Chapter 114 Looking for someone
Ying Ao temporarily settled down in Jian Mo's home, living with Jiu Jiu. If there was no room, they would sleep outside the nest.
The arrival of this big group did not cause any trouble to Jian Mo and his family, but saved them a lot of trouble.
At least when the two were busy, Ying Ao could watch Jiu Jiu.
This morning, Wu Jiong came back from feeding the tuo beast and said to Jian Mo, "The tuo beast seems to be about to give birth."
Jian Mo: "So soon? I'll go and see."
As he said that, Jian Mo calculated the days in his mind. Their tuo beast was conceived in the spring, and it has been more than a hundred days now. Logically, it should be about to give birth.
Jian Mo hurried to the barn in the backyard.
They now have a total of eight tuk-tuks, seven females and one male. The female tuk-tuks are all pregnant, and their bellies are bigger than the other.
Jian Mo walked in and carefully examined them, and found that the female tuk-tuk's belly was extremely big, and her body had also changed a little. It looked like she was about to give birth.
Seeing Jian Mo coming, the female tuk-tuks hid in the depths of the animal shed anxiously. If they couldn't hide, they rushed out and rushed towards Jian Mo, becoming much more aggressive.
Jian Mo pushed away the female tuk-tuk that rushed towards him and easily avoided the attack.
Jian Mo turned around and said, "It will be either today or tomorrow. It will definitely be born in the next two days. I just don't know if it will be at night. We have to be more alert when we go to bed these two days."
Last winter, the tuk-tuk gave birth once, and it went smoothly.
However, there was only one female tuk-tuk at that time. Now there are seven, and the difficulty of management is definitely different.
Wu Jiong: "It's okay, I can hear it. If the female tuk-tuk gives birth, I will call you."
Jian Mo nodded: "It may not be born at night. Let's make preparations first."
Before the tuk-tuk gave birth, the two of them specially cleaned the animal shed, disinfected it with lime water, took away the previous hay, and put new hay in.
Among the tuk-tuk pile, the only male tuk-tuk seemed very uneasy.
Jian Mo was afraid of something going wrong, so he sent the male tut-tut beast to Qing Kuang's house and asked him to help take care of it for two days.
The timid male tut-tut beast was ridiculed by him. Qing Kuang didn't like this timid creature, but he still agreed to help Jian Mo take care of it.
Jian Mo guessed correctly. The female tut-tut beasts really started giving birth at night.
They gave birth smoothly, and there was no need for Jian Mo to intervene.
Jian Mo checked and saw that there was nothing wrong, so he didn't disturb them, but just watched by the side.
The tut-tut beasts gave birth for two nights and one day. They started giving birth at night on the first day, and by the day of the third day, all the tut-tut beasts had finally given birth.
Seven females gave birth to a total of 44 tunas, 23 of which were females.
The tunas plus the eight large animals made this not-so-big shed crammed with 52 tunas, which was packed to the brim.
This density made Jian Mo's scalp numb.
Jian Mo looked at so many tunas and felt a headache: "No, we have to replace some of them. We can't keep so many."
It's a good thing for livestock to thrive, but it's not good to be too prosperous, because you can't take care of them.
Wu Jiong: "We have to wait until they are weaned."
Jian Mo didn't want to wait even a day longer: "We can replace the big male tuo first, the better."
Wu Jiong: "Ask Qingkuang and the others?"
Jian Mo shook his head: "I've already asked them, and they all refused. They said tuo are timid and hard to raise, and their meat tastes bad, so it takes a lot of effort to raise them."
Speaking of this, Jian Mo became depressed: "They said they were afraid that our family would end up like ours, with tuo. The tuk-tuk are so fertile that the animal shed is easily filled up."
Wu Jiong had no choice but to say, "I'll ask other tribes. The people of the Bingjiang tribe should be interested."
Jian Mo: "Okay, we'll try to replace all the male animals. If they want, they can also replace a batch of female animals. We'll try to reduce the number of tuk-tuk animals to less than ten."
The tuk-tuk animals in their family are all captive. They have to spend time cutting grass and feeding the animals every day. It's really a bit beyond their ability to raise too many.
Fortunately, they have more animals, and Ying Ao and Jiu Jiu will also help to bring back some grass to help reduce the burden.
Jian Mo guessed that Jiu Jiu might have learned it from Ying Ao. Jiu Jiu is not so smart at ordinary times.
In any case, with Ying Ao and Jiu Jiu's help, they can still feel more relaxed.
On this day, someone from the Mengshui tribe came to find Jian Mo and his friends, saying that they had a stomachache and were rolling around in pain.
The two hurried to the Mengshui tribe, and Jian Mo found that it was a blockage in the intestines. He was busy there all day and did not return until the evening.
When he came back, Jian Mo saw Ying Ao sleeping soundly outside the den, probably because he was very tired from going out during the day.
Jiujiu was not there, and the food Ying Ao brought for it was placed in the food bowl, and the food bowl was still full.
Jian Mo guessed that it might have gone out to play with the cubs, and did not pay much attention to it.
It was dark, and Jiujiu had not returned.
Jian Mo immediately felt something was wrong. No matter how they played, eating would always be the first priority in Jiujiu's heart, and it would definitely come back to eat the food before going out to play.
Now it did not come back to eat, nor did it go home, so something must have happened.
Jian Mo pushed Ying Ao up and said, "Ying Ao, do you know where Jiujiu went?"
Ying Ao: "Jiujiu?"
Ying Ao looked confused and didn't know either.
Jian Mo had to give up trying to communicate with him and turned around to call Wu Jiong.
The two of them went out to look for him and asked the patrolling beastman.
The patrolling beastman said that he was there in the afternoon, but he didn't know where he went now.
Jian Mo: "Strange, where could they go? Could it be that Jiujiu found something delicious outside and ate it greedily and never came back?"
Wu Jiong: "That's possible."
As the two were talking, someone from the tribe came running over, shouting, "Chief, Jian Mo, have you seen the cubs?"
Jian Mo shouted, "No, what's wrong? Haven't they returned home yet?"
The man said anxiously, "No, I looked around the tribe and couldn't find the cubs."
Oh no.
Jian Mo stood up straight and looked at Wu Jiong.
Something bad has happened. It seems that Jiujiu has disappeared with the cubs.
The missing cubs are a big deal.
Wu Jiong immediately called people out to inquire.
"When I came back in the afternoon, the cubs were still playing in the open space outside, so I didn't pay much attention to it."
"I saw them in the afternoon too. It seemed that they disappeared when the sunset came out. I was thinking why it was so quiet today. If I had known
, I would have come out to take a look." "I probably came back when the sunset came out. I haven't seen the cubs since I came back."
"Did they go to the back mountain? I saw them moving around in the back mountain when I came back."
Wu Jiong found Ada, the beastman who was patrolling today.
Ada regretted, "I saw the cubs playing in the back mountain this afternoon. Everyone had returned and there was no danger nearby, so I turned to the front for patrol. Later, I didn't see them in the back mountain, so I thought they had gone home."
Wu Jiong: "Let's count first to see which cubs are missing."
Wu Jiong was relatively calm, and the parents were infected by his attitude and gradually calmed down.
Everyone counted and finally found that there were a total of 23 cubs in the tribe. Except for the little orcs Wan Ling and Li Chen who were playing house in the tribe and did not go out, all the other cubs were missing. The adults asked
Wan Ling and Li Chen and found out that the cubs had gone out of the tribe to explore.
Because it was Wan Ling's father who was on patrol today, Wan Ling didn't dare to run out in front of his father, so he took his friends to play house in the tribe.
Qing Kuang asked, "Did they say where they were going to explore?"
Wan Ling and Li Chen shook their heads and looked scared.
Wu Jiong squatted down and asked the two kids, "Where do you usually go to explore?"
Wan Ling whispered, "Outside the tribe, we go around the tribe to explore."
Li Chen also whispered, "When we go outside, we can hear the voices of people in the tribe. If someone calls us, we come back."
The two kids were also worried about their friends. Although they were scared, they still made their words clear.
Banju from Qingkuan's family was also missing. He was worried and irritated and cursed: "When that guy comes back, I'll give him a beating."
Wu Jiong: "Spread out the people and search around the tribe."
The missing cubs of the tribe was a big deal. The entire Riverside Tribe was mobilized. The sub-beastmen held torches, and the beastmen changed back to beast form and searched outside the tribe.
Everyone shouted as they walked, hoping to get a response from the cubs.
Jian Mo and Wu Jiong went home, rode Ying Ao, and planned to search from the air.
They made such a big noise, if the cubs were nearby, they should have heard it and responded.
However, after searching for a while, they still didn't get any movement from the cubs, let alone the cubs responded to them.
Everyone's heart was heavy, with a bad premonition, and they didn't know how many times they repeated "Beast God is above".
The parents who originally planned to beat the kids now just hoped that they could return safely.
Jian Mo said to Wu Jiong: "Jiujiu must be with the kids, but I don't know if it was Jiujiu who called the kids out, or the kids called Jiujiu out?"
Jian Mo's scalp tingled when he thought that Jiujiu might have caused this trouble.
However, compared to the trouble caused by Jiujiu, Jian Mo is now more worried about Jiujiu's safety.
Jiujiu is also a member of their family. When he thought that Jiujiu might be in trouble, Jian Mo felt his fingertips go cold.
Wu Jiong said softly, "It shouldn't be that bad. Jiujiu is so big that ordinary beasts can't do anything to it. The cubs also have a certain fighting ability. If they really encounter danger, they will definitely cry out. I am more inclined to think that they are in trouble and are hiding somewhere and dare not come out."
"I hope it's the same as you guessed." Jian Mo said uncomfortably, "As long as they are safe, I can accept any trouble they cause."
It is estimated that other parents in the tribe think so.
Wu Jiong patted Ying Ao on the back and said in a deep voice: "Ying Ao, you look for Jiujiu first and see if you can find it."
Ying Ao came out to look for so long, and probably understood that they were looking for Jiujiu, and he gave a long cry to indicate his agreement.
The cubs are not big in size. If they hide in the forest, it will be difficult to find them under the cover of night.
Jiujiu was different. Jiujiu was large and had a strong smell. If one looked carefully, it would be relatively easy to find it.
Jian Mo sat on Ying Ao and was led by Ying Ao to circle over the forest. He felt lucky that the cubs had brought Jiujiu out.
With Jiujiu, the cubs were safer and more likely to be found.
Compared to the division of responsibilities, Jian Mo hoped that all the cubs would be safe.
After circling for an unknown amount of time, Ying Ao suddenly let out a long cry: "Jie——"
The sound was loud and clear in the sky and echoed throughout the forest.
It seemed that it had found Jiujiu!
Jian Mo perked up and stretched his neck to look down.
After a while, in the echo, there was a small voice responding: "Chiu."
Jian Mo was overjoyed and turned his head to look at Wu Jiong: "I seem to hear the sound of Chiu!"
Wu Jiong: "It is indeed the sound of Chiu, Ying Ao, let's go down."
Ying Ao called out again and led them to the ground.
This time, a clearer "Chiu" sound came from the forest, and it was indeed the sound of Chiu.
Ying Ao dived down, brushed past the branches, and landed on the open space in the forest.
Jian Mo looked forward and saw Chiu Chiu at a glance, and also saw the cubs surrounding Chiu Chiu.
Both Chiu Chiu and the cubs were scared at this moment, and many of the cubs had tears on their faces.
Chiu Chiu and the cubs also saw Jian Mo and Wu Jiong.
The cubs rushed up crying and shouting: "Chief, Brother Jian Mo--"
Jian Mo stretched out his hand to catch the cub who ran in front: "Are you okay?"
Wu Jing's eyes quickly scanned the cubs and soon found out: "Where is Bai Lu?"
Twenty of the twenty-one cubs who were missing in the tribe were here, the only one missing was a cub named Bai Lu.
Bai Lu's beast form is a little white fox, only slightly older than the smallest Banjiu. Jian Mo remembered it immediately.
Hearing Wu Jiong's question, the cubs cried even harder.
The oldest Jiang Xing cried and said, "Bai Lu is missing. We brought Jiujiu to look for him, but we couldn't find him."
Jiujiu: "Bing."
Jiujiu sat on the ground, looking down with the whites of his eyes exposed and his ears drooping. He looked depressed and scared.
Ying Ao walked over and licked Jiujiu's head.
The two huge winged beasts huddled together and looked at the other cubs.
Wu Jiong asked what was going on.
The cubs cried and said,
"He was fine when we went out to play hide-and-seek in the afternoon, but then Bailu disappeared."
"We looked for him for a long time, but we couldn't find him." "
We called Jiujiu, but Jiujiu couldn't find him either."
Only then did Jian Mo know that Bailu was missing. The other cubs were scared and secretly called Jiujiu out, hoping to find Bailu with Jiujiu's keen sense of smell.
Jiujiu was very good at finding food, but not at finding the cubs.
It wandered around in the forest with the cubs, but not only did it not find Bailu, it also got lost.
When the other parents heard the news, they rushed over.
The cubs cried harder and harder, and they could hardly breathe.
Bailu's two fathers did not blame the cubs too much, but only asked where Bailu disappeared.
The cubs kept crying, and they cried to lead the adults to the place where Bailu was lost.
They were nervous and scared, and it was dark, so they could not remember clearly. Several cubs remembered different places, and in the end, no one knew where Bailu was lost.
Wu Jiong touched the head of Zhoudao, the little white wolf who cried the loudest, to comfort him, and then turned back into a giant wolf. For the first time, he used his keen sense of smell to sniff and look for Bailu.
The other beastmen also turned back into beast form, trying to smell and shout.
Everyone was worried and in a heavy mood, fearing that Bailu would be taken away by a carnivore.
In theory, there would not be any dangerous carnivores around the tribe, but it was hard to say.
Bailu was still too young, and no one might notice if he was really in danger.
Crying, shouting, and firelight swayed in the forest.
Everyone shouted and searched.
The cubs followed behind crying.
It was the first time that Jian Mo encountered such a thing, and his heart was heavy and panicked.
He rode on the giant wolf, and for the first time he hoped that there really was a beast god here, and that the beast god could really show up and help find Bai Lu.
After searching for an unknown amount of time, the giant wolf transformed by Wu Jiong suddenly ran while sniffing.
He ran under a tree and looked up and around.
"On the branch." The giant wolf said, "Bai Lu is on the tree."
Jian Mo looked up and saw a little white fur in the middle of the branch, and his heart sank.
The giant wolf changed back to human form on the spot, stretched out his hand to hold Jian Mo's waist, helped him stand steadily, and then wrapped a beast skin skirt around him: "I'll go up and take a look."
Jian Mo nodded repeatedly.
Wu Jiong climbed up the tree swiftly, and picked up a soft little white fox from a branch about ten meters above the ground.
"It's still alive," Wu Jiong said, "It's injured and unconscious."
At least it's alive.
Jian Mo breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly said, "Bring it down and show it to me."
As he spoke, Jian Mo shouted into the woods again, "We found Bai Lu - everyone stop looking for him -"
All kinds of roars came from the woods in an instant: "Roar -"
Someone shouted, "I'll go inform Bai Lu's two fathers, is he still alive?"
Jian Mo: "He's still alive, just a little injured."
There was another roar of joy in the woods, which scared the birds and beasts hiding in the woods away.
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