112 Starving to death
◎While he was stunned, the lion father pounced on the baboon and killed it instantly.◎
This was the first time Qiao Jinnian saw a look of astonishment on the lion father's face. Yes, the father opened his mouth wide, and the golden lion eyes that usually liked to squint were wide open.
Not to mention Dad, even Qiao Jinnian couldn't bear to watch it anymore. He was starving himself to death...
However, Dad is old now. Although these little lions may be his younger brothers from several litters apart, other than that, there is no relationship between them. It is impossible for Dad to hunt to feed them, right?
This is too unrealistic!
Strictly speaking, Qiao Jinnian still has to call these little guys uncles. Thinking about this kind of relationship, it’s super funny.
Who would want such a stupid uncle?
The four little ones were already starving to the point of being skin and bones, with stars in their eyes and dizziness in their heads, but they still had to go hunting. Then, because they were working in vain, they became even more dizzy. This vicious cycle continued and it was really going to kill them!
They don't know how to hunt at all, but the mothers are in mating season again. This is because the cubs have grown up, so the mothers finally drove all the young lions out in one go.
Qiao Jinnian tried to put herself into her grandmother's shoes. If she had four sons who didn't hunt, drove their mother and sisters away all day, and monopolized the food, she would have been unable to bear it long ago!
But she also had a strange feeling. She always felt that her grandmother was kicked by the giraffe that day and might have suffered serious internal injuries. Maybe the boys were not driven out, but their mother had died?
Thinking of this possibility, Qiao Jinnian stopped looking at the teenagers and turned to look at his old father. He pointed towards the desert and said, "Awoo?"
She was pointing in the direction of the rocky mountain where the father and daughter usually went, so the father quickly understood that she wanted to go to the rocky mountain.
Anyway, the father and daughter felt uncomfortable seeing the four teenagers acting so silly, so they might as well go out for a walk and relax.
Qiao Jinnian walked beside her father and came to the rock. However, there were only three lionesses beside the rock, one was an adult lioness mother, and the other two were cubs.
That means grandma is really missing!
"Awooo?" Qiao Jinnian pointed at the lion group on the rocks below and looked at his father's golden lion eyes.
The lion father's originally lazy expression suddenly became a little solemn.
A "whooshing" sound suddenly came from his mouth, and then he began to spin in circles, looking a little exhausted.
Yes, he suspected that grandma was dead.
Qiao Jinnian stood in front of her father, stretched out her hands to hug his huge lion head, put her forehead against his, and imitated the sound of a little lion: "Awoo——"
This was the voice that Qiao Jinnian always used to comfort her father. Perhaps he was thinking of something, and her father suddenly stopped where he was and stopped turning around. He just let her hold his head and stared at the three lionesses below without moving.
After a while, he seemed to have made a decision and growled: "Roar——"
Qiao Jinnian didn't know where he was going, so she followed him, jogging all the way. After running for a while, her father lowered his head to carefully identify the smell and sound, and then continued to run forward.
There was an endless expanse of yellow sand ahead. It was the hottest time of the day. Lions were very drought-resistant, but Qiao Jinnian was really about to be melted by the heat.
Fortunately, she always had water in her cup and took a sip from time to time to ensure that she would not get heatstroke.
Above the yellow sand, the air was deformed, and all creatures in the distance became blurred.
They ran a long distance and came to the east side of the desert area. This side was a sandy area with sparse vegetation, but they were finally out of the desert area.
The lion father began to lower his head and smell again, distinguishing the different smells, walking and stopping along the way, until they came to a rock.
Finally, the lion father found his mother lying on the rock on the other side.
Yes, at this time, grandma was so hungry that her ribs were clearly visible, and she was lying there dying.
Compared to the previous period, grandma looked much older overnight, so the giraffe mother must have caused her some internal injuries, otherwise, with her superb hunting skills, she would not be so hungry.
Internal injuries are not like external injuries, which can be licked and disinfected. The lion will slowly become weaker until death.
Originally, the lion father had never considered going over to meet his mother. Now, seeing his mother so old, he hesitated for a moment, but still walked up to her.
The mother and son met again after ten years, but grandma really didn't react at all to dad. Those familiar smells disappeared in the wilderness of time without leaving any trace.
When grandma saw the lion father, she was obviously a little nervous. After all, he was a strange lion and she didn't know what he was going to do.
Although she was very nervous, grandma was too weak. She just lay on the ground and growled at the lion father: "Roar——"
It is a warning sound.
The lion father already knew that the mother did not recognize him, so he did not continue to move forward. Instead, he lay on the ground facing her, looking into her golden lion eyes. He lowered his head and licked his big paws from time to time, as if using this action to show that he had no ill intentions.
Sure enough, grandma finally let down her guard and was too tired to care about him anymore. She also lowered her head and licked her front paws.
It seemed that she really didn't have enough physical strength to hunt, so she had to leave her lion group alone, forcing her sons to go out and be independent in this way.
Thinking of this, Qiao Jinnian suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.
Perhaps, these are normal in the lion's world, but for her as a human being, it is too abnormal. Grandma has raised children all her life, but now she can't recognize her own sons. The four sons rely on her for support all day long. Now that grandma is injured and unable to hunt, no male or female lion comes out to find grandma and raise their old mother.
Qiao Jinnian couldn't stand it anymore, so he walked over and pointed to the valley in the west and said, "Awoo—"
She didn't know whether the lion father could understand her, and she couldn't ask him to cook for her grandmother. After all, he was old, and it was amazing that he could support himself. But she wanted to go back and teach the little lions how to hunt, and then use the prey they caught to feed her grandmother.
Qiao Jinnian knew that she was crazy. She was so angry that she was about to die. She had a lot of random thoughts in her mind, but she didn't know how to express her thoughts to her lion father.
On the one hand, grandma was almost starving and needed to eat, and on the other hand, she thought those stupid lions had not caught any prey in five days and were simply stupid!
Sure enough, the lion father had no idea what she was trying to say.
Qiao Jinnian didn't care. It didn't matter if she didn't understand. She couldn't bear to watch her grandmother die like that. This was against her values. She didn't care whether this was against the laws of nature or not. She just knew that she was so angry that she was about to explode!
The lion father didn't understand, so she raised the spear in her hand high and ran towards the sand next to her, ready to catch an antelope by herself and tell her father with her actions what she wanted to do.
The cub suddenly ran towards the sand like crazy, and of course the lion father had to chase it, not knowing what the cub was going to do.
At this time, it was already evening, and Qiao Jinnian had to catch the prey as soon as possible before it got dark, no matter what.
However, she ran across the entire sandy area without seeing any prey. Only then did she realize that there were really few prey here, and without a sensitive nose and ears, she would not be able to find any prey at all.
At this time, the lion father seemed to finally understand what the cub was going to do, so he took two quick steps, came in front of her, and motioned for her to follow him.
After a while, the lion father took her to a place with many trees.
At this time, on a crooked tree, a leopard was surrounded by a group of baboons. There was only this one tree nearby, so the leopard was in a dilemma.
He couldn't escape from other trees, nor could he go down because the trees were full of baboons. The worst thing was that the baboons were also good at climbing trees. Several of them climbed up the tree, ready to fight the leopard.
Baboons don't eat leopards, and no one knows what the grudge is between the two families.
But female lions, whether they are baboons or leopards, can all be food for lions.
For Qiao Jinnian, Dazhuang is her friend, Diandian is also her friend, but the leopard and baboon in front of her are not people she knows.
I felt a little uncomfortable because this was not regular food.
While the lion was stunned, he pounced on the baboon and bit it to death immediately.
"Wa wah wah wah wah--" The baboon group suddenly became excited and came to the lion father angrily to ask for an explanation. It seemed that the two sides were about to fight.
"Roar—" Qiao Jinnian raised the spear in his hand and roared loudly at the group of baboons, blocking his father in front of him, with an imposing manner of "If you want to hit my father, kill me first!"
Because she was holding the spear high, Qiao Jinnian's current height was about 1.3 meters. Because she could now look directly into her father's eyes, and the spear artificially increased her height, animals like her who walked upright always appeared too tall and looked more terrifying than animals that walked on all fours.
Therefore, the baboons also have to consider each other's strength.
Seeing the baboons with their eyes open and baring their teeth at her, Qiao Jinnian rushed forward, raised her spear and swung it at them. This crazy look really scared the baboons and they scattered.
At this time, the leopard, which had been forced to stand on the tree for most of the day, took advantage of the chaos and ran away.
Seeing the leopard running away, the baboons started chasing it again...
The lion father was holding a baboon in his mouth and just looking at her quietly. He probably thought it was amazing that she could scare away the baboon group.
Neither the father nor the daughter spoke, and they walked back in silence.
Until I came to where grandma was lying.
The lion father slowly walked over and placed the baboon's body five meters away from grandma. He looked at grandma and growled, "Roar——"
Grandma looked at Dad the whole time with a look of astonishment, totally unable to understand his behavior.
Knowing that grandma still had doubts, the lion father got up, walked over, and hooked his tail around Qiao Jinnian's waist, indicating that he was leaving.
Qiao Jinnian was a little happy for a moment, so she simply grabbed her father's tail and walked forward holding his tail.
The lion father turned around in astonishment, his golden eyes widening: "Roar——"
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