It rained heavily during the Qingming Festival. On April 6, my father, aunt and uncle, and I went to the Galaxy Cemetery to worship our deceased grandparents...

Before I set off, I saw a news on Douyin that the annual income of a post-00s business exceeded one million. He opened a pet funeral service company, with an average fee of 1,000 yuan per service. Some shovelers even offered 23,000 yuan to bury their cats.

After watching it, I remembered my grandmother’s simple funeral and couldn’t help but laugh.

At that time, in the service hall of the funeral home, many items that increased the charge were listed, including bathing the ancestors. Because my grandmother loved me during her lifetime, I wanted her to report to heaven cleanly and decently, so I asked my elders to add a bath to my grandmother. However, both mothers and aunts refused harshly. They said that the fees at the funeral home were too high and ordinary families could not afford such expenses. Moreover, how grand the funeral was, how could the ancestors know that the grand funeral was usually for the guests who came to pay their respects!

What a irony! Raising your own old mother is not as good as a cat!

Unfortunately, my contemptuous expression was discovered by my husband next to me. He asked me curiously what I was laughing at. I said that the world is so big, it is really amazing! The post-00s generation actually made a fortune by burying pets. A cat's funeral can actually cost more than 20,000 yuan. It's really putting the cart before the horse!

But the husband said seriously, "What's ridiculous?" This is a act of respecting life. He said that after the dog in his hometown in his rural area died, his grandmother carried the dog up the mountain and buried it himself." After hearing this, I was very aggrieved. I have treated dogs as treasures since I was a child, but my husband was so cold that I despise my life and I was cold-blooded and ruthless.

After a moment of pause, I counterattacked my husband: "You are so hypocritical! In fact, if you treat the dog as a slave, you have never played with the dog since childhood. Just give it a little leftover, it will risk its life to protect the house for you all your life! If the dog dies, your grandmother burys it, and it becomes awe of life?!

I really love dogs! When I was a child, my grandfather had three dogs at home. I never regarded them as slaves. I gave them food to Baolu dog food (a big brand that has been more than 30 years old) and used shower gel for dogs. I would always play with them for two hours every lunch break until I went to school in the afternoon. Sometimes I even fed the chewed fruit to their mouths with my hands. ”

After hearing this, my husband wanted to refute but wanted to say something but stopped. I took advantage of the opportunity to continue attacking: "Every time I mentioned the matter of raising a cat to you, you always have a way to shirk it. Once, I even said something in 0.1 second, the cat is so smelly! What you rush out is what you say in your heart!

My husband was speechless by me. In order to save his face, he said that cat shit is indeed smelly, and the dog guards the house and protects the hospital. Isn’t it normal for cats to catch mice? ! Those shovelers hold funerals for pets, to put it nicely, respect life, but to put it bluntly, white-haired people give black-haired dogs/cats! Most pets have shorter lifespans than humans. Wouldn’t it be even more sad to do this? !

Seeing that my husband admitted his fault, I gave up. On the day of the grave sweeping, I discovered a new life at my grandfather's house...

It was a cat sent by my cousin's classmate. It looked a bit like a short-blue. Since I always like to pet cats and dogs, I directly attacked it. This cat is also strange. When I didn't get close, its eyes lit up and kept showing me "stealing the head" to death. But just as I was about to touch it, it triggered the emergency mechanism and tried its best to break free from my "claw". After the aunt next to me noticed it, she patted my shoulder: "Yingshi, don't do it!"

Taking the authoritative position of my aunt, I immediately let go of my hand to pet cats and asked me why I didn’t pet cats. My aunt said that cats, like humans, don’t like to be tossed, and this cat is used to catch mice, so it’s dirty! After hearing what my aunt said, I put away my hands, but it was hard to move my nature, and I hadn't been petting my cat for many years, so I was really "hungry". Wherever the cat ran, my eyes would follow...

In the past few days, good news has come one after another. My husband’s teaching certificate has been released, he has been admitted to the postgraduate entrance examination, and he has also found a stable job. Considering that he was studying agricultural management, I decided to accompany him to the South China Botanical Garden on the day of his vacation to see the flowers in the greenhouse. But there were unexpected situations in the world. Guangzhou suddenly hung a yellow rainstorm warning, and the TV also said that this kind of weather poses extreme risks. To be safe, I chose to go to the mall with my childlike heart and planned to go out for the secret room with my husband.

However, he was very resistant to my choice. He felt that making money was not easy, and spending money on the edge of learning and entrepreneurship. So he pretended to be tired and almost fainted when he saw that attitude... Because I knew him, it was hard for me to continue to get entangled. But in order to find out the fun of going out, I ran to the pet store in the mall...

During this period, a cat impressed me very deeply. It was locked in a breathable glass window. Whenever a stranger came close to the glass and watched, it would immediately lift its belly, fearing that others would not be able to see its cute appearance. This cat has a boundless journey! Although his IQ is only a few years old, it is so painful that there will definitely be a good master who will carefully care for it in the future! This is my first feeling about it...

Indeed, cats, like humans, are busy and hard for their livelihood! I feel this feeling when my mother was entangled by stray cats before...

At that time, my mother came back from shopping in the supermarket and was about to flip through the access card in her handbag when a wild cat suddenly wrapped around her feet and kept snuggling between her feet. This made my mother lose her mind for a moment. On the one hand, she was covered with bags of food and daily necessities with her hands, and she didn't drive away the cat; on the other hand, her mother was a kind-hearted person and couldn't bear to kick the cat away with her feet. When my mother reacted, the cat had already started to scream at her, and her pitifulness was comparable to "Daji"!

Later, my mother told me that the cat had been entangled for about ten minutes and refused to give up. She probably wanted to go home with her...I agree with my mother's guess! Because usually, when I watch Douyin, I always see some videos related to cats and dogs, so I know that the fate of pets is mainly divided into two extremes, if it weren’t the emperor or the beggar.

Those who are spoiled by their masters have no worries about food and clothing, and they will win directly; the abandoned lives are like duckweeds. In order to survive, they wander around and search through the trash can just to get a meal that cannot fill their stomachs. Their life is to spend several years in a hungry and dirty environment, and then wait for the arrival of death.

In addition, some people often call pet lovers "better to animals than to parents." For me, I don't know whether they are filial to their parents, so I don't comment on them. But there is only one thing: cats and dogs, like humans, must escape from suffering and live comfortably and happily, rely on their own practice and fortune! Of course, luck is also indispensable!

I glanced at my husband, who was looking at the cat in the store intently, as if he was deeply attracted by its cute appearance. I gently pulled his sleeve and signaled him to look at me. He turned his head and I smiled and said, "Look, how cute this cat is, every move it shows us his attitude to life."

The husband nodded and he whispered, "Yes, every life has its value of existence, and we should not underestimate them. I was too cold to you before, and I apologize to you."

I looked at him in surprise and then smiled softly. I know that he really understands the value of life, not just to meet our needs. I held his hand and whispered, "Let's work together to respect every life, okay?"

The husband nodded, and a firm light flashed in his eyes.

We walked out of the store together, the rain outside had stopped and a beautiful rainbow appeared in the sky. I know that this is the best symbol of our new understanding of life. We smiled at each other and decided to enjoy this wonderful day, respect every life, and love the world.