Strange Life of a Cat

Zheng Tan sat on the back seat of the car, looking at the scenery outside the window.

Different from the bustle of previous years, this year seems to be a bit deserted, perhaps due to the lower temperature than usual, coupled with the impact of snowstorms, there have been such changes. However, compared to many places and some more affected areas In serious villages, towns, mountainous areas, and cities, the situation is much better. The most common complaints from the citizens are probably the water pipes that were frozen and cracked a few days ago. Others, those who don’t have the trouble of taking a car and have no direct financial conflict of interest, are just spectators, which will not affect their normal life, and only discuss a few words with people when they watch the news every day.

Dad Jiao has been turning on the traffic broadcasting channel. The weather has eased up a lot in the past two days. Many stranded people are rushing to set off for these two days. There are quite a lot of illegal cars and so on. They probably want to take advantage of this time to make more money.

In order to avoid traffic jams, Dad Jiao also got up early and set off. Unexpectedly, there are many people who think like Dad Jiao. There are many vehicles on the road early in the morning, and there are still a few small-scale traffic jams on the road, especially At those crossroads, looking ahead at the long line of convoys is particularly boring.

It was already an hour and a half after he finally got out of the city, this was the first time Zheng Tan encountered this kind of situation, he stopped and stopped and became dizzy.

According to the previous driving route, I went directly to the expressway after leaving the urban area. The highway was closed a few days ago, and it was unsealed in the past two days. There was an accident, and I hope the traffic going that way will be diverted.

No one knows how long the traffic jam will be due to the accident. Papa Jiao has no choice but to change the route instead of taking the high speed.

When passing by several passenger stations, Zheng Tan took a look there. There was still a large crowd of people around. The waiting hall was full of people, and some people were waiting outside the gate, and there were armed police there to maintain order. Zheng Tan also saw taxis, noodle shops, and buses soliciting passengers privately outside the passenger station. Some people held signs with the names of various counties and cities while shouting and walking to pull passengers. This is probably what some people call black cars, but at this time people no longer think about black cars or not, as long as they can get on the car. Vulnerable people such as the elderly, the weak, the sick, the disabled, and pregnant are not many people who will give up their seats when the traffic is crowded, and they still rush to squeeze when it is time to squeeze.

Zheng Tan was relatively unfamiliar with the route after leaving the city. Looking at the buildings on both sides, he recorded the new route information.

The road was still a little icy, but it was much better than before, and Dad Jiao could still control it by driving slowly. It's just that some vehicles are speeding fast as if in a hurry, and they always squeeze forward for fear of falling behind. Twice, they almost ran into Papa Jiao's car.

Just as Zheng Tan was cursing those two guys who were overtaking indiscriminately, a motorcycle driver suddenly inserted between Zheng Tan's car and the car in front from behind, and then quickly passed from the car in front to the other car. The car passed through the horizontal gap, and Zheng Tan was shocked to see it. Did this man trust his driving skills too much, or did he encounter some urgent situation?

Ten minutes later, the car stopped again, Zheng Tan stood up and looked forward, the convoy formed again, and there was a traffic jam again.

After waiting for a while and still not seeing anything, Papa Jiao opened the car window to let the air in. The car was very warm, and his nerves were tense while driving, but now the cold wind blows on him and he wakes up a bit.

"Heitan, is it cold?" Papa Jiao looked at Zheng Tan in the back seat.

After the window was opened, the cold wind came in, dissipating a lot of the warmth in the car. The wet and cold weather in the south always makes many people in the north uncomfortable, but Zheng Tan, who used to live in the south, has gotten used to it after a few years. Even though it was extremely cold this year, Zheng Tan still felt fine. The vest he was wearing today was a winter style given by Xiao Guo. Xiao Guo gave two pieces, one black and one army green. Not only can the pockets of the vest be used to store things, but they should also be thicker and warmer. It is said that they are also waterproof.

Seeing that Zheng Tan didn't seem to be feeling cold, Dad Jiao didn't ask any more questions.

The driver of the car on the left was smoking outside the car. There were children in the car, so they couldn’t smoke well in the car, so they went outside and chatted when they saw Papa Jiao open the car window. He had already driven nearly twenty cars. It's been an hour's drive. Although someone took over and rested for five hours, the replacement's driving skills were not good, and he almost got into an accident, so he was the one who drove most of the time. Now when he encountered a traffic jam, he came out to smoke a cigarette to refresh himself.

The driver of the car in front also came over to join the chat. He was soliciting customers privately, "Yesterday went well, and the traffic jam didn't last long. Today, I was unlucky. I got out of the traffic jam for half an hour in the morning, and now it's starting to jam again."

"Can you go in ten minutes?" asked the driver of the car on the left.

"It's difficult. There was a car accident ahead. A motorcycle, two private cars, and a truck were all hit. Fortunately, no one was killed. Three people were seriously injured and just sent to the hospital. The remaining two private cars The people were arguing, and no one moved their feet. I heard that the car was quite expensive. It also broke a utility pole, plus the overturned car, and the things on the truck. It is estimated that at least It takes twenty minutes to open to traffic."

I heard from the driver who solicited customers privately that it was more difficult to drive a few days ago. Usually, it only takes a little more than two hours to make a trip. A while ago, it took more than 10 hours to travel through the snow, and it may break down on the road at any time. The hardships of driving can only be known after driving, and I am exhausted to death. It's no wonder that the fare has doubled and doubled. The usual fare is 50 yuan, but now it costs 100 to 150 yuan per person in a black car, and it has soared to more than 200 a few days ago.

While chatting, another person came from the front of the convoy and asked the two drivers and Dad Jiao to go to the front to help. There are not enough people and there are many obstacles. Otherwise, you will have to wait for a while.

The driver of the car in front shook his head, he didn't want to go, he had to watch the car, his car was full of unknown passengers, what if someone took advantage of him to help the car and drove away? What should I do if I took something valuable? What if the people in the car make a fuss?

The driver of the car next to him didn't think anything of it, and walked forward with Papa Jiao, smoking a cigarette.

The doors were unlocked, the windows were closed, and soon the temperature inside the car rose again.

Father Jiao asked Zheng Tan to watch the car before leaving, so now Zheng Tan didn't take a nap, paying attention to the people around the car.

Soon, Zheng Tan noticed someone coming from the front, and even glanced into the car twice. With that look, Zheng Tan knew that it was a guy with crooked thoughts. That guy saw the computer on the passenger seat. When packing, the line of sight paused for a little longer.

There was a flash of joy in the man's eyes, and then he walked to the car door in a normal manner, opened the door on the passenger seat, and then, just as he was about to reach for the computer bag on the car seat, a black shadow flashed However, there was a sudden pain on the face, and the person was kicked out, and he sat on the ground without standing still.

The man's eyes were full of disbelief. He just saw that there was no one in the car, and the door seemed to be unlocked. He ignored the cat in the vest. He has done this a lot, and the whole operation will not take long at all. , Just open the car door and twist the bag, even if the car door is locked, he can do it, but he didn't expect that he thought it was a very simple thing, but found that the reality was seriously inconsistent with the expectation.

Touching his nose, the man looked at the blood on his hand, and then at Zheng Tan.

Zheng Tan narrowed his eyes, is this person still not giving up? Looking for a kick? This is it? !

Jump up is another kick.

The man raised his hand to block it, but he misjudged Zheng Tan's strength. Although he quickly raised his forearm to block Zheng Tan's kick, the force of the kick made the man lean back and hit his head on the side There was a bang in a private car. At the same time, Zheng Tan also scratched the man's down jacket, and when the wind blew, the duck down flew everywhere.

It was difficult for Zheng Tan to understand that the man was wearing a branded down jacket and doing such a thing of theft. However, there are a lot of people like this. When I went online a few days ago, I saw someone posting complaints, but I didn’t expect to meet them today.

The driver of the private car on the right opened the window after hearing the commotion, then looked at the people on the ground, and at Zheng Tan, "Hey, what is this for?"

Before he finished speaking, the rear window was opened, and two teenagers looked out the window, and the little girl said, "Uncle, this man must be a thief!"

"It must be a thief!" added the little boy. "The cat in the waistcoat is teaching the thief!"

The man on the ground looked a little embarrassed. There were bloodstains on his face, from nose to mouth, because he touched it with his hand just now, and wiped some blood on his face. Blow some out.

The man saw that the situation was not good, he didn't care about the nosebleed and the scratched down jacket, he got up and ran immediately before everyone around him looked over, he ran too fast, he didn't know what he stepped on, slipped on his foot, fell down, Ignoring the pain, I got up and continued running.

When Papa Jiao came back, the man had run away and disappeared. Hearing what the driver of the car on the right said about what happened just now, Papa Jiao smiled at the other party's various questions and didn't say much.

"I see that your cat is not bad, male or female?" the other party asked.

"male."

"Oh, that's just right. I also have a female cat with folded ears. How about stringing it up?"

Zheng Tan's face twitched, I'm screwing you!

Seeing Zheng Tan turn around and get into the car, Dad Jiao smiled at the man, "My cat is just a local cat."

"It's okay, I don't mind." The man waved his hand and said indifferently.

Papa Jiao: "..."

Fortunately, the front was cleared quickly, and the convoy began to move slowly. Dad Jiao got on the car after a few perfunctory words.

Regarding what happened to Zheng Tan just now, Papa Jiao didn't say much, he just gave Zheng Tan a thumbs up with a smile.

Although the first half of the return trip was quite bumpy and encountered several traffic jams, it was smoother after that because there were a lot of vehicles and there was no snow. The temperature rose a little during the day and there was no ice on the ground. So, the second half of the itinerary went smoothly.

As usual, Papa Jiao went to the county seat first, had a meal and rested for a while, then called to report that he was safe, and then continued to his hometown.

There are a few sections of road from Jiao's father's hometown that are not very easy to walk. It will be much better after driving slowly. Mr. Jiao is already waiting at the village head, because he knows that Jiao's father is the only one driving, so he didn't dare to call and ask. Distracted, the first one smiled when he saw Papa Jiao's car.

For many people, the journey home during the Chinese New Year is staggering and unforgettable. Relatively speaking, Zheng Tan and the others have already figured it out.

Continue to code for a while before going to bed, but the second one won’t come out anymore, everyone go to bed early, don’t wait. Try the second update tomorrow night, everyone forgive me.