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

Song Bei was extremely interested in the cat’s treasured canteen: “I heard, that at the time of the eighties, Cuilian Mountain had already been closed off, large factories that exceeded parameters were not allowed to go to its vicinity. The elders of nearby villages all say, that the spring water in Cuilian Mountain is quite sweet, it couldn’t have filled it with spring water, right?”

Other than that, nothing else could have been put in.

Guo Chao Ming soured until he became a lemon spirit. He was still thinking about how Bai Xia Xia had instantly turned into a soft and cute cat sis, so he purposefully went over to knock the cat’s skull: “It’s a canteen of spring water, but you’re treating it like a treasure.”

“…tsk, tsk, cat with no insight.”

You’re looking down on Cat again, you can’t use Cat to solve fill in the blank questions, zhen is going to become angry!

Bai Xia Xia’s ears pricked up; her fluffy tail was also raised very high. Her small head and left paw dexterously drilled out of the water canteen strap.

Then, like a human, its two hindlimbs separated to hold the canteen while sitting on the floor, then it carefully used its paws to unscrew the canteen cap.

Guo Chao Ming was the first one to smell the fresh and sweet wine aroma that carried a hint of drunkenness.

It seems to be… fruit wine? Once the nose smelled the aroma, he immediately felt his mouth producing saliva, it was sweet.

“You’re not allowed to look; I won’t let you see!”

The cat arduously held its treasured fruit wine and avoided Guo Chao Ming’s big head; it pushed it to the side of Song Bei’s legs.

Its paws patted his calf, Song Bei carried the cat along with the wine canteen to the top of the table.

“Old Song, where did this cat fill it with wine?” Guo Chao Ming had only sniffed once, but his wine bug had already been baited.

The army expressly stipulated, drinking wine was prohibited. Guo Chao Ming and the others had to lead by example even more so, so when they really wanted to drink, they would choose a resting time when they did not need to do training, then sneakily drink one or two gulps, because they did not dare to drink more.

After drinking, they would crazily rinse their mouths, to remove the smell of wine.

Most of wine sold on the nineties market was baijiu[1]. Wu Liang Ye[2], Mao Tai[3], Lang Jiu[4], and many types of baijiu were all in a dazzling lineup. For those who could not drink baijiu, there were other beverages: Jian Li Bao[5], Cola Cao[6], Xiao Xiang Bin[7], and Nescafe[8] that had recently come out, these were synonymous with high-end, elegant, and classy in this moment in time.

Baijiu

Wu Liang Ye

Mao Tai

Lang Jiu

Jian Li Bao

Cola Cao

Xiao Xiang Bin

Nescafe

The packaging of Nescafe was something that could be placed in the wine cabinet, to be used as an exhibit to let guests see, and it was a rarely seen expensive present.

In this moment in time, there practically was no fruit wine, and on the market, there were even fewer people who sold it.

A few scattered small factories sold them in villages and small towns, or sometimes relatives would brew fruit wine and mutually exchange them, but there were no well-known big brands of fruit wine.

The rapid development of fruit wine, the ever-increasing types, were things from ten years in the future.

Bai Xia Xia pulled out four one-time use paper cups, her fluffy paws arduously held the canteen, then wobbly poured wine for everybody.

The light green liquor was like clear lake water, so green that it was transparent, cleanly green, and there was no hint of opaqueness or solid matter.

The old snub-nosed monkey was proud of the monkey wine that it had brewed, when it said that it was the best try, it had not overexaggerated.

This monkey wine’s clarity could compare to the known big brands of wine that were sold in the American market, furthermore, its color was purer.

“For you.” Elders first, plus, I still need to hug little bundle’s big thigh[9].

Bai Xia Xia furry paw pushed the first cup to Song Bei.

Mother Song accepted it with a blooming face; the second cup was also full to the brim, and it was pushed to Qin Xiao.

Guo Chao Ming was so acidic that he became a lemon spirit: “The canteen, it was me who gave it to you, heartless kid!”

I’m always the last one, Comrade Guo’s sadness flowed like a river.

He expectantly waited for his portion, but only a little bit was poured into the third cup, then the cat put down the canteen while panting.

The cat’s two paws held the last cup, then hugged it into its chest.

Mine!

She did not dare to drink too much, if a cat drank a lot, it would easily become drunk.

The wine brewed by the old monkey was absolutely delicious, fresh and sweet.

When drunk in plain summer, it was cool, but it did not hurt the stomach like iced juice.

“Good wine!” Song Bei did not care about where the drink came from? Speaking truthfully, he had also been craving it.

If this were baijiu, he may have hesitated a bit, because even if it was a resting day, he had to keep in mind the army’s rules.

But since it was fruit wine, he did not have as many misgivings, the alcoholic content was low, so even if he drank a lot, he would not become drunk, therefore he drank it as if he was drinking a beverage.

There was no way that animals would be like humans and mention the pure alcohol content, this monkey wine’s slight stimulating spice was just right on the spot; it could not be compared to the alcoholic content of the innumerable fruit wines in the future, but it was natural and had a distinctive flavor, like a sweet spring flowing into the throat, “Delicious!”

“It’s pleasantly sweet, but not that sweet. Mm, seems like many fruits were put into it…” Song Bei had also drank fruit wine brewed by his relatives in his hometown. Most were crude, the wine was turbid and had fruit pulps remaining, and when drunk, it was sour and very so-so.

This fruit wine… Song Bei had to give a big thumbs up: A fragrance is left in the mouth, greatly surprising!

Qin Xiao: “It’s indeed a good wine.”

Comrade Guo Chao Ming’s expectations were turned into flowing water, he aggrievedly and dejectedly found a place to sit down and started self-isolation.

He stopped talking, and like a frosted eggplant— —just, feeling very wronged.

…the kitty is heartless.

Translator’s comments:

It took such a long time to read about all those types of wine, as well as drinks. I died.

Translator’s notes:

[1] Baijiu is Chinese distilled spirit made from fermented sorghum or sometimes rice.

[2] Wu Liang Ye is a type of baijiu that is a specialty product of Yibin City, Sichuan Province in China. It is fermented from five kinds of grains, which are: wheat, rice, corn, sorghum, and glutinous rice.

[3] Mao Tai is a style of baijiu distilled from fermented sorghum that is made in the town of Maotai from the Guizhou Province of China.

[4] Lang Jiu is a type of baijiu originated from Erlang Town, Guilin County, Luzhou, Sichuan that uses water from the Erlang spring to brew. It is a Chinese geographical indication product.

[5] Jian Li Bao was one of the most popular Chinese soft drinks in the 1990s. It was the official drink of the Chinese team in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.

[6] Cola Cao is a sugary chocolate drink with minerals and vitamins that originated in Spain.

[7] Xiao Xiang Bin is a sparkling wine made from wine or fruit juice, sugar, flavoring, dissolved carbon dioxide gas, and other ingredients. It was popular with children from the years 1970-1990 as it looked like beer but tasted sweet.

[8] Nescafe is a brand of coffee from the company Nestle.

[9] Little bundle is the nickname Bai Xia Xia has given to Song Bei. Hugging a big thigh means to take advantage of someone’s authority and advantages to get some benefit.