Live Strong in the Wilderness-Chapter 247: Three Adorable Tiger Cubs
After picking all the mushrooms, they couldn’t fit into one basket, so Xu Yi simply divided them into two baskets to avoid overloading one, which might lead to some dropping on the way back.
With so many mushrooms, even dried, they’d weigh around twenty pounds.
So, Xu Yi happily started whistling.
After a while, Xu Yi stopped because he saw wild chickens fluttering in the distance.
Braised chicken with mushrooms is a renowned dish.
These chickens aren’t jungle fowl, but ring-necked pheasants, genuine wild chickens.
Xu Yi didn’t expect to encounter wild chickens here.
"Hand me the mini crossbow, I’ll go grab a few." Xu Yi said, setting down his basket and handing his hunting bow over to Lu Ke.
Avoid using the hunting bow if possible.
Without hesitation, Lu Ke handed over her mini crossbow and arrow quiver to Xu Yi.
Then, Xu Yi began to stealthily approach the wild chickens.
With stealth skills, he didn’t have to worry about startling the wild chickens and causing them to fly away.
Lu Ke watched Xu Yi pacing himself and didn’t see any issue. On the contrary, she felt Xu Yi was impressive, stopping and blending so well into the environment, appearing like a wooden stake.
Completely motionless, utterly natural.
Soon, Xu Yi neared the wild chickens.
Aiming directly, Xu Yi shot an arrow.
Without checking if it hit, he automatically loaded another short arrow and shot at another wild chicken.
The wild chickens finally sensed danger and began flying upward to escape.
But, Xu Yi’s third arrow was already fired.
All three arrows hit their target, yielding three wild chickens.
If it were Lu Ke, she could at most hit one.
Thus, Xu Yi’s performance earned him more praise from the live stream audience.
"Real braised chicken with mushrooms, we’ll have a treat tonight." Xu Yi said happily, holding three wild chickens as he returned to Lu Ke.
"Mmm, I’ve had it a few times before, it’s particularly delicious." Lu Ke said joyfully, few things bring a cheerful mood better than food.
"Too bad we haven’t finished weaving the net yet, otherwise we could have caught more. We could catch a bunch of wild chickens and ducks to keep, and grab one when we want to feast, how nice." Xu Yi said expectantly, as if he’d already caught many.
"I’ll start weaving tonight, with the net not only can we catch wild chickens and ducks, but also fish." Lu Ke thought, if only there were sturdier linen ropes, they might even catch crocodiles.
The taste of crocodile meat was enticingly remembered.
Also, they now knew where crocodiles resided and didn’t need to search the whole forest.
Lu Ke was confident Xu Yi planned to deal with crocodiles.
"Alright, I’ll handle the pelts tonight, while you weave the fishing net." Xu Yi said, and if the net was ready, they might make some gains at the seaside later on.
Placing the wild chickens in the basket, the two walked to a tree, taking out their jerky and water.
It was past 12 o’clock, time for a lunch break to rest, then explore further.
After eating their fill, the two rested briefly before setting off again.
"A herd of deer, too bad they’re sika deer." Xu Yi said regretfully upon seeing a group of sika deer in the distant forest.
"They’re running towards us, must be an animal attack?" Lu Ke immediately grasped her mini crossbow.
Xu Yi nodded, if not for an animal attack, these sika deer wouldn’t be frenziedly bounding.
Quickly, the sika deer herd was upon Xu Yi and Lu Ke. 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞
Then, Xu Yi clearly saw what was chasing them.
"Up the tree, hurry."
Xu Yi said as he crossed his hands to form a foothold, urging Lu Ke up the tree quickly.
Tigers, six tigers, were charging in.
Lu Ke immediately used Xu Yi’s feet to swiftly climb the tree.
Then, Xu Yi chose a tree nearby to climb up.
The tigers seemingly hadn’t noticed them, dashing directly under and pursuing the herd of sika deer.
"Xu Yi, those tigers have left, should we leave too?" Lu Ke asked, since several minutes had passed and no tiger was in sight.
"Hmm, let’s get down... eek, there are some cubs over there." Xu Yi pointed to a spot not far away.
Then, the two slid down from the tree.
Next, the two ran towards the tiger cubs.
There were three tiger cubs, seemingly recently born, resembling three fat kittens.
"So cute!" Lu Ke nudged Xu Yi with her elbow, eyes sparkling.
These three tiger cubs indeed looked adorably naive, playing without noticing Xu Yi and Lu Ke nearby.
"Xu Yi, do you think we could raise tiger cubs?" Lu Ke had seen videos about people abroad keeping tigers as pets and always envied them.
"Unless you want a tiger knocking at your door, you could try." Xu Yi chuckled bitterly, knowing tigers had a keen sense of smell, if the cubs were taken away, their parents might come looking.
A confrontation with six tigers isn’t easy, even in camp.
Three meters tall, a tiger could stand that high, making it likely to climb to the stilt house.
With one or two, he and Lu Ke might fend them off from the stilt house leveraging its advantages.
Six though, don’t even consider it, he and Lu Ke can’t handle that right now.
Moreover, tigers have a hefty appetite, they might not sustain them.
And the cubs grow slowly, perhaps by their 500-day challenge, they still lack hunting ability.
Thus, aside from being pets, these cubs serve no purpose.
Even though Xu Yi and Lu Ke were living decently, keeping tigers as pets is indulgent. Every day, it’d take several pounds of meat for them, who has the time?
In their world, only wealthy tycoons manage to keep tigers, black bears, lions, and other large carnivores.
"Let’s go then, they’re so adorable, too hard to harm them." Lu Ke said to Xu Yi, unable to take them home and impossible to kill them.
"Okay, let’s head back to camp." It’s about time, and they should leave.
Just as they turned to leave, Xu Yi and Lu Ke heard some disturbance.
Turning back, they saw a group of animals charging forward.
"Hyenas, why are there such creatures here?" Xu Yi paused, immediately drawing his machete, prepared to confront the hyenas.
