Little Celery was worried that her mother wouldn't agree, so she peeked at her mother's face.
Cai Meiwen frowned. No matter what, saving a small animal was a loving action, so it wasn't appropriate for her to object. She just said, "This cat doesn't look very clean. It needs to wash its hands later."
Little Celery nodded hurriedly.
Taking advantage of the temporary free time, Zhang Zian found a dry towel and wiped the drenched Vladimir's fur dry. He didn't want it to get sick because it hadn't fully recovered its strength yet. The hairdryer couldn't be used, so he could only rub the fur on the surface. He couldn't do anything to the fur on the deeper layers.
Vladimir didn't let him dry for too long. It resisted and said, "It's more important to save it first. I'm fine!"
Zhang Zian could only find another dry towel and let it wrap itself around its body.
The generator in the aquarium next door was not powerful enough. It could only maintain the operation of low-power equipment such as the water pump and oxygen pump. Otherwise, boiling a pot of water might solve the urgent problem, but now they could only use the most primitive method to keep the stray cat warm.
Zhang Zian pretended to talk to himself and said, "In this terrible weather, I don't know how the other stray cats are doing …"
He was actually asking Vladimir in a subtle way.
Vladimir's heart was heavy. "I've already let all the stray cats in the city run to safe places to take refuge, such as the corridors of high-rise residential buildings or high-rise buildings that are under construction. They must be strong and shelter from the rain. If it doesn't work, they can even shamelessly sneak into other people's homes, but definitely not all cats can make it in time … I met this guy on the road. I think it was hit by a falling branch."
There was no other way. Even humans couldn't prepare for this sudden typhoon, let alone stray cats. However, stray cats also had an advantage. They had a strong climbing ability, and their soft bodies could get into narrow gaps. As long as they could climb to a high place, they wouldn't be washed away by the sewage.
The situation of the stray dogs in the suburbs was unclear. Stray dogs were larger and stronger, and they were used to the wind and rain. After their fur was soaked in water, they would shake their bodies to shake off the water, so the situation might be better than stray cats.
"With such a terrible natural disaster, it's inevitable that there will be casualties. What's more alarming is that after a disaster, there will often be a pandemic. The storm and flood drowned many animals and caused the garbage to overflow. Plus, the weather is not cool yet. After the flood recedes, there may be a large number of rats and fleas, so I plan to buy some medicine online to prevent the outbreak of infectious diseases," he said in a low voice.
He intended to buy medicine for cats and dogs, not for humans. The shop assistants didn't understand and wondered if it was that serious.
Vladimir nodded. It would distribute the stray cat medicine.
As for the stray dogs, they definitely had to rely on Little White.
If stray cats and dogs died in large numbers because of infectious diseases, the rotting corpses would also increase the epidemic faced by the citizens of Binhai. Therefore, helping stray cats and dogs was helping the citizens from the side.
The few of them surrounded the cashier so tightly that not even a drop of water could trickle through. Jiang Feifei even took the time to help them out in her busy schedule.
Little Celery held the stray cat's paws tightly and kept blowing air into her palms, trying to help it regain its body temperature as soon as possible. But her little hands were soon wet and cold.
"Let me do it. You go wash your hands."
Cai Meiwen walked to the side, held Little Celery's hand, and pulled her hand away from the cat's paws.
Little Celery looked up and smiled at her mother, then obediently went to wash her hands.
Zhang Zian said subconsciously, "Thank you …"
"Don't thank me. I'm not helping you." Cai Meiwen took advantage of her daughter's temporary absence and said in a low voice, "I just don't want this cat to die in front of Little Celery."
The shop assistants who were busy saving the stray cats heard this and felt that she was too unreasonable and too cold-hearted. They felt a bit disgusted with her.
Zhang Zian's heart was moved. After all, he had seen and heard too many stories about people and pets since he was a child. Some of the customers who came to the pet shop had pets for the first time. Their previous pets …
"Did you have a pet before?" he asked.
Her face changed. Although she regained her calmness in an instant, there was still a slight tremble in her voice. "No."
Little Celery ran back after washing her hands and asked with concern, "How is the kitten?"
Now it was Wang Qian and Li Kun's turn to keep the stray cat warm. Wang Qian, who was responsible for holding the front half of its body, suddenly shouted, "Master! I can't seem to feel its heartbeat! "
Zhang Zian quickly put the stethoscope on its chest and listened to its heartbeat.
There was silence in the stethoscope.
Everyone looked at him anxiously.
A few seconds later, he took off the stethoscope, shook his head and said, "Everyone, thank you for your hard work. Unfortunately … it was soaked in the water for too long. We couldn't save it."
The shop assistants all sighed regretfully and went to wash their hands.
Little Celery looked at everyone blankly. After a moment, she seemed to understand something and pulled Zhang Zian's arm. "Is the kitten … dead?"
Zhang Zian nodded. "It's dead."
Little Celery lowered her head sadly and stared at the stray cat that had stopped breathing.
She tried to save it, but she couldn't. Her palms still retained the soft touch of its pads, as if a life had just slipped through her fingers.
"Let's save it again? Is that okay? Maybe it's not dead yet? "She pulled Zhang Zian with tears in her eyes and said reluctantly.
Zhang Zian squatted down. "Little Celery, it's already dead …"
Unexpectedly, his words caused Cai Meiwen to completely explode.
"Why! Why did you bring this stray cat in! " She screamed at the top of her lungs. Her hastily dried hair made her look like she had gone crazy. "You obviously couldn't save it, so why did you bring it in? Why didn't you just let it die outside? Why did it have to die in front of us! "
Little Celery was sad because of the stray cat's death. Tears welled up in her eyes and almost fell out, but she was scared back by her mother's angry roar.
The shop assistants all popped their heads out of the pet bathroom with pale faces. They thought that a fight was going to happen. The question was, why did they have to fight? Wasn't it fine just now?
The elfins all stood up. They hadn't seen anyone who dared to make trouble in the pet shop for a long time. Was this woman crazy? How could she blame Zhang Zian for the stray cat's death? Who knew in advance if they could save it or not? Did they not save it because it might not be able to be saved? What kind of logic was this?
Zhang Zian was also shocked when she started screaming, but when she finished, he had calmed down.
"This is the real reason why you don't let Little Celery keep a pet, right? If you are destined to experience a painful parting, why don't you just not have a pet in the first place? "
In the face of her seemingly unreasonable accusations, he didn't yell back. Instead, he spoke very calmly.
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