Early in the morning, Old Man Chang had already opened his small repair shop.
In this area, most people did not have the extra money to buy another shop, so they all converted part of their houses into shops. Some houses had shops on the ground floor and housing above, while others had shops at the front and housing at the back. In short, the shops and housing were basically connected, so this area felt more crowded. There was no pattern to the distribution, and from a high altitude, it looked like the ground was cracked randomly.
The surrounding houses were not tall, mostly two or three stories, and there were fewer five or six stories. Small worn-out aircraft and flying cars that were as old as Udoze's old car could be seen everywhere.
Old Man Chang's house was not big, but it had three stories. The first floor was used as a shop, and the second and third floors were residential areas. Perhaps it was because there were too many people back then that there were more rooms.
The room that Silin stayed in was only one of the larger ones. It used to be Old Man Chang's room, but in order to take care of his grandchildren, Old Man Chang moved in with his four grandchildren.
Although the triplets were only five years old, they were very sensible. Despite their young age, they helped Old Man Chang a lot. Just like now, after Old Man Chang opened the shop, Chang Xiaoliu and Chang Xiaoba helped to deliver parts and clean the machinery. When they saw that Old Man Chang was tired, they would bring him a glass of water.
Chang Little Eight was with a girl. She was the child who hid behind the door and did not approach Cillin from the start. He was not as open to strangers as his two older brothers, but one could tell from the look in the little fellow's eyes that he was actually a clever child.
"Grandpa, Little Seven went to bother that big brother again. He's not coming to work!"
Chang Xiaoba handed Old Man Chang a glass of water and complained with a pout.
In the past, the triplets worked together, but now only Chang Xiaoliu and Chang Xiaoba were here to help. That mischievous Little Seven had run away again.
Old Man Chang rubbed his granddaughter's head and said with a smile, "It's fine. I told Little Seven that he can watch from the side, but don't disturb his rest. Little Seven will come down later when he's bored. "
Old Man Chang knew his grandson well. Silin was sleeping most of the time, so he could recover faster. Therefore, if Chang Xiaoba went, Silin would most likely be sleeping, and no one would pay attention to Little Seven. This way, Little Seven would not be able to stay idle. He would come down later to watch.
It wasn't that Old Man Chang wasn't wary of outsiders. It was just that Old Man Chang felt too much pity for Cillin. Cillin was sent out on a space maintenance mission at such a young age. Although his family was poor, Old Man Chang would never allow his grandson or granddaughter to develop in that direction. Thinking of similar experiences when he was young, Old Man Chang could not help but sigh. How Silin.
However, Old man Chang had guessed wrong this time. However, Old man Chang of Man Chang had guessed wrong this time.
Out of curiosity, Chang Xiaoqi went upstairs to check on her big brother who was eating, sleeping, and taking medicine all by himself. The first thing she saw was a gray cat squatting on the short table next to the bed.
Because Old Man Chang couldn't get away from work, he basically prepared food and pills here and put them on the table. When Silin woke up, he could eat them directly.
Now, Chang Xiaoba saw the cat, who had been judged dead for a long time, squatting on the low table and eating the food prepared for the patient. Chang Xiaoba's mouth was wide open, and he was a little stunned.
Noticing the movement on Chang Xiaoba's side, Huimao raised his head and glanced at Chang Xiaoba listlessly. After determining that there was no threat, he continued to bury his head and eat.
Originally, Chang Xiaoba wanted to call Grandpa and Little Six and Little Eight to come and see, but he remembered that Grandpa had said not to make a noise in front of the patient. However, Chang Xiaoba was now very curious and did not want to leave.
After all, he was a child, and it was difficult to suppress his curiosity.
Chang Xiaoba looked at Huimao, and then carefully and slowly moved to the side. Until Chang Xiaoba walked to the side of the low table, Huimao did not raise his head, but his ears moved along with Chang Xiaoba's movements.
Chang Xiaoba bit his finger, and seeing that Huimao did not look at him, he lowered his voice and whispered, "Kitten!"
Huimao's ears flickered, but he still did not raise his head.
There were two reasons why Huimao ignored Chang Xiaoba. First, it was eating, and was not in the mood to pay attention to this little brat who had almost zero fighting power. Second, it did not understand what this little brat was saying at all.
Chang Xiaoba continued to bite his finger, and shouted twice, but seeing that Huimao still ignored him, he became bolder, and raised his chubby little hand, which still had a dimple, towards the cat's head, and poked!
After poking, he immediately withdrew his hand. This little brat still had this bit of intelligence.
Huimao finally raised his head and glanced at Chang Xiaoba. His eyes were still in a lazy half-open state, and his mouth was still chewing. He lazily blinked his eyes, lowered his head, and continued to fight with the food.
Chang Xiaoba was now full of energy, and after Huimao lowered his head, he continued to poke.
However, this time he did not poke. Just as he was about to poke the cat's head, Huimao raised his front paw and slapped it down, then stepped on it. Huimao did not extend his claws. After being in contact with humans for so many years, he still had a basic understanding.
After this series of actions, Huimao still did not raise his head, and continued to step on Chang Xiaoba's chubby little hand, and continued to bury his head in his food.
Chang Xiaoba, who had his chubby little hand stepped on, did not cry, but instead chuckled — it did not hurt!
Of course it did not hurt. Huimao did not use much force, nor did he extend his claws. Instead, the soft pads of flesh on the sole of his foot made Chang Xiaoba feel very comfortable.
Chang Xiaoba's guts grew, and his playful heart grew. He pulled out his chubby little hand, and then immediately covered Huimao's sole.
Huimao finally raised his head again, stuck out his tongue, and licked his lips, and looked towards Chang Xiaoba. Right now, the little brat was happily looking at him.
He yawned lazily, and habitually prepared to lick his paw, but he realized that the situation was not right, so he pulled his foot out from under Chang Xiaoba's chubby little hand, licked it, wiped his face, and then covered Chang Xiaoba's chubby little hand again.
Chang Xiaoba laughed happily, pulled out his hand, and covered Huimao's paw again.
Huimao: "…"
…
So, when Silin woke up, he saw these two childish guys playing a paw folding game.
Silin dared to bet that this cat was definitely not fully awake, otherwise it would not be so patient to fold a little bean's palm.
Chang Xiaoba, on the other hand, was so happy that he wanted to jump up. Alas, childish kids are much happier.
Aware of the situation on Silin's side, Huimao's half-opened eyes finally opened, and he withdrew his foot. Then, he flicked his tail and gently whipped the little brat, then jumped to Silin's side. He didn't dare to jump directly on Silin's body. Now that Silin was in the recovery period, it was better to avoid it.
"Silin, you're finally awake!" Huimao was finally awake now, and he walked over happily.
When he woke up, he was also in a bad condition. He checked around and found that there were a lot of mechanical products around, but they were all low-end goods. He didn't know where he was. He didn't have the mind to care too much, but after eating some food, he had recovered a little.
Chang Xiaoba bit his finger and looked at them, not understanding Huimao's words. But this cat's meow was actually different from other cats!
Silin patted Huimao's head, then smiled at Chang Xiaoba and said, "Xiaoba, do you have any more food? Help me get some."
"Yes!" Chang Xiaoba grinned and immediately rushed out with his short legs. The storage cabinet was not far from here.
Although Chang Xiaoba didn't know how to speak the imperial language, he could understand some of it. In addition, Silin had learned some of the language here in the past few days, so basic communication between the two was no longer a problem.
Hearing Silin's language, Huimao looked at Silin doubtfully. "I've never heard the language you're speaking."
"This isn't the League of Stars. It should be on the other side of the space-time vortex. So before you learn the language here, you should just be an ordinary cat."
Huimao shook his whiskers. "Are you saying that I should learn to meow like a cat?"
Silin looked at Huimao as if he was talking nonsense. "You're a cat to begin with."
"Okay, but I'll be able to learn the language here very soon." It didn't take more than a minute to understand the language here through the machinery here.
"By the way, Silin, you don't look right now." Huimao raised his paw and pointed at Silin's face. When he woke up, if he hadn't been too familiar with the connection between him and Silin, he would have really thought that the guy lying next to him was someone else.
"Don't look right?"
Silin propped himself up and looked at his current situation through the reflection of a small metal plate not far away. He couldn't help but laugh.
It seemed that when he passed through the space-time vortex, the genetic phenotype had been reset and returned to his original appearance.
The current Silin had returned to the appearance he had on Planet Brown Earth. His physique had also undergone some slight changes. Silin rubbed his face and felt that this face was still the best and pleasing to the eye. No matter how much the genetic phenotype was artificially changed, it was still not as comfortable as his original appearance.
"This is my original appearance," Silin said.
"Oh …" Huimao looked at Silin curiously. In the past, he had heard from Kari and the others that Silin had other appearances. He didn't expect that this was his real appearance.
Silin gave Huimao a simple explanation of their experience after being sucked in by the space-time vortex. If it wasn't for Old Chang's family, Silin didn't know how long he would have stayed in this unfamiliar galaxy in space.
"The little guy who played the claw game with you just now is Chang Xiaoqi, one of the triplets."
Huimao was about to explain that he had played the childish game with the little kid because he hadn't woken up yet. However, when he heard Chang Xiaoqi's footsteps, he stopped talking and started to 'communicate' with the machinery in the area to learn a new language.
Chang Xiaoqi came over with a large plate. On it was a large piece of meat from an unknown animal. Next to the meat were two small fish. It seemed that it was specially prepared for Huimao.
The food on the tray was a little heavy, so Chang Xiaoqi had to hold it with all his might. Cillin hurriedly accepted it and rubbed Chang Xiaoqi's head, "Thank you, Xiaoqi. It's still warm. Did you make this yourself? You're very capable! "
"No … It's not that difficult!" Chang Xiaoqi looked at Huimao and laughed.
Cillin picked up Wheeze's plate from the short table and placed the two fishes on it. Then, he said in the Empire's common language with a slight accent, "Wheeze, this is Little Seven's kind regards."
Huimao had almost understood the language in this short period of time. He could understand Silin's words. He bared his teeth at Chang Xiaoqi, indicating that he understood. He jumped to the side of the plate and began to eat the fish.
He didn't need to eat it to know that the fish didn't taste good just by smelling it. But now, Huimao wasn't picky and immersed himself in eating the two fish.
"Xiaoqi, don't you want to eat?" Silin cut a piece of meat and handed it to Chang Xiaoqi.
Chang Xiaoqi shook his head. "I'm not hungry!" His eyes were fixed on Huimao. He raised his chubby little hand and put it down. It seemed that he wanted to touch Huimao.
Silin smiled and began to eat the meat on the plate.
The food on the plate came from compressed capsules. This relatively cheap compressed capsule was commonly used by the people at the bottom of the society. It was convenient and time-saving. One only needed to put the selected capsule into a special machine and press the button. It would only take half a minute.
Even though the operation was simple, it was not easy for a five-year-old child like Chang Xiaoqi to do this alone. The children of the poor matured early.
Silin ate while looking at the curly leaf pattern on his hand. This thing was like a navigation needle that had drawn Silin to this place. Otherwise, it would be impossible for only Silin to change at that time.
The Gen Family was probably in the capital star region that Old Man Chang mentioned.
Unlike the League of Stars, this planet belonged to the twenty-third star region of the Mist Bodhisattva Empire's twenty-six star regions. It was just a small, unremarkable planet.
In his original star system, genotype determined one's future. But here, it was very difficult to stand out without a good background even if you had great innate qualities. Using the League of Stars's A-rank standard, many people became bodyguards for nobles whose genes weren't that good. Then, human life was like grass.
He looked at the food on the plate. These capsules were relatively cheap, but they were still meat. The poor wouldn't eat them for a long time. Their meager income wasn't enough to support them for a long time. Old Man Chang probably didn't have much in his family either. The compressed capsules Silin was eating were probably enough for Old Man Chang and his family to eat for a day.
Old Man Chang loved his grandchildren very much, and it was obvious from the food they ate. Adhering to the principle of suffering everything, but not the children, Old Man Chang had spent a lot of effort on this group of children. The family's savings had not increased much, and a large part of the reason was that this group of half-grown children had eaten. The triplets were chubby, and it was obvious that they hadn't starved much in the past.
Chang Xiaoqi watched happily as Huimao finished the two fish. Huimao didn't hesitate to say "thank you" to Chang Xiaoqi after he was done eating. He spoke in the local dialect perfectly.
Chang Xiaoqi's eyes widened as he pointed a chubby finger at Huimao. "You … you can talk!"
Huimao licked his paws and wiped his mouth. "Why can't I talk?"
Chang Xiaoqi didn't answer. But when he saw Huimao's silly smile, he thought of something and ran downstairs. "Grandpa, Little Six, Little Eight, there's a smart cat here!"
The corner of Silin's mouth twitched. It seemed that in the eyes of these little kids, a handsome guy like him was far inferior to the foodie Huimao.
When Huimao heard the words "smart cat," he immediately classified Chang Xiaoqi as someone who had a discerning eye for talent. He squatted there and raised his chin, looking like he was an elite.
Old Man Chang, who was repairing the machinery, put down his work, wiped his hands, and walked upstairs. Next to him, Chang Xiaoliu and Chang Xiaoba, who were helping him, immediately rushed upstairs when they heard Chang Xiaoqi's shout.
They were surprised to see the cat, which had been thought dead for a long time, squatting on the low table proudly. Old Man Chang, in particular, carefully tapped the cat. At first glance, it didn't seem different from other cats, but when he observed it closely, he found that it was very spiritual.
"Grandpa, Grandpa." Chang Xiaoqi took Old Man Chang's hand and said proudly, "The kitten said hello to me!"
Chang Xiaoliu and Chang Xiaoba's eyes lit up. There were people on their street who had pets that they could talk to, but those families treasured them. The triplets had only seen them from afar a few times, but they had never gotten close to them. When they heard Chang Xiaoqi's words, Chang Xiaoliu and Chang Xiaoba couldn't hold themselves back. They surrounded Huimao and chattered.
When he heard the triplets' praise, Huimao raised his head and puffed out his chest, pretending to be serious. Then he said in a standard dialect, "Hello!"
Glancing at Huimao, who looked serious, but who knew if Huimao's heart was already fluttering, Silin curled his lips. What a moron!
Silin introduced Huimao to Old Man Chang and the others again. "This is a pet that I met by accident a few years ago. It has been following me ever since. Its name is Wheeze."
When he heard Silin's words, Old Man Chang didn't think too much about it. He smiled and watched the triplets talk to Huimao. However, he was still a little surprised that this cat could speak in the local dialect.
Silin explained that this was because he had met some people on this planet before, and Huimao had learned this accent from them.
Old Man Chang didn't show any reluctance when Chang Xiaoqi took the initiative to give the best meat compression capsule and two fish compression capsules to Silin and Huimao.
In another two days, Silin would be almost recovered. When Old Man Chang asked Silin about his plans, Silin expressed the hope that he could stay here to help Old Man Chang for the time being. After all, Silin was familiar with machinery maintenance, so he didn't need to pay him a salary. He just needed to take care of his meals and accommodation.
He couldn't go to the imperial capital for the time being. Right now, Silin hadn't figured out the situation in the Saran Empire. Silin wouldn't act rashly, so he chose to stay here for a while to fully recuperate and adjust his state before taking action. After all, Silin didn't have anyone to rely on here.
Old Man Chang was very happy that Silin could stay and help. There were also empty rooms in the house. It was a burden for Old Man Chang to feed an adult and a cat, but with Silin's help, the harvest would be greater. However, Old Man Chang insisted that he would pay Silin a salary. It wasn't good for a young man to have no money.
Silin and Huimao stayed. The happiest were the triplets, so they could play with the kitten.
The triplets cheered, and Old Man Chang smiled at the three little guys, his eyes full of love.
Silin couldn't help in his current condition, but Huimao could. So after lunch, there was a scene in the shop: three little kids followed behind a Huimao, moving parts.
However, Old Man Chang did save a lot of effort. When a part was needed, Huimao and the triplets took it from the parts rack. The model was also very accurate, unlike before, when Old Man Chang had to describe it in detail before the triplets could get the correct model.
Old Man Chang was happy. It seemed that this cat wasn't just for show.
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