Strange Life of a Cat

After Zheng Tan came back, he quickly forgot about the orchids on the balcony. At first, he didn't think about how to give the orchids to Old Man Lan. Potted orchids are watered and raised. Until one day old man Lan came to ask.

The old man Lan ran into Gong Qin while taking a walk after dinner. During the conversation, Gong Qin talked about what happened when he went on a trip a few days ago. It's a very interesting thing, but under Ermao's instructions, she didn't mention it outside. It was mentioned in front of old man Lan because the two of them were talking about flowers and plants, and they accidentally slipped her mouth. So, Out of curiosity, old man Lan went straight to the fifth floor.

Jiao's mother is the only one in the Jiao family at the moment. Xiao Youzi was called by her classmates to help with the competition questions. Jiao Yuan went to play with his friends, and Jiao's father was still busy.

Seeing Professor Lan who was panting heavily, Mother Jiao quickly poured a glass of water for fear that something might happen to the old man.

What's the matter, Professor Lan? After getting acquainted with Professor Lan, Jiao's mother is not as afraid of Professor Lan as before, and her words are more casual, but seeing Professor Lan like this, she still can't help but worry. The first thing that comes to mind is: Is my cat Didn't you cause trouble? Could it be that he gnawed some precious flower seeds?

If Zheng Tan knew what Jiao Ma was thinking, he would probably die of suffocation. It's all the sheriff's fault.

Climbing up to the fifth floor in one breath, still in a hurry, the old man Yilan was so tired that he was panting and had a sore throat. After drinking water, he improved a lot, and without resting, he asked directly: Heitan brought me a few days ago. Come back with a pot of orchids?

Unexpectedly, this was the case, Jiao Ma immediately felt relieved, and took old man Lan to look at the pot of orchids on the balcony.

This is the pot. Jiao Ma pointed it out to Old Lan.

Zheng Tan went out with Xiaoyuzi, and then came back from a walk outside. Just as he entered the door, he heard the old man Lan being irritable. He suddenly remembered the miserable appearance of the pot of orchids on the balcony. Absolutely going crazy. Therefore, Zheng Tan hesitated whether to exit the door and go for a walk outside, but thinking of Jiao Mama being the only one at home, he wondered if he could handle Old Lan's bad temper.

Forget it, always have to face it.

Zheng Tan bit the bullet and walked in the door, leaned in front of the door to peep his head, and was caught by the old man who turned around just in time.

Heitan! Come here!! Old Lan shouted.

Jiao Ma's heart was suspended again, and she couldn't help worrying.

Zheng Tan dawdled to the balcony.

Did you gnaw this leaf?! No, there is no trace of gnawing... Could it be that you broke this leaf?! Oh, how can you plant it like this! It can't go on like this... I didn't know when I talked about the latter Are you criticizing Zheng Tan or the person who planted flowers.

Jiao Ma stood beside her with an embarrassed expression on her face. In fact, she really wanted to say that it was just an ordinary orchid. As for making such a fuss? But thinking of old man Lan's temper, he held back.

Zheng Tan felt that the old man Lan was suddenly possessed by mania, and his words were illogical, so he circled around the pot of orchids that had been tossed miserably, his words and deeds revealed his distress for this potted flower, as if he had dug a piece of his flesh of.

Zheng Tan sneered in his heart. Although the old man Lan felt sorry for the pot of orchid the sheriff gnawed on, he didn't feel so distressed, which shows the weight of iron bone in the old man Lan's heart.

When old man Lan's manic symptoms decayed, the old man seemed to have made some decision.

This potted flower, I'll help you grow it for a while before bringing it here. Old man Lan said to Jiao's mother, and looked at Zheng Tan after speaking.

Jiao Ma also looked at Zheng Tan, and then said to Old Man Lan: No problem, you can take it...I'll move it down for you.

It's okay, I can still move such a small pot of orchids. Avoiding Mother Jiao's hand who wanted to come over to help carry it, Old Man Lan lifted the flower pot by himself, and sighed at Zheng Tan when he left.

After Father Jiao came back in the evening and found out about it, he didn't have any objection to Old Lan's removal of the flowers. Anyway, he is not a person who knows how to grow flowers, and raising flowers is also a science, and Professor Jiao is not very proficient in this knowledge.

I'm just worried that Heitan will get emotional. Didn't Er Mao downstairs say that Heitan found and brought the flower back? Jiao Ma said.

Don't worry, Heitan won't get angry. You know, if a cat really wants to protect its food, others can't easily snatch it from its mouth. In the same way, if you really care about that potted flower and want to put it at home, Heitan The charcoal will definitely be kept watertight, just like its private money. Apparently, Father Jiao knows Zheng Tan better.

After Old Man Lan moved the flowers down, Zheng Tan seldom saw Old Man Lan for a few days, and he never saw Old Man Lan go downstairs for a walk after dinner on weekdays, bragging and talking nonsense with his old friends. When Zheng Tan overheard those old professors talking about Old Man Lan, he said that Old Man Lan had recently become obsessed with magic, just for a pot of broken flowers with a market price of only a few dozen yuan or even cheaper.

When he came back from a walk and went upstairs, Zheng Tan saw that the door of old man Lan's house on the third floor was open, so he walked in.

In the room, the old lady Zhai was sweeping the floor, when she saw Zheng Tan, she immediately smiled, and waved to Zheng Tan, signaling Zheng Tan to go in and play.

With Mrs. Zhai around, old man Lan won't become agitated, so Zheng Tan doesn't have to worry about poking old man Zhong Lan's agitation point and the old man will go mad at him.

Old man Lan was flipping through the book in the study with his reading glasses on. At the same time, he was recording something in a notebook. He was murmuring in a low voice. He didn’t know what he was talking about. Zheng Tan couldn’t catch the words clearly. I don't know what it means.

After sweeping the floor, the old lady sat on the sofa to rest. Seeing Zheng Tan standing at the door of the study and looking in, she called Zheng Tan in a low voice, telling Zheng Tan not to disturb old man Lan, and then patted the sofa next to her. .

Zheng Tan jumped onto the sofa and sat down next to old lady Zhai, listening to the old lady chattering in a low voice.

Hey, Heitan, what kind of orchid do you think you brought back? The old man has been studying it for a few days. Recently, he talks about this in his sleep and dreams. You have to call him, you have to force him to come over to eat, and you have to rush him to sleep.

The old lady wasn't blaming Zheng Tan for anything, she was just expressing her feelings. Anyway, there have been many similar situations in the past, old couples and old wives who have been married for decades, and old lady Zhai knows old man Lan quite well.

Zheng Tan's heart moved, hearing what the old lady said, that orchid was really different. Zheng Tan was able to detect the difference because he saw the flowers and smelled the smell. The smell on the leaves is also one of the identification methods, but can people distinguish and judge the difference between leaves by smell? Based on Zheng Tan's understanding of these old professors of science and engineering, they should look for more and more direct evidence. Therefore, the biggest possibility is that the old man Lan saw the difference from the few grass leaves, or he was changing the flowerpot. When did you see the difference in the roots?

Anyway, Zheng Tan didn't have that ability, and even the old people at Pei Liang's house didn't notice it. It can only be said that this is the real expert.

Zheng Tan was listening to the old lady talking when he saw three old men coming in from the door. It was the old professors who lived in the compound and often chatted nonsense with Old Lan.

Lao Lan, have you researched anything? An old man with a loud voice called to the study.

Why are you shouting?! Old Lan took off his glasses, rubbed his eyes, stood up and walked to the living room, raised his eyebrows when he saw Zheng Tan lying on the sofa, and asked the few people who came in without saying anything. The old man said, If you have something to say, just leave quickly and don't disturb me.

The three old men had long adapted to Old Lan's way of speaking, and they were not angry, and sighed to Zheng with a smile: Heitan, hurry up and eat Lao Lan's pot of orchids, and I'll give you a bowl of small yellow croakers after eating a leaf.

The other two old men were not left behind either.

I'll give you two bowls.

In addition to me, I will give two bowls for one leaf, so that we can make up five bowls. Heitan, come on!

Zheng Tan: ... Go to your uncle!

An old man wandered around, looked at the pot of orchids, and then looked at the other pots of iron bone, then came back and shook his head, I really don't know what you're struggling with, aren't they all the same?

Anyway, I look the same. Another old man also said.

Hey, will it bloom next year? Then we can see the difference. The third old man asked.

Old Lan gave them a sideways look, Next year? Hmph, it's a good idea. Just this potted flower will take at least three or four years to bloom, maybe even longer.

Hearing this, Zheng Tan froze instantly. In vain, he was still full of expectations. If he had known this, it would be better to dig up the flowering plant, just to save effort for a while, and wait for a long time. There is no exact number for this time, maybe ten or eight years. Rarely open. Only then did the ghost remember that there was this pot of orchids.

But Zheng Tan's wilting energy comes and goes quickly, anyway, he's not particularly interested in this, he's just curious about the flower, and always feels that the flower is a bit unusual, who cares, it's going to give old man Lan a headache go.

No matter how those old professors who are masters in their majors and who are basically illiterate in orchids hurt old man Lan, old man Lan just has a bad face and doesn't really care about anything with these illiterate people. No fun.

Old man Lan couldn't ask Zheng Tan anything, he knew he couldn't ask a cat, so he went to the opposite door to find Ermao a few times, asking about the environment where the flower grew and other details, but unfortunately, Ermao didn't know anything. have no idea. After looking through the information at home for a few days, the old man Lan didn't find much useful information. Now he is counting on raising these two seedlings well, and if they can bloom, they will be closer to the truth.

After discovering the doubts on the leaves of the orchid, the old man Lan decided to keep these two seedlings for a few more years until they bloomed. He went to discuss with Professor Jiao yesterday. Well, it's a waste for us to leave it at home.

Zheng Tan no longer stayed on the sofa and listened to these old men's nonsense, and went out to go downstairs for a walk. After walking a few steps, he heard a click at the entrance guard on the first floor, and then two people came up. One is Ermao, and the other sounds very familiar.

Soon, Zheng Tan met the person who went upstairs.

Yo, isn't this the beast brother? Why did brother Beast come to Chuhua City from Mingzhu City?

But brother Beast doesn't look very good.

When Zheng Tan looked at Qin Tao, Qin Tao also saw Zheng Tan.

Brother Cat, long time no see, I miss you so much!