Chapter 804: There Is No Man Who Doesn

At four in the morning, Li Long opened his eyes.

A slight vibration came from the ground, and from the window paper that hadn't been sealed tightly, a faint grunting sound came.

The commotion of the wild boars passing the border was quite large.

Li Long climbed up, uncovered the window paper to look outside, looking for the movement of the wild boars.

This was the darkest time of the day, and with Li Long's eyesight, which was much better than an ordinary person's, he could only see a black patch of things moving toward the northwest in the distant mountain forest, moving very fast, with quite a commotion.

The scale of this group of wild boars was quite large, there must have been thirty or forty of them.

Li Long didn't go out immediately; he watched for a good while, and after all those wild boars in his field of vision disappeared, he retreated to the bedside and lay down again. When he lay down, he could still feel the vibration of the ground, and a few minutes later the ground vibration disappeared, and the vicinity returned to tranquility again.

Li Long prepared to squint for a while, however, he then heard a "creak" sound, and the door of the wooden house next door was gently pushed open.

Li Long sighed, and he sat up.

Sun Jia Qiang had been waiting in the small wooden house, and he had also heard the commotion of the wild boars passing the border. The nervous system that had been tense all along relaxed, and after those wild boars left, Sun Jia Qiang immediately prepared to tell Li Long this news.

He had just arrived at the door of the large wooden house and was just about to knock when Li Long's voice came from inside:

"Xiao Sun, you go back and rest for a while first, I'll call you later, then we'll go ambush at the place where the wild boars passed together.

No need to rush now, those wild boars are in a hurry to find things to eat, they will come back in a while."

Sun Jia Qiang raised his hand and put it down; it turned out Li Long had been paying attention all along, he was really overthinking.

He responded with an "Hmm," turned around, returned to the small wooden house, lay on the bed, and relaxed.

After telling Li Long the news that wild boars came over every day, and Li Long said he was prepared to hunt this group of wild boars, Sun Jia Qiang was a bit anxious.

He was worried that those wild boars wouldn't come today, and then worried that Li Long wouldn't wake up when the wild boars came over.

Therefore, he didn't sleep well all night. Now the wild boars had come, and Li Long was also prepared to hunt, so he could be considered to have breathed a sigh of relief, and the rest depended on Li Long's marksmanship.

Of course, judging by his contact with Li Long these two years, Li Long's hunting experience was still very rich. With a gun in hand and an ambush set in advance, he should be able to hunt one.

Half an hour later, Li Long was dressed neatly, holding a roll of things, carrying a gun, and went to knock on Sun Jia Qiang's door.

Sun Jia Qiang had already fallen asleep, and after hearing the knocking, he sat up abruptly, rubbed his eyes, responded with "I'll come out immediately," and after saying that, he stood up, stretched, and walked out to Li Long's side.

Li Long only said one word, "Go," and then strode toward the direction the wild boars had passed.

A fairly large area south of the wooden house, from southeast to northwest, was quite far, and the area where the wild boars passed was all gentle slopes.

Li Long looked as he walked, and came to a mound about ten meters high, twenty meters southwest of where the wild boars passed. The grass on it grew quite lush, and Li Long planned to ambush here.

When climbing up, Sun Jia Qiang said to Li Long:

"Boss, what are you holding in your armpit? Come, I... I'll take it."

"Sheepskin mattress, one for each of us. When we lie down later, pad it under our bodies; the dampness in this grassland is heavy, and it's easy to get sick if you lie down for a long time."

Li Long shook open the roll of sheepskin mattress, gave Sun Jia Qiang one, and took one himself.

"Actually, a wolf skin mattress is better, there are some at home too. Mainly worried that the wild boars will smell the wolf skin and be scared away," after arriving on the slope, Li Long explained again, "The sheep's influence isn't big."

Sun Jia Qiang was quite grateful; he didn't expect Li Long to think so thoughtfully.

The temperature at night in the mountains was relatively low, and Sun Jia Qiang had already prepared to use his body to warm the ground, not expecting Li Long to prepare a sheepskin mattress.

Li Long found a place suitable for aiming, spread the sheepskin mattress down, then lay down, set up the gun, and adjusted his posture.

Sun Jia Qiang was on his right side, preparing to spread the mattress, and Li Long pointed to the left and said:

"Go to that side. When I fire later, the bullet casing will bounce to the right, don't let it burn you."

Sun Jia Qiang smiled, obediently went to the left to spread the mattress, and was more than two meters away from Li Long.

He lay down on the mattress and focused on looking in the direction where the wild boars disappeared.

To tell the truth, with his eyesight, he couldn't see anything now, but he was full of confidence.

Li Long opened the safety, pulled the bolt to chamber, raised the gun to aim, and determined the shooting position. He planned to start firing when the wild boars came close to him. Once the gun rang, the wild boars would definitely scatter and flee, and then he would prepare to fire another shot, thinking of securing one and striving for two, at least hunting one wild boar, preferably two or more.

The idea was good, it depended on the specific situation at that time.

After experiencing the bear incident, Li Long felt more and more that he must make sufficient preparations before hunting.

He also anticipated several sudden situations, such as if a fierce wild boar rushed toward his side after the gun rang, then how would he deal with it?

Sun Jia Qiang didn't have so many thoughts; he just thought about waiting for Li Long to hunt a wild boar, then he would go over and carry it toward the wooden house, and then help Li Long.

Time passed second by second, Li Long didn't speak, and Sun Jia Qiang felt he couldn't wait anymore.

He whispered: "Those wild boars shouldn't have run away in other directions, right? It's been such a long time, why is there still no movement?"

"It's possible." Li Long responded.

A look of disappointment appeared on Sun Jia Qiang's face.

Was this waiting in vain?

"But the possibility isn't big. Unless wild boars encounter danger, otherwise they will usually return along the original path," Li Long smiled and continued, "Actually, it hasn't been a long time, you're anxious, wait a bit longer."

Sun Jia Qiang felt a bit embarrassed listening to Li Long's words. Yeah, the one firing the gun wasn't anxious, why was he, the one watching on the side, anxious?

Sure enough, Li Long was suitable to be a hunter, and he himself wouldn't be able to do it for a while.

He was thinking wildly here, and thinking about how he was going to watch the field for Li Long, whether he should also get a gun to hunt when Li Long wasn't around.

At night, he could not only hear wild boars passing the border here, but also hear wolves howling. Sun Jia Qiang thought about asking Li Long when he had time how to hunt wolves if he wanted to. He thought that if Li Long couldn't stay here every day at night, if he had time, and if he ran into wolves again, he would get one or two, and also taste wolf meat beautifully.

Just as he was thinking, he suddenly heard Li Long say softly:

"They're coming."

Although it was only two words, Sun Jia Qiang stopped his wild thoughts instantly and looked up in the direction where the wild boars had passed.

He didn't see anything.

Sun Jia Qiang tried hard to open his eyes, but he just felt he couldn't see anything.

That side was pitch black, he could see out fifty meters at most, and beyond that, he couldn't see anything, and within this fifty-meter range, he could only see a rough outline.

Li Long didn't pay attention to him and slowly raised the gun.

In his field of vision, about a hundred meters away, the wild boars that had eaten their fill were walking slowly toward this side, the first few were half-grown wild boars, walking and arching each other, just like half-grown children, these wild boars were also at their most mischievous time, they didn't idle for a moment after eating.

In the middle were a few large wild boars, both male and female, the biggest one must have been two or three hundred kilograms, with very long tusks exposed—Li Long looked carefully, and there was more than one wild boar with tusks exposed!

This group of wild boars had formed a scale.

The terrain of the South Mountains was relatively complex, and there were few places like the wooden house side with large areas of gentle slopes and few trees, other places weren't suitable for wild boars to rush, but were suitable for animals like wild goats that could climb high and low.

So there were few large groups of wild boars here.

This group had a relatively large scale, and there were quite a few adult wild boars.

Further back were a few female wild boars and ten or twenty small wild boars, chaotic. The small wild boars were only seventy or eighty kilograms, slightly disturbed and they would explode, scattering instantly, and then gathering toward the female wild boars instantly.

Further back were a few large wild boars, and two half-grown wild boars that had eaten relatively full were left behind, looking left and right, and were ten or so meters away from the team.

Li Long gripped the gun stock tightly and waited patiently.

Sun Jia Qiang finally saw the group of wild boars, and his heartbeat suddenly accelerated.

Experiencing hunting in person for the first time, although it hadn't started yet, he was obviously much more excited than Li Long.

The group of wild boars really returned along the original path, and when they were ten or so meters away from Li Long and them, the first few wild boars suddenly stopped.

Sun Jia Qiang suddenly became nervous, would they discover the two people on their side?

Li Long wasn't anxious, there was no wind here, and the smell on their side wouldn't drift far even if it drifted, and it shouldn't be as strong as the smell on the sheepskin mattress.

So the wild boars shouldn't smell human scent, and wouldn't be alerted in advance.

Sure enough, after ten or so seconds, those wild boars walked forward slowly again, seeming very relaxed.

When this group of wild boars walked to the front, ten or so meters away from Li Long and them, Li Long finally aimed at a half-grown wild boar of forty or fifty kilograms, pre-pressed the trigger, and fired a shot with a "Bang."

"Boom!"

That group of wild boars exploded instantly, Sun Jia Qiang watched with wide eyes, and then saw a wild boar suddenly tilt its body and fall toward that side.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang, bang!"

Four more shots rang out, and another half-grown wild boar and a small wild boar fell down, the small wild boar wasn't completely dead, and was squealing there.

Other wild boars exploded after the first gunshot, and rushed toward the northwest, north, and northeast, and the speed was beyond Sun Jia Qiang's imagination.

After he finished listening to Li Long's last gunshot, and raised his head to search again, he found that in his field of vision, there was no longer any uninjured wild boar.

"So fast!" Sun Jia Qiang made a sound, "Ran too fast, right?"

"Those that don't run fast are all dead," Li Long stood up carrying the gun and said with a smile, "Let's go, two and a half, enough to eat for a while."

Sun Jia Qiang followed and stood up, rolled up the sheepskin mattress for himself and Li Long together, held it in his arm, and said while walking down:

"Hunting... Boss, your movements are too fast, I feel this hunting is just waiting for a long time, and when it's time to hunt, it's just a blink of an eye, and it's over."

"There are many prey and few hunters on our side, hunting is just finding a good position, knowing where the wild things are, and it's naturally simple when hunting," Li Long said while walking down, "With a gun in hand, it is indeed a very simple matter."

As for chasing, unless necessary, otherwise, he generally wouldn't do it.

The resources were relatively rich, hunting was just for that instant, and this was also safe.

The anticipated accidental situations didn't happen, so Li Long's heart was put down.

The two and a half half-grown wild boars hunted were all forty or fifty kilograms, about a year old, one male and one female, plus a small wild boar that was grazed by a bullet on the front leg, which was an unexpected harvest, very good.

The two half-grown wild boars, one shot in the chest, one shot in the head, both died on the spot, and the blood stained the ground.

Li Long closed the safety of the gun, carried the gun on his back, carried a half-grown wild boar in one hand and the small wild boar in the other, and said to Sun Jia Qiang while walking toward the wooden house:

"You carry that half-grown wild boar back."

Sun Jia Qiang responded, went over, carried the front leg in one hand and the back leg in the other, lifted the wild boar, and the sheepskin mattress fell off.

He looked at it with some difficulty, now he envied Li Long's strength, he could lift it with one hand.

How to do it?

In the end, there was no way, he rolled up the sheepskin mattress and held it in his mouth, then carried the wild boar with both hands, and hurried toward Li Long's side.

Li Long came to the spring here, took a knife, and started to open the wild boar's belly to bleed and skin it.

Sun Jia Qiang came over panting, and Li Long said to him while skinning:

"Go get two large basins, you have a knife yourself, right? If you have one, come over later and skin it together—by the way, first set up the stove fire, add water to the two pots and put them on, and boil the meat later."

"Good." Sun Jia Qiang put the half-grown wild boar on Li Long's side, and then went to do these chores.

He did it with heartfelt submission.

The person was a hunter, hunted things, he didn't do anything, so he helped.

No problem.

Li Long was a bit unfamiliar at first, but soon found the feel, and skinning the wild boar became faster.

This thing was a bit different from skinning a yellow sheep, wild boar skin had a lot of grease, not as thick and layered as yellow sheep skin, and it was easy to break when skinning.

Fortunately, after getting used to it, the efficiency increased.

Unknowingly, the sky slowly brightened, and the field of vision opened up.

Sun Jia Qiang set up the fire on the two stoves, put the pots on and added water, then took a large basin and came over to help Li Long.

The small wild boar was grunting on the grass, Li Long and Sun Jia Qiang ignored it, it moved slowly toward the distance, but the wound hurt, so it moved a few steps and stopped, still grunting there.

After Li Long skinned the wild boar, he opened the belly and took out the internal organs, and asked Sun Jia Qiang:

"Do you eat the wild boar's innards?"

"Eat," Sun Jia Qiang said, "Even if it's innards, this is meat too."

"Good." Li Long put the internal organs into the basin and said to him:

"Wash the stomach and intestines, rinse the others, and boil them."

Sun Jia Qiang followed suit. He had helped Li Long handle the stomach and intestines, this thing had to be washed with warm water. Li Long didn't care about him, after taking out the internal organs, he rinsed the wild boar's carcass with spring water, and then started to unload it into pieces.

These could also be considered resources, part to eat, part could be air-dried to exchange for fritillaria.

After the second wild boar was skinned and the things in the belly were taken out, the sky was already bright, and Li Long and Sun Jia Qiang both felt a bit tired.

"You unload this wild boar into pieces," Li Long looked at Sun Jia Qiang and said, "I'll go send some meat to my older brother's side first, and I'll be back in a while. After you unload the meat, leave half a pig, and boil the rest."

Li Long planned to bring half a pig back to let his family taste it.

He would also bring the small wild boar back to see if it could be raised, anyway it was brought along, if it could be raised it was better, if it couldn't be raised, then talk about it later.

Sun Jia Qiang looked at that half-grown wild boar, a bit numb.

But Li Long had already skinned it, opened the belly, and he had just washed and boiled the internal organs.

If he couldn't even unload the meat, Sun Jia Qiang felt that maybe Li Long wouldn't want him anymore.

Then come on!

He took out a short knife, Sun Jia Qiang thought about Li Long's previous movements, and started to unload the wild boar leg.

Okay, although the parts where the knife cut looked crooked, at least he dared to cut, that was fine.

Li Long nodded, took the half wild boar that had been unloaded, put it in a bag, put it in the back of the jeep, put the gun in the passenger seat, and drove to Xiaobaiyang Valley.

Xiaobaiyang Valley was already floating with the smoke of burning willow branches, and just as he entered the trench, Li Long smelled that special smell.

The jeep drove to Li Jianguo and the others' winter shelter, the smoke was even larger, and Li Long saw Old Huang was already preparing to cook.

And Li Jianguo and the others were roasting willow branches, and some people were already holding the branches cut and fixed in the dug pits and started weaving carrying baskets.

"Without Xiao Long is here." Xie Yun Dong, who was closest, greeted, "You didn't go back last night?"

"Yeah, I found a group of wild boars near the wooden house, just hunted two, and sent some pork to you all, so that you can eat better."

"Hey, what did I say?" Lu Yingming next to Li Jianguo said with a smile, "As long as you come to the mountains, Without Xiao Long can definitely get us some meat to eat. This life is much better than at home... have a treat."

Li Jianguo smiled, went over to help Li Long lift the wild boar meat down.

"Didn't run into any danger, right?" Li Jianguo asked, "Hunting wild boars, that guy is very fierce when it goes crazy."

"No, you also know that my hunting is just pre-ambush, ambush well and then hunt. This hunting is still relatively easy, just pull the trigger," Li Long said very easily.

"But you can't be careless," Li Jianguo reminded again, "When hunting, it's best to have someone by your side, you can't be alone, it's good to handle things if there's a situation, Daqiang used to follow you into the mountains, we were at ease, now it's just you, you must be careful."

"Alright, I know," Li Long responded, "I plan to take the double-barreled sand-shot gun when I go down the mountain, do you want it then?"

"Want it," hearing this, Li Jianguo's eyes lit up, "Didn't run into anything these two days, but it's not guaranteed that you won't run into anything later, if you hunt something, you also bring some back."

Li Long was amused. Just now his older brother reminded him to be careful, and here as soon as he said he would bring the gun over for him to use, he immediately became excited.

So, this matter actually couldn't be discussed on oneself, when it came to oneself, it was about the same.

Men, there are few who don't like hunting. (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 805 =====