Then, the arrogant hen, seeing that the mother sheep remained silent, secretly felt smug, thinking that the mother sheep must be a cowardly and timid person, and that she would scare her a little more.
So the hen intensified her mockery:
"Oh dear, Mother Sheep, look at how haggard you look! You've lost so much weight lately! Could it be that your little lambs are stealing all the food you eat? Tsk tsk, poor thing!"
The hen shook her head and spoke with increasing enthusiasm, "Unlike my chicks, they're all so lively and energetic, I don't have to worry about them at all. I let them play and forage freely, how easy and carefree!"
Hearing the hen's sarcastic remarks, the mother sheep was furious, but she suppressed her anger and retorted irritably:
"Shut your stinking mouth that spouts nonsense and stirs up trouble! Someone like you who stirs up trouble and spreads rumors all day long will break his own neck one day because of his careless talk. Then it will be time for you to be punished, and you might even end up being slaughtered. What good will that do you?"
After saying this, the mother sheep glared at the hen, who was so frightened that she slunk away.
After chasing away the hen, the lamb stood quietly in place, gazing thoughtfully into the distance.
After a while, it turned its head, looked at the mother sheep with deep affection, and asked softly:
"Mom, you have always loved and cared for me so much. I really don't know how to repay your kindness in raising me."
The lamb's eyes shone with determination and gratitude, as if it were secretly vowing to grow up well and take good care of its mother in the future.
The mother sheep looked at her lamb with tenderness in her eyes and replied softly, "My child, I don't need anything in return from you. As long as you have this filial piety, I will be content."
Hearing its mother's words, the little lamb was deeply moved, and tears welled up in its eyes.
It suddenly knelt down with a thud, expressing its deepest, unspeakable gratitude to its mother sheep.
The mother sheep quickly went over, helped the lamb up, and comforted it, saying there was no need for it to be like this.
From then on, the lamb would kneel on the ground every time it nursed.
It knows that it is thanks to its mother's milk that it can grow up strong, and kneeling to nurse is the best way to respond to and express gratitude for its mother's nurturing.
This is the complete story of the "lamb kneeling to suckle" that Ye Ying witnessed.
However, she was not overly captivated by this moving scene.
Thoughts drifted away like wisps of smoke, and countless strange and wonderful ideas came to mind. But as the thinking became more profound, these ideas became more and more bizarre and fantastical.
Just as Ye Ying was letting her imagination run wild, an urgent shout suddenly pierced her ears: "Little master... little... master, come here quickly!"
It turned out that the little white fox had returned. It was wearing the exquisite flower wreath on its head and had gone off to play somewhere again. It looked a little tired.
At this moment, it stood steadily about seven or eight meters away from Ye Ying, waving its hands and shouting loudly with great joy.
“Here it comes…” Ye Ying took a deep breath, trying to pull her wandering mind back to reality, and then slowly stood up from the soft meadow.
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