After finding a few band-aids and sticking them on a few large open wounds, Lu Xiao turned to look at the little snow deer.
He reached out his hand to support its body and tried to guide it to stand up. He asked,
"How is it? Can you still stand up and walk?”
Snow deer were smaller than ordinary deer and red deer. This young snow deer looked even more petite and cute.
Lu Xiao held its chest with one hand and carefully picked it up with the other. He waited until it stood up completely before slowly letting go.
However, before it could take two steps, it knelt down again with a thud. Clearly, it could not walk.
"There's no injury on his leg, but he can't walk…It should be because of weakness or pain, right?”
Lu Xiao muttered in his heart as he reached out his hand, ready to carry it down the mountain.
It couldn't be helped. It couldn't even walk now, so it couldn't just leave it here to freeze.
However, just as his hand touched its soft fur, Lu Xiao could clearly sense that it was trembling.
Hmm?
The deer wasn't afraid of him, so it couldn't be nervous.
It could only be because of pain or cold.
It was true that it had been trapped in the gillnet for a few days. It was a small miracle that it could persist until now.
After some thought, Lu Xiao took off his thick coat and covered the little snow deer.
Then, he picked up the cowhide arm guards and gloves that he had just placed at the side.
"Wait here for a while, I'll go clean up those barbed nets before bringing you down the mountain.”
Lu Xiao reminded him and hurriedly ran to the place where the barbed net was piled up.
Tool carts couldn't enter this place, so they could only rely on horses. It was definitely unrealistic to take away these disassembled gillnets. They could only compress them into balls as much as possible and throw them into the mountains where animals rarely walked.
He would wait for time to slowly corrode and decompose it.
After cleaning up the gillnets and throwing them into the nearby mountain valley, Lu Xiao rushed back, panting, and found that the little snow deer was lying on the ground, motionless.
Lu Xiao's heart skipped a beat and he quickly ran over.
What happened? Shock? Sudden death?
However, just as he ran to the little fellow's side and before he could sit down to check, the little head that was on the ground just now raised its head.
The little snow deer's eyes were half-open as it looked at Lu Xiao with a sleepy expression, as if it did not understand why he looked so nervous.
"Good heavens, you fell asleep in such a short time?”
Lu Xiao shook his head, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
Your sleeping posture is too bad. It looks like you died suddenly. It's really scary.jpg
Shaking his head helplessly, Lu Xiao wrapped the little guy tightly in his coat and carried him up.
Snow deer were small in size, and females were even smaller than males. When they matured, they would only weigh a hundred pounds.
Moreover, this little snow deer was not an adult yet. He weighed it in his hands and found that it weighed at most 60 to 70 pounds. Lu Xiao could still carry it.
Carrying the little guy over a small hill, Lu Xiao saw Hong Mingcheng and Zama, who were busy dismantling the barbed net, from afar.
He wanted to call them directly, but he was afraid that his voice would scare the little snow deer in his arms, so Lu Xiao walked over slowly.
Professor Lu, you're back!"
When he saw Lu Xiao coming back with something in his arms, Hong Mingcheng knew that he must have finished dealing with it, so he quickly went up to him with Zama.
"Yo, this little guy is really handsome.”
When he saw the little snow deer in Lu Xiao's arms, Hong Mingcheng praised sincerely,"
"I've been at Mount Kunlun for many years. Although I've seen a few snow deer, this is the first time I've seen one that looks so good.”
"Right? I also think that this little snow deer looks especially delicate. Look at its big eyes, how beautiful!”
Lu Xiao also smiled and hugged the little guy in his arms slightly.
Zama and Hong Mingcheng happened to see the band-aids on his hands and the small exposed wounds.
"Brother, how did your hand get cut like this? Don't you have protective gear and gloves?"
Zama frowned and asked with some heartache.
"You can wear gloves if you want to dismantle it from a distance, but it's too heavy to dismantle the ones wrapped around its body with gloves. It's easy to hurt it, so I took off my gloves.
However, he was fine. It was just some small cuts and stab wounds. He would recover very quickly. There was no need to worry.”
Lu Xiao smiled and said,"
"This little guy has been trapped there for a few days. His body is very weak and he can't walk at all, so I carried him over. After you guys finish cleaning up, let's bring him back.”
"Alright, we're almost done tearing it down. We just need to finish it in a while.”
Hong Mingcheng nodded. Seeing that Lu Xiao seemed to be struggling, he took the initiative to say,"
"Professor Lu, let me hold this deer for a while.”
"That's fine. You can hug her for a while."
Lu Xiao nodded.
It was spring now, and it was daytime. Although the temperature in the mountains was not particularly low, it was still not good to take off his coat and move around in a sweater.
Lu Xiao hugged the little snow deer for a long time, and his arms were a little numb from the cold.
With Hong Mingcheng's suggestion, Lu Xiao was happy to ask him for help. He wanted to warm up his body.
However, he did not expect Hong Mingcheng to come forward. Before his hand could touch the little white deer in his arms, the little fellow buried its head in Lu Xiao's arms and refused to look up again.
Professor Lu, look at this…"
Mr. Hong's mouth twitched awkwardly.
Doesn't this scene look a little familiar?？
The little fox that he had met for the first time was like this, and now this little white deer was like this too.
What was wrong? Was he so unpopular with animals?？After all, he had been doing animal rescue for decades.!
Lu Xiao didn't expect the little white deer to really recognize people. He was a little embarrassed and gently advised,"
"It's okay, it's okay. Don't be afraid. This is a good person too. He won't hurt you. Let him hug you for a while, okay?”
While coaxing him, Lu Xiao tried to pass the little white deer wrapped in his coat to Hong Mingcheng.
Unexpectedly, when the little guy saw that Lu Xiao was about to let go, he whimpered anxiously and actually opened his mouth to bite Lu Xiao's sweater collar. It looked like he was unwilling to let go no matter what.
"Professor Lu, if it doesn't want to, then so be it.
There were still so many injuries on its body, so there was no need to force it.”
"Why don't you sit on the ground and rest for a while? It's not difficult to carry him like this." Hong Mingcheng hurriedly said.”
"Alright…then."
Lu Xiao actually did not expect this little snow deer to be so resistant to contact with people other than him. He could only sit down and appease it first.
"But it's quite strange. These little guys seem to like being close to you.”
Hong Mingcheng squatted down and sat beside Lu Xiao as well.
"I don't know why, but I seem to be naturally attracted to these little animals.
When I entered the mountains when I was young, those beautiful birds and squirrels would sometimes run into my hands and get close to me. Other children couldn't do that.”
Lu Xiao gently stroked the little white deer's neck to comfort it and said with a smile,"
"After I went to school, I heard from my teacher that some people are born to be liked by animals.
In the past, when I went out to do research or rescue animals, it was easy for me to get close to those trapped or injured animals. Perhaps I was born to do this.”
"I think so too."
Hong Mingcheng nodded in agreement.
"I've heard that some people are born to be close to animals, but I've never seen such a person.
Now he knew that he was not lying.”
As the two of them were chatting, Zama rushed over from the other side.
"Uncle Hong, those gillnets have already been cleaned up and rolled into the col. There shouldn't be any problems.”
"Alright, then let's not delay any longer and go back early.”
Hong Mingcheng nodded and stood up with Lu Xiao, preparing to leave the mountain.
"Brother, wait."
Just as he was about to take a step forward, Lu Xiao was stopped by his younger brother Zama.
The dark-skinned young man quickly took off his sheepskin robe and draped it over Lu Xiao.
"Brother, it's cold. You wear it."
"Why are you giving me these clothes? Hurry up and put them on yourself. I'm not cold.”
Lu Xiao hurriedly wanted to take it off and return it to Zama, but he was still holding the little white deer in his arms, so his movements were much clumsier.
"Brother, you're not as honest as before. Your ears are clearly red from the cold, but you still say that you're not cold.”
Zama said unhappily,"
"What if you get sick? What about this deer? What about the Holy Tiger? You can't get sick, so put on your clothes.”
"This…Alright."
Although she didn't want her brother to catch a cold, it was true that if she fell sick from the cold, not only would no one take care of the family in the base, but someone would also have to take care of her.
Lu Xiao could only nod and put on the sheepskin robe properly.
"That's right."
Seeing that Lu Xiao had finally put on the sheepskin robe, Zama nodded and smiled foolishly.
The three of them were chatting and laughing. No one noticed that the little white deer, who had been burying its head in Lu Xiao's arms, secretly raised its head. Its pair of pitch-black clear eyes blinked and looked at Zama thoughtfully.
The 3000-word chapter was delivered. Although it was a little late, he did not go back on his word! That's all for today. I'll ask for some data before I go to bed and compare my heart with everyone else. Good night ~
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