The days of being a cat in Japan

For cats, the life in the country is safe and comfortable. Except that there are fewer entertainment items, which occasionally make cats feel a little bored, there is nothing to be picky about.

As far as vacation is concerned, coming here will really make the cat feel better. Once the pace of life slows down, the temper will naturally ease.

Spring is a very important season for farmers who own land, because for them, the most important spring sowing of the year is about to begin.

And this season is also the most tiring season for farmers who own the land. Cultivating soil, sowing, raising seedlings, and fertilizing must be completed within the specified time in order to degas and rain.

Because the village of the Fujimoto family is close to the urban area and hot spring attractions, most of the land has already used mechanical equipment for spring sowing.

Grandma Fujimoto was too old to go to the fields to do that kind of heavy farm work, so she rented out all the land that was suitable for her, and only left herself a small piece of sandy land by the river for self-cultivation. The place.

Last year, Grandma Fujimoto chose to plant watermelons with better economic benefits on that piece of land, but this kind of plant is not suitable for continuous planting.

So this year she wants to save some effort, and Grandma Fujimoto plans to plant some corn that is easy to manage and does not require too much time and effort.

In fact, the sandy soil is not very suitable for growing corn. After growing watermelons in the past, Grandma Fujimoto chose to grow peanuts most of the time.

Because peanuts are also suitable for sandy land with relatively poor fertility, and the economic benefits of planting are better than corn.

This year, probably because of the purchase of real estate in the city, Grandma Fujimoto planned to return to the city to take care of her house after planting, so after careful consideration, she decided to grow the best managed corn.

There happened to be a spring rain here the day before yesterday. This spring rain fell sparsely on the city side, and did not affect the cherry blossoms that were in full bloom in the spring, but here it fell majesticly, deeply nourishing and waiting for sowing. soil of.

How could such a good opportunity be missed?

So Grandma Fujimoto, who had already prepared seeds and fertilizers, chose to go to the river to cultivate the land with a hoe today.

The raccoon cat trotted behind Grandma Fujimoto with a bag of seeds in its mouth, and behind it, the big black cat walked leisurely on the path in the field, wagging its tail.

Noisy and Little Green were not allowed to follow this time, Grandma Fujimoto asked them to guard the courtyard at home, but Cihuamao wondered if Grandma was afraid of Little Green’s wildness, and after seeing her planting seeds, she couldn’t control herself and put The seeds are dug out and eaten.

The civet cat came out this time not for fun, it called the big black cat to help Grandma Fujimoto cultivate the land.

It has been to the land by the river several times and knows what it looks like.

The land is small and soft, and the big black cat's paws can definitely scratch.

Li Huamao had even thought in his mind that Mo would be responsible for digging the pit, Grandma Fujimoto would be responsible for planting and fertilizing, and the cat would be responsible for burying the dug pit.

After being a cat for such a long time, Xu Jie is very confident in his burying skills.

All the way to the Fujimoto family's field, Grandma Fujimoto nodded in satisfaction as she looked at the land that had been leveled in advance, and then waved the hoe to start digging the soil.

However, at this time, Lihuamao stopped her and handed her the seed bag hanging around his neck.

Xu Jie, the little black cat, made a movement of digging a hole, and pointed to Grandma Fujimoto who was doing the movement of sowing and fertilizing. Finally, the raccoon cat pressed itself with its paws, and kicked the soil to bury the hole with its legs.

After a series of actions, Grandma Fujimoto finally understood, but the old lady asked suspiciously: "You said that you want Dahei to dig you to bury the soil, and I just need to plant seeds and fertilize? Is this possible? Do you know?" How deep a hole do I need to dig?"

Seeing this, the civet cat called the big black cat over, and under Ajie's meowing, the big black cat skillfully dug a shallow hole in the sand by the Fujimoto River.

Xu Jie pointed at the shallow pit and yelled a few times as if asking for credit from Grandma Fujimoto, meaning to ask if such a deep and large pit is okay?

Granny Fujimoto, who was holding the seed fertilizer in her hand, shook her head when she saw this, and said, "I didn't believe it before when someone said that you were going to become spirits, but now I see that it is indeed ghost spirits, but the hole dug by Dahei is for you to use." Yes, it’s too shallow to grow corn.”

Cihuamao was choked when he heard the words, and realized that Grandma Fujimoto must have seen her not being able to dig a hole a few days ago.

However, it was already at this time, and it seemed too late to save face, so Lihuamao had the cheek to pretend that he didn't understand the joke in grandma's words.

Under the instructions of the cihuamao, the big black cat dug the pit a little deeper. After the pit was inspected by Grandma Fujimoto, she said that it was qualified and could be used.

So using that pit as a reference, the big black cat began to dig pits by the river. Each pit was similar in size and distance.

Grandma Fujimoto, who followed closely behind it, carefully sowed three seeds in each pit, and then sprinkled a handful of chemical fertilizers.

While doing this, the old lady who has been farming for half her life has not forgotten to say to the raccoon cat behind her: "People farming now are much more leisurely than in the past. There are machines that can help from planting to harvesting. Even this Chemical fertilizers have also become slow-release. When we were farming before, we had to apply chemical fertilizers three or four times, but now it’s over once it’s healed. It’s a good time for you all to catch up.”

The civet cat walking at the end listened to Grandma Fujimoto telling some past events, while using its paws to bury the pit where the sowing and fertilization had ended.

Because they had helpers, and the area of ​​the land was really small, even playing and making trouble, they actually planted the whole land in a short time.

Looking at the plowed land, Grandma Fujimoto was very happy. She wiped her forehead and said to the cats, "Thank you very much. I will cook meat for you at noon today."

Nibbling on a clump of weeds randomly pulled from the side of the road, the civet cat is very happy to have meat to eat after working.

On their way back, other villagers along the way saw them and greeted them with smiles: "Aunt Fujimoto, why did you finish work so early this year and go back?"

Grandma Fujimoto, who was carrying a hoe, replied to them: "I have helpers this year, and they are these two at my feet."

The person who asked the question looked at Grandma Fujimoto's feet, and said with a smile, "Auntie, you are so funny, how can cats help with farming? What do you do with them when you go to the field to sow seeds? Could it be that you want Catch mice in advance?"

Grandma Fujimoto smiled and said nothing, as long as her family knows about some things.

After returning home, the cats jumped into the yard to play, and Grandma Fujimoto packed up all the things she brought out, and then went to the kitchen to fulfill her promise just now, and went to stew meat for the cats.

Not long after, Grandma Fujimoto, who had stewed the meat, walked to the yard with a food bowl and called the free-range chickens at home to come and eat.

Apart from Noisy and Xiaolu, Grandma Fujimoto also has a brood of domestic chickens.

These chickens are raised to eat meat and eggs, so there is still a gap between the treatment of them and the white feather chickens that are pets.

Not to mention that you will be beaten when you enter the house, even in terms of food, it is too much worse than white feather chickens.

It is not the first time for the cihuamao who has lived here for many days to see Grandma Fujimoto feeding the chickens, but what makes it feel very strange is that after she put down the food bowl at the chicken coop this time, Grandma Fujimoto actually bent down, Be careful squatting next to the chicken coop and don't know what to observe.

At this time, Lihuamao discovered that behind the original chicken coop, there was an extra cardboard box at some point, covered with a large basket woven with rattan, and there seemed to be something lying inside.

Grandma Fujimoto was carefully observing the thing lying in the rattan basket, but the thing didn't seem to want to come out, no matter how she looked at it, the thing just lay there motionless.

Seeing this, Grandma Fujimoto had no choice but to stand up, turn around and walk back, but she murmured to herself as she walked, "It's strange, it's already time, why haven't you come out of the nest yet?"

When she walked back into the house, Grandma Fujimoto didn't stop talking to herself, which shows how confused she was.

And when she said those words along the way, the raccoon cat who was staring at her boredly listened to her ears.

Hey, is there anything over there at the chicken coop?The cat seemed to see a living thing lying under the rattan basket just now, so is there another living thing in the house?

I found that Lihua's father was always looking at the rattan basket on the other side of the chicken coop. After the white feather chicken came over and looked at it for a few seconds, he shook his comb and said, "Dad also hopes to see the chickens come out sooner." shell?"

"The chick hatched? So there is a mother hen laying on the egg?" Cihuamao asked in surprise.

"Well, there is an old hen at home lying on the ground. In early spring, it strongly expressed that it wanted to lay down and hatch chickens. The owner bought some eggs from the people at the entrance of the village and let it hatch after preparing. "

"The master said that according to the time, the chicks should hatch today or tomorrow, so starting from this morning, the master always has to go to the chicken coop to observe."

"No wonder Grandma Fujimoto kept talking about why she didn't come out of the nest when she left just now. It's because of this reason. But the cat's luck is really good to meet the chicks hatching. Speaking of these, I think of you when you were young gone."

When they were chatting in full swing, Grandma Fujimoto inside the room suddenly shouted to the outside: "The meat is steamed, you guys, please come in and eat."

The pets who had been playing outside for a long time heard the news, and rushed to the house one after another, hatching eggs and hatching, and they were quickly forgotten by them.