Strange Life of a Cat

On the second day after arriving at his hometown, Dad Jiao was still resting in the morning. During this time, he didn’t have much rest time. At school, he had to pay attention to the fact that the students were still busy with projects, and he was tired from driving on the way back to his hometown. After arriving, his whole body relaxed , A rare good night's sleep.

Many people in the village had already woken up early in the morning, only some children and some people who went out to work and returned home were still resting in the house.

Although Zheng Tan was still a little sleepy, Xiaoyouzi and Jiao Yuan got up. They heard that they were going to follow Mr. Jiao to the orchard to help. The old lady was busy with the New Year's shopping, and Zheng Tan couldn't help much by staying here.

The orchard is not owned by Mr. Jiao, but Mr. Jiao is familiar with the people there and has helped a lot. This is one of the reasons why the Jiao family has no shortage of fruits. Now because of the snowstorm and freezing, Mr. Jiao also goes there every day Help, even Jiao Yuan and Xiaoyouzi, who had nothing to do in the house, ran to the orchard for a few days, even if they can't help, it's good to have a look.

It is not too far from the old house to the orchard, but because of the weather, the road is not very easy to walk, and it is cold in the morning, so they have been riding donkey carts these days.

Another reason why Zheng Tan followed them was the donkey cart. Regardless of whether he was a human or a cat in the past few years, he had no experience of riding a donkey cart. At first glance, it was quite fresh and full of local flavor. .

The family who raised the donkey was not far from the old house. After walking for about five minutes, they saw a blue tile house. Behind the tile house was a newly built bungalow. part of it. This family is also surnamed Jiao, and Jiao's father calls the old man Uncle Wu. It stands to reason that Jiao Yuan should call that man Uncle Wu, but he is not used to calling him, so Mr. Jiao directly asked the two children to call him Grandpa Wu, which is also closer to him. . I heard that on the day Jiao Yuan and the others came back, Mr. Jiao planned to let the donkey cart help if he couldn't take the car to this side from the county town. Fifth Grandpa is too old to drive the family's agricultural vehicle, so he is good at driving a donkey cart.

Jiao Yuan and Xiao Youzi were brought into the house by Mr. Jiao, but Zheng Tan didn't follow directly, his attention was on the donkey shed nearby. I heard from Xiaoyouzi and Jiao Yuan yesterday that this donkey is more than one year old now. I heard that Grandpa Fifth met him when he went to the mountains. It was still a small donkey at that time, and I don't know where it came from. , After seeing the Fifth Grandpa, he followed back.

At the beginning, the family of Fifth Grandpa thought about raising the donkey and selling it. There are many donkey meat in the county town, and the price of donkey meat in restaurants is not bad, but one day, the old man watched the little donkey hoof When racing with his own son on a motorcycle, the old man's heart became active, and later he got a donkey cart.

At this moment, a donkey tethered there was staring at Zheng Tan with its two long ears sticking out, with white circles around the eyes.

Zheng Tan is wary of guys with a circle of color around their eyes. Although he knows that many donkeys are like this, looking at the donkey in front of him, Zheng Tan always unconsciously thinks of that bastard in the compound.

Shaking his head, Zheng Tan felt that he probably thought too much.

Just as he was thinking, Zheng Tan saw the donkey walk up to the low wall next to the donkey shed, where there was a section of the low wall exposed outside the donkey shed, on which there was a cotton pad, probably where the driver sat, not far from the low wall There is a two-wheeled wooden cart with a similar mat on it.

However, at this moment, a yellow and white tabby cat is lying on the cotton pad on the low wall. The villagers raise cats basically to keep out mice. They are not as particular about raising cats as they are in the city. I don't know where it rolled, there are some gray marks and grass clippings on the part of the white hair. The cat didn't seem to care about everything around it. It was kicking its paws, lying on the cotton pad with its head curled up, and taking a nap with its eyes closed.

The donkey wasn't very tall, it was obviously smaller than an ordinary horse, but when it raised its head, it was able to expose half of its head from the low wall.

Zheng Tan watched the donkey walk slowly, leaned close to the low wall, and snorted at the tabby cat with its nose. The cat didn't even bother to open its eyes, except for its ears moving, it remained the same.

Just when Zheng Tan thought the donkey would give up, he saw the donkey leaning forward again. This time, instead of blowing air, he opened his mouth and bit a corner of the cotton pad, and pulled slightly, but the cat on the cotton pad also didn't move.

The donkey pulled hard again, and because the cat was unprepared, it rolled directly from the cotton pad to the other side of the low wall. Zheng Tan heard a soft bang on the other side. There was a haystack over there, and the cat just landed on the haystack, which made the sound like this.

The donkey let go of the cotton pad, flicked its tail, opened its mouth and barked Ah ang ng ng ng ng, and the sound was a bit tuneful, looking like a bitch.

Zheng Tan: ... The first feeling was indeed correct!

When the donkey was enjoying itself, a shadow rushed up from the low wall.

The tabby cat jumped onto the low wall, supported by its hind legs, stood up, spread its front paws, bowed left and right, and slapped the donkey's face twice.

The donkey and the cat were tossing and turning over there, Mr. Jiao had already brought people out, and the old man who followed him should be the Fifth Grandpa that Jiao Yuan and the others called. He is also steady, and he also went to the orchard to help during this time.

Seeing the situation on the other side of the low wall, the old man walked over and patted the donkey's head, and then began to tidy up the things on the wooden cart. As for the dispute between the donkey and the cat, he was already used to it, and the two always quarreled.

After putting on the rope, checked the lower bridle, put the bag on the wooden cart, and called the others to get ready to go.

On the rugged mountain road, the donkey cart bumped and creaked.

The donkey didn't look very good, but I didn't expect it to be able to pull the cart, and it didn't seem very difficult to carry four people, a cat and a few bags.

The two old men kept chatting on the road, talking about the latest news from various TV stations and radio stations. The total loss of this disaster is huge, especially for forest farmers. The forestry income of forest farmers in the disaster-stricken areas accounts for more than 50% of the total income. The income of forest farmers in the next three to five years. According to some official stations, forestry losses in several southern agricultural and forestry provinces accounted for 40% to 60% of the total disaster losses in the province.

Seedlings, bamboo forests, and newly planted forests were severely affected. Just like Mr. Jiao has been feeling with emotion during this time, it is very common for seedlings to freeze to death. The disaster-affected area of ​​bamboo forest in this province accounts for nearly 80% of the total area of ​​bamboo forest in the province, and 75% of fruit trees in some areas of returning farmland to forest are damaged. According to the results of the survey, most of the disaster-affected areas are the areas with the fastest development and most vigorous forestry and the areas with the best forest resources, which will have a serious impact on the ecology of the country. There are many things that cannot be recovered even if money is spent. Every time we talk about it, Mr. Jiao has a worried look on his face.

After a twenty-minute drive, they arrived at the orchard that Mr. Jiao mentioned.

There is not a single type of orchard planted in this orchard, citrus is just one of them, and there are many new varieties that have been promoted and planted, but Zheng Tan looks at the people who are busy in the orchard with a look of worry.

In some varieties, the edges and back of the autumn shoots turn brown after frostbite, and then curl. There are also some fruits left on the tree for the winter, which were frozen some time ago. After the snow melts, the fruits will soon lose water and become shriveled, the juice cells will shrink, the juice will be less, and it will be tasteless. Every situation will be recorded one by one.

Remove accumulated ice in time, bundle and cut off broken branches in time, some pruning cannot be done now to prevent secondary frost damage. Jiao Yuan and Xiaoyouzi followed Mr. Jiao and the others. Although there were very few opportunities to help them personally, they were not idle. Sometimes they offered to hand over tools, do some cleaning and other small tasks, and they would feel warmer when they moved. Gained a lot of knowledge. It'll be busier here when the freeze passes.

There will be work such as pruning and fertilization after freezing. In the year of severe freeze, the autumn shoots of citrus will suffer from frostbite. It is one of the effective measures to ensure the fruiting of citrus to replace the autumn shoots with spring shoots. The so-called spring shoots are the new shoots that are drawn in spring, and the new shoots that are drawn from August to October are called autumn shoots. Different varieties have different treatment methods, and different methods will be adopted for those that are resistant to freezing and those that are not resistant to freezing.

Zheng Tan originally thought that pruning would be a very simple matter in the future, but after listening to those people, he realized that there are a lot of details. Some pruning will cut off the branches below the joints, and some trunks should be cut how many centimeters below the crack when the bark is cracked. . The incision still needs to be treated, some of them are sealed with nylon, or the wound is painted with lime mortar. When the saplings are severely cracked by frost, crack above the grafting interface, keep 1 to 2 buds and cut them off. At the same time, pay attention to selecting and retaining spring shoots, re-cultivating the crown, etc. Zheng Tan felt dizzy when he heard this.

Realizing that he was completely unqualified in this area, Zheng Tan planned to walk around by himself. Anyway, Little Yuzi and the others stayed here for a long time, maybe half a day, or they might not go back until dinner. No matter what, Zheng Tan just had to hurry Just come back before lunch.

There were more people in the orchard, so Zheng Tan decided to take a walk a little farther away. Those who were busy in the orchard seemed to be surprised when they saw Zheng Tan, because Zheng Tan was wearing a vest.

After arriving at the old house yesterday, Zheng Tan moved some of the things inside the vest. Now there is nothing else in the vest except for a bag of jerky pork stuffed by Jiao Ma. examine. In the past, Zheng Tan didn't like to wear a vest often, but yesterday afternoon when Zheng Tan was walking outside, an ice ridge fell vertically on Zheng Tan's back. I only felt a little pain, but it didn't hurt. Therefore, Zheng Tan decided that if he went out for a walk, he should wear a vest, it would be safe.

After jogging for a while, Zheng Tan didn't notice anyone around, so he walked slowly until he reached the edge of the orchard, which was surrounded by barbed wire, and there was a door, but it was locked.

Zheng Tan looked at the tall barbed wire fence, turned around and planned to go to other places, when suddenly he stopped and moved his ears.

He heard a sound, and being unsure, he identified it again for himself.

It seems to be from a person, but it is not clear.

Do you want to go and have a look?

After hesitating for a while, Zheng Tan climbed over the barbed wire and looked for the direction where the voice came from.

There was a clearing beyond the wire fence, and then a strip of woods, and that was where the sound came from.

Since no one has cleared the snow here, the snow on the ground has not completely melted.

After listening to the sound, the person who made the sound must be in a bad situation, Zheng Tan trotted over quietly.

Hiding behind a tree, Zheng Tan looked over. There were two men over there, both tied to a tree.

In the second update of the code, I don’t know when the code will be finished. Don’t wait, everyone, and watch it tomorrow morning.