Cats eat fish and dogs eat meat. No one knew where this saying first came from, but it had a subtle influence on people's ideas. It was as if cats naturally loved to eat fish, and they should eat fish.
In fact, on the contrary, the ancestors of domestic cats, desert wildcats, lived in the deserts and Gobi in the Middle East. Where could they find fish to eat? Desert wildcats preyed on small mammals, small reptiles, and birds. Their diet basically did not include fish.
Eating fish was very dangerous, both for humans and cats. There were many cats that had their throats stuck by fish bones. Sea fish with thick bones were especially unsuitable for eating. It was fine to eat one occasionally, but Garfield was a cat that was prone to kidney stones. Therefore, it was better to be safe than sorry. Treatment of kidney stones might require surgery, and both the cost and safety were worrying.
After listening to Zhang Zian's advice and explanation, Zhou Jiena and Wang Yan were scared. They had almost done something bad with their good intentions.
After the procedures were completed, he gave them a list of pet rearing precautions for novices. They were all summarized by him based on the mistakes and misunderstandings that novices often made, and he often updated them with the times. The feedback from customers was quite good.
The two girls were excited and nervous as they took Garfield with them in the cat bag and left.
Zhang Zian was also very happy to see the small amount of money coming into his account. After all, even though the expedition team had provided food and accommodation for him during this trip to Egypt, he still had to spend a lot of money on his own expenses. In addition to buying gifts, he had also used his own money to buy the drone, Nekhbet.
For Binhai University, it was also very troublesome to deal with these scientific research items that were temporarily not needed, because the university did not often have applications for field scientific research. Most scientific research work could be completed in the city. Even if other professors applied to lead a team to field scientific research, they would definitely use the funds approved to buy brand-new materials. They would not use these second-hand goods. Who knew if there were any problems with using them?
Therefore, the usual practice of Binhai University was to sell these used items at a low price to recover funds.
But Zhang Zian did not have similar concerns. He had been responsible for operating the drone, and he knew that its performance was very reliable. It had even experienced the extreme environment of the desert, and it was much stronger than the toy drones commonly seen on the market. To him, this drone was brand new, not a second-hand product.
He had been thinking about this, and through his relationship with Wei Kang, he bought the drone from Binhai University, including the spare battery and lens combination. Although it was already at a discount, it was still so expensive that it hurt.
As for why he bought this drone … it was because it had played a big role in the desert. It was a rare and reliable teammate, and it might come in handy in the future. It would be good to play with it from time to time.
As the sun rose, the number of customers in the store gradually increased. Some fans of Famous heard the news of its return and ran over to take photos with it.
Zhang Zian handed the shop over to the employees and ran to the seaside. While playing Sihwa's song, he also picked up some rare aquatic creatures.
In the blink of an eye, it was night time.
The shop assistants cleaned up and left one after another.
It was early summer, and there were more and more people taking walks and running at night. The noise of square dancing could be faintly heard in the distance, and there were often uncles and aunties waving fans and chatting on the street. Of course, there were also young people walking their dogs after work.
After sending off the employees, Zhang Zian pulled down the shutter door and ended the day's business.
He returned to the kitchen on the second floor and made a bowl of noodles for himself. He put a few vegetables in it, cracked two poached eggs, sprinkled a handful of chopped onions, and dripped a few drops of sesame oil. It was hot and appetizing.
During his time in Egypt, he had eaten very Egyptian food. It was either sweet or greasy, or sweet and greasy. During his time in the desert, he often ate fast food such as self-heating dry food, or even compressed dry food, which made his whole body uncomfortable. He had long missed the authentic Chinese food that anyone could afford.
So today, he didn't order takeout. He specially made noodles to satisfy his craving. After eating, the tip of his nose was sweating.
He opened the window on the second floor a little wider, not in a hurry to clean up the dishes. He stood by the window to enjoy the cool.
Vladimir hadn't returned yet, and there would be more and more mosquitoes in the future. How it would enter and exit through the window would be a problem. He couldn't always open the window wide. It was fine during the day, but mosquitoes would fly everywhere at night.
Because there were a lot of cats and dogs in the pet shop, as well as their excrement, it was easy to attract mosquitoes.
If it was an ordinary family, mosquitoes would either be treated with insecticide or mosquito coils. Unfortunately, these two things would not only poison mosquitoes, but also cats.
In the past, when filming a movie in the winter, the makeup artist on the Dog Warrior crew had a hairless cat at home and liked to do makeup for the hairless cat. At that time, Zhang Zian had reminded her not to use mosquito coils, especially not in a closed room. The mosquito wouldn't die, but the cat would. The solution was to plant some catnip indoors, which could not only naturally repel mosquitoes, but also make cats obsessed with the smell of catnip.
Of course, not all cats would be obsessed with catnip. It could only be said that many cats could not extricate themselves from the smell of catnip.
He stood by the window and thought of mosquitoes from Vladimir, and then he thought of catnip from mosquitoes, and then he thought of the source of the mosquitoes.
Mosquitoes always liked to gather in places with many trees and grass and abundant water sources. The place with the most trees and grass nearby was obviously the green space next to him. The vegetation grew wildly and was unmanaged. Every summer and autumn, it was the biggest source of mosquitoes.
This morning, when he followed the fat boy and the neighbors there, he found that the mosquitoes there were particularly rampant. Fortunately, he had been tested in Egypt.
He had seen how powerful the overwhelming number of mosquitoes could be in Egypt. Even Fina and Old Time Tea could not do anything in the face of the mosquito army.
The green space was the base of stray cats, so the stray cats must be suffering.
So … Should he plant some peppermint there?
Outdoors, one or two pots would not work. If he wanted to plant them, he would have to plant them on a large scale.
It was not difficult to plant peppermint. The labor was readily available. He just needed to buy more flower pots and move them over after planting them. He was just afraid that someone would steal the pots.
But he should be able to ask the stray cats to help guard it.
He could think about the specific details slowly. In order to prevent mosquitoes from entering, he once again left the window ajar. As long as Vladimir pushed with its paw, it could open. As for the problem of thieves entering, it was not within his consideration.
Going back downstairs, he was surprised to see that Fina was not in its usual position. Instead, it was squatting on a display cabinet.
"You just had dinner, and you ate quite a lot. Shouldn't you be lying down to digest your food?" he asked, puzzled.
Fina glared at him unhappily. "I seem to hear something in your words?"
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