The days of being a cat in Japan

Coming out of the bank with Xu Jie, the change in the little fat man's trousers pocket turned into a 1000-yuan bill, a [-]-yuan coin, and some scattered copper plates.

The little fat man wrapped the rest of the coins with the 1000 yuan note, and put them in his trousers pocket contentedly.

After exchanging the money, the next step is to choose a suitable gift for Mrs. Fujimoto.

Considering the little fat man's budget, the two did not go to those high-end gift shops, but chose a walking path full of handicrafts and dessert houses.

Xu Jie knew his popularity in this city, so in order not to disturb the little fat man to choose gifts, he deliberately put some distance away from Jiantai, and did not follow him into the store.

The little fat man first went to the dessert house to ask, he wanted to know if there was a cheaper birthday cake.

But the result he got was very disappointing, because the cheapest small birthday cake was around 4000 yen.

The little fat man who refused to give up asked several companies in a row, and the answers he got were all similar.

Some shopkeepers are willing to give him some discounts because of his young age, but as cheap as 3500 yen, it will be the best.

The little fat man who came out of the cake shop knew that this birthday cake could not be bought, so he began to focus on some beautiful handicrafts.

After walking along the street from left to right, the little fat man finally stopped by the window of a gift shop.

Seeing this, Xu Jie hurriedly followed, overlapping his eyes with the little fat man.

Soon it found the one that the little fat man liked among a bunch of handicrafts displayed on the window.

It was a high-end-looking craft candle. It was a transparent vase-shaped glass bottle on the outside, and the inside was filled with light blue solidified wax liquid.

Among these light blue waxes, there are evenly distributed some shiny silver sequins.

The wax liquid at the bottom of the treasure bottle is scattered with some small conch shells, some of them are round and spiral shells like snails, and some are thin and long sea melon seeds. The shell, and the beautiful clam shell that was split in two and laid flat on the ground.

If you just look at it quietly, that treasure bottle is just like a beach immersed in sea water, it's just beautiful.

But once it hits the sun, everything becomes incredible.

Whenever the sun shines, the silver sequins inside the vase will start to reflect the sunlight from different angles.

The warm sunlight is reflected in colorful colors, twinkling like stars all over the sky, and the whole vase wakes up in this magical light, like a blue sea under the bright night sky.

If it wasn't for the pure white cotton candle wick in the middle of the vase, Xu Jie would have come to the beach in the night because of him.

Fujimoto Kenta simply loves the vase candles of this craft, because both the sea and the stars are his mother's favorite scenery.

What could be better now than to have a gift combining her mother's favorites in one?

The excited little fat man searched the window for a long time, but he couldn't find the small white plate with the price on it.

Feeling a little shy in his pocket, he hesitated for a while, and finally he plucked up the courage to open the store door and walk into the store.

The person guarding the store in the store is a beautiful older sister in her twenties who looks like she just graduated from college.

She looked at the little fat man who opened the door and greeted him warmly: "Welcome to the Fantasy Gift House. You can watch it as you like, kids. If you need service, you can come to the cashier and call me."

Hearing this, the little fat man walked to the cash register, pointed to the display cabinet by the window and asked, "Sister, how much is the light blue vase candle on the second floor by the window?"

The saleswoman heard that she followed the direction of the little fat man's finger, and after confirming what Jiantai was pointing at, she said with a smile: "Little brother, you have a good eye, that vase candle was brought by our boss from Greece. The one that came back is a real imported product. I think you are not very old, so if you really like it, it will be 1 yuan. You must know that among products of the same quality, this price is not expensive at all."

The little fat man knew that the saleswoman's sister was telling the truth, but the sum of money in his pocket was not enough for a small change.

But the vase-shaped handicraft candle really made the little fat man like it, so he bit the bullet and asked, "Sister, I don't have that much money, can it be cheaper?"

Hearing this, the young but very temperamental salesperson looked down at the little fat man, thought for a while and said, "Well, for the sake of your sweet mouth and always calling me sister, I don't want any change, you give the whole number 1." Yuan is fine."

In one sentence, I got a [-]% discount or more, which is already a very good price.

But the cash in the little fat man's pocket is still not even one-fifth of this price.

The frowning Jiantai tugged at her clothes for a while, and finally asked, "Sister, can it be cheaper?"

The saleswoman first pursed her lips when she heard the words, then she looked at Jiantai's slightly flushed little round face, and asked in relief, "Little brother, can you tell my sister why you bought that bottle of candle?"

Mrs. Jian said with some embarrassment after hearing the words: "Today is my mother's birthday, I want to buy a gift for her. My mother likes the ocean and starry sky very much, so she will definitely like the light blue vase candle. "

The saleswoman rubbed the little fat man's head and said, "It's hard for you to know how to be filial to your mother at such a young age. How about this, my sister will give you the lowest price, a 8000% discount for only [-] yen."

It's summer vacation now, and it's the peak season for tourism. This discount is already very good, but the little fat man still doesn't have so much money in his pocket.

Seeing that the little fat man was still standing under the counter, he lowered his head in embarrassment and did not intend to pay, the saleswoman sighed and said, "Don't you still have so much money? But this is already the lowest price that my sister can give you." No matter how low it is, it’s beyond what I can say.”

The little fat man's face turned red when he heard the words, he bowed his head and said sincerely: "Thank you sister for your help, I'm sorry I still don't have that much money, so I bothered you."

After saying these words, Jiantai quickly walked out of the gift house.

Xu Jie, who had been guarding the gate all the time, saw the little fat man coming out empty-handed, so he knew that the price of the bottle of candle he was looking at should far exceed their budget.

So the raccoon cat ran to the little fat man again, rubbed his body against his leg, meowed and asked him if he needed help from a cat?

Jiantai bent down and hugged the raccoon cat that had been rubbing against her legs all the time, and after looking back at the candle vase with nostalgia, the little fat man left without looking back.

Seeing this, Xu Jie stood up in the little fat man's arms, patted the little fat man's cheek with his fleshy paws, and asked silently, do you really not need the cat's help?

Feeling Xu Jie's encouragement and comfort, the little fat man rubbed his head on Xu Jie's body vigorously a few times and said, "I really don't need the Great Sage, I have to finish the gift for my mother by myself."

Well, since you are so persistent, little fat man, the cat can only wish you success.

Finding a comfortable position in the little fat man's arms, Xu Jie thought so after lying down again.

Holding the heavy raccoon cat in his arms, the little fat man continued to look for his mother's favorite birthday present on this not-too-long pedestrian street.

After walking back and forth several times, weighing his pockets and his fancy things, the little fat man finally saw something else.

Putting the civet cat in his arms on the ground, the little fat man took a deep breath and pushed open the door of the gift shop.

This time, the little fat man was drawn to a string of shell wind chimes hanging on display. Various shells of various colors and shapes were connected in series, hanging up and down in a cute look.

Whenever the wind blows, the string of shell wind chimes hung at the gate as a doorbell will collide with each other under the force of the wind, making a series of crisp and pleasant sounds.

The little fat man who was passing by with Xu Jie in his arms was attracted by the crisp voice, and after observing it, he decided to enter the house to ask the price.

In a seaside country like Japan, the price of shell products is not expensive.

The price of this string of shell wind chimes is 2800 yen, which gave the little fat man some hope.

After a series of bargaining, the middle-aged store owner, who likes children very much, agreed to sell this string of wind chimes to the little fat man for 1500 yen.

The little fat man who successfully completed the bargaining work was very happy, and immediately wanted to rummage through his pockets to pay the bill.

But the little fat man's face turned paler and paler, and his movements became more and more flustered.

He rummaged through his pockets vigorously, and even turned out all the cloth pockets inside, but the more than 1000 Japanese yen that he had originally rolled up and wrapped together disappeared.

Seeing Jiantai's appearance, the middle-aged boss knew that he must have lost the money accidentally.

The middle-aged store owner who likes children sighed and said, "My little friend, otherwise, I will keep the wind chime for you first, how about I come and pick it up when you collect enough money?"

The frustrated little fat man bowed deeply to the shop owner to express his thanks, then walked out quickly with his head bowed.

Xu Jie, who was waiting at the door, had already heard the news that the little fat man had made a deal with the shop owner, but after waiting for a long time, he discovered that the little fat man came out empty-handed.

Meow, why didn't you buy anything?Shell wind chimes?Didn't you already promise to sell it to us for 1500 yuan?

As soon as the little fat man with red eyes saw Xu Jie who was guarding the door, his unwillingness and grievance immediately surged up.

He squatted on the ground wiping his tears and said, "Great Sage, I lost the money to buy mom a gift. Do you think I'm useless and can't even do this well?"

Xu Jie, who had never seen the little fat man laugh and never saw him cry, was a little flustered when he saw this. He leaned over and comforted the little fat man while thinking about what to do.

Meow, Xu Jie has been with the little fat man from the beginning to the end, so he can be sure that Jiantai's money must not have been stolen by anyone, it must have been accidentally dropped out of his trousers pocket when he was shopping.

After they came out of the bank, they came directly to this street. Although they walked back and forth several times, they never went out.

In this way, the money must have fallen on this street. It is noon now, and there are very few pedestrians on the street. If you look for it quickly, you might be able to find it.

Well, the cat just saw a few pigeons landed on the stone road over there, and asked them if they might have a clue.

Thinking of this, Xu Jie patted the little fat man's face with his plum blossom paws, signaling him not to cry, and to get up and go back to change the money with him.