start with a pet store

Chapter 955 Just Do Your Best
Lu Jingxing looked at the two little guys with pity.

It was fate that brought them to this state.

Those two pairs of clean and flawless eyes were filled with unknowns and doubts, as well as curiosity and pain about the world.

Perhaps they were the product of a failed breeding at a pet shop. Maybe they were disgusted or couldn’t bear the consequences, so they threw these two little creatures onto this supposedly deserted path.

If there were criminal laws in the pet world, this would most likely be considered murder.

After killing the insects for the two little creatures, Lu Jingxing took a closer look and found that they were a male dog and a female cat.

Worried about whether there might be problems with parvovirus or something, Lu Jingxing separated them and told Xiaojiu to feed them for a few days first.

There's no other way. These two little things are so thin. If they are not fed for a few days and disinfected first, there will probably be problems if they draw a little blood.

Lu Jingxing specially cleaned the two small cages and separated them.

Ji Ling was a little angry. Such irresponsible behavior would make anyone despise it.

Ever since she got involved in the pet industry because of Lu Jingxing, she has seen such behaviors and incidents countless times.

At first, she didn't understand why Lu Jingxing calmly took the sick cat at the door back to the store. She didn't know why Lu Jingxing always greeted those who had cats but couldn't afford the treatment costs with a smile. She didn't understand why Lu Jingxing would also carefully choose a cat when a homeless person came to adopt one.

People who are determined to keep cats and treat cats and dogs as their friends and companions will give everything to their pets even if they are penniless.

Those who profit from pets and treat them as creatures like ants will ignore them even if they are wealthy.

Lu Jingxing, Yi Wandou and others are typical examples of the former, while the latter is typified by the person who lost the cat and the person who organized the exhibition before.

But gradually, Ji Ling also understood Lu Jingxing.

The world is never as beautiful as people imagine, or rather, there are too many bad things in it.

But there are always people who are willing not to let the darkness wear their hearts down, and are willing to dedicate themselves to those beautiful things and live well.

Lu Jingxing is like a tailor. He is destined to be unable to sew up all the holes, but he can make the holes in front of him disappear.

So he silently rescues cats and helps animals, hoping to make the world he lives in a place where humans and animals live in harmony.

It must be said that he did so much that he hardly had time to rest.

When Lu Jingxing received another text message on his mobile phone, he had not sat down for two hours.

Fortunately, it was just a message from my aunt, asking if they had arrived home.

Lu Jingxing answered truthfully, and his aunt's concern filled the entire screen.

I can somewhat understand why many young people only report good news and not bad news. It’s because their elders’ concern for them is too frequent.

Since I'm here, I might as well check it out.

Lu Jingxing walked from the front to the back, visited the cat garden and the dog garden, and came to the bird garden.

Lu Jingxing looked at the birds inside. There were not only those parrots and blackbirds, but also several other birds.

This made the already small bird house even worse.

It was then that Lu Jingxing remembered that he had rented a piece of land a long time ago, intending to move all the birds there and plant some fruit trees. Lu Jingxing even went to learn the basics of forestry for this purpose.

At that time, I handed this matter over to Song Weiyuan, thinking that the big boss should be able to handle this matter, but I haven't asked about it for more than half a month, and I don't know what the situation is.

Regarding the construction of the orchard and bird farm, Lu Jingxing only proposed an idea, and Song Weiyuan agreed to it.

But to be honest, Lu Jingxing is just a dabbler. He has some experience in rescuing and cultivating fruit trees, but the app did not tell him how to combine the forest farm and the bird farm.

So he asked Song Weiyuan to find someone with experience to see if they could get things done with the least cost.

As he was thinking about it, he made a phone call.

"Hello? Who's there?" An unknown voice came from the other side, full of confusion.

"I'm Lu Jingxing. Do you know where Boss Song is now?" Lu Jingxing asked tentatively.

"Oh, you mean my uncle? He went to the bathroom and will be here soon. I'll pass the phone to him for you." Judging from the voice, he was indeed a young man, Lu Jingxing didn't pay much attention to it.

"Hello, is this Mr. Lu? Sorry, I didn't have my phone with me just now." Song Weiyuan apologized: "You called me, I guess you want to ask about the forest farm."

"Yes, you haven't briefed me on the progress for less than half a month, so I can't help but feel a little nervous." Lu Jingxing said directly.

"Then you've found the right person. Guess who just answered the phone." Song Weiyuan's tone revealed pride.

"Isn't that your nephew? What does it have to do with him?" Lu Jingxing was a little confused.

"Don't say it's none of his business. It has a lot to do with him. He is a top student who majored in forestry management. I asked him to design the plan for your forest. If you want to ask me about the progress, you might as well ask him." Song Weiyuan turned the phone over before he finished speaking.

"I'm sorry, I didn't know you were Mr. Lu. My name is Song Yixing, and I'm in charge of your forest land now. Why don't you add me on WeChat and I'll send you photos of the current progress." Song Yixing said with humility.

"Okay, okay, this is the phone number, just add me." Lu Jingxing was a little curious. This person sounded so young, could he be some big expert?

After a while, Song Yixing added Lu Jingxing on WeChat. Lu Jingxing looked at the construction drawings he sent. Everything about the transplanting of the fruit trees was done correctly. With the experience he learned on the app, the distribution of the fruit trees was also very reasonable.

To achieve such a reasonable distribution does require some skill, not to mention that he also took bird breeding into consideration and appropriately introduced and planted some trees suitable for bird habitation.

Even Lu Jingxing couldn't help but nod his head after seeing it. Although the place was not big, this person's use of the space was still very reasonable. He also cleverly planted some water-retaining trees in a river running through there. These trees could retain more water vapor in the entire forest, which was conducive to plant growth.

"You are indeed an expert. You have thought of every aspect." Lu Jingxing praised him generously.

"I don't deserve it, I just applied what I learned from the book to practice. I'm not sure if many operations are completely correct. Some are just based on feelings. If there are any unreasonable things, I hope Mr. Lu will forgive me." Song Yixing sent a fist-raising emoji. Lu Jingxing smiled. This young man also looked too old.

The two agreed to go to the forest farm together in a few days to see if there was anything that could be improved and to see what specific fruit trees could be introduced to generate the best economic benefits.

It was already late at night when they finished chatting. Ji Ling walked into the office with skewers and put a box on the table.

"Still talking about business? Want to eat something?" Ji Ling sat down on Lu Jingxing's office chair.

"You are so rude. You just took my seat." Lu Jingxing took out the skewers and handed one to Ji Ling.

Ji Ling took a look and bit off the shrimp on the skewer, leaving only the shrimp head alone on the skewer.

"Damn, there's a bit of shrimp in your bite..." Lu Jingxing joked.

"Hmph, I don't know who is more shameless, leaving his girlfriend alone in the store so late at night." Ji Ling's tone was slightly resentful.

“Uh…” Lu Jingxing paused while eating the skewers: “Sorry, I was too engrossed…”

Seeing Lu Jingxing's embarrassed expression, Ji Ling couldn't help but laugh: "Okay, I was just kidding. When you were busy just now, I took a long walk outside. It seems that there are people walking their dogs in the square. Do you want to take Black Tiger and General for a walk? Leave them at home for one night and bring them over tomorrow. We have dog food at home too."

"It's been a while since we've let them see each other. Later, you take one and I take one for a walk." Lu Jingxing wiped his mouth.

When the store door was locked, Lu Jingxing and Ji Ling walked all the way to the square. Just as Ji Ling said, there were many people walking their dogs in the square, some as small as Pomeranians and some as big as golden retrievers, all strolling leisurely in the square.

Seeing Black Tiger and the General being led over, before the big dogs came forward, some small dogs quickly came up to sniff.

Some with bad tempers have even started barking.

It's like this in the dog world. Small dogs often don't understand their own weight and always seem to be relying on the power of their masters.

So small dogs like Teddy Pomeranians can easily anger large dogs if they are not disciplined by their owners.

Among large dogs, especially golden retrievers, they are particularly kind to people, but they always adopt a contemptuous tactic towards other dogs.

Therefore, golden retrievers are more aggressive towards other dogs, which makes it easier for small dogs to become targets of attack by golden retrievers.

Professionally educated dogs like Black Tiger and General know their limits very well. Unless their master gives an order, they will never fight back or provoke any other species.

And they also know the difference between themselves and these small, brainless dogs, which means they will not get angry with children easily.

We are all adult dogs, I hope you can be a little more sensible...

When they saw Black Tiger and the General, some people recognized Lu Jingxing. After all, these two dogs were very famous. Anyone who had pampered them and taken care of or treated them would basically like these two majestic and polite big dogs.

Lu Jingxing chatted with them.

"Boss Lu, look at my dog." The middle-aged man pointed at his golden retriever. "I usually only feed him dog food, and occasionally some canned food, but he's losing a little hair now. Do you think I should balance his nutritional structure like some bloggers on the Internet, feed him some salmon or something..."

"There's something wrong with what you said. Doesn't it mean that the nutritional structure of dog food is not strong? You can go back and look at the ingredients of your own dog food. There's fish, meat, and everything else in there." Lu Jingxing patiently explained his question: "Someone asked me before why dogs in rural areas can live well just by eating leftovers, while dogs in cities have to be pampered and fed dog food. In fact, raising and feeding dogs is all based on love for dogs. Dogs follow their owners, and they will definitely be willing to eat whatever you do."

Touching the golden retriever's head and looking at its silly appearance, Ji Ling added: "I think that we dog owners should just do our best to let our dogs live a happy life. There is no need to force ourselves to spend a lot of energy on our pets. Do you think this makes sense?"

Everyone around nodded. It is true that raising a pet is not like raising an ancestor. There is no need to be too critical of it every day. Just give it the best you can.

As for those bloggers who feed their dogs delicious food and drinks every day online, firstly, they really have the financial strength to do so, and at the same time, they may also want to create a show effect. After all, normal people who keep pets would not be willing to feed their pets tuna, which they usually don’t even want to feed their pets.

It has to be said that under Lu Jingxing's leadership, there are more and more pets in the neighborhood. Lu Jingxing even saw someone taking a kitten out for a walk in a corner.

In fact, walking cats is feasible. Many people's cats are very timid and dare not get close to strangers. This is because they have not received enough socialization training. If cats are allowed to live in a relatively noisy environment from an early age, or kittens are allowed to adapt to unfamiliar environments and be able to accept relatively abnormal sounds such as the roar of cars, the kittens will become more social and easier to raise.

Lu Jingxing recalled that one of his clients' cats was frightened to the point of stress and even died simply because it heard the sound of firecrackers going off outside during the Chinese New Year. This was a typical case of a lack of socialization training, which was not a good thing for either the cat or the person.

But if the cat is kept in a store and the door is often opened and closed, you must be careful not to let the cat run out. You should regulate its range of activities and let it know how bad it is to run out, so as to prevent the cat from getting lost.

Lu Jingxing was like a tour guide, answering questions for his neighbors until the last person had asked his question. Only then was Lu Jingxing free to go home.

Ji Ling was the same, constantly providing additional explanations for Lu Jingxing. After all, she had been by his side for so long that she was familiar with some of the relevant knowledge.

Heihu and the general were very obedient. Except for the time when they couldn't help it and forced Lu Jingxing to the edge of the lawn to pee, they never lost their temper during the whole process.

So the first thing Lu Jingxing did when he got home was to prepare food for them, as well as beef jerky and teething sticks. After all, they had really been wronged, and although they couldn't escape, they felt relieved at having to hold their urine.

Early the next morning, Lu Jingxing took advantage of the fact that Ji Ling was still asleep and went out for a morning run with Heihu and the general.

He hadn't run for a long time, and somehow he missed the feeling very much, so he put on his sportswear and sneakers and ran on the track.

The two dogs were in sync with each other. They would not pull Lu Jingxing too far away, nor would they stay too close to him. They were like two professional coaches, controlling Lu Jingxing's speed and distance.

After running two laps, Lu Jingxing was exhausted and out of breath.

These two laps were about 2 kilometers, and both dogs were only breathing slightly.

"Are you going to exercise?" Ji Ling asked curiously in her pajamas.

"To be precise, I was trained." Lu Jingxing wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"Come and have breakfast later, don't starve." Ji Ling smiled.

Lu Jingxing hadn't felt so comfortable in a long time. He looked at Ji Ling's back.

"It seems like today is a good day." He thought, "Why don't I go to the forest farm secretly to take a look."

(End of this chapter)