books44 Chapter 291 Haidongqing
Chapter 291 Haidongqing
Lin Lanshan frowned and thought: Even if it's tiger bone and bear paw, although it's rarely seen in modern times and few people actually eat it, at least we know those things are edible and have heard of ways to prepare them.
But this bird? Never mind, I have plenty of meat at home, so I'd better not eat anything from unknown sources.
Should we just let it go? No way!
Although it was a lucky find, it was truly rare for them to catch such a big bird flying high in the sky.
It's such a pity to just let them go like that.
This is a bit tricky. After thinking for a moment, Lin Lanshan made a decision: "Whatever, I've never seen such a big bird before. I'll catch it and play with it for a couple of days."
This thing bites incredibly fast and with tremendous force. And when it spreads its wings, they're longer than one of her arms!
I had only ever seen blurry images of falcons hunting on TV before; I had no idea they were so powerful in real life.
I'm so curious about how cool and majestic it must look when it hunts in the sky...
It's a falcon I'm not sure what kind of falcon it is. I haven't heard it speak much, and I don't understand it very well.
But sensing whether its life is in danger at any moment is an innate instinct of a wild beast! It suddenly sensed that in the eyes of the two people in front of it, there was a look similar to the one it usually had when hunting its prey.
The falcon was terrified, trembling all over, flapping its wings frantically, wanting nothing more than to escape.
The violent movement sent mud and grass flying everywhere, creating a whirlwind in the air...
However, because one of its wings was injured and both its claws were bound, it couldn't fly no matter how hard it tried!
It struggled violently, crying out in panic, "Heave-ho!"
Unfortunately, even after sweeping the floor clean, he still couldn't escape the fate of being grabbed by the feet and lifted up by Lin Lanshan.
Lin Lanshan stood up, wiped her face with her other hand, and angrily yelled at it, "Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey! You slapped me all over with ash. Behave yourself, or I'll pluck all your fur off and put you in the pot right now!"
The wild instinct kicked in again, and the little falcon fell silent, no longer daring to flap its wings.
The main reason is that its other wing is in so much pain that it can't flap it anymore, and if it flaps it again, it will be ruined!
Lin Chunyi curiously touched its large wings and asked, "Shall we stop hunting and go straight home?"
Lin Lanshan picked up the falcon, which had given up struggling, and held it up to her sister, shaking it as she said, "We shot it, didn't we? We didn't come out here specifically to hoard meat. We've had our fun, we've hunted, so of course it's time to go home!"
Hehe, she wanted to hurry back and apply some medicine to the falcon to see if she could cure it. Then she would think about and research how to tie it with a sturdy rope.
Animal trainer Lin Lanshan, a professional falconer with a hundred years of experience, guaranteed!
"Okay, let's go. I'll go and drag the cart over."
Even the cutest and most fun animals that run on the ground might hesitate and consider whether they can live peacefully with their pets, Peach and Reunion.
But these things fly in the sky! They fly! And they're birds of prey!
How impressive it would be to catch them and keep them as pets! Hehe, she'll just have to "forget" about her pets at home for a while now~
Then, the Lin sisters, Lin Lanshan and Lin Chunyi, each carrying a falcon and the other pulling a washed cart, headed home.
On the way back,
"Speaking of Lanshan, does this falcon eat chickens and geese?" With such a powerful bird of prey, let alone reunion and peace, she even worried that Taozi might get a bite if she passed by.
Their pets roam and eat all day in the valley, their fur glistening with oil and their bodies muscular. What wild animal could resist drooling at the sight of them!
Lin Lanshan paused, lifted the falcon, which was hanging upside down and looking dizzy, and examined it from left to right. That big, sharp beak seemed rather formidable.
"I forgot about that, um..." After thinking for a while, he said, "How about we let Peach and Reunion sleep in the same room with us for a while, and then lock it in their room?"
Let's try raising it first. If it behaves well, we'll keep it. If it doesn't, we'll pluck its feathers and make a feather coat for Tuanyuan Ankang!
The falcon, its vision blurring, suddenly felt a strange chill run through its body. It instinctively shook its feathers: Here it comes again! This feeling of impending death, why is it back again!
The cart creaked and groaned on the road...
Lin Lanshan casually remarked, "By the way, in my memory, the birds of prey in the sky are just eagles, hawks, falcons, and vultures. I wonder where the falcon ranks, and whether it can defeat eagles, vultures, and hawks?"
She knew very little about birds; all she knew was that an eagle catches chicks, a vulture eats carrion, and Yang Guo's eagle brother in "The Return of the Condor Heroes".
The eagle in that TV series is bigger than a person!
Lin Chunyi thought for a moment, then shook her head and replied, "I don't know about eagles, but you're saying this thing can go toe-to-toe with eagles and vultures? With that size? I think it's unlikely."
Those two are so big, if one of them swung its paw, its head could probably spin twice.
"So weak? Oh, what a pity. Why didn't an eagle or a golden eagle fall down? That would be so much better." If an eagle, big as that, fell down, maybe they could stand on its hooves and fly wherever they wanted in the sky, hehe...
"Wake up, will you? We accept whatever God gives us. But you're making wishes on God's behalf, pushing your luck!"
Besides, don't underestimate it. This falcon looks familiar to me; I feel like I've seen it described in some novel. I suspect it's a gyrfalcon!
"A gyrfalcon!" Lin Lanshan stopped, excitedly lifting the falcon again to examine it closely.
Haidongqing!
Speaking of falcons, many people may not know what they are talking about.
But as for the name "Hai Dong Qing," anyone who has studied history, especially the stories from the Liao and Jin dynasties, should know a little about it.
The gyrfalcon, also known as the white falcon, is called the king of the skies, the king of all eagles, and the messenger of the gods, among other titles.
It is an important totem symbol in Manchu culture, representing the spirit of courage, wisdom, pioneering, perseverance, and so on.
Legend has it that only one gyrfalcon is born out of 100,000 eagles, making it especially precious and sacred.
It has a large, white head with a few grayish-brown markings. Its plumage is generally gray, white, black, and brown.
It is a medium-sized bird of prey, relatively large in size, and naturally fierce and agile, with an extremely fast flight speed.
Its distinctive large, round, all-black eyes possess exceptional vision, allowing it to instantly spot prey on the ground even high in the air.
Its mouth and feet have sharp hooks, making it easy to catch and tear prey. Small mammals and some large herbivores are within its hunting range.
Emperor Kangxi once wrote: "Of the 360 feathered creatures, the most divine and handsome is the gyrfalcon..."
"Hmm, I think so." Lin Chunyi nodded hesitantly.
She searched her mind for many descriptions of gyrfalcons, and the more she thought about it, the more convinced she became that this falcon was a gyrfalcon!
However, this one must be quite young, so its feathers are light in color and it doesn't look as fierce.