Ancient Eden - Chapter 147
~End of chapter 146
When Li Mang went out hunting now, he no longer killed all the prey like before. He would try to catch alive some of the smaller bird species that Mu Qing mentioned to him. Because she said she wanted to raise them.
He was a little puzzled at first by this idea of hers. But when he heard her list the benefits of raising small animals, such as being able to slaughter them whenever she wanted meat without him having to go out hunting, or the fact that they could also eat the eggs laid by the wild chicken, or let the eggs hatch into chickens, so they would have more and more chickens in the future, and so on, he instantly felt that the words she had said were too good.
It was a bit of a hassle to raise them, but it would give him more time to stay here with her and the growing child in her womb later on, and that appealed to him.
Chapter 147
(45.4)
Now Mu Qing had five female chickens, two male chickens with colorful feathers, a few rabbits, and a few wild fowls that she couldn’t find a name for, that were a bit bigger than chickens. One by one, she cut the feathers on the tip of their wings so that they could not fly and escape.
Together with Li Mang, they built a high fence around a patch of lush grass near the cliff and enclosed them in it. The grass was full of insects and ants, so they could forage for food on their own.
In addition to keeping these fowls inside, the other function of the fence was to keep Xiao Hei outside. Mu Qing still remembered that in the beginning, she only used a rope to tie the chickens’ feet. Unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, the chickens were actually bitten to death by Xiao Hei who pounced on them one by one, before shaking its head and bringing them in front of her to claim a reward.
After the previous experience, she now had to watch out for Xiao Hei.
Fortunately, Xiao Hei was also smart and could read her expression, since the previous incident, it understood a principle, it could bite the things outside, but it absolutely could not touch the things inside, otherwise the mistress would get angry. So now regarding that fence, whenever Xiao Hei got closer to it, the chickens and fowls inside would get so scared they would start to shiver like hell, so Xiao Hei also soon lost any interest in them.
It didn’t take long before there was soon a new addition to Mu Qing’s animals list. One day, Li Mang caught a wild goat with two coiled horns that looked very much like a sheep. At that time, its hindquarters had been wounded by the sharp spear and was dripping with blood. Mu Qing realized that it was a female sheep, it had a bulging belly that looked like it was pregnant.
This made her very happy. She told Li Mang to go get some herbs to put on its wound to stop the bleeding, and specially put the female sheep into a small cave to raise it, feeding it with the most tender grass every day, ardently looking forward to the birth of the lamb.
Then by chance one day, Mu Qing noticed that her monkey neighbors had moved back in the valley at some point. The little monkey that had been bitten by Xiao Hei last year had grown up, but she still recognized it right away because of the large tuft of hair missing from its buttocks.
The return of the monkeys made her happy for several days.
Mu Qing felt that this valley was gradually becoming more lively.
In early summer, Mu Qing was already five months pregnant.
Her skin was now a light honey color from the exposure to the sun, her belly was bulging, and she wore a sun hat that she had woven herself from vine, a short dress cut out of thin animal skins with a belt, and sandals on her feet.
Aside from the discomfort she felt for the first few months, the pregnancy hadn’t made her weak at all, on the contrary, she felt much more robust now.
And she also liked her current skin color, it looked more compatible with Li Mang’s.
Li Mang felt distressed seeing her bulging belly, didn’t let her work, and single-handedly took care of almost all the chores himself. But when he wasn’t around, she went fishing in the streams, weeding and watering the fields, or milking the female sheep like she was used to. She hoped that this would make the birth of her baby go smoothly when the time comes.
The female sheep had given birth to two lambs some time ago, so the milk was plentiful. In addition to nursing the lambs, she would also milk some every day and boil it for herself. Of course, the wild and untamed female sheep did not obediently let her milk it. But she had a way. As long as she had Xiao Hei come over and stand on the side, the female sheep would immediately stop moving and let her do whatever she wanted.
Xiao Hei was really useful.
Translator : Laura
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