The vehicle stopped while Li Long was lost in his wandering thoughts. Baishanbai got out first, then called to the others.
"Director, have you noticed how obedient all these people Boss Liu has brought us into contact with are?" Li Xiangqian said quietly to Director Qian. "They've been very cooperative with everything we do, apart from those officers last night, of course."
"They probably work for Boss Liu. Their lives have clearly improved because of him, which must be why they're so obedient," Director Qian said. "Let's stay out of other people's business and concentrate on seeing whether we can bag anything in a bit."
"We should be able to. There's only a border river between us, but I've noticed there's clearly more game here than on our side," Li Xiangqian said. "We could still get game in the mountains on our side a couple of years ago. We should be able to here too."
"Probably. There are far fewer people here, so there isn't as much demand for wild animals," Director Qian reasoned. He got out with his gun and said as he walked forward, "In weather this cold, we probably won't get a bear. Let's see if we can get a snow leopard or something."
"Hey, if I really bag a snow leopard, I'll have something to brag about back home!" Li Xiangqian looked eager too.
Yesterday's slaughter had filled him with anticipation for the hunting ahead.
Back in Ma County, the Mongolian gazelles he encountered had come in herds of a few or a dozen. As for antelope, he had only heard Li Long mention herds of a few.
The very first antelope herd he saw here had numbered three or four hundred, and Liu Shanmin had said that was a small herd. There were larger ones