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

Yue Feng nodded: "Yes, that's exactly what you think!"

“Albino birds are rare, and eagles are even rarer! This mutation seems to make it very difficult for them to survive!” Li Guangkun said knowledgeably.

In previous years, the villagers of Yingtun, including Li Guangkun, would catch hawks in the autumn. Some of them had even caught albino hawks or similar birds. Although they looked impressive, their hunting performance was not very good in practice. Li Guangkun had some knowledge of this.

Yue Feng nodded: "You're right! Albinism is a relatively rare genetic mutation!"
Albinism individuals are generally prone to vision problems, and their eyes appear red due to a lack of melanin.

However, there are exceptions! There are also individuals who, despite albinism, are relatively healthy!

“If I get lucky and manage to get one occasionally, I can accept it! The world is so big, where am I supposed to find another one that can be a match?” Li Guangkun asked with some suspicion after hearing Yue Feng’s explanation.

Sometimes, fate has its own way of doing things! As the old saying goes, what you keep in mind will surely come back to you!

The owner of this pair of mutated tadpole birds is surnamed Liu, and he is about the same age as my master!

I heard him recount his experience of acquiring this pair of mutated parent birds; the process was quite complicated.

"Very complicated? Tell me about it! I feel like even if you had the money, you couldn't buy this thing anywhere! It's not a common little eagle to begin with!"

Yue Feng said with a smile: "At first, Grandpa Liu was a hobbyist in Beijing who loved eagles. He would keep them for himself and catch them to sell at the bird market during the eagle season!"
Once, a familiar falconer unexpectedly acquired an albino haystack!

The old man was very fond of it. After several days of persistent pleading, he spent the exorbitant price of 1,200 yuan to buy the albino cat. He took meticulous care of it and raised it for five years!

“Five years…” Li Guangkun repeated, his eyes somewhat serious.

Raising a baby eagle in your hands for five years without illness or disaster requires a lot of effort; it takes a person with exceptional luck and a great deal of dedication.

Yue Feng nodded: "Yes, five years! In the sixth year, a friend of his from Tianjin accidentally discovered another rare albino rock on the banks of the canal and called the old man to tell him about it."

Upon receiving the news, the old man packed his luggage and eagle-catching equipment that very day and bought a train ticket to Tianjin!

Over there, he searched and cast nets for more than a month, covering an area of ​​hundreds of kilometers before finally finding and capturing the other eagle!

Originally, it was a male eagle, and this one is female! The old man put in a lot of effort to pair them up!

Later, the eagles successfully bred and hatched eaglets! The old man gave me this pair of eaglets from the first brood!

After listening to Yue Feng's description, Li Guangkun swallowed hard but didn't immediately respond.

Before meeting Yue Feng, he considered himself to be one of the very few people who loved eagles.

He even said on camera in a documentary that he loved eagles more than his wife.

However, after hearing the convoluted story of the origin of these two albino mounds, Li Guangkun felt somewhat inferior.

I bought the first one for a sky-high price of 1,200 yuan and raised it for five years. Then I finally got the news about the second one, and spent more than a month searching for it in another city, covering more than 100 kilometers to find and bring it back.

These numbers may not seem like much, but behind each one lies an astonishing dedication and hard work.

What was the concept of 1,200 yuan seven or eight years ago?
The money would have been more than enough to build five large brick houses in the countryside, but instead, they used it to buy an albino baby eagle that could neither be eaten nor drunk.

Even if Li Guangkun had the opportunity and the money, he wouldn't do something so stupid.

Let's talk about the reaction after receiving news of the second albino eagle.

To travel to another city and search for more than a month—only someone with an obsessive passion could do that.

Keep in mind that in an unfamiliar place, without any means of transportation like cars, the search and rescue operation would most likely rely entirely on the bare feet of the crew!
Even Li Guangkun couldn't do that.

As for the details of raising and training eagles to mate and reproduce, Li Guangkun didn't understand the intricacies and couldn't do it either.

Five full seconds passed before Li Guangkun finally let out a long breath.

"This old man Liu you mentioned, when I go to Beijing, I absolutely have to get to know him! That's true passion! Compared to him, I'm not even worthy to carry his shoes!"

Yue Feng grinned and said, "Haha, everyone has their own destiny, so you don't need to belittle yourself!"
In my opinion, you just haven't encountered the right opportunity yet!

If someone in your Eagle Village caught my big black eagle and offered it for 1,200, would you buy it?

Upon hearing this hypothesis, Li Guangkun nodded almost without hesitation: "Of course I'll buy it! I'll sell my house and land, I'll sell everything I own, I'll buy it!"

Yue Feng smiled slightly: "Isn't that settled?"

"If you put it that way, it seems to make sense!"

"After we've seen the eagle, shall I take you to see something else? You probably aren't very interested in sika deer or musk deer, but even though they're rare, you'll have your chance to see them eventually!"

Let me show you another prized possession of my farm!
You've definitely never seen this before!

"The prized possession? It's also a mutated animal?"

Li Guangkun scratched his head, his curiosity piqued.

"Yes! It's also a mutated animal! In terms of commercial value, this thing might not be less valuable than the Great Black Eagle!"

"What the hell?"

"I'll keep you in suspense for now, you'll find out when you see it! Come on, it's not over here, it's in the cage area on the sunny north-facing slope!"

"Oh, oh!" Li Guangkun nodded in response and continued the tour with Yue Feng.

Yue Feng led Li Guangkun through the sika deer enclosure, then past the musk deer enclosure, and finally to the sable breeding area.

Li Guangkun hadn't seen the main character yet, but when he saw the cages in the sable breeding area, he frowned slightly.

"If I'm not mistaken, this cage looks like it's housing a greyhound or a weasel, right?"

Li Guangkun stared at the feeding opening, food trough, and light-proof nest inside the cage and asked curiously about them.

"Almost there, very close!"

Yue Feng nodded and led Li Guangkun to the larger breeding cage of the albino sable.

Opening the observation panel on one side revealed a pure white figure inside.

"This is……"

Li Guangkun was somewhat prepared, but when he saw the actual object, he was still a little stunned.

"This mutated white female sable was captured alive by my hunting team from Golden Peak Mountain near Lin City using a large black eagle!"

Yue Feng spoke of his glorious past with great pride.

Li Guangkun stared intently at the albino sable in the cage for a long time before finally exclaiming, "This is an eye-opener! Brother Yue, I've truly learned a lot from you!"

Everyone in the three northeastern provinces knows what kind of thing sable is; it's a top-grade fur that's even more precious than gold.

Ordinary sable fur of average color and quality can fetch astronomical prices these days. But in Yue Feng's eyes, ordinary sable is not even worthy of being shown; the real spectacle is the mutated, pure white sable.

This thing is something that money can't buy. Yue Feng said not long ago that it was the most precious treasure in the area, which was not an exaggeration at all, and was even a bit modest.

If this thing were to be promoted through television or newspapers, or through some national-level research institutes, it could probably be classified as a national treasure.

"Hehe, not many people have seen this thing, Brother Li, you have to keep it a secret for me!" Yue Feng nodded with a smile and gently instructed.

"Don't worry, I'll forget about it after I read it. I definitely won't say anything to cause you any trouble!" Li Guangkun assured him readily.

"Let's go back inside! There's nothing else to see! They're all just ordinary stuff!" Yue Feng suggested.

“Okay, let’s go back! I’m a new face, don’t scare the animals in the enclosure!” Li Guangkun nodded and followed Yue Feng back to the main house in the north.

"You two brothers, you've finished looking around the cages, haven't you?" Zhao Dashan asked with a smile.

“Yes, Uncle Zhao, you must be tired taking care of so many animals every day!” Li Guangkun said with great sympathy.

Zhao Dashan laughed heartily: "Not bad, I can't sit still! Xiaofeng worked so hard to accumulate this wealth, as his mentor, I have to help him protect it well!"

Xiaofeng, you two don't leave tonight. Let's have some stewed meat and a few drinks on the mountain.
There's still time. I'll grab my gun and go get a little corn cob. We'll have stew!

Yue Feng didn't rush to answer his master's question. Instead, Li Guangkun, hearing the old man's words, asked curiously, "Where do we get it? Is there a place outside the farm where wild boars are raised?"

Upon hearing this, Yue Feng exchanged a glance with his master, Zhao Dashan, and the two burst into laughter.

“Go get it from the woods! My master has been living at the breeding farm all the time, and he’s explored all the surrounding mountains. He knows exactly where the prey is!” Yue Feng explained.

"Forehead……"

After hearing this, Li Guangkun admired Zhao Dashan even more.

What kind of confidence does it take to say something like, "There's still enough time; let's go get some prey and come back"?

The prey appears to be free and wild, requiring no human intervention or care on a daily basis.

But when needed, you can bring your gun back to hunt your prey; this kind of confident state can't be faked.

That old man is absolutely ruthless.

Seeing that Li Guangkun understood the implication of his master's words, Yue Feng shook his head: "Master, let's not eat on the mountain today!"
Come with us down the mountain later and we'll have dinner at home! Xiao Na has already prepared everything at home. Tonight, my dad and the hunting team are all invited over to our house for a welcome dinner for Brother Li!
I took my film crew to his house a few days ago, and he showed me all his family heirlooms; he treated me like family at all!

Zhao Dashan nodded: "Okay, let's go down the mountain to eat! With Coal Ball and Canglong and their pack of dogs guarding the house, there won't be any trouble!"

Li Guangkun wholeheartedly agreed with the old man's words.

Let's leave aside the caged eagles and the like.

With just seven wolfhounds and a fully grown male bear in the yard, any ordinary thief who dared to sneak in would probably have his bones chewed up by these guards.

The three of them chatted and drank tea for a long time in the farm, until it gradually got dark outside.

Before Zhao Dashan went down the mountain, he very dutifully inspected each cage to make sure there were no omissions. Then, in the yard, he gave the dogs and Coal Ball a lecture and assigned them tasks.

"You all stay home and guard the house. Xiaofeng and I will go down the mountain to keep an eye on all the livestock. No matter if we know them or not, if anyone sneaks in, don't show any mercy, bite them to death!"

Zhao Dashan gave instructions to Goubang and Meiqiu as if he were instructing children.

Wang Wang Wang!
Canglong raised its head and wagged its tail in agreement, and the other dogs and Coal Balls also understood the old man's arrangement.

"Let's go!" Zhao Dashan waved his hand and said.

"Okay, Master, please sit on the back of my motorcycle! Brother Li just learned to ride a motorcycle today!"

"Alright! I'll take care of your two eagles for you, it's getting dark!"

"Just hold the little white spear; the big black eagle can see it clearly, so don't worry about it!"

What was a perfectly ordinary conversation took on a different meaning in Li Guangkun's eyes.

"Xiaofeng, can your big black eagle see clearly at night? Aren't eagles blind at night?"

Yue Feng grinned: "Other eagles can't be seen clearly, but the big black eagle has night vision! This guy has even killed several Hate Foxes!"
"Big Black Hawk, let's go home, stay on track!"

Yue Feng slightly raised his arm while holding the big black eagle, and the creature immediately flapped its wings and took flight.

It was already getting dark, but the big black eagle was flying very steadily, even circling overhead, waiting for the motorcycles below.

Now, Li Guangkun was completely impressed by Yue Feng's profound knowledge and skills.

Not only do they have excellent eagles, but these eagles also possess special abilities that ordinary birds of prey do not have. One gyrfalcon even has owl eyes! Who can you complain to about that?

Three people and two eagles rode their motorcycles down the mountain and headed straight for Yue Feng's new house.

Meanwhile, at Yue Feng's new house, things were very lively.

Yue Feng's mother and wife were busy in the kitchen, while his father Yue Lei, Xiao Tao, Xiao Wen, and Xiao Wu had arrived earlier and were chatting and drinking tea at the coffee table in the living room.

All the main male members of the family were present, and even before the meal began, the table was already bustling with a large group of people.

"Xiaofeng, why are you only coming back now that it's dark! Everyone's been waiting for you!" Yue Lei greeted Yue Feng as soon as he entered the house.

"Hehe, Brother Li and I spent a little more time at my master's place!"

Let me introduce you, this is my dad!

This is a friend I made a few days ago when I was filming in Yingtun. His surname is Li, and his given name is Li Guangkun!

Beside me are our brothers from the hunting team: Xiaowen, Xiaowu, and Xiaotao!

Yue Feng introduced each of them, and Li Guangkun shook hands with each of them without any hesitation.

After meeting the core members of Yue Feng's hunting team, Li Guangkun realized even more that Yue Feng's achievements today were definitely not just due to good luck.

These young men don't look very old, but the composure in their eyes far surpasses that of their peers.

Everyone quickly took their seats, and Xiao Tao brought over freshly brewed tea. They then resumed their lively conversation.

They were all from rural backgrounds, and Yingtun wasn't too far from Fengcheng, so their conversation quickly became pleasant.

Less than half an hour later, the dishes began to be served.

The impressive array of dishes served at Yue Feng's house once again astonished Li Guangkun, who considered himself quite worldly. (End of Chapter)