19 Honey Badger
◎After a while, he started jumping and leaping backwards, yelling "Ahhh".◎
The jackals would harass the warthogs every day, but would always be driven away by the mother warthogs.
But today, the jackal changed its strategy. Instead of harassing the little warthog, it rushed over and bit the mother warthog's butt.
Qiao Jinnian was stunned, and then of course the warthog mother chased the jackal.
According to legend, jackals are very cunning. Today, he showed Qiao Jinnian what the legendary cunning means.
He had specifically brought the warthog mother to this trap today, and Qiao Jinnian was just behind the hillside here, so he quickly found a place to hide to avoid getting hurt.
Unfortunately, the first attempt failed. When the warthog mother saw the jackal running to this grassland, she automatically gave up chasing it. After all, there was no deep hatred between them, so just scaring the jackal was enough.
The jackal didn't succeed in his attempt and felt discouraged. He kept howling and gasping for breath on the spot.
Seeing that he was so smart and a good candidate, Qiao Jinnian patted his head and said, "Roar—"
Yesterday, she had only demonstrated to the jackal the consequences of stepping on a trap a few times, just to remind him not to come here carelessly. Unexpectedly, he came up with the good idea of luring the warthog here.
Unfortunately, Qiao Jinnian is not running well now, otherwise she would have to be the bait herself. She can only wait until she can run faster in the future.
The jackal is smaller in size and is actually a better bait than she is.
After being praised, the jackal took a short rest and then set off again. He specifically picked the butt of the warthog mother and bit it. This time he bit it very hard. Their bite force is very strong, otherwise how could they eat bones?
After being bitten for the second time, the mother warthog became completely enraged and chased after the predator desperately.
This time, the jackal ran obviously faster than the first time. This time it was risking its life and bit too hard. It was over. The jackal was going to die!
The jackal ran to the trap and pounced on it, jumping over it, but the warthog mother behind him failed to brake in time and fell directly into the trap.
There were a few dry branches loosely placed on the trap. After a "crunch" sound, the branches broke and the warthog mother fell into the pit.
"Chiji--" The warthog screamed in fear and struggled hard at the bottom of the pit. However, the thorns were so sharp that the more he struggled, the tighter they pierced him.
Qiao Jinnian suddenly didn't want to watch anymore and turned away.
The jackal was very excited. After all, this meant he had finally caught his prey. He had been hungry for many days.
Qiao Jinnian couldn't leave either, because once the warthog died completely, it would be eaten up by other jackals here or birds of prey in the sky.
Those spikes were really powerful. The shrill screams lasted for about five minutes, and then the mother warthog was silent.
The jackal poked its head out, made a "woof woof" sound similar to a dog, and was about to jump down to eat the meat, but was stopped by the quick-eyed and quick-handed Qiao Jinnian.
"Roar--" Qiao Jinnian warned.
It’s not that I don’t allow him to eat, but I’m mainly afraid that he will go down and not be able to come up.
The warthog was very big and not far from the cave entrance. Qiao Jinnian went to call Dazhuang and the others over. Fortunately, the baboons were strong and there were many of them, so they quickly dragged the warthog out.
Because the jackals were the main force of this hunt, the baboons did not roar at the jackals. Moreover, they were all in the territory of the river lion group now, so they could live in peace for a short time.
Qiao Jinnian used the sharp thorns to roughly divide the meat, but only pierced a few large pieces. After all, her strength was limited. The rest was all up to Dazhuang to divide. He was very strong and could tear it apart directly with his hands.
The three parties divided the meat. The jackal was the smallest, but had the greatest contribution. He got a leg, a piece of meat from the back, and of course all the bones.
Qiao Jinnian only took one leg, and the rest was all food for the baboon.
This was the first time that Qiao Jinnian caught her own prey. Although it was a bit cruel, she would starve to death sooner or later if she didn't eat meat and had no food.
I grilled some meat for myself by the river. It wasn't bad even without salt, but if you don't eat salt for a long time, problems will arise sooner or later.
Qiao Jinnian sat by the river and sighed. So, where is the salt?
After eating the meat, Qiao Jinnian repaired the trap and prepared to use it again. They had been fooled before, and she didn't know if it would work next time. However, she didn't have enough energy to continue digging traps.
The rainy season is coming and the weather will be cooler, so she must make her clothes quickly.
The hemp rope has been twisted and is much finer than the last time. It is ready to wear. Qiao Jinnian then starts to weave cloth and make clothes with the hemp rope.
She didn't know how to make complicated clothes. She would spin a rectangular piece of cloth, tie the edges and corners into knots, pass the remaining hemp rope through the small gap, and tie it directly on her body, just like wearing a halter dress, which was very breathable.
Anyway, the prairie is only cold at night, so I might as well make a mat with hemp rope, which can be used as a quilt. With Ryan's big stove, there should be no problem.
In order to change into new clothes, Qiao Jinnian specially cut the hospital gown into several pieces of rags, washed them by the river, and then put on the clean new dress.
However, this skirt has a big drawback. It is not convenient for her to ride on Ryan while wearing the skirt. But she doesn't know how to make pants, so she can cut two holes in the trouser legs and use the remaining elastic band to wear it at the waist.
So, before the rainy season came, she made herself a pair of simple pants to wear.
After putting on her new clothes, Qiao Jinnian went to show off in front of Ryan. However, Ryan clearly saw that she was wearing different clothes, but his expression didn't change at all. He just thought that she was just here to get close to him, so he just stuck out his long tongue and spit on her face.
Hey, Qiao Jinnian suddenly had a thought: whether she wore clothes or not, it would look the same to animals, right?
That's not right. She looked down and saw that the color of the hemp ropes blended with the dry grass around them. What a perfect stealth color!
No wonder Ryan didn't react at all, this is similar to the color of a lion's fur!
But inexplicably, Qiao Jinnian had a feeling of walking in the night in fine clothes.
It was as if she was the only human here. She had finally made a wearable grass skirt for herself, but no animals cared. No one understood, and animals didn't need to wear clothes. This feeling made her feel a little lost.
In the past two days, she soaked a lot of hemp, preparing to make more hemp ropes before the rainy season comes. In case her clothes are damaged, she can have an extra one. Letting her run naked, like asking her to eat raw meat, are both her bottom line that she cannot tolerate.
Every day, she either twisted hemp ropes for a while or dug traps and hunted with jackals.
She named the jackal Cloak because he seemed to have a black cloak growing on his back, which looked quite handsome.
Cloak seemed to really treat her as his big brother, because she was taller than him and better at catching warthogs than him.
As time went on, she discovered that Cape had another trick, which was that he could even use his mouth to dig holes, opening his mouth wide and digging up the soil.
So, he was responsible for digging the hole, she was responsible for installing hidden weapons at the bottom of the pit, and he was responsible for luring the warthog.
Because he did more work, he got more meat, but he couldn't eat much because of his size, so most of the meat was taken away by the baboons.
Every time the baboon just needs to drag out the warthog, it can get so much meat that it doesn't mind the cloak anymore, and everyone becomes a good partner.
That day, Qiao Jinnian picked a perfect spot and asked Cloak to start digging a hole.
The cloak's claws and mouth all worked together at such a fast speed that Qiao Jinnian was extremely envious.
But after a while, he started jumping backwards and yelling.
Qiao Jinnian felt strange and went to take a look. As a result, she was not paying attention when something came out of the hole and landed right under her feet. She didn't have time to stop and stepped directly on the thing.
Her feet felt soft and hot because she was not wearing shoes. At this moment, she actually thought of making herself a pair of straw sandals, after all, she was walking more now.
But before she could think any further, a creature bit her calf.
Qiao Jinnian: "..."
To be honest, it was a bit painful, but bearable. She was a little panicked. It wasn't that she was afraid of a large animal, because what she stepped on was not big, but she was afraid of being poisoned.
Was it a snake? Was she dying?
Wait, if you're poisoned, wouldn't it be best to use a knife to cut a cross on the wound and then suck out the poisonous blood?
At this moment, she thought of too many things. She wondered if she would have the chance to make a pair of straw sandals for herself?
Qiao Jinnian quickly squatted down and saw that his calf was bleeding, and then he looked into the eyes of a small animal.
This animal is shorter than the cape, but longer, the same length as the cape, and is no more than 30 centimeters tall. Except for the white-gray hair on the back, the rest of the body is black.
Its small, black eyes stared straight at her, and it made a "big—big—" sound from its mouth, as if challenging her to a fight.
It turned out to be a flat-headed brother.
Qiao Jinnian breathed a sigh of relief. It was a bite, just a flesh wound, so she was not angry. She glanced at him, then lowered her head and continued to busy herself with her own things, using the spikes to widen the trap.
But how could the honey badger be so easy to talk to?
He rushed forward, continued shouting at her, and made as if to attack her.
Qiao Jinnian didn't sit still anymore, but stood up, holding the sharp spike in her hand and roared at him: "Roar--"
This is the sound of a lion chasing away enemies. The honey badger is a fearless warrior, so how could he be scared by her lion roar?
He bit the sharp thorns directly, which hurt his mouth. Now he was completely furious. He avoided the sharp thorns and tried to bite her bare feet.
Ever since Qiao Jinnian was adopted by Ryan, she has never been so panicked, even when she was captured by a baboon last time. This is a honey badger that even lions and leopards on the grassland can't afford to offend.
She didn't want to be his enemy because he would never stop, but now he just wouldn't let her go.
In a hurry, Qiao Jinnian remembered that she seemed to be older than him now, so she used the spikes to block in front of her as a shield, reached out from the side, pinched the flesh on the back of his neck, and lifted him into the air.
The honey badger was so angry that he struggled wildly, his four legs waving in the air and making "cross-cross-cross" sounds from his mouth.
Qiao Jinnian: "..." The curse seemed a bit harsh.
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