When Zhang Zian's parents opened for business today, a golden cat and a tea-colored cat walked into the shop one after another. The latter was more or less low-key, while the former was simply arrogant. It jumped onto the cat tree as if there was no one else around. It might have thought that the cat tree was covered in dust or had fur from other cats, so it pulled a paper towel and wiped the cat tree before lying down and throwing away the used paper towel.
His parents saw that the two cats did not have bells or nameplates on their necks. At first, they thought they were stray cats, but after a closer look, they realized that they were not stray cats. The tea-colored cat was an authentic Dragon Li cat, and they couldn't recognize the golden cat because they had never seen one before. However, they had seen many breeds of cats, and the differences between breeds of cats and mixed breeds of cats were actually traceable. At first glance, the golden cat seemed to be a very rare breed of cat.
Maybe it was someone's cat that ran out?
The old couple had run the pet shop for many years, but they had never encountered such a situation. It was time to close the shop, and the customers had all left, but the shop was not closed. First, their son had not come back, and second, they didn't know what to do with the two cats. Should they put up a "lost and found" notice at the door?
They were discussing when Zhang Zian came back at this time. Not only did he come back, but he also brought back a cat, a birdcage, and … on his shoulder … Isn't that a monkey?
"Zian, you … you … you went to the dog market?" The old couple was stunned and couldn't speak clearly.
"Oh! Why did you buy a monkey and come back? You can't raise a monkey casually! It's illegal! Come back with me! " The father was even more anxious. He picked up his coat and wanted to take Zhang Zian to return the monkey before the dog market closed.
They had heard that the management of the dog market was not standardized. Some peddlers who liked to make quick money would take advantage of the asymmetry of information between the buyer and the seller. With their glib tongues, they tricked customers into buying some pets that were not allowed to be sold in the country, such as using wild ocelots to pretend to be pet ocelots. There were also peddlers who sold rare birds and thumb monkeys. They would move to a new place after they were sold, and they would not stay in the dog market to avoid being caught.
In their opinion, Zhang Zian had probably wandered to the dog market and was tricked by an illegal peddler into buying a monkey. They didn't know what the bird in the birdcage was, but it was probably a rare bird.
"No, don't worry about it. I met a couple playing with monkeys on the road. Their monkeys are undocumented, so I reported them." Zhang Zian took out his mobile phone and showed some photos he had taken. They were all of the process of the monkey couple being detained by the Forestry Bureau.
The old couple understood the whole story. They were both relieved and worried — relieved because their son had not been deceived, but worried because it was very dangerous to do so. What if others found out and took revenge?
But my son did the right thing, and I can't blame him for doing the right thing.
"As for this little monkey, he ran out from the group of monkeys in the chaos and I met him. It's so late, and the Forestry Bureau is off work. I'm going to send it to them tomorrow morning. "
"And this grey parrot, I'll send it to them tomorrow morning." He put down the birdcage, lifted the black cloth that covered the birdcage, then walked to the door and pulled down the shutter door.
"This grey parrot … is also raised by the monkey performer?" The old couple felt incredible. They had never heard of a monkey performer with a parrot. It was not a circus.
Under the light, the grey parrot looked at the old couple with its little black eyes. It flapped its wings and cried,
"Quack! Take a look! Take a look! Stylish monkey, two blossoms! "
The old couple's doubts were immediately dispelled. This was definitely a parrot raised by the monkey performer. It could attract business just by opening its mouth!
Since the monkey and the grey parrot had to be sent to the Forestry Bureau tomorrow morning, it was not a problem to let them stay here for one night.
"This cat …" They stared at the black and white kitten again. "Does the monkey performer have a cat?"
"That's not it. This cat was picked up outside. It seems to have been abandoned. I've already contacted my high school classmate. He wants to keep it. I'll send it to him tomorrow." Zhang Zian casually made up an excuse.
"Oh … by the way, when you were not here today, two cats ran into our shop …" The old couple pointed to the golden cat and the tawny cat.
"This …" Zhang Zian scratched his head. "It looks like they got lost in someone else's house. It's so late today. Let's talk about it tomorrow. They will probably leave tomorrow morning. If they don't leave tomorrow, I'll help you make a notice to find their owner. "
The old couple nodded. There was no other way.
"Your date today … How was it?" The mother peeped at her son's face and muttered in her heart. Her son had been out for a whole day and had a lot of messy things to do. The problem was, what about the date?
When there were no customers during the day, the old couple had been whispering about it. They wanted to send a message to ask their son how he was doing, but they were afraid that their son would be annoyed. They were also afraid that the sudden sound of a message would disturb the good atmosphere. They were even more worried that … many girls hated mommy's boy. Although their son was definitely not a mommy's boy, what if the girl saw the message and misunderstood?
They discussed it and finally decided not to send it. They would wait for their son to come back before asking, so they spent the whole day absent-mindedly.
"It's good," he said seriously. "We have a good impression of each other, and we had a good time today. We went shopping, went to the beach, and went to the old church in the south. We plan to keep in touch."
"Good! That's good! " His parents looked at each other with joy. They were finally relieved. As long as this could be done, everything else was a small matter.
They happily planned to prepare dinner. His mother saw that he seemed to be in a good mood and carefully asked, "When is the next date? Have you discussed it? "
Zhang Zian pretended to have just remembered and slapped his forehead. "Speaking of this … I forgot to say one more thing."
"What is it?"
The old couple thought it was related to the date, and their hearts slightly tightened. They wondered if the girl had put forward some high requirements. Because blind dates were usually aimed at marriage, such as asking for a house, a car, or a betrothal gift of hundreds of thousands of yuan. After all, they heard that the girl's family conditions were very good, so it was not too much to ask for a high price. However, their family's financial conditions were really very ordinary …
"Actually, the company called me today."
Zhang Zian found the phone call record, pointed to the boss's phone call, and said, "They told me that the company has received a new batch of orders, and the holiday has to end early … The company requires me to go back to work the day after tomorrow, so I have to leave tomorrow morning."
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