Warm and Sad Cat Stories: The Cat's Gold Coin

Let's continue yesterday's topic~
Yesterday, because of the message of brother @Red , it reminded Xiaolu of the comics I read a long time ago....
"The Cat's Gold Coin" by Nachimisako

Personally, I like Nazhimi Sako's comics very much. It is a warm, innocent, pure and sad story. Her style of painting is not beautiful. With a bit of simplicity, basically the characters are rounded, and the plot content is fantastic, making people immersed in it and reluctant to put it down. I highly recommend it. If you find it in a second-hand bookstore, be sure to buy it and read it!

I remember that I should have bought all of them... I will make sure when I go home next time. If there are any shortages, I will find a way to buy them all. I really recommend it!

In this cat's gold coin book, the story is not only about the cat's gold coin, but also others, but Xiaolu is simply talking about the cat's gold coin story. There are two protagonists in this story: Echigoya and his cat Xiaoyu.
(There are many versions of this story on the Internet, you can find it by looking for the lucky cat in Echigoya)

The story in Xiaolu's impression is as follows:

In the Edo period, there was a famous family called Echigoya, which was a famous and rich family, but it gradually declined after it spread, because the young master of Echigoya only eats, drinks and plays all day.

The most common thing he does is gamble and play with his cat, so of course it will fall!
Although the money is getting less and less, the old housekeeper is very troubled every day, but Echigoya is still heartless holding the cat~

In the end, the Echigo House really closed down, and all the valuable things were taken away by the creditors, leaving only Echigo House, Xiaoyu and the old housekeeper.

The old housekeeper persuaded the little master to cheer up. At this time, Echigoya jokingly said to the cat Xiaoyu:
"In ancient times, there were cranes to repay their kindness. Today, I exchanged my kindness for cats! Xiaoyu, go get some gold coins and come back!"

Xiaoyu really jumped out of her master's arms, and walked out regardless of her master's call that I was joking.

Unexpectedly, after a while, Xiaoyu really came back with a gold coin!

What does the master do when he sees the gold coins? Cheer up and make a comeback?
Hmm... From a certain angle, he has worked hard....
He took gold coins to gamble to get over...
And then lost again....

"Xiaoyu! Come back to me with another gold coin!" The owner said to the kitten.

The kitten hesitated for a moment, then left its owner's arms.

After a while, the kitten came back with another gold coin in its mouth!

Then?
Yes..., the master went to gamble again.... and also lost everything....
But he was not bothered, because he knew that Xiaoyu would find a way for him...

This time, when he told Xiaoyu again that he was going to get the gold coins back, Xiaoyu was no longer in good spirits, but she still jumped out of her master's arms and walked away slowly.

This time, the owner secretly followed the kitten behind him. He wanted to know, where did Xiaoyu get the gold coins?
(Is there a vault somewhere or a buried treasure?)
The owner followed the kitten to a temple, and saw Xiaoyu raised her hands and said while praying:
"Take some hands, take some feet, give me some gold, take some belly, take some hair, give me some gold..."

With the words of the kitten, the kitten gets smaller and smaller....

Echigoya suddenly realized what the kitten was doing, and rushed out of the hiding place screaming:
"Xiaoyu! Stop reading! I don't want those gold coins!"

But the kitten had disappeared, leaving only three gold coins on the ground.

later? Later, the owner finally stopped gambling and worked hard, and also rebuilt the family business, but the cat Xiaoyu will never come back.

.....What a tragic story.... Anyway..., although this is the creation of a cartoonist, it is very popular in Taiwan~ Personally think his prototype should be Xiaojingmao Xiaoyu, everyone If you are interested, you can find it.

And this story also gave Xiaolu three inspirations.
1. Grasp what is really important at the moment, and don’t lose precious affection for external things.
2. Please rely on yourself to make money. Getting something for nothing is not what a good person should do.
3. Gambling will lose.

It has been raining recently, and I rarely encounter cats and cats when I go home. Today, I simply put the shade of the tree when I stopped waiting for the red light in the morning~