"Old Wen, why do I feel like she wants to save that silly roe deer?"
Just as the words left his mouth, he heard Yi Chichi say, "Uncle, this roe deer can be saved."
The team leader, wearing a perplexed expression, looked at her, "Why save it?"
"To raise it!"
She said it so matter-of-factly that everyone's foreheads were lined with disbelief.
What's with this kid? What's so good about raising a silly roe deer?
It can't work, and raising it means feeding it and worrying it'll run away.
"We won't raise it!"
Yi Chichi fell silent, knowing that not raising it meant it would be killed for food.
A future secondary protected animal, yet today it was human food.
One could say it was fate or timing.
She gave a small response, and the team leader, who had a daughter of his own and some understanding of young girls' minds, laughed and asked, "Roe deer meat tastes good. Do you want to eat it?"
"Yes!"
