Strange Life of a Cat

Regarding the matter of the two children setting off firecrackers with the cat, the old lady felt that it was fortunate that it was in her yard, and only her family knew about it.

In the village, these animals are smart, but if they are too smart, it may not be a good thing.

Afterwards, the old lady mentioned it to Papa Jiao, and Papa Jiao called the two children and Zheng Tan over to give them instructions.

It’s good to let the firecrackers go, and enjoy the addiction. Zheng Tan doesn’t need to play with that thing all the time, just restrain himself.

"Hey, Dad, has this dog eaten a bad stomach?"

Papa Jiao pointed to the lump under the vines in the corner of the courtyard and said.

"Bad stomach?" Mr. Jiao walked over to have a look, "It's true."

Compared with the usual shit, the lump under the vines is much thinner, but Dad Jiao and Mr. Jiao looked at the big yellow dog squatting next to the coal stove and waiting for the "leakage", and they couldn't see that this guy had diarrhea at all. of lethargy.

"It's okay, it looks like it's eating too much and too much. These days, the dog eats more for the New Year's shopping, so just don't feed it randomly." Seeing this, Mr. Jiao is no longer worried.

People in the village don’t have so many rules about keeping dogs. Cats and dogs often eat with people. The villagers don’t have the energy to care if eating like that will be harmful to cats and dogs. In fact, most cats and dogs here can’t live normally. In terms of life expectancy, there are many people who adopt cats to beat dogs, or some of them sell their dogs for some reason, but cats are not very valuable, and they don’t care if they don’t want to keep them anymore, and let them fend for themselves. To sum up, the lives of cats and dogs are cheap, no one will take care of them, people can't manage them, and take care of cats and dogs? In comparison, Mr. Jiao is good enough.

"Do you want to tie it to the side? It's not good to squat there all the time." Papa Jiao said. If the dog squats over there, there will definitely be "leaks" to pick up, and it will fry meatballs later. If the old lady shakes her hands again, the dog will be happy again.

"At Shuan's house, he can hum, chirp, and sing for a long time... Let it go out to play, and you don't have to look for it. It will naturally come back when you eat. There are many dogs in the village like this."

"Aren't you afraid of being taken away by dog ​​beaters?"

"Who is going to beat the dog in broad daylight? Besides, Laifu will not go far. He just walks in the village, and there are people watching. The dog beater will not come at this time. Just tie the dog at home at night. Don't worry about it during the day." Mr. Jiao is very confident in his dog.

As he said that, Mr. Jiao had already walked over and pushed the big yellow dog who was squatting there and didn't want to leave for half a step, and pushed out the door, "Go and play by yourself, and come back when you eat."

The big yellow dog wanted to squeeze in the door unwillingly, but Mr. Jiao stood at the door and blocked the door tightly. After trying a few times, seeing that he really couldn't squeeze in, the big yellow dog barked twice, turned his head and walked away with small steps.

"It won't lose its temper, right?" Papa Jiao worried as he looked at the big yellow dog leaving.

"It dares?! Get angry, you'll know when it's time for dinner." Mr. Jiao waved his hand, "It's not those pampered cats and dogs in your city, oh, speaking of it, I heard people say before, Some cats and dogs in the city are very narrow-minded and love to hold grudges, don’t they? How is your family Heitan’s temper?”

"...It's okay." Papa Jiao choked out these three words, thought for a while and said: "Anyway, it's good for the family."

Jiao Yuan and Xiaoyouzi washed their hands and helped Jiao's mother make dumplings. They also helped make dumplings at home before, so they wouldn't be twisted. At least it looked like a dumpling rather than a deformed dough.

Zheng Tan was idle and bored, seeing the big yellow dog running out for a walk, he also jumped out of the courtyard wall and followed him - walking with the big yellow dog will not get lost.

"Don't care about the cat?" Mr. Jiao raised his chin and tapped the courtyard wall.

"It's okay, it's smart." Father Jiao was not worried.

After Zheng Tan jumped off the courtyard wall, he followed the big yellow dog in front of him, and kept an eye on his surroundings from a distance. There are many dogs in the village, not every dog ​​can be friendly to a cat.

The big yellow dog that came out of Jiao's house walked around the village familiarly, smelling the smell to beg for food, and it knew which one would give it and which one would not. Animals are sometimes much smarter than people think, but most of the time, that intelligence is ignored by people.

A cat laying on a wooden barrel basking in the sun with its paws in its mouth just opened its eyes a little when it saw the big yellow dog, and didn't run away. After the big yellow dog walked away, it closed its eyes again and continued to take a nap and bask in the sun.

Seeing the big yellow dog walking and gathering food, Zheng Tan really admired this guy's ability, thick-skinned and a little smart, even if these two points were put on a human being, he would definitely not starve.

Just as he was thinking, Zheng Tan suddenly heard a dog barking in front of him, "Wow, woof, woof, woof, woof, woof, woof". This bark was different from the time Big Yellow Dog saw Papa Jiao and the others. It was vigilant and aggressive. This bark only appeared when facing identified dangerous people.

Sure enough, looking up, Zheng Tan saw the big yellow dog barking at a person not far away.

The person not far away looked passable, and he wouldn't be embarrassed, but with the rascal temperament all over his body, his impression points plummeted to a negative value.

The man was shaking his legs with a toothpick in his mouth. He was not afraid when he saw the big yellow dog. He even laughed a few times, then picked up half a brick on the ground next to him and threw it at the big yellow dog. Seeing the strength, he was about to be hit. It is estimated that several bones will be broken.

Fortunately, the big yellow dog ran fast, and the brick brushed the hair on its back and passed without being injured.

No wonder the big yellow dog's attitude towards that person was extremely bad, and he was a little jealous. This person was obviously not a good stubble.

Zheng Tan looked at the people around, obviously someone saw this scene, but they didn't mind their own business, in their view, there was no point in messing with this rascal just because of a dog.

Fortunately, the toothpick man was not prepared to continue to fight with the big yellow dog. He gathered the coat on his body and walked away with his head up, looking like he was dragging.

The big yellow dog didn't relax until the toothpick man walked away. Judging from his appearance, he should have suffered a lot.

"Wow--"

There was a cry of a child, and Zheng Tan looked over. It was the toothpick man who snatched two firecrackers from a child who set off firecrackers, and then played with them. When he threw the firecrackers, he even threw them into the vegetable field Inside, a few well-grown Chinese cabbages were fried to pieces.

The people around who saw this scene only said a few words, and didn't argue with the toothpick man.

Zheng Tan tugged at his ears, forget it, it's better to leave this kind of nosy matter alone, Dad Jiao said to keep a low profile.

When it was almost time for dinner, the big yellow dog came home on time. Zheng Tan couldn’t help feeling that animals have a great sense of time. They are not like people who can read the time on clocks and mobile phones, and at this time most people’s homes are still There is no meal, and no one tells it that it is time for meal.

When the big yellow dog walked back, the speed was obviously much lighter, just like Mr. Jiao said, there was no temper tantrum or anything.

Zheng Tan still followed it not far behind, watching it run into the gate of the old house, and then galloped out within a few seconds, yelling at the door.

Regardless of the big yellow dog, Zheng Tan went straight into the house, just in time to see the toothpick man snatch a piece of fried fish from Xiaoyouzi's hand.

Fuck you, uncle!

Zheng Tan immediately became angry. If he hadn't seen Papa Jiao approaching, he would definitely go up and slap that girl a few times.

Bullying other family members, Zheng Tan can pretend he didn't see it, but bullying his own family members, Zheng Tan can't stand it.

Just now after the big yellow dog entered the door, he went straight to the kitchen at the back. When Xiao Yuzi saw the big yellow dog coming back, he knew that Zheng Tan must be back, so he took out the freshly fried fish pieces and walked towards the door, ready to give Zheng Tan to eat , but in the lobby, the toothpick man snatched the fish nuggets away.

Xiaoyouzi pursed her lips, staring at the stranger in front of her that she hated, hesitating whether to throw the chopsticks in her hand at this person.

Seeing this, Mr. Jiao was also angry, and drove the man out with a pole.

The man was still yelling as he walked out: "I just heard that Brother Mingsheng and his professors are worth at least 1.8 million for a project. They are just here to see millionaires. What are you doing?"

"Stop talking nonsense, most of that money is the country's money, money used for research! If you talk nonsense again, I'll send you to the police!" Mr. Jiao hit the toothpick man with a pole.

People in the village attach great importance to seniority. To the toothpick man, he doesn't care about people of the same generation and juniors, but he doesn't dare to beat people of the older generation. He beat up an older person before and was besieged by the villagers in partnership. , was almost invited into the bureau.

Although the toothpick man was beaten away by the old man, Zheng Tan's anger didn't subside, and he was thinking about when to smack that guy. But tomorrow is New Year's Eve, Zheng Tan thought about it, forget it, don't cause trouble, wait a few days before looking for that toothpick man.

Dinner is eaten early in the village, and there are not many recreational activities. Everyone is used to going to bed early. Because the Chinese New Year is approaching, everyone is busy, so the bedtime is delayed a little.

Hearing that a sow raised by the family has given birth to piglets, Mr. Jiao is going to have a look. Jiao Yuan wanted to go, but Mr. Jiao took him with him, Xiaoyouzi stayed in the room and watched TV with Jiao's mother, instead of watching the excitement.

Zheng Tan was curious, so he ran over.

Mr. Jiao took a shortcut behind the house, and Zheng Tan followed behind for a while, then stopped suddenly, moved his ears, turned his head, and walked in the direction of the sound, when he saw the fish snatching a small grapefruit The toothpick man stood there with a cigarette in one hand and a mobile phone in the other. He was on the phone, showing off a box of "torpedoes" he stole from the market today. He tried to put two, and the power was not bad. He was going to raise the price tomorrow. sold to village children.

"Okay, I won't tell you anymore, I'll take a shit first."

The toothpick man turned off his cell phone, took a deep puff of the cigarette between his fingers, then flicked the cigarette end away, humming a little tune and walking into the latrine.

Zheng Tan squinted his eyes, moved the tip of his tail twice, and then went over there.

Compared with watching sows and piglets, Zheng Tan is more willing to seize this opportunity to deal with this toothpick man.

Zheng Tan ran into the toothpick man's house, and according to what the toothpick man said when he was talking on the phone, he found a box of "torpedoes" in his room, a medium-sized one. Zheng Tan carefully opened the box and took out two, closed the box, and ran back to the toothpick man's latrine.

It was already dark, and no one saw a cat walking upright at this time. The toothpick man's family was nestled in another room with a TV, and no one noticed that a cat had entered the house.

The toilets in the village are all thatched huts surrounded by brick walls. They are built near the back door or in the backyard of their homes, and there is a large pit as a urinal. Part of the urinal was outside the wall of the hut, so that the villagers scooped up manure to fertilize the vegetable fields, and it also made it easier for Zheng Tan to take revenge.

The cigarette butt thrown outside by the toothpick man flickered in the night wind. Zheng Tan picked up the cigarette butt and quietly approached the hut.

Zheng Tan recalled the appearance of those brats setting off "torpedoes", lit the fuse, threw it into the latrine where the toothpick man was squatting, turned around and left quickly. He still remembered the stinky water splashed on the child who blew up the water tank, so he didn't feel at ease if he didn't run away.

When Zheng Tan ran a certain distance and hid behind the tall pile of firewood, there was a bang from the hut.

(Supplement 1.31)