42 Expulsion
◎ Ryan: "..." This cub can't be kept! ◎
When Sister Sa found out that her son had stolen the cubs' food, she gave Sa Dadan a big bag, as if to say, "You deserve it for stealing the food."
Sa Dadan's mouth was already sore, and after being beaten by his mother, he felt even more aggrieved. He cried "Awooo" and sought comfort everywhere.
As a result, his younger brothers and sisters were too lazy to pay attention to him, turned their heads away and pretended to look at the scenery.
Instead, Qiao Jinnian, thinking of her sister who had her food taken away, couldn't bear to watch any longer. She held his head against her chest and rubbed his mouth, "It's okay, it's okay. Blow on it and it won't hurt."
In order to comfort him, Qiao Jinnian raised the tuber in her hand, blew on it, and put it to his mouth. As a result, Sa Dadan already had a psychological trauma, mainly because this thing was really disgusting.
The cub was terrified, staring at its sister in shock with its wide, golden lion eyes, as if asking her, "How did you manage to eat something so disgusting?"
Maybe, in his heart, his sister is a freak. Why does she roast the meat and cook the strange plants for a long time before eating? He doesn't understand, and she makes him eat such disgusting food that makes his mouth hurt.
I'm afraid he will never want to steal his sister's food again in his life. It's too scary!
Seeing that their sister was holding Sa, they became bolder. Sa Short Face, Sa Little Sister and Sa Claws were not to be outdone and all rushed to get into their sister's arms.
However, they obviously ignored their growing weight. Qiao Jinnian did not grow as fast as them. She was just a little taller when she stood up. All of a sudden, she was knocked down by the four little ones and fell to the ground. She couldn't get up even if she tried.
Qiao Jinnian: "..."
Ryan, who was napping under the tree, saw his cub being knocked down by the four little ones. He immediately became angry, stood up, took a few big steps forward, and roared at the four little ones: "Roar--"
The four little ones were so scared that they quickly retracted their little paws and ran to their mother to seek comfort.
Ryan hadn't roared at the little lions since he scared them several months ago, but he wasn't particularly close to them, he just wasn't aggressive towards them.
Sister Sa would never blame Ryan for being mean to the child. After all, this is not Ryan’s child, so it is understandable.
Male lions lack patience even with their own cubs, let alone the cubs of other lions.
That's why Qiao Jinnian felt that Lion Dad was particularly good to her and loved Lion Dad even more.
Holding the lion father's big head, Qiao Jinnian climbed up again and put his forehead against his: "Awoo, awoo——"
Seeing that the cub was fine and everything was fine, Ryan licked her face. He was not annoyed by her holding him all the time. He just blinked his golden eyes and looked at the grassland in the distance, not knowing what he was thinking.
He often stares at one place like this, either in a daze or thinking about something. Qiao Jinnian knows Lion Dad very well.
So, Qiao Jinnian stretched out her hands and rubbed his mane vigorously, leaving him no time to think about anything else.
The lion father became very annoyed by her kneading. He opened his mouth wide and pretended to bite her. Then she simply put her hand into his mouth and touched his tongue.
Ryan: "..." We can't keep this cub!
He was very annoyed, but he had no other choice but to grin and move the lion head away, fearing that it would really bite her hand.
"Hahaha!" Qiao Jinnian laughed and started rubbing his mane again.
Perhaps, the lion father remembered the past, but those were all in the past. Qiao Jinnian didn’t know what he had experienced in the past, but she wanted to make him happy.
A man and a lion started playing the game of chasing the tail again.
Most of the time, Qiao Jinnian would not be able to catch up with the tail, but sometimes she would cheat and roll over Ryan to catch it in advance.
Whenever she caught his tail, Ryan looked very happy, with his mouth wide open and gentle eyes, and he would lick her face.
The little lions were very envious of this scene, but unfortunately they were a little afraid of the male lion dad because he could roar loudly.
Tired from playing, Qiao Jinnian simply lay on the lion father and took a nap. Children's bodies need more sleep, and she is not even two years old yet.
Speaking of the topic of being less than two years old, that is in terms of human age. In the lion world, a three-year-old male lion will be driven out of the lion group to live independently, while the female lion will stay in the lion group and become a mother when she reaches adulthood.
But the problem is that she has to wait until she is 18 years old to be considered an adult. So when her father the lion is four years old, will he start to dislike her and think that she is an adult, so why is she still clinging to him?
This was the question Qiao Jinnian thought about before going to bed.
When she woke up from her nap, the big lions were still sleeping. Qiao Jinnian had nothing to do, so she had to find something to do for herself.
She had never grown anything because her body in her previous life didn't allow it, but she had a general idea of how plants were grown.
So, she took her stone spear, walked around the territory, chose a relatively remote place where few animals had set foot, there was sunshine, and the soil did not seem too dry, then sat on the ground and began to cultivate the wasteland.
Of course, she must have looked very funny doing this because she didn't have the right tools, but she didn't have a hoe, so she had to make do with it.
The jackal couldn't bear to watch it anymore, so he walked up and started digging around, and accidentally dug a long hole for her.
Since she didn't know how to plant it anyway, she just threw the smallest tuber she found into the pot, lightly covered it with a layer of soil, and then scooped some water with a breadfruit shell to wet the top layer of soil.
She vaguely remembered that potatoes needed to be forced to germinate and that there should be less soil so that the tubers would sprout.
No matter what, she would try it first. If it was successful, she would plant it. If it was not successful, she would find some new seeds to plant.
So, she now has an additional job every day, which is to take care of these tuber fields and water them.
Reiner came here unexpectedly because he didn't see his sister. He once again felt the strangeness of his sister, but he knew that these were his sister's things and he couldn't touch them.
The honey badger had gone out to play a long time ago, after all, digging work was too boring.
The brother and sister began to travel around the territory again. Qiao Jinnian pointed to the west and said, "Roar--"
Reiner carried his sister to the central grassland area between the lions and elephants. This was not anyone's territory, so Qiao Jinnian saw Diandian last time.
In fact, she just came here today to try her luck and see how Diandian and the cubs were doing.
Finally, she saw a leopard and thought it might be Diandian, so she tentatively asked, "Woo-hoo?"
The leopard was standing in a patch of grass, looking far ahead, as if it wanted to hunt. It heard a roar imitating a leopard's beside it, and turned around, only to see a biped riding on a lion.
This was the first time Qiao Jinnian saw the shocked expression on the leopard's face.
That’s not right. Diandian has seen Reiner before.
Until the leopard roared at her: "Woo-hoo-"
At this moment, Qiao Jinnian finally understood, oh my god, he had recognized the wrong leopard. The voice was low and a little childish, it was not the voice of a dot.
Qiao Jinnian: "..." It's over. If Reiner hadn't been with her, she would definitely have been eaten by this strange leopard!
However, she did not see the expected aggressive leopard. Instead, she saw the leopard squinting its eyes, as if trying to identify something, and took two steps towards her.
These two steps were successful in exchange for Reiner's roar: "Roar——"
The roar from the lion successfully made the leopard in front of it retreat several steps, looking a little cowardly.
This doesn't make sense. Normally, even if a leopard can't beat a lion, it won't be so cowardly. Why is it retreating continuously? Isn't this really embarrassing for the leopard?
Wait, Qiao Jinnian looked at him carefully and thought, maybe this leopard is Diandian’s cub, but a year has passed and the cub has grown up, so it is the same size as an adult leopard.
Otherwise, it would be difficult to explain why the leopard would want to identify her.
The leopard felt a little aggrieved and looked towards the grassland again.
Following his gaze, Qiao Jinnian actually saw a little antelope hanging on a big tree in the distance, so that should be Diandian's home.
"Woo-roar?" Qiao Jinnian was very curious. Why didn't the little leopard go back to find its mother? Wouldn't it be dangerous for a leopard to be here alone?
She invited the little leopard to go with him to find Diandian, but the little leopard became depressed and simply lay on the ground, motionless.
There was no other way, Qiao Jinnian could only let Reiner carry her to find Diandian.
Diandian had indeed hung the prey on a tree branch, but she had not had time to eat it yet. She was lying on the branch with her four long claws drooping down and her face pressed against the branch, looking as if she had lost all hope in life. It was obvious that she had just returned from hunting and was very tired. She decided to rest for a while before eating.
"Woohoo!" Qiao Jinnian waved and greeted Diandian on the big tree.
Diandian stuck her head out and saw clearly that her good friend, the little lion, was under the tree. She was no longer tired and jumped down the tree in just three or two steps.
"Wow." Qiao Jinnian looked up at the tree again. It was such a tall tree. She was really amazing. She was not afraid of falling and getting hurt. She was really an expert in jumping.
Diandian glanced at Reiner and seeing that he had no objection, she moved closer and licked Qiao Jinnian on the face to express her welcome.
Qiao Jinnian also rolled off Brother Lion, hugged Diandian's head and rubbed it, then turned around and pointed at the little leopard in the distance, asking in confusion: "Woo-roar?"
Isn’t that Diandian’s son? Of course, it could also be a daughter. Anyway, Qiao Jinnian could never tell the difference. Why doesn’t he go home for dinner?
Unexpectedly, Diandian followed the direction she pointed and actually saw her own cub. Without saying a word, she ran towards the cub and yelled at it a few times, telling it to go away quickly.
The little leopard was stunned by his mother's yelling, but this was obviously not the first time his mother yelled at him. As he walked forward, he looked back at his mother reluctantly.
Qiao Jinnian felt that the little leopard looked like it was about to break into pieces and must be very sad.
Wait, so, did she just happen to witness the leopard mother expelling her son?
Leopards are not social animals like lions. They are solitary. Leopard cubs will be driven out by their mothers when they are two years old to prevent inbreeding.
Now it seems that the leopard cub is a little too dependent on his mother and still wants his mother to cook for him, which is why his mother roared and drove him away.
Alas, Qiao Jinnian suddenly empathized with the little leopard. If she was driven away by the lion father in two years, she would probably cry to death!
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