The days of being a cat in Japan

Early in the morning, before it was too bright, Xu Jie and Mo were shaken out of the nest by Mrs. Fujimoto.

Today is the day when Fujimoto and his family agreed to enjoy cherry blossoms. The season at the end of March is the most beautiful time for cherry blossoms here.

Aunt Etsuko is said to have driven to her hometown to pick up Grandma Fujimoto, and the Fujimoto couple also put up a notice the day before yesterday, informing customers that the owner’s house will be going to enjoy cherry blossoms that day, so the door is closed to thank guests, and the employees are notified in advance that today is a holiday.

Japanese people's love for cherry blossoms is engraved in their bones. For them, a year is not complete if they don't accompany their relatives and friends to enjoy the cherry blossoms under the trees on the days when the cherry blossoms are in full bloom.

Because of this habit, when the cherry blossom viewing season comes every year, the parks planted with large cherry blossom trees will definitely be overcrowded, and even the traffic on the road will become congested.

Families who go out to enjoy cherry blossoms at this time, if they don’t want to be stuck on the road while driving, the best way is to start early.

Sleepy-eyed Xu Jie landed on three paws, rubbed his eyes and walked out of the fat man's room.

At this time, the little fat man who had just finished brushing his teeth asked Mrs. Fujimoto who was busy packing the lunch box: "Mom, aren't we invited to enjoy the cherry blossoms in a private garden this time? Why do we have to leave so early? "

Mr. Fujimoto, who was arranging his shirt, bent down and said to his youngest son, "It's because I was invited that I couldn't be late. It's very impolite to make the master wait too long."

It took more than half an hour for the Fujimoto family to complete the outfit. They were holding a crow and leading the dog, and there was a half-sized chicken on the dog's head.

Carrying a picnic basket and taking the cats with them, the Fujimoto family drove to the south highway.

This time, the invitation to view the cherry blossoms was an invitation sent by the director of the reality show, Naruto Minano, to the Fujimoto family through Etsuko.

Because after the last episode of the reality show was broadcast, the response was beyond everyone's expectations.

Although the film crew has long been sure that this show will be popular, but the extent to which it becomes popular is beyond their control.

It had already increased by [-]%, and winning the ratings champion of the day was already a very remarkable achievement, but they didn't expect an even bigger surprise to be waiting for them.

Because the fixed broadcast time of this reality show is from [-]:[-] to [-]:[-] every Friday night, and the following Saturday and Sunday are also the prime time slots for which every TV station competes fiercely.

But this week, their channel with the highest ratings was their reality show.

Not only did they beat all the shows this week to win the weekly ratings champion in the variety show category, but the frequency of replays and comments on the show on the Internet also far exceeded the usual. It's really beautiful.

As the chief director, Mr. Nanye, while being happy and happy, had the idea of ​​comforting everyone.

So Mr. Nanye lent a small private garden in his elder brother's house to entertain guests.

Anyone related to the program group was invited. Xu Jie and Mo, as the guests participating in the location shooting, were naturally also invited. As the owners of the cats, the Fujimoto family also received the invitation letter.

Because work is too busy, Mr. Fujimoto, who has not had time to go to enjoy the cherry blossoms with his family this year, received the invitation letter and called again and again to confirm that there is no limit to the number of participants and their identities. Family members are very welcome before deciding to bring his mother and Take the kids with you.

In fact, Mr. Nanye not only encourages everyone to bring their families, but also welcomes those who have pets to bring their pets with them.

Because Mr. Nanye felt that these little creatures could bring good luck to the film crew.

Because of the generosity of director Nanye, most of the invitees this time were the same as the Fujimoto family, and almost all of them came here together.

After parking the car in the designated parking space, the Fujimoto family walked into the private garden of Nanno's house. To Mr. Fujimoto's surprise, the younger sister who was going to pick up his mother arrived before them.

Etsuko Fujimoto, who is the manager of the planning department, can be regarded as half an insider. Even if there are no cats this time, her part of the invitation letter will not be missing.

Etsuko Fujimoto, who was already standing, saw her brother's family and immediately waved them over.

Because the invited people are basically the relevant personnel of the program group, so many of them know each other.

Even if you don't know each other, if you have a mutual friend to introduce you in the middle, you will be regarded as an acquaintance.

Because they came quite early, Etsuko and the others had a very good location, in a cherry blossom grove near the center.

Mr. Ishikawa had already spread a large piece of picnic canvas on the ground, and the little fat man rushed towards his grandma in the first place.

The petite Grandma Fujimoto was not weak at all, and she caught her fat grandson steadily.

The two gentlemen who were pulled over to work as strong laborers faithfully performed their work, and greeted each other with the surrounding 'neighbors' while arranging the large canvas of their home.

Mrs. Rie and Ms. Etsuko were busy taking out the food in the picnic basket and placing them on the canvas for family and friends to enjoy.

Grandma Fujimoto, who was holding her grandson and coaxing her granddaughter, glanced at the food placed on the canvas, and then sighed secretly.

Because of the location of the picnic basket, the food that Mrs. Fujimoto and Ms. Etsuko brought out was generally placed near their bodies.

Grandma Fujimoto first looked at her daughter-in-law's side, and found that most of the food displayed there were rice balls, fried chicken, shrimp cakes and other foods made at home.

Knowing that there are children and the elderly, the drink Mrs. Fujimoto prepared for everyone is the barley tea she just made this morning.

Looking at the things laid out, Grandma Fujimoto nodded secretly.

Well, my daughter-in-law is dexterous and virtuous, and that kid in Guangyang is lucky. Grandma Fujimoto is very relieved to have a sensible child like Rie take care of him.

Looking at the things displayed by her daughter, Grandma Fujimoto frowned slightly.

Because she got up early, the things Etsuko prepared here were basically ready-made things bought in the 24-hour supermarket.

For example, sandwiches, bread and sausages, some fruit and bagged snacks, plus bottled water and takeaway family buckets from fast food restaurants.

None of the eight or nine things were made by Etsuko herself. Looking at Katsura Ishikawa who was chatting with her son, Grandma Fujimoto felt guilty.

What a good boy, why did he fall into the hands of his daughter? If he gets married in the future, wouldn't that girl Etsuko just want her husband and children to eat this kind of takeaway food all the time?

Thinking of the picture of her future son-in-law and grandchildren eating this kind of unnutritious supermarket food every day, Grandma Fujimoto felt that she couldn't sit still.

It is impossible to go on like this. It is not easy to have the shadow of a son-in-law, but this kind of problem cannot make people run away.

It seems that I have to find some time to go to the capital, to live with Etsuko for a few days, to teach her some kitchen skills and cooking experience, so that she can properly grasp the stomach of her future son-in-law.

Etsuko Fujimoto, who was distributing mineral water to everyone, suddenly felt a chill down her back for some reason.

She shook her shoulders to shake off the coldness that suddenly hit her upper body, wondering in her heart, who is thinking about me?

The pets at home have been fed before going out, so apart from some barley tea and mineral water, there are no other snacks to eat, and even fruits can only be eaten a little bit.

Xu Jie didn't have much interest in barley tea and fruits, and now he was looking up at the blooming cherry tree above his head.

It is their nature to climb as cats. No matter where they are, as long as they see something that can climb high, cats will definitely want to climb up.

Because it is a private garden, it is basically a forest garden handed down from the ancestors in the family, so the age of the cherry blossom trees here is not young.

Although Xu Jie couldn't see the specific forests of these cherry blossom trees, but looking at their trunks that were thicker than Mr. Fujimoto's waist, Xu Jie estimated that these trees were basically more than a few decades old.

This kind of tree is really suitable for climbing. Xu Jie, with itchy claws, took advantage of the fact that everyone was chatting and no one was paying attention to it. With four claws, he hugged the trunk several times thicker than himself, and rubbed against the tree bit by bit.

Fortunately, Xu Jie still remembered that he was not good at climbing trees. When he got to the side branch closest to the ground, he stopped climbing and turned to the same very thick side branch.

Look east and west, um, it’s good to stand high and have a good view, but these open cherry blossoms somewhat block the cat’s sight.

I stretched out my head and sniffed at the place where the cherry blossoms were in full bloom, and the faint scent floated into the cat's nose, along with some fine yellow pollen.

Sneeze, Xu Jie, who was sniffling, was stimulated by the inhaled pollen and sneezed a lot. Because of too much force, his foot slipped and he couldn't stop, and his body was about to fall from the tree.

Mo, who was climbing up the tree with Xu Jie behind, was a little far away from the side branch that Xu Jie was about to fall from.

Seeing that the little raccoon flower was about to fall down the tree, Mo Yi jumped over in a hurry without thinking about climbing.

But because there was still some distance, Mo still couldn't catch the unstable Xu Jie in time, and in the end it only had time to step on one of Xu Jie's tails.

Xu Jie, whose tail was trampled by Mo, was hanging upside down on the cherry blossom tree with his big head down. His weight of more than ten catties was all concentrated on one tail, and it screamed in pain.

"Meow~~~, it hurts so much, let go of the cat's tail, it's about to be pulled off." Xu Jie, who was hanging on the tree, wailed, because the sound of the cat was a bit shrill because of the pain.

Mo was frightened by the yelling of the little raccoon flower, and hurriedly shrank his feet.

Then with a plop, Xu Jie, who was baring his teeth and claws, fell directly from the tree onto the large canvas of the Fujimoto family.

The author has something to say:

Xu Jie jumped: who?Who pulled the cat's tail?It hurts the cat.

Mo: Look left and right, um, the scenery here is really nice.

Xu Jie: ..., you are not allowed to enter the cat's bed at night.

Happy Holidays, Dragon Boat Festival and Ankang.I wish you all good health and safety.