863 Barking (1/2)

There was nothing Zhang Zian could do about the female customer and her weird request. He couldn't just sell her a random pet, so he planned to convince her to adopt one.

He led her to the door and pointed to Li's snack bar that was just opposite of his shop; it wasn't too far away. The Li couple had already opened for business, and their business was quite good, too––there were one or two people waiting in line at the door.

”The shop there provides adoption services. All the cats in the store were abandoned by their former owners, and there's no problem with their health––they're all vaccinated. If you don't have a specific breed that you're looking for, it's a good choice to adopt one from there,” Zhang Zian said, introducing the place to her. ”If you want to adopt a dog, I can introduce you to another place.”

When she heard about adopting a pet, she did not show any signs of rejection. Instead, she nodded happily, ”So we can do this, too? So I can just get a cat by going there?”

”Well, not just like that. You'll need to fill out a form and report to the store every day for a month to take care of the cat as a volunteer. Only once you have passed the test can you adopt the cat you like… They do this to prevent those who are not sincere from adopting a cat.”

”Ah? So it's like that…” She hesitated, seemingly bothered with all the trouble, but she also didn't know how to turn down the offer. She looked troubled as she lightly scratched her cheek.

Judging from her age, there was a great chance that she was not a student. For people who worked, it was a very difficult test for them because they worked throughout the day and were still required to do one month of voluntary work. The working people were usually not lacking in budget, however, so they often leaned towards spending money to buy a cat.

Early in the morning, the streets were filled with the fragrance of the morning snacks. Although Zhonghua Road was not famous for its street snacks, there were many traditional and modern snacks there from all over the country. In the morning, whether it was a breakfast shop or a roadside stall, it all was busy with business. Tofu beancurd, tea eggs, steamed soup dumplings, buttered crisp cake, eight treasure rice, soup dumplings, steamed dumplings… all kinds of fragrances mixed together, whetting one's appetite.

Zhang Zian was getting a little hungry. It was also almost the time when Fina would start demanding its breakfast, so Zian planned to send the lady off then head out to buy food.

Woof!

An unusually small, brown figure from inside the shop ran to the door. It seemed to have been attracted by the fragrance of the food that made its way into the shop.

Zhang Zian looked down to see that it was the mini poodle, the one that Famous and Old Time Tea had brought back from the Love Lovely Pets Breeding Base.

Almost two months had passed, and its size had grown slightly, but it was still much smaller than other poodles of the same age. Its slightly unkempt brown hair was dotted with its round black eyes and nose. If it was not for the spirited look in its eyes, and for it being very lively and active, it was easy to mistake it for a fluffy doll.

Several customers had expressed their interest in it and asked Zhang Zian and the other staff members about the price, but Zhang Zian had concerns about selling it. One, he was concerned if the other party was really interested in it, or if they just wanted to buy it as a breeding dog to breed teacup poodles. The second concern was that a special mini dog like the poodle was more troublesome to take care of. People had to be careful every time it was fed to not overfeed it, and they had to pay careful attention to make sure it did not choke and die. The last reason was that it was still too small to leave its mother at the time…

Therefore, it had been staying in the shop with its mother, being taken care of by the staff members, and enjoying more privileges than the other puppies, since it was not locked in a display case.

Maybe during its stay in Love Lovely Pets, the experience of being mistreated and starved had left it terrified of people. Aside from Zhang Zian and the other staff members who fed it, the mini poodle rarely took the initiative to approach strangers. When there were a lot of people in the store, Zhang Zian would take it upstairs, for fear that a customer would step on it.

It ran to the door, sniffing hard, and looked around to search for the source of the enticing fragrances.

Although it had a small appetite, it was full of enthusiasm for food. On one hand, it was a dog's nature, and on the other, it was because of the experience it had of being starved. Because of that, it was necessary to be careful when feeding it, lest it ate too much.

Woof! Woof!