27 Territory
◎So, what is the situation now?◎
Yoyo is one year older. Qiao Jinnian is still very happy to see her old friend. After all, this is the first herbivore she knows who is interested in her.
You know, every time they migrate north, whether it's wildebeest, antelope, gazelle, or zebra, half of their number will be lost on the way back to the south.
Of course, they were all eaten by carnivores on the road, so on the way back, these herbivores entered their peak breeding period.
Even Yoyo has a wife.
Seeing Qiao Jinnian coming back, Yoyo still recognized her, but she was just trying to identify her from a distance. After all, she had grown a lot.
But when he saw Ryan, the lion, he knew she was the strange cub.
At first, Youyou thought Qiao Jinnian was a herbivore, but later she found out that she was the cub of the territorial lion, and every time he drank water, he would stay away from her.
Carnivores and herbivores can't get along well, but Qiao Jinnian always eats breadfruit in front of him, so he is quite friendly to her.
Patting Ryan on the back, Qiao Jinnian indicated that she wanted to get off. She only turned over and got off after he stopped.
Walking towards Yoyo's herd of gazelles, Qiao Jinnian decided to say hello to him.
Yoyo didn't react when he saw her. He just stared at her with his big eyes, eating grass and peeking at her. However, Yoyo's wife became a little nervous when she saw her. After all, she was a little lion.
Coming up to her, Yoyo sniffed her carefully, identified her scent, and after confirming that it was the little lion, he rubbed her head to show his affection.
Yoyo didn't react at all to the fact that she suddenly started walking upright, as if she was born to walk like that.
But before she could continue chatting with Yoyo, Cloak actually sneaked into the group of gazelles. His intention was very obvious. He regarded this group of gazelles as prey.
"Cloak!" Qiao Jinnian stopped him and shouted, "This is my friend."
Qiao Jinnian hugged Youyou in her arms and rubbed against him, letting the jackal know that these herbivores were her friends and not to be eaten.
In fact, Qiao Jinnian would also design traps to catch herbivores. After all, she is an omnivore and would lack energy without eating meat.
However, the animals she knew were different from the animals she didn't know, and she couldn't let her jackal friend eat her gazelle friend.
Although the jackal could not understand her words, he could understand her expression and realized that these animals could not be eaten and that she was their owner.
To be honest, the jackal is not that capable of catching a gazelle alone. When the gazelle runs, it is very powerful and very fast.
After returning to his familiar territory, Qiao Jinnian thought about getting busy quickly, building a stove for himself first, and then finding a stone pot.
If possible, she would also like to find some raw materials to make hemp ropes. There is so much to do.
However, for Ryan, the most important thing is to urinate around the territory and roar twice to indicate that this grassland has an owner.
In fact, the other lions really look down on this place. After all, this place is too small and is only enough for one lion. Which large lion group can survive here?
As Qiao Jinnian walked around, she looked back at Ryan marking the surroundings.
While he was peeing, he rubbed the grass under his feet with his two hind paws to make the urine stick to the grass so that the smell would be more obvious. After marking, he started yelling at the people around him.
In fact, Qiao Jinnian didn't know why he had to wander all the time. This place was so small, it was a bit like a handsome young man with a car and a house, who suddenly returned to the countryside, guarding a small piece of land, and felt completely flat.
Their territory has been marked again, and Qiao Jinnian can move around freely in this area. No large carnivores will come in and out at will. After all, they have to consider the risks they take.
Just like Ryan was on his way to the north, he used the same method to judge the smell all the way. He would definitely avoid other lions' territories, and he could not eat the herbivores in other lion groups' territories at will.
Unfortunately, Qiao Jinnian searched everywhere but couldn't find a suitable stone pot.
She sat next to Ryan and looked into the distance at Scarface's territory. She wondered if there was a stone pot over there. It was a pity that they couldn't go there.
Scarface's lion pride was the closest territory to them, or she could look for them in the southern valley.
In fact, she also wanted to make pottery. Of course, she could only think about what kind of clay to use, what temperature to use, and how to fire it. Oh my God, it seemed a bit far-fetched just thinking about it. Besides, she was only one person. How many pottery pieces could she use?
Even if he had put so much thought into building a kiln, was it only for her? That was a bit ridiculous.
Shi Guo was not in a hurry. Qiao Jinnian decided to ask Ryan to take her to a farther place to look for it one day. Now that they had salt, they could grill the meat.
However, happily, she also found plants for making hemp rope here, and recently in the afternoons, she continued to sit next to Ryan and slowly weave a mat and quilt.
When Qiao Jinnian went to pick breadfruit, she saw Bread and his tribe again. Before she could find out who was Bread, Bread jumped down from under the tree and landed directly next to her.
Bread looked at her with some disbelief, his mouth wide open, his teeth showing, and all the expressions were written on his face.
Qiao Jinnian understood, because he was not as tall as her now. When she could only crawl, the bread was taller than her, but that was because she couldn't stand up.
Animals are judged by their size by their height, and it was as if she had gone from a cub to a giant animal overnight.
"Hahaha..." Qiao Jinnian put her arm around his shoulders and said with a smile, "I'm taller than you now, little bun."
Bread pushed her hand away and jumped up to the tree, looking down at her as if to say, "Look, I'm taller than you now!"
Qiao Jinnian: “…” This expression is so easy to understand.
Next time, Qiao Jinnian would definitely put a thick piece of wood on her head so that other animals would think she was two meters tall and scare them to death.
Seeing that she was still beating the fruits in the same way, the bread tribe continued to laugh at her.
She didn't care and even thought that maybe she could start practicing tree climbing soon.
However, when she really started practicing climbing the tree, she only tried it for a while before Ryan picked her up from behind, as if he was looking at a very naughty little lion.
Qiao Jinnian thought about it and thought that he might be afraid that she would fall, so she gave up.
The main reason is that she doesn’t have enough arm strength now, so it’s really not very safe.
Perhaps because of her, Ryan never ate the gazelles in the surrounding area. Every time he hunted, he would just go to a farther place to hunt.
Everything was fine and life was back on track, but suddenly one day, a strange lion broke into this territory.
Qiao Jinnian was a little nervous because the lion looked very young. Could this be the legendary stray lion coming to challenge the territorial lion?
But that's not right. There are no adult female lions here, only a palm-sized territory. Is it necessary for this male lion to fight for the territory?
It turned out that her analysis was reasonable. This male lion was not really here to seize territory or fight.
Because Ryan saw him from a distance, he ran towards him. The two lions put their heads together, rubbed each other, and smelled each other's scent. After a close time, Ryan took him and ran towards her.
Qiao Jinnian: "..." So, what is the situation now?
What is the relationship between Ryan and this lion? Are they former allies? Brothers?
When they got closer, Qiao Jinnian realized that this stray lion seemed a little too young, as if it had just reached adulthood, and its mane was also black. Somehow, it looked very much like Ryan.
Qiao Jinnian understood. This might be Ryan's son, her brother?
But she was not particularly sure. Could it be that the father and son were forming an alliance?
Ryan took him around his territory, looked at her again, and growled a few words at the young lion.
Then the young lion came forward and licked her face, carefully identifying her scent and showing his friendliness.
Qiao Jinnian felt a little nervous when being sniffed by the strange lion. This was very strange. She seemed to have never been afraid of Ryan, but she would be inexplicably afraid of other lions.
Perhaps sensing her nervousness and fear, Ryan quickly came over, washed her hair and face with his saliva, then lay down and motioned for her to get on him.
Lying on Ryan's back, he felt more secure and followed Ryan and his son to re-mark the surrounding territory.
So, Qiao Jinnian knew that Ryan had formed an alliance with his son.
But this is very strange. Qiao Jinnian thought of the female lions in Scarface's lion group. They had a very strange attitude towards Ryan. Two of them ignored him every time, one was particularly attentive, and the other two always seemed hesitant, while Scarface hated him to the core.
Qiao Jinnian tried to reason, maybe Ryan had been allied with Scarface before, but the lionesses were jealous of Ryan because he was more handsome, so they expelled Ryan from the lion group together.
Ryan's son was driven away by the lion group at the age of three, and was left to experience and wander alone.
Since he was Ryan's son, Qiao Jinnian named him Reiner, and let's just assume their surname was Lai.
Reiner showed great interest in her because she walked upright and she was a lion cub adopted by her father.
At first, Reiner was so domineering and majestic when he went to mark the territory with Ryan. Now, he looks so disgusting when he deliberately teases her, knocks her down, and pulls her grass skirt!
So, it turns out that this brother is a little lion who has just reached adulthood. He is so curious!
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