meow

In the Nara period, in order to protect precious books from being destroyed by rats, cats, the guardians of Buddhist scriptures, arrived in Japan together with Tang envoys, and set off a craze for keeping cats among the nobles, becoming exclusive pets for the rich and powerful.

In order to distinguish it from the native big lynx, people call the cats from afar the Tang cats.And the cat pickle, is Tang cat born in a noble cat cage. After birth, he was carefully cared for by his mother and servants until... because of the problem of fur color, he was thrown out by the owner.

The kitten, which was just over 20 days old, was about to be thrown into the street to fend for itself. The servants of the prince’s mansion couldn’t bear it anymore. Seeing that there was no one around, they said to their companions: “This prince has lost his lover. What's the matter with the cat, you have to throw it out?"

"Your Highness said that the color of this cat's fur looks like mourning clothes, and it makes people upset just looking at it, so..." Another servant followed suit with a sigh, stroking the kitten's soft fur and saying, "This is not a good time." Ah, in the past, black cats were extremely expensive.” In ancient Japan, there was no saying that black cats were unlucky, on the contrary, nobles liked these little guys who burn coal and mine.When Emperor Mitsuko was in power, he gave a black cat to his son, Emperor Uta, who fed him milk porridge every day, which also led the nobles to take pride in raising black cats.Unfortunately, that is in the past.

The servant stroked the cat's fur, and reluctantly placed it by the old stone bridge where few people passed by.

The road beside the stone bridge was scorched by the sun, and the little black cat was still unsteady on the road, only stumbling to one side.

Usually, when you can’t find your mother, you only need to move your position a little, and you can touch the bodies of your brothers and sisters. At this time, if you meow twice, your mother will come back and circle it with your body again.

"Meow."

Mom didn't come back.

"Meow meow."

Mom hasn't come back yet.

"Meow?"

Where is mother?

The little black cat running into the middle of the road scared the servant who was driving the ox cart. It is very unlucky to kill an animal these days, so he hurriedly reined in the ox's head and stopped the cart in time.The bullock cart shook violently due to this accident, and the nobleman who was awakened opened the imperial curtain and said, "What's wrong?"

"My lord, there are cats..."

Before the servant finished speaking, the young man in the bullock cart came down, stopped in front of the little black cat, and stretched out his hand towards it.

Puff, puff, puff, the little black cat, head forward, touched the warm palm of the young man. It sniffed and rubbed, and before it could dodge, it was picked up by the palm.The young man scratched the milk cat's chin, put it in his hunting clothes, and boarded the bullock cart together.

In this era, the nobles all used incense, and the youth and the prince used the same black square incense.The little black cat was already familiar with the smell, and now that it was wrapped in the clothes, it crawled docilely on the opponent's stomach.

"Meow."

Ah, it's mom back.

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