Chapter 105: Eleven Cat Officials
The matter of wool can be set aside for now, the goat milk has been squeezed.
Qin Wanwan immediately took them to feed those cats.
This ewe’s milk production is indeed good, a whole big bowl.
The freshly squeezed goat milk had a fishy smell, but to the kittens, it smelled very fragrant.
One after another, they practically rushed over, meowing and clamoring for food.
As soon as the goat milk was poured into a low dish, the kittens buried their faces in it, continuing to eat even if their noses were choked.
They’re even possessive; anyone who tries to rummage through a kitten feeding will be fiercely hissed at.
It’s just that this fierce little look is a bit cute.
There was still leftover goat milk, so Qin Wanwan directly placed the rest in front of the mother cat.
The emaciated mother cat unhesitatingly buried her head and began to drink as well.
The kittens were probably so hungry that their little bellies were round and full, yet they still wanted more.
Aunt Zhang, estimating they were full, moved the dish away.
“Meow, meow, meow…”
The kittens chased after her, meowing.
“Alright, you’ve all eaten enough, no more, or your bellies will burst.”
Qin Wanwan poked their distended little bellies with her fingers.
Lu He came in with a basket lined with a grass mat.
“Miss, don’t touch them for too long. They’ve been outside, so they might have insects on them. Let’s put them in here for now. When they’re a bit better, I’ll use herbs to bathe them and get rid of the insects, then you can hold them again.”
“Also, you and Lang Ya both need to take a bath now.”
Qin Wanwan didn’t argue with Lu He: “Got it.”
The mother cat drank milk and ate the meat Aunt Zhang fed her. Although she still looked very thin, her spirits were much better.
She jumped into the basket and lay down, licking the residual milk stains off her cubs one by one.
Ten kittens, full and satisfied, nestled peacefully beside their mother.
However, there were too many of them; it felt like the mother cat was almost unable to breathe under their weight.
Aunt Zhang sighed, “To have so many, it’s a wonder she could even give birth to these kittens.”
When animals have too many offspring, their bellies become terrifyingly large, as if only a thin layer of skin is supporting them, and one wrong move could cause their bellies to burst.
For those with too many offspring, it often leads to difficult labor, and both the mother and the babies die.
This cat is truly powerful, not only giving birth to her cubs but also raising them for so long.
Although the kittens don’t look a month old, they are definitely at least half a month old.
Aunt Zhang felt heartbroken just looking at the mother cat.
Xie Chong returned from outside. Qin Wanwan had finished her bath, her hair still wet.
At this moment, she was holding dates and gnawing on them.
Her eyes lit up when she saw him.
“Daddy, you’re back.”
The young lady ran to his side with a soft voice: “Daddy, are you tired? Wanwan has dates for you.”
She still held two large dates in her little hands, offering them to him.
She looked very well-behaved and sensible.
Xie Chong immediately felt all his fatigue disappear, and he directly picked up the child.
“I don’t want any, you eat them yourself.”
“What did you play today?”
“I looked for the Cat Official, and I also brought the little sheep to be milked.”
Xie Chong: “???”
What is all this?
“Do you want to drink goat milk?”
“It wasn’t Wanwan, it was the kitties who wanted to drink goat milk.”
Xie Chong was even more bewildered: “What kind of Cat Official did you hire?”
Qin Wanwan extended her little chubby hand, but it was difficult to open with dates in her claws.
“Wanwan is very powerful, I found eleven Cat Officials for Daddy.”
Xie Chong: …………
Xie Chong: !!!
Wait!
“Eleven?!”
His raised voice represented his inner shock.
Qin Wanwan nodded, a little proud: “They didn’t charge any money, Wanwan found them on the Great Grassland.”
Then, with a heavy heart, Xie Chong went to see those eleven Cat Officials.
After seeing them, his mood became even heavier.
In this situation, Xie Chong deeply understood the meaning of “free is the most expensive.”
It’s true that his daughter didn’t pay for the Cat Officials, but raising these eleven cats was very costly!
Not to mention the goat milk, the military camp has that.
But as those ten cats grow, they will need to eat meat in the future!
Cats are pure carnivores, especially wild cats raised on the grassland.
The little mice in the granary are not enough for them to eat!
Qin Wanwan belatedly sensed that Daddy seemed unhappy.
“Daddy, are you unhappy?”
The little one poked her finger with a bit of trepidation. Did she do something wrong?
Xie Chong forced a smile: “No.”
He was just thinking about the three wolves. During their growth period, he would also have to fetch meat for them from time to time.
Fortunately, the three wolves had now learned to hunt for themselves.
Xie Chong sighed slightly. Forget it, in the future, he would have people on patrol occasionally bring back some pika rabbits and marmots.
The grassland wildcat family was thus settled in the General’s Mansion.
Xie Chong felt that ever since he adopted a daughter, his General’s Mansion had almost become an animal museum.
His daughter was better at picking things up than he was, bringing back one animal after another.
Although the burden was a bit heavy, there were still gains.
Qin Xiaoe and Hu Xiaoyue were now managing several thousand poultry for the military camp, more useful than people.
As for the black python, it guarded the house.
With it there, even a thief coming to the General’s Mansion would be scared away.
The three wolves were not yet adults, but they could still be self-sufficient.
Now there were only two immature eagles and a group of cats.
Shang Wuyang came to pick up Qin Wanwan in the afternoon and also saw the cats.
He laughed gloatingly.
“General Xie can’t afford to raise a few cats, can he?”
Qin Wanwan started to mediate: “Daddy Shang, do you want some too? When the kittens open their eyes, I can give a few to Daddy Shang.”
What Daddy Xie has, Daddy Shang can also have.
Shang Wuyang: “I didn’t say I wanted any.”
Xie Chong sneered: “City Lord Shang can’t afford to raise a few cats, can he?”
He threw his words back at him.
Shang Wuyang said lazily, “It’s not that I can’t afford them, but cats like to scratch things. I don’t want my house to be all messy.”
“I have enough with this one.”
Saying that, he picked up Qin Wanwan.
“Let’s go, I’ll come again tomorrow.”
Qin Wanwan quickly said goodbye to Xie Chong.
“Bye-bye, Daddy Xie, Wanwan will come to find you to play tomorrow.”
Xie Chong felt like a complete fool, his adopted daughter was being taken care of by someone else.
And he was raising the animals his daughter had picked up!
The next day, Qin Wanwan, who was thinking about the cats, arrived early.
Aunt Zhang had squeezed goat milk early in the morning, and the kittens, after eating, were crawling and meowing in their nest.
The mother cat was nowhere to be found.
Aunt Zhang worriedly said, “Did this mother cat abandon her kittens and run off?”
Qin Wanwan shook her head: “She won’t run away, she promised Wanwan she would catch mice for the family.”
Speak of the devil, the mother cat came in through the doorway, a mouse still in her mouth.
Aunt Zhang exclaimed in surprise: “She actually caught a mouse! This cat is really capable!”
Although the mother cat was still thin, the fact that she could survive on the Great Grassland while carrying so many cubs meant she was not incompetent.
