start with a pet store

Chapter 981 Traveling Together
"It's not impossible. We'll just calculate it based on the price of meat. There's no room for loss." The butcher was straightforward.

Lu Jingxing nodded: "Okay, then you can weigh them. I'll ask my buddy to bring in another cage and take them away. You don't have to count the money for those cubs. They're less than a pound of meat in total."

"Haha, that's not necessary. I don't even know if they still have breath in them. You can take them all away. Actually, I don't want this kind of dog that looks like a pet dog. There's not much meat on it. And, look, look, that look in their eyes, oh, I can't bear to look at it..." The butcher suddenly became cheerful.

It seems that he has been struggling with these dogs for some time.

"Hey, that's strange, why do you bring so many cages?" the butcher asked puzzledly.

After hearing what the butcher said, Xi Wenxin became inexplicably nervous and looked at Lu Jingxing with some concern.

Lu Jingxing looked back at him and said, "I'm not afraid to tell you the truth. We run a pet shop, so when we see this situation, we can't just ignore it. However, every place has its own rules. We won't care about your affairs, don't worry..."

The butcher was indeed startled when he heard what Lu Jingxing said, but what Lu Jingxing said next made him feel a little more at ease.

Although they have obtained a license for this business, it is not like a slaughterhouse that kills pigs. If someone makes trouble, it will be difficult for them to clean up the mess.

After listening to what Lu Jingxing said, he laughed again: "Then we are in the same business, both of us are involved in dog-related activities, right? How about this, I'll give you a discount, just a few hundred yuan."

Lu Jingxing cursed him in his heart no less than a hundred times. How can we be in the same business as each other? I was the only one who saved him, but you are the one who killed people. I should be your mortal enemy, and yet we are still in the same business as each other? Ugh…

However, he didn't want to offend anyone, so he tried to smile: "Thank you, thank you on behalf of these little guys. In the future, try to let this kind of pet dog go."

"What's the point of me letting them go?" He said it bluntly: "These were stolen by others. In fact, we also know that, but we run a factory and there is nothing we can do. If we don't accept them, they will send them somewhere else, which is just as pitiful. As for me, I won't say how good I am. To be honest with you, I have really let several puppies go. There was only a few pounds of meat after killing them, and they looked pitiful, so I couldn't bring myself to kill them. So I bought them with my own money and gave them away. But I can't keep doing this, right? Alas..." The butcher finally sighed.

After hearing what he said, Lu Jingxing couldn't even get angry anymore. According to what he said, he was indeed a good person?

As they were talking, Yang Pei came running over from outside: "Brother Lu, I got two cages..."

Lu Jingxing had been discussing with the butcher and had not had time to call Yang Pei. Unexpectedly, he came over with two cages.

"That's great, let's load them together." While Lu Jingxing was talking, he stepped into the room where the Samoyed was locked up: "We are here to rescue you. Let me see your cubs, don't move." Mother dogs are very good at protecting their cubs. He was afraid that if he didn't communicate well with the little guy, it would suddenly go crazy, so he opened his heart and talked to it.

The Samoyed first looked at him in shock, then hummed twice, as if to approve of his behavior. However, when Lu Jingxing picked up the first puppy, it still looked at him nervously.

"Shh..." Lu Jingxing pressed his lips with his fingers and said softly. The Samoyed mother blinked and lay down again as before.

Lu Jingxing held the puppies in his hands. Fortunately, they were still alive, with their eyes barely open. It seemed that they were born only two days ago. Moreover, they were obviously very weak due to lack of nutrition. If they had not appeared today, and the little guys did not eat to supplement their nutrition, they would have died without the butchers' help.

Yang Pei followed in and said, "Brother Lu, are you only going to save these two? What about the other two outside?"

"We've already told the butcher that we'll take them all away together. You and Lao Xi can carry the two outside into the cage first." Lu Jingxing turned around, holding the three small ones in his hands, and said to Yang Pei.

Yang Pei then laughed: "I knew you wouldn't just take this one and watch the other Labrador die here. Look, I brought two cages directly over."

Lu Jingxing also chuckled. He saw that Yang Pei brought two cages. He estimated that even if he didn't ask to save Lala, Yang Pei would try to save them.

Xi Wenxin had already started teasing the black and white puppy. The little guy approached him without any defense, wagging his tail. He waited for the little guy to bend its head down, then he grabbed the back of its neck, twisted the little guy up and put him into one of the cages.

There was a mat in another cage, which Yang Pei prepared for the Samoyed mother and child.

Lu Jingxing gently placed a few small ones on the mat, and then scanned the money directly to the butcher as he said. When the butcher took the money, he deliberately blocked his WeChat name and seemed to be very vigilant.

Here, Yang Pei and Xi Wenxin put the Labrador and Samoyed into cages respectively.

"Brother Lu, let's carry a cage out first. I'll drive the car in." Yang Pei shouted to Lu Jingxing.

"Okay..." Lu Jingxing turned around and responded, then smiled at the butcher.

The butcher nodded in satisfaction. "Well, young man, I know you have good intentions, but let me be frank. We allow people in this industry here. You can tell from your accent that you are not locals, so there is no need for you to cause trouble in the future. We were able to do this here because our boss has some connections. Besides, it is not illegal, at least not here. Moreover, the people we collect usually have legitimate origins..."

Lu Jingxing nodded quickly: "I know, don't worry, this is just a coincidence, we won't cause you any trouble."

The butcher nodded again: "That's great...Okay, I've finished cleaning here, let me help you carry it out, I'm about to get off work too."

He pointed at the mother and cubs of the Samoyed on the ground, then stood up and said to the Samoyed, "Be more careful next time. You already have cubs, but you don't know how to be careful of people. You are lucky this time, but you may not be so lucky next time."

Lu Jingxing shook his head helplessly after hearing this. As the saying goes, a thief can only steal for a thousand days, but you can't guard against thieves for a hundred days. Although these little guys may not have a strong sense of prevention, most dog thieves nowadays use despicable means. Do these little guys have the ability to fight back?

However, he did not want to say such things, so as to avoid making the other person think too much. He was unfamiliar with the place and it was better to have less trouble than more. He was already very lucky to be able to rescue these animals.

He and the butcher carried the Samoyed mother and child to the cart.

Yang Pei and Xi Wenxin were packing up the car. With so many cats, the space was not very big. They had to make room for two more cages. Also, they were afraid that the cats would be stressed when they suddenly saw so many dogs, so they had to find a way to separate them.

Seeing them moving things, the butcher came over. When he saw so many cats in the car, his eyes widened immediately and he looked at them in confusion: "You bought them back to do what we did, didn't you? You are not the kind of people who abuse cats and dogs, right?"

After thinking of thousands of situations, this was the only one Lu Jingxing had not expected. He actually would be suspected of being a cat or dog abuser one day. He felt a little amused.

"How is that possible? We just came back from Hong Kong City to save these cats. We only save lives, not kill them. Don't worry about that..." He said with a frown.

"Okay, oh, yes, you said you run a pet shop, it's normal to have cats. Okay, I don't care about you anymore. If by any chance you really do catch them, that's their lives. I've done my best." The butcher waved his hand, turned around and walked towards the factory without looking back at them.

Lu Jingxing and the other two just watched the butcher walk away. All three of them had helpless smiles on their faces. How could they reason with the butcher who suspected that they were bad people for saving the dog?

"There is a partition in the car, separate them." Lu Jingxing no longer worried about the butcher's problem and took down the partition from the trunk of the car. The partition was black, opaque, and had a soundproofing effect. In this way, even if the three dogs occasionally barked, it would not cause too much reaction from the cats.

"That's good. The cats will be fine if we stack several cages together. I've just fed them water and food once. It'll only take a few hours to get home, so they should be fine." Yang Pei took the partition and installed it with Xi Wenxin.

Lu Jingxing took out the little milk powder in the car: "Fortunately, we still left some in the car. Here are the bottles. You guys feed the three big ones. I'll go make some milk powder and give some to the little ones. Otherwise, even for a few hours, I'm afraid the three little ones may not be able to hold on."

"Lu, let me go. I've been reading up on the convenience of puppies these days. I have no problem doing the job of making milk powder." Xi Wenxin said.

"Okay, go ask the proprietress for some hot water to make it, Yang and I will do it here..." Lu Jingxing handed the milk powder and bottle to Xi Wenxin.

Xi Wenxin took it and walked towards the hotel with big strides.

The dogs in the car don’t eat much, just a few cans of food and a small bag of dog food. This is to let them replenish their energy first.

But something is better than nothing.

The two put three bowls in the cage, one for each. As Lu Jingxing opened the can, he said to the three in his heart: "One can each, don't fight over it, eat slowly..."

Hei Bai, who was about to call out, just froze when he heard Lu Jingxing's words.

The Labrador didn't seem surprised at all that Lu Jingxing could speak words that they could understand. It just kept sweeping the cage with its big tail. The cage was not very big, so it couldn't stand up completely, so it just lay on its side.

When they carried it in, Yang Pei and the others removed the cable ties that tied it up. Although it was in a cage, it seemed like it knew it was saved, and tears were in its eyes. When Lu Jingxing handed the bowl of dog food and canned food to it, the tear in its eye rolled down and landed on the back of Lu Jingxing's hand, which he didn't have time to withdraw.

Lu Jingxing instinctively shrank back. After realizing that these were Labrador's tears, he was indeed stunned. Then he squatted down and gently stroked its back: "It's okay, there's no danger..."

The little guy didn't eat, but raised his head and looked at Lu Jingxing: "Woof woof... I thought you wouldn't save me..."

"How could that be? You're such a good kid, why wouldn't I save you?" Lu Jingxing said.

"Woof woof...my legs..." The little guy tried to lift his hind legs: "I can't walk with my legs...and they need help more." His eyes looked at the Samoyed mother and child in another cage.

After hearing this, Lu Jingxing hurried to look at its hind legs, because it was Yang Pei who carried them into the cage before, and its legs were tied up before, so Lu Jingxing didn't think about whether it was injured. Hearing what it said, he was indeed a little surprised.

He gently lifted its hind legs. There were obvious marks of cable tie on them, which were even embedded in the flesh. It said it couldn't walk, which probably meant it had broken bones. It was probably beaten when it was caught. There was no bleeding, but the bones were obviously broken. It was probably more than just a fracture.

The surgery cannot be performed at this moment, so I can only wait until I return to the store and take X-rays.

Lu Jingxing looked up at the trunk of the car. If two cages were placed side by side, a smaller cage could be placed in the front. Now he knew that Lala's hind leg was injured so seriously. It was obviously not suitable to be put in the same cage with Hei Bai. The little guy was a bit naughty. It would be bad if he jumped up and down and stepped on Lala.

"Put Hei Bai in another cage and don't put it together with Lala. Its leg is injured." Lu Jingxing said to Yang Pei.

"I noticed it when I lifted it. It seemed like it had no strength in its hind legs. When Lao Xi touched it, I saw it grunt twice, but it didn't bark out, and it didn't want to bite us. It's really a sensible little fellow..." Yang Pei said as she took out a cage and opened it.

"It was probably interrupted by a dog thief. Let's perform surgery on it when we get back." Lu Jingxing nodded.

Yang Pei had just finished preparing the cage when Xi Wenxin trotted over: "The boss lady said the dishes were on the table and asked how long it would take. I told her it would take a while, and she said she would keep them warm for us and serve them when we got there."

"It will indeed take a while. Let's feed the three little ones first." Lu Jingxing took out one of the puppies. As soon as he handed the bottle to it, the little guy bit it and started sucking hard.

"It's quite smart. It knows this is food." Xi Wenxin said with a smile.

"Brother Lu, this cage seems a little too big for the back." Yang Pei gestured and said with a frown.

Lu Jingxing handed the puppy to Xi Wenxin and walked over: "The seat seems a little small, why don't you put it on the seat? There is only one person sitting in the back seat, so you can put a cage on the other side."

(End of this chapter)