Chapter 741

When Li Xiangqian turned his head to look at Li Long, Li Long had already come over holding some things.

He was holding a wolf-skin mattress and a bottle of alcohol.

The wolf-skin mattress had been prepared earlier. Among the wolf skins hit at the beginning, some were tanned and made into mattresses.

But in the house, except for Dad Li Qing Xia and Mom Du Chunfang who needed them, no one else needed them.

This thing was fine for keeping out dampness and cold.

Untanned skins were stiff and couldn't be used, but after tanning, they were relatively soft, with fur on one side and cotton cloth sewn on the other. Spreading it on the snow and sitting on it felt different.

"Hey, Little Li, you are well-prepared." Li Xiangqian was truly impressed this time. "If Director Qian wants to come over later, it would be great to prepare a set like this, wouldn't it?"

"These are easy to handle; they count as preparation work." Li Long spread out the wolf-skin mattress, and after Li Xiangqian sat on it, he handed him the bottle of alcohol: "If you're still cold, take a sip. This thing is just a stimulant; it can't really resist the cold."

"Alright, alright." Li Xiangqian took the cup and tucked it into his coat pocket first. He also knew he would be hunting later, and since the wind direction was unclear, he didn't want to drink unless it was a last resort.

Li Long didn't use the wolf-skin mattress himself; he just spread two sacks on the snow and that was it. He was dressed thickly, and his lower body was wearing leather pants made of sheepskin, with wool pants inside, so he wasn't cold at all.

Although his body was in his twenties, his mind was already in his sixties. Li Long was very knowledgeable about health preservation. If you were brittle at this time, you would suffer when you were old.

Since there were conditions, make yourself comfortable; nothing wrong with that.

After such a toss, the two calmed down and continued to look north.

Li Long directly raised his gun; he felt that animals would definitely come over later, and he could catch up.

He was also very cold, but it was a cold he could endure. It was definitely not as good as being in a warm home, but it wasn't to the point of feeling miserable.

After waiting for nearly an hour, Li Xiangqian spoke again:

"Little Li, do you think these things will come? Or... should we drive forward and take a look?"

"Wait a little longer," Li Long said. "I think in another ten minutes or so, something should come over. It seems like there are black shadows moving ahead!"

Hearing that there were black shadows moving, Li Xiangqian immediately stopped talking and looked north.

At this moment, his field of vision became even smaller, so he had to try hard to open his eyes to look; he couldn't see, so he squinted to look. He didn't see anything, but he was too embarrassed to ask.

Li Xiangqian was worried that if the sound of speaking was too loud, those things would hear it, and what if those guys didn't come over?

Li Long was actually lying to Li Xiangqian; he didn't see any black shadows at all.

But just a few minutes after Li Long finished speaking, he really saw some black shadows vaguely moving slowly towards this side in his field of vision.

Li Long suddenly said to Li Xiangqian in a low voice:

"Section Chief, when they come over later, let's not shoot first. Wait until these guys are almost at the side of the road before shooting—otherwise, the bloody smell left behind will make them afraid to come over tomorrow."

"Alright," Li Xiangqian replied softly.

When Li Long looked carefully again, he found that the original black shadows had really become a patch—this time, what was coming might be a large patch of things.

As for what exactly it was, he couldn't see yet; these guys weren't running, and their speed was relatively slow.

This wasn't forty years later. Forty years later, the snow in the Gobi desert on both sides of the road was very thin, and with the strong wind, it was good if the snow didn't even reach your ankles.

But right now, the snow in the Gobi desert on both sides was at least thirty centimeters thick. Every step these wild animals took, it was quite laborious to pull it out again.

Unless they were being chased by natural enemies, these guys were walking slowly, which was also to save energy.

At this time, unless they were targeted by a wolf pack, they were basically safe.

Li Long slowly raised his gun.

Li Xiangqian was the same.

As those things slowly moved to a position close to the road, Li Xiangqian finally saw them too.

It was a herd of red deer, over twenty of them—considered a very large herd.

The leading male red deer looked like a horse; when it raised its head, it was much taller than Li Xiangqian—not counting the large branched antlers on its head.

Li Long also saw this big guy; he estimated that this guy must weigh at least four or five hundred kilograms.

If he hit this guy, the jeep probably wouldn't be able to fit it.

So Li Long didn't aim at this big guy; except for the antlers and the deer penis, the rest wasn't of much use.

"Have you eaten dinner?"

As for the deer penis, was Li Long the kind of person who lacked that?

Just because Li Long didn't like it didn't mean Li Xiangqian didn't. He took a fancy to that red deer at a glance.

If he could hit this guy, hey, just that penis would be worth it!

Previously, Li Long had given him roe deer and red deer penises, and he had experienced the benefits; for a middle-aged man, no one thought they had too little of this kind of thing! Li Xiangqian raised his gun and aimed at the male red deer.

He didn't expect this subtle movement to immediately attract the attention of the red deer over there.

For a moment, several red deer stopped and stared at this side.

Some wild animals have better night vision than humans.

When Li Xiangqian saw several red deer stop and look at him, he immediately understood that his movement just now seemed to have exposed him.

He also knew that if he kept perfectly still at this time, he might be able to fool them.

If that didn't work, he would shoot—but right now, those red deer were at least thirty or forty meters away from him, and he could only see the tallest shadow and the few red deer beside it.

Would shooting now affect the big event? What if those wild animals didn't pass through here after shooting?

Li Xiangqian was a bit worried, so he tried his best to keep the gun steady and motionless.

However, the more he paid attention, the more nervous he became. Why did the shotgun, which usually felt very light, feel so heavy now?

Why did his feet start to itch?

He felt he hadn't protected his feet well just now. The temperature was too low, and it felt like frostbite was coming back. It was mainly because he had had frostbite before, and later, when living conditions improved, the frostbite disappeared.

He didn't expect that after freezing this time, there were signs of recurrence.

This wasn't good!

!

The more Li Xiangqian focused on these things, the more he felt his feet itch. He desperately wanted to scratch them, but he didn't dare to move!

Those guys were too alert!

It seems there has been professional analysis saying that the more humans think about not doing something, the more likely they are to do it. An example is that if you tell someone not to swallow saliva within a minute, then within that minute, you will swallow saliva 99% of the time—this is a kind of reverse stress response, right?

In other words, the more Li Xiangqian thought the foot itching wasn't a big deal, the more his focus was unconsciously there, and the itchier his feet became.

If he didn't distract himself, sooner or later he would scratch it.

Li Long couldn't see the situation on Li Xiangqian's side, and his attention was entirely on those few red deer. However, seeing a few red deer staring at Li Xiangqian's side, Li Long guessed that Li Xiangqian must have moved.

Li Long didn't speak; he believed Li Xiangqian must have his own judgment criteria. If it wasn't absolutely necessary to move, he wouldn't have moved.

Sure enough, after a while, those few red deer stopped staring at Li Xiangqian and continued to walk towards this side.

However, there was still an impact; the direction they were walking was slightly skewed, skewed towards Li Long's side.

When Li Long chose the position, he had already looked at it well. He looked at the position near the red willows, where the person was almost merged with the red willow bushes, and you couldn't see it unless you got close and looked carefully.

So Li Long wasn't afraid.

That herd of red deer had big and small ones, the biggest being the leading male red deer, which at this moment was walking straight towards Li Long's side.

There were also a few young male red deer with antlers on their heads, and then seven or eight female red deer, and half-grown red deer cubs.

Li Long saw that some female red deer had big bellies and should be pregnant. These red deer were obviously not his attack targets.

He looked around and set his target on a male red deer that had just grown up this year. Such red deer were just like the "unmarried lambs" mentioned at some barbecue stalls in Northern Tianshan in the future; the meat was tender.

Relatively speaking, it was better to eat.

For a moment, there was only the rustling sound of stepping on snow, and occasionally the crunching sound of the hard snow crust being broken.

Subsequently, the red deer herd arrived at the side of the road.

They were almost within reach of Li Long and the others.

The biggest male red deer didn't know if it was because of alertness or coincidence, but as it walked, it skewed its direction, going to the road twenty meters east of Li Long, and at this time, other red deer also scattered, accelerating their pace to cross the road.

Li Xiangqian was a bit dumbfounded; all these red deer went to Li Long's side, separated from him by a large patch of red willow bushes. He wanted to shoot, but had no way to do so.

And Li Long didn't move his gun, which made it hard for him to act!

He urgently wanted to see what Li Long's reaction was. At this time, Li Long still wanted to wait, wait for the red deer to cross the road before shooting. That way, even if there was a bloody smell, it would be south of the road, and the impact wouldn't be big.

He didn't know that this move of his had made Li Xiangqian anxious.

What Li Xiangqian had his eye on was that big male red deer!

Li Long didn't move, and the red deer didn't pay attention to him. A female red deer walked past him at a distance of three or four meters, and even stumbled when going down the road ditch.

When there were seven or eight red deer behind, Li Long finally aimed at a young male red deer and pulled the trigger!

"Bang!"

"Bang, bang!"

"Bang!"

As soon as Li Long's gun sounded, Li Xiangqian had long been unable to wait and stood up all at once. As a result, because he had been sitting for a long time, his legs were a bit numb, and he stumbled when he stood up, then saw those red deer herds explode and run wildly towards the south.

He barely raised his gun and fired two shots at the big red deer in the distance, and while shooting, he said to Li Long:

"Little Li, hit that big red deer; I want its penis!"

Li Long fired again. After the gun sounded, the remaining red deer had scattered and disappeared.

The non-round moon had just risen. At this time, on the side of the road, two red deer were lying down. (End of chapter)