Chapter 44: Counter-Killing
In the next few days, the two tigers escorted Joseph out hunting, and they could eat and drink spicy food every day, and felt that Xiao Ri was really delicious under the intervention of this two-legged captive.
Moreover, the two tigers also found that as long as Joseph was there, insects and other insects in the vicinity did not dare to approach this small dirt slope.
Without annoying insect bites, life is much better.
Joseph even got permission to go into the mud cave once to see three tiger cubs, that is, two little male tigers and a little tigress, although they were able to open their eyes, but their eyesight did not seem to be mature, and when they were awake, they rolled around in the grass nest, which was very cute.
Joseph, of course, was always looking for an opportunity to escape, but the two tigers kept a strict watch over him, and even took turns holding their tails against him when they slept.
Joseph, who thought he was going to live a long life in captivity, was not until he was discovered by accident and got a chance to turn over.
On this day, the female tiger took Joseph out hunting, and since all the prey in the vicinity was gone, the distance traveled by one man and one tiger was longer than before.
On the bank of a corner of the creek, Joseph found several shrubs that he had seen in the Botanical Pavilion.
Resisting his inner ecstasy, Joseph picked the stems and leaves of some of the shrub and put them in his coat pocket.
Since Joseph often picked some plants to spice up his boiled meat or as a vegetarian dish for himself, the tigress did not bother.
After hitting a bird and a three-petaled lizard more than a meter long, one man and one tiger went home.
After collecting the fresh meat and cooking it in a pot, Joseph scooped the broth and some pieces of meat into the two "bowls" on the ground on the side.
It was invented by Joseph to make it easier for the two tigers to eat.
First, two small pits were dug in the ground with wooden sticks. Every time the two tigers wanted to eat, Joseph would go to the vicinity to pick some large leaves of aquatic plants that resembled lotus leaves, spread them in a small pit, and then pour the food and soup into it, and when it cooled a little, the two tigers could feast on it.
The two tigers, who were already hungry and thirsty, couldn't wait to "snort" when the broth and meat pieces in the "food bowl" were still steaming! Whew!! He began to eat meat and drink soup, completely oblivious to Joseph touching his eagle hooked nose with one hand, and looking left and right with a pair of goldfish eyes, without taking a bite of what was left of the pot.
After about ten minutes, the two tigers began to make "whining!! He fell to the ground and tossed and turned a few times, and then foamed at the mouth and stopped moving.
Joseph cautiously stepped forward and touched the necks of the two tigers, and when he found that there was no pulse, he immediately danced with his hands, found a stone knife and a fist-sized stone, and returned to the two tiger carcasses.
After knocking out a total of 48 fangs of the two tigers one by one with a stone knife and stones, and smashing off the tips of their two tailbones, they were taken to the water's edge to rinse and put into the side pocket of his backpack, Joseph packed up his things and prepared to slip away.
At this time, the three little tigers in the mud cave had just woken up, "Huh!! He screamed, as if he wanted to feed.
Joseph thought about it, went into the mud hole, and chose a male tiger with a relatively strong body.
Then he grabbed the tails of the other two tiger cubs, carried them out of the hole, and swung the two tiger cubs in the air a few times, smashing them into a rock on the ground.
The two little tigers suddenly burst out of their brains and whimpered for their lives.
Next, Joseph took out the washed stone pot from his backpack, filled it with a pot of water, and lit the fire again.
After the water boiled, he was worried that there would be any poison left, so he poured out the pot and boiled a new pot of water.
The stems and leaves of this poisonous plant are non-toxic until they are heated, but when heated, they release a potent neurotoxin.
This is also one of the reasons why Joseph is confident and bold to use this plant to poison the two tigers, according to their knowledge, although it is possible to know which plant's stems and leaves are poisonous, but it only exudes poison after heating, and it is impossible for the two tigers to know under normal circumstances.
Carrying the carcasses of two tiger cubs, Joseph went out into the water to peel them with a stone knife, rinse them, and cut them into pieces on the stones on the shore.
Once they are ready, pound some of their pieces of meat with a stone knife on a clean stone, throw them into a pot and start boiling.
This time it took a long time to cook, and after an hour, a pot of fragrant porridge was cooked.
When the porridge was a little cold, Joseph added a little salt to the pot and stirred it, then carried the living male tiger out of the mud hole and fed it the porridge with a spoon.
After the little tiger was full, Joseph observed it for more than twenty minutes, and when he saw that it was fine, he was relieved to finish the rest of the porridge.
Finally, reassign the contents of the backpack, put the soft leather quilt on top, put the little tiger in the backpack and carry it on the back, and after looking at the direction, hold the crossbow and head towards the west-northwest.