Thirty days of the year.
Jiao's father was sorting papers and other documents in front of the computer in the bedroom, and also sent emails and chats with his friends at home and abroad.
Yuanzi has returned to his hometown in other provinces for the Chinese New Year. His mother is alone in his hometown. This year, he must accompany the old lady and pay homage to the old man. There are Fei Hang and Wei Ling on the company's side to help take care of them, and Jiao's dad sometimes helps.
However, when Zheng Tan went to stroll a few days ago, he heard old man Lan downstairs and the others talking about Dad Jiao. These old professors who have retired but their influence will always get more and more reliable news than others. , so Zheng Tan rarely hid next to eavesdrop that day.
Jiao's father's popularity in the academy gradually increased, mainly because he brought out the reason for being an excellent graduate student. Yi Xin's performance at the annual academic meeting in the former courtyard was outstanding, and the high impact factor papers that have been published in foreign journals directly made him the undisputed first place in the annual meeting, and few people in the school can match it , which eclipsed the light of the other two students in the academy who were also ranked first.
Now when everyone talks about Yi Xin, they will definitely talk about Associate Professor Jiao. Without Associate Professor Jiao, there would be no Yi Xin now. Everyone knows that. Therefore, Associate Professor Jiao is now approaching the momentum of the two young returnee professors who were introduced to the academy this year.
So, some people in the hospital began to speculate when the word "vice" of Associate Professor Jiao would be removed? After all, if Associate Professor Jiao continues in this brilliant state, the school is likely to promote him exceptionally. In addition to the article, there is another important condition that needs to be met for the qualification of professor at Chuhua University, which is to have experience abroad.
After graduation, Jiao's father and Jiao's mother came directly to Chuhua University. They have taught at Chuhua University and have not had any experience of doing research abroad. Jiao Dad spent a lot of time in front of the computer recently, probably because of this. Prepare for this "going abroad experience". After all, a full professor gets more benefits than an associate professor in all aspects, and he can work more freely.
Zheng Tan nestled on the edge of the sofa, rolled, and continued to lie down in another position.
Because there are always reports of cat loss incidents in the surrounding area, Zheng Tan has not gone out at night in the past few days. As soon as the sun goes down, Zheng Tan sits on the sofa and watches "Super Warrior" with Jiao Yuan and Xiaoyouzi. Although it is boring for Zheng Tan, it is not difficult. Lying on the sofa, think about your thoughts, sleep when you feel tired, and prepare to eat when you wake up.
After a few episodes, Jiao Yuan went to change the disc. Zheng Tan was not interested in the content of the cartoon. He had watched it before, and he didn't want to re-watch it again. From the perspective of an adult ten years later, the film was very interesting. childish. What Zheng Tan is thinking about now is, if Jiao Dad goes abroad for a year or two, what will happen at home? Jiao's burden will definitely increase a lot... No, it seems that there is still Yi Xin, and the new graduate students who will be admitted after the beginning of the year can help...
The yellow leopard on the TV suddenly jumped up and turned into a robot. At the same time, it shouted: "Yellow Leopard Warrior, transform!"
Zheng Tan was thinking about his own thoughts when he was suddenly dragged up by Jiao Yuan next to him.
"Black cat warrior, transform!" Jiao Yuan shouted.
Zheng Tan: "..." Change your face! These two boys!
Patting away Jiao Yuan's hand, Zheng Tan stepped on his trousers and crossed him to lie down beside Xiaoyouzi, ignoring Jiao Yuan who was in a state of excitement. Xiaoyouzi also helped Zheng Tan scratch his chin and comb his hair while watching TV. .
Due to the city's ban on the release of firecrackers, the sound of firecrackers is rarely heard in urban areas. However, in recent years, the policy has been relaxed a little, and sometimes it has been restricted in an organized manner. Some local businesses such as commercial plazas will apply to set off fireworks. For example, on the sixth day of the sixth day, there will be a fireworks display organized by a businessman in the central department store. Jiao Dad said that it would be time to bring the two children to see it. As for the days before the sixth day of the sixth day, Jiao Yuan couldn't survive the addiction to firecrackers.
Next door, Qu Xiangyang went to his parents' place to celebrate the New Year. It is estimated that he will not come back after this year. When he left, he took several boxes of things, all of which were computers and the like.
"General" followed its owner to the south a long time ago. The winter here is cold and wet, and it doesn't like it. It is estimated that it may not come back until the spring.
Big Fatty and the old lady didn't spend the New Year here either. Old Man Lan and his wife on the third floor stayed in the family building. Lan Tianzhu's parents were there, and he left after the New Year's Eve dinner.
Zheng Tan didn't have much impression of the Chinese New Year, and he didn't have any impression in retrospect of how he spent in the past years. Maybe he was in a bar, or maybe he was crazy outside with a group of lonely friends. When I try to recall it now, I suddenly feel dazed and unreal.
No one would have thought that when they woke up, they would change from a human to a cat, right
Not long after the New Year's Eve dinner, Wei Ling, who was staying at the company, called to congratulate him on the New Year. Jiao's father answered the call. After the two had finished speaking, Jiao's father asked Zheng Tan to listen to the call.
Zheng Tan jumped on the desk next to him in doubt, Jiao Dad put the receiver at Zheng Tan's feet, Zheng Tan leaned in and listened, and there was Wei Ling's voice: "Hei Tan, Senior Brother 'Walnut' asked me to bless me on my behalf. ,Happy New Year!"
Zheng Tan tugged at his ears and exhaled heavily from his nose, signaling that he knew.
"You screamed, how would you deal with the new year?" Wei Ling said over there, "My comrades are all listening by the side, otherwise I'll be embarrassed?"
After Zheng Tan paused for a while, he finally shouted out of respect, "Ow!"
"Hahahaha, Wei Ling, you are talking to a dog. I thought it was Teacher Jiao's child! But this dog reminds me of the wolf dog in the team that only answered the phone."
The voice of Wei Ling's comrade-in-arms came from the receiver.
"It's not a dog, I'm talking to a cat." Wei Ling explained, and then said into the microphone: "Hei Tan, they don't believe it, why don't you meow?"
"Ouch!" Meow peat!
Zheng Tan directly raised his paw and pressed the hang up button, then went back to the sofa to wait for the Spring Festival Gala with Jiao's mother and the two children.
On the other side of the company, Wei Ling listened to the beeps on the phone, and laughed and scolded: "Fuck, this temper is still as stinky as ever!"
Wei Ling's comrade-in-arms thought for a while and asked, "That voice just now was really a cat?"
"Really, if you don't believe me, go ask my senior brother." Wei Ling handed the phone to the other comrades who hadn't called yet.
They also have a landline here, but there are too many people who want to call, and they are all waiting in line. Wei Ling doesn't care about the cost of the call, and donates his phone to those who don't have a mobile phone.
Here, Zheng Tan accompanied them to watch the Spring Festival Gala for a while, and he followed Xiaoyouzi when he went back to his room to sleep. It is normal for cats to sleep most of the time 24 hours a day, so Zheng Tan has no psychological burden at all.
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There is nothing wrong with Zheng Tan when visiting relatives in the first month of the year. However, as a cat, the most annoying thing is those ignorant little kids who come and grab his tail. In order to avoid trouble, Zheng Tan runs when there are guests at home. play outside.
On this day too, Zheng Tan didn't stroll around the campus for long, so he went to Xiao Guo's pet center. Xiao Guo and the others stayed here for the Chinese New Year. The pet center had some employees who didn't go home to have a New Year's Eve dinner together. On the first day of the first lunar month, they continued to take turns taking care of the pets that were fostered. The business of the pet center has been very prosperous this year. Perhaps the larger scale makes people feel more trustworthy, and the grade has soared a lot.
Especially the advertising effect, many people from other provinces know about this store in Chuhua City, and know that the cat food in this store is very good. The advertisements are too attractive. But so far, no one knows the identity of the black cat named "blackC" in the advertisement. The store owner Xiao Guo said that it was a trained cat hired. Some people believed it, and some people were skeptical.
Zheng Tan didn't go directly to the pet center, but only walked on a few streets in the distance from the school to the pet center. While walking, Zheng Tan heard some people talking, the main idea was: The cats of several families have disappeared in the past two days. Among them was the black cat who used to fight with Zheng Tan.
Without the cat, and the commodities that were closed during the New Year, the streets looked desolate and lifeless.
When Zheng Tan was walking around, he encountered "Li Yuanba" walking the streets with peanut candy. Swallow was definitely not at the pet center for Chinese New Year, but "Li Yuanba" still stayed at the pet center. Anyway, it would take a few days or two days for the swallow to come again. The nest moves around.
Seeing Zheng Tan, Peanut Candy with a serious face next to "Li Yuanba" gave a rare "meow" and greeted Zheng Tan.
Xiao Guo once joked that Zheng Tan is like the godfather of Peanut Candy, otherwise why would Peanut Candy not lie to other cats in the store, but every time he sees Zheng Tan, he makes a "meow" a few times, and occasionally Still rolling in front of Zheng Tan.
These things wouldn't happen even in front of Yanzi, so Yanzi was sometimes jealous of Zheng Tan, who raised them!
Zheng Tan doesn't even lick his own hair, and he certainly won't lick his hair for Peanut Candy, and he won't "meow". Zheng Tan doesn't like to make a sound, because every time he makes a sound, it stimulates his brain nerves and reminds himself to start from a The man who can talk becomes an earth cat. However, in order to show his closeness to the younger generation, Zheng Tan will raise his palm and pat Peanut Candy's head.
For Peanut Candy, Zheng Tan's way of saying hello is used to it, so when Zheng Tan is approaching, he will press his ears and stretch his head over to let Zheng Tan pat.
Children can be taught! Zheng Tan sighed. What an obedient little kitten, he's much more likeable than those little brats who can only tug at his tail.
However, when Peanut Candy was "meow", Zheng Tan found that the little guy's two fangs had grown a lot, and it was not easy to notice it at ordinary times. It was only visible when it opened its mouth. Zheng Tan and Kitten have worked together on advertisements, so he knows how big and how long the fangs of this kind of kitten will be. In comparison, this guy with Peanut Candy has a lot of teeth.
After saying hello, "Li Yuanba" continued to patrol the streets with peanut candy, and Zheng Tan staggered from them. Zheng Tan is not worried that "Li Yuanba" will be taken away by those cat dealers, and with it, Peanut Candy will be fine.
When he came to an alley in an old building area, Zheng Tan heard that there was a lot of noise in front of him, and many people were discussing something. Zheng Tan, who was about to change his route, suddenly caught words such as "abuse the cat", "little kitten", and "really pitiful".
There were a lot of people around, Zheng Tan couldn't get close, looked around, Zheng Tan climbed up the broken wooden ladder resting on the wall, jumped from the wooden ladder to the surrounding wall, and then when he approached the scene, he jumped. Going to the balcony of a resident inside the wall, it is not easy to be found here, and it is also convenient for Zheng Tan to observe the situation there.
The door on the balcony of this family was also tightly locked, and the ground was covered in ash. The host's family reckoned that they had gone out of town for the Chinese New Year, and it seemed that there was no one in the house for a few days, which was also the main reason why Zheng Tan chose this house.
Zheng Tan stood on a flowerpot with only soil and no flowers and plants, and looked over there from the gap between the two rags hanging there to dry.
There were a lot of people around, almost covering the center of the incident. From Zheng Tan's angle, he couldn't see much of the scene, but when there was a clamor over there and pushing and shoving, Zheng Tan came out from the gap that was occasionally exposed. Saw the situation on the ground.
There were three little tabby cats lying on the ground, less than a month old, with blood on their bodies, lying motionless on the icy ground, beside them was a big white cat, still long-haired, and it came up from time to time. Look at the three kittens on the ground, touch them with the tip of their nose, and then call twice at the young man who was smoking a cigarette and standing against the wall, and the voice Zheng Tan listened. Like crying, each sound dragged on for a long time, like a wailing.
The young man smoking a cigarette kept his coat aside, revealing his arms with dragon tattoos, which looked scary. Perhaps this was the reason why some people around didn't dare to say too much.
Someone said something more serious before. He was punched twice by this young man with a dragon tattoo. If there were people around him, he might have been beaten harder. A few older people standing around were also kicked by him and helped away.
From the noise of these people, Zheng Tan learned something. This cat lives next door, but its owner's family moved away a few years ago and didn't bring it with him because it was too much trouble, not to mention there was a litter of unweaned kittens. The neighbor with the dragon tattoo said that he would take in these cats, and the family was in a hurry to leave. Although he knew that this vicious neighbor was not easy to get along with, the cat would definitely suffer if he followed him, but in the end he didn't say much and carried his luggage. just left.
This tattooed man accepts these cats and plans to sell them for money in the future. As for the usual, he gives cat food perfunctorily. When he remembers, he just gives his own food casually, even if he can't remember it.
Not every cat has the same strong stomach as Zheng Tan. Unable to eat the food, the mother cat had to go out for food, and when she came back, she happened to see the tattooed man throwing the kitten.
The tattooed man was completely angry when he went out and came back to vent his anger with the cat. When the surrounding residents saw him and came to accuse him, they were beaten away one by one, and it was useless to call the police over.