Seeing that Li Xiangqian shared his regret, Li Long smiled and said:
"I'll move the furniture up into the mountains in the next couple of days and have a look around while I'm there. See if I can shoot some more game."
"Since we're on the subject," Li Xiangqian said quietly, his expression turning serious, "that male wapiti-the penis. Could you get one? A friend of mine needs it. Don't worry, I'm not asking for it for free. He'll pay, and you don't need to be shy about taking it. We can't have you working for nothing."
Li Long thought for a moment before saying:
"Chief, I won't talk big. Shooting one is easy; finding one is the main problem. I can't promise I'll find one. The mountains are so big, with so many gullies. If I find one, I reckon I can hit it with my Type 56. But if I can't find one, there's no telling... Does it have to be a red deer?"
"A red deer would be good, of course. But if you could get one from a sika deer, that would be even better..." Li Xiangqian joked.
"A sika deer would be even more impossible. There aren't any in these mountains," Li Long said with a smile. "But I do have two roe deer penises. They're a kind of deer too. Naturally, it'd be best if I could shoot a red deer, but if I can't, would those do instead?"
"Try your best to get a red deer. Bring me the roe deer ones too. I'll give you... fifty yuan apiece. How about that?"
"Sure." Li Long readily agreed. It was extra money anyway, and he had landed a temporary worker's position too. More importantly, there were the Supply and Marketing Cooperative's benefits.
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