The terrain here is higher, and the direction in which the Lord is squatting is facing the direction where Zheng Tan is standing. From here, you can see the scene down the slope and other trees in the botanical garden in the distance.
But Zheng Tan didn't think that the Lord was staring at him, he was just looking at the distant scenery. Zheng Tan was very curious about the big cat that became sombre Their habit of playing first and then eating.
There are still birds around, as well as the kind of birds that I just hunted, but the lord seems to be no longer interested in those, except that his ears moved due to some noises, and his eyes didn't look around at all.
Zheng Tan could hear people's voices, and it was nearby. Because of the high terrain here, Zheng Tan could stand on the slope and see a small house not far away, right next to the avenue, where the black car was parked nearby. , just because of the occlusion of the branches, from Zheng Tan, only part of the car can be seen, but not the entire body. The hut can be seen more comprehensively. It is about 30 square meters. The design looks a bit stone house style.
There were two people standing outside the house. They looked ordinary, but Zheng Tan knew that it was just appearances. They were responsible for protecting Tang Qiye, and one of them Zheng Tan had seen before. From this point of view, Tang Qiye should be in that room.
Looking at the big cat who was still lying there in the same posture, Zheng Tan decided to go to the hut and have a look, maybe he could find the answer.
Zheng Tan originally thought that his actions were quite secretive, but when he was about to open the window to eavesdrop, he noticed a line of sight, looked sideways, and found that the person who was originally guarding the door was standing not far away. look at Zheng Tan.
This person is the one Zheng Tan has met, but he doesn't know if he recognizes him.
The other party was just vigilant, but there was no malicious intent, which made Zheng Tan feel a little relieved. There is no way, in Zheng Tan's heart, Ye Hao, Tang Qiye and others have long been included in the "underworld". The people around Tang Qiye, Zheng Tan dare not mess around, they are not like the leopard next to Ye Hao The others can tolerate Zheng Tan. But Zheng Tan wanted to listen to the gossip again. He heard the voice of Tang Qiye inside, and there was another person who was not talking about any confidential matters, and talked about the lord. If it was a commercial secret or something, Zheng Tan wouldn't read it. Curiosity would kill the cat.
After the man stared at Zheng Tan for a few seconds, he returned to the door of the hut.
At the back of the house, Zheng Tan walked to the corner of the house and looked forward. Seeing that the man didn't move, he went back to the window at the back of the house and jumped up.
The window is not closed, it is horizontal, there are screens to stop it, and no flying insects can enter.
Zheng Tan didn't plan to open the screen, he just wanted to see who was inside and listen to what they were talking about. Unexpectedly, Tang Qiye had already seen Zheng Tan on the window.
"Black charcoal?" Tang Qiye looked at the window and said, "I knew I would meet you, come in quickly, what are you doing by looking through the window, being a thief?!"
In fact, Tang Qiye had just received a report from his subordinates that there was a black cat behind the house. As soon as he heard it, he directly thought of the Jiao family he saw when he entered the botanical garden, and some of his subordinates also said that they saw the Jiao family with a black cat. cat.
Now that Tang Qiye had spoken, Zheng Tan didn't intend to hunker down by the window, the place was too small, and it was uncomfortable to squat, but he went in and listened to it generously.
This room is a bedroom, about 15 square meters. The owner of the bedroom is this dark man in his fifties sitting opposite Tang Qiye, and he doesn't pay much attention to his clothes.
On a simple folding square table are wine and wine glasses, and a plate of salt-fried peanuts. The wine was still high-end, probably brought by Tang Qiye. This person was drinking almost all the wine. There was only a cup of tea in front of Tang Qiye.
This place looks very simple, and this person is like an ordinary employee in the botanical garden. If he hadn't seen the large and thick books in both Chinese and English on the bookshelf, Zheng Tan would have been wrong because of his first impression. judge.
This man drank too much, and his originally dark face turned black and red.
"Who owns this cat? It's very well raised." As he said that, the man reached out to Zheng Tan, but Zheng Tan avoided him.
Tang Qiye only said that he was a friend.
The man didn't wonder why he brought the cat in, took a sip of wine, picked up a few peanuts with chopsticks, and continued to talk to Tang Qiye.
"Ami should have caught a bird at this time. I'll take a look when you guys leave. Hey, including today, there are probably forty-nine birds under the pine tree. If those guys know about it, I'm sure It'll blow your lungs out."
Zheng Tan didn't know who the "those guys" this person was talking about, but from what this person said, it should be those who advocated protecting birds.
How many mice, how many birds and how many insects can a cat kill in its lifetime? No one knows. Felines are killers. Even a pet cat that sleeps at home and looks very lazy and lazy has a hunter. Killing heart.
"It's okay now, I come here to kill once a year, and kill one at a time. If the old man is still there, as long as he ignores him, he will run out to catch the bird, and he will not eat it after it is caught, just put it in a conspicuous place. The place was shown to the old man, as if he was venting his anger. The old man was so angry that he could only hit the stone with a stick, because he was reluctant to hit the cat. At that time... "
Some people talk a lot when they are drunk, and even if they say things that others hear calluses many times, they can still speak up. This also allowed Zheng Tan to learn more about the Lord.
Listening to this person, Zheng Tan just matched the name of the Lord with the "Ami" in this mouth, and dared to live here when the Lord didn't go out before!
At that time, Zheng Tan also suspected whether Sirius was hiding in the botanical garden, and escaped the strict investigation period of "CFH" in the first two years. Now no one cares about "CFH" anymore, and it is too late to cover up the ugly. carry? Unexpectedly, it not only hides here, but also has someone to help cover.
Also, at that time, Zheng Tan felt that the Lord could understand a lot of people's language. If he hadn't been in contact with people for a long time, he wouldn't have understood so much. If he grew up in a wild state, he would not be willing to follow Tang Qiye and the others now.
The person who is talking is a researcher of rock plants. Like his father, the "old man" he called passed away in 2003. The time of his death happened in October. During this time, this person took his family with him a few days ago. Went to the cemetery to see the old man.
The old man lived here in the past to facilitate the study of plants and to take care of the plants here. Lord Sir was discovered by the old man back then. To be exact, what the old man found at that time was a pregnant female cat, but the female cat was in very bad physical condition and died shortly after giving birth to Sir Sir.
It was said in the old days that the cat would hang on the tree after death, but the old man did not, but packed it in a box and buried it under the old pine tree on the slope. Originally, the old man only thought that he had raised a kitten to catch a mouse. At that time, traces of mice gnawing on books were found in the house. The old man raised it on a whim, from feeding milk powder at the beginning to cooking cat food. At that time, the management here was not strict, and it was not said that cats were not allowed to be raised. The old man had no experience. He didn’t know what cats could eat and what they could not eat. This kitten is very easy to raise, eats all milk powder and gooey, and does not have diarrhea.
As a result, within a year, the cat swelled as if it had taken hormones. It was much bigger than the average cat, and it was also much bigger than the female cat. The old man even wondered if the lord was a house cat. It was crossed with a larger cat, and I went to the botanical garden to look around, but I didn't find any traces of the activities of other larger cats. In order to avoid some troubles, the old man hid the lord well. When there were people, he let the lord hide in the room or in the woods.
Like other cats, Lord Sir did a lot of bad things at that time, and sometimes he played with his temper. The old man buried those poor birds under the pine tree, saying that they were for the Lord to eat. Later, the lord did not let the old man do it, and buried the bird himself. Usually I like to lie down there to sleep, no one disturbs me, and my vision is still wide. Sometimes I sleep for a long time.
The domineering lord also has green years.
Undoubtedly, the lord is lucky, it is a low probability event to be born, and the old man who adopted it and the people here are only interested in plants, not very concerned about animals, at most from an ecological perspective. a bit.
When the old man passed away, there was no one in the hut for a while. The lord only knew the old man well. Although he was not bad to the old man's family, it was only "good", far from that tacit understanding and closeness, so he gradually tried to go further place to run.
Among the cats in Chuhua City, this guy's combat effectiveness can be considered as the king. At that time, the Botanical Garden was estimated to have been incorporated into his own territory by the lord, and the patrolling of the territory was estimated to be a lot of work. Chuhua University is far away. It's not too far from here, and the surrounding area is also within its range of activities. Otherwise, how did Li Yuanba meet the funny guy who gave birth to peanut candy from the Lord
Although Sir Lord left the Botanical Garden and is now following Ye Hao and Tang Qiye, he still returns at this time of year to catch a bird and bury it there, and then lie quietly under the pine tree.
"Really, this cat is very good, and it doesn't hurt anyone. My grandkids and grandchildren were very young at that time, and they often used it as a pillow. My wife often said, don't look at this cat's big growth, and occasionally naughty, but He's still mild-mannered." The man sighed.
Tang Qiye, who had been silent for a while: "... Haha."
Don't say Tang Qiye hehe, even Zheng Tan wouldn't equate it with the word "gentle" after seeing how the Lord slaughtered people.
"Ami is in love, and she comes back to pay homage to the old man at this time every year." The man sighed again.
"Long love is good, long love is good." Tang Qiye said.
This is also the reason why Tang Qiye is willing to put the Lord by his side. If it is really heartless, Tang Qiye is still worried, like Sir, if you treat him well, he will remember it, and he will treat you well, instead of biting you back at the critical moment. .
When Tang Qiye and the others started talking about the medicinal plants in the rock plants they invested in, Zheng Tan didn't listen any more, he opened the window and closed the screen.
Coming to the slope again, Zheng Tan found two seven or eight-year-old children there.
The little girl in the little floral dress was dawdling with the lord.
"Ami, let's play together, don't be lazy to sleep!"
After saying it a few times, it was useless, the little girl grabbed the two front paws of the Lord and dragged it out with great effort. The lord was dragged by her, reclining and watching. The little girl's face was flushed red because of her low strength, and her blushing didn't last long. The Lord is still a little heavy, and a child of this age does not have much effort.
After that, the little boy also joined, each with one cat's paw, and dragged the lord out from under the tree. A tick, seems to find it quite interesting.
These two should be the grandchildren of the man in the house, otherwise the lord would not be so good-natured and let them make trouble.
Someone called the two children down the slope, and after dawdling for a while, the two children reluctantly left, but before leaving, the little girl also plucked a small white flower and put it in the ear of the lord, who has long hair. The hair there is not sparse, and the flower stems are stuck in the hair and do not fall off for a while.
After the two children left, the lord stood up, walked slowly to the pine tree, still lying on his stomach in the old place, raised his claws and poked his ears, took two bites in the mouth of the fallen white flower, and spit it out in disgust. Then continue to look into the distance.