Strange Life of a Cat

On the thirty day of the new year.

Dad Jiao sorts out some papers and other documents in front of the computer in the bedroom, and at the same time sends emails and chats with his foreign and domestic friends.

Yuanzi went back to his hometown in other provinces to celebrate the New Year, his mother was alone in his hometown, this year he had to accompany the old lady, and he had to pay homage to the old man. There are Fei Hang and Wei Leng in the company to help take care of it, and Jiao's father sometimes helps.

However, when Zheng Tan went for a walk a few days ago, he heard old man Lan and the others talking about Papa Jiao downstairs. This group of old professors who have retired but still have influence will always get more and more reliable news than others , so Zheng Tan rarely hid aside and eavesdropped that day.

Father Jiao's popularity in the courtyard is gradually rising, mainly due to the fact that he is an outstanding graduate student. Yi Xin's performance at the academic annual conference in the former courtyard was outstanding. His high-impact papers published in foreign magazines directly made him the undisputed number one in the annual conference. Few people in the whole school can match it. In fact, this overshadowed the light of the other two students who were also ranked first in the academy.

But now when everyone mentions Yi Xin, they will definitely talk about Associate Professor Jiao. Without Associate Professor Jiao, it would be impossible to have the current Yi Xin. Everyone knows this. Therefore, Associate Professor Jiao is now approaching the two young returnee professors introduced in the school this year.

So, some people in the courtyard began to speculate when the word "deputy" of Associate Professor Jiao would be removed? After all, if Associate Professor Jiao continues to be in such a brilliant state, the school will probably have to break the rules and promote him. In addition to the mandatory requirements for the qualifications of Chuhua University to become a professor, there is another important condition that needs to be met, that is, the experience of going abroad.

Jiao's father and Jiao's mother came to Chuhua University directly after graduation. They have been teaching until now, and have no experience of going abroad to do research. Dad Jiao spent a long time in front of the computer recently, probably because of this. Prepare for this "abroad experience". After all, a full professor can benefit much more than an associate professor in all aspects, and can also be more hands-off.

Zheng Tan nestled on the edge of the sofa, rolled over, and continued lying down in another position.

Because cats were always lost in the surrounding area, Zheng Tan didn't go out at night for the past few days. As soon as the sun went down, Zheng Tan would nestle on the sofa and watch "Super Warrior" with Jiao Yuan and Xiaoyouzi. Although it was rather boring for Zheng Tan, it was not difficult. Lie on the sofa and think about your thoughts, sleep when you are tired, and prepare to eat when you wake up.

After a few episodes, Jiao Yuan went to change the disc. Zheng Tan was not interested in the contents of the cartoon. He had watched it before and didn’t want to watch it again. Moreover, from the perspective of an adult ten years later, the film was very boring. childish. What Zheng Tan is thinking about now is, if Father Jiao goes abroad for a year or two, what will the family do? Mother Jiao's burden will definitely increase a lot... No, it seems that Yi Xin and the new graduate students who will be admitted after the new year can help...

The yellow leopard on the TV suddenly jumped up while running, turned into a robot, and shouted at the same time: "Yellow leopard warrior, transform!"

Zheng Tan was thinking about his own thoughts when he was dragged up by Jiao Yuan beside him.

"Black Cat Warrior, transform!" Jiao Yuan shouted.

Zheng Tan: "..." Make your face look like shit! These two force children!

Slapping Jiao Yuan's hand away, Zheng Tan stepped on his trousers and passed him to lie down next to Xiao Youzi, ignoring Jiao Yuan who was in a state of excitement, Xiao Youzi scratched Zheng Tan's chin and combed his hair while watching TV, etc. .

Due to the city's ban on releases, firecrackers are rarely heard in the urban area. Without firecrackers, the taste of the New Year will be lost, just like cooking without salt. However, in recent years, the policy has been relaxed a bit, and sometimes there will be organized restrictions. Some commercial plazas and other local merchants will apply for setting off fireworks. For example, on the sixth day of the sixth day, there will be a fireworks display event organized by the merchants at the Central Department Store. Dad Jiao said that he will take his two children there to see it. As for the days before the sixth day, Jiao Yuan couldn't get past the firecrackers.

Qu Xiangyang next door went to his parents' place to celebrate the New Year, and he probably won't come back after this year is over. When he left, he took several boxes of things with him, all of which were computers and the like.

"General" has long gone to the south with his master. The winter here is cold and wet. He doesn't like it. He probably won't come back until the beginning of spring.

Fatty and the old lady are not here to celebrate the New Year, the old man Lan and his wife on the third floor stay in the family building, Lan Tianzhu's parents are there, and they leave after the New Year's Eve dinner.

Zheng Tan doesn't have much memory of the Chinese New Year, and he doesn't have much memory of how he spent the previous year. Maybe he was clubbing, or maybe he was crazy outside with a group of lonely friends. Now when I try to recall it again, I suddenly feel in a trance, unreal.

No one would have thought that they would transform from a human into a cat upon waking up, would they?

Not long after the New Year's Eve dinner, Wei Leng, who was staying at the company, called to congratulate the New Year. Papa Jiao answered the call. After the two had finished speaking, Papa Jiao asked Zheng Tan to answer the phone.

Zheng Tan jumped up to the desk next to him in doubt, Father Jiao put the receiver at Zheng Tan's feet, Zheng Tan went up to listen, and Wei Leng's voice came from inside: "Heitan, Brother Walnut asked me to give my blessings ,Happy New Year!"

Zheng Tan tugged at his ears and exhaled heavily from his nose, signaling that he knew.

"Why don't you call out, how about you deal with it when it's Chinese New Year?" Wei Leng said over there, "My comrades-in-arms are all listening, otherwise, how embarrassing would I be?"

After Zheng Tan paused for a while, he finally yelled out with dignity: "Wow!"

"Hahahaha, Wei Leng, you are talking to a dog. I thought it was a child from Teacher Jiao's family! But this dog reminds me of the wolf dog in the team who can only answer the phone."

The voice of comrade Wei Leng came from the receiver.

"It's not a dog, I'm talking to a cat." Wei Leng explained, and then said into the microphone: "Heitan, they don't believe it, why don't you meow?"

"Wow!" Meow peat!

Zheng Tan raised his paw and pressed the hang up button, then went back to the sofa to wait for the Spring Festival Gala with Jiao Ma and the two children.

Over at the company, Wei Leng listened to the beeping sound from the phone, and cursed with a smile: "Fuck, this temper is still as bad as ever!"

Wei Leng's comrade-in-arms next to him thought for a while and asked, "That voice just now, is it really a cat?"

"Really, if you don't believe me, you can ask my brother." Wei Leng handed the phone to other comrades who hadn't called yet.

They still have a landline here, but there are too many people who want to make calls, and they all wait in line. Wei Ling doesn't care about the call fee, and donates his own phone number to those who don't have a mobile phone.

Here, Zheng Tan watched the Spring Festival Gala with them for a while, and he followed Xiaoyouzi when she went back to her room to sleep. It is normal for cats to sleep most of the 24 hours a day, so Zheng Tan has no psychological burden at all.

Zheng Tan has nothing to do with visiting relatives during the first lunar month, but as a cat, what he hates the most is when those ignorant kids come and grab his tail. In order to avoid trouble, Zheng Tan will run away when he has guests at home. play outside.

It was the same day, Zheng Tan didn't wander around the campus for long, so he went to Xiao Guo's pet center. Xiao Guo and the others stayed here to celebrate the New Year, and some employees in the pet center who did not go home had New Year's Eve dinner together, and continued to take turns taking care of the foster pets on the first day of the first month. The pet center's business has been booming this year, and perhaps the larger the scale, the more trustworthy it feels, and the grade has soared a lot.

Especially the advertising effect. Many people from other provinces know the store "Obviously So" in Chuhua City, and know that the cat food in this store is very good, and the advertisements are so attractive. But so far, no one knows the identity of the black cat named "blackC" in the advertisement. Xiao Guo, the store owner, said that it was a hired and trained cat. Some people believed it, while others were skeptical.

Zheng Tan didn't go directly to the pet center, but just walked on a few streets during the distance from the school to the pet center. While walking, Zheng Tan heard some people talking, and the content was roughly the following: In the past two days, several family cats have disappeared. Among them was the black cat that used to fight with Zheng Tan.

Without cats, and with the closing of products during the Chinese New Year, the streets look a lot more desolate, too lifeless.

Zheng Tan ran into "Li Yuanba" while strolling around the street with peanut candies. The swallows are definitely not in the pet center for the New Year, but "Li Yuanba" is still staying in the pet center. Anyway, the swallows will come again in a few days or two. The nest moves around.

Seeing Zheng Tan, he gave a rare "meow" to the serious-faced Peanut Candy next to "Li Yuanba" and greeted Zheng Tan.

Xiao Guo once joked that Zheng Tan was like the father of Peanut Candy, otherwise why Peanut Candy would not lie to other cats in the store, but every time he saw Zheng Tan, he would "meow" a few times, and occasionally Still rolling in front of Zheng Tan.

These things would never happen even in front of Yanzi, so Yanzi is sometimes jealous of Zheng Tan, who raised them!

Zheng Tan doesn't even lick his own fur, and he certainly won't lick his hair for peanut candy, nor can he "meow". Zheng Tan doesn't like to scream, because every time he makes a sound, it will stimulate the brain nerves, reminding himself from a The talking man turned into a land cat. However, in order to show his closeness to the younger generation, Zheng Tan would raise his palm and pat Peanut Candy's head.

For Peanut Candy, Zheng Tan is used to this way of greeting, so when Zheng Tan approaches, it will press its ears and stretch its head to let Zheng Tan pat.

Children can be taught! Zheng Tan sighed. What an obedient kitten, much more likable than those little kids who can only pull his tail.

However, when the peanut candy called "meow", Zheng Tan found that the little guy's two fangs had grown a lot, which is not easy to notice at ordinary times, and can only be seen when it opens its mouth. Zheng Tan has worked with kittens in commercials, so he knows how big and long the fangs of these kittens are. Compared to this guy, Peanut Candy has a lot of teeth.

After saying hello, "Li Yuanba" continued to patrol the streets with peanut candies, Zheng Tan staggered with them. Zheng Tan wasn't worried that "Li Yuanba" would be captured by those cat dealers, and with him around, Peanut Candy would be fine.

When he came to an alley in an old building area, Zheng Tan heard the noise ahead, many people were discussing something. Originally, Zheng Tan was about to change course, but suddenly caught words like "abuse cat", "little cat", "really pitiful" in his ears.

There were many people around there, Zheng Tan couldn't get close, looked around, Zheng Tan climbed up the broken wooden ladder resting on the wall, jumped from the wooden ladder to the surrounding wall, and when approaching the scene, jumped Go to the balcony of a resident inside the wall, it is not easy to be found here, and it is also convenient for Zheng Tan to observe the situation over there.

The door on the balcony of this family was also tightly locked, and the floor was covered with dust. The owner's family probably went out of town for the New Year, and there seemed to be no one in the house for a few days, which was the main reason why Zheng Tan chose this house.

Zheng Tan stood on a flower pot with only soil but no flowers and plants, and looked over there from the gap between two pieces of rags drying there.

There were a lot of people around, almost covering the center of the incident. From Zheng Tan's angle, he couldn't see much of the picture. Saw the situation on the ground.

There were three small tabby cats lying on the ground, less than a month old, with blood on their bodies, lying motionless on the cold ground, squatting beside them was a big white cat, still long-haired, it leaned over from time to time Look at the three kittens on the ground, touch them with the tip of their noses, and then call twice to the young man smoking a cigarette and looking foolish standing two steps away against the wall, the voice Zheng Tan listened to Like crying, each sound was dragged on for a long time, like howling.

The young man smoking a cigarette kept his coat aside, revealing his shoulders with dragon tattoos. It looked scary, and maybe this was why some people around him didn't dare to say too much.

Someone said something a little harsher before, and was punched twice by the young man with the dragon tattoo. If it weren't for the fights around him, he might have beaten him even harder. Several older people standing around were also kicked by him twice and helped away.

From the noise of these people, Zheng Tan learned a general idea. This cat lives next door, but its owner's family moved away a few years ago and didn't take it with them because it was too troublesome, not to mention there was a litter of unweaned kittens. The neighbor with the dragon tattoo said that he would take in these cats. The family was in a hurry to leave. Although they knew that this vicious neighbor was difficult to get along with and the cats would definitely suffer if they followed him, they didn’t say much in the end and carried their luggage. just left.

The tattooed man took these cats and planned to sell them for money in the future. As for the usual, he gave the cats food in a perfunctory manner. He just gave his own food when he remembered it, and it was fine if he couldn't remember it.

Not every cat has a strong stomach like Zheng Tan. Unable to eat the food, the female cat had to go out to look for food. When she came back, she happened to see the tattooed man throwing a kitten.

The tattooed man just went out and got angry and came back to take the cat to vent his anger. The surrounding residents saw him and came to criticize him, and they were beaten away one by one. It was useless to call the police.