long life

The author has something to say: the child takes the father's surname, and the only cat in the family is the mother

If it weren't for other people passing by on the road, Yu Xiu would have picked Zhou Jing up and walked around a few times, not because he agreed to adopt the cat, but because he personally expressed his dependence on him from the mouth of his loved one.

After the two were silent for a moment, Cheng Siran took the key and walked out of the yard, and then called the two of them to follow him.

They didn't go far, even the area of ​​the red-tiled houses, Cheng Siran led them to push open a hidden iron gate and walked in, the two followed closely behind, and they were caught by The ivy and vines that climb all over the wall are encroaching, giving people a sense of simplicity and age.

"Aunt——" Cheng Siran began to shout loudly before entering the hospital, "Aunt, my friends and the others are going to adopt a kitten, and I got angry with you yesterday."

"Hey, my aunt is decocting medicine and can't get rid of her body. You can show your friends, and take away any kittens you like so they can be raised." A woman's voice came from the kitchen, setting off a series of pots and pans. sound.

Cheng Siran agreed, and led Yu Xiu and the others to continue into the courtyard, and stopped in front of a side room door, "You guys wait outside the house first, this female cat is very afraid of being born, and it is the worst thing to see outsiders approaching."

The two of them waited quietly outside the door until Cheng Siran came out with two kittens in his arms.

One is more orange than white, it looks energetic and alert, while the other is just the opposite, lying lazily on Cheng Siran's arm and dozing off.

"Brother Xiu, you can choose." Cheng Siran handed the two kittens into Yu Xiu's arms, then pointed to the more energetic one and said, "This is just a girl, and the other is a kid. Which one do you like to take away? The one that was left behind will be returned to the cat mother and will not be given away.”

Yu Xiu poked the heads of the two cats with his fingers, then turned his head and asked Zhou Jing, "Brother, do you want a daughter or a son?"

"Yes..." Seeing his serious joke, Zhou Jing couldn't help but twitched the corners of his mouth, "I want a girl, I think she should be much more docile in character."

"It's all up to you." Yu Xiu returned one of the cat cubs to Cheng Siran, with a smile on his face, "The thank you gift is late, but there is. I will customize a good guitar for you on your 20th birthday."

"Really?" Cheng Siran was so excited that he wanted to take off on the spot, and almost couldn't hold back the urge to hug the two of them and kiss each other.

"Siran." Zhou Jing suddenly called out to her, "Baboon, can I go and see it?"

"Of course." Cheng Siran nodded and readily agreed, leading them around to the backyard, to a corner of the corridor surrounded by flowerpots.

Under the hut built of simple wooden boards, Zhou Jing saw a group of orange-white fur balls curled up together. The hair on the baboon had long lost its former light. Perhaps it was extremely warm in the afternoon sun, until several people When it came to the front, it never noticed that anyone was approaching.

"The baboon is very old, already 14 years old. Not long ago, it was discovered that there was something wrong with its eyes. Later, the veterinarian said that it was a normal phenomenon of aging, and the eyes were blind." Cheng Siran looked at it distressedly, "Now the only The only way is to let it spend its last days in the shack."

Zhou Jing's heart trembled suddenly, and he bent down and touched its forehead with his hand, feeling someone caressing, the baboon just raised his head slowly, and let out a weak meow or two when he looked for someone.

I remembered that when I first met a baboon, it was still a small stray cat. Later, I grew up eating a lot of food in the compound, and accompanied many children in their childhood. Now that old people are replaced by new ones, it is fortunate that it has not been forgotten, and it can be regarded as a good death.

After staying for a short time, the two bid farewell to Cheng Siran and left. They stayed in the compound for a while before turning back the way they came from. The state of mind this time is completely different from when they first came here.

"What name do you plan to give it?" Yu Xiu teased the cat in the cardboard box in his arms, and looked up at Zhou Jing.

Zhou Jing shook his head gently, "I haven't thought about it yet."

"Its great-grandmother's name is a baboon, so why not call it an orangutan?" Yu Xiu joked solemnly, "Anyway, baboons and orangutans are primates, so it sounds very smart."

Zhou Jing frowned and smiled, but suddenly he had a flash of inspiration, "Then let's call it Xingxing."

"Ah?" Yu Xiu was stunned for a moment, his eyes wandering back and forth between the cat and Zhou Jing. "I don't really want to name it orangutan, I'm just joking."

"What are you thinking about?" Zhou Jing raised his hand and flicked lightly to his forehead, "Stars, the stars that twinkle and shine brightly in the sky."

"So it's that Xing Xing." Yu Xiu couldn't help laughing, then patted the cat's head and said, "Did you hear that Xing Xing, Yu Xing Xing, the child has to take the father's surname."

Zhou Jing couldn't help laughing, he was already used to Yu Xiu making him happy, "For this little thing, it will be a little troublesome for us to go back, but it's worth it, after all, it will accompany us for many years in the future."

Yu Xiu nodded approvingly, "How do you feel about this trip back?"

"The old man is still the same, at least those that exist in the memory have not completely disappeared." Zhou Jing took a deep breath, feeling as if he had never felt more comfortable in his heart, "Yu Xiu."

"Ok?"

"I've always wanted to ask...do you remember what it was like when you first met me?"

Yu Xiu was slightly stunned, and stopped unconsciously. Apart from breathing, there was the sound of the breeze passing by his ears, and even his heartbeat was very clear.

"Of course I remember." After a while, he stared at Zhou Jing who also stopped and smiled suddenly, "At that time, what I thought was, whoever came to talk to me first, I would pester him for the rest of my life and marry him as my wife Son."