start with a pet store

Chapter 925 X-ray

"Yes, yes, you are really thoughtful. Okay, I'll wait for your news..." Xi Wenxin was so happy at this moment, the little guys were saved.

After calculating, it was getting late, so after Lu Jingxing cleaned up the table, he left the store and headed towards his aunt's house.

Thinking of what Xi Wenxin had just said, he called Song Yuan.

At the moment, it might be most appropriate for Song Yuan to go with him. Yang Pei is now the main force in the store, and there is no way for them to leave Long'an at the same time. However, he is not sure whether Song Yuan has adjusted to the jet lag, after all, he just came back from a long journey.

After the call was connected, he briefly told Song Yuan what Xi Wenxin had told him. Unexpectedly, Song Yuan agreed immediately: "No problem, when do you leave tomorrow? Do you want to drive my car or yours?"

Lu Jingxing smiled: "I knew you were awesome. Didn't you say you were going to get your car serviced?"

Song Yuan slapped his forehead and said, "Oh, yes, it was taken for maintenance. I forgot to pick it up today. It should be ready now. I will drive back later. It will take seven or eight hours to drive there from Long'an. Why don't you drive mine? I will bring the kids back later. My trunk is more spacious..."

"Okay, then please drive the car back tonight and pick me up at the hospital tomorrow morning. I need to bring some things, including cat food, cages, and medicines..." Lu Jingxing had a plan. After dinner, he would have to go back to the store to prepare some things.

"Okay, no problem. I've slept all day anyway, so I'll be fine even if we leave at night..." Song Yuan said with a smile.

"If you say so, hehe, it's not impossible. Let me go and have dinner with Xiaochen and Xiaoxi first. I'll contact you after dinner..." Lu Jingxing said with a smile. For those kittens, the earlier they arrive, the better it should be for the little guys. Since he has decided to go, he can't wait.

After they hung up the phone, Xi Wenxin called again: "Lu, how about you leave earlier? I just contacted the boss, he said he has time early tomorrow morning, but he may not be available in the afternoon..."

Lu Jingxing laughed: "Did you install a bug on my phone? I just told Song Yuan that we should leave in the evening, and you told us to leave early..."

"Haha, really? That would be great. But you're doing surgery today, so is it okay for you to run a long distance at night?"

"Song said he has slept for a whole day. I will find time to take a nap then. It shouldn't be a big problem. You just need to prepare to welcome him..." Lu Jingxing said with a smile.

"No problem. Let me calculate. If you leave at ten o'clock, then I don't need to prepare a hotel for you tonight. You can just come to my humble abode and stay for a few hours. I will book a hotel for you tomorrow. I guess I'll be busy tomorrow morning." Xi Wenxin said, counting the time on his fingers.

"Okay, okay, we'll go to your place and follow your arrangements. Okay, I won't say anything more. I'll call you before I leave. I'm downstairs at my aunt's place, Xiaochen and Xiaoxi are waiting for me at the door..." Lu Jingxing parked the car and waved to the two siblings at the door of the unit.

Lu Chen and Lu Xi ran over quickly, and Lu Jingxing got out of the car immediately after hanging up the phone.

"Brother, brother..." the two siblings said in unison.

Lu Jingxing showed a heartfelt smile on his face: "Why did you come downstairs to wait for me?"

"We guessed that you should be here soon..." Lu Chen glanced at his sister and said, pulling his brother's clothes.

"We've been waiting for a while, and Baoer fell asleep, so we came down...Brother, have you been very busy recently? My aunt told us not to call you too much when we are free, and you will definitely come to see us when you have time..." Lu Xi directly took his hand. The little guy was obviously only a few years old. If someone else said this, it might sound like blame, but when it came from Lu Xi's mouth, Lu Jingxing heard a different feeling.

She acted like an adult and just felt sorry for her brother because he worked so hard.

Lu Jingxing started working with his left and right hands, patting the heads of the two siblings: "I'm sorry, I've been a little busy recently and haven't come to see you much."

"It's okay, we are very obedient and didn't make any trouble at all. Brother, don't worry about us. Auntie said that you should pay attention to rest..." Lu Xi raised her head and looked at him, and sighed suddenly: "Second brother, look, has my brother lost weight again..."

Lu Jingxing felt a little amused when he heard her tone.

Lu Chen stopped and looked at his brother seriously: "Really? I don't think my brother has lost weight..."

Lu Jingxing also imitated Lu Chen, touched his face, and puffed up his cheeks: "Really? Have I lost weight?"

Just like that, the three siblings entered the house laughing and joking.

As soon as he entered the room, Ba Mao came up to him and kept meowing while rubbing against Lu Jingxing's trouser legs.

Lu Jingxing hadn't seen Ba Mao for a long time. He looked at Ba Mao with a smile and picked it up.

My aunt and uncle came out from the kitchen.

This scene, many years later, kept replaying in Lu Jingxing's mind. It seemed that every time he came to his aunt's house, his uncle would always stick his head out of the kitchen, wearing an apron and holding a spatula in one hand, to greet him. Moreover, the words of greeting were almost the same every time: "Xiao Jing, you're here. Sit down for a while. The food will be ready soon..."

Xiaobao was already asleep. After Lu Jingxing greeted his aunt and uncle, he carried Ba Mao to the crib, took a look at him, and then quietly retreated. Xiaobao always brought him surprises every time he came, and the little guy grew up day by day without him noticing.

While waiting for the food to be served, he looked at his younger brother and sister's homework. It seemed that after arriving at his aunt's house, the two siblings had done their homework better than before. This was mostly due to his aunt and uncle. He was really grateful in his heart, but as his aunt and uncle said, family members don't have to say it all the time, and he is not a person who likes to express gratitude every day.

What he could do was to try his best not to let his aunt and uncle worry about money. Although his aunt and uncle did not say it, Lu Jingxing silently planned in his heart that if he came across a suitable house, he would change a house for his aunt and uncle. This three-bedroom apartment seemed a bit small.

But he didn't say it until the job was done.

We'll talk about it when the time comes. It's not impossible to give it to them as a surprise.

While he was thinking about this and that, his aunt came over with a smile: "It's time for dinner..."

The homework had just been checked, so the three siblings closed their homework books and stood up together.

"Wow, what is this? Sweet potato noodles? Such a big pot?" Lu Jingxing had smelled the fragrance a long time ago, but it seemed that he had never eaten it like this before.

My uncle introduced with a smile: "Yes, this is eel cooked with sweet potato vermicelli, a specialty of our hometown. You can try it. Every year around the Dragon Boat Festival, when eels are on the market, we cook it like this. I have never made it before. Today, when I went to the vegetable market, the eel seller said that this was a local eel from the countryside. I thought it looked good, so I bought it. Don't eat yet, have a bowl first. I cooked a big pot."

The aunt greeted them with a smile: "It's a little hot, go slowly. By the way, why hasn't his grandmother come yet? I'll go and ask her..." Just after she finished speaking, she heard the door open.

The brothers and sisters immediately stopped what they were doing and looked towards the door with a smile: "Grandma, if you don't come again, we can start eating..."

Grandma laughed: "No need to wait for me, I was entangled by the cow and finally got away. I can smell the fragrance of sweet potato flour downstairs. You can start eating, no need to wait for me..."

"Haha, grandma, you have a great nose. Uncle said we'd have eel cooked with sweet potato flour today. We've just started eating. Come quickly. By the way, what's wrong with the cow?" Lu Jingxing asked with a smile while serving the dishes.

"This is good. It feels very authentic, just like the smell we had at home..." Grandma walked to the table, fanned the air vigorously twice, and sniffed.

Then he replied to Lu Jingxing: "The cow is fine. I don't know what happened. It and Xiaobai have been at odds for the past two days. They fight every day. As soon as I separate them, they fight again. Just before I came out, the two of them fought again. However, the cow was the one who got beaten. Xiaobai beat it hard. When I was at home, Xiaobai might be better. After all, he was a little cautious. As soon as I came out, I don't know what would happen. So, the cow is also smart. When it saw me coming out, it stopped me from leaving no matter what. It didn't dare to run out itself."

"Oh, there is also this. It doesn't dare to run outside? Doesn't it go out to catch fish every day?" Several people looked at grandma curiously.

"Yes, that's what's strange. It hasn't gone out for several days. I secretly observed that whenever it ran towards the door, it would look at Xiaobai. When Xiaobai glared at it, it immediately became timid and stopped running. Since yesterday, it no longer ran towards the door or went out to catch fish. Xiaobai also didn't want to pay attention to it..." Grandma said as she turned the noodles in the bowl.

Lu Chen and Lu Xi listened with great interest, but they didn't understand why.

Lu Jingxing heard something was wrong, he smiled and said: "I think the cow must have caused trouble outside and made Xiaobai angry, so it is so cowardly..."

Several people nodded: "That should be the case."

"But what kind of trouble will it cause?" Xiao Chen raised his head and asked his brother.

"How would I know? Anyway, nothing will happen. As long as the cow is afraid of Xiaobai, nothing serious will happen to him. Don't worry..." He couldn't say it in front of his brothers and sisters. He thought to himself that the one who made Xiaobai angry must be the cow who got into some romantic trouble again. Otherwise, Xiaobai could indulge him indefinitely.

Several people sat together and had dinner happily.

When the meeting was almost over, Lu Jingxing said that he was going to go to another province tonight. His aunt and uncle were very worried, but they did not stop him. They just repeatedly reminded him to be careful.

After dinner, he was not allowed to stay for long. He was told to go back and have some rest, and to call to report safety when he arrived.

Lu Jingxing didn't bother to be polite with his family and left soon after dinner.

He agreed on a departure time with Song Yuan and went straight to the store.

Song Yuan knew that Lu Jingxing had undergone surgery all day today, and wanted to let him rest for a while, so he deliberately waited at home until after eleven o'clock before leaving. This way, he could reach Xi Wenxin's place early tomorrow morning.

After leaving his aunt's house, Lu Jingxing went home to get some daily necessities, took a quick shower, and then returned to the store without stopping.

He picked out two or three kinds of cat food from the store, fearing that the cat might not be used to the taste so that they would have options, and he also picked out a whole bag of canned food and other things.

As for medicine, he didn't prepare too much, just some basic ones. If someone really needed treatment, he would have to come back quickly.

Just like that, he picked up a little here and a little there, and eventually he had collected a large pile. Looking at the pile, he was in trouble again. Those who knew him thought he was going to rescue cats, while those who didn't thought he was moving.

An idea suddenly flashed through his mind, but it was so fleeting that he was interrupted by shouting outside before he could catch it.

"Excuse me, is anyone there?" Someone knocked on the glass door.

Lu Jingxing looked up at the time. It was almost ten o'clock, but he still walked over without hesitation and opened the door.

"Hello." Lu Jingxing asked quickly: "Do you need any help?"

The man outside the door walked in carrying a bicycle.

"It's okay, no need for help, I can do it alone." The man said while wiping his sweat.

Lu Jingxing watched the man walk in like this, without seeing him bringing any cats or dogs with him, and looked at him in surprise.

The man did not say anything, but walked silently to the middle of the hall, took off the black mountain bike he was carrying from his shoulders, and placed it in front of Lu Jingxing: "Boss, my bike stopped riding when I was riding it for a while, and I don't know what's wrong. Can you help me take a look..."

Lu Jingxing was dumbfounded. He had treated almost all kinds of animals, from cats and dogs to lions and tigers. The appearance of this mountain bike in front of him today was really unexpected.

"Um... man, this is a pet shop. Repairing electric cars doesn't seem to be within the scope of our business, haha..." Lu Jingxing said with a smile.

"Haha, I know. I just thought that this car seems to be able to take pictures. Don't you have a machine that can take pictures of animals? Can you take an X-ray of my car to see where the damage is? I'm not asking you to help me fix my car." The man laughed when he heard Lu Jingxing's words and said.

"Ah? That's it?" Lu Jingxing was also amused. He took pictures of cats and dogs every day, but this was the first time he took a picture of a car. However, it was not impossible. Lu Jingxing did know about this matter. Some bicycle frames were made of carbon fiber, and taking pictures of them was the same as taking X-rays of animals or humans. Since the man came here on purpose, the car must be made of carbon fiber.

Lu Jingxing agreed with a smile. After the two of them agreed on the price, Lu Jingxing prepared the equipment. After all, he was going to take a film of the car. The fact that the car was sent by its owner to take this kind of film meant that it would definitely be expensive.

It would be troublesome if an employee accidentally broke it.

Lu Jingxing and the car owner entered the filming room together.

From the car owner's description, he learned that the reason why this car needed to be filmed was because this car had a carbon frame, and the internal support was not that stable. Once it was damaged, it was difficult to see. So only this kind of X-ray could be taken to determine the damage.

(End of this chapter)