Strange Life of a Cat

Zheng Tan became impatient after squatting on the tree for a while, and there were several people under the tree looking at the four of them as if they were rare animals. If Ah Huang and the police chief hadn't seen that the other two little friends were still squatting here, they would have gotten up and run away long ago. As for Fatty, he still completely ignored those irrelevant people.

After being flicked by Ah Huang's tail again, Zheng Tan squinted at it. Ah Huang was wronged and gave a soft "meow", which meant that it really didn't want to stay here now.

Forget it, Big Ponyo has seen it anyway, so let's go.

However, just as Zheng Tan was about to get up, he suddenly heard a familiar voice.

Looking over there, "Buddha" accompanied a foreigner to the International Academic Lecture Hall, not with the previous wave of people, it seems that because the foreigner went to the School of Physics, "Buddha" has been accompanying him, The two should be familiar.

"Buddha" and the foreigner Zheng Tan had no interest in knowing, but a name frequently mentioned by these two caught Zheng Tan's attention. They always mentioned the person "Mary", and when Zheng Tan was with Xiao Zhuo by the artificial lake, Xiao Zhuo's original document said "For my dear Mary". Followed by some blessings.

In addition to the original text, there are several books with the name "mary" on them, and Xiao Zhuo usually annotates them directly, that is to say, these books should belong to Xiao Zhuo. Therefore, "mary" should be Xiaozhuo's English name.

Thinking of this, Zheng Tan put back the foot he had just lifted.

Ah Huang next to him had his eyes brightened when Zheng Tan raised his foot, and was about to rush under the tree, but when he turned around, he found that Zheng Tan squatted back again, his ears drooped, and he let out a "meow" again. The dragging sound before was a bit longer, but unfortunately this time Zheng Tan was busy eavesdropping and ignored it.

Zheng Tan listened to the chat between "Buddha" and the foreigner with his ears upright. Zheng Tan didn't understand many professional terms, but apart from these, he still understood some things, such as Xiao Zhuo's matter.

The foreigner obviously had some interest in Xiao Zhuo, but he didn't know Xiao Zhuo's current situation. "Buddha" complexion is not very good, Xiao Zhuo's matter is the eternal pain in "Buddha" heart, but she can't say it outright.

This bearded foreigner obviously doesn't know how to read people's faces. Didn't he see how far-fetched the smile on "Buddha" is?

Zheng Tan shook his head secretly, my dear Mary is raising a baby at home, you can give up on the bearded foreigner!

Another thing that made Zheng Tan curious was that "Buddha" said that Xiao Zhuo was preparing to go abroad, and he would go out next year, and he would not come back for at least three years.

The bearded man asked some more questions about Xiao Zhuo, but was evaded by "Buddha". He didn't say where he was going, or whether he would go out for a postdoctoral exchange, but only said that he would go out for a few years.

It is precisely because Zheng Tan knows Xiao Zhuo's current situation that he is even more confused. It stands to reason that "Buddha" is not the kind of person who talks nonsense. When he said Xiao Zhuo would go abroad, his expression was very sure, otherwise the foreigner would not believe it. .

In Xiaozhuo's current situation, can he still go abroad for exchanges? To follow up the cooperation project? What about her child?

It's a pity that Zheng Tan didn't hear the information he wanted to know until "Buddha" and the foreigner walked into the lecture hall.

The electronic screen outside the lecture hall displayed the title of the report that was about to start, and it was talking about something related to the theory of quark particles. From time to time, people rushed over from outside the lecture hall and rushed into the lecture hall.

With the start of the report, the outside of the lecture hall has become deserted. Zheng Tan got up and stretched his waist. Looking sideways, Ah Huang and the police chief squinted their eyes as if they were asleep. Zheng Tan flicked them with his tail, and then Jump off the tree and walk to the family area. The next three cats followed one after another.

Walking into the gate of the Dong family compound, Zheng Tan saw an old man dragging some things towards Building B. Zheng Tan didn't know this person, but when there were people downstairs, Zheng Tan rarely jumped up to brush. The access card opens the door. So Zheng Tan slowly followed the old man not far behind.

When the old man was throwing the cigarette butt, he saw the black cat behind him and waved his hand, "Go, someone's cat, go away, don't think of me as a fish!"

Zheng Tan: "..." Is it rare for me? !

Underneath the things the old man was dragging were two plastic buckets, with a few small holes poked in the buckets, and there was a fishy smell coming out, but Zheng Tan didn't want to do anything to those fish at all, he never ate raw fish , and some things he can eat, other cats will have diarrhea.

Zheng Tan ignored the old man, and Gu Zi came to the gate of Building B downstairs, squatted down, and watched the old man move over here.

The old man dragged his things, looked at the black cat squatting in front of the door, hesitated for a moment, then walked up, pressed the electronic lock on the door, and soon Mother Jiao's voice came from inside.

"Ronghan, it's me." The old man said.

"Hey, Dad, why are you here?! I'll go down to pick you up..."

"Don't come down, just stay at home, just open this door!" said the old man.

With the sound of the door click, the old man dragged his things in, and Zheng Tan followed behind.

There are too many things, and the old man can't move them all at once. However, since he has entered the family building, he is not afraid of others stealing things. The old man still trusts the people here.

After thinking about it, he looked at the black cat that had already rushed to the front. The old man took a box off the plastic bucket containing fish, and then carried the two plastic buckets below, and walked upstairs step by step. The pace of the two plastic buckets filled with the contents was quite steady.

When the old man was walking upstairs, he found that the black cat was also walking upstairs. The old man was still wondering whose cat it was, and Jiao Mama's voice sounded.

"Hey, Dad, why did you come up with Heitan?" Jiao's mother lay on the railing on the fifth floor and looked down, and she could see a little of the old man.

"What charcoal?"

"My cat, the black cat walking in front of you."

"Hey, I dare say this cat belongs to your family. I was wondering who raised it. This cat is well-raised, not thin, and has no fat. Does it catch mice?" The old man said as he walked up.

There was no one else in the corridor at this time, it was very quiet, the old man didn't need to speak loudly, Jiao Ma who was standing on the fifth floor could hear it too.

"Of course, my Heitan is very good at catching mice."

"That's good. Some time ago, I heard people say that many cats in big cities don't catch mice. If they don't catch mice, why raise them! Isn't this a waste of food?"

The old man can't understand those people. Jiao's mother, who knows the old man's temperament, doesn't say much, and she has to be criticized. According to the thinking of the older generation, a cat that doesn't catch mice is not a good cat, and a dog that can't watch the house is not good. dog. Many of them have passed through dark times, and their minds do not understand what it means to have a pet that eats rice.

Jiao's mother is now only thankful that her Heitan is really catching mice, otherwise the old man will go crazy again at this time.

"What are you carrying here?"

"It's fish, two old turtles, some eels, and a box of grapefruits downstairs. This year's new varieties are being planted at our place. I heard that the grapefruits produced this year will be directly supplied to the city government. I managed to get a few takeaways. What's the use of a bank card? Don't you have to swipe your face to buy things? These days, it's not enough to just have a card and lose face."

"Yes, your old face is really big."

"Of course, it's not a big face. I can know from others that you were hospitalized in an accident?" the old man said angrily.

Mother Jiao hawed twice without making any excuses. In front of Old Man Gu, the more you defend, the more he thinks you are guilty.

Standing at the stairs, Mother Jiao wanted to go down several times to meet him, but she understood the old man's temper, and if she really wanted to go downstairs, the old man would definitely lose his temper.

Even if the old man walked to the door of the house, Jiao Ma didn't let Jiao's mother meet him. When the old man put down the plastic bucket, Zheng Tan leaned over to take a look. Looking in from the poked hole, the two old turtles were indeed quite big. As for the eel in the other bucket, Zheng Tan just glanced at it and didn't look at it much. , because the old man was still staring at him like a thief.

After resting for a while and drinking a glass of water, the old man went downstairs again and brought the grapefruit up. The small luggage trailer was just thrown underneath, so he didn't worry about it being stolen anyway.

Zheng Tan looked at the grapefruit that the old man took out, it was quite big, as for the taste, I don't know.

"Why did your family buy so many apples and oranges?" the old man asked looking at the four boxes in the living room.

Zheng Tan was also puzzled, I haven't seen it this morning, but now there are four more boxes, two boxes of apples, and two boxes of oranges. They are also the two kinds that are very expensive in supermarkets.

"It was given by a student. Our family did her a favor last time. This time her company bought fruit to give benefits to employees, and sent four boxes to our family by the way."

After Jiao Ma said this, Zheng Tan knew who sent it.

What Zheng Tan didn't know was that Zhao Le sometimes went back to the School of Biological Sciences to find Associate Professor Jiao and asked about Zheng Tan's situation. Knowing that this guy didn't eat cat food, he just ate along with him, so he didn't send cat food, and changed it to this time fruit. Jiao's father and Jiao's mother thought that the Zhao family was afraid that people would abuse the black cat.

The old man sat on the sofa and talked with Jiao Ma for a while, the topic was mainly about Gu Youzi, Zheng Tan lay on the sofa and listened to their chatter, even if the old man glared at him, he would not move his butt.

In the past, Zheng Tan didn't know about Gu Youzi's life experience. He only knew that Gu Youzi was the child of Jiao's mother's sister. Her parents divorced and her mother stayed abroad. From the conversation between Gu Youzi and Jiao's mother, Zheng Tan knew why Gu Youzi Purple has been so silent.

Gu Youzi, the "little pomelo" in the old man's mouth, has been abroad with her mother before. Gu Youzi's parents are very capable people, but the two often quarreled, and the divorce was not finalized until this year. Following her mother, she even changed her surname after returning to China. Her mother gave her to Jiao's mother, and once a month or half a year, she paid the living expenses on the bank card left behind, and used it as the living expenses of Xiaoyuzi's classmate.

When she first came here, "Little Grapefruit" had some communication barriers. After all, she had been abroad for a long time, and she was not used to coming back suddenly. In addition, she herself was less talkative, so she was even more silent. However, after several months of adaptation, the current classmate "Little Grapefruit" is not so gloomy anymore.

For "Little Grapefruit", Zheng Tan has a feeling of sympathy. Both have irresponsible parents—one is rich and powerful, the other is self-centered, both are young and promising but wolf-hearted. This kind of person Zheng Tan has seen a lot. In the next ten years in Huaxia, this kind of person will grow in a "J" shape along with the economic development.

Because of the change of surname, old man Gu directly asked Xiaoyouzi to call him grandpa. The old man only had two daughters in his life, and no one called him grandpa. Now that he has Gu Youzi, old man Gu is quite rare for this "granddaughter" .

When the two children came home in the afternoon, old man Gu had already peeled a grapefruit, handed it to the two children, and then put the grapefruit skin on Zheng Tan's head.

Zheng Tan: "..." Paralyzed!

The old man picked up the "Little Grapefruit", "It's heavier, our little grapefruit has grown up!"

The classmate "Little Grapefruit" showed a rare smile and called "Grandpa".

After eating grapefruit, dinner is still not ready, so the two children will do their homework first.

"Go, grandpa will cook eels for you later!"

Zheng Tan didn't want to stay on the sofa and stare at the old man, so he followed Xiaoyouzi into the room.

Because of Old Man Gu's arrival, Xiaoyuzi is in a good mood today and talks a lot.

Whisper to complain to Zheng Tan about art class today. Usually, she would talk to Zheng Tan when no one was around. Many people would be less wary of animals. Some people think that talking to animals is similar to talking to yourself, but it is not the case, and the speaker will feel differently.

"The teacher told me to draw the food I am familiar with or the ones I often see in my life. I did it, but..."

"Little Yuzi" spread out the painting book in front of Zheng Tan, a little frustrated.

Zheng Tan looked at the drawing book that "Little Yuzi" took out, which showed today's painting results. "Little Grapefruit" is a good painting, and the score given by the teacher on the spot is also 92 points, which is high enough in Zheng Tan's opinion. Back then, his own painting was as handicapped, basically hovering in the 70s and 80s, that's still the teacher The result of grace.

However, the focus of the "Little Grapefruit" drawing book is not on the previous ones, but on the teacher's comments. Although the students in the second grade of elementary school are not very literate, the teachers will still write some simple comments when leaving the grades, but the handwriting will not be as random as the middle school teachers, but much neater, and they will also comment on complicated words Pinyin, this is also a process for students to recognize characters.

In the left margin of the page that Xiaoyuzi drew today, there are grades and comments given by the red watercolor pen, and under the score "92" it says: "Both Soybean and Maodou are well drawn, keep working hard!" It also features a childish smiley face stamp at the back.

Soybean and edamame, your sister!

Zheng Tan looked sympathetically at the student "Little Yuzi" who was frowning. This teacher's self-righteous comment was really shocking!

There is no other reason. The picture drawn by Xiaoyouzi is actually from the cover picture of a biology magazine ordered by Dad Jiao who has been placed on the coffee table in the living room recently. The two creatures on the cover are actually Staphylococcus aureus and paramecia insect……

After Zheng Tan sighed, his eyes fell on the pinyin annotated by the teacher. There is "a" in the pinyin, and this "a" made Zheng Tan think of the "Project A" in the mouth of "Buddha", what Buddha said to the foreigner during the day Are those excuses related to Xiaozhuo's participation in Project A?