Lin Ying exclaimed in surprise as she touched the tiger's belly, "It's about to give birth. No wonder it's so weak."
Tigers are animals that go into heat in all four seasons, but in order to adapt to the laws of nature and for survival, they usually choose to go into heat in winter and give birth in the spring when the weather is warm and flowers are in bloom.
Clearly, this tiger is something special.
Lin Ying wasn't a veterinarian, and what works for humans—simply feeling their pulse—didn't apply to tigers. If she hadn't seen the tiger's belly twitching, she wouldn't have noticed at all.
Zhao Qinghuai didn't understand any of this either, so he could only look at Lin Ying and ask, "What do we need to do now?"
Lin Ying looked around the house and pointed to the cellar: "I'll tidy it up inside and then carry it downstairs."
Zhao Qinghuai nodded: "Okay." Zhao Qinghuai was worried that the tiger might bite Lin Ying because it was nervous, so he could only stay here and watch over her while Lin Ying went to do her work.
However, it was clear that Lin Ying felt very insecure as soon as she left the tiger, and kept making "gurgling" noises, but she also knew that she could not resist and was forced to compromise.
Lin Ying didn't dawdle. She quickly went into the cellar, cleaned up the area around the ash passage, thought for a moment, took out some wood ash and sprinkled it on the ground, then laid down some straw and rice straw.
"Alright, let's carry it down."
In fact, Lin Ying could carry the tiger down by herself, but the tiger was injured, and if she carried it, she might injure it again.
After placing the tiger in the cellar, Lin Ying quickly brought over a small stove and lit it, allowing the temperature around the tiger to rise.
Then he took out ginseng slices from the medicine box and stuffed them into the tiger's mouth.
Watching Lin Ying so roughly pry open the tiger's mouth and shove the food inside, Zhao Qinghuai realized that his wife seemed to be quite familiar with the tiger. Even with her hand inside, the tiger didn't bite her.
Lin Ying ran out, scooped up a pot of water where Zhao Qinghuai couldn't see, then prepared ginseng soup and returned to the cellar.
While observing the situation inside the tiger's belly, he also kept an eye on the casserole dish.
Suddenly, Lin Ying had an idea: "Zhao Si, this tiger has a mate, and now that it's come here, its mate is likely still in danger. Could you go take a look? If possible, try to save it."
Lin Ying knew Zhao Qinghuai was very powerful; even with her great strength, she couldn't gain the upper hand against him.
Zhao Qinghuai remained unmoved: "What if this beast bites you if I leave?"
Lin Ying watched as he kept the tiger under control, and the tiger looked at her with eyes full of grievance. She felt somewhat helpless and said, "Don't worry, since it came to me for help, it naturally trusts me. It roared just now to protect its cubs, and your appearance also frightened it. Besides, although I can't beat you, a tiger is just a matter of one punch. It's injured, how could it be a match for me?"
Zhao Qinghuai seemed to ponder for a moment before standing up: "Then be careful. If it tries to bite, just kill it."
Lin Ying saw the tiger tremble and said irritably, "You scared it."
Seeing Zhao Qinghuai get up to leave, Lin Ying hurriedly said, "Take the flashlight with you, and be careful. Your safety is the most important thing."
Zhao Qinghuai chuckled: "Don't worry, your man is formidable. He's not just one tiger, he'd be afraid of a whole pack of tigers. Keep the flashlight, I don't need it."
The reason I took it before was because I might encounter people on the road and arouse their suspicion.
After Zhao Qinghuai left, Lin Ying saw that the medicine was almost ready, so she poured it into a bowl and waited for it to cool. She continued to observe the tiger's condition.
After drinking the ginseng soup, the tiger finally regained its strength and was able to give birth on its own. Lin Ying stood aside and watched without interfering.
Many wild animals are like this; they don't like other scents when giving birth. If their cubs come into contact with other scents, the tiger is very likely to abandon them after birth.
Of course, I heard that this tiger was raised by a local resident, so I don't know if that's true.
When the two wet tiger cubs were born, the tiger finally collapsed to the ground, too exhausted to continue.
After a while, it got up again and drank the well water that Lin Ying had prepared. Only then did it begin to lick the amniotic fluid off the two cubs.
Just then, Zhao Qinghuai returned.
Hearing the commotion, Lin Ying went outside and saw Zhao Qinghuai carrying a large tiger on his back, with the tiger's head directly above Zhao Qinghuai's head.
Seeing this, Lin Ying couldn't help but laugh: "You just brought it back like that? Is it still alive?"
Zhao Qinghuai nodded: "It's on its last legs. If we're any slower, it'll probably be divided up. Should we put it in the cellar too?"
Lin Ying nodded: "Yes, that tiger just gave birth, let's put them together."
Zhao Qinghuai shone a flashlight on Lin Ying, and Lin Ying began to treat the tiger's wounds.
Because Zhao Qinghuai was there, Lin Ying didn't feed it pills, but instead gave it some well water that the tigress had just drunk. Then she used the dregs to make more medicine, boiled it down, bandaged the wound, and fed it the medicine.
After confirming that both were fine, Lin Ying got up.
After leaving a crack in the cellar door to let in some air, Lin Ying and Zhao Qinghuai went back.
Because ash would continuously accumulate in the ash tunnel. The temperature near the ash tunnel wasn't too hot, but it wasn't cold either. Plus, with the small stove burning, the temperature inside was just right for the tiger.
In the middle of the night, Zhao Qinghuai got up twice to check on them, and only felt relieved after confirming that they were staying there safely and had not gone out.
This is a tiger. There are other people living here. It would be bad if the tiger hurts someone because they are soft-hearted.
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