On the first day back home, Lin Lan found that she could suddenly understand cat language.
And it has now been determined that this is not an illusion.
When ordinary people encounter this kind of abnormality, they will subconsciously think "Why?" "How could this happen to me all of a sudden?" Lin Lan was no exception.
After carefully recalling her own experiences, remembering the experiences she encountered while traveling in Greece, and skipping the tour guide's introduction to the Greek gods, the moon goddess's wishing pool, the jokes and legends of the locals, etc., Lin Lan finally I freeze my memory on the clip of saying goodbye to the two stray cats when I checked out of the hotel and got into a taxi.
The cat meowing she heard when she got in the car that day was true, and it was also true that the two cats said goodbye to her.
She had this special ability on the last day she left Greece, and it was most likely because she went to the Moon God Wishing Pool before.
She dropped a coin, and the gods responded to her wish.
… The whole thing sounds more like nonsense, if it hadn’t happened to him, Lin Lan would have only regarded it as an internet joke.
But now the joke has come true.
Lucky was the first to cover his chest with a look of grief.
"It's a big loss!" Lin Lan's face was full of regrets. "If I knew it would be so smart, I definitely wouldn't make that kind of wish!"
The expression of beating his chest and stomping his feet was exactly the same as Father Lin's expression when he sighed in front of a high-end community.
Look what she missed! It's more than just a loss of 100 million!
The more she thought about it, the more her heart ached, Lin Lan wrinkled her face and turned to the snack shop. She skillfully picked up the small shopping basket on the ground, and plunged into it.
She needs a lot of soothing from the candied cola chips to ease the heartbreak!
As the young owner of this building... Bah, the landlord's daughter, the proprietress of the snack shop, of course, also knew Lin Lan. She even gave her a discount at the checkout. Lin Lan smiled and thanked her.
"Are you going home for a few days off?" Before leaving, the shop owner asked familiarly.
"No, I've resigned." Lin Lan stopped and replied, she didn't hide it, anyway, people in the small building will know sooner or later, it's better to be generous, "In the future, I will find a new job in my hometown and don't go out. Ran."
The proprietress was stunned when she heard the words, and then nodded vigorously in agreement: "It should have been like this long ago, how can it be so easy to break in outside. Your mother talked to me before and mentioned it to me, but it's not like that, those young people who came out to work actually end up in the end. A few are really rooted in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. Don't most of them go home honestly? If you want me to say, it is better to be at home. Lan Lan, you can find a job at home, and it will be more convenient for you to fall in love and get married in the future. Don't be afraid to find support."
There are a bunch of babes, the proprietress of Zipilisuo, and they are all sincere.
Lin Lan just smiled and didn't answer any more, carrying the bag and walking out of the store.
When she returned to her liquor and tobacco shop, she put the snacks in her hand on the glass counter, and Wang Xiuzhi, the mother of Lin who was sitting in it and concentrated on watching the drama, was startled by the movement and turned her head back suddenly. Angrily scolded: "Damn girl, startle me."
"Bring some delicious food to honor you." Lin Lan tilted her head and saw the drama being broadcast on the tablet supported there. It was the popular family ethics drama "The Temptation of Homecoming" a few years ago. It was looking exciting for a while.
Hearing her daughter's words, Wang Xiuzhi looked up and saw a lot of snacks on the counter. She also stood up, reached into the bag and pulled out two packets of melon seeds, tore them open and sat back: "Go to Lao Chen's house to buy Things? So many, are you planning to stay at home these few days?"
When speaking, the person has already nibbled melon seeds proficiently. The middle-aged woman is very skilled at doing this. Without even turning her head, she spit out the skin of the melon seeds into the trash can below, but her eyes did not leave the tablet screen at all.
"I want to take a break. The more I think about it today, the more I feel like I'm losing money." Lying on the counter, Lin Lan looked at her mother who was chasing the drama, and replied sullenly, "Mom, if you can get 20 billion, In the end, because you didn't realize the opportunity, you only took less than 100 million, will you be sad?"
"What are you doing to be sad." My mother didn't look back, "I didn't have time to laugh."
"Ah?" Lin Lan didn't understand, "Why? Don't you regret that the benefits have shrunk so much?"
"Where is it and why?" My mother looked back at her impatiently, and responded to her daughter's nonsense question perfunctorily, "It was originally a free benefit. Just like Dad, I can't be greedy."
"How can this be greed!" Lin Lan was very dissatisfied. "It's an opportunity that belongs to me. Isn't it natural to want to get it all?"
"Then you can't grasp who you blame? It's called deserved." Wang Xiuzhi rolled her eyes at her daughter, and waved her hands, "Go, go upstairs and eat your snacks. Don't delay me watching TV, the original partner and the mistress are in it. It's about to be right, it's a critical juncture!"
Lin Lan: "..." Is this really good for a girl who has just returned home from a brokenhearted relationship? This mother is really dear.
Helplessly carrying snacks, Lin Lan went upstairs alone. No one in the family was here at the moment, so she went straight back to her room.
Although she has been away from home a lot, Lin Lan's room has been well tidy up by her family. Knowing that she came back today, the bedding had been dried and put on the bed.
The afternoon sun shone in from the windowsill and shone into this warm-colored room, which also made Lin Lan notice a photo frame on the desk.
It was a family photo taken last year. Both parents, grandma, and Lin Lan were facing the camera. In the photo, she was holding a beautiful big white cat in her arms. It was the only one in the family who didn't look at the camera. On the contrary, he turned his head sideways and opened his mouth to yawn, and the camera fixed its pointy tiger teeth and protruding tongue there.
Lin Lanlan looked at the photo from a distance and couldn't help but smile. Suddenly, she thought that it would be fine if she could understand what Xuehua said in the future. There would be one more person to chat with at home in the future.
Before taking two steps forward, he kicked something.
Looking down, it is a pile of tourist specialties that have not been sorted out.
Lin Lan patted her head: "I almost forgot to give something to Aunt Yu!"
Uncle Yu kindly helped her so much, and now that she is finally home, she should give some gifts to thank her.
After tidying up the souvenirs that he had picked for that family when he was in Greece, Lin Lan tidied himself up a little, then went out with the gift and walked to the second floor, knocking on the door of Yu's house.
This weekend is a busy time for the service industry. Generally, Uncle Yu will come back very late, but both Aunt Yu and Lingling Yu are at home.
The door opened, and a fourteen-year-old girl inside was looking at her in surprise: "Sister Lan Lan, long time no see! Come in, come in!" It was Yu Lingling.
When the little girl lowered her head and handed Lin Lan the slippers, there was a gruff echoing voice from the room: "Come in! Come in!"
Hearing this voice, Lin Lan suddenly laughed: "You can tell from the voice that Xiao Kui is still so energetic."
"That's it." The little girl curled her lips and glanced inwardly, "My mother serves him every day just like the uncle, if it wasn't for a bird and not a human, I would think it was my mother's own. ."
Before she could finish her sentence, Aunt Yu's scolding came from behind: "What did the dead child say!"
Lin Lan looked up and saw that Aunt Yu was walking towards the door when she heard the movement. Not only that, but a large parrot was parked on her shoulder. The bird stretched its neck and quaked towards Yu Lingling: "Dead child. What did you say! What did the dead child say!"
It is obviously repeating human words in a repeating machine style, but it seems like a complete ridicule.
"You dead bird!" Yu Lingling waved her small fist at the parrot resentfully, "Today's nut snacks are gone!"
The large sunflower cockatoo is the scientific name of this bird. Except for the pair of bright yellow feather crests on the top of its head, its whole body is snow-white. This bird can live to be seventy or eighty years old if kept as a pet.
Well, that is to say, if you keep it well, it will send you away.
Six years ago, the owner Aunt Yu brought it home from the flower and bird market, and the bird has a simple and rude new name, Xiaokui,
Aunt Yu put a lot of thought into raising it, and even obtained a permit from the Forestry Bureau for this, in case someone reported the bird and confiscated it.
It was probably the owner's pampering and cherishing. Lin Lan's impression of this bird was that it was quite cheap. It would eat melon seeds while watching TV with Aunt Yu, interact with her and amused her, and would make small reports and complain to Aunt Yu. For example, Yu Lingling secretly plays with her mobile phone and does not do her homework, and for example, Uncle Yu secretly hides money from his private house behind his back, and so on. It is comparable to the small family surveillance in the hands of Aunt Yu, so that both father and daughter sometimes have to hold it. , it can be said that the real Yu family is a tyrant.
Of course, Lin Lan felt that the most powerful thing about it was that it was very good at looking at people's faces, knowing who was easy to provoke and who was not.
"Beauty! Beauty is here!"
When the parrot Xiaokui saw Lin Lan standing at the door, she immediately abandoned Yu Lingling, who was still in the confrontation, and called out to Lin Lan. The sunflower crown on her head stood up, and she spread her wings, like a school. Elementary school students holding bouquets at the door to welcome guests: "Welcome! Warm welcome!"
When Aunt Yu saw this, she burst into laughter: "I haven't seen you for so long, Xiaokui sees that you are still so enthusiastic! It's different after being fostered!"
There are pets at home, and when the Yu family is inconvenient, such as when they return to their hometown during the Chinese New Year or when there is an important matter that cannot be taken away, the Yu family will also send the bird to the Lin family for foster care, so Lin Lan is not only familiar with this bird, Can be said to be an old acquaintance.
As for what this arrogant bitch went through in the old Lin family, and why he was so obedient to Lin Lan, just like Lin Lan's mysterious smile at this time, that was a secret that the Lao Yu family had no way of knowing.
"Cut, flatterer." Yu Lingling mocked her own broken bird with disdain.
Aunt Yu glared at this moment: "Have you finished your homework?"
The junior high school student immediately shrank his neck, stuck his tongue out and ran back, and Huniao's mother couldn't provoke him.
"Aunt Yu, I'm here to thank you." Lin Lan smiled and handed the gift bag in her hands, "Thanks to Uncle Yu for your help a while ago. This is a small gift for you, Uncle Yu and Lingling. Please also accept the souvenirs and souvenirs brought back from Greece."
"You child, this is not worth your expense." Aunt Yu immediately pushed back, she heard about Lin Lan from her husband, "You were bullied outside, and Lao Yu just happened to be able to help. That's what he should do. And you paid for the car rental, Lao Yu didn't do much at all, so why don't you need to send something to thank you."
"Don't say that, Aunt Yu, if it wasn't for Uncle Yu's help, things wouldn't have gone so smoothly. If I rented a new car like that, I wouldn't have been able to grab it." Lin Lan shoved the thing into the other's hand, "It's all Don't say no to these worthless little things. By the way, I also brought a gift to Xiaokui, why don't you let it see if you like it?"
"Wow, does Xiaokui actually have a gift?" The junior high school student who slipped away but didn't do his homework came out from behind and snatched the bag from his mother's hand, "I want to see it!"
Yu Lingling ran in with the gift, and the parrot parked on Aunt Yu's shoulder also fluttered its wings and chased after it, and also learned to speak: "I want to see! I want to see it!"
Seeing the virtues of the big and small ancestors in the family, Aunt Yu could only give up the struggle, and immediately invited the guests into the living room. When she went to the kitchen to prepare the tea and snacks, Yu Lingling had already found out the small gift for the parrot.
It is a small necklace that can be hung around its neck. It is a delicate Greek-style metal piece and is also very light. The Chinese name of Xiaokui is engraved in miniature on the front, and the address and contact information of Yu's family are laser-printed on the back.
"Pet card!" The little girl called out. The parrot was a little uncomfortable after wearing it, but after flapping its wings and pecking with its sharp beak, it quickly got used to it after finding that it didn't affect its movement at all.
The white cockatoo began to call again: "Pet card! Pet card!"
"Yeah." Seeing that it didn't dislike it, Lin Lan also smiled and nodded, "Xiao Kui, did you thank me?"
"Thank you beauties! Thank you beauties!" Xiaokui raised her sunflower feather crown again, and fluttered her wings to express her joy.
The parrot's last flattering action immediately caused a burst of laughter, and cheers continued in the Yu family's living room.
At sunset, the Lin family's tobacco and liquor store closed down soon. Lin Lan went to the activity center to pick up Mrs. Lin, and Lin Youyu also went home slowly after playing chess.
After a dinner, Xicheng has already lit thousands of lights.
Lin Lan went back to the room after washing up early and got into the quilt, but just like countless young people of today, lying in the quilt does not mean that she will fall asleep immediately.
Lying on the bed and swiping the phone at random, Lin Lan's mind was still on the ability that she learned about in the afternoon.
After visiting Yu's house, after giving the gifts, she ran to the pet clinic downstairs. She also knew the pet doctor there. After all, she raised snowflakes and needed to vaccinate the cat or buy some nutritional cream.
I originally wanted to go in and find a cat to try, but I ended up at the door. The cat and the cat owner who had screamed "the shit shoveler is going to give me an injection again" just came out again. She heard the cat in the pet bag. humming softly. When she received the words "Shoveling shit, I won't forgive you if you don't open two cans of fish to coax me back", she stopped her feet and turned away.
"Sure enough, it's still so weak and strange." Throwing the phone aside, Lin Lan touched her chin and couldn't accept it, "The protagonists in novels usually have supernatural powers, not a perspective that can see through gambling stones, or a spiritual spring that can farm fields. Why are you so shabby when you come to me?"
What can you do if you understand cat language? Order the cats and then rule the earth
Lin Lan thought about it since she raised Snowflakes, and she completely understood how cute and neurotic cats are creatures, and she dismissed her thoughts.
These fluffy ones who can sleep for half a day should continue to be provided by humans.
With a head full of wild thoughts, Lin Lan finally fell asleep in a daze.
In her sleep, she seemed to have turned into a cat again, surrounded by countless cats. Everyone basked in the sun lazily. The sun was too warm and comfortable. Lin Lan and the cats were reluctant to get up. They slept soundly in a group. .
When I opened my eyes again, it was the next morning.
Probably went to bed early last night, and Lin Lan woke up very early today. The genius who looked out the window was only Mengmengliang, and no one in the family woke up at this time.
The old Lin family didn't cook breakfast on weekends. Whoever woke up and consciously went to the snack bar downstairs to buy breakfast, and then the whole family ate it together. Lin Lan, who is accustomed to this rule, doesn't think there is anything wrong. Today, she is the first to get up early, so she will go down to buy breakfast.
After getting dressed and opening the door, Lin Lan was about to take a step when her toes kicked something.
I saw a half-eaten chicken leg neatly placed at the door, a small piece of bacon stolen from nowhere, and a well-packaged candy that she had just accidentally kicked away.
Lin Lan twitched the corners of her mouth and put her forehead on her last hand: "I forgot about this..."
Snowflake's welcome gift.
The white cat sleeping in the corner cathouse rushed out as soon as it heard the sound of Lin Lan's door. The family took good care of it. The white cat was slender and strong, with fluffy, clean and smooth fur, and small paws. So trot towards her.
"Snowflake." Lin Lan shouted at it helplessly, "I've said it many times, don't bring me these next time." She really didn't need it.
The white cat didn't listen. It even picked up the candy that had been kicked away, and placed it in front of Lin Lan neatly. Then, it squatted down, raised its head and called to her with its round golden eyes.
"Meow—" (Lan Lan, Lan Lan, look!)
"Meow-" (There is food here, all for you, don't go out hunting anymore!)
Lin Lan's wry smile suddenly froze.
Cats are clingy and independent creatures. In their eyes, their owners go out early and return late to hunt for food and hunt. They are also used to this situation of disappearing for a long time once they leave. In the cognition of these little guys, going out to hunt is a dangerous behavior that can kill you at any time. If the other party comes back later, it means the foraging is successful. If he doesn't come back...
Lin Lan squatted down in silence, she stretched out her hand and gently picked up the cat in front of her, hugged it into her arms, and didn't move for a while.
After she understood the cat's language, she realized that the truth that had been misunderstood turned out to be like this.
It was never to welcome her home, but to tell her not to travel far.
"I'm not going." She hugged the cat, and felt her nose sore that she could choke tears. "I won't go hunting in the future anymore."