Rebirth in 1972: Redemption in Changbai Mountain

Zhou Rui's good days didn't last long before Zhang Zhenbei urged him to go up the mountain again.

It's not that the forest farm's meat reserves have been completely depleted.

Instead, it was at Xiao Niangao's birthday party that Zhang Zhenbei met Qin Zhan, and Zhou Rui then listed the logistics team's contributions to the event in front of Qin Zhan.

So Zhang Zhenbei took this matter even more seriously and decided to do his best to complete this year's tasks and make a good impression on his superiors.

Sure enough, when the cafeteria still had enough meat to last a month, Zhang Zhenbei urged them to finish their task ahead of schedule so that he could calm his restless heart.

"Uncle Wang, how do you tame this gyrfalcon? Does anyone around here know how?"

Only Zhou Rui and Wang Shouye were inside. Zhou Rui had arrived early this time, before the other fellow disciples, because he wanted to ask Wang Shouye for advice first.

"I don't know how to do that either. I only know how to train dogs, I'm not familiar with training hawks."

Wang Shouye was quite happy when he heard that Zhou Rui had picked up an injured gyrfalcon, so this time they could only keep their heads down and remain silent.

"In the old days, there were one or two people in our town who knew how to train hawks, but they have been gone for more than ten years, and we haven't heard of them leaving any legacy behind."

"If we want to find it this time, we might have to inquire in other places, and it may not be possible to succeed in a short time."

Zhou Rui watched Wang Shouye smoking his pipe, his face showing some sorrow. As if infected by his sorrow, he couldn't help but take out a cigarette and light it up as well.

As he exhaled a smoke ring, Zhou Rui felt his frustration intensify, though he was still somewhat unwilling to give up.

"Uncle Wang, don't you know anything about this method of training hawks?"

"I've heard of some things, like covering an eagle's eyes with a leather bag so it can become familiar with human scent."

"During the training period, the hawk must not be allowed to sleep; it must be woken up whenever it wants to sleep."

"Another thing is to feed it when it is most vulnerable. If it eats your food, it means it has begun to accept you."

Wang Shouye said a few words and tapped the table with his pipe.

"But these are things that most people already know, so they're not very useful. If you could learn how to train a hawk just by reading these few words, then you would have caught all the hawks, gyrfalcons, and golden eagles in the mountains."

"In addition, after the training, the gyrfalcon must be trained to understand the whistle and the hand signals. This is a systematic discipline."

"It's like some people who have a stick of incense burning in their hand; do you think they can train a dog to behave?"

Zhou Rui was a little confused, but he understood. Wang Shouye meant that gyrfalcons were hard to come by, but training them was even more difficult.

"Then I was happy for nothing, wasn't I?"

Zhou Rui rarely showed such a bitter face.

He had already planned it all out: once the gyrfalcon was trained, he could take this natural drone and hunt prey at will, with money flowing into his home like water.

Forget it, the falcon isn't fully recovered yet anyway, let's think of another way.

If all else fails, try practicing the movements from the movies you watched in your past life. If you still can't get through it, just think of it as getting a pet for An'an.

More than an hour later, Zhang Shitou, Wang Zhen and Gu Shaofeng also arrived one after another.

"Ruiwa, why didn't you wait for me today?"

Gu Shaofeng started shouting as soon as he came in. Mainly, traveling alone was too boring, and having no one to talk to made him feel a bit uncomfortable.

"Oh, it's nothing. I just needed to talk to Uncle Wang about something, so I came a little early."

This time, Zhou Rui didn't mention picking up the gyrfalcon. Mainly, the matter of training eagles was still uncertain, and he didn't want to make a scene and become a laughingstock.

"Oh, then remember to wait for me next time."

Gu Shaofeng, being easygoing, didn't take it seriously and just asked a question casually before letting it go.

"Master, where are we going to fight this time?"

Zhang Shitou lacked Gu Shaofeng's curiosity; he was only interested in making money. Since joining several hunting expeditions in the latter half of the year, he had made a considerable amount of money.

He had enough money to build a house, pay for the wedding dowry, and buy household items, but he wanted to earn more so that his family could live a better life.

"We didn't get any information this time. Director Zhang of the forest farm was urging us, so we had no choice but to go up the mountain for a stroll."

As he spoke, Wang Shouye lit another pipe. This old smoker liked to take a couple of puffs while discussing business.

"However, there are other ways to play even without a big goal."

"My plan is to start from the route we took to raid the bear dens last time. We'll raid the remaining bear dens, then head towards the forest farm along that route, shooting whatever we encounter along the way."

"After delivering the goods once at the forest farm, we went around to the other side of this mountain."

"The terrain and vegetation around here are usually home to deer. We're just taking a chance; we might get lucky or not, but we just happened to circle around this area and come back."

"Alright, we'll listen to Uncle Wang. Uncle Zhang at the forest farm isn't actually in a rush; he just wants to give himself some confidence. Let's treat this as training."

Zhou Rui agreed; since they had come out, they should at least gain something, it was just a matter of how much.

"Ah, training? I'd rather stay home and lie down."

Wang Zhen was clearly unhappy.

He was the laziest of his fellow apprentices, and he always had a target when hunting. In the past, when he went hunting alone in the mountains, he was always after the fur, and his favorite thing to do was to set traps on sables.

"Still lying down? Look at you, you haven't been up the mountain for just a few days, and you've gotten even bigger around your stomach. If you keep lying down like this, I think you'll have trouble walking in the future."

Wang Shouye pointed his pipe at Wang Zhen, clearly disappointed in his nephew.

He's actually quite talented, but a bit lazy. He usually likes to set traps when hunting, and if it weren't for the recent hunts, his marksmanship probably wouldn't have improved at all.

Gu Shaofeng stepped forward and touched Wang Zhen's belly: "Hey Hei Zi, how did you get so fat? You're almost like an old sow."

"When you and your wife are having sex, are you on top or on the bottom?"

"Get lost." Wang Zhen slapped Gu Shaofeng's hand down.

"As a grown man, I should naturally be on top."

"hey-hey……"

"Ha ha……"

Zhou Rui and Zhang Shitou were grinning from ear to ear. Although they weren't married and were still virgins, they enjoyed listening to their senior brothers tell dirty jokes.

"What are you two laughing at? Hey Stone, didn't you say you were going back to find someone to go on a blind date? How's it going?"

"And junior brother, I see you get along quite well with those female educated youths in the educated youth compound. Is there anyone you like? Should your master's wife help you propose marriage?"

Wang Zhen was annoyed by his fellow apprentices' laughter, so he grabbed Zhang Shitou and Zhou Rui and teased them one by one.

Wang Shouye didn't stop them. It's fine for fellow disciples to joke around, especially since they were discussing important life matters; there's nothing they can't ask.

"I went to Lu Cheng's village and I think the Ah Xiang that Lu Cheng mentioned is quite nice."

"What, are you really going to steal Lu Cheng's wife?"

Gu Shaofeng was shocked. He had no idea that Zhang Shitou was so bold. He knew that Lu Cheng and A Xiang were dating, yet he still insisted on interfering.