Chapter 7 Four Tiger Cubs: The Tiger Comes Down the Mountain
Gu Yiliu saw them immediately as well.
Among so many people, she spotted Han Yi at a glance. There was no way around it; he was too tall, and wearing a uniform, he stood out from the crowd.
Her gaze didn't linger on him for long; she looked at the others: a doctor in a white coat, a villager carrying a hunting rifle and a hoe, a reporter with a camera, and even two cages...
She rose from between the two tigers and walked toward the crowd. As she stood up, the male tiger followed her.
The people on the other side all stepped back.
"Xiao Gu... tell it not to follow you." Ma Quan reacted quickly and reminded him.
Gu Yiliu forgot about it, turned his head to look at the tiger, and said, "Don't shoot, they won't hurt anyone."
The tiger roared and remained motionless.
A gasp was heard from the scene.
Gu Yiliu took her toolbox from Ma Quan, who asked her, "Little Gu, do you know how to deliver babies?"
Gu Yiliu shook her head, but Ma Quan breathed a sigh of relief and introduced the doctors next to her, "These are Dr. Fan and Dr. Zhang from the animal husbandry station. You can ask them for help."
Gu Yiliu looked at the man and woman in front of him, and the man smiled and spoke.
"Hello, my surname is Fan, Fan Zizhong. As long as you make sure the tiger doesn't hurt anyone, the rest is up to my partner Zhang Jiaoning and me."
Gu Yiliu nodded, "Then come with me."
The two followed behind Gu Yiliu. Fan Zizhong glanced cautiously at the tiger; although it was staring at him, it didn't actually bite. He breathed a sigh of relief and forced a smile at the tiger.
The tiger opened its mouth wide and exhaled heavily, urging him to move aside. What is this man looking at? He's too slow!
A stench wafted over, and Fan Zizhong quickened his pace.
As for those who wanted to follow, the tiger roared and stared at them intently, not allowing them to move forward.
Apart from Officer Gu and the people who approached, no one else was allowed to get close.
Behind it, Fan Zizhong and Zhang Jiaoning were about to squat down in front of the tigress and reach out to touch her when a large tiger paw stretched out in front of them, startling them. They quickly withdrew their hands and looked at Gu Yiliu helplessly.
"Roar!" the tigress growled. "Officer Gu, I'm scared!"
"Don't be afraid." Gu Yiliu stepped forward and grasped its paw, both to comfort the female tiger and to comfort Fan Zizhong and the other man.
“The tigress’s birth canal is open, but she can’t give birth. I think the cubs inside are still alive, but they won’t last much longer,” she told the two of them. “You can touch her belly now.”
Even the tigress wasn't sure if the tiger cubs were still alive, and Gu Yiliu, lacking experience, didn't know either. Of course, this was what Dian Dian had just told her.
Upon hearing Gu Yilu's words, the tigress let out two soft whimpers, then raised her head and nuzzled Gu Yilu's hand with a sense of peace.
"..."
Zhang Jiaoning boldly reached out and touched the tigress's hard belly, sometimes gently and sometimes forcefully, and then checked the birth canal. "Can you push by yourself?" She treated the tigress as a human being, knowing that the tigress could understand.
The tigress shook her large head. She felt a sharp pain in her abdomen, as if it was constantly dropping downwards, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't give birth.
It whimpered in pain, its eyes filled with tears.
Zhang Jiaoning asked Fan Zizhong to touch the tigress's belly as well.
"Is it?" The two seemed to be speaking in riddles.
Fan Zizhong nodded, "The tiger cubs aren't moving much. There should be three cubs. Their bellies are very hard. I had to press hard on the cubs inside before they moved even slightly. They can't give birth on their own, they can only..."
"Open it up," Zhang Jiaoning said, her face serious and tense, a thin layer of sweat beading on her cheeks. She wasn't confident about this surgery.
She and Fan Zizhong exchanged a glance, both looking dejected.
"Tell me the risks," Gu Yiliu heard Dian Dian's urging. Clearly, the cubs in the tigress's belly weren't doing well.
“We have no experience in performing cesarean sections on tigers, and the birth must take place here. The environment is not good, and there is a high risk of infection. Even if we do perform a cesarean section, the tiger cubs may not survive.”
"Waaaaah"
A faint sobbing sound came from the tigress.
Gu Yiliu stroked its tiger head.
"Roar~~~" The male tiger behind them roared and shook its head restlessly. Everyone in the forest dared not breathe. Those who had hunting rifles had already raised their guns and aimed them at the male tiger.
Hearing the noise, Gu Yiliu turned her head to look at the gun barrel, her gaze falling on Han Yi.
The moment their eyes met, Han Yi inexplicably understood the meaning in her gaze.
He raised his hand and pressed down on the hunting rifle of the nearest man. "Put it down!"
The man looked nervous, "But..."
Han Yi: "They won't hurt people."
"The fact that they can ask people for help proves that they are very intelligent, and that they are some distance away from us."
The man still looked nervous, but he put down his hunting rifle.
At this moment, a reporter walked over and spoke to Han Yi.
...
"Tiger King, you need to make a decision quickly, your tiger cubs can't wait." Tiger King was the name the male tiger had just told her; it said he was the king of the tigers in the mountains.
"Officer Gu..."
“The veterinarian won’t let anything happen to Hu Meipiao, and I’m here too,” Gu Yiliu said.
The male tiger, Hu Da, calmed down and agreed to the cesarean section. It walked over to Hu Piao Liang, squatted down, and licked its eyes again and again.
Gu Yiliu looked at Zhang Jiaoning, "They've agreed to the C-section."
"Put on sterile gloves before the C-section, I also have some disinfectant alcohol here..."
Gu Yiliu took out his toolbox, opened it, handed the two a pair of sterile gloves, and then took out a blue surgical mat and laid it on the ground.
Then have the two people lift Hu Piaoliang onto the operating table.
The first-aid kit they brought contained the usual supplies, but they didn't have a surgical mat or sterile gloves. The two men, without being surprised, took the surgical mat and, with their professionalism, quickly and steadily began the laparotomy.
The two men gave Tiger a local anesthetic injection and began to cut open his abdomen.
Apart from the heavy breathing of the two tigers, the forest was quiet, and everyone watched silently as the tigers gave birth.
Soon, Zhang Jiaoning took a tiger cub out of Hu Piaoliang's belly. It was very weak, and its belly didn't seem to be rising and falling. Zhang Jiaoning even reached out to check its breath, but thankfully, it was alive.
The tiger opened its mouth wide and lunged forward, trying to snatch the baby tiger, but Gu Yiliu slapped its head away. "I'll do it. Go stand over there!"
She took the tiger cub and gently cleaned the blood and dirt off its body. The rest was up to the tiger cub, so she placed it next to the tiger's beautiful big head.
Sure enough, there were three tiger cubs in Hu Piao Liang's belly, or rather, four, one of which was much smaller than its older siblings.
Whether it survives or not is up to it.
After removing all the tiger cubs, Gu Yidu's hemostatic cotton balls and gauze also played a role, and the hemostasis effect was very good.
Zhang Jiaoning and Fan Zizhong used up almost all the gauze and cotton balls in the three people's boxes before daring to suture them, making sure there would be no bleeding.
"It's stitched up now. She just needs to rest and recover. But staying in the mountains might not be a good idea; the mother tiger and her cubs are too weak and need to be well cared for," Zhang Jiaoning added.
"Officer Gu, our livestock station can take in this tiger and its four cubs. We'll feed them meat and milk," Fan Zizhong continued.
Tiger Pretty was the first animal that Zhang Jiaoning and he performed cesarean section on, and it was in a dense forest with a harsh environment. They were very grateful that the tiger trusted them, and naturally wanted to provide them with a good environment to recuperate.
Of course, when they are sent to the livestock station, they are put in cages, but the livestock station will prepare a large cage for them.
"Once they have recovered, we will return them to your forestry department for disposal."
Hu Piaoliang looked up at Zhang Jiaoning, shook her head, and indicated her unwillingness.
Even Tiger's head shook.
"Roar~ Roar~" No, Officer Gu, Tiger Pretty, the cub, and I are going to follow you!
Fan Zizhong was stunned by the human-like behavior of the two tigers. "Unwilling?"
Gu Yiliu nodded: "...Maybe they want to follow me."
The two tigers nodded again.
"..."
Gu Yiliu looked at the two tigers, pondered for a moment, then turned to look at Ma Quan and Min Songyue. The two understood each other and walked up to her.
Gu Yiliu: "Uncle Ma, these two tigers want to come back to the outpost with me."
Ma Quan looked at the two tigers, and they looked at him too. He thought he was seeing things, and he felt that their eyes were full of expectation.
"..."
After pondering for a long time, he finally spoke, "They are carnivores after all. It's okay to take them back to the outpost for now, but we must make sure they don't hurt anyone." He said "for now" because after they recover, they will either return to the mountains or be sent to a zoo.
"Roar~ Roar~" Tiger opened its mouth wide and roared at Ma Quan twice, while Big Head nodded in response, indicating that it wouldn't hurt anyone.
“…Then let’s take it back first.” Ma Quan looked at Gu Yiliu with a complicated expression. Making a tiger obedient was a skill in itself.
However, Hongbu Cliff will probably not be peaceful in the future.
Ma Quan turned to the onlookers and explained the situation. He heard that the tiger wanted to rest at the outpost and needed their help to carry it down the mountain, which they were naturally happy to do. They were very willing.
With everyone's help, they put the tiger beautifully into the cage.
The crowd was in high spirits, carrying a tiger, followed by another tiger, and holding four tiger cubs. They descended the mountain in a grand procession.
The outpost became more lively than ever before. Men, women, and children from the foot of the mountain all came to watch. Gu Yiliu had no choice but to temporarily put both tigers into their cages first.
She wasn't afraid of tigers hurting people; she was afraid of people hurting tigers.
"Officer, I heard that these two tigers obey you. Can you make one of them roar?" Gu Yiliu looked at the child who spoke, pointing at the tiger's head with a curious and expectant expression.
Gu Yiliu looked at Hu Da.
The tiger opened its mouth wide, and a rough roar escaped, shaking the iron cage.
A group of children were not afraid; instead, they excitedly exclaimed "Wow!"
Tiger, being a child at heart, roared twice more.
"Tiger! That's enough!"
Hearing the warning, Tiger stopped and obediently lay down.
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