The next morning, Yue Feng got up early, dressed, came out of the room, and carried the two eagles with hats on to the courtyard of the guesthouse.

At this time, not many people were up in the guesthouse, and no one noticed Yue Feng’s team. It was a good opportunity for Eagle to get some fresh air and stretch his muscles.

Yue Feng took off his eagle hat casually. The big black eagle and the little white eagle looked at Yue Feng, shook off their feathers, puffed up their tails and pooped, then took off with all their might and circled in the sky.

This kind of hawk-flying operation has become a habit.

Yue Feng no longer had to worry about the eagle being lost. He stretched his legs and arms in the yard and did some simple stretching exercises, exhaling white air from time to time.

I have to say, it is really cold in the mornings in Northeast China in winter.

The man and the eagle were active in the yard for a while, about half an hour, and then the other people in the room also got up.

Yue Feng felt that the time was right, so he whistled to call the eagles down, then held the two eagles in one hand and walked into the house.

After entering the house, I put the eagle on the back of the chair, cooked food, fed the eagle, waited until the two eagles were full, and then put on the hat. Only then was the morning routine completed.

The application for replacement of military horses has been submitted through the internal telephone of the Quartermaster Department. It is not known how many days it will take for them to arrive. Everything else has been prepared. Ideally, we can set off today.

After taking care of the eagle, Yue Feng found the waiter of the guesthouse and asked for help in making some dog food. Eight dogs need to eat, and in such a cold weather, they will lose weight if they are hungry.

After some discussion, the problem of dog food was solved. Before people had eaten, they fed the four old dogs with dog food made of cornmeal mixed with oil.

As for the four wolf-blooded dogs, feeding them was simple. Just give each dog two pieces of frozen hard meat to chew on.

The sharp canine teeth chewed the frozen hard meat like ordinary people eating ice cream, with a crunching sound, and in no time they could bite off a large piece of meat, chew it up and swallow it.

Before half past ten, the entire guesthouse was peaceful and quiet.

At 11 o’clock in the morning, Uncle Wu came to the guesthouse carrying a large roe deer skin hunting bag.

“Nephew, how is it? Has the replacement horse been delivered?”

Wu Keji, who had sent someone to verify the authenticity, immediately became more friendly towards the young man when he met Yue Feng again.

Yesterday he sent people to the breeding farm on the mountain behind Xing’an Village to find Uncle Zhao, and rushed back overnight after verifying his identity.

The information obtained from Uncle Zhao was much more detailed than what Yue Feng said during the questioning yesterday.

For example, Yue Feng is the grandson of Eagle Head, how he led people to deliver supplies to Zhao Dashan before, and later took care of the injured old man without asking for anything in return, and built a large red brick and tile house for the breeding farm on the mountain, and even talked about Yue Feng’s family taking care of the grandmother of a martyr’s military family.

In short, in Uncle Zhao’s words, Yue Feng is a model of respecting teachers and a kind and righteous boy.

“Uncle Wu, there’s no news from the material storage depot yet, we should wait a little longer!

I’ll have someone arrange some lunch later, so you can just have a bite at noon!” Yue Feng said politely.

“Now that we are in my territory, why should I ask you to arrange meals? I’ll arrange lunch, let’s eat at home!” Wu Keji raised his arm and said as a matter of course.

Upon hearing this, Yue Feng’s heart skipped a beat.

After Uncle Wu came today, the feeling he gave from the way he spoke, did things and chatted was completely different from when we first met yesterday.

We need to arrange meals. We arrived in Tiecheng yesterday and stayed there. We have time for lunch and dinner, so we have arranged it early.

“Okay! My master told me before I came here that coming to your house is like being at home! I, your nephew, will not be polite to you!”

Yue Feng agreed decisively without even stuttering.

“Then what are you waiting for? Call all the brothers who came with you. Uncle Wu will provide lunch for you!” Wu Keji said.

“Okay!” Yue Feng responded, turned around and greeted Xiao Tao, Xiao Wu, Wang Chao, Ma Liang and others.

Soon, the five people gathered together, took the dog and the eagle, and took Uncle Wu out of the guesthouse on two sidecars and returned to Wu Keji’s house again.

“Xiaohui, go buy a sheep from the street and bring it back. We will have a big pot of whole sheep for lunch at home!”

Grandpa Wu returned to his home and greeted his tired-looking young apprentice. The young man named Xiaohui immediately responded, turned around and walked out of the house, heading straight for the street.

“When you’re here, it’s like being at your uncle’s house. No need to be polite to me! Is there anything you don’t want to eat? Come inside first. It’s cold outside!!”

Wu Keji led the group into the house and asked politely.

“None of us have any dietary restrictions. Xiao Wang and Xiao Ma, are you okay?”

“We have no problem either!”

“That’s it!”

The issue of having a whole lamb for lunch was decided and handed over to the people below to work on. Old Wu personally made tea, arranged for everyone in the group to sit down, and went straight to the kang.

In this era, heating still mainly relies on kangs and fire walls.

The brick house of Uncle Wu is at least six and a half meters deep, which was definitely spacious at the time, but it could not avoid the limitations of the times in terms of room layout.

After getting on the kang, Yue Feng kept observing the surroundings in the room. While drinking tea, he asked casually, “Uncle, are you still taking people into the mountains to collect ginseng?”

“Didn’t your master tell you what I do?” Wu Keji asked after hearing this.

“No, he said that you have been living on the mountain for many years, but I didn’t ask which restaurant you were working for or where you were eating, and he didn’t tell me in detail!

I asked casually because I saw the deer antlers hanging on your wall.”

“It’s normal that you didn’t say it! In our line of work, it’s not right to be too clear about it!
In the early years, there were many fights and quarrels over the ginseng market!

The reason your master and I are so close is that he saved me once one year.

At that time, a deer bullet from the enemy hit me on the shoulder and almost killed me. Fortunately, I was saved and stayed in your master’s cellar for more than half a month before I was able to get out of bed!”

“Now that the season has arrived, are you still going up the mountain in person?” Yue Feng continued to ask.

“Go, stay indoors during the winter, and when the time comes, gather everyone and go into the mountains!

No one dares to touch the territory that I fought for when I was young. It’s not easy to get rich with this qualification, but it’s good enough to make a living!

I noticed you’ve been carrying these two eagles since you left the house. Can you take off your hat and show them to me?”

“Why not?” Yue Feng took off his eagle hat while speaking.

The big black eagle regained its sight and after briefly adapting to the light, its feathers became fluffy. It was not afraid of strangers at all and behaved very calmly.

Uncle Wu observed the big black eagle from all directions for a long time, and couldn’t help but exclaimed: “Wow! Great! What a great eagle!!!”

“Do you also know about eagles?”

“I don’t know how to use this thing, but our gang leader Old Yang used to have a Qiao’er Hawk. Compared with your Black Hawk, the spirit and energy of that thing are far inferior!”

“Lucky, I caught it in the mountains! This falcon training is a family tradition. By the way, uncle, do you know my grandfather Yue Xianzong?”

Yue Feng spoke the first half of his words casually, but when he started talking about his grandfather’s name, it was no longer a casual remark.

Yue Feng suspected something, but he hadn’t confirmed it completely yet. He wanted to verify it through Uncle Wu’s words.

When dealing with smart people, sometimes there is no need to say everything. When Wu Keji heard Yue Feng mention his grandfather, he did not answer immediately, but smiled and nodded at Yue Feng with great satisfaction.

Although this kid from the Yue family is young, he is very meticulous. He probably has guessed that I have sent someone to verify his background.

“When did you figure it out?”

Wu Keji did not answer Yue Feng’s question, but changed the subject and asked something without any context, leaving everyone around him confused.

Yue Feng picked up the teacup and took a sip: “Hehe, when I saw Xiaohui looking tired just now, I was basically sure. This is just to test the waters!”

“Not bad, not bad! If you are alert, you can avoid a lot of trouble when walking in the mountains!
I know your grandfather, but not very well.

In that era, I knew almost all the famous mountain runners who lived not too far away.

Unlike now, people are indifferent to each other, and many people only care about their own interests and have no shame! “

“hey-hey!”

After getting a positive response, Yue Feng chuckled and took over the topic. However, the people around him were confused and had no idea what was going on.

Soon, Xiaohui brought back a goat from the street corner. Without any help from others, in just over ten minutes, he bled, skinned and cleaned the goat neatly.

There is a big stove in the side room. After the sheep is cut into pieces, just put it in the big pot, add water and light the fire, and it will be cooked quickly.

By the time it was almost time for dinner, half a pot of mutton was cooked.

Uncle Wu hurriedly carried a large basin and brought the mutton to the table.

“Normally, we should drink something at noon, but we have something to do, so let’s not drink today. We’ll make up for it after we get down the mountain!!
When you come to my place, don’t pretend, just grab some mutton and eat it! It will fill you up, and if you’re not full, there’s more in the pot!!”

After a round of greetings, Xiao Tao and Xiao Wu brothers didn’t get started yet, but Wang Chao and Ma Liang brothers next to them got started first.

Uncle Wu glanced at the group and said to Yue Feng, “Eat some meat, you bastards. Are you complaining about my poor hospitality?”

After hearing this, Yue Feng immediately picked up a large piece of mutton and put it in the bowl: “Hey, let’s eat! I won’t be polite with you!
Xiao Tao, Xiao Wu, you two should eat too, what are you standing there for? “

“Oh, eat! This mutton dipped in chive pickles is delicious!!”

Even the friends of Yuefeng Hunting Team, their families have now escaped from the low-level pork-free life stage and have some spare money in their hands.

But there has never been a situation like today where I bought a sheep and killed it at home for eating.

It must be said that this mutton is top quality meat, especially the mutton of this era, which is all grass-fed sheep. If it is cleaned neatly and boiled in water with a pinch of salt, it tastes very good.

The bunch of young men completely let go and started eating with great enthusiasm. The mutton in the big basin was quickly eaten up visibly.

Eat the meat first, then drink the soup. The original soup will dissolve the original food. When you are full and satisfied, most of the sheep is finished.

After the kang table was removed, everyone in Uncle Wu’s house finally let loose.

“Master, have you ever dug up a hundred-year-old club when you led your fellow gang members into the mountains?”

Xiao Tao had been holding it in for half a day, and seeing that the chat atmosphere was very good, he asked curiously.

“A hundred years? The ginseng I dug back then could last more than a hundred years! Have you heard of the sixth-grade leaf?
That is to say, at that time, the money was used to support the brothers below. If it had been preserved until now, it would have been taken to the capital to be a national treasure!”

Wu Keji mentioned his major and described it vividly.

“So is this ginseng picking business easy to learn?
We brothers go up the mountain all year round. If it is convenient for you, when there is a chance, could you please give us some advice and let us learn the tricks from you.

If you are lucky enough to come across it again, don’t miss the treasure!” Xiao Tao continued to ask.

“Xiao Tao, what are you mumbling about! How can you talk like that!” Before Uncle Wu could open his mouth, Yue Feng interrupted him.

Nowadays, no matter what profession you are in, if you want to learn a skill, you have to respectfully worship the master and kowtow, and only after the master’s approval can you have the opportunity to enter.

Although Xiao Tao has a good relationship with Yue Feng, that is their brotherly friendship, but asking Wu Keji about “business” questions through Yue Feng is a bit over the line. The more old-fashioned a person is, the more taboo they are about these things.

“Your name is Xiao Tao, right? If you really want to learn, you can join us and start from the bottom level when the mountain is opened next year!

There are many tricks involved, and it is impossible to explain them in a few words!”

Unexpectedly, Uncle Wu was very magnanimous towards Xiao Tao’s recklessness and didn’t take it too seriously.

Xiao Tao shrank his neck, scratched his scalp and whispered: “Ah? Forget it! I’ll just follow my brother to fly hawks and hunt!

I was thinking that if I could learn some tips from you, it would be useful!”

“Brother, you have a good character! If you are willing to learn, I can really teach you! If you learn well, you can make a living by picking ginseng, but it’s hard to make a fortune. It depends on whether God will give you a reward!”

“Listen to his nonsense, he keeps complaining all day long. If you keep showing off, I’ll leave you to look after the house next time I go out and I won’t take you out!” Yue Feng said with a sneer.

“Anything else! It’s so boring to leave me at home guarding the house! I am also responsible for your safety! I can’t do it anymore!”

“Hahaha!”

……

Everyone drinking tea burst into laughter.

After chatting and laughing for a while, the atmosphere became stable, and Yue Feng took the opportunity to ask: “Uncle Wu, how much do you know about this golden thread snow clam?

I heard you call it the Moon-gazing Frog, why is the name different? Is there any explanation?”

Wu Keji took a sip of tea from the cup, and then said slowly: “The Holy Maiden Lake is actually a place that we older mountain runners are very reluctant to mention!

The mountains here are steep and the altitude is extremely high. Not only is there a big difference in altitude between the mountains and the ground, but the temperature and climate are also very different.

However, special places have special sayings. The Holy Maiden Lake has a special climate and is rich in many precious medicinal materials. Therefore, there have always been mountain hikers who go there every few years to collect medicinal materials.

As more people go there, it is natural that some special situations will be encountered, and then they will be passed down, and these so-called legends will appear!

This Moon-Gazing Frog and the Golden-Lined Snow Clam you mentioned are actually just names.

I heard the legend about it from an elder relative of my grandfather’s generation.

On the full-moon night, it wraps its body in a special translucent substance and worships the moon in the cold wind.

That’s what the legend says, but no one knows exactly how big it is or what its features are! “(End of this chapter)