Li Xiangdong put Tianba in a cage and threw it a piece of pork rib, which stopped it from barking.

"Gun Gun, come quick!"

Li Xiangdong went to the kitchen and brought out two bright red and fragrant apples and three carrots, calling Gun Gun over to eat.

As expected of someone who had lived in the Luo family's courtyard for a period of time, Gun Gun walked up to Li Xiangdong without any hesitation, grabbed an apple with its big paws, and stuffed it into its mouth.

"Click~ Click~"

The apple juice was overflowing, and Gun Gun ate it with great relish.

Seeing that the terrifying Tianba was locked up and their mother was eating delicious food, the two panda cubs judged that the surrounding environment was safe and immediately hopped over to the panda.

One panda cub quickly climbed onto the panda's head, while the other slowly climbed into the panda's arms, looking up at the panda eating an apple.

This scene is so cute!

Li Xiangdong rushed into the house, took out his newly bought camera, and snapped several photos of the mother and her two children.

Seeing that Gun Gun had quickly finished a big apple, Li Xiangdong handed it a clean carrot.

The gluttonous carrots also ate with great relish.

Seeing that the two panda cubs were looking very hungry, Li Xiangdong broke the carrot in half and handed it to each of them.

While the pandas were enjoying their meal, Li Xiangdong positioned his camera and took a group photo of himself with the mother and her two cubs.

He planned to wash it and hang it inside the house.

Taking a photo with a national treasure—what a rare and precious opportunity!

After taking the photos, Li Xiangdong focused on playing with the panda.

Thinking of the pandas kept in zoos in later generations, whose cubs as big as pandas need to drink milk from bowls, Li Xiangdong quickly prepared the goat milk powder he had bought for Liu Jiangsu and fed it to the two cubs.

Sure enough, the two babies preferred milk to carrots.

Even the panda abandoned the carrot and fought with the child for the bowl of milk.

Li Xiangdong was both amused and exasperated, and quickly went to the kitchen to prepare a large basin of goat milk.

The mother and her two cubs were drinking happily when suddenly Gun Gun stood up straight and warily shielded her two cubs behind her.

Li Xiangdong was puzzled. After waiting for a while, he heard light footsteps coming from a distance.

When they went outside, they saw Luo Hongkai and Liu Jiangsu returning with Bai Yufeng and Luo Jinbu.

The door was open, and Luo Jinbu immediately exclaimed excitedly upon seeing the large and two small children inside.

"Gungung! Gungung is here! Grandpa, Grandma, look! Gungung is back!"

Luo Hongkai smiled and said to Li Xiangdong, "This panda is very clever! It must have known you were coming and came back to play with you!"

It turns out that ever since Li Xiangdong saved Gun Gun, Gun Gun has been staying at Luo Hongkai's house.

Later, Li Xiangdong and the Luo family left western Sichuan together. After staying at the Luo family's house for a few days without seeing anyone or being fed, Gun Gun sadly returned to the mountains.

Later on, Gun Gun would come down the mountain to wander around the village from time to time. Everyone in the village liked Gun Gun and would feed it wherever it went.

The panda is a friendly animal and has never accidentally harmed people or livestock. In addition, its status as a national treasure has been deeply rooted in people's hearts, so everyone loves it very much.

Liu Jiangsu exclaimed with delight, "No wonder Gun Gun hasn't come to the village all year! Turns out she gave birth to a baby panda!"

At this moment, Luo Jinbu had already run up to the panda cub and reached out to move it.

This terrified Li Xiangdong.

Giant pandas are known for being very protective of their cubs!

Luo Jinbu, aren't you afraid that the panda will react and attack if you rush up and move the cub like that?

This is, after all, a wild beast. No matter how intelligent it is, it's still not a human!

Li Xiangdong turned around to save Luo Jinbu, but saw that everyone around him seemed unfazed.

The giant panda, Gun Gun, seemed completely oblivious, drinking its milk from its bowl without even glancing at its cub.

"Woof woof~ woof woof~"

The panda cub in Luo Jinbu's arms made a soft barking sound.

This is because the person whose property was moved is unhappy.

Bai Yufeng quickly took two steps forward, took the panda cub out of Luo Jinbu's arms, and scolded her son, "You're so rough!"

The panda cub, now free, felt threatened. Unfortunately, its mother was too busy eating and wouldn't help. So, it wriggled its little bottom and ran to the tree in the yard, where it began to climb up the tree with all its might.

Hiding in trees is a common way for pandas to avoid danger.

Li Xiangdong was afraid the panda cub would fall from the tree, so he tried to pick it up. However, as soon as he made a move, the panda cub barked even louder, which frightened him so much that he quickly let go.

The pandas were completely left to their own devices, with no one taking care of them at all.

Not long after, other villagers heard the news and came over with bamboo shoots, apples, and carrots to feed the panda.

Gun Gun's originally flat belly became big and round in less than an afternoon.

It lay on its back with its four legs in the air and its belly turned outwards, looking quite content.

The two panda cubs stopped hiding and quietly ate fruit next to their mother.

Luo Jinbu suggested, "These two little rascals are so cute, let's give them names!"

"Yes, we can't always call it 'Little Panda,' it doesn't sound good!"

Everyone else agreed with Luo Jinbu's opinion.

Li Xiangdong scratched his head. "What should we call it?"

Actually, according to the naming rules of zoos in later generations, pandas are named after their mothers.

For example, the cubs of the giant panda Mengmeng from the Beijing Zoo are named Mengda, Menger, Menglan, Mengbao, and Mengyu.

For those who didn't have time to be named, we'll just call them "So-and-so's kid".

Like Menglan, when she was little, she was called Mengmengzai, Mengmenger (in Sichuan accent, it sounds like Momoer).

People are used to calling her that, so they also call her Menglan Momo'er.

Should we call them "Rolling Boys"?

This doesn't sound very good either!

Finally, after soliciting everyone's opinions, we selected the names Xianxian and Ruirui from a wide variety of names, including Dabao, Erbao, Qingzhu, Qinghua, Yuanyuan, Fangfang, and others.

The panda that Luo Jinbu's dog barked at earlier is named Xianxian, and the other one quietly eating fruit is named Ruirui.

Although the two panda cubs look somewhat alike at first glance, a closer look reveals that Xianxian's fur is more fluffy, while Ruirui's fur is smoother.

Li Xiangdong wrote a detailed letter to Ning Ruoruo about how Gun Gun brought Xian Xian and Rui Rui to visit him, and also included several photos of him with the giant pandas.

Gun Gun lingered in the village for three days before leading Xian Xian and Rui Rui back to the mountains.

Li Xiangdong speculated that it might be because the sound of firecrackers in the village was getting louder as the Lunar New Year approached, which frightened Gun Gun.

Li Xiangdong remained motionless for a long time after watching the mother and her two children enter the mountains.

The panda is already a teenager, which is equivalent to a human in their forties. In the harsh environment of the wild, this age is not young.

Li Xiangdong didn't know how many more times he would see Gun Gun in the future.

Therefore, he cherished this meeting all the more.

Of course, Li Xiangdong never expected that ten years later, Xianxian's descendants would be rescued in the wild, and he would even adopt Xianxian's descendants.

Pandas drinking milk in an orderly fashion

A giant panda lying leisurely