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Chapter 16: Rescue the cub on the way back from the market (please recommend)

It took more than an hour to walk from the Garden to the Mushan River in the town. I also lamented that today's road traffic conditions are completely different from those of later generations.But even so, the villagers' enthusiasm for going to the market is still high.

Especially for children in the village, what they look forward to most every week is to go to the market with their parents.This time when I came to Mushanhe in town, I didn’t have much intention of wandering around.Go straight to the market where vendors gather and start purchasing your own supplies.

Although there is space to store supplies in large quantities and for a long time, in the era when food stamps have not yet been cancelled, Mu Shanhe is also worried about being targeted when buying refined grains in large quantities.Therefore, when he buys grain without tickets, he buys it in small quantities and in large spreads.

The purchased items were placed directly in the backpack behind him like other villagers going to the market.This kind of backpack, which can carry a lot of supplies, is also a must-have household item for villagers.The backpack is very useful for picking mushrooms and digging wild vegetables.

After finding a fish stall and looking at the dazzling array of freshwater fish, Mu Shanhe was extremely emotional.It is said that the Northeast is a vast land with abundant resources, but now that I think about it, it is really true.There are so many wild fish that are really rare after a few years.

"There is aohua fish, I will buy a few to try them later. There are three flowers, five luo, eighteen seeds, and 72 miscellaneous fish. You can taste these fish now. In a few years, even if you have money and want to try something new, you can You may not be able to eat pure wild ones!”

In the eyes of many inland people, Northeast China still seems to be a place where "sticks beat roe deer and gourds scoop out fish, and pheasants fly into the rice pot."But in fact, this situation is already decreasing now, and no matter how many resources there are, they cannot withstand year-round consumption!

Thinking of this, Mu Shanhe secretly smiled bitterly and said: "What are you worrying about so much? Buy fish quickly. In addition to giving yourself a taste, you also need to buy more cheap miscellaneous fish for the injured fox. I really can't afford the expensive ones. ah!"

Even though there is no need to worry about money now, Mu Shanhe still insists that what should be spent must be spent, and what should be frugal must be saved.In addition to buying cheap fresh small fish for the fox, his loyal partner Daqing also prepared pork bones.

Every time you change places, the supplies previously put into the backpack will be transferred to the space.But in the eyes of other villagers going to the market, he is just a young man going to the market alone.There really weren't many people in town who knew him.

Looking at the crowded market, Mu Shanhe also knew that this was the busiest time of the week in the town.Although villagers come to the town on weekdays, the supplies they can purchase are still not as much as on market days.

During the New Year holiday, the market scene is really shocking!

"Don't worry, I'll have a chance to experience it. I've almost bought everything, it's time to go back."

Considering that there were still foxes in the camp that only needed his care, Mu Shanhe also planned to return to the garden after purchasing supplies.With only two legs, it takes a lot of time to go back and forth.

At this stage, although Mu Shanhe can afford to buy a bicycle, there is only a short section of the road from the town to Shenyuan where he can ride a bicycle.Under such road conditions, buying a bicycle is really not as good as buying a horse.But after thinking about it, he decided to give up.

It wasn't that he couldn't afford a horse, but that he felt it was completely unnecessary to buy a horse and keep it in the mountains.Traveling all on two legs, isn’t it a form of exercise?At this stage, it is better to keep a low profile, and life will be quieter.

Following the shortcut that saved time, Mu Shanhe walked alone on the mountain path.Just when they were about to arrive at Wangyunling, where the garden is located, a strange sound suddenly came from their ears.

When Mu Shanhe heard the sound, he immediately stopped walking, looked at the direction where the sound came from, and said with a slight doubt: "What kind of animal makes this sound? Why do I always feel like I have heard it before."

Mu Shanhe, who was suspicious, quickly found the animal making strange noises in the bushes about ten meters away from the road.Seeing Mu Shanhe's sudden appearance, the two little animals seemed a little panicked, but also acted a little at a loss.From the appearance, the two small animals look very much like the cats raised by the villagers in the village.But Mu Shanhe knew that it was impossible for a domestic cat to travel so far to give birth to cubs in the mountains.The two look similar, but there are also big differences.

Mu Shanhe guessed that these two cubs might be some kind of animal cubs, and looked around with some vigilance.Although this jungle was cut down in the early years.But right now, the shrubs and trees in the jungle are still growing quite luxuriantly.

If the cub's parents were really nearby, then Mu Shanhe would really have to be careful.After all, this little thing's parents are also famous ferocious beasts in the forest area, a being that even dares to hunt roe deer and goats.

"No wonder the sounds sounded familiar before. These two things must be bobcat cubs! But looking at their appearance now, they must have been hungry for a long time. Could it be that something happened to their parents?"

The so-called lynx is what people in the forest call it, and its scientific name is lynx.Another type of tiger, which people in the forest call big cats and mountain gods, is even more frightening.

Being called a 'cat' shows how important the lynx is among the many animals in the forest!
From the size and condition of the two shivering cubs, Mu Shanhe could probably tell that the two cubs were about one month old, but they were already about the same weight as an adult domestic cat.Just looking at the grass where they live, it shouldn't be a hiding place.

Mu Shanhe took out the machete he usually kept when going up the mountain and searched along the nearby grass.Not long after, a dead body was finally found in a pile of rocks.

After checking it carefully, Mu Shanhe said helplessly: "Oh, if this continues, my camp will become an animal shelter. Forget it, since we encounter it, we can't really just ignore it and save it!"

He turned around and put the two bobcat cubs, which must have been hungry for a long time, directly into the backpack.Returning to the pile of rocks in Mushanhe again, he dragged out the lynx carcass that had begun to rot, dug a pit nearby, and buried the body in it.

Although he knew that bobcat fur was also valuable in the forest area.But facing a mother who desperately returned to her nest before she died, he really couldn't do anything like selling her skin for money.Letting it rest in peace is the wisest choice.

After the burial was complete, Mu Shanhe placed the two cubs on the filled pit and whispered: "Remember this place. When you grow up in the future, you must also remember who is buried here. From now on, you will Come hang out with me!”

I just rescued an injured fox with cubs two days ago, and now I have adopted two bereaved bobcat cubs, although this has increased my living expenses.But Mu Shanhe felt that he really couldn't do such a thing.

But what he didn't expect was that when he arrived at the garden and saw Daqing running towards him, he suddenly grinned and noticed the threatening sound, Mu Shanhe realized that hounds and lynxes in the forest were mortal enemies. !
For many hunters who raise dogs for hunting, in the process of hunting bobcats, their hounds are often killed by bobcats.As an experienced leader in hunting, how could Daqing be unable to smell the scent of a bobcat?

"Okay, Daqing, they are still babies and they will live with us in the future. Don't scare them!"

After comforting Daqing, Mu Shanhe put the two trembling bobcat cubs directly to Daqing's mouth to familiarize them with the smell.As a loyal hunting dog, even if Daqing was dissatisfied, he did not dare to bite at this time.

But what made Mu Shanhe even more depressed was when he planned to put the lynx cub in the wooden house where the fox was recovering from injuries.The fox, who had been docile before, suddenly became furious.Such a situation made Mu Shanhe feel helpless.

Touching the two cubs, Mu Shanhe also complained: "It seems that besides me, you guys are really not welcome here!"

As the king of the jungle, foxes are also one of the animals hunted by bobcats.Even the two cubs don't have any lethality.But for a fox with cubs, it was considered extremely restrained to not pounce on them and bite them to death!
(End of this chapter)