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Chapter 58 The Negative Cat (1)
Listening to the chatter of the missing-toothed grandmother at the street, yesterday evening, a stranger came from the direction of the sunset under the sun. He is less than 20 years old, young and clean-looking, like a city dweller, with a grass-green satchel on his back.

Listening to the blind man A Bing at the end of the street shouting, and hearing the cat meowing last night, it was weird.It's already autumn, so it's not supposed to bark like this, it's not terrible, but it's not very comfortable to listen to, and it makes all the dogs bark to death.

So, one person and one cat came yesterday.

I got up in the morning and prepared to pack things—books, stationery, pickles, and two catties of sausages.The sausages are brought to the teacher. Teacher Zhou does not accept anything. He is a graduate of a famous university. He has been teaching here for almost 20 years, and he has sent away dozens of college students.Every time I go home, my father will make me feel better, but reading is not something that can be done just by thinking about it.Teacher Zhou is delicious. It’s his birthday today, so my mother specially made two catties and asked me to bring it to him. Our family only eats it on three festivals a year. I have to go to credit, but it is still very difficult to pay for my high school.

I woke up when the rooster crowed all over again, but instead of picking up the clothes I didn't collect last night, I was barefoot and screamed loudly.My mother rushed out with her hair down and almost slapped me across the ear.

"Scream, call your soul, your father and your grandma haven't woken up yet, be careful and give you a stick."

I was almost out of breath and felt uncomfortable, and it took several seconds before I dragged my mother and ran into the room.The mother was also so frightened that she said "ah" and was speechless.

Then Dad also woke up, came over cursing, and was also stunned.

"Again?" Dad said, scratching his head and squatting down.Every time he encounters something that cannot be solved, he will have this habitual action.

"Father, there's nothing I can do this time. I'd better find someone and ask a gentleman to come to the county to have a look. If this goes on like this, I won't be able to live there anymore." Mother brushed her hair, and when something happened to the family, she was still the mother. have an idea.

Dad held his head in his hands and didn't speak, and only after a while did he let out a "hmm", as if letting out a dull fart.

"You don't need to take care of the family affairs." Father and mother said.Indeed, I come back to this damp and lightless house at most once a month, and the eight-person dormitory in the school is more like home to me.

With my schoolbag on my back, I have to drive the tractor of our fourth uncle who pulls bricks.Fourth Uncle built an adobe brick factory, and the business was pretty good.Probably because the days are getting better, more people are building houses in the village.

If I hadn't caught my fourth uncle's tractor, I might have to walk for several hours.The fourth uncle was very happy to send me to school. He often drove the tractor to my door and honked the horn loudly to urge me.

"Chunsheng, do you know that someone has come to the village?" I raised my head to look at the sunshine sliced ​​into pieces by my uncle's straight shoulders, and said in a muffled voice, "No."

"Then did you hear the cat meowing last night?" Fourth Uncle asked again.

I really heard this, it should be said that the whole village heard it, so I had no choice but to say: "Yes."

"I think this is not a good omen. People in our village never keep cats. Chunsheng, you should know, right?" Fourth Uncle coughed twice.

I knew it a long time ago, but I really don't know why that kind of thing happened at home again in the morning, and the tone of fourth uncle is so strange today.The car bumped all the way, and my fourth uncle and I chatted one after another, without the usual sonorous and forceful tone, as if we had been hungry for days.Today's journey is extremely long. I used to arrive at school in the blink of an eye amidst the hearty laughter of my fourth uncle, but this time I felt that it took so long to leave one-third of the way.I looked boredly at the two sides of the village road. The wheat had just been harvested, and it was bare and desolate.

Suddenly, a white shadow flashed in front of my eyes, and I seemed to see some living thing running across the field, because it was in the opposite direction to ours, and it was too late to see clearly.I closed my eyes with all my might, and then opened them again to see that thing turned around and ran towards the tractor.

It was a gigantic white cat, the kind of cat that cannot be found in the country.I know from the book that this kind of cats are ornamental cats, not to mention us, even in the county, few people keep them. They are only found in big cities, and they don’t walk on the street. It is absolutely impossible to have such a big one.If it wasn't for the fur color, I almost thought it was a lynx or something.The cat is very clean, with four slender legs.I have excellent eyesight, but there are almost no traces of hair on its body, as if a whole piece of white leather is wrapped around its body, as smooth and delicate as satin.It is like a little lion, with its thick tail erected behind it, chasing the tractor easily.

I almost screamed, but after running for a while it stopped and sat down and stared at me.The distance between me and it is getting farther and farther. I want to tell my fourth uncle to stop but dare not. I can only watch the big cat slowly turning into a small white dot.

This is the most interesting encounter in my life journey.I have often dreamed since I was a child. I dreamed of a cat. I couldn't see the color or shape clearly, but I clearly felt that it was a cat.

Because of the soft cry and the soft touch of the fingers.We don't have cats in our village, I've known that since I can remember.But today, no, it should be said that in the past ten years, we can often see signs of being scratched by cats everywhere in our house when we wake up in the morning. The wooden tables and chairs are all claw marks.

The terrible thing is that we slept like dead pigs at night and couldn't hear a single sound.

That's why my mother said to call people, and invite some people who are proficient in that kind of thing and can communicate with another world.I have always been curious about this kind of thing and felt it was very mysterious, but my teachers and books taught me that these are feudal superstitions, dross, and I have to believe in science.I'm conflicted, but these things really can't be explained by science, at least my science can't.

Maybe Mr. Zhou's can.

"Chunsheng, when you see Teacher Zhou, please remember to ask me, when you come to the village to have a look, just say that the negative cat is here again." The fourth uncle said suddenly.

Negative cat?First time I hear, is this a cat name?I wanted to ask, but my fourth uncle acted like he didn't say anything.The tractor trembled and sent me to the school gate. I jumped out of the car to say goodbye to my uncle and ran into the school.

At noon, Teacher Zhou came over.Since we are all from the same village, we often eat together.During the meal, I would tell him about my studies, and he would also ask me about the harvest year in the village, and the scenes and dialogues were almost the same as usual.

"By the way, my fourth uncle asked me to tell you something." I suddenly remembered.

Teacher Zhou raised his head, there were several deep wrinkles on his forehead, and he swallowed the food in his mouth.

"Say."

"My fourth uncle said that he asked you to go back to the village when you have time. He said that the negative cat is here."

The words came out of my mouth, and for a moment I thought I was dazzled.

Teacher Zhou's long face suddenly twisted, and the hand holding the aluminum lunch box was visibly shaking.He seemed afraid that he would smash the lunch box, so he immediately put it on the table, then lowered his head, took off his glasses, and wiped them with the corner of his light blue shirt.

He obviously wiped it off before eating.

After rubbing it for a long time, he put it on again, his face was relieved a lot, but it seemed as if something had been pulled out of his body suddenly.

"What else did your fourth uncle say?"

"Gone."

"Has anything happened in your village recently?"

"I heard that a strange young man came here, unlike the locals, dressed neatly, as if he came from a big city, and there was not a single cat in the village, but last night I heard a lot of meowing. "

Teacher Zhou nodded mechanically.

"Chunsheng, don't go to the evening self-study after school in the afternoon, I will take you back by car." Teacher Zhou tapped the rice bowl a few times with a spoon.

I was stunned, I just arrived at school today and went back at night?

"My fourth uncle means that you have to go back when you have time, there is no need to be in such a hurry..."

"No, I'll go tonight. I'll have dinner at your house." Teacher Zhou smiled dryly.I wanted to say something more, but he had already started ignoring me.

(End of this chapter)