Dream Guide

The blind woman lives alone, and her children don't come here except during the holidays. Normally, something would happen as soon as he came here. Either his granddaughter wanted to buy a piano, or his car broke down and he had no money to repair it. Anyway, it wouldn't be complete until the blind woman collected all the money she got in exchange for the rags.

At the end of the year, we can have a reunion dinner. My daughter-in-law cooks, my daughter washes the dishes, and my grandchildren hang around. It's a happy time. The blind woman lived frugally and spent all her savings for the year on this day. She bought some good vegetables, made a few boxes of snacks, and gave big red envelopes to her grandchildren.

Although she knew that they were all thinking about her house. If she didn't have a house, they might not come back during the New Year. But she was still happy, still willingly went out to pick up rags every day, and saved up money to wait for this day every year.

The blind woman also had a cat. After her children all moved out, she and the cat depended on each other.

She picks up rags every day, and when she goes out, her cat stays at home to guard the house. For so many years, the house has been littered with garbage, but there has never been a rat infestation.

Although the blind woman is old, she has a good memory. I picked up a few bottles today and I am very aware of the kilograms of cardboard. Sometimes after a night, there would be a few more waste bottles on the ground, and the blind woman would know that the cats had picked them up.

Cats don’t ask for good food, so they will eat whatever the blind woman eats. Mix some fish soup with vegetable soup and rice, and it will also taste delicious.

When cats get old, they stop running around and lie down quietly every day.

Her son suddenly came back a while ago. Normally, the children never come to the house in September or October, because that is usually when the blind woman is at her poorest, and all the money is spent on her grandchildren during their summer vacation. Even if you have some surplus food, you should still keep the New Year flowers. It was really strange for my son to come to my house at this time.

The blind woman asked, "What's wrong? Did you lose the money in gambling and your wife won't let you in?" She knew that her son was a gambler and had the same virtue as her dead old man. .

The son said: "No."

The blind woman was surprised: "What's going on?"

The son asked: "Where is the cat?"

The blind woman said: "The cat is annoying you, what do you want it to do?"

The son said: "Call the cat and ask me to take it away."

The blind woman was unhappy: "You don't want to be my son, so I rely on it as a companion. If you take it away again, how will I live?"

The son left sadly.

My daughter came the next day.

The daughter said: "Mom, where is the cat?"

The blind woman felt something was wrong and asked, "Why are you looking for a cat?"

The daughter said: "Lily wants to raise a cat, so just take your cat and raise it to her."

Lily is the daughter of a daughter and the niece of the blind woman. If her niece really liked it, she would be willing to give it up, but she knew that Lily didn't like cats. Every time she saw a cat during the Chinese New Year, she would find it dirty and stay away.

The blind woman said: "This cat is old and has difficulty walking. You can buy a cat for Lily. It won't cost much."

The daughter also left sadly.

The blind woman didn't know about the cat-killing order at that time. The old community where she lived was full of old people, and the news was much behind that of other places. Later, there was a riot in the community, with people killing cats every day and crying every day. She witnessed with her own eyes that the stray cats gathered near the trash cans were trapped and killed one by one with food and net bags, and videos were taken.

The old neighbor advised her to kill the cat. She was going to die of old age anyway, and she could get a thousand yuan by killing a cat. She didn't understand why she had to kill him in exchange for money. This cat meat wasn't delicious, was it?

The blind woman regarded the cat as a friend, so of course she was reluctant to kill the cat, so she kept the cat at home and wouldn't let it go out. The cat meows all day long at home and is restless when sleeping, like a person having a nightmare.

Finally one day, everyone came to her door and said that the cat was poisonous and asked her to hand it over. The blind woman has raised cats for half her life, but she still can't figure out why cats are poisonous? If she doesn't allow it, people will rush in and catch the cat.

At this time, her son and daughter came to protect the old lady and quarreled with the neighbors, saying that the cat was their own and if they wanted to kill it, they would have to be killed by their own family, and it would not be anyone else's turn. The neighbors all dispersed.

The blind woman thought that she was her biological child after all, and came to help her at the critical moment. Unexpectedly, as soon as the outsider left, the son and daughter quarreled over who would kill the cat. The quarrel was even more intense than the previous quarrel with the outsider.

The cat was hiding in the old lady's arms, with its frightened eyes open and trembling. The blind woman said that if you want to kill me, you should kill me too.

Her daughter advised her: "Mom, are you okay? Give me the cat and I will buy you a dog."

The son took the opportunity to snatch the cat and ran away. The daughter shouted and ran after her brother. The blind woman was so angry that she fainted and lay on the cold ground all night. When she woke up, she was cold and hungry. When she saw the half bowl of cat food left by the wall, she cried and stuffed it into her mouth one by one.

The rain was pouring down with no sign of stopping. The blind woman carried the snakeskin bag and walked home step by step. She knew that what the little guy in the snakeskin bag needed most now was food and fire. Maybe I can survive! she thought.

A crow call came from behind. The blind woman was startled, staggered, and almost fell down.

A bolt of lightning split the dark night. The blind woman looked back and saw a big crow flying from the trash can, rushing into the heavy rain, and croaked away.

The lightning went out, and the night fell into thick darkness again.

The Ruhua Bar in Liuying Lane is still open for business. Its two-story, three-bay facade is much more luxurious than the small bar in the past. However, today's heavy rain made the business seem a bit deserted.

Mo Yu held her guitar and sang a soothing serenade on the stage, while Xiao Qi sat at the bartender's seat and chatted with the regular patrons.

Bi Shenghua left the affairs of the store to Xiao Qi and Mo Yu. She would only work on weekends or when she was particularly busy, and she seemed to have the attitude of a real boss lady. However, she is still the signature of Ruhua Bar. Many people miss the wine made by Mr. Hua in Liuying Lane back then. They come here to take a sip and catch a glimpse of the heroic figure of a woman who can chase gangsters to the police station with a knife. So when she was there, business was particularly good.

It rained heavily today and there were few guests, so Yishenghua went upstairs to help Aoki tidy up the room. If you don't take care of this weird place where you live for a day, it will become incredibly messy. But what Bishenghua didn't understand was that the room where Aoki slept was always spotless. Even if she didn't clean it for him for a month, the feather duster wouldn't be able to remove any dust.

Aoki stood at the window with a cigarette in his mouth, looking at the heavy rain outside the window, letting the raindrops float in and fall on him.

"Turn it off, look at your smoke!"

Just as Life Flower was about to close the window, suddenly a black shadow flew in like lightning, landed on the shelf, shook itself, and squawked twice.

"Ah, you're finally back!" Bi Shenghua went to get a hair dryer and said while drying Crow, "I thought you died outside!"

"I mobilized all the brothers in the city to look for him. Today there was news that he was hiding in the reeds by the river in the outer city. I thought he made a living by fishing! But he said he went to a nearby trash can at night. He rummaged through the food and ate it, what a poor guy! I went over to look for it, but couldn’t find it. It was raining too hard, so I’ll go have a look tomorrow.”

The crow waited for the feathers on his body to dry, then lay down comfortably on the sofa, "Hey, where's my elbow?"

Bishenghua brought over the food box that had been prepared long ago: "I know how to eat, why don't I eat you to death!"