Strange Life of a Cat

Zheng Tan was awakened by a violent vibration, trampling and meowing.

The effect of the medicine has not completely disappeared, and when Zheng Tan just opened his eyes, he still had a feeling of trance, not knowing where he was.

It's not the Jiao family's soft sofa under him, but there are strange atmospheres all around, and there are factors of fear and anxiety in the air. The yelling and shouting of people mixed with the meowing of cats, which gave Zheng Tan a headache.

Boom!

Cages of cats were placed on shelves.

Zheng Tan was stepped on several times by other cats in the same cage.

Really woke up this time.

He opened his eyes and looked around. It was a small room, full of foul smell, and some bloody smell. Zheng Tan could see some iron cages on the opposite shelf, as well as a few simple cat cages made of wood and bamboo.

Her ears moved, Zheng Tan also heard the barking of the dog next door. Dogs bark harder than cats.

Sighing, Zheng Tan was still a little weak all over, but it was okay to stand up and move around.

The other cats in the same cage are all very strong, and some of them are rare cats. Their fur is relatively clean and shiny, and several of them still wear collars and pet tags around their necks. They are all relatively good sellers.

Regarding Zheng Tan's waking up, the few cats in the cage did not pay attention to him. Domestic cats, especially those who have raised some spirituality after several years of raising, seem to have felt the waiting What is your own.

There is a restaurant just outside this room, and the whole street is full of such restaurants.

However, even if they have spirituality, they are inferior to humans after all, knowing that they are in danger, they can't think of a way to save themselves, they can only call, maybe they still have a fluke mentality, hoping that their master can hear.

Zheng Tan took a quick look and found that most of the cats in these cages were not stray cats. Even though the fur on their bodies was dirty and there were no collar cat tags around their necks, the eyes of stray cats and domestic cats were different. Sigh can see it.

Looking at the cage again, the good thing is that the lock of the cage is not complicated, not the kind of small copper lock that needs a key. After all, there are many cages, and if each cage has a big iron lock or a small copper lock, that would be too troublesome. For those cages made of bamboo or wood, the locks are also bolt-type.

A few cats stretched out their paws and plucked the locked part of the cage twice, but after all, their IQ is not high, and not every cat has received special training like Fatty, and they can’t get the cage out of the way even if they pluck it. It's not like dialing your own window door. Moreover, it takes a little effort to move these latches, and the latches are tightly locked, which is not something ordinary cats can move.

For Zheng Tan, this kind of effort is not too difficult, but Zheng Tan can't tell when the dealers outside will come in. It stands to reason that they have just been counted, so they won't come in to look at it for the time being, but you have to be careful, it's a matter of life.

There is no camera installed here, think about it, how could those people be willing to spend money to install a camera in such a broken place?

Zheng Tan strained his ears and listened intently. There were footsteps coming and going at the door, as well as human voices. Zheng Tan sounded familiar, and he had heard this voice before when he was in a coma.

When the footsteps faded away, Zheng Tan squeezed away a cat that was waving its paw at the door of the cage. The cat had a bad temper, it bared its teeth at Zheng Tan, and after being slapped by Zheng Tan, even though the cat was reluctant, it obediently let it go.

Zheng Tan came to the door of the cage, looked at the iron latch that was as thick as an adult's little finger, and had to turn an angle to pull it out.

Stretch your arm out of the cage, and when you touch the iron bolt, bend your palm, catch the handle of the iron bolt with your claws, turn the handle up ninety degrees, and pull it to the left.

Since Zheng Tan slapped the cat blocking the door of the cage just now, the other cats in the cage kept a little distance from Zheng Tan, so after pushing the latch, Zheng Tan pushed the cage away and slipped out. , and closed the cage again before several other cats squeezed over.

It's not that Zheng Tan doesn't want to save them, Zheng Tan needs to observe the surrounding situation first. Letting these guys out, Zheng Tan was afraid that he would startle the snake and ruin his chance of escape.

Seeing Zheng Tan come out, the cats in the cage started a new round of meowing. A few cats also tried to hook the iron bolts with their paws, but in vain.

Taking a deep breath, Zheng Tan looked around, ran to the door, jumped up and dialed the lock, it was locked. Obviously trying to get out through the door is unlikely.

In addition to the door, there is also a casement window in this small room. The wooden window frame is a little cracked and the paint is seriously peeled off. It can no longer be seen. The window is closed tightly, the latch is plugged in, and it looks like it hasn’t been opened for some time, the gaps are full of dust, the latch of the window is also covered with rust, and there is a layer of stains on the glass, only the middle part can see the outside Condition.

Zheng Tan walked over from the shelf and leaned against the window to have a look.

Outside the window is a narrow concrete road. The houses on this side and the houses on the other side of the cement road are facing away from each other. Only the back door of the house leads to this road. There are several large garbage cans on the cement road, all of which are already full of garbage. Although many of them are packed in bags, you can still see some chopped up discarded wreckage and viscera protruding from the bags. There are many flies on them. fly.

Even if he was mentally prepared, Zheng Tan still couldn't help but feel chills when he saw it.

If I can't wake up, delay for a few hours, or a few more days, will it happen like this? The body was separated, or was it skinned and deboned?

But now is not the time to be emotional, even if you have a lot of doubts about being caught, you have to suppress it at this time and focus all your energy on escaping.

Zheng Tan flipped the latch of the window, but the window hadn't been opened for a long time, and the latch was covered with rust resistance, so Zheng Tan didn't regain his strength, and it took a lot of effort to open the window.

At this time, it seemed to be two or three o'clock in the afternoon, and the sky was overcast, as if it was going to rain, and there was no one on the cement road.

Zheng Tan turned out the window. When he came out, he planned to close the window so that no one would notice something strange, but after thinking about it, he still left it open. He had to come over later to save trouble.

Next to the cat room is the dog room. Fortunately, the windows of this room are open for ventilation. After all, dogs cannot jump like cats, and even if they are released from the cage, they cannot climb the window.

There was no one inside, only a cage of dogs barking and biting each other.

Zheng Tan just opened the window and looked inside. It happened that a big dog looked up at the window and saw Zheng Tan.

"Wow woof woof woof!"

Shout out! Zheng Tan tugged at his ears.

Dogs and cats are somewhat different. Some cages contain several dogs, and some are bigger and more aggressive, and each cage holds one dog.

From the small Pomeranian Pekingese to the larger native dogs and black backs, there are all of them.

It is a bit difficult to open the dog cage.

It's not a lock issue. The cages here are basically the bolt type, and some are bayonet type, so it's not difficult to open.

There are a few low cages crowded with a few earth dogs. The narrow cages make them unable to stand up, and they don’t bark much. They are not in a good state of mind, but Zheng Tan dare not open it rashly. Who knows Will these dogs bite themselves when they come out?

There are also those few screaming jubilantly, looking at those eyes, you can't wait to rush up and bite.

What to do?

Zheng Tan looked around, and finally his eyes stopped on a thin iron rod in a shelf. The front end of the iron rod was sharpened, and there were bloodstains on it. There are also some ropes and thin wires beside it.

Zheng Tan rolled into the house, and the surrounding dogs made Zheng Tan feel nervous. Many of the dogs were full of evil spirits, growling in their throats, probably thinking about how to bite Zheng Tan.

Zheng Tan dragged out the thin iron rod, tied the thin iron wire to the iron rod, and the wire formed a circle. Then hold the iron rod with both hands and walk upright on two legs. Although it is difficult, just walk slowly.

There were some sticks and other percussion objects on the top of the shelf, all of which were blood. Zheng Tan walked on it step by step, the pungent smell of blood almost made him spit it out. Standing on the shelf, even if the cage is opened, those dogs can't do anything to Zheng Tan, they can't jump so high.

Zheng Tan stretched the thin iron rod down until it reached the latch of the cage, and fitted the wire loop tied at the top to the latch handle, lifted the iron rod to drive the latch to rotate, and then pulled it to the side.

With a click, the cage door opened, and a few puppies ran out, scurrying around to find the exit.

Zheng Tan ignored them, and then opened the cage. The bayonet type is also easier to handle, just poke it up and dial it twice to open it. Except that lifting the iron rod was a bit laborious, Zheng Tan also became proficient at opening a few cages, and opened them faster and faster.

However, if someone opened the door and came in at this time, Zheng Tan would throw him away and leave first.

After opening all the cages, Zheng Tan didn't stay any longer. The dogs were barking too loudly, and some of the fiercer big dogs showed some signs of madness, and the movement here was obviously easy to attract the attention of outsiders.

Turning out the window, Zheng Tan went to the room where the cats were kept, and opened the cat cages one by one. The windows were open, and the cats escaped from the windows.

After opening the last cage, Zheng Tan heard someone shouting outside. Apparently the cat was found fleeing out here.

Zheng Tan rushed out of the window, there were no shortcuts around to escape directly, even if the surrounding residents did not run restaurants, they would not show mercy to the cat, Zheng Tan did not dare to hide here, and tried to escape as far as possible, only A voice: Get out of this street, get out of this area where signs such as "XX Hot Pot" and "XX Cat Meat/Dog Meat/Rabbit Meat Restaurant" are everywhere.

When Zheng Tan was busy running away, the young man who arrested Zheng Tan was talking to a man in his fifties.

"Uncle Gan, you have gained a lot this time." The young man handed the other party a cigarette and said.

The man known as "Uncle Gan" took the cigarette and lit it, took two puffs, and said, "It's boring to make trouble."

Uncle Gan is relatively well-known in this area. He belongs to the earlier group of people who beat dogs and cats. filial piety.

The young man also learned from Uncle Gan, including the use of anesthesia guns. He has beaten dogs with Uncle Gan several times, and he is relatively familiar with the skills. There was a low point during SARS last year, but now it has gradually recovered and I am busy making money.

"You can make a hundred thousand a year now, right?" Uncle Gan said. Although it is a question sentence, it is certain. He is very clear in this regard.

Xiaonian smiled, instead of answering directly, he took out something and showed it to Uncle Gan.

"Sedation gun?" Uncle Gan looked at it casually, "It's okay, but it's too small, boring, and it doesn't feel good to hold. This kind of needle tube is not easy to handle... According to the dose of this injection, you can hit a dog or a person ?”

Xiaonian smiled: "Hit the cat."

Uncle Gan raised his eyebrows, "You are capable, use this to hit the cat!"

The tone is full of disdain. Uncle Gan has always felt that cats are so stupid that their curiosity and hunting nature can kill them, so cats are easy to catch.

The young man didn't care about Uncle Gan's sarcasm, "That cat is not easy to catch, and it won't catch on. If I hadn't come back in a hurry, I wouldn't use this. This time I went to several cities in the central part with my uncle and got this anesthesia. Guns, and a BMQ for fun."

The young man said something true and false, but he didn't say a word about how much money he got for the last ticket, and he had to be filial if he did.

Uncle Gan snorted twice, and didn't take the young man's words seriously. He paused for a while and said, "I'm going out tomorrow to make a ticket. Are you interested?"

"Where are you going?" the young man asked.

Uncle Gan pointed to the west.

The young man was silent. Although he beats dogs and cats, and sometimes gets a few jobs through the introduction of an intermediary, and beats people, but... poaching has never been done.

After smoking a cigarette, the young man threw the cigarette butt on the ground and crushed it with his toes.

"Okay! This time, I will go to learn a lot with Uncle Gan!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a guy from the shop rush out with blood on his arm. .

"The dog ran away! The cat ran away too!!"

While opening a restaurant, they also do wholesale business. Just now, when someone wanted to buy a dog, the clerk took someone there to look at the dog. Before he got close to the warehouse, he heard someone say that someone’s cat had run away. He was secretly happy, but When I walked to the door, I heard something wrong with the dog barking, and I was uneasy. As soon as he opened the door, he saw a big dog rushing towards him. If he hadn't reacted quickly, this arm would probably have been useless.

When the young man heard what the man said, his heart skipped a beat, and he hurried over to check the situation. After walking two steps, he turned his head and looked at Uncle Gan. Before he could speak, he watched Uncle Gan pull out a dog-beating tool from his old man's truck.

"Let's go, I just have itchy hands, so I'll help you too. These bastards are just restless." Uncle Gan said casually, but there was a mad and cruel killing intent.

Zheng Tan didn't know what was going on in the restaurant, so he just ran away. However, it took too much effort to open the cage before, and the effect of the medicine had not completely dissipated. At this time, a sudden sense of fatigue and fainting struck.

Misfortunes never come singly.

The people behind were riding motorcycles and driving cars, picking up escaped cats and dogs along the way, not only the restaurant, but other people on the street also joined the action.

The screaming of the dog and the knocking of the stick stimulated Zheng Tan's eardrum.

Zheng Tan just wanted to leave this street quickly, this "devil's lair"-like place, but his legs and feet were not in control, and his heart rhythm was irregular. Before getting down on the ground, Zheng Tan almost crawled to a corner.

This place is already out of the street, but hearing the footsteps running over, Zheng Tan thought it was useless to scold God, took a few breaths, and after recovering, he planned to hide in the rubbish dump at the corner, although it was very uncomfortable. Willing, but life-saving is the most important thing.

Just about to get up and drill into the garbage pile, a white figure appeared around the corner.

A few young people held woven nets, sacks, iron rods, etc., and caught those escaped cats and dogs along the way. There is no family on this street that specializes in pet cats and dogs, so as long as you see cats and dogs, go up and catch them. , or directly with a stick, it doesn't matter if he lives or dies.

When passing the corner, several young people saw a big white bear squatting not far from the garbage dump. Although they said they would catch a dog whenever they saw one, they didn't dare to catch it. It was a familiar face. It was raised by a child of a big boss's family, and it lived nearby, not on their street.

Looking at the big white bear squatting there baring its teeth at them, the big guy has always had a bad attitude towards the people on this street, and the young people left quickly.

Not long after they left, a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl passed by on a folding bicycle and waved in her direction, "Yu Jian, let's go!"

"Wow!"

The big white bear responded, looked at Zheng Tan who was blocked inside, and trotted to catch up.

The numbness only appeared for a while, and after a short rest, Zheng Tan's legs and feet began to regain consciousness. It may be the effect of the medicine, or it may be the side effect of the medicine, but I really feel much better now.

After thinking for a while, Zheng Tan looked at the great white bear that was running away, and followed. He is very tired now and needs to find a place to rest. People who raise dogs should not eat dog meat at home, right? Should not eat cat meat? Anyway, it must be much safer than the people around here, just try not to be discovered by the host.