Reborn in the 1980s: I made my fortune hunting wild game in Changbai Mountain

The camera pans to Yue Feng.

After a busy day from morning till night, Yue Feng returned to the city in a King Long car.

"Xiaofeng, should we go straight to the restaurant or go home? Have you fed the eagle at home?" Jinlong asked softly, gripping the steering wheel.

Yue Feng left home at dawn and hasn't been home all day. He's really not sure what's going on with the gray falcon at home.

"We haven't fed it yet! Is the restaurant far from my house? If it is, let's eat first, and then we can take care of the eagle when we get back! Such a big eagle won't go hungry if it misses a meal!"

Jinlong shook his head with a smile: "It's not far, just a step on the gas! If we go straight to the restaurant at this hour, it'll take a while before everyone arrives. We might as well go home! We can arrive right on time and it'll make us look more important!"

"Then let's go home and check on it! That gray falcon has been hungry all day, it's probably not going to stay still! Let's hope nothing bad happens!"

"Hold on tight!"

Jinlong gave a shout, stepped on the gas, and the car sped up, heading straight for Yue Feng's residence.

With the Jinlong speeding along, the car returned to its residence in just over twenty minutes after entering the city.

The car stopped at the entrance, and everyone got out.

"Don't just stand there, Uncle Li, come inside! Once you're here, make yourself at home, don't be shy!" Yue Feng said, and immediately opened the door.

Xiao Ying Liu and Li Fulin exchanged a glance, both somewhat surprised.

Yue Feng still has a house in Beijing. Look at the gate, it's quite well maintained!
"Xiaofeng, is this your house?" Xiaoying Liu asked.

"Yeah! I just finished renovating this house a while ago. With so many good friends in Beijing, I needed a place to stay! So I asked Young Master Jin to help me buy a house!"
"Uncle Li, if you don't mind, you don't need to look for a place to live in Beijing. You can just stay here with me! It'll save you some money!" Yue Feng said calmly.

"Wow! Your yard is quite big! And it's very well organized! You're willing to let an old man like me cause you trouble!" Li Fulin looked around and couldn't help but exclaim.

Yue Feng smiled and shook his head nonchalantly: "Young Master Jin helped me find someone to arrange it! You don't need to be so polite with me. I should thank you for watching over the yard while you're staying here!"
I can't stay in Beijing for too long. I'm a little worried about leaving the yard unattended after I go back to Northeast China!

As the group entered the courtyard, before they even reached the door of the north house, they heard a series of cawing sounds coming from inside.

The call of the grey falcon was so mournful, like a fledgling eagle that hadn't eaten for two days and was begging for food as its parents brought it back.

"Hey, the eagle should be fine! It heard us coming home!"

Yue Feng quickly walked a few steps to the door, opened the door to the north room, turned on the light, and glanced around the room.

As he had predicted, the gray falcon was quite well-behaved, tied to the makeshift perch. However, it was hungry and, upon seeing Yue Feng enter, it flapped its wings and cawed loudly, begging for food.

"Look! Uncle Liu and Uncle Li, how's the eagle doing? Find a stool and sit down, I'm going to the kitchen to thaw the meat!" Yue Feng called out, then turned and went to the side room.

The housekeeper, hearing the commotion, came out to greet us: "Mr. Yue, we have guests. Do you need us to prepare dinner? I didn't know that, so I didn't prepare anything in advance! We only have some regular food at home; I don't know if that's enough!"

Yue Feng waved his hand: "Don't be nervous, we won't eat at home, we'll eat out later! You can rest!"

"Then I'll brew the tea and deliver it to the north room!"

"also!"

Yue Feng quickly found the frozen meat for feeding the eagles, mixed it with hot water from the thermos to make warm water, soaked the meat in it, and carried the small bowl back to the north room.

As soon as Yue Feng brought the meat into the house, Li Fulin couldn't help but ask anxiously, "Xiao Feng, do you have some special tricks for handling live hawks? We only brought this gray falcon back from Hebei a few days ago, and you've already raised it to be completely tame?"

Yue Feng grinned: "Haha, Eagle's in pretty good shape, isn't he?"

"It's more than just good. Even those two old rabbits and tigers in my car, if they went hungry for a couple of meals, would be at most in this state! We've only had this Grey Falcon for a short time! Tell me quickly, don't try to fool me!"

When he entered his own field of expertise, Li Fulin was filled with curiosity and really wanted to know how Yue Feng had done it.

Yue Feng put down the bowl of meat he was feeding the eagle, spread his hands and said, "This eagle wasn't trained by me through any special methods. It's bold and friendly; it's natural!"
In my hands, the eagle is fed and perched on its perch in a normal routine. I also occasionally shine a light on it and do some basic training on how to put on its cap and recognize lures!
A few days ago I noticed that this guy was being a bit too affectionate towards his family, so I spoke with Brother Jianjun and left the eagle behind!

I need to take this eagle back to Northeast China to see if it can be paired with my second-generation purebred gyrfalcon. If that works out, I'll have at least three-quarters hybrid falcon offspring to use!

"Naturally good-tempered and approachable?"

Li Fulin and Xiao Ying Liu exchanged a glance, both of them somewhat surprised.

Little Eagle Liu picked up his teacup and took a sip: "Years ago, I knew a friend who also encountered a similar eagle."

It was a sparrow with a flowery chest caught in the spring. After being released for more than a month, the hawk stopped tying it up, stopped picking its food, and stopped raising its perch. It would come running as soon as the hawk raised its hand and whistled!

I never imagined that such a large falcon could have such a personality!

"Hehe, anyway, we got a good deal!" Yue Feng pinched the slices of meat in the warm water with his hand, then picked up a piece of meat.

"Stop yelling, come and eat the meat!" Yue Feng whistled, then handed the meat to the gray falcon.

Upon hearing the whistle, the little guy immediately flapped its wings and jumped to Yue Feng's side, devouring the meat slices.

The meat slices were already cut, and once they thawed, they were fed very quickly. In no time at all, all the meat in the bowl was gone, and the gray falcon's crop became bulging and erect.

"Tsk tsk. Look how much weight he's gaining! If he's not that fat, he could try going out a hundred meters and calling for help!" Li Fulin couldn't help but exclaim.

"It hasn't lost much weight, probably over 95%! There's no rush to train it, let it rest for now, we can take care of it when we get back!"

"Tsk tsk, this falcon has such a good personality! I just wonder how well it performs on the job!"

"It's hard to say. I don't need any more falcons. We'll see what kind of style it has and train it according to its potential. I'm more inclined to use it for breeding!"

"OK!"

……

The group chatted and drank tea at Yue Feng's house for a while. When they realized it was almost time, they tied up the eagle, got back into the car, and headed straight for the restaurant.

Quanjude was quite lively tonight.

To accommodate the attendees of the daytime falconry tournament, Ye Jianjun made arrangements in advance to reserve several private rooms on the second floor.

As evening approached dinnertime, the parking spaces outside were filled with cars bearing the license plates of various high-ranking government departments. These privileged young men, who had spent the day rolling around in the wheat fields, dispersed, went home to change into presentable clothes, and then headed to the restaurant.

Ye Jianjun was in charge of receiving guests at the lobby entrance. He would arrange for them to be seated in suitable private rooms. The guests were all wealthy and influential, and many were regulars at the hotel.

The sheer number of young masters and their children left the lobby manager completely bewildered. Those who knew the situation were there to organize a gathering of Eagle Hunter players, but those who didn't would have thought something important was going on.

Yue Feng arrived at the restaurant in a King Long car and soon saw Ye Jianjun.

"Xiaofeng, take Jinlong and Uncle Liu and Uncle Li to the main table in room 201! Almost everyone has arrived, I'll be there in a bit!" Ye Jianjun called out.

When Jinlong parked his car, he saw Ye Xiaojun's vehicle and asked, "Brother Jianjun, has Li Wenhu returned? I saw Xiaojun's car downstairs!"

"They're not here yet! Xiao Jun waited until 5:30 when it was completely dark and didn't see anyone before he drove over! I called from the restaurant's phone and they said they haven't gone home yet; they must be on their way! I'll wait for them!"

"Oh!" Jinlong responded without asking any further questions.

Yue Feng and Jin Long, along with Uncle Liu and Uncle Li, went up to the second floor as arranged and went straight in.

There were already quite a few people inside, all of whom were the main contestants who had shown up in the morning. Except for Li Wenhu, everyone else had arrived early.

"Brother Yue! This way, Xiao Long, please have Uncle Liu and Uncle Li come in and sit down too!"

Feng Huanping got up from his seat and greeted him warmly.

Yue Feng grinned: "Brother Feng, you guys are here early! I'm so sorry, we went home to feed the hawks before we came! We've kept you all waiting!"

“We just arrived too, we’re all brothers here, it’s too formal to be so polite! Please sit down…”

After exchanging pleasantries, Yue Feng sat down next to Feng Huanping, while Grandpa Liu and Li Fulin were also seated near the head of the table.

However, Grandpa Liu understood the ins and outs of the matter, and no matter how much he was persuaded, he insisted on leaving the seat of honor unseat.

This position is for Ye Jianjun; the old man knows it perfectly well.

"Brother Feng, how's Eagle?" Yue Feng wasn't too reserved. He took a sip of his tea and asked in a low voice.

"He seems to be in okay condition, but his neck seems a little crooked. When he squats on the eagle bar, he always has a slightly tilted head posture! Did he hurt his neck when he was kicked?" Feng Huanping answered truthfully.

Yue Feng shook his head: "It's nothing. The wound on my crop was cut by me, avoiding the blood vessels. It wasn't in the center, so it's bound to be a little irritating after it's stitched up. I'll get used to it!"
"Hey, did the eagle put a hat on him?"

“No hat on it! Should we put a hat on it? When this eagle was first caught, the eagle hunter sewed up its eyelids. After it came into my hands, it was quite resistant to being labeled! So I never put a hat on it!” Feng Huanping replied.

"Did your eyelid sew up? Is the edge of your eyelid a little swollen?"

"Yes! The seller said it was scratched by the eagle, but I guess it was because the stitching wasn't done properly! After I took care of it for a while, it gradually got better!"

Upon hearing this, Yue Feng pondered for a moment and said, "If it's inconvenient to label it, then put the eagle in a dark room and try to keep it from causing trouble! As its wound heals, it might scratch with its claws, so be careful not to tear open the stitches!"

"Okay, I listen to you!"

Hearing the two talking, Jinlong asked curiously from the side, "Xiaofeng, Brother Feng, what's this about sewing the eagle's eyes together?"
"Such a fine eagle, why is it being harmed by a thief?"

Yue Feng explained with a smile, "It's not really a menace, it's just that my skills are a little lacking!"

Those eagle hunters who go into the mountains to hunt eagles after autumn arrives, if the weather and wind direction are right, can catch several eagles in a single day.

They didn't have enough hats for the eagles, so to save time, they would sew the eagles' eyes shut with needle and thread to prevent them from causing trouble.

The eyelids of eagles have almost no blood vessels, so if the procedure is performed correctly, the damage to the eagle is minimal! However, occasionally, if the needle is inserted slightly off-center, or the wound is larger, there is a small chance that the eyelid will become inflamed! In this case, the eagle's eyelid will swell!

It's not a big problem. Just feed and care for it for a few days, and it'll be fine on its own!

After listening to Yue Feng's explanation, Feng Huanping gave him a thumbs up: "Brother Yue is right, that's basically the situation!"

At this moment, Grandpa Liu said slowly, "Sewing eyes is a tradition passed down from the old-fashioned eagle hunters! Originally, horsehair was used to sew them!"
Generally, inflammation and swelling are caused by substandard materials and poor craftsmanship; they just throw together some cotton thread and do a shoddy job! Now that eagle-feather hats are quite common, there's really no need for the skill of sewing eyes on them!

Li Fulin continued, "In our eyes, a big eagle is a good thing, but in the mountains, many farmers don't take it seriously at all!"

Years ago, when I went into the mountains to select eagles, I personally witnessed those old eagles that no one wanted, or tattered eagles that were caught in nets. When there was no food to feed them, they would simply kill them and cut off their flesh to feed other eagles!
Birds like the old leopard were killed on the spot when caught in the net! They were only worth a few cents when sold to the Xuan specimens!

In recent years, when I went up the mountain to catch eagles, I could clearly feel that there were fewer and fewer decent eagles! Those who make a living by this skill don't care about anything. The traditions of the older generation have been forgotten by some people!

well! "

With Li Fulin's sigh, the atmosphere in the room subtly changed.

What started as a casual conversation quickly turned into a rather heavy topic later on.

Yue Feng grinned: "Uncle Li, don't worry. Now that we've filmed a documentary about birds of prey, I believe the relevant national departments will definitely pay more and more attention to it!"

Although our falconry club is still in its early stages, it will definitely become more and more professional in the future!

At that time, we will be able to promote professional breeding and domestication techniques, as well as carry out breeding and conservation!

Once we produce results, we might even push for national legislation targeting birds of prey! Then, all those eagles and such will be safe!

After he finished speaking, those at the table who had taken his words to heart fell into deep thought.

They lack foresight, are unaware of wildlife protection laws, and are also ignorant of the current state of falconry culture in their baseline time and space, thus their knowledge is limited.

However, Yue Feng was quite confident when he said these words.

What we're doing now is just one step in the process. As long as it develops positively and helps to bring this to fruition, there's a great chance of success.

As everyone was chatting, there was a noise at the door. Ye Jianjun entered, and everyone greeted him and invited him to sit down.

Three minutes later, Li Wenhu finally arrived, albeit late.

When he pushed open the door, the meal was already underway inside. Ye Jianjun, who was raising his glass, momentarily froze with a slight smile. (End of Chapter)