136 Going Home
◎That's because her father was afraid something might happen to her, so he was waiting for her to come home!◎
"Huff, huff—" How could Qiao Jinnian not be tired? She was just busy enjoying the scenery and didn't pay any attention to the brown hyena in front of her.
Now the brown hyena suddenly let go of the little warthog in its mouth, raised its black oval face, and looked at her fiercely, as if it was going to bite her to death if she dared to go over.
Qiao Jinnian was not afraid of him. At this moment, she could easily deal with a tired hyena that was about to run herself to death.
Unfortunately, hyena meat is extremely unpalatable because their staple food is all kinds of rotten and spoiled meat on the grassland. Therefore, most lions do not like to eat their meat and will feel nauseous.
Besides, the lion father is more picky about food than other lions, so she can't bring this hyena back to eat.
Walking straight forward, Qiao Jinnian picked up the little warthog with one hand, glanced at the hyena, and turned away.
The hyena recoiled, baring its teeth and growling. This was a defensive posture and a threat to her.
But Qiao Jinnian knew that he was at the end of his strength and there was no need to be afraid of him.
Even though she was very tired, she had actually gotten used to it. After all, she had been practicing long-distance running since she was a child. Just like a marathon runner, she had to adjust her breathing and maintain a steady speed, neither too fast nor too slow. In addition, humans have a powerful sweating function, and they replenished water along the way, so it was not a big problem.
If it weren't for the prey in his hand, Qiao Jinnian might have continued westward today to see what was inside the huge dense forest in the distance.
But she couldn't. First of all, there must be many animals there that she was not familiar with, and she might encounter an accident, such as a poisonous snake, which might take her life.
Secondly, she had her lion father and a group of friends waiting for her at home. The jungle was too far away. She had been chasing the brown hyena for so long, probably several hours, but still had not reached the edge of the jungle. I'm afraid it would take at least several days of walking to reach the depths of the jungle.
Walking back with the little warthog on his back, Qiao Jinnian felt a little happy. The air here was very fresh, and he really liked the southwestern grassland more and more.
But the strange thing is that the animals in the north may be separated by the desert and cannot come to the grasslands here.
Because they were out for too long this time, by the time Qiao Jinnian finally ran back, it was already completely dark.
In the grassland, there were no electric lights invented by humans, and people could only see things by moonlight at night, so Qiao Jinnian went to bed very early every day.
It was now past her usual bedtime, so she quickened her pace and ran towards home.
In the distance, under the moonlight, the silhouette of a huge lion appeared in front of her. It was her most familiar lion father!
That's because her father was afraid that something might happen to her, so he was waiting here for her to come home!
At this moment, Qiao Jinnian felt as if she had returned to her previous life. The lion in front of her was her biological father. He was no different from a human being. He would wait for her to come home like a human father, protect her at all times, cook for her, and even drive away any bad guys who dared to bully her.
After running a few quick steps, Qiao Jinnian ran over and threw herself into her father's arms. She stretched out her hands and hugged his neck tightly, rubbing her cheek against his long mane.
However, she forgot about the little warthog on her back, and with a "bang", the prey fell to the ground with a loud noise.
In fact, based on the lion's sense of smell, the lion father had already discovered the presence of the prey and knew that the bloody smell came from the prey, but he still sniffed around the cub, as if checking whether she was injured.
"Awooo--" Qiao Jinnian comforted the cub with the unique pronunciation. This was a language that belonged only to her, used to comfort her father and tell him that she was safe.
It was as if they didn't need to use the standard lion language or human language to communicate with each other, but instead created another way of expression that was unique to them both.
After licking the cub's cheek, the lion father walked towards home. After taking two steps, he turned back to look at her and growled softly: "Roar——"
This meant that she should follow his lead and go home together.
So, Qiao Jinnian turned around, picked up the prey on the ground, and walked home with his father.
"Dad, do you still eat meat?" Qiao Jinnian raised the prey in his hand and asked the lion father, "Roar——"
Normally, this is the time when the lion father and the golden retriever uncle go hunting together, but today the father did not go out. Because she had not returned home, he stood here waiting for her.
So, she thought it would be a good idea to give the little warthog to her father to eat.
Back under the familiar big tree, the lion father did not refuse. He lowered his head and lay in front of the warthog, and began to eat the meat slowly.
But he didn't finish it. Instead, he left some for her to grill.
Qiao Jinnian did not refuse. She wrapped the remaining meat with leaves and prepared to grill it tomorrow. She hadn't eaten pork for a long time and was still a little craving it.
Anyway, there are professional warthog hunters on their grassland, and they can exchange their prey at any time.
To be honest, she really didn't expect Bangchui to be so powerful now. So, don't look down on the poor young people. Even a mama's boy can become an expert in something!
Just like the four little lions in the valley, if no one taught them how to hunt, they might have starved themselves to death last year. However, they are now good lions who can successfully capture adult giraffes together with their lion father!
Hugging the lion father's mane, Qiao Jinnian was really tired today. She sweated a lot, but she didn't have the energy to take a shower. Anyway, the lion father himself smelled bad, so the father and daughter shouldn't dislike each other and just sleep like this.
Look, his daughter has such a smelly smell, but the lion father is still licking her face. It makes people wonder if there is something wrong with his nose?
Later, for many days, Qiao Jinnian never saw the brown hyena that liked to steal Bangchui's prey again. He suspected that the brown hyena had run him to death that day.
But, that shouldn't be the case. He just looked very tired that day, and he wasn't foaming at the mouth. I guess he just needs a rest.
Who knows? Now, she suspected that it was a male hyena wandering alone, because female hyenas are a size larger than male hyenas, and females have higher status than males in a hyena group.
Therefore, if the males in a hyena group are having a hard time, some hungry male hyenas may come out to make a living on their own.
Fortunately, he was a stray hyena, otherwise if she was led to a hyena group, she would most likely be besieged by them.
Alas, thinking of this, Qiao Jinnian still felt that she was not strong enough. If she was strong enough, so strong that no animal was afraid of her, then she would be so cool!
So, training never ends, and she needs to keep working hard!
It was the dry season and game was scarce, but there was enough food for this large and rambling family.
I haven’t seen Bangchui’s parents for a long time, and I don’t know where they moved to. Could it be that they ran away because they were afraid of being stuck to Bangchui?
Soon, when she went out for long-distance running training, she saw Bangchui's parents in another forest. Of course, the leopard father lived next door, and the territory here belonged to the leopard mother and her three cubs.
Last year during the rainy season, the mother leopard gave birth to new cubs. The cubs are almost one year old now and are lying on the tree, waiting for their mother to cook for them.
Thinking of how Bangchui was spoiled by his mother and grew up without any hunting skills, Qiao Jinnian wondered if these three cubs would grow up without being able to hunt?
However, what shocked Qiao Jinnian was that this was not the case. The leopard mother had let the cubs try to drag prey home since they were one year old.
Although the cubs were small, they worked very hard. The three cubs worked together and successfully moved the prey back to the top of the tree.
It seems that the leopard mother is just spoiling Bangchui.
Huh? That's strange. Logically speaking, leopards usually give birth to several pups in a litter, rarely just one. So, is it possible that because Bangchui's siblings died in an accident, leaving his mother with only one cub, she spoiled him a little too much?
Qiao Jinnian felt like she had figured it out. Just like humans, if they only had one child, they would probably raise the child very carefully, but when the second child came along, they would be much more casual.
Haha, when Qiao Jinnian passed by here, the leopard mother took a long time to identify it. When she found out that she recognized the biped, she didn't react at all and just did what she was supposed to do.
The three cubs lay on the tree and looked at this strange two-legged beast.
The dry season is over and the rainy season is here, and the rain nourishes every inch of land here.
The previously dry grass and trees began to bloom with vitality again.
There were many puddles on the flat grassland, and the grass was muddy. Sometimes, when Qiao Jinnian went out, he would come back covered in mud.
However, Allen liked the mud very much, and so did the zebras and all the animals. They would lie down in the mud pit and cover their bodies with mud. When they came out again, Stripes turned into a mud horse, Allen turned into a mud elephant, and the honey badger and the jackal were all covered in mud.
The reason why animals like mud so much is that when the mud dries, it will fall off along with the parasites on their bodies, making them feel much more comfortable.
But the two lions did not go to play in the mud. There were many mosquitoes and flies that came to their faces because of the smell of blood. Some lizards that specialize in eating mosquitoes climbed onto their backs and ate the mosquitoes and flies on their bodies.
The two lions enjoyed this unique way of cleaning and continued to lie lazily on the grass.
When the rainy season arrives, lions can hunt during daylight hours, such as early morning.
It is indeed the rainy season, and even the southwestern grasslands have welcomed many new herbivores, probably animals that have migrated from farther away. With more food, life is easier than in the dry season.
The animals are very happy every day.
The only bad thing about the rainy season is that they get caught in the rain from time to time, and when it rains, everyone can only passively get wet, which is a bit pitiful.
So, Qiao Jinnian simply sat under a big tree in her free time and made some umbrellas for everyone.
It was called an umbrella, but in fact she just found a lot of large leaves and placed them on the animals' heads to help them block the rain.
Some animals would find it troublesome. Why put a huge leaf on their heads?
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