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◎Qiao Jinnian was worried, wanting to see if she was dead.◎
Normally, there is some sympathy between male lions. After all, male lions are destined to fight all their lives from birth and will not live to old age.
Qiao Jinnian remembered that he had seen an old lion before. He was very old and guarded a territory alone. When three young male lions invaded, although he was old enough to be the young lions' grandfather, he did not fear at all. He went up and fought, and finally defeated the three invaders.
Heroes are old, and if they had been defeated when the invaders came, at least they had tried their best for their wives, children, and territory, and would have been respected by other lions. Unfortunately, now, all the lions present looked at them with contempt.
The lionesses came to beat up the two old men every day, but they just refused to leave.
Later, perhaps the lioness had no other choice. These two were at least the biological fathers of the 12 cubs, so letting them look after the children finally helped.
So, originally, two lioness mothers would go hunting together, leaving one to look after the children. Now, three lionesses go out together to cook, and the two old men stay at home to look after the children.
Fortunately, the two lions knew that these were their own children, and they took good care of them, preventing them from running into the river and being eaten by crocodiles.
Gradually, Qiao Jinnian and his lion group got used to this big family.
The super lion group on the other side of the river didn't bother to care about this side because they were already busy with their own affairs.
Come to think of it, the climate is so dry, there are few herbivores, and there are so many mouths to feed.
What’s even more terrifying is that Qiao Jinnian saw with her own eyes that the lionesses who were forced into estrus after their cubs were killed became pregnant again.
Why did she know that these lionesses were pregnant? Because after doing many inappropriate things with the male lions in the new territory, the three lionesses quietly left the lion group one day to find a safe place to prepare to give birth to cubs.
The gestation period of a lioness is about 4 months, but the mother lioness usually waits until the cubs are a little older before bringing them back to meet their father.
After the departure of the three adult lionesses, the super lion pride returned to its original state, but the cubs that were originally small have now grown a lot, and some of them have even reached half the height of their mother's shoulders.
Cubs without hunting ability will only increase the burden on the lion group. All ten parents look haggard.
Qiao Jinnian’s favorite thing to do is to sit on the rocks and watch the gossip of these lions. Of course, her hands are not idle either, and she always finds things to do for herself.
For example, chicks did hatch in her chicken coop, so she kept making new chicken coops for the new members to live in.
For example, she also improved her weapons, making them lighter and sharper, all of which were achieved through hard work.
For example, she has learned how to make all kinds of dishes with eggs. The four little ones have grown plump and plump because of her feeding. At least they grow much faster than the cubs next door.
After several months of growth, Sa Dadan is already half the height of Sa Jie, and even has some short mane grown, showing the characteristics of a lion.
Although the four little ones do not need to participate in hunting, Sister Sa will deliberately train their hunting skills.
Of course, Qiao Jinnian will also participate in their hunting training because she also needs to grow.
Her hunting method was too different from that of the four little ones, so she had to use her own weapons. Sister Sa and Ryan couldn't stand it and couldn't teach her, so they simply gave up.
However, there was no worry in Ryan's eyes when he looked at her. After all, he knew that she could use traps to catch prey, so he was not worried that she would starve to death when she grew up.
There are more and more chicks, and Qiao Jinnian is busy all day long, and she also has to clean the chicken coop.
However, there were so many hens that they laid a lot of eggs every day. When she couldn't eat all of them, she would take the eggs to exchange for food with the monkeys, because there were many tuberous plants where the monkeys lived.
Qiao Jinnian exchanged tubers with them and asked them to dig them out for her.
These monkeys are very interesting. Their faces and paws are black, their tails are very long, their testicles are blue, and there is red lipstick in the middle.
Well, it was hard for Qiao Jinnian not to focus on their blue balls. After all, the fur on their bodies was very ordinary, but that blue color was so bright that it was hard not to notice it.
Qiao Jinnian knew that the monkey with the bluest eggs was the leader of the tribe and the most powerful being.
So, she found the chief according to this standard, and then communicated with the chief. She held a hand-woven basket in her hand, and there were 20 eggs in the basket. These eggs were not big, smaller than ordinary eggs, but the monkeys all knew their value.
Why did she only take 20 eggs? Because she was afraid that the monkeys would steal her eggs. If they took 20 eggs, then they would take them. She would not trade with them next time. But if they were willing to trade with her, she would give them more in the future and be more generous.
At first, the patriarch didn't understand what she was going to do, and even bared his teeth at her, trying to drive her away.
Qiao Jinnian knew that there was no such thing as barter among animals. It was too difficult for animals to understand.
However, she thought of a way to show them with practical actions.
She first gave an egg to a little monkey, but the little monkey wanted more and was yelled at by Reiner.
Are you kidding? There is an adult male lion here. Do they dare to steal things?
Then she directed the little monkey to dig tubers for her, and if the monkey found one, she would give it an egg.
So, the patriarch looked at her thoughtfully, and seemed to understand that a huge tuber was worth two eggs.
Thinking of this, the patriarch was happy. Monkeys usually steal bird eggs to eat. Bird eggs are not as big as chicken eggs. This one looks very nutritious, so he immediately asked the monkeys to dig it up.
As it turned out, the patriarch's idea was good, but there were too many monkeys, and they dug out almost all the tuberous plants in the area in one go.
Qiao Jinnian: "..."
There was no other way, so Qiao Jinnian had to take 9 tubers first and give all the remaining eggs to the patriarch, letting him know that this was the reward for the tubers.
Looking at the tubers all over the ground, the chief was dissatisfied, but he was afraid of the big lion in front of him, so he could only show his canine teeth and dared not say anything.
Qiao Jinnian had no choice but to go back and get all the remaining eggs, stuffing them all into the patriarch's hands, and then asked Reiner to carry all the tubers back.
The patriarch gave up, otherwise the monkey group might have fought with their lion group.
But the question is, how to preserve so many tubers?
Oh, it’s so difficult to communicate with animals.
There was no other way, so Qiao Jinnian had to change from eating eggs every day to eating tubers every day, but at least she didn’t have to worry about the eggs going bad.
The tubers can be stored for a longer period of time. Now it is the dry season, so they are placed in a newly woven chicken coop, which is breathable.
Qiao Jinnian began to study how to cook tubers. Sometimes she would eat them as rice with meat and wild vegetables, and sometimes she would fry eggs with the tubers, using the oil refined from animal fat.
What you can’t finish can only be taken back and used as seeds.
That day, Qiao Jinnian and Reiner sat on the rocks again, watching the super lion group hunting across the river.
Every time a super pride of lions goes out in full force, only one lioness is left behind to take care of the cubs.
But on this day, a group of giraffes in the territory across the river were having a blind date. Two young giraffes were pursuing a beautiful giraffe. In this situation, the two young men were about to fight to show their strength.
Although giraffes look gentle, they actually fight for their lives and each party is responsible for any kill or injury.
The part of the body that giraffes use to fight is their long necks.
The rest of the giraffe group stood aside, vigilantly observing any movement around them. Once there was danger, they would notify the group and prepare to escape.
The two guys officially started the fight. The giraffe on the left swung its neck to the right with great force, and then hit the belly of the giraffe on the right hard. The one on the right did the same, but used its neck to hit the opponent's neck.
"Bang, bang, bang—" Huge collision sounds continued to be heard at the scene. The two giraffes refused to give in to each other. After all, this was a duel to determine who could get the beautiful giraffe home. It was also a test of life and death to determine who could pass on their genes.
The duel was in full swing. The giraffes watching around were watching the situation expressionlessly, while constantly turning their necks, relying on their height advantage to take in everything around them.
However, they only looked at the place closest to them, but ignored the fact that there was a group of lions on the outskirts of the jungle who were good at hiding.
The parents of the super lion group crawled all the way from their own territory, using the cover of yellow dry grass to come to the blind spot of the giraffe's sight.
They were waiting for one of the dueling giraffes to die so they could get a free dinner.
In the end, the giraffe on the left looked a little weaker and a little frail, so it had to admit defeat.
So, the female giraffe walked towards the winner.
Only then did the giraffes begin to disperse and prepare to eat the leaves on the acacia trees.
The super lion group was waiting for this moment. When the giraffe competition started, the ten lions set their sights on the giraffe that surrendered.
At the critical moment, they stood up in an instant and started sprinting towards the giraffe.
All the giraffes sensed danger and started running, but the lions only locked onto that one and chased it all the way.
One of the lionesses approached and was about to pounce, but the giraffe, which should have been very weak, raised its long legs from behind and kicked her away.
You have to know that the attack power of a giraffe's long legs is no joke.
The lioness was originally in a jumping posture, intending to pounce on the giraffe's butt, but was suddenly kicked. This time, she was probably in great danger.
However, the other companions had no time to look at her and continued to chase her.
In the end, the lions have strength in numbers and work together closely. The poor giraffe not only failed in his blind date today, but also became food for the super lion group.
Because the giraffe was so big, the lions just lay there and started enjoying the meal.
However, Qiao Jinnian kept his focus on the lioness that was kicked away.
The lioness lay on the ground motionless, but none of her companions cared about her injuries.
Qiao Jinnian was worried and wanted to see if she was dead.
Unexpectedly, the lioness finally struggled to stand up, but she did not share the dinner. Instead, she walked back to her territory, looked at her cubs deeply, and finally turned around, staggered to the west, and left her lion group.
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