Forest protection starts with picking up a lynx girl

Chapter 372: Oh my god, I’m dying

Xiong Youming lives in a homestay in the town.

Xiao Yin didn't drink and drove Chen Ying back to the mountain.

"Doctor Chen, I'm so sorry. I didn't know he was planning this. I thought he was asking for his unit."

Xiao Yin explained while driving, fearing that Chen Ying would misunderstand him.

"It's okay. I asked around and found out that this teacher Xiong is a pretty good person."

Chen Ying sent the information she had heard from her classmates to Xiao Yin.

"Go back and check with your sister. If it's really what I heard, I don't think we can't cooperate."

As they were talking, the car had already stopped outside the maintenance station. Xiao Yin picked up his phone, looked at it for a while, and clicked his tongue.

"So, he actually really wants this for the Observatory?"

"Maybe." Chen Ying was still chatting with one of his classmates about Xiong Youming's work unit, and responded casually.

"Xiao Yin, please tell Brother Xiong that it's not that we can't discuss this, but we can't do it privately. I have no problem assisting him with his research projects. Let's take the open road and apply for the project directly. I can be a consultant or something."

Chen Ying has not had much exposure to research on giant pandas, but if he starts from the individual dietary and behavioral differences, he can really provide some help.

But to be honest, if Xiong Youming and his three colleagues at the observatory were to do this research, the results they would get would definitely not reach the level he wanted.

After all, high-level research results generally come from high-level laboratories, and the unit where Xiong Youming works doesn't even have a decent laboratory.

However, if this project can really produce results, the goal of improving the working and living conditions of the observatory should be achievable.

After returning to the first aid station, I chatted with Xia Sen about Xiong Youming. I didn't expect that Xia Sen actually knew a little about him.

"This person was born in a big city and his family conditions are pretty good. He could have stayed in the city to work after graduation, but because of his passion, he took the initiative to apply to work in his current place. Their unit used to cooperate with a large national scientific research center to set up a national observatory, and many trainees would go there as volunteers and conduct research projects."

Three years ago, the cooperative project was completed and the large scientific research center evacuated the observatory, but Xiong Youming and his colleague Gao Lu stayed.

"I heard that Xiong Youming and Gao Lu got married, and Gao Lu's brother also went to work at their observation station two years ago, but I don't know the details. If Brother Ying wants to know, I'll ask someone about it."

Chen Ying stopped him.

The situation he asked about was similar to what Xia Sen said, except that he did not mention that Xiong Youming's wife was also his colleague.

Chen Ying searched online for the observatory where Xiong Youming worked and found that there were many related reports online, and many researchers in the circle had also written related articles on their personal blogs.

From these texts, Chen Ying pieced together the prototype of an observation station located deep in the mountains, and also reinterpreted Xiong Youming's purpose of coming.

Early in the morning, Chen Ying got up and took Dongsheng for a walk in the woods. Seeing Xia Sen coming out rubbing his eyes, she greeted him.

"Brother Ying, I asked a few classmates last night. I'll send you a general idea on WeChat. You can check it out later. Teacher Xiong is really admirable. I don't think I can do what he does."

Chen Ying took out his cell phone curiously and looked at it for a while, then let out a soft click of the tongue.

Sure enough, it's not that the family doesn't enter the house.

Xiong Youming and Gao Lu have been determined to work in animal and plant protection since they were in school. They have been at the observatory for almost ten years and have given up several opportunities to transfer.

When the cooperation project was completed, the research center wanted to transfer Xiong Youming back to Kyoto, but he refused and stayed in the observation station in poverty.

Not only did he stay himself, he also persuaded his wife to stay as well. What's more, he even persuaded his brother-in-law to come and join them.

As a master of engineering, Gao Wen solved many problems for them as soon as he got up the mountain.

For example, the equipment positioning is inaccurate, the effective range of the walkie-talkie has been expanded to ten kilometers, and the improvement of the video surveillance and human recognition system has improved the security of anti-poaching and illegal mining operations, etc.

This is truly a treasure boy!
Finally, Xia Sen said that the reason Xiong Youming came to Chen Ying for help was not for his own future. He wanted to be promoted to a researcher in order to maintain the observatory and obtain some research funds to improve the hardware facilities of the observatory.

After reading all the content sent by Xia Sen, Chen Ying thought for a long time and called Xiong Youming.

"Brother Xiong, I've been thinking about what you said yesterday all night. How about this? I'll go to your place for a field investigation next month. It would be best if I could get in touch with the giant panda. If not, I also need to observe the area where it lives and moves. There are some other questions that are not convenient to discuss over the phone. I'd like to meet you in person to have a good chat."

Although giant pandas are very important, there are too many people studying them. The research level in Sichuan Province is at the forefront of the world. How can he, an ordinary researcher engaged in animal protection, compete with them for a job?

If he wanted to preserve the observatory, he didn't have to limit himself to one animal, and plant research could also achieve his goal.

That’s right, Chen Ying also has his own little thoughts.

Although Yin Li has embarked on a career path as an official, the work at the maintenance station can only be within his normal scope of work. If he wants to achieve results, in addition to completing his work arrangements, he must not give up his research.

Moreover, Yin Li couldn't work in Heyuan for his whole life, so he had to plan for his future in advance. Even if Yin Li only played a supporting role in a project with Xiong Youming and Gao Lu, the results would add luster to his resume.

What Chen Ying learned from the Internet was definitely not as good as what Xiong Youming and Gao Lu, who had lived there for more than ten years, so it was very necessary to meet and have a detailed discussion.

Another thing is that he saw that there was a population of clouded leopards over there, and he really wanted to know how the living environment of the clouded leopards over there was different from that here.

During the lunch break after lunch, Chen Ying received a call from her teacher.

"What? Send the mother tiger and her two cubs to South China?"

He felt that there were too many tigers in Jiamugou, but they didn’t need to be sent that far, right?

"Ah? They want to imitate the giant panda and introduce wild species. Are they targeting the female tiger? But the female tiger has a cub. I guess she won't have the intention to mate within two years."

Professor Bai said that they explained to him that they wanted to use the tigress to train the male tigers currently in the wild to regain their wildness.

They did not expect the mother tiger to teach the male tiger, but only hoped that the cubs raised by the mother tiger could adapt to the environment of the South China forest and reproduce here when they grew up.

As for the female tiger, if in a year or two there is hope that she can mate with a male tiger that was bred in captivity and then released into the wild, then they will have made a profit.

"By the way, you said before that the cubs of the tigress in Laobeigou should be independent in the second half of this year, right? Have you considered sending them to live in southern China?"

Chen Ying didn't know how to answer the teacher's question.

Is this what he wants? Shouldn't it be that the climate and vegetation in the two places are different, and no one can guarantee whether the local tigers can adapt to the new environment.

It's not a zoo, and there are doctors and keepers watching over you 24 hours a day.

Besides, I just agreed to go to Xiong Youming's place for inspection, but now I'm telling him I can't go anymore and I want to go to South China...

He couldn't open his mouth to say this.

Professor Bai probably knew that this was not an easy matter to handle, so he told Chen Ying not to feel pressured and to wait until they had negotiated with the Provincial Forestry and Grassland Bureau first.

Chen Ying quickly told the teacher that she had promised Xiong Youming to visit their nature reserve for an investigation. Professor Bai was even more determined and asked Chen Ying to leave now and come back after they had negotiated and reached a result.

"No, I have other things to do here. Da Hu needs an artificial eye transplant, and the appointment has already been made. We also need to negotiate the appointment for the cataract surgery on Uncle Hu's other eye. In addition, Dong Sheng's treatment has reached a bottleneck. If I leave, we have to find someone to give him individual physical therapy. Ruan Mengmeng and Xia Sen alone can't handle these big cats."

Professor Bai smiled disdainfully when he heard this. "Why are you worrying about such a trivial problem? It just so happens that I have recruited new graduate students this year. I will send them to your place first and let Xia Sen take them to familiarize themselves with the steps of animal treatment and postoperative care."

Professor Bai is busy with work, and the new graduate students are also taught by several doctoral students.

It's only April now, and seniors are busy writing their dissertations and defending them.

Graduate students who have studied with Professor Bai are all recommended for admission, and they also have to write papers, but they are basically directly related to their current research projects.

While helping out at the emergency station, I can also work on their graduation thesis. If I perform well, I might be able to participate in the project when I enroll in the second half of the year.

After securing the manpower, what Chen Ying needed to take care of were the big cats at home.

Sister Leopard and Brother Leopard don’t have to worry, they can even help take care of the three disabled tigers, big, medium and small.

As for Jinya and Xiaojin, they like to go out and wander around when they have nothing to do. It is common for them not to go home for a few days. As long as they don't encounter large cats and bears, they are basically invincible in the mountains and forests.

I had just written down the to-do list and before I had time to talk to Xia Sen and Ruan Mengmeng about it, I heard Jin Ya's cry coming from the woods.

"Twolegs, come quickly, something's wrong!"

Xia Sen and Ruan Mengmeng didn't understand what Jin Ya said, but they could still hear the sorrow in it. Including Lao Gao's junior high school sister, the three of them ran directly to the balcony and looked in the direction where the sound came from.

Jin Ya rushed out of the woods in a panic, her hair all messy and covered in mud.

Behind it, Xiao Jin ran over with something covered in mud in his mouth, looking equally disheveled.

Chen Ying was giving Dongsheng a massage on the first-floor platform. When she saw this scene, she jumped directly from the platform.

Taking the mud-covered little animal from Xiao Jin's mouth, Chen Ying didn't have time to identify its species, so she rushed to the pool with it, dipped a towel in water, and cleaned the little guy's mouth, nose, eyes, and ears that were covered with mud.

After more than ten minutes, the poor little guy finally revealed his true appearance.

Chen Ying's hand holding it trembled, and he was scared half to death.

"It's time for the cat to die, Xia Sen, quickly call the panda people over!"

(End of this chapter)