after death strike

All walks of life have their own difficulties, especially for public welfare undertakings.Li Zhizhi had never been exposed to these things before, but what he saw and heard with his own eyes today made him feel a little bit touched.

Hearing from the staff that their organization also has a special recording software, I immediately entered the cat information he described into it to search, and after a while, I really found the owner who met the three conditions.This number surprised Li Zhizhi, he never expected so many people to lose their pets.

Among the three owners, two lived in another district, and one had an address not far from Li Zhizhi's community, so the staff gave priority to calling out the lost information reported by this family at the beginning, and Li Zhizhi carefully checked the other party's information. In the photo, nearly [-]% of his mind was convinced that this was the owner he was looking for.

The cat lost in the photo is the same as the old cat at home, with a collar of the same quality hanging around the neck, and the fur color, appearance, and age are also very similar, but the lost date is at the end of May, which is even older than what Li Zhizhi guessed It's going to be some morning.

"Is that it?" the worker asked.

Even if it is confirmed that it is the pet of this family, Li Zhizhi dare not confirm it hastily.He put on a confused look, and the staff knew it, and immediately called out the information of the other two.It has to be said that even though he is blind to cats, Li Zhizhi can recognize that the lost cats of the other two are not the one he picked up.

He pretended to be undecided, and asked the staff to print out a copy of the cat-hunting notices of the three households, saying that he would go back and have a look.He didn't look like the kind of person who would take the opportunity to ask for a high salary, and the staff agreed without much hesitation.

While waiting for the printing process, Li Zhizhi was still hesitating whether to send the cat back—he had no idea that he would find the owner simply by going to a shelter.

He stood still in distress, but saw the staff answering the phone, his tone was not as friendly as he had been to him, but a little eager and rushed.

"Didn't I say don't feed them without permission?! Hey! You're a real person!" After leaving this sentence, he hung up the phone in a hurry, and said to Li Zhizhi anxiously and apologetically: "I'm sorry, sir, Something happened behind us and I have to deal with it. Do you think you are here waiting for me to come back, or come back another day? "

Sounds like something bad happened to the stray animals in the shelter.Li Zhizhi didn't want to waste time, and didn't want to stand and wait, so he simply asked, "What's the matter? I have nothing to do, can I go with you to have a look?"

Seeing the hesitation on the staff's face, he added, "If there is anything I can do, I can help. After all, you said you are short of people, right?" He smiled friendly.

At this time, his affinity played a role. The incident happened suddenly, and the staff didn't bother to hesitate any longer. Since Li Zhizhi took the initiative to deliver it to the door, he happened to have a lot of free labor, so he nodded and led the way.

The shelter is divided into two parts: the vestibule and the backyard. The place where Li Zhizhi was just now is probably the office.After the staff came out from the back door, he intuitively felt how many animals a stray animal shelter can accommodate.Rows of iron cages, iron fences, and stray animals with different expressions and postures after being locked up appeared in front of them with a strong impact.

If he was still alive, he should still be able to smell the stench from the animals.Even the staff around him couldn't bear to put on masks, Li Zhizhi couldn't help feeling a little rejoicing in his heart: Fortunately, he couldn't smell it.

There are more types of animals than he imagined. Of course the most numerous are stray cats and dogs, but there are also some rare species.Li Zhizhi even saw several snakes coiled together, which really made him click his tongue.

After passing through rows of animals, he followed the staff to the last row of cages.There was another person standing there, and when Li Zhizhi approached, he realized that the other person had gray hair, shabby clothes, and many age spots dotted on his loose skin. He looked old, not eighty, but seventy.

He looked a little at a loss, staring straight at a certain cage, holding a rice bowl in his hand, as soon as he heard footsteps, he immediately turned his head and looked at the staff as if asking for help. "Xiao Chang, you are finally here."

The staff member he called Xiao Chang couldn't help scolding him when he saw him: "Old man Liang, why are you secretly feeding it again? Didn't I tell you not to feed it casually?"

He glared at the old man complainingly, unwilling to say even half a word, and quickly took out the key to open the cage, almost half of his body leaning into the cage.Following his movements, Li Zhizhi saw clearly that there was a dog lying down in the cage, looking very listless.

The old man didn't care about Li Zhizhi who appeared suddenly, but just focused on watching the staff examine the dog.And Li Zhizhi didn't disturb any of them without authorization, but just observed silently.

After a while, the staff retracted their hands and stood up straight.He turned around to face the worried old man, and waved his hand impatiently, "It's nothing serious, it's just diarrhea. I'll feed it some medicine later, remember not to feed it with food and raw water. "

The old man was obviously relieved. He didn't seem to notice the bored look of the staff, and smiled at him, "That's good. I get it, I get it." He repeated a few words, put his hand bowl behind his back.

"Okay, I'll get the medicine." The staff turned to Li Zhizhi and said, "Sir, wait for me here, I'll just bring the medicine back."

Li Zhizhi nodded, watching him trot and disappear at the end of the aisle.

When he turned his attention back to the old man, he found that he was squatting next to the cage again, looking intently at the dirty stray dog ​​in the cage.He didn't think the dog hadn't been washed, so he put his hand into the cage and stroked the dog's head carefully.The dog didn't reject his stroking, but because of its lack of energy, it could only make a low growl in its throat as a response.

For some reason, Li Zhizhi suddenly felt that this old man looked very lonely just like that dog.

His heart moved, and he took the initiative to say: "Grandpa... are you also a volunteer here?" If his grandfather is still alive, he may be the same age as this old man.

The old man turned his head, with obvious surprise in his expression, as if he didn't quite understand why he would talk to him.He murmured vaguely, and answered Li Zhizhi somewhat perfunctorily.

"Do you like this dog very much?" Li Zhizhi was not discouraged by his avoidance, and continued to talk patiently.Maybe even he couldn't tell why.

Hearing him mention the dog, the old man seemed to be aroused to talk, and he answered Li Zhizhi's words more: "Yeah, I always feel that it is very similar to the dog I used to raise at home. Very close." While speaking, his hand was still gently stroking and stroking the earth dog, as if to verify his words, the earth dog also arched the old man's palm with its nose spiritually.

This move made him smile, and he couldn't help turning his head to Li Zhizhi: "It's also very close to me."

Not only did Li Zhizhi not find this kind of old man showing off, but he felt that his personality was a little cute like a child, so he couldn't help but nodded with a smile.

Just as Li Zhizhi was about to ask something more, the hurried footsteps of the staff sounded from far to near.Hearing this voice, the old man immediately withdrew his hand, the smile on his face disappeared, and he looked a little nervous.

Li Zhizhi guessed that he might be a little afraid of the staff's reprimand.

The staff brought the medicine and fed it to the dog.During the whole process, the old man kept staring at the dog intently. While the dog showed a painful expression because of swallowing the medicine, he couldn't help frowning, as if he had also suffered that pain.

"Okay, let's go." The staff member breathed a sigh of relief, stood up and said to Li Zhizhi.Before leaving, he still specially warned the old man to clean up well and not to feed the animals indiscriminately.

On the way back, the staff who had let go of their guard against Li Zhizhi couldn't help but complained to him: "Hey, sir, you don't know how difficult we have been recently. You have also seen that there are so many animals. The actual workers are just me and two other colleagues, plus an old man Liang. We are fine, but old man Liang is old and can't remember things clearly. I told him several times not to feed the animals , he never remembers."

"After all, he is an old man." Li Zhizhi had a good impression of the old man, and couldn't help but defend him.Although he knows that he is an outsider, this kind of statement has no position.

"Hey, we also know," the staff member scratched his head, "and he is in a special situation, taking him in as a volunteer is a kind of public welfare." He smiled wryly.

"What do you mean?" Li Zhizhi didn't understand.

"Old man Liang was originally a homeless man who made a living by picking up rubbish in the neighborhood. We had a colleague who got to know him for some unknown reason. It happened that we couldn't find a volunteer recently, so we brought him here to help. Although we don't Salary is provided, but board and lodging can be provided, which is considered a very good treatment for a homeless man like him."

Li Zhizhi was taken aback.No wonder the old man's clothes looked so shabby, there was still such a thing behind it.

"It's interesting to say that the stray animal shelter took in a homeless man," the staff member sighed, "This must be fate." He said, pushing open the door of the reference room.

No wonder... Li Zhizhi recalled the scene of the old man stroking and stroking the stray dog, and that touch came back again, shaking his heart again.

Wandering humans and wandering animals are equally homeless and lonely.Although they are of different types, this loneliness can also make them "the same kind".