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

Throughout the afternoon, the Yuefeng hunting team conducted a large-scale search along the huge pheasant meadow.

The black and white evil spirits in the sky continued to circle and wait for orders, while four people below were walking on the snow-covered snow-covered grass with a group of dogs.

From time to time, pheasants hiding in the snow would be frightened and suddenly fly out, followed by a loud whistle.

A big black hawk in the sky swooped down and shot down the taking-off pheasant in one round.

This kind of battle started after lunch when we packed up the fox skins and lasted until nearly four o'clock.

In a few hours, only less than one-tenth of the total area of ​​the pheasant meadow was searched, but the total number of pheasants harvested was over fifty.

I couldn't even fill up one bag of urea, so I had to divide it into two bags.

Among so many pheasants, most of them are the special species of long-tailed pheasants. Yue Feng has collected more than 20 beautiful long tails of male long-tailed pheasants alone.

The length of the tail feathers of an ordinary male long-tailed pheasant is around 80 to 90 centimeters at most, and occasionally a few can be over one meter long.

It is worth mentioning that Yue Feng harvested two male long-tailed pheasants that were obviously older, and the longest tail feather was more than 1.2 meters long.

As mentioned before, pheasant feathers are used in props of film and television works, such as the props of Monkey King or Lu Bu in the Three Kingdoms opera.

Yue Feng doesn’t know whether this thing can be sold for money for the time being, but he knows that it is a good thing.

Especially the two that were particularly long, I put them away very carefully and brought them back in as perfect condition as possible.

Even if it can't be sold at a high price, it can be placed at home as a decoration. This can be regarded as Yue Feng's disguised "feast" for his childhood self.

Immersed in the endless harvest of pheasants, I returned to the camp much later.
When we hurried back, the sun was setting and the sky was beginning to darken.

Yue Feng had already taken this into consideration when he decided to go back later.

On weekdays, I go back before dark mainly because I’m afraid of getting lost in the unfamiliar forest.

Heading back from Yejidianzi, most of the way is valley and meadow terrain.

There was moonlight in the sky and I had a lighting tool in my hand. I returned along the same path I came from without taking any detours.

It was past five-thirty and it was already dark. Yue Feng and his companions came to the place where the roe deer meat was temporarily buried according to their memory.

The brothers turned on their headlamps, tied all the roe deer meat they had harvested in the morning onto the sled, and then returned to the camp along the original route.

It was already past seven o'clock in the evening when we were waiting to return to the camp with a full harvest.

The two guard dogs were at least half a mile away. When they heard the noise of their owner and his companions returning, they started barking.

Except that it was a bit cold outside after dark, everything was fine.

Everyone dragged the sled back to the camp. Xiaowen and Xiaotao were busy making a fire and cooking dinner, while Yuefeng strolled around the camp with a gun.

There was nothing suspicious and the wild boar meat buried in the snow was normal.

Yue Feng, who had relaxed, then used his headlamp to take the roe deer off the sled.

In the area where the wild boar meat is stored side by side, the roe deer are also buried in the snow and will be taken back together when we return home.

At 8:15, the fire in the tent was lit, the temperature gradually rose, and it was finally getting warmer.

The temperature outside was at least minus twenty degrees Celsius.

It was bearable during the day when the sun was shining and you wore thick clothes and kept exercising. But the second half of the journey after dark when you were dragging the prey back, only you know how hard it was, your hands and feet were almost frozen.

Dinner was simple. Three little hens were chopped into pieces and put into a large pot of hot chicken soup. The uneaten white flour buns in the camp were heated up by the fire.

The brothers drank the chicken soup, ate the chicken, and nibbled on the fragrant steamed buns, and soon everyone had filled their stomachs.

After hunting in two hunting grounds in one day, all four of them were exhausted. After eating and drinking, they lay down on the leather mattress and didn't want to move.

However, Yue Feng remembered clearly what Uncle Wu taught him about camping in the wild. No matter how tired or sleepy he was, he still had to maintain the necessary vigilance.

Before going to bed, Yue Feng took another walk around the camp and found that the rope of a warning trap had been triggered. Judging from the footprints, it seemed that it was left by a small creature like a raccoon.

It had been entangled once last time, and I guess it will be entangled this time too.

The bloody smell of meat under the snow crust would definitely attract these little creatures, but there were dogs and eagles in the camp, so they dared not get too close and could only wander around the periphery.

Yue Feng restored the warning trap to its original state, tightly grasped his sheepskin coat and returned to the tent.

Yue Feng: "The order of night duty is still the same as last night! Everyone is tired today, so go to bed early!
We will rest in the camp for a day tomorrow and then go out for a walk to see if I can find any traces of other mountain animals.

If there are no new discoveries, we will rush back the day after tomorrow morning!"

Xiao Wen, who was fiddling with the fire, looked up and asked, "Brother Feng, we are leaving early the day after tomorrow. Are we going back early?"

"Well, we've gained quite a lot this time. About 300 kilograms of roe deer meat, dozens of pheasants, wild boar, and the leopard.

With the four of us on the sled and the dog pulling it, we can barely make it back in one trip!"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Tao sat up from his leather mattress and suggested, "How about we go to Yejidianzi again tomorrow?

Time is so tight this afternoon, and with such a thick patch of pheasants, with Big Black Hawk and Little White Spear here, it's almost like picking them up for free!
We have only walked a small area, and there is still a lot to explore!"

Indeed, compared to hunting roe deer and wild boars, hunting long-tailed pheasants is too easy.

There is no need to shoot, no need to run and chase, and even when the prey falls to the ground, there is no need for anyone to pick it up, the dog will happily bring it back.

Moreover, the long-tailed pheasant has tender meat and extremely delicious taste. Although it is not as delicious as a flying dragon, it is large in size and is definitely much more delicious than ordinary domestic chickens.

After all the free stuff in the afternoon, everyone felt a little unsatisfied.

Yue Feng shook his head: "The journey is still a bit far. The round trip alone will take three or four hours!

Didn’t Xiaowen say that we can go to Yejidianzi from Chaiji Road in Forest Farm No. 59?

Let’s go back first. When we have free time later, we can still come here in time!

The pheasants in the pheasant meadow can’t escape again!”

Xiao Tao nodded: "Okay, let's talk about it next time!

I have a feeling that this long-tailed pheasant will be able to be made into something extraordinary in the hands of Master Niu!

If we wait until the opening of the business, these dozens of chicks will probably be consumed in just a few days!"

Yue Feng grinned after hearing this and said: "We didn't say that we would open up the supply!

In the urban area of ​​Fengcheng, apart from our hotel, the only other hotels left are state-owned hotels and the canteens of various units!

We don't send game, their canteen has extremely limited access to certain ingredients.

When the time comes, if you want to eat, you have to come to our restaurant!

I will bring some people to kill two wild boars that eat Polygonatum later. They will be in limited supply! Then we can show off our skills!"

When Yue Feng mentioned this plan, everyone was stunned.

"Not open to the public? Then the people eating there will overturn our stalls? There is no such rule!"

Yue Feng grinned and said, "There was no such rule before, but now we have it after we opened the restaurant!
Good things can never be supplied freely, they must reflect their scarcity!

For example, some things need to be prepared in advance, some things need to have a minimum consumption threshold, and some things need to have an invisible threshold to save face for powerful leaders!
I will tell Master Niu about these things later!"

Xiaowu frowned after hearing this: "What if the customer doesn't buy it?"

Before Yue Feng could say anything, Xiao Tao glared at him and said, "This is our territory. As long as it is not against the law, we must abide by our rules! If you dare to show your teeth, I will break them!"

Yue Feng grinned and said, “Just make the menu and rules clear in advance!

Although Fengcheng is not big, there are many heads of major units who have money to eat. We are civilized people, and using knives and guns is the worst option!
Besides, even if someone finds fault, we still have Brother Tiger, the social leader. He has shares in this restaurant!"

Now, no one was worried anymore.

There is no need to say much about Wang Hu's identity and the strength of the Military Control Commission. The fact that he was able to open the first private restaurant in Fengcheng, where business licenses for individual industrial and commercial households were not yet open, is in itself a reflection of his connections and abilities.

The smarter a person is, the more he understands the value of it.

The brothers chatted for a while wrapped in leather quilts, and gradually felt sleepy.

Yue Feng also curled up into his bedding, said hello to Xiaowen, who was on the first night shift, and quickly got into bed and closed his eyes.

The night went normally. The next morning, Yue Feng got up early, prepared breakfast, said hello to his teammates, and then took Xiao Tao, two eagles and several dogs out for another walk.

The surrounding areas were basically swept, but nothing useful was found. Yue Feng returned to the camp near noon.

If there is something to talk about, the talk will be long; if there is nothing to talk about, the talk will be short. Another night passed, and at dawn the next day, everyone was woken up early.

Everyone worked together to pack up the tents and supplies for the night in the mountains, and then collected all the spoils including wild boars, roe deer, pheasants, and leopards, and distributed them to four sleds after packing them up.

The combined weight of roe deer meat and wild boar meat is quite a lot, and we also have to carry the tents and other supplies into the mountains. Even if the dogs' carrying capacity is taken into account, it is still a bit difficult to transport everything back in one trip.

Yue Feng gritted his teeth and simply waved his hand, signaling Xiao Tao and Xiao Wen to unload the tents and some of the pots, stoves and other daily necessities that had already been packed up.

The last time I went to the Holy Maiden Mountain to look for Toads, I got a lot of good stuff from Wang Hu. I brought back three sets of these thickened tents alone.

I have a spare one at home. I can simply bury it in the snow in the campsite and there is no need to worry about losing it. When I come back, I can also save some energy from carrying it.

After leaving a lot of things behind, the harvest for the return trip was finally dealt with.

Four people, eight dogs, and two falcons set out in a mighty procession down the mountain, moving slowly and steadily towards home.

There was nothing much to say along the way, we just kept on going. At noon, we made a fire to roast some steamed buns and dried bacon to fill our stomachs, and then continued on our way.

Before dark, the Yuefeng hunting team arrived at the place where the motorcycle tricycle was hidden, made a fire and heated up the motorcycle.

Yue Feng rode his motorcycle home alone, then drove his tractor back into the mountains and brought all the supplies and game back home in one trip.

By the time the four brothers, their dog and Falcon all returned home, Meng Yulan had already put the hot dumplings stuffed with pork belly and green onions into the pot in the old house.

The brothers quickly unloaded the supplies and prey from the car, went into the house, took off their heavy cotton coats and went straight to the kang.

It is true that following Yue Feng into the mountains to hunt is profitable, but it is also really painful.

The boys were already doing very well in the camp, but the meals they received were just so-so.

Compared with the meat dumplings and warm beds made by family members, it is almost not worth mentioning. But no one complains about the hard work, and being able to earn money and give the family a better life, all of this is worth it.

After dinner, it was almost nine o'clock. The friends went home to rest, and Yue Feng also went into his room carrying a thermos.

Soak your feet in the heat and go to bed.

My mother had kept the bed warm for me, but as soon as I lay down on it, I felt sleepy all over.

When I opened my eyes again, it was already past eight o'clock the next morning.

When people camp overnight in the wild, especially Yue Feng, the captain of the hunting team, their heads are always on edge for fear of any unexpected events.

So even if there were team members on duty at night, Yue Feng's sleep quality was very poor.

When I got back home, all the laziness and defenses in my subconscious mind were completely gone, and I naturally slept until noon.

Yue Feng put on his clothes, got off the kang, and went to the outer room to wash his face. His mother heard the noise and came out from the east room.

Meng Yulan glanced at her son and said distressedly, "Wake up, Xiaofeng, why don't you sleep a little longer?

Your dad said you didn’t get enough sleep since you went into the mountains, so I didn’t call you for breakfast this morning! Are you hungry? I’ve left some food in the pot for you!”

Yue Feng grinned: "Hey, I'm really hungry!"

"Eat first! Just sit still and I'll serve you!"

Soon, a plate of fried dumplings with meat oil was served on the table. The dumpling skin was fried yellow and looked very appetizing.

Yue Feng peeled two cloves of garlic, then picked up the dumpling and took a bite. It was fragrant and crispy, and the pork and green onion filling was like a meat egg in one bite. It felt so good!
After eating the fried dumplings, Yue Feng drank a bowl of hot corn porridge and his stomach was filled.

"Are you going to take a day off at home today? It's not the day you originally agreed on yet!" Meng Yulan asked while picking up the table.

"It's incredible. I've been away for so many days, and I've asked Uncle Chen to help keep an eye on the falconry team!
I guess he has stored a lot of game at home. I have to deliver it to the second canteen as soon as possible, otherwise the people below will be dissatisfied if I delay for too long!
You don’t have to wait for me for lunch, mom, we may eat out!"

"That's fine, just be careful!"

……

After Yue Feng had eaten and drunk his fill, he pulled out a leopard's front leg from the warehouse, cut it off with a knife and put it into a snakeskin bag. Then he rode his motorcycle out of the house and headed straight for Uncle Chen's house.

Ever since Uncle Chen's family helped Yue Feng to set up a business of leading people to release hawks to make money, the number of people coming and going in Uncle Chen's family has obviously increased a lot.

The old man has a wide range of friends and is considered a capable person in the surrounding villages.

Normally, when Yue Feng came here to pick up game and pay the bill, everything was quite peaceful. But today, when the motorcycle drove up to the door, the atmosphere seemed a little strange.

Before entering the room, I heard a lot of noisy sounds coming from the north room, and the guard dog tied to the kennel under the eaves was barking non-stop.

Yue Feng locked the car and walked into the yard carrying the snakeskin bag.

"Old Chen! We haven't been paid for several days! That's not what we said when we started following you!"

"Yes, Master Chen, we brothers have delivered the game on time with guaranteed quality and quantity, so we can't not pay you! It's been delayed for a few days, and the family is still waiting for the rice to be cooked!"

……

Chen Zhenshan said calmly, "Didn't I tell you before that we have taken people deep into the mountains and will not be back for a few days?

The game we have collected during this period is being kept in the west warehouse for the time being! Once the game is delivered, we will pay everyone!"

"That's true, but it can't take that long!"

"Don't blame us for being disloyal. If we can't get the money today, we'll have to break up the gang and work on our own!"

"Yes! We still have the eagle in our hands. Since we won't pay you for catching the game, we won't send it here!"

……

At first, Yue Feng thought it was just a simple delay of a few days and the people in the hunting team were complaining, so he didn't think much about it.

When he was about to push the door and enter the house, Yue Feng narrowed his eyes instantly when he heard the last few words.

I pushed the door open and entered the house. There were quite a few people standing in the outer room and the east room. Several of the older ones had cigarettes in their mouths, and the room was filled with smoke.

"Who wants to dismantle the gang and work alone?"

Yue Feng walked in and asked expressionlessly.

"Xiao Feng is here, hurry into the inner room!! These guys want to pay me, otherwise they threaten to break up the gang and start their own business!"

Uncle Chen still looked calm, as if the person being besieged by the crowd was not him but someone else.

When they saw Yue Feng come in, everyone who had been aggressive just a second ago immediately stopped talking.

"I ask, who wants to dismantle the gang and work alone? Weren't you quite noisy just now? Why is no one talking now?"

Yue Feng repeated it again, his eyes scanning the crowd.

Wang Defa, the leader, saw that his companions were waiting for him to take the lead and express his opinion, so he gritted his teeth and said, "I said it!

According to the rules, we went into the mountains to catch game every day and brought it to Lao Chen's house. The game was kept, but we never got paid.

It's against the rules not to pay what you should pay, right? "

After listening to this, Yue Feng pulled out a stack of big unity notes from his arms and said, "Uncle, how much money do we owe them?
Didn't I greet you all before I led people into the mountains? You all nodded in agreement at the beginning!"

Uncle Chen nodded and said: "I have the money, but I can't pay them!
Wang Ergou, why did you take the lead in taking the hunting team's eagle back home after it came down the mountain instead of handing it in? "

Hearing this, Yue Feng reacted instantly.

It wasn't that Uncle Chen made a mistake, but someone in the hunting team had other ideas.

Uncle Chen was deliberately suppressing the chaos caused by the people below.

Yue Feng: "Is there anyone whose eagle was not returned?
Now go back and bring the eagle and all the equipment for flying it here! I have brought the money and will settle the accounts for everyone later!"

"Once the account is settled, we will naturally send the eagle back!" Wang Defa said stiffly.

“Do you all mean this?” Yue Feng glanced at everyone again.

Instantly, several people looked hesitant, and within two seconds someone immediately said, "Let's go home and get the eagle!"

After saying that, the three of them turned around and left the house.

Soon, only Wang Defa and three middle-aged men who were familiar with him were left in the room.

Yue Feng had some impression of this Wang Defa, who was a person other than Uncle Chen’s core friends.

Because he is good at dealing with people, he has a good relationship with Uncle Chen after joining the hunting team.

Others mostly flew kites and hawks, but he flattered them by giving them wine and asking relatives for help, and he managed to fly a rabbit hawk away.

I had been living a peaceful life before, but I didn't expect that I would start to have some worries just as winter began.

Seeing that Wang Defa and the others didn't move, Yue Feng turned to look at Uncle Chen and said, "Uncle, where are their accounts? I'll settle the money for them!"

Uncle Chen quickly took out an account book, flipped through it, and quickly found the relevant records.

Yue Feng took a look and found that the money these people bet was not much, only about 20 yuan per person. After all, it was winter and they could not go into the mountains to release hawks every day.

Yue Feng paid them all the money one by one according to the record, and then said: "Please count the money! If there is no problem, I will take you home to get the eagle!"

"We'll send this eagle back to you later!"

Wang Defa found out that Yue Feng had given money to take the eagle, and his tone was a little weak.

"No, you guys, don't come again! The cooperation between the Eagle Hunting Team and you ends here!

The eagle is the property of the hunting team. I will take it back and we will have nothing to do with each other anymore!"

Yue Feng was cold and showed no emotion at all.

“That won’t do, we…I…” Wang Defa found that Yue Feng had made his position clear and seemed extremely conflicted.

"My eagle, I want to come back, is there a problem?"

Yue Feng stared at Wang Defa with a strong oppressive look in his eyes.

Two seconds later, Wang Defa said with gritted teeth: "The eagle is not in our hands. It was taken away by Mr. Qiao San!!"

Yue Feng was a little surprised to hear Qiao Muzhou: "Qiao Muzhou? Do you think that if you mention his name to me, I won't dare to ask for it?"

Yue Feng thought that it was just the subordinates who were trying to make trouble, but he didn't expect that there was someone behind the scenes instigating it, most likely Qiao Muzhou.

"Mr. Qiao San said he wanted to borrow the eagle to play with for a few days, so we couldn't refuse.

If it doesn't work, we'll just pay you a price, just tell me the amount! ! "

Well, it turns out you were waiting here.

This is because after seeing that there is money to be made in falconry and learning the skills of falconry, he is ready to fly the falcon and live on his own.

"Two thousand for the eagle, five hundred for the kite, one hundred for the bell and five-foot-long tripwire and other falconry equipment, all for cash! Show me the money now, and the eagle will be yours!"

Yue Feng directly quoted a price that no one could afford.

"It's just an eagle, how can it be so expensive? Aren't you trying to rip me off?" Wang Defa's face changed and he panicked after hearing this.

"You don't want to give me the eagle, and you don't want to give me the money. You don't want to talk to me properly, is that what you mean?"

Yue Feng narrowed his eyes and his tone became even colder.

"You're asking for too much. We..."

Bang! ! A gunshot rang out, and the room was instantly filled with smoke.

Before he finished speaking, Chen Zhenshan swiftly picked up the gun hanging behind the door and jumped directly at Wang Defa's feet.

"Alpaca, Wang Ergou, do you think I, Chen Zhenshan, am easy to bully?"

As Chen Zhenshan spoke, he quickly took out a new bullet from his belt and put it in, then pointed the muzzle of the gun, which still smelled of gunpowder, at Wang Defa's head. (End of this chapter)