at dusk.
Zhang Zian rested on the recliner.
The temperature inside was about the same as outside, thanks to the shattered French doors and the unbridled autumn chill. He was afraid of catching a cold, so he didn't dare to fall asleep, so he got up from time to time to move his body, and played hide-and-seek with Xinghai.
"Master Cha, do you want to refill the water?" He asked Old Cha.
Old Tea has returned to the calm old cat who has nothing to do with the world, lying on the electric blanket in a "farmer's belly" posture, shaking his head and watching TV, and can drink hot tea without changing his posture.
"No need, there is enough tea." Old Cha said with a smile.
Zhang Zian snorted, gave up the plan to get up, and planned to close the shop in a while.
"Do you understand what 'there's enough tea' means?" Fina stood up from the tallest cat climbing frame, staring at him with green eyes.
Zhang Zian was puzzled by the question, "Isn't that the literal meaning?"
Fina lowered her head as if resentful, then raised it up again suddenly, "'The tea is full' means that the water has been drunk enough and it's time to eat! Why do I have such an illiterate servant like you!"
Huh? Is that what you mean
Just say it when you're hungry, what's the matter with old tea
Zhang Zian turned around and asked Old Cha: "Master Cha, are you hungry too?"
Old Tea said calmly: "It's okay." Since it said "It's okay", it must be hungry, but it won't be as difficult to serve as Fei Na.
"All right, I'll get some food." Zhang Zian stood up helplessly, and saw Xing Hai squatting at the door, looking left and right at the passers-by.
"Xinghai, how is it? Is everything okay?" he asked. Since that brat incident, he has become extra vigilant.
"Zian, everything is fine." Xinghai turned around and said.
Zhang Zian felt that Xinghai was not as scary as before. When it first came, it was curious and afraid of people. It hid behind the floor-to-ceiling glass door and observed humans. Whenever someone passed by, it would shrink its body and cover its head in fear. But now, the floor-to-ceiling glass door is shattered, but it squats calmly at the door, and only shrinks a little when the eyes of passers-by fall on it, or it will run away when someone wants to enter the store. For Xinghai, curiosity has overwhelmed fear.
It's not just the glass door that's broken, cracks are also appearing in Xinghai's defense against humans.
Zhang Zian thought of the old tea's saying "If you don't break it, you can stand it, if you break it, you can stand it up", and couldn't help but glance at the old tea again. There must be amazing wisdom in its weather-beaten eyes.
"Don't stand there stupidly, I'm going to starve to death!" Fei Na angrily raised her front paw and slapped the cat climbing frame.
"It's really unlucky for you to be such a foodie at the stall..." Zhang Zian lamented and walked up the stairs, "When will I have a girlfriend, the kind who is gentle and considerate and can cook..."
"What did you say! How dare you be so presumptuous to Ben Gong! How dare you say it again!" Fei Na became even more angry, she jumped off the cat climbing frame, and found that Zhang Zian had already slipped away.
"Your Majesty calm down." Old Cha smiled and persuaded, "I think this little friend is just a joke."
"Humph!" Feina's stomach grumbled, "Ben Gong opened his mouth when he was eating, why was he ever hungry! Ever since he came here, he has to be reminded every day to eat!"
While Fei Na was complaining, Xinghai noticed that across the road, Aunt Li and Uncle Li, who came out of the stall almost every day regardless of the weather, showed up on time again.
Zhang Zian took out the prepared chicken breast and fish from the refrigerator in the kitchen, turned on the oven as usual, put the meat in, then selected the duration, and started the oven.
"..."
The oven didn't respond and the light inside didn't come on.
"Why? Did you forget to plug in the power?" Zhang Zian poked his head into the back of the oven to confirm that the power cord was plugged in. He started the range hood, and the range hood was operating normally, which ruled out the possibility of tripping.
"No way, this oven is broken?"
He tapped the oven, hoping it was just a bad connection somewhere, and started it up again.
The oven remained silent.
"Oops!"
This oven was bought by my parents before, and it has been used for many years. It has been used without any problems before, and the function is normal, but it broke down today.
An oven is not worth much, the key is should I go to the market to buy it now? It's okay for him to be hungry for a while, and he can eat other things without the oven, but Fina and Old Tea seem to have nothing else to eat. Especially Fina, if she let her eat the cat food in the store, the consequences would be unimaginable. Fina who is hungry is terrifying, and her anger increases by 100%. At the thought of running downstairs and telling it to be hungry for another hour or two, Zhang Zian felt his liver tremble a little.
He tried to start the oven several times, all to no avail. As for grilling fish and meat with gas... This is too difficult, and you don't even need to try to know that you will fail.
Zhang Zian wandered around the kitchen a few times, but finally couldn't think of anything else, so he had to walk downstairs slowly.
Fina's grievances were not over yet, when she saw him coming down, she immediately became suspicious, "Did the meal be ready? So fast today?"
Old Cha also looked at him curiously. It knew that the meal must not be cooked well, because it didn't smell of grilled fish and grilled chicken breast.
Zhang Zian coughed dryly and said, "I have a suggestion, how about we eat differently today?"
"How to eat?" Fina stared at him coldly, "Let me listen to you, but don't try to fool me like you fool other people!"
Zhang Zian secretly groaned in his heart. He was usually seen by Fina when he was fooling others. It is not so easy to fool him: "Fina, you probably don't know that in the east of this country, there is a man across the sea across a strip of water. Neighbors, named Fusang."
"Well, this old man knows about it." Old Cha said, "I just don't know what connection Fusang has with dinner?"
Zhang Zian took a peek at Fina's icy face, and said bravely: "Speaking of Fusang, people over there are very popular with a way of eating fish called 'sashimi'. In fact, sashimi originated from ancient China. The flower inside is fragrant outside the wall, and because of the abundant aquatic products of hibiscus, it can flourish there. This way of eating has been produced as early as 2000 years ago, and it is about the same period as Fei Na and you... "
"Don't talk about these things, I just asked you how do you eat this sashimi?" Fei Na seemed to see his guilty conscience, and immediately interrupted his ramblings.
"Actually, another word for sashimi is sashimi..." Zhang Zian said while hiding behind Old Cha and shivering.
"Bold! How dare you compare Ben Gong with those ruthless and blood-drinking people!" Fei Na was really angry, the hair on her back was blown up, "Ben Gong never eats raw food!"
"Your Majesty, calm down!" Old Tea hurriedly persuaded, and pressed the pause button on the remote control, "Little friend, what is the reason for eating raw fish suddenly? To tell you the truth, I also have some dislike for raw food..."
"This..." Zhang Zian said helplessly, "Master Cha, the oven suddenly broke down. If you can endure your hunger, I'll go to the city to buy a new oven... But it's the rush hour for get off work, and the people in the city probably don't know what to do. few."
Xinghai tilted his head, staring across the road.
Uncle Li and Aunt Li unloaded a few folding chairs from the electric tricycle, set up the booth, lit the battery lights, lit the gas stove, and began to preheat the iron plates, waiting for customers to come.