Chapter 163 This is a tigress that just gave birth to a cub

Everyone thought her words made sense, so they left a few people to accompany Li Daqiang and Sister-in-law Li to process the herbs and apply them to the cow's wound.

He also dealt with the blood stains on the ground, dug a deeper hole, and buried all the bloody leaves and soil in it.

He smoked it again with a torch to remove the remaining smell of blood and avoid attracting other beasts.

Qiao Ran no longer cares about the rest.

Qiao Ran held her grandma in one arm and her mother in the other, letting her third uncle support her third aunt, and they all returned to the cave together.

Not long after, the men had carried the big tiger into the cave with thick wooden sticks.

Everyone gathered around and couldn't help but feel scared when they saw such a big tiger.

If Qiao Ran hadn't poisoned the tiger, the tiger would not only eat cows, but also horses and even humans!

At this time, someone exclaimed: "This tiger's nipples are so big, it looks like a tigress still feeding her cubs!"

Everyone heard the words and took a look, and sure enough, the two rows of teats on the tiger's belly were swollen, but the belly was flat. It looked like he had just given birth to a cub and was still breastfeeding!

"Oh, this tigress is dead, what will happen to her cubs? Will they starve to death?"

A young woman couldn't bear to say.

"Hey! The tiger is such a cruel thing. If it doesn't die, maybe we will die. Why do you still sympathize with it?"

"I don't sympathize with it, I just think the cub is so pitiful. How can they survive without their mother at such a young age?"

"If this female tiger dies, will there be a male tiger? Will we be in danger? Will the male tiger come here by following the scent?"

"Ah, what should we do? Otherwise, let's pack up our things quickly and run away overnight! Once we get past these hills, the tiger won't be able to catch up!"

"But it has just rained heavily, and the road is wet and slippery, and it is so late at night. How can we walk? If we get stuck in the mud or fall down a hillside or cliff, we will have to shed our skin even if we don't die!"

"What should we do? Should we just wait here to die?"

"The soldiers will block it, and the water will cover it with the soil. Let's not sleep tonight and stay here all night. If the male tiger doesn't come tonight, it should be fine, right?"

Everyone in the village was talking about it. The surprise of being able to eat tiger meat was suddenly replaced by the fear of imminent danger.

Qiao Ran was about to go to bed, but when she heard everyone's uneasy chatter, she couldn't help but walked over and said to these scared villagers:

"Don't worry, everyone. If there are male tigers, this female tiger will not come out to look for food. In the middle of the night, the tigress does not take care of the cubs in the tiger den, but comes out to look for food. It means that the male tiger is not following the tigress at all. Live together. If you are worried, ask the night watchman to be alert and wake me up if anything happens. I also have some poison here that can kill a tiger."

"Ah, yes, with Ran Ran here, what are we afraid of? A bag of poison can kill that big tiger! Hahaha! If the male tiger dares to come, we can have another tiger's meat to eat."

"Hmm, then let's rest assured. You two, Hu Zi, should be more alert in the second half of the night. Don't let the tiger touch you without knowing it."

"No, don't worry! The four of us will keep watching outside. If there is any noise, we will sound the gong. We will make sure to wake everyone up as soon as possible, and we will not let Ran Ran go out alone to face the problem again. It’s dangerous.”

After hearing Qiao Ran's words, everyone felt relieved.

Qiao Ran no longer cares about them. She wants to go back to sleep. Tomorrow she also wants to find an opportunity to bring some peaches, plums and red dates just picked in the space for her family to eat!

The rest of the night was really uneventful.

Early the next morning, the village chief made arrangements for everyone to prepare to share the tiger meat so that they could start their journey early.

To kill such a big tiger requires a lot of water.

Several men went down to the cave and went to fetch water from the creek not far away.

After a while, several people came back with several buckets of water, only to find that the water in the buckets was very turbid, with yellow mud mixed with dead branches and leaves.

"Village Chief, the creek has swollen. The water is overflowing and very turbid. It looks like it rained quite hard last night."

The villagers who fetched water reported to the old village chief.

The old village chief frowned after hearing this.

"With such heavy rain, the soil on the mountain road must be very soft. If you are not careful, you will slide down the hillside or cliff. And we are in a valley now. It is not easy to push the car up the mountain!"

After listening to the old village chief's words, everyone was a little worried.

A man said: "Then let's stay in this cave for two more days! When the sun comes out and dries the soil, we can go on the road again. Anyway, there are people to eat, drink and live here, which is better than sleeping in the open on the road. too much."

These words moved many people.

Yes, it would be fine if there was no food to eat, but now, there is a big tiger weighing several hundred kilograms here, and there are also a lot of wild vegetables and fruits in the valley, which is much better than in the mountains.

The man fetching water also reported a piece of good news: "Moreover, when the water overflowed, there were a lot of fish! I wonder if the fish in the pool upstream came out with the water. We saw ten There are a few fish that are difficult to catch, so I’ll come back and see if I can get some tools to go back and catch fish.”

Everyone was even more happy when they heard that they could still catch fish to eat.

The old village chief pondered for a moment and said: "We won't be able to leave for a while. Then let's stay here for one more night and see what happens tomorrow. Since there are fish, let's go see if we can catch them. Let’s eat some. In addition, you can also go pick some wild vegetables and fruits. Don’t eat the food yet, just save it and take it out in case there is nothing to eat.”

"Okay! Then let's go catch fish!"

"Shitou, let's go hunting! Maybe we can hunt some pheasants, hares or something?"

"Sister-in-law Zhao, let's go look for wild vegetables and fruits. There must be a lot of them in this valley. Hui Niang, do you want to come with us?"

When they heard that they were not leaving for the time being, everyone immediately took action. Those who caught fish caught fish, those who hunted hunted, and those who dug wild vegetables.

There were only a few men left in the cave who were preparing to kill the tiger, as well as some older people and young children.

Half of the Qiao family went out.

Qiao Sanhu and Qiao Sihai took Qiao Xi to catch fish, Qiao Erhe took Qiao Dong and Qiao Nan to hunt, and even Chen Huiniang was invited by the women in the village to dig wild vegetables together.

Mrs. Qiao and Lin Guizhen stayed to take care of Qiao Bei, Qiao Xing, Qiao Yue and the newborn Xiao Ba. These children were too young to let them go out.

Qiao Ran rejected Qiao Dong and Shitou's invitation to go hunting together. She had other plans.