Although the dog in the basket was less active than the other two, his eyes were not as listless as he seemed. When Zheng Tan approached, he could see a little vigilance in the eyes of this puppy. color.
The rest of the puppy's coat has a gray background, with dark tan or even almost black markings interspersed throughout the body. At first glance, it looks reminiscent of a tortoiseshell cat among cats. However, the tortoiseshell cat's coat color It is more complex, there is no regularity, and there will not be such a relatively uniform distribution of color spots.
After staying at the pet center for a long time, Zheng Tan has also seen many dogs and heard a lot about various dogs. Once Zheng Tan was wandering around the pet center after completing a mission on Xiao Guo's side, and saw a person talking to Xiao Guo, and there were several dogs around that person that looked like they had a skin disease. , Charlie they said, it's called a tabby.
If you look closely, it is true that the spots on those dogs are somewhat striped. Different from Li Yuanba's coat color, the dog also seems to be very fierce. However, there are many people who are keen on this coat color and are more famous. The natural one is the Shangrao tabby, a hound that is rumored to have been used for royal hunting. Tabby dogs may not be as good as some people say, even if they are not completely correct, but it also shows that many people like this coat color.
The person who talked to Xiao Guo liked this kind of tabby dog very much, and most of the dogs in his hands had this coat color. In fact, in the countryside, this kind of color of the dog is not uncommon, but many people who use it to watch the house in the countryside do not care about the color of the coat, and the distinction is not so serious. In fact, what matters is how people take care of them.
Now, this is the only one left out of the three puppies, and the color of the coat is the main reason.
Aside from the issue of the coat color, Zheng Tan looked at it, this puppy was quite pleasing to the eye and didn't make a fuss.
I heard from Charlie and the others before that tabby dogs are generally a little stubborn and fiercer than other local dogs. They have good hunting skills, and they can fight at home. They are more flexible than ordinary local dogs. If they are used for hunting , The performance of hitting hills is also relatively good, but because of its impatient and unsteady personality, most tabby dogs are rarely able to be the lead dogs in the actual combat of hitting mountains. Not absolutely, but in most cases it is.
Tabby will look cool, not like many big yellow dogs that look honest, but Zheng Tan looked at it, this little tabby earth dog is more honest and calm than the little yellow dog I bought earlier, of course, this is just appearance, As for what it will be like when you get used to it and grow up, Zheng Tan can't say for sure now.
The people around him despised the color of the dog's coat, but Zheng Tan felt it was good the more he looked at it.
The dog who was squatting also stood up as Zheng Tan approached. He didn't bark much at first, but after staring at Zheng Tan for a while, he started humming "woohoo", and his little tail was still wagging. on.
The man who sold the dog just saw a black cat running next to the dog's basket and wondered, when did such a black cat exist in the market? They are still swaggering around here. Generally speaking, cats and dogs are not so calm in the vegetable market. They are too murderous, just like those dogs in cages that are about to be sold. They are all restless. In contrast, This black cat is a bit too different, neither restless nor afraid of strangers.
The stall owner was about to say something, but the old man Lan had already spoken.
"What's the matter, Heitan, do you like this one?" The old man Lan walked over, crouched down, and looked at the puppy carefully.
He didn't plan to buy it just now, but after seeing Zheng Tan's behavior, he changed his mind.
"Yo, old man is your cat, you're so bold." The stall owner laughed.
The old man Lan said "Yeah" and didn't say much, looked at the puppy carefully, and picked up the puppy and looked at it.
Seeing that the puppy didn't seem to be sick except for the ugly coat color, the awkwardness in Old Man Lan's heart eased a little, and then looking at the black cat next to him, the balance in Old Man Lan's heart tilted again.
Seeing old man Lan hesitate, the stall owner wanted to sell the dog quickly, so he said: "Old man, this last puppy, after this village there is no such shop, this dog is a good dog, otherwise the two bosses just now I won't buy it. But I see that you don't like this coat color, so let me give you a discount. The two just sold for 80, and this one will be sold to you for 60, how about it?"
The old man Lan didn't say anything, and seemed to be thinking about it. In fact, he was watching Zheng Tan's reaction, and he couldn't pay attention to the dog, so he put the right to choose Zheng Tan, and found that Zheng Tan's eyes were really staring at the dog, and the old man Lan also bought the dog. mind.
Forget it, it's not because the coat color is not good-looking, the most important thing to pick a dog is to check the dog's inner character. In terms of appearance, you don't have to be too strict, or it's not upside down! The old man Lan comforted himself.
It's just that the silence of the old man Lan shows that the stall owner is not satisfied with the price. The old man in front of him is not wearing anything special, he doesn't look like a rich man, and he knows that the old people of this age are not satisfied with the price. Money is too tight, and he is reluctant to pay more, so the stall owner thinks about whether to lower the price.
Hearing the barking of a puppy, the stall owner looked at the electric tricycle and saw a puppy in the cage on the car, so he asked old man Lan, "Did you just buy that dog in your car?"
The old man Lan, who had already made up his mind, put down the dog and got up slowly, "Well, I just bought it, and I also gave him a cage at 60." Old man Lan told the truth.
However, in the eyes of the stall owner, the old man really had an opinion on the price, but the puppy in the car was a little bigger than his own, and he looked more energetic. He even gave him a cage and called "sixty" himself. If so, it is estimated that the transaction will not be completed. Seeing that no one around had any intentions for this puppy, the stall owner thought about it and said, "Well, I also want to sell this puppy quickly, my daughter-in-law will leave with the big dog, and it will be soon. Come back, before she brings the dog back, I want to sell the dog, otherwise it will be forty, which is half price. In fact, except for the coat color, this dog is really good, and it is absolutely dedicated to the house after it is an adult. Look at those eyes, it's the type of barking that a stranger will bark, and it will bark harder than other dogs, and won't be miserable because of fright."
The stall owner looked very honest, and looked very sincere when he spoke, but in fact, the stall owner thought in his heart that forty yuan was more than they thought. As for praising a dog, it's pure nonsense, how could he look at a dog, he just learned to make up a few words like Boss Liu before.
The old man Lan, who had planned to pay directly to leave, lowered the price after hearing it, paused, looked at the stall owner, shook his head silently, and then handed over the money.
The people around thought that the old man Lan was still dissatisfied with the dog and the price, and he just accepted it reluctantly, but Zheng Tan knew that the old man Lan was expressing his speechlessness. After a few words, the stall owner directly lowered the price.
The owner of the dog basket stall didn't intend to give it away, and the old man Lan didn't want it either. There was also a puppy in the car's cage. It was enough for the two pups to squeeze together. Anyway, they would be able to go back soon.
The two puppies were squeezed into a cage, they were both puppies, and they didn't fight much, but the little yellow dog was more lively and took the initiative to tease a few times.
Zheng Tan watched from the side. Two puppies cost less than one hundred yuan together, so cheap. It is also a dog. Compared with those precious breeds, the price is separated by hundreds of thousands of times, or even more.
This dog is finished. As for what the two dogs will look like in the future, Zheng Tan can't guarantee it. Old man Lan won't say anything. It's old man Lan's responsibility to raise it in the future, and it has nothing to do with Zheng Tan.
After returning to school, the old man Lan placed the two pups in the small flower garden and did not take them home to the family building. Mrs. Zhai cooked some rice paste mixed with some minced meat for the two puppies to eat, and the two puppies ate happily.
The old man Lan named the two pups, the little yellow dog was called Qianli, and the tabby one was called Shunfeng. The old man Lan hoped that these two dogs would be as capable as Qianliyan Shunfeng Er, guarding the small flower garden well and preventing those who might come up. A person with a crooked mind.
That pot of orchid was still blooming, and it took longer than other varieties of orchids to bloom, which surprised a lot of people. Since the orchid was retrieved, old man Lan's small flowerbed has not been opened to the public, nor has it been seen by others, only a few people with good relationships will put it in. The media has also cooled down, not because they don't want to report, but because they are pressured not to continue to report. This is what the old man Lan also meant. He didn't want to attract some people with bad intentions.
The puppies are still young, so the old man Lan did not divide them into dens. He made a temporary kennel out of a cardboard box and placed them in a temporary kennel. When the two grew up, they would use wooden boards to make two larger kennels.
When the old man Lan took the two pups to the pet center for inspection, he learned from the people there that there is also a tabby for a dog with a coat like "Shunfeng".
The people in the pet center meant to comfort the old man Lan, so he exaggerated a bit when he said it, and the old man was very relaxed.
In fact, anyway, isn't it just a dog? Many people still look down on it. However, the awkward thoughts of old man Lan are gone now, but he is still a little proud of picking up the leaks. When he saw Zheng Tan when he went back to school, he smiled amiably.
"Black charcoal, you have a good eye."
Zheng Tan looked at the old man who was humming a little song and walked away, thinking, this is still young, and when he grows up, he will know whether his eyesight is good or not.
However, every time I heard old man Lan shouting "Shunfeng", Zheng Tan always felt uncomfortable listening to it, and he would consciously add the word "express" in his heart. Later, old man Lan estimated that it sounded like a courier, so he Renamed "Shunzi".
The local dog is easy to keep, grows fast, and the two pups have good adaptability. They ran around the yard within a few days of being placed in the small flowerbed. Besides Zheng Tan, the first cat these two knew was the sheriff.
It turned out that the sheriff ran the small flower garden to eat flowers, but now he runs the small flower garden because of these two puppies. Zheng Tan has long known that the sheriff is more interested in dogs than cats.
At the beginning, the sheriff was just curious. He didn't go over to the two puppies, but stood on top of the flower shed and looked at the two puppies playing below. Their necks were stretched so long that they wanted to grow a pair of giraffes. Like the neck, his eyes have been following the two puppies.
After discovering the cat squatting on the flower shed, the two puppies came under the flower shed, and the little yellow-haired "Qianli" opened his mouth and barked at the sheriff, with the obvious bark of a puppy. The roof of this flower shed is an inclined plane. The highest place is about three meters above the ground, and the lowest place is less than half a meter. The place where the sheriff is squatting is one meter above the ground, otherwise the two puppies will not notice. it.
"Shunzi" didn't say anything, but it also looked up at the cat on the flower shed.
Zheng Tan saw the sheriff's tail swing and knew that this guy really wanted to go down and play with those two, but he probably wanted to observe more.
Seeing that the sheriff didn't say anything, Zheng Tan detoured behind it and kicked it down.