While thinking about Pi, Zhang Zian absent-mindedly cleaned up. Every morning's work had become a habit. Even if he was absent-minded, his body would automatically complete what it was supposed to do like a robot.
He took the garbage bags from the kitchen on the second floor, opened the shutter door, pushed the door open, and temporarily piled them up at a designated place on the side of the road. When the sanitation workers arrived, they would load them into the garbage truck and take them away.
It was foggy this morning, and the morning air was unusually damp and cold. Zhang Zian only wore a woolen sweater. He looked around, but the visibility was not good. The light bulbs of the street lamps were filled with colorful halos. After standing outside for a while, his hair was a little damp, and he was shivering from the cold.
Hiss — hiss — hiss —
While he was throwing away the garbage, a figure rolled up a whirlwind, broke through the morning fog, and ran past him at a brisk pace. The steady and rhythmic breathing was as accurate as a clock, inexplicably giving him a sense of security.
He looked sideways, and from the corner of his eye, he only caught a touch of green, which was the reflective strip on the side of the sneakers. When he looked again, he could only see the back. It was a girl with long hair tied in a ponytail. She was tall, wearing a loose sweatshirt, tight thermal pants, a hair band, and thermal earmuffs. Her legs were slender, and her pace was steady.
Most of the people who exercised in the morning were elderly, and relatively few young people. After all, they were busy working, studying, or playing games. It was common to see young people exercising in the morning in autumn, but it was rare to see people who still insisted on running in the morning during the coldest time. It was not the first time that Zhang Zian met her. A few days ago, she seemed to have run past the door of the pet shop. At that time, Zhang Zian was busy in the shop, and he was not sure if it was the same person. He only remembered the same green light under his feet.
People who were not used to running would usually start running with heavy footsteps and gasping for breath, but this girl ran with a very rhythmic sense. She was either a long-distance runner or a professional athlete. The vitality in her body dissipated into the air with every step she took. Just watching from behind made people want to run with her.
In the blink of an eye, the running girl had disappeared into the morning fog on the other side of the street, and only the sound of her footsteps could be heard getting further and further away.
It felt good to meet such a vigorous young person in the morning, and Zhang Zian's mood seemed to be lightened. He blew hot air into his palms, rubbed his hands, and trotted back into the shop.
He looked at his cell phone. There was a message from Sun Xiaomeng. Sun Xiaomeng said that the Labrador sent by Shi Shi and Liu Sanlang had been checked and observed overnight. Basically, it was confirmed that it was a common cold. It was not contagious. It should be caused by the sudden change of temperature. As for the medicine that Shi Shi had fed it without permission, it was some children's flu medicine, which wasn't too harmful. Its physical condition had improved this morning, and it would recover in two or three days.
In addition, she also said that the customer with the surname Qian might have gone to buy a dog in the past two days. Seeing that the customer's dog had just been lured away and was very sad, she wanted to take care of it.
He didn't receive this message before he went out to throw the garbage, and he didn't see Sun Xiaomeng drive by during the process of throwing the garbage, which meant that she probably spent the night at the pet clinic.
At this moment, a horn sounded outside the door. A cargo van rushed out of the thick fog and slowly stopped by the side of the road, its fog lights flashing.
It was wet and cold outside, so Zhang Zian grabbed a coat and went out.
On the side of the van, the words and logo of "Pets' Home Breeding Base" were printed. Sun Yinian jumped out of the passenger seat, wearing a cap and carrying two cages made of iron wire in his hands.
"Here, these are the hamsters you wanted. You can have them all."
Seeing Zhang Zian coming out, Sun Yinian handed him the cages, which contained a cage of ordinary hamsters and a cage of silver foxes. The big cages were divided into many small compartments, one for each hamster, otherwise they would easily fight.
Zhang Zian knew that Little Celery's class was going to try raising hamsters during the winter break, and then raise rabbits after school started. He told Sun Yinian in advance and asked if the hamsters and rabbits at Pets' Home were sold out. If they were not sold out, Sun Yinian could keep a few for himself.
"I could have sent someone to pick them up. Why did you have to come here so early in the morning?" Zhang Zian took the cages and said apologetically. The wholesale price of the two cages of hamsters was not much. He planned to ask Wang Qian to pick them up by bus in two days, but he didn't expect Sun Yinian to deliver them in person, which saved him a lot of trouble.
Sun Yinian patted the van, pointed to the north and said, "Not on purpose. We are delivering to other pet shops today, and the girl didn't come home last night. My wife asked me to go and take a look, so I came here on my way. I'm leaving now."
"The fog is quite heavy. Drive slowly," Zhang Zian reminded him.
"Got it." Sun Yinian sat back in the van.
The van started and quickly disappeared into the fog in the north.
Zhang Zian took the two cages of hamsters back to the shop, wondering if Little Celery's final exam was over. She was probably busy with the exam, so she didn't come.
The elfins woke up one after another and came to the first floor.
Old Time Tea turned on the switch of the electric blanket, turned on the TV with the remote control, and watched the morning news. They could vaguely hear the news about the fog warning and traffic conditions.
Fina liked the strong sunlight, but hated the foggy weather because it would wet its fur. It looked out the door and jumped on the cat tree lazily. It had no interest in going out.
Richard muttered that it was cold as it flew down from the second floor. It landed on Zhang Zian's shoulder and yawned. With sleepy eyes, it called out, "Gah gah! Birds are not birds, fog is not fog. Midnight comes, and the morning leaves. Like a spring dream, it doesn't last long, and it leaves like the morning clouds. Jeff, what did you learn from this poem? "
Zhang Zian stared at it. "I learned that you are not awake yet!"
"Quack!" Richard turned around and looked around. "Jeff, that monkey has been here for a few days. Why hasn't it come down from the second floor? Did you bully it? "
"Do you think I am you? I won't bully anyone, Pi! It's writing a novel. Don't disturb it if you have nothing to do, "Zhang Zian warned the grey parrot, who was busy packing up his things.
"Quack? Writing a novel? A monkey wants to write a novel? I'm laughing my teeth off! "Richard flapped its wings and shouted as if there was no one else around.
"First of all, you have to have big teeth to laugh your teeth off." Zhang Zian pointed out its faulty wording. "In addition, Pi is really writing a novel about the pet shop, about me, and about you guys."
"Really, I can testify." Famous walked down the stairs, lying next to Zhang Zian's recliner.
Fei Na keenly caught this sentence, "What? Do you mean to include this empress as well? "
"Yes. According to Pi's plan, it will include everyone, everything that happened in the pet shop from autumn to now," Zhang Zian explained.
"Has I appeared yet?" Fina asked with interest.
"Not yet, only Galaxy. You have to wait for a while," he answered.
Fina snorted. "I must be the most popular character in the novel."
"Quack! Does that mean I have to wait even longer? Could we talk about it and make an early appearance? Does it accept PY deals? "Richard asked a series of stupid questions.
"No. Let's not interfere with Pi's writing. Let it write according to its own ideas." Zhang Zian thought for a while and added, "When it is almost done, I will read it to everyone when I have nothing to do."
As they were talking, the glass door was pushed open. Lu Yiyun walked into the shop, damp and cold.
"Good morning, Mr. Store Manager. It's so foggy outside. I almost got lost!" She took off her hat and took out Jasmine from her backpack, letting it play in the shop.
"Isn't your neighborhood just across the street? If you can get lost in this, then you must be really bad with directions … "Zhang Zian complained.
After a while, Wang Qian and Li Kun came into the shop one after another, shouting, "Master! We passed the make-up test! Wahaha! We can finally have fun! By the way, Master, did you set up the array in the fog? "
"You guys play a lot, right? Get to work! Cut the crap! "Zhang Zian threw the broom to them.
The four people in the shop were busy cleaning up before business and chatting with each other from time to time.
"Good morning, Brother Store Manager!"
With a clear voice, Little Celery pushed the door open and walked in excitedly.
"Hey, Little Celery, long time no see." Zhang Zian put down his work and smiled. "Is the final exam over?"
Little Celery was still carrying her usual backpack, but from her movements, the backpack was obviously light today. It seemed like there were no books in it.
"Yes!" She nodded. "I'm back to school today. Tomorrow is the official winter vacation!"
"Haha! Little Celery, it's our winter vacation too. Let's have fun together! "Wang Qian and Li Kun were beaming with joy, as if they had passed the make-up test.
"Happy your sister!" Zhang Zian glared at them, picked up the two cages with the hamsters, and handed them to Little Celery. "Little Celery, take these hamsters to school and raise them with your classmates. I was worried about how to send them to you..."
"Wow! So many hamsters! "
Little Celery's eyes suddenly lit up.
"Ah, Brother Store Manager, how much are these hamsters?" She seemed to suddenly remember something and took out her small wallet from her pocket. "My mom doesn't allow me to take other people's things …"
"No, these hamsters were given to me. I'm not giving them to you personally, so you don't have to pay," Zhang Zian said generously.
"Then … then I'll thank Brother Store Manager on behalf of my classmates!" Little Celery excitedly picked up the two cages and looked left and right, her eyes shining.
Zhang Zian wanted to remind her of some things to pay attention to when raising hamsters, but he thought it would be better to let them find and solve problems on their own. It would be more training.
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