Li Zhixiao looked at the couple of men and women who were sitting on the side waiting, they both had pathos on their faces, and they looked speechless as if they were waiting for a predetermined result.

Also, the Internet is so developed these years, and the owners are mentally prepared before entering the hospital, and what they are asking for now is just a miracle.

Li Zhixiao exhaled a sigh of relief, sincerely looking forward to their dean, this knife in the pet world in East China can bring this miracle.

"Hello, sister."

A crisp teenage voice interrupted her thoughts, and Li Zhixiao looked up in response to the sound and saw a little boy in a nearby high school uniform looking at her.

The boy was about the same height as her, his dark hair was wet from the rain and stuck to his scalp, and with his overly slender body in the growing season and the restraint of a new unfamiliar environment, he looked like a kitten waiting to be rescued.

Weak, pitiful, but able to masturbate.

However, Nurse Xiao Li is a very professional medical staff, and her gaze quickly turned from the green boy to a big dog that he carried in.

I have to say, for this visual, it's still very amazing.

This dog is the larger of the medium-sized dogs, and Nurse Xiao Li estimates that it weighs at least forty or fifty pounds, and the boy is holding almost half of his weight.

Thanks to being young, ten years older, carrying heavy objects in such a posture can lead to a lumbar muscle strain.

"Did it hurt? Come on, come on, put it here. Li Zhixiao immediately laid a large diaper on the medical guidance table, and intended to take a hand, but as soon as the boy raised his hand, he put the big dog firmly on the urine pad, and it seemed that he even had the strength to smile and said: "I don't know if there is a problem with it, I just picked it up." ”

Li Zhixiao paused, looked at the weather outside in some surprise, and her expression suddenly became serious.

Under normal circumstances, animals in this weather will hide and be picked up by this boy, indicating that the dog has a reason to have to get out in the rain, either because he was defeated and driven out, or because he was too hungry to come out to forage for food.

Either way, it's not good.

She immediately picked up the Elizabeth circle that had been placed aside and encircled the big dog, and then reached out to the big dog's belly.

Hey? It's quite drumming, although I haven't eaten enough, but I shouldn't be very hungry, that is, there is a wound? It's not like it, the little muscles of this body are quite tight.

Seeing that this little girl's hand was about to touch the dog, Pu Luo, who had a sharp gaze on the scar, immediately said: "Sister, I saw on the Internet that the stray dog should be checked before it is brought home, that ...... I only brought 300 yuan, I don't know if it's enough......"

"If it's a check-up and some simple treatments, the money is enough." Li Zhixiao's heart was relieved, the corners of her mouth involuntarily rose, and her expression when she looked at the boy was a lot softer.

Picking up dogs – loving.

Willing to bring the dog for a check-up – responsible.

Come with pocket money - do not engage in moral kidnapping, respect other people's contributions.

She is very willing to help such a child.

Although as far as the child's money is concerned, a basic blood test, a vaccine and deworming are gone, she is willing to provide some purely physical additional labor, such as taking a bath, squeezing an anal-portal gland or something.

Although general pet hospitals do not provide bathing services, they have to make some compromises in second-tier cities where the pet industry is not so developed.

Scar, who didn't know what he was going to face, was brought into the consultation room after ten minutes of delay by not being very cooperative, according to the instructions he had said before, while Pu Luo put on a posture of wanting to see but not daring to look at the door.

He looked so anxious that he managed to catch the attention of a man and a woman who were also sitting outside the clinic.

"Little classmate, it's okay, the dog looks very strong, not like he is sick." The woman tugged at the muscles on her face, revealing a tired and somewhat comforting smile, her eyes were very soft when she looked at Pu Luo, and this gentle gaze made Pu Luo involuntarily show a sweet smile.

"Really? Great, it seems to be blind in one eye, and I was worried about it. After a pause, the young man asked again, "Sister, are you also waiting for your pet?" Rest assured, it will come out soon. ”

His question made the woman slightly stunned, and after a moment, she shook her head and said with a wry smile, "I don't know if I hope it will come out or if I hope it won't come out." ”

Seeing Pu Luo's surprised expression, the woman suddenly had the desire to talk: "Are you raising a pet for the first time?" ”

"It's not the first time...... Pu Luo replied with some hesitation: "The place I lived in before was a bit special, there were many animals living there, I often looked at them, but they didn't belong to me. ”

"That's ......" the woman smiled slightly, "That's also a very romantic companion." ”

"Romantic?" The boy was at a loss, as if he couldn't quite understand the word.

"Well, you shouldn't understand it yet, the most romantic thing in life is actually companionship, at least that's what I think."

"It's just," she sighed faintly, "that animals have too short a lifespan for us, really too short......"

Pu Luo crooked his head, as a father and mother, a heavenly immortal, he couldn't understand this sadness, their eyes were open and closed for more than a hundred years, and it was already the norm for the sea to turn and the world overturned, and the protagonists between heaven and earth alone have changed several rounds.

In the past, when Pu Luo was a child, he tried to order something to play with him, and he ate fake Amway at that time, trying to learn from a certain big guy to teach the animals.

And then—

I don't know what went wrong, although he did attract a lot of animals, but they all ate and drank on the edge of Puluo, and did some indescribable things, and then gave birth to babies and raised babies.

He watched as the cubs grew up, fatter, stronger, supple and well-proportioned, but none of them had any intelligence.

At first, Pu Luo thought that he was not speaking well, and he specially touched the study notes of his brothers, but later he found that this group of guys clearly used him as a safe haven and used Pu Luo's protection to reproduce the race.

As for listening to the Scriptures...... I guess it's a background sound that rings all year round, maybe I'm too noisy.

As for later, his attitude towards those animals was also to come and go at will, even if there were fierce beasts following the traces to hunt, as long as the other party did not kill indiscriminately, he would not stop it.

Companionship and parting, he doesn't seem to have much feeling.

As if to see the ignorance in the young man's eyes, the woman hooked her lips and smiled, and then she told her story.

"We're volunteers who adopt animals, but we're a little special because the animals we adopt are the ones that have reached the end of their lives."

"We might be more like hospice workers for animals than volunteers."

Chapter 13

What is Hospice Care?

The young man's round dark eyes seemed to be able to speak, and he was asking the woman this question at this moment.

This made Chen Fei wonder, too, young people of this age are still far away from death, their brains have been stuffed with learning, and the only remaining gap is to deal with ideals or sweet and sour love, or the relationship between family and teachers, students, and classmates, where will there be consideration of the distant other side.

"Hospice care...... It is to provide patients with comprehensive support and care from body to mind, from social to spiritual, at the end of their lives, simply put, to make them as peaceful as possible on the last road without regrets. ”

As she spoke, the woman was in a trance, as if she had penetrated the torrential rain and saw herself who had made a decision that day.

The woman's name is Chen Fei, she grew up in a typical Qilu family, there are many relatives in the family, and there are many voices, so it is inevitable to ignore her little girl's voice.

For example, when she saw a little yellow dog at a rally when she was a child and wanted to take it home, her parents and relatives refused on the grounds that she could not raise it and take care of it.

In fact, this thing will be experienced in the process of every child's growth, and there are a few children in this world who can be agreed to when they first ask for a pet, but Chen Fei inexplicably has such an obsession.

She also feels that she is quite naïve, but sometimes people are trapped in a small thought, and the more they can't get it, the more they want it.

However, because Chen Fei's father is allergic to animal hair, Chen Fei was unable to bring her beloved puppy home even after her work was financially independent, and she originally thought that her fate with the dog might not be renewed until she got married or moved out to live, until she saw a report asking for help.

The head of a temple in Springs has long taken in and cared for the city's homeless dogs at his own expense, and now, as the number of dogs increases, he is becoming more and more inadequate.

And to make matters worse, he is already old.

His old age and declining energy made him a little uncomfortable when taking care of the dogs, so he followed the advice of the media people, asked for help from the society, and recruited some volunteers.

Of course, he would also welcome someone to give these puppies a home.

So, Chen Fei went to volunteer.

I have to say that this process has given her more insight.

She used to have a very deep stereotype of dogs, thinking that they were warm and sunny, just like a warm little sun.

However, now she knows that every dog has its personality, they are not all docile relatives, every dog has a sad story before being brought here, and Chen Fei, who is new to the school, is obviously difficult to get into their hearts, and in the process, she will inevitably have some frustration.

Moreover, in fact, dog life is not only about running and playing happily with dogs, but also with feces, dog hair, dog food scattered all over the place, and messy bath time that can never be cleaned.

When he saw a dog that had finally been washed clean, throwing himself into the sand when you turned your back to pour water, Chen Fei felt the feeling of collapse for the first time.

"But overall the experience was very good, although the volunteers were not paid, but we were vegetarians. The cats and dogs there are a little tired to take care of, but the scenery and air are very good, so it is considered to be a workout to clean up the stomach, not to mention that I met my husband there,"

The man next to her touched his head and smiled embarrassedly, and Pu Luo could see that the silver ring on his finger was the same as the woman's hand.

Sounds like a heartwarming story.

Pu Luo tilted his head. But Chen Fei soon brought a twist to the story: "The world is not always so beautiful, compared to puppies who don't understand anything and are more cute, adult dogs and sick dogs are almost impossible to adopt, especially dogs that are not so beautiful." ”

Although the abbot will keep the dogs that cannot be adopted, they have to face the situation of being picked again and again, from the hope of seeing the living every time, to the insensitivity at the end, the kind of look that ...... Once you've seen it, you won't forget it. ”

"It's certainly not the adopter's fault, but the dog that's left behind is really pitiful."

"They are trapped in square inches all their lives, using uniformly purchased water and rice bowls, sleeping in the same nest as everyone, although they have water, food and shelter, but they will never have their own home, nor their own unique owners and relatives."

"Until the moment they close their eyes, they are a lonely dog, and their rice bowls and litters will also be used by another dog after they have been disinfected, and they will not leave any traces except for a few photos."

"So I discussed it with my husband, and we switched our volunteer work."

She smiled: "We became hospices for the dogs. ”

"In fact, this industry mainly serves people, and they have a very romantic and vivid name, called - the lantern man in front of the Nai River Bridge."

No matter how complicated a person's family relationship is, no matter how lively the social atmosphere, they can only walk alone when they are born and when they die.

When I was born, I had the expectations of my family as a traction, but when I left, I had to face a lot of nostalgia, and it was normal to be afraid, fearful, and regretful.

The job of the nurses is to use some means to make them less afraid of death, like a lamp in the darkness, pointing the way and calming the soul.

However, this profession requires a high level of professionalism and ethics, and most of the people currently engaged in this profession are medical staff or volunteers with experience in psychology.

Chen Fei also got inspiration from this profession: if humans can have hospice care, why can't animals?

So after discussing with her husband, she tentatively brought home a dog that had reached the end of its life, and let him bathe and bask in the sun with every normal pet dog, walk and trot in the wide field, play catch-and-catch and frisbee, and then bid him off on a bright sunny day.

Every dog that has lived in their home will share a pair of owners and the home, but they will have their own little blankets and puppet toys.

These gadgets accompany the dogs to the end, and then they are cremated along with their tiny bodies.

This job is not easy to do, dogs are a kind of juvenile and old age is short, young and long animals, their characteristics are once adult, physical fitness will be at the peak for a long time, and once into old age, resistance will be greatly reduced, very easy to get sick.

Therefore, before picking up a new dog, Chen Fei must disinfect the whole house, not only disinfectant water, ozone and ultraviolet rays will be arranged, even if she walks the dog on weekdays, she must avoid encountering other dogs to avoid the spread of diseases.

In the old city where they are located, dogs are generally not leashed, and there is really no way to avoid them, so Chen Fei's choice is to go out to walk the dog in the middle of the night or early in the morning.

Although this will deprive the dogs of their preferred social activities, each dog seems to understand her intentions and calmly accepts this lonely journey.

"So that's the case......" Pu Luo said in a low voice, Chen Fei thought that he understood the nature of his work, but Pu Luo figured out the abnormalities and causes in that [home].

The large smell of disinfectant water is to avoid transmitting the disease to the next dog.

The dogs that the dog gang saw were driven away in order to isolate the sick dogs, and the dogs that were often replaced were because the dogs themselves had come to the end of their lives, and their departure was to embark on another path.

Wait, there is a problem in this, no one can judge how long a life will come to the end, since the life span cannot be determined, how to come to the conclusion of "dying"?

He recalled the discovery of the dog gang and had some guesses.