Chapter 742

When Li Xiangqian ran over to look, he found that the biggest red deer was not on the ground.

He said with a frustrated face:

"Oh my, why didn't we hit that red deer? That red deer was really big... If that penis could be taken off..."

"That deer was too alert." Li Long shook his head, put away his gun, pulled out his knife, and walked towards the red deer lying on the ground. "It couldn't be hit at all! As soon as my gun sounded, that deer accelerated and rushed out, and it could move in an S-shape; do you dare believe it?"

"What S-shape movement?" Li Xiangqian walked to the fallen red deer and saw a male red deer with antlers on its head. Although they weren't long, it was at least male, so he felt slightly better and asked:

"What do you mean?"

"It means it can turn when running and avoid the gun." Li Long looked at the male red deer; the bullet hit its head, and it was dead.

He pulled out his knife and gave its stomach a cut.

This technique of cutting the stomach without skinning it was quite particular—if you didn't cut it well, you would break the intestines and stomach, and then it would be hard to clean up a stomach full of feces.

Li Long was considered an expert; this cut was just right, cutting open the belly without hurting the internal organs.

Li Long felt the heat coming out of the red deer's stomach and was very satisfied.

The other one was a female red deer, looking like it was two or three years old, without cubs, very lean, just unlucky. After Li Long's first gunshot, this red deer ran into Li Long's field of vision in shock.

As usual, he gave its stomach a cut, and Li Long said to Li Xiangqian:

"Section Chief, let's go back. I won't process this red deer tonight; I'll process it well tomorrow during the day and send one to you."

"Alright." Although Li Xiangqian didn't hit anything, he knew he couldn't wait any longer, or he would really have a recurrence of frostbite—anyway, it was confirmed that they could hit things at night, so he would go back and report to Director Qian.

When Li Long took back the sacks, the blood on the two red deer had stopped flowing, and the heat in their stomachs had been released. Although their bodies hadn't completely hardened, they could be put into the bags.

When Li Xiangqian went to fold the wolf-skin mattress and put it in the car, Li Long had already put the two red deer into the sacks and stuffed them into the trunk.

It could only be stuffed—the two red deer weren't small in size.

If he had really hit that big red deer, the back of the car wouldn't have been able to fit it.

When starting the jeep to go back, Li Xiangqian suddenly said with emotion:

"Hey, Little Li, I feel that hunting at night is quite exciting, but it's a bit cold, and I don't know if Director Qian will come..."

Li Long smiled and said:

"I don't know, we'll know when we ask."

He didn't care; if he came, he would accompany him to hunt; if he didn't, he would tell Xu Chengjun about the situation. If Old Xu wanted to take people to hunt, he would bring them at night. Anyway, the militia in the team were definitely stronger than Li Xiangqian in terms of cold resistance.

After all, they had been lying on the ice of the big lake every day for this period, and they had practiced it.

Regardless of whether the people in the team came or not, he would definitely have to come again. When he sent Yang Yong back to Kuitun during the day, he would take the opportunity to see if he could hit any more prey.

He still owed the team some meat.

The jeep drove to the county, Li Long first sent Li Xiangqian home, and then returned to the big courtyard.

Hearing the sound of the horn outside, the first one to move was little Han Fang. She put on a cotton coat and ran out, ignoring Sister Yang when she called her.

Opening the big gate, Li Long let Han Fang go back to the room quickly while driving in, and Han Fang went back smiling.

After parking the jeep, Li Long got out, turned around to close the gate, and then carried the two red deer into the side room. The temperature there was better than outside, and it would be easier to thaw tomorrow.

Sister Yang stood at the door and greeted Li Long, and Li Long also told her to go into the room quickly, saying it was nothing.

Then he also carried his gun back to the room.

As soon as he entered the room, a wave of hot air rushed towards him, and the chill on Li Long's body disappeared for the most part.

Gu Xiaoxia came out from the inner room and came over to help Li Long take off his coat.

"How was it? You didn't freeze, did you?"

"It's fine, Section Chief Li might have frozen a bit, but I was dressed thickly." Li Long said proudly while taking off his outer coat, "I knew he would be brittle, and as a result, he almost had a recurrence of frostbite this time."

"Hee hee, he really doesn't have much experience," Gu Xiaoxia smiled and said. "It's good that you're fine. Are you going again later?"

"Wait for news. If Director Qian wants to come, then we have to go. But regardless of whether Director Qian goes or not, I have to notify the team. Old Xu already agreed before, and the bullets are ready, so I have to tell him."

"Sigh, it's quite troublesome," Gu Xiaoxia sighed. "It will take several days, right?"

"Well, it should be about the same before New Year's Day." Li Long took off his clothes, folded them, and wore only his autumn clothes. The room was hot, even hotter than Big Brother Li Jianguo's house, so he didn't need to wear so much. He asked:

Liang Yuemei also asked if he wanted to heat up some food.

"Asleep," Gu Xiaoxia said. "Asleep for half an hour."

"That's fine." Li Long smiled. Able to eat and sleep, and not getting sick, the two little guys had good health.

Getting up early the next morning, after Li Long set up the stove, he went over and carried the two red deer to the east room of the main house. Sister Yang was preparing to cook in the kitchen, and it was too crowded.

After breakfast, the two red deer had begun to thaw, so Li Long took a basin and a knife to process them.

To avoid blood flowing onto the floor, Li Long spread a layer of plastic cloth in the room. It felt uncomfortable to step on, and it was a bit troublesome to process.

He was considered an experienced hand. After skinning the red deer, the internal organs in the stomach became soft. Then he scraped the internal organs into the prepared big basin; there was no need to rush to process this thing.

The main thing was to take off the penis first.

This was what Li Xiangqian wanted. And the red deer's antlers—Li Long cut off the head and planned to see if Li Xiangqian wanted to make a specimen of this deer head with antlers.

As for the red deer he got himself, there was even less need to rush.

Before he finished processing the two red deer, Li Long heard the crying of Mingming and Haohao in the room over there.

Sister Yang's voice also rang out. Listening to Sister Yang's persuasion, Li Long knew that these two guys were making a fuss over a cloth doll.

Hi, there will be plenty of fuss in the future. Thinking of the videos he saw on the internet in his previous life where twins had to be in the same position if they were injured on their faces, Li Long felt it was fortunate that it was the eighties, not the future.

Now, education for children isn't that pretentious and careful. Not convinced? Just clean them up, anyway, they have stronger endurance now.

Just kidding.

The children soon stopped crying, and then started laughing again a few minutes later. Li Long's mood also improved.

Continued to be busy.

It was almost one o'clock when he finished with the two red deer. Li Xiangqian's red deer was processed well, with the internal organs and the unloaded bones and meat packed in two bags, including the penis and the deer head. As for his own, the stomach and intestines weren't washed well, so they were soaking in the basin first.

Li Long wasn't in a hurry; there was plenty of time later. He had to send Li Xiangqian's over first.

Li Xiangqian was on the phone with Director Qian.

He "reported" the specific situation of hunting in the no-man's-land yesterday to Director Qian and asked when he could come over to try.

"Let's see the time," Director Qian said with emotion. "Since I've been in this position, I've been much busier than before. I originally thought winter would be freer, and I could follow you to hunt and relax, but right now there are many things like warehousing and summaries, which is very troublesome.

Sigh, if I had known, I wouldn't have moved. Think about how free it was before; now the salary for this position isn't much more, but the work has doubled. Even in the middle of winter, I'm not free. Now I quite envy you. Xiangqian, tell Li Long that when I have time, I'll come find you, and we'll have to relax properly..."

Although Director Qian was complaining, to Li Xiangqian, what he heard was a kind of showing off and pride.

Well, who wouldn't want this kind of busyness?

Li Xiangqian was very envious, but he also knew he couldn't envy it; he had already missed the best opportunity, and it wouldn't be easy to get promoted again.

Actually, it's not bad now. Although Maxian is a small place, the power in his hands is not small, and he lives comfortably.

Just like this, just after hanging up the phone, Li Long came over.

Li Long also knew that his jeep was hard to hide; many people actually knew about it, so this time he simply drove the car directly into the courtyard of the Supply and Marketing Cooperative.

He didn't take the things down, went to Li Xiangqian's office empty-handed, poured himself a glass of water, drank two sips, and said:

"Section Chief, the things are packed. Should I send them to your house later?"

"Alright." Li Xiangqian wasn't pretentious. "I'll go over with you later—forget it, let's eat first after work. After eating, we'll go back. You treated yesterday, today let's go to Old Zhong's place, stir-fry two dishes, and I'll treat."

Li Long wasn't polite either; a morning of busyness was worth this meal.

"By the way, Director Qian said he's busy now, and he'll come when he has time—don't know when he'll have time." "Maybe he won't be able to come." Li Long joked, "It's fine, anyway, the migration of Mongolian gazelles and red deer in winter lasts for a long time, so just wait."

Li Long believed that as long as there wasn't a large-scale hunting operation, Mongolian gazelles should be seen running into the mountains every day this winter.

After all, at this time, the border defense line to the north, the Mongolian gazelle herds that often roam between the two countries, one herd has tens of thousands—can you imagine how big a herd that is!

The Mongolian gazelle herds in the direction of Northwest Kazakhstan are also in the hundreds.

At this time, the population is small, and the population of Kazakhstan is even smaller. In those uncultivated wildernesses, these animals are really very numerous.

Since Director Qian couldn't come for a while, Li Long planned to go talk to Xu Chengjun in the afternoon.

The village director of the Fourth Team is capable and can take guns out to hunt. Other teams envy this, but they can't learn it.

Hunting isn't something you can do just by taking a gun out into the wild. You have to know where the prey is.

And Li Long happened to make up for this shortcoming—he knew, but he wouldn't tell others.

The core militia who hunted in the Fourth Team last year definitely wouldn't have such tight lips, but others might not believe it when they heard it, and even if they believed it, they might not dare to try.

It's the same as Li Long breaking the ice to catch fish.

!

The cost of trial and error is relatively large, so it will scare away most people.

Li Xiangqian left work early, and no one had any opinions, even Director Wei pretended not to see it. Anyway, in the middle of winter, except for people coming to the store outside, there was basically no business in the Supply and Marketing Cooperative. Those who had things to do went to do them, and just told the leader.

Driving the jeep to the meat canteen, Li Xiangqian greeted Zhong Guo Qiang. This time they didn't eat noodles, but ordered two dishes, braised pork and pickled cabbage with vermicelli and meat, both of which were good dishes for rice, and then two big bowls of rice—large bowls.

"It's noon, not good to drink, otherwise we'd at least have two cups."

"Don't drink, there's still work in the afternoon." Li Long said while shoveling rice. Although this meat didn't taste as fragrant as the pig-killing dish, at least it wasn't the kind of feed-fed pig in the future, and the taste was fine. The pickled cabbage was also authentic, and the vermicelli was genuine sweet potato vermicelli, both were good.

Good with rice.

After eating and drinking the soup, Li Xiangqian didn't really want to leave.

After digesting in the restaurant, the two got up and went out.

Li Long returned to the courtyard, Gu Xiaoxia had just finished eating and hadn't gone to work yet, and was watching the children. Seeing Li Long return, Sister Yang asked him if he had eaten, Li Long nodded and said he had, and then went to wash the stomach and intestines.

Sister Yang wanted to help, but Li Long didn't let her. To be honest, he knew that Sister Yang was the busiest in the family. She had to cook, watch the children, and clean the house—this job would take three people in the future!

So he couldn't increase her task load anymore.

Li Long cleaned the stomach and intestines and boiled them in the pot. The fire in the stove wasn't very strong, just enough to boil for a while longer.

When these were done, Gu Xiaoxia had already gone to work. Li Long told Sister Yang and drove the jeep out.

He planned to talk to Xu Chengjun today to see when Old Xu planned to set off.

Xu Chengjun was still leading the core militia to train at the big lake in the north. There was live-fire shooting today, and he was also very nervous.

After Li Long returned to the team and knew this, he waited at his big brother's house.

Du Chunfang was very happy to know that Li Long could stay for a while. She hurriedly took out the sunflower seeds that Liang Wenyu had prepared for them as snacks for Li Long to crack.

Li Long wasn't polite either, grabbing a handful to crack while chatting. He didn't throw away the shells, but saved a handful and threw them into the stove door, waiting for them to burn.

Liang Wenyu was stitching insoles by the fire wall, and Li Jianguo was sitting on the sofa reading a book. Winter days were much more comfortable, and the old couple was also chatting here.

"Went hunting in the middle of the night yesterday. These things only came over at night, so I thought about seeing when the team would go hunting."

"Hey, we hit quite a few last year, should be about the same this year, right?" Li Qing Xia said with a smile; he actually wanted to go too.

Just to satisfy the craving.

Li Jianguo put down the book and asked:

"Have to hunt at night? That's cold."

"No choice, those Mongolian gazelles don't dare to walk during the day. There are many cars on the road, and some drivers also carry guns. If they hit one, those Mongolian gazelles and red deer are so scared they won't dare to approach the road for a long time." Li Long analyzed the situation and explained, "There are many things. Last night we waited for less than an hour and saw dozens of red deer rush past."

"That's hit-able. Cold at night is cold, just bear it," Li Qing Xia really wanted to go. "Just dress thickly."

Everything said was quite simple; anyway, they were all people who had suffered, so they really weren't worried about anything.

When it was almost dark, Xu Chengjun got the news and rushed over.

Li Long told him the situation, and Xu Chengjun thought for a moment and said:

"Then let's make it the day after tomorrow. Tomorrow I'll go tell the township about the target practice today. Our team's militia is not bad. Tomorrow when I come back, I'll ask how many want to go, and then unify the people. We'll have to drive a tractor. Hunting in the middle of the night, there will definitely be people who don't want to go, so we won't force them."

"Still the same saying," Li Long said. "Team Leader, I can't guarantee whether we can hit anything. I can only say the chance at night is greater."

"Don't worry," Xu Chengjun said with a smile. "I don't believe you? There's no guarantee for this thing, and you're not a god—alright, just know this, I'm leaving first."

When he stood up, he asked Li Jianguo again:

"Old Li, are you going? If you are, I'll have Mingwa bring your gun over?"

"Going, tomorrow I'll go to your place to get the gun," Li Jianguo said. "How can I have Mingwa bring it? It's no trouble for me to run a trip."

Li Jianguo definitely wanted to go hunting too. After Xu Chengjun left, Li Qing Xia turned his head and asked Li Long:

"Little Long, is your shotgun there?"

"Yes, yes," Li Long said with a smile. "When I come to pick you and Big Brother up, should I bring it for you? Or should we go hunting alone tomorrow night?"

"No need, no need, why run so many trips?" Li Qing Xia waved his hand. "In the middle of winter, going at night is cold—besides, if we go tomorrow and hit something, and there's nothing the day after tomorrow, what if the people in the team run for nothing?"

Hey, Dad thinks quite comprehensively. Li Long smiled and didn't say much, thinking that if Dad and the others didn't hit anything or didn't have enough fun, it would be fine to go again later.

Anyway, in a whole winter, being idle is being idle, right?

After saying this, Li Long drank sweet soup at his big brother's house, ate two pieces of grilled naan with pickles, and then drove back.

It wasn't completely dark yet. After seeing Li Long off, Li Jianguo suddenly said to Liang Wenyu:

"I'm going to the Team Leader's house to get the gun back first."

Liang Wenyu smiled and said:

"Go, go."

Li Jianguo chuckled and went out pushing his bicycle.

Just as he went out, he saw Lu Yingming walking back from outside, and he habitually greeted him:

"Old Li, why are you going out at this time, where are you going?"

"To the Team Leader's place to get the gun," Li Jianguo smiled.

"Get the gun?" Lu Yingming hurriedly shouted:

"What are you getting the gun for?"

"The team is taking people hunting in a couple of days, same as last year," Li Jianguo stopped and said with one foot on the ground. "I'll take the gun back and wipe it first..."

"Hey!" Lu Yingming immediately understood: "Then I'm going too!"

"What are you going for? Do you have a gun?" Li Jianguo asked. "You have to have a gun to hunt, and you have to go at night. Can you do it?"

"If you can do it, why can't I? Besides, doesn't the gun have to be approved by the Team Leader? I don't believe Junwazi won't give me a gun?"

Lu Yingming said so, but didn't go over with Li Jianguo. He also knew he was different from Li Jianguo. If the two went over together at this time, although Xu Chengjun might give him a gun for the sake of his face, it would be equivalent to putting Li Jianguo on the spot.

Lu Yingming wouldn't do that.

Li Jianguo went to Xu Chengjun's house, got the gun and a pack of bullets, and came back, starting to wipe the gun in the room.

Li Juan and Li Qiang were watching from the side. There was gun oil left by Li Long specifically for winter use in the house, which was convenient for maintenance. After Li Jianguo finished wiping, Li Qing Xia suddenly said:

"Don't know if Little Long's shotgun has been wiped..."

"Don't worry, Little Long is careful with his gun, he definitely wiped it," Li Jianguo replied.

Li Qing Xia was relieved. (End of chapter)