Chapter 408 Raising Children
"I promised not to hurt you, but you're still running away. I'm so tired."
The bee landed on a leaf and stopped vibrating its wings.
Lin Ting and the panda parents sat down against a nearby tree. "Let's rest for a while. I'll help you take the beehive back later."
'agree. '
The bees were too tired to fly out.
It's rare to find silence in the woods.
The golden monkey climbed to the top of the tree and jumped back and forth using the distance between the trees.
The golden monkey is very familiar with this forest and will definitely not get lost. Lin Ting did not pay attention to the golden monkey's movements.
After a while, the golden monkey returned with the fruit.
The apples are very small but bright red, as if they grew on the top of the tree and needed to receive sunlight for a long time to reach ripeness.
The golden monkey personally brought the reddest apple to Lin Ting.
"Don't worry, sister! This time the fruit didn't grow with the poisonous mushrooms you mentioned. I didn't touch any mushrooms before picking the fruit, and I even washed my hands by the stream."
The golden monkey always remembered what Lin had heard.
"Thank you." Lin Ting did not let the golden monkey down and took the fruit.
The golden monkey then distributed the remaining fruit to the panda parents and the red panda, and even the bees resting on the leaves got a share.
These fruits grow in the wild all year round and have no pesticide residues. Even so, Lin Ting took out a pack of wet wipes from his pocket, wiped the fruit before putting it to his mouth and taking a bite.
I don’t know if it’s a problem with the tree or because the fruit has not been artificially cared for, but even the ripe red fruit still tastes sour. The flesh is not as juicy as the big apples you buy, but rather a bit hard to chew. It can’t be said to be unpalatable, but it’s not very delicious either. If you use it to fill your stomach, it’s barely edible.
In order not to disappoint the golden monkey's kindness in picking the fruit, Lin Ting ate several bites and threw it aside only when only the core was left.
After eating the fruit, Lin Ting and her panda parents had almost rested. She stood up from the ground, holding onto the tree trunk, patted the grass and dirt on her body, picked up the beehive that her panda parents had placed aside, and said to the bees crawling on the leaves, "Let's go, I'll take you home. I have to leave this forest later."
Upon hearing this, the bee flapped its wings again and led the way. Lin Ting followed closely behind with the beehive in her hand. The panda parents, the red panda, and the golden monkey followed, just like her left and right bodyguards.
With the panda parents around, walking in this reserve makes you feel especially safe. Some of the panda parents' natural enemies will actively retreat after smelling the scent of giant pandas.
She didn't even have to test the ground with the stick first.
Lin Ting followed the bees for a long time, holding the beehive, and came to a crooked tree.
The bee flew around the crooked tree twice.
'Here we are, right here.'
Lin Ting looked around. The trees didn't seem very tall, and it would be difficult for her to reach the trunks with her height alone.
Lin Ting handed the honeycomb to the golden monkey and said, "Take it first. When my sister climbs up the tree, you can give it to her."
After hearing this, Lin skillfully climbed up the tree along the crooked trunk.
The golden monkey followed closely behind Lin Ting.
The forgotten red panda imitated Lin Ting's movements and tried to climb up the tree trunk twice, but before he could climb up, he slipped down again and fell heavily to the ground.
The panda parents ignored him and stared at Lin Ting with burning eyes.
After Lin Ting climbed up the crooked tree, the golden monkey walked steadily to Lin Ting holding the beehive and presented the huge beehive to Lin Ting.
After Lin Ting took the honeycomb, he carefully placed it back in its original place and turned to look at the queen bee supervising the work nearby. "Take a look, is this okay?"
The queen bee led the bees around the hive twice and nodded with satisfaction.
'Can. '
"Thank you, humans."
"You are welcome."
Lin Ting did not break her promise. She sat down in the tree branches, took out all the candies from her pocket, opened the outer packaging and placed them on the tree trunk to prevent them from being eaten by ants or other insects.
"These candies will dissolve on their own if left for too long. They must not be exposed to rain, or they will be washed away. You must eat them as soon as possible." Lin Ting reminded the little bees.
'good. '
The bees gathered in a group to taste the candy on the tree trunk.
They have never tasted it.
Lin Ting and the little golden monkey silently slid to the ground holding the tree trunk. After landing, Lin Ting picked up the little panda that fell to the ground and patted the dirt off the little panda's body.
"Children, you can't look like that. You might get hurt if you fall to the ground. You need to be more careful in the future." Lin Ting reminded the panda mother and father in a gentle voice.
The two pandas were obviously new parents and had no experience in taking care of children. They could easily drop the child or even forget about it and fall into the water and be washed away. If they had not been lucky enough to meet them and discover it in time, the baby panda might have drowned in the water.
'It seems he wasn't hurt.'
The mother panda took the baby panda and turned it over and over in her palm to check it out.
Hearing this, Lin Ting held his forehead helplessly.
"Just because you didn't get hurt this time doesn't mean you won't get hurt next time. You still have to be careful. There are a lot of large wild animals in the forest. You have to take the baby panda with you wherever you go. If you forget it, it might be stolen by other large animals and an accident might happen." Lin Ting's voice was very gentle, and it seemed like he was giving a reminder, but more importantly, he was teaching the two new parents how to raise a child.
'Bear, please be more careful next time.'
The mother panda held her cub and responded obediently.
According to the staff of the institute, there are still many places in the forest that they have not explored, and it is unknown whether there are other large wild animals in these places.
In the early years, geological explorers once brought a scientific expedition team into the reserve. In the depths of the reserve, they encountered wild South China tigers and leopards. Two of their team members died, and the rest managed to escape from the forest. After hearing the news, many animal research experts went to the reserve specifically to look for traces of wild South China tigers. With the previous over-hunting and environmental changes, the number of wild South China tigers and leopards is gradually decreasing. The research institute has bred and raised a group of artificially bred South China tigers, but they are still different from wild South China tigers.
After various trainings, these South China tigers were still not good enough to meet the requirements for release into the wild, so animal experts urgently needed to find wild South China tigers. However, they searched in the forest for several months and did not even see a single hair of a South China tiger. If it were not for the wounds on the bodies of the geological explorers, they would even suspect that the other party was lying to them.
This incident was enough to prove that there were wild South China tigers in the reserve, but South China tigers were very vigilant and it was difficult to find them. Since then, the institute has given up looking for wild South China tigers.
Instead, we are protecting the environment here, hoping that the South China tiger can reproduce on its own.
So many years have passed, and it's uncertain whether wild South China tigers still exist. It never hurts to be cautious.
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