Chapter 67: Riding a Tiger on a Mountain, Tiger Mom Entrusts Her Child to Her

This is the peak season for mushroom production.

Various mountain products also began to grow.

Although fewer people are making money from the forest now, some villagers still go up the mountain to pick mountain products, either to exchange for money or to eat themselves.

Su Ran naturally would not miss this opportunity and had already made plans to take Da Hei to the mountains tomorrow.

In the evening, Su Ran called her mother and asked about her health: "Mom, have you taken the Polygonum multiflorum according to the instructions I gave you? Is your health getting better?"

On the other end of the phone, my mother Wei Wenjing smiled and said, "I ate it. I went to the hospital for a checkup a few days ago and the doctor said that my anemia has improved a lot. Thank you so much, Xiaoran."

Su Ran said, "Mom, we are all family, why bother thanking each other. By the way, how is Dad?"

When Su Ran mentioned her father, her mother became furious: "It's okay if you don't talk about him. As soon as you talk about him, I feel like I'm going to get sick again."

"What's wrong?" Su Ran asked with concern.

"Didn't I ask your father to pick up the package? He left it in the office. Then the district just happened to send people to conduct secret visits to various streets during those two days, and they found the box of Polygonum multiflorum."

"They said it was worth more than a million yuan, and I suspected your father had taken bribes."

Su Ran didn't know about this, so he asked, "How did you solve it later?"

Wei Wenjing smiled and said, "Later, your father explained to them that it was his son who sent it. They didn't believe it at first, but it happened that a leader among the undercover investigators had watched your live broadcast and was also your fan, so the matter was let go."

Hearing this, Su Ran couldn't help but laugh: "My dad was so miserable. He almost went to jail."

"Oh, it's nothing serious."

Su Ran really didn't expect that she had sent so many criminals in and almost sent her own father in jail.

After telling her mother to get more rest, Su Ran also planned to sleep and conserve her energy.

Now he has returned to his grandfather's house.

Chen Sisi had returned to school a long time ago, and her grandfather's house had been repaired. However, the weather was gradually warming up, and the newly built floor heating could not be used for the time being.

The weather is not that hot now, but Su Ran still turned on the fan and covered herself with the quilt.

Unless it is a very cold winter, Su Ran will turn on the fan when he sleeps most of the time, because it feels comfortable and the sound of the rotating fan is also white noise for him, which helps him sleep.

The forest is not peaceful at night, especially at this time when various wild animals are active in the mountains, and creepy cries can often be heard.

Just as Su Ran was about to go to bed, he noticed that Dahei, who was sleeping beside the bed, was looking out the window vigilantly.

It wasn't just it, the little weasel and the mother ferret were both inexplicably restless.

The little ferret on the mat squeaked even more.

"Dahei, what's wrong?" Animals naturally have the ability to detect danger in advance, especially for Dahei who lives in the forest all year round.

When faced with the appearance of a wild beast, everyone will be alert at the first moment.

"Ow."

Dahei jumped directly from under the bed. It seemed to be very familiar with that breath.

"Let's go out and take a look."

Su Ran couldn't guess what was nearby. If it was a bear or a blind bear, he must not let them come down the mountain and enter the village.

The bear cub is a brown bear, while the bear blind is a black bear.

Standing outside the yard, Su Ran looked towards the mountain.

The distance is too far to perceive anything.

When Su Ran and Da Hei walked to the foot of the mountain, he sensed the emergence of a huge amount of heat energy.

A white figure walked down the mountain slowly with an elegant cat-like step, and then stopped in front of Su Ran.

Looking up at the big cat, Su Ran didn't expect that it would come to him on its own initiative.

That's right, the beast in front of him was the albino Siberian tiger. The fate between Su Ran and it was simply amazing.

"Is there something you want to talk to me about?" Su Ran looked at the Siberian tiger in astonishment.

Obviously, it was impossible for Su Ran to get any answer from the tiger, but the Siberian tiger lay down, as if signaling Su Ran to come up.

It was Su Ran’s first time to ride a tiger, or rather, there had never been anyone who could ride on a tiger.

What’s more, it is a wild tiger, and an albino Siberian tiger at that.

It feels amazing to be carried up the mountain by a big cat.

There were clearly the sounds of various wild animals in the mountains, but wherever the big cat went, no wild animals were seen. Su Ran could even sense through thermal energy that even if there were some wild animals around, they would be tactful enough to hide on the ground and wait for the big cat to leave.

"The deterrent power of the king of the forest is really not to be underestimated." Su Ran sighed, but he was curious about where this big cat was going to take him.

Grandpa once said that wild animals rarely help humans without reason.

This albino Siberian tiger has been around Su Ran for a long time and has helped him a lot.

Su Ran didn't really help the albino Siberian tiger, except for sending the poachers to jail, which might be considered as indirectly helping the big cat.

Just as Su Ran was thinking, the big cat brought Su Ran to a hidden tiger's den.

Su Ran saw a tiger cub lying inside and sleeping soundly.

Judging from its size, it is about one month old.

Tigers do not sleep lying flat on their backs with their bellies exposed like humans do. For tigers living in the wild, the soft belly is the most vulnerable part of the body.

The little tiger cub understood this principle very early.

Looking at the little tiger cub whose body rises and falls slightly with its breathing, even though we know it is a wild little beast, it makes us feel like a gentle little pet.

Especially its fur is completely white without any tiger stripes, just like a plush toy.

You should know that although the big cat next to Su Ran is also an albino animal, its tiger stripes are very obvious.

But the more he looked at it, the more he realized something was wrong: "This little tiger cub seems to be very weak. If we continue to leave it alone, it may not live long."

Su Ran didn't expect the big cat beside him to understand what he said, but it actually used its nose to gently push itself towards the tiger's den.

"What do you mean... do you want me to raise you?"

Judging from the age of this tiger cub, it was already pregnant when Su Ran encountered the Siberian tiger several times before.

After observing the Siberian tiger up close this time, Su Ran discovered that it was already quite old and could probably live for about three years if it managed to linger.

Generally speaking, it is difficult for a tiger mother like this to raise her cubs, as feeding them with milk alone becomes a problem.

Su Ran finally figured it out, and smiled, "So from the beginning, you were targeting me just to hand the child over to me, right?"

Nature is truly magical, especially when a wild animal is smart to a certain extent, it is even more surprising.

Ever since it helped Tiger Mom get rid of the poachers who were hunting it, the big cat has already started preparing to investigate Su Ran.

This is also the reason why the albino Siberian tiger appeared next to Su Ran for a long time.

Perhaps it felt that there was no time to delay any further, or perhaps it was because Su Ran had gained the approval of the tiger mother, the albino Siberian tiger brought Su Ran to the tiger cub tonight.

"It's really hard for you as a mother."

Su Ran shook his head gently and exhaled deeply, as if to release all the burdens in his heart. He said softly, "Leave the little tiger to me. I will take good care of it."

The big cat seemed to understand Su Ran's words. It slowly walked towards the cave and gently picked up the sleeping tiger cub with its mouth.

The tiger cub, whose mother was holding it by the scruff of the neck, was shaking its short legs in the air, making squeaking sounds, as if protesting against the sudden disturbance.

When it was brought to Su Ran, the cute little guy looked at the stranger in front of him curiously.

(End of this chapter)