Strange Life of a Cat

When the Chinese New Year was approaching, I told the children that it was relatively free, thinking about what to play all day long. For adults, it's all kinds of busyness.

The school has officially closed, and there is no one on the campus, and it suddenly becomes deserted. Two days ago, Yi Xin also left school to go home. Father Jiao and the other teachers basically stopped going to the courtyard after the summary meeting. They took the test papers home to correct, and at the same time pulled Jiao Yuan to do coolies, with Xiaoyuzi helping.

There is one professional course and one elective course, but there are quite a few classes in several departments combined.

Jiao Yuan helped to correct the multiple-choice questions. He doesn't know other professional knowledge, but the multiple-choice questions ABCD can still be solved. After counting, use a pen to write down the score in the blank space next to it, so that it will be convenient for Father Jiao to calculate the total score after changing other question types.

Jiao's father asks Xiaoyouzi to help, and Jiao Yuan's corrected papers are checked again. Even though Xiaoyouzi is only in the second grade, she is also very familiar with addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Dad Jiao even put a calculator by the side, and Xiaoyouzi can use the calculator to check. As for Jiao Yuan, he is almost in junior high school. Basic addition and subtraction Do you need a calculator for multiplication and division? Jiao Yuan himself can't afford to lose this person.

The attached school's report card came out, Jiao Yuan was ranked fourth in the class this time, Jiao's father never explicitly asked him how many places he had to take in the test, and how many points he had to take in the test, all of which were set by Jiao Yuan himself, and sometimes he would meet the standard, Sometimes it fails. But this time it obviously came true, and the development of things is similar to what Dad Jiao expected. When Mom Jiao led him to the mall, he passed by a toy gun shop. Jiao Yuan stared at those toy guns with straight eyes. , In the end, I chose the gun and gave up the right to choose clothes.

As for sitting here obediently today and helping to correct the test papers, Jiao Yuan mainly wants to earn pocket money, a test paper is ten cents, there are about two or three hundred copies in it, and he can buy some "junk food" when he goes out to play.

Zheng Tan squatted on the folded small square table with chess patterns, watching them correct the test papers.

There are childish red numbers on each test paper. Sometimes Jiao Yuan will add two strokes to those who are bored and draw on the back of the test paper during the test, and then just smirk there alone.

"Hey, I know this teacher, Dad, isn't this the teacher who always likes to carry a portable amplifier? The painting really looks like it!"

Zheng Tan stretched his neck to take a look. On the back of the test paper, he drew a stick figure of the invigilator with a ballpoint pen, and Jiao Yuan added a few strokes on it with a pen. Press it down and hand it to Papa Jiao after the modification is finished, but she can't let her see it.

Anyway, the end-of-term test papers will not be distributed, unless the students who have doubts about the scores apply to check the test papers, they will be called out. Under normal circumstances, these paintings will basically not be seen. Therefore, Dad Jiao didn't say anything about Jiao Yuan's actions.

Zheng Tan tugged at his ears, this little brat is really wicked.

Not long after, Zheng Tan heard Jiao Yuan's "Huh" again.

"Dad, this man said that he has never learned English, so please show mercy." Jiao Yuan pointed to the English noun explanation questions on the multiple-choice test paper in his hand, and said to Jiao's father.

Zheng Tan saw that there was a pen note in the blank space behind the full English noun explanation for the first question of the test paper, "Dear Teacher Jiao, I am from the XX tribe. I have never learned English before. The college entrance examination is R language. I can't answer well." Well, please be merciful..."

According to the requirements of Chuhua University, those who failed the course were directly retaken. In the past, it was a make-up exam. Later, the school found that some people were lucky enough to fail the exam and just take a make-up exam. As a result, the school came out with a new policy this year, and those who failed the course were directly retaken.

At first, many people protested. When Zheng Tan went out for a run in the morning, he saw some notes on the walls and tree trunks, protest letters from unknown people. Because other schools in Chuhua City were not so ruthless, the students condemned the school for being too inhumane, but finally gave in. Some people think that after failing a class, they will lose face by going to class with their juniors who are one grade lower than themselves. But some people are more optimistic because they can meet many beautiful school girls.

Hearing Jiao Yuan's words, Father Jiao looked at the name on the test paper and said, "I know about this person, and other teachers also know about him, so they will definitely give him strict standards."

"Hey, there is another good thing. When I take the Chinese test, I will write at the end of the composition 'Teacher, my hand is injured. Please be merciful if I don't write well in the exam with the injury'. Maybe the teacher who corrects the paper is soft-hearted and gives me scored me high."

Jiao Yuan's composition score is his pain, and it is the composition that lowers his Chinese score, because his handwriting is not good, and his handwriting will always lower his score. , the ranking behind cannot allow the family to satisfy his wishes, so Jiao Yuan has a deep resentment towards the composition.

However, although Jiao Yuan's pen calligraphy is not good, the brush calligraphy is completely opposite.

When Jiao Yuan participated in the primary school students' writing brush competition, his homeroom teacher couldn't believe the handwriting. Every word written with a pen seemed to be stunted. How could writing with a brush be like this? Even some middle school students may not be able to match such calligraphy. In the words of his class teacher, the brush calligraphy has "a little bit of character".

Later, his homeroom teacher sighed, "Jiao Yuan, when will your pen writing be able to have a bit of character? Don't always fail to develop."

Zheng Tan has seen Jiao Yuan's pen calligraphy, there is a brush calligraphy hanging on the wall of Jiao Yuan's room, and there are some memos written in pen in the room, the contrast is so fucking strong, if you don't know the truth, Zheng Tan Absolutely will not believe this was written by the same person.

Jiao Yuan looked at the test paper in his hand, twirled his pen, and began to think carefully.

The final exam is a cross-correction test paper. My teacher corrects the test papers of other classes, and the teacher who corrects my own test paper does not know my handwriting... Jiao Yuan nodded, yes, this method is feasible!

"Erase that little cleverness out of your mind. If you acted like this during the junior exams, it would definitely backfire. Do you think those teachers are fools?" Papa Jiao didn't even look at them, he knew this when he heard Jiao Yuan turn his pen. The kid started thinking about it again.

"Oh." Jiao Yuan sighed, and continued to correct the next test paper.

beep beep——

The bedroom phone rang.

Papa Jiao looked at the caller ID, and the expression on his face became much lighter.

"Hello……"

Zheng Tan's hearing is much better than that of the two children, the bedroom is only so big, and the distance is not too far, so he can hear the conversation on the phone.

It was a female voice, and most of the time it was only the female who was talking, occasionally uttering a burst of English, Jiao's father stood there holding the receiver and answered briefly without saying much.

Although Jiao's father doesn't talk much, according to Zheng Tan's understanding, Jiao's father is not so indifferent when talking on the phone.

The other party mentioned "she" a few times, but Zheng Tan didn't know who this "she" was referring to, and then the other party said most that he would send money, hoping that Papa Jiao could take care of "her".

After talking for a few minutes, Father Jiao finally stopped saying "um", "oh" and "okay", but asked, "Do you want to talk to her?"

The other party was silent for a while, and said: "Okay, I still have something to do here, I'm afraid I won't be able to talk for a few minutes."

Papa Jiao didn't listen to the other side's whispers any more, and turned to look at the little Yuzu who was pressing the calculator, "Yuzi, your mother wants to talk to you."

Zheng Tan's ears perked up.

Little grapefruit's mother? Is that the mother who sent her seven-year-old daughter back to the country while she was abroad, and she didn't want to come back at all, so she was happy outside?

Zheng Tan didn't think of Yuzu's mother just now, mainly because those words and the tone of those words were too alienated, like evasion, for fear that people on Jiao's side would stick to her.

No wonder Papa Jiao reacted that way.

If it was Zheng Tan, he would have scolded him immediately. It's a pity that Zheng Tan can't speak, he can only howl.

Jiao Yuan didn't continue to correct the test paper, and looked at Xiaoyouzi with sympathy in his eyes.

Xiaoyuzi answered the phone with fewer words than Jiao's father, one "um", one "oh", and then it was gone. The phone has been hung up there.

Zheng Tan couldn't help stretching out her paws and scratching her feet, Yuzu's mother said a few words, one was to ask little Yuzi "Is it okay?" and the other was to ask "Be obedient at aunty's house."

Xiaoyouzi pursed her lips, hung up the phone, walked over and continued to press the calculator, checked the test papers just now, and then ticked the checked paper rolls to indicate that they were correct. Those test papers still had scratches from Zheng Tan's cat's claws just now.

"Okay, let's stop here today." Father Jiao clapped his hands, put away the test papers from Jiao Yuan and Xiaoyuzi, and sorted them out, "By the way, Yuzu, your mother sent some money to buy you New Year's gifts. buy what?"

Xiaoyuzi thought for a while and replied, "Bicycle."

"I want it too!" Jiao Yuan was excited, why did he forget about the bike, he was going to ride a bike after entering junior high school, he should practice in advance, and then go racing with Xiong Xiong and the others! Anyway, there are not many motorized vehicles in the school, which is suitable for racing bicycles.

Father Jiao looked at Jiao Yuan, his expression unchanged, "Reject."

"Why?"

"Your mother said to buy it during the summer vacation, and Xiong Xiong and Su An did the same. They wouldn't buy a bicycle in advance."

Regarding the matter of buying a bicycle, several mothers have discussed it a long time ago, and they unanimously decided not to buy it for the time being. There are still half a year left. I will go to buy it during the summer vacation. When the time comes, a few people will go together, and the store has been selected. It is an acquaintance of Xiong Xiong's mother. At that time, we can get a discount together, and it will be easy to solve problems with the car.

Hearing that several other people were also treated in the same way, Jiao Yuan regained his balance.

For a child of Xiaoyouzi's age, he would definitely not want a bicycle like Jiao Yuan's, but a children's car. The place where I bought the car was at the nearby Central Department Store. Three people walked there in the afternoon, but Zheng Tan didn't follow. It was almost Chinese New Year, and there were many thieves there, so it was not convenient for Zheng Tan to follow, so he simply stayed at home and felt sleepy. Or squat in the kitchen to watch Jiao Ma prepare some Chinese New Year food, such as fried dumplings, fried lotus root clips, braised products, etc.

When Zheng Tan was squatting there, Jiao Ma handed him a warm meatball that had just been fried for a long time. Zheng Tan chewed the meatball in his mouth, feeling that the day was so damn nourishing, this is the so-called Open your mouth when you eat, sleep when you are full, and live a life without worrying about anything.

The three of them left quickly and came back quickly. When he came back, Papa Jiao came back with a pink and purple stroller that had already been assembled.

Choosing a children's car is not an easy task. Don't think that it is safe and fine to install two protective wheels on the rear wheels. It also depends on whether the size of the handbrake handle on the car is suitable for children. If the size is too large, the child will not be able to hold the handbrake tightly when braking, and will not be able to stop the car. It also depends on whether the braking force is too large, whether the chain cover is well covered, and other details, so as to reduce the chance of children being injured.

That's why Papa Jiao asked Xiaoyouzi to choose a car and test drive himself.

After testing the car, Xiaoyouzi asked for a bigger car basket. The original car basket was too small. Although the replacement of the large basket didn't look as good as the original one, Xiaoyuzi liked it, and Dad Jiao and Jiao Yuan could guess the reason for installing such a large basket, so they didn't object.

"Hey, this car is quite beautiful!" Mother Jiao came out of the kitchen wearing an apron, and smiled after seeing the basket of the car: "Is this specially prepared for Heitan?"

"Yeah!" Xiaoyouzi nodded, then looked at Zheng Tan.

Zheng Tan flicked his tail, walked over and jumped onto the car basket. Because it is a children's car, it is not as high as Jiao's father's small electric car. Zheng Tan feels that it is quite close to the ground. Fortunately, there is enough space in the car basket, and squatting in it is not uncomfortable. It would be better to put a plush mat inside...

Zheng Tan was thinking, Xiaoyouzi took out a fur hat, "It would be better to put this on."

The wheels were covered with dust, Papa Jiao and Jiao Yuan came back protecting Xiaoyouzi, who was riding a bike for the first time. There are protective wheels, the balance is stable, and it can be cooked with a few kicks.

Watching Xiaoyouzi ride a bicycle, Jiao Yuan was so envious that he wanted to drag a row of bicycles parked around him to practice, but no matter how he thought about it, he didn't want to ride Xiaoyouzi's stroller. A man riding a bike like this would make people laugh out loud.

After getting a car, Xiao Youzi would go downstairs for a few rides every day, and Zheng Tan would just squat in the car basket, and would not feel cold even with a fur hat on it. Once Ah Huang saw Zheng Tan squatting inside and jumped up, but Zheng Tan slapped him down. Outside cats are not allowed to enter the territory of private cats.

There are not many children with their own bicycles in the compound. They all envy Xiaoyuzi riding a bicycle. They clamor for their family to buy them. If the family doesn’t buy them, they come to borrow Xiaoyouzi’s bicycle to ride. Zheng Tan was scared away. So, within two days, all the children in the compound knew that there was always a vicious black cat on Gu Youzi's car basket, and it was said that it would scratch children. So gradually, even if Jiao Yuan didn't come forward, no one dared to move Xiaoyouzi's bicycle.

At first, Xiaoyouzi only rode in the compound, and then started to ride outside the compound. She didn't want to keep raising hatred in the compound, because there were too many people with hot eyes.

Papa Jiao followed her and watched. The temperature had risen in the past two days, and the snow had almost melted. He was not afraid of the road being icy and slippery. After several times in a row, Papa Jiao felt relieved.

Although Xiaoyuzi is not very old, she is very sensible. A child who is too sensible is painful, and adults will be more tolerant of everything. Everyone in the family could tell that Xiaoyouzi was not in a good mood recently, probably because of her mother's phone call, so every day Xiaoyouzi had to go out of the compound to ride a bicycle, but no one said anything.

On this day, Xiaoyouzi was still going out of the compound to ride a bicycle after lunch. Her baby car was locked next to Jiao's father's small electric car, so as not to be too tired to carry it up and down every day, and the space in the house was not big, so I put it at home. It is also inconvenient.

Jiao's father didn't ride a scooter, so he walked behind and watched, Xiaoyouzi didn't ride fast, so Jiao's father could catch up with a few steps.

Not long after, Jiao's father's cell phone rang, and Yuanzi asked him to go to the company for a while. Jiao's father told Xiaoyouzi a few words, telling her not to ride too far, and to go home after a while. Father Jiao left after getting the guarantee.

Without Papa Jiao behind, Xiao Youzi rode a little faster. Go straight along the avenue.

Zheng Tan took a look, this road was his usual running road, if he walked straight ahead, he would reach the woods on the edge of the campus.

Xiaoyuzi's destination was that forest, she followed Jiao Yuan and the others once, so she remembered it.

The forest area is not quiet, and various sounds from the construction site not far away can be heard far away. Recently, the work here has been rushing day and night, and the workers are eager to go home for the New Year, and they have to finish the expected work quickly.

Xiaoyouzi rode towards the woods for a while, and didn't plan to go any further. This area is not safe. The adults have said many times that even though it was daytime, Xiaoyouzi didn't intend to go in and look, so she was going to turn around and go home.

Just as he was about to turn around, the sound of a child barking came from the woods, as well as a dog barking.

Zheng Tan could tell who the dog was. The dog at the gate guard was a black-backed dog. It was brought here not long ago. It was four months old. It usually came to the woods to have fun and fought with Zheng Tan. After getting acquainted with it, seeing Zheng Tan is not too noisy, and sometimes he will run all over the forest with Zheng Tan, as long as its master whistles, it will run back quickly.

However, what happened at this time? Scared the kids?

After hesitating for a while, Xiaoyouzi parked the car beside him and locked it, and took out a rolling pin from his small backpack, which Jiao Yuan eliminated after he got the toy gun. She has a backpack.

Seeing Xiaoyuzi enter the woods with a rolling pin in her hand, Zheng Tan hurried up to explore the way not far in front of her.