Chapter 89

Li Long was seeing for the first time that animals could react so quickly!

The group of Mongolian gazelles that had been huddled together suddenly burst open like blooming petals at the sound of the gunshot, suddenly scattering in all directions, and accompanied by a few vaguely visible blood flowers, they rushed into the surrounding snow!

Of the seven Mongolian gazelles, two fell to the ground and couldn't get up as if they were withered flowers suddenly falling when they rushed four or five meters away, their bodies twitching on the spot.

Even from a distance of two hundred meters, one could see a patch of fresh blood on these two Mongolian gazelles.

Li Long wanted to aim at other Mongolian gazelles, but found that the speed of these elves on the Gobi was not something his naked eye could aim at.

"Let's go, go get the horses." Yushanjiang shouted.

"Aren't we chasing them now? Other Mongolian gazelles must be injured, chasing them would be just right to hit them, right?" Li Long stood up with his gun and asked.

"If you chase them now, the Mongolian gazelles will run for their lives, and you won't be able to catch them even if you run yourself to death," Yushanjiang explained while putting his gun on his back. "But if they find that there are no hunters chasing them, they will stop after running a few hundred meters. At that time, the wounds hit by the gun will bleed continuously, and when we follow the blood trail and catch up, they won't be able to run even if they want to."

Li Long suddenly realized.

This was Yushanjiang teaching him hunting experience.

This knowledge was like window paper, clear at a touch. But if not pointed out, he might not realize it in a lifetime.

The three of them carried their guns down the mountain, rode their horses to the place where the Mongolian gazelles were hit, and two Mongolian gazelles were already dead.

One male and one female, Li Long was a bit disappointed; the long-horned male Mongolian gazelle was not the one he aimed at.

"I'll stay behind to bleed them, you guys go chase," Halimu said, getting off his horse. "The blood trail is heading northeast, the amount of bleeding is quite large, they shouldn't run too far."

Li Long didn't get off his horse and immediately followed the blood trail.

His horse-riding skills were far inferior to Yushanjiang and Halimu, and he still needed one hand to hold the reins and the other to hold the saddle bridge in front of the saddle. Yushanjiang didn't accelerate, just followed behind Li Long, observing left and right.

After running seven or eight hundred meters, Li Long indeed saw the largest male Mongolian gazelle lying beside a shrub. Hearing the movement of them, it rushed up again and continued to run forward.

At this time, Li Long could already see that his shot had hit the abdomen of the Mongolian gazelle. As the Mongolian gazelle ran, a stream of blood immediately spurted out from its stomach.

Li Long clamped his legs, and the big red horse Number 76 accelerated, getting closer and closer to the Mongolian gazelle's speed. Li Long simply let the horse accelerate again, ran in front of the Mongolian gazelle, and blocked it.

The big Mongolian gazelle was forced to turn around, and as a result, it fell into the snow. Li Long hurriedly jumped off the horse and rushed up to pin the Mongolian gazelle down.

Ordinary Mongolian gazelles were slightly larger than ordinary sheep, about twenty or thirty kilograms, but this male Mongolian gazelle had horns at least thirty centimeters long, and its body was also heavy. Li Long estimated it was at least double that of an ordinary Mongolian gazelle, over fifty kilograms.

He even almost couldn't pin it down!

"I'll bleed it!" Yushanjiang also jumped off his horse, drew his knife from his waist, and walked toward the big Mongolian gazelle.

Seeing Yushanjiang approaching with a knife, the big Mongolian gazelle struggled desperately. Li Long held the horns with both hands and was almost gored by the Mongolian gazelle horns. Yushanjiang hurriedly ran over to pin the Mongolian gazelle down together, and skillfully cut the throat of the big Mongolian gazelle to bleed it.

Although the big Mongolian gazelle had lost quite a bit of blood when it was running away earlier, the blood spurting from its neck at this time still shot out nearly a meter away.

The Mongolian gazelle struggled violently, but after a while, it had no strength left.

"Alright, tie the horns with a rope and drag it back with the horse," Yushanjiang put away his knife, stood up, and said with a smile, "This Mongolian gazelle's meat isn't delicious, but it's quite big."

Li Long didn't mind.

It was better than having no meat to eat. A month ago, his family was still worrying about not having meat to eat. Only a month later, although his family had undergone earth-shaking changes, the lives of the people in the team hadn't changed much.

Taking this meat back, there would definitely be no shortage of people in the team who wanted it.

Let's exchange it for bullets.

Li Long dragged this big Mongolian gazelle to Halimu's place. He had already bled one Mongolian gazelle and was gutting it. "Halimu, take it back to handle, this offal and scraps also need to be taken back," Yushanjiang said.

"Alright."

The three of them dragged the three Mongolian gazelles back to Halimu's winter camp, and then Yushanjiang and Halimu quickly gutted the sheep, skinned them, and helped Li Long load the cart.

After loading these, the two of them helped Li Long load some pine wood segments onto the cart.

Halimu's family made pilaf for lunch. Li Long wasn't used to eating with his hands, but he didn't know if it was because he was tired or hungry, but it was really fragrant.

After eating, he drove the horse cart and bid farewell to his friends in the mountains, walking back leisurely.

Before the New Year, there was no need to come again.

Arriving at the county town, Li Long went to the large house, put the two long Mongolian gazelle horns into the study, hid the Type 56 semi-automatic rifle on the beam of the side room, and unloaded some pine wood segments, only then locking the door and driving the horse cart toward the production team.

Returning to the team, seeing Li Qiang fighting chickens with other children, before he could shout, Li Qiang let go of one leg and rushed toward Li Long.

"Uncle, Little Uncle, you're back?" Li Qiang pulled Li Long's sleeve, but his eyes were looking into the cart.

"Uncle, what's in the cart?"

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"What? Wood, of course." Li Long teased him.

"But why do I see two horns?" Li Qiang had sharp eyes and saw the sheep head pressed under the pine wood.

"Hahaha, that's a Mongolian gazelle," Li Long said with a smile, touching his nephew's hat, "Mongolian gazelle horns are very useful."

"What use?" Li Qiang remembered the wild boar tooth dagger his little uncle made for him and asked, "Can it make a knife?"

"It can't make a knife, but it can be exchanged for money and can cure diseases."

"Uncle Qiang, can this Mongolian gazelle meat be eaten?" A child heard and came over to ask.

"Yes," Li Long said with a smile, "If you want to eat, have your dad bring bullets to exchange."

Driving the horse cart back to the courtyard, he saw Li Jianguo welcoming them.

"Back early today," Li Jianguo said with a smile, "Very good."

"I hunted as soon as I went, hunted three Mongolian gazelles, and after hunting, they helped me skin and gut them, and after handling them, I came back."

"And hauled so much wood." Liang Yuemei came out, looked at the cart full of things, and said with a smile, "Little Long never comes back empty-handed."

"Uncle, Uncle, hurry, I want to see the Mongolian gazelle!" Li Qiang urged there.

"Then help Uncle lead the horse, and your dad and I will unload the cart." Li Long handed the reins to Li Qiang, and then unloaded the cart with Li Jianguo.

When the wood was all unloaded and the three Mongolian gazelles appeared in front of everyone, there were already several people in the courtyard.

Li Long didn't expect these people to act so quickly, really bringing bullets to exchange for Mongolian gazelle meat.

It was just right, anyway, they couldn't finish three sheep, so it was better to exchange them for bullets.

(End of chapter)