Chapter 1
On the vast and magnificent eastern coastline of the motherland, there is a quiet coastal city called Binhai. It has beautiful scenery, high economic level, slow pace of life, and no large industrial enterprises nearby. It is a good place to live and live.
In a city where the name is somewhat perfunctory, there is a little-known pet shop.
In the morning, a taxi stopped at the door of the pet shop. Zhang Zi An walked off the bus and took the drop-bar box from the trunk to thank the taxi master.
The taxi disappeared at the end of the street, and Zhang Zi An took a sip of salty air and looked up at the pet shop’s sign: the singular pet shop.
The shutter door of the pet shop was closed, and a notice of A4 paper was attached to the door. There were only four characters on the notice: temporary suspension.
He did not hesitate to uncover the notice and smashed it into his pocket, because the notice was posted by him.
If you look closely at his face, he will find that he has serious dark circles, and the eyeballs are covered with bloodshot eyes. Obviously, he has not rested for several days, and his mood is very low.
He took out the key, unlocked it, and then pulled the roller shutter door up to reveal the floor-to-ceiling glass door of the pet shop.
Open the second lock on the glass door and push the door open. Since the door was not opened for several days, the air in the room was very dull. He opened the two glass doors completely and dragged the suitcase and walked in.
“Get home,” he murmured.
The pet shop is very quiet, no cats, no dogs, no birds, no fish jumps, quiet like a grave, only some empty cages and display cases, and some unclean cat litter and bird droppings are scattered in the cage. Slightly odor, everything shows that the owners and pets are leaving in a hurry.
At that moment, Zhang Zi An seemed to see the busy and lively scene of the pet shop in the past. The concerto of various pets was echoed in the day and night… He shook his head, left his memory behind his head and carried the lever The box went down the stairs to the second floor.
Going back to his former room, he opened the window and ventilated, then took out the black and white portraits of his parents from the trolley, placed them on the desk with their ends, and put their hands together to pray silently on the portrait.
Zhang Zi An soon after graduating from college, he just found a job in the field, and received a bad news from his parents in a car accident one night. He was rushed back to Binhai City if he was struck by lightning. The father died on the spot in a car accident and his mother was seriously injured. He was rescued in the ICU ward for several days and finally passed away.
This pet shop is the only legacy left to him by his parents.
When Zhang Zi An came back, she saw the last side of her mother, and the mother looked at him anxiously and said in a weak voice: “Zi An, the pet in the store…”
He understood the meaning of the mother. The pets in the store had been taken care of for a few days. If they went on like this, they would all starve to death, so he hurried back to the store. At that time, the animals were all dying, just like Like his mother. In order to rush back to the hospital to accompany his mother, he can only deal with these pets as soon as possible, and sell them at a low price. If no one buys them, they will give them away.
After rushing back to the hospital, he told his mother: “The pets are fine, you can rest assured.” The mother held his hand and smiled and passed away.
Since then, it is a heart-wrenching funeral. Zhang Zi An is completely unclear about what to do. Fortunately, there are some enthusiastic neighbors and friends from friends, and relatives have come from other places and tossed for a few days before they will be the ashes of their parents. Sent to the cemetery.
During this time, Zhang Zi An lived in a small hotel next to the hospital and only returned to it today.
The singular pet shop has two floors, one is the shop, and the second is the house. Although the area is small, it is the crystallization of the parents’ struggle for many years.
There are now two roads in front of Zhang Zi An. One is to sell or rent out the shop, to cherish the hard-won work, and the other is to stay in Binhai City and inherit the pet shop.
Although the parents are opening a pet shop, like other parents, parents are afraid to influence him to learn, and he is not allowed to participate in the daily operation of the pet shop, so he is almost ignorant of how to run a pet shop.
Reason tells him that the first road should be chosen.
The stomach screamed and didn’t eat well for a few days. He decided to go to the early morning to fill the stomach and consider the problem. He took a month off with the company, and now there are still a few days left, there is no need to make a hasty decision. When you are hungry, people’s decisions are often irrational.
Down the stairs, Zhang Zi An saw a small figure flashing next to the floor-to-ceiling glass door.
Is there a thief?
But what can a thief steal? If I stole the cat litter, I was very happy and saved me from cleaning up. He smiled and thought.
“Who is it?” he asked, raising his voice.
A girl with two small scorpions squatted at the door, slid out her small head, and asked awkwardly: “That… open… open the door?”
The girl is wearing a yellow cap and carrying a pink bag. It looks like she is about seven or eight years old. Her eyes were wide, her knees bent, and she was paired with two small scorpions. It was like a frightened white rabbit who met the wolf and could run away at any time.
Zhang Zi An didn’t expect to have customers come to the door so early, and thought about it: “Open the door, please come in.”
The little girl did not come in immediately, and some confusedly asked: “Is your uncle and aunt not here? I haven’t opened the door for many days… Is it a substitution?”
He indulged for a while, still said: “No change, that is my father and my mother.”
“Oh.” This little girl was relieved.
Zhang Zi An didn’t turn on the lights when she came in. The morning sun didn’t shine into the store. It was quite dark from the outside to the room.
She walked into the store and was surprised to see the empty cage and display case. “Hey! Pets? Where are the pets going?”
“I sold or sent people a while ago, don’t you know?” Zhang Zi An said. That day the store was still very lively, after all, the price was very cheap, even the cost price was not even, even white.
The little girl shook her head. “I don’t know. I don’t want to keep pets at home. I only have to look at it every morning before school and after school in the afternoon. Uncle and aunt are very good. Although I don’t buy it, they never take me away… 鈥?/p>
“That’s it…” Zhang Zi An suddenly felt that he didn’t fully understand his parents, such as why they love pets so much.
鈥淚s it not to sell pets here?鈥?The little girl licked her lips and looked at him with sad eyes.
Zhang Zi An thought for a while.
“Sell! Of course! I can see it in a few days,” he said with a smile.
“Great!” The little girl jumped up happily. “I am going to school first! Goodbye, the manager’s brother!”
The manager… He sighed in his heart, and the decision made on an empty stomach was irrational.