221 Talking with Pets (1/2)
Chapter 221: Talking with Pets
Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Uncle Li was stunned for a second, then looked down at Little Celery in surprise. He thought to himself, a little girl came to buy pets on her own? Or did she come with her parents?
Little Celery was very shy, so she said timidly, ”I just come to see the pets, I'm not buying...”
Her voice was particularly low, just liked the buzzing of mosquitoes, and Uncle Li had poor hearing, so he bent down and turned his ears closer to her.
”What did you say?”
Little Celery hid even further behind Zhang Zian, and her voice became even lower, ”I said, I'm not buying pets today, I'm here to see them.”
From their first meeting to present day, Zhang Zian had always thought that Little Celery was a particularly lively and outgoing child, and he even worried that such a personality made her vulnerable. But right now, he could see that Little Celery was only talkative in front of acquaintances, and would remain alert and wary when meeting strangers.
If it wasn't for the fact that Zhang Zian was running the pet shop left by his parents, and that Little Celery came to their pet shop to play oftentimes, Little Celery would still be wary of Zhang Zian.
Zhang Zian repeated her answer to Uncle Li, ”Uncle Li, she said she came to see the pets, she's not buying them.”
”Oh, I see...” Uncle Li stood up straight and kept murmuring to himself.
He admired Zhang Zian's patience. As known to every businessman, window-shopping customers were the most annoying. If customers were comparing prices of different stores, then the shop owner might still have something to look forward to. But if customers had explicitly said that they were not buying anything, then most shop owners would stop being nice to them and would just kick them out. Imagine that! If a person kept asking how much a kabob cost but never bought anything at his store, he might lose his temper and yell at that person in only a few days.
Zhang Zian looked around the fruit store and found that the fruit shelves and showcases had been removed. Nothing was left inside the store, and only the sign of the previous fruit store was still hanging. He asked Uncle Li, ”Have you moved in already?”
”Yes, we just moved in today! The decoration workers will come over later and help me tidy up. And we will be opening for business two days after,” said Uncle Li with great anticipation and satisfaction.
”Where is Aunt Li?”
Uncle Li randomly pointed at a direction in the store, ”She's inside sweeping the floor and cleaning the windows. I told her that could wait until after the decorations are done, but she just won't listen to me.”
Zhang Zian nodded but did not say anything. He decided that on the day Uncle Li and Aunt Li's store was officially open for business, he would give them some money as a gift, hoping it would bring them good luck.
”You can give this to me, I will bring it back to you later.” He took the foam insulated box from Uncle Li.
”You don't have to...” Uncle Li intended to decline his offer. But Zhang Zian took the box anyway.
Zhang Zian put the foam insulated box under his armpit. Little Celery wanted to help him, but he gently declined. He said to Uncle Li, ”You must be very busy preparing for the grand opening, so from now on, I will come by to take the box by myself. See you later!”
Walking behind Zhang Zian, Little Celery kept looking back at the store from time to time, and after a while, she asked, ”Brother store manager, who is that grandpa?”
”You have not met him before? You only have breakfast at home?” Zhang Zian walked a regular pace and asked casually.
”Yes, my mom makes breakfast for me.”
”No wonder. How I envy you, Little Celery; you have a family to prepare meals for you. That grandpa and his wife run a breakfast stand, and they sell barbecue at nights.” He patted the foam insulated box, ”Inside are the barbecue skewers I ordered from him for my picky cats. They have bought that fruit store, and they are going to turn it into a small restaurant.”