Strange Life of a Cat

Comrade Xiao Qu lives downstairs with a rather special household. The special feature lies in the pet kept by the head of the household—a rare species of blue-purple macaw.

The name of this bird is "General", and it belongs to the tall, rich and handsome parrots. This guy's worth is equivalent to a 100-square-meter well-decorated house in the center of Chuhua, and his worth is still rising.

With a high IQ, proficiency in multiple languages, eye-catching appearance, and the principle that rare things are valuable, it is no wonder that this cheap bird is not worth a lot.

Different from the balconies of most households in the family building here, the balconies of the household on the fourth floor are all enclosed with thick barbed wire, mainly to prevent the bird inside from flying out, not to fear that it will fly away, but to Afraid that it will bully people and animals. This guy seems to be doing his job, but he's actually full of bad luck.

"General" has a nickname called "Cat Seeing Sorrow". This girl likes to bully cats, especially likes to bite cat ears. I heard that several cats in the school have been bitten before. These are what Zheng Tan heard from Father Jiao when Zheng Tan first came to this place. At that time, Father Jiao told Zheng Tan thousands of times. Looking at the size of this guy, and thinking about the bite force of the macaw, you can know how lethal it is when it gets angry.

However, after getting acquainted with it, Zheng Tan knew that the bird actually bullied the cat because of who it was. The cat in the east family area is fine, as long as you don't mess with it, it will basically not take the initiative to attack, but if you see the cat in the west family area, then I'm sorry.

Perhaps because of the influence of its owner, this bird especially likes to sing nostalgic old songs. Some songs Zheng Tan only heard in the nostalgic special documentary, and some songs are completely unimpressive, but you can tell some ages by listening to the tunes, just like just now The song Zheng Tan heard dates back to the 1980s, which is good.

And what surprised Zheng Tan the most was the ability this bird possessed. If the average parrot's IQ is close to four or five years old, then the one downstairs is probably comparable to an adult, and it is still a genius.

Why do you say that?

The birds downstairs were still singing in a low voice, Zheng Tan couldn't help it, he looked up at the starry sky and sighed, then scanned the balcony, found a metal mosquito coil, put it on the side of the railing, and Stretch out your paws and tap lightly.

"Dang ding, ding ding, ding ding ding..." [It's so loud! ]

The singing downstairs stopped abruptly, and the next moment Zheng Tan heard the sound of flapping wings and the "bang bang" sound of toes hitting the barbed wire. Obviously the bird did not expect to hear such a sound at this time, so it was very nervous. Excited, he ran to the edge of the barbed wire.

After a while, there was a pecking sound from downstairs. It sounded like the bird was pecking at some food packaging box.

"Da di, di di, di da da, di di di..." [You are here! ]

No one would have thought that in the middle of the night, a cat on the fifth floor of Building B of the East Family Courtyard of Chuhua University and a parrot on the fourth floor were communicating in Morse code.

In fact, Zheng Tan is not proficient in Morse code, he has not learned it for a long time, and the one who can really use it proficiently is actually the most inconspicuous and ineffective raccoon cat, Big Fatty.

Every time Big Fatty follows relatives in the military area, or when the old lady in the military area comes to see the old lady, he will be inspected about the use of codes, such as Morse code communication, simple fence code card games, etc. If Big Fatty's test results are not satisfactory, hehe, just squat down on instant noodles and go.

This parrot is a loyal fan of ciphers. When Big Fatty is at home, it will play cards with Big Fatty to play fence code games. If it can’t find Big Fatty, it will play Morse code with Zheng Tan or its owner. Exchange games, but its owner is usually busy and doesn't have much time to make trouble with it, so Zheng Tan often suffers from disasters. Last week "General" was taken to a nature reserve in other provinces to play, and Zheng Tan felt very relaxed for a few days.

Now that this guy actually came back, Zheng Tan suddenly became depressed.

[I heard Ah Huang was castrated? I saw it today with Elizabeth circled] "General" is still in the excitement of finding a chat partner in the middle of the night, and has no sympathy for Ah Huang at all.

I haven't seen it for several days] Zheng Tan continued to tap on the mosquito coil.

Alas, this is the fate of your pet cats. What a pity. You, the Four Musketeers of the East District, will probably become the Four Eunuchs of the East District in the future.

Not every pet cat will have that procedure.

Don't fool yourself cat.

Get out, I don't care about you.

Don't go, let's talk again, aren't your cats nocturnal animals?

It's none of your business, I'm going to sleep, by the way, can't you sing some more fashionable songs?

Half a minute later, the lowered singing voice sounded again downstairs.

"You are like that ~ a fire! The blazing flame ~ warms me up.~~"

Zheng Tan: "..." I really want to crush it to death!

Ignoring the overly energetic bird, Zheng Tan returned to the chair in the living room again, covered his ears with his front paws bent, and closed his eyes to sleep.

In the early morning of the next day, Xiao Qu was woken up by Zheng Tan's loud cat howl, and he struggled to get up in SpongeBob's pajamas and opened the door to let Zheng Tan out.

In fact, Zheng Tan can open the door by himself, but after all, this is not his home, so he needs to restrain himself, besides, Zheng Tan also wants to cause trouble for Xiao Qu, and prevent him from sleeping comfortably.

Xiao Qu yawned and forced his eyes to open the door, only to find that the door of Jiao's house was open. After hearing the movement here, everyone who was having breakfast in Jiao's house gathered at the door.

Rubbing his eyes, Xiao Qu smiled and said, "Morning!"

Zheng Tan went straight to the dining table, while Jiao Ma had already gone into the kitchen to serve Zheng Tan breakfast.

Outside the door, Xiao Qu took the tongs to pinch the mouse out from last night. Papa Jiao looked at it and commented: "The strength of the shot is a little bit stronger, but overall it's okay."

Zheng Tan tugged at his ears, pretending he didn't hear it, and continued eating breakfast.

Jiao's mother also gave Xiao Qu a bowl of vegetable porridge and asked him to come over to eat together. Anyway, with Xiao Qu's habit, it is impossible to buy breakfast or make breakfast by himself at this time. At the dinner table, Xiao Qu talked about the situation of catching mice last night while drinking porridge. The Jiao family was excited, especially Jiao's mother, who talked about it when she went out.

At noon, Ah Huang was brought over by its owner, and Elizabeth was no longer wearing the collar.

I haven't seen him for a few days, and I feel that Ah Huang Qing has lost a lot, and he looks listless. Since Zheng Tan knew him, he has never seen him behave like this.

Next to her, Jiao's mother was chatting with Ah Huang's owner.

"Sister Ling, does Ah Huang not recover after the operation?" Jiao's mother was a little worried.

"Probably not. I saw that cats in other people's homes underwent the same operation, and they were alive and well the next day. However, after this operation, it has indeed changed a lot, and it no longer pees everywhere like before."

Zheng Tan walked into Jiao Yuan's room and pulled out a large glass marble.

Hearing the sound of glass marbles rolling, Ah Huang moved his ears and looked this way.

It's good to have a reaction, Zheng Tan thought it would become stupid after one operation because of the blow too much. With a bend of the sole of his foot, he moved the glass marble towards the place where Ah Huang was lying.

Ah Huang, who was lying there limply, stretched out his claws to catch the glass beads.

five minutes later.

Zheng Tan looked at Ah Huang in the living room, who was playing with glass balls in high spirits, and was filled with emotion. How could this mother be hit? This is the boredom of being locked up at home!

Finally, at Jiao Ma's suggestion, Ah Huang was allowed to go out for a walk.

After going out, Ah Huang returned to the previous vivacious state, running and howling with excitement as soon as he walked out of the building.

"Meow - meow - meow -"

On the fifth floor, the two women standing on the balcony were very puzzled. Didn't they say that cats that have undergone surgery will no longer bark like this?

Based on what he knew about Ah Huang, Zheng Tan knew that this guy was just venting his depression of being forced to stay at home with Elizabeth around him for the past few days, and at the same time, calling other friends, that's all.

When they walked to the corner, they met the old lady Zhai on the third floor of the same building as Zheng Tan and the others. Zheng Tan and the other cats knew her.

"Ah Huang?" old lady Zhai called.

Hearing his name, Ah Huang, who was howling with his tail cocked, stopped suddenly, then squinted his eyes and looked over, and responded delicately, "Meow~"

Zheng Tan: "..."

It feels like seeing the aunt who swore her arms and scolded the street suddenly turned into a huge gap like Xiaojiabiyu.

Continue to trot forward along the familiar woods, and come to the small woods next to the family area. Fatty and the police chief, who were summoned by Ah Huang's call, are already there.

Fatty still had the half-drooped eyelids that hadn't woken up. As for the sheriff, he didn't know what he was chewing in his mouth, probably some kind of insect.

The four cats walked a little further into the woods, Zheng sighed and moved his ears, there seemed to be other people in the woods.

Looking up, I happened to see the smudge of blue on the tree in front of me.

It is "General". The yellow crescent moon around the guy's mouth always made Zheng Tan feel like it was smiling.

After Ah Huang looked up and saw "General", he opened his mouth, "Meow——"

The "general" on the tree heard the sound, glanced at the four cats under the tree with its eyes with yellow circles, then lifted the paw without the positioning ankle ring to his mouth: "Shh——"

Zheng Tan: "..."

What the hell is she peeking at?