Looking at the mother leopard, Li Sheng felt a pang of pity. With the mother leopard dead, the cubs would definitely not survive. He didn't hold a grudge against the mother and male leopards for hunting him together. In nature, the strong prey on the weak, just like he hunted other animals.
Besides, all the male leopards died at his hands and ended up in his stomach.
However, Li Sheng did not stay for long. After taking a look at the situation, he left. Although he had a compassionate heart, he knew that animals and humans think differently, and he had to be cautious even if he wanted to help.
After Li Sheng returned, he put down the things, took a few pieces of fish and a ladle of water, and went back to where the leopard was. He placed the water not far from the leopard, left the food, and left. That was all he could do for the time being. Whether the leopard could survive depended on its fate, but the East African Rift Valley scar on its leg made it very difficult for it to survive.
After putting them down, Li Sheng didn't linger. He went back to the shelter to process the snake meat and hornbill he had hunted. Snakes don't eat much and are easy to raise, so he didn't plan to kill them all. It was better to eat them fresh. Besides, if he found anything big, the fresh snake venom would come in handy.
The snake in my hand weighs over a pound, enough to make soup. With a very skillful hand, I cut open the snake's belly, removed the internal organs, peeled off the snake skin, and chopped it into pieces about the length of a thumb.
Next, boil water and scald the hornbill with boiling water. Just like with chickens, scalding with boiling water makes it easier to pluck the feathers. The head is still discarded and chopped off. The claws are also chopped off and the internal organs are removed. Soak the bird in clean water along with the snake meat to remove some of the fishy smell.
Continue boiling water in the pot. The snake meat and hornbill meat still need to be blanched in hot water. This hornbill is very large, and there is definitely more meat on its body than Tang Bohu.
The hornbill and snake entrails end up in the chickens' mouths. If the chickens don't eat them, these entrails are excellent for fishing.
Soon the water in the pot started bubbling and boiling. Once the water boiled, squeeze in a little bit of wild lemon juice, then add the meat chunks to remove any fishy smell.
As soon as the chicken and snake meat were put in, they immediately turned from pink to white, and a layer of jewel-colored foam floated on the surface. This was the blood that had been cooked out. After a few minutes, Li Sheng picked up the pot and poured out all the water. He then spread the snake meat and chicken out in a winnowing basket to dry.
It will taste better if it's fried in lard again later.
After drying the meat, he put a large lump of lard into the pot. The lard actually had a fishy smell. The milky white lard slowly melted in the pot. After waiting for a while, he put the snake meat and bird meat in.
Sure enough, I heard a very pleasant sound, sizzle~
Hearing that sound, one could almost smell the aroma of meat. Soon, under Li Sheng's stirring, the meat turned golden brown. He picked up a few pieces of meat, sprinkled them with a little salt, and after they cooled, he gave them to the two greedy guys behind him.
When it was almost done frying, Li Sheng poured in a large ladle of water, and with another sizzle, the water filled the entire pot. Then he covered the pot and waited for it to simmer over low heat for an hour.
The little girl and the older girl behind him stared longingly at the meat inside the coconut shell, asking pitifully, "Is it cold, Daddy?"
Li Sheng chuckled and affectionately handed the bowl to Naituan, saying, "She should be able to eat now, but be careful, it's hot."
He then handed another bowl to his younger sister, saying, "Don't make that face, you have one too."
The young woman who took the bowl cheered with joy.
The next day, Li Sheng still brought a few pounds of meat and water to check on the mother leopard. When he arrived at the haystack, the mother leopard did not seem to be getting any better. On the contrary, her wounds seemed to be worsening. When she saw Li Sheng coming, she could no longer stand up, but she still raised her head and breathed on Li Sheng.
The leopard cubs, completely unaware that they might soon lose their mother, kept cuddling up to her.
This scene looks very sad.
This time, he placed the meat he had brought directly to the mother leopard's mouth, and there was water nearby as well. However, this time he did not leave so quickly, but sat nearby for a while.
The second day was the same. They set off early in the morning with meat and water, and went twice a day, once in the morning and once in the evening, also patrolling the area around the shelter to see if there was anything unusual.
On the third day, the mother leopard seemed to realize that Li Sheng was not hostile, and finally stopped growling or hissing at him. Although Li Sheng provided her with food and water, the mother leopard's condition was still not good, and the wound on her thigh began to worsen.
On the fourth day, when he went to deliver food to the leopard mother again, he got closer and seemed to smell a foul odor coming from the wound. The wound could not be left like this and had to be treated, otherwise the leopard mother would surely die.
Treating the wound is actually quite simple: just clean away the rotten flesh and stitch it up. The biggest challenge isn't the wound itself, but the mother leopard.
Looking at the little leopard cubs, his heart softened. If it were the mother leopard, she would definitely beg him to save these little creatures. However, these little ones were still drinking their mother's milk. If the mother leopard died, it would be very difficult for him to keep them alive.
He never expected that after the male leopard died, he would meet the female leopard again. And coincidentally, he was a man with a bit of a saintly heart. Perhaps he was just the destined one to take over.
He needs to think of a solution.
He closed his eyes, and a map appeared in his mind, showing every place he had explored in this sea urchin habitat, clearly displaying what plants were in each location and where there was a rock.
He frantically searched for the medicinal herbs he needed, and finally opened his eyes a minute later: Datura stramonium, datura stramonium, angelica sinensis, arisaema heterophyllum, raw aconite root...
Li Sheng immediately got up to search for these medicinal herbs, which could be used to make anesthetics, or Mafeisan according to traditional Chinese medicine. These herbs were distributed in various places, and it would take time to collect them. He didn't finish collecting all the herbs until evening.
He didn't bring the mother leopard meat tonight; he'd rather let her go hungry, otherwise he was afraid she wouldn't be able to take the medicine tomorrow morning.
He spent another night making the medicine into pills, which he then hid inside the meat for the leopard.
Even though it was hidden inside the meat, he could still smell the medicine. Whether the mother leopard could survive depended on herself. If she ate it, he would perform surgery on her; if she didn't, there was nothing he could do.
In addition, he prepared surgical instruments, the most important of which was sutures. However, he did not have iron needles, so he made a bone needle instead. It was very thick, and if it were to pierce the flesh, it would definitely leave a large hole. He also did not have suture thread, so he twisted a thin hemp rope, which was not thin but very strong.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com