Strange Life of a Cat

The snake head's foot was sprained. Because it was summer and he was wearing shorts, when his foot sank in, there were a few bloody marks from the broken branches.

The trap was not deep, and the snake's head only went in up to his knees, but it contained all kinds of filth, including spoiled melon pulp, other domestic garbage, and the smell of urine.

The snakehead's anger soared, but now was not the time to get angry. He didn't care about the injury on his feet. He held the flashlight steady and held the dagger to find out who was going against him.

The villagers standing not far behind the snakehead felt something brush against them just now, and goosebumps arose on their bodies. Especially when they heard the snakehead said it's evil, they felt a chill on their backs.

I really didn't see anything just now! I just felt... a little cold... The villager trembled. He actually believed what the ghosts and gods said, and he had also done some not-so-good things for the snakeheads. Looking back now, , feeling guilty and feeling like he was being targeted by something dirty.

There was a lot of noise when the smuggler stepped into the trap just now. This family had a dog at home, and it was barking. Zheng Tan decided to add fuel to the fire. After pushing the snake's head, he quickly ran into the vegetable garden. The distance between the fences was just enough for him to pass without jumping. He found a stone from the surrounding area, and before the snakehead noticed it, he threw it at the window of that house.

Snapped!

There was a sound of breaking glass.

The dog inside barked louder and the lights in the house turned on. The back door creaked open, and a big, sturdy native dog rushed out, easily jumped over the fence, and bit the snake's head, biting the arm holding the knife. The dagger fell to the ground.

ah--

A scream disturbed the quiet of the night.

Zheng Tan hid next to the wooden shed and twitched his tail. It hurt when he heard it. Should!

The dog must have had similar experience in catching thieves. It rushed over too fast, climbed over the fence and bit someone, without hesitation at all. I don’t know whether it bit the snake’s head holding the knife’s arm by accident or on purpose. Anyway, Zheng Tan thinks this dog bites well!

The owner of the house who rushed out with a hoe was filled with murderous intent. He thought it was a thief. However, after seeing clearly, he recognized the villager who was with the snake head. After listening to the other person's explanation for a long time, he realized that it was a misunderstanding. However, this dog No matter what the bite, the trap was dug by the group of children in the village. Many people knew about it and it was none of their business. The owner of the house is also a tough character, especially when he saw the dagger dropped by the snake head on the ground, his expression became even worse. How could he take responsibility? In the end, the snakehead can only blame himself for his misfortune.

Zheng Tan escaped while they were arguing. The dog barked at the snake's head and didn't look anywhere else. With the cover of night, no one noticed Zheng Tan, so he walked easily.

The next day, Mr. Gu will take his two children to a friend's place to see turtles. The old man plans to buy a few turtle hatchlings for the children to play with. He can also take them back to Chuhua City to raise them. Anyway, such small turtle hatchlings do not occupy a lot of space. place. Before leaving, someone came to see Mr. Gu, so the plan to go out in the morning was postponed to the afternoon.

There was nothing to do in the morning. Little Yuzi was drawing. Zheng Tan looked at it and saw that the drawing was of the little girl carrying a broken bucket and a sickle on her back.

I heard that she is often beaten. She is so thin. Will she get sick? Xiao Youzi said to Zheng Tan who was lying on the table while drawing.

After finishing the painting, Xiaoyouzi thought of something and asked Zheng Tan: Do you know where she is?

Zheng Tan thought for a while and nodded. Although he didn't know where the girl was now, it was enough to know where she would go. Zheng Tan rarely pretends to be stupid when facing Xiao Youzi alone. Anyway, Xiao Youzi doesn't talk nonsense outside, so sometimes it is more direct to express his meaning.

Little Yuzi got down from the chair, rummaged through her schoolbag, and took out a bag of candies. This was unopened. There were about twenty candies in each bag.

Give her this, I have a lot more. Little Youzi looked at Zheng Tan expectantly.

Zheng Tan nodded again. He quite agreed with Xiao Youzi's approach. That girl's life was really distressing, and a packet of sugar was not an important thing to Xiao Youzi.

Wiping the edge of the bag of sugar with water, she handed the little grapefruit to Zheng Tan. She knew that the black cat in front of her was sometimes a bit mystical and didn't like to pick up random things.

Zheng Tan ran out with the bag of candy in his mouth and did not go to the wild pond. The girl was usually not there in the morning, so Zheng Tan went directly to the secret base where the girl took him last time.

Not seeing the girl, Zheng Tan directly placed the bag of candy where she hid her things and went back without staying any longer.

Not long after Zheng Tan left, a little girl with a tanned body came over. She glanced at the place where the things were hidden and knew that they had been turned over. Her eyes froze, thinking that someone had stolen the things, and she quickly ran over to remove the cover. grass.

What caught my eye was a bag of candy with a very familiar packaging.

She had just finished the last candy, and she was still regretting it when she went to bed last night. She dreamed that there was an extra bag of candy, but she didn't expect that there was actually one.

She carefully tore open the bag and peeled one candy into her mouth. Then she hid the remaining candies again and searched around carefully. Finally, she found a shallow cat footprint in one place. If it took a while, If the wind is strong and the dust blows away, the footprints will no longer be visible.

In a good mood, the little girl decided to go home and see if there was any leftover food. By this time, the family should have finished eating. Then continue fishing for shrimps in the wild pond in the afternoon.

As soon as she stepped into the house, the little girl discovered that there were guests at home. She had seen these three guests when she was in the woods. The black cat was wary of these people. They must not be good people.

This is my Xiaojiu. The man sitting on the chair, smoking a cigarette with a flattering smile, pointed at the little girl who had just entered the door. He is the head of the household.

Sensing something was wrong, the little girl turned around and prepared to run away, but before she could run out the door, she was tightly clamped.

On the other side, Mr. Gu took his two children to see the tortoises. This farmer mainly raised some turtles. Seeing that the two children liked them, the man planned to give some Brazilian tortoise seedlings to Little Youzi and the others. Mr. Gu waved his hand and agreed. Two, I can't raise more, the children are just for fun. The man also gave him a glass fish tank. Mr. Gu didn't like to owe anyone anything, so the two of them pushed it back and forth. In the end, Mr. Gu just stuffed 20 yuan into the man's hand.

Hey, Uncle Gu, I really can't get more than twenty... The man was about to continue talking, but Mr. Gu glared at him and stopped talking. He shook his head and went into the house with a smile. When he came out, he stuffed it with two bags of turtle feed. In the glass tank, without waiting for the old man to speak, he patted his butt and left.

When going back, the two children were playing with the turtle while walking, so the speed slowed down a lot. Zheng Tan stopped and waited for them after walking for a while.

A soil toad jumped out of the grass. Zheng Tan went over to tease it when he had nothing to do. The soil toad kept jumping forward. When it jumped into the grass on the side of the road, Zheng Tan pressed it to the ground with his paw. He didn't let go of his paws even as he croaked, thinking to himself: Baby, let's see where you can jump.

After waiting for two minutes, Zheng Tan slowly let go of his hand. The toad immediately jumped away as if fleeing for its life, crossed the cement road next to it, and disappeared into the field on the other side.

Zheng Tan was squatting in the grass watching the toads disappear when a Santara drove over. It was probably because a truck hauling stones passed by in the morning. There were some small stones scattered and piled up on the road. When the Santala came over, it slowed down to avoid the stones on the side and continued driving.

When the Santara went around the gravel, Zheng Tan saw the person leaning against the back seat window and the person sitting in the driver's seat. The person in the driver's seat was smoking, and the windows were all open. Zheng Tan saw the driver. He was with the smuggler last time, so he should be in the same group.

The rear seat window was filmed and half-open, only half of the face above the nose was exposed, but Zheng Tan recognized it easily, and the other party also saw Zheng Tan squatting in the grass.

Why is that girl in the car? Still with those people? !

From what the little girl said before, Zheng Tan thought that they did not come to the village to buy children, but now it seems that Zheng Tan was wrong.

Without thinking any more, Zheng Tan ran after him. But how can a cat beat a car? What's more, the road is flat, there are no other cars blocking the road, and the speed is relatively fast. After avoiding those stones, the car began to accelerate, as if it was eager to leave here, and quickly threw Zheng Tan away.

Zheng Tan could only watch as the car drove farther and farther until it turned into a black dot and disappeared.

In the car, the little girl who was pressed against the window looked away from the window. Even though she was beaten all over by her own father, the little girl didn't cry even when she knew she was being sold. Her eyes were red and tears were falling down her face. It has been ten years, I have lived in this village for ten years, and when I finally left, the only thing that saved me was a cat.

The person next to her who was responsible for keeping an eye on her looked out the rear window of the car, but didn't see anyone chasing after her. Then he looked at the little girl next to him. He just thought it was a child who couldn't bear to leave home. It didn't matter if she cried. It's a child. It's normal to cry when being taken away by a stranger. They thought something was wrong with the child when he didn't cry before, but now they are relieved.

Zheng Tan was lying on the side of the cement road panting. There was no shadow of the car in his field of vision. He wanted to remember the license plate, but found that there was a baffle covering the license plate. He didn't understand that even if he bought a child, wouldn't the little girl have two sisters? How could it be her turn so soon?

When she went back wearily, Little Youzi was calling Zheng Tan's cat name, and she could tell she was anxious from the sound of her voice.

Seeing Zheng Tan come back, Xiaoyouzi was about to say a few words, but found that Zheng Tan was in a bad state, so she did not say any words of blame.

In the next few days, everyone obviously noticed that something was wrong with Zheng Tan. He was usually so energetic, but now he was lethargic and seemed to be not interested in anything. He ran out once and became even more lethargic and ate less.

Mr. Gu said that he must have missed the female cats, and he specially borrowed two strong female cats from other people's homes. As a result, the two cats stayed far away from Zheng Tan when they saw him, and never came closer, even if they were messed with. Even a female cat in heat didn't come near Zheng Tan.

Jiao's mother wanted to take him to the veterinarian, but Zheng Tan refused to go. In order to reassure Jiao's mother and the others, Zheng Tan's appetite returned to the past, but he seemed not as energetic as before.

In the past few days, after Zheng Tan came back, he went to the girl's secret base several times to make sure that she didn't come back again.

One night while enjoying the cool air outside, I heard people talking.

Sold another one so soon?

I heard that the person selling this time is Xiaojiu.

Xiao Qi and Xiao Ba are still there, why did you choose Xiao Jiu?

Who knows, maybe I bought it because Xiaojiu was the youngest.

Alas, that child didn't even finish the first grade, but I heard that his grades were pretty good in school...

Then Xiaojiu has a fierce temper. She is completely different from her sisters. How can she sell it? A young voice said.

What are you talking about? If you don't know, just shut up! an old man next to him scolded.

Oh, what a sin!

Zheng Tanmo went to the next village to find the little girl's home, but she heard that her father got drunk and fell into the fish pond the night before. He was rescued and sent to the hospital in the town. His life was not worried, but he had to stay in the hospital for a while. . Zheng Tan didn't hear any other useful news. People in the village, including the little girl's family, only knew that Xiao Jiu was sold. As for why it was sold to those people, they didn't know.

At the end of August, Mother Jiao took her children and cat and prepared to leave. School will start in a few days.

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