Tian Cai had already prepared for the worst. If she could not correct the fetal position and the cat could not give birth smoothly, she would take the little one back to the nursing home and ask Meng Fanmei to help perform a caesarean section.
Fortunately, the cat was very hardworking and had been lying quietly to accumulate strength. With the help of the dew, the little guy finally recovered some strength.
Tian Cai saw that the time intervals between contractions were getting shorter and shorter, and knew that she wouldn't be able to hold out for much longer. So, she reached out and rubbed Mao Mao's belly while whispering, "We have to keep going. Don't worry, I'm here. You and the baby will be fine."
The cat seemed to understand, stretched its head over and rubbed Tian Cai's hand, making an indistinct humming sound in its throat.
Every time it had a contraction, it cried out in pain, which made Tian Cai feel very distressed. Apart from stroking it repeatedly, she could do nothing to help it.
It was not until midnight that the little baby was born.
It was also the first time that Tian Cai saw a newborn lynx. It really looked like a kitten. If she hadn't delivered the baby herself, she would have thought it was a tabby cat cub.
Tian Cai was afraid that the little guy's tender skin would be hurt by the straw underneath, so he quickly took his own clothes to pad underneath.
The cat came forward and licked the wet little cat, again and again. But before she had licked it a few times, she couldn't care less because her stomach started to hurt again.
After the first one was born successfully, the second and third ones were born much faster.
By the time the sky was turning pale, four kittens were already lying in the makeshift nest made of clothes.
The cat was exhausted. Mimi licked the kittens' wet fur clean. Tian Cai checked them one by one. Although they had spent some time in the cats' stomachs, fortunately their lives were saved. As for whether their brains were damaged, we would have to observe them slowly in the future.
While waiting for the cat, Tian Cai fixed Mimi's injured hind leg bone and sprinkled a thick layer of hemostatic powder on it.
She originally wanted to get some food, so she had already picked up the hatchet. Not long after she walked out of the cave, she saw the wolf corpse on the ground. This was ready-made food.
Finally, Tian Cai dragged the wolf to the entrance of the cave, skinned it and roasted it. Mimi and Maomao had a delicious meal with the dew.
The cats recovered quickly and were able to get up that afternoon. Tian Cai wrapped the four kittens in clothes and put them in a bamboo basket, then took the two adult cats down the mountain.
This place is too bloody, and the weather is hot. The wolf corpses will start to stink in two days, which will attract more insects. Both of them are injured now and are not suitable for living in the mountains. It is more reassuring to stay with her.
We walked and stopped along the way, and by the time we arrived at the mountain village, it was already dark.
The man and two cats went straight home.
As soon as it entered the yard, Mimi obviously relaxed. It slowly walked to Tian Cai and rubbed her hand with its big furry head. After Tian Cai reached out and touched it twice, it nudged the bamboo basket with its nose.
"...You'll forget about me after you have a baby, right?"
"You little heartless one!"
Tian Cai put the bamboo basket on the ground. Mimi and Maomao came forward at the same time to look at the kittens. Seeing that they were still alive, they stuck their heads in and divided the work of licking their fur.
Tian Cai took a bamboo mat and spread it on the floor of the inner room. He then put Mimi and Maomao's mats on it and carried the bamboo basket containing the kitten over.
She remembered the scene in her previous life where she saw a mother cat carrying kittens around in a short video, and decided to give these two new parents some advice.
"The little one has been quite fragile lately, so you can't carry him around!"
"Meow"
Mimi rubbed Tian Cai very obediently to show that she understood.
Tian Cai had been in the mountains for two days and now felt very tired, so he quickly boiled some water to take a bath. He didn't go to bed until late at night.
In the next few days, Tian Cai ran back and forth between home and the sanatorium. After a few days, Mimi's leg injury was almost healed, and she took the initiative to take over the food problem at home.
All four little kittens survived. Their humming sounds are so cute, but they are not well behaved in the nest and sometimes they even fight over milk.
Tian Cai pours out a small basin of dew for the cats to drink every day, and the cats' condition is getting better and better.
I don’t know if it’s because Tian Cai saved it, but this little guy is even more attached to Tian Cai than before, and sometimes he even takes the kitten to the nursing home to find her.
After a few times, Yang Weiping joked, "Will it think this child is yours?"
Tian Cai: "... shouldn't it be?"
Master Qiu saw that the four kittens were very happy, but Mimi and Maomao didn't allow anyone else to touch them, so they could only watch with envy.
After Master Qiu tried to stretch out his hand again and was breathed on by Mimi, he stood by with an envious look on his face, trying to stretch his head to look into the basket.
"Speaking of lynx, you've taken good care of them, Dean," Master Qiu smacked his lips. "I've heard my grandfather say before that these creatures only give birth to four at most, and most don't survive. These two are smart enough to bring their cubs back to you, so now they've raised all four."
Tian Cai smiled and said nothing. In the sanatorium, only Yang Zhengping and Meng Fanmei knew that Tian Cai had gone up the mountain to look for the cat. She didn't plan to tell anyone else.
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There was nothing to do that day. In order to thank Wang Laoer for helping her fetch water when she just came back, Tian Cai took out the tamarind she brought from Yunnan Province and went to Wang's house.
When Tian Cai arrived, the eldest sister was washing clothes in the yard, and Old Mrs. Zhang was playing with her children nearby. When they saw Tian Cai, they hurriedly stood up.
The eldest sister wiped her hands on her apron and brought a stool over for Tian Cai to sit on.
"Just go about your business and don't worry about me. I just came to give you some tamarind from Yun Province to try. It's quite appetizing and good for your health."
The eldest sister took the tamarind and thanked Tian Cai again and again.
Tian Cai hadn't been here for a long time. He took her pulse again and gave her an acupuncture. Then the two of them sat in the yard and chatted.
"Have you met the Qin family kid recently?"
The eldest sister hesitated for a while, but finally spoke.
Tian Cai was stunned. "Qinling? It seems like I haven't seen it for a long time. What happened?"
The eldest sister sighed, "During the time you were away, I don't know why, but suddenly there were rumors in the village that he was dating that girl from the He family. They were so convincing that it was impossible not to believe it."
"Then the rumor changed as it spread, and it was said that the two were getting married. I don't know if it's true or not."
However, many smart people in the village did not believe it. Although the boy was not talkative and had never expressed it clearly to others, everyone in the village could see that he liked Doctor Tian in his heart.
It's just that this girl is too promising. If a man has a strong sense of self-esteem, few of them would want their wife to be more capable than themselves.
"Originally, these were just private discussions among the old ladies. Later, somehow, the news reached the ears of the Qin family kid. He didn't say anything at the time, but he turned around and ran to the brigade headquarters and shouted it down using the loud speaker."
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