Dashan Makes a Living 1984

The children in the mountain village had nothing else to do. They climbed trees one by one. The two hid the rabbit bag in the bushes and quickly climbed up the big catalpa tree.

Catalpa is a hard-to-branch tree with a tall and straight trunk. Except for cats, it is impossible for wild animals to climb it.

As soon as the two climbed up the branch, they heard a shrill cat cry, and an animal sprang out from the woods behind.

At first glance, it looked like a cat, but it was a little bigger than ordinary cats, and it was covered with dark spots. After it came out, it just jumped lightly, and Chi Liu Liu climbed along the trunk to the catalpa tree.

"Oh my god, this guy is here." Wang Tiancheng was taken aback.

Wang Tianxiao didn't expect it to be such a coincidence, there were so many trees nearby, and it happened to run to the tree where the two of them were hiding.

He gripped the gun tightly in his hand, ready to shoot it anytime.

The two brothers were nervous. When the guy who came up saw two people hiding behind the leaves, he fell down from the tree in shock, grabbed the branches and hung in mid-air.

It bared its teeth and kicked vigorously with its small paws. It took a lot of effort to hold on to the branch and then turned up and lay down on the branch, growling at the two of them with a wary face.

Under the moonlight, the two found that this guy looked like a little raccoon cat.

Don't look at it's ferocious appearance, but in the eyes of the two brothers, it is just fierce and fierce. Not only are they not afraid, but they really want to touch it.

"This is a leopard cat." Wang Tianxiao finally remembered the name of this little guy.

It is a kind of wild cat with a wide distribution. In this era, the number was very large. People hunted them in large numbers for the purpose of obtaining cat skins. Later, the number became less and less, and the wild species also declined a lot.

Leopard cats have not been included as protected animals in later generations, but artificially bred leopard cats have appeared, which can be used as pets or participate in competitions. The price of a better one can reach tens of thousands of yuan.

"It seems to be injured." Wang Tiancheng said.

Wang Tianxiao also noticed that the leopard cat had a tear on its body, half of its body was stained red with blood, and it looked very miserable.

It was probably injured by the jackal just now.

Now it is hiding in the tree, looking down vigilantly, while also guarding against Wang Tianxiao and the two brothers, its big eyes are full of anger and tension, and its hair is all standing on end.

"Look below."

A jackal slowly walked out from behind the bushes. It turned out that it wasn't that he was old, but that his back leg was bitten off by something, leaving only half of it, so he was abandoned by the jackals.

Wang Tianxiao secretly wondered why the jackals chased the leopard cats, they belonged to the same food chain, one was fierce and the other was flexible, so there would be no disputes easily.

After the jackal came out, it first sniffed the ground, and soon found the leopard cat on the tree.

The leopard cat was injured, and blood dripped on the fallen leaves. The jackal's sense of smell was extremely sensitive, so naturally it couldn't hide it.

When the jackal found the leopard cat, he naturally found the two brothers on the tree. It didn't panic, but circled the tree a few times, then squatted aside and began to lick the wound on its leg.

"This bastard wants to sit on the sidelines and wait for the rabbit. It's just like in the novel. They have wisdom." Wang Tiancheng said in surprise.

Wang Tianxiao didn't speak, he was thinking about why this jackal has nothing to fear, no matter how fierce it is, it is still alone, and there are two people on its side.

Moreover, it is still disabled, and its combat effectiveness must be greatly weakened.

No matter how you look at it, it is not an opponent.

Does it have other partners down there, is it just fishing?

It's not impossible, these guys have smart brains for food.

"Wait and see first." Wang Tianxiao looked at the east through the gap between the trees, it was still early before dawn.

But they were willing to wait, but the leopard cat couldn't wait.

Seeing the jackal licking its paws below, it quietly climbed behind the tree trunk, slid down gently, jumped up and ran into the woods.

The jackal was escaped by the prey without paying attention, and hurriedly followed.

He ignored the two people on the tree.

The two brothers waited for a while, and as the sky slowly dawned, they slipped down from the tree and groped towards the outskirts of the forest with their bags in hand.

I couldn't see clearly when it was dark before, but after it was bright, I realized that they were actually less than a hundred meters away from the outer edge of the mountain forest, so I walked outside. But after walking for a short distance, I heard two tender cat meows.

Following the sound, the two slowly poked the bushes, and soon saw two kittens whose eyes had just opened in a bush. Their bodies were wet with dew, and they looked very pitiful.

"It's probably the child of that leopard cat."

Wang Tianxiao could probably guess the reason why the leopard cat and the jackal were going around in circles repeatedly, and it must be because he hoped that his child would not be eaten by the old jackal.

"Brother, look over there!"

Wang Tiancheng suddenly screamed.

Wang Tianxiao looked in the direction his brother pointed, and found that the leopard cat he met at night was lying in the fallen leaves tens of meters away from the child, covered in blood, and twitching desperately.

The two hurried over and saw that the leopard cat's neck had been completely torn open, its trachea had been bitten off, and a piece of flesh had been torn off its back. Although it was still alive, it couldn't last long.

Behind it, there is a long bloodstain. It seems that it was able to run here and endured great pain and trials.

Wang Tianxiao felt sad.

They are not real hunters, and they can't be particularly ruthless, especially knowing that this leopard cat was bitten like this for the sake of children, and they feel even more unbearable.

With its speed and ability, it is impossible for the jackal to harm it if it tries to escape. But it just couldn't bear to bear the child, so it always wandered around, and eventually lost its life.

When the leopard cat saw the two brothers approaching, it immediately turned into vertical pupils, as if it wanted to warn them, but because it was too weak, its pupils began to scatter again in an instant.

I didn't even have the strength to lift my head.

"Brother." Wang Tiancheng couldn't bear to watch any more.

Wang Tianxiao handed the gun to his younger brother, stepped forward and hugged the leopard cat and placed it next to the two children. The little leopard cat squinted and sniffed at its mother, as if it rejected blood, but soon recognized the smell of its mother and began to squeeze Rubbing towards the leopard cat's arms.

I still think about my mother feeding them.

The leopard cat mother stretched out her tongue to lick the fur of her child, but she only moved her mouth a few times, and the tongue could not be fully stretched out.

It weeps.

Wang Tianxiao had raised cats before, and cats would cry when they were sad or wronged.

The ocelot mother must be very sad right now.

it died.

The two little guys didn't know it yet, and they were still rubbing back and forth in their mother's arms.

"Brother, how pitiful."

Wang Tianxiao sighed, he couldn't see this either.

Maybe when he was young, he didn't take it seriously when he saw this scene, but he lived in his heart with a soul that had gone through vicissitudes, especially after experiencing the pain of the death of his mother and wife. Looking at this scene again, he felt sad.

"Tiancheng, dig a hole and bury the leopard cat mother."

"Um."

Wang Tiancheng handed the gun to Wang Tianxiao, and began to dig a hole with himself.

Because of the cold weather, the ground was frozen solid. Wang Tiancheng dug for a long time with a short dagger before he dug out a small hole big enough to put the leopard cat in. He put some pine needles and leaves under it, then gently picked up the ocelot mother and put it into the pit, saying softly: "You are a respectable mother, rest in peace."

Wang Tianxiao quietly watched his younger brother bury the leopard cat's mother. The fur of this leopard cat has been severely damaged, and it can't be sold for much money.

What's more, he didn't want to hurt another heroic mother who sacrificed for her child. The reason why people distinguish animals may be that people have emotions in addition to rationality.

"What about these two little guys? I'm afraid it will be difficult to live here." Wang Tian was sincere and kind, and began to worry about the kitten again.

Wang Tianxiao had planned for a long time, "Take it back and raise it. This kind of leopard cat is not much different from ordinary cats. If you raise it from a young age, you should be able to raise it...Wait, Tiancheng, stand up quickly and stand behind me."

Wang Tianxiao's body suddenly tensed up straight, and he looked ahead vigilantly, holding the old-fashioned gun tightly in his hand, his veins bulging.