124 Catching Chicken

◎There was no other way. Qiao Jinnian had never caught a bird with wings like this before, so he could only change his strategy◎

No matter how powerful the lion king is, he will eventually grow old. This hunting operation still consumed too much of the lion father's physical strength.

After handing the buffalo lying on the ground to the three brothers, the lion father gasped for breath, with his heart area heaving rapidly.

He walked slowly to a big tree far away from the buffalo herd, then lay down again, took a short rest, squinted his eyes, and watched the three brothers tearing into buffalo meat on the other side of the river.

Those are the descendants of the tribe, and they are still alive and well.

Because they had been well taught by their elders in the tribe, the three brothers would naturally not enjoy the food alone. Moreover, the buffalo was killed by the lion king, so they would not eat it first.

So, one of the lions held the piece of meat he had torn off in his mouth and dragged it backwards back to his temporary territory. He dragged it in front of the lion father and handed the piece of meat to the lion king. Then he turned around, lowered his head, put his forehead against the lion king, and growled: "Roar——"

The lion father did not refuse, after all, it was time for him to eat.

Knowing that the elders of the two-legged beasts usually do not eat meat directly, the three of them began to feast on it.

The three brothers are all adult lions, and their appetites have increased. They can eat the remaining meat if they insist, or they can save it for tomorrow, but then it may be snatched away by other animals.

So, the three of them lay on the ground and ate as much as they could.

The leader of the buffalo herd was killed, and the other buffaloes just watched their leader howling silently, and no buffalo came to rescue him.

Now the buffalo herd is leaderless, and I'm afraid they will have to fight again before they can elect a new leader.

The leader leads the team and leads the adult bulls to protect the entire tribe. This is why the leader is so powerful in combat.

If it was an old buffalo, the three brothers would have been able to kill it, but it happened to be the leader, and thanks to the help of the lion father, they were able to save their lives.

The entire grassland is full of dangers. Even the king among top predators is not invincible. Danger may come from competitors at the same level of the food chain, from prey, or from nature.

The three brothers ate very slowly, after all, the buffalo was very big. They didn't eat until they could not eat anymore. Then they dragged the prey back and prepared to digest it for a while before continuing to eat.

The lion father was also full and was lying under a tree with his eyes closed to rest.

Without disturbing the lion father, Qiao Jinnian remembered that he wanted to try to use the wildebeest's horn to make a tool for climbing trees. The flying tiger claw made of stone was not good enough.

But everyone was full today, so she could only catch another one in two days and cook a meal for everyone.

It was considered extremely lucky for them to meet their three nephews this time. After all, the grassland is so big and so vast. It is not easy for them to meet these relatives who have left the tribe in this lifetime.

She hoped to meet Leiber and his friends, as well as Sa Dadan and his friends, at least once in her future journeys.

Lions grow too fast, and their lives are too short for humans. For example, the lion father is already 14 years old. The reason why Qiao Jinnian has always been with her father is that she wants her father to have someone to rely on when he is old, so that he will not die miserably like those lion kings who were driven out because of their old age.

She just hopes that the lion father can live well.

After a good rest, the lion father tilted his head and licked her face. His golden lion eyes met her black eyes, and both the man and the lion saw the message of leaving in each other's eyes.

Yes, they are just descendants of a tribe they met on the road and it is impossible for them to stay here forever.

After expressing his intention to leave to the three lions, Qiao Jinnian hugged each one and rubbed their manes, then continued walking towards the east with his old father.

Their goal was very clear, because Qiao Jinnian needed to go there to find tubers and catch two more guinea fowls.

This time, she wants to be more prepared because she has already chosen a place for herself and her lion father to live in their old age.

To go to the eastern grasslands, they must have passed by the elephant herd.

Although she hadn't been here for several years, the Elephant Queen still recognized her. The elephant herd had added two new baby elephants in recent years, a larger male elephant and a newborn baby elephant.

These are two elephants that have never seen Qiao Jinnian.

The older one was less curious and just watched her from a distance, while the newborn elephant was very curious. When it saw the queen stretching out her trunk to greet the two-legged beast, it ran over with its chubby legs and touched the two-legged beast's face with its trunk.

I don’t know how many days this baby elephant was born, but it’s super cute, with flickering ears and a soft trunk.

The elephant mother was very protective of her cub, but she did not refuse Qiao Jinnian from contacting her child at this time.

Neither of these two is the Elephant Queen's child. The Elephant Queen must be very old, and she cannot tell which elephant her child is. In short, her daughter will definitely be the new queen of the elephant herd in the future.

Elephants have a long lifespan and can live up to 80 years old, which is similar to humans. So, perhaps, a few years later, when Qiao Jinnian comes here again, she will know who the new elephant queen is.

After saying hello to Qiao Jinnian, the herd of elephants was about to set off to the river to drink water, and the mother elephant called the baby elephant over.

As a result, the baby elephant was now very interested in Qiao Jinnian and could not be called at all. He ignored his mother and even shouted at her: "Moo——"

The mother elephant felt helpless and walked slowly over, trying to use her trunk to carry her baby away.

Before the mother could make a move, the older elephant, the elder brother of the younger elephant, came over and poked his younger brother's belly with his trunk, urging him to moo.

Unexpectedly, the little elephant wrapped its trunk around Qiao Jinnian's weapon again, wanting to see why there was a stone on the stick.

The elder elephant started to get annoyed and hit his younger brother's stomach with his head. However, he didn't control the force well and knocked the little elephant over, making it fall on its back.

"Moo--" The little elephant was startled and suddenly felt dizzy. He couldn't get up and kept calling for his mother to save him.

Seeing the baby elephant fall, the mother elephant became anxious. She took two quick steps, went over and hit her eldest son with her trunk to express her blame, then she used her trunk to roll up the baby elephant and help him stand up.

With the help of his mother, the baby elephant just stood up with great effort, and then used his small body to charge towards his brother, intending to take revenge.

The elder brother didn't dare to fight back, and quickly ran towards the tribe, howling as he ran: "Moo——"

The baby elephant also ran towards the herd, and the mother elephant had no choice but to follow behind and leave with the main group.

Qiao Jinnian shook her head. The elephant queen was truly amazing. She had developed the tribe exceptionally well. An elephant would be pregnant for almost two years at a time, and now she had two more babies, which meant that the tribe was living a very good life.

The father and daughter continued walking towards the eastern grassland where they once lived. Everything here had changed. Qiao Jinnian looked at the water containers that were bitten and broken by animals and scattered everywhere, which showed that many animals had come here and none of the water containers were usable.

When I came here before, there were Sister Sa, Reiner, and the little lions. Now, there are only father and daughter left.

Qiao Jinnian quickly made a broom for herself and swept the ground clean, especially the animal feces, so that the lion father could lie down here and sleep.

Qiao Jinnian made a few water containers for himself and took them to the western grassland to scoop water. However, there were still several crocodiles lurking there.

In the past, Reiner always accompanied her. When facing an adult male lion, the crocodile usually did not dare to move, after all, the male lion was not easy to mess with.

Now, if Qiao Jin just recited it, the crocodile might come and attack her.

In order to prevent accidents from happening, Qiao Jinnian lowered his head and growled a few times at the river as a warning. Then he took the spear in his hand and poked it into the water to see if there were any crocodiles nearby.

Only after she was sure there were no crocodiles did she dare to scoop water with a basin.

However, when she turned around and went back, she found that the lion father was not lying under the big tree, but was standing not far behind her, as if he had come here specifically to help her scoop water.

However, he did not come over because he saw her stabbing the water with her weapon and threatening the crocodiles in the water.

The lion father stood silently in the middle of the grassland, his face still expressionless, but his eyes were gentle, just like an old human father watching his child grow up, feeling relieved from the inside out.

Apart from the difference in species, the lion father has no different feelings for him than his parents in his previous life.

Her parents in her previous life tried desperately to save her life, and her father in this life always protected her silently behind her.

Thinking that her father was already 14 years old, Qiao Jinnian's eyes were instantly filled with tears.

How she wished that lions and humans had the same lifespan so that she could accompany her father for many, many years.

After taking two quick steps, Qiao Jinnian carried the basin and came to the lion father, walking back with him.

In the afternoon, Qiao Jinnian went to the Blue Egg Monkey's territory again and dug up some tuberous plants from them, intending to take them back and plant them.

It has been a long time since I last saw these monkeys. They still remembered Qiao Jinnian and did not stop her from digging that plant. Just as she said, she was the only biped on this grassland and was very easy to recognize.

She planted the tubers back on the land she had chosen, watered them, and then went to the mountains to catch guinea fowl.

She had once caught guinea fowl by accident using a trap, but now they only stayed here for a short time, so digging traps was too slow.

This time, she planned to catch two of them herself.

After much difficulty, she found a group of guinea fowls eating insects. She crawled forward like a lion, walked closer, and was ready to pounce and catch one alive.

As a result, the guinea fowl reacted extremely quickly, and they flapped their wings rapidly, making a "whoosh" sound, and actually flew into the tree?

There was no other way. Qiao Jinnian had never caught this kind of winged bird before, so he could only change his strategy and prepare to drive them into a small circle so that it would be easier to catch them.

The rock wall and the surrounding rocks just formed a small circle. She hurried along, but didn't dare to get too close, otherwise they would fly away.

After a while, the area where the guinea fowl ate insects became smaller and smaller, and they all gathered between the rock walls and stones. There were at least more than 20 guinea fowl here.

Knowing when to quit, Qiao Jinnian pounced on the 20 chickens, which caused a swarm of them to fly away from her hands. Some of them flew onto the rocks and turned back to cuckoo at her, as if mocking her poor hunting methods.

Qiao Jinnian pinched a few chicken feathers in her hand: "..."