Chapter 1062: When We et, We Laugh Away Our Hatred
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Cat ringworm was a very common skin disease. It was caused by fungal infection. It occurred mostly in cats with malnutrition that experienced a sudden change of environnt. Kittens that had just been brought ho were most commonly affected.
Although it was rare that cat ringworm was dangerous, it was a very troubleso illness. It was a long-term illness that was hard to cure, and it was very infectious. If Zhang Zian did not guess incorrectly, Scald-head, which was a purebred Arican Shorthair, was most likely a house cat in the past. Later on, when it developed cat ringworm, either the owner looked down on it, or it had infected the owner or the owner’s family mbers and was then abandoned.
Preventing cat ringworm was not difficult, as was the case with most skin diseases. The main thods for treatnt were spending more ti in the sunshine, supplenting VB, and keeping its indoor environnt dry. It was not so easy to implent, however––the lighting conditions of houses was generally not good, and the sun did not shine for more than several hours every day. On top of that, the dose of VB could not be overdone. It needed to be calculated according to the cat’s weight, down to each kilogram. It was more troubleso to keep the indoors dry––especially in coastal areas like Binhai City, which was adjacent to the sea. It was wet and rainy in the winter, the spring, and the sumr. The humidity in the air was relatively high, which created a good environnt for the growth of fungi.
The main thod for treating cat ringworm, on a small scale, was to buy dicine and shave the cat, and on a large scale, it was to take professional dicinal baths in a pet clinic. If that did not work, it needed to be supplented by an injection. The last way was to take dicine, because the injection was for muscle absorption, while actually ingesting the dicine was for gastrointestinal absorption. Oral antifungal drugs had side effects on a cat’s liver and kidney.
Ordinary people needed to wear gloves when touching cats with cat ringworm, or if they were saring them with dicine––either that or they needed to wash their hands after touching them to prevent infection. But like Zhang Zian and his shop assistants, as well as Sun Xiaong and Long Cian, they interacted with all kinds of cats all day long; they had all been infected with cat ringworm before. After one or two infections, they developed an immunity, similar to chickenpox, and they barely got infected anymore. From that point on, it didn’t matter if they touched cats that had cat ringworm with their bare hands.
Vladimir understood it now, and it turned its head back to look at the clinic. It asked, “They’re already so busy. Do they still have ti to do these kind of things that don’t earn them any money?”
“First of all, you have to understand that they chose the veterinary industry as their lifelong career because they like animals. Making money is secondary to them. If it’s just to make money, why not beco a doctor? The ability to make money is much higher, and the social status is higher––almost any aspect of being a doctor is better than being a veterinarian,” Zhang Zian explained.
As he was speaking, there was a figure that suddenly cut in in front of them.
Zhang Zian closed his mouth and raised his head to take a look. He was shocked to find that the person blocking the road was Aunt Liu, who he had not seen in a long ti.
Shortly after he caught Fina, Aunt Liu, who ran a laundromat down the street, ca to the pet shop to bathe her Arican Shorthair, but she didn’t do it because she thought it was too expensive. Fina saw that she was rude to the cat––beating and scolding it––and she ordered the Arican Shorthair to bite her and then run away. After the Arican Shorthair ran away, it went to the pet shop and stayed there indefinitely.
Aunt Liu bent down and stared at the cat on the pushcart––she was staring at Scald-head.
“Aunt Liu, we haven’t t in a very long ti!”
Although there had been points of contension between them previously, Aunt Liu was also a neighbor and an elder that Zhang Zian had known since childhood. Zhang Zian greeted her with a smile.
“Is this the cat that I lost?” Aunt Liu nodded as a response, then asked in confusion.
Scald-head was also an Arican Shorthair, and it had around the sa fur color as the one she had lost. After such a long ti had passed, her mory was a bit fuzzy.
“Nope. Did you rember incorrectly? This is another cat,” he answered.
Aunt Liu was suspicious, and she kept staring at Scald-head. She muttered, “How could it not be? I’ve searched for so long, and I finally found one that looks like it. It could be this one.”
“It really isn’t. I rember very clearly what your cat looks like. It’s different from this one, and this is a male. Yours was a female. You rember that, right?” Zhang Zian explained.
Aunt Liu was stunned. “It really isn’t mine?”
“It really isn’t.”
“All right... Then I’ll continue searching. Perhaps I’ll see it again one day...” Aunt Liu sighed and turned around, wanting to leave.
Zhang Zian pushed the cart towards her, then used his key to press the proposal onto the tal cage to prevent it from being blown away by the wind. When the wind blew, the proposal was blown so much that it was rustling.
Aunt Liu noticed the proposal, and stopped walking to ask curiously, “What’s this?”
Zhang Zian instinctively repeated the contents of the proposal.
“Oh,” Aunt Liu nodded. “I’ll sign. Do you have a pen?”
Zhang Zian was stunned, suspecting that he had heard her incorrectly. “You want to sign?”
“I can’t sign?” A look of anger flashed across her face.
“No, no! You misunderstood . I just wanted to ask for the reason... You’re concerned with protecting small animals?” Zhang Zian hurriedly asked.
Everyone else he was familiar with signed because they were his friends, but Aunt Liu would not, so he really wanted to know the reason.
Aunt Liu stared blankly at Scald-head and said, “I lost my Arican Shorthair. Now there’s an 80 percent chance that it is also a stray cat. I feel regret when I think about it. Only after losing it do I know how to cherish it. I didn’t take good care of it, so now I can only hope that it isn’t mistreated as a stray cat...”
Zhang Zian observed her expression and her words and felt that she was not randomly saying things. She did not need to put on an act with him.
“Ha, why am I randomly saying things?” Aunt Liu returned to her senses and smiled. “My cat was naughty and sturdy. It probably wouldn’t let itself be bullied. It has probably given birth to many kittens and is living a carefree life!”
Zhang Zian nodded. “It really could be doing that!” He took out a pen and passed it to Aunt Liu. “Then will you still sign?”
“I’ll sign.” Aunt Liu sighed and grabbed the pen. She found a flat surface to put the proposal against, signed her na, and left her phone number.
“Then I’ll go now. I have to buy groceries. My son and daughter-in-law are bringing their family over today, and I have yet to make lunch.” Aunt Liu passed the pen and proposal back to him.
“There’s a lot of people on the road today. Walk slowly,” Zhang Zian said.
“En.” Aunt Liu took a few steps and stopped again. She looked back as if she was embarrassed and said hesitantly, “Zian... your aunt––I am old and close-minded, and I speak quickly. It is not as easy to accept new things as it is for you young people. If I did sothing wrong towards you in the past, don’t take it to heart...”
Zhang Zian smiled, relieved. “Aunt Liu, you’re too polite. You’re my senior, and I’m your junior. You saw grow up. It’s right that you scolded a bit. I won’t take it to heart too much.”
“All right, then I’ll go. I hope your business gets better and better... When you have ti, co over to visit .” Aunt Liu let out a breath of relief. “Then I’ll go now.”
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