It had been snowing for nearly a day, and the weather had finally cleared up.
"Brother Store Manager! Brother Store Manager! "
Little Celery ran into the store excitedly with a voice that was unique to the puberty stage. After she entered the store, she noticed the mat outside the door. She stepped back and wiped the mud off the soles of her shoes, then ran back into the store.
The road was muddy, and every speeding car was covered with mud. The owner of the car wash was probably the happiest person on a snowy day. The situation on the sidewalk was not much better. Young girls were walking very slowly, frowning to avoid Little Celery, who was running, for fear that the muddy water from her shoes would splash on their beautiful clothes.
"What's wrong, Little Celery?" Zhang Zian asked slowly.
"That..." Little Celery was about to say something, but she noticed that Zhang Zian was using all his strength to lift a strange statue. "Wow! What is this? "
"This is the statue of the Holy Cat." Zhang Zian took a few steps forward, bent down, and carefully placed the bronze statue in the position where he had just entered the store. He was relieved. "It's really heavy."
Since Snowy brought the Holy Cat statue here, Zhang Zian had been casually throwing it in the corner of the store. He had forgotten about it for the past few days, and only remembered it this morning when he was packing up.
No matter what, it was a beautiful work of art. It would be a waste to leave it covered in dust. The most important thing was that this thing was a gift from Snowy, and he was embarrassed to just throw it away. It would not be worth much even if he sold it as scrap metal, so Zhang Zian decided to make use of it.
He thought about it and felt that it would be more appropriate to place it in front of the store, facing the outside like a door god.
Others would place a bronze bull at the entrance of their shop to make their business prosper. Only he placed a bronze cat at the entrance of his shop. But who cared? In the eyes of those who knew the business, this bronze cat's origin was enough to beat the bronze bull by a few streets.
As a pet store, a bronze cat was quite appropriate, wasn't it? What was the point of a bronze bull?
Little Celery squatted down, hugged her knees, and curiously looked at the lifelike statue of the Holy Cat. She raised her small face and asked Zhang Zian, "Brother Store Manager, where is this Holy Cat from?"
"Have you heard of the Egyptian cat goddess?"
"No." She shook her head. Her two pigtails pointed in the direction of 10 o 'clock and 3 o' clock, indicating that today was Tuesday.
"Anyway, you just need to know that it's awesome. It's as domineering as me!" Zhang Zian did not intend to explain it to her in detail. After all, faith and worship were too difficult for a child of her age to understand.
"Huh?" Little Celery said with admiration, "Brother Store Manager, you are so awesome! You even brought the Egyptian Cat Goddess into the shop!"
"No, it's just a statue!" Zhang Zian was speechless. "By the way, why didn't Little Celery come yesterday? Was it because it was difficult to walk on the snowy roads?"
"En!" She nodded her head vigorously. "Yesterday morning, the teacher said in the group chat that today was a temporary holiday and asked everyone not to come to school. She even called everyone to inform them."
"Tsk, children nowadays are so lucky, unlike me. Even if it was raining knives, I still had to get to school on time …" Zhang Zian sighed. "I'm really getting old!"
"Mr. Store Manager is still very young!" Little Celery said seriously. "Even younger than my mother!"
"Haha, that's for sure! Mr. Store Manager is forever 18 years old! "Zhang Zian laughed." Little Celery, why did you call me just now? "
"Ah! I almost forgot! Mr. Store Manager, I have good news for you! " Little Celery said excitedly. "The teacher has agreed that my show will represent our class in the school anniversary performance!"
"Oh? That's great! " Although it was expected, Zhang Zian still pretended to be surprised and happy. "Is it that Fairy Tale Pet Shop?"
"Yes, but it was renamed to Magical Pet Shop. The teacher said this name is more attractive." Little Celery gestured with her hands and said, "Yi Le was very strange. Before the vote, he suddenly came to me and said that he would not compete with me. He also raised his hand to support me along with several other boys... Brother Store Manager, do you know what happened?"
"No." Zhang Zian shook his head. "Maybe he thought Little Celery's show was more interesting. Let me tell you, boys at this age are all like this. One day they think this is good, the next day they think that is good … "
"Is that so?" She blinked her eyes.
"Yes! Little Celery, don't worry about it. Just focus on rehearsing. "
Little Celery nodded. "Okay, I will try my best!"
"But don't let rehearsals affect your study," Zhang Zian reminded her. "Study is the most important thing. Don't put the cart before the horse."
For kids at this age, playing was important, but considering the national conditions, they could not lose at the starting line.
"I got it! Mr. Store Manager, I'm going to play with Xiao Ling and Er Duo! " Little Celery ran a few steps, then stopped and asked, "Mr. Store Manager … Are you usually very busy?"
Zhang Zian shrugged and asked, "Do I look like I'm very busy?"
"No, you look like you're very free," Little Celery answered truthfully.
Although it was the truth, Zhang Zian was still very sad!
"Little Celery, what's up?" he asked.
"Well …" Little Celery was a little shy. "Would you like to come and watch the school anniversary?"
"School anniversary …" Zhang Zian thought for a moment. "I really want to see Little Celery's performance, but … aren't parents allowed to enter the school?"
"Yes, on the day of the school anniversary." She looked at him expectantly.
"Okay, no problem. I will definitely go and support Little Celery." Zhang Zian smiled.
Anyway, he had Lu Yi Yun to help him now, so it didn't matter if he left for half a day.
Lu Yi Yun arrived just as he was talking about her.
"Good morning, Mr. Store Manager." Lu Yi Yun greeted him in a low voice. Then she noticed the Holy Cat statue standing proudly opposite the cashier. "Huh? This is … "
"The Holy Cat statue." Zhang Zian had a headache. If he asked everyone who came in, it would be troublesome. Should he print out a description and paste it on the side?
"Oh." Lu Yi Yun did not ask any more questions. She was going to search it on Baidu later.
She put down the drawing board on her back and connected to the computer like yesterday.
"Mr. Store Manager, about the update on the official account …"
"What's wrong?"
When it came to the official account, Zhang Zian's headache became worse. Although he had started the official account, he really did not know what to update. Yesterday, he had planned to discuss it with Lu Yi Yun, but he was interrupted by Adams's sudden visit.
She hesitated and said, "How about I draw a few Abyssinian cats?"
"Huh?" Zhang Zian was surprised. "Go on."
With his encouragement, she became more courageous. "After going back last night, I thought about it. It seems that not many people in China know about Abyssinian cats, right? I plan to draw the appearance of these cats and make a notice to tell everyone that this shop will be introducing this rare cat species in the near future. How about that? "
"Well … that's a good idea." Zhang Zian touched his chin and thought about it.
The eight Abyssinian cats were pure and in excellent condition. Except for their unrecognized chocolate color, they were all breeders. Any one of them could be used as a breeding cat.
He did not plan to sell them, but it was always good to publicize them. Cathy would definitely want her cats to be known by more people.
"Let's do that." He made the decision.
"But I don't know what they look like …" Lu Yi Yun whispered.
Yesterday, after Adams left, Lu Yi Yun curiously asked Zhang Zian, and he also told her about his encounter with Cathy in the CFA arena without concealing it. After returning to the rental house at night, she tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep. Adams's professionalism, Cathy's persistence, and Zhang Zian's sadness all left a deep impression on her, and something in her heart seemed to be touched. She suddenly had a strong desire to share, and wanted to tell this story in the form of pictures to others.
In the middle of the night, she got out of bed, turned on the computer, picked up the digital tablet, and tried to draw what was in her heart.
However, she soon encountered obstacles — she did not know what the cat named Wendy looked like.
Lu Yi Yun knew what Zhang Zian and Fina looked like, and she had seen Cathy through the photos in the photo frame. However, she had not seen Wendy, who played an important role in that encounter.
However, because of her shyness, she did not intend to tell Zhang Zian her thoughts for the time being. She only wanted to draw in private, so she used the excuse of drawing for the public account to ask about Wendy's appearance.
"Oh, I see. Wait a minute. "Zhang Zian went back upstairs, took down the eight cat photos left by Adams, and gave them to her.
"Which one is Wendy?" she asked.
"The most beautiful one." Zhang Zian pointed to it to her.
"Ah … it's really beautiful, like an elegant elf!" Lu Yi Yun stared at the photo of Wendy with fascination, and reached out her fingers to gently slide along the curve of its body.
She looked up at the Holy Cat statue, and found some of the elegance of the Holy Cat in Wendy's appearance. However, in terms of similarity, Fei Na was even more similar. They were exactly the same.
"I will finish it as soon as possible, and then return it to Mr. Store Manager." She carefully put the photos away.
Zhang Zian saw that she liked it very much, and said generously, "These photos are for you. I have no use for them. The cats will be delivered in a few days …"
"Brother Store Manager …" Little Celery ran out of the store, and was surprised to see Lu Yi Yun sitting behind the cashier. "Big sister, who are you?"
Lu Yi Yun was not afraid of children. She smiled and waved, "Hello. I am the new cashier here, Lu Yi Yun. "
"Hello, Sister Yunyun!" Little Celery said politely, "Brother Store Manager, Sister Yunyun, I am going to school. Bye!"
"Bye. Don't run too fast on the road, and watch out for cars," Zhang Zian reminded her.
When Little Celery ran far away, he remembered a serious question that he forgot to ask — when was the school anniversary?
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