1317 The Pains of Growing Up (1/2)
It wasn't only the people present—the elfins were also listening to Zhang Zian's explanation.
Everyone got different things out of the same speech. People and elfins felt differently about what they heard.
In the eyes of parents, the child grew up in a blink of an eye, not to mention the cat, which grew several times faster than a human. When a person was still stuck in the memory of a plush dumpling that they'd just brought home, the pet had indeed grown at a staggering speed…so much so that it needed sterilization.
In fact, Zhang Zian had thought all of these up on the spot. He based it off the feelings he'd witnessed between Fina and Cleopatra while in Egypt.
He looked back at the counter of a display cabinet in the corner of the store, where there was an Egyptian plaster sculpture of Cleopatra. It had been bought from the Khan el-Khalili market. He then looked at the cat tree with contemplation. Fina also looked up at the sculpture at the same time.
Zhao Qi hadn't gotten a reliable explanation, but she didn't need it. She no longer needed to guess, because she knew that it was Lan Lan's way of protecting her. That was good enough.
She picked up the shopping bags and handbags that she had just placed on the ground because her hands were sore.
”Oh, yes, there is one more thing that you misunderstood,” Zhang Zian added. ”You said that Lan Lan has grown up, but it has not. The British Shorthair's puberty period is longer than most cats. Most cats need one year to reach adulthood, but the British Shorthair needs about three years. Lan Lan is still a kitten.”
”Really?” Zhao Qi was surprised and happy.
”Yes,” Zhang Zian replied. ”If someone tells you that all cats mature in a year, then don't hesitate to turn around and go. This person must be a layman or pretending to know things. He is clearly not aware of the uniqueness of each cat. Experts will laugh when they hear this.”
”Cough!” Wang Qian and Li Kun repeatedly coughed and reminded Zhang Zian not to say this. This is because they'd also said this to customers before. Wasn't he rubbing it in again?
”That… Can I ask whether this is only observable in the British Shorthair?” Wang Yan asked curiously.
”Nope. It is the same with the Ragdoll.” Zhang Zian gestured for them to look at the playful ragdoll kittens in the store. ”The ragdoll is a large domestic cat, and it takes about three years to grow up into an adult. Thus, many customers who bought the cat when it was cute did not expect the cat to become so big and heavy. So I always remind the customer that the ragdoll can weigh up to 20 kilograms when it is an adult. Do not underestimate how large it can grow.”
As college students who had just left school, Wang Yan and Zhou Jiena had no social experience at all. How heavy was 20 kilograms? They did not have a clear estimate.
It wasn't just them. Many people had no understanding of that number.
The solution was simple. Zhang Zian gestured to Wang Qian to go to the kitchen on the second floor and bring a 20-kilogram bag of rice.
”Try it. See how heavy the twenty kilograms are,” he said.
Wang Yan and Zhou Jiena were thin girls. They tried to lift the bag of rice… They gritted their teeth and just barely moved it a little. They simply could not carry it like Wang Qian could.
”So heavy…”