53. Spoilers in advance
At this moment, two breeders, one old and one young, came in from outside. The young man saw the two little gorillas dead in the cage at a glance, and suddenly became furious: "Master! The little gorilla is dead!"
The old breeder was also panicked and said hurriedly: "Hurry, go in and take a look! If this is going to die, it will be a big deal!"
The animals in the zoo are all nationally protected animals, and each one is recorded. If an accident occurs, the keeper will be held accountable.
The young breeder ran to the iron gate behind him in a hurry.
"Several tourists, did you see how this little gorilla died? We were fine before we had dinner." The old breeder looked at the four people present.
"The little gorilla was killed by her grandson with a slingshot!" Nini pointed to the old woman and her grandson.
If Xiao Chen hadn't been standing next to him, the old woman would have wanted to rush up and strangle Nini to death. She glared at her angrily and said, "No, nonsense! Why do you say we were the ones who shot? Is there any evidence? We didn't shoot!" After that, she snatched the slingshot from her grandson's hand and stuffed it into her backpack, posing as "covering the ears and stealing the bell".
Xiao Chen made a break: "Stop hiding, there is a surveillance, mother-in-law!"
The old woman's body stiffened, and the old breeder opposite her also looked cold, and she asked, "Did you really beat him to death?"
Seeing that it was impossible to hide it, the old woman rolled her eyes and snorted, saying disdainfully: "Are you just two stinky monkeys? At worst, we can accompany you! You can tell me how much, I'll call my son and ask him to send money!"
The old woman is very confident because her son is the boss, who runs seven or eight chain supermarkets in Shendong City, with an annual income of over one million. So she feels that she will pay 100,000 to the zoo and pay the zoo a compensation of 100,000 yuan.
Unfortunately, things are not that simple.
"I remember chimpanzees seem to be national protected animals, right? I forgot about the level of the year. They are quite precious anyway, right? Master?" Xiao Chen said quietly beside him.
The old breeder was just now angry by the old woman's arrogant attitude. He worked in the zoo for thirty years and had developed deep feelings for animals. He would be sad and sad when the animals he raised were born, old age, sickness and death, and it felt like his relatives and friends passed away. Now this old woman actually wants to settle it with money, which makes him very angry!
So he took Xiao Chen's words and nodded, "Yes, these African chimpanzees were included in the Red List of Endangered Species in 2008 and belonged to national first-class protected animals!"
The old woman was stunned and felt a little bad, because the other party mentioned several keywords: "Africa", "endangered", "country", "first-class protection".
Even if she is not educated anymore, she can roughly feel that the problem seems to be more serious than she imagined when she watches TV and listens to news.
Xiao Chen continued to finish the fight: "Oh! What kind of responsibility should we bear to hurt national first-class protected animals?"
The old breeder looked at Xiao Chen with a smile and said tacitly: "According to our country's laws: hunting and killing national first-class protected animals can be sentenced to a maximum of ten years of imprisonment, and fined or confiscated property." He looked at the already stupid old woman and said seriously: "It's better to ask your son to come here. If you deliberately kill two national first-class protected animals, you will probably have to confiscate the property. Just let him prepare and go to the court to notarize the property."
The punishment may not be as serious as the old keeper said, but the old woman changed her face in fear. She put away the arrogant face just now, put on a begging look, and said, "Hey, comrade, look at my grandson being young and ignorant, you can just be content with it, don't punish it so much!"
The old breeder snorted coldly and asked, "The child is ignorant, you are not sensible at such an old age?"
The old woman was speechless for a moment. She collapsed on the stone bench and was at a loss. Her grandson, who was unaware that she had already caused trouble, reached out to take a slingshot into her grandmother's bag. The old woman held her down and spanked her and cried while beating: "You troublemaker! What should I do?"
The little boy was beaten so hard that he screamed. Nini stuck out her tongue at the two grandparents and grandchildren, showing a look of contempt on her face.
"Ni Ni, let's go." After watching the excitement, Xiao Chen pulled Ni Ni and left the gorilla hall.
Seeing that the grandparents and grandchildren were punished, Nini was very happy, but when she saw the female orangutan holding the little orangutan's body, she felt sad, and as soon as she walked out of the gorilla hall, tears rolled down like pearls with broken threads.
"Why did Nini cry?" Xiao Chen noticed it and immediately squatted down to wipe his tears.
Nini cried more and more sadly, and she choked and said, "Dad... the little gorilla... the little gorilla is dead... their mother, how sad it is, wow..."
Tang Ying was sitting on the wooden chair next to her waiting for Xiao Chen and Nini to come out, but she saw Nini crying. She hurriedly ran over and picked up Nini and asked with concern: "What's wrong with Nini? Who bullied you?"
Nini cried and said it again. Tang Ying sighed, wiping Nini's tears while comforting her softly.
Seeing that Nini was still crying, Xiao Chen had to whisper in Nini's ear: "Nini doesn't cry, in fact, the little gorilla is not dead."
The situation just now was that Xiao Chen used his animal taming skills to put the little gorilla into a state of fake death, and he would be resurrected in 24 hours. It is estimated that by that time, the old woman should have had a deep understanding of her mistake and would not make it again next time.
Xiao Chen originally planned to tell Nini after he got home so that the child would not let him say something excitedly, but seeing that Nini was so sad, he really couldn't bear to keep watching, so he had to "spoiler" in advance.
"Really? Dad?" Nini's long eyelashes were still covered with crystal tears. Xiao Chen nodded and said, "Dad hasn't lied to you, right?"
"Yeah!" Nini was happy, her lips curled up. After thinking about it, she asked again, "Why did the little gorilla move just now?"
"The little gorillas are very smart. They know what to use to punish the bad mother-in-law and the bad child." Xiao Chen smiled slightly.
Tang Ying was smiling at the corner of her mouth, and she found that Xiao Chen, who could make the child happy, was very handsome!
After visiting the zoo, the three of them took the bus to go home. It was a little late, so Tang Ying simply refused to open the business today and wanted to invite Xiao Chen and Nini to a newly opened Western restaurant nearby for dinner.
"The food in that place is expensive and not delicious, so I won't go." Xiao Chen didn't agree. Tang Ying's shop seemed very prosperous, but she didn't make much money. She was so smoky all day long that she earned hard money, and she didn't open it today, so Xiao Chen didn't want her to spend money.
If Xiao Chen had just paid the bill first after dinner, with Xiao Chen's understanding of Tang Ying, she would definitely force the store to return the money to Xiao Chen and pay it again.
So, it's better not to go.
Tang Ying still insisted, Xiao Chen made a suggestion: "If you don't dislike it, go to my house to eat and try my skills."
"What are you saying? Of course I won't dislike you..." Tang Ying lowered her head and secretly rejoiced.
Chapter completed!