Strange Life of a Cat

Days fly by when you do the same thing every day.

Zheng Tan runs every morning, climbs stairs, climbs trees, and practices jumping...

The calendar on the wall of Jiao's house has turned to November. Zheng Tan saw the calendar on the wall and realized that it has been so long. It has been five months since he came here.

Zheng Tan bent his palm, and sharp claws emerged from between his fingers. These sharp claws looked similar to other cats, but Zheng Tan knew that the claws were gradually changing now, at least they were different from two months ago. He didn't sharpen his claws on purpose, nor did he cut his claws. If the claws grow a little, they will be worn off during training, and then they will grow and sharpen again.

Cat's claw is indeed a very magical thing, sharp, tough and flexible. Some people say that cat's claw is like a multifunctional Swiss army knife that people carry with them. And Zheng Tan, who has been training, just wants to make his saber sharper and tougher.

Zheng Tan knew that he was actually different from other cats. He had heard Papa Jiao say that cats are not sensitive to sweet smells, but Zheng Tan could clearly feel it. He could eat many things that cats could not eat, and it was quite good after eating. Okay; for another example, people have been arguing about whether cats are colorblind. Zheng Tan doesn't know what other cats are like, but at least he can distinguish colors clearly.

Then there are the claws. Even if other cats go through continuous training, their strength will not soar like Zheng Tan, and their claws will not have a qualitative change. However, apart from this, Zheng Tan has no other unusual changes. Even if his current strength is close to his original adult state, he has no tendency to become a human; jumping without turning into a monkey.

Do you want to live in this state forever?

While running, Zheng Tan was thinking about the little things in his heart. Now the running speed has been raised to a higher level, and he can still concentrate on thinking during the running process, so he won't feel tired and out of breath. At most, he is a little tired, just take a rest after running.

After running two laps, I came to a forest on the edge of the school. The area of ​​the forest here is larger than that of the East Family Compound, and because it is a little far away from the teaching area, there are fewer people. Not far from the woods, the school demolished a "too long history" red brick and tile house, preparing to build a new dormitory area. With the enrollment expansion policy, there are more and more students, and the existing dormitory buildings are no longer enough.

Therefore, except for some construction workers and engineering vehicles in this area, no one else will go through the side school gate here. The road is full of dust, stones and soil. Students and faculty members who live outside the school drive private cars I wouldn't want to pass here either.

So Zheng Tan would come here to practice climbing trees after running for a while. The woods are clean, and even if he does something extraordinary, he won't be discovered.

Wei Leng recently helped his senior brother with work. The case was not yet over, so now Zheng Tan often runs and climbs trees by himself. As for the cats in the Dong family compound, since the first day, Zheng Tan So I gave up the plan to ask them to exercise together.

After a short rest after running, Zheng Tan started his daily tree-climbing training again. Another advantage of training here is that the trees in this forest are generally thicker, which is good for climbing.

Zheng Tan nimbly jumped onto a big locust tree, scratched the trunk and moved his claws, then chose a thicker branch that could bear his own weight, tilted his body, slid from the branch to the back, and moved forward. The paws and hind paws grip the tree trunk tightly so that it will not fall.

Take a deep breath, let go of the hind legs, hug the trunk with two front paws, nail the paws firmly on it, and then move towards the treetop little by little. When the end is approaching, the body swings, and the four limbs hug the branch and turn back to the front of the branch .

Looking around, he chose a branch with a reasonable distance and thickness. Zheng Tan made preparations for jumping, jumped onto that branch, and then started to repeat.

When Wei Leng mentioned this training method at the beginning, Zheng Tan was still puzzled, he is now a cat, not a monkey, why should he train this?

Wei Leng saw the doubt in Zheng Tan's eyes at that time, and did not explain directly, but asked: "Do you think it can't be done? Or do you think no cat can do it? I can tell you for sure, I have seen a cat , when it is running in the woods, it can be more agile than a monkey, just run on the tree, from one branch to another branch, from one tree to another tree, and, since it can climb After the tree, spend most of the time on the tree. Sometimes, the tree is the straw for the cat."

In this way, Zheng Tan started the tree-climbing training like a monkey. Perhaps by then he will also be able to grab branches with one paw and move through the woods like a monkey.

After climbing five branches in a row, Zheng Tan jumped onto an old tulip tree. The reason why I noticed this tree at the beginning was mainly because of its special leaves. When Zheng Tan was resting on a branch, a leaf fell in front of him, looking like a mandarin jacket.

Wei Leng said that this kind of tree is called Liriodendron, also called mandarin tree, which is a national second-class rare and endangered tree species. In the metropolis, except for botanical gardens, it is rare to see such a large tulip tree. It seems that it is still Chu Hua University has a long history.

The flowers of Liriodendron look a bit like tulips, and its English name is translated as "Tulips of China", but unfortunately, the flowering period of Liriodendron is in May and June. This year, Zheng Tan will not be able to see it. Next year Call the people from the Jiao family over to have a look together.

Zheng Tan was blowing the wind, listening to the sound of falling leaves around him, and looked around. Now the leaves of many trees have turned yellow. If the temperature drops, it rains, and the wind blows, the deciduous trees in the school will start to bald faster.

Winter in Chuhua City is coming.

After climbing the tree, Zheng Tan saw that the time was still early, the school didn't finish until the third period, and Zheng Tan didn't go back to Jiao's house for lunch until after the fourth period, so as not to have to wait when going back early without food.

As usual, if you have time to spare after training, go to the artificial lake.

Seemingly docile and obedient animals are easy to let people down, so there are many domestic animals that people confide in. That "Little Zhuo" sometimes talks to Zheng Tan, but he doesn't mention "Project A" at all. The words used here are all meaningless words, such as "You are here again today", "Are you hungry" and so on.

Sometimes Xiao Zhuo would say something related to her major just like Father Jiao and the others. There was another time when I didn't know which aspect was related, Xiao Zhuo suddenly got excited, tore off a small corner of a blank note paper sandwiched in the book, and then tore the small corner into smaller pieces. Close the notebook, put the torn pieces of paper on it, then take out a signature pen with a rubber casing from the pencil case, rub it back and forth on Zheng Tan's body a few times, and then get close to the paper scraps, the paper scraps are sucked rise.

Xiao Zhuo sighed to Zheng with a smile on his pen that had absorbed paper scraps: "Look, this is called frictional electrification! So, what is the reason for this? Let me tell you, matter is made up of atoms." , and the nucleus inside the atom is composed of positively charged protons and uncharged neutrons..."

When Zheng Tan heard the previous sentence "Look, this is called frictional electrification", he almost spit out blood, and when he heard the words "I'm telling you", the desire to spurt blood became stronger.

You can meet people like this everywhere!

Lying on the bench in the artificial lake until the end of the fourth period, Zheng Tan went to the attached primary school to pick up Jiao Yuan and Gu Youzi.

However, after class, Zheng Tan didn't wait for those two little figures.

When Lan Tianzhu and the others came out, they saw the black cat squatting on the wall, and said, "Heitan, Jiao Yuan has already left, and was picked up by Aunt Ling when the first class was over."

The Aunt Ling mentioned by Lan Tianzhu is Ah Huang's owner and a teacher who teaches in the same junior high school as Jiao's mother.

Not long after Lan Tianzhu spoke, another little girl who was in the same class as Gu Youzi said the same thing. When the first class was over, Aunt Ling picked up Gu Youzi.

Zheng Tan felt that something was wrong, very wrong, something must have happened, otherwise he would not have picked up the two children before school for no reason. Zheng Tan ran back to the Dong family compound restlessly, and after checking the access control, he rushed straight to the fifth floor, yelled loudly at the door for a long time, but no one answered, and then ran out of the building to retrieve the key from the tree where the key was hidden. come and open the door.

The house is very quiet and quiet, similar to when Zheng Tan left the house in the morning. Usually, the smell of the food that has risen at this time is not there today. Zheng Tan went around from room to room, and he didn't even have the children's schoolbags, that is to say, Jiao Yuan and the others never came back after they were picked up!

There are no open notebooks on the desk, no small notes posted in the corridor, and no "reminders" and "memorandums" posted at home...

For a moment, Zheng Tan was at a loss, circling around impatiently.

Although this family has no blood relationship with him, Zheng Tan would never have come into contact with this family if it hadn't been for this unbelievable cat transformation incident. However, it was Jiao's mother who picked her up from the trash in the vegetable market, and the four members of Jiao's family treated her very well. After five months, Zheng Tan had developed a sense of belonging to this place that he didn't even want to admit. When I was still a human being, there were several places in the house, but none of them would make me feel this way. I can’t tell what the so-called sense of belonging is like. It’s like hair blowing up outside. The door was suddenly smoothed.

When he was spinning around until he was a little dizzy, Zheng Tan suddenly thought of something, then ran back to the bedroom, jumped on the table where the phone was placed, pressed the hands-free button, and called Papa Jiao's cell phone.

It rang several times before it was connected.

"Hello?"

Father Jiao's voice was a bit hoarse, and Zheng Tan felt that he was suppressing his emotions, and this made Zheng Tan even more upset, so he opened his voice and roared.

"Aww—"

Papa Jiao on the other end of the phone: "..." Only his cat can meow like that. However, he didn't expect to receive a call from home at this time, and when he saw the caller ID, he never thought that the caller would be his cat. He knew that his cat was different from other cats, but he really didn't think about it At this time, I received a call from my cat.

Seeing that there was no response, Zheng Tan yelled again at the top of his voice.

This time, Papa Jiao spoke up.

"I'm in the hospital, Jiao Yuan and the others, I picked them up, something happened to Rong Han. You stay at home obediently, there are snacks in the refrigerator..."

"Aww——aw—" Zheng Tan continued to shout at the top of his voice. Ronghan is Jiao's mother's name, and Jiao's mother is Gu Ronghan. When he heard that Jiao's mother had an accident, Zheng Tan couldn't calm down. He wanted to ask where the hospital was, but he couldn't speak, so he could only yell.

Because I was too irritable, I saw a pile of books next to me, raised my paw, and lifted it!

Listening to the sound of books falling from the phone, Papa Jiao was silent for a while, "Then I will ask Yi Xin to bring you food later?"

"Aww—"

Zheng Tan looked at the desktop, there was a glass cup next to the keyboard, it was given by the supplier when they ordered milk for Jiao Yuan and the others.

Flick your tail, fall!

Papa Jiao listened to the sound of the glass falling to the ground and shattered on the phone. He was silent for a little longer this time, and then said, "I'll let Yi Xin bring you over later, you wait at home, don't drop it again." .”

Zheng Tan: "Oh."