9. The ritual of death

The young tiger licked for a long time and saw that Lin Qian still didn't move, so he simply lay down on Lin Qian's side.

As if thinking of the coldness of the dead tiger cub's body, the tiger cub tried to squeeze the little body again.

Feeling the familiar temperature coming from Lin Qian's body, the little tiger waved his little tail happily, and his mood recovered a little excited.

Lin Qian, who was unconscious, was unaware of this, and at this moment, the originally ruptured and injured internal organs in his body were getting hotter and hotter.

A wave of energy was flowing and spreading in his lungs, healing his wounds little by little.

Of course, the tiger cub that was gradually falling asleep beside him also underwent a magical change, but the change of the tiger cub was more slow.

The sad tiger mother was silent for a while, and then she gently walked over to Lin Qian and the tiger cub and took the two tiger cubs into the cave.

The tiger mother gently looked at the cubs who were sleeping soundly, and her grief was slightly soothed, and her heavy emotions gradually returned to firmness.

She still has tiger cubs to raise, and she can't be decadent, let alone immersed in sadness.

The perked up tiger mother once again carefully licked and cleaned the wound for Lin Qian, and she had to take care of the injured cub before the wound scabbed.

She had lost a cub and could no longer afford the blow.

Although in the eyes of the tiger mother, Lin Qian is already in a state of 'serious injury', the tiger mother will not give up the cub at this time, it will still raise the cub and do its best to take care of it until it really comes to the end of its life.

After licking, the tiger mother slowly stood up and walked hesitantly towards the entrance of the cave.

She needs to deal with the dead tiger cub.

The female tiger walked up to the dead cub, lay down gently, and licked her child gently. Then it picked up the cub and slowly walked deep into the grass next to it.

Placing the tiger cub on the messy grass, the female let out a sad whimper again.

Looking at the bitten throat of the tiger cub and the blood condensed on the fur, the tiger mother was angry, and lowered her head and rubbed the cold body of the tiger cub in a dejected manner.

Lying on her stomach in quiet sadness for a long time, the tiger mother stood up, stretched out her forelimbs and began to plow the ground with great surprise.

If a zoologist sees this move of the tiger mother, he must be surprised.

Because after the death of the tiger cub, the female tiger should eat the tiger cub, which is the death ritual of the tiger that died young.

Because tigress doesn't want her cubs to be eaten by other animals.

But the tiger mother didn't, she didn't follow the rules of the race, but opened up another path.

She didn't know why she was doing this, but she didn't want to eat her cub at the moment.

She wanted to keep her children, and she wanted to have a way to keep them.

In this impatient expectation, the tiger mother thought of a time when she had seen a badger burying its food in the ground.

Deep caves prevent other animals from stealing food.

So, can she also hide the body of the tiger cub in this way?

So that it won't be eaten by other animals?

With this idea, the tiger mother went into action.

The mother tiger was afraid that her cubs would be dug up and eaten by other animals, so she did not choose a far place, just in the grass next to the tiger's den.

The tiger mother used her claws to dig hard in the grass, and she used all her strength.

The tip of her nose began to sweat, and her body began to heat up, as if she had infinite strength, but she didn't realize it.

The pit was quickly dug and the tiger mother dug the pit very deep, more than a meter.

The dead tiger cub was picked up and gently placed in the dirt pit, and the tiger mother licked the little tiger's little head at the end, and then raised her claws to push the dirt down.

The tiger mother, who buried the tiger cub, quietly lay on the dirt bag for a long time.

When the sun was in the middle of the day, the tiger mother walked back to the tiger's den step by step.

Seeing the tiger cubs who were still sleeping, the tiger mother softened her eyes, and when she saw the injury on Lin Qian's body, the sadness in her heart turned into anger again.

The mother roared and rushed into the woods as she returned, quickly snatching the red fox's headless body back.

The location of the red fox's corpse is still in the range of the tiger's den, which is not far away, and it is lucky that it has not been found by other animals for such a long time.

The tiger mother angrily bit the red fox, but instead of eating, she bit off the fox's tail and the red fox's limbs, and carried out an angry action.

In the end, the fox corpse, which was twice as large as the average red fox, was left with only a piece of its body.

The tiger mother stopped and bit the fox meat into the cave, which is considered a reserve food.

After all, the tiger mother had just eaten before she came back, so she didn't need to eat.

Beasts don't waste food, and the tiger mother can bite off her limbs and tail in anger, which is already an abnormal behavior.

After entering the cave, the tiger mother licked the noses of the little ones, and after finding nothing wrong, she lay down next to her and prepared to rest.

After going out for a night, she was already very tired, and now she has experienced the pain of losing her child, and the tiger mother is physically and mentally exhausted.

Soon, the colorful female tiger fell into a deep sleep with exhaustion and sadness.

Lin Qianmo vaguely felt that his body was heating up.

The heat is not annoying, but lukewarm, as comfortable as taking a hot bath.

He couldn't help but stretch his fluffy limbs, and suddenly, a very soothing feeling came from his body.

Lin Qian was stunned for a moment and slowly opened his eyes.

The tiger's mouth opened, and a mouthful of turbid breath was spit out.

Before Lin Qian could react, the tiger's eyes suddenly froze, and the little tiger cub rushed out.

Lin Qian quickly rushed into the special "La Po Ba" grass.

"Poofโ€”"

The sound of venting sounded loudly.

A foul smell almost made Lin Qian faint directly to the ground, but the stink returned to the stench, and it was pulled quickly.

His limbs were raised extremely quickly, and he was about to run into the distance immediately, before Lin Qian could run out.

"Poof!" A loud bang was already ringing around him.

Looking at the hair ball that released a foul smell on his side, Lin Qian snorted and burst out with the fastest speed in his life.

The tiger cub was also stinky and jumped out for more than ten meters in an instant.

Then he naturally followed Lin Qian's footsteps, relying on his brother's flattering rubbing, in a vain attempt to get by.

Lin Qian rolled his eyes in disgust, not wanting to pay attention to this "stinky brother" at all.

But he didn't push the tiger cub away, so the stinky brother had already remembered his Dundun teachings, and this time he didn't urinate anywhere, but obediently went to the special grass to pull poop.

Well, that's still commendable.

As soon as the brothers' troubles subsided, they saw the tiger mother take a brisk walk and quickly jumped out.

Then there was a "poof" on the grass nearby.

The two brothers' fluffy little heads stood stunned, and then silently held their breath.

Actually, the 'poof' of the tiger mother does not taste as big as theirs.

But they tacitly held their breath for a while, completely unaware that their poop was the smelliest.

The mother tiger does not bury the feces, the feces of the tigers are exposed, and the pheromones on them can deter other animals.

When marking the territory, the tiger will also spray urine on the trunk of the tree, the higher the urine, the better.

It can only be said that the strength of big cats really does not allow them to be low-key~

Seeing that the tiger cubs were awake, the tiger mother called out softly and in a low voice.

Lin Qian hurriedly ran over with his younger brother,

Eat and be full ~ grow tall and tall ~

The tiger mother gently lay down and nursed the tiger cubs.

When she saw that there was one less hair ball in her arms, the tiger mother subconsciously called around.

"Roar~" A gentle low roar sounded, but there was no response.

The tiger mother paused, and then slowly looked at the grass not far away.

A sadness rose in her heart, and the tiger mother silently looked down at the two tiger cubs in her arms.

Lin Qian was also stunned when he heard the low roar of the tiger mother's call.

Looking sideways, there was only a small plush head lying on his side, and his heart suddenly became blocked.

Yes, they just lost a "family member", a loved one, and it's so young.

Thinking of the dead tiger cub, Lin Qian suddenly felt a little depressed, and his soul was not ready to give up.

He didn't know how the tiger mother handled the cub's corpse, and he didn't dare to think about it.

The tiger cub sensed something, and immediately leaned over to him, lying tightly together.

The little head leaned over and gently rubbed Lin Qian.

The pale brown tiger eyes seemed to say, "Don't be sad, there's me." โ€

Lin Qian felt his brother's concern, his little ears moved, and he stretched out his head and rubbed the little guy back and forth.

This is his only brother.

Thinking of this, Lin Qian couldn't help but have an idea to give the little guy a name.

Why didn't he have this idea before, because he knew that once the other party had a name, then it would be an indelible existence in his life.

The power of a name is so great.

Lin Qian knew that the life of a tiger was lonely.

In particular, the male tiger left his mother as an adult and embarked on a journey to find his own territory.

For the rest of my life, my mother, brothers and sisters will be passers-by.

They may never see each other again, and each other's existence is only in distant memories.

Of course, according to the memory of the beast, there is a high probability that it will not be able to remember.

But Lin Qian is different, he remembers it clearly.

So, since it is a relationship destined to separate, then why bother to keep memories in vain.

But after this life and death experience, his feelings for the tiger cub have changed qualitatively.

He can no longer ignore the importance of the tiger cub to him, let alone the mother's maternal love for him. Tiger mother and tiger brother will inevitably leave a strong mark in his memory.

He couldn't forget them, even if they were separated in the future.

Lin Qian could also feel that the tiger cub was different from him before.

Probably because there was no other tiger cub to play with, and Lin Qian saved the little guy's life under the red fox's minions, which gave the little guy a sense of security, so the tiger cub is now very close to him.

This kind of closeness is different from the past, but Lin Qian can't say what the specific difference is.

Thinking of the red fox, Lin Qian couldn't help but feel a tightening heart.

Although he and the tiger cub survived this time, the element of luck was too great. If this happens again, I'm afraid they won't have such good luck again.

The death of the tiger cub and the crisis brought by the red fox taught Lin Qian a deep lesson.