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Forest Ranger, starting from Picking Up a Lynx Girl-Chapter 132 Brother Leopard and Leopard Sister’s Mixed Doubles (Added - )
The two bears splashed around in the pool for a while and even made off with some fruit.
Street rat voiced no objection to Chen Ying's mention of honey, declaring itself a sensible bear.
As long as there's honey, anything goes.
So, General Kasaya, is a jar of honey really your bottom line?
Worried that the bear might intentionally go and upset the expectant mother, Chen Ying followed them for a while to ensure they didn't go near Black Bear Sister's tree hole, before turning back to the emergency station.
Little Sen was busy chasing Leo to wipe its mouth.
Having finished its milk, it wanted to climb trees, but the cage on its hand limited its performance, so it had to settle for frolics on the wooden frame every day.
Leopard Sister's wound had almost completely healed.
The healing ability of wild animals is indeed strong; it had only been half a month, yet only a fine, shallow line of a scar remained.
After wiping her belly and applying medicine, she finally didn't have to wear a surgical suit anymore.
Leopard Sister felt more relaxed now, shaking off her fur and running back and forth between the storage rooftop and the wooden bridge of the second-floor balcony several times to loosen up her limbs.
Seeing this, the two little leopards followed their mother, climbing the tree to get onto the storage roof and then onto the wooden bridge.
Just then, Silly Brother burst out from the other end of the tree with a rabbit in his mouth, startling Little Baby into tumbling head over heels right onto the ground, screeching miserably.
Chen Ying was washing things when he heard the noise, rushed out, and saw Little Baby lying on the ground.
He ran to pick it up and headed for the examination room.
Leopard Sister was furious, raining punches down on her dimwitted brother, who yelped pathetically and didn't dare to fight back.
"Leopard Sister, it's okay, Little Baby was just scared, no harm done."
After a quick check confirmed that Little Baby was only immobilized by fear, Chen Ying poked his head out to inform Leopard Sister.
But to be safe, Little Baby would have to stay in the observation room for half a day.
Half of the observation room was fitted with iron cages, divided into upper and lower sections.
The top held two smaller cages, while the bottom was reserved for large ones.
Little Baby wasn't too big, so Chen Ying placed him in the upper left cage and stuffed half a chicken in to keep him quietly fed and rested for a while.
Big Baby, concerned about his brother, ran to the door scratching at it wanting to get in.
Chen Ying thought for a moment, then decided to put him in the right upper cage, to keep his brother company.
The two little ones had never stayed in cages before and treated it like a novel toy, gnawing and chewing on the bars.
Little Sen came over to help and seeing this, distributed some of Leo's unwanted toys to the two brothers.
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Meanwhile, outside, Leopard Sister was still giving Silly Brother a piece of her mind. When Brother Leopard returned from his stroll and was startled by the scene, he wanted to intervene but was too scared to do so. Looking sheepish, he sidled up to Chen Ying and without even asking, saw his sons locked up in cages.
"What's gotten into them? Did they upset their mom?"
"No…"
Before Chen Ying could explain, Little Sen rushed over, tugged at Brother Leopard, and quietly snitched, speaking vividly although he worried Brother Leopard wouldn't understand.
Too bad for him, Brother Leopard did understand. Not only did he understand, but he also instantly erupted in anger, twisted his body, and leapt up the tree to join his wife in a tag-team melee.
Silly Brother was dumbstruck, bellowing as he dashed into the woods.
"You two old crackpots, it's not like I scared him on purpose. Such a big leopard and it can't even balance in a tree—how dare you blame me—I'm out of here!"
Leopard Sister stood on the wooden bridge, baring her teeth at the retreating figure of Silly Brother.
"If you don't find a wife and have little leopards by next year, I swear I'll beat you every time I see you, no mercy!"
With these words, the festive atmosphere descended in an instant.
Little Sen, that silly boy, was still erupting in joy, totally oblivious to what Leopard Sister was saying.
Snow had begun to fall on the mountain and the temperature would gradually drop.
Aside from solar power, they only had electric heating.
But Chen Ying was planning to install a biomass water heating furnace in the warehouse.
Biomass fuel boasts advantages such as low cost and reduced emissions. It's suitable for regions with abundant agricultural and forestry biomass resources, cold winters, and areas where electricity coverage is challenging.
Over here, they have a small-scale biomass fuel processing plant specially for handling agricultural crop residues and forestry waste. Through processing, they produce granular, stick-shaped, or block-shaped molded fuels.
These stoves come in various models and are easy to install at a low cost, which makes them quite appropriate for use in farmers' and herders' homes.
For a place like Chen Ying's Forest Emergency Station, they need to keep injured and sick animals warm in the winter, and this is just perfect.
The temperature won't get too high, so the consumption isn't significant, and, correspondingly, the pollution is even lower.
After coordinating with the suppliers, they arranged to deliver two sets of stoves.
One set is a hydraulic heating stove, specifically for heating the Animal Shed.
Another set is a simple heating stove, convenient for the few Big Cats to bask in during winter.
(This equipment should be unfamiliar to many.)
With money, things are easier; the supplier assured that they would deliver and install everything within three days at most.
Before winter arrived that month, construction began again in the forest.
This time the process was faster because there wasn't a need for elaborate detail, just the simple task of constructing two shelters that were windproof, rainproof, and had some insulation – all to be completed in under a week.
Then, just install the heating ducts, and it's all set.
Whether they'd be used immediately or not, all the necessary facilities and equipment should be in place.
Dr. Gao returned from his vacation with quite a few belongings and took over a third of the third floor. After partitioning and adding an insulation layer, that area became his office and bedroom.
He could birdwatch right outside his door and even exercise indoors, utterly content in his bliss.
Little Owl Mother's chicks could now try flying.
The two little ones grew round-headed and looked incredibly natural and adorably stupid when they stared directly at people.
On the other hand, the eggs of the White-collared Kingfisher couple were nearing hatching time.
The incubation period of White-collared Kingfishers is around 18-20 days. During this time, the female incubates the eggs while the male is responsible for foraging and feeding his wife.
After hatching, the parent birds will raise their chick together, laboriously traveling between branches and the nest.
The poet Bai Juyi once wrote a line about a diligent bird: "Diligently for many days, the mother grows thin while the chick fattens."
These two birds laid their eggs late, so the pressure to raise their chick was even greater.
Lucky for them, human assistance meant they wouldn't be worn out.
The two broods of birds occupied their own spaces without disturbing each other.
Dr. Gao paid out of his own pocket for several cameras to be installed in the nests, and the collected videos would serve as fundamental material for scientific research.
Chen Ying and Yin Li went down the mountain to eat, leaving only Little Sen and Dr. Gao at the emergency station.
They busied themselves tidying up the newly constructed Animal Shed, lighting a fire to dry out the herbs and fumigate the interior.
Herbs can repel insects without producing toxins, making them the best mosquito repellent method in the mountains.
Jiaojiao and Great Bai noticeably increased their outings, while Leo's hand cage could be removed in a little while.
In the meantime, Little Sen's primary task was to assist Leo in exercising those injured fingers.
Previously, they thought he had recovered, but after a recent mishap when he almost fell from a tree, they discovered that two of his bear claws were a bit weak.
When Chen Ying returned that evening, he brought back Old Monkey and Little Monkey.
The two had followed on their own and came back effortlessly.
"Wolf Mother seems to be getting ready to have pups; she's been a bit irritable lately. She's okay with the other two dogs but not so good towards Old Monkey and Little Monkey. Every day she's barking at them."
"I was thinking, since the Animal Shed is already fixed up and we're not going to lock them in, we might as well bring them back."
The new Animal Shed was made of eco-friendly materials, definitely free of formaldehyde.
Inside, platforms of varying heights were constructed with stone and wood, allowing animals to choose resting places based on their preferences.
After settling Old Monkey, Chen Ying took Little Monkey back to the room to rest.
In the middle of the night, he suddenly heard someone knocking on the window.