Strange Life of a Cat

The campus in July is lush and lush.

Although people often repair flower beds and some green belts, the vegetation grows too fast and changes its appearance every few days.

For the people of Chuhua City, July and August are always annoying, the weather is too hot, so people rarely go out during the day.

Zheng Tan was lying on the balcony on the fifth floor, and there was a pot of orchid grass next to it, which was given by the old man Lan. Zheng Tan likes to lie here and sleep on the flower pot. At this point, the balcony is shaded, so it may be hot for people, but For cats, the temperature is fine, after all, the body temperature is higher than that of humans.

Therefore, compared to the air-conditioned room, Zheng Tan still prefers the balcony here.

In the blink of an eye, it has been more than a year since I came to this place. Zheng Tan didn't pay attention to it before, but when he learned that Jiao Yuan and Xiaoyuzi were on summer vacation, Zheng Tan realized that it was already summer vacation again.

At this time last year, Zheng Tan came here not long ago, and he was quite repulsed by everything, feeling insecure, at a loss, at a loss, and other complicated emotions gathered together. Now that I think about it, my mood at that time was already a little blurred, but I still remember clearly the scene of coming here.

Just as he was thinking about it, his chin felt itchy, Zheng Tan rubbed against the protruding edge of the flower pot, yawned, and squinted his eyes to look at the people hurrying to and fro with sun umbrellas below.

On such a hot day, Jiao Yuan is still crazy outside. Recently, Jiao Yuan and Xiong Xiong always go out to play, go to the swimming pool today, and play basketball tomorrow. They arrange their time fully. Except for eating time, they are not at home very much during the day. Anyway, the children in the compound are all together, and there are always some parents around. They are all acquaintances, and the parents of other families are not worried.

Jiao Yuan, who has left primary school life, is always inexplicably excited, even in the scorching hot summer, he always has a silly smile on his face, and he is already tanned not long after graduating from primary school.

Thinking about the little grapefruit who stayed in the room doing summer homework, Zheng Tan couldn't help feeling that the little girl should be quieter.

After falling asleep, Zheng Tan was awakened by a cry.

"Meow - meow -"

There were two meows from downstairs.

It's not Ah Huang, it's not the sheriff, and it's not Fatty.

Just by hearing this voice, without looking, Zheng Tan knew it was that guy from Peanut Candy.

Since he was a child, Peanut Candy has been walking with "Li Yuanba" on the street, and he has already figured out the surrounding terrain clearly. From the pet center to Chuhua University, it is a place where he often walks.

Unlike dogs, when cats go out for a walk, the distance they walk may be much farther than people imagine. Of course, those cats who are crazy about roads will not be mentioned. For example, Ah Huang, the farthest place is still in Chuhua Inside the university, and they were all with Zheng Tan and the others. If Ah Huang was left alone, he wouldn't even be able to leave the compound.

Zheng Tan once thought that Ah Huang was afraid of people outside and other pet dogs he didn’t know, but after taking this guy out a few times later, Zheng Tan realized that this guy didn’t remember the way very much, maybe after castration, he didn’t go anywhere If you pee, you don't remember the way very much without "signposts".

As for the reason why Peanut Candy is walking the street alone now, the main reason is that "Li Yuanba" is sick, or something like an intestinal infection, which is a little serious, which makes Yanzi and Xiao Guoke feel very distressed. "Li Yuanba" usually gave people the impression that he was very strong and healthy, and he didn't even suffer from some minor illnesses. However, once he got sick, he would make a lot of trouble. Anyway, he has been staying in the pet center to recuperate recently and has not come out.

The Peanut Candy guy still goes out whenever he has time, but when Zheng Tan went to shoot commercials last time, I heard from Xiao Guo that the Peanut Candy guy would bring a mouse to "Li Yuanba" every time he went out and came back. A very large mouse that seems to be looking for praise, or perhaps to show people that it has grown up and is no longer the kitten that always needs company.

Regardless of what Peanut Candy really thinks, this behavior has continued.

Sometimes Peanut Candy will come over and ask the cats in the compound to go out together. After there are more cats, it is estimated that there will be momentum, and it will not always be bullied.

Peanut Candy seems to be only seven or eight months old now, but it is bigger than other seven or eight-month-old cats, and they are almost the same as Zheng Tan and the others. In addition, their hair is a little longer and thicker, just like big cats Same.

As for the characteristic "mole" on Peanut Candy's mouth, as the size grows, the "mole" also becomes bigger, which is very funny to watch.

Zheng Tan went out with Peanut Candy a few times, and just these few times, Zheng Tan discovered a phenomenon. First, Peanut Candy is very proficient in catching mice. It seems that the teaching of "Li Yuanba" played a key role and contributed a lot. Second, this guy never catches mice in one place. Today he is on the street next door, tomorrow he will be in a certain warehouse of Chuhua University, and the day after tomorrow he will change to another place.

In short, each day the mice came from a different location. This made Zheng Tan a little puzzled.

Different places, do mice smell different?

Or maybe this is Peanut Candy expressing to "Li Yuanba" that he is very familiar with the surrounding terrain?

Zheng Tan didn't understand, but he still appreciated the behavior of Peanut Candy.

As soon as Peanut Candy yelled from below, the police chief who didn’t know where he was sleeping in the grass rushed out, looking very happy, because every time Peanut Candy came to call for his accomplices, it was likely to fight with a cat in a certain area. Maybe the cat in that place is blocking its way, so hit once to clear the way.

Zheng Tan got up and stretched, then went out and ran downstairs.

Ah Huang has been locked up at home recently, and the big fat guy will not leave his old lady too far away, so only Zheng Tan and the police chief accompanied Peanut Candy out for a walk.

There is a small street a hundred meters away from one of the side entrances of Chuhua University. There are also some private houses gathered there, and they are built with several floors for rent to students, which is quite chaotic. Most of the renters here are boys. Girls don’t dare to come here. The reason is because the place is too remote, because there is a building behind it. It is said that it is an abandoned project. The incident, so, gradually, many people don't go there very much, and the remaining people choose to rent houses there because of the low rent, otherwise it must be very depressed there.

That's where Zheng Tan went with Peanut Candy today, but it's a pity that there are several companies there today that are holding wedding events, school entrance celebrations and the like. I didn't go to any big hotel, people here are used to do it at home, anyway, their homes are four or five storey buildings, with a lot of space, just tidy up.

It’s fine if it’s just one family, but now there are several, cars are parked everywhere, and there are many people coming and going, and it’s already past four o’clock in the afternoon.

Zheng Tan saw a cat squatting by the wall of a family. It was quite big, and its color was similar to that of a sheriff. Besides this one, Zheng Tan also saw a cat with long hair, lying lazily under a small car.

After Peanut Candy looked around, he stopped moving forward, and probably didn't expect to encounter such a situation. After flicking his tail, he turned and left.

The sheriff was about to rush over to fight, but was pulled back by Zheng Tan. There are too many people here, and cat fights are fine. If people get involved, it is not so easy to handle, and this is still their territory.

It is better for cats to fight at night, so that there is no human factor involved. However, peanut candy doesn't come out every night, it all depends on Yanzi's mood that day. Looking at Peanut Candy's decision today, it is estimated that it will not be able to come out at night. If it can come out at night, it will not come here during the day.

When Zheng Tan returned to the compound, he heard voices coming from the house before entering the door.

"Buddha"?

What is "Buddha" doing here at this time?

Zheng Tan was puzzled.

After entering the door, Zheng Tan saw "Buddha" holding a baby and talking to Jiao's mother.

Seeing Zheng Tan coming in, Mother Jiao hurriedly said, "You don't have to wait until the meal time, Heitan is back now!"

Zheng Tan tugged at his ears, what are these words, he said it as if he was a foodie.

"Buddha" sat on the sofa in the living room, looked at Zheng and sighed, "Heitan, come here quickly, this is a kitten."

kitten?

Zhuo kitten?

No wonder the iron face of "Buddha" who has remained unchanged for thousands of years is now so soft that he doesn't look like himself.

Zheng Tan walked over, jumped onto the sofa, and looked at the baby in the arms of "Buddha".

Calculating based on the time, Zhuo's kitten should be about three months old, and he can't speak or even crawl. The hair is not too dense, the eyes are not too big, but they are very dark and very energetic.

I heard that children's eyes are like this, black and white are distinct, relatively clear, not as cloudy as adults.

There is a pendant hanging around Kitten Zhuo's neck, which is a pendant made by Xiao Zhuo with nine-leaf clover, and it should be hung on Kitten Zhuo now and in the future.

Buddha adjusted his hugging posture so that Kitten Zhuo could face Zheng Tan.

One person and one cat just looked at each other like this.

Then, Kitten Zhuo burst out laughing, while laughing, while swinging his arms, like a chick flapping its wings.

What a joke!

Zheng Tan looked at the little baby in front of him. The little guy kept babbling, not knowing what he was talking about, and his eyes and expression were very serious.

"He's saying hello," Buddha said.

Yeah?

Zheng Tan looked at the person who continued to babble there, this little guy laughed so hard that his saliva flowed out, what the hell.

"Heitan, say hello to my brother." Jiao's mother said beside her.

greet?

how to spell?

Zheng Tan was a little dazed. With such a young child, would poking it hurt me?

However, seeing the little guy trying to swing his arm, Zheng Tan leaned over, rubbed his palm on the sofa, wiped off some of the dust on his palm, then shook it, looked at his palm, and made sure to put away his sharp claws Only then did he stretch out his palm. Touched Zhuo Kitten's chubby face.

Seeing Zheng Tan's actions just now, "Buddha" had a little smile on his face.

Zhuo Kitty started laughing again after being touched by Zheng Tan.

Zheng Tan was a little helpless, why did this little boy like to laugh so much.

"Buddha" didn't stay here for too long, and left soon.

In the evening, at the dinner table, Jiao's mother talked about what happened in the afternoon, but Jiao's father just said "um" twice, without expressing much. But Zheng Tan always felt that Father Jiao seemed to know something.