Over there, a group of people walked to several graves, put incense, burned paper, set off firecrackers, and knelt down.
Zheng Tan watched them complete that series of actions, and when he went to the Gu family's old house, he followed Jiao Yuan and Xiaoyouzi to the grave.
When the people who went to the grave over there were walking back, Zheng Tan was also about to leave, but he didn't expect to be seen by a little kid.
Among the group, the little boy was very happy when he saw Zheng Tan. It was probably a bit boring to follow his parents and grandfather to visit the graves here. The cat got excited and ran towards this side.
However, before he could run far, he tripped over a large clod under his feet, and when he fell, a gadget in his hand flew towards Zheng Tan.
The child's mother quickly stepped forward to help the child up and patted the stain on his body.
"The big cock is gone." The child didn't cry, but looked very depressed, and even raised his empty palm to show his mother.
big cock
Zheng Tan looked at the thing that flew over just now. It was a Q version of the local tyrant gold chicken toy, like a key pendant.
From Zheng Tan's side to the child's side, there is a ditch in the middle. The ditch is quite wide, about 1.5 meters in size. There is not much water in the ditch, but there is a lot of mud, and there are still some growing next to the ditch. Withered grass, more in the way. If it is a young man with strong athletic ability, it is definitely easier to cross this ditch, but now there is no one who seems to be athletic in this pedestrian. The middle-aged man who talked to Jiao Dad was wearing expensive formal clothes. Stepping on leather shoes is very inconvenient. And it seems that the middle-aged man is not ready to step over immediately.
"Go forward, you can pass from there, go and come back to pick it up." The middle-aged man said.
The child ignored his father's words, pushed his mother's hand away, pointed at Zheng Tan across the ditch and shouted, "Cat cat!"
"Yes, that's a cat." The child's mother praised, thinking that the child was just recognizing things.
"Cat Cat!"
"Yes, a big black cat." The child's mother patted the dust on the child's pants, ready to lead him away.
Throwing away his mother's hand again, the child pointed at Zheng Tan across the ditch, and shouted, "Throw the cat over here~ Let the cat over here~"
"The cat can't be thrown away, so let Dad pick it up for you later, okay?" The child's mother explained patiently.
"Let the cat throw it away~"
"Cats can't throw..."
Before the child's mother could say "throw", she heard a soft pop. The small Q version of the rooster that reflected the golden light in the sun fell to the ground next to her.
Child's mother: "… "
The child didn't have as many tangled emotions as his mother, and Le Dian Dian picked up the golden rooster on the ground, tried a button on it, and the golden rooster immediately made a rooster crowing. It's not bad, it's good. So the child grinned and smiled quite happily.
Zheng Tan didn't intend to pay attention to them just now, but seeing the child's behavior, after thinking about it, he still fetched the golden chicken toy by his side, and threw his claws away. It's not too outrageous to throw a gadget, right
Zheng Tan flicked his tail and left without looking at them again.
"That cat... Was it raised by the family we saw on the highway?" The old man looked at the black cat that ran away and wondered.
"Isn't it? There are a lot of people who keep cats here, and now people are open-minded. There are also many black cats like this. Some people even think this kind of black cat is auspicious, so they go to buy this kind of pure black cat." said the mother.
Although it felt a little weird, the old man and the middle-aged man didn't talk about this topic any more.
According to Papa Jiao's plan, he stayed here and returned to Chuhua City after the fifteenth day, and the grandma had something to say first, so on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Papa Jiao took Zheng Tan to find her.
A little further away, Zheng Tan heard the sound of pulling the erhu from the place where the grandmother lived.
Zheng Tan didn't know how to appreciate music, and he didn't like listening to Erhu very much, but listening to this voice at this time, he always felt a sense of vicissitudes that could not be explained.
When Dad Jiao pushed open the fence door and walked into the yard, Zheng Tan saw the grandma sitting on the chair by the door and pulling the erhu. At this age, I didn't expect the erhu to be able to pull so smoothly. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Zheng Tan would definitely think that the old woman had invited someone to pull it.
Dad Jiao didn't interrupt Apo La Erhu, and first found a place to sit down.
Zheng Tan looked around, the three-legged tortoiseshell cat was lying on a wooden chair in the house. Compared with the first time Zheng Tan saw it, he was a bit fatter, squinting there as if he was in a daze. Nodding off, but his ears twitched with the tone of the erhu. There are many gifts for New Year's greetings piled up on the desk in the house. It seems that many people visit this old woman during the Chinese New Year.
After finishing the song, Grandma put the erhu aside, and Jiao Dad said, "Come on."
"Well, I plan to leave early tomorrow, so I'll come to you today." Jiao Dad said.
The old woman didn't say much, and turned her eyes to Zheng Tan, seeing that Zheng Tan's heart started to flutter again.
"Black cat, come here." The old woman beckoned to Zheng Tan.
Zheng Tan hesitated, looked at Jiao Dad, then at the old woman in front of him, and tugged at his ears. Forget it, the past is gone, anyway, Jiao Dad is here, this old woman should not do anything that people and gods are angry with.
When Zheng Tan approached, the old woman patted her leg and motioned Zheng Tan to jump up.
This time, Zheng Tan didn't think for too long, then jumped onto her lap after a pause.
The old woman put her hand into her pocket, digging, digging, and taking out a jade pendant with characters written in seal script on it. Zheng Tan only knew one of the characters for "yang", and he was not 100% sure whether it was "yang" or not. ” He didn’t learn seal script, he just saw a few by coincidence, and most of them don’t remember.
The lanyard of the pendant was reworked and woven into a small loop, just enough to fit around Zheng Tan's neck.
After the set was finished, the old woman looked at Jiao Dad and said, "Will it help me save this thing?"
Zheng Tan tugged at his ears again. You've already done all this, so what's the point of asking for opinions now
Papa Jiao was puzzled. Even if there are not hundreds of thousands of jade, it is certainly not comparable to something that costs tens of hundreds of dollars. However, what does grandma give to a cat for such an important thing mean? People who don't know will think this person must be crazy.
"I just asked you to help save it. If, one day, you see a person wearing a jade badge like this, let me know. My biggest wish is to see my relatives before I leave, but unfortunately, I don't even know if they are still there." The old woman sighed and suddenly remembered something, Jiao Dad said, "Can you help me with this?"
Dad Jiao: "..." You've also got the jade card, and you've already said it, and now you're asking me if I can help
"Help, I'll definitely help." Jiao Dad nodded and said again: "But, it seems inappropriate to put such a precious jade card on my cat. My cat likes to run around. What if I accidentally lose it? "
"That's it," the old woman took down the jade card that was around Zheng Tan's neck and handed it to Dad Jiao, "Then you can help me to put it away first, and then give it to me at this time next year."
Zheng Tan and Jiao Dad: "..." I always feel that this old woman does things unreliably, inexplicably.
"But grandma, I'm going abroad this year, and I won't be able to come back this time next year." Jiao Dad explained.
"Then push it back. You won't settle abroad and not come back, right?" Grandma asked nervously.
"No." Jiao Dad affirmed. However, when he came back again, he was not sure whether the grandma in front of him was still there. After all, according to some old people in the village, the grandma was already quite old.
"That's fine," the old woman waved her hand, seeing Dad Jiao's expression of hesitating to speak, and said, "Don't worry, I won't say more, I can still live three years old."
Papa Jiao, who was said to be thinking in the center, coughed in embarrassment and quietly listened to what Grandma said next.
Grandma came to this village more than 40 years ago. I heard that she came here as a refugee. At that time, most parts of the country were very difficult. Grandma found a place to live in the village by herself. After recovering from her illness, she has been living there. in the village.
"I tried a lot of methods in the early years, but unfortunately I haven't been able to find them. I didn't even give hope for a while. Alas. If I can't find anyone, this jade card will be worthless to me." Granny sighed. .
Zheng Tan muttered in his heart, since he lost hope, why did he find himself and the Jiao family? It's been more than 40 years, who still remembers you? Besides, isn't this old woman a goddess? Can't you do the math yourself
Thinking about it, Zheng Tan glanced at the old woman, just in line with the meaningful eyes of the other party. Suddenly Zheng Tan froze in his heart, can the paralyzed old woman see what the cat is thinking
Some people say, this person, the older he gets, the more confused he will be, or the more shrewd he will be. Zheng Tan felt that the old woman in front of her was pretending to be confused.
Dad Jiao was thinking about things, but he didn't notice Zheng Tan's little actions, and said, "The Internet has gradually risen these days, and you can use many channels to find people."
Grandma waved her hand, "Forget it, it's fate if you can't find it, you can't ask for it."
Zheng Tan patiently listened to the old woman's nagging, and then walked out of the yard with Jiao Dad. The old woman is really good at pulling things out. Once she starts pulling up, she can inadvertently stray from the topic, and then inadvertently come back.
What to do with the jade card given by the old woman, Zheng Tan was too lazy to care about it, that was left to Dad Jiao, he is just a cat now, he can just walk around when he has enough food and sleep.
In the early morning of the 16th day of the first lunar month, the Jiao family and their cat drove out of the village by car.
It didn't take long to see the familiar BMW emerge from the fork.
Originally, Dad Jiao didn't plan to stop and say hello, but he didn't expect the traffic jam on the road leading to the broad road. This time, the two cars stopped next to each other, and the windows were open.
"meet again."
"Yeah, it's fate."
Jiao Dad greeted the other party with a smile, and took the business card that the other party took the initiative to hand over.
Zheng Xuan, general manager of a company in Nanhua City.
If the visit to the grave was just suspicion, this time Zheng Xuan was sure that the black cat who was looking at him calmly from the car window at the moment was the one they encountered at the grave.
Zheng Xuan believes in fate, but does not easily believe in fate. The suspicious and cautious businessman makes him have to do this. But as long as you feel that fate does exist, your attitude will be different.