"Aunt Xu, this pork leg is for you..."
Zhiyin placed the large piece of pork foreleg that Yuanyuan's mother had given her into Aunt Xu's hands.
Aunt Xu stared in shock at the fresh-looking wild boar meat, which seemed to still be oozing blood.
After realizing what had happened, he quickly pulled her close to look her over, his eyes filled with worry, "Child, are you really alright?"
"Where did you get such a big piece of pork?"
Hearing the commotion, the hunter from Lan also hurried over and picked up the pork to check it.
Upon seeing the tooth-like shape on it, which clearly indicated the bite of a large, ferocious beast, they were immediately horrified.
"Yinyin, you didn't find this, did you?"
Of course, he didn't mean to blame his friend for taking meat that others didn't want, since meat is a very precious commodity.
The main concern was that a kindred spirit might accidentally wander into the caves of some wild beasts and take away other people's stored food.
This is tantamount to snatching food from a beast's mouth, and it's easy to provoke wild beasts, many of which, especially wolves, are extremely vengeful.
Once they smell her scent, they will definitely come looking for revenge.
Upon hearing that it was so serious, Yao Yulin and Zhihua's faces turned deathly pale.
"Yinyin, where...where did you get this? No, we have to return it quickly! Otherwise you might get into danger!"
Seeing that everyone looked at her with worry and displeasure, Zhiyin couldn't help but smile. She hadn't expected it to elicit such a strong reaction from them.
He gestured for them not to worry and said, "Don't worry, it's really nothing. I didn't find it; a big tiger gave it to me!"
Noticing their disbelieving looks, even the way they looked at her as if she were an idiot, Zhiyin couldn't help but shake her head helplessly.
He went straight up, lifted the entire basket, grabbed the rabbits inside, and took them out. "Look, these rabbits were a gift from it."
"And animal hides and the like..."
As Zhiyin brought out more and more things, Yao Yulin and the others became increasingly bewildered. They looked at each other, wondering if they were hallucinating, and couldn't help but rub their eyes hard.
"How is this possible?"
Lan the hunter picked up the bow and arrow in disbelief. "This belonged to someone who went hunting with me, but that person has been eaten by a tiger, and the bow and arrow were taken away by the tiger."
Zhiyin raised an eyebrow, surprised that Lan the Hunter actually recognized it. "That's right, it's that one."
"So you should believe me now, right? I'm good friends with the tiger, so these are all gifts from it."
Upon hearing this unbelievable story and seeing the contents of her basket, even those who found it hard to believe had no choice but to accept it.
But his eyes still held a look of amazement, as if he were looking at a monkey in a circus with the same curiosity.
"Wow, sister, you're really good friends with tigers? Can we have one to play with me too?"
Zhihua was still at an age of curiosity, and at this moment she stared at her with big, admiring eyes, looking completely convinced.
"Of course you can. It doesn't eat people. Its husband is the one who does, but he's dead. It also has two children. I'll take you to see them another day."
Zhiyin smiled and patted Zhihua's head, and Zhihua's eyes instantly lit up with anticipation.
After saying this, Zhiyin looked at the group of people who remained in the same position, seemingly stuck in some kind of situation, and couldn't help but smile helplessly.
She quickly looked away from Aunt Xu and said, "Wow...it smells so good, Aunt Xu! Your cooking is amazing! It smells incredible!"
Aunt Xu seemed to come to her senses, and without caring about anything else, she quickly scolded, "You child, you can eat by yourselves, we have plenty of food."
She declined repeatedly and seriously.
At this moment, Lan the Hunter suddenly slapped his thigh and exclaimed in realization, "Yinyin, are those two tiger cubs you mentioned one with particularly big ears and the other that looks particularly stupid?"
Zhiyin couldn't help but laugh when she heard this. If Mengmeng knew that someone said it was stupid, it would probably throw a tantrum.
But she just smiled and nodded, "Yes, yes, you've met Uncle Lan before, haven't you?"
"Yes, speaking of which, I'd like to ask if its mother was a particularly fierce tiger with a scar on its head, and an extremely irritable one?"
"I am," Lan the hunter said nervously, his eyes fixed on Zhiyin, as if seeking an answer.
Zhiyin raised an eyebrow, unable to contain her curiosity, "Does Uncle Lan know him?"
"Oh dear, it's the tiger that saved my life!"
Lan the hunter suddenly slapped his thigh, becoming excited, his eyes gleaming.
"Hmm... what's going on?"
Upon hearing that she had saved her husband's life, Aunt Xu's eyes immediately filled with worry and curiosity.
"My wife, didn't I tell you that a while ago, a friend and I accidentally chased a deer into the deep mountains and were almost killed by a tiger, but were eventually saved by another tiger?"
"Yes, oh... could it be this?"
Aunt Xu suddenly realized what was going on.
"Yes, yes, yes..."
Lan the hunter suddenly started gesturing wildly, and began to recount what had happened that day, meeting everyone's puzzled gazes.
It turns out that a month ago, while chasing a deer, they accidentally wandered into the deep mountains. As a result, they didn't catch the deer and instead got lost.
Just as they were worrying, an exceptionally ferocious tiger roared at them and pounced, baring its teeth.
He bit his friend to death, and the bow and arrow in Zhiyin's hand belonged to that friend.
Just when Lan the hunter thought he was doomed and was filled with despair, Yuan Yuan's mother appeared.
He originally thought he was doomed to die even more, after all, there were two tigers in front of him, and he couldn't even handle one, let alone two.
Surprisingly, the situation took an unexpected turn.
The new tiger went straight for the tiger that was bigger than it, roaring at it incessantly, and then viciously slapped it on the head with its paw, stopping its movement.
This gave Lan the opportunity to escape.
Recalling the perilous situation that day, Hunter Lan still felt lingering fear and couldn't help but sigh, "Although I don't know if it really came specifically to save me, it's enough to make me remember it forever."
After all, they had escaped death by a hair's breadth.
Because of this, he never dared to go deep into the mountains again. Even when hunting, he would only hunt pheasants and rabbits on the outskirts.
"Oh, I see. So it must have come specifically to stop them, since it doesn't eat human flesh, it only eats animal flesh."
Zhiyin suddenly realized that they had such a connection, which was quite unexpected.
"Yinyin, I have a favor to ask. Could you please thank it for me the next time you see it?"
"By the way, what does it like to eat? I'd like to send some to thank it."
Lan the hunter's eyes were full of sincerity. He was a man who always repaid kindness, whether the recipient was a human or another animal.
Although a long time has passed.
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