There are many things to pay attention to when buying cats.
First of all, from the perspective of appearance, you need to observe whether there are deformities in the cat's tail, foot claws and spine. If there is such a situation, the cat will most likely be difficult to feed.
Secondly, we should observe whether the kitten is energetic and whether the movements are flexible and healthy. We should also see if the cat's lower abdomen is too thin or abnormally swollen. If there are these problems, it is most likely that it is a sick cat.
Cats are prone to parasitic diseases, so you should also check whether the fur is moldy and whether there are parasites or black worms and poops on the inner layer of the coat?
If the cat's eyes often cry, it means that it is eye disease. For normal cats, the mouth bite should be normal, and the nose should be slightly wet, breathing smoothly and without noise, and the butt is also clean.
There were more than twenty cats of various colors in the old man's cage, staring at Chen Mingluo and others with all expressions.
After reading it, Chen Mingluo thought that the old man’s cats were good and healthy, at least there were no sick cats or disabled cats. However, when he looked at the size of the cat, he felt a little dissatisfied. Most of them were kittens. If he met a big mouse, who would eat whom?
So Chen Mingluo asked, "Master, are there any adult cats?"
"Adult cat?" The old man held his own water cup and asked in surprise, "Everyone in the city likes to raise kittens? This cat is also raised since childhood, so why do you want to buy an old cat?"
"I want to buy two cats to prevent mice." Chen Mingluo replied.
"Catch a mouse?" The old man grabbed his bald head, thought for a while and said, "Then these cats are not good. There are a few old cats in my house. I'll ask someone to send them to you. These kittens are afraid of mice, which is not helpful."
Cats are afraid of mice when they see them? Chen Mingluo felt a little moved after hearing this, and remembered those nursery rhymes. The mice are afraid of cats. That is a rumor. What's the terrible thing about a kitten? Boost the rat and knock the cat over.
Could it be that this is really the case in reality?!
After hearing the old man's words, the three of them said that they were fine and could wait for a while.
The old man explained to a person beside him, then ran to the telephone booth and made a phone call. After about ten minutes, a young man ran over with two old cats in his arms.
"Uncle, what are you anxious to catch the old cat here?" the young man asked after putting the cat down.
The old man replied, "Someone wants to buy cats that can catch mice. I think these old cats in my house are okay."
Now that living conditions are better, raising cats is rarely for catching mice. Although they are habitually raising cats in the village, there are many fewer mice now. Even if there are cats at home, they rarely catch mice.
The old man raised all the old cats, but they were all older cats. They used to be experts in mouse catching, but now they are still as powerful as never-ending swords.
"To be honest, these two cats have developed feelings for each other, and you may not be able to keep them here." The old man grabbed the two cats, grabbed their heads with some pity, teased them for a few times, and then said to Chen Mingluo, "Are you going to raise them or use them temporarily?"
"It's probably just a month." Chen Mingluo said to the old man.
As he thought, at most, these white sugar would take action in one month. It would be a bit troublesome to raise two cats at that time. It would be great if he could rent a cat, so he asked the old man, "Uncle, can this cat be rented? Rent it for one or two months."
"Rent a cat?" the old man thought for a while and said, "Forget it, I can't offer you this. You can take it for two months and send it back to me at that time."
Chen Mingluo thought to himself that the old man was easy to talk to, so he immediately bought fifty dollars and said to the old man, "Okay, this is considered rent. Don't worry, I will definitely not treat these two cats badly, and I will eat meat every day."
This, letting them eat mice every day should be considered as having meat every meal, right?
The old man nodded, then grabbed the hair on the backs of the two old cats and said to them, "Old cat, old cat, come to someone's house, catch the mice well, don't embarrass me."
So Chen Mingluo carried two old cats, left the egg market with Yang Yi and Mao Qingyu, took another tricycle, sent them home, and went home by himself.
My mother Dai Xuan also went home and was having food. When she saw Chen Mingluo carrying two cats back, she couldn't help but feel a little surprised. Seeing that the cat had white hair on its head and back, she immediately asked, "Where did you carry two old cats back?"
"I rented it with someone and used it to catch mice." Chen Mingluo put the cat on the ground, went to the kitchen to find a large bowl, put some water, and then cut two pieces of meat from the ribs that his mother was cleaning, cut them into thin strips, and gave them to the cat for food.
"This cat is really old-" After Dai Xuan prepared the meal, she came to see the two cats, and then said to Chen Mingluo.
"Don't you think it's old? I see that they are very agile and they are very fierce when eating." Chen Mingluo replied.
"Why didn't there?" Dai Xuan pointed to the two old cats and said, "Often when a cat gets old, its beard will first turn white, and then white hair will appear on the top of its head and back. Look at these two cats, all the white hairs in three places are all snow-white. Isn't it old enough?"
"Is that so? I really don't know about this." Chen Mingluo didn't know about these things.
But it doesn't matter. It's just for a month or two. As long as they can scare away the big mice in the warehouse, they have completed their historical mission.
The two old cats had a really good appetite. Not only did they eat the meat prepared by Chen Mingluo for them, but they also ordered some stewed pork ribs from him. Judging from that, they prefer to eat cooked food.
"The cat is old and mature." Dai Xuan said to Chen Mingluo.
After lunch, Chen Mingluo had to take a nap as usual. Just when he was sleeping in darkness, he suddenly felt something a little wet on his face rubbing. When he opened half of his eyes, an old cat was licking his face with his tongue.
Then he heard a meow, and another old cat jumped off the cabinet at the bedside and pressed directly on his chest.
Chen Mingluo felt that he almost didn't get angry. The cat weighed about ten pounds, jumped down from a height of 1.67 meters and hit his chest, which was almost like a bombshell. Chen Mingluo felt that his sternum was almost broken.
He turned his head and looked at the clock. It was exactly 2:30 in the afternoon. When he saw the two cats walking aside with peace of mind, he grabbed each other's hair, licked each other, as if he was washing and dressing up.
Chapter completed!