Abyssinian cat is a very intelligent cat, generally docile, very good at using coquettish means to guide the owner to give them what they want, and at the same time very loyal.
The two-year-old kitten Pudding has been lethargic since he was adopted by his owner. Even if other cats cast curious glances at it through the cage or try to sniff the new cat, Pudding ignores it.
Lin Lan let it go decadent for two days, took it out on the morning of the third day, and massaged its whole body with a silicone brush that was both combed and massaged. This slender and small kitten with big ears immediately became inertia snorted.
No cat can resist the thrill of brushing, especially pet cats who are used to being served by humans.
"Still thinking of your mother?" Seeing that Pudding didn't reject herself and was lying comfortably on her lap, Lin Lan asked in a soft tone.
Whether it's a cat or a dog, when they don't understand human language, they all rely on their tone to judge each other's emotions. Lin Lan's gentle tone made Pudding, who had been barely familiar with the surroundings for two days, very relaxed.
Hearing her mentioning her former owner, Pudding couldn't help but let out a soft cry: "Meow—" (I think, but I know that my mother doesn't want me anymore, and I can't go home.)
Lin Lan was silent for a while. That smart cat must have sensed Ms. Yao's words, deeds, and demeanor that day. Or, it might have noticed it long ago.
"Meow..." (I know, since I came to that house with my mother, the old human didn't like me. She always looked at me with a look that would drive me away at any time, and my mother would always be very He stood in front of me fiercely and quarreled with that person. But I knew that my mother couldn't win that person.)
Small animals are the most sensitive to emotions, but Lin Lan discovered more hidden secrets that were not clear before from the cat's words.
Recalling what the old lady said to Ms. Yao, she kept reiterating how carefully her daughter-in-law raised a cat. To put it bluntly, the old lady didn't actually despise her daughter-in-law for raising a cat, but disgusted her for spending too much on raising a cat. Money, but because the daughter-in-law earned the money herself, she didn't blatantly accuse her, and this time she just broke out with the excuse that she shouldn't have pets because she was pregnant.
Moreover, the male member who has never appeared in the family may also have the same idea as the old lady, so they simply avoided it and let the notoriety and firepower concentrate on the old lady, as if they could always be innocent.
This is also why in conflicted families, the mother-in-law has the most notoriety, while the husband and father-in-law have relatively less infamy. In fact, this kind of man is the most profitable party in the war between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
Lin Lan felt disgusted for no reason, but she also felt more distressed for the kitten and the cat's owner. When Ms. Yao got married, she must have never thought that the whole family had such virtues.
But she couldn't say these words to Pudding, instead she softened her voice and patted the kitten's head lightly.
"It's not that she really doesn't want you, it's just that she has no way to send you to me, just to make your life better. Pudding, you will have a new home and many companions in the future."
The pudding docilely allows the new owner to touch him. This is a miraculous master who can understand and understand his words. He is also very gentle to him, so he is not very disturbed when he arrives in a new and unfamiliar environment. Slowly accept the new situation.
"Meow..." (I know, the kitten will always leave its mother when it grows up. Lan Lan, I'll stay here and won't run around.)
It's a very well-behaved and smart kitten, Lin Lan sighed secretly, picked it up from her lap and put it on the ground: "Then pudding, welcome to this new home. You plan to go back to the cage first and then observe it secretly. Those new companions, or get in touch with them and play together?"
This cat is in a special situation and has a very good personality. Lin Lan didn't plan to isolate for a week to see the situation, and directly asked for advice and asked if he wanted to join the team directly.
"I can guarantee that they will never bully you."
The petite golden-red kitten looked up at her, with a black slender tail at the end, and flicked it, as if thinking about something, and then called out again: "Meow..." (Lan Lan, you will protect me Right?)
"Yes." Lin Lan nodded, "I promised your mother that I would take good care of you."
With this promise, the Abyssinian cat was completely relieved, and trotted towards the cat rest area separated by a short fence.
So far, there are twelve cats in the house.
Apart from the domestic cat Snowflake, the rest of the cats from the black cat family to the precious pet cats brought back are all teahouse employees. While taking care of them, Lin Lan is also teaching them how to behave cutely and deal with various customers.
Before the lease of the milk tea shop completely expired, Dad Lin had already run away all the licenses needed for the cat teahouse. The day after Mr. Zhang moved out, the two shops were merged and renovated immediately. Get started.
By the way, the decoration construction team was introduced by Cheng Fengyang, and it is said that it is a highly praised decoration team in the industry. Oh, the selection of those decoration materials and where to buy them were also helped by Cheng Fengyang to contact and deliver.
On the grounds of checking the progress of the project and observing the quality of the decoration, Cheng Fengyang ran to Lin's house, the construction site was buzzing, and it did not prevent him from meeting with Lin Lan. , You can find the decoration master to modify it on the spot at any time.
Lin Lan has no objection to this. Since she found out that Cheng Fengyang is very similar to her in aesthetic preferences, she is very happy to chat with him. The two are already good friends.
Sometimes, even if they don't talk about decoration, they will talk about their pets in their homes - or it's more appropriate to brag about how sensible and smart their fur children are.
"Cheng Fengyang, let me tell you, my snowflake it... and my blue treasure... my Momo... "
"My star is too, Lin Lan, let me tell you... ba la ba la..."
In a small shop next to each other not far away, the old Lin family had already seen that their daughter was always chatting with a young man and getting close. The daughter seemed to be focusing on opening the store and didn't realize anything, but as bystanders, the old Lin couple could see the situation at a glance.
"That stinky boy is interested in my Lanlan!" Lin Youyu didn't look very good when he said this.
"You can tell me, I've already seen it!" Wang Xiuzhi rolled her husband's eyes, and then looked around secretly, "Looking at Lan Lan, I don't even know how stupid it is."
The appearance of this young man was known to the old Lin family. Said that it was because Lanlan had helped her relatives by sending her wallet before to thank her and send it back. But he is an excellent senior designer in the industry. It is very good to help with the decoration design for free. After that, he is helping contact materials and introducing the construction team. He also comes over every few days to help check the progress, and he is too enthusiastic. a little.
The couple reacted differently to a young man who was clearly courteous to his daughter.
"I think it's fine. If Lan Lan and him become a pair, I have no objection." As a biological mother, she naturally inquired about all the work and family of this young man who was interested in his daughter, and remembered that this is the one on the opposite side who built four apartments by demolition. When the old Cheng family was gone, Wang Xiuzhi stabbed her husband beside her, "Hey, you envy and hate the lucky old Cheng family for fifteen years. It seems likely that your daughter will take it down."
Lin Youyu was not happy, and even glanced at his wife dissatisfiedly: "It's rare for his four suites! His family married a daughter and already gave away a house, leaving a small villa opposite and a large store in the city center. What's so good about it." Completely changed the original rhetoric.
But the family not only has a house, but Old Man Cheng and his son have jobs, and the wages are not low. Wang Xiuzhi also murmured in her heart at this, so she didn't try to stimulate her husband's emotions.
Lin Lan didn't know anything about the secret conversation between her parents. She was still busy with the decoration. The masters of the construction team were serious and responsible. Lin Lan was not stingy. The subordinate restaurant has four dishes and one soup. The specifications are full of oil and water. During the rest time during the work, they also give thirst-quenching fruit tea to replenish water and physical strength - ah, this is the leftover ingredients that the manager Xiao Zhang could not sell when he left. It was also packaged and resold to Lin Lan, and now it just came in handy.
The workers and masters are paid full wages, and they eat and drink well during the work period. There is no need for the employer to say anything. After all, eating people is soft and short-handed, not to mention they have all of them.
This also allowed the renovation, which was originally planned to be completed in a month and a half, to be completed ten days ahead of schedule.
The day after the store was completed, Xicheng ushered in the first light snow of winter. It had been more than three months since Lin Lan returned to her hometown.
Looking at the month of December on the calendar, Lin Lan sat at home and smiled at the group of cats behind her: "Wait a little longer, let the shop dissipate, shall we open on New Year's Day?"
In the living room, a group of cats lying on the floor heating pads that Lin Lan had specially bought for them made all kinds of meowing noises at her.
Wang Xiuzhi and Grandma Lin, who happened to be at home, were very surprised when they saw this.
"Going to the new house and being trained by Lan Lan for a while is really different." Wang Xiuzhi didn't expect the kittens to be so obedient, "I was thinking that there is no air conditioner there, and if you move them back, they will run around, but Lan Lan didn't expect them to be so obedient. If you say let them sleep on this heating pad and don't move, they really don't move."
"Because I'm afraid of the cold." Grandma Lin looked at the dozen or so cats lying there in the peasant posture, and the clumps with their claws dwindled, as if they were placed on the desk during Chinese New Year in the village. The steamed steamed buns, white rice noodles, black rice noodles, and corn noodles are all available, and it is pleasing to look at, "The new house is not popular and has no heating, so this old house must be warmer."
"Coming to keep warm is just one of the reasons." Lin Lan explained, "The important thing is that I want the kittens to get used to the crowded environment. When the teahouse opens, there will be many strangers, so I have to practice more courage."
"If they don't run around, it's not impossible to let them stay like this." Wang Xiuzhi nodded, which was very kind, knowing that these cats couldn't understand, she still reached out and clicked on the steamed buns, "I'll tell you. , I will go to the toilet when I poop and pee, and dare to let me smell the smell in the house and wait to be beaten! Do you understand?"
Said to be talking to the cat, but the empress dowager's eye knife was aimed at Lin Lan.
When the daughter-in-law panicked immediately, she hurriedly made the cats shout: "Did you hear it, you must go to the toilet to solve the problem, if you are not obedient, there is no dried fish to eat, and if you are obedient, hurry back to grandma!"
Immediately, there was another burst of meowing, and some cat spirits had already stood up and rubbed Wang Xiuzhi's trousers in a coquettish manner.
The kittens could see that the person standing at the top of the food chain was not Lan Lan, but the grandma, who had to please.
Wang Xiuzhi was so dumbfounded by these cats that she laughed at Grandma Lin. The old lady accidentally threw the cap of the hand cream in her hand and rolled into the bottom of the low cabinet.
That gap, people can't reach out, the old lady screamed, she was going to find something that was in her hand to get it out, and then was stopped by Lin Lan.
"Grandma, don't move, I'll get it." Lin Lan said so, but her eyes turned to the kittens on the heated floor mat, "Xiao Moyi, help me take out the cover."
A little black cat who got the order ran out immediately, slid into the bottom of the cabinet, and pulled out the hand cream cover in three or two strokes. The cat was folded in his arms, smiling triumphantly at the stunned mother and grandmother.
"How is it? Is the cat useful?"
The little black cats have been nine months old. When the cat teahouse opens on New Year's Day, they will be almost 1 year old, and they will be authentic adult cats. Compared to when he first came to the Lin family, his stature has grown a whole circle. Not only the black cats, but also the puppets of the big cats. Sapphire, who has been six months old, is completely different from the cats three months ago. Not only has he grown bigger, but his hair has become more fluffy and plump. A beautiful and cuddly kitty.
Lin Lan was proud of her cat-raising achievements, and the other two women in the room all laughed in unison when they recovered.
"Useful! Useful!" Grandma Lin clapped her thighs with laughter, "Lan Lan, how did you raise them, these kittens are so smart!"
Lin Lan raised her head higher: "What is this, when I officially open on New Year's Day, there will be more surprises to come!"
The old Lin family, including Lin Lan, thought that this December was so busy and dull, and they were waiting for the opening on New Year's Day, but it turned out not to be the case for the past 20 days.
With the arrival of the first snow, it also means that winter has come in an all-round way, and the most severe test for stray cats has come.
Lin Lan is not worried that the power of the cat boss will be lost this year. She sends supplies every few days, and then finds that more and more cats are following him.
"Meow woo woo... woo woo woo woo... meow meow..." (That's because... ah woo ah woo... Many cats around know... ah woo ah woo... There is a two-legged beast behind the cat boss... it There are twolegs for food... ah ah ah... so we all came to mess with it in order to survive the winter... )
This was a stray cat who didn't forget to answer her questions while eating canned food. After hearing its intermittent answers, Lin Lan couldn't help twitching.