"Doesn't your family help?"

At the mention of her family, Grandma Zhan's smile faded a lot, and Ye Ziliang realized that he had asked the wrong thing and hurriedly apologized.

"It's fine. ”

That's the end of the conversation.

Later, Liu Yan and they learned the specific situation of Grandma Zhan from Mao Yuchen, Grandma Zhan is not a lonely old man, she was a middle school biology teacher before she retired, she has a husband who is also a teacher, her husband died many years ago, the two have an only daughter, about after her husband left, Grandma Zhan began to adopt stray animals.

However, Grandma Zhan's daughter is not a pet lover, and she strongly disagrees with her mother's actions, claiming that her life has been severely affected. Grandma Zhan was unmoved, her daughter couldn't bear to live with stray cats and dogs, she applied to live in middle school, and after starting a family, she decisively moved out to live, cut off relations with her mother, and never got along.

Grandma Zhan's 500-square-meter yard is divided into two parts, one side is the cattery, the other is the kennel, the cat is afraid of the cold, the cattery is built into a house with simple wooden boards and insulation boards. Grandma Zhan opened the door, and all the cats inside rushed over, and there was a "meow meow" sound.

Liu Yan had never seen so many cats gathered in a pile, dense, surprised, and felt cute, she asked Grandma Zhan, "How many cats are there here?"

"There are 406 in the wooden house, and there are 37 in my house," said the old man, touching this and hugging that, as if he were his own child. She takes good care of the cats, and at first glance, the cats' fur is very bright.

After comforting the cat, the old man walked to the corner of the house, came over with a plate of stainless steel, and placed it neatly on the ground, she said to Yu Zhan, "Young man, you can help me pour the food in the bucket into these bowls." ”

Yu Zhan did so, not knowing if the cats were because they smelled the fragrance of food, or because Yu Zhan attracted the physique of small animals, these cats all rushed to him, making him feel overwhelmed by cats and at a loss.

Grandma Zhan was amazed, "My cats are very afraid of raw, and it is rare to see them unguarded against strangers. ”

A cat jumped on Yu Zhan's shoulder, Yu Zhan smiled and picked it up, the action was particularly gentle, Mao Yuchen looked at this scene, his eyes lit up, and he thought that he was worthy of Dr. Yu, and the movements of the cat were so handsome, she couldn't help but take a photo with her mobile phone.

Now, Grandma Zhan has completely let down her guard, she firmly believes that small animals have the ability to identify character, and the people they don't like are not necessarily bad people, but the people they like must be very good people.

Opposite the cattery is the kennel, and the old man made a gate with barbed wire to keep the dog closed.

Grandma Zhan told them that she had nearly 600 dogs here.

Ye Ziliang was surprised, "With so many animals, how can you take care of them alone?"

"There are volunteers on Fridays and Saturdays and Sundays to help, they will come later, usually I can hold on alone, these little animals are very sensible. ”

Ye Ziliang admired Grandma Zhan, he felt that this old man was simply a superman, "The Stray Pet Protection Association has only raised about a thousand small animals, and you have thousands here, and they have more than a dozen people there to take care of the animals, not including volunteers." ”

"Those people are salaried employees, and they don't collect all animals in their place, some of them are seriously disabled, or seriously ill, they are generally sent directly to the pet hospital for euthanasia," Grandma Zhan said, calling "Bai Xue".

Then a snow-white Samoyed came running from the dogs, its hind limbs were not very bright, and it was limping.

"The snow was picked up by me the previous winter, that winter was particularly cold, someone knocked on the door and told me that a dog was frozen on the nearby lake, when I rushed over, a few kind passers-by had knocked the ice on its legs, and the passers-by drove me and sent the dog to the pet hospital together, I spent 20,000 yuan to barely save its legs, although it was left disabled, but it was able to walk on its own. ”

"At that time, the passer-by told me that before I came, he called the Stray Pet Protection Association for help, and as soon as they heard that the dog was frozen like this, they advised not to save it. ”

"Because they know in their hearts that it costs a lot of money to save a frostbitten dog, and they may not be able to save it, and they are not willing to pay for it. ”

Liu Yan looked at the coquettish "Bai Xue" next to Grandma Zhan's hand, its big white tail spread out was very beautiful, from its lively and cheerful appearance, it was hard to imagine that it had experienced such an ordeal.

Ye Ziliang remembered the words of the person in charge of the association "public welfare organization" and "non-profit organization", groups like them are reluctant to take out money to treat dogs, and Grandma Zhan is willing to spend 20,000 yuan on a stray dog?

Is she a rich woman?

But she doesn't look like she's dressed plainly.

On the way back, Ye Ziliang couldn't help but ask Mao Yuchen if Grandma Zhan was very rich.

Mao Yuchen said that Grandma Zhan is indeed from a wealthy family, she herself is a senior title, and her pension is relatively high, about seven or eight thousand yuan, but she is a little richer than ordinary people, and has nothing to do with rich women, and over the years, in order to take care of these small animals, she sold her house and moved, exhausted all her savings, and her monthly pension was all used to buy animal food.

"I have eaten with her a few times before, and she eats potatoes, pickles, and steamed buns for three meals a day, and she said that the elderly have a poor appetite and have no appetite, so they can't eat well. ”

"I think a big part of the reason why her daughter has such a big opinion of her is that she spends all her money on animals and doesn't leave a penny for her. ”

"I feel that her life is much more poor than before, I remember that there is a TV in her house, I didn't see it when I went in just now, I asked her, she said it was sold, but now the second-hand TV is not worth much. ”

The more Mao Yuchen talked, the more worried she felt for Grandma Zhan, she hadn't been here this year, and she felt that Grandma Zhan looked much older than last year.

Liu Yan asked Mao Yuchen, "Can her little animals here be adopted?"

"Yes, you can adopt them, but there are very few people who come to Grandma Zhan to adopt animals, and most of them go to the Stray Pet Protection Association, they think that there is a formal guarantee over there. And some people don't like native cats and dogs, but most of the small animals adopted by Grandma Zhan are native cats and dogs, and they certainly don't look like any breeds of cats and dogs, and the few breeds of cats and dogs are disabled, and no one wants them. ”

After listening to this, Liu Yan fell into deep thought, and she considered revising the theme of the documentary.