Not too many out of four

Pop, pop, pop—

The rattan rattan was tapped regularly on the surface of the air-dried quilt to raise dust, and the dazzling and warm sunshine spread over the entire land. It was a good weather with cloudless and clear sky.

It is also a good sunny day for drying the quilt and blowing away the dust to kill mites.

The orange-white kitten ran through the grass with its tail raised and the takraw ball running. A bell was stuffed into the ginger-yellow takraw ball and it would make a sound when it moved. Cheerfully raised its tail and rushed over to catch it again.

The petite body flew over and rolled on the takraw ball, and when the body fell down, it jumped up and rolled, its tail was excitedly raised and swished, and the mouth made a cry of conquering the takraw ball: "Meow! Meow! "

The takraw ball bumped and rolled out of the grass and stopped at Lijia's feet. The little cat chased after it and jumped: "Meow!"

Li Jia held the rattan paddle and looked down, smiled softly and said, "Good afternoon, Mr. Zhongye."

The kitten held its head up and its tail up, in high spirits: "Meow!"

Kudo Shinichi came out pushing the lawn mower, and looked at the kitten: "Ren Zhongya-kun, is it okay for them to play outside? Isn't it just a bath?"

Taking advantage of the good weather today, Li Jia took the quilt out to dry, and he cleared the tall grass in the yard.

He knelt down and picked up the cat to see that its snow-white belly and sides were all covered with grass clippings: "Isn't this a waste of money?"

The kitten whose neck was mentioned by fate turned around and raised its hind legs to kick. He let go of the cat decisively, and leaned back to avoid the kitten's angry and high-pitched meowing and quarreling.

"It's just that the grass clippings need to be patted before entering the house," Li Jia picked it up from behind the kitten, not caring about the grass clippings rubbing against her apron, "and brother isn't going to weed? Mr. Zhongye will not be buried below."

She lowered her eyes and patted the grass clippings off the kitten's body, and picked off the stubborn ones mixed in the hair with her hands.

The kitten landed in her arms, flicking its tail happily and purring freely.

"Okay, let's go play, Mr. Zhongya." Li Jia put the kitten on the rattan ball again, and patted the cat's head.

"Meow!" The little cat raised its head and responded, rolling the ball to play on the path paved with bricks and stones, kicking it so as not to plunge into the grass again.

Kudo Shinichi stood up, patted his pants, and started the lawnmower: "Sometimes I really feel that the cat at home can understand human speech."

They said weeding was needed, and the cat consciously stayed on the road to play.

He no longer gets covered in grass clippings, and can even keep the ball rolling on the path paved in front of the bungalow.

The noise of the lawn mower starting up made the cats fold their ears and run away in disgust.

Humming works and pushes it over to level a large area of ​​weeds, cutting the height that can block the cats at home to the height of their paws. The kitten puts its paws on the takraw ball and endures it, kicking the takraw ball to the other end I still feel noisy even if I stay far away.

"Really?" Li Jia pulled up the mask, turned to the other side to pat the quilt, and the shining dust under the sunlight floated in the air, causing the kitten to sneeze non-stop.

The tail that was raised high was all down, and he turned around and slipped back to the house to stay at the porch and watch them from afar.

Li Jia looked back at the little cat, and said with a slight smile, "Maybe it's just cats who are smarter."

Mr. Zhongye also knows that the grass clippings on his body have not been cleaned thoroughly. At this time, when he enters the house and tramples everywhere, it will fall everywhere. The difficulty of cleaning grass clippings on the carpet is much higher than that on cats.

"What?" Kudo Shinichi couldn't hear Li Jia's words at all due to the buzzing noise of the lawnmower.

"Mr. Zhongye went back to the house?" He followed Li Jia's line of sight, "It ran back without even wanting the ball?"

The beloved rattan ball was covered with grass clippings and fell outside alone. The kitten lay down at the entrance and raised its paws to press its ears, and flicked its tail restlessly.

The weeding machine was pushed back and forth a few times, and the small green space in front of the bungalow was flattened neatly and beautifully. For the rest, just put the grass clippings cut by the weeding machine into garbage bags and take them to the garbage collection place.

It just so happens that today is garbage collection day.

Kudo Shinichi lowered his head and used a tool to pile up the grass clippings and put them in a garbage bag: "I'll go out and throw this, I'll be back soon."

"I see." Li Jia took off her mask and let out a long breath. In order to block the flying dust, she had been wearing a thick mask, and her face was sweating from boredom.

"Meow?" The sound of the lawnmower stopped, and the little cat shook its ears and poked its head to see.

For cats, the tall grass is flattened, the weeder is put aside, and Li Jia is pulling the corners of the quilt to tidy up.

The tail immediately stood up high like an antenna, and the kitten jumped out full of energy. It stood up and rolled the takraw ball to Li Jia's footsteps. The bell in the takraw ball made sounds while rolling, and it soon attracted Li Jia's attention as it approached.

"Mr. Zhongye, what's the matter?" Li Jia squatted down while supporting her knees, smiling.

The kitten raised its paw and patted her shoe, then raised its head and shouted, "Meow!"

"Do you want to play ball together?" Li Jia patted its head and asked softly.

The warm and thin cat ears trembled under the palm of the hand, bringing a wonderful and comfortable feeling. The little cat lowered its head and put its mangosteen-like cat claws together. When Li Jia retracted his hand, it raised its head and sniffed her palm.

The wet tip of the nose rubbed over to leave a little coolness, and Li Jia spread her hands to sniff it: "My sister doesn't have anything delicious."

"Meow! Meow!" the little cat protested, and the paw pads fell down and patted her hand.

"Okay, okay, let's play for a while." Li Jia smiled softly like a compromise.

She picked up the takraw ball and threw it to the other side of the yard. The kitten chased after it with its head raised and its eyes turned around nimbly.

"Ah, it seems to have been thrown into the doctor's house..."

The little kitten ran forward with four legs and ran up the wall with its short and cute legs, leaping over to Dr. Ali's house next door. Seeing that, Li Jia opened his mouth and murmured blankly: "Mr. Zhongye, you are so powerful."

Tick, tick.

Something dripped down, staining the masonry path in tiny dark dots.

It was hit on Li Jia's shoulder and hair, she looked up and said, "Oops, it's raining!"

"How could this be? The weather forecast clearly said that it will be sunny today..." She complained in a low voice, and hurriedly ran to collect the quilt.

She deliberately dried a few more quilts today, it would be bad if they all got wet.

The rain came urgently, and Li Jia couldn't even see the way with the stacked quilts in her arms, so she stumbled and rushed home.

Even if the quilt has been taken back as fast as possible, it is still unavoidable to get a little wet.

"Mr. Zhongye went to the doctor's house, and my brother went to the garbage collection place." Li Jia sat down in the porch and looked at the pouring rain outside, and murmured, "They should know where to hide from the rain, right?"

They are no longer children or kittens.

Standing outside in such heavy rain can get drenched in no time.

That being said, Li Jia still didn't close the door. If they really didn't want to run back from the rain and open the door, they could just rush back.

Li Jia supported the floor and was about to stand up and take the quilt back into the room.

A group of small figures rushed out from the heavy rain curtain, kicked the takraw ball and rushed into the door with leaps and bounds.

"Mr. Zhong, Zhongye..." Li Jia looked at the drenched kitten in astonishment.

The wet kitten, whose body was much smaller, lowered its center of gravity, shook its head and body vigorously to shake out the water, and responded loudly: "Meow!"

Li Jia hurriedly took out a towel and wrapped it up, absorbing the moisture on the surface of the body: "Mr. Zhongye, why don't you come back at the doctor's house until the rain stops?"

Such a heavy rain has to rush back directly, but it will catch a cold.

It's not that Mr. Zhongye hasn't been to Dr. Ali's house, and he won't be kicked out if he hides in the rain there.

The head of the cat is forced out of the towel, and the ears of the cat pop up straight up. The kitten's round cobalt blue cat eyes are as transparent as jewels, and the black pupils in the middle are like fat spindles. It greets the takraw ball with its paws. A few times: "Meow, meow!"

The solitary takraw ball rolled down at the entrance was soaked with grass clippings and dirt, which was completely different from its original appearance, but thinking that it was a kitten who wanted to pick up the takraw ball even in the rain, Li Jia wrapped the takraw ball in a handkerchief and put it on the shoe On the cabinet: "Nakaya-kun's ball, my sister will help you put it here, let's go and dry the hair first."

Not only the takraw ball, but also the kitty Nakaya-kun was soaked and covered in grass clippings and mud.

The towel that wrapped it was stained with grass green and earthy colors, so dirty that Li Jia didn't know if it could be washed back to its original color.

"By the way, I have to call my brother." It would be bad if he ran back in the rain like Mr. Chuya.

The garbage collection place is 10 minutes away from home. Mr. Nakaya was drenched when he came back from Dr. Ali’s house next door. If his brother ran back like this, he might catch a cold and get sick.

The phone rang twice and was connected. Before Li Jia had time to speak, Kudo Shinichi said hurriedly: "Sorry Li Jia, I encountered a case here, and I may not come back so soon."

She froze for a moment, and said worriedly: "Does brother have an umbrella? It's raining heavily outside..."

"I'm indoors now, and I didn't get caught in the rain," Kudo Shinichi said solemnly, "Sorry Li Jia, the case is more important, so I'll hang up first."

Before she could respond, Kudo Shinichi hung up the phone in a hurry.

Li Jia sighed and said in a low voice, "Brother has been attracted by the case again."

But forget it, it’s good that people didn’t get caught in the rain.

"Okay, let's go blow hair." Even if no one came back, the door didn't have to be opened.

"Chung Ye-kun can't run away this time." Li Jia nodded its little nose: "Chung Ye-kun is no longer a kitten, so hurry up and dry your fur so you don't catch a cold."

You can't always avoid a hair dryer, can you?

In the past, I was afraid that the kitten would be scared by the hair dryer. After several months of getting along, Li Jia has fully realized how bold and reckless her cat is. It is definitely not because she is afraid of not using the hair dryer, but because she dislikes its noise.

……

Under the blaring hot wind, the kitten's hair was blown in one direction. It opened its four paws and pawed on the carpet. The ears were pressed down and the tail, which was always high, collapsed halfway.

"Meow! Meow!" It turned around and yelled at Li Jia.

Gently fluffing its hair with fingers, Li Jia softly refused: "No, didn't we just start?"

I thought about running before I even dried my hair. Now it's not a sunny day when I take a bath, and the sun helps to dry my hair. It's raining heavily outside but it's getting dark.

The dazzling white lightning flashed outside the window, and the huge thunder made Li Jia shrink her shoulders. She looked back with lingering fear and said, "The lightning just now was so close..."

Won't it hit the tree at home?

Once the thunder started, the torrential rain outside became even more astonishing. From the window, I couldn't even see Dr. Ali's house on the opposite side.

Dazzling and dazzling white lightning flashed in front of his eyes. Li Jiaxin was startled by the rumbling thunder outside, and couldn't help worrying about Kudo Shinichi who was still dealing with the case outside.

"Boom——" There was a loud noise suddenly, followed by a "snap".

The bedroom was plunged into darkness, only illuminated by the lightning flashes outside.

"Did the electricity go out because of the thunder?" she murmured in a low voice, terrified.

The half-dry kitten didn't dare to approach her, but only comforted and licked her fingers: "Meow?"

Li Jia picked up the kitten and put it into her arms: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, my sister is here."

It seems that the rain will not stop for a short time, and the early spring in March is still a bit cool, and the temperature in the room drops a lot when it rains.

Li Jia's hands and feet began to turn cold, and the already low body temperature could not bring much warmth to the kitten. She lowered her head and kissed the kitten's head: "Mr. Zhongye, wait a minute, sister go get a clean towel."

The towel that was just covered with grass clippings and dirt has been thrown into the laundry basket, and now she is going to pull out a clean towel from the closet in the room in the dark.

Thunder rumbled outside the house, and the moment lightning struck the room, a group of small figures suddenly appeared at the door, which frightened Li Jia's heart to stop beating, and subconsciously held her breath.

"...Meow." A low meow sounded.

Li Jia breathed a sigh of relief, and said in a relaxed manner, "It turned out to be Mr. Chuya."

She was scared to death, and thought it was some kind of ghost that haunted the rainy night.

Tangerine Cat Tuanzi walked in slowly, rubbed against Li Jia's calf, turned around and jumped onto her shoulder lightly: "Meow?"

With the cat's night vision ability, it is easy to find Li Jia's position even if there is no light, jump on her shoulder and stand firm.

"Mr. Nakaya is worried about me?" Li Jia said with a soft smile, stretched out a hand and tentatively groped along the position she saw just now, the moment her fingers touched the wardrobe, she faintly became nervous.

Darkness, silence, thunderstorms...

Stay alone in the room, ready to open the unknown space.

The thoughts that popped up in her mind made her hairs stand on end, Li Jia clenched her fists a few times and pricked her palms with her nails to regain consciousness.

Calm down, calm down...

This is the home where she has lived for a year, and there will be no strange ghosts.

She took a deep breath and opened the door——

Nothing happened.

There are no zombies hiding in the closet, and no hanged ghosts hanging on the top of the closet.

Li Jia breathed a sigh of relief, and reached out to the place where the towel was placed with confidence.

The smooth and cool hair rubbed against the back of her hand, and Li Jia's lips squirmed: "What, what...?"

A cool and soft feeling like hair swept across the back of her hands, fear quietly covered her heart, her heartbeat accelerated little by little, Li Jia subconsciously held her breath, her teeth almost began to chatter.

Lijia couldn't hold back the fear in her heart as she licked it up with her barbed tongue, which was soft and warm: "Ah!!!"

As soon as her slippered feet slipped, she fell heavily to the ground.

"Mi?" The moment the lightning flashed, she finally saw clearly what was hidden in the closet.

It was "Chuya" who was curled up and sleeping on the pile of towels. It tilted its head and looked at her strangely and worriedly: "Mi!"

The high-hanging heart relaxed, Li Jia let out a long breath, and tremblingly said: "Yes, Zhongye..."

The orange kitten nestled in the closet without saying a word. She swept her tail and licked her abruptly. She thought it was a man-eating ghost.

"Mi? Mimi?" It stood up and stretched, jumped into Li Jia's arms and squeezed close to the kitten, raised its head and licked Li Jia comfortingly.

"I'm fine," she smiled weakly, "It turns out that Zhong is also taking a nap here."

Because she wanted to dry the wet hair of "Mr. Zhongye" first, she didn't have time to find the cats and cats of Zhongye who were staying everywhere in the house.

Unexpectedly, they slowly came together by themselves.

"Speaking of which, where's Brother Zhongye?" Li Jia took advantage of the lightning to look around the bedroom, but he didn't see the little orange cat.

Almost all the cats at home have come over, and there is one who doesn't know where to play, which makes people feel a little worried.

Just as she was thinking this, there was a loud meowing sound from outside the corridor, from far to near.

"Meow, woof, woof, woof, woof, woof, woof, woof, woof, woof, woof, woof, so loud that it could be heard on the second floor gradually approached, and the little orange cat appeared in front of the bedroom door with a sudden stop: "Woof, woof, woof, woof!"

It nervously circled Li Jia a few times, sniffing left and right, stood up and pawed her.

Li Jia suddenly understood that Brother Zhongye had heard her cry just now.

She picked up the little orange cat and sat down on the bed, whispering shyly, "I, I'm fine, Brother Zhongye, don't worry."

"Meow?" The little orange cat couldn't believe it.

"I'm really fine." Li Jia whispered in shame.

She was just taken aback by her own fantasies.