Rebirth in the 90s: A Perfect Life

111-120

Chapter 111
IKEA rural style

The Cultural Palace used to be a royal palace. It is full of ancient charm. Even now, one can still get a glimpse of the former prosperity and luxury from the faint lines on it. There are towering ancient trees inside. Even if the sun is scorching outside, the heat will disappear as soon as you step in.

Xiao Yang was obviously familiar with the route. He locked the car and greeted the old man waving a palm-leaf fan in the reception room: "Hello, Grandpa Song."

The old man smiled and said, "Oh, it's Xiao Yang." It was obvious that he was very familiar with Xiao Yang.

Xiao Yang pointed at Su Xiaoyue next to him and said, "This is my classmate Su Xiaoyue. We are here to see the cats." Su Xiaoyue followed Xiao Yang and called out "Grandpa Song".

The old man smiled and nodded: "Okay, okay, you are all good children, go, go, they are in the yard."

Su Xiaoyue followed Xiao Yang through the flower corridor next to them. There were several wisterias on both sides, each as thick as a bowl. They had been growing for who knows how many years, with their roots intertwined and climbing up, covering the eaves above tightly. Although the flowering season had passed, the drooping branches were still covered with green leaves.

There was a small door on the side of the flower corridor. Xiao Yang said, "It's here." He walked forward and pushed open the gate.

I immediately saw a lot of cats, big and small, black and white, calico, and tabby cats... Some were lying on the wooden benches in the yard licking their paws, while others were jumping up and down playing.

It was not afraid of people coming, but jumped down, rubbed around their legs and meowed, as if it was acting coquettishly. But Xiaoyue knew that it was not acting coquettishly, but wanted food. In her later life, she often bought cat food to feed the stray cats in the community, so that as soon as she entered the community, kittens would run to her and circle around her, just like now.

But now she had no cat food in her hands, so she could only bend down and touch their heads to comfort them. Obviously, the cats didn't buy into this kind of comfort at all and still surrounded her and called.

Fortunately, Xiao Yang was well prepared. He took out a bag of something similar to cat food from his schoolbag and handed it to Xiaoyue. Xiaoyue took it and looked at it. It seemed to be made of steamed buns mixed with chicken. She found the cat food bowl and poured the food into it. The cats soon gathered around. There were not only the few that had just rubbed against Xiaoyue, but also more than a dozen cats in the cat nest, on the roof, and on the trees.

With food, the cat stopped circling Xiaoyue. She now had the chance to look around the place. The yard was not big and seemed to be where sundries were stored. There were some tattered tables, chairs and benches next to it. There was a row of three-story wooden houses against the wall on the side with awnings on top. There were cat nests in the wooden houses. Although they were used to store sundries and keep cats, they were kept very clean. Looking in from the window next to it, she could vaguely see the bedding and mosquito net on the bed. It was probably the residence of the old man outside.

Xiao Yang and Xiao Yue were sitting on a bench under a tree. A kitten, probably full, jumped onto Xiao Yang's legs and lay down, asking Xiao Yang to tickle it. Xiao Yue looked at Xiao Yang in surprise. Even though Xiao Yang's personality in her eyes had collapsed, he could not be compared to the gentle cat-stroking boy at this moment. Perhaps people are all contrasting.

Xiaoyue: "How did you find this place?"

Xiao Yang: "One time when I came to the Cultural Palace, I found that the old man who was guarding the gate had adopted many stray cats, so he would bring any cats he found to me."