Chapter 26: Mother Jackal

  Lin Bei returned to Longtan.

  At this moment, Lin Bei's mood was not very good. The impact from earlier had not yet allowed him to catch his breath, and he felt somewhat dazed. It wasn't until Lin Bei sensed that something was off around him.

  "What? That pregnant hyena?"

  Outside the fence, a heavily pregnant female jackal lay awkwardly on the edge of a bush, her belly bigger than before but looking thinner, almost skeletal, with a lot of hair loss. She seemed to have not eaten anything and was extremely anxious, constantly stretching out her snout to sniff around.

  After some thought, Lin Bei realized what the female jackal was doing - it was sensing the smell of blood around.

  After leaving the pack, jackals can only eat the carcasses of beasts because a single jackal cannot hunt large animals. They have big appetites, so lone jackals do not live well. It's almost the same as wolves; they are almost always in a state of hunger. This pregnant female jackal is even more disadvantaged, and the forest will not sympathize with the weak.

  A few days ago, the mother jackal had a big meal here, probably the best meal it has had in a long time. So the hungry mother jackal would subconsciously run to the nearby area to see if there was any more food, which is actually the same psychology as guarding the tree and waiting for the rabbit. And because of hunger, the mother jackal even ignored Lin Bei's strong aura.

  Lin Bei actually had a strong dislike for the jackals, and in his heart, they were synonymous with cunning and cruelty. However, when he saw a pregnant and emaciated mother jackal, Lin Bei couldn't help but feel pity for her, because as a father himself, he knew how difficult it was to raise the next generation.

  When Gao Rou was pregnant with Lin Rou, she suffered a lot. Her pregnancy reaction was very severe, and she had no appetite. Whatever she ate would be vomited out, and she lost a lot of weight in just a few days. At that time, Gao Rou's temper also became extremely irritable, which affected Lin Bei as well. When Lin Rou was born, Lin Bei thought the nightmare was over, but it turned out to be just the beginning.

  When Lin Rou was one or two years old, her body wasn't very good and she would often cry, making Lin Bei and his wife extremely tired. They would often fall asleep exhausted only to be woken up by her crying again, tossing and turning for several hours. If she caught a cold or some other minor illness, the couple would be even more miserable. Lin Bei was almost driven to nervous exhaustion by the little troublemaker. Fortunately, as Lin Rou grew older, she became extremely likable and when taken out, many people would praise her as cute and adorable, filling Lin Bei's heart with pride.

  The fragments that flashed through his mind made Lin Bei look at the mother jackal with a more sympathetic gaze, "Sister, fortunately you met me, if you really met a big snake, it would definitely eat you."

  Lin Bei shook his head and went to the back of Feilong Wall, killed two fat wild chickens, deliberately making them bloody, then wrapped them with his tail and threw them fiercely in the direction of the mother jackal.

  The pheasant that fell from the sky obviously scared the mother jackal, who let out a low howl and subconsciously wanted to avoid it, but because of her lack of agility, she moved slowly, then caught wind of the bloody smell.

  The mother jackal looked around cautiously, seemingly puzzled, but the hunger pangs in her belly quickly dispelled her doubts. After all, humans can lose their rationality due to hunger, let alone a beast. So she soon pounced on the wild chicken and started devouring it voraciously.

  A wild chicken was quickly eaten by the mother jackal, and Lin Bei also knew that one was not enough, so he deliberately caught two, then threw another over. Seeing the mother jackal's eating speed slow down a bit, Lin Bei didn't care about it anymore, what he could do he had already done.

  Back in the wooden house, Lin Bei turned around in the room and only then discovered the shortcomings of the wooden house. Lin Bei thought to himself, how did I not see this earlier?

  The wooden house is indeed very large, but there isn't even a bed. Moreover, the floor of the wooden house is still the original ground, only with some weeds cleared and stones seemingly removed, it's not very flat, looking bumpy and uneven. At least some wooden boards should be laid down, otherwise it's no different from sleeping on the ground, will you get rheumatism if you sleep like this for a long time?

  "Next time, we must let them lay wooden boards, let them lay out beds, and on top of the wooden bed, we must also put thick woolen blankets, so that it will be warm to sleep." Lin Bei nodded his head in agreement with this decision.

  Seeing the Chinese wolfberries outside the window, Lin Bei's eyes lit up. This is a good thing, and it's already ripe. He quickly went to the taro field and got a taro leaf, spread the leaf underneath, and used a wooden stick to knock down the Chinese wolfberries.

  The hunters were still very careful, and the fruit of this clump of wolfberry was not small. After knocking it out, there were probably more than half a catty. Then they moved the wolfberry to the Qinglong stone, looked at the sun in the sky, and Lin Beimei thought that it should be dry soon. At that time, she could make a cup of tea or add some when stewing bones. Anyway, it was a kind of seasoning.

  After finishing all this, Lin Bei looked at the mother jackal in the distance again. The second wild chicken still had some feathers left, but apart from that, it had all gone into the mother jackal's belly. At this moment, the mother jackal looked extremely frightening, with a skeletal body and a belly like a big balloon. Lin Bei was very worried that if this guy bumped into something while walking, his belly would burst open.

  The mother jackal got up, shaking and swaying, and licked her lips, looking quite satisfied. Then, the hair on her back suddenly stood up straight, and she looked in the direction of Lin Bei. It was clear that after solving her hunger problem, the mother jackal finally sensed Lin Bei's presence.

  "Sister Ni, you've only just realized my existence? You're only scared now? Get out of here quickly, I won't bother with you." Lin Bei was also somewhat annoyed, knowing that beasts didn't have intelligence, but to treat the person who saved her life with this attitude? It's too despicable.

  The mother jackal didn't know that Lin Bei's impression of it had dropped another notch, if not for the fact that it was carrying its child, Lin Bei would have probably killed it directly. The hair on the mother jackal's back was still standing on end, but it began to retreat, this was because it felt Lin Bei's invincibility and chose the wisest course of action.

  "Don't let me see you again next time." Lin Bei said viciously after the mother jackal was out of his sight.

  But just as he finished speaking, Lin Bei discovered a cloud leopard jumping from the tree and chasing after the distant mother jackal. Lin Bei's heart was tangled again.

  "Should it be let go of its death, or should it die?"

  Lin Bei's body floated out, egg pain.