Three Color Wanderings

This is the life epic of a calico cat named Xiao San. It opened its eyes in a tin box in the alley of the old city. Under the protection of its mother Gray Ear, it first encountered the warmth of sunshine and cat food, and also ignorantly remembered the kindness and danger in human footsteps. The winter wind blows suddenly, and relatives disappear one after another. The collar with the name "Gray Ear" on it becomes the only thought. Xiao San embarks on an unknown journey. In an abandoned factory, he meets Iron Claw, an old orange cat who teaches him the rules of survival. He briefly touches Tranquility in a cage in a pet shop, and blocks traffic for the girl Lin Xia who once fed him cat food on a rainy night. It follows a group of stray cats through the four seasons of the city, witnesses life and death in the heat and floods, and finds a moment of peace in an abandoned greenhouse. When the years have worn away the childishness at the tips of the claws, Xiaosan embarks on his return journey with his mother's instructions. He meets his mother's bloodline in a familiar alley and reunites with an old friend he has been waiting for for many years. With the innocent eyes of a cat, he can see the indifference and tenderness of the city, and write the most authentic persistence and redemption of life in the farewells and reunions. This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.