Strange Life of a Cat

Without a corresponding animal protection law, relying solely on moral criticism will certainly not be able to quell public outrage, and this era is not like ten years later when a little thing can be directly posted or a video can be posted on the Internet.

However, even if it can attract more people's attention and criticism, it is not enough to punish the abuser enough.

What is the use of criticism? What is the use of moral constraints?

Can the three kittens be resurrected, or can the mother cat be given justice?

No way, that tattooed man doesn't even have to pay a fine, and moral criticism is nothing but fart to him, and it will be gone when the wind blows.

"It's none of your business that I threw my own cat! Meddling in other people's business, everyone is getting impatient, right?!" The tattooed man pointed at the muttering crowd around him and shouted.

The behavior of beating people just now obviously made the onlookers a little scruples, their voices were not as loud as that, and those who came out to accuse were also beaten to the ground.

That body of muscles and tattoos, coupled with this style, is obviously not a good thing, and maybe it will kill someone.

"Hurry up and get out, what are you doing in front of my house? Are you looking for smoke?"

The tattooed man pushed the people around him away, and the group of people gradually left.

When they were leaving, there were still a few aunts who sighed in low voices, "It's a crime", "That cat is so pitiful" and the like.

In fact, there are many similar things, and similar things may happen every day in this city.

For a cat, there is not even relative fairness, and there is not even an absolute protection system. What can be relied on may be a good owner, or become as tough as "Li Yuanba".

However, living in this metropolis made of steel and iron, even "Li Yuanba" chose a "den" and a "swallow" who would take care of and help him.

What kind of life would a lone cat actually lead? Zheng Tan only knew some things from other people's mouths. Some people said that such a stray cat can live well, but after seeing today's scene, Zheng Tan became a little skeptical. There must be good ones, but there are also bad ones.

The three kittens on the ground were finally picked up by an old man, wrapped in a towel and taken away. The big cat followed the old man while walking and barking. The tattooed man was standing next to him smoking a cigarette, watching the old man clean up with a sneer, and flicking his cigarette butt over there.

"It's just a few broken cats, what a fuss! Bah!" The tattooed man spat on the bloody ground, hummed a little song and walked away.

Zheng Tan followed the old man, watching the old man walk into a side entrance of Chuhua University, and buried the kitten wrapped in a towel in a small forest.

After burying it, the uncle sat on the ground next to him and panted, looked at the big cat circling there, reached out and touched the big white cat's head, "Although this place is far away from there, the old building area It is estimated that it will be demolished in two years, and the buried ones will be dug out. But not here, this is a very good university, the environment is good, and the people are better... You will live well in the future. Otherwise, you and Let me go, I don't live in that old building area, I just live around here, although the conditions are not good, it won't let you starve."

Zheng Tan didn't know if the big white cat could understand the uncle's words, it just clung to the ground where the kitten was buried, lying there, not moving. The uncle wanted to pick it up, but it struggled to keep going.

The uncle waited for a while, then hugged it again, this time the big cat did not struggle.

Zheng Tan squatted not far away and looked at them. After they left, Zheng Tan was still squatting there, not knowing what he was thinking, his mind was a little messy, and he seemed to be thinking about nothing. When I came back to my senses, it was already dark.

I moved, maybe I squatted like this for too long, my whole body was a little stiff, and I was a little cold.

Zheng Tan took a few deep breaths, and after moving slowly, he regained his senses and trotted back to the Dong family compound.

When Zheng Tan came home, Jiao's father was sweeping the floor, Jiao Yuan and Xiao Youzi both helped clean up, Jiao's mother was washing dishes in the kitchen, the room smelled of alcohol and strangers. However, seeing familiar people and smelling familiar smells still made Zheng Tan feel at ease.

After getting into Xiaoyouzi's bed at night, Zheng Tan didn't feel sleepy. The little pomelo next to him was already asleep, but Zheng Tan still kept his eyes open, looking at the ceiling in the room, and didn't fall asleep until after three o'clock in the morning. But I couldn't sleep well, and I always dreamed about what I saw today, about the three kittens lying on the ground.

Zheng Tan dreamed that he was standing on the blood-stained ground, looking at the smoking tattooed man standing against the wall. Lying beside him are the three kittens. Surrounded by a circle of people whose faces cannot be seen.

Due to some scenes in the dream, Zheng Tan who was dreaming stretched out his paw and scratched a big hole in Xiaoyouzi's quilt.

The next day, Mother Jiao looked at the torn quilt cover and said, "Heitan is probably dreaming of catching mice."

"But Heitan doesn't look very energetic today." Xiaoyouzi pointed to Zheng Tan who was listless on the sofa, and said.

Jiao Yuan stared at Zheng Tan, then raised his hand to support Zheng Tan: "Black Cat Warrior, transform!"

Zheng Tan was still listless, he didn't slap Jiao Yuan's hand away like last time, and he didn't struggle, just let Jiao Yuan play around like this.

"Black Cat Warrior, transform!"

Jiao Yuan tried again, seeing that the black cat in his hand was still the same, he hurriedly said to Jiao's mother: "Mom, there is something really wrong with Heitan!"

Jiao Ma didn't bother to mend the quilt cover at hand, so she quickly lifted Zheng Tan to have a look, "Heitan, what's wrong with you?"

Zheng Tan hummed weakly twice.

"Hurry up and call Xiao Guo and bring Heitan to see a doctor. Don't catch a cold." Jiao's mother said to Jiao's father next to her.

After making the phone call, Papa Jiao took Zheng Tan to Xiao Guo and the others on a small electric bike. The three people staying at home couldn't sit still, so they went out of the east gate and hailed a taxi to the pet center.

Hearing that Zheng Tan was sick, Xiao Guo hurriedly put down what he was doing and went to his brother's diagnosis and treatment area in person, asking him to take a closer look.

After Xiao Guo's brother carefully checked Zheng Tan's physical characteristics, he said, "It doesn't look like he's sick, but he's just in a bad mood."

In a bad mood?

Zheng Tan was really in a bad mood, he couldn't tell what it was like, he just felt bored, a little anxious, in short all kinds of irritability.

"It was fine when it went out yesterday, but it was not in a good mood when it came back. I thought it was because it was tired from playing outside." Papa Jiao said.

"What did it encounter when we went out yesterday?" Xiao Guo wondered.

His brother Xiao Guo thought for a while, and said, "Yesterday, I heard people say that someone killed three unweaned kittens in an alley in the old building area. Is this the reason?"

"Huh? What's going on?" Xiao Guo asked. He had been editing photos in the studio yesterday and didn't know what was going on outside.

Xiao Guo's brother told what he knew, which made Zheng Tan want to cover his ears, and the scene in his dream seemed to appear in front of him again. The picture made him very uncomfortable and even more depressed.

Zheng Tan secretly sighed, he didn't expect his mind to be so fucking fragile. Didn't you always look fearless before? Could it be the reason for staying up late and not sleeping well? Well, definitely lack of sleep.

Thinking about it, Zheng Tan fell asleep with his eyes closed while the three people beside him were talking.

After the three of them finished talking, they were speechless for a while looking at the black cat sleeping with its eyes closed.

"Isn't this the reason for not sleeping well? No one will be in a good mood if they haven't slept well." Xiao Guo said helplessly.

After confirming that there were no other reasons for the injury of their cat, the people of the Jiao family felt relieved.

When Zheng Tan woke up, he was already at Jiao's house, and it was getting dark.

"Wake up, wake up!" Jiao Yuan shouted excitedly.

There was still Xiaoyuzi sitting next to her, and Jiao's mother and Jiao's father hurried over when they heard the sound.

After taking a nap, Zheng Tan felt much better, and ate a big bowl of rice that Jiao Ma prepared for him.

Zheng Tan stretched his waist after eating, and the black cat that was listless in the morning came back to life!

"Okay, okay, hurry up and pack up, change clothes, it's colder at night." Mother Jiao greeted the two children.

Um? This is to go out?

Zheng Tan looked at the four people who were changing clothes.

"Mom, let's take Heitan with us." Jiao Yuan said.

Jiao's mother didn't answer immediately, but looked at Jiao's father.

Papa Jiao thought for a while, "Take it with you, use your schoolbag. But there will be too many people watching the fireworks, so you should be careful."

"good!"

watch fireworks?

Zheng Tan looked at the calendar, it turned out that today is already the sixth day of the lunar new year, and on the evening of the sixth day, the merchants in the central department store will set off fireworks, and many people go to watch.

After tidying up, the four members of the Jiao family went out with a cat.

When walking there, I met some other people from the compound, as well as some faculty and staff with their families in the West Family Area. Everyone greeted with a smile.

Jiao's father was holding Jiao Yuan's schoolbag, Zheng Tan stayed inside and looked out from the opened zipper. There are really many people walking towards the Central Department Store, and almost all the people walking around are going there.

When they arrived, there were already many people standing in the square in front of the Central Department Store. Jiao Yuan wanted to squeeze in again, but Dad Jiao stopped him and found a place to stand still.

"Don't get too close, there's a lot of dust falling over there, and it's easy to get hurt. It's not too far from here," Papa Jiao said.

It's only seven o'clock now, half an hour before the set off time. They deliberately came early to reserve a seat. The place Papa Jiao chose was relatively inward, and when there are too many people, the outside will probably be blocked.

There are several high platforms around the square, and the surrounding areas of the high platforms are blocked off, keeping a certain distance from the spectators. Those places are the firing points.

When it was almost time to set off, Mother Jiao took out glasses and a mask and handed them to the two children. The glasses are flat glasses to prevent the dust in the air from falling into the eyes when looking at it, and the mask is to prevent too much dust later, the smell is choking, and it is not good to breathe too much.

Jiao's father carried the schoolbag on his chest, and Jiao's mother protected the two children between them.

Zheng Tan looked around from the zipper of the schoolbag with some novelty, and it was full of people, much denser than when he first came here.

Suddenly, all the street lights on the square went out.

The people's voices in the square suddenly fell silent as the lights went out, and then began to discuss in a low voice, which was the prelude to the beginning.

After the lights went out, Zheng Tan exposed his entire head.

At this time, there was no light, and no one would have thought that someone watching the fireworks would actually bring a cat with them!

Boom!

A big firework bloomed in the sky, kicking off the curtain.

Bang bang bang!

The roar of fireworks is endless.

Zheng Tan looked up at the sky. Since he was relatively close, the fireworks seemed to explode above his head, and the people standing below seemed to be about to be burned by the falling sparks. These sparks gradually extinguished as they approached the crowd below, and finally only some dust fell.

Each flying spark looks weak and monotonous, but when the sparks come together, they have an irresistible charm.

It's different from what you see on TV, and it's also different from the mood of watching from a distance.

The blooming fireworks dominate all the light in the sky at this moment, resplendent and colorful, and full of brilliance. For the people standing below, this piece of colorfulness seems to be within reach.

Zheng Tan felt that the boredom in his heart seemed to explode with the bang, shatter, and disappear with the evening wind.

Suddenly there is a feeling of enlightenment. Of course, it would be better if the falling dust and the pungent smell around were ignored.

Not far from them, a parent held his child in his arms because he was afraid that his child would run around. The child may have got some dust in his eyes. He lowered his head and rubbed his eyes. When he opened his eyes and looked around, he saw the cat's head protruding from the schoolbag hanging on Father Jiao's chest. Some dust bounced around.

"Dad, there's a cat—"

However, the child's voice was drowned out by the roar of the fireworks, and only his father heard a little sound.

"What? My eyes are still hurting, come and blow it up, Dad."

The child slapped his father away, "There is a cat—"

"Yes, there are fireworks and there are fireworks! Look, how beautiful the fireworks are!"

Child:"……"

When the sound of fireworks finally stopped, the crowd gradually began to disperse.

Papa Jiao waited for the people around him to disperse before starting to walk out.

Jiao Yuan and Xiaoyouzi still had excitement on their faces, and they kept talking about which kind of fireworks looked good when they walked home.

"The firefighters are probably very busy today." Mother Jiao sighed.

When they got home, everyone had a strong smell and washed them vigorously. Zheng Tan also soaked in the bath for a long time.

After taking a shower and drying his hair, Zheng Tan crawled into Xiaoyouzi's bed.

Xiaoyouzi went to sleep after writing a diary. Just like the previous diary entries, after she finished writing the diary, she would press Zheng Tan's paw on it and draw a circle, and then add a few strokes, so in several diaries, there is a cat at the end of the diary. The painting of the palm.

After Xiaoyouzi turned off the light and went to sleep, Zheng Tan exposed his head from the bedding, stretched out a palm, and exposed the sharp claws that had been retracted.

Looking at the claws in the dark, Zheng Tan felt that, in fact, he could do something.