Life and death topic: Say goodbye to the cat.

In the last week of March, my favorite cat, Xiao Zhi, who had been with me for 15 years, died without warning for two days without eating or drinking. Although Zhou Mi-Mi experienced her grandmother's death when she was two years old, she was still young and didn't have a deep understanding. Xiao Zhi's departure made her face the hardest farewell since she was born to five years old.

In the last week of March, my favorite cat, Xiao Zhi, who had been with me for 15 years, died without warning for two days without eating or drinking. Although Zhou Mi-Mi experienced her grandmother's death when she was two years old, she was still young and didn't have a deep understanding. Xiao Zhi's departure made her face the hardest farewell since she was born to five years old.

The Mystery of Zhou Mi In the era of reptiles, people and cats have been deeply in love.

"Well, let Xiaozhi sleep with me. 」

Xiao Zhi was hospitalized for two nights, and Zhou Mimi refused to go to the animal hospital with me. "I don't want to see Xiao Zhi get an injection", so I invited some good friends to stay with her at home. I sent cans to the hospital on Friday night and went home after seeing the doctor. I didn't realize that this was the last time I saw Xiao Zhi, and told me with her friends that everyone was lobbying her to let Xiao Zhi sleep in her room. She thought for a long time and said, "When Xiao Zhi comes home, let him sleep for a day and sleep well by himself." 」

Compromise. That's a good boy. Everyone laughs like this. Probably after the New Year, Zhou Mi rice was annoyed that Xiao Zhi always stepped on his head before going to bed. Finally, he decided to let me close the door and sleep at night. Every morning when I open the door, I feel so miserable to see Xiao Zhi waiting at the door. I tried to persuade Zhou Mi rice for a long time, but failed.

I can't help it It's really annoying to be trampled on the head all the time, especially Zhou Mi Mi is a child who is hard to sleep and doesn't like to sleep. No matter how hard I hug her, Xiao Zhi will break free and climb onto the beautiful pillow in Zhou Mi.

? The mystery of Zhou Mi, who just learned to walk, began the rest of Xiao Zhi's life after being harassed. )

"I want him to go home and see him again. 」

So on the morning of Xiao Zhi's death, I got a call from the doctor, hiding in the study and crying. The mystery of Zhou Mi woke me up and called "Mom, Mom" in bed. I don't know what to say. I asked her, mom is going to see Xiao Zhi, do you want to? She said, no. I said, what should I do? Everyone goes to work today, and no one can accompany you. She said, go to Wuwei Prefecture.

Wuweiwu is my field, a second-hand public welfare store doing community youth work, just opposite the animal hospital. After picking up my classmate S who was also going to the hospital, I was worried on the way to Wuweiwu. "How about letting Zhou Mi's mystery lose the chance to say goodbye to Xiao Zhi?" "On the other hand, she only dared to ask her in a roundabout way. This conversation was repeated several times:

Me: Mimi, are you sure you don't want to go to the hospital to see Xiao Zhi?

Michelle Obama: No.

Me: Why?

Jeremy: I won't see him until he comes home.

Me: But what if he never comes home?

Michelle Obama: Why?

Me: What if he gets sick and doesn't get well?

Michelle Obama: Then where will he go?

Me: Go to heaven and be an angel, just like grandma.

Jeremy: I don't want it. I want him to see him at home.

When we arrived at Wuwei Prefecture, we went in through the back door. Several junior high school students who have known this for a long time are sitting in the reading room. When they saw us, they shouted, "Achun, Mimi, Xiao Zhi ..." I quickly waved them not to say anything. Zhou Mi mysteriously continued to go to the store. I talked to the children in the reading room and told them that the doctor didn't know what had happened, and I didn't want to see the mystery of Zhou Mi, and I didn't know what to say. After chatting for a while, I said I would go to the front and explain. The adults in front said: It's too late.

(Hugging hard)

"Is Xiao Zhi dead?" "Yes, he's dead. 」

I go to the store on foot. Zhou Mi's godmother was at the counter, but she couldn't even leave the scene and began to cry. Zhou Mi's mystery is at a loss. I cried too, but the child didn't cry. I told her: Mimi, Xiao Zhi has gone to heaven to be an angel, and now we are going to the hospital to take him home. Zhou Mimi said, is Xiao Zhi dead? I said, yes, he's dead.

She burst into tears and asked me to hug her. Ask me, and then what? I said, do you remember why grandma wanted to be an angel? Sometimes people or animals are ill for a long time, and they are very ill and hard. They felt so sad and tired that they decided to go to heaven to rest. We will never see Xiao Zhi again, but he can still see us, and we will remember the happiness with him. Zhou Mimi said, will he come down from the sky to see me after a rest? I said, he can only dream, and you can still be happy with him in the dream. Zhou Mi cried and said, I don't want it! I want him home!

Song Song took a chair and asked me to sit down. I shook my head. It is difficult for a five-year-old child who is too sad to express his sadness with such social conventions as "I hate Xiao Zhi", "I don't want Xiao Zhi" and "Xiao Zhi is dead" (crying loudly). I said, I have to take Xiao Zhi home, and she said no, no, Xiao Zhi. I said the doctor would be troubled. She said you would stay with me. I said no, you can only choose to stay here or go to the hospital with me. I think you'd better go to the hospital. We should say goodbye to Xiao Zhi. She cried. I don't want to say goodbye to Xiao Zhi!

So entangled for a long time, suddenly solved. She said, mom, I'm so sad. You should buy candy to comfort me.

My classmate s and I cried and laughed and said, well, we need it, and so do adults.

(kneading)

"Xiaozhi goodbye. 」

With the blessing of candy, we arrived at the hospital smoothly, and Xiao Ying was already waiting for us. I asked her if she wanted to go in. She shook her head. I said you were outside with Ying. If you need me, I'll be inside with Xiao Zhi. When my classmate S and I were crying, talking to Xiao Zhi and taking pictures of him, Xiaoying came over with her and said she was coming in. She looked at Xiao Zhi for a long time and then said, OK.

When she left the hospital, Zhou Mimi said, Goodbye Xiao Zhi. Then I burst into tears.

(Near the only pet crematorium in Hualien, the environment is quiet)

"This is not XiaoZhi. 」

I have an appointment to cremate my pet on Monday. Zhou Mimi resolutely refused to make an appointment for Sunday. I said, I'll make an appointment for Monday, and I'll finish it when you go to school, okay? She said yes.

But on Monday morning, when I woke her up, I rethought the whole thing and her reaction, and thought that all the initial resistance was because she was afraid of being unknown, but when she arrived at the scene and knew the situation, she would want to say goodbye to Xiao Zhi. After thinking about it, I woke her up and told her, Mimi, mom is going to take Xiao Zhi home to ashes today. I'll tell you how it changed. Xiao Zhi is in the refrigerator now. If we need help, our uncle will take him, and then Shinohara Yingdou Jasmine will go with us. I will read an article I wrote to Xiao Zhi, and we will touch him. Then my uncle will send him to a stove, where Xiao Zhi will be burned to ashes, and then my uncle will help us to grind it into powder, so we can take him home. If you want to go with me, you can just watch Xiao Zhi at first, but when it is ripe and my uncle lets us watch it, you can just stay outside and go to see your mother, because Xiao Zhi will become very unlike Xiao Zhi, and you will think it is not Xiao Zhi. You just need to remember when Xiao Zhi was beautiful. Don't be afraid that Xiao Zhi will burn to death. His soul has gone to heaven, so only his body is left, and he won't get hurt. Think about it. If you want to say goodbye to Xiao Zhi, I'll call to ask the teacher for leave for you.

She said yes.

As usual, at first, she just needs to stay outside. She came over while I was still reading the article, and this time she reached out and touched Xiao Zhi. Afterwards, she told me that Xiao Zhi was not much like Xiao Zhi. He is cold all over, but his hair is still easy to touch.

I cried when I read the eulogy, but Xiao Zhi put it in the stove and stopped crying. Zhou Mimi began to cry at the moment when the stove was turned off.

Jin Lan Crematorium is the only private pet crematorium in Hualien. The scenery nearby is beautiful, close to a Christian cemetery and a beautiful garden. The cemetery staff came to chat with us. Some collectively cremate pets, cats and dogs, and the ashes are buried under a tree, which is very happy. The sound of the incinerator stopped. When Teacher Gu, who helped us deal with it, came out, Doudou and Jasmine stood up tacitly. Molly said, "I want to go to the toilet." Doudou said to Zhou Mi, "Will you stay with her?" "She will be afraid that you will accompany her for a while" and take the child away.

The ancient teacher said that Xiao Zhi was healthy! Look at his bones. There are no impurities at all.

So what Zhou Mi saw was a bottle of powder. She opened her eyes wide and said, this is not Xiao Zhi, but Xiao Zhi. I said, yes, this is not Xiao Zhi. She said, is grandma like this? I said yes, she said, when shall we put Xiao Zhi in the small grid? I said no, we won't put Xiao Zhi in a small grid. We will buy a beautiful flowerpot, bury Xiao Zhi's powder in the soil and plant a plant on it, and Xiao Zhi will be with us forever.

"Even if you are sad, you can't forget humor. 」

Keep the style of the Zhou family, still interspersed with black humor in the crying. In the hospital, we discussed whether to help Xiao Zhi cremate or ask the doctor to contact us. When I talked to Xiao Zhi about the idea of planting a pot of plants, I couldn't help but start to whisper, "Plant a nine-story tower and thank Xiao Zhi for eating it." "Otherwise, other cats will thank him." Zhou Mimi asked seriously, "Is catgrass a plant that grows cats?" ? Everyone paused for a second. I whispered "Thumbelina" and everyone laughed.

Other pet owners waiting for treatment should be dumbfounded. Why are these people laughing at XD?

The next day, we went to see a friend of a friend. Zhou Mimi said sadly to her new friend who met for the first time, "Our cat died yesterday." I explained it a little, and my new friend asked, "What's next? I once again said that the potted plants planted by Xiao Zhi will always be with us, trying to impress the beauty of Zhou Mi. As a result, when I said, "Buy a flowerpot to plant trees", Zhou Mimi suddenly replied, "Then use Xiao Zhi as fertilizer. 」

The whole car laughed. Very good! Super pragmatic!

"This article is the author's view on cooperative innovation, not his position."