Strange Life of a Cat

In metropolises, the city squares at night are always bustling.

The music of the store, various mobile advertisements, the dynamic tunes of street dance, and the folk style of old ladies...

However, tonight, more and more people gathered towards the corner that people usually don't pay much attention to.

"Hey, hurry up and look, there is a cat knocking on the bottle over there!"

"Knock on the bottle?"

"Yeah, I heard it was raised by a wandering singer, and those two are performing arts!"

"It seems very interesting, let's go, have a look!"

"Mom, I also want to watch the cat knocking on the bottle~"

"Okay, let's go and see the cat knocking on the bottle."

...

People in the city don't have so many scruples about black cats, so they come here to see something new and have fun. People's living standards have improved, and they don't have to worry about food and clothing, so they will try to have fun for themselves to pass the time. It's been a long time, and this is the first time they've seen people with cats performing arts in the square, and this cooperation is really good!

Zheng Tan looked at the growing crowd of onlookers, lowered his head, and looked at the glass bottle in front of him seriously, but did not look at the audience.

For Zheng Tan, even if his conduct was not very good when he was a human being, he still has a good face just like now. He never thought that there would be such a day when he would be reduced to a street performer surrounded by crowds.

Zheng Tan can only rejoice that this is not the era of advanced communication a few years later, otherwise, he knocked on the bottle one moment, and it was posted on the Internet the next moment, and might even be reposted N times. That would be even more embarrassing.

Knocking on the glass bottle in time with the tune sung by Fang Shaokang's broken voice, Zheng Tan sighed in his heart, why does time pass so slowly! It feels like hours have passed, but in reality there are only two songs, less than ten minutes long.

Zheng Tan suddenly remembered a sentence that Jiao’s father once said to Jiao Yuan, “People need to learn to regulate themselves, when you have to face things you don’t want to face, you can try to comfort yourself by changing your thinking, which can make you feel better. You have a better frame of mind to face the next challenge."

Change thinking, adjust mentality?

Zheng Tan raised his head slightly, and looked at the carton that had already been stuffed with an unknown amount of money. Thinking about it from another angle, this was also earned by knocking on the bottle himself, instead of stealing it by digging through the window.

Having said that, why didn't I feel guilty when I went through the window and stole through the door, but now I feel embarrassed as a street performer to earn my own money?

To put it bluntly, it's just a matter of face. This is also a very ridiculous and shameless attitude, but it is also shared by many people.

However, it was really unnatural under the watchful eyes of everyone, and then look at Fang Shaokang who was singing enthusiastically beside him, he had lost his tune and forgot his words several times, isn't he singing cheerfully? It seems that his skin still needs to be sharpened. To go north and south across the rivers and lakes, you have to rely on a thick skin.

For the first time, Zheng Tan realized the meaning of "blood money".

Knocking on the bottle made his hands sore. When Fang Shaokang was thinking of changing the song, Zheng Tan changed his hand, and the onlookers were amazed again.

"Oh, that cat will change hands!"

"My cat will do this trick too."

"I guess I'm tired, it's so pitiful." An old lady took out her wallet, walked to the cardboard box and stuffed the money in her hand.

With one lead, there's a second, a third...

Fang Shaokang also sighed in his heart, this man's face is indeed not as good as a cat's. I have been singing for a long time, and my voice is hoarse and no one cares about it. Instead, the cat next to me can get sympathy by changing its arm. Just now the big sister took out a hundred yuan all at once! It seems that the standard of living of the people in this city is really good.

After singing two old songs, Fang Shaokang came for an intermission.

At this time, someone came over to talk to Fang Shaokang, such as asking where he was from, how the cat came here, why he thought of coming here to sing, and so on.

Zheng Tan was too lazy to listen to Fang Shaokang's nonsense, this guy didn't tell the truth, and even fooled others into overflowing with sympathy. As for the enthusiastic aunts around, Zheng Tan couldn't take it anymore, so he climbed to a nearby tree, no matter how the people below shouted, he couldn't get down.

Sometimes Zheng Tan can't understand why people like to call "Mimi" when they see a cat, no matter whether the cat is male or female, no matter whether the cat has a name or not. The first person to call a cat like this is really talented.

In the past, this word was only associated with Dabo girl in Zheng Tan's dictionary. However, since I became a cat, I don't know how many times I have been called by people. Every time I hear this word, no matter who you are, Zheng Tan turns his head just go.

So, after the aunts watching from below shouted "Mi" to Zheng Tan, Zheng Tan pulled his ears and climbed the tree resolutely.

When Zheng Tan squatted on the tree to hide from the enthusiastic aunt, and Fang Shaokang was talking nonsense, the five young people singing in the corner were also talking about it.

"Is it the guy from yesterday?"

"That uncle came to ask us a question yesterday, but I didn't expect to come here with a guitar in his arms today."

"That uncle... I seem to have seen a camera hanging around his neck yesterday?"

"It's still a DSLR!"

"Well, the SLR digital camera is quite expensive. I remember it because of his camera."

After speaking, the five people were silent for a while, and then one of them said, "Fuck, so this old man is actually full of food and has nothing to do to come to compete with us for business?!"

When young people come here occasionally, it is called rebellion or curiosity. But if you are a person who is almost forty and do this kind of thing, people will think you are having a convulsion.

"Actually... the black cat played an important role, right?"

"Suddenly felt hit." One person said.

The oldest one named Ah Jin, as the lead singer and leader of the newly formed band, greeted everyone with different thoughts and prepared to continue singing. At this time, a woman with heavy makeup came over and greeted them.

They knew this woman, she was a relative of the owner of the small bar who asked them to sing. She just came to go shopping, and when she received a call from the owner of the bar, she just brought a message. After speaking, he tossed his hair and walked away on stilettos. She really doesn't like these street performers.

The words brought by the woman were mainly to tell them that they didn't have to go tonight. Someone in another band singing in front of them had a birthday and was planning to book the venue. It was estimated that they would sing until the early morning.

The faces of the five young people are very bad. However, they have encountered many things since they left home. They have encountered similar situations. Now they have no money and no reputation. To put it bluntly, they are nothing. Others look down on them.

The young man who was the bassist for the new band stood aside, not speaking, and he wasn't much of a talker in the first place. Stirring the bass in his hand, there is a little fatigue and struggle in the music.

"Hey, you guys!"

When the five young people were thinking about how to arrange their time later tonight, Fang Shaokang approached them and made a plan.

"Ensemble?" Ajin, who is the lead singer and captain of the band, was a little surprised.

"Yes, the ensemble. Of course, my level is limited, so I still have this knowledge, so I am not the one who cooperates with you." Fang Shaokang pointed to Zheng Tan who was squatting on a tree and looking up at the stars. , "How about it coming to join you?"

Ajin thought about it, and the situation over there just now shows that the cat can attract popularity, so of course it can be done if everyone cooperates here. And when they were discussing just now, they were planning to leave the city for the next stop, and they were not in a hurry anyway.

After making the decision, Ah Jin nodded, "I'm fine, how about everyone?"

The other four people did not object, and they were very happy to have such a special experience before leaving. They haven't worked with cats yet.

Zheng Tan originally squatted on a tree and counted the stars boredly, but was told to play a duet with those people.

"Heitan, look, uncle, I can't sing anymore, my voice is hoarse, and the money is not enough, and I can make more money by cooperating with those little guys, just squat by the side and make fun of it. It doesn't take too much effort." Fang Shaokang raised his head and said to Zheng Tan, "And those little guys are quite pitiful, today is probably the last time they will sing in this city, and they will leave tomorrow, I just want to help, what a shame Not as big as you."

Zheng Tan looked at some people who were still standing around and did not leave, and then looked at the five young people aged seventeen or eighteen over there. It's okay to make some small money in a hurry, it's just a matter of raising your claws, anyway, you only need to pretend to knock on the bottle twice.

After discussing, Zheng Tan came to the five young people.

Facing a black cat, the five young people didn't know how to get along.

Fang Shaokang came from behind to help carry the bottle and spoon. After discussing with Ah Jin, he borrowed a high stool and put the bottle and iron spoon aside.

Zheng Tan jumped on the high stool, feeling better this time than at the beginning, with a thicker skin and adjusted mentality. Isn't it just knocking the iron spoon twice, what's the big deal? !

Seeing that this side is about to start again, the crowd slowly gathers again. It is only after eight o'clock, and the city's nightlife is very rich, not to mention the commercial plaza here. Compared with before, there are actually more people at this time.

The five people were not sure about whether they could cooperate with a cat, and it was Fang Shaokang who came and said a few words to appease them.

Zheng Tan still has some small opinions beside him, don't these brats still despise us?

Seeing Zheng Tan pulling his ears like that, Fang Shaokang knew that the cat must be angry again.

"Okay, let's get started!" Fang Shaokang waved his hand, put the cardboard box in a conspicuous place, then stepped aside and sat down to watch.

Seeing that paper box, the expressions of the five young people were very unnatural, which was too straightforward. Their morality is still not as high as Fang Shao Kang.

"Hey, these boys, are you still shy?" Fang Shaokang said to the person sitting next to him.

Sitting there was a middle-aged man who was also the owner of the musical instrument shop where Fang Shaokang rented the guitar. A Jin and the others rented drums and keyboards from this guy's shop, except for the guitar and bass. Most of the time he would come here to listen to these young people singing.

Hearing Fang Shaokang's words, the man smiled, "You are still young after all."

Diarrhea... Diarrhea... going out every half hour... dragging on until now OTZ

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