"What good stuff?"
Several cubs' eyes lit up at the same time and they looked at Hu Jiaojiao.
Only Long Yao lay on Long Zhong's head with a lack of interest, wagging his tail from time to time.
It is only interested in food. No good thing is better than delicious food.
Hu Jiaojiao kept it a secret, "Wipe yourself dry first and change into clean clothes, then mother will tell you."
Hearing this, the cubs immediately changed their dejected look and moved quickly. They wiped their bodies clean in a few seconds and changed into the clean clothes that Hu Jiaojiao brought.
Hu Jiaojiao was also not idle. She boiled a pot of hot water, mixed it into a basin of warm water, and pulled the mud-covered Long Yao into the basin to take a bath.
After rubbing it, a basin of clear water turned into yellow mud.
Hu Jiaojiao was very confused, not understanding why Ling'er, Yu'er and the others only got their clothes wet when they went to the river, but it was so strange that it got covered in mud.
When I think about the first time I saw this little guy, it was exactly the same as it is now. I felt very distressed at that time, but now I finally understand that whether this little guy is dirty or not has nothing to do with whether he has a mother to take care of him.
Hu Jiaojiao had to change three basins of water before she could wash Long Yao thoroughly.
Long Yao was very excited and treated the bath as if the fox Jiaojiao was playing with it. He would dive into the basin with his head, and then stir the basin with his tail to form a small tornado.
I had a lot of fun and was extremely happy.
Fox Jiaojiao was sweating profusely while washing, and only then did she realize how hard it was to raise a cub.
If she were to elect the greatest person in the world, she would definitely vote for "Mom"!
After finally washing it clean and pouring out the dirty water, Hu Jiaojiao asked the five cubs to wait for her in the yard and went into the cabin alone.
Several cubs looked at Hu Jiaojiao's back expectantly. Soon, Hu Jiaojiao came out with five strange-looking forked short wooden sticks in her hand.
Long Yao flew over curiously and sniffed the stick.
"Ah~" It doesn't smell good at all, I can't eat it, it's boring.
Then he stuck out his tongue and flew away without hesitation.
"Mom, what is this?" Long Linger looked at the thing in Hu Jiaojiao's hand with curiosity.
"It's just a few pieces of broken wood. Are you kidding us?" Long Zhong frowned, a look of dissatisfaction appeared on his gloomy face.
Long Xiu couldn't see, so he could only stand quietly by and listen to their description of what it was like. Anyway... he wouldn't have it. He couldn't see, so it was useless to have it.
He was the most useless and true waste among his brothers. He actually agreed with what those cubs said. He believed that living was a waste of food and a burden to his family.
Long Yu watched calmly and attentively, without a trace of impatience, and waited quietly for Hu Jiaojiao's introduction.
"This is called a slingshot. You can use it to take revenge on the cubs who bullied you." Fox smiled and took out the wooden slingshot in her hand to show the cubs.
Of course she didn't have the skills to make a slingshot, so she got it from space.
Hu Jiaojiao knew that the kids didn't tell her about being bullied because they didn't want her to worry. In that case, she would find a way to let them take revenge on their own.
She never thought that the fight between the cubs was a joke, let alone a trivial matter. Since Lu Li did not repent after being taught a lesson by her, she thought he would not stop his evil deeds because of her.
The cubs were still too young and malnourished, so she couldn't stay with them all the time. So she tried to teach them how to protect themselves and take revenge on their own.
"Slingshot?" Long Linger opened her almond-shaped eyes wide and blinked curiously.
"It's just a piece of broken wood tied with ropes. How can it help us get revenge..." Long Zhong complained with disgust.
Fox smiled and without further explanation, she picked up a small stone from the ground, pulled the slingshot, closed one eye and aimed at a bird perched on a tree not far away.
“Bang!”
The slingshot was pulled to its full extent and as soon as it was released, the stone flew out instantly and hit the head of the bird in the tree.
The next moment, the bird fell from the tree with a flutter, struggled on the ground for a few times, and then stopped moving.
Several kids turned their heads at the same time, staring at the scene in disbelief with their eyes wide open, their eyes filled with shock.
She actually shot a bird to death?!
The bird was so agile and responsive that even Long Yao had difficulty catching it in her animal form. Yet, she actually killed it with just a piece of wood and a small stone!
Seeing the surprise in the cubs' eyes, Hu Jiaojiao explained jokingly:
"Actually, the slingshot is not very powerful. The head is the most vulnerable part of the bird. Mother hit its head, so it died."
Thinking of the cruel behavior of the cubs when they become little villains in the future, Hu Jiaojiao added another sentence.
"But it hurts to hit orcs with it. You have to be careful when using it. You can teach the bad guys a lesson, but you can't have the intention to hurt them. Do you understand?"
The five cubs nodded their heads like crazy, silently keeping Hu Jiaojiao's words in mind, but what they were thinking was:
When you fight an orc from now on, you must hit him at his most vulnerable spot! It’s best to kill him directly, so he won’t have a chance to struggle!
They only felt that the female figure in front of them suddenly became taller.
Orcs naturally have a reverence for the strong.
In their eyes, Hu Jiaojiao's act of killing the bird was equivalent to a female being able to hunt, which was something no other female could do.
Hu Jiaojiao felt a little uncomfortable when she saw the cubs suddenly become so well-behaved, but then she felt relieved, thinking that her patient teaching was right.
What she didn't know was that several years later, when those cubs grew up to be overlords who killed anyone who stood in their way, what they would remember most clearly was her teachings today.
Hu Jiaojiao distributed the slingshots to the cubs one by one and began to teach them how to use them.
When she was a child, her parents disliked her for being a girl, so after she had a younger brother, they sent her to her hometown in the countryside to live with her grandparents. She was thin and small and was often bullied. That's how her grandfather taught her to use a slingshot.
Because she has been using it since she was a child, she is very accurate in playing.
It was different for a few of the kids. They used it for the first time and failed to hit the target after several attempts. They looked dejected.
"It's okay, you'll be able to hit it if you try a few more times. Mother couldn't hit it accurately just like you before." Hu Jiaojiao rubbed the cubs' heads one by one and comforted them.
After hearing this, the cubs regained their confidence and continued to look for birds in the trees to practice with great interest.
"I'll give this thing back to you. I don't need it." Something was suddenly stuffed into Hu Jiaojiao's hand. She looked down and found it was Long Xiu.
She suddenly thought that since Long Xiu couldn't see, he naturally couldn't use the slingshot.
My heart softened immediately, I pulled his hand distressedly, put the slingshot back, and said gently:
"Xiu Xiu, you will need it. Wait until mother finds a witch doctor to treat your eyes, and then you can use it."
"But, mother has seen orcs who are blind like you before. They can't see, but they can hit the target by listening to the sound. Xiuxiu is so good, maybe she can do the same!"