Xing'an Mountains 1984: Starting from climbing mountains to support the family

Chapter 208 Dad, where did you pick up these two chicks?

For example, lynx, cheetah, etc., but most of them come out to hunt for food at night.
Chen Weidong and his three companions often heard their cries in the mountains these days, especially recently a big claw appeared.

Chen Weidong and his three companions spent the night in the deep mountains. They heard various sounds of wild animals, including the excited cries of finding prey, the terrified cries when encountering natural enemies, and the screams of animals before death.

In short, the night deep in the mountains is very lively. After all, the night is the world of wild animals.

"Ouch!"

As Chen Weidong and his three companions walked out of Panchang Mountain, a deafening tiger roar was heard behind them.

"Brother Weidong! Listen, the tiger is roaring during the day."

Bingzi shouted.

"Damn it, this big claw is a bit unpredictable. It barks at other times but at this very moment. Hurry up and help Shitou and hold the big guy!"

Chen Weidong yelled angrily, and at this moment, with the sound of the big claws, the big guy was frightened and ran around.

Not only the big guy, Chen Weidong took a look at the four dogs, and they were basically all scared, except for the white tiger, the other three dogs were so scared that they lay on the ground.

Tiger power is not just an adjective in the novel, it is real.

When hounds face big claws, seventy to eighty percent of them will be scared to pee, and most of them will even run away with their tails between their legs.

Only a small number of hounds howled at the big claws, but they absolutely did not dare to go forward and bite.

The white tiger was like this, but it only dared to whimper and call twice towards the distance, without any of the spirit it had before when dealing with wild boars.

Chen Weidong didn't feel that the dog was cowardly. You have to know that the title of Big Claw Jungle King is not just a casual title.
The power on his body is so great that most dogs will pee when they hear the barking.

This is the power of the king of the jungle. When a dog encounters a bear, it dares to bite it a few times, but when it encounters a big claw, it doesn't even have the courage to bark.

The four dogs did not run away with their tails between their legs or pee in fear, so they are considered good hunting dogs.

After a while of the tiger roaring, several people finally calmed the big guy down.

Chen Weidong then put the four dogs on leashes and led them towards Jiuqutun.

They walked from day to night. On the way, Chen Weidong and his three companions passed by four forests and picked up a green goat. This was close to the village, so they carried the goat directly and went home.

Chen Weidong returned to the village later than last time. It was almost nine o'clock in the evening. After returning to the village, the tense spirits of the four people relaxed and they started chatting and laughing.

The four people were talking as they arrived at Chen Weidong's door.

Seeing that there was still light in the house, he knew that his wife was still awake.

"Xue Ting! I'm back!"

Chen Weidong shouted immediately.

After a while, Chen Weidong was afraid that Liu Xueting didn't hear him, so he was about to shout twice, but Liu Xueting came out with a kerosene lamp: "I'm here, Weidong, keep your voice down, the kids just fell asleep, and Dani and Erni have to go to school tomorrow."

"Brother Shengli, Shitou, Bingzi! Come in quickly." Liu Xueting called out again.

Then the four men removed the antlers from the deer and piled them directly in the yard.

"Brother Shengli, Shitou, Bingzi! I'll go make some food, you guys eat first before leaving!" Liu Xueting said.

"No need. We grown men might wake up the children," Li Shengli declined.

"Yes! Sister Xueting is too late today, let's go home and eat, don't bother!"

"Okay, we won't keep you this time. Don't forget to come and get the mutton tomorrow!"

Chen Weidong spoke at this time.

"okay!"

Li Shengli and the other two left with the big guy, holding flashlights.

Then Liu Xueting went to cook for Chen Weidong. Chen Weidong first locked the dog in the dog pen, and then he came into the house.
Six little foxes came running when they heard the noise. Chen Weidong carried them back to the nest, found a small wooden box, and spread some wheat straw inside.

Chen Weidong stepped on the wheat straw several times with his feet, and only after it was softened did he spread it in the wooden box.

Then he took the two chicks out of the backpack and put them in the box.

As soon as the two chicks came out, they raised their heads, opened their mouths, and screamed.

At this time, the chicks only sleep and eat all day long.

When it hears the slightest movement, it will open its mouth and squawk, begging for food.

Chen Weidong ignored them as he had just fed them on the road.

Today's baby birds are just like children. They don't know when they are full or hungry. As long as you feed them, they will keep eating until they die of fullness.

Therefore, Chen Weidong stopped feeding them. After calling for a while and hearing no response, they naturally stopped calling.

"Weidong, what kind of bird is this? It's so pretty!" Liu Xueting came over with a bowl of rice and handed it to Chen Weidong, then she saw the two little golden eagles in the wooden box.

"Xueting, this is not a bird, it's a golden eagle!" Chen Weidong said with a smile.

"what!"

~

After dinner, Chen Weidong was afraid that the little fox would bite the little golden eagle to death, so he put the box on the beam of the kang room.

Liu Xueting then went to boil water for Chen Weidong and find some clean clothes. After taking a shower, Chen Weidong hugged Liu Xueting and went to sleep on the kang. Naturally, all those things happened.

The next day, Chen Weidong was woken up by the little milk ball very early.

At first, one person crawled into his bed, and then six people came over to join in the fun. So Chen Weidong simply got up early. Liu Xueting had also woken up a long time ago and was cleaning the yard and preparing to cook.

After Chen Weidong washed up, he took the dog food and fed it to the dogs first. He also fed the livestock at home!
Shovel some donkey dung!
Then the green sheep was hung up and skinned and deboned.

"Look, Dad is killing the sheep!"

The little girls were lying on the kang and looking out of the window. Then, one after another, more little girls got up, put on their clothes, and ran over to join in the fun. The young ones who didn't know how to dress themselves called for their mothers anxiously.

Chen Weidong took a look and continued to skin and bone the green sheep.

By the time Chen Weidong finished peeling the skin, Liu Xueting had already prepared breakfast.

After the family of eight had breakfast, Chen Weidong cut a piece of mutton from the green sheep, went to the kang room, took down the wooden box from the beam, and

The two baby birds immediately started to squawk, their mouths wide open.

Cut the mutton into small strips and feed them to the two chicks one by one.

Now the golden eagle is still small, so you don't need to let it get on your arm when feeding it. But when it grows a little bigger, you should let it get on your arm every time you feed it, so that it can develop the habit of eating from your arm, which enhances the relationship between humans and eagles.

There is no need to keep a young eagle awake when it just opens its eyes and sees that it is Chen Weidong.

This saved Chen Weidong a lot of trouble. You know, keeping an eagle awake is a very troublesome thing!
To train a hawk, one must first "train" it, that is, train away its wildness. The method is that the hunter must accompany it and not let the hawk sleep.

Not everyone can be a hawk-tender, because the process is so torturous!
Falcon training usually involves training sub-adult eagles, because their wings are already full, but their flying ability is still very poor, and the eagles at this time are very easy to control.

In his previous life, Chen Weidong had seen Kazakhs training hawks. After they brought the hawks back home,
First tie their wings with ropes, then put them on a thin wooden stick, and hang them on the beams with ropes tied to both ends of the stick.

In order to keep its balance and not fall, the eagle had to hold the stick tightly with its two claws.

This is when the eagle trainer comes in. He will move a small stool and sit in front of the eagle, brewing a pot of tea and sitting there for four or five days.

During these four or five days, neither humans nor eagles could sleep well, because these eagles were all sub-adult individuals.

They are very wild and even though their wings are tied, they will not listen to humans.

The eagle trainer will put minced mutton in front of the eagle, but the eagle will not eat the food given out of pity.

A whole day passed like this. Although the eagles did not eat the food given by humans and were able to endure hunger, they needed to sleep. Their originally vigilant eyes gradually lost their spirit and their eyelids gradually drooped.

At this time, the eagle trainer will take out musical instruments, sit next to the eagle and play and sing. The eagle trainers in Kazakhstan usually perform a dombra tune.

But humans and eagles do not share the same emotions. As an eagle, it only feels noisy.

After a long time, the eagle is so sleepy that the sound of the dombra can no longer disturb it. At this time, the eagle trainer will poke it with a small stick, and the eagle will immediately become energetic as soon as it is poked.

After a while, its eyelids droop again, and the falconer will repeat the above steps.

After two or three days of tormenting the eagles, they are so sleepy that they are no longer sensitive to the sticks. At this point, the eagle trainer needs to increase the intensity and give them something more stimulating.

When the eagle lies down or plays badly, the eagle trainer will constantly shake the thin wooden stick under the eagle's feet with his hands to make the eagle's body swing back and forth.

If it still sleeps so soundly, tie up its feet and hang it upside down on the beam. The eagle is not a bat and cannot sleep upside down, so it can only struggle hard.

At the same time, the eagle trainer will make various howls, imitating the sounds of wild beasts on the grassland, making the eagle feel unprecedented fear.

The eagle-training man will do this operation every once in a while, and the eagle's temper will be worn out little by little. At this time, both the man and the eagle have reached their limits.

However, when the person who is training the eagle can't stand it anymore, he can replace someone else and use a rotation system to tame the eagle.

At this time, put a piece of raw mutton in the palm of your hand and extend it in front of the eagle. If the eagle eats it in big mouthfuls, it means that it has been tamed. If it doesn't eat it, it only means that it is not cooked enough.

It can also be judged by touching it. If the falconer touches the eagle's head and the eagle does not resist, it means that it has been tamed. An experienced falconer can tell from the eagle's eyes whether it is cowardly.

Surviving the falcon is only the first step. After that, it needs to be trained to gradually become familiar with and approach the owner, so that standing on the owner's arm becomes a habit. This process is called "passing the fist".

The next step is to let it fly directly to the owner's arm when it hears the call from a distance. This training process is called "running rope".

Before the hawk is officially released, it must be trained, and the training process is quite bloody.
The eagle is made to swallow two or three glutinous rice balls wrapped with meat slices, which will cause it to vomit uncontrollably. This process is also called "le fat" or "swing the axis".

Only in this way can the falcon be able to hunt.

In short, raising and training eagles is not that easy.

……

After feeding the mutton, Chen Weidong held the two chicks in his hands. Before he had time to interact with them and cultivate their relationship,
Then I heard Xiaowu running into the living room with his short legs and calling in a baby voice, "Dad, Dad, where are you?"

"Dad, I'm here!" Chen Weidong responded.

"whee."

The little kid came running in happily on his short legs.

"Wow! Two little chicks. Where did you pick them up from, Dad?"

"Uh...chicken?!"

Chen Weidong didn't know whether to laugh or cry, he mistook the eagle for a chicken!
"Big sister, second sister, third sister, fourth sister, come and see! Daddy caught two chicks!"

Wu Ni did not forget her sisters. After shouting, she squatted beside Chen Weidong and looked at the two little chicks!

Whoosh whoosh!

Da Ni and Er Ni had not gone to school yet, and they ran in one by one when they heard the noise.

"Chicken! Chicken!"

"Dad, why is this chick different from the one raised by Donkey Egg?"

(End of this chapter)