Selfish and Good Guys

No more drowsiness, the selfish man kept his eyes open until dawn.It is looking forward to someone who will appear and rescue it from the rope.

But this path is relatively remote, and it passed early in the morning, and no one passed by.

The signal of hunger came from the stomach, and the selfish ghost collapsed on the ground, looking in the direction of home eagerly.

I don't know how long it took, but when the sun went down, there was finally a voice.

The selfish ghost got excited, stood up quickly, and yelled "meow meow meow" a few times.

"Hey, it's still here." The voices of several children responded to the selfish ghost.

The selfish ghost recognized the voices of the children from yesterday, forgot the ropes for a moment, stood up and was about to run.Of course, it only took two steps before it was strangled by the rope.

The voices of several people got closer and closer, and the selfish ghost became more and more panicked.It fled indiscriminately, only to be strangled again and again.

"It's over," the selfish ghost huddled into a ball, trembling involuntarily, "I will definitely be played to death if I do it again."

Seeing that the child walking in front was about to reach out, the selfish man closed his eyes in despair.

"What are you doing!" A crisp voice came, followed by hurried footsteps.

The selfish ghost felt that the person in front of him withdrew his hand, and slowly opened his eyes.

It saw a little girl with two ponytails running over, and the big schoolbag on her back was beating regularly with the frequency of her running.

Ponytail ran over, looked at the chained selfish ghost, and then at the boy in front of him: "Li Lin, are you playing with kittens?"

Li Lin raised his head: "Yang Yating, don't meddle in your own business."

The ponytail did not flinch: "The teacher said to love small animals, believe it or not, I will sue the teacher!"

Hearing Mr. Gao, Li Lin was a little frightened, blushed and argued, "What nonsense are you talking about? The cat was tethered here, and we didn't hurt it."

"That's right, don't talk nonsense." The other boys agreed, muttering dissatisfiedly and scattered.

After everyone left, Ponytail squatted down and reached out to touch the selfish ghost.

The selfish ghost flinched, but finally did not escape.

Ponytail smiled: "What a cute kitten."

Allowing the ponytailed hand to touch his head a few times, the selfish man raised his front paws and scratched the rope around his neck.

Ponytail quickly understood what it meant, and helped it untie the rope: "You go home quickly, and don't let them catch you next time."

The selfish ghost let out a "mi", and after experiencing such a thing, it will never come so far to play again.

Finally freed from the shackles of the rope, the selfish ghost glanced back at the ponytail and ran towards home.

It is obviously very hungry, but at this moment it feels full of strength.It has never been so eager to go home like it is now, even the grumpy old man feels extremely missed.

It thought, after going back, it must tell the good old man what happened in the past two days.Tell it how much it has suffered outside, and let it blame itself.

Unexpectedly, when the selfish ghost cat returned home non-stop, it was greeted by a closed door.

"Meow?" the selfish ghost called out in confusion.Usually at this time, isn't the old man cooking at home?

It walked to the gate and pushed its head against the door, but the door remained motionless.

"Meow?" The selfish ghost looked at the door in front of him, feeling suddenly uneasy.

"Maybe the old man was cooking in the back and accidentally locked the door?" The selfish man comforted himself, and got in through the hole in the back wall.

The kitchen did not have the familiar smell of oily smoke. The old man was not in the kitchen, nor was the good old man who always liked to lie in the backyard to rest.

"Ah Huang?" the selfish man called out to the good man.

There was no reply, and there was no sound in the whole room, which was so quiet that it made people panic.

The selfish man squeezed into the house through the gap in the back door, and looked through every room upstairs and downstairs, but he still didn't see the old man and the nice man.

"Ah Huang, Ah Huang, where are you hiding?" the selfish man shouted loudly, his voice trembling.

Still no response, the selfish man stood in the empty room, feeling himself swallowed by the silence.

The sky gradually darkened, and the old man and the good man still did not come back.The selfish ghost's hopes were completely shattered, and he finally believed that he had been abandoned by the old man.

Crouching in the dark room, the selfish ghost didn't even have the energy to cry.The successive changes made it unable to recover, it closed its eyes, and only hoped that this nightmare would pass quickly.

"Xiao Hei? Xiao Hei?" A familiar voice called out in the half-dream and half-awake state.

The selfish ghost opened his eyes, and when he saw the cat in front of him, he jumped up and hugged it, crying loudly, "Ah Huang...Wow...Is it really you, Ah Huang...Woo..."

The old good man had never seen a selfish man crying so sadly, and was at a loss for a while: "You...what's wrong with you? Well, don't cry."

The selfish ghost hugged the good man and cried for a long time before he stopped.It wiped away its tears, choked up and said, "Ah Huang, am I dreaming again? It was the same way last night. You suddenly appeared by my side. I was so happy, but it turned out that it was just a dream."

"You're not dreaming," said the good man, licking his tears for the selfish man, "I'm really here."

The familiar temperature fell on the corner of his eyes, and the selfish ghost was relieved a little, but he still asked uncertainly, "Is this really not a dream?"

"of course not."

"Then, where did the old man go? Why isn't he at home?"

"He..." The old man's expression dropped, "He followed his child to live in the city."

"What?" exclaimed the Selfish Man. "Has he abandoned us?"

"No, he didn't abandon us. He planned to take us away, but he couldn't find you when he was about to leave. The old man's son was in a hurry to go back to work, and he promised the old man to wait until this afternoon. If you don’t come back, they will leave. As a result, if you haven’t come back until the afternoon, they will leave.”

"Why didn't you come to find me?" The selfish ghost's tone was not very good, if a good old man came to look for it, he would definitely find it.

"I was going to look for you, but I was tied up by the old man, saying that I was afraid that I would not be found again."

The selfish ghost knew that he had wrongly blamed the good old man, and felt a little guilty: "Then...then why didn't you follow them?"

"I was taken into the car by them, but I was afraid that you would be scared when you came back and found that we were gone, so I sneaked back while they were filling up the car."

The selfish ghost was very moved, but he still said stubbornly: "You are stupid! You can only eat with the old man, who wants you to stay with me."

The good old man smiled and said, "I'm also afraid that I won't get used to living there."

It may be that he has experienced too many ups and downs, even though he lost his master, the selfish ghost didn't feel anything.It lay next to the good man, and told him about his adventures.

"You know what, those kids are really bad! They even tried to cut my nails! But I'm not afraid of them. I scratched them hard a few times and scared the shit out of them."

The good man knew the selfish man wasn't telling the truth, but he didn't expose it: "Yeah, you're the best."

"That's right. Ah... I'm so sleepy. Let's talk about the rest tomorrow. I'll go to bed first."

Maybe it was really tired, and the selfish ghost soon fell asleep.The good old man rubbed its face and gently licked the wound on its body.

The next day the selfish ghost woke up from hunger, scratched its ears, and suddenly found that the good old man around him was gone.

"Ah Huang!" The selfish ghost got up and shouted in a panic.

No one should.

The selfish ghost turned around in a panic, and continued to shout without giving up: "Ah Huang, where are you?"

"I'm here, what's wrong?"

The selfish ghost turned around and heaved a sigh of relief when he saw the cat behind him: "Where have you been?" As it said, the circles of its eyes turned red unconsciously.

"I went to find something to eat, what's wrong?"

Only then did the selfish man notice that there was a dying mouse at the feet of the good old man.

"Well... nothing." The selfish man shook his head, his attention was quickly attracted by the mouse.

This is the first time it has seen a mouse. It left its mother shortly after it was born. After being adopted by the old man, no cat told it about the mouse.

"This...you caught this?" The selfish man asked incredulously, "You know how to catch mice?"

"Well, but I'm not very skilled, I only caught this one after a long time."

"Who taught you?" The selfish man was surprised that the good old man who only basked in the sun all day could catch mice.

"My mother." Speaking of mother, the good old man felt a little lost.

"Your mother? Did you still live with your mother?"

"Well, my mother is also a cat raised by the old man."

"Then why haven't I seen it?"

"She... she died, she was run over by a car." The good old man lowered his head.

"I'm sorry..." The selfish man grinds his paws on the ground, not knowing what to say.Only then did it realize that the "big cat" it had been bullying was actually just a child.

"I'm fine." The old man forced a smile, and pushed the mouse forward, "You are hungry, this is for you. I can only find the mouse, don't be disgusted."

Naturally, the selfish ghost would not dislike it, but instead asked with concern: "You gave me the mouse, what should you do?"

"I'll just catch it again."

"Let's eat together." The selfish man pushed the mouse between the two cats, "I'll go find something to eat with you when we're full."

The two cats ate up one mouse in no time, and the selfish smacked his lips with contentment.This is the first time it has eaten rat meat, and it feels pretty good.

But the two cats can't live on mice alone.There are far fewer mice in the countryside now than before. If the mice are not caught, both cats will be hungry.

With a half-full stomach in his arms, the selfish man suddenly misses the grumpy old man very much.

The author has something to say:

Facts tell us that there are very few cats that can catch mice now! ! !

I remember when I was in junior high school, my grandma raised two cats, but the house was still full of mice to the point where I was woken up by mice in the middle of the night! ! !What's the use of cats! ! ! !

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