Strange Life of a Cat - Chapter 39

[Chapter 34 Soybeans and Edamame Are Well Drawn]

Zheng Tan became impatient after squatting on the tree for a while, and there were several people under the tree looking at the four of them like they were watching rare animals.

If Ah Huang and the sheriff hadn’t seen that the other two friends were still squatting here, they would have gotten up and ran.

As for Big Fatty, he still completely ignores those irrelevant people.

After Zheng Tan was flicked by Ah Huang’s tail again, he squinted at it, and Ah Huang was aggrieved and whispered “meow”, meaning that it really doesn’t want to stay here now.

Forget it, anyway, Da Bo Niu has also seen it, let’s go.

However, when Zheng Tan was about to get up, he suddenly heard a familiar voice.

Looking over there, “Buddha” accompanied a foreigner to the International Academic Lecture Hall. He didn’t go with the previous wave of people. It seemed that it was because the foreigner went to the School of Physics, and “Buddha” was always with him. The two should be acquainted.

“Buddha” and the foreigner Zheng Tan were not interested in learning about it, but a name frequently mentioned by the two caught Zheng Tan’s attention.

They always mentioned the person “mary”, and when Zheng Tan accompanied Xiao Zhuo by the artificial lake, one of Xiao Zhuo’s original documents read “To my dear Mary”.

There are some congratulations on the back.

In addition to the original material, there are several books with the name “mary” on them, and Xiao Zhuo usually annotates them directly on the books, that is to say, these books should belong to Xiao Zhuo.

Therefore, “mary” should be Xiaozhuo’s English name.

Thinking of this, Zheng Tan put the foot he just lifted back.

A Huang, who was next to him, had more eyes when Zheng Tan raised his feet, and was about to rush down the tree, but when he turned around, he found that Zheng Tan had squatted back again, his ears were drooping, and he called out “meow” again. The dragging sound was a bit longer before, but unfortunately Zheng Tan was busy eavesdropping this time and ignored it.

Zheng Tan pricked his ears and listened to the chat between “Buddha” and the foreigner. Zheng Tan couldn’t understand many technical terms, but in addition to these, he still understood some things, such as Xiao Zhuo’s affairs.

The foreigner obviously had a little interest in Xiao Zhuo, but he didn’t know Xiao Zhuo’s current situation.

“Buddha”‘s face was not very good. Xiaozhuo’s matter was the eternal pain in “Buddha”‘s heart, but she couldn’t say it clearly.

This bearded foreigner obviously doesn’t know how to look at people’s faces. Didn’t he see how far-fetched the “Buddha” smile was?

Zheng Tan shook his head secretly, dear Mary is raising a baby at home, you can give up on the bearded foreigner!

Another thing that makes Zheng Tan curious is that “Buddha” said that Xiao Zhuo is preparing to go abroad, and it is estimated that he will go out next year and will not come back for at least three years after that.

The bearded man asked something about Xiao Zhuo again, but was put off by “Buddha”. He didn’t say where he was going, or whether he would go out to do postdoctoral exchanges. He only said that he would go out for a few years.

It is precisely because Zheng Tan is aware of Xiao Zhuo’s current situation that he is even more puzzled. It stands to reason that “Buddha” is not the kind of person who talks nonsense. When he said that Xiao Zhuo would go abroad, his expression was very positive, otherwise the foreigner would not believe it. .

With Xiao Zhuo’s current situation, can he still go abroad for communication?

To follow up on a collaborative project?

What about her child?

Unfortunately, until the “Buddha” and the foreigner walked into the lecture hall, Zheng Tan did not hear the information he wanted to know.

The electronic screen outside the lecture hall displayed the topic of the upcoming lecture, and now it was talking about something related to the theory of quark particles.

As the report started,

it was deserted outside the lecture hall. Zheng Tan got up and stretched, and looked sideways. Ah Huang and the sheriff narrowed their eyes as if they were asleep. Zheng Tan shook them with his tail, and then Jump off the tree and walk towards the family area.

The three cats followed in succession.

Walking into the courtyard gate of the East family compound, Zheng Tan saw an old man dragging something towards Building B. Zheng Tan didn’t know this person, but when there were people downstairs, Zheng Tan rarely jumped up and brushed himself. The access card opens the door.

So Zheng Tan slowly followed the old man not far behind.

When the old man threw the cigarette butt, he caught sight of the black cat behind him and waved his hand, “Go, who’s cat, go away, don’t hit me with this fish’s idea!”

Zheng Tan: “…” Is it rare to be an old man?

!

The things that the old man was dragging were two plastic buckets. There were a few small holes in the buckets, and a fishy smell came out, but Zheng Tan didn’t want to do anything to those fish at all. He never eats raw fish. , and some of the things he can eat, other cats will have diarrhea.

Zheng Tan ignored the old man, Gu Zi came to the entrance guard downstairs in Building B, squatted down, and watched the old man move over here.

The old man dragged his things, looked at the black cat squatting in front of the door, hesitated for a while, but walked up and pressed the electronic lock on the door, and soon there was Jiao’s mother’s voice inside.

“Ronghan, it’s me,” the old man said.

“Hey, Dad, why are you here?! I’m going to pick you up…”

“Don’t come down, stay at home, just open the door!” said the old man.

As the door clicked, the old man dragged his things in, and Zheng Tan followed behind.

There are too many things, and the old man can’t finish it all at once. However, since he has entered the family building, he is not afraid of others stealing things. The old man still trusts the people here.

After thinking about it for a while, then looked at the black cat that had rushed to the front. The old man took down a box on top of the plastic bucket containing the fish, and then carried the two plastic buckets below, and walked upstairs step by step, regardless of his age. The pace of the two plastic buckets filled with the contents was quite steady.

When the old man walked upstairs, he found that the black cat was also walking upstairs. The old man was still thinking about whose cat this was, when Jiao’s mother’s voice rang out.

“Yo, Dad, how did you come up with Heitan?” Jiao’s mother was lying on the railing on the fifth floor, looking down, and could see a little of the old man.

“What black charcoal?”

“My cat, the black cat walking in front of you.”

“Hey, this cat is yours, I’m still wondering who raised it. This cat is well raised. , is not thin, and there is no fat, catching mice?” The old man said as he walked up.

There was no one else in the corridor at this time, it was very quiet, and the old man didn’t have to speak aloud, even Jiao Ma, who was standing on the fifth floor, could hear it.

“Of course, my black charcoal is really good at catching mice.”

“That’s good, I heard some time ago that many cats in big cities don’t catch mice, so what do they do to raise them if they don’t catch mice! This is not a waste of food. Is it?” The

old man can’t quite understand those people, and Jiao’s mother, who knows the old man’s temperament, doesn’t say much, and she will be criticized for speaking. According to the thinking of the older generation, a cat that doesn’t catch mice is not a good cat and can’t be a housekeeper. Dogs are not good dogs.

Many of them have gone through dark times and cannot understand in their minds what it means to have a pet that eats rice.

Jiao’s mother is only glad that her black charcoal really catches mice, otherwise the old man will be angry again at this time.

“What did you bring here?”

“It’s about fish, two old soft-shelled turtles, and some eels. There is also a box of grapefruit downstairs. This year’s new varieties are being tested at our place. The pomelo that I bought is directly supplied to the city government. I managed to get a few of the ones that are not for takeaway. What

is

the use of a bank card? Don’t you have to swipe your face to buy things?

Yes, your old face is really big.”

“Of course, the face is not big, can I know from others that you have been hospitalized after an accident?” the old man said angrily.

Jiao Ma didn’t argue twice. In front of Old Man Gu, the more you defended the old man, the more he thought you were guilty.

Standing at the top of the stairs, Jiao Ma wanted to go down several times to meet her, but she understood the old man’s temper. If she really wanted to go downstairs, the old man would definitely be furious.

Even when the old man walked to the door, he didn’t let Mom Jiao respond.

When the old man put down the plastic bucket, Zheng Tan leaned in to take a look. Looking in from the hole he poked, the two old turtles were indeed quite big. As for the eel in the other bucket, Zheng Tan just glanced at it and didn’t look much. , because the old man is still staring at him like a thief.

After taking a break and drinking a glass of water, the old man went downstairs and carried the grapefruit up again. The small luggage trailer was thrown directly under it, and he was not worried that it would be stolen anyway.

Zheng Tan looked at the grapefruit that the old man took out, it was quite big, and he had no idea how it tasted.

“Why did your family buy so many apples and oranges?” the old man asked, looking at the four boxes in the living room.

Zheng Tan is also puzzled. I haven’t seen it this morning. Now there are four more boxes, two boxes of apples and two boxes of oranges.

They’re both the ones that are very expensive in supermarkets.

“It was given by a student. Our family helped her last time. This time, her company bought fruit to give benefits to employees, and sent four boxes to our family by the way.”

When Jiao Ma said this, Zheng Tan knew who it was. delivered.

What Zheng Tan didn’t know was that Zhao Le sometimes went back to the Academy of Biological Sciences to find Associate Professor Jiao, and asked about Zheng Tan’s situation. He knew that this guy didn’t eat cat food, so he ate with him, so he didn’t send cat food, so he changed it to this. next fruit.

Jiao’s parents and Jiao’s mother believed that the Zhao family was afraid that people would scold and abuse the black cat.

Old man Gu sat on the sofa and talked with Jiao’s mother for a while. The topic was mainly about Gu Youzi. Zheng Tan lay on the sofa and listened to them chatting, even if the old man glared at him, he would not move his butt.

In the past, Zheng Tan didn’t know Gu Youzi’s life experience. He only knew that Gu Youzi was the child of Jiao’s mother’s sister. His parents divorced and his mother stayed abroad. From the conversation between old man Gu and Jiao’s mother, Zheng Tan knew why Gu Youzi was Purple has been so silent.

Gu Youzi, the “little grapefruit” in the old man’s mouth, has been abroad with her mother before. Gu Youzi’s parents are very capable people, but the two often quarrel, and it was not until this year that they decided to divorce, Xiaoyouzi. Following her mother, she even changed her surname after returning to China.

Her mother handed her over to Jiao’s mother, and once a month or half a year, she paid the living expenses on the bank card she left behind, as the living expenses of Xiaoyouzi’s classmates.

When she first came here, “Little Grapefruit” had a little communication barrier. After all, she had stayed abroad for a long time, and she was a little uncomfortable when she came back suddenly. In addition, she was less talkative, so she was even more silent.

However, after a few months of adaptation, the current “Little Grapefruit” classmates are not so gloomy anymore.

For “Little Grapefruit”, Zheng Tan has a feeling of mutual pity.

Both have irresponsible parents—one who is power and wealth, and one who is self-centered.

Zheng Tan has seen this kind of person a lot. In the next ten years in Huaxia, this kind of person will grow in a “J”-shaped curve with economic development.

Because he changed his surname, old man Gu directly asked Xiaoyouzi to call him grandpa. The old man had only two daughters, and no one ever called him grandpa. Now that he has Gu Youzi, old man Gu is quite rare for this “granddaughter” .

When the two children came home in the afternoon, Old Man Gu had already peeled a grapefruit, handed it to the two children, and put the grapefruit skin on Zheng Tan’s head.

Zheng Tan: “…” Paralyzed!

The old man picked up “Little Grapefruit”, “Heavier, our little Grapefruit has grown!”

The classmate “Little Grapefruit” showed a rare smile and called out “Grandpa”.

After eating grapefruit, dinner was not ready, so the two children did their homework first.

“Go, grandpa will make you a pan eel later!”

Zheng Tan didn’t want to stay on the sofa and stare at the old man, so he followed Xiaoyouzi into the room.

Because of the arrival of old man Gu, Xiaoyouzi is in a good mood today and talks a lot more.

He whispered to Zheng Tan about his art class today.

She usually talks to Zheng Tan when no one is around. Many people are less wary of animals.

Some people think that talking to an animal is similar to talking to oneself, but this is not the case. The speaker will have different feelings.

“The teacher said that I should draw familiar foods or things I often see in my life. I did, but…”

“Little Grapefruit” opened the drawing book in front of Zheng Tan, feeling a little dejected.

Zheng Tan looked at the painting book that “Little Grapefruit” took out, which showed today’s painting results.

“Little Grapefruit” is a good painting, and the teacher gave a score of 92 points on the spot, which is high enough in Zheng Tan’s opinion. Back then, when he painted like a handicapped hand, he was basically in the 70s or 80s. That was the teacher. A gracious result.

However, the focus of the “Little Grapefruit” drawing book is not on the previous ones, but on the teacher’s comments.

Although there are not many students in the second grade of primary school, teachers will still write some simple comments when leaving their grades, but the handwriting will not be as random as the middle school teachers, but more neat, and they will also annotate complex words. Pinyin is also a process for students to recognize characters.

In the left margin of the page Xiaoyouzi painted today, there are grades and comments given by a red watercolor pen, and under the score “92” it is written:

“Soybeans and edamame are both good paintings, UU reading www. sonicmtl.com keep working hard!” with a childish smiley stamp on the back.

Soy beans and edamame, your sister!

Zheng Tan looked at the frowning classmate “Little Grapefruit” sympathetically. The teacher’s self-righteous comment was really shocking!

There is no other reason. This picture painted by Xiaoyouzi actually comes from the cover picture of a biology magazine ordered by Jiao Dad, who has been sitting on the coffee table in the living room. The two creatures on the cover are actually Staphylococcus aureus and Paramecia. Insect…

After Zheng Tan finished his sighs, his eyes fell on the pinyin that the teacher annotated. There was an “a” in the pinyin, and this a made Zheng Tan think of the “item A” in the mouth of “Buddha”. Are the excuses mentioned by foreigners related to Xiaozhuo’s participation in Project A?

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Don’t forget, I will write it tomorrow, people who work overtime on weekends can’t afford it.

Give it a try this week when I have time, no guarantees, but I’ll try my best.

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