A North China leopard was holding a baby girl in its mouth and hurriedly ran towards a dilapidated small house.
That small house is Uncle Zhang’s home. Uncle Zhang usually earns some small money from buying and selling scraps and grows some vegetables in the yard to make a living.
Uncle Zhang has no family and no children. His biggest hobby is feeding small animals when he has nothing to do. When the animals surround him begging for food, Uncle Zhang will feel the long-lost warmth from the animals.
When Uncle Zhang saw the rescued female North China leopard holding a baby in its mouth, he was shocked. remembered that he had complained to it before that he had not had a son and a half for most of his life. Could it be this female North China leopard? Leopard understands and brings back a child for him, right?
Uncle Zhang took the child from the mother's mouth. The leopard still blinked at him. Uncle Zhang thought that this was a sin, but he had to return the child quickly.
Uncle Zhang carefully checked whether the child was injured, opened the swaddling clothes wrapping the baby, and found a note inside.
It turns out that this is a baby girl who was abandoned by her parents. The female leopard found her and took her over.
The mother of this baby girl gave birth to a child out of wedlock, but the man who promised her life ran away after hearing the news that she gave birth to a daughter.
Every sentence in the note reveals the bitterness and powerlessness of an unmarried mother. Without education and work, she simply cannot afford to raise a child, and she also wants to start a new life while she is young, abandoned her daughter It was also her helpless move. The baby girl could only leave it to God to decide whether she would live or die.
What kind of parents are these! Uncle Zhang became very angry after reading the note. The mother leopard looked at him doubtfully, and the baby girl looked at Uncle Zhang's angry face but opened her mouth and smiled "ahhhhhhhhhhhh".
Looking at the innocent face of the baby girl, Uncle Zhang's heart softened. The female leopard also looked closely at the baby girl, using her nose to smell the baby girl's scent. This is animals' own way of remembering smells and identifying individual organisms. .
It seems that this female leopard likes the baby girl very much, otherwise she would not have taken her back.
Uncle Zhang thought for a while, he was alone in his family, and the baby girl could just be a companion for him, and she could also provide for him until the end of his life.
After making the decision, Uncle Zhang discussed with the female North China leopard whether to raise the baby girl.
This female leopard and Uncle Zhang can be regarded as " life and death friends". Although there is a folk saying that: wolves, tigers and leopards are beasts that harm humans and animals., but judging from the relationship with the female leopard these days, Lao The sayings handed down from our ancestors occasionally have exceptions of and .
Uncle Zhang has fed many lost animals, such as pheasants and lost puppies. When Uncle Zhang sees them, he will call them into his small yard and feed them some food to satisfy their hunger. He goes back and forth. Over the years, Uncle Zhang has become the "King of Animals" in this area. The day
and the female North China leopard met, Rhubarb, who often came to see Uncle Zhang for food and drinks, screamed at the door. Uncle Zhang opened the door with some food, only to find a North China leopard, lying in the hut away from the house. A dying place not far away.
At first, Uncle Zhang thought it was an injured wild dog that Dahuang brought back. But when he took a closer look, he couldn't tell what kind of wild dog it was. It was clearly a big leopard in the mountains!
Uncle Zhang was so frightened that he staggered. The sound of approaching soldiers slowly opened the eyes of the leopard not far away. Uncle Zhang did not dare to express his anger. He only saw North China Leopard and turned his head to look at the surrounding environment. I wanted to stand up, but fell heavily to the ground .
Although he likes small animals, this is the first time that Uncle Zhang has seen a big cat like a leopard so close.
At this time, Uncle Zhang was very conflicted. One was that he was a little afraid of leopards. If he was alone and eaten by a leopard, no one would know.
Another thing is that he is also a little afraid of leopards. After all, they are " big cats "!
When Uncle Zhang was hesitating, Da Huang actually had the courage to go and smell the leopard.
"Dahuang! You are not planning to kill yourself!" Uncle Zhang angrily scolded Dahuang and grabbed its ears, which scared Dahuang and screamed.
Uncle Zhang couldn't care so much anymore. He grabbed Dahuang and wanted to go into the house, but he saw that the leopard had shed a lot of blood, and the ground was stained from his belly.
"Hiss! This leopard is injured!" Uncle Zhang frowned, and without hesitation at this time, he squatted down and started to check the leopard's wounds.
The North China leopard had fainted. Uncle Zhang checked gently, for fear of waking up the leopard and eating him in one bite.
The North China leopard had a cut on its abdomen. It looked like a stab wound, and the wound was bleeding. If it was not treated in time, the leopard would die in front of Uncle Zhang's house.
The kind-hearted Uncle Zhang dug out the wine buried under the tree. He had buried the wine for many years and was reluctant to drink it, but it was nothing compared to a life.
Uncle Zhang found his sewing kit. After all, he lived alone , and he also had to learn to sew.
worriedly took out a bundle of hemp rope and tied the fainted Chinese leopard to the big tree. After confirming again and again that there was no problem with the rope, he started to treat the leopard's wounds.
When checking the wound, Uncle Zhang found that the Chinese leopard was a female leopard. The wound was not deep and did not damage the internal organs. Uncle Zhang checked to make sure there was no foreign matter in the wound, so he poured wine on the wound for disinfection. He burned the largest embroidery needle with fire, threaded it on and began to suture the wound.
Dahuang seemed to know that the old man who usually fed him was doing business, and lay quietly beside him wagging his tail.
Halfway through the stitching, the leopard's legs suddenly moved. Uncle Zhang was sweating coldly. He slowly raised his head and saw that the Chinese leopard had woken up. Due to Uncle Zhang's binding, he could only maintain this posture. After struggling for a few times, he finally recovered. He lost strength due to excessive blood loss.
Uncle Zhang wanted to continue suturing the remaining half of the wound, but he was worried that the female leopard would struggle in pain, so he took out the chicken he had raised and killed it in front of the female leopard. He boldly gave away the chicken legs. To the leopard's mouth.
Maybe she was too hungry. Although the female leopard had a defense in her eyes, she still opened her mouth and bit the chicken leg handed over by Uncle Zhang, chewing it slowly.
When Uncle Zhang saw this, he placed the remaining pieces of meat next to the female leopard. Regardless of whether the female leopard could hear or understand clearly, he said to himself: "Hey, you can eat it first, you... I still have to sew two stitches on the wound, so you can heal."
Watching the female leopard concentrate on eating the chicken, Uncle Zhang felt relieved and picked up the needle and continued to sew.
After passing through another layer of flesh, the female leopard trembled obviously. In this case, Uncle Zhang could only bite the bullet and quickly sewed up the wound, untied the rope binding the female leopard's legs, and did After finishing, Uncle Zhang let out a long breath.
The female leopard had actually finished eating the chicken a long time ago and silently watched what Uncle Zhang was doing. She seemed to understand that the human in front of her was trying to save her. It seemed that not all humans were so bad.
Uncle Zhang looked at the broken bones on the side. Without thinking about it, he put his hand on the female leopard's head and patted it. He sighed: "You can really eat! You have such a big appetite!" Uncle Zhang finished speaking. It just feels wrong, this is not rhubarb! How dare you take a picture of a leopard's head?
Uncle Zhang's movements were stagnant. He had already raised his head and calculated the distance between the big tree and his home, and how fast he had to run to avoid being killed.
Just when he was on the verge of despair, he felt that leopard was rubbing his hand, and finally stretched out his tongue to lick his hand.
He knew that although the Chinese leopard was a leopard, it was basically a cat, and its habits were somewhat similar to the tabby cat he often fed.
Thinking of this, Uncle Zhang became bold and used both hands to give the female leopard a "massage" .
He first stretched out his hand to let the female leopard smell his own scent. This was to make the animal familiar with his own scent so that it would not produce a stress response .
Then, Uncle Zhang started to gently rub the female leopard's chin using his usual method of teasing cats. Sure enough, the female leopard made a "purring" sound similar to that of a tabby cat. It seemed that this trick was very effective in calming the female leopard's mood. Used.
Uncle Zhang said to the female leopard: "You are injured. I have stitched up the wound for you. You will be back to normal after a while." He paused and said, "Well, I don't know if you can understand. , I'll loosen the rope for you, but you can't bite me." After saying this, Uncle Zhang turned around and untied the rope.
turned his back to the female leopard. Uncle Zhang was also worried that the leopard would show its bestiality and would directly throw him down and bite him.
However, he has been poor for most of his life, has no friends or family, and only occasionally has one or two animals for company. Thinking of this, Uncle Zhang feels that he has been a bit of a failure for most of his life. It is over in this way, and he can still let this female. The leopard is full of food, which is a good ending.
When the hemp rope was untied, the pain that Uncle Zhang imagined did not come. He turned back to look at the female leopard in confusion. When the female leopard saw him turning around, she tilted her head and looked at him in confusion.
That expression seemed to say: "What are you looking at?"
Uncle Zhang came back to his senses and felt that his idea just now was really ridiculous. He risked his life to save the female leopard, and told her not to bite him, but he still wanted to It can end its own life, how can I expect the female leopard to retaliate for its kindness?
He shook his head and smiled helplessly, patted the female leopard on the head and planned to go into the house to eat.
When he finished his meal and was about to go out to the mountain to collect some firewood, he found the female leopard still lying under the tree. When she heard the sound of him coming out, she raised her head and wagged her tail at him.
looks like a cat wagging its tail flatteringly when it sees a human it likes. However, this North China leopard is a "big cat", not the usual Chinese pastoral cat .
Uncle Zhang saw the female leopard showing her kindness and knew that the leopard was not as ruthless as the rumors said.
Sure enough, treats animals with kindness . Animals can also feel the kindness of humans and show their kindness to humans .
Uncle Zhang rubbed its head. Perhaps it was because he had been alone for a long time that he spoke lonely to the female leopard: "I'm going up the mountain to collect firewood. Are you going to take it here or come with me?" There was no hint at all. It feels so weird to see a person talking to a leopard.
The female leopard seemed to understand what Uncle Zhang said. She stood up and waggled her tail, preparing to follow him up the mountain.
Uncle Zhang asked worriedly: "Is your wound okay?"
"Ouch!" The female leopard turned around and showed to Uncle Zhang that her body was fine and she could follow him up the mountain.
Seeing the female leopard's behavior, Uncle Zhang smiled and took the female leopard up the mountain.
Uncle Zhang's cabin is at the foot of the mountain. Although it is the most remote cabin in the village, it is very convenient to go up the mountain. Usually no one will disturb him, except for the animals that like him.
One person and one leopard walked in the mountains and in the hut for many days. When the female leopard gradually recovered from her injuries, Uncle Zhang had become accustomed to the female leopard's existence.
In the beginning, the female leopard would lie under the big tree in front of Uncle Zhang's house every day, waiting for Uncle Zhang to feed her, and then carry water with him or go up the mountain to chop firewood.
After the female leopard's wound healed and the stitches were removed, she often went to the mountains, maybe looking for her own tribe. If she didn't come back one day, Uncle Zhang wouldn't blame her, it was just that she was not used to it.
may just be a little uncomfortable, Uncle Zhang thought to himself.
It wasn't until the North China leopard appeared at the door of Uncle Zhang's house with a pheasant in its mouth. Uncle Zhang, with tears in his eyes, realized that he had long been accustomed to the company of this North China leopard. situation as an indispensable habit in life.
Maybe sometimes, animals can better resolve people's loneliness, and animals can better make a lonely old man's heart soft and sunny.
Uncle Zhang didn’t know why this female North China leopard refused to leave even after she was injured. Don’t wild animals like North China leopards long for freedom?
Every time he thought the female leopard would not come back the next day, the female leopard would always come back with something unexpected.
Just like the abandoned baby girl brought back by the mother North China leopard today.
Over time, Uncle Zhang and the female North China leopard have formed a silent understanding. Although he couldn't help but be confused when he saw the female leopard holding her child in her mouth, he believed that the female leopard was harmless. of the human heart.
Of course, the premise that animals have no intention of harming people is that people also have no intention of harming them.
The female leopard tilted her head and looked at Uncle Zhang, who was very determined. He asked the female leopard: "Raise this child?"
The female leopard looked at Uncle Zhang and then at the baby girl, and suddenly stretched out her tongue and licked it The baby girl's childish face was wagging her tail contentedly and looking at Uncle Zhang again, which meant she agreed with Uncle Zhang's decision.
Uncle Zhang looked at the behavior of the female leopard and was a little afraid that the female leopard regarded the baby girl as edible food. He quickly picked up the baby girl and explained: "This is a baby, it cannot be eaten. She will grow into a big baby." "
The patterned face of the female leopard seemed to frown, and her eyes were full of confusion, as if she was dissatisfied with Uncle Zhang's move, and she shouted "Ouch!"
Uncle Zhang was very familiar with this voice. After all, he had lived with the female leopard for a while. He knew that this was the female leopard expressing her dissatisfaction. She probably felt that the explanation he had just given was unnecessary, so he put down the baby girl with peace of mind.
In the following days, Uncle Zhang and Female Leopard were responsible for the baby girl’s food and drink.
The female leopard was responsible for hunting. Uncle Zhang boiled the animals that the female leopard brought back into soup and fed it to the baby girl.
Such expenses for a baby girl were still not enough. Only then did Uncle Zhang realize that raising a child requires so much time and energy.
Sometimes the baby girl even needs to spend money when she is sick. Uncle Zhang, who has no savings, can only go to the mountains to cut firewood or sell vegetables, herbs, and wild fruits in exchange for some money to treat the baby girl.
There was an enthusiastic elder sister in the village who wanted to help Uncle Zhang, so she talked to Uncle Zhang about many things to pay attention to in raising children.
The eldest sister’s two children died in infancy, and she really hoped to have her own child.
Looking at her expectant eyes, Uncle Zhang knew what she wanted, but he could not give up the baby girl he had taken care of for so long.
Although he knew that this eldest sister would be good to the baby girl, she was the one who died in infancy. Uncle Zhang was worried that she would use the baby girl as a substitute for his own infancy, so he finally gritted his teeth and did not say what made him If you regret it.
Uncle Zhang named the baby girl "Xiao Mei". He didn't know the names of the baby girl's parents, so he simply let her take his own surname.
Plum blossoms bloom in the cold winter. Uncle Zhang thinks plum blossoms are the most resilient flowers. He also hopes that Xiaomei can bloom her own flowers in a difficult environment like plum blossoms.
Xiaomei was picked up by a female leopard and brought back for adoption. Uncle Zhang did not hide it from Xiaomei and told the story one by one when Xiaomei was sensible.
In the past few years, in order to provide Xiaomei with a better education, Uncle Zhang and the female leopard hunted and searched for herbs every day. In order to sell for a higher price, Uncle Zhang also learned various weaving crafts.
Xiaomei saw all these efforts, and she finally knew that the giant tabby cat was the leopard in the textbook. It was the leopard that picked her up after being abandoned, and made her, Uncle Zhang, and it become one. Home. So what if
is not related by blood?
Some family relationships do not exist based on blood relationships.
When Xiaomei grew up, the little girl had already become a graceful girl. Many matchmakers rushed to Uncle Zhang's house to marry Xiaomei, hoping to marry Xiaomei, a beautiful daughter-in-law.
But Uncle Zhang will reject her without mercy. His Xiaomei will never be bound by the customs of the villagers. He wants Xiaomei to live the life he wants. This is Uncle Zhang's last expectation for Xiaomei.
The difficult matchmakers wanted to say something more, but they were scared out of their wits by the roar of the North China leopard on the big tree behind them, and ran away in pee.
The North China Leopard smiled provocatively, as if he was laughing at Xiaomei, who these rats dared to raise by themselves.
Under the protection of North China Leopard and Uncle Zhang, Xiaomei, who studied hard, made a lot of money when she grew up.
She took Uncle Zhang to eat a lot of delicacies, bought a lot of meat for North China leopards, established a care fund for orphans and elderly people, and won the support of many people in the society. She also donated a large sum of money to wildlife protection organizations. Of course, , that the conservation organization’s logo is a female North China leopard.
In today’s society, more and more elderly people keep pets, which just proves that animals can bring different companionship to humans.
If you treat animals with kindness, the animals will treat you with kindness in return.
Living peacefully with animals, caring for the elderly and orphans, and severely punishing abandoned adoptive parents are milestones that prove social progress.
