Strange Life of a Cat

Near the edge, Zheng Tan was rubbing the bubble gum on his palm on the ground. People walked by from time to time. After seeing Zheng Tan, they quickly avoided it and said something disgusting, for fear of running into a "crazy" one. , "cramped" cat.

Zheng Tan was originally angry because he stepped on bubble gum. When he heard these people say things like "crazy cat" and "sick", he was so angry that he wanted to go up and kick him. But he couldn't get rid of the lump on his palm. It was clean, but there was a lot of dust and gravel stuck to the ground, making it even more disgusting than when I first stepped on it.

Just when Zheng Tan was thinking about going back and asking Jiao Ma to help clean up, he noticed someone walking towards him.

Looking up, he saw a young man in his mid-twenties coming over. Zheng Tan felt no malice from him. He was still rubbing his palms on the flower bed next to him, but his eyes were fixed on the person in front of him. Even if there was no malice, he was on guard. Still want it.

"Is there something stuck on your paw?" The man said to himself, then walked back to the table and pulled some of the cheap paper towels on the table.

Zheng Tan realized that this person probably wanted to help, and he looked quite upright, so he decisively raised his hand and pointed his bubble gum-covered palm towards the person.

"Huh?" The man obviously didn't expect the cat in front of him to be so cooperative. He was still thinking about how to break the cat's claws without being scratched or bitten. He had encountered similar things before. Last month in the community, An aunt's cat was stung by a fishbone in its mouth. She asked him to come over and help. After struggling for a long time, the sting was picked out. There were bloody scratches on his arms, which have not completely faded yet. However, at this moment, it seemed that he was worrying too much. Not every cat is so uncooperative. This cat is indeed something special.

Zheng Tan watched as the man wrapped a piece of bubble gum with dust and gravel in paper, then pulled it off his paws bit by bit, then wiped it with new paper several times.

"Okay!" The man threw the paper wrapped in bubble gum into a trash can not far away. Then he was about to reach out and touch Zheng Tan's head, but Zheng Tan avoided it.

Zheng Tan bent the cat's palm and looked at it. He moved it, rolled it up, opened it, rolled it up again, and opened it again. The bubble gum was too sticky. Even if most of it was wiped off with a tissue, some of it would still stick to his palm. The hair in the gap is on the hair, but it is much better than the uncomfortable feeling before.

After stepping on the ground, Zheng Tan tried to walk a few steps. Yes, although it was still a little awkward, it was still acceptable. After returning, he asked Mother Jiao to find a way to deal with it and just take a shower.

Zheng Tan felt that walking was much easier without that big lump sticking to him.

The man who helped walked back to the table on the roadside, sat down, and continued chatting with the older man at the table.

"Are you meddling in your own business again?!" The older man looked disapproving.

"Just helping out."

"It's not easy for you to pass by so many people, but you are the only one who does it smoothly?"

"..."

"Cats are the most heartless. Even the animals that repay kindness as mentioned in TV newspapers are only a minority. Many of them will forget your kindness to them the next day. There are cats and dogs out there, don't be too harsh on them. Okay, maybe they'll bite you. It's usually like this." The older man raised his finger in the direction of Zheng Tan and said to the person across the table, "Even if you feed it good food and drink, it will only When you are a meal ticket, it’s fine if they don’t cause you any trouble when you are in trouble, how can they help you?”

Zheng Tan was caught in a row and innocently shot. He looked at the person over there who was spitting and talking, and heard the other person say, "It won't come even if you kneel down and beg it." So, Zheng Tan walked over with dignity.

The man who was talking caught a glimpse of Zheng Tan's movements, and his words immediately choked up in his throat. He maintained the same posture and stared in Zheng Tan's direction.

Under the surprised looks of these two people, Zheng Tan walked over there, jumped on an empty plastic chair next to their table, and then looked at the older man. Say, keep talking.

The older man's face twitched, then he withdrew his hand, took a bite of food with chopsticks, drank half a bottle of beer, and then said to the person opposite: "What have you been busy with recently?"

The subject suddenly changed and he didn't react in time. The young man thought for a while and then said: "A lot of things have happened on Chuning Avenue recently."

Chuning Avenue is the name of the commercial street where the old street used to be, not far from the food stalls.

"Oh, I heard about this. A wealthy businessman from out of town came here for inspection two days ago and lost his mobile phone on Chuning Avenue... It is said that after reporting the case, he also complained, and those of you in charge of this area have all been criticized. Bar?"

The young man said "Yeah", "In recent months, more people have reported crimes over there, and the incidence rate of cases has remained high. The cameras installed in the shops over there have not had any effect. He is obviously a habitual criminal and is familiar with that area." ." What he didn't say was that when they were criticized, they suffered terribly. It seems that this year's bonus is a no-brainer and they can continue to live on that meager salary.

"That's right. I heard that that person's mobile phone is worth 28,000 yuan. You know that the security there is poor. If you buy such an expensive mobile phone and show it off on the street, isn't that a crime of stealing?!"

To say that the security situation is poor in front of a police officer is obviously a slap in the face, but because they understand each other, the young man is not angry, only helpless, because it is a fact that no one has been arrested, and it is also a fact that the crime rate is high.

"How are things going now? Is there any progress?" the older man asked.

The young man shook his head, "Everyone with a criminal record has checked it out. Although a few of the cases match up, they are probably not the ones who stole the 28,000 yuan mobile phone. There are still people hiding it, we just don't know about it."

"You were the one who checked over there? Isn't there also Xiao Zhang or Xiao Liu or something like that? Where are your colleagues?" the older man asked. He remembered that the backgrounds of the few people there who had criminal records were not very simple. If they were investigated carefully, those people would definitely have complaints.

"They also checked a few."

"They checked out the easy ones and left the hard-to-gnaw bones for you?!"

Seeing that the other party didn't speak, the older man continued: "It's quite difficult, isn't it? You see, others don't even try to move forward, so you're the only one who's righteous?! Even if you don't tell me, I know that those hard-to-gnaw bones are definitely hard to chew. I'm going to file a complaint against you! You said that you... when you were handling cases in the past, you took on the trouble and others took the credit? You don't have a long memory! You think this is a blockbuster, where you can show off your blood-stained style, right?! "

The young man lowered his head after being scolded, and then smiled helplessly. There is no way, he has such a temper.

Seeing the other person's smile, the older man became angry again and hit the young man on the head with his chopsticks. "You laugh as soon as I say it, and you want to fool me? You haven't changed your mind yet. You've been tricked." Why haven't you learned the lesson after a few times? In this society, good people are bullied by good people!

Ronaldinho, don't blame me for being verbose. You are almost thirty years old. A few years have passed by in the blink of an eye. You have no money, no status, no car, no house, no woman. In the eyes of others, you are a loser. The most important thing is your person. Still stupid! stupid! stubborn! A stick! No room for appreciation! "

Zheng Tan watched the two people talking from the side. One was spitting all over the table, and the other was being scolded and could only giggle. Although the topic was a bit serious and heavy, why did the scene look so funny?

After the older man finished his lecture, he probably felt that his words were too harsh. He knew that he would speak bluntly when he drank. He paused, picked up the bottle in front of him, and said, "Come on, one of us brothers will go."

After the two of them drank the bottle, the older man sighed and said, "Why don't you change places? Brother, although I don't do this anymore, I still have some connections. I'm not a great person, but I can help a little." Busy, you should know that there is a big difference between rich police stations and those without money... Well, no, what, it should be the huge difference in reporting funds."

"No, thank you, Brother Chen. I think it's fine there."

The older man took a deep breath and prepared to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything. He waved his hand and changed the topic.

There were tables set up under the night sky all around, and people were everywhere talking loudly and chatting, and no one paid attention to the two people here.

Zheng Tan listened to the people around him talking loudly about everything from international events to the fact that the price of eggs in the vegetable market had increased by a penny.

The focus of the grassroots class is very broad. In the eyes of many people, it means that "the earth is destined to the sea, the heart is the heart". The fate of eating gutter oil is the heart of Zhongnanhai. At best, it can be regarded as having no worries. In the world, everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world. Wei Leng and the others also laughed about this topic when they got together, and what Wei Leng and the others meant was that things like the grassroots class, which many people think are meaningless, are better than some people who are increasingly indifferent to other things except their own interests. High-end elites are better.

Zheng Tan also drank some beer. The older man poured it from the extra disposable cups on the table. They drank directly from the bottles. These cups were useless. The older man poured the beer for Zheng Tan because he drank too much. He just did it when he had nothing to do, but he didn't expect Zheng Tan to actually drink.

"Is there something wrong with this cat?" the older man muttered.

"...It's okay." Ronaldinho said. It’s not that cats don’t drink alcohol, it’s just very rare.

"Don't believe it. Brother, although I'm not in this business anymore, I still have my eyesight. This cat... Hey, I'm going to treat you like this. Why are you so active? Are you rich or am I rich? "When the older man saw Xiao Luo going over to pay, he quickly stopped talking and took out his wallet to pay.

After dinner and drinks, the two were ready to leave.

"By the way, give me a call. My phone was sent for repair, and all the numbers on it were gone." The older man said to Ronaldinho.

"I'll call you directly." Ronaldinho took out his cell phone.

"No, I didn't bring my mobile phone. I left it at home to charge. I was in a hurry so I didn't bring it with me. Hey, I forgot to buy a spare battery today. It's so inconvenient to have just one battery."

Zheng Tan secretly nodded in agreement beside him. A battery is indeed not very convenient. Fortunately, today's mobile phones are not like the large-screen mobile phones of the future. They do not consume as much power. If this is a future smart phone, it will have to be charged every day if it is used frequently. It annoys Zheng Tan to death. Now he charges his batteries secretly when no one is home. He might be exposed at some point.

"Last time I bought one for cheap, but the battery swelled after a short period of use. I was scolded by your sister-in-law for a long time. This time I bought a better one. It will make my eyes brighter. Don't be fooled by people pretending to be fakes and pretending to be original. . Tsk, nowadays everything is fake and mixed with water, this guy, when he comes out to hang out in society, if his eyes don’t shine brightly and his brain doesn’t move quickly, he will be tricked!”

Ronaldinho reported his cell phone number several times. The older man drank too much and couldn't remember it. He didn't have anything to write on, so he asked the store owner for a piece of paper to write on.

Zheng Tan did write down Ronaldinho's mobile phone number. When he heard them talking about the theft of mobile phones on Chu Ning Avenue, Zheng Tan thought of a person.

As the saying goes, yellow mud falling off the crotch is either shit or shit, so Zheng Tan decided to put a pot of yellow mud on Zhang Dong's crotch.

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