Chapter 26 Chapter Twenty-Six

Knowing nothing and the little goat are in an embarrassing situation.They couldn't find work, and they were practically penniless.Like other unemployed people, they wandered from morning to night in the urban areas full of rich people's shops.As soon as they saw the car of a wealthy customer parked in front of the store, they rushed to open the door and help the customer get out of the car; when the customer came out of the store, they helped the customer get things and put them in the trunk.Rich people sometimes reward them with a few pennies for this. The two friends earned some money in this way, stayed ten Sankik at the hotel, and used the rest of the money to have dinner at a cheap restaurant.These days, they seldom eat lunch and breakfast.The little goat said that since it had to be changed to one meal a day, it was best to eat it before going to bed at night, because if the money was eaten up during the day or in the morning, he would be hungry at night and could not sleep at night.

What they live in is no longer the second floor but the fourth floor in the bad "dead end", because a bunk on the fourth floor only charges five shankik instead of ten shankik.Besides, there is no big difference between living on the fourth floor and living on the second floor.The fourth floor is just dirtier, noisier, smellier, more crowded, and more bedbugs.The only thing missing there is fresh air.As for the rats, there were so many that I couldn't get out of bed unless I stepped on their tails at night. As we have said, the kid is terrified of this nasty animal.Now, with nothing on his mind but rats, he was always talking about rats.At night, he often dreams of a mouse biting his neck, and then wakes up in fear.In his waking hours he always fancied he saw rats, even where there were no rats at all.Then one night a rat actually bit him on the neck.He woke up in pain, screamed, and threw the nasty thing off him.His neck was swollen at that time, so swollen that he couldn't even move his head.He developed a fever the next morning and has been bedridden since that day.

Now, Quan Zhi has to wander around the store alone, trying to earn more money to support his friends.The other lodgers of the inn also wanted to relieve the little goat as much as possible.Some people treat him to baked potatoes, and when they don't earn enough money to pay for the berth, they pay for him.Everyone scrambled to come up with various methods to cure the patient.Some people say that when the neck is swollen, you should apply a cold compress with grated raw potatoes; some suggest that you apply stewed cabbage; All these methods have been tried, but the condition is getting worse and worse.It is a pity that no one has enough money to hire a doctor, and no doctor will treat people for nothing.

Soon, Quan Zhi finally found a regular job, and he had the hope of earning enough money for medical treatment.One day he was walking down the street and saw a house with a sign saying, "Dog Sitter Recruitment Office."Quan didn't know how to summon up the courage to walk in the door. When he came to a room, he saw a few dwarfs sitting on a bench against the wall.At one end of the room, behind a wooden partition, sat an office worker on the phone. I don't know how to sit down on the edge of the bench and ask a little man sitting next to me what is a dog sitter and what is the purpose of hiring a dog sitter.

The little man said: "Many rich people like dogs, but they don't like to treat them themselves, so they hire other little men to be dog sitters. This kind of person who specializes in serving dogs is called a dog sitter. Sometimes , When the dog owner goes to the theater or watch a movie, find a dog sitter to play with the dog temporarily. "Is it difficult to be a dog sitter?" Quan Wu asked. "It depends on what kind of dog you have at your stall. A docile dog doesn't give you too much trouble, you feed it on time and you take it for walks—that's all it asks of you. But there's that spoiling thing too." They are used to bathing five times a day. In the morning you have to wash it with lukewarm water because it can't stand cold water, then you have to dry it, brush it with a comb, you can't let the fur be felted, and you have to bring it breakfast , and then put a vest or shawl on it, so as not to catch a cold after taking a bath, then you can take it for a walk. You can’t be sloppy when you take a walk. Biting passers-by, or fighting with other dogs. After a walk, you take it to the barber shop. In the barber shop, give it a manicure, a haircut, a curl, and spray toilet water on its face. It smells so good that it smells like a lady..."

"Do barbershops let dogs in?" "No!" said the little man. "There are dog barbershops. Not just barbershops. There are also dog shops that sell all kinds of delicious food for dogs, dog restaurants, snack bars, candy stores, and dog gyms, playgrounds, swimming pools, and sports fields. Some dogs like to run on this kind of stadium. They are awarded medals for it. There are also dogs who like water sports, swimming competitions, or water polo. At the same time, there are such dogs who do not like to engage in sports activities themselves , but loves to watch all kinds of dog games. I heard that Squeeze City even built a theater for dogs."

"Yes, yes!" said another little dwarf. "I've been to that theater once. It's very interesting! It is said that the dogs are most interested in the kind of show that has detectives chasing criminals and solving various crimes. They especially like to have police dogs in addition to detectives. repertoire. An acquaintance of mine has said that it seems that medical studies have proven that dogs feel much better about themselves after going to a dog theater or watching a game at a dog stadium. Too much dog racing can damage the dog's nervous system. Some dogs are so excited when they watch a dog race that they can't sleep well afterwards, tremble all over during sleep, and may even lose their appetite."

"I once waited on a dog in a rich man's house," interjected another dwarf. "This dog is equipped with a special doctor who pays attention to its health and treats its obesity. It snoozes all day long. Since snoozing is harmful to it, the doctor told me to keep disturbing it and not let it I had to drag him out of bed quite often, and he got angry with me and bit me unceremoniously. Doctors found that this was just good for the dog, because it forced him to move, So it was possible to lose weight. It turned out that the dog didn't lose weight, but I did, and I was always bitten all over my body. Despite the constant care of the doctor, he died afterwards."

Just at this time the door opened, and a big white poodle walked into the office.The hair on its head is combed into two small braids, and there is a big fluffy brush on its tail.It leads its mistress by a chain.The hostess wore an elegant tulle dress and a fashionable straw hat shaped like a basket of flowers.Following her into the office was the maid.The maid was holding a puppy with an upturned nose, with curly brown hair from head to tail. "I need a good nanny for my two charming babes," the hostess told the office worker.As soon as he saw a wealthy customer, he jumped out from behind the wooden partition.

"Please, ma'am!" he exclaimed, with a broad smile on his face. "Our office often has a choice of people who work with all breeds of dogs. They're all in front of you. Each one of them is a best friend to the animal, an expert in the dog business, and an indoor playmate, so to speak. Enthusiastic people in the dog business. They are all well-behaved, well-behaved, well-behaved, well-educated...Stand up, you unenthusiastic people!" He turned and whispered to the little ones sitting on the bench Say. Everyone stood obediently. "Bow to the lady!" Everyone bowed.Knowing nothing, he also bowed.

"Choose your favourite, madam." "It's not about me," said the hostess. "I want the nanny to please my sweet little darling... Come on, Roland," she said to the poodle, "show me, my dear, who you like best." She said as she took the chain off the poodle's collar.The poodle freed himself from the restraints, and walked unhurriedly to the dwarfs, sniffing them one by one.He walked up to the Omniscient, interested in his shoes for some reason: it smelled them for a long time, then raised its head, licked the Omniscient's face, and sat down on the floor in front of him. "Aren't you mistaken, Roland?" asked the hostess. "Do you really like this person? Come on, let's see what Mimi has to say." The maid bent down and lowered the puppy to the ground.With short legs, the puppy walked directly to Quan Zhi's side, wagging its head and tail, and sat down at his feet. "Look, Mimi chose this one too!" said the maid with a slight smile. Quan Zhi squatted down and began to stroke the two dogs. "Please tell me, dear," asked the hostess, "do you really like animals?" "I like it so much!" Quan Bu admits. "Then I want you." The office clerk took down the name of the unknown, and the name and address of the mistress (her name was Lamprey, by the way), and said that the unknown should pay the office a Fielding fee; He didn't have any money with him, so let him send it as soon as he received his salary.Thus ended the formality, and Occult left in the company of the two dogs, Mrs Lamprey, and the maid. Quan didn't know that he came to this man's house and was put into a large bright and spacious room with portraits of Roland, Mimi and other dogs dotted around the walls.There are three beds in the middle of the room.Two bigger ones—Roland and Sleepless.The other one was smaller—it was Mimi's sleeping.Against the wall was a wardrobe with a mirror, and in it were two dog fleeces, a fur coat, a shawl, a vest, pajamas, and Mimi's pajama bottoms. One of the most important things entrusted to do is to give the dog a bath.For this reason, there is a special room in the house, and there are two bathtubs in it.One was larger and belonged to Roland, and the other was smaller and belonged to Mimi.Give Mimi three baths a day: morning, noon and night.Rowland only bathed in the morning, because he had to undo his braids before bathing, which took a long time.If the braids are not dismantled, they will stick together after being soaked in water, and the dog will not look so beautiful. After the morning bath, both dogs need to be taken to the hairdresser immediately.There recombed Roland's pigtails, trimmed his face and tail hair, pomaded his hair to give it a better color, painted his eyelashes with black oil paint, put back the blue eye circles to make the eyes appear larger, More expressive. The dogs came home from the barber shop in the company of Omniscient, leading them directly to the bedroom of Mrs. Lamprey, who had just woken up at this moment.The hostess said good morning to the dogs, kissed them on the face, asked Quan Mo how they were doing at night, then asked Quan Mo to take them to breakfast, and told Quan Mo to take good care of them. After breakfast, Quan Bu took Mimi and Roland for a regular walk to the dog park, during which time the other dogs and their sitters were also walking there.After the walk, it was time to give Mimi a second bath, and Roland was catching crickets and katydids in the garden to play.Then the three of them went to the dog restaurant for lunch.After lunch, the dogs rested for a couple of hours, during which time they didn't know how to keep flies from biting them.After the rest, the three of them took an afternoon walk in the city.Little Mimi, especially Roland, likes to walk up and down the street, especially in the city center, where they can fully observe the oncoming pedestrians.The voices of the crowd, the noise of cars, and the various scents emitted by pedestrians caught by the dog's keen sense of smell, all made them feel an indescribable satisfaction that only dogs can comprehend. After returning from the walk, the dogs have to do physical exercise, that is, they follow Quan Zhi to run in the garden and jump on the trees and flower beds.This practice is said to be good for the dog's health, although it is not very popular with yard gardeners.After physical exercise, there is a rest, and at this time, I do not know to fill in the so-called dog diary.The slightly important and even insignificant things in Roland and Mimi's life should be recorded in this diary. The last is dinner.The time after dinner is different every day.If Mrs. Lamprey had an appointment in the evening, she would go with Mimi and Roland from room to room, so that guests could treat the dogs.If Lamprey went to the theater, he must bring his little tits, because it was fashionable at that time to lead indoor puppies to and from the theater.A man who went to a play or a concert without a dog was considered a pauper without property and was ridiculed.On nights like this, Roland was the only one left unattended, and they went to the dog gym or the swimming pool to watch the dog races, or to see the sick kid in the poor "dead end." It should be said that Quan Zhi never forgot his good friend.Not a day passed without him going to the kid for a while.Usually this can be done during an afternoon walk.Little did he know that when he was having lunch with the dog, he never ate up his portion, but kept either a bun, a meatloaf, or a bun in his pocket for the hungry kid . On the first day he asked Mrs. Lamprey to give him a salary advance, even a week's advance, because he needed to help a sick friend who was staying in the little dreadful inn.Mrs. Lamprey said that he was living in a rich man's house among decent dogs, and that he should not go on with some kid who didn't even have a home and lived in an inn. "I don't want to hear about the kid!" she said. "I'll fire you if you say the indecent word 'inn' again in front of me or in front of Mimi and Roland. As for wages, you'll get paid once a week, but not first but Pick it up after a week." Sure enough, the hostess paid five fieldings to Quan Wu.For him, this is a great event.The next day, while walking with the dog in the afternoon, he went to the dispensary and called a doctor for the kid. The doctor examined the patient carefully, and said that it was best to send him to the hospital, because the illness had delayed him so long.Unaware that the hospital would cost twenty fieldings, he was dismayed.He said he only made five fieldings a week, and it would take him a full month to get that much money together. "If it drags on for another month, the patient won't need any treatment," the doctor said. "In order to save him, he must be treated immediately." He took out a pencil and a piece of paper and calculated. "Well," he said at last. "I come twice a week, and the patient gets an injection. You give me a fielding and a half each time you call. The rest is for medicines. I think we'll have him back to health in three weeks." He immediately prescribed a lot of medicine.There are internal medicines and external medicines: various vitamins, antibiotics, synamycin emulsion applied to the swollen neck, as well as sulfanilamide, aminopyrine, procaine and so on. The treatment went well indeed, and after two weeks the doctor allowed the kid to get up.After another week, the doctor said that there was no need to call any more, because the patient was completely cured; it was only necessary to let him eat better to restore his strength. It was a happy day, both for the kid himself and for nothing.The two of them sat in a bunk in the little crappy "dead end," lost in fantasy. "Now we don't need to spend money on doctors and medicines," Quan Mo said. "You have to eat better, and when your strength recovers, you can find a regular job." "Yes, that would be great!" said the little goat with a happy smile on his face. Roland and Mimi lay on the floor beside their laps, as if listening to them.In fact, they didn't listen to anything, but watched a mouse that hid under the bunk.Roland was born to be a good rat catcher, so he was always very happy to follow Quan Shu to the little crappy hotel, where the air seemed to be full of the smell of rats.Roland and Quanwu came to the inn, and after catching a mouse, they usually didn't kill it, but strangled it unconscious and gave it to Little Mimi to play with.Little Mimi held the mouse in her teeth, ran around screaming, then put the mouse down for a while, pretending to look aside, and went to catch the mouse when it wanted to run away.This made the hotel guests very happy, and now they anxiously waited every day for Quan Zhi to bring the dog. However, the joy of knowing nothing and the kid didn't last long.Mrs. Lamprey had long noticed that her beloved little tits somehow smelled of rats.Suspecting that something was wrong, she called the detectives and asked them to keep an eye on him, to see where he went on his walk with the dog.The boss of the detective team entrusts this task to the experienced detective Mr. Bigley.Bigley continued to stare at Omniscience for three days, and then presented a detailed report on Omniscience's actions. The detective boss studied the report, and then informed Lamprey of the exact address of the Little Bad Inn and the time when Quan Mo would go there with the dog entrusted to him. Mrs. Lamprey nearly fainted when she received the news.She heard from the maid that as soon as she went out for a walk, she immediately called Detective Biggery from the detective team and asked Biggery to take her and the maid to the place he had seen before with her pet dog. place. While Omniscient and Kid were fantasizing about it, and Mimi was playing with the mouse Roland had just caught for it, the door opened, and Mrs. Lamprey entered the inn, accompanied by the maid and Detective Bigley. Lamprey saw Rowland stretched out on the dirty floor next to Omniscient's legs, with a mouse in her mouth, her beloved little tit, she screamed, rolled her eyes, and fell to the floor superior. The detective, terrified, put his arm around the lamprey's waist and shook her so hard that the maid sprayed toilet water on her face. Mrs. Lamprey finally woke up. Seeing that Mimi was still playing with the mouse, she shouted loudly: "Oh, take down this dirty and disgusting mouse! Give it to me! Kill me now! " Detective Bigley immediately jumped up to Mimi, snatched the half-dead mouse, and handed it to the hostess respectfully. "What is this for! Go away!" shrieked the Lamprey shivering as he pushed the mouse away. "Why are you stuffing me with this loathsome thing? Go away, and I'll tell you!" "Didn't you say 'Give it to me' yourself! I thought you wanted rats," Bigley muttered in alarm. "What do I want a mouse for? I said give me my boobies, you stupid bastard!" The detective threw the mouse on the floor.Grab the small tits and hand it to the mistress. "Cough, my poor little darling! My little Mimi! My little beauty!" The hostess pressed the little Mimi to her chest and kissed its nose.While crying, she began to count, "Who gave you this nasty mouse?... Is it him?" She pointed and shouted. "He's the one who led you to this dreadful den! Roland! Why are you lying on the dirty floor? Don't you see how dirty it is, you wretch! Come to me at once!" The maid grabbed Roland by the collar and dragged him to the mistress. "Let's get out of here at once!" the Lamprey went on shouting. "It's filthy in here! There's germs in here! Dogs get sick! And you, bastard, you're fired!" she yelled at the clueless. "Look how dare you come to my house! I can't stand you leading your dog into a messy den of thieves! I'm going to sue you, go away, you disgusting thing!" She kept yelling until the dog walked out the door.I didn't know that I didn't even insert a word of excuse.Besides, what could he say?