Chapter 31 Spring is here

The two big pandas lay on the ground, licking each other until they were covered in snow, then they stood up and shook off the snow.

Ye Yunian smelled the scent of the lovely female bear walking away with the panda cub, and called out to Song Yi twice.

It seemed that the lovely female bear had completely accepted the cub, so they had nothing to worry about.

Song Yi followed Ye Yunian, and the two big pandas left the edge of the territory and walked towards the cave where they had been living.

This heavy snow fell for two consecutive days.

Clearly, when Ye Yunian and Song Yi went to bed the night before, there was no snow in front of the cave. When they woke up, they found that the snow in the cave was almost higher than the cave entrance.

Song Yi noticed that Ye Yunian under him had woken up and moved slightly.

Ye Yunian crawled out of his warm embrace, ran to the entrance of the cave, stretched out his paw and stepped on it.

The snowflakes were very soft and had no weight when piled together. Ye Yunian poked them lightly, and all the snowflakes fell into their cave.

Ye Yunian couldn't help but scream.

Song Yi opened his eyes instantly, stood up and walked towards Ye Yunian quickly.

Ye Yunian looked back at Song Yi, his voice helpless and a little aggrieved.

He really didn't mean it. Who knew that these snowflakes would fall in if he poked them?

Ye Yunian used his paws to pick at the snowflakes on the ground, trying to get them all out.

To prevent the temperature from rising and the snow from turning into water, their cave would then become wet.

Song Yi came over and licked Ye Yunian's face, bit his arm, gently pulled him behind him, and then used his bear paws to quickly pull the snow out. Soon

, all the snow in the cave was cleared away.

Song Yi did not stop, he also walked out and cleared away all the snow at the entrance of the cave.

The snow here would not only prevent them from entering and exiting the cave, but would also affect the spread of odors in the air.

The snow around the cave must be cleaned up so that he and the little bear can live more comfortably.

Yes.

Under the intentional or unintentional influence of Ye Yunian, Song Yi now has requirements for his own residence.

The forest is even quieter after the snow.

Even though the mountain paths outside are completely covered with snow, the daily patrol of the territory cannot be neglected.

Song Yi first took Ye Yunian to the bamboo forest for a simple breakfast.

To be honest, the taste of frozen bamboo is really amazing.

The bamboo leaves are covered with a layer of frost, which tastes cool and a little crispy.

But after this layer of frost is chewed, the remaining leaves taste like ramen.

Ye Yunian took two bites and spit out all the bamboo leaves in his mouth.

Song Yi heard the sound and tilted his head to look at Ye Yunian in confusion.

Doesn't Ye Yunian usually like to eat bamboo leaves?

Ye Yunian tilted his head, with some sadness on his little bear face.

Winter is such a cruel season!

Even the bamboo leaves have become unpalatable!

Song Yi thought that only the leaves of this bamboo were not tasty, so he lowered his head and handed the bamboo in front of him to Ye Yunian.

Frozen bamboo leaves all taste the same.

It would be useless even if I changed another bamboo.

But Apple Bear is really warm.

It has always been paying attention to me.

Ye Yunian was moved and decided to eat some of the bamboo stalks that he hated the most.

After all, it was difficult to find other food in the mountains except bamboo on such a snowy day.

Ye Yunian took the bamboo handed to him by Song Yi, bit off the bamboo stalk with his mouth with two clicks, and divided it into several sections. He picked up one of the bamboo stalks that looked relatively tender and took a bite.

Hmm.

What did you say?

It tastes hard when chewed, but it is indeed better than frozen bamboo leaves.

Hey, it's all for survival!

Ye Yunian chewed the bamboo stalks and comforted himself in his heart.

However, he didn't expect that this scene fell into the eyes of Song Yi beside him, and Song Yi suddenly stopped eating.

Ye Yunian was comforting himself frantically in his heart, waiting for the snow to melt, and then he could eat bamboo leaves with normal taste again. At this time, Song Yi beside him suddenly stood up.

Ye Yunian was a little confused, and called Song Yi twice, meaning why Song Yi didn't eat.

Song Yi shook off the snowflakes on his butt and bleated twice at Ye Yunian.

Having been with Ye Yunian for such a long time, Song Yi has already learned Ye Yunian's voice perfectly.

Knowing that Song Yi said he would be back soon, Ye Yunian became even more confused.

On such a snowy day, Song Yi didn't eat, leaving him alone to eat, where was he going?

Ye Yunian stopped eating bamboo immediately, stood up hurriedly, and followed Song Yi without saying anything.

Song Yi looked at Ye Yunian who walked to his side, and did not object, and took Ye Yunian to the distant forest.

The two big pandas passed through the bamboo forest where they often stayed, and came to a relatively flat hillside.

Song Yi lowered his head and sniffed around on the ground, as if looking for something.

When Ye Yunian saw Song Yi's action, he understood what Song Yi wanted to do almost instantly.

He wanted to hunt hares.

But it was difficult to catch hares in such a heavy snow.

The bamboo leaves frozen by the snow were not tasty. Ye Yunian had thought about finding other food instead. The first thing he thought of was his favorite hare.

But last winter, Ye Yunian also tried to catch hares, but after only catching them two or three times, Ye Yunian gave up.

It was not because the success rate of hunting was low, but because Ye Yunian felt it was not worth it.

First of all, if you want to hunt hares, you must be patient.

That is to say, Ye Yunian must lie in the ice and snow for a long time, waiting for a suitable opportunity.

The giant panda's fur is very thick, which can keep them warm in the ice and snow, but keeping warm also requires physical energy.

With this time, Ye Yunian might as well eat more bamboo.

So this winter, Ye Yunian simply gave up looking for hares.

Although bamboo poles are not delicious, he doesn't eat them all the time.

When the weather is better, he can eat delicious bamboo leaves!

Ye Yunian didn't expect that Song Yi would not bother to hunt hares for him even though he had given up.

Woo woo woo.

So touching!

How could the Apple Bear be so good to him!

Ye Yunian made a sound and came to Song Yi, rubbing his head against him.

Song Yi had already spotted a nest of hares. Ye Yunian rubbed his head against him, but he did not feel disturbed. Instead, he lowered his head and licked Ye Yunian's head.

After calming the little bear down, Song Yi followed the scent of the hares.

Since Song Yi was willing to work hard to catch hares for him, he could not fall behind!

Ye Yunian hurried to catch up with Song Yi.

The two big pandas found a place very close to the cave entrance where they could kill the hares with one blow, and they patiently came over.

Song Yi was an extremely patient predator.

Ye Yunian had learned his true skills again.

So after the two big pandas lay down together, there was no other movement.

Time passed by minute by minute, and Ye Yunian noticed that the breath of the hare at the entrance of the cave was gradually approaching. Before he could move, Song Yi beside him suddenly pounced on it.

Ye Yunian was quick-eyed and quick-mouthed. He saw a rabbit that had escaped the net and quickly pounced in the other direction.

The hare only struggled twice in his mouth and then stopped moving.

Ye Yunian climbed up from the snow, holding the rabbit in his mouth and turned around, and saw Song Yi walking towards him with two hares in his mouth.

Ye Yunian opened his mouth, and the hare fell on the soft snow, making a hole.

It was already very good for him to catch one at a time, but the Apple Bear could actually catch two at a time!

Ye Yunian picked up the hare that fell in the snow and ran towards Song Yi in small steps.

"Hmmmmmm--"

Apple Bear, you are so handsome!

Ye Yunian rubbed Song Yi and handed the hare in his mouth to Song Yi.

Ye Yunian is a picky little bear. Today's bamboo leaves are not tasty, and there is not much meat in these three hares, so Song Yi does not intend to eat these three hares.

He put the two hares he caught in front of Ye Yunian and motioned Ye Yunian to eat.

But how could Ye Yunian eat alone!

Song Yi spent a long time to catch the hare for him, so Song Yi must eat one no matter what!

The two big pandas fed each other for a long time.

In the end, Song Yi admitted defeat.

Ye Yunian ate two hares happily, and felt that his taste buds were saved, so he took the lead to walk towards the bamboo forest not far away.

Alas.

There is no way, who made him a giant panda!

Giant pandas are born to eat bamboo, it's just bamboo stalks, he eats them!

Fortunately, the heavy snow that troubled the bears did not last too long.

Three days later, the heavy snow began to melt, and the bamboo forest destroyed by the snow began to gradually recover its vitality, and the taste of the bamboo leaves also recovered to the point where they could be eaten.

But after Song Yi noticed that the little bear didn't like to eat bamboo in winter, he began to go out every few days to hunt for Ye Yunian.

Sometimes, Ye Yunian was still sleeping, and Song Yi went out. When Ye Yunian woke up, he found one or two pieces of processed wild rabbit meat in front of him.

As this happened more and more times, Ye Yunian became a little dissatisfied. After Song Yi brought back the prey one time, he kept whining. After

living with Ye Yunian for so long, Song Yi still couldn't understand the specific meaning of Ye Yunian's long string of whining, but now he can completely judge what the little bear wants to express through Ye Yunian's tone.

For example, at this time, Ye Yunian was questioning Song Yi why he didn't take him with him to hunt, and why he sneaked out while he was sleeping.

When the little bear gets angry, he doesn't listen to reason and is very fierce.

Every time Song Yi has to coax him for a while before Ye Yunian stops whining.

Therefore, once Ye Yunian whined and whined, Song Yi would not do such a thing again.

So the next time he went out, Song Yi used his nose to turn Ye Yunian, who was sleeping on his stomach, over, and patiently washed Ye Yunian's face first.

Only after Ye Yunian was completely awake, Song Yi would stand up and call Ye Yunian to go out with him.

Ye Yunian was particularly satisfied with Song Yi's attitude of correcting his mistakes!

Even if he was still very sleepy, he would stand up and keep up with Song Yi's pace.

This was the case for the entire winter.

Ye Yunian and Song Yi lived peacefully and comfortably in their territory.

Until one night, Ye Yunian was awakened by the heat while sleeping in Song Yi's arms.

Ye Yunian climbed out of Song Yi's arms with difficulty, and sat on the stone wall beside him to catch his breath. He realized that the temperature was rising continuously, and it seemed that spring was coming again.

Because of Ye Yunian's action, Song Yi woke up from a deep sleep.

He called Ye Yunian softly with some confusion. He

wondered why Ye Yunian ran away while sleeping.

In the past, Ye Yunian always slept until dawn!

Ye Yunian hummed twice, then lay on the ground and spread out his belly.

Song Yi understood that the little bear was too hot.

Song Yi also lay on the ground and exposed his belly.

Ye Yunian hummed twice and slowly put his head on Song Yi's belly.

Song Yi stretched out his hands, covered Ye Yunian's belly with one arm, and held him tightly in his arms with the other arm.

The two big pandas hugged each other and fell into a sweet dream again.

The pace of spring came quickly. It was almost as if they had noticed that it was a little hot the night before. The next day, spring rain fell on the forest.

Ye Yunian was awakened by the sound of the rain. He turned over and sat up, and found that Song Yi had woken up early.

He rushed to the entrance of the cave and looked up at the continuous raindrops outside.

The spring rain has come, can the bamboo shoots be far away?

Ye Yunian was very excited and happy. He ran back and jumped around Song Yi twice, and then threw himself into Song Yi's arms.

Soon they will have bamboo shoots to eat!

Song Yi knew what Ye Yunian was happy about, so the next day after the spring rain ended, Song Yi took Ye Yunian out to dig bamboo shoots.

It was not easy to find bamboo shoots that had not yet emerged, but Song Yi was experienced and soon dug out a short and fat bamboo shoot and handed it to Ye Yunian. After all,

it was the first bamboo shoot of the year, and even though Ye Yunian was very greedy, he still didn't eat it all. He peeled the bamboo shoot skillfully and left half for Song Yi.

Song Yi knew that if he didn't eat this half of the bamboo shoot, the little bear would definitely grumble again, so he took the bamboo shoot from Ye Yunian's mouth without hesitation.

The two big pandas shared a bamboo shoot and continued to look for bamboo shoots that were buried in the soil and had not yet emerged.

This time, Ye Yunian and Song Yi reached the edge of their territory. Going further ahead was the territory of the cute female bear... Hey!

The cute female bear and her cub!

Since returning the panda cub to the cute female bear last time, Ye Yunian and Song Yi have not met her again.

However, the cold wind would occasionally bring the scent of the cute female bear and the panda cub. Ye Yunian could tell from the scent that the two big pandas were doing well, and the panda cub seemed to have gained some weight recently.

But Ye Yunian never thought that it would be such a coincidence today that they would meet at the edge of their respective territories.

The four big pandas were about fifty meters apart. Ye Yunian originally only saw the cute female panda, but the next moment he heard a rustling sound.

He looked up and saw a sesame ball suddenly jumped onto a nearby tree.

Wow.

The panda cub can already climb trees!

And after not seeing it for a few months, the panda cub has grown a lot. But the fur on its body still looks soft, and there are a few small frizzes.

Ah, cute.

Such a big ball should feel much better to hold than before, right?

Ye Yunian stared at the ball without blinking, his eyes full of relief.

When Song Yi saw this look, he felt a little unhappy again.

"Mee--"

Song Yi called out twice, with obvious displeasure in his voice. This voice was directed at the cute female bear. He

meant for her to quickly take the panda cub away.

The cute female bear was not very afraid of Song Yi's warning. After all, the two male bears had returned her cub to her not long ago.

These are two good bears, the cute female bear thought.

But it was precisely because of this that the cute female bear felt even more strange.

She tilted her head and sniffed the air, then looked at Ye Yunian beside Song Yi in confusion.

It's a male bear.

Every time she meets him, she will confirm it again, and she will not make a wrong judgment.

Seeing that the cute female bear did not move for a long time, Song Yi urged her again impatiently.

The cute female bear knew that if she didn't take her children with her, she might get into trouble, so she called out to the sesame dumpling on the tree. When

the sesame dumpling on the tree heard the voice, he was still a little scared, but he believed in his mother's judgment and slowly climbed down from the tree.

The cute female bear held the panda cub's neck in her mouth and walked towards the depths of the forest.

It seems that she has to take her children to another territory as soon as possible.

Fortunately, spring has come, and the new territory is not difficult to find.

Ye Yunian watched the backs of the two big pandas disappear in the depths of the forest, and then he withdrew his gaze with some regret.

Okay!

The visual craving is over, and now it's time to continue digging bamboo shoots.

Ye Yunian hummed twice at Song Yi beside him, bit his arm and walked in another direction.

Song Yi then retracted his gaze and followed Ye Yunian's footsteps.

Ye Yunian and Song Yi spent the next whole day digging bamboo shoots.

They searched almost all the bamboo forests in the territory, and in the end they only dug up no more than twenty bamboo shoots.

This number is pitifully small, but for this season, it is already very rare and precious!

Ye Yunian treasured these bamboo shoots very much, and even couldn't bear to eat them. He kept four bamboo shoots to take back to the cave and eat them when he was hungry at night!

Ye Yunian and Song Yi shared the rest of the bamboo shoots and ate them together.

On the way back to the cave, Song Yi suddenly thought of something, and when he passed by a bamboo forest, he went in and bit off two bamboos.

Ye Yunian guessed that Song Yi must be tired today.

After all, they had been digging bamboo shoots all day today. Although they also stopped to eat bamboo to fill their stomachs, they still consumed a lot.

It was a good idea to bring some midnight snacks back!

Ye Yunian only had four bamboo shoots in his mouth and ran very fast. He first put the bamboo shoots in the cave, and then turned back to help Song Yi drag the bamboo.

Worried that he would be hungry at night, Ye Yunian rushed to the bamboo forest and bit off a bamboo to drag it to the cave.

The cave where they lived this winter certainly could not hold four bamboos, so all the bamboos were piled at the entrance of the cave.

The sky gradually darkened, and Ye Yunian was a little tired. He returned to the cave and lay down.

Song Yi followed behind him, but did not come in immediately.

Ye Yunian was a little confused, but he was really too sleepy at this moment. Thinking that Song Yi would be back soon, he closed his eyes and went to sleep without blinking.

When he was half asleep, he felt that Song Yi had returned.

He didn't know where Song Yi had gone. He was cool and had a slightly pungent smell.

Ye Yunian wrinkled his face, but because he was too sleepy, he didn't have the energy to think so much. He found a comfortable position in Song Yi's arms and fell into a deep sleep.

As a result, because he slept too deeply, Ye Yunian didn't wake up in the middle of the night, so naturally he didn't eat the four bamboo shoots he brought back as a midnight snack.

But the next morning, the four bamboo shoots were shared by Ye Yunian and Song Yi for breakfast.

Ye Yunian still felt a little hungry after eating the bamboo shoots, so he prepared to drag the bamboos he had placed at the entrance of the cave. As a result, when he walked out and looked, only a pile of bamboo residues were left of the four bamboos.

Ye Yunian was a little shocked, and turned around to see that Song Yi had already walked to his side.

It was so tiring to dig bamboo shoots yesterday!

Song Yi actually ate four bamboos in one night!

Ye Yunian hurried forward and licked Song Yi's head with his tongue.

Song Yi worked so hard!

They had just dug up the bamboo shoots in the territory yesterday, so they wouldn't dig them today.

Ye Yunian hummed at Song Yi twice, signaling him to hurry up and set off, and they would go fill their stomachs first!

Song Yi watched Ye Yunian run away, lowered his head and left his scent near the cave again, and then caught up with Ye Yunian.

Although spring has arrived, it is not yet the season for bamboo shoots and bamboos to grow abundantly, so today Ye Yunian and Song Yi are still eating the bamboos that grew last year.

After eating and drinking, Ye Yunian planned to go around the area to see if he could dig up a few more bamboo shoots. He was worried that Song Yi would get tired, so he simply refused to let Song Yi follow him.

But Song Yi was stubborn and insisted on following him.

There was no other way, so Ye Yunian had to take Song Yi with him.

Following the smell of bamboo shoots underground, Ye Yunian and Song Yi unexpectedly walked to the edge of the territory again.

It seems that there are many bamboo shoots that have not emerged in the territory of the lovely female bear!

It's a pity that this is another bear's territory...

Huh?

Wait.

Ye Yunian raised his head and tried to smell the air.

Why is the scent of the cute female bear so faint around here?

Before Ye Yunian understood what was happening, he saw Song Yi heading towards the cute female bear's territory.

Song Yi is not warlike, and he rarely invades the territories of other giant pandas.

But at this moment, he walked towards the cute female bear's territory without hesitation...

In other words, the cute female bear moved with her cubs?

Ye Yunian followed and walked forward a few steps.

Sure enough, the scent of the cute female bear left in this territory was very faint, and it was almost undetectable without any effort.

So yesterday was actually the last time he saw the panda cub!

Ye Yunian felt a little regretful.

Turning his head, he saw Song Yi had already skillfully dug out a bamboo shoot from the soil.

What a regret!

What's there to regret! There

are countless bears who have passed by in a bear's life, but the one digging bamboo shoots for him is the most important!

Ye Yunian ran towards Song Yi with a grunt, turned over and pressed Song Yi on him, and gave Song Yi a big bear hug.

So the two big pandas worked for half a day again today and dug out more than a dozen bamboo shoots. Ye Yunian also took four bamboo shoots back to the cave to eat tomorrow!

With this idea in mind, Ye Yunian fell asleep happily.

But tonight, he couldn't sleep until dawn.

The temperature in the wild is low at night. Even though the temperature has begun to rise gradually, Ye Yunian still likes to sleep close to Song Yi. After all, there is such a big soft blanket. Who doesn't like it?

Today was the same. Before going to sleep, Ye Yunian found a comfortable position in Song Yi's arms, and fell asleep.

But while sleeping, Ye Yunian felt that Song Yi seemed to be licking his fur.

Song Yi licked his fur many times, and Ye Yunian was used to it. He knew that after Song Yi licked him clean, he would rest and fall asleep with him.

But why did the licking take so long today?

Ye Yunian felt that he was licked over and over by Song Yi twice, and it was not over yet.

His good dreams were disturbed again and again. If it was any other giant panda, Ye Yunian would have lost his temper.

But now it was Song Yi who was licking him randomly, and Ye Yunian was always very patient with Song Yi.

So after being awakened from his sleep by Song Yi's licking again, Ye Yunian slowly opened his eyes.

"Mee--"

Ye Yunian called twice.

Song Yi

paused in licking Ye Yunian. Ye Yunian stared at the top of the cave with his eyes wide open, and after a while he realized that he was now upside down. He hurriedly used his hands and feet to try to turn over from Song Yi's belly.

It was at this moment that he realized something was wrong.

Huh?

What's poking him?

Ye Yunian blinked slowly, sat up with an effort, and met Song Yi's confused and red eyes.

A pungent and familiar smell entered his nose, and Ye Yunian's brain buzzed.

Spring is here.

Yes, spring is here!