Strange Life of a Cat - Chapter 64

[Chapter 57 How many legs does a cat walk on?]

When Zheng Tan got out of the car, the sky was already a little bright.

Because he was thinking too much about things, Zheng Tan didn’t pay attention to how long the buns had been running, and he didn’t even expect to be unlucky like this.

Just happened to be in a car, and the car went out of town.

I don’t even know if this place is still in Nancheng, but according to the time, I am afraid that I have left Nancheng a long time ago.

All you can see are forests and fields that stretch to the horizon.

The countryside is not poor, and the houses of the residents are all in a modern direction, and only a few places still retain the old-fashioned tile-roofed houses.

Zheng Tan doesn’t know where this place is on the map, but seeing that many of the residents’ houses are two- or three-story bungalows, it’s good to know that these people’s living conditions are good, so it’s easier to find a phone. In a poor place, it is rare to find a telephone.

Zheng Tan first wrote down the address of the small bread driver’s house. If the driver leaves the car again, he can continue to rub the car.

After that, Zheng Tan was going to walk around to get acquainted with the terrain and this unfamiliar environment. To wait for the opportunity, he had to spend the days of waiting peacefully.

Look at which households are easier to start with and find food easily, and which villagers have telephones at home and how easy it is to find an opportunity to make a phone call.

Another important thing is to find a safer place for yourself.

To be safe, Zheng Tan still prefers taller branches.

Perhaps because the temperature here is slightly higher and warmer than the central region during this season.

Many large deciduous trees are lush and leafy, which is helpful for Zheng Tan to hide.

Walking around the village, Zheng Tan came across a few local dogs and cats that were catching bugs and playing outside, all of which were kept in stock.

Seeing them roaming around leisurely, Zheng Tan felt a little more at ease. Seeing these cats and dogs roaming outside meant that no one was beating dogs or cats.

Looking for a large locust tree with lush foliage and green shade as a temporary base when the weather is fine, Zheng Tan jumped up and tried it, and overall he was satisfied.

Choose a branch to lie down.

Look around.

From here, you can see the situation on the other side of the village, and at the same time, it is not too close to be harassed by those villagers.

There is a citrus grove near this locust tree, and there are two earth dogs on a leash.

Zheng Tan just saw a cat enter the citrus grove and walk in front of the two dogs.

The two dogs just glanced at it.

Then nothing happened.

It is estimated that they are already familiar with each other and are too lazy to call.

A black butterfly flew past the big locust tree and flew into the citrus grove.

Flying among the citrus trees.

Zheng Tan remembered that it seemed to be a kind of swallowtail,

and he had seen something similar in the old man Lan’s small garden before, and finally the swallowtail that flew into the small garden was made into a specimen by the old man Lan.

There were several students present at the time, and Zheng Tan heard them talking and said that in some places, this kind of swallowtail is the legendary Liang Zhudie.

This Liang Zhudie is also very particular. To be a Liang Zhudie, this butterfly must be of the second type.

The so-called sexual ditype means that there are inherent and obvious differences between female and male individuals, and people can judge their gender through these differences.

Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai are a man and a woman, and when they contact the legend, people think that they should be distinguished when they turn into butterflies.

On the contrary, such as the Dharma swallowtail among the butterfly species, because the colors of male and female swallowtails are similar, it is not easy to distinguish them clearly, so they are not advocated as Liang Zhu butterfly.

Zheng Tan looked at the pattern on the wings of this swallowtail butterfly, it looked like a female butterfly, that is, “Zhu Yingtai”?

Zheng Tan was admiring “Zhu Yingtai” when suddenly, the cat who had walked into the citrus grove jumped up from behind a citrus tree and patted the butterfly with one paw. Have fun, and then eat.

Zheng Tan: “…”

I don’t know what those people who tell the legends and stories with emotion and emotion will feel when they see this scene.

After Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai turned into butterflies, they were eaten by cats?

It is estimated that the expression of the person who heard this cruel version of the story must be constipated.

Yawning, Zheng Tan squinted his eyes and went to sleep.

No way, if you want to take action, you have to wait for the night.

When Zheng Tan was sleeping, he had a dream, dreaming of the days at Jiao’s house during the Chinese New Year period. I remember that day when Zheng Tan and his two children were sitting on the sofa watching TV, there was “Watching the Dog Talking”. At that time, Jiao Yuan was still there. He said, “Hei Tan, you must remember the way home. If you get lost and we can’t find you, can you come back by yourself?”

Staying in Nancheng still tried to find a way to return to Chuhua City. Regarding this question, Zheng Tan I have been conflicted in my heart, but I finally decided to go back to Chuhua City. After all, the lives of cats and people are different. It is really not easy to find a good family. What’s more, Zheng Tan has already started to miss the East District compound. .

When night fell, Zheng Tan jumped off the locust tree and walked towards the villagers’ houses.

People in this place eat dinner early and go to bed early, which saves Zheng Tan from waiting too long.

First, I found a few households and found some food to eat. It was not very delicious, so I could only take it for a while.

After eating, I went to look for a phone. It was a bit difficult to find a phone.

People in this place also like to put the telephone in the bedroom and on the bedside, which means that the phone is always guarded at night.

This is the case when Zheng Tan has changed several houses.

Even if these villagers fell asleep at night, Zheng Tan didn’t dare to call right away. The phone was right next to their bed, and it was easy to wake them up.

Zheng Tan didn’t want to be treated as a monster, so he could only continue to search to see if there were any good residents.

Zheng Tan wouldn’t choose those who had dogs at home. These dogs didn’t know Zheng Tan and would bark when they saw him.

For this, Zheng Tan can’t do anything about it, but most of the villagers have dogs at home, which makes Zheng Tan’s choices much narrower.

The good thing is that Zheng Tan finally found a good resident, and more coincidentally, this household is the driver of the minivan.

Hiding in the dark and listening to the villagers talking about some things, Zheng Tan realized that the younger brother of the minivan driver was going to get married, and he had something to do in Nancheng a few days ago.

By the way, I bought some related supplies and helped to bring some home appliances.

The wedding date is the day after tomorrow. This family has a big yard. Since they have open-air banquets, but the dining room is not big enough, they have dinner in the yard.

Now the people in his family are basically busy in the yard, and when it gets dark at night, they light up the lights and continue to work.

That way, there’s no one in the room, and better yet, there’s no dog in the house.

This made Zheng Tan very satisfied.

The first floor is for the elderly.

The phone was not here, and there was nothing in the lobby, so Zheng Tan didn’t look at it much.

There is also a simple shed next to the second-story building of this family for the car.

Zheng Tan climbed into the second floor from this simple carport.

There is a telephone in the bedroom on the second floor.

like other residents.

Landline phones are also placed on the bedside table.

Zheng Tan observed, and there was indeed no adults on the second floor at this time, so they all went to the yard to help.

There was a little girl in the next room.

Looking like she was in kindergarten, she was lying on the foam board floor reading a book.

As long as there are no adults, even if he is seen by a child who can’t count, Zheng Tan feels that it doesn’t matter. Adults don’t take children’s words seriously.

Zheng Tan jumped in from the window, ran towards the phone excitedly, jumped on the bedside table, picked up the receiver, and dialed the number he knew by heart. Of course, he definitely did not forget to add 0 in front of the mobile number this time. As for the landline number, Zheng Tan I don’t quite remember the area code of Chuhua City, so I dialed Dad Jiao’s cell phone.

At this time, the Jiao family should all be at home, right?

Associate Professor Jiao should also be at home.

Zheng Tan excitedly waited after dialing the phone, but after listening to the prompt on the phone, Zheng Tan’s mood suddenly became gloomy again.

paralysis!

This machine did not open the long distance lock!

You have to find the key to unlock the lock!

Where can I find the keys?

!

Zheng Tan flipped through the drawer, but he didn’t see that kind of small key to open the long distance lock on the phone.

He wondered, as for locking the long-distance lock of this machine?

Shouldn’t long distance calls be used frequently in places like this?

Depressed, he put the microphone back on, Zheng Tan squatted there and thought about it, wouldn’t every phone in these villagers’ homes be locked for long distance, try one by one?

But it’s better to be able to steal the driver’s mobile phone, and other people’s mobile phones, at least the mobile phone will not be as troublesome as the landline.

I looked at this bedroom, because there is a wedding at home, there are a lot of candy and other snacks on the table, it is estimated that it is specially used to entertain guests.

Zheng Tan turned over a bag of beef jerky and shredded squid from a large bag. After taking it out, he closed the zipper of the large bag again, and jumped up the window, holding two bags of snacks and preparing to leave.

When standing by the window, Zheng Tan was holding the snack in his hands, standing on the window sill with two legs, ready to jump off.

Before jumping, Zheng Tan noticed that someone was looking at him, and looked sideways.

The little girl who was reading a picture book next door just now was hiding outside the door of this bedroom and looked here, without shouting, but with curiosity in her eyes.

Zheng Tan paused, then ignored her and jumped off the windowsill.

Jumping on two legs is not so convenient, but it’s okay to jump a few times when looking for a phone.

Zheng Tan is also willing to be able to hold things with his free hands. Anyway, no one but the little girl saw it at this time, so he was afraid. Besides, he wouldn’t stay in this place forever.

Zheng Tan walked in a dashing manner, but it had a big impact on the children.

In the evening, the child’s mother came over with a picture book to teach the little girl to count, from one to ten.

In order to match the memory, her mother also specially combined some things in reality to teach.

“How many legs does the bird walk on?” her mother asked.

“Two.” The little girl stretched out two fingers.

“How many legs does the big yellow dog walk on?”

“Four!” said the little girl, counting the legs of the big yellow dog in the picture book.

“Yes, that’s really smart, how many legs does the kitten walk on?” her mother asked with a smile.

The little girl thought about the cat she saw today, and counted with her fingers, then stretched out two fingers, “Two!”

Her mother: “…”

Zheng Tan said to himself I don’t know the impact at all. At this moment, he is walking towards the big locust tree with two bags of snacks.

At this time, there was no one in the fields, and there were only a few dogs guarding the orchard, and no one would see a cat that walked on two legs very naturally.

As Zheng Tan walked, he was thinking of a way to “borrow” his mobile phone when he suddenly heard a faint humming sound.

He listened to it again and distinguished it, Zheng Tan felt that it was a bit like the sound of a dog.

Putting down the snacks in his hand, Zheng Tan walked over to the side where the voice came from. If there is any danger, this way, the four legs should run faster.

There is a pit over there. It is estimated that someone stored water and raised something in the past. Now the pit is full of weeds.

At this moment, there is an iron cage in this pit. There are three puppies in the cage. Two of them lie there and do not move. Only a slightly bigger one is crawling in it, making constant humming sounds.

(To be continued..)

ps: One chapter will be updated first, and the second one will be updated in the afternoon.

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