Transmigrating into a 90’s Cat, I Want to Work for My Home Country

The retreating Guo Chao Ming was hit by Bai Xia Xia’s cat paw, he lowered his head, in front was the furry small team that had already very peacefully, extremely obediently lined up into three long rows.

All types of big and small furry ones were sitting down, their paws were pressing on the ground, waiting to eat food in a well-behaved way. It was like when humans lined up, all pairs of eyes were filled with longing.

The fatty big orange cat licked its fur while looking at Guo Chao Ming, its paw even fumbled on the cardboard box like a thief.

Guo Chao Ming: …shocked to the point of splitting open.

The kitty team was well-behaved and quiet.

A small hiccup happened halfway, kitties that were not obedient were suppressed by Fatty Tangerine with violence, the missing ear tabby cat was fierce and fiendish, super vicious and extraordinarily good at fighting.

He scared the group of cats that were lined up until they got airplane ears, and even the line was made orderly, three straight lines.

Guo Chao Ming: This is solid proof of cats who bully the weak but fear the strong.

The furry ones did not dare to be rash, adding on the bloody air around Guo Chao Ming, the cats that distinguished by relying on smell were very afraid too. Thus, they unanimously walked in front of Guo Chao Ming to go through the process, obediently calling a ‘meow’, taking their food, then leaving.

Guo Chao Ming kept his face expressionless throughout the whole process, If I tell this to others, they’ll take me for a mad person for sure!

The beautiful, elegant Persian cat commanded while sitting, occasionally meowing out. Guo Chao Ming handed them out one by one and saw the shadow of Colonel Song on a certain ‘overbearing CEO cat’.

Bai Xia Xia was awfully energetic while acting as an overbearing CEO, she excitingly lifted her paw without stop.

“Aiyo, I was just saying why there would be so many cats, turns out they were attracted by the comrade. You’re…” When Guo Chao Ming was about to finish handing out the things, people came.

“Eating leftover food is enough for these cats, what, are they so precious that ham sausages should be distributed to them?!”

“You, this comrade, really don’t know what being thrifty is, right.”

“…”

Comrade Guo who was forced to carry the blame[1] was helpless.

He very much wanted to say: I, Cat’s human tool to distribute food, carry boxes.

The main culprit is right there basking under the sun!

“The number of stray cats here is already too much, on normal days, whenever anybody has leftover food, they’ll feed them. Don’t feed them such expensive things, it’s a waste!”

After the grandpas and aunties finished educating Guo Chao Ming, they left perfectly satisfied, leaving Guo Chao Ming without a will to live, then continuing distributing ham sausages to the remaining seven to eight cats.

37 sausages, one for each cat.

A small half of the box was left, the stray cats were not willing to leave and drooled with desire, Bai Xia Xia immediately pressed on the box with her cat paw. For safety, she herself also jumped inside it, using her body to hold down the box, Guo Chao Ming: “??”

Comrade Guo glanced at the stray cats that had sausages in their mouths, then turned his head to look at Bai Cat that was puffing up its chest and which strode forward with its head held high in society. A lucky stroke of quick-wittedness arrived, and he said meaningfully: “I understand, you scheming cat!”

Bai Xia Xia ??

She was shocked, her paws curling up, He understood so fast? Guo Chao Ming is smarter than I thought he was!

“And I was thinking about giving you guys a surprise!”

Guo Chao Ming pinched the Persian cat’s tiny ear, impolitely kneading it, “You, this cat, are so ambitious, huh?! You want to form a gang, then become a boss yourself?!”

“Becoming a cat boss, does it feel cool or not?” To think that I believed that this cat was sympathizing with the stray cats, that it wanted to give good things for them to eat, it was just me thinking too much, this black-hearted cat was only thinking about feeling cool once!

Who would’ve thought, this cat has ambitions, no one can stop it!

Guo Chao Ming looked up and down at the weak and powerless noble small kitty, sighing: “After not seeing each other for three days, I’ve a whole new level of respect for you[2]! You went out for a whole afternoon behind my back, and you’ve already assembled many unemployed… cough, cough, stray cats…”

Bai Xia Xia ??? What?! What did you say?!

“Cat ah, using sausages to keep your cat boss status is false, it’s easily shaken, it won’t be everlasting! We can’t create land-owning classes, we need to stand together with the masses of general public!”

Bai Xia Xia: I’m only a cat, please let me off. Can I not avoid the destined political ideas and values education even after transforming into a cat?!

“Even though you come from a capitalist country of exploiting classes, but you must know, you’ve already changed your nationality! Right now, you’re a socialist cat!”

“…” Bai Xia Xia, You’re the one who has changed nationality! Your owner is a cat with a good family background[3].

A guy that doesn’t recognize someone with great abilities and who mistakes a fake one for a real one[4]. I relied on my intelligence to become the big boss cat, not by relying on the sausages! Bah! That’s not right, whose thinking is wrong and wants to become a big boss cat? I’m a good kitty that’s learning from Lei Feng, becoming a big boss cat is a bonus obtained in the process, but it isn’t the result!

“Eh, tell me, does old Qin know that you’re using his ham sausages to enslave other cats and become a boss?” Guo Chao Ming grieved and lamented, trying to pull the cat that had gone in the wrong path back from the edge of the cliff.

Bai Xia Xia: “…” She hatefully smacked away a certain person’s paw that was sneakily freeloading while he was educating: The other party cat does not want to talk to you, moreover, they have cut off the central education channel.

“Quickly disband this group of mobs, understood?” Guo Chao Ming expressed shock and heartache at Bai Xia Xia’s heroic and brave ambition!

Furthermore, he firmly identified Bai Xia Xia’s action of leaving half a box of sausages as persisting in going in the wrong way[5], stubbornly maintaining the gang: “Wake up ah, kitty!”

Comrade Guo carried out brutal ideological education that went on for half an hour on Bai Xia Xia.

Grabbing the cat by its forelimb and bringing it to his front, he asked with a serious face: “Do you know your mistakes?”

Bai Xia Xia: “Scram! You idiot, fool, bastard! Imbecile!!”

Kitty was very agitated, kitty extended out its paws, kitty viciously slapped comrade Guo.

Bai Xia Xia: “You’re callous, ruthless, and making trouble without a reason!”

Guo Chao Ming: “As a cat soldier that works for the people, you must right your mistakes promptly!”

Kitty: Heh! -proceeds to turn its body, swaying its cat butt at Guo Chao Ming-

Guo Chao Ming did not feel dejected at all: To educate, perseverance is necessary.

I’m not hurt at all.

In any case, Bai Xia Xia had already sent off the cats after distributing the sausages.

The truth was, Bai Xia Xia had planned recruit through interviews, but reality had ruthlessly given a slap to Bai Meow Meow who had indulged in a fantasy.

Ones that had the same intelligence as little Black Cat, could only be encountered but not demanded for.

Fortunately, being able to work was enough.

Translator’s comments:

There will always be grandpas and aunties to gossip when something happens.

Translator’s notes:

[1] The literal translation was ‘carry the pot’, but it means to carry the blame.

[2] This is an idiomatic expression ‘士别三日，当刮目相看’. It says three days but can be used even if somebody hasn’t seen the other person for a shorter or longer time. The point is to say that the other person has changed after not seeing each other for some time.

[3] Instead of writing ‘good family background’, the author used ‘red root, upright sprout’. This saying originates from the Cultural Evolution in China from 1966 to 1976. Back then, someone was considered to have a good family background if they were born from workers, poor and lower middle-class peasants, and military martyrs.

[4] Idiomatic expression ‘错把鱼目当珍珠 (cuò bǎ yú mù dāng zhēn zhū)’: lit. translation: ‘mistaking a fish’s eye for a pearl’. It means ‘to mistake a fake thing for the real one’.

[5] Idiomatic expression ‘执迷不悟 (zhí mí bù wù)’: lit. translation: ‘stubbornly persisting on a mistake without realizing’. No need to explain the meaning since it’s basically the same thing.