Listening to Sun Xiaomeng's explanation, Zhang Zian couldn't help but recall the old days. It seemed that his parents didn't like to let him touch the parrots sold in the shop. Did they know about the existence of PBL allergy and psittacosis pneumonia? Unfortunately, there was no way to prove it.
Sun Xiaomeng said, "I don't mean to criticize you, but as a pet shop owner, you can't just focus on making money. You have to recharge your batteries. You should at least know some common sense like this."
What kind of common sense is this? That's too f * cking unpopular! Zhang Zian complained in his heart.
She looked at Richard, "You got another grey parrot here. Are you planning to sell parrots in addition to cats and dogs? If a family with a child comes to buy a parrot and you don't tell them this common sense, they will definitely come to you if they get sick. "
Zhang Zian didn't have this kind of idea at all. He said, "I really don't. I don't plan to sell parrots, at least not now. As for this parrot... I got it to relieve my boredom. "
But what she said made sense. Even Zhang Zian didn't know this kind of common sense. Probably only a few pet shop owners knew about it. Even if they knew, they wouldn't tell their customers, because it was equivalent to pushing away business. No one would do such a stupid thing.
As far as pets were concerned, dogs and cats were relatively safer. Medical methods such as epidemic prevention and deworming were already very mature, and diseases in dogs and cats were generally not transmitted to humans.
Birds were more dangerous. Infectious diseases in birds were often suffered by both humans and birds. Not to mention the waves of bird flu that broke out one after another, it was impossible to prevent parrot fever. Once a human was infected, it could even lead to life-threatening situations.
Sun Xiaomeng stared at him, wanting to know if he was telling the truth. She knew that Zhang Zian was too thick-skinned. Even if he was lying, it was almost as if he was telling the truth.
"Forget it. I'm reminding you out of kindness. With the area of the first floor of your shop, you can at most raise ten medium-sized parrots or pigeons. When the doors and windows are closed, the indoor PM2.5 concentration can reach about 200 overnight, which is close to serious pollution, "she said.
"That bad?" Zhang Zian was stunned.
"What do you think?" She asked, "Don't you see that pigeon keepers usually keep their pigeons on outdoor roofs or balconies? Pigeons and parrots shed a large number of dust feathers every day. Long-term inhalation of these feathers would be harmful to the respiratory system, similar to pneumoconiosis, even if it didn't trigger a PBL allergic reaction. It's okay to raise parrots. After all, people usually only raise one or two parrots, unlike pigeons who often raise a large group … "
Guo Dongyue sighed, "Unfortunately, my mother and I didn't know that. It was winter, and the doors and windows were tightly shut every day. No wonder I contracted psittacosis … "
"Speak Chinese!" Zhang Zian reminded again.
"Anyway, after I was infected with psittacosis, my mother gave the two lovebirds away." "But a few days ago, she suddenly asked, 'Where are Little Purple and Yellow Pea Cake? These are the names she gave to the two parrots. To be honest, I have already forgotten them, but she still remembers them. "
"Then … why don't you buy her two similar ones?" Zhang Zian proposed a simple solution.
Guo Dongyue let out a long sigh of frustration, "If only it were that simple. In fact, before she gave the parrots away, she had already taught them how to speak."
Zhang Zian knew that Guo Dongyue was in a dilemma. Lovebirds were known for their beauty, but they were not good at learning how to speak. It would take a lot of effort to teach them how to speak, and usually, no one would bother to do that.
"So, you want me to find two lovebirds and teach them how to speak?" Zhang Zian finally understood.
"Yes. Isn't it silly? "Guo Dongyue laughed at himself.
Before Zhang Zian could answer, Sun Xiaomeng said from the side, "Not silly, not silly at all."
She was touched by Guo Dongyue's filial piety, and said to Zhang Zian, "Just help him. You have nothing to do anyway."
Zhang Zian was thinking about the feasibility, but he was annoyed by her gesture, "It's easy for you to say. Why don't you give it a try? You think it's easy to train the parrots to speak, and there's a time limit … "His voice became lower.
Obviously, Guo Dongyue's mother didn't have time to wait. If she delayed for too long, she might even forget about the parrots.
Although Zhang Zian was touched, he knew that if he didn't have a diamond in the rough, he wouldn't be able to make a fool of himself. If Guo Dongyue's filial piety was ruined by him, he would be too ashamed to show his face.
He didn't know how to train the parrots to speak, and he didn't have enough time to learn. His only hope was Richard, the Apprehensive Bird. It depended on whether Richard could understand the languages of other birds.
Sun Xiaomeng really wanted to make this happen, so she tried to provoke Guo Dongyue, "Haven't you been bragging in your Wechat Moments all day? You said that you are the best in the industry, and that you have a conscience in the industry … Well, now prove that you are the best! Show me your conscience!"
Seeing Zhang Zian hesitating, Guo Dongyue sighed, "It's okay. I know it's a bit too much. Just pretend that I didn't say anything …"
In fact, he thought that his request would be laughed at — if it were someone else, he would definitely laugh at them. No one knew how long his mother's memory of the two parrots would last. Maybe it would disappear tomorrow. Was it worth it to go through so much trouble to recreate such an insignificant memory?
But he had no choice. His mother didn't remember him anymore. She was sitting in her room every day, waiting for the teenager, Guo Dongyue, who would never show up, to come home from school.
She often said to herself, "Why isn't this kid back yet? Did he go to play with his classmates?"
Besides this sentence, there was another sentence that she often said, "Why aren't Little Purple and Yellow Pea Cake chirping anymore? It took me a lot of effort to teach them to speak … "
Sometimes her memory was messed up, and she would remember the terrible psittacosis pneumonia. Then she would say in a low voice with red eyes, "Dongyue, I'm so sorry. If only I didn't raise parrots …"
This sentence awakened Guo Dongyue's dormant memory. He remembered the days when he was hospitalized due to psittacosis and pneumonia. When he was lying on the hospital bed due to high fever, he seemed to have heard this sentence in his ears. His consciousness sank into the burning darkness. His hand was tightly held, and from time to time, there was a cool liquid dripping on the back of his hand.
His mother shouldn't blame herself. Not many people knew that parrots could cause psittacosis pneumonia. She raised parrots because she liked them and was lonely. She stopped raising parrots for the sake of her son's health. However, her son only cared about the wonderful world, and left her far behind.
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