Chapter 81

Xiang Bie didn’t know Mu Ling had returned until he came down the mountain at 3:30 pm.

Hearing that Mu Ling was at the veterinary station, he went there. As soon as he got there, he saw two soldiers standing at the door.

The two soldiers also saw Xiang Bie, but seeing that Xiang Bie was wearing the zoo uniform, they didn’t stop him.

After Xiang Bie went in, he saw that there was a medical cabin in the veterinary station. Mu Ling and Dr. Bree were busy around the medical cabin.

Xiang Bie went forward to take a look, and then was stunned.

"Xiaozhong?"

Mu Ling saw Brother Xiang coming back and immediately said, "Brother Xiang, I have lived up to everyone's expectations and finally brought Xiaozhong back!"

Xiang Bie frowned. He looked at Xiaozhong's serious illness. As far as he knew, it was impossible for Xiaozhong to be taken away by someone other than the military in his current condition.

Mu Ling seemed to have guessed Brother Xiang's thoughts, so he pulled him aside and told him about his certificate and the hiring of Professor Sun.

Then he continued, "After Xiaozhong finishes his illness, he will be treated in our campus. Before he recovers and leaves, the two soldiers outside the door will stay here to protect Xiaozhong. Brother Xiang, I'll have to trouble you to arrange a separate dormitory for them."

"And Professor Sun, she is now seeing off the other professors. The other professors are leaving, but since Professor Sun is already our expert veterinarian, it would be inconvenient for her to stay in a hotel. I plan to redecorate a single dormitory for her, and a separate office. The bed, cabinets, desks and other furniture will all have to be repurchased. Brother Xiang, I'll have to trouble you to keep an eye on them then."

Xiang Bie listened to Mu Ling's arrangements, casually said "um", and looked at Mu Ling again.

Issuing certificates, hiring professors, and quick review, he always felt that these things were not done according to the formal procedures?

What did she do outside?

"Director, Xiaozhong is awake."

Doctor Bree said at this time.

Mu Ling hurried over and saw that the mastiff in the medical cabin really opened its eyes slowly.

The medical cabin was very large, and Ling Ren was sleeping next to Xiaozhong. Seeing that Xiaozhong woke up, Ling Ren moved over and stuck close to Xiaozhong, resting his chin on Xiaozhong's body.

Since Xiaozhong woke up, he could be transferred to the ward. The ward had been cleaned up. Now except for Ward B4 where Xuehua's family of three lived, all other wards were empty.

Xiang Bie called the two soldiers in again, and they removed the fence of the medical cabin together, then lifted the pedestal and sent Xiaozhong to Ward A1.

Lingren naturally followed Xiaozhong, and after Xiaozhong fell asleep, he curled up in Xiaozhong's arms.

Seeing them like this, Dr. Bree couldn't help but say, "I heard that there was a Shura field outside before. Qingmi found out that Lingren carried it and took its weak and helpless Bai Yueguang home?"

Mu Ling: "..."

Xiang Bie: "?"

Mu Ling explained very seriously: "Dr. Bree, don't spread rumors! The little animals are all good friends, and Lingren and Xiaozhong are both males! There is no Bai Yueguang! Qingmi also has a boyfriend!"

Dr. Bree smiled and waved his hand: "I was just joking, don't get excited, Director, but when it comes to Qingmi My boyfriend, Gus, has been in heat recently."

Mu Ling: "..."

Mu Ling was stunned: "What?"

Doctor Bree said: "What's so strange about this? Wind-chasing wolves go into heat twice a year, once in autumn and once in spring. It's already mid-October, so it's normal to be in heat. Other employees also told me that they saw Gus standing on a rock and howling while patrolling the mountains. He took a video and showed it to me. I saw that he was sending out a signal for courtship."

Mu Ling: "..."

Mu Ling was stunned: "Gus is in heat, so is Qingjian in heat?"

"No." Doctor Bray said, "That's the problem. The Snow Wolf and the Wind Chaser Wolf grow in different geographical environments, so their habits are also different. The Snow Wolf does not go into heat every year, and Qingmi has already given birth to a litter. I actually don't recommend that she reproduce again."

Qingmi is only five years old now, which is actually a good age for childbearing. Considering that she is still young, the Veterinary Association did not sterilize her when she retired. It is also a good thing that Qingmi can give birth to cubs later. The breed of the cubs is not important. The main thing is that after the female wolf gives birth to a litter, her temperament will become much gentler. Qingmi has suffered nervous damage and her temperament is originally violent. Being able to become gentler is good for her condition.

But she had already given birth to one child, and the benefits were all gone. If she gave birth again, it would only consume Qing Jian's body.

Generally speaking, it is not recommended for war beasts to give birth to more than two children. They are not breeding animals. Fighting consumes their physical strength. Giving birth will consume it again. They will have many diseases in old age.

Doctor Bree said: "But whether Qing Jian should give birth or not depends on the wishes of its owner. Some owners hope that war beasts will give birth to two full litters."

Mu Ling nodded: "I know this."

The life span of animals is generally lower than that of humans. Not counting the falcon and the red elephant, which have a life span of up to 70 years, which is about the same as that of humans, most other animals only have a life span of more than 20 years. If they leave offspring, when the war beast dies, the owner will at least have something to rely on.

Let's talk about Moonlight in their park. Moonlight is ten years old this year, but in fact, Moonlight is not the first war beast of its owner, Lieutenant General Mi Luo.

Lieutenant General Mi Luo is already fifty-six years old this year. The first war beast in his life was actually Moonlight's grandmother. After Moonlight's grandmother passed away, Lieutenant General Mi Luo applied for the second war beast with hard work, which was Moonlight, who had just turned one month old at that time.

He applied for Moonlight because he missed Grandma Moonlight.

Fortunately, Moonlight's grandmother left offspring, otherwise Lieutenant General Mi Luo would have had a hard time getting through that period.

Mu Ling said, "I will contact Qingji's owner later, but what should we do with Gus's current situation? Should we find him a new girlfriend?"

Qingji is not in estrus. If Gus dares to force himself, Qingji will eat Gus alive. In addition, they are not of the same breed and are not a good match. It is really hurtful to have unsynchronized estrus periods!

Doctor Bree frowned and said, "Wolves are monogamous. Generally speaking, if the mate is not dead, the male wolf is very loyal to the female wolf and will not accept other female wolves. Of course, if one dies, the other will quickly find the next mate. But now Qingji is still here, and Gus will definitely not accept a new girlfriend."

Mu Ling shook her head and said, "One of them is in the mountain and the other is at the foot of the mountain. It can be considered a long-distance relationship. Can't it just treat Qingji as dead?"

Doctor Bree: "..."

Dr. Bree was speechless: "You said there was only a mountain between them. If you change Qingjia to another zoo, you can trick Gus into dying."

Mu Ling felt very confused.

Dr. Bree said again: "Okay, you take care of Xiaozhong first. I will ask others about Gus's situation to see if any colleagues have encountered similar situations."

After Dr. Bree left, Mu Ling squatted in the ward to check on Xiaozhong's condition.

Xiaozhong was a little uncomfortable with the new environment. He kept licking his mouth and looking around in confusion.

Mu Ling touched its back and found that its muscles were very tense.

"Drink some water first." Mu Ling said, looking up at Xiang Bie outside the door and said, "Brother Xiang, help me get the small bag on the sofa outside, the black one."

Xiang Bie went outside silently and brought the bag in.

Mu Ling opened the bag, took out the bottle of nutrient water inside, poured it into the bottle, and then fed it to Xiaozhong.

Xiaozhong has been used to drinking from the bottle these days. He sucked skillfully. After drinking half a bottle, he licked his nose, came over, and rubbed Mu Ling's calf with his head.

Mu Ling smiled and touched it, kissed it again, then got up and went outside.

Xiang Bie followed her out.

Mu Ling used canned meat sauce and nutritious milk powder to make a meat paste for Xiaozhong. While grinding the meat, she asked Xiang Bie: "Brother Xiang, has Tuoyu been better these two days?"

Xiang Bie watched Mu Ling's movements twice, and after learning it, he took the bowl from her hand and ground it with a spoon himself, saying: "Overall, it's almost the same as before. Uncle Li made a record sheet. It's in the shared file. Take a look."

Mu Ling walked to the desk and opened the office computer.

In the record sheet, Uncle Li fully recorded Tuoyu's three meals a day, as well as the amount of vomiting, the movements before vomiting, the time of vomiting, and which medicinal food would cause less vomiting.

Mu Ling read it for a long time before she finished, and Xiang Bie over there also made the meat paste.

Mu Ling then went back in with the meat paste, sat down and fed Xiaozhong spoonful by spoonful.

While feeding, she said: "Tunyu is vomiting, it's very strange. Generally speaking, the cause of psychological vomiting is related to bad emotions. For example, when you are in a sad, fearful, or depressed mood, you are prone to vomiting, but Tuyu doesn't have these symptoms."

Xiang Bie asked: "The damage value exceeded 90%, is it related to this?"

Mu Ling shook her head: "It is definitely related, but this is definitely not the main reason. We still need to know how it was before. "I have been asked about the living information of the dog. Did Longping Island send any more documents later? Also, what did its owner say?"

Xiang Bie said, "Everything that can be sent has been sent. As for the owner, it is similar to what he said before. People from Longping Island have consulted the owner of Swallow many times before, and all the questions that should be asked have been asked.

" Mu Ling sighed, "I will go to see Swallow later."

While talking, a bowl of porridge had been fed, and Mu Ling tilted the bowl over and let Xiaozhong lick the bottom of the bowl.

The dog who was not wasteful happily ate the bottom of the bowl clean, and then lay down with satisfaction.

Mu Ling took the bowl out to wash it, and Xiang Bie took the bowl and washed it.

Mu Ling squatted under the cabinet to look for something.

After searching for a long time, Mu Ling found a pack of diapers left over from Pimi, and returned to the ward.

When Xiang Bie finished washing the dishes and went in, he saw that Mu Ling had already put on Xiaozhong's diaper.

Xiaozhong was very curious about the butt bag and wanted to turn around to smell his butt, but because he had no strength, he stammered and lay back down.

Mu Ling touched Xiaozhong's butt and coaxed him, "It's okay, just wear it for a few days. Xiaozhong will be able to stand up and go to the toilet by himself in a few days."

Xiaozhong had just had surgery and needed to rest, so his current medicines all contain sleeping ingredients, which resulted in his lack of strength. All four legs were weak and he could only eat, drink, defecate and urinate in bed.

After the medicine is changed in two days, he will be able to slowly recover his strength.

In fact, apart from the tumor, Xiaozhong's condition is much better than that of Pimi at the beginning.

Pimi is really pessimistic. It is heading for death. It does not have any positive thoughts. No matter how you treat it, it looks indifferent to life and death.

But Xiaozhong is very cheerful and optimistic. He cooperates with the treatment very well. Moreover, Xiaozhong's nerves have not been damaged.

If the nerves are not damaged, its logic, thinking ability, and emotional stability will always be online, which will be of great help to the physical treatment.

After settling Xiaozhong down, Mu Ling went to Ward B4 to check on Xuehua and her family of three.

Xuehua, Dabao and Xiaobao had seen Mu Ling coming in a long time ago, but Mu Ling had not come over, so they had been watching here.

Now that Mu Ling had passed, Xuehua immediately changed from lying down to standing up and came up to smell Mu Ling.

Mu Ling hugged the huge white tiger with a smile, touched Snowflake's ears, and asked: "Does Grandma Snowflake miss me?"

Snowflake would not answer, but it licked Mu Ling's hair, proving with its actions that it liked this granddaughter very much.

At this moment, Mu Ling suddenly felt her ankle itchy.

She tilted her head and saw that it was Dabao who was sweeping her legs with his tail.

Mu Ling let go of Snowflake, went over and kissed Dabao's forehead hard, and said exaggeratedly: "Oh, isn't this our Dabao? It turns out that it is Dabao who is calling sister, what is Dabao calling sister for?"

Dabao made a comfortable gurgling sound from his mouth, and rubbed his forehead stickyly on Mu Ling's face.

Mu Ling wanted to see Xiaobao again, but as soon as she turned her face away, she was kicked by Xiaobao.

Xiaobao struggled to stand up, and kicked Mu Ling several times.

Mu Ling quickly held the ancestor down and coaxed it: "Alright, alright, my lady, you can't move around with the wound, just lie down."

Dabao and Xiaobao had serious external injuries. Not only could they not stand up because the wounds had not healed, but the tubes and wires on their bodies would also fall off if they stood up.

Mu Ling stroked Xiao Bao's fur for a while, then looked around and asked Xiang Bie, "Brother Xiang, where are Xiao Xu and Xiao Jiang?"

"Their family members came and took them to settle down."

Xiang Bie then said, "They will probably have to go home after that. The two children ask for leave whenever they want and don't go to school. Their parents are very worried and they quarrel a lot."

Mu Ling frowned when she heard this. A lot of things really happened during the two days she was away.

She said, "Xiao Xu and Xiao Jiang really can't stay here all the time. After all, they are all students, and their studies should be the priority. I'll talk to their parents later."

After Mu Ling teased the Xuehua family for a while, Dr. Brey came back.

With Dr. Brey guarding here, Mu Ling and Brother Xiang went to see Swallow.

Outside Swallow's glass house, Li Yan was talking to Swallow's keeper. When the two saw Mu Ling coming, they greeted her.

Mu Ling responded and stood at the door, looking at the nine-needle pig inside. The more she looked, the tighter her brows wrinkled.

"Why do I feel that Swallow has become thinner?" It

doesn't seem so in the video, but in reality, he has really lost a lot of weight.

Li Yan also said worriedly, "Today I lost another two kilograms compared to yesterday."

Mu Ling's face was not very good. She picked up the protective clothing hanging next to her and put it on.

The swallowing was not very aggressive, so Mu Ling did not wear a helmet. After she entered, she walked to the pigsty, squatted down, and observed the swallowing situation closely.

"Hum." The Nine Needle Pig stared at Mu Ling in confusion. It seemed that it did not like humans very much. It cried uncomfortably and tried to drive Mu Ling away.

Mu Ling did not leave, and tentatively touched the back of the Nine Needle Pig.

The dense mane was a little prickly. The Nine Needle Pig turned its head to look at Mu Ling's hand and cried again: "Hum."

This time the sound was louder than before, and the tone was deeper. This was an unhappy reaction.

Mu Ling thought about it, and simply got up and walked to the door to ask Uncle Li for a small watermelon.

Li Yan gave her the watermelon and said, "You might vomit again after eating it."

Mu Ling was helpless: "You can't just not eat it. One fruit a day is enough to supplement the basic nutrition."

Mu Ling walked in with the watermelon.

The small watermelon opened with a light tap. Mu Ling shook the two halves of the watermelon at the Nine Needle Pig: "Do you want to eat it?"

Sure enough, the Nine Needle Pig, who didn't like Mu Ling just now, immediately stood up and walked towards Mu Ling.

Devourer is actually very easy to raise. Compared with those retired war beasts who are lonely, self-contained, starving and crazy, it is really a very gentle and kind war beast.

It is willing to eat and does not like to attack people. Although it is very alert and sensitive, overall, because of its high IQ, it recognizes people. It accepts the care and feeding of the keeper, and even the keeper wants to bathe it.

If it does not vomit, it is simply the retired beast that all keepers dream of.

But it just vomits, and this vomiting problem has been consuming its life and energy.

"Come, eat it." Mu Ling handed the watermelon forward, and the black pig immediately rushed over to eat the watermelon.

The flat nose was soon full of watermelon juice. With a short swallowing mouth and a long nose, it ate a watermelon very dirtyly, and half of its face was dirty in a short while.

After finishing the watermelon, Mu Ling grabbed the towel on the wall, splashed some water on it to wet it, and then squatted down to wipe the face of Tuo.

The pig didn't like to wipe its mouth, and it began to grunt and backed away, wanting to leave.

But Mu Ling insisted on chasing it and wiping its mouth. After wiping its mouth, she wiped its neck, and after wiping its neck, she even pinched its nostrils.

After wiping everything, Mu Ling sat on the ground, propped up her chin and looked at the black pig.

Tuo turned against her after having afternoon tea, and it ignored Mu Ling, turned around and walked to the back of the room. Finally, it lay on a patch of grass, leaned against a tree stump, and slowly began to doze off.

It's normal for a pig to sleep after eating.

Mu Ling continued to watch it here.

Time passed by, and seeing that Swallow was about to fall asleep, Mu Ling suddenly shouted loudly: "Swallow!"

The huge sound scared the pig.

Nine Needle Pig immediately looked at the human in front of it, and its pair of brown eyes, which were not big to begin with, stared at Mu Ling steadily.

Mu Ling smiled, then pressed her hands and said gently: "It's okay, it's okay, I was wrong, I thought there was a mouse behind your butt, but it turned out to be dazzled, it's okay, go to sleep."

Nine Needle Pig thought this human was very strange, but the human was still far away from it, and did not hurt it, so Swallow stood up, changed places, hid behind a big rock, and lay down again.

Maybe because of vigilance, Nine Needle Pig didn't fall asleep so easily this time. It lay behind the stone and still looked at Mu Ling. After fifteen minutes, it finally fell asleep again.

"Fire! Fire! Get up and put out the fire!"

The scream of the human once again woke up the Nine Needle Pig who had just fallen asleep. The Nine Needle Pig's body twitched, and it immediately turned over and stood up, staring at Mu Ling over there.

Mu Ling was still sitting cross-legged in her original position. Seeing the big black pig looking at her, she explained: "I'm watching the drama on my computer. You see I'm wearing headphones. The fire in the drama is really big. The protagonist is about to be burned to death. It's too scary!"

Nine Needle Pig has begun to think that this human is crazy.

It growled at Mu Ling twice, signaling Mu Ling to get out!

How could Mu Ling understand pig talk? She made a zipper motion to her mouth, and then said very obediently: "I really won't talk this time, go to sleep, I really won't disturb you." The

Nine Needle Pig was annoyed when he saw that the human didn't leave. This time he went directly to the corner of the wall, lay on the grass, and used his nose to dig the grass roots, staring at Mu Ling!

Mu Ling really didn't talk this time. The Nine Needle Pig monitored Mu Ling for half an hour. Seeing that this human was indeed obedient, he began to doze off for the third time.

Then ten minutes later...

"Hey, wake up, wake up, we've arrived at our stop!"

This time, the Nine Needle Pig was actually woken up by a push! He turned over and stood up, unable to bear it any longer, and directly started to butt the human with his head!

Mu Ling grabbed a vine and climbed up the big tree in the room. She sat on a branch and looked down.

Pigs can't climb trees.

The pig was so angry that it banged its head against the tree! It wanted to knock Mu Ling down!

Mu Ling hugged the trunk tightly, and no matter how the trunk swayed, she couldn't stand it!

Fortunately, the tree was deeply rooted when it was transplanted, otherwise it would not be able to withstand the ramming of such a big adult wild boar.

Tired of ramming, the Nine Needle Pig finally stopped, and it lay under the tree, guarding Mu Ling here.

Xiang Bie, Li Yan and the Swallowing keeper who were outside the door were completely silent at this moment.

After a while, the Swallowing keeper spoke first: "Why is the director more naughty than the Calico Monkey?"

Xiang Bie: "..."

Li Yan: "..."

The animal dormitory was right there. When the Swallowing keeper occasionally went to see it, he often saw Lieyan making trouble everywhere. But now looking at the director again, the director is just like Calico Monkey 2.0. She is even better than the master! The

Nine Needle Pig really didn't sleep this time. It was completely fighting with Mu Ling.

Mu Ling was sitting on the tree branch, which was fine. The pig didn't move and she didn't move either. The two sides were in a stalemate.

This time the stalemate lasted for a long time, and it lasted for two hours.

Two hours later, the Bick Zoo was closed. Xiang Bie went to prepare dinner for the other war beasts, and Li Yan went to make medicinal food. Only the keeper of Tuo was left outside, because he was afraid that Tuo would push the zoo director to death and no one would go in to save him.

After a while, Mu Ling's hands and feet began to go numb, and she could not hold on any longer.

At this time, Li Yan finally opened the door and came in with a basin of cooled medicinal food.

As soon as he saw that it was time to eat, the pig immediately ran towards Li Yan and temporarily let go of the enemy on the tree.

While Jiuzhen Pig was eating, Mu Ling jumped down quickly, and then limped away with the help of Uncle Li!

After the door was closed, Mu Ling quickly sat down on the stool outside the door, pounding her legs while saying to Uncle Li and Swallow's keeper, "You haven't vomited since eating the watermelon, right?"

The two nodded immediately. Although they didn't realize what the director was doing at first, they should have realized later that Swallow really hadn't vomited.

The Swallow keeper asked hurriedly: "Is it like dealing with killing, diverting Swallow's attention, letting it focus on other things and forget about vomiting?"

Mu Ling laughed and shook her head: "Of course not."

The Swallow keeper didn't understand, and Li Yan also asked hurriedly: "Then Director, what are you doing?"

Mu Ling said: "I have seen your record sheet before, Uncle Li. In the sheet, you strictly recorded Swallow's meal time, activity time, sleep time, including all its reactions during vomiting, etc., and then I discovered something."

The two looked at her seriously.

"Tutun loves to sleep."

Two people: "..."

Tutun's keeper was a little stunned: "Sleep, sleep? Yes, it's a pig. It sleeps more than 15 hours a day. Yes, it's normal..."

Mu Ling said: "Of course it's normal to sleep, but after eating, it rests for a while, and then goes to sleep. When it wakes up, it starts to turn in circles and then vomits. This is not normal."

"I thought at first that turning in circles was the reason for its vomiting, but then I thought of another possibility. Could it be that sleeping is the reason for its vomiting?"

Li Yan frowned: "Director, what you mean is..."

Mu Ling said: "Psychological vomiting is caused by bad emotions. Sadness, fear, and depression can all lead to vomiting. Is it possible that Tutun had a dream and then instantly triggered these emotions, causing vomiting after waking up ?”

The Devouring breeder: “…”

Li Yan suddenly thought of something: “After I knew I was going to take over Devouring, I looked up a lot of information about Nine-Needle Pigs or other pigs. It is true that pigs do dream. Pigs are advanced animals, and their sleeping behavior is very similar to that of humans. Scientific studies have also shown that when pigs have rapid eye movements during sleep, they are dreaming.”

The Devouring breeder looked at Li Yan in surprise, thinking, you know so much?

Mu Ling nodded to Uncle Li: "Yes, so I think there is a possibility that nightmares cause Swallow to vomit. So I tested it just now. After eating the watermelon, I didn't let it sleep. I woke it up three times. In the end, I forced it to keep its eyes open until now. Sure enough, it didn't vomit."

Li Yan said, "But you can't stay awake all the time..."

Mu Ling said, "Sleep after digestion is complete. Generally, food will be completely digested in 3 or 4 hours, and liquid food will be digested in about two hours. Aren't we making medicinal food? I'll go back and adjust the formula, and try to make food that Swallow can completely digest in about two and a half hours. In the future, try to feed it normally every meal, and don't let it sleep within three hours after feeding, and let it sleep after three hours. It may be a bit hard, but let's see the effect first."

The two keepers became excited when they heard this. So...

Swallow can be cured!

"But..." Mu Ling changed the subject again.

The two looked at her again.

Mu Ling frowned and said, "But this method is only a temporary solution. If it keeps having nightmares, it can't vomit food, and it will vomit acid, just like it did in Longping Island. So we still have to figure out why it has nightmares. Long-term nightmares will accelerate neurasthenia. Once the nerves weaken, the damage value will increase. This is a vicious cycle. Only by alleviating the occurrence of nightmares can we treat it. I guess we still have to ask the owner of Swallowing for this."

After roughly understanding Swallowing's situation, the restaurant also started calling for dinner.

Mu Ling said, "Let's go eat first."

Swallowing's keeper still had to watch Swallowing, so Mu Ling and Li Yan went over first.

As a result, when they walked through the square and came to the door of the restaurant, Li Yan suddenly froze for a moment, then he stood there and looked in the direction of the mountain trail.

Mu Ling was puzzled: "What's wrong?"

Li Yan frowned, he stretched out his hand and pointed at a group of trees outside the forest, and said: "Isn't that... Gus?"

Mu Ling was stunned, and immediately looked carefully at the mountain trail. Sure enough, after looking for a long time, she really saw a sneaky Wind Chaser Wolf behind the hazy trees! Mu Ling was stunned,

she hurriedly shouted to the restaurant: "Come on, everyone, come out! Gus ran down the mountain, it must be here to seduce our family to pay the debt!"