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

That evening, Li Wenhu talked on the phone with the young master surnamed Zhang for at least half an hour before ending the call. The final outcome is still unknown, but after hanging up, Li Wenhu clearly had a happy smile on his face.

This young master was persuaded by him. With Young Master Zhang willing to get involved, Li Wenhu had the confidence to challenge the Ye family!

……

The next morning, Yue Feng opened his eyes right on time.

It was just getting light outside, no more than six o'clock at most. Through the window, you could even hear the chirping of sparrows from the alley next door.

The falconry tournament is over, and Yue Feng has no important plans for today.

He sat up from the kang (a heated brick bed), quickly dressed, got off the kang to wash up, and then rode his grey falcon to the courtyard to look at the sky.

The temperature was a bit low early in the morning, so Yue Feng wrapped his cotton coat tightly around himself and put his hands inside his sleeves. He squatted on the stool and watched Grey Falcon's performance.

This guy ate a big meal last night and didn't stay up too late, so the food in his stomach hasn't been completely used up yet.

The eagle perched on Yue Feng's arm, its feathers fluffed up into a large ball of fluff, looking quite relaxed.

Every now and then, Yue Feng would reach out and touch the gray falcon's feathers: its back, chest, tail, and finally its claws.

This grey falcon had absolutely no integrity as an eagle, not even a symbolic resistance, allowing Yue Feng to "violate" it.

Especially after his fingertips scratched the short hairs on the back of his head, the guy even comfortably closed the membranes of his eyelids.

Yue Feng held the hawk like that and waited for more than half an hour. Suddenly, the gray falcon bent its neck to one side a few times and then began to shake its head and vomit.

This is about to be released.

Yue Feng immediately straightened his arm, which was holding the eagle a little.

Soon, a feather shaft was flung out of the gray falcon's throat and fell to the bluestone ground with a thud.

Yue Feng didn't mind the dirt. He picked up the tuft of hair that had just been spat out and pinched the tuft of hair in half with a little force.

Overall, the hair shaft is in good condition. Apart from a little more mucus, the hair shaft has no obvious odor and no digestive fluids such as green bile.

This guy is in very good health; judging from the condition of his pubic hair, he has basically been gutted.

The slightly more mucus is because the feeding time last night was relatively close, and the meat was digested and absorbed a little later. This is a normal phenomenon and nothing to worry about.

Once off the yoke, the gray falcon's short downy feathers stood on end, and its dark eyes were fixed on Yue Feng, as if they possessed their own emotions.

"Not bad! I'll call a taxi for you at 10 a.m.!" Yue Feng patted the eagle's head and muttered to himself.

After a while, the cook finished making breakfast. Yue Feng, holding the eagle with one hand, ate breakfast with the cook.

After breakfast, Yue Feng slung the gray falcon over his arm and trotted off to Little Eagle Liu's house.

This stretch of road was indeed quite long, but Yue Feng wasn't in a hurry; he treated the journey as a test of endurance.

It took Yue Feng almost an hour to finally arrive at Grandpa Liu's house.

Xiao Ying Liu and Li Fulin had already gotten up and were currently arranging eagle hats and lasts inside the house.

The two brothers weren't needed for the construction of the club's facilities, and since they had no work to do for the time being, they stayed home drinking tea and doing handicrafts.

"Grandpa, Uncle Li, get up!" Yue Feng walked to the door, knocked, and greeted them with a smile.

"Xiaofeng's here! Come in quickly! Have you had breakfast yet? Let your auntie make you something to eat," Grandpa Liu greeted him warmly.

"Hehe, I ate breakfast this morning and came here on my own! Uncle Li, you dog, you won't bite my eagle, will you?" Yue Feng replied with a smile, then naturally took a stool and sat down.

"Just sit still, the dog won't bite the eagle!"

"You must have a lot of work to do today, right? So many people asked you out for drinks last night!" Li Fulin shook his head and said with a smile.

Yue Feng grinned and said, "That's why I came here! I'll hide if I can! If you can't find me at home, you can't possibly find me here!"
"Hey, Uncle Liu, could you find me my hat-sewing tools? I still owe you three hats as prizes from the competition! Let's hurry and finish them before I leave!"

Little Eagle Liu nodded. He knew that Yue Feng had come to his house on purpose to sew hats and teach him more about the production process.

Soon, Little Eagle Liu found all the odds and ends that Yue Feng had given him, such as tools and sewing materials.

"Take a look, are the materials correct? Is anything missing?"

"That's enough! Vegetable-tanned leather is easier to shape and even a little more convenient than pure cowhide! Let's get the one for Big Eagle first. I reckon Brother Feng will be waiting for me at home tonight at the latest!" Yue Feng said with a smile.

"Feng Huanping seems to hold a high position among that group of young masters yesterday!" Li Fulin said quietly.

"Yes! I heard his family has some influence! He was the first to express his desire to join the club and cooperate deeply! He's one of our first members!"

As Yue Feng answered, he took out the printing pattern and used a sharp knife to cut out pieces of material.

"Yesterday I was too embarrassed to ask them in front of them, what other purpose does this club serve besides providing a place for these rich kids to have fun?"

"I just don't think so many people would be envious of such a place!" Li Fulin continued to ask.

Yue Feng grinned: "This event is just an excuse, but it's not as simple as just getting together to play!"
These rich young men almost all have their own family backgrounds!

They get together by flying and playing with falcons, which not only provides entertainment and competition, but also helps them build relationships and exchange resources!
Extending further down the social circle, there are also businessmen or local government officials who want to get to know them!
There are many considerations involved! Simply introducing a friend to someone else could lead to something that was previously unthinkable!
Wherever there are people, there's a world of intrigue and power struggles; you know what I mean by that!

"This……"

Upon hearing Yue Feng's straightforward explanation, Li Fulin's expression immediately changed slightly.

"These young masters may seem carefree on the surface, but they all have their own businesses behind the scenes! But these things have nothing to do with us. With Young Master Ye and the others taking care of things, we just need to focus on our own business!" Yue Feng comforted him with a smile.

“If it’s as complicated as you say, then the shares that your Uncle Liu and I hold…” Li Fulin hesitated before continuing.

Yue Feng continued, "We're giving you shares because you deserve them!"

Telling Jianjun about yesterday's poaching attempt was a smart choice! Now he understands even more how valuable you and Uncle Liu are!

"Don't worry, in Beijing, these young masters with any brains wouldn't resort to such underhanded tactics. If they really start this, even their fathers won't be able to handle the consequences!" As he spoke, Yue Feng's hands were busy. He deftly cut off a strip of leather with a leather cutter and then began to sew the edges.

As each stitch was pulled in, a hat gradually took shape, with more and more details being perfected, making it look more and more like a real hat.

Compared to Li Fulin's anxiety, Grandpa Liu was much more at ease.

He focused more on the details of Yue Feng sewing the hat by hand. If there was anything he didn't understand, he would ask quietly. Yue Feng would answer and demonstrate on the spot. In less than two hours, a hat blank without any decoration was basically completed.

Yue Feng soaked the sewn hat blank in clean water until it was thoroughly soaked, then turned it over and did some simple adjustments. The design of the goldfish eye pattern with screws was already beginning to take shape.

After finishing sewing a hat, Yue Feng looked up at the time on his wrist.

It's already past 10 a.m.

Yue Feng put down the hat mold and the three-edged needle in his hand and stretched: "It's past ten o'clock, Grandpa, Uncle Li, let's go out for a stroll and let my gray falcon crowing for a bit!"

I checked this thing this morning after it came out of the barrel, and the bore is basically clean!

If the baiting goes well, I plan to try and get it to settle down! I even brought lures with me!

Grandpa Liu and Li Fulin had been squatting in the house drinking tea and working, and they were getting tired of squatting. When Grandpa Liu heard Yue Feng's suggestion, he immediately stood up: "Then what are we waiting for! Come on, I'll take you to a quiet place. Do you have any of those ropes or something?"

"I didn't bring it. I know you must have some at home!"

"Wait, I'll go get it. Is fifty meters enough?"

"More than enough! I brought the meat!"

"it is good!"

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After a short wait, Grandpa Liu took out the rope used for calling the sled from inside the house, and then the three of them rode the gray falcon out the door.

After walking out of the alley, Yue Feng followed Grandpa Liu through a maze of turns for about fifteen minutes until they arrived at a rather secluded little park.

At this time, the morning exercise crowds have long since dispersed. There's not a single person in the small park square, and there aren't any tall buildings or trees blocking the view. The area is spacious and has a good view.

"How's the place? Apart from a few elderly people doing their morning exercises, there aren't many people during the day!" Grandpa Liu said with a smile.

"That's enough! Let's just hang the rope on and call out to them!" Yue Feng responded and immediately untied the five-foot rope from between his fingers.

Grandpa Liu took out a double-stranded, oil-soaked rope from his pocket and handed one end directly to Yue Feng.

Yue Feng didn't waste any time. He threaded the knot at the bottom of the rope through the rope and then handed the other end of the rope to Li Fulin.

Seeing Yue Feng hand him the end of the rope, Li Fulin, who was watching the commotion, asked knowledgeably, "Should we run a literary race or a martial race?"

This is a term used by the older generation for training eagles, and many younger generations of eagle trainers no longer pay attention to the details of it.

Wenpao is like flying a kite with a rope attached to one end; it's free to do whatever it wants, whether it runs wild or doesn't obey commands.

In a free-running game, the rope is fixed at both ends, and the eagle can only fly along a fixed trajectory. If it wants to run away, the person holding the rope will not let go and allow it to move freely.

Yue Feng grinned: "Eagle's time is short, come to Wupao! This is the first time in my life I've called for so many people to help Eagle. Please lend a hand to my uncle!"

“Alright, you keep an eye on the eagle’s condition, don’t worry about anything else! I’ll handle things with your grandpa!” Li Fulin nodded.

Soon, the running ropes were all unfurled, and the two people, one on each side, each held the rope in their hands and wrapped it around their fingers several times.

Yue Feng placed the gray falcon on Li Fulin's arm to steady it, then swaggered to the other end, took out a hawk bait from his pocket, and slowly tied a piece of meat, half the thickness of a matchbox, to it.

The grey falcon, which had already left its saddle, saw its owner take out the lure and meat and immediately became eager to try, shoveling the lure several times in an attempt to catch it and eat the meat.

Li Fulin held tightly to the eagle's leg, and the eagle struggled but could not break free. It could only return to its perch on his arm, its dark eyes still fixed on the meat and bait in Yue Feng's hand in the distance.

Having completed the preparations, Yue Feng turned sideways, holding the lure in one hand, and whistled at the Grey Falcon.

The whistle was the signal to feed, and the grey falcon immediately took off again, flying straight over the top of the runway.

The eagle leaves the hand very quickly, without the slightest hesitation, and flies very fast. The only drawback is that the eagle flies about forty centimeters higher than the normal height of a regular eagle when it runs on the rope.

Once it flew to Yue Feng, the gray falcon grabbed the lure without hesitation and began tearing and eating the meat from its back.

"Tsk tsk, it's flying really well! It's in good shape. The only downside is that it's flying a bit too high. Is it a bit too fat?" Grandpa Liu said quietly, watching the eagle's performance from beginning to end.

Yue Feng smiled and nodded, then shook his head: "The height you mentioned is a bit too high. You're using the standard of a hawk's call to fly as a benchmark!"
This is an Altai falcon, its natural flying habit should allow it to fly higher! If the rope hadn't been so high, it probably would have flown even higher! The rope was taut for a moment!

Grandpa Liu: "What you're saying makes sense! Old Li, what do you think?"

Old Li, with more experience in training falcons, walked over, smoothing the running rope, and said, "This hawk is on a good leash, you can let go now! If you're still worried, you can cut off half of its food today, and take it off the hook tomorrow. I guarantee it'll be perfectly stable!"

Yue Feng laughed and said, "Let's not wait until tomorrow, let's do it today! If it can fool the three of us and really runs wild, I'll accept it!"

After saying this, Yue Feng untied the rope that was binding the eagle, and after the eagle finished eating the meat slices, he handed the eagle back to Li Fulin.

They repeated the previous operation, except this time there was no running rope, and the five-foot toad spinning a ring had been untied beforehand, leaving only two bare feet on the eagle's legs.

With the artificial lure displayed and the whistle blown to signal the hawk, the grey falcon, upon hearing its master's call, flew over without hesitation.

Without the rope's restriction, it flew in a straight line, without any bends or turns. It rose about a meter and a half higher than before, flying directly overhead.

When the eagle flew close, Yue Feng flicked the rope in his hand, and the lure flew out of his hand. The eagle swooped down to grab it, but Yue Feng reacted quickly and flicked his wrist, sending the lure flying in an arc.

The eagle, caught off guard by the lure, watched helplessly as the target slipped from its grasp and had no choice but to continue flying forward, changing direction mid-air.

When Yue Feng saw the eagle turn its head, the last trace of worry in his heart completely disappeared.

The baiting exercise for the grey falcon was a success! (End of Chapter)