Not too many out of four

The sea water in Okinawa is cool and comfortable. The moment you dive into the sea, the water gently caresses the surface of your body to take away a little heat from sitting on the beach. Li Jia dives down with her breath in her mouth, looking for the kitten headed for the sea.

Maybe it was the first time I came to the seaside, which made the cats at home too excited. Since arriving in Okinawa in the morning, the cats have been exploring. If it weren’t for the positioning collar and the traces of the cats, she would not dare to let it go They move around.

The sea area chosen by the Suzuki consortium to build the resort is clear and clean, open and the end of the sea is invisible. Although 100 people were randomly selected to enter during the trial opening period, these 100 people were scattered on this beach without disturbing each other. It doesn't look crowded and noisy.

Li Jia dived into the sea without feeling crowded or obstructed, and could stretch her body and swim freely.

A little orange cat's fur spread out like a fluffy ball when it entered the water. She couldn't help but let out a breath. The air bubbles engulfed the little cat like a trap and spread out. It froze in a daze as if it was really trapped by the bubbles in the water. The body cannot move.

Holding the kitten's body with both hands, Li Jia patted his head and patted his legs to float freely out of the water like a fish, exhaling the breath in his lungs and inhaling fresh air.

"Is the sea fun?" Li Jia looked down at the little kitten held in the palm of her hand, most of her body was still submerged in the sea water, only the wet cat's head was exposed.

Water drops naturally fell down the skin, hair, and eyelashes and re-merged into the sea. The black hair was soaked and stuck to the cheeks and neck. Li Jia slightly narrowed her eyes to block the glare of the sun above.

The kitten was lying on her palm in a daze, and Li Jia nodded its pink nose amusedly: "Mr. Zhongya fell asleep in the water, didn't he?"

The cat's eyes followed the slender fingers to the middle, and the little cat woke up and shook its head vigorously. The wet and thin cat's head screamed pitifully: "...meow."

The limbs immersed in the sea water tried their best to slide and swim in the opposite direction of Lijia. Lijia retracted the hand holding the kitten, and swung her body lightly to the kitten's side to support its head: "Don't put your head in the water again, Getting water in your nose and ears can be hard."

The little cat held its head up and planed its limbs, and responded muffledly: "Meow."

Not far away, Suzuki Sonoko waved to her enthusiastically, put his hands around his mouth and shouted loudly: "Are you—finally—willing to—put down the cat—go into the water?"

Li Jia sideways exposed the kitten that was blocked by her, and slightly raised her voice: "There are still some ways to let go of these children."

The sea is more dangerous than the beach, as long as a wave hits, the kitten can be swept far away from the sea.

Suzuki Sonoko raised his eyebrows, dragged the inflatable rubber boat beside him and walked over with difficulty, and Mao Lilan and Kudo Shinichi followed behind with all their heart.

When the rubber boat was pushed to the front, Li Jia realized that almost all the cats in Zhongye were floating on the rubber boat. The half-dried hair of the cats was enjoying the sunbathing, and some white salt was shaking off their fur.

"Just put that one up as well." She put her hands on her hips unceremoniously and said, "It's rare to come to Okinawa, and school will start in a few days, so why don't you keep looking at these kittens?"

Li Jia smiled shyly, and looked down at the kitten: "Mr. Zhongye wants to get on the boat?"

I still want to continue swimming in the sea for a while before going up.

Kittens are not suitable for repeated immersion in water. After their hair is wet, they cannot be dried quickly with a towel like humans. They can only be wiped half-dried without dripping water, and then the hot sun will take the remaining moisture from the hair.

"Meow! Meow!" The little cat raised its head and responded a few times, turned around flexibly, and swung its tail like a propeller, approaching the rubber boat.

When Tangerine Cat Tuanzi approached, he lowered his head and picked up the kitten and put him on the rubber boat, crying in a low voice: "Meow."

Li Jia supported the rubber boat, and said with a grateful smile, "Please help me keep an eye on the Zhongye cats."

Obviously she was going to bring the cats to Okinawa for a trip, but now Miss Yuanzi and Miss Lan's interest in having fun was delayed, and she helped her take care of the cats at home.

"No trouble," Suzuki Sonoko patted Mao Lilan on the shoulder, and said good things to her good friend and future sister-in-law without hesitation: "It's Lan who is taking care of these kittens, I have nothing to do with it." Heart."

"No, no, no," Mao Lilan felt ashamed after hearing this, and waved her hands again and again: "I was just looking at the rubber boat, and I didn't do anything special."

One end of the rubber boat was tied with a rope and Mao Lilan held it in her hand. She relied on this to prevent the rubber boat from drifting away with the waves.

Li Jia pursed her lips, raised her eyebrows and smiled slightly: "Thank you, Miss Lan and Miss Yuanzi."

Even if they seem to be trivial things that are just easy to do and not worth mentioning, they don't need to take care of these things at all. After all, Zhongye cats are not their responsibility.

Faced with Li Jia's sincere thanks, Suzuki Sonoko, who has always been careless and doesn't care about these trivial things, was also a little embarrassed. She scratched her side and took the ball from the rubber boat: "Well, do you want to play with the ball together?"

Unlike the water inflatable balls of beach volleyball, the balls will float lightly when entering the water.

Not sure that the thin and thin Li Jian could catch the heavy ball, Suzuki Sonoko hesitated and threw it lightly, and flew right in her direction.

Li Jia took two steps back and raised her hands to catch the falling ball: "Catch it."

A soft and gentle smile spread from the girl's face, Suzuki Sonoko heaved a sigh of relief, and raised his arms: "Good catch! The next one is Lan!"

The inflatable ball landed on the surface of the sea and flew into the air. The stars and water droplets scattered and flew up, shining brightly in the sun. The kitten on the rubber boat followed the ball and looked up. He lowered his head and licked the half-dry hair on his body, and tasted a mouthful of salty taste again, forcefully poohing it out.

……

It wasn't until sunset that they packed up and went back to the hotel in the resort.

Li Jia was wearing a towel, and her black hair was half-dried on the side of her neck, revealing a look of excitement that was rarely seen in normal times.

After drying themselves on the rubber boat, the cats and cats kept looking up at her. They walked into the sea and came up to dry. After drying, their bodies were covered with salt grains. They shook their hair all the way to dry the salt. The grains shake off on the sand.

"Zhongye, are you tired from walking?" Li Jia bent down and asked softly, "Do you want my sister to hug you?"

The orange kitty bowed his head and arched her ankles, nudging her to move forward: "Mi."

"Chuya", who is usually the most attached to her at home, came to Okinawa, wandered around excitedly and did not stay by Li Jia's side. Although she was very happy that her cat, Mao Mao, was so happy, she also felt a little bit lost.

Like the children in the family will go out to make a living when they grow up, even "Zhong Ye" is not attached to her anymore.

Although I understand that "Zhongye" will cling to her because of accidentally running away, and when I grow up and calm down, I won't cling to her insecurely, but Li Jia still feels a little bit when this day really comes. lonely.

"Do you really want my sister to hug you?" Li Jia pursed her lips and asked unwillingly: "Brother Zhongye, Mr. Zhongye and Mr. Zhongye, do you want to hug?"

"...Meow." "Meow, woof!" "Meow."

The orange fur balls ran happily around her feet, but they didn't intend to pounce on her to hug her.

Li Jia sighed in disappointment: "It will be four months in a few days, are they all grown up cats?"

The cats grow up very fast, especially in the stage of changing from milk cats to juvenile cats and young cats, so fast that Lijia even feels that the Zhongye cats have grown up before getting along with them.

Although she knew it was too early to think about such a thing, she still couldn't help but worry that cats only had a lifespan of more than ten years, and they couldn't always be by her side.

She couldn't help worrying about it until dinner time.

"What do you want to stand still for a long time?" Kudo Shin glanced at her dinner plate, only took a small piece of pizza and took nothing else.

They are now in the buffet restaurant of the resort hotel, and Li Jia stood in the dining area for a long time in a daze and did not take the food back.

Li Jia raised her head and said hesitantly: "Brother, is the lifespan of a cat only 15 years?"

A cat's lifetime is only a part of her life, and although she is not yet 15 years old, she still can't help but wonder why cats can't live as long as humans?

"If you take good care of them, it's okay to be seventeen or eighteen years old," Kudo Shinichi replied casually, taking a piece of lemon pie: "Aren't you starting to worry about their lives now?"

Please, the cat at home is only four months old, and now I start to think about what will happen ten years later. Is it too exaggerated.

"...But," Li Jia hesitated, and looked up at him in embarrassment: "Brother, don't you think that Chuya grow up very fast? I feel that four months have passed in a flash."

Ten years may have passed in a flash.

Kudo Shinichi had a complex expression on his face. He held down Li Jia's soft black hair and rubbed it: "Strictly speaking, we have only adopted them for more than three months and less than four months. More than ten years will not pass in a flash."

"It's too late to think about it when you're 20 years old." He said earnestly.

Don't put pressure on yourself, a kitten will not grow into a big cat in one day.

Li Jia quietly pursed her lips and lowered her eyes, without saying a word.

"If you are not willing, you can let them have a litter of kittens." After seeing no one coming back, Suzuki Sonoko pulled Mao Lilan over to eavesdrop. Not that sad, is it?"

Kudo Shinichi twitched the corners of his mouth: "How could it be possible to have children all the time, isn't there enough four cats in the family?"

He also thought about letting Li Jia take the Zhongye cats to the pet hospital for sterilization when the time was almost up.

"If you add more cats, you will really be unable to take care of them." Usually, Li Jia takes up a lot of time to take care of the four cats. Time spent with each cat.

"After six months, we can start neutering them, and cats will live longer after neutering." Kudo Shinichi comforted his sister, "Li Jia doesn't need to raise more cats, does she?"

He knew how much affection his sister had poured into the Zhongye cats, and after they left, they would not have such deep affection if they raised other cats.

Li Jia shook her head slowly, and whispered: "As long as there are Zhongye and them, that's enough."

She doesn't need more cute kittens, and if neutering would help the cats' longevity and health, she would certainly do it.

"But the doctor said that it would be better to take them for surgery when they are one year old." Li Jia said softly.

Wait until the cats' bodies are fully developed before doing the sterilization operation, and don't worry about affecting the development of the sexual maturity stage.

"Then wait until it's one year old," Kudo Shinichi shrugged indifferently: "But you have to be optimistic about the Chuya cats, and you can't let them enclose territory at home."

Li Jia also didn't argue that the cats at home never raised their legs to encircle the territory. No matter at home or outside, she just nodded obediently: "I see."

……

It is inconvenient to prepare cat meals for the cats when they are away from home. Li Jia brought some canned cat food and staple food in the suitcase, and when they arrived in Okinawa in the morning, they handed them over to the resort hotel staff to help deliver them to the guest room.

After dinner, she declined the invitation to the night's test of courage and went back to her room alone.

"Have you had fun today?" Li Jia opened a can of staple food, put it in the cat bowl, and sprinkled some freeze-dried.

The orange cats circled around her feet, their tails hooked around her calves: "Mi."

The little orange cat smelled the smell and licked its mouth, stood up and supported the table legs, stretched its neck and looked up: "Meow? Meow!"

Li Jia smiled embarrassedly, and put the cat bowl in front of the Zhongye cats: "Sorry, I can only eat canned food and freeze-dried these days."

Canned fish has a faint fishy smell, and there is nothing lacking in the list of nutritional ingredients, but Li Jia always feels as if she is perfunctory to her cats.

However, the cats in Zhongye obviously don't care whether their cat food is made by Li Jia himself or canned and freeze-dried.

Li Jia squatted beside them and touched the orange kitten: "Does Zhong Ye not care if it's cat food or canned food?"

Zhongye cats are very easy to feed, they seem to be able to accept whatever they are given, and they are not like ordinary cats who will picky eaters and refuse to eat cat food and cat food after eating snacks.

"Mi?" The orange kitty raised his head and licked the residue around his mouth: "Mimi!"

It approached and licked Li Jia's fingers soothingly, and let the smell of canned food fall on her fingers.

Li Jia frowned slightly, and couldn't help laughing, "Thank you, Zhong Ye."

The cat at home may not understand what she is sad about, but she is still very obedient and caring to comfort her.

Put down the half-eaten canned cat food and lick it to comfort her first, but this is enough to make Li Jia feel that the cat will no longer cling to her when she grows up.

Li Jia looked at the cats eating quietly with her face on her face, and said softly: "I told my brother today..."

She was worried that the cats would not be with her all the time, that they would leave her side.

The orange cat dumpling turned its ears, looked up at her quietly, only occasionally licked its mouth without making a sound.

"The lifespan of cats is only 15 years old, what if you leave me when you grow up?" Li Jia whispered in a low voice so as not to disturb them from eating.

It seems to be talking to himself or telling the troubles in the heart to the cats.

She only wanted to tell the troubled things to make her feel better, but the cats in Chuya seemed to have stopped eating one by one, licking the fur around their mouths and chests, and their small bodies leaned against each other warmly.

"Meow, meow, woof." The little orange cat grabbed her knee and stood up, licking Lijia's face.

The kitten was rarely willing to make a sound, and silently crawled over and nestled at Lijia's feet.

The orange cat cub flicked his tail and jumped into her arms: "Mi? Mimi."

The calmest and quietest orange cat dumpling jumped onto the side cabinet, raised its paw and pressed Lijia's head, and cried in a low voice: "...Meow."

An inexplicable emotion filled his chest and heart, Li Jia lowered her head and hugged the orange cat cub tightly, not wanting the cats at home to see her worrying and embarrassing tears.

She buried her head on "Chuya"'s back, and said in a lively tone, "But my brother and Miss Yuanzi have already told me the way."

"Mi?" The orange kitten tilted his head in doubt.

Pressing her knuckles against her nose to cover up the strangeness in her voice, Li Jia said quickly, "Brother said that cats would live longer after neutering, and Ms. Yuanzi said that they could have a litter of kittens..."

But she didn't want to have kittens, and the neutering couldn't be arranged so soon.

"...Mi?" The orange kitten who was obediently being hugged by her was frozen into a stone, and his voice was so soft and unreliable: "Mi!!!!!!"

"...Meow?!" "Meow woof woof woof!!!!"

The reaction of Zhongye cats and cats was so great that Li Jia looked up in a daze: "What, what's wrong?"