Dream Pet Shop

The Dormouse didn't know how to comfort Ah Feng, so he had to say: "Then let me go, I made something for Dad."

"Don't..." Ah Feng continued to lie on the ground pretending to be dead, and said sadly: "I will lie down until Dad is willing to come out to see me."

The Dormouse said: "I heard from Long Wei that Dad's butt hurts, and he may not come out today. It's useless if you lie here."

Ah Feng: "...(t_t)"

"Oh." The Dormouse gave Ah Feng a sympathetic look, put the prepared food at the door of the room, wiped Ah Feng's tears on the floor with a rag, and said to Ah Feng: "Let's go." Then he picked up Ah Feng's little feet and dragged it away.

The Dormouse took Ah Feng to the kitchen and put it on the counter.Ah Feng was still lying motionless on the cold desk, like a chicken waiting to be slaughtered.The Dormouse picked up the little meatball and said to it, "What do you want to eat, I'll make it for you when I come back. You wait here for me, I'll go give food to the baby mermaid first."

The Dormouse brought the little meatballs to the fish tank, and the baby mermaid sank to the bottom of the water. The Dormouse knocked on the glass of the fish tank and said, "Baby mermaid, eat."

Hearing the sound, the mermaid baby swam two laps underground in the fish tank before slowly surfacing. Its pretty little face still had marks of being beaten, and its big blue eyes drooped listlessly. Usually when it smells the little meat The smell of the pills has long been impatient to gobble it up, but at this moment, he just slumped by the side of the fish tank, motionless.

"Eat it quickly." The Dormouse passed the little meatball forward again.

The mermaid baby wagged its tail, rolled its blue eyes, thought for a while, took the plate and sank into the water again.The Dormouse turned and went back to the kitchen, intending to return later to collect the dishes.

Back in the kitchen, Ah Feng still maintained the original posture, and a small puddle was accumulated by his tears on the desk again, and the Dormouse picked up the rag again and wiped off his tears without hesitation.

Ah Feng: "..."

"Don't cry, you'll lose weight if you cry again, I'll cook something delicious for you." After finishing speaking, the Dormouse started to work in front of the stove. Since the opening of the pet coffee shop, his cooking skills have improved It has been greatly improved, and it also discovered its talent in cooking, so it took the initiative to take on everyone's three meals a day.But after a while, the Dormouse made a delicious omelet rice, and drew a red bird on it with tomato sauce.

After being beaten up and crying for so long, Ah Feng was really hungry, and the omelet rice smelled so good that he couldn't help but sat up from the cold desk.

The Dormouse made delicious food for Ah Feng, and then came out to collect the dishes.When he walked to the edge of the fish tank, he saw that the baby mermaid had already put the plate on the fish tank.The little meatballs were all eaten, but there was something else on the plate, a small heap so gleaming that the Dormouse's eyes widened.

The mermaid baby poked its head out of the water, and said sullenly, "Help me to Dad."

"There are so many scales, are you alright?" The Dormouse hurriedly lay down in front of the fish tank, and checked the baby mermaid's fish tail through the glass. The silver tail was still shining brightly as it swung back and forth in the water, as if it was no different.

"It's okay, remember to give it to Dad." After saying that, the baby mermaid went back into the water.

The Dormouse hurried upstairs to find Long Wei with a plate full of scales.

……

The next morning, Long Weilai knocked on the door of Xia Ji's room, and walked in with a plate of scales in his hand.

Xia Ji was startled when he saw what was in his hand: "These are the scales of the baby mermaid? That kid didn't bald himself?!"

"The scales of the silver shark regenerate very quickly, and you won't be bald. And the scales are also very effective in healing, and can make you feel better soon." Long Wei walked to the bedside, and stretched out his hand to remove Xia Ji's pants again. down.

The silver shark's scales were placed on Xia Ji's groin one by one, and the scales instantly turned into liquid and penetrated into the skin. After Xia Ji felt a burst of coolness, the pain behind him suddenly eased, and he felt that he could get out of bed and walk immediately.He thought so, and then he did it. Although he moved a lot, he still felt a little tingling, but overall he was much better than yesterday.

"The silver shark is still young, and its healing ability will increase as it grows. It will be no problem to heal such small injuries by then." Long Wei said.

But Xia Ji said: "Compared to the improvement of their abilities, I care more about the growth of their characters. I always feel that I am not doing my job as a father. I just think about making money and earning dream value."

Long Wei comforted him: "Don't put too much pressure on yourself, they are spirit beasts and monsters after all, they are different from human children."

Xia Ji nodded: "I can't be perfunctory this time, I have to have a good talk with them."

Xia Ji was about to go downstairs, and as soon as he opened the door, he saw Ah Feng squatting at the door with tears in his eyes, and when he saw himself, he cried "Wow", stretched out his little wings and said aggrievedly, "Daddy, hug me."

Xia Ji didn't know how long Ah Feng had been waiting at the door. He didn't know if it was his own illusion. He always felt that Ah Feng lost a lot of weight in one night, and subconsciously began to soften his heart.He pinched the palm of his hand hard to wake himself up a bit. For Ah Feng's sake, now is not the time to be soft-hearted.

Xia Ji didn't reach out to hug Ah Feng, but put on a straight face and said, "Ah Feng is now the pet shop's business hours, everyone is working hard, you should help too."

"Father..." Ah Feng called Xia Ji pitifully, standing there with a sad expression on his face.

Xia Ji stopped looking at it, turned around and went downstairs with Long Wei.

Xia Ji was ruthless for only three seconds. As soon as he reached the first floor, his heart softened immediately, and he asked Long Wei nervously: "What should I do? I was too indifferent just now, and I won't cast any shadow on Ah Feng's mind, right?"

Long Wei: "No, you did a good job, so that it can realize its mistakes."

Xia Ji is actually very distressed, but he can't show it now.After a while Ah Feng changed her clothes and came down from upstairs, Xia Ji put on a calm look again, pretending to be busy, without even looking at Ah Feng.

Ah Feng looked at Xia Ji silently, wanting to talk to him very much, remembering what Xia Ji said before, but he didn't dare, so he walked silently to the kitchen to help the Dormouse with work.

For the next whole day, Ah Feng didn't say much, and obediently completed her work throughout the whole process, while Xia Ji and Long Wei kept secretly observing Ah Feng's performance.

In the evening, it was finally closing time.

After everyone cleaned up the store, Xia Ji moved a few chairs and placed them in front of the fish tank. He took two cushions and put them under his buttocks and sat down. Tell me what happened yesterday when I wasn't home."

Ah Feng was worried all day long, afraid that Xia Ji would ignore her any more. Now when she heard Xia Ji calling her to go over, she hurriedly ran over. Because she was too excited, she changed back to her original shape with a "bang" in the middle of the run. , the clothes fell to the floor.

Xia Ji looked at it and sighed.

Ah Feng flapped her wings and bumped into Xia Ji's arms, but Xia Ji pushed her away: "Sit on the chair."

"Abba..." Ah Feng yelled sadly, but obediently sat down on the chair opposite Xia Ji.

At this time, the mermaid baby also poked its head out of the fish tank, looking at Xia Ji timidly.The Dormouse hurried over with a freshly baked biscuit and sat down, saying, "You can eat while you talk."

"..." Did this kid think there was a tea party?Xia Ji cleared his throat and said solemnly, "Speak."

Sitting next to Xia Ji, Long Wei stretched one leg leisurely, but a strong sense of oppression suddenly came out. His tone was plain but sounded like a threat: "Speak up."

The little fellows all trembled, and they didn't dare to lie or hide anything, they talked in a hurry.

Xia Ji listened wildly for a long time, and finally got a general idea.Speaking of which, the Dormouse has always been a good baby, and he wanted to persuade him to fight, but his character was a little weaker, and he couldn't persuade him at all.The culprit was indeed Ah Feng, the phoenix bird is inherently jealous, and the mermaid baby had bitten Ah Feng, but the mermaid baby didn't give up too much when it got up.

Xia Ji lamented that although the three little guys are growing physically, their minds are just like children.He asked again: "Then Ah Feng and the mermaid baby, do you know where your mistakes are?"

"..." The two brats really had blank expressions on their faces.

Xia Ji said again: "Then let me ask you, do you want your father to be injured? Just like yesterday's wrestling? If it is more serious, my father may be bedridden and may not be able to hug you again."

Ah Feng immediately jumped up and shook her head, "No! No! Ah Feng, no!" The baby mermaid also patted the water surface with its tail, expressing its unwillingness.

Xia Ji continued to ask: "Then do you want your father to be sad? It's the kind that will shed tears."

"No." Ah Feng whispered, it cried all night last night, it felt really uncomfortable.The mermaid baby also shook its head violently.

Xia Ji explained: "You are all hatched from pet eggs, and you all call me Abba, so I hope you can get along well. If you fight and either party is injured, Abba will be very sad, sad to the point of death Tears, understand?"

Ah Feng nodded, and said in a low voice: "Father, don't cry, Ah Feng will stop fighting in the future."

The mermaid baby quickly raised its hand in the fish tank, and said, "I, I won't bite you anymore."

Xia Ji smiled gratifiedly, and said again: "I hope you will pay attention to safety no matter what you do, whether it is your own or someone else's, the water is all over the ground like yesterday, fortunately I fell, if a guest fell, then It is Abba's responsibility. Abba may leave you to take care of the injured guests, do you want that?"

"Father, don't leave us." Ah Feng cried and shook her head.

Xia Ji said: "As long as you remember what Abba said just now, Abba will not leave you."

"Yeah, Ah Feng remembered." Ah Feng nodded seriously.

"Smouse remembered too," said the Dormouse.

"And me!" The baby mermaid raised her hand.

Xia Ji felt that these little guys were actually quite obedient. He couldn't hold back his serious parental face anymore, and said with a smile: "Then it depends on your performance, come and hug now!"

"Wow!!" Ah Feng was the first to rush out of the chair, and threw herself into Xia Ji's arms, rubbing her fluffy body vigorously against Xia Ji's neck, which made Xia Ji laugh out loud.The Dormouse came over, squatted down beside Xia Ji's chair, and hugged Xia Ji's waist in attachment.Ninja Cat, who was still dozing off on the sofa, wanted to come over to join in the fun when he saw the situation, and jumped onto Xia Ji's lap.

The baby mermaid could only watch from the sidelines, its tail anxiously patted the water surface, stretched out its two chubby hands like white lotus root, and shouted: "There's me! There's me!"

Long Wei sat aside, quietly watching the familiar scene in front of him, his downcast eyes cast a faint shadow.

……

After returning from Lufeng Special School, Xia Ji called the principal and expressed his willingness to bring pets to school every week for free, so that the children can have more contact with pets.The old principal was very moved and expressed his thanks again and again.

The second time I went to the Lvfeng School to perform, Xia Ji originally wanted to go by myself, but the caudal vertebra was not completely healed, and I couldn't make big moves, so I had to let Long Wei go alone.Just this day, Xie Yan called and said that he would come to the store, saying that Ah Feng's themed tableware had been designed.So Xia Ji stayed in the store and waited for Ah Feng.

Xia Ji's pet store has been upgraded and renovated, and it's Xie Yan's first visit. As soon as he entered the door, he walked around, commented, and finally said to Xia Ji: "Xia Xiaoji, the decoration company you are looking for is of good quality!"

Xia Ji thought, could the decoration of the system from the mysterious plane be bad?

Xie Yan found a comfortable place to sit down, put on the air of a guest and said, "I've been spying on Weibo every day, I've heard that the coffee in your shop tastes great, and what kind of wishing cakes are there? Give me a copy. By the way, isn’t everyone in the store given out a cat? Where’s my cat?”

Xia Ji knew that when this guy came, he would have to pretend to be an uncle. Fortunately, Xia Ji was well prepared. Before Long Wei took the ninja cat to Lufeng School, he left a shadow of a ninja cat in the store.

So Xia Ji respectfully said: "Guests, please wait a moment, the cat you ordered is here." After he finished speaking, he snapped his fingers at the ninja cat lying by the glass wall, and the ninja cat ran over obediently, with a light one Jumping, jumping to Xie Yan's side.

"Wow! Your kitten is really professional in receiving customers!" Xie Yan exclaimed, looking at the snow-white and fluffy little kitten in front of him, even though he was wearing expensive high-end trousers, he couldn't help hugging the kitten up to his lap superior.

Xie Yan patted the cat a few times, the soft feel was not good at all, he sighed: "Ah, I was cured."

Soon, Ah Feng served the "wish set meal" ordered by Xie Yan.

Xie Yan was particularly fond of Ah Feng's red hair, and immediately greeted him enthusiastically: "Brother Ah Feng, long time no see."

"Are you here to eat the wishing cake? You can make a wish, it's very spiritual." Afeng said.

Xie Yan looked down at the dinner plate in front of him. The so-called wish set meal included a piece of matcha mousse cake with bird paw prints and a cup of bird latte.He asked Xia Ji: "This is the Ah Feng-themed meal you plan to launch in the future. It's really cute. If it is paired with the tableware I designed, it may become a hit. I'll show you the design later."

After speaking, Xie Yan made a pious wish as if celebrating his birthday.Xia Ji sneered on the opposite side, and asked him: "Thank you, great designer, do you still have a wish that can't be fulfilled?"

"Hmph, don't try to trick me, it won't work if you say it. When the time comes, I'll go to your Weibo to fulfill your wish." Xie Yan pretended to be mysterious.

Xia Ji could guess what Xie Shangou wished with just one guess, and he didn't even bother to guess.

Xie Yan stroked the cat to eat and drink enough, and stroked the cat for a while. He was satisfied, and finally started to talk about business. He took out his ipad and showed Xia Ji the tableware he designed.

Xie Yan designed two sets of tableware, one set of porcelain and one set of wooden set.The porcelain set is mainly red, with a bowl in the shape of a little fat bird and a spoon in the shape of feathers. The color is like fire, just like Ah Feng's fur.The wooden set is more like traditional Japanese tableware, simple and natural, but many "Afeng" elements are added to the details, such as feathers, bird claws, etc. The key is that these small elements are well designed It's very secretive, and you might miss it if you don't look carefully. It's also a kind of fun.

Xia Ji has always been at ease with Xie Yan's design. After reading the design drawing, he expressed his satisfaction and can directly put it into production.Xie Yan has cooperating pottery and wood art studios, and the production is also entrusted to him. Xia Ji only needs to pay.

Xie Yan called his friends in the studio again in front of Xia Ji, and the two sides negotiated details such as price and construction period.After everything was negotiated, the afternoon passed, and during this period, apart from Xie Yan, there was not a single customer in the store.

Xie Yan put away his ipad, glanced at the store, and couldn't help but say, "Xia Xiaoji, your store's business is not very good."

Xia Ji sighed: "Yeah, it's okay on weekends, but it's so deserted on weekdays."

Xie Yan said: "The main thing is that the location of your store is not good. When I came here, there were no people on this street. If you continue like this, you are not afraid of losing money."

"I'm afraid, I still owe the loan." Xia Ji frowned, thought for a while and said, "Why don't you design some merchandise for me to sell after a while."

"It's okay to design the peripherals, but it's a temporary solution, not a root cause, and it can't solve the problem of the lack of customers in your store." Xie Yan hit the nail on the head, he got up and walked over to look at the pets in the store, and shook his head when he saw them: "Your store has a lot of pets. My pets are no good, not to mention the variety of pets, and the appearance is not good, who will come to your store to buy pets."

Xia Ji explained: "Ah, those are waiting for someone to adopt. I don't have any pets in my store for the time being. I don't want to sell live bodies. I can't bear it."

"You, why not open a pet shop if you don't sell pets." Xie Yan shook his head.

Xia Ji stroked Ninja Cat's head, thought for a while and said, "Recently, I'm also thinking that besides opening a pet cafe, it's better to develop other businesses in the store. After all, cafes only make money on weekends, and they don't make money on weekdays." No income. I hope that even if I don’t sell pets, I can keep this pet shop going.”

"You always say that I am a maverick, you are the real maverick, okay? I really don't know what is going on in your mind." Xie Yan said so, but he still helped him find a way. He took I got out my phone and checked Moments, found a message sent by my friend last night, and asked Xia Ji: "Does your store accept pet foster care?"

"Pet boarding?"

"Well, I'm usually busy with work and don't have time to take care of pets, so I send them to the pet shop, let the people in the pet shop help them raise them, and pick them up on weekends." Xie Yan flipped through Moments and said, "If you want to pick it up, I will recommend you here to them, there are quite a lot of people looking for foster care."

Xia Ji glanced at the large and small pet cages in the store that had been idle for a long time, and immediately said excitedly: "Go and go! Thank you so much, thank you so much!"

Xie Yan kindly reminded him: "Don't be too happy too early, taking care of pets is quite troublesome, let alone you have to take care of so many by yourself."

Xia Ji smiled and waved his hands: "It's all right, making money is not afraid of hard work, and there is Long Wei to help me."

Xie Yan had no choice but to nod: "Okay, then I'll tell them and ask them to call you before I come. Then I'll leave first."

After sending off the words of thanks, Xia Ji suddenly found a new business direction, pet foster care.

He patted himself on the head, why didn't he think of it before, business is not good on weekdays, no guests come to the door, so he can just accept pet foster care.He immediately turned on the computer, intending to make a promotional poster for the pet fostering business, and distribute it in the surrounding residential areas. There must be many people who have pets and don't have time to take care of them.

Xia Ji was happily making a poster when his cell phone rang suddenly. When he picked it up, he saw that it was the old principal of Lufeng Special School, and Xia Ji quickly picked it up.

"Hello principal, is the school performance going well today?"

"Don't worry, everything is going well." The old principal smiled and said, "Xiao Xia, I called to discuss something with you."

Xia Ji: "Tell me."

"It's like this. Our whole school is in a hurry. You are willing to bring your pet to school once a week, but I feel too sorry to let you run around like this for free. I heard from Long Wei that your store has some for adoption. Pets, I just want to adopt a few and keep them in school, so that students can interact with pets. What do you think?" The old principal asked with a smile.

Xia Ji was very surprised, but afraid that the principal would not understand the situation, he immediately said: "This method is also very good, but I have to tell you frankly that the pets waiting to be adopted in my store have been injured more or less in the past and have some defects. If you don't mind..."

There was a burst of friendly laughter on the phone, and the old principal asked back: "Xiao Xia, I know the situation, do you mind if I say so?"

Xia Ji blushed, realizing that he had made a slip of the tongue just now, and immediately apologized: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean that."

"Seeing how nervous you are, of course I know you don't mean that." The principal laughed and said, "Then I will trouble you, Long Wei just drove back, and I sent a teacher to go with him , go directly to your place to pick up the pet."

"Ah?" Xia Ji didn't expect the old principal to be so efficient, and just about to ask which teacher he sent, he saw the van driven by Long Wei parked outside the shop.Teacher Zhou, who took off his white coat and wore a dress, got out of the car surrounded by a bunch of kittens.

The author has something to say: The alarm system in Xia Ji's brain sounded: "Woo~~~~~ Love rival warning! Love rival warning! Woo~~~~"