Strange Life of a Cat

After Fang Sanye left, Zheng Tan lay on the balcony and stared downstairs. When a car came in, he craned his neck to have a look.

When Xiaoyouzi and the others got out of school, Zheng Tan didn't wait for the expected car, so he had no choice but to go to the attached primary school to pick up the children.

At noon, Papa Jiao had already called to tell the people in the small restaurant that he would not come to eat, Zheng Tan guessed that Papa Jiao was still busy with the car. But it's hard for Associate Professor Jiao, he went out to look at the car during working hours, and probably left the matter at hand to Yi Xin or Su Qu.

Although he didn't wait in the morning, Zheng Tan didn't go out in the afternoon, so he climbed and played on a few trees in the courtyard for a while, then found a tree and lay down on it to sleep.

It was almost five o'clock when I finally saw Dad Jiao come back, but he walked into the compound alone, Zheng Tan looked behind Dad Jiao, but he didn't see the car. He looked at Papa Jiao suspiciously.

Where is the car?

It's a pity that Dad Jiao didn't come to clarify his doubts, Zheng Tan decided to listen to the corner tonight. Usually at night, after the two children are asleep, Jiao's father and Jiao's mother will talk about some things.

After dinner, I watched TV with the two children until nine o'clock, and when the two children went to bed, Zheng Tan jumped out of bed and prepared to eavesdrop.

The lights in Xiaoyouzi's room were turned off, but Xiaoyouzi was still asleep. Hearing Zheng Tan's movement next to him, Xiaoyouzi took out a small flashlight from under the pillow, "Heitan, why are you going?"

Zheng Tan flicked his tail and looked at the door lock.

Xiaoyouzi got up, stepped on her slippers and came over to open the door for Zheng Tan, moving gently, trying not to let the door lock make a sound. Open the door a small crack, just enough to let Zheng Tan out. This cooperation has been done many times.

Zheng Tan came to the door of the bedroom and squatted down, turned his head sideways, and put his ear to the door of the bedroom, while Xiaoyouzi went back to bed and lay down again. Ten minutes later, Zheng Tan got back into bed again. good mood.

Dad Jiao has indeed bought a car, and he will pick it up tomorrow, so there are still some formalities to go through. Besides the car, Jiao's father and mother mainly talked about the National Day holiday. Jiao's father and sister's children's tenth birthday party had already received invitations, and the couple would bring their children there and drive their new car. By the way, Zheng Tan is also brought along.

For them, the child's tenth birthday party is also a big event, and parents pay more attention to it. Since it coincides with the holiday, Jiao's father and Jiao's mother will definitely not refuse, and they just go back to their hometown to see it.

Except for the car, the rest was talking about the messy things between relatives, Zheng Tan was not interested in listening, and after hearing the news he wanted, he came back happily.

However, because of this, Zheng Tan missed the more crucial point that Jiao's father and Jiao's mother talked about, at least for Zheng Tan.

Many people will leave their pets in the pet center if they want to travel far away. There are only a few days during the eleven national holidays, so it’s actually okay to leave them there. Everyone does this.

But Zheng Tan is special, and Mother Jiao is also reluctant to let Zheng Tan be locked up in the pet center alone, and she is worried about letting Xiao Guo and the others help raise him. What if he disappears? So take it with you, anyway, your cat is obedient.

However, another thing gets in the way.

Jiao's father and sister live in the urban area of ​​the county where they live in their hometown. The private room is a three-story building with a relatively large space. It is estimated that there will be more guests at that time. Will rest at home. There are many people, and there are many children.

The ignorant and destructive brats are the nemesis of pets. So Mother Jiao was a little worried that it would be bad if there was some conflict at that time. Although her cat hadn't scratched people much, what if some bear kid provoked her cat and got scratched? Are you fighting?

"It's okay. Their family has a pet dog and a cat. They usually get along well with the children. Besides, there are adults watching. Our cat is also smart and won't cause conflicts." Papa Jiao said .

"I'm still worried."

"When the time comes, let Heitan follow Xiaoyouzi, and I'll just say hello to the people over there."

...

The next day, Dad Jiao finally drove the car back before dinner.

It's a silver-gray, very ordinary family car, not as imposing as Yuan Zhiyi's car, and far inferior to Shang Sanye's four laps, but Zheng Tan and the two children are very happy.

No matter how high-end a car is, it still belongs to someone else, just like a magnificent palace, it is not your own home, and I don’t feel that way.

Yuan Zhiyi, who is the boss, must be equipped with a better car to support his face, and Fang Sanye is even worse, the four circles are already the relatively low-key cars he owns. However, for the Jiao family, such a relatively ordinary family car is enough.

Zheng Tan knew that although Jiao's father had more money on hand, he didn't have much money to spend. The reason why he is busy buying a car is that it is more convenient to drive his own car when he returns to his hometown, and he also wants to let Jiao Ma get acquainted with it quickly. If he goes abroad, Jiao Ma can use it here, no matter where he goes. You don’t need to ride a small electric car. It’s dangerous to bring two children and a cat. If you drive, you can save a lot of trouble, and it’s also convenient on rainy days.

If the former Zheng Tan were to comment on this car, he probably wouldn't like it, but now Zheng Tan is very happy. After jumping in from the car window, he started to look left and right, and felt that the smell of the newly bought car was not good. strangeness. Suddenly remembered what Ah Huang and the police chief did when they encircled the territory. It is definitely impossible to mark it with urine. If that is the case, Zheng Tan will not even think about getting in the car in the future.

In addition to urine marks, there is also rubbing on the scent. There are glands secreting odor near the whiskers and ears of cats, which spread their odor to surrounding objects by rubbing back and forth.

So, Zheng Tan imitated Ah Huang and rubbed them on the car seat and other places, and then sniffed, it seemed that the effect was not obvious, rubbing again, rubbing again...

People will be more at ease in a familiar smelling environment. Even if there are always smelly socks or a bucket of unwashed clothes in the room, as long as they can bear it and get used to it, it will be fine. If you don't have a smelly room, he will still be restrained for a while.

If you don't know the smell after smelling it for a long time, physiologically speaking, it belongs to "olfactory adaptation". But on the other hand, it actually illustrates a philosophical problem of "my territory, my stink".

Therefore, Zheng Tan was very involved in the rubbing, and felt at ease.

Papa Jiao watched his cat loitering around inside, thought about it, and let him go. It is estimated that apart from their family, no one will let pets mess around on the newly bought car.

There are no other decorations in the car, which is relatively monotonous. When I bought the car, I gave a pendant that was said to have been opened. Dad Jiao always felt that it was an eyesore, so he took it off. Dad Jiao didn't believe the similar things sent outside.

However, after Jiao Yuan and Xiaoyouzi came back, the car changed. Jiao's mother also embroidered a "safe" cross-stitch pendant, and Xiaoyouzi and Jiao Yuan put a few dolls in the car, which made her look a little more angry.

After Zheng Tan finished rubbing the car, he felt that it was almost done, so he rolled around on the car seat before getting out.

It is precisely because of having a car that Zheng Tan is looking forward to traveling on the 11th, no matter where he goes, this is also a new experience.

Since there will be a lot of people traveling on the first day of the National Day holiday, Papa Jiao decided to set off on September 30th. Since he started preparations a few days in advance, he didn't feel rushed when he set off. After the two children finished school, Jiao's mother and Jiao's father came back, had dinner, and set off at seven o'clock.

Their destination this time is Yangyang, which is where their hometown is. From Chuhua City to Yangyang, it takes about two hours by car on the highway. I have already told the two old people there that Mr. Jiao came from the village to the house in the town yesterday to clean it. Although there is a house in the town, the two elders of Jiao's family still like to stay in the village, where they are familiar. They know people from the east to the west of the village, and they can play mahjong on call, so it won't be too boring. I just occasionally live in town for a while, and hang out with some relatives who have moved to town.

It was after nine o'clock that they arrived at the residence, and the two old men were already waiting at the door, turning on the lights outside.

Mr. Jiao happily came over to say hello to his grandson whom he hadn't seen for a long time, but the first one to come out was a black cat.

"Why did you bring it here?!"

Mr. Jiao and Zheng Tan stared at each other.

[The following words are not included in chapter V]

Short chapter, there will be no update at 7:00 tomorrow morning, but there will be an update tomorrow night. Go to bed first, the cold is better, thank you for your concern.