Chapter 167: Follower
The little guy now regards Zhou Xu as his parent. Although he is no longer a newborn cub in terms of size, he has been sleeping for several months, so his mentality is actually no different from that of a newborn cub.
For such a little guy, Zhou Xu's presence can undoubtedly bring him a sense of security to a great extent.
Under Zhou Xu's touch, the little guy soon lost his previous angry state, and in the blink of an eye he turned into the cute and naive boy again and started to snuggle into Zhou Xu's arms.
Zhou Xu sighed and decided not to let it walk on its own. He just picked it up and carried it to the dining area.
Not to mention, this little guy is not very big, but he is quite heavy, probably at least ten kilograms.
He didn't eat or drink before, but just with that drop of blood, he grew to about ten kilograms. It's amazing.
At this point in time, everyone in the camp had finished breakfast and began preparing for a new day's work.
Because of the disturbance caused by this little guy, Zhou Xu slept a little longer than usual and missed the breakfast time perfectly.
But it doesn't matter, he is the leader and he still has this privilege.
Taking the little guy's gastrointestinal problems into consideration, Zhou Xu didn't plan to feed him too many complicated things for the time being.
Since rabbit meat was fed at the beginning, the main diet for the next period of time will be rabbit meat.
After it has completely adapted to the raw bones and meat of rabbit, he will slowly enrich the little guy's diet.
So they killed another rabbit for breakfast, and the father and son each had half.
He had already confirmed when the little guy was asleep that it was a male.
After breakfast, the little guy once again showed his nature as a follower. Wherever Zhou Xu went, it followed him.
This restricted Zhou Xu's actions to a certain extent.
For example, he couldn't take the little guy out of camp and go out for a few days to hunt buffalo.
Just like horses, the more cattle the better for their tribe, so the capture mission is still ongoing.
Of course, he could choose to keep the little guy in a cage in the camp while he was out on a mission.
But he was afraid that after a few days of leaving, the little guy would turn against him.
Many animals do regard the first creature they see as their parent, but after all, he is not the biological parent of the little one.
In fact, even if they are biological parents, their feelings will become distant if they are away from their children for a long time.
And now is undoubtedly the best time for him to build relationships with this little guy, and Zhou Xu wants to seize the opportunity.
With this idea in mind, Zhou Xu finally decided to let the cattle-catching team try their best.
"Okay, I've told you all the precautions and equipped you with all the equipment. This is your first time to carry out a cattle-catching mission alone, so safety is the top priority and your expectations are low. Just try to catch one first."
"Don't worry, Chief. We promise to complete the mission!"
Although this was not the first time they had done the cattle-catching mission, and each of them could be considered experienced, it was precisely because of their rich experience that they knew clearly how important a role their leader played in this mission.
If the leader does not join the team, the difficulty and risk of this mission will increase exponentially.
However, on the other hand, since the first cattle-catching mission, their equipment has been continuously strengthened and upgraded through repeated practice.
After all, Zhou Xu knew very well that as the leader of the tribe, he couldn't always help catch bison here. He had too many things to do, and his tribal members would have to stand on their own sooner or later.
With a nervous and anxious mood, the cattle-hunting team set off.
After watching the members of the cattle-hunting team leave, Zhou Xu, along with his followers Zhang Xiaoshan and Li Shitou, turned around and walked back to the camp. Zhou Xu, who did not need to go out, naturally had to inspect the daily work of the grassland camp.
At the grassland camp, the core work nowadays, to put it simply, is to tame wild horses and bison, as well as train cavalry.
This area undoubtedly received Zhou Xu's special attention.
Because the ox carts were officially put into use, the number of cows originally gathered at the training farm suddenly decreased a lot.
I thought the breeding ground would become empty because of this, but in fact it was not.
Thanks to the ten wild horses that the Centaurs had just sent some time ago, their training farm not only did not become empty, but they even had to expand its scale and add facilities.
At the moment, the entire breeding farm seems crowded and busy.
The breeders sent by the Ministry of Agriculture are basically familiar with the procedures, and now each of them does their job in an orderly manner, so Zhou Xu does not need to worry about it.
After taking a quick look around, Zhou Xu turned around and walked towards other tribes.
They walked a lot in the morning, stopping and walking. As a follower, the little guy didn't want to walk anymore. After looking at Zhou Xu, he collapsed to the ground and started to act like a spoiled child, wanting Zhou Xu to carry him away.
But that was a special situation in the morning. Zhou Xu saw that the little guy was anxious and nervous, so he chose to hold it in his arms to make it relax and feel safe.
Who could have thought that this lazy guy would actually have his eyes on him.
However, given Zhou Xu's personality, he would definitely not indulge it and would simply choose to ignore it.
Seeing Zhou Xu walking further and further away, the little guy realized that this trick was useless, so he quickly rolled over and got up from the ground, then happily chased after him.
It is not difficult to see in this process that compared to the nervousness in the morning, in this short period of time, the little guy has actually gradually become accustomed to the presence of so many humans around him.
Of course, the premise of all this is that it must stay by Zhou Xu's side and give him a sense of security.
It's hard to say what would happen if it was left there alone.
After a simple inspection, Ye Jinghong was in charge of the daily operations of the grassland camp, so there was basically nothing for him to worry about.
Zhou Xu basically spent the rest of his time training his riding skills.
At the same time, I was thinking about the next plan.
[The Centaurs, led by Drogo, are still hunting down the Hyenas. The Hyenas are badly wounded and they probably won’t have the energy to trouble me in the short term…]
Thinking of this, after the training ended, Zhou Xu quickly called Zhou Chongshan, Ye Jinghong and Li Ce over.
"Soldiers, stay here and continue your training. At the same time, just in case, I plan to go back to Black Moon Village early tomorrow morning. I have stayed in the grassland camp for too long this time, so I have to go back to check the situation. But I will be back as soon as possible. Before that, you have to pay more attention to the grassland camp, especially be careful of the hyena people."
(End of this chapter)
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