Chapter 447: Drowned by Cats
"Won't your family lend a hand?"
When talking about her family, Grandma Zhan's smile faded a lot. Ye Ziliang realized that he had asked the wrong question and quickly apologized.
"fine."
The topic passed.
Later, Liu Lan and the others learned the specific situation of Grandma Zhan from Mao Yuchen. Grandma Zhan was not a lonely old woman. She was a middle school biology teacher before she retired. She had a husband who was also a teacher, but he passed away many years ago. They had an only daughter. It was probably after her husband passed away that Grandma Zhan began to adopt stray animals.
However, Grandma Zhan's daughter is not a pet lover. She strongly opposed her mother's behavior and claimed that her life was seriously affected. Grandma Zhan was unmoved. Her daughter could not stand living with stray cats and dogs. She applied for a dormitory in middle school. After she got married and started a family, she decisively moved out and severed ties with her mother. She never contacted her mother again.
Grandma Zhan's 500-square-meter yard is divided into two parts, one is the cat house and the other is the dog house. Cats are afraid of cold, so the cat house is built into a house with simple wooden boards and insulation boards. When Grandma Zhan opened the door, all the cats inside rushed over, meowing.
Liu Lan had never seen so many cats gathered together. They were so densely packed that she was surprised and found them so cute. She asked Grandma Zhan, "How many cats are there here?"
"There are 406 cats in the wooden house, and I have 37 in my room," the old woman said, petting this one and hugging that one, as kind as if she were treating her own children. She took good care of the cats, and at first glance, the cats' fur was very bright.
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After comforting the cat, the old woman walked to the corner of the room, holding a plate of stainless steel and placing it neatly on the ground. She said to Yu Zhan, "Young man, help me pour the food in the bucket into these bowls."
Yu Zhan did as he was told. He didn't know whether the cats came to him because they smelled the food or because he had a natural tendency to attract small animals, but all the cats came to him, making him feel overwhelmed by the cats and at a loss.
Grandma Zhan was amazed. "My cats are very shy. It's rare to see them being defenseless around strangers."
A cat jumped onto Yu Zhan's shoulder, and Yu Zhan picked it up with a smile, his movements were very gentle. Mao Yuchen's eyes lit up as she watched this scene, thinking that he was worthy of being Doctor Yu, as he could look so handsome even when petting a cat. She couldn't help but secretly take a photo with her mobile phone.
Now, Grandma Zhan has completely let down her guard. She firmly believes that small animals have the ability to judge people's character. People they don't like are not necessarily bad people, but people they like must be very good people.
Opposite the cattery is the doghouse. The old man made a big gate with wire mesh to lock in the dogs.
Grandma Zhan told them that she had nearly 600 dogs.
Ye Ziliang was surprised. "How can you take care of so many animals by yourself?"
"There are volunteers to help on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. They will be here soon. I can handle it on my own on other days. These little animals are very sensible."
Ye Ziliang admired Grandma Zhan. He thought this old lady was simply a superhuman. "The Stray Pet Protection Association only has about a thousand small animals, and you have thousands here. They have more than a dozen people taking care of the animals, not including volunteers."
“Those people are salaried employees, and they don’t accept all animals. Some severely disabled or seriously ill ones are usually sent directly to the pet hospital for euthanasia,” said Grandma Zhan, calling out “Snow White.”
Then a snow-white Samoyed came running out from the pack of dogs. Its hind legs were not very flexible and it was limping.
"I found Bai Xue the winter before last. That winter was particularly cold. Someone knocked on my door and told me that a dog was frozen on a nearby lake. When I rushed over, several kind passers-by had already broken the ice on its legs. One of them drove me and took the dog to the veterinary hospital. I spent 20,000 yuan to barely save its legs. Although it is left with a disability, it can at least walk on its own."
"The passerby told me that before I came, he called the Stray Pet Protection Association for help. When they heard that the dog was frozen like that, they suggested not to rescue it. Haha, they didn't even look at it and said there was no point in rescuing it."
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