Chapter 303: Money in One Hand, Dog in the Other
The old man looked at Lin Ting for a moment. He was not dressed as well as the man with glasses. "How much can you offer?"
"Two hundred yuan?" Lin Ting did not offer a high price directly. If she had offered a high price, the old man would definitely think the dog was valuable and would keep it with him and not sell it.
Just based on the old man's attitude, she felt that a few hundred dollars was too much, but Shengshi was rich, and there was no need to argue with the old man over these few hundred dollars.
It would be bad if the old man blackmailed me again.
The old man's eyes rolled, his gaze tinged with coldness. "Little girl, the price you offered is too low. Yesterday, a dog meat restaurant near our village came to buy dogs and offered up to 250 yuan, but you only gave me 200 yuan. Why should I sell it to you?"
Lin Ting clicked his tongue twice, "I didn't expect this dog to be so popular."
Lin Ting didn't raise the price immediately. She seemed to be hesitating. After waiting for a moment, she continued, "How about this, I'll give you three hundred and you sell it to me. Although this dog is fat, it's small. It's worth at most this price. If it's more, I'll lose money. If you don't want to, you can find the person who bid before to buy it."
Seeing the old man was still hesitating, Lin immediately said, "If you don't want to, forget it. Let's go look somewhere else."
After saying this, he took Lan Xue's hand and walked out.
Because they were so close, Lan Xue lowered her voice and asked, "I want to hear what you're saying."
"The old man now refuses to admit that this is the dog he picked up. There is no point in arguing with him. It is better to buy the dog. However, I offer three hundred. The old man has been hesitating." Lin Ting lowered his voice for fear that others would hear.
If they had arrived a step later, the old man might have sold the dog to a dog meat restaurant.
It would be difficult for a dog that has entered a dog meat restaurant to come back.
What's more, it's not uncommon for people to pick up dogs and take them for themselves. Instead of going to the police station, it's better to spend money to avoid trouble and prevent the dog from suffering.
They were far away just now, and Shengshi and Qin Yu didn't hear what Lin Ting and the old man said at all.
They talked for a few words, and then Lin Ting pulled them away. Although he was a little confused, he didn't ask any questions. His legs instinctively followed Lin Ting forward.
Lin Ting counted silently in his heart.
Just before they were about to step out of the courtyard, the old man called out to them, "Little girl, I'll sell it to you for 300 yuan as you said, little girl, but we need to make it clear in advance, I only want cash."
"Okay." After hearing this, Lin took out three hundred-dollar bills from his bag and handed them to the old man.
Just as the old man reached out to take it, Lin Tingyou quickly took the money back. She looked at the tied-up Corgi and said, "One hand for the money, the other for the goods."
The old man didn't expect Lin Ting to be so smart. He immediately went back to the room to get the key, opened the chain that tied the Corgi, untied the dog, and handed it to Lin Ting's arms. "Here's the dog, and here's the money."
Lin Ting handed the money to the old man and couldn't help but weigh the thing in his arms. "It's a bit of a bargain. It looks big, but it's a little light."
"You pay for the goods, and the price has been set before. Even if you want to go back on your word now, it's useless." The old man walked straight into the room, fearing that Lin Ting would go back on his word, and locked the door.
Lin Ting took a secret look and said nothing. He carried the Corgi and walked out of the yard with the three of them.
Qin Yu was about to speak when Lin Ting stopped her, "Don't say anything now. Someone is watching us from behind."
After walking a little distance from the house, Qin Yu couldn't help but speak, "Listen, sister, you are really amazing. You solved the problem in just a few words, and you only gave him 300 yuan. If it were Shengshi, I guess the thank you fee would be tens of thousands."
"If tens of thousands of yuan were given to someone who deserved it, then give it to them. But this kind of old man doesn't deserve it. It might even encourage their greedy and evil thoughts."
"They think a dog can be exchanged for so much money, which may lead them to go out and steal those valuable breeds of dogs, and then use this method to extort money from the parents of the lost pets. In order to take their pets home, parents may spend money to avoid disaster, which will cause more pets to be harmed."
"We can't encourage bad practices. Besides, the old man has already contacted the dog meat restaurant, but he asked for 250 yuan, which was too high. The dog meat restaurant didn't want it, so he brought it back. If the dog meat restaurant had wanted it, you wouldn't be able to see the Doudou chain. There's no need to feel any psychological burden."
"If we hadn't come today, the old man would have sold the dog to a dog meat restaurant in two days. He wouldn't keep the dog, he'd only use it for money."
After hearing this, Lin stuffed the dog in his arms into Shengshi's arms.
Shengshi held the dog and stood in front of Lin Ting. "Thank you for what you did today, Miss Lin. If it weren't for you, I might not have found Doudou. I'll transfer the money to you shortly. Don't worry, I won't break my promise to you. I'll donate 100,000 each to the animal protection organization and the stray cat and dog rescue center."
"I believe the heir of the Sheng family will definitely do what he says." Lin Ting said gently.
This amount of money is a small amount for the heir of the Sheng family. There is really no need to damage his image for this little money.
Lin Ting reminded him, "Even though you found it this time, there's no guarantee it won't happen again. Master Sheng, you still need to pay attention to balancing the two dogs' interactions and your personal attitude towards them."
"Thank you Miss Lin for your reminder. I will pay attention to it."
"Ms. Lin, please get in the car first. I'll take you back." The gentleman stepped forward and opened the car door.
Before leaving, Lin Ting gave all the beef jerky in the bag to the little mouse as agreed.
After doing these things, Lin Ting turned around and got into Shengshi’s car.
Sheng Shi glanced at Lin Ting through the rearview mirror and said, "Miss Lin, should I take you home or to the veterinary hospital?"
"Let's go to the pet hospital. I have some things to deal with when I go back." Lin Ting lowered his eyes, with a hint of coldness in his eyes.
Fat Tiger and Ping An were still waiting for her at the pet hospital.
Hearing this, Shengshi continued, "It's just right. I also need to go to the pet hospital to help Doudou clean up and check his body and do some deworming."
Doudou had been wandering outside for several days and had been locked up by the old man. I had no idea if he had been abused by the old man, so I felt relieved after checking on him.
Although the four of them are not from the same circle, they can chat together because they are of similar age and share a common interest in raising pets.
The few of them chatted idly and finally returned to the pet hospital twenty minutes later.
Shengshi held the Corgi, Qin Yu held the Border Collie, Lan Xue and Lin Ting walked in front into the pet hospital.
When the pet hospital staff saw Lin Ting, they greeted him with a smile.
As the pet hospital grew bigger and bigger and recruited more and more employees, she also bought the shop next door and connected them into one so that she could accommodate more furry pets.
The shop next door originally sold pet supplies, and after getting through to her, she invited the owner and employees to stay.
Bai Xi had just finished the operation and went downstairs to see Lin Ting coming back.
Before he could greet her, Lin Ting's voice rang out, "Have Ping An and Fat Tiger returned?"
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