The days of being a cat in Japan

Grandma Fujimoto, who went out yesterday afternoon, brought back news to everyone in the house, saying that in order to welcome the new neighbors, the administrator planned to hold a barbecue party, and hoped that all the neighbors in the building who had time would come to participate.

The Fujimoto couple smiled when they heard the words, knowing in their hearts that Mr. Administrator was just looking for an excuse to hold a party.

There are a total of 12 families in the apartment where the Fujimoto family lives. Since the house is very old, the age group of the residents is also relatively old.

Among them, the neighbors of seven or eight households have already retired. They have nothing to do at home and love to be lively, so they like to find various reasons to get together and party.

As long as they have time, the Fujimoto couple will take their children to participate in such gatherings. After all, it is also a good thing to have a good relationship with the neighbors.

Because Mr. Fukuda leaves late and returns early every day, so in order to match his time, this barbecue party is scheduled for tomorrow morning.

The Fujimoto couple will definitely not be able to participate at this time, but Grandma Fujimoto can bring her grandson and granddaughters to join in the fun.

This time the dinner was held in the property lounge, which was the place where everyone was temporarily settled when the gas leaked last time.

The space here is large enough, and it is no problem to accommodate four or fifty people.

Since this kind of dinner party is often held, the neighbors in the building already have a lot of experience.

The administrator is in charge of leaving the site and cleaning. The fourth floor is responsible for meat, the neighbors on the third floor are in charge of vegetables and some seafood, the second floor is in charge of charcoal fire and seasoning, and the people on the first floor are in charge of wine and drinks.

This kind of gathering happens at least once every quarter, and as a result of frequent gatherings and exchanges, the neighbors in this apartment have a very good relationship.

After sending her son and wife out early in the morning, Grandma Fujimoto took the children and pets to the property lounge.

When she got here, someone forced her to come earlier. Everyone was already busy cutting meat, washing vegetables and serving sauce.

Grandma Fujimoto sent her grandchildren aside to let them play separately, and after cleaning her hands, she helped her neighbors pack up the ingredients.

It didn't take long for the new neighbors who were invited to come over. As new neighbors who were invited to the party, of course they didn't need to share anything.

However, the young couple politely brought over two bags of snacks.

In addition to snacks, there is a bird parked on Brother Futian's shoulder.

Seeing everyone looking at his bird, Yasushi Fukuda lifted the bird from his shoulder to his palm and said, "This is George, my pet. It is a mynah, very smart and can talk and sing."

The mynah named George jumped a few times in his master's palm upon hearing this, and then began to sing a nursery rhyme.

This voice and singing style are so familiar, it turns out that this guy is the one who sings on time every morning.

Hey, didn't Hei Yu go out to talk to his peers after eating the bird food early in the morning?Now the person it communicates with is here, so it shouldn't be too far away.

Thinking of this, Xu Jie hurriedly looked around, and sure enough, he saw Hei Yu on Ah Zhong's big head.

When did this guy fly in?It was obviously not there when I first entered the door.

Mynah's singing opened the eyes of the neighbors in the apartment. They had only seen this kind of talking bird on TV before, and it was the first time in reality.

After the mynah sang a song in the palm of its master, it flew to his shoulder again, shaking its little head with orange-yellow wattles and skirt, and it saw the bird that landed on Ah Zhong's head at a glance. Black Feather.

Seeing the black crow, Mynah excitedly jumped a few times on his master's shoulder, then flew towards Hei Yu and landed there.

Fukuda Yasushi knew the black crow. These days, the crow always ran to his house. Only this time did he know that the crow was raised by the neighbor downstairs.

After Mynah landed beside her, Hei Yu leaned forward and pecked its wings lightly with her beak, expressing intimacy and welcome.

Then he turned around and introduced to the other pets of the Fujimoto family: "This is George from the Futian family. He is very good at human language, can read poems and sing several songs."

Hearing this, Xu Jie looked at the larger guy with mostly black body but with purple-blue and copper-green metallic luster on the feathers, and said in his heart: "You don't need to introduce cats to know this, after all Mynah is the bird with the best language talent among all the birds."

Afterwards, Hei Yu also introduced Xu Jie and the others to Mynah. The bird looked at them, fluttered its wings awkwardly and said, "Hi, I'm George. Nice to meet you all."

Seeing that George didn't talk much, Hei Yu explained it to Xu Jie and the others: "George's master seldom takes him out and keeps him at home, so he doesn't have much contact with the outside world, so he's a bit shy."

After hearing this sentence, the two cats and one dog had different reactions.

As Ah Chung, who was brought up by Hei Yu, he naturally supported him unconditionally, so the Golden Retriever was the first to chime in.

And Xu Jie, who has always been big-hearted, raised his front paw with a smile after Hei Yu's introduction, and lightly hooked a few times towards Granny George as a greeting.

Only Mo squinted his golden-brown eyes, looked at Hei Yu and then at Mynah, as if he was looking at something.

But after a while, Mo looked away and turned to care about his little raccoon.

Now that the invited guests have arrived, the barbecue party can begin.

The administrator who was in charge of making the fire put the charcoal fire into several grills, and then the members of the lady group began to take over the responsibility of grilling the food.

The young couple Futian and Yoshino were not idle either. One of them was in charge of skewering the vegetables, and the other was in charge of bringing out the baked food for everyone to eat.

Those who got the skewers opened the beer and drinks to the people around them, and the atmosphere immediately became lively with their actions.

When the food was almost baked, people leaned together in groups of threes and twos, drinking beer and eating barbecue, and each began to chat about their recent lives.

Because they lived close together, the administrator's family naturally chatted with Grandma Fujimoto, and because of the relationship between pets, the young couple Futian and Yoshino also joined this circle smoothly.

Mr. Yokohama, who used to be a civil servant and is now retired as an apartment manager at home, asked after chatting with Brother Futian for a while: "Akon, what kind of work do you do when you leave late and return early every day? Two or three times in the middle of the night It's not good for your body to rest until one o'clock."

Hearing this, Fukuda Yasushi scratched his head and said in embarrassment: "I'm a resident singer in a nightclub in Kyoto, and the door doesn't open until four or five o'clock in the afternoon every day, and it stays open until after one o'clock in the evening, so I come home so late every day."

Mr. Administrator suddenly understood and said, "Oh, no wonder I sometimes see you come back with heavy makeup on."

Hearing this, Fukuda Yasushi said even more embarrassingly: "I must have scared you that day. I'm really sorry. Because nightclubs often hold various themed nights, our resident singers have to make up in various ways." Come cooperate."

Mr. Administrator laughed and said: "I was really shocked at the time, but it will be fine after I recognize you. You young people work really hard, so you must pay more attention to your body."

The barbecue party was very successful. When everyone in the apartment enjoyed the delicious food, they still didn't forget the pets brought over.

However, because barbecue is a high-salt food, pets have no right to share the baked food, and the things prepared for them are specially processed.

Xu Jie stared at the piece of chicken thigh that was not seasoned at all, it was just roasted and brought in front of him, and he had no appetite at all.

Thinking about when it just turned into a cat, if it could encounter this kind of food, it would definitely roll its eyes, but now it doesn't even have the desire to taste it.

Sure enough, it is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. The ancients did not deceive me.

Looking at the little raccoon staring at the barbecue and teasing his beard, but refusing to take a bite, Mo, who knows its eating habits well, knows that the food sent here does not suit its appetite.

So Mo quietly left his place, went to the food area, and faced the surprised eyes of the housewives, abruptly took a box of river prawns from their hands.

In the crowd, he picked out the little fat man who was eating barbecue, pushed the shrimp meat and pointed at the oven while pointing at Xu Jie. Mo's meaning was obvious, my little raccoon has nothing to eat, so hurry up and do it.

So Comrade Shit Shovel Officer Fatty was temporarily promoted to the imperial chef, and began to frantically clean up the box of river prawns pushed by Mo.

With so many adults here, it is of course impossible for a child to get angry.

After the little fat man packed up the shrimp, someone naturally came to help him bake it.

During the process, the little fat man stared at the whole process with reassurance, and kept saying: "Auntie, this is for cats, you don't need to add other seasonings, just add a little sea salt."

It didn't take long for the special prawns as requested by the little fat man to be grilled, and Mrs. Jian brought the plate to Xu Jie's mouth while it was still hot.

This kind of river prawns is not big in size, and you can wear two or three in a bunch, but the taste is very good, and it is crispy and tender when you eat it.

To be honest, such a habit of picking fat and thin is really not good, but Xu Jie's mouth has been spoiled, and he has become a completely greedy cat.

Xu Jie, who ate a bunch of river prawns, licked his lips. Although he was criticizing himself in his heart, he didn't want to change it at all. What should we do?

Thinking of how he is now who knows nothing but being cute, Xu Jie burst into tears in his heart.

Looking at the remaining river prawns on the plate, and looking at the big black cat eating the disheveled chicken leg beside him, Xu Jie squinted his eyes and flicked his tail a few times.

Afterwards, it kicked the plate containing the river prawns to Mo's side, looked at the big black cat that raised its head and stared at him inexplicably, Xu Jie leaned over and said vexatiously: "I'm lazy and greedy now, and I can't leave it for a moment. Come on, what should I do?"

Hearing Xu Jie's unreasonable 'complaint', Mo opened his mouth wide and smiled silently, then leaned into its ear and said, "I'm responsible for what I raise, so I'll just raise you like this for the rest of my life, okay?"