Strange Life of a Cat

Zheng Tan stared at the rearview mirror for half a minute, and changed several angles to look at it, and finally found that - no beard is good! !

The original black, straight, and resilient beards are now curly!

Cats have beards not only on both sides of the mouth, but also in other places, such as above the eyes, on the cheeks, on the chin, etc., but people don’t call them beards, and they are easy to ignore. Sometimes some people also have beards. The long whiskers above a cat's eyes are called eyebrows.

As for Zheng Tan now, the hairs in these places with long beards are almost scorched by the fire, but the beards on both sides of the mouth are more obvious.

The "eyebrows" were curled, and the "beard" was curled, and the curls were uneven, so curled that he couldn't bear to look directly at them, making Zheng Tan want to smash the rearview mirror.

However, considering that this is a new car Papa Jiao just bought a few days ago, Zheng Tan still endured it.

Jumping out of the car, Zheng Tan pressed his ears, ignored the others, and walked straight into the house.

"Has Heitan been hit?" Jiao Ma asked.

"Probably." Papa Jiao nodded.

Mother Jiao decided to comfort her cat and make more delicious food at night.

Knowing that her cat's beard was burnt, Xiaoyouzi was very anxious, but she was relieved after hearing Dad Jiao explain that it would grow back after a while.

However, even though he knew that his beard would grow back, Zheng Tan was still in a bad mood. After entering the house, he hid in the room, jumped on the table and took a look in the mirror every once in a while, looking at the curled up beards. beard, the mood is very bad.

Finally, Zheng Tan made a decision.

After searching a few rooms, he saw a pair of scissors on the bedside table of the old lady. Zheng Tan moved the scissors to Xiaoyouzi who had been following behind him.

"Cut the beard?" Little Yuzu looked at the scissors on the ground, a little worried.

Zheng Tan pushed the scissors a little further towards the little pomelo, meaning "cut it".

Instead of cutting it off for Zheng Tan rashly, Xiao Youzi first asked Papa Jiao, and after confirming it, she picked up the scissors and carefully cut off the scorched cat whiskers one by one. The parts that were not burned by the fire are still preserved and have not been cut.

Because the beard is not very regular when it is burned, the length of the curl is also different, so that after cutting it, it is obviously long and short, which looks awkward.

The roots of a cat's whiskers are full of nerves, which allow them to perceive some slight movements. It is said that they can feel things as light as milligrams when they brush by them, and they can even distinguish the airflow and wind direction.

Just because she knew the importance of beards to cats, Xiaoyouzi was very serious. Jiao Yuan watched beside him so arrogantly that he didn't dare to speak out, for fear of disturbing Xiaoyuzi, he pulled out the cat's beard.

Papa Jiao, who was sitting on the sofa, really wanted to say that as long as the root of the beard is not hurt, it doesn’t matter if you cut more or less, but seeing the tense faces of the two children, and looking at his cat who was obviously depressed, Papa Jiao still didn’t care. say.

After cutting it, Xiaoyuzi and Jiao Yuan who was standing by and watching breathed a sigh of relief.

Xiao Yuzi packed the cut curly cat whiskers in a small plastic bag, put them in a box, and kept them.

Zheng Tan raised his paw and touched the beard, it was obviously much shorter, and the shortest ones were almost touching the cat's mouth.

Paralyzed, he managed to be a hero for a while, but the price was a scorched beard.

Jumping onto the table, looking at the mirror on the table, Zheng Tan turned his face sideways, and looked at it from a few angles. He felt that the temperament of the cat without the beard suddenly changed from mighty and domineering to wretched and funny. It was really frustrating Terrible.

"Don't worry, the beard will grow back soon." Xiaoyouzi comforted.

Zheng Tan flicked his tail, it's sure to grow, but how long will it take to become the same as before? No one can say for sure. It may be a week or two, it may be more than a month, or it may be longer. There is no absolute answer. Different cats seem to have different beard growth speeds. This is the conclusion of Papa Jiao.

And what Zheng Tan was most depressed about was when Mr. Jiao came back.

Knowing that he was able to find the little kid so quickly this time was thanks to his son's black cat, Mr. Jiao bought a big fish when he passed the vegetable market, and was going home to treat the cat, but when he got home, he found the cat's face The beards on both sides were cut short and uneven. This time the old man became curious, so he insisted on asking Papa Jiao for the reason.

Papa Jiao said that the traffickers caught fire, and that's where his cat was burned. After hearing this, the old man felt a little distressed, and then he began to laugh.

After a day of depressing mood, I finally felt happy now, so I laughed very loudly, which aroused the dissatisfaction of the two children.

"Oh, it's nothing. Many people in our village raise cats. Most of them get burnt beards when they sit on the stove in winter. They will grow back soon. It's okay, but the cat's behavior may be affected."

Said that the old man was sitting on the sofa, reaching out his hand to touch Zheng Tan's beard, but Zheng Tan turned his head away, raised his hand and patted the old man's fingers aside.

"Yo, I'm still in a temper."

Mr. Jiao was not annoyed when his hand was slapped away. After this incident, the old man felt that this cat was really rare. Hearing his grandson say that his cat lost its beard, he was in a bad mood. Although Mr. Jiao was a little skeptical, he didn't continue to tease him.

The old man never thought about what kind of mood a cat would have before, but after going through this incident, he knew that the cat was spiritual, so he didn't say anything more. The old people believed in some sayings. Well, people have to be respectful when they see spiritual animals, but the old man couldn't feel awe when he looked at the cat in front of him. No matter how funny it looked, he just wanted to tease it.

Shaking his head, the old man walked to the kitchen with his hands behind his back, watched the old lady cook the fish, and was still pointing at the side, but was chased out by the old lady with a spatula, and finally came out to the living room to watch TV with the children.

The kid’s parents both called to thank him, saying that they would treat Papa Jiao and the others to a meal, and bring the cat with him. This was the first time that a cat was formally invited to dinner, but Papa Jiao refused. The shit boy's mother is still lying in the hospital, and he probably won't be released from the hospital for the time being. They are all relatives and acquaintances, so there is no need to cause such trouble.

Mr. Jiao also spoke, let them take care of their illnesses, take care of their children, I am afraid that this incident will cast a shadow on the children, and check to see if there are any sequelae of sleeping pills. Thank you There will be plenty of opportunities to thank you in the future, so there is not much time left.

Now that Mr. Jiao has spoken, the little brat's parents didn't insist any more. They only said that we will get together during the New Year, and we must entertain them well then.

In fact, many people only know that it was the cat of Associate Professor Jiao who discovered the driver of the small tricycle. As for what happened in the small building where the traffickers were hiding, they did not think about the cat. A series of things later. After all, no one would have thought that a cat could cause such trouble for traffickers.

Even Papa Jiao would never have imagined that his cat could lift a child and run downstairs.

Since there was no contact with the cat, there are many doubts in the case, and the investigators are still continuing. However, because the reason has not been found, and the old man is not so clear, he can't ask anything. The current work is temporarily caught in a fire from the small building. The direction of the police is focused on finding the upper and lower lines of these three traffickers.

The transactions between human traffickers involve a wide range of areas. Like the three caught this time, there are people on top of them who contact more human traffickers who sell children. They may be in this city or other provinces and cities. Therefore, according to the According to the information obtained now, the subsequent work is even more difficult. Now some people are gearing up to do a lot of work in order to get promoted, and they will not keep worrying about how the small building caught fire and how the little kid crawled downstairs.

Just five hours after the old man was arrested, when a policeman from a detachment of the Highway Traffic Police Corps of the Provincial Public Security Department drove a police car to patrol a toll booth, they found a suspicious woman with a baby in her arms. The woman only confessed the illegal facts after inquiring about the intensity.

In these two cases, there are related parts. They have a common relationship. After the combined investigation, through unified feedback with the investigation results, more than 200 people involved in the case were investigated within half a year, involving abducted children. More than a hundred people, and a nationwide arrest operation began.

However, that is something later, let's not mention it for the time being.

Zheng Tan will not pay special attention to those cases of child trafficking, he is squatting on the sofa and worrying.

Many people say that the beard is like a ruler or the tentacles of a snail, which can help cats detect the width of the road so that they can move freely without error. Without beards, their movements become sluggish and lifeless.

For Zheng Tan, it's not that he's slow and lifeless, it's just that he's not used to it. Hearing others say it is one thing, but Zheng Tan himself is the one who feels the deepest.

He was in a bad mood before, and Zheng Tan focused all his attention on the burnt beard, but now, after calming down, he found that it really felt like something was missing, it was not entirely a psychological effect, it was real.

I usually don't pay much attention to it, but when I sleep at night, in the dead of night, Zheng Tan always feels that his senses have become a little dull. As an extremely important tactile organ for cats, the function of whiskers is also reflected, and they are a supplement to the visual senses.

After losing those, Zheng Tan really understood the function of those long beards. The long whiskers above the eyes and on the cheeks can remind Zheng Tan of objects that are harmful to the eyes and other parts of the face, and he will avoid them after touching them, so as not to bump into them without seeing them.

He sleeps and eats as usual, and has a good appetite. Zheng Tan won't feel wronged by his stomach because of the loss of beard, but it does feel awkward and not very smooth. Sometimes Zheng Tan also feels restless, wondering if it is the sequelae of losing his beard.

Could it be that I am too sensitive?

Zheng Tan lay on the sofa and meditated.

However, before Zheng Tan adjusted his state, the 11th holiday was almost over. Because of the incident with the little kid, everyone did not go back to the village of their hometown. They only stayed in the town for a few days, and then they were going to go back. Chuhua City.

Before leaving, Mr. Jiao also told Dad Jiao that he would bring the cat back during the Chinese New Year and make a beautiful cat litter for him.

Papa Jiao just smiled and didn't say much, they knew that their cats always slept under the covers.

Knowing that he was going back to Chuhua made Zheng Tan feel a little better.

On the way back, Zheng Tan decided not to run around until the beard grows back.

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