Chapter 3 — The House of Animals

8 【Okay! So from tomorrow we will start collecting entrance tickets!】 【Um~ 10 yuan per person is enough!】 I loudly announced. 【Yeahhh! So we can earn money to support our mother!】 The puppies cheered happily. 【How many packs of cat pate can you buy for 10 yuan? If I work overtime, can I eat more?】 The fat blue-white cat always dreams of... pate. Even Old Bach - the always arrogant and cold peacock - had a bit of expectation in his eyes. Say it and do it. That night, I rummaged through the firewood shed and found a pile of wooden planks. I used paint to write on each wooden board: Each animal's name - along with a cute short introduction. Finally, I used the largest piece of wood and wrote loudly: "10 yuan/person." Everything was ready. The next morning, I hung each animal's name tag in front of the barn, then posted a 10 yuan/person sign at the entrance. I had just finished plugging in when a large group of people arrived. These are all people who saw videos posted online by students and then came here to play. 【Oh my God! There are so many cats here, and they're even prettier than the cat cafes!】 The girls screamed with excitement. 【This dog is so handsome!】 Several boys surrounded Yellow Dog and Black Dog. 【What did this fish raise that makes it so fat like a pillow?!】 【Aaaaa! Hedgehog! So cute!】 【There's also... a praying turtle! I want to pray~~】 The whole area became bustling, the children were also excitedly jumping and running back and forth. 【Young lady, if you were to raise pigs, you'd be very good at it... Look at the animals you raise - they're all fat and dripping with fat!】】 An uncle exclaimed. Even though his words were a bit harsh... but that's okay, since he was praising me, I laughed it off. That day, we received 47 guests and earned 470 yuan! In the evening, I squatted in the turtle tank, picked up every coin people threw down to "pray", picked one up again... blew it for fun. 【Mom...so that's what a "praying turtle" is... No wonder why people throw things at my head all day long...】 The little turtle whined angrily. 【21, 22, 23, 24… There are 24 coins in total!】 I counted and was so happy: 【This is all money! Tomorrow mom will dig for worms so you can eat until you're full!】 I coaxed it and smiled brightly. 9 That night, I lay in bed, the more I thought about it, the happier I became. “You can make money even if you lie still!” I definitely have to develop this place to a larger scale! Thinking about it, I immediately went to the second-hand market to buy an old coffee machine, planning to open a coffee stand. Recently there have been too many people coming here to check-in. Everyone who takes photos is "good auto", plus the kids act extremely professionally, so this place suddenly became a hot destination on the internet. Netizens also gave us a very cute name: "10 Yuan Zoo." From then on, people came non-stop, not only during the day, but also at night, some people came to camp overnight. I make coffee during the day and cook for everyone at night. Yellow Dog and Black Dog are responsible for welcoming guests, seeing off guests, and patrolling for protection. Needless to say, the cats are cuddled and petted every day, lying purr purr all day. Dai Kim Nha (beaver mouse) is famous for its sparkling gold teeth, everyone who comes competes to take pictures with them. Even the arrogant and cold Lao Bach, who is usually very chic, also took the trouble to pose for photos with guests. After just one month, the children became visibly fat, even though I didn't feed them once any. It's all tourists who bring their own things! Life like this... really couldn't be more wonderful. When you open your eyes, you will have money and someone will help you feed the animals. All income, without spending a penny of capital! I couldn't help but count with my fingers and calculate: At this rate, it will take less than a year to repair the entire barn. I can: • Buy an automatic water purifier, so my children can drink clean water 24/7. • Hire a carpenter to make some wooden houses hanging on trees for the cats to stay comfortably. • Build more food warehouses, store more food. Thinking of this, I hugged the Little Yellow Cat and slept soundly. But when I opened my eyes the next morning, two vans were parked in front of the house gate. 【Hello, because you are suspected of illegally keeping wild animals, we need your cooperation in the investigation.】 The police officer politely presented the documents. It was like lightning struck me. "I'm dead... I'm so busy living a chill life, I've forgotten the law..." I tearfully asked: 【Can I... leave some food for the children before leaving?】 I also don't know how long this trip will take, I'm afraid the children will be hungry and wait forever without seeing their mother. The police officer not only nodded in agreement, but also went with me to feed the children. 【Children, mom has to be away for a few days, everyone be good at home, don't cause trouble.】 【Food must be eaten slowly, don't eat it all at once.】 【Yellow Dog, Black Dog, while mom is away, remember to take good care and protect the whole family.】 As I walked, I turned around and told each sentence, with tears in my eyes, I got into the police car. 10 【Policeman, I've already told you everything... I really didn't know it was a protected Class II wild animal! I swear I've never eaten one, I haven't even touched an egg!】 【This is the ticket money I collected in the past, a total of 26,560 yuan, I brought it all here.】 【And the house, yard and pond are all the property my grandfather left behind before he passed away. I still pay the electricity bill regularly!】 I have the mindset of "If you're honest, you'll be lenient, if you resist, you'll have to endure it." If I can confess anything, I'll declare it completely. After telling the story, I silently cursed that wild chicken in my heart: "You immoral chicken with such a prestigious status, why didn't you say it earlier?! Now it's good, your mother has been arrested and taken to the police station!!" 【Not only is she illegally raising wild animals, but she is also suspected of opening a zoo without a license. You raise so many animals, if you cause an epidemic or animal flu, what will be the consequences?】 The police officer slowly explained. The more he talked, the more I felt like I was about to entrust my whole life here. I can accept anything - except the children... Since my grandfather passed away, I no longer have any close relatives in this world. Without those little animals, I probably wouldn't be able to continue living. “If I'm really detained… what will happen to them…” Carrying anxiety and insecurity, I was kept in the station for three days. On the third day, I was suddenly sponsored by a group of experts. 【Little girl, we just want to ask... Those red-bellied pheasants, how did you raise them to be so beautiful? What is the temperature of the cage when incubating eggs? What is the specific nutritional distribution?】 A group of white-haired and bearded experts, each holding a notebook, surrounded me and questioned me. I was asked so... I was stunned. “Those chickens… Isn't it just a handful of rice every day? But now you guys ask how hot the barn is, what the nutrition is like..." Sorry, I don't even know the temperature of my bed! 【I... I only feed them rice... Other than that... I don't do anything... Those wild chickens... no... those red-bellied pheasants... are very easy to raise!】 I forced a smile, talking over and over again to get it over with. While standing in front of the station chatting with the experts, suddenly a few young students Rushed in: 【Teacher! It's not enough! Those red-bellied pheasants haven't eaten anything for two days and two nights! They're all about to collapse now!】 【What?!】 The experts all jumped up at the same time. 【Not only that, the other animals are also on a hunger strike, refusing to even drink water!】 After listening, my legs became weak and I sat down and didn't stand up. 11 I don't know what kind of negotiation they had, but in the end they took me to the car and drove straight to the old house. 【Mom's home! Mom's home!!!】 Before I even got out of the car, the Yellow Dog and the Black Dog came running by the smell. The blue-white fat cat, the little yellow cat, the big-headed cat... heard the sound and jumped down from the tree one by one, one by one they surrounded me, rubbing their heads against my hands and feet. stop. 【Mom, where are you going? We thought you were taken away by bad people...】 The fat blue-white cat cried and cried. 【Mom, we miss you so much... Those old men even sealed off our house, not allowing people to come and play with us anymore!】 The little yellow cat said angrily. Speaking of the old men, I immediately looked around to find the experts. 【Girl! Come here quickly!】