Chapter 541 Neighborhood Committee

Zhang Zian has seen hanging basket wicker chairs installed in other people's homes before, and he thinks it is quite novel. He sees couples sitting on double hanging basket wicker chairs, and sees other people's children sitting in single hanging baskets with storybooks or iPads after school. Swinging back and forth on the rattan chair seemed to be very comfortable, but he had neither girlfriend nor children, so he just forgot it.

π didn’t have a suitable bed, so he remembered that the hanging basket rattan chair seemed to be suitable for it, so he came up with the idea of ​​online shopping—this thing must be expensive in physical stores, and the variety of styles is not as rich as online, so it is more troublesome to choose.

The biggest advantage of buying things in a physical store is that you can sit on them and try them on the spot, but let’s not mention the fact that π cannot leave the pet store at the moment, even if it can leave the pet store, taking it out will cause trouble.

When Richard came to the pet shop, Zhang Zian entrusted Sun Xiaomeng to help with the artificial breeding permit. This certificate is for wild animals. Although rhesus monkeys are also wild animals, private breeding of primates is prohibited in China—unless To support your own wife and children.

Primates such as monkeys and orangutans are close relatives of humans, and the viruses they carry can be transmitted to humans, especially a virus called Herpes B, which basically does not cause disease in monkeys, but once infected In humans, the fatality rate is as high as 80%.

Similarly, viruses carried by humans can also infect monkeys and orangutans, for example, the common flu can be fatal to them.

In addition, monkeys may also carry rabies virus, but it is impossible for private individuals to take the risk of breaking the law to take them to regular hospitals to inject them with rabies vaccine.

Young monkeys and orangutans are cute and cute, but they may become violent and aggressive after sexual maturity. These are the reasons why the country prohibits private breeding of primates.

π is actually not an animal, let alone a primate. It is an elf that borrowed the appearance of a monkey, but it is impossible to explain this to others, so it is better not to bring π to the world to be on the safe side, otherwise It may cause unnecessary trouble, and it is even more impossible to take it to a furniture store to try a hanging basket rattan chair.

Richard almost died because of the virus lurking in his body, because it was a real animal. However, as a fantasy elf, π does not carry the virus in his body, so he does not have to worry about the virus being transmitted to the customers of the pet store.

After all, Zhang Zian was not a guerrilla performing monkey tricks on the streets. Those people led the monkeys around the streets to make money and went to small cities without thinking about the consequences, but he couldn't.

He moved the mouse, browsed the explosive hanging basket rattan chairs on the e-commerce website, stared at the hype promotion words on the page, and muttered in his heart-what is imported PE rattan? What is food-grade environmentally friendly rattan? Is this edible or what?

The load capacity is 300 catties... More than enough.

Cushion stuffing...isn't it black heart cotton?

What color is better to choose... It stands to reason that monkeys should prefer forgiveness...

Initially optimistic about the size, style and color, he went to read the comments of other buyers. He didn’t know if he didn’t read them. Cleaning is a headache, compared to peeling paint or unstable placement, it is a trivial matter.

One is not good, and another one is not working, and another one is still not working, and then another one... The time on the Internet always passes quickly, and when Zhang Zian finally finds a shop that seems to be of good quality and relatively expensive, After placing the order, half an hour had passed since he turned on the computer.

Looking at the 4-digit number on the payment interface, he clicked cruelly, and then quickly closed the page to prevent himself from regretting it.

He stretched and was about to stand up, when he turned his head and found that π came over at some point, leaning on the arm of the sofa, staring at the screen with great interest, his round brown eyes were full of curiosity, and his glasses The picture of the display screen is reflected on the tablet, and it still holds its unnamed book in its hand.

"π, do you want to play with the computer?" Zhang Zian pointed to the computer on the coffee table.

π should know what a computer is and how to use it. After all, it used a chat room in the library to ask readers for help.

"Squeak!"

It hesitated for a moment, stood there without moving, scratched its chest, and then scratched the back of its neck, as if its heart was itching, but it didn't move out of shyness or other reasons.

π's movements are really like a monkey, and as a young monkey, it is as innocent and cute as a human child, but its big and round eyes often flash with sparks of wisdom, which makes people curious , wondering what it was thinking.

Zhang Zian was especially puzzled, π is very shy and can't speak, it obviously wants to play computer games, why doesn't it come to play?

"Are you afraid of breaking it?" He guessed, and smiled at it, "It's okay, this is an old computer, not worth much, and there is nothing important in it, so it's okay even if it breaks."

"Squeak!"

Pi held the unnamed book tightly in his left hand, opened and closed his right hand, and took a small step forward.

Is it afraid that I or others will take away its books? So dare not put down the book? Because it is difficult to hold a book when playing computer.

Zhang Zian pondered for a moment, stood up from the sofa, and said with an excuse: "Ah, I just remembered that the work downstairs has not been finished yet, so I can't rely on those two bastards alone... π, you should stay by yourself for a while , I'll go downstairs."

With that said, he hurried out of the living room, and half closed the door by the way, leaving only a small gap.

He ran downstairs and saw that Wang Qian and Li Kun had almost cleaned up, so he asked them to go back to school to prepare for the make-up exam after finishing their work. Then he confessed to Lu Yiyun, turned around and walked back to the second floor.

Looking through the crack of the door, π has been staring at the computer screen, as if it is something very attractive. It looked around, Zhang Zian was not there, the elves all went downstairs again, and it was the only one in the room. With a relaxed expression, it carefully sat down on the sofa, and put the scarlet unnamed book next to the laptop.

At this time, the voices of the aunts of the neighborhood committee suddenly came from the alley behind the shop.

π shivered in fright, hugged the unnamed book into his arms like lightning, hid behind the sofa in a jerk, curled up in a corner and trembled tremblingly.

Zhang Zian secretly groaned.

He recognized that the person speaking in the alley was Grandma Gu, who was firmly seated at the top of the street neighborhood committee.

The aunts of the neighborhood committee usually fight wits and courage with the shopkeepers on this street. In order to collect sanitation fees, management fees, public maintenance fees and garbage disposal fees, they have practiced a loud and loud voice, which can be heard half a street away. can hear. Zhang Zian's Qiyuan Pet Store and Sun Xiaomeng's Linghe Pet Clinic are the focus of Grandma Gu's attention. In addition to the usual fees, they also charge them additional animal quarantine fees and urban road occupation fees.

Now that the new year is beginning, and the Lunar New Year is approaching, Grandma Gu led the aunts of the neighborhood committee to launch the Spring Thunder Operation, striving to fire the first shot of the new year and exceed the charging target for this quarter.

Hearing this voice, Grandma Gu will soon come to the pet shop to pay the fee. The key is that her loud voice scares Pi, who has finally sat down to play with the computer.

There was no other way, Zhang Zian could only go back downstairs and send her away first.

He had just walked downstairs when Grandma Gu, wearing a red armband, entered the door.

Grandma Gu is over 60 years old this year, she is full of energy, walks vigorously, and handles affairs neatly. She can be said to be the number one boss on Zhonghua Road.

"Hey, Xiao Anzi, you can manage this place well..." Grandma Gu looked at the shop with a smile. She was wearing a green down vest, and a pair of reading glasses tied with a string dangled on her chest.

"Hehe, so-so...Grandma Gu, your body is amazing, the longer you live, the younger you look!" Zhang Zian flattered, "Are you here today to collect health fees?"

"Isn't that right!" Grandma Gu looked at Lu Yiyun who was painting with her head bowed, "Xiao Anzi, have you hired a helper here too? It should have been like this a long time ago. I used to charge you when my grandma came to your place. You were often away, so I always Get shut up."

"Hehe." Zhang Zian would not say that he ran away on purpose when there was no business in the past.

Unable to hide today, and being stuck in the shop, he has the self-consciousness to face the big boss, obediently took out his wallet, "Grandma Gu, how much will you charge this season?"

"452 yuan and 8 cents."

"The price has increased again!" Zhang Zian complained.

"We all charge according to the charter. The higher authorities have uniformly adjusted the charging standard, so we can only increase the price... How about this, I'll wipe the change for you, and just pay 452." Grandma Gu said boldly.

Zhang Zian: "..." Erase at least 2 yuan, what's the matter with erasing 8 cents?

Complaints belong to complaints, and he still paid the full amount.

Neighborhood committees do not accept online transfers, and have to pay in cash. Seeing that there was not enough money in the wallet, he asked Lu Yiyun to take the money from the counter and hand it to Grandma Gu.

Grandma Gu gave him a receipt and asked him to go to the neighborhood committee to exchange the receipt in a few days.

"Oh, I almost forgot, Xiao Anzi, please fill in this and hand it in when you change the invoice." Grandma Gu handed him another form.

"What is this?" Zhang Zian's heart tightened, thinking that the neighborhood committee has developed a new charging item?

"Your business here is good. Grandma, I heard that your shop is quite famous on the Internet, isn't it?" Grandma Gu asked while putting on her reading glasses and counting the money.

"Uh... so so." Zhang Zian replied cautiously. He dared to brag to anyone, but he didn't dare to face Grandma Gu, and he had to pretend to be a grandson everywhere.

He didn't know if Grandma Gu's question implied a shocking trap. What if she wanted to raise the price after he admitted that he was a little famous?

"That's it. After comprehensive consideration, our neighborhood committee has decided to recommend you to be elected as a May Day model worker in our Dongcheng District, so you have to fill out this form." Grandma Gu confirmed that the amount of money was not accurate, and carefully folded the banknotes and put them in In his pocket, he checked that there were no outsiders around, and said in a low voice: "Xiao Anzi, don't be too honest when filling out the form. It doesn't matter if you exaggerate a little. Everyone does this. If you are too stubborn, you will suffer. If you If I can be rated as a model worker on May 1st, my neighborhood committee and Grandma Gu are also proud of me."

"Okay, I see..." Zhang Zian didn't like to participate in such troublesome things, after all, he didn't have any financial interests, but he didn't dare to disobey when Grandma Gu spoke.

"Okay, grandma, I'm leaving first, and I have to go to other houses to collect fees." Grandma Gu left contentedly.

As soon as she stepped out of the store, Zhang Zian chased after her with the form.

"Wait a minute! Grandma Gu!"

"Xiao Anzi, what's the matter? You want to give grandma the new year's money so early?" Grandma Gu stopped immediately.

"That's not true..." Zhang Zian said with confidence that no one has given me lucky money yet.

He pointed at this form, dumbfounded, "Grandma Gu, did you make a mistake? This form is for the March 8th red-banner selection..."

Fortunately, he found out in time, if he fills out this form and submits it inexplicably, his reputation will be ruined.

"Cough! Look at grandma, I'm so confused!" Grandma Gu slapped her thigh, then took out another form from her bag and handed it to him, "Here! This one should be a May Day labor model. Check it out?"

Zhang Zian checked and confirmed that it was correct this time.

After Grandma Gu left, he threw the forms and receipts aside, returned to the second floor, and quietly looked through the crack of the living room door.

Grandma Gu's voice was too loud. When she was talking to Zhang Zian at the door, π seemed to be hiding behind the sofa in fear.

π is different from Xinghai in that it is not afraid of people, but it is afraid that people will snatch its unnamed book, and even when it sleeps at night, it clings to the book tightly.

As Grandma Gu's voice gradually faded away, it raised its head and listened carefully, and the surroundings of the pet shop returned to silence, except for the occasional meowing of kittens and puppies, and Richard's noisy noise from downstairs. .

π flinched and sat back on the sofa again, with his buttocks only halfway down, as if he was about to run away at any moment.

It put down the book again, and stared at the laptop screen with its eyes wide open, gradually showing a confused look on its face.

Oops!

Zhang Zian suddenly remembered that it didn't understand Chinese, his computer had a Chinese operating system, and it was different from the library's system.

Do you want to go in and help it?

He hesitated.

"Squeak!"

π blinked, opened the unnamed book, flipped through the pages, as if looking for something.

After a while, it stopped, stretched out its finger and pressed it somewhere on the page, staring at it intently, and the finger was still moving slowly with the line of sight, just like a human being learns how to use a certain electrical appliance through a reference book Same.

It might be that Zhu Zhechi was close, Zhang Zian also wanted to scratch his head, and wanted to know more and more what was written in that book.

π studied earnestly for a few minutes, flipped to another page to continue studying, and then closed the book. On his pink face, the confusion disappeared without a trace, leaving only joy and eagerness to try.

It pressed the mouse with its right hand, and started the browser closed by Zhang Zian.

Zhang Zian set the browser's homepage as a search engine, π stared at the flashing cursor in the search bar, and lightly placed ten fingers on the keyboard.

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