Chapter 578 - 499: Awkwardness in Today’s Jiamu Gully (Part 2)
Generally speaking, a mother animal in lactation won’t leave her cubs very far. Moreover, the weasel’s lactation period is only about forty-five days. The cubs open their eyes at thirty days old, then grow rapidly, and those born in April can live independently by August.
"Uncle, you live nearby? How come these weasels followed you to the market?"
"His home is right up there at the forest farm, just a twenty-minute walk away."
Someone familiar quickly responded to Chen Ying’s question, then looked eagerly at him, seemingly urging him to keep asking.
This left Chen Ying a bit puzzled.
He smiled, ready to continue questioning when a five or six-year-old child came running over, yelling "Grandpa" loudly, squeezing through the crowd to jump onto the old man. The child was wearing a leather hat on his head.
Chen Ying couldn’t even articulate his questions, what more could he ask? It was clear that the lactating weasel’s cub had now become the leather hat on the old man’s grandson’s head.
Chen Ying’s gaze shifted from the child’s hat to the old man, who seemed to realize something and instinctively held his child tight.
Some clever folks also caught onto what was happening from Chen Ying and the old man’s expressions. Coupled with the strong belief in the Yellow Immortal legend prevalent in the Northeast, someone immediately took out a cellphone and made a call.
Chen Ying found a vendor selling dogs at the market to borrow a big iron cage, and with much persuasion, he got the group of weasels inside. With the help of policemen who came to maintain order, they loaded the cage of weasels onto a vehicle, preparing to relocate them.
No choice but to relocate them. The grudges from killing the cubs would be hard to erase. Leaving the little creatures here would result either in their doom or drive the old man insane.
After such an episode, Chen Ying and his companions didn’t linger at the market, driving back to the Tiger and Leopard Park’s office area with the cage of weasels.