The days of being a cat in Japan

Grandma Fujimoto, who was riding an electric tricycle, took her grandson and granddaughter to the hot spring scenic spot slowly, avoiding the crowd all the way to the place where she usually set up a stall.

After parking the tricycle at the stall, Grandma Fujimoto walked to the grocery store of Kumamoto's family in a familiar way.

Xu Jie, who was on the back pocket of the tricycle, had his front paws on the pocket of the car, and stretched his neck to look out.

The hot spring hotels here are still well-known in China, so although it is hot and dry autumn, people still come to soak in the hot springs one after another.

Just in time for the summer vacation, those parents who brought their children out and the high school students traveling together still make the business of the hot spring hotel here very hot.

Because it is close to the hot spring scenic spot, Grandma Fujimoto and the people in the nearby villages basically rely on tourists here to make money.

They will sell some things from the real estate in their homes directly near the hot spring hotel, which will earn a lot more than selling them to other vendors.

After a while, Grandma Fujimoto, who entered the grocery store, came out with a kitchen knife and a roll of plastic wrap.

Xu Jie watched as the old lady who was over [-] deftly cut a watermelon into eight pieces, and then wrapped each piece with plastic wrap.

In Greater China, watermelons are always bought individually. Xu Jie seldom sees watermelons sold by slices. What he sees the most is because they are too big, or because they want to let customers see the quality. Two.

However, selling watermelons by slices is obviously a very common thing here, because Grandma Fujimoto pulled out a sign from the bottom of the car pocket, and placed it in front of her tricycle very skillfully.

Xu Jie looked at the text above and simply translated it. It said that a watermelon cost 1600 yen and a slice cost 200 yen.

After reading the sign, Xu Jie looked back at the watermelons averaging 7 or 8 catties, calculated in his heart, and was choked by the price of a watermelon.

Although I have long known that fruits in Japan are expensive, I only know how expensive they are when I meet them. No wonder the Fujimoto family, whose income is not bad, the gentle wife still has to plan carefully every time she goes to the supermarket.

Not long after the stall was set up, tourists came to ask the price, and soon the two large watermelons and four melon petals were sold.

He stayed on the stall as a mascot for a period of time. With his cute face and popularity as a celebrity cat, he greatly accelerated the sales of watermelons on the stall.

Not long after, there were only three of the eight watermelons they brought over, and all three were relatively small.

Looking at the sun, it was almost noon. Grandma Fujimoto patted the two watermelons, and then took out a sign that said the price of watermelons was reduced by 1300.

It seems that this is going to be a discount promotion, so the remaining two should be sold soon, so Xu Jie climbed out of the car pocket and wanted to go shopping.

Mo followed Xu Jie all the time, and the two cats walked along the quaint streets of the ancient town.

Xu Jie is very interested in the hot springs here. I heard that because it is close to Kyoto, the hot springs here were developed very early. In the Heian period, it was a place where princes and nobles often came for vacation.

The two cats followed a tour group, listening to the tour guide introduce to a group of uncles and aunts: "Everyone, please look over there. There is a group of buildings over there, which is the Imperial Palace built in the Heian period. The hot springs there used to be It is exclusively for the royal family, and many emperors and concubines have used the hot soup in that palace."

The grandpas and aunts who came to travel are obviously very interested in the word dedicated to the royal family, and they all expressed their desire to go for a dip and enjoy the royal treatment.

The enthusiastic lady tour guide said with embarrassment when she heard the words: "I'm afraid I will disappoint everyone. The palace over there has been identified as a cultural relic a long time ago. It has been under protection and cannot be used outside."

The group of uncles and aunts felt very sorry when they heard the words, especially one of the aunts, who was almost hammering his chest and blunt feet.

Several old sisters who came to travel with her looked at her suspiciously, not understanding why she behaved like this.

Seeing this, the aunt said to her old sisters: "You don't know, I read the guide before I came here, and said that the hot soup in the Royal Palace here is very spiritual, and after soaking it, women who want to have children will get children. You also know that my daughter-in-law has been married for more than three years and has not been pregnant, so I thought about taking a bottle of hot soup here and putting it in the bathtub at home for my son and wife to soak in."

The old sisters who came here with her all know the situation of their family and know that she is going crazy thinking about her grandchildren.

But there is no way, the palace is now a cultural relic, and ordinary people are not allowed to enter, so I can only come over and pat the aunt on the shoulder, which is considered comforting.

The lady tour guide who was in a hurry did not stop here, but led the team to the next scenic spot.

The two cats who were originally following them did not continue to follow. To be precise, Mo stopped first.

Seeing this, Xu Jie trotted over and asked, "What's wrong with you, Mo? Why didn't you leave?"

However, Mo kept turning his head to look at the imperial palace. After hearing Xu Jie's question, Mo flicked his tail and said, "Ajie, let's go to the imperial palace over there to take a look, shall we?"

Hearing this, Xu Jie turned his head and looked at the ancient Japanese-style buildings hidden among the tall buildings of the surrounding hotels. He was also very interested in the conditions inside those wooden houses, so he agreed to Mo's proposal.

Two cats crawled past the bottom of the gate on the left side of the palace, and what they entered was a very beautiful garden landscape.

Mo was obviously not very interested in these trees and flowers. He raised his head and sniffed the air with his nose, and then led Xu Jie and ran towards a certain direction.

Along the way, they bypassed a lot of houses, all of which are old Japanese experimental buildings. They are basically all wooden structures, the floors are raised, the eaves are long and slightly raised, and the pillars and beams are not painted. The overall look is very small and exquisite.

Xu Jie, who liked these beautiful houses very much, wanted to climb in and take a look, but this time, Mo rarely supported Xu Jie's idea. Instead, he bypassed these houses and ran to the back of the palace.

Seeing this, Xu Jie had no choice but to look at the houses with regret, and then followed behind Mo.

As the moisture in the air became heavier and heavier, Xu Jie gradually knew where Mo's goal was this time.

Sure enough, not long after, the two cats came to the side of a hot soup spring one after the other.

Mo, who rarely showed his emotions, looked at the mouthful of hot soup in front of him with some excitement, squinted his eyes and said to Xu Jie: "Let's go down and soak in hot soup, shall we?"

Hearing this, Xu Jie stretched his neck to look into the hot soup, and felt that the spring water in this pool must be at least 40 or 50 centimeters high, so Xu Jie, who hated water, shook his head and backed away.

While retreating to Xu Jie, he said: "What kind of hot spring do you soak in on a hot day? It's annoying for Mao Mao to get wet. Besides, the water here is so deep, I can't swim, what if I get submerged?"

Unexpectedly, just after it finished speaking, Mo pointed to the steps extending out from inside the hot soup and said, "The stone platform over there is very spacious, and the water is so shallow that our legs can't even pass it."

Seeing that Xu Jie was still retreating bit by bit, Mo ran over and rubbed his head against Xu Jie's body, and slowly pushed him towards the stone platform, with the sound of purring cat coquettish in his throat.

Xu Jie's bones became soft from being rubbed by Mo, his ears were numb and trembling all the time, and Mo pushed his head against him lightly.

Lying on the edge of the hot spring, he tapped the inside of the hot spring carefully with his paws. Xu Jie, who felt pretty good, finally stepped into the water with his feet.

Slowly walked a few steps up the steps. Although the slippery steps made Xu Jie walk cautiously, the fun of playing in the water soon overshadowed everything else.

At this moment, Xu Jie felt many large ripples appearing on the water surface around him. He looked back and found that Mo had stepped into the water stepping on the steps.

Mo stepped on the water and leaned closer to Xu Jie's side step by step. Xu Jie felt that Mo's eyes suddenly became very hot when he looked at it, which made him feel very uncomfortable.

I don't know why Xu Jie's body is suddenly hot, and I don't know whether it was soaked in the hot spring or watched by Mo.

Xu Jie, who didn't know where to put his hands and feet, turned his body sideways, trying to avoid Mo's hot eyes, but he didn't realize that he was being driven to the shore bit by bit by Mo.

Xu Jie, who was soon squeezed between the ink and the stones on the shore, pushed the ink with his body unhappily, wanting it to leave some space for him.

Mo didn't say anything, just started to lick Xu Jie's neck vigorously with his tongue.

Xu Jie began to breathe heavily, and his body had turned from fever to hot.

Xu Jie, with his neck up, began to purr uncontrollably, squinting his eyes and meowing.

Mo licked it, then turned his head and suddenly grabbed Xu Jie's back skin, raised his head to pick it up, and let his two front paws rest on the stone.

Xu Jie felt bad, and just when it was about to speak, Mo turned over and rode up.

Soon the meowing of the cat mixed with the sound of splashing water made the atmosphere of the whole hot spring hotter and hotter.

Two hours later, Xu Jie, who had dried his hair, walked down the street angrily, his legs limp.

Following behind it was Mo with a satisfied face after Taotie.

After finally walking back to Grandma Fujimoto's booth, Xiao Jiantai asked when she saw them, "Great Sage, where did you two go? We've been looking for you for a long time."

Xu Jie didn't have the face to answer when he heard the words, so he jumped onto the back pocket of the tricycle silently.

It's a pity that it couldn't control its strength because its legs were still weak, and its paws grabbed the back seat of the tricycle, but it couldn't get up. In the end, Junko, who was squatting on it, stretched out his hand to lift it up.

Xu Jie, who was being carried on the tricycle, was lying cross-legged on one side of his back pocket. It always felt that Junko looked at it with something deep in his eyes just now, which made Xu Jie feel ashamed and ashamed.

Knowing that the little raccoon flower was losing its temper, Mo didn't dare to go over to provoke it, but just squatted silently beside Xu Jie, and waited until its breath calmed down a little, then leaned over to lick Xu Jie's fur.

Finally, she found all four of them, and Grandma Fujimoto, who had sold out the watermelons, happily took them home on a tricycle.