Chapter 113 Broken Birdcage
"It's useless to argue with me. I'll go first." said the middle-aged man in Tang suit.
But the shop owner was greedy for money and said, "Lao Fang, she's expensive, so I have to sell her. I'll keep her for you in the next batch of good quality ones."
Xu Youyou listened to the two people talking like a crosstalk. She smiled awkwardly, poked her head out and looked back carefully in the direction of the little bird. She first heard a few low whimpers, and vaguely saw a cage filled with a few white puppies.
The system's indicator needle did not stop at these puppies. It seemed that there was an old rusty cage behind the dog cage?
Before she could take a closer look, she suddenly heard a dog barking behind her.
"Woof woof! You run so fast! There must be other dogs outside! I will never pay attention to you again!" shouted Guaiguai who caught up.
To Xu Youyou's ears, it sounded like the puppy complaining wildly.
But to outsiders, it sounds like a vicious dog losing its temper, and its barking is terrifying.
The birds, which were originally quiet and well-behaved in the store, were frightened after hearing the continuous barking of the dog. They flapped their wings and flew up and down. If it weren't for the chains on their feet, they would have flown out of the store.
The puppies in the dog cages were also frightened and trembled with fear, and then started barking one after another.
The boss was no longer as relaxed as he was at the beginning. He looked at the birds he raised with distress and shouted to Xu Youyou, "Oh my, oh my! Girl! Take care of your dog! Don't scare my birds to death! Isn't this going to cost me my life?"
Xu Youyou also felt guilty, and immediately squatted down to comfort Guaiguai: "Guaiguai, don't bark, I have no plans to buy a dog, don't worry!"
Guaiguai looked at Xu Youyou with a suspicious look.
Xu Youyou immediately raised her hand and swore: "Really, really, I'm not lying to you, I will never buy another dog! If I lie to you, you will be my master from now on!"
After hearing the last sentence, all his doubts disappeared. He was no longer as noisy as when he first came in. Instead, he snuggled up obediently at Xu Youyou's feet.
On the other hand, a middle-aged man in a Tang suit watching this scene was delighted again: "Girl, your puppy is really obedient and looks smart. Do you want to sell it? The price is negotiable!"
Guaiguai, who had already sat down, stood up again with a bang: "Woof woof! Are you going to abandon me? I don't want to follow this ugly freak!"
As soon as the cry was heard, the birds in the store fluttered around again, the puppies also started to make a noise, and even the hamster that was originally sleeping soundly was scared and ran around in the cage. In an instant, the whole store was in chaos.
As the instigator, the man in the Tang suit not only did not feel guilty, but was even laughing: "Wow, this little guy actually understands!"
The shop owner was about to cry: "Please, please stop scaring my little babies! If a dog scares a bird, it would be a sin if it frightened it to death!"
Xu Youyou continued to comfort Guaiguai: "Don't listen to his nonsense. How could I bear to sell you? You are my most precious treasure. I would rather sell myself than you. Guaiguai, don't listen to him!"
A hint of shyness appeared on the obedient dog's face in a human-like way. He barked twice obediently, then squatted down next to Xu Youyou, and rubbed his furry head against Xu Youyou's trouser leg affectionately.
The man in the Tang suit still had a surprised look on his face. He looked at Guaiguai with a look of pity and said, "Your dog is smarter than some police dogs I've seen. Are you really not going to sell it? You can name the price. I really like it."
Guaiguai almost got up again and yelled at him.
Xu Youyou hurriedly said, "Big brother, please don't tease it. I don't sell this dog. It's my family."
Upon hearing this, Guaiguai immediately performed Sichuan Opera face-changing, and the whole dog became obedient.
The man in the Tang suit showed regret, but he did not dwell on it. Instead, he said, "Since you are unwilling to sell the dog to me, then be a good person and don't snatch this little bird from me."
Xu Youyou glanced at the little bird. It was a goose yellow bird all over. It looked very cute. It didn't look like a bird but more like a newborn yellow chicken.
Xu Youyou had previously tried to snatch the bird from him because she had admitted her mistake. Now that the bird was not the one she had picked up, she naturally would not continue to fight for it, but she would still have to put in the necessary show.
"You... since you've already spoken... I won't snatch it away... I'll look at something else..."
Xu Youyou’s acting skills were excellent. Even though she didn’t want to buy the little bird, her eyes were still on it. The reluctance she pretended to show really looked realistic.
At least the shop owner believed Xu Youyou's performance. When he saw that the two people stopped fighting for it, he was more anxious than anyone else: "Don't worry, girl, when we meet something we like, we should sell it as soon as possible. The highest bidder wins. Don't be polite. I will sell it to you at twice the price!"
The man in the Tang suit looked at him helplessly and said, "You really don't follow any rules in order to make money. We have been friends for more than ten years and are still your big customers. You have to follow me."
The boss seemed to be very familiar with him. Upon hearing this, he directly exposed his past: "Stop messing around. The birds I sell to you either run away or die. Even the long-lived Amazon parrots can be drowned by you. You'd better stop messing with these birds. Or you can raise turtles instead. They can live longer than you."
The man in the Tang suit was not happy: "I just like this little bird."
Xu Youyou didn't listen carefully to the verbal battle between the two people. She tilted her head slightly to look at the old cage indicated by the system.
But as she tilted her head, she met a pair of small eyes as big as black beans.
When she moved, the goose-yellow little bird that was being fought over also moved with her, and there was pure curiosity in the little bird's eyes.
The man in the Tang suit said, "Look, what a clever canary! I will definitely raise it strong this time."
Xu Youyou thought the little canary was indeed adorable, but she was also afraid that the dispute between the two would affect her chance of getting a bargain, so she said directly to the boss, "I really won't compete with him for it. I'll look at other birds."
The boss looked surprised when he heard this.
The man in the Tang suit did not bargain and readily paid for the little bird. Then he turned his eyes to the rusty birdcage in the corner not far away.
"Lao Zhang, please give me your broken bird cage." The man in Tang suit asked directly for something.
When the shop owner heard this, he hurriedly shook his head, picked up another bird cage beside him, and stuffed it to the man in the Tang suit: "This is for you, don't keep staring at my bird cage."
The man in the Tang suit looked at the gifted bird cage with disdain and said, "I don't want this one, I want that one. This broken thing has been placed in your store for a long time, and I'm tired of it. I'll help you get rid of it."
The shop owner shook his head like a rattle: "No, this is my treasure, maybe I can sell it for a lot of money someday."
The man in the Tang suit sneered and said, "Do you really think this bird cage is a treasure? People are lying to you! You might as well give it to me and do me a favor!"
(End of this chapter)
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