The days of being a cat in Japan

Xu Jie, who was sleeping in the cat's nest early in the morning, was woken up by the noise outside.

Rubbing the corners of his eyes with his paws, helping to remove the eye gum on them, arching his body with his waist supported, his paws grabbing Mo's long hair, Xu Jie bowed comfortably.

There seemed to be many people talking in the living room outside the room. Xu Jie, who heard the conversation, shook his ears to distinguish it. He felt that there must be at least five or six people in the living room now.

He raised his head and looked at the alarm clock that the little fat man put on the bedside table. It was only past seven o'clock in the morning.

After looking at the alarm clock, Xu Jie tilted his head in doubt, who would choose this time to come over?

Unable to figure it out, Xu Jie stepped out of the cat's nest and trotted towards the living room.

As soon as Xu Jie arrived in the living room, he found that there were really many people here. In addition to Junko and Fatty who didn't have to go to school during the spring break, and the Fujimoto couple, Grandma Fujimoto, Aunt Etsuko and Mr. Ishikawa were also there.

In addition, there are two guests who Xu Jie doesn't know sitting in the living room. They are all in their early sixties, about the same age as Fujimoto.

The first person who noticed Xu Jie coming out was the little fat man. He ran over, stretched out his hand through Xu Jie's two front paws, and picked up Xu Jie's armpit.

He put his hands in his hands and sent it to the elderly couple, saying: "Grandpa, grandma, this is my great saint. It's so smart, it can be cute and it can shoot commercials, it's a big star."

The little chubby grandpa who looked a little serious glanced at Xu Jie when he heard the words, and then nodded to his grandson to show that he had already seen it.

It was the bookish old lady who was called grandma by the little fat man. Hearing this, she helped her eyes on the bridge of her nose and touched Xu Jie's head with a smile.

Finding that grandpa didn't seem to like his great sage very much, the little fat man was a little frustrated.

After discovering his grandson's little emotions, the little fat man's grandmother said to him lovingly: "Don't care about your grandpa's serious-looking face, he's just been the teaching director for a long time, and he even forgot how to smile."

Seeing his wife demolishing himself in front of his grandson, the little fat man's grandfather couldn't sit still, he said with some frustration: "You old woman, how can you talk nonsense in front of the children."

The little fat man's grandmother asked her husband teasingly after hearing the words: "Where am I talking nonsense, every time we come over, you have to go to the toy store to buy a lot of things for Junzi and Jiantai. When you came here, you didn’t want anyone to buy it yourself, and you had to rely on me. After those old sisters of mine found out, they all called me a toy grandma. Use this to make fun of me. I have been blamed for you for so many years, but you still can't ask me to talk about it."

Watching the old couple bicker with each other, people who couldn't get in the way were covering their mouths and snickering.

Just when the little fat man's grandfather had gradually fallen into a disadvantage and couldn't talk about his wife, their daughter rescued him from this predicament.

I saw the Fujimoto couple who had just gone to the storage room together, and now they came over carrying a large cardboard box together.

Seeing this, Mr. Ishikawa hurried up to help, and the three of them put the heavy big cardboard box on an open space in the living room.

That empty space should have just been cleaned up, Xu Jie remembered that there was a small movable locker there.

After the box was put away, Mrs. Fujimoto tore off the top seal, and carefully took out the things stored inside.

Xu Jie was very curious, what exactly was the thing that allowed the Fujimoto family to make room for it?

After seeing clearly what Mrs. Fujimoto had taken out, Xu Jie was surprised that the big cardboard box contained some very exquisite dolls.

Not that kind of doll, but a very Japanese-style Japanese style doll.

Mrs. Fujimoto's movements were very careful, as if she was afraid of hurting the doll in her hand.

And Etsuko Fujimoto, who was waiting on the side, took the doll from her sister-in-law, checked it carefully, and after making sure that there was no problem, she put it behind her and was ready to check the next one.

Mrs. Fujimoto and Little Fatty's grandmother are in charge of wiping off the floating dirt on the taken out dolls with a soft cloth in their hands, while Mr. Fujimoto and Mr. Ishikawa are playing with a seven-story lift that looks like it is about to display something. shelf.

But no matter how busy they are, the central idea cannot be separated from the dolls that have just been taken out.

Xu Jie looked on in a daze, the whole family gathered together to play with dolls, what kind of custom is this?

Xu Jie, who became more and more curious as he thought about it, couldn't help leaning over, wanting to see the difference between those dolls.

Noticing that Xu Jie was coming and smelling the movements of those exquisite dolls with his nose, the little fat man's grandfather was afraid that the cat would be mischievous and damage the dolls, so he protected the dolls with his body, and at the same time gently pushed Xu Jie outward with both hands.

Xu Jie, who was driven away, was unwilling to leave like this. He continued to wander around the crowd with its tail flicking, looking for opportunities to lean over to have a look.

The little fat man's grandfather seemed very nervous about the safety of those dolls, he kept using his body to stop Xu Jie from getting close.

Xu Jie could tell that the fat man's grandfather had no hostility towards him, he just didn't want to get close to those dolls.

But cats sometimes have a donkey temper, that is, the more you don't want it to do something, the more it will do something.

So Xu Jie, relying on his agility, started to play guerrilla warfare with the little fat man's grandfather.

Seeing this, the little fat man walked over, hugged Xu Jie, nodded his nose with his finger and said, "The Great Sage can't be so naughty, today is March [-]rd, it's Peach Blossom Festival and Girls' Day. Those dolls are very kind to Sister Junzi." It's important, she will be angry if she breaks it. You know the consequences of sister being angry, so stay away from those dolls."

Sister Junzi's deterrent power is always infinite, and Xu Jie immediately became honest when he heard this sentence.

However, in order to ensure that it would not cause trouble here, the little fat man carried it to the restaurant.

Big Golden Retriever and Black Feather were eating their breakfast in the dining room, the little fat man put Xu Jie next to his dinner plate and said, "We are going to celebrate the festival for my sister today, Da Sheng, you have to be obedient, there will be something good for you in a while." you eat."

After soothing the cat, the little fat man walked out of the restaurant, and Mo came looking for him with his gorgeous long fur tail after a short while.

At this time, after Hei Yu's explanation, Xu Jie also knew what Girl's Day was.

Girl's Day, also known as Doll's Day, is a traditional festival here.

Every year on March [-]rd, families with girls will display dolls, white wine, Lingbing (sticky cake), peach blossoms, etc. to celebrate on this day.

The people in the family do this in the hope that the girls will grow up healthily. This is a blessing from the elders to the girls in the family.

By the time the pets at home came out of the dining room after having breakfast, the dolls in the living room had already been arranged.

On the tall wooden platform, the beautifully crafted dolls are arranged in order, from the emperor and empress on the top floor to the bullock carts and sedan chairs on the last floor, the seven floors are full of things.

Xu Jie carefully looked at the dolls on display, and found that although they were all the most exquisite and well-preserved, judging from the vividness of the styles and colors, it was still possible to tell the old from the new at a glance.

It is really interesting that a set of dolls can be separated into several generations.

Finding that her raccoon cat was still eager to try those dolls, Mrs. Fujimoto quickly picked it up to prevent it from making trouble in the past.

The big golden retriever, Ah Zhong, was actually very interested in those new dolls, but the black feathers fell on top of its head and strictly prohibited it from getting close, so the golden retriever could only stick its tongue at the dolls in the end.

At this moment, Junko Fujimoto came out of the room in a new dress.

Looking at her slim little granddaughter in colorful kimono and wooden clogs, Grandma Fujimoto said with great emotion: "I think she was still a girl who needed to be hugged by us when we celebrated the Doll's Day for the first time. The little guy in the house is now a big girl, and the days go by so fast."

Junko's grandmother echoed the words and said: "That's right, I still remember that year, Guangyang and Rie bought the emperor and empress for Junko, I gave the palace maid and you gave the band. After that, the servants, chariots, small furniture, etc. Junko grows up day by day, and the doll tower is built up layer by layer. Speaking of which, the palace maid dolls I sent over were given to me by my parents when I was young. They were originally married by Li Hui. At that time, I wanted to give them as dowry, but later I thought she had them herself, so I will wait to give them to my granddaughter."

Grandma Fujimoto laughed and said: "I am the same. When I got married, I gave a whole set of doll towers at home. I gave half of them to Etsuko and the other half to Junko. Seeing that the doll tower seems to be assembled by Junko, it seems that Etsuko sent it to her niece."

Xu Jie was dumbfounded after hearing these conversations, did he really not expect that a few dolls could be handed down to the world?

No wonder it just saw that some of the dolls were made of wood, and they must be at least five or sixty years old.

Fearing that the little animals in the house would damage the doll tower, even all the pets that Xu Jie brought in Nei's house were put in the small yard.

Xu Jie, who was kicked out innocently, patted the glass door of the small yard with his paw, and meowed towards the inside.

Seeing this, the little fat man waved his hand through the glass to signal Xu Jie to be quiet, and said that he would definitely call them during lunch later.

With a cat face, the angry Xu Jie jumped back to Mo's side and said, "That little fat guy is really disgusting, he said it's unlucky for the doll to be broken, so he drove us all out, really Am I one of those ignorant cats?"

Hei Yu, who had been fortunate enough to witness Xu Jie messing up the inside of the shop more than once after being in trouble at the shop, rolled his eyes to the sky when he heard that it was particularly unsightly.

Mo licked his little raccoon while basking in the sun. Xu Jie was licked comfortably and turned out its white, fluffy belly to Mo.

Mo, who was spitting out the cat hair in his mouth, heard Xu Jie's complaint, and continued to comb the fur of Xu Jie's abdomen with his tongue without changing his face, while saying very calmly: "It's always right to be careful when taking care of the cubs. "

Hearing this, Xu Jie turned over, hugged Mo's paw and rubbed it with his head, making a purring sound while rubbing.

Xu Jie knew that Mo liked cubs, but his jealousy was very strong. Rubbing against Mo's paw, the cihuamao asked in a coquettish and warning way, "Mo, do you want a kitten?"

If Mo dared to talk to it, Xu Jie promised that he would definitely catch Mo into a broken fishing net.

The big black cat that was spitting out raised its eyebrows, and suddenly lowered its head and bit the nape of Xu Jie's neck and picked it up.

The big black cat thinks that the topic of kittens can be discussed later. What it needs to do most now is to teach this cihuamao who dares to play tricks on him and hide half of his words to test his attitude.

The author has something to say:

Girl's Day, also known as Doll's Day, is the festival that is exclusive to girls that we often hear in anime.On that day, the elders who have girls in their families will give them exquisite dolls as holiday gifts, and the girls will also display those dolls.

The placement of the exquisite humanoid dolls is also very particular.Generally speaking, the two luxuriously dressed ones in front of the golden screen of the highest stage are the emperor on the left wearing a belt and the empress on the right wearing a thick twelve single clothes.Generally, dolls are divided into seven classes, namely: the first class is a pair of court dolls of the emperor and empress.The second stage is three court ladies, holding wine, wine cups and jugs.The third level is the five-piece band that plays music.The fourth level is the follower, who looks like an old and a young minister.The fifth tier is three servants.The sixth stage usually contains small dowry furniture.The seventh level is bullock carts, cages, sedan chairs, etc. Generally, 15 human-shaped dolls are required. The seventh-level platform, plus other accessories, is expensive.However, choose a platform with fewer orders.Such as: 5th order, 3rd order or 1st order.Unlike China, the Japanese regard odd numbers as auspicious.

Some of these dolls are exquisite in workmanship and expensive, and they can be brought to the husband’s house as a dowry, and then passed on to the daughter or granddaughter. Below are some photos of the doll tower.