Since Xu Ming's accident, he has never been in the field, Lao Xu has not asked him, and the people in the village have acquiesced to this fact. No one said anything about him, but many people would sympathize with Lao Xu openly and secretly, and the neighbors would give Xu Ming a copy if they had anything to eat. Although the village is small, the hearts of the people are warm.

In a few days, Xu Ming became familiar with the villagers, and when he sat at the door in the morning to bask in the sun, the villagers who passed by would also stop to chat with him, although Xu Ming would often say something they didn't understand, but everyone didn't mind, just as Xu Ming was smoked and confused, and intermittently talked nonsense. Fortunately, Xu Mingqing is pure and clean, and he is also a very handsome young man, with a sweet mouth, and he is quite liked by the villagers, and several aunts joked that they wanted to marry their daughters to him. Xu Ming also learned to cook, and in addition to sitting at the door every day to bask in the sun and watch the sky, he walked around the village, and had such a hobby. After all, there was nothing else to do.

Since he saw the cat that night, Xu Ming has never seen it again, maybe the animal is also spiritual, "Xu Ming" cat may have found out that Xu Ming is not "Xu Ming", so he didn't come again. "I kind of miss it. Xu Ming will always have such thoughts, it may be the love for cats left by the previous owner of this body, or it may be Xu Ming's desire for companionship.

Maybe the animals really have spirits, at least this cat does. Five days after Xu Ming met the cat, when he got up from his bed yawning in the morning and opened the door, he saw the cat curled up in the door of their wooden house. The early winter morning is very beautiful, at least this morning is beautiful in Xu Ming's eyes. The sun that had just risen was like the face of a girl who had been red from the cold, and she hid behind the light veil of the mist. The sun is like an old man, and although he can feel the soft light shining through the mist, he can't feel any warmth. There is still a cool feeling in the air that has not faded at night, with the fragrance of the mountain village earth, which makes people feel refreshed. The fields in the distance were still asleep, and the woods were silent, with the occasional birdsong, presumably early to eat insects. The windows of the houses in the village were covered with a layer of hoarfrost, and a thin white mist filled the whole village, like a fairyland. The kitten in front of him was curled up and lying on the ground in front of the door, its fluffy tail was held in its arms, and the kitten used its tail as a pillow to keep warm! Xu Ming cautiously squatted down and looked at the ball-like cat in front of him. He didn't dare to wake it, so he just watched quietly. The kitten seemed to feel Xu Ming's presence, maybe it heard Xu Ming's gentle breathing, or maybe it woke up naturally after sleeping enough. It lifted its little head from its warm arms. A man and a cat look at each other like this. This is obviously just an ordinary tanuki cat, but it has beautiful blue eyes, blue eyes as pure as the sky. Its nose was small and fluttering, and Xu Ming could even feel its inaudible snort. Its little face was still stained with green leaves from nowhere, and there was a small piece of dirty mud on its forehead, like a little kid who came home after finishing his skin outside. But its eyes are as clean as the surface of a calm lake.

Looking at it, Xu Ming was shy, his cheeks were slightly hot, and although he was wearing a cloth shirt, he didn't feel cold. The cat was so embarrassed that it turned its head away from him. The doors of the "squeak" neighbors opened one after another, and Xu Ming finally came to his senses and stood up with difficulty holding the door. The sun had fully risen, the mist had gradually dispersed, and the sun was warmer, but Xu Ming was so cold that he sneezed.

"Morning, Amin. Yo, is the cat back?" The aunt next door opened the door and saw Xu Ming and the cat at the door. "Hurry back and put on your coat, don't freeze. "The aunt didn't show much interest in the kittens that suddenly appeared. Xu Ming sneezed again and sniffed into the room. "Come in. Looking at the kitten who was hesitating outside the door and looking inside from time to time, Xu Ming said with a smile. As if he understood what he was saying, the kitten looked at him with beautiful eyes and stepped gently into the room. The kitten also sneezed, no longer grinding and chirping, and quickly ran into the house.

Lao Xu had already gotten up to make breakfast, which was supposed to be made by Xu Minglai, but it was delayed because of the appearance of the cat. Lao Xu didn't say anything when he saw the cat walking in, grinned, put down the chopsticks and walked to the wall and picked up a small porcelain bowl placed there. There was some dust in the porcelain bowl, but it was not very dirty, Lao Xu washed the bowl, scooped a bowl of porridge and brought it to the kitten. The kitten looked at Lao Xu, then at the porridge, and lowered his head to eat. "Slow down, be careful. Lao Xu slowly squatted down and touched the kitten's head with a smile, the shy kitten only cared about eating porridge, did not hide Lao Xu's hand, and let him stroke his little head twice.

Xu Ming looked at the kitten, and was very happy for some reason, as if a knot in his heart was suddenly untied, and he suddenly felt much lighter and happier.

After breakfast, Lao Xu picked up his hoe and left home. Winter is coming soon, and we have to rush to plant wheat. It seems that no matter what world you are in, food is always the same. Xu Ming washed the dishes, looked at the kitten who was eating porridge all over his face, and suddenly laughed as if he had been poked and laughed. The cat sat on the ground and looked at him suspiciously, its fluffy tail swinging back and forth like a pendulum.

"Little thing, I'm not the same Xu Ming anymore. Xu Ming squatted down and reached out to touch the kitten's head, but the kitten turned his head to dodge. He smiled: "You found out too." Xu Ming saw that he didn't touch it, so he didn't try again. looked at it and said, "Xu Ming was very good to you in the past, even if you find out that he has changed, he will still come back." The cat looked at him without speaking, and it was not clear from its blue eyes that it understood or not. Xu Ming said to himself: "It's winter soon, you can stay in our house, just accompany me, I will be good to you like Xu Ming before." "Meow~" The kitten barked, as if she understood. "I'll have to give you a name, or I won't know what to call you. Xu Ming stretched out his index finger and pointed at the dirty cat, "I have to give you a bath, it's dirty, you are definitely not a good cat who loves cleanliness." "Meow~" The kitten got angry, jumped up lightly and bit Xu Ming's finger. "It hurts!" Xu Ming hurriedly pulled his fingers out. Looking fiercely at the culprit who was sitting on the ground for a long time, Xu Ming suddenly thought of a good name: "Just call you Lao Tie, there's nothing wrong with it!" "Meow~"

After having an extra "old iron" at home, Xu Ming finally found some fun in the somewhat boring mountain village life. Lao Tie was stupid and cute, he couldn't even climb a tree, and finally reluctantly learned to climb a tree with Xu Ming, and he didn't dare to climb too high, let alone jump lightly from the branch like other cats, and fell steadily to the ground like a light feather.

Xu Ming took advantage of the fact that it was not yet winter to boil water and bathed it. It's strange to say, other cats will use their tongues to clean their bodies, Lao Tie is not, it will only rub its body with soft paws, and it has no effect, it still needs Xu Ming to help it wash. The first time Xu Ming helped it take a bath, it still squirmed, if it wasn't so dirty that it couldn't even stand it, it probably wouldn't have let Xu Ming help it take a bath. The first time he took a bath, Xu Ming grabbed Lao Tie's two arms and lifted it up to check it, and after paying the price of a total of four scratches on his hands and face, he finally found out that Lao Tie was a little female cat. But the name is called, and the name "Lao Tie" is still finalized in the "meow" of the protest of the parties concerned, no, the cats concerned.

The days went by, and soon, winter arrived.

This winter was very cold, and the villagers said that they had not experienced such a cold winter for a long time. The snow did not stop, and the wind blew so hard that it blew on the house like a wild boar crashing into it, causing the house to shake violently and make a "crunch" sound. Fortunately, Lao Xu repaired the house before winter, and it was still very sturdy, so that it would not be crushed by snow like a villager's house in the west of the village, so he could only live in the village chief's house temporarily. There was no farm work to do, and Lao Xu was idle, but he still often lit the lamp and ran to the innermost small room without knowing what to do. The house can withstand the wind and snow but can't stop the cold, Xu Ming still feels cold in a tiger skin coat, so he has to wrap himself in the quilt and nest on the bed to barely warm up like this. Lao Tie also followed him to hide in the quilt, but he would rather be frozen than be held in Xu Ming's arms, which made him feel a little defeated. It seems that it is still privately checking the qi of its body between giving birth to Xu Ming.

"I said you're a cat, shouldn't you like being stroked very much?" Xu Ming looked at Lao Tie, who was hiding in the quilt next to him and only showed a small head, "How can you twist and pinch like a woman, and you like to turn over old accounts and sulk." He knocked Lao Tie's head, and Lao Tie bit him back, and retracted his finger in pain.

The cold winter is long, and Xu Ming will whisper to Lao Tie some stories of the earth when Lao Xu is away, those stories that seem to have passed centuries. Regardless of whether Lao Tie understands it or not, he told it some about his past, his former life, and the girl he liked.

"The girl I like is called Tang Jinling. Xu Ming said this with a very gentle smile. From Lao Tie's point of view, it is like this. He looked at the flying snow outside the window and talked about the girl he liked, and didn't notice that Lao Tie buried his head in the quilt, leaving only a gap for breathing, and he listened quietly.

"I fell in love with her the first time I saw her, do you believe it was love at first sight. We met when the club was recruiting, I followed her to apply for the club, she likes photography, and signed up for the photography club, but I don't understand anything, I can only watch the tutorial and learn it by myself......" Xu Ming seems to have returned to his time in college. Telling the story of what happened to him and the girl he liked, it seems that he is telling a story to Lao Tie, and he is more reminiscing about his former life, which was originally a life within reach, but now he can't go back. "She said that she was short of gold in the five elements, and the fortune teller gave her a golden bell, and her father gave her the name 'Golden Bell', which is why I called you Lao Tie. Xu Ming smiled and continued: "I wrote a love letter to her before I came to this world, which I threw myself, because I wanted to chase her with practical actions instead of sweet words, I would have sent it over if I knew it, anyway, even if I was rejected when I came here, I wouldn't feel ashamed." In fact, in the end, it was cowardice. He smiled self-deprecatingly, "I likened her to a little lazy cat in my love letters, quite like you." Why don't I read it to you?" Without waiting for Lao Tie's reaction, Xu Ming read it to himself:

I'll always think of you, my lazy cat. You've been hiding for nineteen years, and we haven't seen each other yet, but I've imagined it countless times when we met. It must have been a warm afternoon, because lazy cats always love such afternoons. You may sit by the window, squinting in the sun, holding the thug's heavy head in your left hand, and holding milk tea in the air in your right hand - lazy cats always like the smell of milk, gently rocking. The sunlight shines through the gaps between the leaves, sprinkling on the white dress, and the dappled light and shadow move on your white dress, which is a mess of beauty. I'm just like now, with a pen in my mouth, thinking about the strange things in the north and the south these days, looking around. You stretch and look up, looking around. Then our eyes met......

Xu Ming's tone was very light, but it was extremely clear, even if the wind and snow were howling outside the house, and Lao Tie was hiding in the quilt, he could still hear it clearly.

"I miss her so much!" Xu Ming lay down on the bed after reading the love letter, sighing softly. Lao Tie stretched out his head from the quilt and lay next to Xu Ming to look at him. Rarely, Lao Tie licked Xu Ming's face. Lao Tie's tongue was soft and warm, and although it was only lightly touched, the comfortable feeling lasted for a long time. Xu Ming stretched out his hand and wanted to touch Lao Tie's head, but it didn't dodge, and let Xu Ming touch it. Lao Tie's hair was soft and a little cold, so Xu Ming simply hugged it directly in his arms. Lao Tie was unguarded and was hugged by him like this, and fell into a warm embrace, it struggled a little, and found that this embrace was surprisingly warm, and it also accepted it half-pushed and half-accepted, and obediently shrank into Xu Ming's arms.