21 Zebra
◎As if he was praising her, he washed her face and licked all her hair.◎
The ostrich herd has expanded from the original six adults to 31.
Those ostrich babies that were successfully hatched grew too fast. In just a few months, they were already one meter tall. This made Qiao Jinnian very confused. How could they grow so fast by eating grass and insects?
The baboon group also expanded, with many more baby baboons and many baboons pregnant.
It is said that the minor rainy season is the best time for animals to reproduce, and it is no wonder.
However, Qiao Jinnian looked down at her small body. In the past few months, she had only grown a little taller, but her teeth had grown a lot. She could eat meat and walk upright.
A large group migrated towards the south. This combination was very strange. Lions and baboons are sworn enemies, and ostriches are herbivores. How did such a large group get together?
Sitting on Ryan's back, Qiao Jinnian looked at the group of ostriches far behind him, and remembered that the survival rate of ostrich eggs in the wild was very low, mainly because they were often stolen and eaten by other animals. So the ostrich family was not stupid. They knew that Ryan not only disdained to eat them, but could even indirectly protect them.
Then she remembered the last time a crocodile stole the baby ostrich. If Diandian and Ryan had not killed the crocodile together, the baby ostrich would have been difficult to save.
So, they chose a neighbor who can be a bodyguard for themselves.
The baboon tribe is easier to understand, because Da Zhuang initially thought she seemed a little clever, and later saw with his own eyes that she caught a warthog with a trap. As the leader, his duty is to lead the tribe to find food, so that's why he followed her.
As he thought, Qiao Jinnian looked at the surrounding environment. As the frequency of rainfall increased, the dry grass was gradually replaced by newly sprouted green grass, and the moist air was filled with the faint fragrance of green grass.
It’s great that the rainy season is here. Ryan no longer has to work so hard to hunt large animals because his food is everywhere.
After walking for two days, Ryan carefully identified the surrounding smells to ensure that this was not the territory of other lion groups and that he could hunt.
It was time to eat, and Ryan hid Qiao Jinnian behind a bush again and went hunting.
"Go ahead, I'll wait for you here." Qiao Jinnian said obediently, and then added, "Awoo—"
Every time she would imitate the little lion and act coquettishly with him, because after roaring like this, Ryan would look very happy and would come over to lick her cheeks. Sometimes he would lick all her hair until it was wet, which was unbearable for her.
After the man and the lion finished their communication, Ryan trotted off to hunt.
In fact, Qiao Jinnian can now run and walk, and he has the spiked weapons and slingshot he found in his hands, so he has some ability to protect himself. But obviously these abilities may not be as strong as a lone gazelle in the primitive grassland.
At least when a gazelle is being chased by a lion, it will jump high and left and right like crazy, deliberately disrupting the lion's pursuit rhythm. It also has horns on its head, so it can often successfully escape from large animals.
As for Qiao Jinnian, he couldn't even run normally. He would easily fall down while running if he wasn't careful, and his weapons were too simple.
Speaking of weapons, Qiao Jinnian was free anyway, so he found a sturdy branch. He hollowed out the middle part of the front end of the branch with a flint knife, stuffed a pointed stone in it, and wrapped a hemp rope around the edge to secure it.
In this way, a simple stone spear was made. The stone was not sharp enough, so she sat behind the bushes and slowly polished it with another stone.
Spears can be thrown or used for close combat. This is how primitive people hunted, and Qiao Jinnian can also try it.
Just as she was sharpening her spear, across the river, on the distant grassland, a large herd of zebras passed by, eating the tender shoots of fresh grass while heading south.
Every year's migration begins with zebras because they are the most picky eaters and only eat the freshest tender tips.
In the distance, a large herd of zebras was crossing the river in a mighty procession. Many of them died in the river and were eaten by crocodiles. The remaining zebras came to the grassland on this side of the river, gathered again, and headed towards the freshest green grass!
The magnificent animal migration scene is vigorous and magnificent. The beautiful black and white stripes and the endless grassland behind them form a natural landscape painting.
But in the next scene, Ryan appeared beside her with a little zebra in his mouth.
Qiao Jinnian: "..."
Uh, yes, there are the most zebras on this grassland right now, and an adult zebra is a bit too much for Ryan, so a baby zebra is just right. We can't ask him to hunt for baboons as well, right?
Of course, baboons have a wide variety of food options. Unlike lions that only eat meat, fruits from trees are their main source of food.
During migration, the grasslands are not only filled with a large number of herbivores, but also with carnivores that move with the herbivores.
This is also the reason why Ryan dragged the food back to eat. He was probably afraid that Qiao Jinnian would be eaten by other carnivores.
Ryan had seen Qiao Jinnian catch prey with a trap, so he ate all the zebra meat and left the remaining leg to Qiao Jinnian.
Knowing that the lion father had decided to raise her in a different way, Qiao Jinnian did not hesitate and immediately built a stove for herself with stones, sat aside and started grilling.
Ryan was speechless about her insistence on roasting the food every time, but there was no worry in his eyes. After all, at least she could eat by herself and didn't have to rely on milk anymore.
The wonderful aroma of the barbecue attracted Dazhuang. Qiao Jinnian has always been generous, but this was hunted by the lion father himself, so she looked at Ryan and asked him with her eyes if she could give it to Dazhuang.
Ryan growled at her, his impatience all too obvious.
So, Qiao Jinnian said to Dazhuang, "If you want to eat barbecue, go hunt it yourself. I can't give you the meat that Ryan worked so hard to catch."
In order to make Da Zhuang understand, she hid the barbecue behind her, and her refusal was clear as day.
Now, Dazhuang finally understood. It was easy to understand. In the animal world, besides your parents, who would give you food for no apparent reason? Only Qiao Jinnian, this eccentric person, would roast meat and share the food with other animals, and would also show inexplicable kindness to other different species.
Da Zhuang was not the kind of person who would always take advantage of others. He just thought the barbecue was delicious. Seeing this, he did not force it and led the baboon group to hunt.
After Ryan was full, he lay down under a tree out of boredom, licking his big paws, washing his face, and yawning. Seeing this, others, such as Qiao Jinnian, couldn't help but feel a little sleepy.
However, her appetite was too small, and she could not finish the meat from just one leg, so she wrapped the remaining dried meat in leaves and put it in a hemp rope backpack, preparing to eat it tomorrow.
Then she extinguished the flame, hid the largest piece of meat in her hand, walked over quietly, and stuffed it into Ryan's mouth when he yawned again.
Ryan yawned halfway, with his mouth half open, unable to bite or keep it open, and he actually sneezed loudly. He looked at her with an annoyed look, opened his mouth, and made a "roar-woo-woo-" sound.
In fact, Qiao Jinnian knew that he never ate strange things. Seeing how uncomfortable he looked, he would probably vomit it out.
Unexpectedly, the next second, he squinted his eyes, frowned, and swallowed the barbecue with an expressionless face.
Qiao Jinnian: "..."
After swallowing it, he washed her face as if to praise her, licked all her hair, and put his huge lion head on her legs. The whole big lion was lazy, closed his eyes, and began to take a nap.
"Is it delicious?" Qiao Jinnian asked softly, "Awoo?"
Ryan was not sleeping at all, he was just resting his eyes. After all, it was noon and he had just finished a meal and needed to digest. The shade of the tree was the best place to take a nap. When he heard her talking, he wagged his tail from side to side.
Then, Qiao Jinnian remembered that the little lions in the valley lion group always liked to play with the male lion's tail and tried desperately to bite their father's tail, which always made the male lion very annoyed and angry.
As if possessed by a ghost, Qiao Jinnian stretched out her hand, moved behind him, and when he was not paying attention, grabbed his tail.
Ryan suddenly opened his golden lion eyes, showing great curiosity, and looked back at his tail.
Qiao Jinnian thought this game was fun, so she simply moved his head away, stood up, ran behind him, and chased his tail.
However, she was too slow, because Ryan also started to play this game with her, and every time she was about to catch him, he would quickly move his tail away in that 0.01 second.
The man and the lion were having a lot of fun, and Ryan also opened his mouth wide and looked very happy.
Of course, Qiao Jinnian has been failing, but humans are humans after all. Although her reaction speed is not as fast as Ryan's, she can predict in advance.
For example, just when his tail was about to start, he reached out to grab it in advance. So, Qiao Jinnian deliberately predicted the place where the tail was about to appear and grabbed it.
Ryan raised his head high and was no longer sleepy because he had encountered something exciting. He didn't expect that she would catch it.
When Dazhuang and his tribe came back carrying a zebra, they saw Qiao Jinnian lying behind Ryan, staring at his tail.
As a result, Dazhuang left the zebra and came over, squatting behind the lion, looking at the tail together, not knowing what had happened.
Ryan: “…”
"Roar--" Ryan roared, telling Dazhuang to leave quickly.
Da Zhuang jumped away with a "wow wow wow" sound, and came back after a while to ask her to go grill the meat.
Qiao Jinnian walked over, touched foreheads with Ryan, and then walked over to grill meat for them.
Just as the fire was lit, a head popped out from the bushes, stealthily, and came out of the hole. When it saw her looking over, it went back into the hole. She pretended to turn around, but suddenly looked back and saw the flat-headed fox that had a grudge against her, and it had not had time to retreat.
No, there's a cloak coming too!
【Author’s words】
If you like Baoer, please add "The First Emperor is My WeChat Friend" to your collection. I will write about this plot in my next book. I wonder if anyone likes it?
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