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

After Yue Feng's adjustments, the prototype of the last already resembled a mature eagle-hat last.

The two eagle eyes are positioned at slightly raised points, and the opening also retains the size of the eagle's nose and beak.

In particular, Yue Feng handled the side curvature issue that he had mentioned to Grandpa Liu very well on the mold last.

Even before it has undergone more detailed polishing, the changes in curvature are already visible.

"Hey, you're still the most skillful! Old Li, look at the lasts Xiao Yue made!"

Li Fulin examined the shape of the hat last in Yue Feng's hand and asked curiously, "Xiao Yue, what kind of hat are you planning to use for this hat last?"

Yue Feng replied, "For hats made from this type of last, instead of using the goldfish-eye screw-on folding and tightening method, you make a herringbone shaped slit at the back! Then you tighten it with drawstrings on both sides!"

"Tighten on both sides? What does it look like? Do you have any ready-made hats like that? I've never seen one like that before! The frog-head hats and official hats we used to wear were all made by thinning the leather, then cutting seams, folding, and tightening them!"

Yue Feng reached into his pocket and realized he wasn't wearing a hat.

I brought a similar hat style with me to Yanjing this time. According to the name of later generations, it is called Dutch style. It should be a product that was introduced from abroad and then improved by hat makers in China.

Yue Feng remembered that it took him quite a bit of effort to learn this style of eagle hat in his past life.

"I brought a physical example with me when I came to Yanjing this time. I'll bring the hat with me when I come back next time. It's a very simple design, and you'll understand it at a glance!"

"it is good!"

……

The rest of the morning passed by as Yue Feng, Grandpa Liu, and Old Li repaired hat lasts and chatted.

As usual, we had lunch at Grandpa Liu's house. The old man really put in a lot of effort to entertain his two friends, Yue Feng and Li Fulin.

Lunch consisted of four dishes, one meat and one vegetable, and inevitably, we had another drink.

However, today's wine is not the kind of wine served on special occasions.

Li Fulin had nothing to do in the afternoon, so he could drink as much as he wanted, and Grandpa Liu didn't try to stop him at all.

However, Yuefeng still had to help with the work of shaping the lasts, and Grandpa Liu also had his own work to do. His hands tended to shake after drinking, so he only poured himself a glass of wine as a token gesture.

After lunch, as usual, Yue Feng helped the old man roughly finish shaping the clay mold in the afternoon, and then placed the clay mold on the windowsill to dry.

This thing has a bit too much moisture, so it needs to be left to dry a bit. You can't put it on a fire or it will crack easily. It's a delicate job that takes a lot of time.

After finishing the rough mold for the hat last, Yue Feng spent some time studying the pattern drawings for sewing hats with the old man.

This whole thing is in Yue Feng's head. With just a pencil and a thick calendar sheet, he can sketch out the approximate design based on his memory.

The exact dimensions will have to be determined after the last is almost finished being sanded and a pattern is made and tested.

After studying the blueprints and patterns, and having nothing else to do, Yue Feng used the vegetable-tanned leather he had obtained from Jinlong to practice and discuss various sewing techniques, such as inner stitching, outer stitching, and hidden stitching, with Xiao Ying Liu.

Vegetable-tanned leather is relatively easy to sew and shape. Yue Feng personally demonstrated the process, and Grandpa Liu followed along, watching very attentively.

By the time it got dark, Grandpa Liu had already mastered the basics of the hidden stitch sewing method. He just needed to continue practicing to improve his skills and he could do it better and better.

The day passed by at a leisurely pace.

That evening, Grandpa Liu wanted Yue Feng to stay for dinner at his house. Yue Feng had already agreed to go home after dinner, but Jinlong drove over.

"Hey! Young Master Jin, what brings you here! Came to my house for a free meal?" Yue Feng greeted him with a smile.

Jinlong shook his head: "We'll have to wait until another day to freeload. We have to go back. Mingkai and Xiaohui are waiting for us to come back so we can discuss the eagle-catching matter!"
Following Jianjun's instructions, I've notified quite a few acquaintances, and things are starting to look promising! Let's meet again tonight to refine the rules and details!

"Is everything settled over there?"

"Hey! Uncle Liu, Uncle Li, why don't we join us? We're all family, let's have a simple meal!" Jinlong invited Uncle Liu and Li Fulin.

After hearing this, Grandpa Liu waved his hand and said, "You guys go ahead! It'll be dark soon, and your aunt has already prepared dinner. We two old brothers won't go. We'll have a few drinks and go to bed early!"

"Alright then, we'll set a time and details later and then we'll explain them to you in more detail!"

"it is good!"

……

After a brief exchange, Yue Feng greeted the old man, then got into the Jinlong car and drove to the restaurant he had booked.

During dinner that evening, Yue Feng learned more information from Ming Kai and Xiao Hui.

These second-generation rich kids, whose backgrounds are all roughly the same, are quite attentive to the organization of this event, and have secretly studied a lot of rules and details.

Everyone chimed in, and while eating, they explained the preliminary rules to Yue Feng.

What impressed Yue Feng the most was how efficient these second-generation rich kids were. From the moment they conceived the idea until now, only two days had passed, and Mingkai had managed to acquire a large area of ​​wheat fields and wasteland near the Chengnan Kiln Factory.

Regardless of whether development goes well or poorly in the future, the site issue will be completely resolved, and no one will insist on the ownership of the land to hinder the Eagle's ambitions.

After listening to what the others had to say, Yue Feng looked at Jinlong and asked, "After you finished informing everyone, did you tell Jianjun?"

Jinlong: "I've already said that! Brother Jianjun told me to wait for news. I reckon I'll receive a call when I get back tonight!"

"Alright, let's try our luck first, whether we're confident or not! Li Fulin's hawk and his dog are definitely capable of participating in this kind of activity!"

……

After dinner, when they paid the bill and went home, sure enough, Ye Jianjun called Jinlong's house.

The date has been set for the first battle the day after tomorrow. At least twenty people from the Beijing falconry enthusiast circle will come to Dayakeng in the south of the city to compete!
In the blink of an eye, another day has passed.

The next morning, while Yue Feng was having breakfast, Jinlong told him the date and the news.

After the two brothers finished eating together at home, Yue Feng made a point of taking the sewn hat to Xiao Ying Liu's house.

After telling Grandpa Liu and Li Fulin that the date had been set, the two of them finally felt relieved.

"How about we take another trip to the large kiln pit in the south of the city today? I'm afraid that old rabbit has moved territory again!" the cautious Li Fulin suggested.

"Let's go take a look around and have the dog chase the rabbit to see if it's still there, Uncle Li, is that what you mean?" Jinlong asked. "Yes, knowing yourself and your enemy is the key to victory!"

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go! Get in the car, I'll take you there!" Jinlong jumped up from his seat.

Since it concerned the actual performance of the opening match, the others also got up together, the four of them got into the car, took the dog, and went to the Chengnan Kiln again.

Today, Li Fulin didn't release the two rabbits and tigers. Instead, he sent two greyhounds to search the barren slope on the east side. After a little effort, they managed to shoo out the old rabbit with the mark on its rump.

After a few days of rest, the red-haired old rabbit, who had been dealt with by the hunting dogs and falcons last time, has regained its strength and energy.

After being chased away by the dog today, it ran around the winter wheat field several times. Only after Li Fulin blew his whistle to call the dog back did it turn around and flee towards the side of the barren slope, disappearing without a trace in the blink of an eye.

"Haha, as the old saying goes, a rabbit that runs all over the hillside will eventually return to its burrow! I bet it's still here!" Li Fulin said with a slight smile.

"Since we're already out here, why don't we go check out some other places? Uncle Liu, are there any other places, preferably places where eagles can roam? Let's catch a few battle-hardened live rabbits to prepare for tomorrow's first battle!" Yue Feng couldn't help but suggest.

Xiao Ying Liu frowned slightly and thought for a second: "Go to the cemetery area northwest of Zhao Gezhuang!"
The terrain there wasn't as spacious as the brickyard, but there were still plenty of wild rabbits in the graveyards in the wasteland!
A while ago, a friend told me about flying eagles over there. He went several times but never caught an old rabbit. Let's go give it a try!

Jinlong then replied, "It's good to catch an old rabbit that can't be caught."

There's no shortage of regular rabbits; Brother Jianjun has already arranged for people to prepare them. It seems like they've prepared a dozen or twenty healthy and lively wild rabbits!
Except for making a small incision in the ear to bleed it, everything else was intact!
This battle-hardened old rabbit is a better indicator of the eagle's work ethic. With Uncle Li's dog and Rabbit Tiger around, let's give it a try!

"Let's go then! Are you familiar with the way?"

"Once you know the approximate location, you can give directions when you get nearby!"

"it is good!"

……

After a brief exchange, Jinlong drove the group, adjusted the direction, and headed straight for the wasteland near the cemetery in Zhaogezhuang.

More than an hour later, the car stopped on the outskirts of the wasteland road. The cars in front could not drive in, so they had to get out and walk forward.

This is a cemetery wasteland with a much more complex terrain than the kiln site. Standing on the outer edge and looking out, there are at least several hundred large and small mounds of earthen mounds and abandoned graves.

Most of the small graves didn't have tombstones or cypress trees, and there wasn't even a fire pit for burning paper money. The weeds on the graves were all very tall, and it was obvious that they were old graves that had been neglected and had no descendants.

"Holy crap, is this a mass grave?"

Yue Feng shaded his eyes with his hand as he glanced around, making a preliminary assessment of the size of the cemetery.

Grandpa Liu nodded: "More or less! Except for a few graves in the far northwest corner with tombstones and people paying their respects, the other graves are all unclaimed!"

Aside from the falconers, no one else who sets traps likes to come to this place!
Let's be careful when we stroll around, just don't step on any graves!

"Go straight to the field and drive a bit?"

Jinlong casually picked up a dry branch from the roadside, and quickly broke off all the small twigs to make a small stick for walking.

“This area is too big; it’s a bit difficult to find rabbits with just dogs. Let’s lie down side by side! Same as always, call out when the cat gets up!” Li Fulin said.

"All set! Let's go!"
To the sleeping heroes on the ground, I meant no offense; I'm just here for a bite to eat!

Jinlong muttered something under his breath, and Yue Feng smiled without saying a word.

Whether ghosts and monsters exist is hard to say. Yue Feng himself has experienced being reborn with his memories intact, so he has a certain awe for them, but he certainly wouldn't show it in front of others.

Soon, four people and two dogs, spaced two or three meters apart, set off in a row.

Everyone is an expert at this task; no one needs to teach them. They can pick up a twig from the ground, tidy it up, and get started.

As they walk, they whip the grass and bushes on the ground to make noise and threaten potential prey.

The group walked along the roadside for seventy or eighty meters without shooing out a single wild rabbit.

"This area is so big, and not a single cat has come out. Xiaofeng, is this normal?" Jinlong turned his head and asked Yuefeng, who was two meters away, in a low voice.

Yue Feng glanced at the surrounding terrain. They had started driving them away from the north side of the road, so he had a general idea of ​​what to do.

“That’s normal! We’ll start from the north side of the road. This is the windward side, and rabbits can’t lie down in the wind. They usually prefer to lie down in a sunny spot away from the wind!”

"Walk a little further ahead, there are some burial mounds blocking the way, then we should be able to see the goods!"

Before he could even finish saying "see the goods," Yue Feng suddenly felt a movement in the grass in front of him, and a rather large rabbit darted out.

The hare seemed to be running on flat ground, rushing wildly in the southeast direction.

"Cat, over there to the southeast!"

Yue Feng immediately spoke up to remind him, while pointing with the small stick in his hand in the direction the rabbit had fled.

Li Fulin promptly blew his whistle, and the two greyhounds darted off in a flash.

If the wild rabbits moved with ease across these low graves, the two greyhounds seemed to be flying close to the ground above the graves.

These small mounds of earth did not hinder the dog's pursuit at all; on the contrary, the occasional undulations provided the dog with leverage.

In some locations with height differences, a single leap by Zhui Feng can cover two or three meters, making his speed astonishing.

The dog, chasing at full speed, quickly caught up with the rabbit. After spotting its pursuers, the rabbit circled a slightly larger grave, turned around, and continued running in a different direction.

"This is a hawk that's slipped up. Look how fast it changes direction! Old Li, let's release the hawk!"

Seeing this, Little Eagle Liu tilted his head to remind his companion.

Li Fulin noticed the rabbit's subtle circling maneuvers, so he reached out and removed the hats from the two eagles. With a flick of his arm, the two old rabbit-tigers immediately took flight, using the force of his arm to quickly chase after the direction in which the dog and the rabbit had fled.

The day before yesterday, Yue Feng witnessed the rabbit and falcon 'playing' around the kiln pit. Today is different. Given the cemetery terrain, Li Fulin doesn't plan to let Gouzi and the eagle play with the rabbit for long.

As soon as the eagle released its wings, Li Fulin blew his whistle to urge it on, and the two dogs, Zhui Feng and Ta Xue, who were already very fast, increased their chasing speed even more significantly.

"Chase the wind, catch him alive!" Li Fulin shouted at the top of his lungs, while also whistling a whistle in a roundabout way.

The next second, the white-backed rabbit-tiger, which had moved later but arrived faster, swooped down towards the old rabbit on the ground. (End of Chapter)