start with a pet store

Chapter 989 First
"Okay, then we'll go first..." Lu Jingxing watched the sky outside slowly getting dark. He didn't know if the boy would call him later. If he asked them to help find him, he would probably be busy tonight.

"OK, you guys go, we'll contact each other then." Yang Pei thought the same as he did and looked at the arrangements for the evening.

So, Lu Jingxing went out with Xi Wenxin. Just as they were about to get in the car, they ran into Liao Xiangyu who was about to go to work. They greeted each other and talked a few more words before heading towards their aunt's house.

"Wow, Xiaoxi is amazing, 224 in one minute..."

As soon as Lu Jingxing parked the car, he heard his aunt's voice not far away, as well as the panting sounds of Lu Chen and Lu Xi, and Xiaobao giggling.

"This scene looks so familiar. My mother often forced me to jump rope when I was a child." Xi Wenxin took the fruits from the cart. His two hands were busy because he knew that Lu Jingxing would definitely want to hug his younger brother and sister-in-law or something, so he refused to let Lu Jingxing take any.

Downstairs, my aunt brought Xiaobao and watched Lu Chen and Lu Xi skipping rope. Lu Chen and Lu Xi were sweating. They turned around and saw Lu Jingxing and Xi Wenxin. They immediately dropped the rope and ran over: "Brother..."

Lu Jingxing smiled and caught the two siblings: "Are you jumping rope?" He asked even though he knew the answer.

"Xiao Jing is here, is this Xiao Xi?" The aunt bent over, holding Xiao Bao, who was toddling on the ground, with both hands, and walked towards the two of them.

"Hello, auntie! I'm Xiao Xi..." Xi Wenxin immediately stood up straight and shouted with a smile.

"Haha, hello, hello..." Lu Jingxing had already taken Xiaobao from his aunt's hands. His aunt straightened up and looked at Xi Wenxin with a smile again.

"Xiaobao can walk now? What's wrong with his leg?" Lu Jingxing turned around and asked. The last time he came, he couldn't walk, at least he didn't dare to let go and walk. This time it seems that he can walk by himself. There is iodine on his leg, so he must have fallen.

"Yeah, I'll walk a little further. It's better to walk at home..."

"Walk, walk, walk... oh... I fell down..." Before the aunt finished speaking, Xiaobao told Lu Jingxing in both voice and form that he fell down while walking, and that's why he became like this.

Everyone was amused by his short sentence, and seeing everyone laughing, he also laughed foolishly.

Lu Jingxing lifted his legs and blew on them gently twice: "Oh, our Xiaobao fell down while walking, does it hurt..." He looked sad.

"Wow, it hurts, ahhh..." Xiaobao immediately seized the opportunity to act coquettishly, frowning and slightly retracting his feet.

Lu Jingxing thought he was really in pain, and quickly asked his aunt: "Is this a tetanus shot?"

"It's okay. You believe him. He didn't make a sound even when we applied iodine to him. He got up and kept running. He really wanted to run. He couldn't even walk steadily. If he didn't fall, who would he fall..." The aunt sneered and looked at her son coquettishly.

The little guy immediately pouted and blamed his mother for ruining his chance. It was not easy for him to act coquettishly in front of his brother, but his mother ruined it.

After hearing this, Lu Jingxing also laughed. It seemed like this little guy was playing tricks on him for a long time. However, the little guy was getting cuter and cuter. He had a chubby head and his little eyes were rolling around. It was obvious at first glance that he was smart.

He scratched the little guy's nose and said, "Be careful next time. Look, you fell and I feel so sad..." As he said that, he stroked his chest, looking very heartbroken.

"Brother doesn't feel any pain, baby doesn't feel any pain..." Xiaobao expressed the pain and suffering very clearly and accurately, which surprised Lu Jingxing.

"Let's go upstairs. Grandma is helping to prepare dinner. I brought Xiaochen and Xiaoxi downstairs to punch in. Now we have to jump rope and punch in every day. Xiaoxi is very good, and Xiaochen is not bad either..." The aunt smiled and looked at the brother and sister Lu Chen and Lu Xi.

"Oh, I just heard that Xiaoxi jumped 224 times in one minute? You are amazing. I remember I also jumped when I was a child, and my best result was only . How come you are so amazing?" Xi Wenxin, who had been helping to amuse Xiaobao, praised sincerely.

"Hehe, my best record is 235, first in the whole school..." Lu Xi raised her head proudly, her pigtails jumping up and down.

"Really? You're so amazing. You can get first place in the school in skipping rope?" Lu Jingxing asked with some surprise.

"I'm not bad either. I'm the best among the boys in my class." When Lu Chen heard everyone praising Lu Xi, he hummed in dissatisfaction and muttered to himself.

"Really? Xiaochen is pretty good too. Many boys can jump rope dozens of times in a minute. My brother and sister are really awesome." Lu Jingxing freed one hand and touched his brother's head, saying proudly.

When Lu Chen heard his brother praising him, his face lit up, and he continued loudly: "Lu Xi is really amazing. When she was competing, our classmates couldn't count her. She kept jumping for a minute, and the seniors in the sixth grade couldn't jump faster than her."

This is probably what it means when one prospers, all prosper. Lu Jingxing could imagine that Lu Chen must have said to everyone at that time: "Hmm, the most powerful one is my sister. My sister is the most powerful."

On the contrary, Lu Xi, who probably seldom received such recognition from Lu Chen, felt a little embarrassed: "Brother Chenchen is also very good. We have been dancing together these days, and he dances even faster than before." The two siblings praised each other, which made the aunt look pleased.

"You are all great, you are all great, really great..." Lu Jingxing touched this head and rubbed that head, his face was about to wrinkle with smiles.

A few of them were chatting and laughing when they arrived at the door of the house. The door was open. Bamao heard the sound and ran over, lying at the door waiting. When he saw that it was Lu Jingxing, he immediately ran out of the door meowing excitedly, and kept rubbing his head against Lu Jingxing's feet.

When Xiaobao got home, he was in high spirits. He got off the ground with his butt twisted and ran inside.

Lu Jingxing called Ba Mao and picked him up.

He hadn't been to his aunt's place for two weeks. Not only did he miss Lu Chen and Lu Xi, he also missed the little guy Ba Mao.

"Bamao, dear, did you miss me..." Lu Jingxing stroked its head.

At the door, the aunt was taking the fruit from Xi Wenxin's hand: "It's enough for you to come. Why are you so polite? And why did you buy so many fruits? Don't do this next time. If you are nice to Xiao Jing, then you treat me like your own aunt. You can't be so polite."

Xi Wenxin helped put the fruits in the corner, smiling innocently: "I just treat my aunt as my real aunt, that's why I came here. This is not polite at all. I just thought the fruits were okay, so I brought some for you..."

"You kid..." Aunt took it with a smile and asked him to go inside.

The uncle-in-law was wearing his usual apron and spatula, and he still stuck half of his body out of the kitchen to greet everyone. Lu Jingxing held the eight cents in one hand and changed his shoes with the other, then shouted to the uncle-in-law, "Uncle, you made another big dish today, it smells so good?"

"I've learned a new dish, so the meal may be served soon. Please take a seat first..." My uncle-in-law laughed and went back to the kitchen to stir the wok.

Lu Jingxing deliberately went to the kitchen: "Eh? Auntie, where's grandma?"

"I'm here, Xiaojing..." Grandma came in from the balcony with a smile on her face, holding the newly collected clothes in her hands: "Your uncle-in-law said that he doesn't need my help, so I'll help collect the clothes."

"Grandma, I haven't seen you for a long time..." Lu Jingxing said with a smile.

"Hello, grandma..." Xi Wenxin had just sat down, but quickly stood up and greeted her.

"Hey, hey, hey, okay, okay, please sit down, young man. You're welcome." Grandma replied to Xi Wenxin with a smile, and then greeted Lu Jingxing with a smile.

When Lu Jingxing saw grandma, he thought of the cow and the little round-eared boy he saw that night.

Because the little round-eared little guy was so pretty, people came to the store every day to adopt him in the days after the video was released. At that time, Lu Jingxing went to Gangcheng and asked for adoption, but he did not agree. In the end, he finally found his owner.

Although things had many twists and turns, it was finally successful in the end. The owner was very grateful, recharged 2,000 yuan in the store, and then bought a lot of other supplies before leaving.

Xiao Yuan'er's disappearance was also an accident. Lu Jingxing warned them well at that time and told them to be careful in the future.

As for the little round-eared protagonist who almost caused a misunderstanding, he was luckily found by his owner. The owner listened to Lu Jingxing and went back upstairs to look for him. He was found on the rooftop the next afternoon. The little guy didn't dare to go downstairs and stayed in the corner upstairs. The owner called him and said that if he was not found, he would probably die of thirst even if he didn't starve to death. He came back and drank a large basin of water in one breath.

Because Lu Jingxing was in Hong Kong at the time, the host came to give them a silk banner the next day. Her original words at the time were: "I saw the silk banners hanging on your wall, so I will add icing on the cake..."

Lu Jingxing was happy at that time. He said he didn't need it, but the owner finally gave it to him.

He never told his grandmother about this, and in the end, he was the one who had to pay off the debt caused by Xiaobai.

However, he was not prepared to say more, in order to avoid having to explain a lot more.

He held Ba Mao in his arms and cut the little guy's nails, then looked at his body.

Although the little guy stayed at home every day and never went out, his body didn't look dirty, but he probably hadn't taken a bath for a while. Although there was no smell, Lu Jingxing always felt that it was a little dirty.

"Aunt, I think I should take Ba Mao back to give it a bath. When it wants to come, or Xiaobao and the others want it to come, I'll bring it over." Lu Jingxing said as he held the little guy and took a sip.

"Ah? Well, if you hadn't told me, I wouldn't have thought of giving it a bath. I just wiped it with a wet towel." When my aunt said this, her face looked a little embarrassed.

"It's okay. The cat is clean. It had just taken a bath before Ba Mao came. Besides, it didn't go out and the house is clean. I thought, I should take it back to the store, do some deworming and give it a bath. The holiday is coming soon, and we will go out to play then. I can bring it here when I come back..." Lu Jingxing was cleaning Ba Mao's ears, and the little guy was humming with comfort.

My aunt nodded: "Okay..."

"Ah, brother, are we really going out to play?" Lu Xi heard what her brother said and stared at him with disbelief.

"What's wrong? When has my brother ever lied to you?" Lu Jingxing said with a smile.

"Oh yeah..." The two siblings immediately jumped up with joy.

Xiaobao watched them jumping, and he jumped with them. However, he didn't know how to jump very well. He could only jump on one foot and didn't dare to leave both feet off the ground at the same time. So even if he jumped, he would jump with his feet on the ground. That made him look particularly cute because he was so tiny.

Everyone looked at him and started laughing again.

Lu Jingxing asked his grandmother with a smile: "Grandma, when the time comes, send Xiaobai and the cow to our store, and you can go and play with them..." He had not told everyone about this decision yet, but since his grandmother was here, he had to ask. Besides, his grandmother was really good to them, so he wanted to ask her as well.

Grandma waved her hands again and again: "I won't go, I won't go. You young people, the children are playing, so I won't go. We have our own company. We will go to escape the summer heat when you are available. I have already made an appointment with my elder sisters. Originally, if I go, I will let your aunt take care of the cow and Xiaobai. If the dates conflict, I will tell you to send Xiaobai and the cow to your store."

Hearing his grandmother say this, Lu Jingxing stopped forcing her. The elderly do have a different concept of time than the young. "Okay, no problem. We'll let you know as soon as we set the date. Besides, even if the dates don't conflict, just let me know if you want to go out, and I'll come pick up Niuniu and Xiaobai. Anyway, there's a special cattery in the store, and they've stayed there for so long, so it's no problem."

Grandma nodded with a smile: "Yes, yes..."

"The food is on the table, get ready to eat..." My uncle-in-law brought a large basin and placed it in the middle of the table. The fragrance immediately attracted everyone in the hall to run to the dining table.

"Wow, flavored shrimps... they look delicious, but, uncle, they look very spicy..." Lu Chen's eyes lit up, but when he saw the pot of red peppers, he could only swallow hard.

"Don't worry, I also made braised shrimps. They are not spicy. I know you two can't eat spicy food, so I made it especially for you. But, actually, that kind of shrimps are not spicy either. You two can try it..." My uncle-in-law said with a smile, holding the spatula in one hand and his other hand on his waist.

"My uncle-in-law is the best. I'll prepare some. No matter how spicy it is, I'll have to eat a few..." Lu Chen stuck out his tongue and said playfully.

Everyone burst into laughter: "In front of greed, spicy food doesn't matter, right, Xiaochen..."

My aunt smiled and said, "Grandma and my uncle spent a whole afternoon washing these shrimps. They are much cleaner than those sold outside. So everyone can eat them without any worries."

Everyone worked together in a hurry to bring all the dishes to the table. The meal ended happily with laughter. Everyone was very full but very satisfied after the meal. My uncle-in-law was also willing to help. He said that he bought about 20 kilograms in total. He originally wanted to buy 30 kilograms, but my aunt insisted that he not buy so much.

My aunt’s original words were: “Don’t eat too much at one time. Leave a little less so that you will want to eat again next time. If you eat too much at one time, you won’t want to eat next time.”

(End of this chapter)