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

Wang Xiaona wasn't really angry with her husband; she just vented symbolically before calming down.

She carried the child into the house, placed him on the kang (a heated brick bed), and then gently asked in a soft voice, "Have you had lunch yet? I'll make you some noodles."

Although Yue Feng didn't treat himself badly on the long train journey, he mostly ate cold food like sausages that Jinlong had brought for him. The food sold on the train was both expensive and unpalatable.

On train journeys that often last for dozens of hours, Yue Feng barely ate any proper meals, except for drinking some hot water.

"I just ate half a sausage this morning! That's enough to keep me going until now, I'm starving!!"

Yue Feng knew that now was the crucial time to "show weakness" to his wife, and he couldn't afford to be arrogant.

"If you're happy, I'll go cook for you!" Wang Xiaona put on an apron, turned around, and went into the kitchen.

Yue Feng went inside, took off his sweat-smelling coat, and then leaned close to his son and lifted a corner of the blanket.

Kaixin saw the unshaven man in front of her, pouted, and immediately started crying again.

"Alright, alright! I'm your father, give me some face, okay? You don't even recognize me after just a few days!"

Yue Feng was at a loss with his son. Seeing Kaixin cry, he hurriedly picked him up and hugged him tightly.

After being hugged like that, Kaixin finally calmed down a bit. I don't know if it was because she gradually got used to seeing things, but she stopped crying in no time.

Having finally appeased his precious son, Yue Feng sat down on the bench and breathed a sigh of relief.

Before Wang Xiaona's noodles were even ready, a series of cawing sounds came from the east wing of the storeroom in the yard.

Upon hearing the eagle's cry, Yue Feng jumped up from his chair.

It's been more than twenty days since he left home, including the round trip. Yue Feng hasn't seen his black eagle and white spear for a while.

"Xiao Na, call me when the noodles are ready. I'm going to watch the eagles in the yard for a while!"

Yue Feng wrapped his son in the small blanket that had been wrapped up, then carried the child out of the north room and went directly to the east warehouse in the courtyard.

When Yue Feng is not home, Wang Xiaona and the Zhang brothers, Xiao Tao and Zhang Xiaofeng, take care of the two falcons.

Wang Xiaona is responsible for handling the eagles' food every day, while Xiao Tao does most of the work of feeding the eagles and letting them exercise.

You could tell from the eagle's cawing that the big black eagle must have heard the sounds of him talking to his cubs.

Yue Feng carried the child out of the house and went straight to the east wing storage room.

As soon as the door opened, two eagles, Big Black Eagle and Little White Spear, were seen perched on a boar skin foot mat on the roof beam near the door, their heads craning forward and straining at Yue Feng.

Quack, quack, quack!

The big black eagle was the first to cry out, its black feathers all over its body fluffing up, and it looked at Yue Feng with unusual affection.

Little White Spear wasn't much different; it peeked out several times, making a jumping motion from the roof beam, but Yue Feng was holding the child in his arms, so there was nowhere for it to land.

Yue Feng adjusted his holding position, freeing up his right arm, and muttered to the two eagles, "Come down!"

The two eagles immediately flew down and landed on Yue Feng's arm.

Cluck cluck cluck! Cluck cluck cluck cluck!

The two eagles seemed to see their own family, calling out and rubbing against Yue Feng affectionately.

"Alright, alright, we're back now! You two stop yelling, or I'll get in trouble if you scare Kaixin to tears!"

Yue Feng whispered a few words of reassurance, and the two falcons visibly relaxed and stopped squawking.

Looking at Kaixin wrapped in the blanket, she wasn't afraid of the two big birds perched on her father's arm at all; on the contrary, she was very curious.

A pair of jet-black eyes stared intently at the two eagles.

"Hey, you're definitely your father's son, you love the big black eagle and the little white spear at home!"

Yue Feng laughed when he saw his son's reaction.

While holding the baby and chatting with the family's eagle for a while, the noodles inside were ready.

"The noodles are ready! Come inside and eat!" Wang Xiaona called out.

"Hey, they're here!" Yue Feng responded, not rushing into the house, but first riding the two eagles back to the east shed.

With a flick of his arm, the two eagles flew back to the roof beam and landed. Yue Feng closed the door with one hand, then carried the baby back to the north room.

My wife made hand-pulled noodles for me, stir-fried with shredded green radish and tossed with an egg. It tasted pretty good.

"Give me Kaixin! Did you take him to the east warehouse just now?" Wang Xiaona asked casually as she took the child.

"Yeah, I was playing with the baby inside when the eagle heard the noise and started cawing, so I took the baby outside for a while!"

My little boy is so young, but he already loves our family's eagle. When I hold him, his little eyes are glued to him!

Yue Feng picked up the bowl of noodles, blew on it, and took a sip of the hot soup.

"And you're right, this guy usually makes a ruckus whenever he hears an eagle cawing!"

Xiao Tao and Xiao Wen would come to our house to feed the eagles, and when they had nothing to do, they would hold their children and watch them in the yard!
At first I was a little worried, but then I saw that the eagle didn't seem hostile towards the child, so I just left it alone!

Yue Feng picked up the noodles with his chopsticks, blew on them, and then took a big mouthful of hot noodles.

The white flour is mixed with a little bean flour, giving the hand-pulled noodles a subtle bean flavor. When paired with stir-fried shredded green radish, the taste is quite delicious.

"Tsk tsk, my wife's cooking is so delicious! It smells so good. After being away for more than half a month, home-cooked meals are still the best!" Yue Feng said with a happy smile.

"You're still talking! We agreed it would take at most half a month, but you've already had more than twenty days, including the time it took to go there and back!"
"Wasn't this trip to Beijing to visit friends? How could something have gotten in the way?" Wang Xiaona asked, somewhat puzzled.

"The story of a child without a mother is a long one! Originally, I just wanted to visit Grandpa Liu and his family for a few days and didn't intend to linger, but some trivial matters came up!"

"Me, Jinlong, and Brother Jun..."

His wife wasn't an outsider either, so while eating his noodles, Yue Feng roughly explained the situation in Beijing to her.

In particular, it mentioned the impromptu decision to start the Falconry Club and the matter of taking a stake in it.

"From what you're saying, if that club becomes a regular operation, you'll have to travel back and forth between your hometown of Beijing and Beijing?"

Wang Xiaona didn't glean much potential benefit from the information, but instead noticed a detail that caught her attention.

"I guess so! I have to go there a few times every year! But I don't need to oversee the daily operations; I've hired two professional managers to handle the management!"

"In general, just like my older brother and sister-in-law running the restaurant, I'm still a hands-off manager!" Yue Feng said with a smile. Wang Xiaona stopped the child and said unhurriedly, "We haven't even sorted out this huge mess at home yet, and you've already started a new business outside!"

Did Xiao Tao tell you about the big trouble that Zhang Wenhui from the farm caused a few days ago?
Luckily, Dad works at the forest farm, and you're familiar with the forest rangers, so they didn't make a big deal out of it. Otherwise, they would have arrested him right there behind the fence!

To resort to gunfire and injure someone over a few words—isn't that the behavior of a desperado? Let him recover, or maybe we should kick him out; after all, he's no one to us!

Seeing his wife's dissatisfaction, Yue Feng nodded: "I've heard about it!"

A while ago I promised him I'd help him get an identity card and settle down, and I'll get it done in a few days! Once he's healed, I'll let him go!

I don't know the specifics of this matter yet. I'll go up the mountain later and ask what's going on!

You know those people who live off the forestry farm; it takes two to tango! There might be something fishy going on!

Seeing that her husband's attitude was very serious, Wang Xiaona softened her tone: "As long as you know what's going on, it's fine. It's a man's business, I, a woman, won't worry about it!"

"Yeah! Who says women can't manage things? The instructor said women can hold up half the sky!" Yue Feng coaxed his wife.

Wang Xiaona was very satisfied with her husband's attitude and waved her hand to remind him: "Alright, just eat your meal in peace!"

After you've eaten and drunk your fill, go to your parents' room, then go to my parents' house. I'll boil some water for you to take a hot bath tonight!
"After dozens of hours on the train, the smell of smoke and sweat permeated everything."

After eating the noodles, Yue Feng said goodbye to his wife and went out. He then went to the old house and his father-in-law's house.

After returning from the capital, several friends helped Yue Feng prepare a lot of local specialties.

After distributing the items among the families, Yue Feng spent some more time with his mother in the old house. They made plans to bring his wife and children back to the old house for dinner that evening.

After starting a family and establishing a career, there are significantly more trivial matters to consider.

Yue Feng spent some time with his mother, then went to his father-in-law's house to check on the village's situation and confirm that there were no abnormalities. Only then did he truly breathe a sigh of relief.

After winter sets in, Xing'an Village seems to have been put on pause.

Every household stays at home during the winter. Except for occasional weddings or funerals that bring some excitement, the villagers spend most of their time living their own quiet lives behind closed doors.

That evening, Yue Feng and his family of three had dinner with his parents at the old house. While eating and drinking, Yue Feng specifically asked his grandfather about Zhang Wenhui's shooting incident.

"Dad, what exactly happened with Zhang Wenhui shooting someone the other day? Xiao Tao told me about it as soon as I got back this afternoon, and Xiao Na brought it up again when I got home! Is it a big deal?" Yue Feng turned to look at his father, Yue Lei.

Yue Lei slowly picked up a piece of ribbonfish with his chopsticks and said while eating, "To be honest, this isn't Zhang Wenhui's fault at all! It's those local swindlers who are bullying us!"

"Hmm?" Upon hearing this, Yue Feng knew there must be a story behind it.

Yue Lei continued, "Those fishermen who worked in the forest farm picked up the roe deer that Lao Zhang had injured! Lao Zhang followed the bloodstains to get it back, and that's how the argument started!"
On the mountain, they almost got into a fight, but Zhang Wenhui, fearing trouble, gave up on getting the roe deer!
As a result, those farmers thought they had found an easy target. After finishing their work, they called several people and blocked Zhang Wenhui at the pass on the way down the mountain, determined to extort another roe deer from him!
As you know, Zhang Wenhui, enraged, shot and killed one of the ringleaders! Then she took advantage of the chaos and ran away!

The injured farmer, who worked for the forestry station, reported the incident. It involved his household registration and identity.

Guo Jianfeng inquired and learned that he had settled down at a farm in the mountains, so he told me about it. Then he didn't report it to the authorities. Your master gave him some money as compensation, and the matter was settled privately!

After hearing the whole story, Yue Feng put down his chopsticks, feeling a bit agitated.

"Damn it! Which village did the people who got their properties destroyed come from? This is outrageous!"

Yue Lei advised, "They're from the villages down the mountain! They're all long-time residents. They have nothing to do in the winter, so they do some temporary work to earn money!"
Our family has a good relationship with the leaders at the forest farm, and they've been very accommodating! This matter is already resolved, so let's not create any further complications!

Yue Feng nodded: "Okay, I won't do anything reckless! I'll go to the farm tomorrow to check on Zhang Wenhui's injuries!"

"He got hit a few times and needed stitches! But I've met this guy before; he's really tough. He didn't utter a single complaint the whole time!"

Yue Feng thought to himself that this guy had most likely come to the Northeast with something on his mind, and given his age, he wouldn't just fire a gun unless pushed to the limit. However, since he was in front of his family, Yue Feng didn't say anything out of line and continued eating.

After dinner, they stayed at the old house until after 8 p.m., then Yue Feng took his wife and child back to the new house.

He boiled water, took a bath, washed away the dust from the journey, and then Yue Feng happily settled into the kang (heated brick bed).

The lights had just been turned off when Wang Xiaona reached out her arm.

"You've been away for so long, have you done anything to betray me?" Wang Xiaona went straight to the heart of the matter.

Yue Feng was completely unprepared and was taken advantage of without warning.

"Ouch! Damn it, stop messing around, you've broken it!" Yue Feng cried out in pain and begged for mercy.

"The capital is not the countryside. You'll have plenty of opportunities to hang out with those rich kids all day, eating, drinking, having fun, and flirting with women!"

"Confess honestly now, and I might forgive you; consider it a voluntary surrender!"

Wang Xiaona didn't let go, whispering softly in Yue Feng's ear.

Yue Feng is no longer a child. Even if he did something, he would never admit it unless he was caught red-handed in bed.

Turning yourself in is equivalent to committing suicide; only a fool would believe that!

"No! Really no! I always sleep in my own house in Beijing! There's just an auntie who cooks in the side room, she's almost sixty!" Yue Feng pleaded repeatedly.

"Really not?"

"No way! Lying will never make me hard!" Yue Feng gritted his teeth and made a solemn oath.

"Tsk tsk, quite confident, daring to make such a vicious oath! Let me check if you're lying!"

Soon, another hand reached out and wrapped around Yue Feng's waist.

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As the saying goes, absence makes the heart grow fonder, and that's absolutely true.

Having been away from home for over twenty days, and being so young, they're like powder kegs—a single spark could ignite a massive explosion.

The next morning, Yue Feng was completely drained.

My eyes were bruised and my back was aching, but my wife looked radiant, as if she had used the most expensive cosmetics and looked even more delicate.

However, Yue Feng's efforts were not without reward.

My wife has become that gentle and tender wife again, and her tone of voice is no longer sharp; she is incredibly gentle.

After having breakfast and tending to the family's falcon, Yue Feng packed a bag of local specialties he had brought back from the capital and rode his snowmobile straight up the mountain.

Yue Feng needs to go check on Zhang Wenhui's injuries to find out the details. (End of Chapter)