Tie Ning had a crew cut, a standard height, a straight back, and a well-proportioned body. He was wearing a long black woolen trench coat with his hands in his pockets. He was not wearing a hat, and his ears were a little red from the cold.
The taxi driver did not expect that this seemingly ordinary passenger was once the Sanda coach of the National Armed Police Corps. He was the champion of the 75kg Sanda class in the National Military Competition for three consecutive years. He had won several third-class and second-class meritorious deeds. After his retirement, he was hired by a security company with a high salary and became the exclusive bodyguard of the boss and the chief martial arts instructor of the company.
In fact, if he had a choice, Tie Ning did not want to leave the armed police force that had trained him. However, his family came from a remote mountainous area in Western Sichuan. His family was poor, and he had a younger brother and sister waiting for him to raise them up. Especially this year, his youngest brother had just gone to college for medical school. The tuition was very expensive. The salary and allowance of the armed police force were really inadequate.
After entering the security company, he was freed from the heavy daily training of the armed police force. His days were very leisurely, so leisurely that he was not used to it. His task was to instruct the other coaches in the company every morning, and then let them train the ordinary security guards. When the boss left the company, he was not far from him. When the boss went to work, he was responsible for picking him up. That was all.
The boss appreciated him very much and was very kind to him. On the day he signed the contract, he gave him an apartment to live in and a car. Since he had been employed for more than half a year, everything had been peaceful. He had not encountered anything. It was almost like he was lying down to earn money.
However, Tie Ning knew that being a bodyguard, he was paid to eliminate disasters for others. When he had nothing to do, he might be bored. Once something happened, he might have to use his body to block bullets for the boss. Only in this way could he repay the boss's kindness. Therefore, he did not dare to slack off on his training. Since his retirement, his physical fitness and fighting skills had been maintained very well.
He was very surprised to receive a call from the boss this time. It turned out that he was asked to secretly protect a little girl who played live broadcasting. He was asked to help her when she was in trouble, and he could not reveal his identity. The boss had made it very clear on the phone that protecting the little girl's personal safety was the top priority. It didn't matter if he hit harder, as long as no one was killed. Even if something happened, the three influential bosses of Binhai City would join hands to protect him.
After receiving the task, Tie Ning quickly rushed to the Amazing Fate Pet Shop in the style of the Armed Police Force. He did not see Snowy enter the shop, but when Snowy came out, he saw it clearly. By comparing it with the photo on the phone, he was sure that Snowy was the target he needed to protect.
He couldn't help but sigh in his heart. This little girl was about the same age as his younger brother and sister, but her status was as different as the clouds and mud. She didn't have to work or go to school, and lived a carefree life every day. Even when she went out to get into trouble, there were people secretly protecting her … Reincarnation was really a technical job, he couldn't help but admire it!
However, after all, Tie Ning entered the bodyguard industry for a short period of time. When he accepted the task, he forgot to ask whether he needed to protect Snowy's companions.
He sat in the co-driver's seat of the taxi, staring at the two heads … No, three heads, which belonged to a middle-aged woman, a young man, and a dog. Just when he thought so, a fourth head popped out from the young man's hood, a grey parrot.
If Snowy was fine, but her companions were in trouble, what should he do?
Tie Ning was very conflicted. The long years of education in the Armed Police Force made it impossible for him to stand by and watch when people's lives were threatened. However, the boss repeatedly told him not to help unless it was absolutely necessary, because it was said that the young man next to Snowy was a martial arts master.
Martial arts master?
Tie Ning smiled silently.
The so-called martial arts master might have won the championship of several martial arts routine championships, right? He had seen people who practiced this. In layman's terms, it was just for show. It was incomparable to Tie Ning's grappling, which aimed to defeat the enemy in actual combat and make the enemy lose the ability to resist. Therefore, if something really happened, he would probably have to help.
The taxi crossed half of Binhai City and arrived at the dog market in Nancheng District.
Tie Ning's hometown was in Western Sichuan, so he was a foreigner. He had only been in Binhai City for half a year, so he didn't even understand many local dialects. Naturally, he had never been to the dog market.
Seeing that Snowy and her companions had already gotten out of the taxi, he asked the driver to stop by the roadside, put the receipt from the driver into his pocket, and waited for the reimbursement when he got back.
Snowy held her mobile phone steadily and slowly rotated half a circle in the same place, taking pictures of the largest pet distribution center in Binhai City for the audience to see.
This area in Nancheng District was surrounded by low and old two-story buildings or bungalows. Vendors selling various kinds of pets occupied their respective spots. Bicycles, electric scooters, tricycles, and pedestrians shuttled back and forth between the gaps. The ground was full of dust, and whenever the cold wind blew, there would be sand and dust.
Deng Jie put on her mask again and kindly handed Snowy a brand-new spare mask, but Snowy was worried that the audience wouldn't be able to hear her clearly if she put on the mask, so she smiled and declined.
Zhang Zian looked up. It was almost noon, but the sky was getting gloomier. Maybe it was really going to snow.
This was only the periphery of the dog market, but it was already so lively.
With a casual glance, he saw vendors selling cold-water fish, squirrels, rabbits, parrots, mynahs, and magpies. There were a lot of onlookers, and they were bargaining with the vendors from time to time.
He patted Snowy on the shoulder, pointed to a vendor selling dyed chicks, and said with emotion, "I remember when I was in elementary school, there was a vendor selling this in front of the school gate. I didn't expect that there would still be people selling it now."
There were about thirty or forty fluffy chicks in the basket, and they were all crowded together. Each of them had a beautiful orange color, and they were squeaking with their mouths open. Several senior elementary school students and their parents surrounded the basket with the chicks, pointing at them excitedly. The vendor pushed the chicks with his hands from time to time, persuading them to buy a few.
The chicks were very cheap, about two and a half dollars for one, and six dollars for three chicks. For kids nowadays, it was just the cost of a bag of snacks or a can of drinks.
The elementary school students were a little hesitant, worried that they would not be able to keep the chicks alive. The vendor promised that the chicks were easy to raise, and they only needed to feed them millet.
When the parents heard that the chicks were so cheap, they were willing to buy them for their children. Because the children wanted to buy pets, they brought their children to the dog market. Cats and dogs were too expensive, so it was better to buy a few chicks to fool them. Just a few minutes after Zhang Zian got out of the car, several chicks had already been bought.
It was the first time that Snowy saw someone selling chicks. Her eyes suddenly lit up, and she shouted in surprise, "Wow! So cute! "
"They are cute, but the problem is that they can't be kept alive." Zhang Zian smiled helplessly. "When I was a kid, I bought two chicks with my pocket money, and they died the next day. I was sad for a long time. You see, these chicks are colorful, but in fact, they are dyed. The fluff of newborn chicks should be light yellow. How can there be such a bright orange color? "
"What? Dyed? "Snowy was happy. Hearing these words, she suddenly felt like cold water was poured on her head.
"Yes, these vendors put a large group of chicks in a container such as a plastic basin or a plastic bucket, and pour industrial dyes into the container. In order to dye evenly and not fade, the dyes are often still hot, and then they are constantly stirred. After dyeing, they are poured out of the container and dried in the sun. That's how they become dyed chicks," Zhang Zian explained.
Snowy frowned. "So poor!"
She looked at the vendor selling chicks again, and her eyes flashed. She seemed to be thinking about something.
A few seconds later, she asked again, "Can the dyes still be washed off?"
Zhang Zian guessed what she was thinking, and immediately dispelled her idea. "You don't plan to buy these chicks and wash them. They won't live long. The poison has already entered their internal organs. Tomorrow, at most the day after tomorrow, they will die. You can't save them. That is a toxic industrial dye, the cheapest kind. These vendors have to wear thick rubber gloves and gas masks when they dye the chicks. "
"That's so cruel!" Snowy stared at the vendor who was counting money with a smile.
He thought Snowy wanted to buy chicks, so he waved at her and signaled her to come over.
A group of parents and children left happily with the dyed chicks. After a while, another group of parents came to the dog market with their children. They were attracted by the brightly colored chicks and stopped to watch. It was only a matter of time before they paid for the chicks.
Deng Jie shook her head and said, "Kiddo, don't be angry. In fact, think about it. Even if these chicks didn't come out of their shells, they were eaten by people as eggs. The fact that they could hatch means that they have lived a few days longer …"
Snowy knew what Deng Jie said was right. Logically speaking, it was right, but... she felt something was wrong.
Zhang Zian said slowly, "There is a saying that makes sense. No business, no harm."
Although the price of each chick was cheap, with such a high flow of customers in the dog market, it was estimated that such a vendor could sell at least 100 chicks in a day, and the profit of each chick was nearly 2 yuan. That was about 200 yuan a day. Although it was immoral, it was indeed much better than going to a restaurant to wash dishes, and it didn't require much skill.
Most of the parents who buy these chicks as pets for their children are also financially strapped people at the bottom of society. They may not be unaware that these chicks don't live long. However, spending two or three yuan in exchange for their children's happiness. When the children raise the chicks to death, they can justifiably refuse to buy other pets for their children. Why not?
Only the children would be hurt. They would feel sad for the dead chicks, but they didn't know that these chicks were destined to die, not because of them.
"Let's go and have a look inside." Zhang Zian took the lead.
Famous followed him.
Richard shrank back in his hood, grieving for the poor little thing.
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