to rush to the three wolves, a "bang" gunshot sounded, and the bullet hit the black bear's head.

Li Long didn't stop shooting. The bullets in the gun were fully loaded. With ease, and it was almost a fixed target, he "bang bang bang" shot a few more times until the black bear fell completely.

Every shot didn't leave the head. Li Long intended to keep a relatively complete bear skin this time.

The three wolves looked back when Li Long's gun sounded, and then ran quickly into the forest.

That wolf injured by the black bear also dragged its wounded body and ran away. After seeing it, Li Long aimed at the wolf and shot a "bang", ending its painful life.

Seeing that there was no movement outside, Li Long first loaded the bullets in the gun, then opened the latched door and observed left and right.

At this time, it was the eighth day of the lunar month, and more than half of the moon was in the sky, and the sky light was quite good. After Li Long looked around and found no danger, he walked out with the gun.

When he was close to the bear, Li Long looked around again, and after finding nothing, he arrived in front of the bear.

He could see clearly that the bear's face was basically smashed at this time.

He bent down and pulled it. The bear was quite heavy, feeling like two hundred kilograms.

With Li Long's current physical strength, he could drag it to the wooden house.

Sigh, have to stay up late to work again.

Carrying the gun on his back, grabbing the bear's two hairy legs with both hands, if he couldn't grab it, he would grab some meat skin, and then drag it to the wooden house.

At this time, he didn't care whether the skin would be worn out or not.

This thing runs in the mountains every day, it should be fine to grind it like this, right?

Dragging the black bear to the front of the wooden house, Li Long straightened up, took the gun down and held it, and went over to bring the wolf back.

Compared to the bear weighing more than two hundred kilograms, this wolf was much lighter, at most forty kilograms.

The night was not very thick. Looking up at the sky, the Milky Way spanned, and there was a feeling of brilliant stars. The night sky at this time was very quiet and beautiful.

Li Long sighed, then hurriedly returned to the room to set up the stove.

It is beautiful, but it is also quite cool at night. He is about to deal with this bear meat, so he should make preparations first.

He couldn't hunt wild boars. With this bear, Li Long was already very satisfied.

This thing is not something anyone can hunt!

He remembered Zhao Hui saying that bear skin could be sold for 1,500 to 2,000, which is worse than snow leopard skin, but it is also quite expensive, much more expensive than at Chen Hongjun's place.

I don't know if they said they would come in a while, whether it is true or false.

Li Long planned to keep the bear skin after cleaning it up, and sell it to Zhao Hui when he comes.

Thinking about buying a big tractor later, that one plus the rotary plow will cost more than three hundred thousand, so he has to work hard to save money now.

This development has been for three years, and the money saved is less than one hundred thousand, which is a bit of a failure.

But there is really no way. The method to make money quickly has too much risk. He just wants to live a safe life.

Let others take the risk.

Since he doesn't want to take risks, he can only get all the money he can earn into his hands first.

Next year must be an outlet. When the collection station is withdrawn, a considerable number of people who dig fritillaria will definitely not find a buyer.

He took the opportunity to collect a batch and earn a price difference...

Gone too far.

After the stove was set up, Li Long also lit the stove outside. This time, he only boiled water. The bear was too big, and the internal organs must be treated with warm water.

He didn't plan to waste it either.

Wolf howling sounds came from afar, and I don't know if it was the group that was beaten away just now. However, Li Long didn't care. He set up the two stoves outside, put the bear next to the two stoves, and prepared to peel it.

After hunting the bear, Li Long remained in an excited state, and now he was not sleepy. After the water boiled, he pulled out his knife and started to peel the skin.

Although Li Long's skinning technique is definitely one of the best in the Fourth Team, it is slightly worse than Hearing Bolati and the others.

Thinking of Hearing Bolati's technique of peeling roe deer skin in the afternoon, Li Long was quite envious.

There were wolves howling on the hillside hundreds of meters away. Li Long looked up and continued to work.

They dare not come. (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 727 =====