Strange Life of a Cat

Yi Xin tremblingly explained the reason for his visit. When Professor Lan heard that Zheng Tan had fleas on his body, he snorted, "It deserves it!"

However, after all, Professor Lan went to get medicine for Zheng Tan, and Zheng Tan followed into the room.

As for Yi Xin, he was mopping the floor in the living room with a mop.

Professor Lan is a retired employee of the School of Life Sciences of Chuhua University. Although he has retired and no longer teaches, he still has a great influence in the School of Life Sciences. Moreover, even if he no longer teaches, some companies hire old man Lan with a high salary as a guide , Old man Lan has cooperative relations with many companies. So, regardless of the plain and simple decoration in Old Lan's house, he is worth a lot of money.

Professor Lan has always had a sullen face, giving the impression that he has a bad temper and is too serious. Professor Lan would go to the School of Biological Sciences from time to time. During the practical instruction of the botany course, the old man was on the sidelines. Some young teachers were a little bit lacking in confidence, let alone the students, who dared not speak loudly.

It's no wonder that Yi Xin stuttered when he saw old man Lan. He was promoted from this school, and the experience of the botany course back then was still vivid in retrospect. So Yi Xin was very curious. Old man Lan is not the kind of person who can read people's faces. Even if the current dean of the School of Biological Sciences is here, Old Man Lan may not give face. In other words, it must not be the reason for Boss Jiao, but why? How can old man Lan be so tolerant of the boss's cat?

Being able to make old man Lan treat him like this was actually just something that Zheng Tan did by accident. More than a month ago, when Zheng Tan went downstairs for a walk, he met Mrs. Zhai, Mrs. Lan’s wife. The old lady’s heart was not good. There were some signs of illness, and it was the time for work and class at that time, and the old man was on a business trip. The old lady shook her hand when she took out the bottle containing the pills, and the bottle rolled down the stairs. It is difficult to move a step. In the end, it was Zheng Tan who ran downstairs and brought back the medicine bottle to the old lady.

The old lady took the medicine in time and recovered quickly. Since then, every time Mrs. Zhai sees Zheng Tan, she always smiles. If Mrs. Zhai were at home today, Old Man Lan would not dare to scold Zheng Tan. The old man has a big temper to the outside world, but internally, the old man can only be bullied by the old lady. The point of scolding, of course, the old lady still gives the old man some face when there are outsiders around.

Therefore, relying on the support of the old lady, Zheng Tan is not afraid of Old Man Lan's tense old face at all.

Old man Lan took out two bottles, one was liquid and the other was powder medicine.

The liquid medicine is for Zheng Tan to take a bath, and it can avoid getting fleas when he goes out to play. Zheng Tan used it before, but after using it, he thought it was troublesome and never came to Old Man Lan to ask for it. As for the bottle of powdered medicine, it was sprinkled on the body. These things are not sold outside, they are all made by the old man himself, they are pure natural and safe, even if the cat licks them into his mouth, it will be fine, but Zheng Tan never licks his fur, so there is no need to worry.

The old man poured some medicinal powder into the palm of his hand, and then rubbed it on Zheng Tan's hair.

Zheng Tan turned his head to look at the messy hair on his back, and looked at the old man with drooping eyelids. The old man didn't make a sound, and after applying the powder, he slowly put the cap on the bottle, slowly put it back into the bottle, and then slowly smoothed the upturned hair back for Zheng Tan, and after smoothing it, he patted it twice, almost slapping Zheng Tan. Get down.

"If this little medicine is sold, it can buy a house full of cats. You say you are taking such a big advantage. When are you going to help me at the little flower garden?"

Old man Lan didn't expect the cat in front of him to understand, he just made a fuss and slapped Zheng Tan a few more times to get revenge.

Zheng Tan tugged at his ears, shook his hair, ignored the old man talking to himself, walked out of the room, and prepared to go back.

Outside, Yi Xin had finished mopping the floor, and was sitting stiffly next to the edge of the sofa, even a fool could see his nervousness.

Old man Lan handed the two bottles of medicine to Yi Xin, and went back to the room to bring a small brown glass bottle, "Those two bottles are for cats, I don't need to tell you how to use them, just ask your instructor, this brown bottle It contains insecticide, 10X concentrated, and you can dilute it when you use it.”

After speaking, old man Lan opened the door directly, signaling one person and one cat to go out.

"That...thank you for causing you trouble!"

Yi Xin bit the bullet and thanked him, holding the bottle in his hand, and followed Zheng Tan out the door.

After returning to Jiao's house on the fifth floor, Yi Xin breathed a sigh of relief.

And Zheng Tan felt much more at ease now, the flea problem was solved, he felt comfortable all over, and he tore open a bag of grilled fish fillets and ate them.

However, before the person and the cat were too comfortable, the door rang.

Listening to the frequency of knocking on the door and the movement at the door, Zheng Tan had guessed the identity of the visitor, looked up at the ceiling, and made it difficult for people to clean up!

Yi Xin didn't know who was outside the door until he opened it.

There were three little boys at the door, about the same age as Jiao Yuan. They were all in sixth grade at the primary school affiliated to Chuhua University. They all lived in the family compound, and they often played together. Zheng Tan knew them, but Yi Xin did not.

Before Yi Xin could ask, a child said, "Who are you?!"

Asking that is called a righteous speech. One of the stronger children also took out a small rolling pin with mouse teeth marks from his schoolbag, and was on guard.

Looking at the three children with vigilant and suspicious eyes, Yi Xin froze with a smile that he deliberately pulled out to show his affinity. He spent five minutes explaining his identity, and even took out his postgraduate certificate to prove his authenticity. .

The three kids huddled together to look at the photo on the graduate student ID card, and then at Yi Xin.

"The person in the photo is your brother, right? It's obviously more vicissitudes than you." The child holding the rolling pin said, and then paused, and suddenly said happily, "I actually know how to use the word 'vicissitudes'!"

"I hope you will remember to use it next time when you write an essay, maybe you can get more than 90 points." The other child said and returned Yi Xin's graduate certificate.

The three of them walked into the living room, looked at Zheng Tan who was lying on the sofa safely, and this time they really felt relieved. The cat was normal, which proved that the man named Yi Xin was really an acquaintance, so they sat down on the sofa one by one.

Yi Xin looked at the sofa that was empty, and moved a stool from the dining table.

The three little boys sitting on the sofa all looked at Yi Xin who was about to sit down, looking at Yi Xin inexplicably, as if he had done something outrageous.

Looking at this scene, Zheng Tan let out a long breath, jumped off the sofa, came to the front of the refrigerator, jumped up and opened the refrigerator.

"Oh.~~"

"Heitan is still sensible!"

"The way of hospitality, this big brother surnamed Yi, even a cat understands this principle."

Yi Xin who was being criticized: "..." I would understand the paralysis if it was my family, but the problem is that this is Boss Jiao's house, and I eat a bag of snacks carefully! Lao Tzu is also a guest!

The strongest kid moved the fastest, and reached the refrigerator in one dash, flipping it familiarly.

"Xiong Xiong, I want the mango flavor. Last time I saw Jiao Yuan hiding in the innermost part, you can look it up!"

"I want apple flavor!"

Yi Xin's face twitched, is this a devil entering the village?

Xiong Xiong flipped inside twice with his fat hands, and pulled out three popsicles.

Looking at the three children sitting on the sofa eating popsicles, Yi Xin asked: "The three children are here..."

"My grandfather said that there are people here. We saw that Jiao Yuan hadn't been to school for a few days, so we came here to ask." The child who blamed Yi Xin for not knowing how to treat guests said.

"Uh, who is your grandfather?"

"My grandfather is Lantiesu."

Yi Xin: "..." The smile couldn't be maintained anymore.

Lantiesu is the name of the old man Lan.

These three children, one is old man Lan's grandson Lan Tianzhu, the other is the child of a teacher in the chemistry school named Su An, and the last one is called Xiong Xiong, the strong one. Zheng Tan doesn't know the details of their identities. I know the principal very well.

Yi Xin knew that his boss had something to go to other provinces, but he didn't know what it was, so when he explained, he only said that the Jiao family had something to do and that he would be away for a week.

"That's it." Xiong Xiong was not satisfied with Yi Xin's explanation, but it was hard to come here again, and his mother forbade him to eat too cold food recently. If he went out like this and was caught, he would definitely be criticized again. After eating the popsicle It's not bad to go any further.

After thinking about it, Xiong Xiong asked Yi Xin: "Are you from the School of Life Sciences? I have a question."

Yi Xin sat upright, "Please tell me."

"I heard that if you don't eat breakfast, your body will eat shit. Is it true?"

Zheng Tan, who was lying on the sofa with his eyes closed but listening with his ears upright: "..."

Su An and Lan Tianzhu also looked at Yi Xin curiously, waiting for an answer.

The smile on Yi Xin's face collapsed, but he still made the question academic, thought for a while and said: "Strictly speaking, it's not correct. After the food enters the small intestine, the nutrients will be digested and absorbed, and the remaining residue will enter the large intestine , and then excreted in the form of defecation. But the large intestine is not like the small intestine, it has no absorption function, it can only absorb a small amount of water and inorganic salts, etc. So even if you don't eat breakfast, those "residues" in the large intestine will also It will no longer be absorbed by you, so this proves that your point of view is not correct."

"I said my mother was bluffing me again!" Xiong Xiong said angrily.

"You can argue with your mother." Lan Tianzhu said.

"No, I will be fined kneeling on the washboard." Xiong Xiong was frustrated.

"What's the point of kneeling on the washboard? I knelt on the keyboard two days ago. If you don't kneel down the space bar, you won't be allowed to get up." Said Su An, who was eating a popsicle.

"Why?"

"In order to verify whether aqua regia can really dissolve gold, I threw my mother's gold leaf earrings into it and dissolved it."

Zheng Tan and Yi Xin: "..." This prodigal child!

"Because of this, my father forbade me to enter his laboratory again, and my mother withheld my pocket money for a month." Su An snorted.

"Actually..." Lan Tianzhu wiped his mouth, "Is it against the law to punish children physically? You can call 110."

"It's useless, I beat it." Xiong Xiong said angrily, "After the beating, my mother changed to a bigger washboard and came over to make me kneel."

Zheng Tan and Yi Xin: "..."

"His grandma, children have no human rights!" Xiong Xiong lamented.

Lan Tianzhu glanced at it: "Pay attention to quality."

"He's grandma, children have no human rights!" Xiong Xiong said again.

Zheng Tan and Yi Xin: "..."

As he spoke, Xiong Xiong rolled up his trouser legs, and let a few people see the red marks on his legs.

Zheng Tan and Yi Xin: "!!"

"Your mother is so cruel!" Lan Tianzhu and Su An swallowed.

"No," Xiong Xiong looked smug, "I pinched this myself in order to cry a little more! My mother really relented, and changed the original one hour to fifteen minutes of kneeling.~"

Zheng Tan and Yi Xin: "..." What a fart to be so complacent! What's there to be proud of!

Listening to the conversation between the three poor kids, Zheng Tan felt that he was really fucking naive back then.

And Yi Xin was roaring in his heart at the moment: How the hell do children grow up nowadays?

After eating the popsicles, the three little kids reluctantly pulled up their schoolbags and left. Before leaving, they reminded Yi Xin and Zheng Tan, "Recently, there have been thieves in the compound. Be careful, several households have been stolen. Don't worry." Lend out the access control card, and don't let strangers enter the building."

After the three children left, Zheng Tan and Yi Xin felt that the world had finally calmed down.

Boiling water for the cat, blowing its hair, applying medicine, and entertaining the children... I was exhausted all day long. Yi Xin made up his mind to apply for a salary increase when Boss Jiao returns! must!

Zheng Tan didn't care about what Yi Xin was thinking, he was also tired now, the past two days were enough, remembering Wei Leng's words, Zheng Tan decided to go for a run tomorrow. It was rare that Zheng Tan went to bed before eight o'clock at night.

Yi Xin finished revising the thesis on Boss Jiao's computer, checked the time, and found that it was past two o'clock in the morning, stretched himself, turned off the computer and went to the living room to sleep on the sofa. When passing by Gu Youzi's room, Yi Xin took a look inside. With the light of the living room, he saw a big Garfield doll on the children's bed in the room, and the black cat was lying on it. On it, one leg was curled up, and the other leg was pressed across Garfield's cheap face, sleeping soundly.

Yi Xin curled his lips, he didn't look like he was sleeping!

In the dream, Zheng Tan dreamed that his strength became stronger and he caught the thief.