The Cat's Inheritance

When the new postman, the yellow raccoon on the fence, came to knock on the glass, Ali was licking his paws leisurely in a ball.Last night, he watched the peanut warehouse in the town all night and caught two mice.Among them, the fatter one is named Big Brother Hui, a regular customer in the warehouse and Ali's old enemy. He is old and cunning, and his whereabouts are uncertain.Ali squatted on it for half a month, and finally caught it with her paw when the big brother Hui stole the peanuts and was about to escape.The fruit of victory is so sweet, Ali can probably go for two or three days without worrying about looking for food.He was in a very happy mood, lying on the window sill of the abandoned factory, squinting his green eyes, enjoying the cautious morning light in the late summer morning.

The postman Huang Li's heart was pounding and he hesitated for a long time before raising his paw and weakly scratching the glass.He has just turned eight months, and it has only been three weeks since he took over the responsibility of the postman, but he has also heard about the fame of the raccoon cat in front of him from his predecessor.He can fight and loves to cause trouble. There have been more than a dozen human beings who have tried to domesticate him, but they all ended in failure.

Ah Li heard the rustling outside the window, but she didn't open her eyes.Although Ah Li thinks that she should be smiling and amiable at the moment, the little yellow raccoon whose fur has not been trimmed off obviously doesn't think so, because Ah Li looks too scary to cats.From a general point of view, he can barely be regarded as a beautiful raccoon cat.Although it looks a little thin, it has strong limbs, a strong tail, and strong bones. It looks like a good mouse catcher.The bad thing is Ali's face.His eyeballs are an unseen green color, and the corners of his eyes are not drooping slightly like ordinary raccoon flowers, but are raised instead, carrying an indescribable evil spirit.The bridge of the nose is straight and the line of the jaw is clear, showing a calm and majestic expression.Ali has scars of various sizes on his body, especially the five centimeter paw print on his left eye, the scar is horrifying.The wounds on his body were old and new, and most of them had not been treated properly. The hair around the wounds were all matted and difficult to take care of, so Ah Li let them go.The coat color is not very good-looking, it looks gray, which makes the whole cat even more gloomy.

Terrible cat.

Thinking this way, the yellow raccoon couldn't control the strength of its claws well, and made a series of short and rapid rounding sounds when it fell on the glass.Hearing the sound, Ali raised her head and glanced over, the sun just hit the cat-like scar on his left eye, which made the fox tremble in fright, and almost fell off the window sill.

Ah Li tilted her head, silently staring at the visitor, flicking the tip of her tail.The yellow raccoon suppressed the uneasiness in his heart, and boldly asked: "Are you Lishu Lihua?" Due to nervousness, his voice was raised unnaturally, as if someone had stepped on his tail.

Ah Li's real name is indeed Lishu Lihua, which is a mouthful and doesn't look like a serious name at all.However, in a small place like Crooked Liu Town, if it is not a domestic cat, basically it will not bother to choose an elegant name.Everyone's names are very random, basically wherever they land, they add a breed of fur color behind them.For example, the yellow raccoon on the fence is a yellow raccoon flower that grows by the fence.And Ah Li is a brown striped raccoon cat born under the century-old white pear tree at the entrance of the town.There are also two little sisters who came out of the litter with him. Because they were cute, they were invited to the house by humans early on and became house cats. Naturally, they have other names: the second sister is Mimi, and the younger sister is Nile Piaoxue.

A Li glanced at the yellow raccoon, stood up slowly, stretched her waist with her forelimbs propped up, put her tail flat, and waved it casually twice as a greeting.

"You, your letter..." When Ah Li stood up, the fur of his tail exploded instantly, and he subconsciously took two steps back.He seemed to feel that he was too spineless again, so he stood stiffly, arched his shoulders, mustered up his courage, and shouted again, "Your letter!"

Ah Li shook the tip of her tail again, showing a smile.His chin was surprisingly fair, but this unsuitable expression of baring his teeth made the scar at the corner of his eye even more hideous. "Got it." Ali replied, "I'm sorry."

Yellow Fox stared at Ali in shock.Even though the other party was a big man who weighed nearly eight catties, his voice was rare and sweet...cough, gentle. "Then I'll put it here for you." After he finished speaking, he jumped off the window sill and ran away quickly along the path in the hedge.

Oh, but I can't read.Ali stared at the letter in a little distress, tilted her head, and the swing of the tip of her tail increased a bit.A few minutes later, he lowered his head helplessly, picked up the letter, jumped a few times, climbed onto the roof, and went to the scholar's house on the east side of the town.

Xiucai's full name is Wang Xiucai. He is a golden quilt and silver bed. He was raised in the city for a period of time before. He can read and write, and he is very knowledgeable.He lived in the first small western-style building built in the town.Ah Li quickly came to Xiucai's house, followed the drainpipe a few times and went up to the second floor.There is a small balcony on the second floor. Humans from Xiucai's house have placed a circle on the fence to dry radishes, exuding an unpleasant smell for cats.Ah Li sniffed her nose, took the letter in her mouth, carefully circumvented the dustpan, and gently landed on the concrete floor of the balcony.

"Who is it?" Xiucai rushed out from the floor-to-ceiling windows immediately.He weighed a full sixteen catties, with a round head, a round brain, and a round belly. From a distance, he looked like a ball rolling. "Oh, it's Ali, what do you want from me?" He stopped by the threshold, sat upright, and immediately squeezed his stomach out from between his paws.

A Lisong sat down on the letter in his mouth, stepped on his front paws, "I want to ask you something, can you read this letter for me?"

"Hey, you poor boy, someone will write you a letter." Xiucai said in surprise, the round eyeballs seemed even bigger.He is considered an old cat in the town, and he dares to speak unceremoniously to Ali.He waved his paw, "Hurry up, I'll show you!"

Ah Li pushed the letter towards Xiucai with the tip of her nose, and Xiucai quickly opened the envelope with his fat paws, flicked her tail, and read it with relish.

"My dear nephew, when you read this letter, I should be dead. Although we have never met, but after thinking about it, I still hope that my inheritance can be handed over to you."

Ah Li kicked her neck with her hind legs, "What is the inheritance?"

"Don't interrupt!" Xiucai glared at him.Ah Li obediently stopped her movements, lay down on her stomach with her paws in her mouth, and listened with round eyes.Xiucai continued to read: "You may not know me. About two years ago, I met your mother Ahu at Lingzi Pet Hospital in Maochun. You and your sister were not born at that time. Ahu was taken from the sewer by the human rescue team. We were rescued. We were like-minded, we chatted very well, and became sisters. Later, your mother was adopted to Quliu Town, and I returned to my home in Maochun City. We had a hasty goodbye, and only had time to leave each other’s contact information I also learned from your mother's later letter that she gave birth to you and your sisters, and did not live long in the human home that adopted her, and went out to establish her own family."

About this matter, Ali still has some memories.He remembered that when he was a child, his mother had mentioned this beautiful Persian cat aunt, an elderly lady with a good heart.Later, the younger sisters were taken away by humans one after another, and the mother was unfortunately hit by a motorcycle and passed away.This aunt is as dusty as many soft and sweet memories of his childhood.

"I don't want to talk too much about the misfortune that happened later. I heard that your sisters are doing well, but you are the only one who really worries me. I have been ill for a long time and will die soon. I have two wishes that cannot be fulfilled. One is you, my sister’s only son, and the other is Aqin, my original human’s only grandson. When will you be safe when you are out with a cat, eating and sleeping in the wind and dew? After I leave, who will take care of Aqin? After thinking about it , I can rest assured only if I put Ah Qin in your hands. Your mother is a perfect cat, and I believe that you, as her son, are not bad. Ah Qin is my only human being in this world, my only wealth , I hope you can come and take over him."

In the second half of the letter, my aunt babbled a lot about her human Qin, and left her paw print and human address at the end.Ah Li was stunned, and there was no sound for a long time.After the scholar finished reading, his mouth was dry and he couldn't help rushing back to the living room to lick the water in his basin.After he finished drinking, he returned happily, only to find that Ali was still lying on the spot, her posture hadn't changed.Xiucai stared at A Li for a moment, "Hey, I said A Li," he said, "What do you think?"

Ali shook her head.His mind is blank now.During the two long years spent alone, he also had several opportunities to follow the humans back to their home, but in the end he failed.Perhaps, he wasn't born to take over humanity.After growing into a big cat, Ali has completely given up.He can live well with a cat by himself, catching mice and eating sparrows, sometimes full, sometimes hungry, occasionally visits his two sisters, and retreats to his old factory when he is tired-this is what he spends The territory bought at the price of the paw print in the corner of the eye.Of course there will be a little bit of loneliness occasionally, but cats are solitary animals after all, and there is nothing to be sad about.He never thought that he had such an aunt who cared about him so much.And this one of the few relatives who simply cared about him will soon pass away.

"In my opinion," Xiucai cleared his throat, "you should go. Maochun is a good place." He raised his thick neck, his eyes drifted into the distance, as if caught in memories.

Maochun is a small city with picturesque scenery and a pleasant climate. It was once selected as the top ten most livable cities by the human world.At the same time, it is also a cat city.From the mayor down in the city, there are cat lovers.The whole city has been transformed into a huge cat nest that is very suitable for cats to survive.Even in a small town like Quliu Town, the cat people yearn for Mao Chun.But cats do not like to go hiking. Unless necessary, few cats will make up their minds to leave their birthplace and go to an unknown place.

Ah Li hesitated and licked her chin.

He wasn't afraid to leave Crooked Stream, leave his nest.But would that human love him?Will you be willing to invite him into your home?

Meow... Ali flicked her tail uneasily.

Autumn came and went, leaving golden dead trees all over the town.Ah Li stepped on the dry fallen leaves and ran quickly.He had just bid farewell to his two younger sisters, Mimi encouraged him to seek his own cat birth, and Nile Piaoxue was so sad that he cried for two days.Their earnest admonitions, as well as a breath of fresh air from their hometown, were all left by Ah Li on the land where he was born and grew up.

As he ran, the wind with a strange breath blew head-on, resonating in his chest cavity.Around his neck was a small bundle containing all of his cat's belongings.He was going to take everything with him to find the human that belonged to him.

Ali has never felt so happy.