start with a pet store

Chapter 1023 Tyrannosaurus Rex

Just after parking the car, Lu Jingxing received another call for help.

"Hello, can you rescue kittens?" The voice on the other end of the phone sounded like a grandmother.

"Oh, yes, we can rescue kittens. May I ask what the situation is? We only rescue stray animals..." Lu Jingxing said. If those that cannot be raised at home come to ask for help, then if they do that, they may be so impulsive as to want to raise the animals, and then think that there will be people to take them in, and I am afraid that more people will abandon them.

"Ah, it can only be a stray cat. Although I have raised this cat for many years, it has always been wandering outside. I just feed it from time to time, and it often stays near me. Is it considered a stray cat?" Grandma said hesitantly.

"This..." Lu Jingxing was stunned by the question. Should this count?

"What's its condition now?" he asked.

"Or, if it's convenient for you, please come and take a look. It's really pitiful. I have limited ability and cannot take care of it. Please come and take a look. If you can't take it in, I will find another way, okay?" Grandma said in an almost pleading voice.

When Lu Jingxing heard her say this, he softened up: "Okay, grandma, don't worry, let's see where you are exactly."

After hearing this, grandma happily told Lu Jingxing her location.

Seeing that he hung up the phone, Situ Fang asked, "When are you going?"

Lu Jingxing looked at the time and said, "I don't have any surgery this afternoon. You wait for me in the car. I'll go in..." After he said that, he got out of the car without waiting for Situ Fang to react.

Ji Ling walked in from the backyard and saw Lu Jingxing rushing in from the door. She asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"

"Oh, I just received a dog and sent it to the second store. I just received another call saying that there is a cat. I don't know what the situation is. I came in to ask if there is any emergency surgery. If not, I will prepare to go..." Lu Jingxing said.

Ding Fang came over immediately after hearing this: "There is no need for you to come in person for the time being. Doctors Xiao Liu and Xiao Jiu are not busy at the moment."

"Then, I'll go then, and try to go early and come back early." Lu Jingxing nodded.

"Is it very far? Are you sick?" Ji Ling asked.

"It's a bit far, but the grandma didn't say what the specific situation was, but it seemed a bit similar to the cat that someone mentioned a few days ago that needed rescue, so I agreed to go. Do you want to go with us?" Lu Jingxing asked.

"Well, sure, let's go together." Ji Ling said with a smile.

Lu Jingxing went back to the office, said hello to Xiao Liu, and then went out with Ji Ling.

The navigation found the location that the grandma sent them, and it would take about two hours to get there.

The journey still took a while.

This situation is something that people who are not rescuers of stray animals really cannot understand. They always wonder, what is the point of spending several hours and so much money to rescue a stray animal?
But only Lu Jingxing and the others know that this is like a mission, unless they don’t know. As long as they know, they will find a way to rescue no matter how difficult it is.

When we arrived at the approximate location my grandma mentioned, it turned out to be a park and we had to buy a ticket to enter.

Ji Ling couldn't help but wonder: "This is a park? Are you sure it's here?"

Lu Jingxing nodded: "That's what grandma said. She said they live on the mountain and have to go in through the park."

Now that it was confirmed, Ji Ling went downstairs to buy the ticket and asked the ticket seller about the situation.

They are not clear about the situation of the cats, but they are sure that there are indigenous people on the mountain. They usually go up from the back of the mountain, but the road there is difficult to walk on. So, some relatives would rather pay for the ticket and enter from the main gate of the park. Cars can also be driven up, but they cannot drive to the top, but they can drive to the small village.

"There are not many people living on the mountain, only a few households. You just need to follow the main road. There aren't many tourists here if it's not a holiday, so drive slowly." The ticket seller was a middle-aged man who reminded Ji Ling.

Ji Ling thanked him, returned to the car, and waved the ticket to Lu Jingxing: "Let's go, the ticket seller said we can drive in and go up. It will probably take another ten or twenty minutes."

"It takes twenty minutes to drive, so we can reach the top of the mountain." Situ Fang had never been to such a big mountain before, and he said excitedly.

Both Lu Jingxing and Ji Ling laughed. Well, it seemed like a rescue operation had turned into a disguised tour.

The mountain road was a bit rugged, but probably because it was built by the park, although it was winding, it had two lanes after all. In addition, the car they drove had enough power, so in less than twenty minutes they arrived safely at the farthest point the car could reach, an observation deck less than one kilometer from the top of the mountain.

Seeing that they could not go any further, Lu Jingxing parked the car in the parking lot next to the viewing platform and the three of them got out of the car.

Soon, an old woman in her seventies staggered towards them, and with her came a little boy who looked about four or five years old.

The little boy was wearing thin clothes and followed his grandmother timidly.

"Are you sent by the pet hospital?" Grandma asked in a hoarse voice before anyone arrived.

Lu Jingxing took a few quick steps and walked towards the old woman: "Hello, grandma, I am the doctor of Chongai Youjia who answered your call..."

"Is Doctor Lu right?" Grandma grabbed his hand and said excitedly.

Lu Jingxing was a little surprised. He didn't expect that this grandma actually knew his last name was Lu. He nodded quickly: "Yes, my last name is Lu. You can just call me Xiao Lu."

"Okay, thank you so much for troubling you. You are all really good people. The cat is over there. Let me call it..." After saying that, grandma shouted towards the flower bed on the other side of the square: "Mimi, Mimi, come out quickly..."

As he spoke, he walked towards the flower bed.

At this time, two more people came down from the mountain. They looked to be about the same age as grandma, but they both looked pretty strong. Compared to grandma, they should be in better health.

Everyone followed grandma.

The little boy tugged at his grandmother's clothes and followed her without stopping.

"Mimi, I've called someone to help you. Look, someone is here to save you..." Grandma bent over, muttering and pointing ahead: "It's right there, do you see it..."

Several people looked in the direction he pointed, and saw a dirty big orange dog hiding by the flower bed, lying down and looking at them. When people approached, it neither responded enthusiastically nor timidly avoided them. When the grandmother approached, the little guy slowly stood up and jumped forward a few steps. Yes, it was a few steps, because until it stood up, everyone could see clearly that its two front paws were gone, and it used its hind paws and tail to support itself to come towards the grandmother.

"Tyrannosaurus Rex, why is it like this..." Situ Fang said abruptly. He was responsible for taking the video and followed the few people with a video camera in his hand.

His brother Situ Shaoxuan's child loves dinosaurs the most. He has been exposed to them a lot and has come to know many dinosaurs. This big orange dinosaur is just like a Tyrannosaurus Rex, with its two front paws just a little bit on its chest, supported by its two hind legs, and a big tail like the third support point.

Grandma reached out to touch it, and the little guy leaned his head on her hand and meowed twice in a hoarse voice.

Lu Jingxing and the others looked at each other before cautiously asking, "Grandma, why is it like this?"

Grandma sat down against the ladder and said, "Oh, that's why I came to you because of its condition. It's so pitiful."

After grandma sat down, the little boy sat down next to her.

Lu Jingxing took out the cat snack he carried with him, and as soon as he opened it, the big orange cat immediately left his grandmother's hand, turned around, and began to eat it impatiently.

"It was caught in a trap used to catch wild animals on the mountain and became like this. It's been many years and it's still very strong. I hadn't seen it for several days and thought it was lost. When I saw it a few days later, its legs were covered in blood. It must have broken them by itself. How painful it must have been..." Grandma said with great heartache.

"Oh my God, are there a lot of these clamps on the mountain?" Ji Ling felt heartbroken when he saw the little guy like this.

"It's a little better now, there are people from the park taking care of it, but there are still some traps. The mountain is so big, and there are a lot of wild rabbits, pheasants and other animals, so there are always people setting these traps. Now no one goes into the mountain, but people were often trapped in the past..." Grandma sighed and said.

"Won't that mean a lot of cats and dogs will be trapped?" Situ Fang asked.

"I don't know anything else, but I know it. It has been pinched several times, and this time is the most serious. When it came back, I got some medicine for it. My granddaughter bought me a bottle of Yunnan Baiyao, and I sprayed it a lot. Now it is slowly getting better, but it is still not completely healed." said the grandmother.

"It needs to be wrapped up in this condition and cannot let it touch the ground. Otherwise, it will keep happening again and again, causing scabs and wear and tear, and it will be difficult to heal." Lu Jingxing finally saw the little guy's condition clearly.

Its two front paws were broken above the elbow joint, leaving only about three or four centimeters.

So what Situ Fang said about it being a Tyrannosaurus Rex was really very vivid.

Lu Jingxing leaned sideways and said, "Its hind claws are not complete either. Have they been pinched off before?"

"It has been pinched before, at least three or four times. It deserves its fate and it doesn't learn its lesson. However, you can't blame it. It has to find food, otherwise it would have starved to death long ago." Grandma felt distressed and helpless.

"Then what has it eaten during this time? How long has it been since it was pinched off this time?" Lu Jingxing saw the little guy eating one and meowing, obviously not full.

Ji Ling immediately took out a can from her backpack: "Give it a can."

Lu Jingxing nodded and gave up his seat.

"It's been more than half a month, and it still shows signs of bleeding. I boil an egg every day and give it some egg yolk. My granddaughter told me that egg yolk can replenish blood..." The grandmother then looked back at her grandson and said, "I gave the egg white to my grandson. He is so pitiful."

Only then did Lu Jingxing look at the little boy seriously.

The little boy's clothes were worn out, and his face and eyes looked lifeless. When he saw Lu Jingxing looking at him, he immediately hid behind his grandmother.

"Xiaobao, don't be afraid, your brothers are not bad people..." Grandma patted the child.

"Is he your grandson?" Lu Jingxing asked.

Grandma sighed heavily again: "It's such a sin. His father got into a fight with someone outside last year, was arrested, and sentenced. I don't know how long it will take for him to be released. His mother was young when she gave birth to him. After his father was arrested, we couldn't contact his mother. Now the child is with me. It's so hard..."

"Can't contact him? But this is her child. Has she never come back to see him once?" Ji Ling turned around and asked.

Grandma shook her head: "No, I rely on a little bit of the minimum living allowance to take care of the child. I don't know how long it will take for his father to come out. My granddaughter lives with her mother, my ex-daughter-in-law. She sometimes comes to see me, but she is still studying. My ex-daughter-in-law has started a new family now, and her conditions are not very good. Besides, she has no obligation to take care of my affairs. My granddaughter is also young and doesn't know about her father's affairs. Alas, I'm fine, but this child is pitiful..."

Then she looked at the cat again: "And it's pitiful too. I can't save it. I heard from my granddaughter that you might be able to save it, so I called you with the mentality of giving it a try. It is thirteen years old and my granddaughter is fourteen. It is one year younger than my granddaughter. I heard that cats are only in their teens at most. It should be an old guy like me. But, no matter how old I am, I can't bear to watch it die in such pain." As grandma spoke, tears welled up in her eyes and she choked up.

The two neighbors also walked over slowly: "Yes, other people's children of this age have to go to school, but he is still with his grandmother. Sigh."

"Little boy, how old are you?" Lu Jingxing bent down and looked at the little boy and asked.

The little boy hid his head next to his grandmother and began to bite his fingers gently.

"He just turned seven this year. I also want to send him to school, but I don't have money. I can only wait for his father to come back." Grandma touched her grandson's head: "Brother is asking you, don't be afraid..."

The little boy looked at them timidly and hid back again.

"Afang, go get a cage and take Daju back." Lu Jingxing stood up, shook his head and said to Situ Fang.

"Okay..." Situ Fang handed the camera to Ji Ling and ran towards the car.

"Then grandma, let's take Daju away. It's so old now. We may need to give it treatment or surgery when we go back. It may not come back in the future." Lu Jingxing explained to his grandmother.

"Okay, take it away. If you can take it away, it may live for two more years. Otherwise, I'm afraid it won't last much longer. It's better to take it away, it's better to take it away." Grandma murmured, and then picked up the big orange cat.

"Da Mi, you have to be obedient. Listen to what Doctor Lu says and eat your food well. Grandma won't be able to support you anymore..." Her words made everyone present shed tears.

"Grandma, Da Mi is enjoying a good life with Dr. Lu and others, don't be sad..." the neighbor persuaded when seeing this.

Grandma wiped her eyes gently and said, "I know, I know, I am happy for it."

Soon Situ Fang ran over and got the cage.

(End of this chapter)