Chapter 1340

Giant pandas are truly national treasures that everyone loves.

Qiaoqiao woke up early in the morning. When Song Tan opened the door at six o'clock, he had even heated up the food just like last night!

Early in the morning, there was no one in the lobby, only two front desk customer service staff on duty. In their daze, they were tempted by an irresistible aroma from the microwave and swallowed their saliva subconsciously.

"Oh my..."

When Qiaoqiao carried the food upstairs, the two looked at each other and couldn't help but sigh again: "No wonder this guest was willing to pay 1000 yuan for heating yesterday... With such good ingredients, if he didn't pay a high price, they might have been stolen in the kitchen."

"Exaggerated! They aren't that greedy, okay!"

"You don't know, last night it was truly a whirlwind of eating, wolfing it down... not a shred of self-control."

"The most ridiculous thing is, when they got off work, they even made an appointment to grab a set meal at Changleju online later, saying they must taste what it's like... A single set meal is 388!"

The shock of the working class was hidden in the lobby, while Song Tan ate her breakfast leisurely, looking at Qiaoqiao who kept looking out the window: "In such a hurry?"

"Yeah!" Qiaoqiao didn't hide it at all: "I really want to go see—if we made an appointment to pick up the vegetables, shouldn't we go a bit earlier?"

Song Tan couldn't laugh or cry: "It's not like they'll open at 7:00 just because you're early, right? You rest for a while, and I'll send a message to ask what time is appropriate."

And this time, when the message was sent, for some reason, the reply was instantaneous:

"You can come after 7:30!"

"Although the park won't be open then, it's just right to take a stroll while there's no one around, and pick up our vegetables by the way—are you taking them all at once? Will it be inconvenient to carry?"

The words were earnest and very considerate, completely different from the perfunctory attitude of last night.

Song Tan could naturally guess the reason—probably because last night, the giant panda Rongrong finally got to eat the bamboo shoots!

Song Tan guessed correctly.

After taking back those things last night, the laboratory worked overtime to conduct inspections, giving results with unprecedented efficiency. When the bamboo was delivered to Rongrong, there was not a moment of delay.

Rongrong returned to its own room at night—that is, indoors. Compared to the wild, it was of course warmer and more comfortable, but its appearance was obviously very sad, and its crawling movements were slow, permeated with a sense of depression.

It was also listless.

How could it not be listless? It had been calling for most of the day, its throat was almost hoarse, and it hadn't eaten much... how pitiful!

The keeper, Song Qiao Yu, was also working overtime—not only because she had accompanied Rongrong as it grew up, but also because her own job depended on it!

If Rongrong was not in a good state, her job wouldn't be either.

At this moment, even though it was the middle of the night, she was the first to receive the bamboo from the warehouse, and without a word, she handed it over:

"Rongrong, time to eat!"

She received a bundle of bamboo branches with fresh, tender bamboo leaves. The high price of 5 yuan per jin was unprecedented, but it carried their only hope now. There was also a spring bamboo shoot—the leader said this spring shoot was given by the seller because they wanted to set conditions, implying not to be easily manipulated by the other party.

Therefore, Song Qiao Yu held back, so she didn't hand over the bamboo shoot immediately.

And now!

She widened her eyes in surprise. Through the sturdy iron gate of the fence, she couldn't help but feel the hair on her body stand up! Because Rongrong seemed to feel something, and at this moment, it was running over with its heavy body!

Rongrong!

This guy had been lazy since it entered the park as a cub. Except for the age when it drank milk from a basin and was easily manipulated, it hadn't been active in eating later. How could it be so excited!

Ridiculous!

Can it smell the aroma of this bamboo from so far away!

Or is it really too hungry?

However, surprise was surprise, joy was joy, but Song Qiao Yu couldn't help but feel afraid.

Because a panda is first a bear, and only then a cat.

When that heavy body made contact with the ground, even though this was the sturdiest first floor, Song Qiao Yu felt as if the floor above her head was vibrating.

And the way Rongrong ran over, if it couldn't brake in time, she couldn't guarantee that this iron gate could stop it!

Subconsciously, she retracted her hand holding the bamboo branches and leaves slightly.

And in that split second, Rongrong probably misunderstood, so it accelerated and rushed up, not forgetting to speak to this two-legged beast that fed it every day:

"Ying! Ying ying!"

This familiar coquettish sound quickly calmed Song Qiao Yu down, but it didn't calm down for more than three or five seconds before Rongrong failed to brake in time and hit the iron gate.

"Clang!"

The fence made a violent sound, and Song Qiao Yu loosened her hand, only to see Rongrong sitting on the ground, holding the bundle of bamboo branches and leaves with both hands, stuffing them into its mouth mouthful by mouthful.

Song Qiao Yu hadn't even had time to untie the bundle at the back of the bamboo branches and leaves, but Rongrong had already bitten the bamboo leaves squeezed into a ball at the front, its chubby cheeks moving, eating without even lifting its head.

It only occasionally made a slight "Ying" monosyllable, which was less like speaking and more like an unconscious sound after eating happily.

Song Qiao Yu watched silently, feeling very strange.

Because Rongrong is a bit naughty, and it eats bamboo differently from other pandas.

Other pandas eat bamboo honestly, and only use some small tricks when they encounter harder bamboo poles. But Rongrong doesn't!

Even if it eats thin bamboo branches and leaves that aren't as thick as chopsticks, it naughtily holds them in its hands, either lifting them above its head to break them like other pandas break bamboo slices, or biting them precisely in the middle...

In short, it's not honest.

But tonight, under the bright lights, it honestly started from the front where there were the most leaves, mouthful after mouthful, so much so that everyone watching the screen in the monitoring room fell silent.

After a long while, seeing that the bundle of bamboo leaves in Rongrong's hand was almost finished, someone in the walkie-talkie said: "Try to see if it eats the bamboo pole."

"Wait until it's finished, then try the bamboo shoot—if Rongrong eats it all, it proves that cooperation is unavoidable, so we might as well try. By the way, give people some convenience, and we'll leave a good impression."

"After all, at the beginning, it was indeed us who went back on our word."

Several people discussed and quickly made a decision.

They even learned to self-justify: "A little more expensive is fine. After all, Rongrong is pregnant—if Mao Mao doesn't get to eat it, we can't say we are biased. It's just that a pregnant giant panda is precious, and upgrading the nutrition is unavoidable."

Now, people on the internet have sharp eyes, and they point fingers even if the toys for giant pandas are different. If their different food standards were revealed...

Oh! Headache!