There were two questions that Famous couldn't understand. Even if Love Lovely Pets didn't treat cats and dogs as life, they were at least tools for them to make money. Why didn't they feed them? Also, as breeding tools, shouldn't the health of the adult female dogs be prioritized?
However, from the conversation between Zheng and the young employee, Famous could roughly guess the reason.
Zheng, as the chef in charge of the pets' meals, did not participate in the sales commission. He was probably just a temporary worker, and there were no year-end bonuses or other benefits. In that case, it was better to deduct some of the food expenses and put it in his own pocket. Even if he couldn't get cash, he could at least eat the whole chickens prepared for the dogs, leaving only the chicken heads and butts, and throw them into the porridge. No one would find out anyway. Even if they did, what could they do?
The adult female dogs were dying of hunger. Their teeth could only eat liquid food, but all they got was the leftovers at the bottom of the pot.
Zheng knocked his spoon against the cage, and a little of the porridge on the spoon fell into the cage. The motionless female dog struggled to stand up and greedily licked the cold leftovers.
"Don't look at me like that. I'm doing this for your own good. The leftovers at the bottom of the pot are the most nutritious. I saved them for you," Zheng muttered to himself.
At that moment, Famous really wanted to go back to the wild mountains in the Imagined Landscape. There was no law, and the emperor was far away. There was still a bit of superstition. Famous and Old Time Tea could take care of the unjust things in the world without worrying about getting themselves into trouble.
One of the puppies in the cage suddenly made a ruckus, and it attracted Famous's attention.
Five puppies were squeezed into a cage, and the cage was full of hard feces. The five puppies pushed each other, as if they were fighting for something.
Famous's night vision was not as good as Old Time Tea's, so it didn't see clearly. However, Old Time Tea saw clearly that the puppies were fighting over a few chicken bones that the young employee had thrown into the porridge. There was not much meat on the chicken bones, and they had all been eaten clean. There might only be one or two shreds of meat and bone marrow left. Even so, it was indescribably attractive to the puppies, who ate plain porridge all day long.
But they were too small, and some of the chicken bones had already been broken, revealing sharp black stubble that could easily puncture their throats. Old Time Tea picked up a small stone from the ground and flicked it. The stone accurately passed through the iron wire of the cage and hit the chicken bone.
The chicken bone fell out of the cage, and the disappointed puppies crowded around the cage, trying to reach their arms out to retrieve it.
Old Time Tea's attack was not weak. The stone and the chicken bone collided, making a crisp sound.
"Who's there?" Lao Zheng widened his eyes and looked into the darkness where the light couldn't reach.
He couldn't see anything clearly, but it was precisely because he couldn't see clearly that his imagination could run wild. It was as if there was some terrible monster crouching in the darkness.
He held the long ladle in his hand as a weapon and walked over cautiously. When he found that there was nothing there, he knew that it was a false alarm. Only then did he relax.
After Old Time Tea succeeded in its attack, it winked at Famous, and the two quietly squeezed out from under the woven cloth. Of course, they were not afraid of a chef who bullied the weak and feared the strong, but the real purpose of this trip hadn't been achieved yet, so they couldn't expose themselves easily.
They were not familiar with the people and the place at the breeding farm, and Lao Zheng was obviously going to feed all the pets. As long as they followed him quietly, they could save themselves the trouble of looking for food.
Lao Zheng pushed the empty dining cart back to the kitchen. After a while, he pushed the dining cart out again. The dining cart was filled with a bag of loose cat food without packaging or brand.
Famous felt that the smell of the cat food was somewhat familiar. It carefully recalled that last time it went to the dog market with Zhang Zian, there was a stall selling loose cat food on the side of the road. The price was ridiculously cheap, and there were many people buying it. It should be this kind of cat food.
Lao Zheng, who was pushing the cart forward, didn't notice that a cat and a dog were quietly following him in the shadows.
He lifted the woven cloth curtain and pushed the cart into another canopy.
Similar to the previous canopy, there were many iron cages under the canopy, but the difference was that there were cats here. There were common British Shorthairs, American Shorthairs, and Siamese cats. There were two or even three or four cats squeezed into one cage.
Lao Zheng was still using a long ladle to scoop up the granular cat food and sprinkle it into the cages, letting the young kittens fight over it.
Famous and Old Time Tea crawled in from under the woven cloth and saw a scene that was even more shocking than before.
A female American Shorthair whose original appearance couldn't be seen was lying in the cage. The lactation organs in its chest and abdomen were swollen like small steamed buns. A few kittens that were less than a month old were curled up under its belly, desperately sucking on the cat's nearly dried up milk. Only continuous childbirth and lactation without any time to rest and recover would cause the female cat to become like this.
What was even more frightening was that a cold and lifeless mass of organs had fallen out from between its legs. That was its womb for reproduction. Presumably, the previous birth had already seriously damaged its reproductive system, and it might also be the last birth. Famous and Old Time Tea didn't want to think about what would happen to it after it lost its value.
When passing by the female cat, Lao Zheng poked it with the handle of the long ladle. Seeing that the female cat was still responding, he moved its body slightly and pushed the cart out of the canopy.
"Old Time Tea …" Famous wanted to say something but stopped.
Old Time Tea shook its head gently. "Famous, I know what you're talking about, but a little impatience will spoil a big plan."
Famous knew that Old Time Tea was right, but it couldn't swallow its anger. When it came to self-restraint, it was much worse than Old Time Tea.
They continued to quietly follow behind Lao Zheng, using the shadows and corners to hide themselves.
"Is that Lao Zheng?"
"Huh? What's up? "
A door suddenly opened and someone walked out with a few black garbage bags.
"Help me throw these dead cats and dogs to the garbage disposal in the backyard." The man tossed the black garbage bag onto the dining cart that Zheng was pushing. A few clumps of messy, dirty hair could be seen in the garbage bag, and a claw dangled weakly from the bag's opening. The rancid smell permeated the air.
"Why don't you throw them yourself?" Lao Zheng said unhappily.
"Hey, aren't you just doing this? I have to wear a coat to throw them away. " That person pushed Old Zheng's shoulder without any explanation. "Old Zheng, please bear with me for a while. I'll treat you to a drink later."
"Drink! Drink! How many times have you said that? When did you really buy me a drink? You only know how to buy me a drink! "Lao Zheng was full of complaints.
"Tsk, I was held up by something before. This time, I really want to buy you a drink. Hurry up and help me throw them away!" The person didn't wait for Lao Zheng to say anything else and turned around to go into the house.
"F * ck! So f * cking dirty! " Lao Zheng glanced at the black garbage bags in disgust. "Every one of you is f * cking lazy. You only know how to order me around!"
He was dissatisfied, but he couldn't refuse. Just as he was about to push the cart away, the person came out of the house again. "Lao Zheng, wait!"
"What else?" Lao Zheng asked impatiently. "If there is anything else, why don't you say it all at once?"
The person held a small box in his hand and smiled. "I almost forgot. Send this medicine to them again. Be careful, don't break it. There are glass bottles inside! This medicine is quite expensive! "
When Lao Zheng heard that it was a tricky task, he immediately backed down. "You can send the expensive stuff yourself. I don't care!"
"Hey, Lao Zheng, it's not that serious. As long as you don't break it on purpose, the medicine won't break. There is something inside to cushion it." The person forcefully stuffed the small box into Lao Zheng's dining cart. Lao Zheng tried to stop him but to no avail.
"Why are you like this?" Lao Zheng asked anxiously.
The person took out a cigarette and passed it to him. "Hey, Lao Zheng, help me. I really can't be bothered to make another trip."
Lao Zheng stared at the remaining cigarettes.
"Okay, okay. I'll give it all to you."
The person reluctantly gave him the whole pack of cigarettes. Lao Zheng smiled. "For who?"
"Zhang Wanguo and the rest." The person raised his hand and pointed deeper into the farm.
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