Strange Life of a Cat

Although it is hot in August, it sometimes rains.

Zheng Tan squatted in front of the window and looked at the scenery outside the window. A fist-sized toad calmly crawled from one side of the concrete road to the other side of the road not far from the door.

There were frogs croaking everywhere outside.

Little Yuzi was lying on the table drawing, and the electric fan stopped. The wind outside the window was moist and cool.

Zheng Tan looked in the direction of the wild pond, wondering where the little girl would go today.

During the recent period, Xiaoyouzi and the others only went there every now and then to fish for shrimp, and did not go to the wild pond every day. However, Zheng Tan did go over to help the little girl when he had time. When the weather is fine, the little girl will fish for shrimps in the wild pond. As for rainy days, she may be catching frogs. The little girl looked thin. Zheng Tan had seen her kill a snake as thick as a finger with a broken sickle two days ago.

The child showed no fear at that time, and even the expression on his face did not change much during the whole process. If anything, there was a little excitement in his eyes. Snakes are also meat. Zheng Tan looked at it. This little girl must have been used to it for a long time. She had cut down countless snakes with that sickle. She was very courageous and had a higher strength value than the average child.

After the rain stopped, Zheng Tan went to the wild pond the next day. After waiting for a while, he watched the little girl walking over carrying "equipment".

Seeing Zheng Tan waiting there, the little girl relaxed her frown and walked over quickly.

Although it only rained yesterday, as soon as the rain stopped, the temperature quickly picked up. Coupled with the half-day sun in the morning, many places were not so humid. In a day or two, some dirt roads that are often traveled by people will probably be as wet as the previous few days. Same, dry.

Tie the earthworm, lower the rod, and then divide the work. After two or three hours, you can catch some, but the wild pond is only so big after all, and after fishing for such a long time, the harvest is not as good as when you first started. This little girl didn't leave Yetang until after six o'clock every afternoon. Zheng Tan couldn't do it. He had to go back around five o'clock, otherwise he would have to listen to Mother Jiao's nagging again. Zheng Tan didn't even need a watch. He could guess the approximate time by looking at the sun above his head.

This little girl also knows that Black Cat has to go back at that approximate time every afternoon. But today is different.

Zheng Tan was looking at the pole, staring at the thread. When there was a shrimp clip, the thread would be tight, and larger shrimp would even pull the wooden pole. Seeing a shrimp holding an earthworm, Zheng Tan motioned to the little girl to come over.

After catching the shrimp, the little girl did not put the rod down again, but put the things away.

Finished so early today?

Zheng Tan was confused.

After cleaning up, the little girl asked Zheng Tan to follow her.

Although he didn't quite understand what this little girl wanted to do, it was still early, so Zheng Tan followed her.

Walking to a nearby small forest area, the little girl hid the wooden poles to prevent them from being taken away by other children, and then quickly disposed of the shrimps in the bucket, leaving only the shrimps and some large clips, and threw away the rest. Carrying it this way saves a lot of effort.

When they were in the woods, Zheng Tan saw that person again. Three people walked by together. Zheng Tan hid in the grass and stared over there. He also pulled the little girl who was packing shrimps next to him and motioned her to hide.

Seeing the black cat being so vigilant, the little girl thought there was something dangerous and ignored the shrimp. She immediately hid behind the bushes, lying close to the ground and looking over there through the gaps in the bushes.

After the three people left, Zheng Tan's tense muscles relaxed.

"Who are they? Have they ever beaten you?" The little girl looked at Zheng Tan in confusion.

Huh?

This little girl doesn't know them?

Zheng Tan previously thought that the little girl's sisters were sold to these people by their father, but now it seems that it is different from what he imagined. If it was sold to these people, the little girl shouldn't know any of them, right?

For a moment, Zheng Tan really couldn't think of a reason.

After leaving the place where the wooden pole was hidden, the little girl took Zheng Tan a little further and stopped near a fruit forest. There is also a metal mesh on the outside of the orchard, so it is probably strictly guarded. There is a small stone bridge here, but the original stream under the stone bridge has dried up for many years and has grown weeds. Also, people don't seem to come around here very often.

The little girl slid down the slope and pushed aside the grass, revealing a hole inside. Zheng Tan watched her take out some sundries one after another, as well as a small aluminum pot.

There were some green bricks on the side under the stone bridge. There were traces of blackening on the bricks. Zheng Tan watched as she arranged the bricks into an "n" shape, then placed a small aluminum pot on top and placed it in the gap at the bottom. Put on the hay fire, strike a match and light it, and start cooking the shrimp.

Zheng Tan had no appetite for the simple boiled shrimps, but the little girl seemed to be eyeing something delicious.

After cooking, the little girl handed Zheng Tan a shrimp ball. Zheng Tan didn't eat it, so she took care of it all. After eating, put everything back in its place.

The little girl told Zheng Tan that this was her "secret base". She would come here most of the time during meals and only go home to sleep at night. There was disgust in her eyes when she mentioned "going home."

The weather was almost dark, and Zheng Tan couldn't stay here forever.

After Zheng Tan left, the little girl walked to another place and pushed aside the grass. There was a wide-mouth glass canning bottle on its side. What was in the glass bottle was the candies Xiaoyouzi gave her. She had already eaten three of them. Looking at the remaining two, she sighed. After hesitating, she picked up one, carefully tore open the wrapping paper, took out the candy inside, arranged the outer plastic wrapping paper, and placed it in the can. There were already four wrappers stacked there.

With the candy in her mouth, the little girl lay down against the slope. The milky aroma and sweetness from the candy made her squint her eyes in love.

At night, Zheng Tan was in a bad mood and couldn't sleep, so he went outside to pee. He was not used to using the latrine. However, seeing that many children here went directly to find a place to solve the problem, Zheng Tan would also go to a deserted place to secretly solve the problem.

Pulling out the window, Zheng Tan came out of the backyard and ran outside. He didn't want to go nearby, and he couldn't sleep now anyway, so he would go for a walk further away and solve his internal problems.

The nights in the countryside are not very quiet for Zheng Tan. There are constant sounds of insects and frogs, and occasionally dogs bark. In the night, Zheng Tan's movements were not hindered. Sometimes he would encounter cats raised by other people in the village, and some of them were provocative, but Zheng Tan was in no mood to pay attention to them.

I took a walk with the evening breeze blowing, and then found a place to solve my internal problems.

While Zheng Tan was pulling, his ears twitched and someone came over. He didn't intend to pay attention at first, and went back after solving his internal problems, but the sound he heard stopped Zheng Tan from leaving.

What a fate. I met him once during the day and again at night.

Zheng Tan hid aside, waiting for the person over there to approach.

There were only two people walking over, one was the person Zheng Tan knew who had been pushed into the artificial lake by him, and the other was probably a villager here, with an accent. The smell of alcohol came from the two of them, and the conversation contained some village gossip and some dirty jokes. However, Zheng Tan noticed that the villager called the people around him "snakeheads."

Zheng Tan didn't hear them talk about some core issues, and felt a little disappointed. However, it was rare that he bumped into someone who was drunk again. It was late at night, which was the right time and place for Zheng Tan. Zheng Tan would feel bad if he didn't teach him a lesson.

After thinking about it, Zheng Tan suddenly remembered what was written in the diary of the boy who lived next door. According to the description above, there should be a trap around here.

Zheng Tan sneaked in front of them from the side. There was a fork along the dirt road. According to the boy's diary, it was behind the fourth house from the bottom, between the fence and the dirt road in the backyard. A hole was dug in a place. They don't dare to openly dig holes on this dirt road, they will be beaten. When digging not far from the roadside, some villagers turned a blind eye. Anyway, they only walked on dirt roads. As for the ones next to it, it was obvious that holes had been dug there, and not even weeds had grown.

However, late at night, especially after drinking, your consciousness is not so clear, and you cannot see or remember the "obvious" trap.

Zheng Tan found the trap easily. It was about three or four meters away from the dirt road. There were many weeds around it. It was obvious that few people were walking this way. The traps dug by children are very simple. They dig a square pit about half a meter long, then set up a few thin wooden sticks and spread some grass on top. Zheng Tan also smelled the stinky smell coming from inside. It was estimated that those naughty children would urinate here from time to time. Otherwise, it would be too simple for them to dig it just as a hole.

Zheng Tan tested the load-bearing capacity of the thin wooden stick. It would surely fall if he stood on it, let alone an adult?

The two people over there are getting closer and closer. Zheng Tan was hiding on the other side of the dirt road, different from the trap.

Although he had been drinking, the "snakehead" was still alert. He always felt like someone was watching him. I took a flashlight and looked around, but there was nothing there except a few dancing insects.

Could it be that you drank too much?

"What's wrong?" the villager who was excited when he saw the snakehead stopped asked.

"Nothing." The snakehead shook his head and continued walking forward.

The villager didn't pay attention and continued what he had left unfinished.

But the snake head still has a weird feeling.

"Click!"

There was a soft sound from the side.

"Who?!" The snake head looked towards the place where the noise came from, but when he flashed the flashlight, he could only see the wooden fence surrounding the vegetable garden in the backyard of this family.

The villager was about to say something, but the snakehead raised his hand to stop it. The hand that was not holding the flashlight took out a dagger from his waist. He first looked in the opposite direction to the wooden fence to make sure that no one would attack from behind, and there was no way to hide anyone here. Then he turned around and walked towards the vegetable garden. There were many hiding places there, such as huts and a simple wooden shed.

Zheng Tan hid in the grass. The grass at this height really couldn't hide anyone, but it was just right for hiding a cat. At the same time, Zheng Tan sighed in his heart that this man was indeed very vigilant. It was probably luck that made him push him into the lake last time. But it was just right. He only threw a clod of soil over there and he passed by. At the same time, from another perspective, does this mean that this guy has done something wrong, so he has to be more careful?

Seeing this momentum, the villager swallowed and looked around. It was pitch black. He couldn't see clearly even one meter away. Only the range illuminated by the flashlight could see clearly. He didn't bring a flashlight and followed the snake head, but he didn't dare to get too close to the snake head. What if he hurt himself?

Zheng Tan watched the snake head approach the trap. However, the route the snake head took was a little off from where the trap was. If he went straight, he would probably be able to pass right by the edge of the trap.

The snakehead felt that there must be someone hiding around. The feeling of being watched just now was probably not his hallucination. In any case, it was better to be vigilant.

"Poof!" There was a slight sound from the wooden shed.

Snakehead tightened the dagger in his hand, walked a few steps that way, deviated from the original route, and said to the wooden shed: "Come out, I see you..."

Before he could finish saying "you", Snakehead felt a strong force on his lower back.

This time the snake head was not pushed down directly. He just moved two steps to the side and dodged reflexively. Under normal circumstances, he could stand firm. Unfortunately, there were a few "clicks" where his feet landed, and his feet were knocked down. He sank, and his whole body fell sideways.

The snakehead knew that the villager was standing not far behind him, and he had just made sure that there was no one else in the area behind him, so the snakehead did not pay too much attention behind him, but this situation still happened.

When he fell down, the snakehead was still cursing in his mind: You're paralyzed, this is the second time! Apart from the time he was pushed into the lake for no apparent reason at Chuhua University, this was the second time he was inexplicably tricked!

what is going on? !

Did it happen? !

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