Zheng Tan stared nervously at the few people until they walked away.
What are they doing here
Zheng Tan still remembered the phone call that man made at Chuhua University, and it didn't seem like a good thing to hear the content of the conversation. The few people talking just now, others couldn't hear clearly, but Zheng Tan was able to, but they were only talking about some insignificant things, and Zheng Tan couldn't analyze any meaningful conclusions from these conversations. Also, if it was really important, it wouldn't be discussed here, there are people around here.
No matter what, Zheng Tan's nerves were tense again, even if those people walked away, Zheng Tan was still worried. He decided to follow Xiaoyouzi and the others closely for the past few days. Even if the target of those people was not Xiaoyouzi, Zheng Tan did not dare to take it lightly. There are so many perverts in this world, it is better to be on guard. Who knows if these people will suddenly What a perverted idea.
So, Zheng Tan lost sleep that night, and even if Jiao Yuan caught some fireflies, he wouldn't be able to divert Zheng Tan's attention. Looking at the children who didn't know anything, Zheng Tan felt depressed, knowing too much was not good.
Early the next morning, Jiao Yuan and Xiaoyouzi were still sleeping in, and Jiao's mother didn't disturb them. It was not easy to get a good night's sleep in summer.
Zheng Tan jumped onto the roof and looked into the distance. Most people in the village get up early to do more work before the temperature rises.
The Gu family's side is still the kind of spired tile-roofed structure, but the three-story building built by the residents next door seems to be in good condition.
There is a kitten on the balcony on the second floor next door, it is estimated that it is two months old, playing with a walnut on the balcony, fiddling with excitement.
Zheng Tan jumped on the railing of the balcony on the second floor next door, the kitten was startled, but soon began to amuse himself again.
The window of the room on the second floor by the balcony was open, and Zheng Tan could see the situation in the room from the railing. It seemed to be a boy's room. There were some toys such as robots, firearms and artillery. There was also a book on the table. Primary school fifth grade Chinese summer homework.
"Big sister, what do you shoot on your face every day?" A boy's voice came from another room in the house. It was the child who caught fireflies with Jiao Yuan yesterday.
"Turtle, this is called toner!" the woman said. At the same time, there was the sound of clapping.
After a while, the boy entered the room with a tangled face. Seeing the black cat standing on the railing, he didn't have a big reaction. He sat down at the desk and opened the summer vacation workbook. He has homework assignments every day, and he is not allowed to go out to play until he finishes his work, so he immediately sits in the room to do his homework after having breakfast every morning.
After less than five minutes of writing, the child farted and ran out of the room clutching his stomach, probably squatting on the toilet.
Zheng Tan is very curious about what these children write in their diaries and essays on their homework. He usually turns over the diaries and essays in her "Language Summer Homework" in front of Xiaoyouzi when he has nothing to do. It's not private anyway. Write about everyday life.
Jumping in from the window, Zheng Tan saw the open place on the homework. Just now, the child was writing a diary with the homework at the end of the day. There, the pen wrote today's diary crookedly, "Every morning when I wake up, I can see my eldest sister slapping her lips in front of the mirror..."
Zheng Tan couldn't help laughing, this kid was so funny, he raised his paw and flipped through the diary in front of him.
I don't know if I don't read it, but this bear kid is very careful in writing his diary, and he records some bad deeds in the past, such as a few digging a trap in the village, a few digging another one, a few traps have been dropped, There are several places where no one has gone, and they have been left there.
Zheng Tan didn't expect such a harvest, so he made a note of the places where no one was trapped, so that Xiaoyouzi and the others would not fall into it when they were walking there. Although it is a children's prank, it does not have much damage value, but the mood of trapping is not good.
After hearing the footsteps approaching, Zheng Tan turned the homework back to the original place, then jumped out of the window and returned to the roof of Gu's house. After hearing Jiao's mother calling him, he hurriedly went down to have breakfast.
Since the two children were not enjoying themselves yesterday, Mr. Gu took them to dig some earthworms again, and continued to go fishing for shrimp in the wild pond in the afternoon.
Zheng Tan still stood by and watched for a while, then ran to another place for a walk. Since Zheng Tan's performance was not bad yesterday, Xiaoyouzi and the others didn't say anything.
In fact, Zheng Tan didn't run for a walk today because he was bored. He wanted to see if the little girl from yesterday was still there.
When he came to the place where he met the child yesterday, Zheng Tan didn't see anyone and was a little disappointed. When he was about to leave, he found a figure walking in the distance, it was the little girl from yesterday. Carrying yesterday's broken bucket, she carried the broken scythe on the other shoulder, and walked this way.
However, after she approached, Zheng Tan found that the child had some more marks drawn by a new stick, which were too conspicuous to ignore. No wonder she had a hard time walking today.
After seeing Zheng Tan, the little girl did not have the murderous intent and hostility that she did yesterday, but instead showed a strange look. After pausing for a while, he continued to walk forward to the place where he caught shrimp yesterday. He took out a wooden pole, tied earthworms, and placed them in three places.
Zheng Tan was quite surprised how this little girl had changed her attitude towards herself, and she didn't get close. He noticed the movement of the pole not far away, and looked at the little girl who was squatting over there and didn't know what he was thinking. He glanced around, Bent Claw picked up a small clod and threw it over there.
The little girl who was thinking about her thoughts noticed the movement and looked over, and saw the black cat that she thought was very strange, and when she saw the black cat looked at the place where the pole was placed, she got up and walked there.
Zheng Tan stepped back a few meters, watched the girl guard the pole for a few seconds, and then lifted a small shrimp.
After putting down the pole again, the little girl looked at Zheng Tan with a complicated look and walked to the other pole.
Zheng Tan saw that the child had no resistance, and was idle anyway. Seeing that she was pitiful, he helped to keep an eye on the movement of the other two poles, so that the child would not stop walking and the scars on his legs would not hurt
So, gradually, one person and one cat formed a tacit understanding. The little girl guarded the pole on the far side, and Zheng Tan helped stare at the two. Anyway, the distance between the two poles is not far. Zheng Tan said it was not difficult. As soon as there was any movement, Zheng Tan would grab a small stone or a small clod and threw it over there, signaling her that there were shrimps that were about to be hooked.
The little girl's bad mood from being beaten has improved a lot now. There is an old shrimp in her low hair that is approaching the earthworms, and the corner of her mouth is raised.
As soon as I thought of this, a clod was thrown over, smashed lightly on the little girl, and then rolled down the slope of the bank and fell into the water with a snap. The old shrimp also disappeared, leaving only the ripples on the water.
little girl:"… "
Rubbing her forehead and sighing, the little girl reluctantly looked at the black cat not far away that was holding a bent front paw and was about to throw a second small clod, got up and walked over.
After catching the shrimp over there, the little girl looked at the finger-sized shrimp that was holding the earthworm tightly, took it down and twisted the shrimp head off. Before Zheng Tan could see it clearly, she had one more in her hand. Bai Nennen looked at the crystal balls of shrimp. This action seems to be often done this kind of thing, very skilled.
After peeling out the shrimp, the little girl threw it towards Zheng Tan.
Zheng Tan glanced in disgust, then walked to the pole and continued to stare at the pole.
The little girl wondered, why didn't the cat eat it? She remembered that the tabby cat next door ate this, and the cat at the head of the village ate it too, but the cat just now... That look was disgusting, right? Do you think this is too small? But it shouldn't be. When she usually cooks and eats shrimp by herself, if a cat comes over, she will also pick up the small ones, and she can't bear the big ones. Don't care about the raw and cooked ones, the cats will eat them, how can it be different when it comes to this black one
Shaking her head, the little girl decided not to worry about this problem anymore, she would not eat if she didn't eat, and she could save some rations.
"Black charcoal—"
There was Xiaoyouzi's voice over there, Zheng Tan stopped guarding the pole, and ran back. Xiaoyouzi's voice didn't sound like it was dangerous, just let Zheng Tan go back.
"Black Charcoal? This name is really frustrating. It's not as good as the big black in the village." The little girl whispered when the black cat disappeared. Looking at the other two poles, he sighed and got up to look at the poles.
Running back to Xiaoyouzi, Zheng Tan heard that Jiao Yuan was stunned at Old Man Gu, "How about it, I said that Heitan will definitely be back right away."
Xiaoyouzi turned on the kettle, took out the lid and poured water for Zheng Tan. On such a hot day, she was afraid that Zheng Tan would be thirsty.
Zheng Tan was proud of himself, as expected, his own children were good.
Old Master Gu pouted beside him, thinking to himself, it's just a cat, look at you pampering it. But Old Man Gu could only talk about it in his heart, he didn't dare to say it outright, he didn't want Xiaoyouzi and Jiao Yuan to be dissatisfied with him because of this.
After drinking the water, Zheng Tan stayed here for a while, then ran over to the little girl. She was also drinking water, but the water was not a kettle, but a mineral water bottle. It seemed that it should have taken a while.
In this way, in the next few days, Xiaoyouzi and the others came out to fish for shrimp, and Zheng Tan took time to go there to help the little girl keep an eye on the pole. The little girl seemed to go to the wild pond to fish for shrimp every day. However, when Xiaoyouzi and the others were not going out, Zheng Tan also stayed in the room.
One day, Mr. Gu took Xiaoyouzi and Jiao Yuan to see someone fishing for fish. When he came back from the fish pond, he passed a fork in the road and Zheng Tan saw the little girl. He hadn't seen him for a few days. Adding a new injury, even if it can't get on the bones, this kind of pain is too heavy for a ten-year-old child.
Seeing that Zheng Tan was very familiar with the little girl, Xiaoyouzi looked at the little girl's clothes and injuries, and took out a few milk candies in her pocket and handed them over.
Because of Zhao Le, Jiao's family has never been short of snacks and other food, so there is no need for Jiao's mother to buy them at all. Zhao Le will have people bring things over from time to time, and they can't finish eating, and Zhao Le will send them over before the summer vacation. Several large boxes of toffee, or high-end goods. Jiao Yuan brought them all over. Because the weather was too hot, they only brought a few when they went out, not many. The little grapefruit only ate one today, and the rest was given to the little girl. She felt that the people Zheng Tan knew should be good people.
The little girl looked at Xiaoyouzi and the black cat standing beside Xiaoyouzi with complicated eyes, said "thank you", and left. And Zheng Tan looked at Old Man Gu's expression and knew what the old man should know. However, Old Man Gu didn't say anything when Xiaoyouzi and Jiao Yuan asked, for fear of having a bad influence on the two children.
While enjoying the shade outside that night, Zheng Tan heard the old man Gu and the old lady whispering about the little girl, and knew that the child was born in the family of the subject of the topic, ranking ninth and the youngest of the nine girls. There is a father who prefers patriarchy over women and eats, drinks, prostitutes and gambles, and beats and scolds their father if they are unhappy. It can only be said that it is their misfortune.
Zheng Tan also heard Old Man Gu say that this child will be sold by her father sooner or later. Fortunately, there are two older sisters above her. When both of them are sold, it is estimated that it will be her turn.
Listening to Old Man Gu's tone, he couldn't help either. It wasn't that simple, otherwise someone would have intervened.