[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-reborn-in-1981-fishing-and-hunting-in-the-northw":3,"chapter-reborn-in-1981-fishing-and-hunting-in-the-northw-reborn-in-1981-fishing-and-hunting-in-the-northw-chapter-97":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Reborn in 1981: Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1933978,2572,"Chapter 97: How Important It Is to Have a Reliable Guide","reborn-in-1981-fishing-and-hunting-in-the-northw-chapter-97",97,"\u003Cp>Li Long left his bicycle at the winter camp, drank some warm milk tea to soothe his stomach, then he and Harimu each carried a rifle, with ropes and plastic sheeting on their backs, and walked into the forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the winter camp, heading east and walking over a kilometer along the mountain, Harimu turned a corner. A mountain pass extended northward from here, but the exit was very narrow, with no path formed there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Look, there is a ravine going in there. In that ravine grow many of those medicinal herbs your Han people talk about, like Fritillaria.\" Harimu pointed for Li Long and said, \"In summer, around May and June, flowers bloom everywhere, hanging upside down. They are very beautiful.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two did not enter the ravine, but Li Long remembered its location—at the entrance stood a row of uneven pine trees and several large wind-fallen logs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Over there,\" Harimu pointed again toward a ravine below the Fritillaria ravine, \"starting from April and May, many mushrooms grow in that ravine, continuing until August. Those mushrooms are quite beautiful and different from ordinary ones.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harimu, as if pointing out the landscape, told Li Long:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We have no interest in these things, but when summer comes and the snow melts, you can come and take a look. I know you are here for medicinal herbs, and this area of ravines has plenty of them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After finishing here, Harimu led Li Long further east:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Over there is a patch of shrubs with no tall trees. When spring arrives, red deer come here. I even saw fawns while herding sheep, but they are too clever. At that time, I had no bullets and didn't bring a gun, otherwise I would have caught one.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are red deer here? Li Long immediately grew excited and asked, \"Could there be any here now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't know. Let's go and check.\" Harimu led Li Long toward that patch of shrubs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The snow was deep, and every step required great effort. But both were excited, wanting to see if there were large red deer over there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To Li Long's pleasant surprise, there were tracks of passage in the snow around the shrubs. Harimu searched nearby, found some droppings, picked them up, examined them, and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Red deer have been here, but it seems they came three or four days ago.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long felt both excited and somewhat disappointed; if only they had come a few days earlier!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The snow is too thick, making it hard for the red deer to find food. Their range of movement is quite large now, so it's uncertain whether they will come back later.\" Harimu, carrying his rifle, pointed east and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let's go, continue. I remember that before we moved to the summer pasture in spring and summer, we saw wild boar herds and roe deer there. Let's check today. Even if there are none, you can remember this place for later and come hunt when you have time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long noted this location again. The shrub patch was only eight hundred meters from the Fritillaria ravine; although not a straight line, once the Fritillaria ravine was found, this place would be easy to locate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two walked another kilometer or so. Just as Li Long was panting and struggling through the snow with his head down, Harimu suddenly stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Li Long, there's movement!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long stopped abruptly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did he realize there was still a considerable gap between himself and a qualified hunter; he had noticed nothing just now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once he stopped, he immediately heard it. Across the ridge, there were panting sounds—not from one, but from a whole group!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A wild boar herd?\" Li Long looked at Harimu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Probably.\" Harimu nodded, took a Type 56 semi-automatic rifle from his back, and said, \"Let's slowly go up and check. If we are spotted, we fire immediately. It's a matter of luck.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long thought this was the only option. He realized the panting sounds were quite close to the ridge, and if the two of them went up, they might well be discovered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long also took the Type 56 semi-automatic rifle from his back and even raised the triangular bayonet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The magazine held ten rounds, all intact. He chambered a round, positioned himself slightly offset from Harimu, and the two advanced parallel toward the ridge. Although both tried to be as careful as possible, the snow was so thick that every step inevitably made noise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long could even feel the panting sounds from the other side of the ridge grow quieter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they had no choice but to go up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, the ridge was not very high; they were now only about ten meters from the summit. Harimu looked at Li Long, sensed he wanted to charge up, shook his head slightly, then continued climbing slowly, treading on the snow with even greater care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three minutes later, the two finally reached the summit and saw, on the opposite downslope near the ridge top, more than ten wild boars standing in a scattered formation, all turning their heads, lifting their heads, or facing directly toward them!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The slope over there was relatively gentle, about thirty to forty degrees, allowing a clear view downward. Large patches of the snow had been uprooted, exposing many grass roots.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fire!\" While the wild boars were stunned, Harimu aimed his rifle at the closest one and fired!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long knew this was his only shot too. He raised his rifle and fired at a female wild boar more than ten meters away!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his line of sight, a burst of blood erupted from the wild boar's shoulder. The boar let out a pained cry, turned, and ran!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gunshot shattered the wild boar herd, which had been almost motionless, sending them scattering in all directions!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long kept his aiming posture unchanged, always tracking that small female boar still fleeing. He fired again with a bang, but this shot missed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the gunshot, the female wild boar increased her speed, darting down the mountain. Because the snow was too slippery, she nearly fell, giving Li Long an opportunity!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Learning from his previous miss, he led the shot, aiming at the head of the boar charging downward. He pulled the trigger again. A larger burst of blood exploded on that wild boar. Struck in a vital spot, it could no longer run, fell to the ground, and began to convulse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>!.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long breathed a sigh of relief. Looking at the other wild boars, they had already fled out of sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>About twenty to thirty meters ahead of Harimu lay a small male wild boar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It weighed only fifty or sixty kilograms, roughly the same size as the one Li Long had shot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harimu had already slung his rifle back and was looking at Li Long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not bad. Two wild boars. You might not be able to carry them back on your bicycle.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No problem. After cleaning the guts and skinning them, the rest won't be too heavy. We can take them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reinforced No. 28 Permanent bicycle was said to have once carried four hundred kilograms. These two, once cleaned, would total only about one hundred kilograms. How could they not be carried?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, Li Long knew that in the coming period, he needed to learn more hunting skills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Take the simplest example: skinning. When spring and summer alternate and Harimu and the others move to the summer pasture, if Li Long later catches a deer or a roe deer, would he sell it with the skin still on? Of course not; he would skin it before selling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So if he couldn't skin it, wouldn't he be unable to sell it at all?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, Li Long must now take the first step, starting with skinning and gutting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1308,"2026-06-14T06:06:39.549Z",1,"Qwen3.5 122B","9548eb330652ad5203bce7c7f21644637caa1497956f393b19791f6da0f40e8f","reborn-in-1981-fishing-and-hunting-in-the-northw-chapter-98","reborn-in-1981-fishing-and-hunting-in-the-northw-chapter-96",180,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Freborn-in-1981-fishing-and-hunting-in-the-northw-cover.jpg"]