The days of being a cat in Japan

The happiest thing in winter is to have a family get together and have a warm hot pot meal.

Today, Etsuko and her boyfriend Mr. Ishikawa are coming over. In order to entertain them, Grandma Fujimoto has been preparing hot pot ingredients since noon.

Ever since Fujimoto Etsuko and Ishikawa Katsura visited each other's homes during the New Year, their relationship has been formally established.

The families on both sides are very satisfied with the two children. The parents of Ishikawa's family know that their youngest son's temper is simple and honest at best, but in fact he is careless.

Fortunately, this kid also knows his personality, and the job he chose is a relatively simple and stable middle school teacher. If such a silly boy is not allowed to be released alone, the family members are really worried.

It's all right now, the stupid son of the family has brought back a smart and capable daughter-in-law, and now Shi Chuan's parents, brother and sister-in-law are completely relieved.

As for the Fujimoto family, what they pursue is that as long as their girls like it and the man has no bad habits in morals, they will absolutely support it.

So with the joy of the families of both parties, the pair started dating on the premise of getting married.

In the evening, the son and daughter-in-law who got off work, the daughter and the son-in-law who drove over came home one after another, and the little fat man opened the door for them with his slippers on.

A lively family hot pot dinner began with the return of the family members.

After eating hot pot, the women went to the kitchen to clean up the food waste, while the men sat in the living room drinking tea and chatting.

A Zhong, the golden retriever, crawled around under the sofa and kiosk with his toy ball in his mouth, trying to attract the attention of Dr. Fujimoto and Katsura Ishikawa, and let them play with him.

In the past, Heiyu was the guy who took care of and educated the golden retriever the most at home, but recently he was busy with his relationship, so he didn't have much time to take care of the golden retriever.

After dinner, Kuroba flew out again. Everyone in the Fujimoto family knew that it had gone upstairs, so they let it play because they were close and friendly.

But in this way, Ah Zhong, the golden retriever, will feel a lot lonely.

Over one year old is the most active time in a dog's life.

In the past, when Ah Zhong wanted to play, Hei Yu would definitely accompany him, but now he couldn't find him anywhere.

So the golden retriever, who was depressed and wanted to play, had to play other people's ideas in the family.

Needless to say about the cat, Dasheng is willing to play with the golden retriever, but Mo is not.

It is a very intimate thing among cats to be able to accompany each other, laugh and have fun. Mo Ke does not allow other animals to exercise their rights, not even pets at home.

So when Mo was around, the Golden Retriever didn't have the slightest chance to play with Xu Jie. It only had the chance to play with the raccoon cat for a while when Mo was away.

But Mo, who has been crowned king in the county, basically has nothing else to do except to patrol the territory, so the dog still has no playmates most of the time.

Afterwards, the Golden Retriever went to find Junko and Kenta. Unfortunately, although these two are on winter vacation, they each have their own affairs.

Junko wants to continue her taekwondo training. After school starts in April, there will be a very important competition for her. Now it is really time to work hard.

And the little fat man also chose what he wanted to learn after a period of trial reading in the cram school.

But what the family members didn't expect was that the game that the little fat man finally chose was Go.

Although it was beyond expectations, the Fujimoto couple still supported their children's hobbies, so the little fat man now goes out to learn Go every morning.

As for the Fujimoto couple, they are very busy themselves, and taking the golden retriever out is nothing more than going to the pet hospital, so don't think about playing with them.

So the only one in the family who still has time to play with Ah Zhong for a while is Grandma Fujimoto.

It's a pity that although Grandma Fujimoto is still in good health, she is still in her 60s. Taking her golden retriever for a walk every day is already her limit.

So the energetic golden retriever has been really suffocated recently.

So the Golden Retriever was very excited to see a newcomer coming to the house, and he wanted someone to play with him.

Looking at the big golden retriever crawling around under the table, Dr. Fujimoto knew what the dog was thinking without even thinking about it.

It seems that I have really neglected Ah Zhong too much recently, and the golden retriever, who has always been very good, has started to use small movements to gain attention.

Thinking of this, the doctor took the soft ball out of the golden retriever's mouth and threw it towards the entrance.

Seeing the soft ball being thrown, the Golden Retriever's ears stood up, his eyes fixed on the ball, and he quickly chased after it.

After fluttering and scratching, the soft ball was stopped by Ah Zhong.

It lowered its head to pick up the ball, held it in its mouth and swayed its big tail, then ran towards the doctor.

Dr. Fujimoto took the ball and threw it out again. Ah Zhong shouted excitedly, and happily chased after him.

Seeing Dr. Fujimoto having fun with the dog, Ishikawa Katsura was very envious.

After thinking about it for a while, he decided to explain the purpose of his visit today to Dr. Fujimoto.

So Dr. Fujimoto, who was teasing the dog, heard Katsura Ishikawa on the opposite side of the warm table saying, "Mr. Fujimoto, I came here this time to ask you something."

When Fujimoto Hiroyo heard this, he continued to throw the soft ball in his hand, and turned his head and asked, "If you have something to say, just say it, you don't have to be so polite."

Ishikawa Katsura replied after hearing the words: "Then I will say it straight, I want to adopt a pet, but I don't know what qualifications and procedures are required, so I thought I would come here today and ask Mr. Fujimoto for advice."

Dr. Fujimoto was taken aback when he heard the words, and the soft balls in his hands fell off.

Seeing this, Ah Zhong, who was squatting on the ground waiting for him to throw the ball, got up and picked up the ball and returned it to his owner.

Mr. Fujimoto held the ball, rubbed it vigorously on the big head of the golden retriever, and then asked Ishikawa Gui: "Adopt a pet? Why do you suddenly have such an idea?"

Ishikawa Katsura said with some embarrassment after hearing the words: "I want to have some common topics to talk with Etsuko, so I want to keep a pet. But Mr. Fujimoto, don't worry, I will definitely do my best." Take good care of the adopted pet as best you can."

Ishikawa Gui cherishes the relationship with Fujimoto Etsuko very much. He can catch up with the goddess who has been in his heart for many years. Ishikawa Gui will wake up with a smile in his dreams.

After getting along for a period of time, Ishikawa Katsura gradually discovered that when he and Etsuko were together, one person often spoke while the other silently listened.

Although listening is also a good way to get along, communication between male and female friends is still indispensable.

After a period of thinking, Ishikawa Katsura found that the problem lies in their different life circles.

Etsuko is creative, and he is a middle school physical education teacher. The two people's life circles have almost no intersection.

Ishikawa Katsura couldn't understand many things Etsuko said.

And the things in Ishikawa Katsura's school basically have nothing to do with Etsuko's life, and she just laughed when she said it.

In order to have more common topics and hobbies with Etsuko, Ishikawa Katsura thought of something that both of them like very much, that is, keeping a common pet.

Doing something together can deepen the relationship between two people. Ishikawa Katsura is convinced of this, so he wants to ask Dr. Fujimoto for help.

Of course Fujimoto Hiroyo is happy that the future brother-in-law is so devoted to his sister.

However, as a senior pet lover, he felt that some things should be clarified in advance.

So Dr. Fujimoto said to Ishikawa Gui very seriously: "Ah Gui, keeping a pet is just for fun and fun. From the time it comes to your side, its life, old age, sickness and death are all your responsibilities. A pet It will play cute with you, and act like a baby with you softly, but it will also damage your furniture and clothes, dirty your floor and shoes, and even mess with you when you can’t tell, quarrel with you and make you angry. Can you accept all of this?"

Ishikawa Katsura said with certainty: "There are many friends around me who keep pets again. I have heard their laughter and troubles. Now that I want to raise a pet, I have naturally prepared everything in my heart. Be prepared, please rest assured."

Dr. Fujimoto nodded slightly when he heard the words and said, "Okay, since you have said so, then I will help you find it."

Ishikawa Katsura bowed his head and said in thanks, "Thank you very much, please take your trouble."

They had just finished chatting when they heard the uncomfortable grunting of the cat from the side where the cat climbed the shelf.

The hot pot tasted very good tonight, because Xu Jie, who had been on a dietary restriction during this period of time, was allowed to refrain from eating because he had to entertain guests.

Xu Jie, who had been sluggish in his mouth for a week, couldn't help but start eating too much after hearing the words, so everyone didn't pay attention, and Xu Jie ate too much.

Dragging his hairy belly that was about to become round, Xu Jie scrambled back and forth in the room, making troubles until he was tired, but he still couldn't digest.

Xu Jie, who was so tired that he wanted to stick out his tongue, simply lay flat in front of Mo, kicked his legs and pressed Mo's paws to his belly with his claws, and asked Mo to rub his stomach with a moan.

Mo carefully rubbed it with his paw for a while, seeing that Xu Jie still had no intention of getting better, he flipped his paw and turned Xu Jie over, and took the nape of his neck to the doctor for diagnosis and treatment.

Seeing the raccoon cat stretching himself like this, the doctor rubbed his temples with his fingers.

But the stupid Lihua is also his own cat, so the doctor finds out the digestion medicine and feeds it to Xu Jie.

Xu Jie was suffering from the medicine, and kept wiping his mouth with his paws, sticking out his tongue while wiping, as if he wanted to wipe off the smell of the medicine.

Mo had already walked over consciously, walking towards me with Xu Jie in his mouth.

Although the digestive medicine has been given to Xiaolihua, it will take some time for the medicine to fully exert its power. Again, Xiaolihua's belly will still be swollen and uncomfortable, so the action of rubbing her belly must continue.

Pointing to the raccoon cat that was taken away by the big black cat again, Mr. Fujimoto asked Ishikawa Gui: "Even if you encounter such a situation, do you have any problems?"

Ishikawa Katsura, who has never seen a cat supporting herself, swallowed her saliva, but said firmly: "I can, just adopt the animal home, then I will take good care of it no matter what. of."

Dr. Fujimoto thought for a while before saying: "Well, Ishikawa, anyway, you haven't decided what you want to adopt now. I'll contact you with the small animal protection center here, and you go to be a volunteer for a while. , help take care of the small animals over there. If you can really adapt, it’s not too late for us to adopt them.”

Ishikawa Katsura also felt that this was safe, so he readily accepted Dr. Fujimoto's proposal.