Chapter 69 Cat's Memory (Two Chapters in One)
"Second Miss, let's open the door to let the damp air out. The smell is too strong."
Ling Bo quickly pulled Zhao Shiqing out of the house. Chen Guanyue and Niu Qiu, who lived next door, did not go in either. Niu Qiu did not care. Compared with his previous living environment, this inn was already very good.
But Chen Guanyue is picky, and Xiao Yueyue is a fragile person with many illnesses.
So the team of four returned to the hall. Well, the sound of dripping rain was annoying.
"Is there any decent restaurant nearby that is clean and serves delicious food?" Ling Bo asked.
The waiter said hurriedly, "There is one. Sir, leave the inn and turn east, then south, then west, then south again, then west again. There is a restaurant with a magnolia tree at the door."
The four of them followed the waiter's instructions and walked out of the inn, heading east, south, west, south, and west. Finally, they saw a magnolia tree, but the restaurant didn't even have a sign. No, this was not a restaurant at all, it was just a home.
The four of them looked at each other, and suddenly felt like they had been tricked.
Now that you're here, let's go in and take a look.
Loach knocked on the door for a long time. Finally, the door opened a crack and a little boy of about six or seven years old poked his head out: "Who are you looking for?"
Loach smiled and said, "We are here to eat."
The little boy turned around and shouted inside, "Someone is coming to eat."
A man's burly voice came from inside: "Please come in."
The little boy then opened the door and invited the four people in.
After crossing a small courtyard, there is the dining hall with four tables, which is cleaned tidy. There are several baskets of different sizes on the corridor, and a half-woven basket is placed there.
The waiter did not lie to them. This really looked like a restaurant, but it was hidden so deep and there was no sign. It would be difficult to find without someone to guide you.
The four of them sat down, and the little boy shouted to the back: "Ugly girl, guests are coming, hurry up and serve tea."
Not long after, a woman came over with a teapot and teacups. Because the little boy had just called the woman "ugly girl", Zhao Shiqing looked at her a few more times.
The woman had rough and dark skin, and a very obvious scar on her left eyelid, which is often called a scarred eye. Her nose was large and red, a typical rosacea. In addition, there was a black birthmark the size of a fingernail on her chin, with several very long hairs growing on it.
The woman put down the tea and left. Shen Guanyue stood up and said to Zhao Shiqing, "You guys eat. I'm full. I'm going to go out and digest the food."
Damn full, it's obvious that I can't eat because I see ugly people.
Zhao Shiqing wouldn't indulge him: "It's better if you don't eat. Don't be polite, both of you. Order whatever you want. It's my treat!"
Chen Guanyue squatted in the corridor and waited for a while, but no one called him in. Instead, he saw the little boy walking in with dishes. The aroma of the dishes drifted into Chen Guanyue's nose, and his stomach growled a few times. Forget it, as long as that ugly girl didn't hang around in front of him, he could still eat.
You know what, even though this restaurant doesn't look that good, the chef's cooking skills are really good. Loach is a talkative person, and when the little boy brought in more dishes, he started chatting with the little boy.
The chef who cooks the food, who is also the boss here, is the little boy's father, Chef Zhang.
They were not locals, and Zhaoting Town was a poor place. No restaurant had good business. They opened a small restaurant in their own home. When there were customers, they would do business, and when there were no customers, they would make baskets and straw mats. They lived a good life.
The dishes were served quickly, and Chef Zhang came out from the kitchen. He was a fat man. Nine out of ten chefs are fat, whether in big restaurants or small workshops.
Chef Zhang greeted the guests and sat down in the corridor to continue weaving baskets.
After Zhao Shiqing and his three companions had eaten and drunk their fill, and were about to pay the bill and leave, they saw the ugly girl again. She was carrying a large wooden barrel and put all the dishes on the table into the barrel, then took it to the back to wash.
The little boy escorted the four people out. Zhao Shiqing asked, "Is that ugly girl a hired helper for your family?"
Little boy: "She is not hired. She just lives in my house and won't leave."
Just as Zhao Shiqing was about to ask again, Chef Zhang's voice came from behind him: "A Ming, come back to work after you see the guests off."
The little boy agreed, sent Zhao Shiqing and the other three out, and closed the door behind him again.
"Second Miss, do you think there is something wrong with that ugly girl?" Ling Bo asked.
As expected, he is the one who has been with Zhao Shiqing since childhood.
Just as Zhao Shiqing was about to speak, the little demon who had been hiding in the bag suddenly poked its head out: [The cat remembers her. The cat has smelled her scent.]
Zhao Shiqing: "When have you ever smelled her scent?"
Little Demon: [The cat doesn't remember, but the cat has smelled it, it must have smelled it.]
Zhao Shiqing: "Didn't you say you remembered her?"
Little Demon: [The cat remembers her smell, but not who she is.]
Zhao Shiqing rolled her eyes: "Fish have bad memories, and your memory is even worse than fish."
Little Demon: [The cat wants to eat dried fish.]
......
Zhao Shiqing took out a few dried fish and stuffed them into the cloth bag, and Xiao Yao started to eat them happily.
Chen Guanyue and Niu Qiu were no longer surprised by the scene before them. They had become accustomed to Zhao Shiqing. Carrying a cat with him and chatting with it from time to time did not seem to be anything unusual.
When we returned to the inn, there was still a smell in the room, but it was barely acceptable.
Zhao Shiqing lay on the bed, crossing his legs comfortably: "Lingbo, have we seen that ugly girl?"
Ling Bo shook her head: "I definitely haven't seen her before. She is so ugly. If you have seen her before, you will not forget her, and neither will I."
Zhao Shiqing: "Yeah, I thought so too. I've only seen one woman with a beard on her chin in my life. If I had seen her before, I would definitely remember her.
But strangely, Xiao Yao said he remembered her smell and said he had smelled her before.
Ling Bo was also puzzled: "Maybe Xiao Yao saw it when she ran out to play by herself? She always runs out and acts wild when we are asleep."
Hearing Ling Bo say this, Zhao Shiqing instinctively looked at the windowsill. Because there was moisture in the room, there was a gap in the window. Now the gap has become bigger, big enough for a cat to get out.
The little demon went out to play again.
Fortunately, the rain outside has stopped now, so I won’t get soaked when I run back.
Zhao Shiqing was about to go to bed, so Lingbo closed the window and slept until midnight. There was a popping sound outside the window, and the shadow of a cat was reflected on the window. Lingbo opened the window, and Xiao Yao came in cursing.
Zhao Shiqing was woken up, lit the lamp, and saw the disheveled little demon.
"Where did you go? Why are you so dirty?" Zhao Shiqing asked.
[That mean cat, humph, it was the one who teased the cat last time, that mean cat! ]
Zhao Shiqing suddenly felt that these words sounded familiar. Suddenly, a light bulb went off in her head and she remembered.
On the night when she stayed at the Jixiang Inn, Xiao Yao also came back late at night, and she was also in a mess, but that time she was even dirtier than this time. Xiao Yao also said the same thing at that time, that a mean cat had teased her.
Jixiang Inn
"Xiao Yao, did you go to the courtyard we went to during the day, the courtyard where we went to eat?"
[Meow, right there, that mean cat is right there.]
Zhao Shiqing was completely awake. The mean cat that Xiao Yao met at the Auspicious Inn was actually in the yard of the restaurant?
"Lingbo, find our nightgown, quickly..."
While it was still dark, the master, servant, and a cat jumped out of the window and climbed over the back wall of the inn. As soon as their feet touched the ground, Xiaoguai flew over.
[Master, do you want to fight? ]
"No fighting today, you come with us."
The two people, the cat and the bird soon arrived outside the small courtyard with a magnolia tree.
The yard was quiet and everyone in the house was asleep.
Zhao Shiqing whispered a few words in Xiao Yao's ear, and Xiao Yao left reluctantly. A moment later, a sharp cat cry was heard from behind the house. Xiao Guai flapped his wings and flew over. In the blink of an eye, he flew back. This time, Xiao Guai was holding a cat in his mouth. The cat was held by the scruff of the neck and struggled angrily in the air, cursing like a shrew.
At this moment, a window was pushed open from the inside, and Chef Zhang's angry voice came out: "Shut up, you dead cat, I'll kill you tomorrow!"
The cat was obviously a little afraid of Chef Zhang, and it actually stopped meowing. Until Xiaoguai handed it to Zhao Shiqing, it just breathed at Zhao Shiqing but didn't meow again.
Zhao Shiqing quickly grabbed the flesh on the back of its neck. The cat showed its teeth and claws, but couldn't hurt her at all.
[Let me go, let me go, I'm going to scratch you to death! ]
Zhao Shiqing: "Little guy, with your little ability, you still want to scratch me to death? Maybe in the next life."
The cat's eyes widened in horror: [Cats have become spirits and turned into humans? Grandma didn't lie to me, cats really can turn into humans!]
Xiao Yao walked over slowly and just happened to hear these words. She was extremely contemptuous: [You are a cheap cat who has never seen the world. You have no culture. You have completely disgraced your cat face.]
Zhao Shiqing: "Mission accomplished, retreat!"
Ling Bo: Are you going back now? Wearing nightgowns, jumping over walls and windows, all that fuss, and in the end, you kidnapped a cat?
Zhao Shiqing: Didn't you always say you had your nightgown ready but never had the chance to wear it? Didn't you put it on tonight?
Ling Bo...she understood. The second young lady just wanted to put on a nightgown and have some fun.
In any case, the cat was caught by them.
After a lot of threats and inducements, Zhao Shiqing and the cat finally reached an agreement.
Zhao Shiqing took out a jar of dried fish from her luggage and put it in front of the cat. Xiao Yao cried so hard that she almost fainted. The biggest blow in a cat's life was to watch her dried fish go to her enemy.
Xiao Yao threw herself into Lingbo's arms and burst into tears. Zhao Shiqing winked, and Lingbo carried Xiao Yao and the cat into the bed, out of sight and out of mind.
Zhao Shiqing continued to question the cat, and the cat sniffed and said, "The dried fish smells so good."
Tempted by the dried fish, the cat answered every question.
It also has a name, it’s called Dapang.
Dapang originally had no owner. He always went to the kitchen of the Jixiang Inn to find food. The people in the kitchen did not drive him away and often gave him some of the leftovers from the guests. Dapang caught mice for the inn. Now there were no mice in the inn, and Dapang was raised to be smooth and sleek, becoming even more lovable. The two daughters of the owner liked him very much, and the name Dapang was given to him by the owner's daughters.
On the night that the princess stayed at the Auspicious Inn, the little demon met Dapang in the inn. When Dapang saw the little demon, he thought the little demon was there to compete with it for territory. How could this be possible?
But Big Fat soon discovered that Little Demon was a female. As a bachelor cat who was well fed and lustful, Big Fat immediately became gentle to Little Demon. However, Little Demon not only did not buy it, but also had a fight with Big Fat. During the fight, Little Demon was caught by Big Fat, who licked her everywhere, her face, and her butt!
The little demon was furious and fought back desperately. He bit Dapang's ear and grabbed Dapang's nose. The little demon remembered this grudge.
As for why Dapang came here from Jixiang Inn, Zhao Shiqing was even more shocked.
Dapang was brought here by the boss's youngest daughter Xiuxiu.
That night, Fatty had a fight with several wild cats that wanted to take over its territory. Tired and hungry, he came to the back window of the kitchen.
There was a nest made of wooden boards there, which was built by the owner's daughter. The nest was very big and could accommodate four or five fat cats.
There were two bowls outside the cat's bed, with half a meat bun left in them that had not been eaten during the day.
After eating and drinking, Dapang planned to go back to his nest to have a good sleep, recharge his energy, and continue fighting with those wild cats tomorrow.
But as soon as it walked to the window, it smelled a familiar smell.
It looked carefully and found that its nest had been occupied.
The boss's little daughter, Xiuxiu, was curled up in her cat bed at this time. The dog called out to Xiuxiu, but Xiuxiu quickly pulled it in and hugged it tightly. Considering that Xiuxiu often secretly fed it meat, Da Pang did not bite Xiuxiu and let Xiuxiu hug it until it could not breathe.
It was not known how long it had been before it heard footsteps. Several people were walking towards it while talking. Big Fat called out a few times vigilantly. Those people stopped, said something, and then walked in the opposite direction. The footsteps became farther and farther away until they could no longer be heard.
Xiuxiu carried it out of the nest, then ran out of the inn with it in her arms. They ran and ran. When it was dawn, Xiuxiu took it and hid it in a cave. When it was night, they continued running.
They were hungry, so Dapang went to the stream to catch fish. Xiuxiu ate grilled fish, and Dapang ate raw fish.
A cat's memory is also limited. Dapang can't explain many things clearly. It just repeats over and over again: it catches fish and eats fish, they run, run all the time, run in the car, run with their legs, Xiuxiu runs while holding it, it runs beside Xiuxiu, Xiuxiu steals buns, Xiuxiu gets half and Dapang gets half, Dapang catches mice, he eats mice, and Xiuxiu also eats mice.
Later, they came to the small courtyard. Xiuxiu did the rough work in the courtyard and saved her own rations for Dapang. Dapang stole food and was beaten by Chef Zhang. Xiuxiu stopped Chef Zhang, and Dapang ran away and came back quietly at night.
Apart from what happened that night in the inn, which Dapang remembered quite clearly, his account of some of the subsequent events was incomplete, but Zhao Shiqing still had a general idea of it.
That ugly girl is Xiuxiu!
"Disguise, this is what Master is talking about! That Xiuxiu can do it!"
Zhao Shiqing was so excited that she walked around in circles in the room. Oh my God, there really were such extraordinary people in this world. Before this, she thought that the disguise technique was Denghua pretending to be the eldest brother, and she smeared her face to pretend to be a little village girl.
But Xiuxiu can transform into an ugly woman who is completely unrecognizable. It’s amazing!
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