Strange Life of a Cat

Ah Jin has recently entered a bottleneck period due to his creation, and his condition is very poor. His teammates suggested that he go out for a walk, which may bring some inspiration. Don't be impatient or have too much burden, and maintain your passion for music.

Therefore, when there is no performance, Ah Jin walks around other places in Chuhua City with his guitar on his back.

During this period, Ah Jin played in underground passages and some squares, and slept in parks at night. It was as if he had returned to the time when he was a wandering singer, and his irritable mood gradually calmed down unconsciously.

Today, Ah Jin originally planned to go to the central square to sing. In fact, many large squares in Chuhua City have some talented young people performing at night. Ah Jin has met many in the other two places in the past two days. , I also gained a lot from the exchanges. However, Ah Jin did not expect to meet Zheng Tan here.

Ah Jin was grateful to Zheng Tan, and he also had some awe that he couldn't explain. Sometimes Ah Jin felt incredible that it was just a cat, but it could have such a big impact on him and the band. Without this black cat, where would he and his teammates go? I can’t imagine that I almost gave up at that time. Therefore, Akin and his teammates have always been grateful for this cat, which can be seen from their black cat team logo.

Speaking of awe, perhaps, this is the only big-name cat that Ah Jin has ever encountered. After all, this is a cat that even Ye Hao, the big boss of the Night Tower, dares to look down on.

Ah Jin didn't know exactly where Zheng Tan lived. In fact, he didn't even know Zheng Tan's background. He only knew that the cat was familiar with a few "big shots" and that he always met a few "big shots" every time he went to the nightclub. Together. Therefore, when he first saw Zheng Tan, Ah Jin was not sure, but after taking another look, he matched the black cat in front of him with the famous cat. Perhaps, no other cat would dare to openly bully a blind old man in this kind of place and in this kind of atmosphere.

"Heitan!" Ah Jin shouted. He was very happy to see Zheng Tan. This is their band's blessing.

Zheng Tan had just pulled out one of the old man's long beards. He only saw a twitch on the old man's face but no other reaction, so he was about to pull out two more beards to see how long the old man could endure it. Unexpectedly, he suddenly heard someone Call your own name.

Idiot! Why call me by name? !

Zheng Tan cursed in his heart.

When doing bad things, the most taboo thing is to expose one's true information. Originally, Zheng Tan came to this place for the first time, and no one knew Zheng Tan. He walked around for a while and then left with his tail. Who could find him? . But now Ah Jin called out his name directly.

Zheng Tan hesitated, should he pretend to be mistaken?

Just as he was thinking about it, Zheng Tan looked up at the old man sitting there, only to find that the old man had opened his eyes. His eyeballs were cloudy gray-white, and he was looking at where Zheng Tan was. Zheng Tan was so scared that he jumped back reflexively. It wasn't that Zheng Tan was timid, it was because it was too sudden. The old man hadn't opened his eyes for so long, but now he suddenly opened them.

However, he is really blind...

The old man not only opened his eyes, he also moved.

As soon as the old man moved, Ah Jin quickly walked over, fearing that the old man would hit Zheng Tan with his guide stick. Others setting up stalls around were also thinking about how the old man would deal with the cat. Although the old man didn't talk much, didn't communicate with others, and didn't argue with anyone, that was because no one messed with him. The current situation is that this cat is too desperate.

Even Zheng Tan thought that the old man would teach him a lesson. The cat still had a beard in its paw. So I was ready to run away.

Unexpectedly, the old man moved, adjusted his sitting posture, and started to play the erhu.

Zheng Tan had seen the old woman playing the erhu in Jiao's father's hometown. Now when he heard the old man playing, he felt that she was no less good than that old woman. What's more, the old man was blind, which was so rare. At the same time, Zheng Tan had to admit that this old man had such a good temper that he even pulled his beard and was still in the mood to play the erhu.

Although Ah Jin didn't know much about the erhu, he was very sensitive to the sound of music. Ah Jin felt that the old man didn't look angry, but he sounded like he was in a good mood. There are many people playing the erhu, and most of the music styles have a sense of sadness and coldness, but the erhu tunes played by this old man now make people feel like the warmth of the sunset. Unconsciously, the tension just now relaxed a lot.

Ah Jin judged the old man's mood through Erhu tunes, while Zheng Tan felt through intuition whether the old man had any malicious intentions. Since the old man was not prepared to pursue the case, Zheng Tan could not continue to bully the blind man, not to mention that Ah Jin was here. If we continue to look for trouble, more information will probably be revealed inadvertently by this idiot A Jin.

Since he didn't intend to continue bullying the old man, Zheng Tan simply squatted next to him and listened to the old man playing the erhu. Ah Jin was not ready to leave immediately, so he stood next to Zheng Tan and leaned against the railing, listening to the old man playing the erhu.

Ah Jin could tell that this old man was a master at playing the erhu, no worse than the teachers at the conservatory, and listening to it for a while would be beneficial to his own creation. Another point is that Ah Jin has listened to a lot of erhu music, but he has never heard of the old man's music, but he was too embarrassed to interrupt the inquiry, so he just stood quietly and listened to it.

The people setting up stalls around him have long been accustomed to the old man playing the erhu. Seeing the excitement, they started busy with their own stalls again. To them, cats are not attractive because of money.

Speaking of money, Zheng Tan now understood why the old man had so much money in his wooden box. He played the erhu well, and passers-by were willing to listen and liked listening. In addition, they had pity and sympathy for the old man, so they would give him some money. Although most of them are small change, the better is having more, and you can earn a lot in one day. For an old man, it is more than enough for living expenses, and there is still money left to enjoy other fun.

In fact, there were more people giving money today than usual, and part of this was because of the cat Zheng Tan. This is also the reason why some entertainers like to bring children or animals with them.

When it was almost dark, Zheng Tan stood up and prepared to go back to pick up Xiao Youzi.

"Eh? Hei Tan, are you ready to leave?" Ah Jin was immersed in the melody of the erhu. When the erhu sound stopped, he came back to his senses and found that the black cat squatting next to him had already walked to the side and was about to get off the overpass.

Putting his guitar on his back and following him, Ah Jin was ready to follow Zheng Tan. Anyway, he had no definite destination now, and he was very curious about Zheng Tan's address. Where did this cat live? What kind of place do you live in? Why do you come here alone?

Zheng Tan knew that Ah Jin was following him, but ignored him.

When passing by a stall selling food, Ah Jin called out to Zheng Tan, "Heitan, please eat chicken tenders." Ah Jin remembered that this cat seemed to have a wide range of recipes.

This was also a token of gratitude. It was rare to see Zheng Tan alone. When Ah Jin saw Zheng Tan in the past, Zheng Tan always stayed with Wei Leng and Ye Hao, and Ah Jin didn't have the guts to interrupt.

Speaking of meat, Zheng Tan is indeed a little hungry now. He is not in a hurry anyway. There is still half an hour before Little Yuzi gets out of school, so it is too late to have a meal and go back.

Seeing Zheng Tan stop, Ah Jin knew that the cat must have agreed, so he happily walked to the stall.

"Have two..."

Before he could say anything, Ah Jin froze. He dug through his pockets and patted his trouser pockets. After digging for a long time, he looked at Zheng Tan with a depressed face.

"Heitan, have you seen my wallet and cell phone?"

Zheng Tan: "..." Idiot! I didn’t even know my phone and wallet were stolen!

On the other side, on the overpass, after Zheng Tan and Ah Jin left, the old man stopped playing the erhu and sat there quietly, closing his eyes and returning to the previous state. It was not until the sunset that the old man folded up the low stool. , put it into the wooden box containing the money. The wooden box is not big, but it can just accommodate the folded low stool. The old man took off the big black umbrella tied to the railing and packed everything up slowly. Every movement was slow but smooth. The people around him are not surprised. Anyone who repeats the same thing every day, day after day, can do this.

For a blind man, there is actually no difference between day and night, but the old man is very regular every day, appearing with the rising sun in the morning and disappearing with the setting sun at dusk, and his position on the overpass is always fixed. Change, no vendor who comes to the overpass to set up a stall will seize his seat, and there will even be an empty space around him. When there are the most vendors, even if other places are crowded, there will be an empty space where the old man is.

If there are new vendors, they will be told by other vendors not to occupy their seats. Moreover, after the old man leaves, the vendors on the overpass will pack their things and leave as soon as possible, even if the business is good. If they want to continue doing business, they will have to change places. If they come to the overpass one day and don't see the old man, they won't set up a stall here, but will choose another place to sell until the old man appears on the overpass again.

This is a rule that these small vendors on the overpass have figured out for a long time. When this blind old man is around, no one comes to the overpass to collect fines. This is why everyone has a very special attitude towards this blind old man. one.

As for the other reason... these small traders have only heard about it and haven't seen it with their own eyes, so it's hard to make a conclusion. No matter what, they would never offend the blind old man. Sometimes the fruit sellers or other food sellers would give some to the blind old man, and they didn't act like charity, but acted cautiously.

The old man was holding a guide stick and walking slowly on the sidewalk. His pair of cloudy black and white eyes did not open. If he did, he would probably scare some people.

The sky quickly darkened, the neon lights flashed, and people who were about to start the nightlife walked past the old man while laughing and talking, looking at the old man with a mixture of sympathy and contempt. This was not directed at the old man, but at a blind person like the old man.

Suddenly, a man rushed from behind, snatched the wooden box from the old man's hand and ran away. This man walked across the overpass in the evening and saw the money in the old man's wooden box. There were too many people at the time so he didn't take action and didn't care. He had fatter prey. Now that I’ve seen it, it’s nothing if you don’t rob it, but there are still hundreds of dollars in it.

There were people around the old man who saw this situation, and most of them didn't want to meddle in other people's business. Some enthusiastic young people wanted to, but in the blink of an eye, the man who snatched the box disappeared into the crowd. They could only sympathize with the blind old man.

Unlike the people around him, the old man's face was very calm. He didn't show any anger or sadness because the box was robbed. He just paused for a moment when the box was robbed, and then continued to move forward, as if he didn't hear the comments of the people around him. Voice.

After walking for a while, we turned into a narrow and long alley with few lights. The hustle and bustle of the city at night seemed to suddenly fade away, and it seemed to be a completely different world from the bustling street outside the alley.

The old man still walked forward unhurriedly. Not far ahead, there was a man sitting next to him. After seeing the old man, the man immediately stood up and rushed over, kneeling in front of the old man.

This man was the one who robbed the old man's wooden box before. At this moment, he looked very embarrassed, his nose and face were bruised and swollen after being beaten, and he probably had other injuries on his body. After kneeling in front of the old man, he lifted the old man's wooden box with both hands. It was shaking like a sieve and he was shaking violently when he spoke.

"Xiao Xiaoxiao... little... the new one... has... no eyesight..."

The old man didn't stop because of the person in front of him. His face remained calm and he didn't say a word. He reached for the box and continued walking forward, leaving the man kneeling on the ground alone who had not finished speaking. Keep shaking.

At this time, Zheng Tan, who had already finished dinner and was ordered not to go out at night, was lying on the sofa watching soap operas with Jiao's mother. He was thinking about whether he should go to the overpass tomorrow and pull two of the blind old man's beards to test it. What is the limit of the old man's patience?

(3.21) Don’t work overtime on weekends, don’t go out, sleep in, and then try to catch up.