The days of being a cat in Japan

Monday morning is a rare time of the week for Fujimoto's shop to breathe a sigh of relief.

As the beginning of a new week, most people will have something to do in the morning, so not many owners will take their pets out.

Taking advantage of this rare leisure time, Mrs. Fujimoto and her two assistants flipped through the tablet to find the newest styles that are popular in the pet world.

And Mr. Fujimoto was chatting with Mr. Ishii, the owner of the restaurant next door, at the door of the shop.

Not long after, the newspaper dispatchers came over and delivered the newspapers and periodicals subscribed by the Fujimoto family and the Ishii family to them.

The two gentlemen, who both have the habit of reading morning newspapers, chatted at the same time, casually flipping through the newspapers in their hands.

Just when Mr. Fujimoto was attracted by today's headlines in the morning newspaper, Mr. Ishii suddenly patted him, and then pointed to a color photo on the newspaper and said: "Look at this revelation about cat hunting, does the cat in the photo look like Like that big black cat that often comes to your place to play with your big star?"

Dr. Fujimoto lowered his head and glanced at the photo. After seeing the photo clearly, he immediately put down the general headlines he read and began to examine it carefully.

I saw that the cat in the photo has long black fur, brown eyes, and looks very large.

These features are indeed very similar to the big black cat that often comes to his home, so Dr. Fujimoto began to carefully read the cat-hunting revelation under the photo.

I saw clearly written on it: Parker, male, 3 years old, purebred Maine Coon cat.I got lost near the county seat two months ago. If you have any clues, please contact Mr. Matsumoto at XXXXXXXX.

After studying that photo for a long time, Mr. Fujimoto couldn't come to a definite conclusion. After thinking about it, he said: "There is only one photo and some basic clues, so there is no way to determine whether Dahei is the one above here or not." The cat Mr. is looking for. But if he is looking for a purebred Maine Coon, I think the chances are not high, because the black cat that often comes to our house, although it looks like it has Maine Coon blood, but its The fur is much shorter than that of a purebred Maine Coon, and it can be clearly seen that it is a mixed breed. Moreover, the cat has been in our house for almost four months, which does not match the time of loss.”

Mr. Ishii nodded his head in understanding, and then took the newspaper to read other news.

Anyway, their family has never had pets, and he just listened to what Mr. Fujimoto said.

The two old neighbors didn't chat outside for a long time. After 9:[-], customers began to come to the two shops one after another. As shop owners, they quickly ended their conversation and went back to the shop to take care of business. up.

At around ten o'clock, Xu Jie, who had slept upstairs for more than an hour, came to the first floor full of energy, squatted at the front desk, with the tip of his tail covering his paws, obediently waiting for Mo to deliver some food to him.

Just as it was staring at the gate with all its attention, waiting for the familiar figure, the receptionist suddenly waved today's newspaper in front of Xu Jie, and excitedly pointed to a photo on it and asked, "Come and see, dear!" Sheng, take a look at the cat-hunting revelation above, is the cat you are looking for Dahei from your family?"

Xu Jie turned his head quickly when he heard the words, and took a photo of the newspaper that the front desk lady was waving in his hand with his paws, and then carefully began to look at the photo that the front desk lady said.

From the first glance at the photo, Xu Jie knew that the cat in the photo was not Mo.

Although the two cats are indeed very similar, it may be difficult to distinguish them in the eyes of humans, but in the eyes of cats, the two can still see the difference.

After discovering that the cat he was looking for in the newspaper was not Mo, Xu Jie was not very interested in that newspaper, and pushed the newspaper aside with his paw.

When the front desk lady saw Xu Jie's movements, she knew that it meant that the cat in the photo was not the one that often came to their shop.

But the lady at the front desk recalled Mo's appearance, looked at the photo again, and muttered to herself: "Isn't it true? But it looks too similar. The one in the photo is just a little longer hair." That's all."

Xu Jie silently rolled his eyes toward the ceiling. The front desk lady is famous for pet facial disorder recognition, and in her eyes, there are no pets that don't look the same.

In the past, when customers brought pets from the store, she often couldn't tell which one was the other. Now, facing a cat whose face and body are all black except for the eyes and whiskers, Xu Jie didn't believe that she could tell the difference.

After looking down at the photo on the newspaper, Xu Jie curled his lips in disgust.

I really don’t understand why some people say that the cat looks like Mo. Its fur is longer than Mo’s, its ears are not as sharp as Mo’s, and its eyes are not as golden as Mo’s. The most important thing is that Mo’s body looks burly because it is strong. The other one is because of getting fat.

Thinking of this, Xu Jie began to let out some unhappy breaths from his throat.

Seeing this, the lady at the reception quickly waved her hand and said, "No, it's not, don't be angry, but it's amazing, how do you know it's not so like a great sage?"

Hearing the words, Xu Jie murmured inwardly and said to himself: That's my cat, how could it not be recognized.Wang Luodan and Bai Baihe look very similar, but the only people who can't tell the difference are movie fans, and the people close to them can still tell who is who at a glance.

Too lazy to say anything more to this human who couldn't recognize a cat, Xu Jie looked up at the time and found that it was almost time for Mo to come over to give him some food, so he simply jumped off the front desk and went out to wait for Mo .

Xu Jie and Mo ate outside during this meal, because Xu Jie felt that if Mo went to the store now, the curious front desk lady would definitely come to Mo with a newspaper and compare them one by one.

In order to prevent Mo from being harassed, Xu Jie decided not to go to the shop at all today, but to take a nap in the cat bed at the school.

At noon, on the side of Fujimoto's store, everyone in the store, who had been busy all morning, was hurrying to eat lunch.

Just when they were halfway through eating, a very luxurious looking Honda car stopped at the gate of the shop.

The driver of the Toyota sedan got off the stance, turned around to the rear door on the opposite side, bent down and stretched out his hand to open the rear door.

Get out of the car is a couple in their early forties, the men are in suits and leather shoes, and the women are full of jewelry. They look very rich.

The couple walked into the shop of Fujimoto's family one after the other. The lady first turned her eyes to look around, then frowned and covered her nose with the handkerchief in her hand, as if she didn't like the smell of pets in the shop. .

But the lady immediately realized that her actions were inappropriate, so she quickly took off the handkerchief covering her nose.

In fact, she didn't need to do this, because she was in the pet business, and Mr. Fujimoto had done a good job in air circulation and disinfection.

There are at least three ventilation fans on each floor. Even in winter, they should be turned on for half an hour every morning and afternoon to ensure that the air in the room is fresh.

Therefore, although there are a lot of pets coming and going in the store, there is no peculiar smell in the store.

Although the lady withdrew her hand very quickly, she was still seen by the people in the shop.

Seeing this, the young and energetic front desk lady didn't want to talk to them at all, but thinking about her job, she had to hide her reluctance.

Putting down the hand holding the lunch box, the front desk lady walked up to the couple and asked, "Welcome to our store, what can we do for you?"

The lady who had covered her nose with a handkerchief didn't seem to want to speak, but she turned her head away when she heard the greeting from the front desk lady.

On the contrary, her husband smiled and said very kindly: "It's like this. Our family lost a black cat two months ago. In order to get it back, we have been trying to find a way these days. Recently, I heard people It said that there was a black cat adopted in the store here, which was very similar to our Pike, so I wanted to come over to confirm."

Dr. Fujimoto stood up and said, "Excuse me, sir, is your surname Matsumoto? Is the gentleman who published the cat-hunting revelation in the morning newspaper this morning?"

Mr. Matsumoto nodded and said: "Yes, it is my wife and I who published the cat hunting revelation. My surname is Matsumoto, who is this gentleman?"

Hearing this, Dr. Fujimoto stretched out his hand and said, "My name is Fujimoto, and I am the person in charge of this shop."

Mr. Matsumoto stretched out his hand with a smile on his face and shook it lightly with the doctor, and then quickly let go, but he asked: "Mr. Fujimoto, has a big black cat been adopted here? If so, can you adopt it?" Give it back to us, it's just my wife and I's favorite pet, we were really worried after it was lost accidentally."

Dr. Fujimoto replied after hearing the words: "There is indeed a black cat in our shop that often comes here, but it only comes to play with our great saint, and we did not adopt it."

What Dr. Fujimoto said was true, because he knew that the reason why the big black cat had contact with their family was entirely because of the great sage.Without it, with that cat's indifferent and proud personality, it would never have any interaction with their family.

Knowing that the couple came here to look for a cat, Dr. Fujimoto kindly reminded: "If what you are looking for is the black cat on the morning paper, I think the one on our side is not. Because Except for the fact that it is a black cat, most of the rest of the information is irrelevant."

Just after Dr. Fujimoto finished speaking, Mrs. Matsumoto said, "Could you call the cat out and let us have a look? If it is really our cat, the maintenance fee during this period will not be a cent. without you."

Dr. Fujimoto frowned slightly when he heard the words, then let go, and said politely: "Madam, I said earlier that the cat was not adopted by us, so it is not in our shop now."

Mr. Matsumoto pursed his lips unhappily when he heard the words, but still asked: "Then when will that black cat come?"

Mr. Fujimoto glanced at the clock and said: "Usually at this time, it will come to have lunch with our great sage, and then take a nap. Since I haven't seen them at this point today, it should go out to eat, and then find a place to take a nap. I have gone. As for where the two of them will go after this, and when they will come back, that is not something I can be sure about."

Mrs. Matsumoto seemed to want to get angry when she heard the words, but was stopped by her husband.

Then I heard Mr. Matsumoto say: "Then we and my wife can wait here, Mr. Fujimoto has no objection to this?"

Hearing this, the doctor made a gesture of invitation to the customer waiting area, and then said, "Mr. Matsumoto, you are welcome. That is the waiting area in our store. There are coffee and newspapers. You can pass the time as you like."

Mr. Matsumoto nodded slightly when he heard the words, and walked towards the waiting area with his wife on his arm. Obviously, the couple did not intend to have much contact with the people in the store.