1421 Compensation (1/2)

Little White left the pet shop so easily that Zhang Zian and Vladimir couldn't tell what just happened.

”Meow! What a crazy dog! ” Vladimir said out of spite, ”If he could make a hole, then leave on your own!”

Little White didn't fall for the trap or put up a fight. Even if he had made a hole in the air wall, Vladimir might find fault with it and say that the air wall itself wasn't complete or as strong as before.

He had identified the direction and chose to go north along the wall. Although he wasn't sure about the specific location of the waste purchase station, he could always find it because the pungency of the smell of waste increased the closer he was.

Zhang Zian stopped him and said, ”Why don't I drive you there? I'm free right now and it's too early to sleep. My nightlife should be more exciting.”

Little White hesitated and shook his head. ”No thank you, you can take me to the city and I'll walk the rest of the way. I can't thank you enough already for that.”

”It's alright. You were right before about those empty bottles and cans being picked up by stray dogs in the heat. I shouldn't be too generous or friendly with others,” Zhang Zian apologized.

During the day, the employees of the waste purchase station deliberately left out the empty bottles. What he thought at that time was that if he cooperated with them for a long time, he could overlook some losses. However, Little White got angry later on. He reflected on why he thought this way and realized it was because he still didn't equate the labor done by the stray dogs to that of humans.

If the same bottle was picked up by an old man and someone deliberately withheld back his money, others would've interfered. The old man's life was already hard enough, so why not go on and take further advantage of him? However, as for the bottles picked by stray dogs, others would've thought that there wasn't much else to it. A few bottles less were no big deal. Besides, dogs ran fast and had a lot of stamina. At most, they could pick up a few more bottles.

Both people and dogs were all manually picking up bottles. Didn't they all put in the same hard work? People chose not to respect dogs but should respect the effort they put.

Although this wasn't deliberate occupation discrimination, a person working at a waste recycling station wouldn't have been as moral. On the basis that the work is difficult to endure and dirty, Zhang Zian decided that it was more humane to close an eye and not be too hard on them. Even so, they wouldn't have appreciated it or known how to be grateful. It was more likely that he would've been treated as a fool, which may have intensified their efforts to take advantage of him.

To compensate for this, he planned to take Little White on a trip. It was best if he could negotiate with them this time. They wouldn't be able to deduct the quantity next time.

If the negotiation failed, he would have to react accordingly.

He told Little White what he thought, and Little White nodded.

Back at the shop, he told the other elves to go ahead and sleep first since he was coming back late. He pulled down the shutter door, let Little White sit in the MPV and drove north to the suburb.

This time, Vladimir wasn't with them. Little White didn't have to ride in the same car with his rival.

When night arrived, the temperature dropped significantly. With the windows open, the night wind blew into the car in a rather pleasant way.

There were fewer vehicles in the evening. The MPV maintained a steady but fast speed and soon passed through the city and into the northern suburb.

It was quite dark in the countryside. The distance between the street lamps was quite large, their brightness was somewhat weak leaving nearly no light between each lamp.