Chapter 33: Participating in the Competition

Lao Jiu knows: whether it is human or animal kingdom, most of the time the male is more attentive than the female.

Because females have the responsibility to nurse their offspring, while males do not (if there is no conscience).

Today's luck was good, they didn't go far when they spotted two pheasants (one male and one female) in the grass by the woods in front of them.

Lao Jiu immediately gave Hongxia'er a silent "gesture", and pointed to the grass where the two pheasants were hiding not far away.

The two of them cautiously crawled towards the designated position, Hongxia'er was a little farther away, and Lao Jiu was a little closer.

After they both quietly arrived, Lao Jiu nodded at Hongxia'er, and Hongxia'er immediately learned the hen's cry and "clucked".

The wild rooster quickly looked over to the place where it was making a sound, and wondered: Oh! Are there any 'beauties' here? Why haven't I noticed?

Then he turned around and walked curiously towards the pronunciation.

The wild hen was anxious and said angrily: "You 'flower ghost', if you don't look for a 'pheasant' for a day, you will die?" After saying that, he also followed the wild rooster over.

After the two pheasants entered the ambush circle of Lao Jiu and Hongxia'er, they both pounced on the pheasants that were close to them at the same time, and after each of them pounced on their prey, they each bit the wings of their prey, so that they could not fly away.

They were not afraid of pheasants running on the ground, they were afraid that pheasants would fly into the sky, so Lao Jiu went to find small vines, tied the wings of the two pheasants together, put them in a safe place, and then went to hunt nearby.

In this way, on this day, Lao Jiu and they went out three times, the first trip caught two pheasants and three ducks, the second trip was one pheasant and two ducks, and the third trip was three ducks.

Except for two wild ducks who wanted to fly away and were bitten to death by Hongxia'er, the rest of the chickens and ducks were all alive.

For Lao Jiu and Hongxia'er, this day was really a bumper harvest, second only to the last time they killed the leopard.

The little foxes cheered and ran to share the two dead ducks.

The living prey was kept in captivity, and the injured prey was healed by the red-haired daddy with herbs, and several wooden cages were made to hold the flying prey.

That night, Lao Jiuyi was happy and let Hongxia'er sleep in the cave with six little foxes, and he and Hongxia'er each took three little foxes to sleep.

Since then, this habit has been maintained for a long time.

Since this successful hunt, Lao Jiu has often taken Hongxia'er, a ventriloquist, to hunt together, and almost every time there is a good harvest.

In addition, the captured live game was either thrown into the pit outside, or put in cages woven with branches and vines, and fed by the little foxes with wild vegetables, mushrooms, turnips, etc.

One day, Lao Jiu and Hongxia'er were hunting in the wild, and the gray-haired hare that was released by Lao Jiu ran over and said, "Ninth Master, have you heard that our Hulin Mountain District is going to hold a wild dog sports meeting on the first day of the first month of next month?" ”

Lao Jiu was confused and said, "Haven't you heard?" ”

The gray-haired hare said, "I have heard that any wild dog with a slight reputation can participate. Jiuye, you are so famous, it is estimated that the organizers of the Dingo Games may invite you to participate as a 'seed player'. ”

Lao Jiu asked with some disbelief: "Really?" Is this possible? ”

The gray-haired hare said, "Of course, if they don't invite you, who else do they invite?" ”

Sure enough, the gray-haired hare was right, and within a few days, Lao Jiu received a warm invitation.

On behalf of the organizing committee of the Wild Dog Games, a yellow-haired hound with a white goose feather in its mouth (this is a badge for flying wild dog athletes) came to deliver a letter, inviting Lao Jiu to participate in the 50-meter sprint, the 400-meter obstacle run and the high jump.

Lao Jiufeifei happily accepted the invitation, and he also wanted to know what was going on with this so-called wild dog games.

Race day is fast approaching. On this day, Lao Jiu got up early in the morning, hurriedly finished breakfast, and set off to the competition site with the white goose feather representing the "participation card" in his mouth.

Since the scene of the game was set up twenty or thirty miles away from Lao Jiu's residence, when it arrived in a hurry, the game was about to start.

The Dingo Games are set in a valley surrounded by mountains, which is a large flat land.

At this time, a lot of wild dogs poured in from all directions, which can really be described as a mountain of dogs and a sea of dogs, and there were dogs everywhere.

The organizing committee first announced the entry of the athletes, followed by a team of wild dogs led by the dog "leader" (the dog "Miss" with a "dog tail" flower in her mouth).

However, because Lao Jiu participated alone, he was led by a beautiful and enthusiastic young with a "dog tail" flower in his mouth, and he also entered the venue.

When all the dingo athletes entered, the chairman of the organizing committee, Fat Dog, announced the rules of the competition:

1. Athletes are not allowed to maliciously block other dogs to interfere with the game during the competition;

2. Athletes are not allowed to shout loudly and fight during the competition;

3. Backward athletes are not allowed to bite the buttocks and tails of runners running in front.

Any athlete who violates the above disciplines will be disqualified from the competition on the spot once discovered.

The referee of all the games is a specially invited wild black cat, obviously, the referee cat is also honorarium, and will receive a reward of ten catties of live fish after the meeting.

With the exit of the dingo athletes, the race officially began.

The first race was the female dog high jump and the male dog 200-meter obstacle run.

The so-called wild dog high jump competition is to require wild dogs to jump over a total of five trapezoidal mounds, and these mounds are higher than one another, the shortest is only 80 centimeters, the highest is one meter five, first jump from the shortest one, each dog jumps each mound has two chances, skip the first mound, in order to jump the second mound, and so on.

Lao Jiu found that many wild dog high jumpers did not have enough starting distance and did not know the essentials of their movements, so the results of the competition would certainly not be ideal.