Chapter 39
It was still dark, and the eastern horizon was a little white in the distance.
Outside the car window is an empty grassland, and houses are rarely seen.
The fat young man Percy put his left hand against the car window, and the cigarette butts on it were shining red.
He raised his hand to put it beside his mouth and twitched his head, turned his head and vomited hard outside the window.
His expression was a little tired. He saw the signposts of the Great Falls on the roadside, opened his mouth and smiled, and it was finally over. Thinking of the generous commission, Percy was still a little unbelievable. He had heard of how rich people could spend money before, but this was the first time he met such a generous customer.
A week ago, a call came to his pet store. He had what the customer needed, but his taste was not up to the person's request. Driven by $10,000, he ran to dozens of pet stores in two states in Iowa and Wyoming during this period, and then he found the little guy he liked.
Percy turned his head and looked back. They were huddling together, as if they were a little cold, and gently rolled the window.
Drive all the way to the south, and the sun has already revealed half of its head, and it seems that it is about to dawn.
On the second floor of the villa by the lake, a small copper and gold alarm clock ticked at the head of the bed, and the hour hand gradually pointed to 6 o'clock.
The boy got up very early today, and there was a red disk hanging in the air outside. He hurriedly put on his clothes, washed and cleaned his hair, opened the door and walked towards the next room.
Unfortunately, the door was closed, and it seemed that the girl had not woken up yet.
Last night, I chatted in the living room until 10 o'clock before going to bed, but Han Xuan was in great spirits today.
Guo’s mother was holding a cup and planning to brush her teeth. Suddenly she saw her son walking over from outside, stretched out her head and asked with a smile: “Little birthday, aren’t you lazy bed on your birthday?”
He smiled wickedly again and whispered to Han Xuan: "I still saw my young wife, so excited that I couldn't sleep?"
"What little wife? Anya and I have friendship, the pure friendship between the two children!"
The boy lowered his voice and explained excitedly.
Guo’s mother waved her toothbrush in her hand indifferently, and her face was disbelief: “Last time I went to Dr. Lucy’s house to play, you were not like this to Wendy.”
"She's too naive, okay? I don't want to play with Barbie dolls with her, and those big dolls!"
"Son, do you know what you look like now?"
"What?"
"It's like a fat man is furious."
"Okay, I'm going to brush my teeth, you go and feed them." The mother smiled and pushed the boy away, stopped teasing him, and walked into the bathroom inside.
Han Xuan looked around speechlessly. The cat looked up and looked cute. It really didn't matter to him.
In the kitchen, Joanna was wearing an apron and making breakfast. When she saw Han Xuan coming down, she smiled and said, "A happy ten-year-old man, are you hungry? Wait a moment, I will be fine soon."
"Let's wait for them to eat together today, thank you."
"It's okay, I like to make food." Joanna put the fried eggs on the plate, paused her movements, and asked the boy in a low voice: "That girl had purple eyes yesterday, right? Purple?"
"Yeah, that's what Anya has always been."
"I thought I was wrong. I was thinking about this all night, and my dark circles came out."
With his fingers on the frame, Joanna said, "I've seen green eyes. That person is from Western Europe, but this is the first time I've seen purple."
"Because they are very rare, there are only a few hundred in the world." Han Xuan shrugged and said, pouring some cat food into the plastic bowl, squatting next to the fat dick to watch it eat.
"That's pretty, I mean that girl."
"So too, Ms. Joanna, the other young cowboys envied Hill."
"You are so good at speaking. I will make your breakfast today." Joanna turned around and looked at the boy and said, "By the way, someone came over in the morning. He said he wanted to find your father. I saw that the boss had not gotten up yet, so he asked him to wait in the living room first."
"So early? Did he say anything?" Han Xuan asked with his head raised.
"He didn't say this, but it seemed like he was here to deliver things. I saw him carry a box and cover it with cloth and I don't know what."
"I'll go and have a look, good morning, Ms. Joanna."
"So too, remember to come over for breakfast later."
Han Xuan nodded and came to the living room. He saw someone lying on the sofa, like an oversized version of a fat man, swimming rings on his belly, and could be seen through his coat.
When he found that he was asleep, the boy walked over quietly and made a sound in the living room. Han Xuan was stunned, thinking that he had stepped on something, but the sound came out again, and he realized that the box next to the sofa was ringing.
As he approached it, the boy curiously lifted the black cloth. The two little guys were curled up and opened their little eyes to look at him.
There are animals that look like squirrels, only bigger than fists, one black and one white, with a thick tail and a round body.
The black one stood up, leaning inwardly against his body, revealing his white belly, and his expression was a little nervous.
"How about it, be cute." The fat man on the sofa woke up at some point and said to Han Xuan: "They are South American chinchillas."
Then he came to the boys, pointed at them and said, "The white one was just a pure white chinchilla, only the ears were black, and the number was very small."
"The black one is velvet black, and it's also very rare. I searched them for a week and only chose these two in hundreds of them. It's great to see their faces and bodies."
"Is there any difference?" Han Xuan asked by opening the cage and putting the white one in his hand.
Percy scratched his head, looked at them, and spoke, "90% of South American chinchillas are standard gray. In addition to being sparse in color, these two are more important to have round faces."
"Round face?"
The boy looked at the chinchilla and then at the fat man, and secretly sighed in his heart: You should be more round.
The white chinchilla in his hand stood quietly on Han Xuan's palm. The boy touched it and said, "Its hair is so soft."
"So they almost died out," Percy continued, approaching and picking up the velvet black one: "In the sixteenth century, Europeans found that their fur was very suitable for coats, so they hunted and killed South American chinchillas in large numbers. They almost died out in the nineteenth century."
"In 1923, Mr. M.F.Chapman of our country brought back eleven, and then so many of them grew."
"Then why can they be sold now?" the boy asked.
"Because there are enough now, they really like you. You just need to feed Timothy grass and alfalfa grass. It is better to keep it outside the house, they will..."
Han Qianshan went downstairs and was stunned when he saw this scene, saying, "Are there rats in the family?"
"Hey? Didn't you buy it for me?" the boy stood up and asked.
"No, I haven't bought it yet." Han's father came over and wanted to touch them, but was avoided. He smiled and cursed, stretched out his hand to the fat man: "Who asked you to send them here?"
"Hello, sir, I'm Percy." The fat man thought for a while and said, "Is he a gentleman named Guo? Right, that's what he called."
"Sir? Haha, that's my grandfather." The boy smiled and turned his head to look at the chinchilla in his hand: "They look like chinchillas."
"What is a chinchilla?" Percy asked in a low voice.
Han Xuan's movements suddenly froze, and he thought that it was only 1993 that he was relieved, and explained with a smile: "It is a movie by Japanese cartoonist Hayao Miyazaki. He was shortlisted for the Saturn Award in the United States in 1988. I have seen photos in the newspaper."
Percy was surprised, and pulled his fingers to calculate, turned his head to look at the boy: "A lady just said that you were tenth birthday today. So you can understand the newspaper at the age of five?"
"He understood it after he was over one year old."
Han’s father smiled and said, “Thank you for coming here so early. Do you want to stay and have breakfast together?
"No, I'll rush back to Billings. The pet shop hasn't opened for several days." Percy smiled and refused, "So you are that genius. I was still in the tenth grade at the time. My dad saw that news and forced me to do my homework every day."
The father and son looked at each other and felt happy. The victim finally came to him.
"What a painful memory." Percy put the chinchilla in the cage and continued, "It's getting late, I'm leaving first. By the way, the white one is just a male. Two are just a couple, boy, keep it well and give birth to a baby."
Watching the car leave, the father and son return to the room. As soon as they sat down, they heard a scream: "Ah! Mouse! Where is the fat Ding? Catch it!"
Han Xuan hurriedly ran towards the kitchen. Joanna was squatting in the corner of the kitchen, holding a pan in her hand, and the fat Ding was pressing against the chinchilla. The black chinchilla was almost rolling her eyes.
He held the fat cat's neck and pulled it apart. The boy held the chinchilla in his palm. The little thing turned around and hid in his arms along his arms. A curious voice came from behind him: "What's it?"
"It's a South American chinchilla." The boy smiled and turned around, handed the chinchilla to Anya, and looked at the corner again: "It's my new pet, Joanna, you can't let Fat Ding catch it anymore."
After saying that, he looked at the fat cat, and the threatening meaning was strong. Fat Ding meowed very tactfully.
Joanna looked at the little guy, retreated away, and the pan was still in her hand, and said in her mouth: "But they are still mice."
"No, sister, I think they are cute." The girl held the chinchilla, with a smile on her face, and raised her hand to show her.
The chinchilla stood up and felt afraid that he turned his head to look at Fat Ding. He was round and cute. Only then did Joanna see its full picture clearly. She walked over and reached out to touch it, touched it again, and then touched it again, as if she liked the soft feeling very much.
“There is one in the living room, it’s white.”
When Anya heard Han Xuan's words, she looked up and opened her eyes wide: "Really? I'm going to see where it is!"
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"Wow, it's so fun." The girl lay on the sofa and spoke to Han Xuan: "Do they have names?"
"Not yet, why don't you buy one for them?"
"Well... this one is called Minnie in white, and the one is called Mickey in black." The girl tilted her head and thought for a long time to preach.
"Minnie and Mickey? Mickey Mouse, a nice name." The boy stopped and continued to say to Anya: "But white is male, black is female."
"...then it's the other way around, Han Xuan, they're pooping!"
Percy sneezes on the way.
"Ah, I seem to have forgotten to tell them that the South American chinchilla can't control his butt!"
Chapter completed!