Chapter 759: Even Iron People Get Tired

Li Long didn't really want to hunt. One reason was that it was too far, and another was that he felt his mother's words made a lot of sense. The meat of the yellow sheep really didn't taste as good as the mutton of the domestic sheep.

He hunted before because he didn't have the conditions, and if he wanted to eat meat, he could only hunt. Now there were so many cattle and sheep in the old horse corral, and there was no shortage of meat at home, so the desire to hunt faded.

Of course, if a group of yellow sheep happened to run in front of him at this time, maybe he would hunt.

"Little Long, stop the car, north side, look at the north side, there are sheep!" He didn't want to hunt, but Li Qing Xia did!

Li Long stopped the car.

After getting out of the car, he took the gun out of the trunk, opened the gun holster, and aimed to the north.

It was about a hundred meters away, and he could see it. There were big sheep and small sheep, slowly moving south.

Although the jeep stopped, this group of more than twenty yellow sheep was not afraid, while gnawing on the saxaul and red willow that had almost been gnawed into bare poles, while slowly moving forward.

The snow on the north side had been stepped on with many hoof prints, indicating that wild animals often moved back and forth here. This group of yellow sheep should have come along the path trampled by their predecessors.

"Hurry up and hit." Li Qing Xia couldn't help urging, "Look at that group, there are quite a few."

Li Jianguo and Du Chunfang also came down. The snow on the road surface was pressed quite firmly and was also very slippery. Li Jianguo tried to slide, and slid more than two meters—Li Long remembered that this was called sliding in the Northeast, but in the Northwest, this was called sliding horse.

"Father, do you want to hit it yourself?" Li Long opened the safety, loaded the bullet, closed the safety, turned his head and asked Li Qing Xia.

Li Qing Xia looked at the group of yellow sheep, hesitated for a while and shook his head:

"You'd better hit it, I can't hit it from so far away."

Li Jianguo smiled, his father was quite self-aware.

"I'm not necessarily going to hit it either." Li Long thought that since his father was so modest, he walked forward two steps, on the north side of the road, and aimed with a kneeling position.

Du Chunfang wrapped her headscarf, still feeling a bit cold, and the warmth brought by the sun shining on her body was blown away directly by the wind.

She wanted to lean closer to Li Long, but found that her shadow was blocking Li Long's gun. Just as she was about to walk away, Li Long said:

"Mother, you go back a little bit, this shadow just blocks the front sight of my gun, hmm, just like this!"

"Then do I move or not?" Du Chunfang was a bit panicked, she didn't understand whether she was hindering Li Long or helping Li Long now.

Li Jianguo understood, and said with a smile: "Mother, you just stand on the side of the road and don't move."

At this time, the shadow was still relatively long, Du Chunfang stood on the south side of the road, and the shadow could extend to the north side of the road, so there was no fear of cars coming.

"Fine." Du Chunfang grinned and smiled, feeling that it didn't seem so cold anymore.

She could also see the group of yellow sheep on the north side, but at this time her attention was all on Li Long, and she tried her best to keep her body still.

Li Long didn't aim for long. He wanted to hit a small lamb that had just grown up this year. This kind of wild animal, yellow sheep, usually produces cubs in July. Now it was almost January, and the small yellow sheep had grown for five months, basically having about twenty kilograms, which was the best time.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

Li Long fired two shots at an interval of two seconds, then put away the gun and stood up.

The bullet shell bounced up and landed on the ground, melting a small bit of ice.

Li Long turned his head and said to Du Chunfang:

"Mother, it's okay, if you are cold, you can go into the car first."

After speaking, he carried the gun and walked to the north.

The first shot hit a small yellow sheep. When the yellow sheep group was in chaos, Li Long subconsciously fired another shot. He didn't know if it was dead or not.

Li Qing Xia and Li Jianguo followed Li Long and walked quickly to the north.

"Hey, Little Long's marksmanship is really good!"

"Why do I see that there seem to be wolves on the north side? Just now when Little Long's gun rang, four or five wolves rushed out from the north side of the yellow sheep group and ran away." Li Jianguo said while walking, "Didn't find them before, those wolves are quite good at hiding."

Li Long also saw the traces of the wolves. Only then did he understand why the yellow sheep had to run here even though they clearly saw things on the road. There were wolves chasing behind!

Walking more than a hundred meters was just a few minutes. When Li Long and the others walked to the location where the yellow sheep were before, they saw two yellow sheep in the snow.

One was hit in the neck by Li Long and was already dead. The ground was red with blood. This was a yellow sheep that had just reached adulthood, with only a short little horn on its head, and its body shape weighed about twenty kilograms.

The other was a mother yellow sheep, even smaller than that male one. The bullet hit the right hind leg and grazed it. It was still fleeing while dragging its injured leg, but it didn't run far before it lay down in the snow. At this time, the snow was still quite deep, and this small yellow sheep couldn't run anymore.

When Li Long and the others came over, the small yellow sheep was screaming in horror there.

"Hey, got a live one." Li Qing Xia was happy, "Can this be taken back and raised?"

"Should be okay?" Li Long looked and said, "The injury is not very heavy, just grazed, I'll find something to wrap it up later, take it back and apply some medicine, and it will be fine after raising it for a period of time."

Li Jianguo followed and carried the dead yellow sheep, Li Long carried the gun on his back, grabbed the terrified small yellow sheep, and took out a mask from his pocket. This mask had a rope, which could just be used as a bandage to tie up the yellow sheep's injured leg.

When walking back to the road, Li Long saw a truck driving from the east. When it was about to reach the jeep, it slowed down. The driver might have seen Li Long and the others, and accelerated to drive west again.

When they reached the road, Li Jianguo put down the yellow sheep, Li Long took out the knife and handed it to him, and he took the rope from the trunk to tie up the injured small yellow sheep so that it wouldn't move around.

Li Jianguo took the knife, made a cut on the yellow sheep's stomach, and a burst of dirty gas sprayed out.

"Eldest brother, no need to peel the skin, spread it out to let the inside cool down, then pack it in a bag and put it in the car, and peel it when we go back." Li Long fixed the small yellow sheep, looked at Li Jianguo's posture and intended to peel the skin on the side of the road, and said, "It's not convenient outside."

"Fine." Li Jianguo took back the knife, wiped it on the yellow sheep's skin, wiped away the blood foam, and handed the knife handle to Li Long.

"This skin is really good, with a dense layer of fluff on it," Li Jianguo said, "When the time comes, peel the skin off, find someone to tan it, and take it back for the eldest sister-in-law to make a jacket for mother."

Du Chunfang was physically weak and had always been afraid of the cold. In summer, she mainly sunbathed, and in winter, she relied on the fire wall.

"Good, when the skin is peeled off, I'll find someone to tan it, take it back and let the eldest sister-in-law make a jacket for mother." Li Long took a urea bag, stuffed this yellow sheep in, put it in the trunk, and then said:

"Let's go."

The car drove east all the way, Li Qing Xia was still watching the road on both sides. Obviously, hitting two yellow sheep could not satisfy his hunting ideas. It was just that along the way, he only ran into a few yellow sheep when he was about to reach sw county, on the south side of the road, running wildly towards the mountain, and couldn't hit them at all, so he didn't speak anymore.

"It will be difficult to come here to hunt yellow sheep in the future." When he was about to reach Shicheng, Li Qing Xia shook his head and said, "Did these yellow sheep run away at night?"

"If there is time later, let's go to the north Gobi beach to see." Li Long smiled, "Or go to the side of the sandbags after harvesting wheat in July or August. There are groups of yellow sheep there, just in time for the yellow sheep cubs to be born, see if we can catch a batch back."

Li Long himself was just saying it casually, but he didn't expect that he felt it was feasible after he said it.

Anyway, what is raised in the old horse corral pen is red deer, roe deer, wild boar, etc., so it doesn't matter if there is one more group of yellow sheep, right? Is there currently no artificial domestication of this thing?

Anyway, the wildlife protection law hasn't come out yet, so get a group out and raise them. If they can be raised, it's a good thing. If they can't be raised, it's just an experiment.

"It must be feasible." Li Jianguo thought and said, "After harvesting wheat, there is still a period of time before tying the big broom, so we can go and see."

Li Qing Xia was happy, this is also good. Catching fish every day, making money, this is a good thing. But life, after all, always needs some diverse happiness.

Du Chunfang asked suspiciously:

"Can that be raised?"

"Try it." Li Jianguo also had ideas. Thinking about Li Long raising red deer, one head sold for eight hundred yuan, which was more than the income of many acres of land.

This thing can be engaged in.

Originally, Li Long planned to drive the jeep directly back to the courtyard, but according to Li Jianguo's idea, since his father and mother came out, he should go to see his sister Li Xia.

So the jeep turned into the old street and circled to the gate of the courtyard where Li Xia lived.

Hongqin was not on vacation, but she came back for lunch, and was playing with snow in the courtyard at this time.

Seeing the jeep arrive, Hongqin shouted happily:

"Dad, Mom! My little uncle is here!"

Li Long, who had already parked the car, smiled when he heard this voice. This estimate is that the accent will not be changed for a while, at least it will take until the third or fourth grade of elementary school to be able to skillfully answer the family in Mandarin.

Chen Xingbang and Li Xia came out from the house and were very happy to see Li Qing Xia and the others.

"Father, mother, why are you here?"

"Went to Kuitun yesterday, Junshan got married, we went to support the scene." Li Qing Xia said proudly, "Came to see you today."

"Quickly enter the house." Chen Xingbang was coming back for lunch. After he finished speaking, he turned his head and said to Li Xia, "Cook some noodles again... cook hanging noodles."

"Why bother?" Li Qing Xia, who entered the house, felt a burst of heat, and said while taking off his cotton clothes, "Is there any steamed bread? If there is steamed bread, roast a steamed bread and it will be fine. This drank too much yesterday, and can't eat anything..."

"How can that work?" Chen Xingbang greeted people to sit down, then went out with his clothes on: "I'll go to the old street to buy some braised meat, you guys sit, Xia, pour water for father and mother."

Leaning on the old street is convenient, if there is no time to cook, raw and cooked can be bought.

Li Qing Xia sat and drank water, Du Chunfang was still curious, turning around in the house, muttering while turning: "This courtyard is okay, stronger than the second one's... the house is also big, it's not bad to live in."

Li Long smiled, what his mother cares about is different from what others care about.

Hongqin followed Li Xia to serve water, Li Long didn't let her be busy, the pot in the kitchen was still open, today was noodles, Li Long let Li Xia be busy with her own.

"Little uncle, is there a sheep in that car? I heard a sheep calling." Hongqin came over and asked.

She had a better relationship with Li Long, on the one hand, Li Long often came to see them, on the other hand, Li Long bought her a lot of toys and good things.

"Hmm, hit a yellow sheep on the way, one was injured, planning to take it back and raise it." Li Long said, "Do you want to see it?"

"Yes." Hongqin couldn't wait.

Li Long opened the trunk of the jeep, held the injured small yellow sheep down, and untied part of the rope to let it move.

Chen Xingbang happened to walk over quickly with the things he bought, saw the small yellow sheep and asked:

"This is... hit halfway?"

"Hmm, hit one dead and hit one injured," Li Long said, "Take this one back to see if it can be raised."

Hongqin carefully touched the yellow sheep, the yellow sheep was a bit panicked at first, struggling desperately, but later saw that Hongqin didn't hurt it, and slowly calmed down.

Chen Xingbang smiled, carried the things he bought into the house, and shouted at the door after a few minutes:

"Little Long, Hongqin, time to eat!"

Li Long held the yellow sheep into the car again, and he said to Hongqin:

"Next spring, I will send you a small lamb, you raise it yourself then, okay?"

"Good, good, good!" Hongqin was very happy when she heard it, "Little uncle, you can't lie to me?"

"Don't lie to you." Li Long smiled. The ewes in the horse corral were about to produce cubs. After weaning next spring, it was not impossible to hold one and give it to Li Xia to raise.

Children like such small animals. Raising a dog or a cat, Chen Xingbang and the others might not agree, but raising a sheep should not be a big problem.

Anyway, Li Xia definitely had to feed the pigs, so raising sheep was just a matter of convenience.

After eating, they chatted here for a while, Chen Xingbang went to work, Li Qing Xia and the others went to see the pigs Li Xia fed, and Du Chunfang pulled Li Xia to the side and whispered.

Li Long vaguely heard Du Chunfang give Li Xia some money, asking her to take it to subsidize the family.

This money should be given with Li Qing Xia's authorization. Several children, the eldest and the youngest are considered the best in life, so it is not wrong for parents to subsidize the second and third.

When Li Long and the others left, it was past four o'clock. Hongqin had already gone to school, and Li Xia still had to feed the pigs, so she had to be busy for a while to see Li Long and the others off.

Li Long drove the jeep back to the county courtyard, mainly to let Li Qing Xia and Du Chunfang see the children.

Of course, the yellow sheep that was slaughtered had to be put down, and Li Long would clean it up after he came back.

As for the injured one, Li Jianguo meant to take it back and raise it to see if it could be raised. Anyway, there was a place at home, and there was time in winter.

Liang Wenyu asked about the basic situation there, Huang Ling's situation, and the wedding situation.

Hearing Li Long say that the father-in-law opened his mouth and said that Li Xingguo fell and broke his leg, Liang Wenyu also laughed:

"Why say that... then Junshan can be willing?"

"Why not willing?" Li Qing Xia didn't care, "His dad didn't come to attend his wedding, that's a problem. I didn't say he was paralyzed on the bed..."

"Nonsense?" Du Chunfang still believed this a little, and couldn't help saying, "You just say it at that time..."

Li Qing Xia smiled and didn't say anything.

Li Long stayed here for a while, then drove back. Du Chunfang still wanted him to stay a while longer and go back after dinner, but Li Qing Xia persuaded him:

"Little Long is also tired for a day, let him go back to deal with that yellow sheep, let him go back quickly. Anyway, he will come over in a few days."

Du Chunfang thought it was the same, and thinking about it, she was also a bit tired, so she stood up slowly, preparing to lean in the east room for a while.

Now she didn't dare to sleep, if she slept now, she wouldn't be able to sleep at night.

Li Long drove the jeep back to the courtyard, Gu Xiaoxia had already gone to work. She was also quite curious about how the wedding went there. Li Long lay on the bed and told her slowly, and fell asleep while talking.

To be honest, these two days were enough to toss him. Although he didn't get drunk, it required the liver to decompose, running back and forth, seeing many people, sending gifts, plus other chores, all of which consumed energy.

Gu Xiaoxia saw him asleep, took off Li Long's shoes, covered him with a quilt, and didn't call him for dinner, letting Li Long rest well.

He slept very well all night, even the two children seemed to know that their father was tired, didn't cry or make trouble, and slept peacefully, letting Li Long have a good sleep.

When he woke up again, it was already the next morning. (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 760 =====

The wound itself was not very large, but because this yellow sheep kept struggling, the wound did not easily scab over. Now that it was back in the courtyard, after Li Jianguo applied medicine to it and fed it some sugar dregs and dried grass, the little yellow sheep slowly calmed down.

The dogs in the courtyard barked at first, but after seeing this operation by their master, they knew it was being kept at home and stopped barking.

Liang Wenyu asked about the basic situation over there, the situation at Huang Ling's home, and the situation regarding the wedding.

Hearing Li Long say that his father-in-law had opened his mouth and said Li Xingguo had broken his leg, Liang Wenyu also burst into laughter:

"Why say that... would Junshan be willing?"

"Why wouldn't he be willing?" Li Qing Xia said indifferently, "If his father doesn't come to attend his wedding, that's a problem. I haven't even said he's paralyzed in bed yet..."

"What nonsense are you talking?" Du Chunfang still believed in these things a bit and couldn't help saying, "It was fine to just say it at that time..."

Li Qing Xia smiled and said nothing more.

Li Long stayed here for a while before driving back. Du Chunfang still wanted him to stay a bit longer and go back after dinner, but Li Qing Xia dissuaded him:

"Without Xiao Long has also been tired for a day; he still has to deal with that yellow sheep when he gets back, so let him go back quickly. Anyway, he'll be over again in a few days."

Du Chunfang thought that was true, and thinking of this, she also felt a bit tired, so she slowly stood up, preparing to go to the east room to rest for a while.

She didn't dare to sleep now; if she slept now, she wouldn't be able to sleep at night.

When Li Long drove the jeep back to the large courtyard, Gu Xiaoxia had already returned. She was also quite curious about how the wedding over there had gone. Li Long lay half-reclined on the bed and told her slowly, and as he talked, he fell asleep.

To tell the truth, these past two days had really worn him out. Although he didn't get drunk from drinking, it required the liver to break it down, and running back and forth, seeing many people, giving gifts, plus other miscellaneous matters were all quite energy-consuming.

Seeing him asleep, Gu Xiaoxia took off Li Long's shoes, covered him with the quilt, and didn't wake him up at dinner time, letting Li Long rest well.

He slept very well all night; even the two children seemed to know their father was tired, not making any noise or fuss, staying quiet and allowing Li Long to have a good sleep.

When he woke up again, it was already the next morning. (End of chapter)