106 Future

◎It always looks so cute when such a big lion washes his face like a cat.◎

The ostrich herd is now very large. Qiao Jinnian doesn't recognize any of them. She only knows that the taller one with black feathers is the ostrich father, and the one with gray feathers is the ostrich mother. However, ostriches grow up very quickly, so the children look exactly like their parents, which is very frustrating.

She doesn't know these ostriches, but the ostriches all know her.

That’s enough. Maybe she is the only one in the whole grassland who is so stupid that she doesn’t recognize anyone.

Sometimes, she even felt like a star, recognized by other animals wherever she went, but no one could recognize her.

Because she was the only strange two-legged creature on the entire grassland.

The ostriches' dancing posture is not pretty and looks silly. They are really big, two meters tall, with long legs and necks. Their faces are expressionless and their eyes look dull. But they really like to dance and run around. They are so happy!

The ostriches here are not afraid of lions and cheetahs at all. They feel very safe living here. That's why all the ostriches followed her. It has to be said that every animal is very cunning!

The sub-adults saw that the lion king was not going to eat, and they didn't know what was going on here, but there were two prey next to the campfire, and they were all hungry, so they all focused their attention on the lion king's face.

This is obvious. If the Lion King doesn't eat, they dare not eat either. This is the pre-meal etiquette that Sister Sa trained them in.

The lion king finally realized that it was time to eat, so he walked over, lay down next to the campfire, and began to eat heartily.

The lion king finally finished his meal, and Sister Sa then took the adult lions upstairs to eat meat. There was a lot of meat, and they could eat it in big mouthfuls.

Finally, when all the elders had finished their meal, the sub-adults' saliva was almost half a meter long...

I was really drooling, with food hanging from my lips and falling in mid-air.

Qiao Jinnian: “…” It was too painful to watch.

As soon as the elders turned around and left and returned to the grass nearby, the sub-adults rushed over, one next to the other, surrounding the two prey and devouring them.

These children have really big appetites. If they couldn’t hunt on their own, the lion pride really wouldn’t be able to support them. So, a lion pride doesn’t keep idle lions, not even a single lazy one.

You dare not be lazy. The lions have sharp eyes. Every lion knows who is lazy, who is not working hard, and who contributes little.

If you want to fill in the numbers and eat for free, then I'm sorry, all the lions will not let you eat!

Fortunately, except for the little lion who was driven away, the other lions were very obedient and diligent. They ate in an orderly manner and did not roar or bite randomly.

Of course, it is also possible that after the little lion was driven out by the elders last time, all the sub-adults saw it and were determined not to act rashly, otherwise they would also end up being driven out.

The sub-adults ate up all the food, then returned to the seat arranged for them by their sister (aunt), lowered their heads to lick their big paws, and then used their big paws to wash the blood off their faces and mouths, just like a cat washing its face.

Big lions are also cats. They wash their faces in the same way as domestic cats, except that they are much larger. Adult male lions can be 3 meters long, such as the lion father.

It always looks particularly cute when such a big lion washes his face the way a cat does.

This is how the lion dad washes his face. Qiao Jinnian likes watching him wash his face. It’s super cute.

Walking forward, Qiao Jinnian hugged her father's big neck and wanted to rub it, but her father had not washed his face clean yet, so he turned back helplessly and licked her face a few times to express his comfort.

However, his mouth was full of blood and smelled stinky. Qiao Jinnian turned her head away with some disgust.

Can’t the lion father see that he is being disliked?

"Wow——" Dad is so annoyed by her!

Qiao Jinnian laughed out loud: "Hahaha..."

After laughing, Qiao Jinnian was no longer annoyed with her father. She ran to the middle of the circle and pulled the hare, gazelle, and striped monkeys over to eat grass. Of course, there was also the group of monkeys eating bread, so that they could eat fruit together.

These animals are close neighbors of the lion group and are very familiar with them. They will not be eaten by the lion group because the lion group has plenty of other food on the open grassland.

Yoyo, his wife and children, ran into the circle and ate the leaves with their heads down. Bread was the most generous. He brought his fellow lions over to eat and take things together without any hesitation. They even ran over and squatted next to the lion father, eating the fruit in big mouthfuls.

The hares were hopping around, eating the grass everywhere, but unfortunately, they pooped while eating, making the grass stink...

Forget it, whatever. Qiao Jinnian saw that Stripe was the only zebra at the scene, and he seemed a little lonely. She suddenly remembered that a few years ago, she was still thinking about taming Stripe into an ordinary horse.

So, should horses be able to be ridden and carry heavy loads?

Suddenly, Qiao Jinnian stood up, walked over to greet Stripe, grabbed his back and tried to climb up.

When Stripe saw her coming, he opened his mouth, revealing his big, wide teeth. He opened and closed his mouth, moving his entire horse face towards her, as if asking her: What are you going to do?

Qiao Jinnian naturally couldn't tell him what she was going to do, because talking wouldn't make any sense, so she just went up and tried to see if zebras could be tamed by humans.

Stripe is a very well-behaved boy, because he grew up with a pride of lions. He has no mother and no tribe. Apart from his nature, he doesn't know any rules of the zebra herd. When Qiao Jinnian asks him to carry things, he does so without any objection.

Now, after a long time of effort, Qiao Jinnian finally jumped onto Stripe's back, patted his butt, and imitated the horse riders he saw on TV. This way, Stripe should move forward, right?

But no, Stripe opened his mouth again, chewing grass while looking back at her, still not understanding what she meant.

Qiao Jinnian recalled that people on TV would always shout "Ride" when riding horses.

So, she said to Stripe, "Fight!"

Stripe was even more confused this time. He stopped eating the grass, bared his big teeth in front of her, and stared at her with his big eyes.

Realizing something, Qiao Jinnian pulled out a hemp rope from the woven bag, tried to spank his butt, and said, "Fight!"

Well, Stripe seemed to finally realize that he had to do something, so he took two steps forward and looked back at her.

Just like that, Qiao Jinnian twitched, he took two steps, and looked back again.

Sigh, feeling tired, Qiao Jinnian thought, forget it, just let Stripe carry the things. I don’t know how the ancients tamed horses, maybe zebras can’t be ridden at all...

Okay, Qiao Jinnian turned over again and saw Silverback and the Cloak family crawling out of the cave and running over to watch the fun.

I waved to them and the silverback quickly ran over. He opened his small eyes and looked at the lively scene on the grassland. He straightened his upper body and looked dazed, not knowing what he was thinking.

But he knew all the animals at the scene, so he only looked for a while and then went to find her grilled meat to eat. He was not polite at all. He searched everywhere and when he found it, he lay on the ground and ate it.

Cloak has always been timid, knowing that he is the younger brother, and always needs her permission before eating.

Qiao Jinnian took a handful of dried meat and handed it to him. He finished eating without looking at her. Seeing that the two prey on the grass had been eaten up, but there was still a lot of meat scraps and bones, he took his wife and children to deal with them.

Qiao Jinnian had never sung in her previous life, mainly because of her poor health, chest tightness and shortness of breath. It was a bit nervous to sing in the ward, but she had heard many songs. The first one that came to her mind was the theme song of "Journey to the West", and when she thought of the theme song, she thought of somersaults.

Now, when she saw the monkey group of Bread, she thought of testing whether Bread could do somersaults like a baboon.

After performing a front flip for Bread on the spot, Qiao Jinnian stood up and looked at Bread triumphantly. Her boasting was so evident that even an animal could understand what she meant.

Bread was not to be outdone. Of course, monkeys are so agile, how could they not be able to do somersaults?

Then, not only Bread, but other monkeys all stood in unison and started somersaults at the same time. Some did front flips, some did back flips, and some even jumped onto trees, hanging on the branches with one hand and flipping from one tree to another, looking so comfortable.

Qiao Jinnian raised her head and looked at those agile monkeys. She secretly decided that she must learn their special skills in the future, but her arm strength might not be enough.

No matter how weak her arms are, she can make a rope and put it on the tree. Oh, by the way, in those spy movies she used to watch, didn’t they have a tool that could climb walls? She could try and make one with a hemp rope. This way, she could also jump from one tree to another.

These are not useless skills. If she is chased by a grumpy hippopotamus again, she can throw a hemp rope onto the tree and let herself fall up. Wouldn't she not be afraid then?

Thinking of this, Qiao Jinnian became very excited. She planned to take advantage of the rainy season to continue practicing tree climbing with the monkeys and exercise her arm strength. After all, these monkeys and baboons were the primates closest to her.

Only Allen couldn't squeeze into the circle because he was too big, so he stood on the grassland, eating leaves and watching the animals here.

Qiao Jinnian walked over and patted Allen's nose, and Allen lay down, waiting for her to climb onto his back.

If Allen's nose was not injured, he could easily roll her up with his nose, but unfortunately his nose could not perform such complicated movements.

It seems that Allen has no intention of looking for other elephants of the same kind. After all, there are probably not many elephants in this world who would accept Allen like this.

The animals were eating their own food, dancing, and playing, and no animal was afraid of the fire.

Because they knew that this was a fire lit by Qiao Jinnian, and this kind of fire would not burn on the grassland, but only burn among the rocks.

Qiao Jinnian rode on Allen's back and let him walk slowly on the grassland, just like a walk in the suburbs at night.

To prevent her from falling, Allen walked very slowly, as if he was strolling, and his back was so wide that she could even lie on it.

Holding Allen's big ears, Qiao Jinnian looked up at the stars in the sky. Except for the North Star, she could hardly see the constellations, but the sky was really beautiful, more beautiful than what she had seen in the movies.

I don’t know when the next animal party will be. I also don’t know what will happen to my younger brothers and nephews in the future and whether they are living well.