I traveled through time without patched pants, I was the richest man in the Republic of China

Chapter 253: Busy supporting the family in the foreign land

The four of them crossed the street and came to this French restaurant at the intersection of the Police Headquarters.

As soon as I entered the hall, I saw a lot of people surrounding an iron cage in the middle, pointing and talking.

Wei Miao sniffed and smelled a familiar scent. She walked towards the crowd and squeezed in in no time thanks to her small stature.

Wei Miao saw a huge iron cage in the middle, with two little lions who were just one month old in the cage.

They huddled together listlessly, with their ears drooping, as if they were sick.

Wei Miao heard from Lu Pingsheng that there is too much competition among restaurants nowadays, and each restaurant continues to use the old tactics used in the late Qing Dynasty to attract customers.

In the lobby or at the door, display some rare and exotic animals to attract people to stop and watch, buy tickets to see the curiosities, and thus boost the hotel's business.

Some cages contained leopards, some contained pythons, and even some were iron-eating beasts shipped from Sichuan and Chongqing.

This is a symbol of fashion in Western restaurants. If a restaurant does not have eye-catching rare and exotic animals, it will always seem a bit low-class.

"I heard that these lions came from overseas by ship. They are extremely ferocious, even tigers can't compare to them."

"When I came to see them a few months ago, they were still ferocious lions, but now they have become two babies."

"You haven't been here for a few months, right? The lioness had a difficult birth and was said to be dead. So someone in the store gave her anesthesia, cut open her stomach, and took out the cubs. There were four in total, but only these two survived."

Some people feel sorry.

"What happened to the lion?" asked the curious person.

"What can I do? The lion's skin was peeled off, and then the Green Gang boss spent a lot of money to buy it and took it to his home as a decoration."

Wei Miao listened to their conversation, his eyes fell on the two little lions, his brows were tightly knitted. He had been a lion king before, so he knew that the two little lions in front of him were no more than a hundred days old.

And now he looks sick, I'm afraid he won't survive.

Wei Miao walked forward and squatted in front of the cage, reaching out to touch them.

"Young master, you can't touch it." A waiter came forward.

Wei Miao turned his head to look at Lu Pingsheng standing in the crowd.

Lu Pingsheng understood immediately and took out ten yuan from his pocket and handed it over, "The child is curious, so just touch it."

The waiter was secretly happy after getting ten dollars, and his attitude became much better.

"It's not that they are precious, but these two little lions look cute, but they can bite people."

Lu Pingsheng said: "It doesn't matter. If we get bitten, we'll just take it as bad luck."

Xiaolin Ying also squeezed forward at this time, looking at the little lions snuggling together, wondering:

“They look sick.”

The waiter was a little unhappy when he heard this, "How could that be? They are tired. They were full of energy in the morning."

Xiaolin Ying shook her head and said affirmatively: "They have trypanosomiasis, or sleeping sickness. They are probably only awake when they eat."

The waiter listened to her talk and felt a little uncertain.

Since the past few days, the two little lions have indeed become listless and sleepy.

"Is this lady a veterinarian?" A voice in not very fluent Chinese came from behind.

The waiter quickly said respectfully: "Mr. Hunter."

A foreign man with a neatly trimmed beard, wearing a standard tuxedo suit and a top hat, nodded slightly.

Xiaolin Ying smiled and said, "I'm a doctor, and I happen to have some research on animals."

Mr. Hunter bowed slightly and said sincerely:

"Then, dear doctor, could you tell me what sleeping sickness is?"

Xiaolin Ying looked at the eager eyes of the people around her, thought for a moment and said with a smile: "Are you the owner of the restaurant?"

Beautiful girls always get better attitudes.

Mr. Hunter nodded.

Xiaolin Ying said, "This disease is a long story. If you can buy me a cup of coffee, I can tell you in detail."

"my pleasure."

In a luxuriously decorated private room, several people sat opposite each other at the table.

Xiaolin Ying didn't wait for Hunter to ask, and said:

"Sleeping sickness is a disease caused by an infection with a parasitic worm called trypanosomes."

Now, except for Lu Pingsheng, everyone else's eyes were on Kobayashi Sakura.

"Around the 14th century, King Mari Jata of Mali contracted the disease and died after two years of coma."

Seeing everyone's surprised looks, Xiaolin Ying took a sip of lemonade and continued:

"More than 40 years ago, two African countries had an outbreak, causing a sharp drop in population by two-thirds. Ten years ago, this infectious disease was also prevalent on a large scale in Africa."

"Infectious disease?" Wu Ziyang is good at grasping the key points.

Sakura Kobayashi nodded seriously, "It's caused by a fly called the tsetse fly..."

Lupin silently corrected her in his mind, "It's caused by a parasite that lives on the tsetse fly."

He was surprised at Xiao Lin Ying's profound knowledge, and saw that Wei Miao looked listless as if he was worried about something.

"Then what should I do?" Hunter listened to Kobayashi Sakura's clear and logical explanation, especially when he heard about "infectious disease", a trace of nervousness finally appeared on his face.

Xiaolin Ying sighed and said: "There is currently no solution to this disease."

Hunter stood up suddenly, "No, I have to destroy them now."

Then he made the sign of the cross and said, "God bless you."

"I'll be out for a while." Wei Miao said and was about to go downstairs.

Lu Pingsheng held her back and said seriously:

"Ah Miao, don't be silly. What Miss Yingzi said is true. This invisible infectious insect is very scary."

Wu Ziyang looked at the two people's posture and said casually:

"Ah Miao, if you want to raise a lion, ask your brother Lu to find a healthy one from America. Don't touch these two sick ones."

Kobayashi Sakura was quite surprised when she heard the conversation between the few people.

Before she decided to contact Li Xiaoya, she did some research to find out her husband's identity and how he treated her.

I also know that she is now married to a good man and lives a rich life.

When I met Lu Pingsheng, some reports and rumors about this person flashed through my mind.

The only thing she knew very little about was this young boy who looked somewhat like her.

But seeing how Wu Ziyang and Lu Pingsheng treated Wei Miao in an easy-going and even doting manner, it was hard for her to believe that this was Lu Pingsheng's little follower.

Wei Miao's face was serious, "I just want to raise these two."

Wu Ziyang looked at the kid with curiosity through his peach blossom eyes.

Ever since Wei Ada was shot, he rarely saw such a willful little kid.

"Okay, okay, you raise him, and don't cry if he dies."

Wu Ziyang actually didn't believe what Xiaolin Ying said about sleeping sickness. If it was really contagious, with so many people watching in the hotel every day, everyone would have been unconscious.

Xiaolin Ying quickly advised:

"Even if there is no risk of infection, the two little guys won't live more than half a month."

Wei Miao was unmoved.

Seeing Wei Miao's serious expression, Lu Pingsheng sighed and compromised:

"Sit down, I'll go."

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