"Master, you've been on TV for a while now! I think you're going to be famous! "
"Nonsense! Master is already famous! "
Wang Qian and Li Kun said with envy.
In the early morning, the local news was playing on the TV. The background was Carpenter Wang's family compound. Zhang Zian, as an expert, was interviewed in front of the camera. He explained the seriousness of the Palytoxin and appealed to saltwater fish players to keep their eyes open when buying marine pets. It was best to buy them from legitimate shops to avoid similar incidents.
Then, Sheng Ke was also interviewed.
The news reviewed the ins and outs of the incident and showed a close-up of Palytoxin corals. It warned saltwater fish players in the city that if they had corals of similar shapes at home, they should call the police immediately and not deal with them on their own.
Wang Qian and Li Kun were right. Zhang Zian had been appearing in the local news recently, and occasionally on the news of the provincial station. He had become a popular person in the city.
"You two, don't just watch the show!" Zhang Zian glared at them. "The live stones we bought wholesale from the aquarium market might also have corals like this attached to them. Keep your eyes open, lest we make big news and end up closing our shop!"
He was not being alarmist. In fact, the aquarium that Carpenter Wang often visited had been closed indefinitely. It was unknown when it would reopen. After the unexpected disaster, the owner of the aquarium could only go back to his hometown to get married.
It was said that Carpenter Wang's family was out of danger and was gradually getting better. Carpenter Wang's poisoning was the most serious. His hands had been soaked in water, so his arms were covered in red rashes. He needed to be hospitalized for a period of observation.
Welder Zhao felt a little better, so he couldn't wait to go through the discharge procedures. The doctor originally asked him to stay for a few more days for observation, but he insisted on leaving the hospital no matter what. He kept saying that he had been beaten back, and that it was not worth it to pay the hospital fees for a few lousy fish …
Electrician Wu felt that Welder Zhao deserved it, so he was too lazy to visit him. He didn't even let other retired workers visit him. Even if they did, they were not allowed to bring gifts. He would only remember the lesson if they hurt him …
Since the rumor was refuted in a timely and well-founded manner, the incident did not cause much of a stir on the internet. It quickly subsided, but the retirees in the residence had another topic to talk about.
Wang Qian and Li Kun stuck out their tongues, not daring to retort.
Jiang Feifei listened attentively. She felt that ever since she came to work at Zhang Zian's aquarium, she had learned a lot of knowledge that she did not know before. Working was not boring at all.
The few of them chatted as they did their routine cleaning, preparing for a new day of business.
Zhang Zian returned to the second floor and first went to his parents' bedroom to observe the growth of marine life.
Several kinds of corals were normal, especially the "ugly duckling" coral he named. As it gradually grew up, it became brighter and brighter under the blue light. The rare combination of red and blue rings made it not inferior to even the most beautiful corals.
He estimated that in a few days, he would be able to cut it into two, two into four, four into eight … Very soon, he would have a group of Ugly Duckling Corals.
Although corals could germinate on their own or grow from one coral to another if left alone, artificial cutting would make them multiply even faster.
But before he started, it was better to practice with ordinary corals.
The growth of the sea angel, sea anemone, and sea snail was also very good. Among them, the abdomen of the sea angel was already visibly swollen. It was confirmed that it was pregnant, and in the near future, it would give birth to a group of little angels.
He checked the condition of the equipment again. Although these high-end equipment would automatically give an alarm when it detected abnormalities, it was never too much to be careful.
After finishing these things, he took the seawater sample and returned to the living room for the daily water quality test.
Wearing glasses, Pi was still typing furiously. Occasionally, it would stop and frown as it flipped through the nameless book.
"Hey! A-Jeoan! Are you outside? Squeak if you are! "Sihwa called from the bathroom.
"Squeak —" Zhang Zian looked up from the microscope and answered lazily.
"Hey! You really squeak! Aren't you afraid that all the cats downstairs will come to catch mice? Wahahaha! "Sihwa laughed, thinking that she was proud of herself.
"The cats in the shop basically don't catch mice. Either they don't care to catch them, or they don't know how to catch them," Zhang Zian replied. "But they might know how to catch fish."
Sihwa said, "… Come in for a second. There's something I don't understand."
Zhang Zian temporarily put down his work and walked into the bathroom.
She held up her phone and showed him the words on the screen. "Why do you pronounce it this way?"
Zhang Zian saw that she was stumped by the overall pronunciation of Pinyin. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't understand why the syllables yuan, yue, and ying had to be pronounced directly, and not as y-u-an, y-ue, and y-ing.
"Because this is the rule. There's no why," he answered simply and rudely. "You don't have to worry about these details," he answered simply and crudely. "Just write them down."
Sihwa's learning progress was very fast. After all, she wasn't an infant, and she was immersed in an environment where Mandarin was spoken. She only occasionally encountered some obstacles.
"Then why is there a quotation mark in the middle of 'Xi' an '?" she asked again.
"Because if there's no quotation mark, it will be pronounced as' xian. '" Zhang Zian pointed at himself. "And my name, Zi An. It's okay to write it in Pinyin with a space in the middle, but it might be mispronounced in English."
"Woo … Chinese is so difficult!" Sihwa was a little discouraged.
"Quack! So why don't you change your name to Billy Zhang? I promise it won't cause any misunderstandings! "Richard appeared at the right time, quacking.
"No! Only this will cause misunderstandings! "Zhang Zian complained." Why did you fly up again? Could it be that you can't hold your bird poop anymore? "
"Quack! You underestimate me! Let me tell you, when you're not here, I often come to teach her Pinyin! "Richard cried.
Zhang Zian was quite surprised. He looked at Sihwa and asked, "Really?"
Sihwa nodded. "Yes! It's true! Richard's pronunciation is very accurate, much more accurate than yours! "
Although Zhang Zian spoke Mandarin, sometimes it was inevitable that he would have a local accent, especially when he was communicating with customers.
But even so, he was even more worried, because he was worried that Richard would teach her some old-fashioned stuff … That would be a little bad.
"Quack! By the way, I came up for something. Someone is looking for you downstairs. You'd better go down, "Richard said.
"Okay." Zhang Zian turned around and said to Sihwa, "You learn it yourself. If there's anything you don't know, write it down first and wait for me to come up. You'd better not believe a word of what this parrot teaches you!"
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