Chapter 279 An unexpected surprise
Yue Feng’s idea was simple. He wanted to help his second uncle make a small stove to keep warm in the shack.

When going up the mountain to hunt eagles, people can still feel a little more comfortable in autumn. The temperature is low in the morning and evening, and the most you can do is wear an extra piece of clothing.

However, when going up the mountain in winter after it snows, the eagles guarding the hollow forest, especially in places like Jindingzi, must have heating facilities.

Otherwise, even if the three layers inside and outside were covered with bear skins, people would not be able to withstand staying inside for a long time.

Yue Feng’s idea was very simple. He used this scrapped tin bucket to make a small stove. When going up the mountain, he would carry some charcoal and make a fire in the small stove to keep warm. As long as the shack was designed reasonably, people would be much more comfortable.

It is not difficult to make a small stove. You just need to make a hole at the bottom to let the ash out and let in air, then fill the surrounding area with yellow mud as the furnace, and then put a few thin iron rods on the bottom.

Burning charcoal for heating produces almost no smoke, and just leave ventilation holes when building the shack.

Yue Feng had done rough work like pasting the furnace pond many times in his previous life. He could just use a pickaxe to dig up some loess at the foot of the yard wall, add hot water and mud, and it would be done quickly.

Before dark, the small stove made from the iron barrel was ready. All that was left was to buy charcoal to burn it, and then it could be carried up the mountain to use.

During dinner in the evening, my second uncle mentioned to my eldest uncle, grandparents and others the plan to go to the mountains to catch eagles. My nephew’s big black eagle does not have a strong presence in my grandmother’s house, but the live sables brought back every day are all thanks to it.

When the family heard my second uncle say that he had encountered another white gyrfalcon today, they were very supportive of him trying his luck.

Let’s not talk about eating, drinking and chatting for now. After eating and drinking, Yue Feng and his friends went back to their sleeping room early to rest. It was about 8:30, and it was a little hard to open my eyes. Yue Feng went to get some water to wash his feet, and blew out the lights to rest early.

The next morning, after breakfast, my second uncle started working in the yard.

To build the shack, piles needed to be driven in. My second uncle found a few sturdy, dry pine sticks from the firewood pile at home, and used a sharp knife to cut off the branches that were in the way, and cleaned up the shack neatly.

In addition to the stick, wire, pliers, hammer and other tools were also prepared, waiting for Yue Feng to go up the mountain with him.

Before going up the mountain, Yue Feng had one important thing to do, which was to weave a large eagle net.

Without the net, it would be meaningless even if other things were ready. There are some details in the arrangement of the net that need to be adjusted.

My second uncle doesn’t understand these things, so if you want it to work well, Yue Feng still has to check it or even do it himself.

So, after breakfast, when his second uncle was eager to try and wait for Yue Feng to go up the mountain with him, Yue Feng did not rush to set off immediately, but used a knife to cut a shuttle for weaving a large eagle net.

The mesh of the eagle net is much larger, at least four fingers wide, so although the size of the net is not small, the hand-woven net actually does not have many knots. Yue Feng asked Xiao Tao to help, starting with a thread and a shuttle, and they were busy working. In less than two hours, a hand-made net for catching eagles was made.

The tire line was very strong. The only downside was that the color of the new line was too conspicuous. However, this was not a difficult task for Yue Feng. He soaked it in warm water and then threw the entire net into the ashes at the bottom of a turned-off pot and rubbed it repeatedly.

The ashes left after burning grass and wood become a natural dye for the net. The original brown-yellow color fades and turns into a gray state, which looks much more pleasing to the eye.

This kind of net dyed with plant ash can actually be washed clean when exposed to water, but there is no risk of fading in winter because it does not rain. Even if it is thrown on the mountain for ten days or half a month after being dyed with ash, its strength will not be affected in a short time.

After packing up the fishing nets, Yue Feng set out from home fully armed with his second uncle.

As there was nothing else to do, Yue Feng did not bring other members of the hunting team. The two of them, leading the black wolf and the big black eagle, carrying a 56 rifle and some prepared tools, went up the mountain.

Having been here once yesterday and going up the mountain for the second time today, Yue Feng had a preliminary memory of the route to Jindingzi. The father and son took a lot of effort and arrived at the place chosen yesterday at around 10:30 in the morning.

My second uncle also took great pains to carry up the piles, build stone walls, and prepare the poles. With the help of two people, one as the main force and the other as the assistant, they managed to set up this falconry hunting site after most of the day.

Yue Feng and his second uncle covered the outside of the shack with a whole piece of snow. With a stone wall as support, the strength and warmth of the shack were acceptable.

After some cleaning, the shack was in pretty good condition except that the light inside was a little dim. I just had to carry the stove and charcoal up the mountain next time and then I could squat in the shack.

The venue for falconry hunting was set up, and Yue Feng demonstrated the principles and operation methods of pulling the net to his second uncle on the spot.

I have to say that my second uncle has a good talent for learning these things and can basically learn them in one go. During the process, he asked about some minor details and basically learned the whole process of catching eagles.

At 3:30 in the afternoon, Yue Feng and his second uncle had finished their work and led the dog down the mountain. Before leaving, they spread a lot of grains around the cleaned field, and they only needed to come back to replenish it in a few days.

After coming down from Jindingzi again, Yue Feng was able to recognize the road by himself. The two of them passed through the bush path below and passed two jumping stone ponds along the way. They would be home in at most another hour.

The past few days when we went up the mountain, we didn’t find anything useful after passing these stone jumping ponds. But today was different. I don’t know if it was Yue Feng or my second uncle who had the right idea, but as soon as we climbed over the ridge from the shady slope, my second uncle pulled Yue Feng’s arm and pulled him back a few steps.

“Ah? What’s wrong with my second uncle?” Yue Feng was stunned and turned his head to look at his second uncle’s face.

The second uncle didn’t say anything, but gestured to Yue Feng to look down.

Yue Feng understood what he meant, slowly emerged, and then looked in the direction indicated by his second uncle. An adult lynx was squatting on a stone platform more than one meter wide on the opposite side of the ridge, lowering its head to eat a half-grown roe deer.

If it were placed in a pile of rocks, it would not be so conspicuous, mainly because the stone platform is covered with snow, which makes the color contrast very obvious and can be seen at a glance.

Estimated distance was about 130 meters away. Yue Feng and his companions were in the upwind position, but because there was a ridge between them, they were not discovered by the tiger cub at first sight.

“Did you see it?” Second Uncle’s lips moved, but no sound came out. Yue Feng understood what he wanted to ask from his lip reading.

Yue Feng nodded, handed the dog leash to his second uncle, and then took the 56 and a half off his shoulder.

After opening the safety and loading the bullet, Yue Feng slowly crouched on the ridge with the gun in hand and quietly exposed his head.

Maybe because of the obvious wind sound around Tiaoshitang, the tiger cub below did not hear what Yue Feng and the others were doing. At this moment, this guy was leisurely and concentrating on gnawing on the food in front of him.

Yue Feng held the gun steadily, then aimed the crosshairs at the upper body of the lynx.

I aimed intentionally but fired unintentionally. Go!

Boom!

Yue Feng fired two shots in succession.

The tiger cub, who was eating a second ago, suddenly jumped up from its original position as if someone had stabbed him on the upper edge of his front limbs.

Because of this jump, the second shot missed the target, and a bloody mist appeared on the roe deer on the stone platform.

The tiger cub didn’t care about the meat anymore after it fell to the ground. It spread its legs and tried to run, but it only ran less than five meters before it fell limply to the ground.

“Fuck! It’s dead!” Yue Feng immediately stood up and ran towards the direction of his prey.

By the time the father and son ran up to the lynx, panting, it was breathing more in than out.

Because of the height advantage on the ridge, the bullet entered from the upper part of the right forelimb and then exited from below the opposite armpit, hitting the tiger cub’s lung, killing it on the spot.

“That’s great, nephew! Is your shooting so accurate? This must be nearly 150 meters!”

The second uncle was very excited and patted Yue Feng on the shoulder and couldn’t help but praise him.

Yue Feng chuckled and carefully poked the lynx with his spear. After confirming that the other party had no breath, he squatted down and took a closer look.

“It’s a female lynx, it looks like it’s only two or three years old! This thing is most likely a homeless person who just wandered here recently! It’s a pity that the skin has holes in it, it probably can’t be rated as a first-class one!”

After looking around, Yue Feng said with a bit of regret.

“That’s not quite right! Look carefully at the position of the bullet hole!” said my second uncle, pointing to the small hole where the bullet entered.

Yue Feng took a look and frowned slightly: “It seems that only the small bullet hole where the bullet entered is relatively conspicuous. The wound below the armpit where the bullet shot out can be avoided by cutting the lower abdomen slightly when skinning!”

“That’s right! The leather is still quite intact. Although it’s not perfect, it can be rated as a first-class one if you lift your feet!
It’s getting dark, should we drag this thing back or skin it first?” Second Uncle asked, nodding.

“It will take a while to peel them all, we have to do it in the dark, and when we get back to the village, my grandma will be waiting for us!

Let’s take it home and peel it tonight! It’s not a perfect skin anyway, so it doesn’t matter! Oh, and we still have half a roe deer left to eat!”

“Tie them together and I’ll carry them!!”

Hearing the gunshots, the big black eagle in the sky quickly landed. Seeing Yue Feng tying the lynx’s legs with a rope, it started screaming “ga ga ga” again.

It has been said more than once before that this big black eagle likes to eat the internal organs of these beasts, and the higher the predator, the more it likes it.

Needless to say, the big black eagle must want to eat the lynx’s internal organs.

Upon seeing this, Yue Feng quickly opened the lynx’s stomach and took out its internal organs. He hung the useless parts on a tree to offer to the mountain god, and then fed the big black eagle the heart, liver, and lungs that it loved to eat on the spot.

The eagle was full and the lynx’s temperature slowly dropped. The second uncle didn’t mind that the lynx was bloody and dirty, so he just picked it up by its legs and carried it on his shoulders.

go home! !
I will just stay here for the whole day today and update twice.

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