Strange Life of a Cat

The dredging over there was very fast, and not long after it opened to traffic, the car drove into the boundary of Yangyang.

After getting off the highway, Dad Jiao drove directly to the old house in the country, instead of taking the road leading to the town.

What made the Jiao family very curious was that the BMW behind them followed them all the time. Although they knew that their destination was also Yangyang, Yangyang was not very small, and the roads leading to different towns in Yangyang were also different. Driving up to now, everyone’s driving route is exactly the same. Could it be that they are still real fellows?

When Dad Jiao talked with them on the highway, he talked a lot, but he didn't disclose where these people's real destination was, what their names were, etc.

The members of the Jiao family were just curious, and didn't think that they were plotting against them. After all, the other party didn't look like someone who was short of money.

Like the people in Jiao's family, the people in the BMW behind were also surprised. They really didn't expect that everyone's driving route would be the same.

Half an hour later, the car approached Jiao's old house, and when passing a fork in the road, the BMW turned and separated from Jiao's car.

"It's probably from a neighboring village," Papa Jiao said.

As for whether the BMW in the back belongs to the neighboring village or not, everyone is not very interested in it. Now it is almost at the ancestral house. Jiao Yuan has not been here for nearly two years. Going to Jiaoyuan, so, for Jiaoyuan, this is a slightly longer memory.

"Hey, there's a department store opened there!" Jiao Yuan pointed to a department store he just passed by.

A department store of this size is nothing in Chuhua City, but it is considered a big store here, and it is convenient for many people.

"Yes, it was built at the end of last year." Dad Jiao told Jiao Yuan about the changes in the past two years.

Xiaoyouzi was a little nervous, she was not familiar with the people here, and had never been here before.

The surrounding areas are still fields. When approaching the intersection of the village where the old house is located, I saw an old man standing at the intersection, and a big yellow dog wandering around beside the old man.

"Grandpa!" Jiao Yuan waved over there from the open car window.

Mr. Jiao, who was standing at the intersection, smiled so much that a chrysanthemum was about to bloom on his face.

Father Jiao stopped the car and asked Old Man Jiao to get in the car. After all, there is still some distance from here to the old house, so they can't just run away in the car and let the old man walk behind alone, right?

Mr. Jiao thought about it, and got into the car anyway. Before getting into the car, he said to the big yellow dog outside: "Just follow outside."

The big yellow dog seemed very puzzled by the way the old man Jiao got into the car, and was about to come up to him, when he suddenly saw a black cat's head coming out of the car window, and raised his head and barked.

"Wow woof woof woof!"

Zheng Tan lay on the car window, looked at the big yellow dog outside, shook his ears, and ignored its barking.

"Hehe, Heitan is really calm! I forgot to tell you about Laifu before, and then I thought it would be better to do an experiment to see how your family's Heitan would react when seeing Laifu. I didn't expect this cat to be so I’m not afraid.” The big yellow dog raised by Mr. Jiao is called Laifu, and he has been raising it for almost a year. The breed is a common native dog in this place.

"That is, Heitan of our family often plays with the dogs in the compound. There is a big St. Bernard dog, much bigger than Laifu, and he shuns Heitan."

"Hey, the idiom of avoiding three homes is well used." Mr. Jiao praised with a smile.

"Grandpa, you are so knowledgeable!"

Father Jiao, who was driving in front, shook his head, and let the grandparent and grandson continue to brag.

Even if the big yellow dog didn't understand the old man's actions, when he saw the car moving, he took his attention away from Zheng Tan and ran after him.

After entering the village, the road leading to the old house is a dirt road, which is uneven. There are still children and old people sitting in the car. Father Jiao drove slowly.

The big yellow dog behind is not tired of chasing, and often runs ahead.

Jiao Yuan looked at the big dog following outside the car from time to time, and asked some things about the big dog.

Here, there are many names such as Wangcai and Laifu. There are many dogs with the same name in the village. In fact, there are still many people who keep dogs at home without naming them. Dogs are kept to prevent theft, guard the house, guard the orchard, or guard against weasels. , as long as it can have an effect, it doesn't matter too much whether it is named or not. Moreover, there are many dogs and cats in the village that are free-range, and they are not as strictly guarded as in the city. When walking along the country road from here, Zheng Tan saw several of them running freely on the dirt road or fields with their tails flicking.

"With so many names, aren't you afraid of calling the wrong one?" Jiao Yuan asked.

"Hey, this is different. It only recognizes our own family's voice, and it won't listen to other people calling it." Mr. Jiao is quite proud of himself, and he is very confident in the dog he has taught.

Jiao Yuan hasn't been here for two years, and he found that the place has changed a lot. Many people have built small buildings, and there are far fewer tile-roofed houses with blue brick peaks and chimneys.

Everyone has made money these days, and a large number of people who have gone south to work can always bring some changes to their families when they come back for the New Year. The houses in the countryside are not as good as those in the cities, and relatively speaking, they don’t cost too much money. Here, one’s own house has become a way to show off when one gets rich and becomes well-off.

Many older people don’t do much farming anymore. They help to take care of their children at home and play mahjong when they have nothing to do. The children who go out to work return some money every month to subsidize their families.

Jiao's father also wanted to renovate his ancestral house. So many people in the village have built small buildings. Unexpectedly, Mr. Jiao refused as soon as he heard it. He was reluctant to tear down the old house and build a small two-story or small three-story building like other people. For this old house, Mr. Jiao had a deep affection. Even if he had a house in the town, Mr. The couple still stayed in their ancestral home most of the time.

Many people in the ancestral house know Dad Jiao, and the university professors all feel awe, and the word "vice" is directly ignored by them. In the village, everyone's attitude towards high intellectuals and officials is obviously different from other people.

When we arrived at the ancestral house, Jiao Wei also came to help move things. Jiao Wei came to help Mr. Jiao when he was cleaning the ancestral house. In Chuhua City, it was Jiao’s father who helped his family, so here in the ancestral house, Jiao Wei just I tried my best to help.

After Zheng Tan got out of the car, the big yellow dog roared loudly beside him, and continued to roar from another angle after two roars.

Many dogs are like this. The more you run, the more they chase, and the more you chase, the more they run. This is a vicious circle. Those who are aggressive or have received some relevant training and are smarter will generally not bite. Zheng Tan didn't run away, one reason was that the big yellow dog would not bite for the time being, and the second reason was that with Mr. Jiao around, the dog would not bite.

Sure enough, after being scolded by Mr. Jiao, Big Yellow Dog was a little reconciled, but he still gave up on Zheng Tan's side and ran to the kitchen with Mr. Jiao.

There are quite a lot of rooms in the old house. After clearing out the clutter, the vacant rooms are occupied by four people. Jiao's father and mother share a room, Jiao Yuan and Xiaoyouzi each have a room, all next to each other.

Although Xiaoyouzi's surname is not Jiao, both Mr. Jiao and Mrs. Jiao are very kind to her. Some small plants are specially placed in the room to make the room more lively.

In Xiaoyuzi's room, there is a big cat climbing frame, which is the masterpiece of Mr. Jiao. Since Mr. Jiao didn't know how to surf the Internet, he asked someone to download a picture from the Internet and print it out, and made a cat climbing frame by himself. It still looked the same, and the materials used were all good. Step on it, the claw feels good.

As for the night, who still sleeps on a cat climbing frame when there is a bed. The cat climbing frame is only used for naps and naps during the day.

Grandma Jiao Wei raised rabbits at home, and he caught two palm-sized little rabbits for Jiao Yuan and Xiaoyouzi to play with. At first, Jiao Wei's grandmother was afraid that Zheng Tan would plot against her family's rabbit, but after realizing that Zheng Tan wasn't interested at all, she gradually felt relieved.

The next day, after breakfast, Mr. Jiao went out to buy something. The old lady was at home with Jiao’s mother to marinate bacon. .

Jiao Wei led them to put a canning bottle above the entrance of the rabbit hole, tied a rope to the body of the bottle, held the other end of the rope in his hand, and hid it. When the little rabbits came out of the hole, they pulled the rope and fell. The lowered canning bottle will block the opening of the hole, and Jiao Yuan and Xiaoyouzi will run in to catch the little rabbit.

After Zheng Tan looked around for a while, he felt a little bored. He wanted to go back and sleep on the cat climbing frame. When he jumped on the wall of Jiao Wei's house and was about to walk to the old house, he found that Jiao's father was carrying a The bag went out, and he looked around when he went out.

Zheng Tan, who was familiar with Dad Jiao's style of behavior, felt that Dad Jiao's behavior was a bit strange, since he was fine anyway, so he simply jumped off the courtyard wall and followed.

On the way, Zheng Tan saw a few cats basking in the sun on the haystacks. It was cold, and the cats kept their paws well, and they didn't bother to react when they saw Zheng Tan.

What exposed Zheng Tan was a big dog. It kept barking when it found Zheng Tan. Fortunately, it was tied up, otherwise it would definitely come up and fight Zheng Tan.

Father Jiao turned around and saw Zheng Tan with a complicated expression on his face, he sighed, "Forget it, follow along, don't run around, there are many dogs around here."

Zheng Tan was even more puzzled, who exactly is Dad Jiao looking for?

Followed Papa Jiao for five minutes, and came to a blue brick house. Looking at the house, it should have a "long history". Some people's houses, this family's living conditions seem to be not very good.

Papa Jiao stood not far away and looked at the house for a few seconds before walking over.

The wooden door was open, allowing sunlight to come in, and the dust floating in the air could be seen. There is a wooden recliner at the door, and an old woman is lying on the recliner, as if sleeping. What she was wearing was not the kind of old clothes that had been washed white and had patches as Zheng Tan imagined, but the material looked pretty good, but this person was a bit rough.

Very eccentric.

A tortoiseshell cat with one leg missing was lying on the lap of the old woman. Compared to "Li Yuanba", it was much thinner. When it sensed that someone was coming, it moved its ears and opened its squinted eyes to see who was coming. He glanced at the cat, then closed it again, as if he didn't intend to pay attention to it.

Papa Jiao went over and put down the things he was carrying. Inside were some health care products and daily necessities, which were brought from Chuhua City, and the price was not cheap.

The old lady who seemed to be asleep on the recliner slowly opened her eyes. Although her face was full of wrinkles and she looked older than Mr. Jiao, her eyes were black and bright and very energetic.

The old lady's gaze stayed on Papa Jiao for a few seconds, and then moved to Zheng Tan who was standing beside Papa Jiao's legs.

Zheng Tan suddenly felt a chill down his spine and backed away unconsciously behind Father Jiao.

"This is not the cat from back then." The old woman said suddenly.

The voice didn't fluctuate too much, and Zheng Tan couldn't hear what emotion she was feeling when she said this.