Chapter 88 Your Own Gun When Li Long arrived at Halimu's winter nest, it was around ten o'clock, which was the normal time for people to just finish breakfast considering the short days and long nights. Halimu habitually heard the dog barking and knew that Li Long had come. He came out of the winter den, helped Li Long tie the horse to the horse post in his own house, and then pulled Li Long into the house. "Let's drink milk tea first. Later we'll go find Yushanjiang and then go hunting yellow sheep together." Knowing Li Long's purpose, Halimu didn't say much. After spending a long time with them, Li Long became more and more accustomed to milk tea. He took a sip and said: "Halimu, I see you have shoveled away all the blood-stained snow outside." "We have to shovel it away." Halim smiled bitterly. "The wolves howled all night two days ago. Yesterday, there were not only wolves, but also snow leopards! You can't even hit them with a gun! If I don't shovel away the bloody snow, I won't be able to protect my sheep." "So where did you take the snow?" "It was thrown far away, into the ditch," Halim said. "I killed a wolf last night. When you leave, take the wolf skin with you." "Okay." Li Long was not hypocritical. After selling the sheep, the relationship between him, Halimu and Yushanjiang had reached an unprecedented level, so there was no need to be polite.
After drinking the milk tea, Halimu gave some instructions to his wife, then he and Li Long rode their horses to find Yushanjiang. Yushanjiang had been waiting there for a long time. After drinking the milk tea, he took out a Type 56 semi-automatic rifle for Li Long. "Brother Yushanjiang, isn't this the gun you used to have?" Li Long looked at the gun. It was older than the one Halimu carried, but much newer than the one Yushanjiang had. The gun was naturally a standard Type 56 semi-automatic rifle, with a triangular bayonet that was passed down as a miracle by later generations. The cleaning rod and accessories were all there, and the paint surface was mostly unworn, and it seemed that there were not many signs of use. "This is a gun I found especially for you." Yu Shanjiang said with a smile, "Your gun!" "Mine?" Li Long was a little surprised, but more delighted. "Yes, the two of us exchanged six sheep, two sickles and four bricks of tea for this gun. It belonged to another herdsman, but they had no use for it. I thought you didn't have one, so this is just right." "Great!" Li Long skillfully opened the safety, pulled the bolt and looked inside the chamber. It was very clean, with only a few rust spots on the surface of the expansion cover. This is nothing. When the militia is training, just apply some gun oil and rub it well. "You've never fired a gun before, so you'd better try it out here and check your accuracy before we go hunting yellow sheep." "Okay." Li Long took the gun and went out. After walking about 180 meters out of the winter den, Li Long loaded bullets into his gun, lay in the snow, adjusted the sight, aimed at a tumor on a willow tree by the ditch about 50 to 60 meters away, and fired two shots. After firing the gun and turning off the safety, he ran to the tree and took a look. The bullets had hit the tree knot, but on the lower right side. Now that you know the exact location, just aim slightly to the upper left next time you aim. In front of the winter den, after Halimu, Yushanjiang and Li Long made sure of the aim of the gun, the three of them rode on horses with guns on their backs and rushed to the place where the gazelles appeared. After riding for nearly an hour, Yushanjiang got off the horse first. He signaled Halimu and Li Long to get off as well, tied the horses to the pine tree nearby, and said: "It's less than a kilometer from here to there. Let's walk over there." Yushanjiang led the way. They went up and down the mountain, wading in the snow. Li Long's skin was already filled with snow, but at this moment his heart was full of excitement and he didn't feel the cold at all. "Next time you come, you should wear a felt boot." Halim behind him reminded him, "That is better than this one." Li Long thought about it and it was true. Felt boots were just like long boots. Although they were harder, they at least provided more protection than leather boots.
"Keep your voice down, we're almost there." Yu Shanjiang in front reminded in a low voice. After reaching the top of the mountain, Yushanjiang squatted down first and slowly moved towards the top. Li Long and Halimu followed suit and moved over slowly together, trying not to make any noise. When they reached the top of the mountain, they looked down and saw a bush in the distance. There were traces of trampling and arching in the snow nearby. They were already at the outermost edge of the northern slope of the Tianshan Mountains. To the north was an endless Gobi desert and wasteland. Occasionally, they could see patches of red willows, white thorns, and saxaul. The location that Yushanjiang pointed to was the bush less than 200 meters below the mountain in front. But Li Long didn't see any yellow sheep. "Where are the gazelles?" Halimu didn't see any either, and asked Yushanjiang in a low voice. "Your eyesight is not good enough." Yushanjiang whispered, "Do you see that bush?" "I saw it." "Next to those short trees," Yushanjiang pointed, "do you see a few clumps of Achnatherum splendens?" "I saw it." "Those grayish-yellow patches on the edge of the Achnatherum splendens." "Isn't that a stone?" "Of course it's not a stone, it's a gazelle lying there." Those are actually gazelles? Li Long looked carefully and found that it was indeed a yellow sheep! These guys must have eaten enough and started to rest. When they rested, they kicked away a large piece of snow, then lay down and huddled together, keeping each other warm in the snow. "It's the best time to shoot at this time. They are all crowded together, so the target is big and easy to shoot. If they are eating grass, it's really hard to shoot at such a long distance!" Yushanjiang said, "People with poor shooting skills can't be shot." "Then let's..." "Let's go and fight now. It depends on your luck how many you can kill." The three men spread out and slowly began to build their own gun platforms. Because the gazelle was resting, there was no need to rush to shoot at the fixed target, so the shooting platform had to be prepared and the three of them had discussed it. "I'll shoot the one on the left, Halim, you shoot the one on the right, Li Long, you shoot the one in the middle. After we shoot, the gazelle will surely get startled, and then we can just shoot at random." Yushanjiang said this as if it were a child's play, but at the same time it was very serious. Li Long wondered if he was so serious because he was a novice in hunting. In fact, it could be more complicated. But with me as a novice, they would pay attention to details. Maybe they were training me as a potential hunter and teaching me experience. While he was daydreaming, Li Long had already prepared the gun platform, then lay down, turned on the safety, and started aiming. The distance was quite far, and the noise here did not affect the gazelles, and they were still lying there. Squinting his eyes, Li Long could see that among these gazelles, at least three were rams, as evidenced by their erect horns. Li Long aimed at the largest one in the middle, the one with the longest horns. At a distance of 200 meters, the point he could see was actually very small. But fortunately, the gazelles were gathered in a large group, so the range of his aim was relatively large. "Okay, I'll count to three and get ready to shoot." Yu Shanjiang said when he saw that the three people were ready.
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