Strange Life of a Cat

On a winter afternoon, the sun is just right.

On the side of the withered lawn of the East District compound, four cats lay side by side on a wooden bench.

The four cats are all in the same posture, with their paws in their mouths and their eyes squinting, facing outwards, lying on the wooden chairs to bask in the sun.

Zheng Tan didn't hold his paws like this at first, because he looked like a cat, and Zheng Tan felt a little nervous. But when I saw the cats around me kicking like this, I unconsciously followed suit. Not to mention, it is warm and not tiring to hold the paws like this, which is just right for this weather. Habit is a terrible thing, once you get used to it, things become a matter of course. Now Zheng Tan often imitates them by folding their front paws inwards.

People walked by in the courtyard from time to time, and they were not surprised to see the four cats on the wooden bench, they just smiled. Anyone who has lived in the compound for a long time knows these four cats. For the old people here, this is an extremely familiar scenery. Maybe one day this scenery disappears, and people will recall it.

Although the four cats are all in the same position, it looks like they are all taking a nap, but with the slightest movement, the ears of the four cats on the bench can be seen moving at the same time.

Zheng Tan didn't know what the other three cats were thinking, he just thought the sun was too bright and squinted his eyes.

Zheng Tan has not turned on his cell phone for a week. The cell phone Liu Ba gave him has been locked in the drawer of the old wooden table in the tile-roofed house and has not been touched again. And he decided to turn it on for a long time if there is no special matter. Don't touch these two mobile phones. Although he really wants to use his mobile phone to send text messages to the Jiao family, but now it seems that he should say goodbye first.

Old Wafang District will not be demolished for a while, if it is to be demolished, a notice will be posted in advance, Zheng Tan is not worried about the demolition here, even if he does not go to see it every day, but as long as he goes out for a walk, he will go over there and take a look. As long as the phone is still there, as for the others, Zheng Tan doesn't want to worry about it.

cooperate?

Let's talk about it when we want to cooperate.

Zheng Tan deleted all the text messages and call records on the original old mobile phone. Although Zheng Tan knows that professionals can get a lot of information from it, there is no way to do it. Fortunately, the probability of being discovered by professionals is very small. If they are found, they can only go to Liuba and the others to help them solve it. As long as Liuba doesn't tell, who will know that the phone really belongs to a cat?

The reason for not immediately rejecting Liu Ba’s proposal and keeping that cell phone all the time, Zheng Tan is just in case something really happens, there is still a way out, there is a solution, and he can use that cell phone to find someone for help. Zheng Tan still believes in Liuba's ability. After this week, Liuba didn't show up again. I don't know if he is busy with new work again.

Just as he was thinking, Zheng Tan heard the owner of the Sahara on the other side of the family building start shouting again.

Opening his eyes, Zheng Tan soon saw Sahara running out like a wild horse, and the people behind shouted that it ran faster and faster.

Seeing the dogs running out of the courtyard gate, Sahara's owner, Ruan Ying, panted and stopped running. Seeing the four cats lying on the side of the wooden chair, she came slowly, complaining as she walked.

Ma's, isn't it just taking a bath? It's like treating class enemies.

The Sahara guy doesn't dislike taking a bath in summer, and sometimes he likes to flush the pipe, but in winter, that's a different attitude. He runs away when he hears the word bath. It blocked the corner and dragged it to the bathroom, but today it was unlucky and let it run away.

Ruan Ying happened to have nothing to do in the afternoon today. When I came home, I saw that Sahara hadn’t bathed for a long time, so I planned to brush up with this girl. At that time, Sahara was eating the dog food in the bowl happily, and didn’t pay attention to Ruan Ying’s use of shower gel and bathing tools. Action, unfortunately, when Ruan Ying's grandfather came back, an old professor who had a good relationship with Ruan Ying's grandfather, Academician Ruan, came over, saw Ruan Ying's gloves and tools and said: Ruan Ying, you Is this to bathe the Sahara?

Almost in the next moment, Sahara squeezed out through the open door like a gust of wind, regardless of the unfinished dog food. And there was a teacher downstairs who just came back from the outside, opened the door, and let Sahara escape directly.

Just because she knew that Sahara hated taking a bath when it was cold, Ruan Ying's movements were very quiet, for fear of making a noise in advance to let Sahara know. Many cats and dogs will react to certain sounds and words. This is the case with a Jingba in the compound who hates bathing no matter whether it is winter or summer. When it hears the sound of its special bath tub, it immediately hides in the den with its tail between its legs. No matter how much the owner threatens and lures him, he won't let it go. Every time, he is taken out of the nest and put in the bathtub to wash.

Once Sahara ran away, he would definitely not be able to catch up for a while, so Ruan Ying didn't plan to run out to chase it directly, because it would be exhausting. The stupid dog will come back naturally when it's hungry. Under normal circumstances, Sahara will not run out of the school, but hide in the campus, so don't worry.

Ruan Ying looked at the four cats on the wooden chair, thinking that Sahara is not as obedient as other cats, so her eyes finally fell on Zheng Tan, and said, Heitan, if you see Sahara when you go to play, smoke for me. It slaps twice, and it becomes more and more disobedient! Damn, it's too annoying!

As Ruan Ying said, he didn't expect Zheng Tan to understand. Many people who own pets would talk to their pets like this. Many old people would tease Zheng Tan and his cats like children.

After Ruan Ying left, Zheng Tan lay down on the wooden chair for a while. When the sun was not strong at three or four o'clock, it would be a bit cold to continue squatting. Ah Huang and the police chief also planned to go to the woods to find Find something fun.

It is also short-haired, but the big fat fat man is more resistant to freezing. It can maintain the same posture until the sun sets, let the north wind blow, and remain firm. This endurance is probably obtained by squatting on instant noodles. .

Just like that, Fatty continued to doze off on the wooden chair, Ah Huang and the sheriff went to have some fun, and Zheng Tan went out for a walk in the compound.

While walking around, Zheng Tan saw Sahara, that guy was sniffing back and forth in a row of bicycles, then looked around, walked to a bicycle, raised one hind leg, and started booing at that bicycle hush.

Zheng Tan: ...

Sahara over there pawed his legs twice after urinating, as if he was very happy and proud. Unfortunately, it didn't take long for him to be proud. Two male students came over, and after seeing it, one of them suddenly showed anger.

Fuck! That dog is peeing again!! He's staring at me, isn't he?

again?

Zheng Tan was puzzled. Although the Sahara has a bit of a naughty taste and likes to play pranks, it usually does not pee indiscriminately when it comes out. Besides, it seldom runs out by itself, and most of the time it is led out by others. Can you pee on the car in front of Ruan Ying and the others? Looking for a fight? No wonder Ruan Ying said that this guy is getting more and more disobedient, Ruan Ying gritted her teeth when she said this.

The owner of the bicycle ran towards this side, and Sahara ran away as soon as he saw someone, which was different from the past when he ran away after doing bad things. When people chase it again, it runs again, and when it runs a little farther, it roars again.

Is this a feud?

Otherwise, that guy from Sahara wouldn't be spreading hatred for no reason like this?

Zheng Tan was lying on a tree, looking at the two who were swearing but couldn't catch up with Sahara, and then looked at Sahara who stayed a hundred meters away and looked at this side but didn't run away. Sahara was taken away, and I heard the two people talking in a low voice over there.

Hey, tell me, did it see us last time, so it kept staring at us? One said.

That can't be done, isn't it just a dog? Can it know what's wrong with it? Besides, the car we drove along doesn't belong to it, so what's its business? The other took out a pack of tissues and planned to wipe it off. But looking at the wet wheels, even the pedals were splashed, frowned in disgust, put the tissue back into the bag, kicked the car, I don't want this car anymore! I'll sell it at that time , it’s not worth the money anyway.”

Zheng Tan listened to the conversation between the two of them. When someone passed by, they would not make a sound, and continued to talk when someone passed by. Although the voice was lowered, Zheng Tan could still hear it.

It turned out that the car was stolen. Sahara probably saw the stolen car before, and said why Sahara's attitude was so bad. However, how did the two steal the car and get in touch with Sahara? Stolen to Sahara's house? Zheng Tan remembered that Ruan Ying, the owner of his family in Sahara, had a four-wheeled car, and no one in Ruan Ying's family seemed to ride a bicycle.

Confused, Zheng Tan looked at Sahara over there. After looking over there, Zheng Tan realized that Sahara was following someone again. She was a gentle-looking female student who was riding a bicycle, so Sahara ran over and even The man brought the car down together, and the girl screamed in fright.

The two people here who were discussing when to sell the car heard the movement, ran over after cursing, and the enthusiastic students who passed by there began to help comfort the fallen female student, and they meant to besiege the Sahara.

Zheng Tan saw that something was wrong, so he ran over quickly.

Sahara is also clever. When he saw too many people, he turned around and ran away. This time, he didn't even stop.

The surrounding students clamored to find the dog's owner to be held accountable, many of them agreed, and even said that they would announce the matter on the school forum, so that everyone should be careful about this dog in the future, maybe the dog was infected with rabies or something.

Some people seem to have recognized Sahara. After all, Sahara has been in school for more than five years, and has been here for about the same time as Zheng Tan. Some students who often go this way can also recognize it, knowing that it was raised by the teachers in the school. But I can't tell whose family it is. However, some people may know that when Zheng Tan left, those people were still talking about it.

Zheng Tan chased Sahara until it was close to the corner of the compound. Sahara hid behind a few trees. When Zheng Tan chased him, that guy was still poking his head. Seeing that only Zheng Tan was coming, he immediately came back. The tail was still flicking happily, not knowing whether it was because he was happy to see Zheng Tan, or because he was proud of what he had just done.

When Zheng Tan saw that doggy face, he wanted to slap him a few times.

Hiding there is useless!

I don't know if this product caused trouble to my master.

However, in retrospect, was the female student pushed by Sahara just now the same as the two before? They definitely knew each other, but they didn't know if they were involved in the crime. If the female student is innocent and the other party wants to be held accountable, Sahara is probably going to be unlucky this time.