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

Xiao Ying Liu and Li Fulin, both eagle handlers, have spent half their lives dealing with eagles and are definitely quite knowledgeable.

But this was the first time the two brothers had ever seen such a fierce eagle!

After winter sets in, rabbits' fur is covered with thick winter down, which greatly improves their warmth and strength.

Most eagles kill their prey by suffocation when they hunt cats. It is extremely rare for a great blue dragon to kill its prey by using the armor-piercing power of its sharp claws to cause internal bleeding and death in a short time.

After hearing Grandpa Liu say this, Yue Feng on the other end of the phone couldn't help but frown.

"Grandpa! How many rabbits has this eagle caught in your and Uncle Li's hands? What is its net weight after it leaves the saddle?" Yue Feng asked.

Little Eagle Liu replied, "We just put them out, and Lao Li and I haven't dared to overdo it! We've been working in the fields for five days now, and we're done with one rabbit a day! This morning after taking them off the saddle, we weighed them, and they've gained two pounds and one qian of fat!"

"You've gotten so fat!"

Upon hearing about the battle record and weight, Yue Feng spoke without hesitation.

"He's gotten bigger? Old Li and I think he's doing alright!" Little Eagle Liu was slightly taken aback when he heard Yue Feng's assessment.

"He gained almost an ounce of fat in just five days! This rate of weight gain is too fast for Broken Flower Eagle!"

If I'm not mistaken, you and Uncle Li must have fed it plenty of meat dipped in blood, right?

"Yes! Every day, they feed the weighed white meat that's been taken out with blood on it! They're never fully fed, only about 60-70% full. They have to keep the hawks flying until 11 or 12 at night, and only then can the people rest for a while. Then they have to start again before dawn!"

After listening, Yue Feng continued, "It's fortunate that you and Uncle Li didn't slack off at all while lifting the eagle. If we hadn't used the lamps to light it at night, this fat eagle and this broken-down eagle would probably have started to look like monsters!"

"Then what should we do? Shake off a little more fat? Neither Lao Li nor I have ever handled this type of eagle before. We're quite conservative when it comes to getting down on the ground, afraid of making it lose air! If it loses air in the dead of winter and starts panting, the eagle will be ruined!" Little Eagle Liu continued to ask.

Yue Feng: "Don't be afraid! The fact that this eagle loses weight so slowly means that it has a very strong constitution and won't lose its energy so easily!"

For the next two days, feed the baby only white meat, and reduce the amount by 30% from the current amount!

Besides, release a few more birds each day. Even if the eagle catches a cat while working, only give it a symbolic reward; don't feed it too much. If its condition is even slightly off, you can't let it out of your sight!

"Okay, I'll give it a try! Two pounds of fat isn't bad, is it?"

"Compared to the Great Azure Dragon eagle, two pounds of fat is not too low for now. Any higher and problems will start to arise!"
The old, sly eagle can't gain weight as quickly as the young eagles of yesteryear! This big, green dragon has a solid build, so we need to be even more careful about that!

"All set! I'll discuss the details with Lao Li right away!"

"Okay, call me if you need anything, we'll keep in touch anytime!"

……

After hanging up the phone, Yue Feng sat in his chair and clicked his tongue, feeling a wave of lingering fear.

Grandpa Liu and Uncle Li are skilled enough at training and releasing eagles, but they lack sufficient experience with a rare species of large, broken-flowered eagle like the Great Blue Dragon.

Thankfully, we discussed the situation over the phone. If we had continued training it the way ordinary eagles do for a few more days, its weight would have exceeded 2.1 jin (approximately 1.6 kg), and with the slightest disturbance, this great blue dragon might have been sent back into the wild.

After finishing the call, Yue Feng got up from his seat, said goodbye to his mother-in-law, turned around and left the village office, returning to his new home.

Before they could even settle in, Xiao Tao arrived at breakneck speed on his motorcycle.

Before the person even entered the house, the sound drifted in from the doorway.

"Brother, something happened!"

"Don't panic, what happened?" Yue Feng immediately straightened his back.

"The hunters who were hunting in the Kaoshantun area were attacked by a tiger near the wild boar den we fenced off in the forest!"

"What the hell?" Yue Feng's first reaction upon hearing this was that it was utterly absurd.

It's been 83 years now, there aren't that many tigers left.

It's only been a year since Yue Feng led a hunting team to assist in hunting tigers, and now tigers have appeared in the back mountains again? That's ridiculous.

"It's not far from our wild boar den area! A few people spent the night on the mountain, and in the middle of the night, while they were urinating, they were attacked by some unknown wild animals!" Xiao Tao said very seriously, without any hint of joking.

"Who did you hear the news from? What's the person like?" Yue Feng continued to ask.

"I heard the news from Wang Xiaonian on Houda Street this morning! Later, I rode my motorcycle to Kaoshantun to inquire, and it was indeed true!"
Fortunately, the person who was attacked didn't die; they only suffered scratches and are currently hospitalized at the city hospital!

Wang Xiaonian has been quite quiet ever since he got injured fighting the bear. He hasn't met with Yue Feng to sell information or anything like that for a while.

However, he maintained contact and goodwill with the members of Yue Feng's hunting team. He valued them highly during holidays and when they met regularly, and their relationship was quite good.

After hearing this, Yue Feng took a deep breath: "Come on, wait for me to get some things, then take me to Kaoshantun. We'll find Grandpa Cui and ask him what happened!"

At Yue Feng's current level, the usual prey for hunting in the mountains has gradually lost its allure.

As long as the supply of roe deer and wild boar can meet the daily needs of the farms and families at the foot of the mountain, the frequency of hunting in the mountains has decreased significantly compared to previous years.

Even the restaurant's daily consumption of wild game is largely purchased and used by the eldest brother, Yue Shan, in cooperation with hunters in the surrounding area.

However, these are just ordinary prey. If it were a tiger or other valuable feline, Yue Feng would be quite excited.

Let alone a tiger with big claws, even a single adult lynx can be worth one or two thousand yuan, which is a considerable income for Yue Feng, who now has a strong and well-equipped army.

Yue Feng got up, went to the back room, took a pack of Ginseng Brand cigarettes from a box and tucked it under his arm. Then he said to Xiao Tao, "Let's go! Let's go to Kaoshantun and find out what happened!"

Knowing that his older brother had also gotten carried away, Xiao Tao turned around, went out of the house, started the motorcycle, and drove Yue Feng out of the village, heading straight for Kaoshantun.

Yue Feng had visited Kaoshantun Village many times and had become somewhat familiar with the village secretary, Cui Qingshan, because they often attended meetings at the commune. Now, he was bringing gifts to Cui Qingshan's door, hoping to get some inside information.

They drove in silence, with Xiao Tao almost flooring the accelerator, and arrived at the home of Cui Qingshan, the village secretary of Kaoshantun Village, in less than half an hour.

Yue Feng got out of the back seat, walked to the gate of the courtyard, patted it a few times, and then shouted a greeting.

Is Grandpa Cui home?

Hearing the greeting, Cui Qingshan came out from the main room in the north wing. "The noise sounds familiar. What brings Secretary Yue here? Come on in and warm up!"

When Cui Qingshan saw that the visitor was Yue Feng, he was extremely polite and greeted Yue Feng with a smile as he ushered him into the north room.

He went straight into the room and sat on the kang (heated brick bed), then brewed some tea before slowly asking, "What's up?"

Yue Feng took out a cigarette from his coat pocket and placed it on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed), saying with a smile, "Grandpa, I really have something to ask you about this time!"

“Speak up, we’re not strangers, if there’s anything I know, I’ll definitely tell you!”

“If that’s how you put it, then I won’t beat around the bush! I heard that some hunters from our village went into the mountains to hunt and were attacked by big claws?” Yue Feng got straight to the point.

Upon hearing this, Cui Qingshan, who had been smiling just a moment ago, changed his expression slightly and shook his head decisively.

"Who's spreading rumors everywhere? There's no such thing!"

The injured hunter's name is Cui Dahai, a nephew of ours who is within five degrees of kinship! He was hospitalized at the city hospital, but he wasn't attacked by a tiger. He was hunting in the mountains, and while he was around Shidingzi, he accidentally fell and broke his ankle!

Upon hearing this, Yue Feng's heart stirred slightly, but he didn't show any expression on his face.

"I see, I was wondering! This mountain god's big claws aren't some random cat or dog on the street, there aren't that many! They appear in the back mountain every few days, how are these hunters supposed to live?" Yue Feng nodded repeatedly.

"When it comes to hunting, your hunting team is definitely the best in the area around Lotus Township! These big claws are so rare, you must know the ins and outs of it even if I don't tell you!"

"Besides, if someone really was injured by a giant claw, it would definitely have been reported immediately. You're the village secretary, how could you not get a notification from your superiors?" Cui Qingshan said with a smile as he refilled Yue Feng's teacup.

"Alright, now that you mention it, I understand! Xiao Tao, let's go back! Don't believe everything you hear next time, or Uncle Cui will laugh at you!" Yue Feng picked up his teacup, took a sip, put it down, and immediately stood up.

"You've come all this way, and you're leaving already? Stay a little longer, okay? I'll have your aunt cook some dishes for lunch, and we'll have a drink together!" Cui Qingshan said with a smile, trying to persuade him to stay.

"Unfortunately, I have to go into town on business today. Maybe next time!" Yue Feng pushed the cigarettes he had brought against the wall, got off the kang (a heated brick bed), and headed outside.

Cui Qingshan was just being polite; he didn't really want Yue Feng to stay for dinner. Seeing that Yue Feng was about to leave, he followed him out and escorted him to the gate, watching Yue Feng and Xiao Tao get on their motorcycles and leave.

Once the motorcycle was out of Cui Qingshan's sight, Xiao Tao said with some confusion, "That's not right, Brother Feng. I asked Wang Er from Kaoshantun. He works as an assistant in the hunting team and he told me all sorts of things. But when it came to Secretary Cui, it was all a lie!"

Yue Feng narrowed his eyes slightly: "That old fox Cui Qingshan lied to us just now!"

"Huh? Why? We're not investigating a case, just gathering some information, and we even brought gifts. It's not that serious, is it?"

Yue Feng said, "We've already fenced off the whole area around Shidingzi with barbed wire! You've already forgotten the work you led people to do when it was warmer?"
He said his nephew broke his leg over at Shidingzi. Would he really climb over into our occupied area to hunt? This alone proves that Cui Qingshan is lying!
As for why he lied and what the truth is, I still can't figure it out!
He just said that Cui Dahai is his nephew within five degrees of kinship, which might be a consideration! After all, he's family!

Hearing Yue Feng's analysis, Xiao Tao scratched his head: "So what do we do next? Shall I take you to ask Wang Er again?"

Yue Feng shook his head: "If we ask again, we'll just get the same information we told you before! Let's go to the Municipal People's Hospital, find Cui Dahai who's hospitalized there, and we'll know everything!"

If all else fails, gather everyone up the mountain first thing tomorrow morning and take a look around the area near Shidingzi to see if there are any traces or anything. That should give us a better idea!

“Okay, let’s go to the hospital! If he really got pinched by that big claw, the injury definitely won’t lie!” Xiao Tao nodded repeatedly upon hearing this.

"Let's go to the hospital!"

"it is good!"

……

After a brief exchange, the two brothers decided on their next move. They rode their tricycle out of Kaoshantun and headed straight into the city to the Municipal People's Hospital.

On the other side, after seeing Yue Feng and Xiao Tao off, Cui Qingshan immediately dialed a number using the village office's phone.

"Director Qian, I'm really sorry to trouble you with something..."

……

When Yue Feng and Xiao Tao arrived at the inpatient department of the People's Hospital, they went straight to the nurse on duty in the lobby.

After making some inquiries, the two brothers obtained the room number of Cui Dahai's hospital room. When they climbed the stairs and rushed to room 304, they found that it was empty.

The nurse in the lobby said the person was recuperating in bed, but then the person disappeared.

"Wait a minute, Brother Feng! Where did he go?" Xiao Tao stood at the door of the ward, looking at the empty bed inside, scratching his head in confusion.

The more this happened, the more curious Yue Feng became.

He glanced at Xiao Tao without saying a word, pushed open the door, and reached out to touch the blankets on the hospital bed. The blankets were still warm; it was obvious that he hadn't been gone long.

"Tsk tsk tsk, this is interesting!" Yue Feng said in a low voice, a slight smile playing on his lips.

"What's interesting?"

Xiao Tao didn't understand what it meant and felt a bit anxious. This state of being neither here nor there, completely clueless, was making him a little frustrated.

"Let's go to the administration building! Let's ask that vice president that Tiger introduced us to for help, and we'll go and ask him what's going on in person!" Yue Feng said with a determined look in his eyes.

When the two brothers arrived at the administration building, they easily found Vice President Hu, whom Tiger had introduced to them earlier.

Wang Hu, a top-tier official's son, has a lot of influence. When Vice Dean Hu saw that Yue Feng was looking for him, he took it very seriously. After exchanging pleasantries, Yue Feng explained his purpose.

Subsequently, Vice President Hu made a call using the internal phone, and soon someone delivered Cui Dahai's injury record to Yue Feng.

Yue Feng glanced at Cui Dahai's medical record and his expression turned serious.

Multiple deep scratches and lacerations on the side of the shoulder and back, a deep bite wound on the arm, and multiple fractures in the legs and ankles.

Based on the records, this is not a simple fracture caused by a fall. Deep scratches are a very typical characteristic of feline attacks, and deep bite injuries also fit the description!
Based on the location of the injury, it is highly likely that the person was attacked from the side or behind. It's just unclear why the person wasn't fatally injured!

If it were a real tiger, being ambushed at close range would most likely mean there is no chance of survival.

Something's fishy going on! That old fox Cui Qingshan is really up to something!

What the hell is going on? Could it be that tigers have really appeared in the back mountains again? (End of Chapter)