1341 Digging Your Own Grave (2/2)

Dosage aside, if they just talked about the toxicity, they were missing the point. Besides, how big were the caterpillars? The cypermethrin could be diluted with water to the extent that it could only poison caterpillars. At that level of concentration, it was arguably less toxic than smog in the sky. After all, people would at most inhale it, not drink it...

Moreover, there were still many ways to reduce the impact on people. If they sprayed it in the middle of the night, it would hardly affect anyone. After a few hours, when the sun started rising, the residual pesticides would have already been blown away by the wind...

Or they could pay attention to the local weather forecast. They could choose to spray it once before the rain came so that the rain could wash away the residual pesticide.

As for cyanide, it was necessary to heat the cypermethrin to more than 220 degrees Celsius to decompose it into cyanide gas. Who would do that?

As long as the mind did not engage in slippery-slope fallacy thinking, there were always more solutions than problems. However, if the director refused to hear them out and seriously consider the feasibility of spraying pesticides, then there was really no way to do so.

Deputy Director Yan kept up her refusal and displayed an attitude that suggested she may be highly unreasonable. She claimed that her responsibility was to pregnant women, the elderly, and the children, but her actions suggested otherwise. Yet Zhang Zian could not say this to her.

He and Grandma Gu reluctantly looked at each other. Since the director was a tough nut to crack, there was no need to talk further. After all, there was no requirement to stay longer and quarrel with this crazy woman.

”Well...then, Grandma Gu, I shall make a move first.” He stood up to get ready. However, he had not given up completely. He planned to wait for the day when the strict director was absent and try again.

”Well, Little Zhang Zian, you have many things to settle in your store. Please go ahead. After what you've told me, Grandma Gu will seriously consider your proposal.”

Grandma Gu did not feel good about what Zhang Zian had experienced. She stood up to walk Zhang Zian out.

”Huh? Wait.”

Deputy Director Yan suddenly stopped Zhang Zian and looked at him suspiciously.

He thought she'd changed her mind. Alas, it was not what he'd expected. She said, ”You are the one who opened a pet shop on this street? Do you know that the parasites on cats and dogs are harmful to pregnant women as well? Someone reported that there were some stray dogs on the streets some days ago. Did they run away from your store?”

Zhang Zian was quiet for a second.

He'd come here for public welfare and asked for help from the street office. If they were unable to come to an agreement, he had no choice but to accept the decision. A disagreement was a disagreement. He could only wait and see what the outcome of the inaction would be... However, he hadn't expected that he himself would be persecuted as well.

”No no. No dog from my shop ever got lost. The stray dogs are not the dogs in my shop. I have small and medium dogs in the store. There are no especially big dogs... Besides, the dogs and cats in my shop are vaccinated. They are dewormed. They are usually kept in the store and do not come in contact with pregnant women...”

He quickly defended himself, albeit rather incoherently. He did not think of arguing that the parasites on cats and dogs had no effect on pregnant women. Instead, he insisted that the cats and dogs in their stores had no parasites and would not be in contact with pregnant women.

”Is that so?”

Deputy Director Yan didn't believe him. However, seeing that Zhang Zian and Big Sister Gu seemed familiar with one another, she did not pursue it further. After all, the pet shop was quite far from the Donghua Community. It probably wouldn't have any impact on her area. She would take it as a show of respect to Big Sister Gu. Besides, she would rather save her energy for later to deal with the old man who was her neighbor.

Zhang Zian hurriedly left. He felt like he was a squirrel trying to escape the Devil's Sea. He did not take up Grandma Gu's offer to see him out.

When he left the small courtyard of the street office, he was finally able to calm down a little.

Forget it—he'd tried to be kind and help the community. Yet people did not seem to care, so what else could he do? He should just honestly and kindly look after himself.

He shook his head and turned around to walk back to the pet shop.