Back in the 1980s, hiking in the mountains was also a way of life

Chapter 622: The Man is Gone, but the Eagle Remains

On the other side, Wang Dazhui chased the man out of the gate for a long distance before stopping. The reason he stopped was because Wang An was standing there holding 20 yuan.

As soon as he saw the money, Wang Dazhu's old face was about to smile like a chrysanthemum.

I have to say that money is really omnipotent. Even your own father can be easily bribed.

Wang Dazhu took the two big unity cards from Wang An and said with a smile on his face:
"You are a very considerate person. You know that your father is short of money. That's good."

Wang An also said with a smile:
"Of course you should. If you need money, just ask for it. Your son must be good at doing things."

At this moment, Wang An's face was full of flattery, and he looked like a traitor and a lackey.

Wang Dazhu was very happy to receive the money, but he did not forget to remind Wang Andao:
"Go back later and act calm, don't act so arrogant and let your mother know that I didn't beat you."

Wang An heard this and nodded with a smile:
"Of course I will. I won't let you lose face."

After Wang An finished speaking, the father and son burst into laughter at the same time.

In this way, the deal between the two was perfectly reached. One received the money to avoid having to fight, and the other paid money to avoid physical pain.

On the way back, Wang An suddenly said to Wang Dazhu:

"Dad, can you find me a brooding chicken in the village these two days? If you can buy it, buy it. If you can't, just borrow it for a few days."

Wang Dazhu heard this and asked subconsciously:
"What? You want to raise some chickens?"

Wang An said:

"No chicks. Did you see the small basket I brought back? It contains two eagle eggs that I prepared before we came back. They are now in the squirrel's arms. I always worry that the squirrel's temperature is not high enough, so the eagles cannot hatch."

Wang Dazhu was stunned when he heard this, and said in surprise:
"A squirrel holding an eagle's egg? What does that mean?"

Wang An glanced at Wang Dazhu and explained:

"I was afraid the eagle eggs would go bad, so I got some squirrels to hold the eggs."

Then, Wang An told Wang Dazhu about how he and Feng Chengmin dug out eagle eggs and captured eagle cubs.

After hearing how Wang An let the squirrel hold the eagle eggs, Wang Dazhu was completely stunned!
After a while, Wang Dazhu nodded and said:
"You are worthy of being my son. You definitely take after me in your brain."

Wang An heard this and said with a smile:

"Then you see, sons take after their fathers."

After Wang An finished speaking, Wang Dazhu laughed happily. After laughing, he asked in confusion:

"Do you want to learn falconry? Eagles are not easy to raise. Besides, there are only trees on the mountain here. What's the point of raising them?"

In fact, what Wang Dazhu said was correct. The entire Kaoshantun, or to be more precise, the entire Xing'an Township, is located in the Lesser Khingan Mountains.

Although it is only in a corner of the Lesser Khingan Mountains, it is certain that there are trees all around.

Only after reaching the county seat can we barely reach the edge of the Lesser Khingan Mountains. In other words, for people in Xing'an Township, going into the mountains means walking deep into the woods, but for people in the county seat, going to Xing'an Township is equivalent to going into the mountains!

As we all know, in dense forests, eagles or all medium and large birds will face a very realistic problem, that is, their flight will be disturbed by trees.

This makes falconry a very difficult activity.

Most of those who keep falcons are real gunners, and their main purpose is not falconry, but to find prey.

After all, when it comes to finding prey, eagles fly in the sky and look down, while hunting dogs rely on their noses to smell, so the speed and efficiency of eagles in finding prey are much better than those of hunting dogs.

To be precise, the gap between the two is simply incomparable.

Although eagles are very good at finding prey, you have to know that catching an eagle is not an easy task.

This is because even if you catch an adult eagle, it is basically useless because its mind is already mature and stable. If you want to forcibly change its training, the difficulty is so great that it basically gives people away!
Nine times out of ten, the ending is: "The man is gone, but the eagle is still there!"

Therefore, either you have to raise eagle cubs directly like Feng Chengmin did, or you have to train a half-grown eagle that can fly right out of the nest and hunt for food by itself. Only this kind of eagle can be trained.

However, although it is difficult to catch a suitable eagle, it is only the first step. Training the eagle is even more difficult and is also an extremely painful thing!
It didn't sleep for several days and nights, and of course didn't let the eagle sleep either. It just stayed with the eagle, staring at each other.

It's really exhausting both mentally and physically, and you can't do anything during that time. So you only need to think about it to know how boring it is.

It can be said that only those with great perseverance can do the job of keeping an eagle awake.

Taking the risk of only succeeding once in ten times, which means that both the man and the eagle are still alive and no one is dead, the eagle is finally made obedient. After the eagle has completely surrendered, there is still one last step, which is to train the eagle!
You know, training hunting dogs is tedious and troublesome enough, but training eagles is an even more tedious and troublesome task.

Raising a young bird is to give it wildness, while raising a half-grown eagle is to wash away and torture its wildness and make it obedient.

The torture is repeated many times. Only if the person obeys the command can he be given water to drink and meat to eat. This happens over and over again, over and over again, until he can hit wherever he is directed. Only then can it be considered completely successful. This process may take half a year or even a year.

To sum up, you can imagine how troublesome and energy-consuming it is to raise an eagle.

Therefore, the number of hunters in Kaoshantun, and even in the entire Xing'an Township who raise eagles, is quite small.

Hearing Wang Dazhu's words, Wang An said very proudly:
"You don't know this. I have a complete method of raising hawks in the hands of that man named Ma. Look, this is it."

As he spoke, Wang An took out the piece of silk cloth and showed it off to Wang Dazhu.

When Wang Dazhu saw the contents on the silk cloth, his eyes narrowed immediately. After looking at it for a while, he nodded and said:
"Not bad, not bad. This thing is really good. If we follow this method to raise an old eagle, it will be much simpler."

Wang An laughed when he heard this:

"I'm thinking of raising a few more, preferably a golden eagle, so that I can catch two hanging sheep to eat every year."

When Wang Dazhu heard the word "Golden Eagle", he stopped in his tracks and said:

"I actually know a golden eagle's nest."

(End of this chapter)