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Chapter 101 A Powerful Tabby Cat

When Grandma Shen and the others came back, the neighborhood was quite lively.

Yun Jiao heard heart-wrenching screams coming from the other side, along with basins of blood being carried out.

"What a tragedy! She was supposed to give birth in another two weeks, but now she's premature."

Why didn't you go to the hospital earlier?

Grandma Shen clearly disliked the old woman next door.

"The old woman next door doesn't like her eldest daughter-in-law. She needs to go to the hospital early to give birth, and going to the hospital costs money, which she can't bear to pay."

Moreover, it's busy farming season now, and with her eldest daughter-in-law gone to the hospital, there's no one to do the housework and take care of her. Even if her eldest son were willing to pay for the hospital visit himself, she wouldn't agree.

Childbirth is so risky. In the past, we didn't have the means to give birth at home. Now that conditions have improved, for safety reasons, families often send their babies to the hospital when they are close to delivery.

However, similarly, there are many cases like the pregnant woman next door who don't go to the hospital for various reasons.

Giving birth can take up to a whole day.

They finished their meal, but the baby next door still hadn't been born.

Yun Jiao carried a small bowl containing dried shrimp, crab shells, and fish bones before heading out.

"Mimi, Big Mimi."

She had previously noticed a rather fierce-looking tabby cat standing on the courtyard wall.

The tabby cat is chubby with strong, powerful limbs, large tabby markings, and white fur on its paws, like it's wearing white gloves. Its glossy fur has clear black tabby stripes, and its bright green eyes are very beautiful.

Upon hearing Yun Jiao's call, the tabby cat, which had been lazily sunbathing on the roof, leaped onto the wall using the tiles and then landed lightly in front of Yun Jiao.

"For you to eat."

The tabby cat sniffed the shrimp and, quite obligingly, ate the dried shrimp, but it didn't eat the crab shells and fish bones, which had little meat on them.

After finishing eating, it squatted on a rock to the side and licked its paws.

Yun Jiao's eyes lit up.

She loves the feel of touching furry little animals, something that marine animals don't have.

"Would you like some dried anchovies?"

Yun Jiao took out a small dried fish from her crossbody bag and handed it to it.

The tabby cat sniffed it and ate it.

And I'm a bit picky about food.

While she was eating, its furry tail hooked around her ankle.

"Whose cat are you?"

Shen Xiuyuan walked over just in time to hear her ask this question, and glanced at the exceptionally robust tabby cat.

"It was Grandma Hu's tabby cat, but Grandma Hu passed away last year, and it became an abandoned cat, wandering around the village."

"Oh? It's so good-looking and so big, I thought someone was keeping it as a pet."

Yun Jiao stroked the tabby cat's fur; it felt so good.

"You can actually touch it."

Shen Xiuyuan leaned closer in surprise. Could it be that he had mistaken him for someone else?
No way! It has a notch on its ear and looks so fierce. There's no other cat in the village that looks like that except for that one.

He was trying to get closer and touch it when the tabby cat hissed at him fiercely.

"Hiss... It really is it."

"Even the village dogs aren't as strong as it!"

"It's so good-looking because it was raised by us. It catches the most mice in the village, and it can catch any birds, pheasants, or rabbits that it spots in the mountains."

That's pretty impressive.

"Actually, it wasn't Grandma who raised it. This cat is very powerful. Grandma Hu lives alone and has no relatives. She is old and has difficulty moving around. She can't grow crops well either. It was this cat that went to the mountains to catch wild rabbits and pheasants and brought them to Grandma Hu. Grandma Hu used those meats to exchange for eggs and some vegetables so that she wouldn't starve to death."

Yun Jiao exclaimed, "That cat is Grandma Hu's cat son!"

The tabby cat has two hairy testicles hanging from its rear end, which are clearly visible when its tail is raised; it's a male cat.

This cat is more useful than some spendthrift sons.

"Why is it so friendly with you? Nobody in our village can touch it. Some people in the village even want to keep it because they admire its ability to catch pheasants and rabbits, but this cat ignores everyone."

Yun Jiao stroked the cat's head, completely approving of the tabby cat's behavior. "It can support itself now, those people who want to keep it are just greedy prey!"

It's still uncertain who will support whom.

After feeding the tabby cat a few dried fish, Yun Jiao successfully touched its white glove-like paws.

Soft and bouncy paws, hehe...

Shen Xiuyuan, not believing in superstition, also tried to lure the tabby cat with dried fish.

Unfortunately, the old cat wouldn't even give him a glance.

Shen Xiuyuan: ...I'm completely convinced.

Yun Jiao's eyebrows and eyes curved into crescents, and she looked even more exquisite and lively when she smiled.

"I'm very popular with cats."

Cats like fish, no problem.

She's no ordinary fish.

Cats eat fish, but big fish in the ocean aren't afraid of cats.

Grandma Shen went next door to check on the situation. The baby wouldn't be born anytime soon, but fortunately, the baby was in the correct position.

"Let's go up the mountain."

After all, it's a matter between neighbors, and it's not appropriate for outsiders like them to get involved.

The woman next door is having a baby, and she's urging everyone except the eldest son to go and do chores.

They'll send some eggs over after the baby is born.

I just hope this egg will actually go into the mother's belly.

Everyone was going to the mountains, and Yunjiao naturally wanted to go with them.

It's hot outside, and working in a cornfield isn't pleasant. The corn leaves are a bit prickly on the skin, and the dried corn silk sticks to the skin, causing discomfort and itching.

So even if it's hot, you have to wear long-sleeved clothes.

Yun Jiao didn't have a basket, so she was thinking of asking if she could borrow one from someone else.

Grandma Shen simply handed her a small basket.

"Jiaojiao, take this basket and see if there's anything to eat in the mountains. We'll harvest the corn, so you don't need to go."

Yun Jiao was quite unconvinced: "I can also husk corn."

She's quite strong.

Grandma Shen chuckled and said, "I know, I know, the corn stalks are too tall for you to reach."

Yun Jiao stamped her foot: "I can break the corn stalks."

She's just short now; in her past life, she was almost four meters long, including the tip of her tail.

Growing to four meters tall in this lifetime... well, let's not get into that category; it would seem a bit like being an anomaly among humans.

She certainly wouldn't be very short.

Although Yun Jiao tried her best to prove that she was capable, she ultimately failed to go to the cornfield.

Ninth Brother didn't go either.

The two little ones took their baskets and went into the woods not far away.

Uncle Shen said there were chestnuts in the woods over there, and he would make roasted chestnuts for her after she picked them and brought them back.

The strong-willed Yun Jiao ultimately compromised on the issue of food.

"Little sister, come here quickly, the chestnut tree is over here."

Yun Xiaojiu's voice came through.

Yun Jiao was eyeing the bright red, round hawthorns on a hawthorn tree, but she tried several times to climb up but failed.

She's terrible at climbing trees QAQ
Hearing Ninth Brother's call, she temporarily abandoned the hawthorns, picked up the basket, and ran away as fast as her short legs could carry her.

"I'm here, I'm here..."

(End of this chapter)