Chapter 118: Piflow Cow

  Early in the morning, Ju An woke up and added a few pieces of wood to the dying bonfire. Teddy, Wu Song, and several others were huddled together beside the fire. The night here was obviously much colder, and the mountain wind in the early morning made people feel chilled to the bone. He poured some water into the hanging pot and hung it over the fire, then filled his tea cup with milk and heated it up before entering the space.

  The little mountain lion was sleeping soundly beside its mother, its fluffy belly rising and falling with each breath. The old mountain lion saw that everything was calm, lifted its head slightly, and continued to lie down. These past few days, the old mountain lion had been eating less and less, and even last night, it hadn't touched the meat that An had shredded and put in a bowl. An thought this situation wasn't good at all, walked over to the old mountain lion's side, and took a look at the injuries on its legs. Several of the scratches were starting to heal, but some of the fur on its body had fallen out, revealing small patches here and there.

  Looking at this situation, Ju An couldn't understand whether it was going to get better or worse. He shook his head and poured some more milk into the bowl by Shan Shi's mouth, then prayed: "Big brother and sister, please hold on, get well soon and take your few mouths away quickly. Now Teddy at home is eating several catties of meat every day, and Teddy even eats fruit. Your family is relying on me to eat meat all day, I really can't stand it anymore."

  Piously facing the sky, he recited a prayer to all the gods and Buddhas, then walked over to the hawk stand, stretched his neck to take a look, and found that the dozen or so pieces of meat he had left there yesterday were gone. A larger one was chasing after a smaller one, pecking at it. As soon as they saw him, the two little guys stopped, stretched their necks, and cried out. He hastily returned to the space house, cut some beef into small strips, and ran back to feed them each a few pieces. The slightly larger one would squeeze the smaller one while eating, just like a little bully. After they were full, the two little guys finally calmed down. He carefully observed that among their snow-white down feathers, several brownish-black feathers had emerged, seemingly about to grow out. Their sturdy legs and tender pink claws still hadn't grown talons, but their curved beaks showed their fierce nature as birds of prey. Watching them, he felt his heart swell with joy.

  Carrying a small bag of food out of the space, serving the big men outside, and then packing up to head back home. Along the way, stop occasionally, feed the birds, observe the injury of the old mountain lion, and walk towards the direction of the pasture in a leisurely manner.

  After two days of walking, Ju An suddenly realized that the old mountain lion in the space was getting weaker and weaker, and now it basically can't eat anything. Every time he enters the space, he just raises his head to take a look at Ju An, makes a few soft meows towards him, making Ju An's heart feel sour. Unfortunately, he is not a veterinarian, and he is also powerless against the old mountain lion.

  In the evening, when we found a place to camp and finished dinner, Ju An brought a basin of meat into the space and found that Lao Shan Shi was already completely gone. Although he was still gasping for breath, his eyes had lost their luster. The two cubs were squatting under their mother's belly looking for milk, sucked for a while, and then started crying as if they couldn't get any milk anymore.

  Ju An turned his head, first feeding the two small birds some shredded meat, then came to the side of the mountain lion, gently stroking the old mountain lion's head. The old mountain lion stuck out its tongue and licked Ju An's hand, for some reason, Ju An felt the old mountain lion's tongue was icy cold.

  After listening to Xiaoyue's cry, Ju An thought of an idea and poured the milk into a plastic bag. She poked two small holes at the corners of the bag and let Xiaoyue drink from it. At first, she was not used to it, but later on, both little leopards started biting the corner of the bag and drinking from it.

  After finishing feeding the little mountain lion, when Ju An turned his face again, the old mountain lion had gradually stopped breathing. The two little ones were playing around the old mountain lion, one still biting the old mountain lion's tail, then jumping to the side, as if waiting for the old mountain lion to swing its tail and play with itself.

  Next to the old mountain lion, he squatted for a while, then came out of the space and chose a place next to the campsite. He started digging into the ground, Teddy saw it too and ran over, stretching out his two small paws to dig along with him. After more than half an hour, until they dug up the stone underneath, An stopped and moved the old mountain lion from the space to put it in, starting to quietly fill up the soil.

  After finishing all this, Ju An sat back in the chair beside the bonfire and put the two little mountain lions on his legs. The two little guys were very naughty. Teddy put his two front paws on Ju An's legs and curiously looked at the two little guys. One of the little guys immediately stretched out its paw and tapped Teddy's nose, as if the fluffy little paw had gotten into his nostrils. Teddy shook his big head, let out a small sneeze, and then curiously stared again, but this time with his neck shrunk back.

  Put the little guy in your hand on the ground, and the two little things immediately became happy. First, they played with Teddy, who was lying on the ground. A small lion was biting Teddy's small round ear, making a "woo" sound. One of them discovered Wu Song's tail and jumped up to pounce on it. Wu Song swung his tail, and then jumped away, continuing to pounce.

  Sitting comfortably by the fire, quietly watching the two little ones frolic and play, thinking that since I'm destined to raise these two little ones, what should I name them? Potato, tomato, flower cat don't seem quite right. Finally, with a slap on the thigh, it's settled: the bigger one will be called Big Cat Wan, and the smaller one will be called Big Cat Tu. Conveniently, if we ever have more cats in the future, we can just follow suit and call them Big Cat Sri or Big Cat Fudu - how easy! Looking at Big Cat Wan and Big Cat Tu, I couldn't help but smile contentedly, slowly driving away the sorrow in my heart.

  By the time it was evening, Ju An still sent the two little things back to space, fearing that if he fell asleep, the two little guys would run around and get lost. Teddy seemed to like these two little guys more, always playing with them very happily, so Ju An also brought Teddy into space. As for Wu Song, forget it, this guy would make Ju An worry about his two little birds all night.

  The return trip was relatively smooth, and when the midday sun shone on Ju An's hunting party, they had already reached the edge of the pasture. Ju An stopped, put the two small mountain lions into the bag on Tak's back, took out the two small birds and put them on the big cow's back, then continued to ride the big cow in the direction of the pasture.

  After walking for a while, the fox family started calling out from behind. Ju An turned his head and saw that the whole fox family had crouched down, facing him and calling out to him. Ju An rubbed his forehead, what's all this commotion about? After watching the foxes call out for a while, the old fox led the little foxes into the forest, it turned out they were saying goodbye to Ju An.

  Jūān had originally planned to let this family continue to follow him and live off his scraps, but who knew that they would be like relatives visiting, making Jūān very satisfied. Just looking at the two big cats, Wàn and Tú, clinging to the edges of their pockets, he estimated that these two little guys would eat more than a whole fox family in just a few months.

  Arrived at the ranch's residence, found that basically no one was home, all busy going out. Got down from the back of the big cow, then held the small bird in hand and carried two small mountain lion bags into the house. Found a small basket to put the bird in, looked around and saw it was a bird poop cowboy hat, hurriedly threw it back into the trash can.

  Just as I was about to go upstairs, old Thomas's voice rang out from the yard: "An! Is that you back?"

  Just as Gu An rushed out of the house, he saw Old Thomas surrounding a large cow and staring at it. Seeing Gu An approaching, Old Thomas stroked the cow's back and said to Gu An, "Where did this Plover cow come from?"

  The one being asked was stunned, originally thinking that he had a unique breed cultivated in his own space, but unexpectedly Old Thomas blurted out the name: "Met it in the mountains, followed it for a few days and brought it back. By the way, how did you call this cow Piflo Cow? I just looked at its special color."

  Old Thomas explained: "Just by looking at it, I know it's a cross between a wild buffalo and a domestic cow. However, the color is a bit strange, gray. But you've really picked up a treasure this time. This kind of cattle has higher protein and lower cholesterol levels. By the way, how did you only bring one back? There should be a herd in the wild, right?"

  "Living in peace scratched his head and said: 'I saw twenty or thirty of these cows, but I won't bring any others back'."

  "Are there twenty or thirty more? Are there calves? Did you get a good look?" Thomas asked suddenly in a raised voice.

  "Ah, I saw it, really, there were even a dozen or so little calves," said Ju'an with a nod. Not only that, but big and small cows were hanging from Ju'an's neck.

  "In two days, we'll go to the mountains and take a look. You don't know how expensive this kind of cattle is. This breed has strong cold resistance and extremely high-quality meat. I took a look at the cow's body earlier and didn't see any markings. Under natural conditions, wild cows and domesticated cows that give birth to calves are like mules, they're infertile. Only in recent years have we successfully bred Pierval cattle. Since you saw the calf, it means these cows can reproduce. Let's bring them back before others discover them." Old Thomas said excitedly, seemingly eager to go catch the cows in the mountains immediately.

  "Wait for two days, I just got back."

  Thomas said, "Then let's wait for two days. Two days later, we must set out. If we can find this herd of cattle, our ranch will be able to specialize in breeding these gray Pirena cattle, and the ranch will have a unique breed of cattle."