Strange Life of a Cat

The reason why Zheng Tan found the smell familiar was because he had smelled it a lot in the East District compound, and he had smelled it a few days ago.

Following the smell, Zheng Tan soon came to a steep slope. Usually, even if there are tour groups passing by, they would not approach this side, or they approached it just to take a couple of cool photos from a distance. I can't go down, it's too dangerous for people, if you don't pay attention, you will roll down, and you will be seriously injured if you don't die.

However, to Zheng Tan, this is nothing. Being a cat has even climbed over walls in the past few years, why are you afraid of such a steep slope?

Standing on the top, Zheng Tan looked down first, and could see the clumps of grass leaves growing densely, people who didn't understand at first glance thought they were weeds. If Zheng Tan hadn't smelled the fragrance of flowers, he wouldn't have been able to find them, and even if he had seen them without the fragrance of flowers, he might not have thought of Old Lan's favorite flower.

However, why do you feel that it is a little different from the flowers on Old Lan's side when you smell it carefully?

Confused, Zheng Tan went down from the top. Although the slope was steep and there were many rocks, Zheng Tan was able to climb down very easily.

Old man Lan likes orchids, and he is also famous for breeding some rare varieties of orchids. Anyone who knows old man Lan knows that the old man's favorite is not the flower species of those hundreds of millions of expensive dead people, but the old man's favorite It is iron bone that many people who grow orchids have raised at a relatively low price. Just like old man Lan's name.

In the courtyard, everyone knows Professor Lan who is very good at growing flowers, but now many people have forgotten Professor Lan’s name——Lan Tiesu, maybe because of the name, or maybe other reasons, old man Lan prefers iron bone .

Except for some areas in the south that are suitable for orchid growth, people who grow orchids in many places in China have such a feeling that the iron bones are diligent in grass and lazy flowers, the leaves are long and the flowers are rare, and some people have not seen them for several years. over flowered. But the old man Lan is really good at raising orchids, Zheng Tan can smell the orchid fragrance of iron bone every year, maybe these are not the same orchids blooming in the same flower pot, but it does not affect Zheng Tan's familiarity with this smell .

In the clump of grass at the foot of the slope, Zheng Tan looked and found the source of the fragrance of flowers. Somewhere in the grass, there are five plain white flowers blooming on the upright scape. The appearance of the flowers is similar to the one raised by the old man Lan, except for a little difference in color. The flowers also have a jade-like crystal texture, they grow better than the flowers at old man Lan's, and the fragrance is also different from that at old man Lan's, and it smells very pleasant.

Zheng Tan didn't know much about orchids. Even though he saw them a lot, he didn't bother to pay attention to them. He felt that the leaves of orchids were similar, so he could only judge by the flowers in front of him that this flower should be of the same type as the old man Lan's. . If old man Lan was here, he would be able to look at its species based on the leaf shape, leaf pants and leaf quality, and speculate on what kind of flowers it will bloom in. Unfortunately, Zheng Tan doesn't understand anything.

He didn't understand, and didn't care too much. He used to despise the old man Lan's obsession with orchids. Isn't it just flowers? Why is it so? Zheng Tan stared at the flower in front of him, trying to figure out what makes it so attractive.

a minute passed...

five minutes passed...

half an hour passed...

Another gust of mountain wind blew, and some fine stones fell from the top of the steep slope, and landed on Zheng Tan's head and feet.

Zheng Tan came back to his senses with a jolt, unknowingly, he actually stared at the orchid in front of him for a long time.

This is not normal!

Zheng Tan is really not interested in flowers at ordinary times, even the few pots sold by old man Lan at a high price, Zheng Tan has also gone to see them, but there has never been such a thing as staring at flowers and staring in a daze.

Taking two steps back, Zheng Tan looked at the flower in front of him again, but this time he did not stare carefully, his eyes moved to the grass leaves next to the flower, Zheng Tan went up to sniff, and then pressed his nose against the leaf After sniffing carefully, although the leaves look the same, the smell of the leaves seems to be slightly different from that of old man Lan.

Zheng Tan also sniffed those flowers and leaves carefully when he saw the sheriff gnawing on orchid leaves at Chuhua University, so he remembered the smell of leaves.

After sniffing, Zheng Tan squatted down and thought.

I always feel that this flower is weird, is it a new variety? Or those flower seeds that Zheng Tan has never seen or smelled?

Otherwise, dig some back and study it for old man Lan?

But thinking about the kind of flowers that old man Lan said, they like to live in groups, and the root system is still developed. What if the roots below are all connected together? Zheng Tan didn't have the energy to dig it out bit by bit. Looking at the flowering place, there is too much grass around, it is estimated that it will be difficult to dig. Zheng sighed that it was troublesome.

You can't dig big ones, just dig small scattered ones.

Zheng Tan walked around the big clump, walked up to one place, pressed his nose against the page and sniffed it, which really made him discover many problems. The smell of the grass leaves here is not exactly the same, some are similar to the smell of the leaves at old man Lan's place, and some are the same as the leaves next to the flower just now.

Therefore, if Zheng Tan wants to dig some back for old man Lan to study, he has to find the same flower as the one just now.

Looking around, Zheng Tan found a rusty iron fork, and there were some instant noodle boxes and other rubbish thrown here, probably thrown here by tourists during Golden Week.

Zheng Tan didn't have the heart to despise those guys who littered, so he started digging up seedlings.

For a person like Zheng Tan who doesn't pay attention to flowers and plants and doesn't understand flowers and plants, digging grass is a toss. If old man Lan sees how Zheng Tan is digging grass in a rude manner, he will definitely raise his eyebrows and shout: It's just nonsense!

While Zheng Tan was trying to toss Hua Miao, the two people on duty at the monkey station were talking on the phone.

I just said don't worry, come over and have a look, those monkeys are having fun on their own again, it's really nothing... Qi Dada? Qi Dada is here, having fun with the other monkeys.

Qi Dada looked at the caller with accusation in his eyes. Which eye saw it having fun? !

It's a pity that the caller couldn't understand Qi Dada's eyes at all, and he was still chatting with the person on the phone.

Cat? Didn't see the black cat... OK, I'll pay attention and let you know if I see it.

At the hotel on the mountain, the hotel owner hung up the phone and told Pei Liang what he had just heard on the phone.

Dad Qi didn't cause trouble? It's really surprising. Pei Liang still knew his monkey very well, but now he said he didn't see a cat, which is strange.

I guess I didn't catch up. That black coal is very slippery. Ermao wasn't too worried anymore.

Go and have a look. Pei Liang still decided to go and have a look in person.

Okay, I've had enough rest anyway. Er Mao also got up.

Leaving the hotel, Pei Liang took Ermao and walked towards Qi Dada.

Zheng Tan looked at the two connected seedlings that had been dug up. He removed them from the big pile. There were only five leaves, plus the two new leaves on the bottom and bottom. It could barely be counted as seven leaves. Two seedlings The lower roots are all broken. Looking at the poor strength, I don't know if the two seedlings will hang up.

It's a pity to throw it here after digging it out.

He found a vine, carried the seedling on his back, and Zheng Tan jumped up from the bottom of the slope.

When climbing up the slope, a leaf broke off, there was nothing I could do about it, the leaf was too long, 30 to 40 centimeters long, Zheng Tan didn’t pay attention when climbing the slope, so it was lucky enough to break off such a leaf.

After going up, Zheng Tan turned around and looked down the slope. Because of the angle, he couldn't see the flowers blooming below. He could only smell the fragrance from below from the occasional changes in the mountain wind.

The change of direction in the mountains, plus Zheng Tan's cat nose is more sensitive than human's sense of smell, this is how I found this place. Besides, the flowers here are not blooming very often, so even if someone knows that there are orchids there on weekdays, I didn't see it blooming, and I thought it was the same as the orchids that many people in the village raised at a low price. I didn't think it was worthwhile to take the risk of digging up hills, because it was not a valuable commodity anyway.

Zheng Tan also felt that it was not a valuable item, and he really didn't have much appreciation for flowers, so he didn't feel guilty about tossing the flower seedlings like this, so he left with his back.

Identifying the direction and listening to the movement of the monkeys, Zheng Tan went there.

When Zheng Tan was about to return to the place where the monkeys were playing baseball, he also heard human voices, including Ermao yelling.

Zheng Tan removed the seedlings from his back, put them aside, shook off the vines, and waited there.

After Ermao and the others found Qi Dada, they also found Zheng Tan very quickly.

Hey, Black Coal, where did you pull the grass? Er Mao leaned over and turned the two tossed grasses, and said.

Let's go, it's getting late, go back down the mountain. Pei Liang comforted Qi Dada, knowing that this guy must have been wronged, but fortunately, he didn't see any injuries on his body.

Okay. Ermao replied, got up and was about to leave, but then found that the trouser leg was hooked and had a hole in it.

Looking down at the cat's paw that tore through his pants, turning around, Er Mao looked at Zheng Tan, What's wrong with you?

Zheng Tan looked at the two seedlings.

Take it with you? Er Mao picked up the two seedlings, Is this not going to survive?

No matter what, it's not troublesome to carry two seedlings. Gong Qin also found a bag to wrap the roots of the seedlings, regardless of whether it is useful or not. ruined the roots.

After going down the mountain, an old man from Pei Liang's family took care of Zheng Tan's two seedlings. He thought they were found by Er Mao from the mountain, and he even used a nice little flower pot.

Can this survive? Ermao asked the old man who helped to deal with it when he went downstairs after placing the black rice.

Should be able to, this thing is easy to raise. The old man didn't care much.

Do you think there is anything special about this grass?

It's nothing special, it's just a common orchid. There are many people here, and there are quite a few in our yard. The old man said. Their place is a tourist area, people are always moving, and many people go up the mountain, and there are people who go deeper, and they have never heard of any rare species of orchids.

Ermao looked at the place pointed by the old man, there were quite a lot of them, and they looked about the same. He couldn't understand why the cat brought the grass back. Could it be for eating?

After staying at Pei Liang's house for four days, Zheng Tan went to see the orchids that were taken care of by the old man who accompanied him every day. It looked like they were alive, so it was worth digging for him.

After returning to Chuhua City, Ermao took the not-so-good-looking orchid and the washed photos upstairs to the Jiao family. The Jiao family was only surprised, and put the flowers on the balcony to grow.

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