start with a pet store

Chapter 1022: He who knows the current affairs is a hero
"By the way, Aunt Luo downstairs met me in the elevator. She knew that school was about to start for me, and asked me if I wanted to take their car. Her daughter also wanted to go to BJ, and they were going to drive their daughter there themselves. Do you think I should take their car..." Ji Ling asked Lu Jingxing when opening the door.

Lu Jingxing changed his shoes and asked, "What did you tell her?"

"I said I haven't decided when to leave, and I'll reply to her then..." Ji Ling put her bag on the sofa and lay down.

Lu Jingxing walked in front of her and sat down as well: "Do you want to join them?"

Ji Ling hesitated for a moment: "Well, I don't think much about it. I just go upstairs and downstairs with them and nod to them. I'm not familiar with them. It takes more than ten hours to drive there. I'm afraid I won't be used to it."

"That's it, then. Let's go our separate ways." Lu Jingxing said with a smile.

"But if I take a ride with them, she said she doesn't want me to pay, so I can save nearly a thousand yuan." Ji Ling pulled off her headscarf and said sullenly.

"You're wrong. If you go by yourself, you just have to pay for the toll. When you take someone else's car, they say there's no gas fee, but when you see others filling up the gas tank and paying tolls once or twice, don't you feel embarrassed to show some courtesy? When you're eating, since you don't have money, you buy food for yourself and eat by yourself. Don't you have to treat others to a meal? In the end, you still owe them a big favor. Next time something happens, you have to pay it back if you run into them," Lu Jingxing analyzed.

Ji Ling's eyes lit up: "Don't tell me, don't tell me, it seems to be about the same if you calculate it this way..."

"It's almost there, okay...silly girl..." Lu Jingxing smiled and helped her comb her hair, saying lovingly.

"Why didn't I think about it this way..." Ji Ling was a little annoyed.

"It's normal. Let's go and take a shower..." Lu Jingxing tapped the girl's nose and said with a smile.

Ji Ling jumped up and said, "What should I tell her tomorrow? Should I just tell her I'll take the bus there?"

"This is not easy. Just say you didn't know that I bought the plane ticket for you in advance, and then you won't go with them..." Lu Jingxing stood up and pushed her to the bathroom.

"Okay, got it. I'll go and return their letter tomorrow. I'll take a plane." Ji Ling giggled and turned back to her room to get her clothes.

Lu Jingxing picked up the mop. He hadn't cleaned the house for two days and he had to work overtime tonight.

After Ji Ling finished taking a shower, she also helped to clean the house. The two of them kept sweeping until eleven or twelve o'clock.

The next day, when Ji Ling and Lu Jingxing went downstairs together, they met the neighbor downstairs she mentioned.

The aunt actually had good intentions. She greeted the two of them from a distance: "Xiao Ji, how are you doing? Have you decided whether you will join us or not?"

Ji Ling and Lu Jingxing smiled at each other: "I'm sorry, Auntie. I just found out when I got home last night that my brother Lu has already bought the ticket for me, so I won't be going with you guys."

"Oh, that's fine too. Please be careful on the road. I'll ask if anyone else wants to go with us..." Auntie said with some regret after hearing this.

"Yes, thank you." Ji Ling replied with a sweet smile.

After the others had gone far away, she asked Lu Jingxing in confusion, "Why did she have to find someone to go with her? Wouldn't it be better for her family of three to drive there and treat it as a trip?"

Lu Jingxing shook his head and smiled: "Maybe he wants to share some of the gas costs, who knows?"

"But, she told me yesterday that she didn't want me to pay for the gas..." Ji Ling said.

"Like I said last night, she said we don't have to go out, do you really have the nerve to not go out?" Lu Jingxing said with a smile.

"Oh, so that's how it is. What is this called? A roundabout route?" Ji Ling looked as if he saw it.

"This can also be called saving the country in a roundabout way, haha..." Lu Jingxing touched her head habitually, and they both walked towards the store laughing.

He actually took the time to buy her a plane ticket in the morning to avoid any further complications.

Ding Fang found Lu Jingxing and said, "Brother Lu, I just received a call saying that there was a stray dog ​​on Shaping Street that seemed to be sick. They asked if we could go and treat it."

Lu Jingxing said without thinking: "Go ahead, aren't Jian and Xiaopang here?"

Ding Fang shook her head: "They are not here today. They went to Nan County."

"Okay, I'll go then..." Lu Jingxing thought for a moment and said, just in time to see Situ Fang walking out: "Come with me..."

Situ Fang walked in immediately: "Okay, Master, you don't have any surgery this morning?"

"No, let's go..."

As they talked, the two of them walked out of the store together. The van was driven away by Jian. Fortunately, all the tools were in the other car. The two of them got in the car together and drove directly to Shaping Street.

Shaping Street is in the west of the river, close to the suburbs. It took about forty minutes to drive there.

After Lu Jingxing arrived, he first called the person who asked for help. Unexpectedly, after almost an hour, the person who asked for help was still standing at the street corner waiting. When he saw Lu Jingxing, he hurried over to greet him, "It's right in front of us. This dog has been on this street for a while. It must be quite old. I haven't seen it eat much in the past two days. It doesn't eat much even if food is placed in front of it. People can't get close to it. It will get aggressive if you get close to it. The street said they would beat it to death. I felt it was too pitiful, so I called you..."

Lu Jingxing nodded and sincerely wanted to thank the person who asked for help on behalf of the dog. The person was a boy of about seventeen or eighteen years old. He was tall, but spoke in a very childish voice. He should be a middle school student.

"Are you still on the street now?" Lu Jingxing asked Situ Fang to take the net bag, and he followed the boy into the street.

"I just saw it here. Now it should be over there, over there. Look..." The boy suddenly said excitedly, pointing to a row of benches not far away.

At this moment, the dog was lying under the stool, patting its head with one of its front paws.

Lu Jingxing and the boy walked quickly forward and soon arrived in front of the bench.

He approached and squatted. It looked like a German Shepherd mix. The German Shepherd genes were bigger, but it was definitely not a purebred one.

"Suck, suck, suck..." Lu Jingxing used the most universal way of teasing dogs to tease this German Shepherd mix.

The little guy looks to be at least seven or eight years old, and the originally black hair on his face appears to be a little white. A normal dog wouldn't look like this even if it is seven or eight years old, but it has obviously been wandering for quite a long time, so it looks older.

The German Shepherd who was scratching his head stopped, raised his head and looked at Lu Jingxing, blinked twice with lifeless eyes, then immediately stood up and walked to the other side.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk... Don't go..." Lu Jingxing hurriedly caught up.

"Roar..." After the German Shepherd dog walked forward for more than ten meters, it saw Lu Jingxing chasing closely and started growling. The loving boy who had been following it stopped in fear when he heard its growl. The fear of strange big dogs made him stop and dare not move forward.

In fact, the little guy was very weak. The boy also said that he hadn't eaten much in the past few days. Thinking of his previous action, Lu Jingxing said, "It is probably that something is stuck in his throat, or a bone is stuck in his teeth."

"I think so too. It has its mouth half open and can't close it..." the loving boy agreed.

At this time, Situ Fang also ran over with a net bag. He surrounded the German Shepherd from behind and while the German Shepherd was not paying attention, the two of them covered it.

The German Shepherd struggled for several times, but when he found that he couldn't get free, he resigned himself to his fate and lay on the ground, not moving anymore.

"This guy has no fighting ability. He has grown so big in vain." Situ Fang said while stepping on the iron ring of the net bag and half bending over.

"It doesn't have much strength to begin with. With your net, why would it fight back? This is what they call a man of insight..." Lu Jingxing said with a smile.

Seeing that the little guy had quieted down, Lu Jingxing looked at him carefully.

"There's a piece of bone stuck in its teeth. It looks like it's been stuck there for quite a long time. Look, the gums have started to rot..." Lu Jingxing said.

The people around also gathered around. Seeing that there were too many people, Lu Jingxing did not open his heart to communicate with the German Shepherd, but said to Situ Fang: "You stay here, I'll go get my medical kit."

Situ Fang nodded: "I was just about to get it..."

Lu Jingxing shook his head, thinking what's the use of hindsight, and walked towards the car.

Not only did he bring a medical kit, he also brought a large dog cage. Even if the little guy was given basic treatment on the spot, he still had to be taken back to the base. If he continued to wander like this, he probably wouldn't survive for long.

When he came over again, the little guy was already lying quietly. It should have realized that Lu Jingxing and the others were helping it.

Lu Jingxing put the medical kit on the ground, took out a syringe from it, and prepared to give it a sedative first.

Although the little guy didn't struggle much, it didn't mean that you could catch it. If you got bitten, there would be no need to get it vaccinated. You would have to give it treatment when you get to the store anyway, and you would have to give it a sedative during the treatment. So Lu Jingxing prepared to take out the bone here.

The little guy was quite well behaved at first, but when he saw Lu Jingxing pinching him and then the needle hit his body, he immediately started cursing in fear.

However, the effect of this medicine is quite fast. After a few minutes, it lay quietly on the ground and didn't move.

Lu Jingxing used tweezers to test it first to see if the medicine had taken effect. As soon as he extended the tweezers over, the little guy started cursing again.

So, they had no choice but to continue waiting.

After a few minutes, the little guy finally fell into a deep sleep.

Situ Fang took off the net bag covering the little guy.

Lu Jingxing took out gauze from the medical box, put it on the German Shepherd's upper palate, tied a knot, and asked the caring boy to hold one end for him. He then tied a knot on the lower palate and asked Situ Fang to hold this end. With these two people's efforts, they pulled the German Shepherd's mouth open.

In this way, he can clearly see what is happening inside the mouth.

Because his vision had improved, he quickly found the square bone and took it out with tweezers.

The bone is the size of two thumbs and has turned white. You can imagine how painful the German Shepherd has been these days.

The people around were relieved to see the bone was successfully removed, and some people in the crowd even applauded.

Lu Jingxing carefully checked the German Shepherd Chuan Chuan's tongue and teeth to see if there were any broken bones.

Fortunately, the little guy was found in time and was not seriously injured. There were just some slight skin breaks around the stuck bones. He should be fine after two days of rest.

Lu Jingxing took off the gauze and together with Situ Fang carried the German Shepherd dog into the cage.

He threw the bones into the sewer next to him, and then asked the people around him, "Is it really a stray dog ​​that no one has taken care of? If so, we'll take it away..."

"Yes, yes. I don't remember when it came. If you can take it away, please do so. Otherwise, the community will put it to rest. It's quite pitiful." said an old lady.

Many other people from nearby shops also nodded: "It's a stray dog. It usually eats garbage or the food we give it. It's such a big dog, and it's convenient for people who own shops to keep it. It doesn't look that good, so children are a little afraid of it. The community was still looking for it a few days ago. If no one adopts it, we'll send it to a pet hospital for euthanasia."

Hearing everyone say this, Lu Jingxing said he understood: "Okay, I'll take it back first. If the owner asks, you can tell him that we took it away and he can bring his ID to us to claim it."

"It definitely has no owner. If it were here, it would have come a long time ago. It's been wandering on the street for several months. It's old and looks pitiful. If we wait a few more months until the end of the year, those dog killers may get some benefits by then. Please help take it away. It's so pitiful." said the old lady.

Since that’s what they said, Lu Jingxing had nothing to worry about.

"Okay, we'll take it away. Little boy, I thank you on its behalf..." Lu Jingxing said to the caring boy with a smile.

"No, no, it's my responsibility." The loving boy scratched his head embarrassedly when he saw Lu Jingxing praising him in front of so many people.

Lu Jingxing gave him an encouraging smile, then he and Situ Fang carried the dog cage away and walked towards the car.

The caring boy quickly picked up Lu Jingxing's medical kit and said, "I'll send it to you."

The crowd then slowly dispersed.

Lu Jingxing sent the German Shepherd Chuan Chuan to the second store and arranged a comprehensive examination for it.

The little guy didn't have any other problems, and his body was clean, without even a flea. This made Lu Jingxing a little surprised, but also relieved.

On the way back to the first store, Situ Fang said to him, "We used to rescue stray cats and dogs, but not many, and at most we just helped them get treated for their illnesses. The place was too small to take them in, and my brother didn't want to take them in either, after all, it was a thankless job."

Lu Jingxing smiled and nodded: "I understand. Most pet stores won't take them in, but we are different. We had this plan from the beginning..."

(End of this chapter)