While eating, Yue Feng chatted with Ye Jianjun for a while and told Jun about his plans and needs. The two brothers ate all the high-standard meals of the Air Force kitchen and were then sent back to their room in the guesthouse by Ye Jianjun.

After returning to the guesthouse, Jun said hello and left. After all, preparing pigeons and other things required him to arrange manpower, and it was impossible for him to accompany Yue Feng and his brother all the time.

After Jun left, Yue Feng and Xiao Tao laid on the clean and tidy single bed and chatted in low voices.

Xiao Tao lay on the bed and looked at the ceiling, muttering, “Brother, I finally got to go out with you this time! The food in the military camp is so good!
The four dishes and one soup at noon are almost as good as our New Year’s Eve dinner! The prawns from the sea are also delicious. After removing the shells, the meat is sweet!”

After hearing this, Yue Feng did not laugh at his brother’s lack of vision. Instead, he felt a little melancholy.

In that era, supplies were scarce and long-distance transportation was extremely inconvenient. The only seafood available in the supply and marketing cooperatives in my hometown were basically frozen hairtail and canned yellow croaker.

Things like prawns have long been on the tables of ordinary people and have entered thousands of households.

But at this point in time, a shrimp overturned Xiao Tao’s cognition, and he completely changed from a hunter who had eaten and seen all kinds of meat to a “country bumpkin” from the remote mountains.

“Brother? What are you thinking about?” Xiao Tao sighed, and when he saw that his elder brother didn’t respond, he tilted his head and glanced at Yue Feng.

“Ah, it’s okay, I was distracted!! I love it, when we leave later, let Jun find a way to prepare some for us to bring back!!”

“How are you going to catch an eagle tomorrow? Or do you plan to find a hilltop to set up a net? I don’t know what the environment is like here. What if I can’t find a suitable place and get caught?” Xiao Tao started to worry about catching an eagle again.

Yue Feng grinned and said, “Don’t worry about that. We are not far from the main stream of Songjiang River. This season is the time when birds of prey migrate. We will definitely catch an eagle!
I brought a lot of self-trapping nets to catch the peregrine falcon. It’s not hard to catch a pigeon in the self-trapping nets as long as the location is right! That little thing is not as smart as the big black eagle at home. As long as you dare to hit the net to catch the pigeon, you can catch it nine times out of ten!”

The two brothers were lying on the bed chatting about this and that when they suddenly heard a faint sound coming from the back window.

Hey! Hey! Hey!
Xiao Tao turned over and sat up first, walked to the back window, opened the curtains and looked outside.

“Come and see, brother, there are two people training eagles in the small square behind us!”

Hearing Xiao Tao’s greeting, Yue Feng also became interested. Yue Feng didn’t know any other falconry inheritors around Lincheng. Now he was on a business trip hundreds of kilometers away, and he also wanted to meet other falcon trainers.

“I’ll leave a note on the table, then we’ll go over and take a look!” Yue Feng called out, and immediately tore off a piece of paper on the small table, wrote a note and left it on the table.

The two brothers strolled out of the guesthouse, walked around where they lived and came to the path leading to the small square, and then walked along the path towards the ‘master’ of falconry from a distance.

As the distance got closer, Yue Feng discovered more information.

There are two people, one old and one young. The old one is about fifty years old, dressed like an ordinary farmer, with a gray fur cuff made of rabbit skin on his right arm.

About four meters away from the old man was a young man in his early twenties. There were cracks on his gills from the wind. He was less than 1.7 meters tall and looked a little thin.

At this moment, the young man was holding an eagle in his hand, and the old man was holding a piece of fresh meat and calling Yuan.

After talking about these two people, let’s talk about this eagle.

A large eagle with very common pale yellow plumage.

Judging from the body shape and skeleton, Xiashan Yuanfa weighs about 2.2, has a well-proportioned body, and an ordinary head and face appearance.

Below the eagle’s breast flower, there is a black spot slightly smaller than a soybean at the bottom of the black vertical line.

There is nothing special about a pair of eagle claws. The size and appearance are all at the level of ordinary goods.

To sum up this eagle in one sentence, it is an ordinary light bean yellow eagle. At first glance, the overall score of its appearance and skeleton is not as good as the eagles that Yue Feng’s family just caught this year.

“Xiao Tao, let me test you. What do you think of this eagle’s appearance and personality?”

Yue Feng pulled Xiao Tao and did not move closer. Instead, he stood at the edge of the small square about fifteen meters away and talked in a low voice.

Xiao Tao’s eyesight was better than Yue Feng’s, and he could see the color and quality of the eagle’s fur more clearly, but his understanding was limited. After looking left and right, he couldn’t make out anything to say.

“I don’t see anything worthy of praise. Isn’t it just an ordinary light yellow eagle? This eagle is still not up to standard…” Xiao Tao took a few glances and said fairly objectively.

“How can you tell if it’s not cooked enough?” Yue Feng continued to ask.

“Look at the look in the eyes of this eagle. It is fierce and wary! Look at the feathers around its eyes. They are tightly attached to the skin of its head without any loose hair. The old man on the opposite side has called out to it several times, but the eagle is ignoring him. It must be because of a lack of timing!”

It must be said that Xiao Tao has been involved in falconry with Yue Feng for almost a year, and his understanding of these flat-haired animals is much better than last year. His evaluation is very appropriate.

The old man in the distance shouted twice more, and stopped when the eagle did not respond.

It was seen walking towards the Yue Feng brothers, still holding the piece of fresh meat for feeding the eagle in its hand.

“What are you two doing? We are training eagles here. No one is allowed to come near us!!!”

Hearing this, Yue Feng laughed.

There are people in other jobs who are afraid of being watched by others, but I have never heard of anyone who trains eagles being afraid of being watched by others.

The real skills of falcon training are in places that outsiders can’t see, such as outdoor training such as jumping fists and shouting far away. They are so crowded that they don’t have to go out of their way to get in the way. “Hello, uncle. We are also here to visit the base to learn about falcon training and releasing! What’s your name?”

Yue Feng felt a little uncomfortable with the other party’s impoliteness, but he still had some basic manners and greeted him politely.

“You two can train eagles?”

The old man did not answer what he was called, but took the large eagle stand from his young companion and looked at Yue Feng and Xiao Tao with a scrutinizing look and a bad expression.

“Haha, I just know a little bit!” Yue Feng gave a fake smile.

“You two look less than 20 years old, right? When I was your age, I wasn’t even qualified to fly a hawk for my grandfather! Can you understand the hawk in my hand?”

“Isn’t it just a big yellow eagle, used to catch rabbits?”

Xiao Tao felt the aggressiveness in the other party’s tone, so his tone was not as polite as Yue Feng’s.

“Who told you that eagles can only catch rabbits?
This is a yellow bean, it has great abilities, it can catch pigeons, turtledoves, pheasants, egrets, and all the common birds you can see!!

You don’t even know this common sense, and you were invited to teach those soldiers how to release hawks? Isn’t this a waste of national food? ? “

Hearing the three words “酽豆黄”, Xiao Tao’s eyes were confused. It was the first time he heard it. Yue Feng immediately felt that the other party was a bluffing but useless fool.

In the eagle catalog, there is indeed a word “酽豆黄” to describe the feather color of the young eagle (the sub-adult goshawk was also called young eagle in those days).

If we take out the word “酽” alone, most people may not know it. After all, it is not a very common word. Its original meaning is rich and mellow. For example, “酽茶” is used to describe the strong and strong taste of tea.

The dark bean yellow mentioned in the eagle tree chart refers to a transitional intermediate color that is half a shade darker than the ordinary bean yellow eagle feathers, but not as dark as red.

This kind of eagle breeds in some coniferous forests in the three northeastern provinces, and its distribution area is further north than that of the red-haired eagle produced in the northeast.

The eagle in the opponent’s hand is not even a standard bean yellow eagle, how can it be considered a darker bean yellow? It’s really funny.

“Brother!” Xiao Tao didn’t dare to say anything for fear of showing weakness, but facing the other party’s rude remarks, he didn’t want to cause trouble, so he pulled the hem of Yue Feng’s clothes.

Yue Feng did not refute the other party, but smiled and said: “Chickens don’t pee, each has his own way!

I heard that you, a master who has been playing with eagles all your life, have come. I think you will not hide your knowledge if we two brothers come to learn from you!!”

Seeing that Yue Feng did not refute but instead spoke softly, the ‘expert’ on the opposite side immediately trembled.

“I can’t say I’m an expert, but I’ve been playing with hawks all my life and I never lie! Catch them in the fall and release them in the spring. I’ve caught at least 80 hawks like this one!

If you want to follow me and broaden your horizons, I’m not that unreasonable.

When the eagle is done with work and the leader has inspected it, you can follow the soldiers at the base and learn together!

But now, it’s not possible. This eagle is not mature enough yet. You are standing too close, affecting my jumping boxing training! ! “

Seeing Yue Feng being so polite, Xiao Tao didn’t dare to get angry anymore. Yue Feng smiled and nodded: “Okay, I will definitely learn from you later!
I would like to ask you, how many pheasants can you catch in a day when you catch a lot in winter? “

“When my dad was young, he could catch two sacks of rabbits and pheasants a day at most!”

At this time, the young “expert” who had been silent all the time took the opportunity to brag about something that was full of loopholes.

“Oh, that’s awesome! Awesome!” Yue Feng gave a thumbs up immediately.

“A hero never brags about his past achievements. If you catch some jumping cats and pheasants, you can catch them with ease!!”

The elder man also responded with great satisfaction, and brushed the falcon’s sword tail.

“Then you guys continue to scold here, we won’t disturb you, we can talk again when we have the chance!!”

Yue Feng no longer had the idea of ​​staying any longer. He just wanted to go back and lie down, away from these two boastful and pretentious bastards, one old and one young.

What a joke! How can you catch two sacks of pheasants and rabbits in one day?

You said that when it snowed heavily, you went up the mountain with a stick to pick up the snow. If you were lucky enough and the snow was deep and cold, the snow would be so cold that the fish couldn’t fly or run away. Even Yue Feng with ten sacks would believe it.

But if you rely solely on falcons to catch rabbits and pheasants, even if you don’t take into account the time it takes to find the prey, the prey will line up waiting to be caught by the falcons.

A large eagle with extremely strong business capabilities can only catch thirty or twenty birds a day at most.

On the way back, Xiao Tao looked a little unhappy and seemed to be hesitant to speak. When he returned to the dormitory of the guesthouse, Xiao Tao finally couldn’t hold it in anymore.

“Why were you so polite to that old man just now? Are they really good at training eagles?” (End of this chapter)