[Comprehensive] Natsume Reiko's trip

The Jiuming cat, which gradually fell asleep with the dawn, felt two scorching eyes staring at it, and its innate vigilance made it bow its body, guarding against possible dangers.

"Who is disturbing my sleep?"

Qingming knows that monsters are straight-forward, so he doesn't go around in circles: "I'm Onmyoji Abe Seimei, a cat with nine lives, would you like to be my shikigami?"

Nine Lives Cat's fur stood on end when he heard this, and he looked insulted: "Meow! I am a master! It is absolutely impossible for me to submit to you!"

Lord?

After hearing this, Seimei and Reiko were stunned.

Reiko's eyes fell on the bell on Jiuming Mao's neck. Xiaobai also had a similar bell, which was tied by Qingming himself, and Xiaobai always cherished it very much.

Jiumingmao's bell is not as big as Xiaobai's, but it doesn't look old, and even exudes a bright luster.Maybe every day when the Jiuming cat wakes up, it will wipe the bell carefully, hoping that its owner will follow the sound to find it after hearing the crisp bell.

"Is your master Xiaodoulang?" Lingzi squatted down and asked suspiciously, obviously yesterday Doulang and the others said they didn't have cats.

"What Xiaodoulang, I have never heard of meow! My owner is Xiaodouzi!"

Although I have never heard of Xiaodouzi, just looking at this very distinctive name, I know that this Xiaodouzi must have a certain relationship with Xiaodoulang.

Only then did Reiko think of the legend about the cat with nine lives, which grows a tail every nine years, and after the tenth nine years, it can transform into a human form and become a cat.The nine-life cat in front of me will soon become a new cat, that is to say, it has lived for at least 81 years.

In 81, even in later generations, there are very few people who can live for such a long time, let alone the era of a thousand years ago.In this era, mothers become mothers at the age of thirteen or fourteen, and grandmas before thirty.So, which generation of relatives is Xiaodouzi Xiaodoulang?

"The Nine-Life Cat, human beings can't live that long. The little Douzi you mentioned is probably gone." Reiko stretched out her hand, wanting to touch the Nine-Life Cat, but before she could touch the Nine-Life Cat, it appeared on her hand. Three bloody scratches.

"You lied to Ben Meow! Ben Meow clearly smelled that the little bean was inside!"

The Nine-Life Cat retorted angrily, and Xiaodouzi promised it that as long as there was enough food, he would definitely take it back.So it practiced desperately until it grew its ninth tail and had the ability to stop starving Xiaodouzi.

After it came back, it would send the food it found to Xiaodouzi every night, but Xiaodouzi still didn't take it home.This must be because there is not enough food, as long as there is more and more food, Xiaodouzi will definitely come to find it!

Reiko ignored the scar on her hand, and as if she didn't hear Seimei's worried voice, she insisted on putting her hand on Jiumingmao's head and rubbing it gently.

Memories belonging to Nine Lives Cat gradually flowed in.

A dirty girl gently picked up a shivering little milk cat in the haystack, and put it into her arms: "You must be cold and hungry too? It just so happens that I am too! Mommy I said that when it’s cold, as long as you hug each other, you won’t be cold. My name is Xiaodouzi, so I’ll call you Kitten, okay?”

……

Xiaodouzi came to the haystack with a black steamed bun, "meow meow" a few times, a little black cat gradually poked its head out and rubbed against Xiaodouzi's feet, making Xiaodouzi "cluck" laughter.

Xiaodouzi broke the black steamed bun in half, and put half in front of the little black cat: "Eat it quickly! I'm sorry, kitty, I can only let you eat this kind of food. My mother said that I grew up drinking her milk when I was young." Yes, but the little bean has no milk."

Every time when mother is mentioned, Xiaodouzi always has a very sad expression on his face, and the little black cat doesn't like that expression.

……

"Meow meow", "meow meow meow".

Following Xiaodouzi's call, a black cat that was a lot bigger than before swiftly ran up to her and rubbed Xiaodouzi's calf affectionately.

Xiaodouzi took out a small golden bell from his arms, and held it up in front of the black cat like a treasure: "Little cat, little cat, look at what this is? As long as you bring this, you will be Xiaodouzi's cat. I can't take it away either."

The black cat leaned docilely beside Xiaodouzi, allowing her to put on the bell for herself, even if Xiaodouzi's clumsy hands hurt her, she didn't care.

Stupid little bean, it has long been your cat!

……

"Little cat, run away quickly! The farther you can escape, the better! Dad found you and said he wants to eat you!" Little Douzi's panicked voice echoed by the haystack, and the black cat appeared in front of Little Douzi.

Xiaodouzi scratched the black cat's neck, and pressed his forehead against the black cat's forehead: "Remember, little cat, you have to run towards the forest over there until no one can catch you! I will come to you when there is food in the house and I don’t have to eat you anymore! But you must not come to me until I come to you, you hear me?"

There was a noisy sound behind him. It was Xiaodouzi's father who came to catch the cat.

Little Douzi ruthlessly hit the black cat on the buttocks: "Run! Kitten, run quickly!"

The black cat took one last look at Xiaodouzi, stretched its limbs, and rushed towards the forest.

"Okay, you are a foodie, don't you just watch your brother starve to death, and you can't bear a cat?"

"But, food can be found in the forest, why do you have to eat kittens?"

"Smelly girl! There are poisonous snakes and ferocious beasts in the forest, as well as countless monsters and ghosts. Do you want your father to die? Since the cat is gone, you might as well kill you, so that you can have one less mouth to eat."

"Wow, it hurts! Daddy doesn't want it, can Xiaodouzi go to the forest to find food? Xiaodouzi will take care of his younger brother and daddy, don't beat Xiaodouzi..."

"Daddy, stop beating..."

"It hurts...don't hit me..."

"don't want……"

Then the black cat got closer and closer to the forest, and the voice of the little bean became softer and softer. The black cat didn't know whether it was because the distance became farther, or the voice of the little bean became quieter.

However, Xiaodouzi said that as long as there is food at home, she will come to find her.

Therefore, the black cat has to become stronger, become stronger, so that it can find enough food for Xiaodouzi, and then... live with Xiaodouzi again!

The scenes of the black cat getting along with Xiaodouzi kept flashing in Reiko's mind like a slide show. There were some things that Nine Lives Cat didn't understand, but Reiko did.

How could there be such a cruel father in the world?Raising children is originally the responsibility of parents.However, Xiaodouzi's father dared not enter the forest because of his timidity, and beat Xiaodouzi to death, just to reduce the burden of food.

What a barbaric and ignorant age this is!

"Reiko, are you okay? The wound on your hand needs to be dealt with quickly." Seimei frowned slightly as she looked at Reiko's bleeding hand.

"This little injury is fine. Qingming, are there really other monsters in this forest?"

Yes, those people are ignorant. Even if they starve to death, they are unwilling to go to the nearby forest to gather and hunt. They just live on the few acres of barren fields.

Since these people have an obsessive superstition about ghosts and ghosts, it is better to let an onmyoji who specializes in dealing with these things tell them: there are no monsters in the forest and it is safe.

Then, let them support themselves with their own hands, so that there will be no second and third little beans.

Seimei didn't see the memory of the Nine-Life Cat, so she didn't know what Reiko's plan was, but she answered the question seriously: "There will be onmyoji around Heian-kyo to clean up regularly, and even if there are monsters, they are small monsters that don't hurt people. As long as they are not around If you go in and out of the forest at night, you'll be fine."

"Did you hear that, Nine Lives Cat? From now on, Xiaodouzi's family can rely on themselves to obtain food, and you don't need to deliver food to Xiaodouzi's door every night."

"Will Little Douzi come to me?" Nine Lives Cat looked at Reiko expectantly.

Looking at the pure eyes of the Nine-Life Cat, Reiko felt her nose a little sore. Even if the life is stable, the fate between humans and monsters is only a hundred years old. Humans who have reached the end of their lives can walk away, but the endless loneliness and pain All should be borne by monsters.

"Nine-life cats, the time of humans and monsters is different. For monsters, the time is fleeting, and humans may have experienced the vicissitudes of several lifetimes. Xiaodouzi is no longer here, you are free, and you can visit you The life you want, you don’t have to wait here forever.”

Nine Lives Cat followed Xiaodouzi from birth, and later became a monster because of his obsession with Xiaodouzi.In order to keep Xiaodouzi from starving, he has been cultivating in the depths of the forest. It was not until he grew his ninth tail that he plucked up the courage to enter the village.

Nine Lives Cat's experience is like a blank sheet of paper. It doesn't understand what Reiko's words about humans and monsters mean. It only understands one sentence: "Xiaodouzi is gone? But I clearly smelled Xiaodouzi smell!"

"It's the smell of a relative who is connected with Xiaodouzi's blood. Xiaodouzi died a long time ago. However, she has not left the Jiuming cat. Every time your bell makes a pleasant bell, it must be Xiaodouzi calling your name."

"It turns out that Xiaodouzi has turned into a bell!" Jiuming Mao fiddled with the bell on its neck with its meat pad, and the bell made a crisp sound of "Dingling, Dingling", just like Xiaodouzi's "meow meow meow".

Reiko didn't explain any more. Sometimes this kind of beautiful misunderstanding is also a great comfort. Before Jiumingmao really understands the meaning of "death", let this misunderstanding continue to exist!