After some delay in saving the kitten, the next purchase was accelerated, and they planned to rush to the next town before dark today.

The things were quickly bought, and the two rode out of the city gates.

Not far away, Lu Zhaoling beckoned to look at the increasingly gloomy sky, and said with some concern: "The sky was gray early this morning, and now that it has come to this hour, I don't see the sun, but it is even more gloomy." Will it rain? ”

It's early winter, and the temperature hasn't yet reached the time for snow. It stands to reason that it rarely rains during this season, but in case it does, it will be dark, damp and cold, and it will be very difficult to walk outside.

"Yes." Shen Fengjiu said.

Lu Zhaoling was speechless for a while.

You don't say it as soon as you know it's going to rain......

She was guilty of slander.

"Shall we continue on our way, then? It will be at least a day to the next city, and if it rains, we will definitely not be there before dark. Lu Zhaoling continued.

"Both." Shen Fengjiu's attitude, everything is decided by Lu Zhaoling.

"Hmm......" Lu Zhaoling thought for a while, feeling that he was not in a hurry on this day, "Let's go back to Mengzhou for this day first, and plan more routes after that." ”

Shen Fengjiu had no objection.

The two turned their horses' heads around and soon returned to the city of Mengzhou.

As soon as he entered the city gate, Lu Zhaoling seemed to hear a few slight cat meows.

She looked around suspiciously, and sure enough, she saw a little female cat lying in the grass by the roadside, meowing at her.

It's the one that was besieged just now.

Lu Zhaoling got off the horse, came to the edge of the grass, and looked at the cat.

It was undulating, as if it was breathing hard, and on one side was a kitten, motionless, presumably dead.

Lu Zhaoling tentatively reached out and touched the female cat, but the female cat did not dodge and gently "meowed".

Lu Zhaoling gently held the female cat in his arms, turned his head to Shen Fengjiu and said, "Its child is dead, and it seems to be seriously injured." ”

Shen Fengjiu was silent.

"It's going to rain, and it's so cold outside." Lu Zhaoling couldn't bear to glance at the dying female cat in his arms, "We're going to stay in Mengzhou for a day anyway, let's take it to the inn first." ”

Shen Fengjiu nodded.

Lu Zhaoling carefully hugged the female cat and was about to get up, but the female cat struggled to turn her head and made a slightly poignant "meow" sound from her mouth.

Lu Zhaoling looked at the cat cub that had stiffened in the grass.

Do you want to bring your own children......

Lu Zhaoling's heart was sour.

She took a handkerchief from her baggage, caged the mother cat and the kitten cub together, and held them in her arms. The she-cat finally stopped barking and closed her eyes weakly.

Then Lu Zhaoling held the cat in one hand and the horse in the other, and Shen Fengjiu randomly found a clean inn to live in.

Lu Zhaoling checked the female cat's body, and there were many bleeding wounds on its soft body, and its hind legs were also seriously injured.

After a simple bandage, Lu Zhaoling found some fabric from the soft stuff he carried, padded it under the female cat, and surrounded it to make it as warm as possible.

The female cat lay quietly on the soft cloth mat with her eyes closed, as if she was asleep.

Lu Zhaoling gently touched its furry head, and its small ears twitched.

"Why are you being bullied by them? Did you do something bad? ”

Lu Zhaoling felt the small warm creature in his hand and said softly.

"I know you didn't, you didn't do anything wrong, but they're just going to bully you."

"It's good that you're brave. You're going to stick with it, little thing. ”

Lu Zhaoling looked at the sleeping kitten lovingly, as if he was talking to it, and as if he was talking to himself.

In the afternoon, it rained a winter.

Lu Zhaoling was also shivering in the house by the cold and wet weather.

She looked out the window and saw a deserted and depressed scene. Pedestrians on the streets have taken refuge in their homes, and shops have closed their doors.

On the first day of the journey west, the weather was so bad, it was so frustrating......

Lu Zhaoling sighed.

The day passed quickly, and before dinner, the kitten, who had slept all day, woke up and looked much more refreshed.

Looking at the kitten who had recovered some of his vitality, Lu Zhaoling, who had been bored for a day, suddenly came up with an idea.

She borrowed the back kitchen from the innkeeper, bought some ingredients, worked for a while, made a plate of fragrant braised fish, took the cat with the fish, and knocked on Shen Fengjiu's door.

"I made braised fish, let's eat it together." She shouted enthusiastically.

Shen Fengjiu opened the door and let one person and one cat in.

"It took a lot of work to make this fish! I also asked the store for a few side dishes and a pot of plum wine, which should be delivered soon. ”

After concentrating on finishing a dish, Lu Zhaoling was in a much lighter mood. She sat around the table with Shen Fengjiu, put a hot braised fish with chopsticks into her mouth, and nodded with satisfaction.

"Well, it's delicious! It is worthy of my Lu Daxia's craftsmanship. ”

The kitten rubbed at Lu Zhaoling's feet and made a "meow" sound.

"Don't worry, you've got your share." Lu Zhaoling happily sandwiched a piece of fish, blew it on the side of his mouth, and put it in front of the kitten.

The kitten "purred" and ate it.

"The little thing has a good appetite, and it seems that the body will recover soon." Lu Zhaoling reached out and touched its little head.

Shen Fengjiu didn't speak, and quietly ate the braised fish made by Lu Zhaoling.

Although the meal was not very lively, there was a Shen Fengjiu sitting opposite, and a cat lying at his feet, Lu Zhaoling actually felt very warm.

She no longer has a home.

But there are still people who are willing to be there for her.

Nothing happened overnight.

On the second day, the sky was clear.

Lu Zhaoling got up early in the morning, led the female cat to find a place in the backyard of the inn, and buried its dead cat cubs. The female cat didn't resist anymore, just stood quietly to the side, watching Lu Zhaoling do all this.

When he was about to leave, Lu Zhaoling looked at the scarred kitten behind him, and he was still a little unbearable.

Do you want to leave it here? The weather in the winter is getting worse and worse, and it wanders outside with injuries, not knowing how long it can last.

Lu Zhaoling led the horse and walked slowly on the streets of Mengzhou, the kitten following her feet, still walking a little staggering.

All the way to the city gate, Lu Zhaoling got on the horse, the kitten seemed to realize something, stopped, and looked up at Lu Zhaoling.

Lu Zhaoling rode his horse around the place and tried to take two steps towards the city gate, but the kitten did not follow or bark. It stood silently on the side of the road, looking at her from afar.

Lu Zhaoling was entangled for a long time, and Shen Fengjiu was on the side, and he didn't urge.

She finally made up her mind and said to Shen Fengjiu, "Let's take it with us." ”

Shen Fengjiu nodded.

Lu Zhaoling breathed a sigh of relief.

She happily rolled over and dismounted, ran two steps, and took the kitten in her arms.

"In the future, your little guy will be mixed with Lu Daxia, you know?" She rubbed the kitten's furry face, "You're a Sanhua, let's call you Xiaohua." ”

Xiaohua "meowed" twice, and took the initiative to rub Lu Zhaoling's face with her head.

Lu Zhaoling laughed happily, rode on the horse with the kitten in his arms, and said to Shen Fengjiu: "Let's go!" ”

Shen Fengjiu looked at her bright smiling face, illuminated by the dazzling sunlight on a sunny winter morning.

Shen Fengjiu nodded.

Two people and a cat, riding horses to the west.