Forest protection starts with picking up a lynx girl

Chapter 306: A friend comes from afar, don't eat rats

Arriving at the outskirts of the pastoral area, Chen Ying parked the car and opened the rear door and the transfer cage door.

Jin Ya and Xiao Jin jumped down and stretched, then jumped into the snow and ran wild.

Uncle Zhaxi watched the two of them rush into the snowfield, and soon even their shadows could not be seen.

"Uncle, let's go and see Erniu."

Some time ago, some herdsmen saw Erniu hunting seven kilometers away from the pastoral area and guessed that there might be less food in the mountains.

Erniu is very well behaved. She never hurts the cattle and sheep in the pasture. When she sees herdsmen passing by, she will watch them from a distance.

"A month ago, two children in our pastoral area got married, and a lamb was specially sent to Erniu."

"Last week there was a heavy snowstorm and Lawang's family lost two sheep. We thought they could never be found again, but Erniu managed to bring them back."

The more Uncle Zhaxi spoke, the more distressed he felt. "We asked it to come to our place to take shelter from the snow and wind, but it refused to come. I don't know how it survived those two days."

How to live? Isn't it just like that?

Wild animals have many ways to cope with the natural world.

For example, occupying other animals’ nests.

Chen Ying smiled, half squatted down, and greeted the big guy coming out from the ground.

Erniu pounced over and successfully made Chen Ying lie on the ground. She then stood on Chen Ying's chest with her two front paws and leaned close to his cheek with a grin.

"Don't lick it, your face will rot!"

The warm breath sprayed on my face, giving me a burning feeling.

Erniu made a few whimpering sounds from her mouth, as if she was acting coquettishly.

Chen Ying held Erniu's strong body and gave it a careful full body examination.

The child is doing well and has grown strong.

However, there are many small scars on his body, which are not serious, but make people feel distressed.

Chen Ying's arrival made Erniu very happy, even excited.

Its two-legged beast did not lie to it, it came and came to find it.

Just as Erniu was jumping proudly, two figures came running from a distance.

Erniu instantly entered a state of combat readiness.

Chen Ying hugged its neck and said, "Erniu, let me introduce you to two new friends."

Jin Ya, who was running closer, braked suddenly and almost fell on Chen Ying's face.

It looked at him in disbelief as he held a big cat, and tilted its head, "Ah?"

So soon? A new cat so soon?

Xiao Jin walked over a step slower, took a look, and rubbed the neck of Jin Ya, who was stunned.

"Meow, they must have known each other before."

Xiao Jin squatted down and looked at Erniu with a critical eye.

Xiao Jin is no stranger to this big stupid snow leopard, as he can be found in Jiamugou.

Whether it was the previous scumbag snow leopard or the other female leopards that the scumbag leopard hooked up with, they all seemed to be much smarter than this big stupid guy.

This big fool doesn't look like a cat, but more like a dog!
As soon as it saw Erniu being held by Chen Ying with her silly grin on her face, it thought of the group of wolf cubs raised in the management station, and the three silly dogs who took care of the wolf cubs as if they were taking care of their own children.

The look and expression that Silly Gouzi gave the little wolf cub were very similar to Erniu's now.

Erniu was very happy, and two words echoed in her mind: mine!

Mine, mine, mine!

It tilted its head and touched Chen Ying's cheek with the tip of its nose. The slightly cool touch condensed into two words: mine!

Chen Ying didn't know what Erniu was thinking, but every breath coming out of the big cat's pores was filled with excitement.

The smiling expression froze on her face for a moment.

He subconsciously hugged Erniu tightly.

"Jinya, come and say hello to your new friend. It's called Erniu, my little baby. Erniu, this is Jinya, my big baby."

Erniu looked up at Chen Ying, then happily walked forward and touched Jin Ya's fur.

Although there is a cat smell on it that it doesn't like, it doesn't matter, its biped says they are both treasures.

Big babies, small babies, they are all babies!

Erniu rubbed Jinya's neck again, not caring at all that this was also a big cat that could snatch food from it.

Jinya is the cat who can least accept other people's enthusiasm.

It sighed and rubbed Erniu perfunctorily. Before it could say anything, it heard Erniu say that she would take them to eat delicious food.

"I found a nest of gerbils. They are very tender and delicious."

Jin Ya, who always liked to eat rabbit and seldom ate rat strips, and only ate the limited edition big-tailed rat strips, remained silent.

It turned around and looked at Chen Ying: Is this what your little cutie eats?
Chen Ying smiled back.

Although she was reluctant, Jin Ya still followed Erniu to find the delicious rat strips in her mouth.

Xiao Jin is very adaptable.

Although the golden cat is not a snow creature, its performance here far exceeded Chen Ying's expectations.

Under Erniu's smug gaze, the nest of gerbils was completely hollowed out by the cold-blooded Xiao Jin.

The kind of hollowing out that leads to family extinction.

Erniu and Jinya lay together.

"Your partner is so amazing! I tried several times but could only get one." The gerbil tasted good. After Jin Ya ate the first bite with difficulty, she swallowed it in silence.

Xiao Jin liked this snack very much. He finished most of the mice by himself.

When Erniu saw the end, she started drooling (﹃).

Jin Ya felt a little embarrassed, so she ran away for five minutes and brought back a plateau rabbit.

Erniu looked at it in surprise, "You are amazing, I am not that fast. But I have become much better recently, I can catch sheep by myself."

Hearing the expectation implied in Erniu's tone, Jin Ya sighed, leaned over and licked its ears.

"You're awesome, baby."

Erniu rolled around happily on the snow.

"From now on, I won't chase after your kind and beat them up, even if they steal my food."

"Why not?" Jin Ya squatted down, her face serious, "Food is very important, you can't let other animals take it away. If it dares to take it, you beat it. If you can't beat it, call me and I will help you beat it."

Erniu lay on the snow, staring at Jin Ya blankly, and it took a while before she nodded heavily.

"Okay, I'll beat it up every time I see it."

It is not necessary...

After just a short contact, Jin Ya could already see that this snow leopard was a big, stupid creature.

How did this stupid yet kind-hearted creature survive here? God must be too fond of it.

Chen Ying didn't pay attention to the conversation between the three little cuties. Under the guidance of Uncle Zhaxi, he rode his horse around the snowfield.

The weather was cold, but the ground was much easier to walk on than in spring and summer.

The water hidden in the meadow freezes into ice, and as long as it is not a heavy truck, the chance of getting stuck is greatly reduced.

But at the same time, heavy snow will cover many holes, and horses can easily step on empty holes if they are not careful.

Fortunately, thanks to snow leopards and lynxes, the number of burrowing rabbits and rodents in this ranch has been reduced a lot.

Holes that have not been visited by any small animals for a long time will gradually be filled with mud.

"This year's climate turned cold earlier than in previous years, but it's still within normal range. When extreme weather with heavy snow is forecast, I will lure Erniu over with food and lock her in the woodshed."

"No need to. If it can find a good place to spend the winter, let it do it on its own. It's not good for humans to interfere too much."

Zhaxi glanced at him and seemed to want to say something.

Chen Ying knew that the uncle felt that he was a little upset that he took Jin Ya and Xiao Jin around and left Erniu in the wild.

But Erniu is different from Jinya. It is too close to humans. If it is released to Jiamugou, it will not be able to defeat the scumbag snow leopard at all, and it cannot even beat the female leopards around the scumbag snow leopard's territory.

He also couldn't let Erniu stay in the first aid station, as that would really go against the principles of animal protection.

Jin Ya was able to stay because the first aid station was located within its territory.

Besides, Erniu was not as weak as he imagined.

During these years in the wild, it has also developed its own rules of survival.

It did not consider the high mountain rocky areas because it knew it could not rob other species.

The alpine meadow outside the ranch is not an ideal territory for other snow leopards, but the herbivores living here are targets that Erniu can prey on.

Individuals will rely on their instincts to find a suitable environment to survive, even if it is a little difficult, but they can live freely and comfortably.

The only trouble is that Erniu’s territory is a little far from the territories of other snow leopards. If it wants to breed the next generation, it may have to walk more.

After inspecting the area and making sure that there was nothing that could threaten Erniu, Jinya and the others, Chen Ying followed Uncle Zhaxi to his home to rest.

About three hours later, Xiao Jin found Chen Ying first.

It jumped directly onto Chen Ying, rarely being clingy, its body trembling slightly under its fur.

Xiao Jin was so cold that there were ice crystals hanging on his beard.

When Zhaxi's aunt saw this, she quickly found a leather mattress and handed it to Chen Ying, asking him to wrap up the cat.

Chen Ying thought about it and simply opened her fur coat and wrapped Xiao Jin in her arms.

Xiao Jin looked hopeless and let him do whatever he wanted.

"Uncle Zhaxi, is that Erniu on the snow outside? Is she fighting with the lynx again? The color of that lynx is so bright, I have never seen it before."

The kid next door came over to warm himself by the fire, chattering non-stop.

"I want to go horseback riding, but my mom doesn't agree. Can I ride your horse?"

The kid was probably only about eleven or twelve years old, still a child, not even as tall as a horse when he stood up.

Aunt Zhaxi stuffed a bowl of milk tea into his hand and rejected his request.

"It's so windy outside and it's getting dark. Are you going to feed the wolves by running out?"

"Aunt is lying, there are no wolves here."

The child laughed, "As long as Erniu is here, there will be no wolves."

It seems that Erniu has risen to the position of a patron saint in the hearts of the herdsmen's children.

"The lynx outside is Erniu's friend. Don't disturb others playing. If you want to go out, wait until tomorrow morning."

The child's plan to ride a horse failed, and after drinking the milk tea, he got up and ran away.

After a while, the noise of children's voices could be heard outside the tent.

"That's Erniu's friend. He came from far away to see it, just like the uncle from the mainland who came to see Uncle Zhaxi."

"You are lying. Erniu defeated a lynx before. This one must be here to challenge Erniu. We have to help Erniu defeat the enemy!"

Oh my goodness, is this going to start a domain war?
Just when Chen Ying wanted to go out to see what was going on, he heard the sound of horses neighing. Then, a young man called Uncle Zhaxi out from outside the door, saying that a snow leopard and a lynx had appeared on the snowfield again.

(End of this chapter)