start with a pet store

Chapter 1071 To protect the elder or to protect the child?
The next day, Situ Fang called me just after I got to work and said that the warehouse in the state would not be rented out because there were complaints from the market about the strong smell of cats and the mixed staff of volunteers.

It was originally intended for transition, and the environment inside was not good. Lu Jingxing could understand that, but the time was just a little earlier than he expected.

However, he also knew that there were no open adoptions these days, and there weren't many bases around that could accept them, so the current number was still quite large.

This question is very specific.

He also had a headache.

"So what do the higher-ups say now? Are there any plans?" Lu Jingxing asked Situ Fang.

Situ Fang was in a low mood. He had been working non-stop for so many days but had not settled the little ones down. He felt quite frustrated: "No, this is the first time they have encountered such a thing. These are all living creatures, opening their mouths to eat every day. Others refused to take them in, and they had no other choice."

Lu Jingxing nodded: "Yes, there are thousands of them at once. Who would dare to accept them easily without the strength... As for food, it should be enough for the time being. I calculated it when I left. It should be enough for half a month."

"Yeah, it's enough to eat. But, Master, what should we do now? We are in a dilemma. We have been in charge for so many days. It is definitely impossible for us to leave, but it is obvious that we can't handle it in a short time..." Situ Fang got a headache just thinking about it.

"Has the warehouse given a time? They can't just tell us to move out, right? And what did the police station say?" Lu Jingxing asked.

"The warehouse didn't say that we have to move out immediately, they just said to do it as soon as possible and give us ten days at most, because the longer we wait, the stronger the smell will be. There will be more complaints from the property management, and it will be difficult for them to handle it." Situ Fang responded to Lu Jingxing's words.

"This is understandable. Ten days, right? With ten days, we can still deal with some of the cases. What does the police station say?" Lu Jingxing felt relieved.

"I haven't asked about this yet. Does it matter?" Situ Fang had never dealt with such matters before, so he didn't understand why there was a connection.

"It is still related. Didn't we say that at the time? One of the reasons why they can't be adopted is that they are still evidence. It's been a few days, but I don't know how they have been handled. If the nature of the slaughterhouse and the driver has been determined, it would be easier for us and we can let them adopt.

Although it is troublesome to adopt cats at a time, and one or two cats at a time may not seem like a lot, we have also seen that many of them are purebred cats with good appearance, so it is still very easy to adopt them out. If we promote them more on our platform, the effect should be good..." Lu Jingxing said after thinking for a while.

"That's true. I've also read the messages on our platform. There are quite a lot of people who want to adopt. They are all waiting for us to agree. Can I go and ask?" Situ Fang said as he put down the work in his hands and walked towards Chen Mianmian, who had been in the warehouse for the past few days.

"Okay, you find out the specific situation first. I'll count how much we can receive and then we'll contact each other..." With ten days, Lu Jingxing felt that it was still possible to finish the process.

Several smaller bases he contacted a few days ago also agreed to accept dozens of them. If each place accepts a few, the pressure will be reduced if they are dispersed.

On the contrary, on-site adoption is a big task. This situation definitely cannot be judged according to the standards of their store, but the degree must be struck. Don't try hard to save the little ones from the tiger's mouth only to jump into the wolf's den.

He stood in front of the adoption policy poster of his store at the door and didn't move for a long time.

"Master, what's wrong? Is there any problem with the adoption policy?" Xiao Liu just came to work and as soon as he entered the door, he saw Lu Jingxing staring at the adoption poster in a daze.

"Ah? Oh, no... you just arrived?" Lu Jingxing's thoughts were interrupted by Xiao Liu, who looked back at him.

Xiao Liu quickly took out his phone and said, "I'm still early, you're the one who came too early." It was only 7:50 and he had already arrived ten minutes early. When Lu Jingxing asked him this, he thought he was late. He thought, I came early, how could I still be late? And was I caught by the master?
After confirming that he was not late, he immediately felt confident.

"Really? I've been here for a long time. I saw the door was open, but I didn't check the time..." Lu Jingxing smiled.

"The main reason is that I arrived early today. Good morning, Brother Lu, Brother Liu..." Ding Fang walked in from the backyard with a smile.

"Luo, why are you here so early today?" Xiao Liu immediately smiled so hard that his eyes and mouth were invisible.

Lu Jingxing couldn't bear to look at him like this.

"A cat gave birth to babies yesterday. I watched the delivery, and I was worried, so I came over early in the morning to check on her..." Ding Fang was wiping the front desk table with a rag in her hand.

"Are you talking about the pregnant little orange we brought in a few days ago?" Xiao Liu asked.

"Yes, she gave birth yesterday. She gave birth to five babies. They are so cute..." Ding Fang said with a smile, without stopping her work.

"How come I don't know? I haven't even heard of it. I was the one who collected it when it came in." Xiao Liu said.

"Hi, weren't you busy yesterday? It gave birth naturally on its own, and Brother Xiaojiu helped out. Mainly, it gave birth so quickly. It took less than an hour for all five cubs to come out, just like poop, one after another. Brother Xiaojiu even said that he had never seen a mother cat give birth so effortlessly..." Ding Fang couldn't help but smile when she thought of how Xiaoju gave birth yesterday.

"It gave birth to five kittens. Are they stray cats?" Lu Jingxing suddenly spoke after listening for a long time.

"Yes, it ran in by itself. We went outside and asked everyone whose cat it was. Later, everyone said it was a stray cat. It was really smart. It found a place to give birth by itself and found us." Ding Fang said.

"She's really smart. As soon as I entered the door, she came in next to me and kept following me. If you hadn't told me, I would have forgotten that I said yesterday that I would go and see her. She gave birth so soon? However, her belly was already very big at that time, and I also did an ultrasound examination for her. The estimated date of birth is within the next two days." Xiao Liu said.

"Don't worry, both mother and babies are doing well. There are three boys and two girls. A customer saw them yesterday and put down a deposit. He will come to take one away when the baby is one month old. Haha, it's funny to think about it. They were all wet when they were born. The customer actually said that the Xiaoer he chose has long-haired cat, and he wanted it. I don't know how he could tell that Xiaoer would be a long-haired cat in the future. However, he is an old customer of ours and he meets the adoption requirements, so I agreed and asked him to come back in a month to go through the formal adoption procedures. Anyway, he will be given priority for adoption." Ding Fang said with a smile.

Hearing what she said, Lu Jingxing nodded. Her way of handling it was not bad.

A few people discussed Xiaoju and the children for a while. Xiao Liu saw Lu Jingxing still standing in front of the adoption poster and asked again: "What's wrong? Is there a problem with this adoption?"

Lu Jingxing shook his head. "That's not the case. It's because of the group of cats in Mingzhou. I was thinking that you guys have been saying that my conditions are too harsh. I was thinking whether I should change it to match them. But after looking around, I don't think any of them can be relaxed. I think all of them are necessary."

Xiao Liu also read it and nodded as he read: "It is indeed harsh, so there are more and less little ones in our base, which is due to this adoption policy. However, it is precisely because our policy is relatively strict that the little ones adopted out live well. So, this is proportional, and we are used to this policy."

Lu Jingxing smiled after hearing this: "Okay, go back to work. I'll send this to Situ Fang and ask him to consult with them. The emperor is far away, and they can't all listen to me."

"If everyone listens to you and follows your policy, we'll be doomed and they'll all be under your control," Xiao Liu said with a smile.

Ding Fang chuckled, as if that was indeed the case.

Lu Jingxing also laughed and patted Xiao Liu: "Get ready for the meeting..."

At 8:30, after the morning meeting, Lu Jingxing returned to the office, called Situ Fang, and started his day of consultation. Xiaojiu was on a day off today, so he also had to help with the consultation.

Not long after I sat down, there was a knock on the office door and an elderly couple came in.

A grandfather in his seventies and a grandmother who looked a little younger, about sixty-five or sixty-six years old. The grandfather was holding a calico cat in his arms, and when he saw Lu Jingxing, he nodded and greeted him.

Lu Jingxing quickly stood up and pointed to the stool in front of the desk for the two old men to sit on.

Grandpa moved half of his body to let grandma sit inside, and he sat on a stool a little further outside, then gently placed the baby in his arms on the desk.

After putting it on, my hand never left its head and I kept touching it gently.

The little guy tilted his head to look at Lu Jingxing and let out a very low cry.

Even from a distance, Lu Jingxing could feel that the little guy was having difficulty breathing and was a little out of breath.

Without waiting for Lu Jingxing to speak again, the old man said, "Doctor, can you help us take a look at this cat? Is it sick or what?"

Lu Jingxing looked at Sanhua lying on the table again, and it seemed to know that grandpa was bringing it to see a doctor.

Its pair of black and yellow eyes looked at Lu Jingxing resentfully: "Meow...save me, I'm in so much pain."

"What's wrong with it?" Lu Jingxing didn't answer the little guy, but asked the old man directly.

"I don't know either. It just feels like it can't get out of its temper, and its spirit is getting worse day by day. I don't know what's wrong with it, so I came to find you." Grandpa said with heartache.

"Well, I'll take it to get an X-ray to see what the problem is. The naked eye can't see it." After listening to the little guy's heart, Lu Jingxing said, "It should be pregnant."

"Ah? Is there a baby? We didn't know, but it should have had this feeling of being unable to vent its anger for a long time before it got pregnant, and it has become more severe recently." Grandma added.

Lu Jingxing nodded: "Well, let me check it first to see what the problem is."

Grandpa and grandma nodded at the same time. They had discussed it at home before leaving, and they were specifically bringing the little one to see a doctor, so they didn't ask questions like how much it would cost.

However, even if they asked, Lu Jingxing couldn't answer them now. How could he answer before he found out the problem?

The test results came out quickly.

Lu Jingxing called the two elderly people to his office and said to them with a serious expression: "Grandpa, grandma, Xiaohua's results are out, and the situation is not very good..."

"What's wrong with it? It's sick, right?" Grandpa asked anxiously.

Lu Jingxing nodded: "Yes, I am sick, it is a diaphragmatic hernia..."

"Diaphragmatic hernia? What is a diaphragmatic hernia? A hernia?" Grandpa asked.

Lu Jingxing nodded again: "Yes, diaphragmatic hernia is a type of hernia. In layman's terms, the internal organs that were originally at the bottom are all squeezed into the chest cavity. This situation will not only endanger Xiaohua's life, but now there is another point. It is pregnant, about forty-five days, so now the babies are also in danger..."

"Oh, God, what should we do now, they..." When grandpa heard this, his voice trembled a little.

"Now we have two choices, to have surgery or not. If we do it, it can survive. If we don't, it will definitely not survive..." Lu Jingxing said with difficulty.

Grandpa and grandma listened in silence for a long time.

"Since it can survive, I must save its life..." After a long while, grandpa suddenly said.

Grandma didn't say much the whole time. It seemed that she nodded to whatever grandpa said to do.

This time was the same, when grandpa said he wanted to have surgery, grandma nodded.

"Okay, we'll prepare to perform surgery on it now..." Seeing the two old men confirm it, Lu Jingxing stood up immediately.

Xiaohua was quickly pushed into the operating room.

However, the operation did not go smoothly...

During the operation, Lu Jingxing discovered that all of Xiaohua's internal organs were in the chest cavity, and there were adhesions of organs.

All these signs indicate that Xiaohua has congenital diaphragmatic hernia.

A new problem arises...

An hour after Lu Jingxing entered the operating room, he walked out of the operating room and found two elderly people waiting outside the operating room...

When his grandparents saw him come out so quickly, they looked at each other and didn't rush to speak. They waited silently for Lu Jingxing to tell them.

Lu Jingxing stood in front of the two elderly people with an apologetic look on his face. He was still trying to organize his words when the old man suddenly asked, "Is it possible that the operation was unsuccessful and Xiaohua cannot be saved?"

"No, not entirely. Now there is a problem. You can only choose between Xiaobao and Xiaohua..." Lu Jingxing simply explained to his grandfather that Xiaohua had congenital diaphragmatic hernia.

This choice was difficult for Grandpa and Grandma, but he didn't think about it for long and said firmly: "Bao Da..."

After hearing this, Lu Jingxing went into the operating room without saying a word.

When he came out again, he brought Xiaohua with him.

……

After placing the little guy in the hyperbaric oxygen chamber, grandpa went to pay the bill.

(End of this chapter)