Chapter 098 Chapter 98
Ye Qing hurried over to check the situation.
The bite force of an adult tiger is amazing, so the bite on Liu Zhiqing was not light, the wound was so deep that the bone was visible, and his entire thigh was covered in blood and flesh, which made people feel numb.
The bite was on the thigh, which has a lot of flesh, so it looks serious, but as long as you close the skin and take good care of yourself for a while, it will be fine.
If it was the neck that was bitten, Ye Qing couldn't imagine whether the delicate and fragile neck of an ordinary person could withstand the tiger's attack. He was afraid that with one bite, the neck would most likely be broken in two.
Ye Qing couldn't help but feel a little scared, so he took out a silver needle and quickly cleaned the wound of Liu Zhiqing.
Fortunately, when entering the mountains, Ye Qing was worried about encountering danger during the hunting process, so she made sufficient preparations in advance and brought a first aid kit, which came in handy at this moment.
Stop bleeding, disinfect, apply medicine, bandage, Ye Qing was skillful and had treated the wound in just ten minutes.
Worried that the wild tiger might be carrying the rabies virus, Ye Qing secretly used some of his special powers to ensure that the wound would not be infected by the virus.
After packing up the medicine bag and tools, Ye Qing stood up and looked at the tiger that was still wandering around ten meters away.
The tiger was very big, probably weighing around 500 to 600 kilograms, and looked very tough to deal with.
However, under normal circumstances, even if an adult tiger is foraging in the mountains, it will not easily come into direct conflict with humans. Especially this time, there are more than 20 people entering the mountains. Even the beasts in the mountains are very wary of such a large group. It is impossible for them to suddenly run out and launch a sneak attack when they have no chance of winning.
Ye Qing couldn't help but ask Wu Yongbing:
"What's going on, Captain?"
Wu Yongbing also wanted to ask what was going on.
These hunters have lived at the foot of the mountain for so many years. They go into the mountain to hunt every year. They encounter tigers many times, but basically they just have a face-to-face encounter with the tigers.
Cats are agile and can dart around in the mountains without a trace. When they see a group of two-legged beasts carrying hunting rifles, they will immediately hide in the forest and will not engage in direct conflict with humans.
So this was the first time they had such close contact with a tiger.
At that time, there were no laws to protect rare wild animals, and the villagers had no awareness of this.
After all, as early as thirty years ago, both South China, North China and Liaoning had been plagued by tigers for many years.
According to statistics, there were hundreds of thousands of South China tigers at that time, and these giant insects often came down the mountain to disturb the villagers' normal life and production, causing the people to be terrified at the mention of tigers.
Therefore, in the early days of liberation, special tiger-hunting teams were set up in various places. A large number of PLA soldiers were ordered to go into the mountains to hunt tigers. Many old hunters were proud of killing tigers. The same was true in the Changbai Mountain area. Even many villagers had fur coats made of tiger skin hidden in their homes.
However, it was precisely because the efforts to eradicate the tiger problem were too strong that large-scale hunting and killing of tigers occurred without restraint in various places. By the early 1970s, wild tigers were almost extinct in the mountains. In the huge Changbai Mountain, the number of Northeast Tigers was in danger and the species was almost on the verge of extinction.
Just like now, seeing this healthy, strong and beautifully-coated Siberian tiger, although these veteran hunters were cautious, no one backed down, and each of them stared at it with a determination to win.
But it was obvious that this tiger had aroused the interest of these veteran hunters. Even though they knew that the tiger was difficult to deal with, they still wanted to hunt it down.
After all, bringing such a big tiger back home is not just a matter of eating meat. If you can peel off the complete tiger skin, you can definitely sell it for a lot of money.
However, since Wu Yongbing did not give the order, none of these veteran hunters dared to act rashly and fire their guns on their own. They were mainly afraid that if they missed, the tiger would suddenly attack and injure someone in anger, which would be troublesome. If someone else was bitten or died, no one would be held responsible.
If it were in the past, if an animal had hurt someone, Wu Yongbing would have ordered the shooting.
But this time Ye Qing was here, and for some reason, Wu Yongbing subconsciously regarded Ye Qing as the backbone and wanted to ask Ye Qing for his opinion.
After all, after what happened last night, both Wu Yongbing and the other hunters have already determined in their hearts that Ye Qing is the daughter of Changbai Mountain and a true deity who is closely protected by the Fox Immortal.
Influenced by this, Wu Yongbing felt that it would be right to listen to and adopt the opinions of this girl.
"Ye girl, what do you think we should do?"
Ye Qing definitely disagrees with killing tigers. In the huge Changbai Mountain, the number of Siberian tigers is already very limited. If they continue to kill them, if this species wants to reproduce and grow in the future, who knows how much workload it will add to future biological researchers and animal protection units.
"If you ask me, I definitely don't agree with killing tigers—"
Ye Qing had already prepared a lot of ideas in his mind, and had thought of a lot of reasons of all kinds. He was even prepared to be dry-mouthed for a while and to appeal to the hunters' emotions and reason with them.
Who knew that she had just expressed her attitude, and before she could finish her long speech, Wu Yongbing nodded and made the decision:
"Then don't fight. Everyone, be careful. As long as this guy doesn't rush up and hurt anyone else, don't shoot!"
Ye Qing: ...No, you agree to it now? Isn't this a bit too hasty?
Of course, the other hunters were not as decisive as Wu Yongbing, and some of them were still unhappy. But when they turned around and saw the Mancang couple lying obediently at Ye Qing's feet with their tails between their legs, they immediately stopped and had to put away their resentment.
Just kidding, these people are not stupid. It is obvious that Ye Qing is the undisputed overlord of Changbai Mountain. This time when they went into the mountains to hunt, if Ye Qing hadn't been there, it would have been impossible for them to easily kill so many prey in just two days.
This educated youth from the city has almost become the mascot of their Kaoshan Village. If they offend this powerful character, they will never be able to go into the mountains to hunt with them again. I'm afraid that even the captain will not forgive them.
What's more, this little girl can communicate with the fox fairy and is not afraid to go into the mountains alone at night. The old hunters in the village are a bit superstitious, so how could they dare to provoke such an evil guy?
Ye Qing didn't know that the villagers would have such a mentality, but as long as the villagers agreed not to kill the tiger, she would not waste any more words and prepared to think of a way to see if she could drive the tiger out of the cabin as soon as possible.
Before she could think of a suitable solution, another male educated youth who was helping Liu back to the cabin to rest suddenly screamed in surprise and shouted:
"Oh my God, a tiger got into our house!"
When these words were spoken, everyone was startled and instinctively put away their guns and rushed to the cabin.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, the male educated youth came out of the house, holding in his hands a chubby little cub that was not much bigger than an adult cat.
After being caught, the little rascal was still unwilling to accept the fact. He twisted his body to try to break free from the male educated youth's hands, while opening his mouth wide, revealing a ferocious, evil and domineering aura of a mountain king.
As soon as the cub appeared, everyone paused and immediately understood why the adult tiger suddenly attacked and injured people, and even circled around the cabin and refused to leave.
It turns out that this tiger cub is the one who caused all the trouble!
Sure enough, as soon as the cub was pulled out, the big tiger became anxious and roared as if trying to rush over, fearing that its child would be hurt by these two-legged beasts.
The male educated youth holding the tiger cub turned pale in an instant. He was so frightened that his mind went blank. He stood there holding the cub, not knowing how to react.
Seeing this, Ye Qing immediately shouted:
"Let go! Throw the tiger cub out!"
Seeing that the male educated youth still didn't react, Ye Qing had no choice but to pull out the rattan whip from his bag. With a flick of his hand, the long whip rolled up the cub.
Everyone only saw a flash before their eyes, and in an instant the tiger cub in the male educated youth's hand was thrown far away, directly into the snow dozens of meters away.
After the tiger cub was thrown out, it was buried directly in the snow, creating a huge hole.
Fortunately, there was a thick layer of snow in the mountains, and the little fellow immediately dug himself out of the snow pit he had fallen into. While shaking his head to shake off the snow on his body, he staggered and panted as he crawled towards his father.
The adult tiger did not want to fight. After discovering that its child was thrown out, it immediately gave up attacking the group of two-legged beasts, turned sharply and ran straight towards its child. It quickly jumped in front of the cub, bit the cub's neck, and picked up the whole little baby.
The little guy was not very happy, and looked like he hadn't had enough fun. He cried and screamed while trying to escape from his father's clutches.
As soon as its father let go, the little fellow twisted and turned and jumped towards the cabin again. The big tiger was so angry that it stretched out its claws and gave the little cub a big slap, then mercilessly took the whole cub into its mouth, turned around and walked away without looking back.
After the patrolling mountain king and his son left and the cordon was lifted, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
The male educated youth looked like he had survived a disaster. He collapsed to the ground on the spot, patting his chest and gasping for breath, obviously frightened.
Ye Qing entered the house and saw the pot that had been knocked over on the floor. The black soup base at the bottom of the pot had been licked clean and there was not much left. The whole cabin was in a mess, with traces of being destroyed by the little tiger cub everywhere.
Seeing this, what else did Ye Qing not understand? She carried a few kilograms of rice up the mountain and asked Gu Weinan to cook porridge for everyone in the morning.
It was estimated that the rice porridge stuck to the pot when it was being cooked, so the bottom was stuck on the pot. As a result, the tiger cub smelled the odor and sneaked into the cabin to eat it while no one was paying attention.
The adult tiger followed the smell to find the child. It probably thought that its child had been captured, so it ran to the cabin and attacked people.
It just so happened that the other hunters all carried hunting guns and went up the mountains to hunt all year round. They were very alert to everything around them and their reaction speed was much faster than the city educated youth who had never been to the mountains. So the other hunters dodged in time when the tiger rushed up. Only the educated youth Liu was unlucky. He reacted too slowly and was bitten by the tiger.
This was truly an unprovoked disaster. Looking at Liu Zhiqing lying on the kang, pale with pain, Ye Qing felt somewhat embarrassed and guilty.
After all, if the food she brought with her was not special, this educated youth Liu would not have suffered this at all.
Although she had good intentions, as she was worried that these hunters would get hungry and cold and get sick in the mountains in the middle of winter, she thought of bringing some rice with spiritual energy for everyone to eat to enhance their immunity. But who could have known that a little bit of sticky rice at the bottom of the pot could cause such a big mess?
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