wake up daydreaming

When Lin Sang and his sister gave way to the lighted car from a long distance, their father, who was leaning against the door with a bowl in his hand, had no idea that their cat would suddenly jump out from the front of the road. , After being illuminated by the headlights, it suddenly froze.

That's their cat.Lin Sang is not sure, it's not that he didn't see the cat's appearance clearly, but he shared his experience of raising cats with a female classmate in the same class, and he realized that other people's cats are kept at home and eat cat food on the supermarket shelves. They will also actively bury their excrement in the cat litter.Lin Sang has never even seen what cat litter looks like. The cat was picked up in the field a few months ago and fed with broth mixed with rice. To the bottom of the small dining table in the rental house.

The female classmate, like Lin Sang, does not have a residence permit in T city, so she can only study in this private school for the children of migrants. However, her parents own a fast food restaurant in the town and rent a more spacious two-bedroom apartment instead of Like Lin Sang's family squeezed into one room.The female classmate shook her head repeatedly at their family's free-range model, so that Lin Sang was embarrassed to tell her that there were several dogs in their family. His father built a shanty house on the contracted farmland, and the stray The dog can't even eat broth mixed with rice on weekdays, but he dutifully guards the fields at night, allowing his father to take another part-time job at ease, cleaning up the garbage in the village after he and his sister are asleep.

In addition to "scientific feeding", the female student also taught Lin Sang vocabulary that was not in other textbooks, such as "school district room".The female classmate said that the self-built houses rented out by the Association for the Elderly are the school district houses for out-of-towners. There is only one school in T City that can accept out-of-town students, so people from other provinces with their families will rent houses in this village, which is close to the school. .As for the locals, their school district houses are in the city.When Lin Sang was very young, she had local playmates, but when they were in school, they were all taken to the city by their parents without exception.

On the contrary, Lin Sang stayed here all the time.

Those former playmates who come back during the holidays are also nestled in their own small western-style buildings, and even if there is an intersection, it may not be pleasant.After the car passed by, the cat let out a scream, which was so short that it was barely caught by human ears before stopping abruptly.It must have been wounded and frightened.When the car continued to drive forward, it rushed into the alley quickly and disappeared in a panic.Lin Sang's younger sister and father all saw this scene in their eyes, and they all stood there, their minds full of another bad memory - a night a few years ago, a car of a local was also on this road. Speeding past on the narrow road, another dog of their family was run over and killed on the spot.Their father went to the car owner's house to seek justice, and before he could say a word, he was slandered and said that he was here to extort money.

Lin Sang will never forget the insulted and hurt look on his father's face, and the arrogance of the car owner when he spoke in dialect.In the end, he hastily paid 50 yuan to settle the matter. When he threw the green bills at them, his son who had been watching from the window on the second floor couldn't help but say, stop arguing, and don't make trouble with these people.

Lin Sang, who just passed his tenth birthday, still doesn't know who he is, but he vaguely knows that they live in a folded world with other people. Even if there is an intersection, it is because his cat and dog were hit by a car In emergencies, whoever has the standard of the local dialect has justice.

So none of them expected that the tall young man would trot back to the front of their house. Seeing the first two children standing together, he was taken aback for a moment, and then politely asked: "Excuse me, is it yours that hit me just now?" cat?"

Lin Sang nodded first.So his sister and father also turned their attention to him.The young man continued to apologize, pointed to his eyes to admit the previous distraction, and was willing to take the injured cat to the hospital for a physical examination. Lin Sang said that the cat didn't know where it went and looked up. His father looked surprised. I don't know if it's unbelievable that there are still such calm locals these days, or cats can also have medical examinations.

"Then let's go find it together." Chen Yuqian didn't just talk about it.He's sure a tire has run over the cat somewhere, and he's glad he's back, because it would have been heartbreaking for two young kids to see his car hit their pet and run away.

"No need, no need, it has the strength to jump back into the alley immediately. Even if it is injured, it is a minor injury." Lin Sang's father continued to eat the rice, as if he had eaten Chen Yuqian's sincere apology into his stomach .The younger sister, who was eager to find the cat, also took back her steps and told Chen Yuqian that it was a wild cat that came and went without a trace, and they didn't know where it would hide when it was injured.

"Indeed," Lin Sang's father nodded, "If it is still alive, it will come back in two days."

"But, then—" Chen Yuqian was stunned, and insisted, "I have to find someone." He patted his chest, "Are you worried about the cost of treatment? You, don't give up, This is 100% my fault, I let your pets get hurt, no matter how much the treatment costs, thousands... even tens of thousands, the money must be paid by me, you don't need to spend a penny, you don't need .”

"Hey, we just give it some bibimbap every night," Lin Sang's father turned to comfort Chen Yuqian, "We take your wish, you can go."

"It's not a matter of inclination—"

"Oops!" Lin Sang's father elongated his voice, and after taking the last bite of the meal, he lifted up the porcelain bowl, feeling so emotional that he almost smashed the rice bowl, "You don't even know, I watched your car drive After leaving, I ran back deliberately, and couldn't stop apologizing, and said that I should take the cat to the hospital... I heard you say so much, it doesn't matter if I die. "

I've heard you say so much that it doesn't matter if I die.

When Yu Zhou dawdled over, he heard exactly this sentence.

He stood by Chen Yuqian's side, originally thinking that he was going to face an aggressive stretching, but he never imagined that Chen Yuqian's kindness would cause such insurmountable troubles to the family, making the two The father of two children was so terrified that he threatened to die.

But obviously they were the ones who did something wrong.

Obviously they are sorry for this family.

"...Let's look for it first." Yu Zhou said, "At least take a look around this village. If it can run out of this range, it may really be fine."

Chen Yuqian agreed, and regardless of Lin Sang's father's stop, he called his family and mobilized his grandma and Li Li to search.The two children wanted to search, and for the sake of efficiency and safety, they teamed up with Chen Yuqian and Zhou Zhou.Lin Sang wanted to be with Chen Yuqian. The alpha who returned first was physically stronger than the other one. It should have been more oppressive and aggressive, but he always spoke softly and sincerely. His sister pointed to the side , he would bend down significantly to look in that direction, his sister had a small voice, so he simply squatted on the ground again, in order to hear what his sister said clearly.

On the contrary, the tall and thin one is more in line with the Alpha in Lin Sang's impression.Unlike his beta father, who is always slightly hunched over, this alpha has his own aura and light even on the dimly lit alleys, and he doesn't even need to speak. A child like Lin Sang can feel his anxiety.

For more than ten minutes, Lin Sang, who led Yu Zhou through the village, thought that he was impatient, and felt that all this was just a futile effort to find a needle in a haystack. When Lin Sang heard him vent his breath, he would unexpectedly Frustrated, he sighed, "It turned out to be this feeling."

"What did you say?" Lin Sang mustered up the courage to ask back.Yu Zhou told him that he also lost a cat a year ago.

"It's the same as yours, white hair. I didn't know what to name it when I first raised it. It barked like 'Mimi' and 'Meow'." Yu Zhou remembered the little boy's description of the cat's appearance, and said again Make a distinction, "It's short-haired."

The chatterbox just opened up.

For the next hour, Lin Sang and Yu Zhou's team chatted about many topics while searching along the street, but they couldn't compete with cats.Most of the time it is Yu Zhou who asks. The life and situation of a migrant family become more and more specific in Lin Sang's answer. Glanced elsewhere, Lin Sang carefully asked: "Have you bothered me?"

"How could it be?" Yu Zhou blurted out, but it was like a stick in his throat.Fortunately, a phone call rescued him from the mixed feelings, and he heard Chen Yuqian couldn't hold back his joy.

"I found it. It's in a garbage dump. When we saw it, it was still pulling a ham sausage bag." Chen Yuqian just bought a ham sausage from the grocery store and called the searcher Tell everyone to come back and feed the cats.The little cat was indeed stimulated, but it would not forget Lin Sang's sister, who was hugged by the little girl at the moment. The two of them and the cat were sitting in front of the rental house waiting. The blood on the tail of the white cat is shocking.

But it's at least good news.

It was a blessing in misfortune that it was not the limbs and abdomen that were injured.It's just that the cat has been kept free-range for a long time, and it always likes to shuttle between different garbage dumps for food. The originally white hair is dull and rough, and it looks very unclean.Grandma Li Li and Chen Yuqian were also around the cat. They wanted to reach out to touch the cat, but they were afraid that the cat would have lice and fleas, so they had to put their hands back in their pockets and then probe their brains. Their eyes were so scorching that the cat felt that something was wrong. Stretching out of his arms, he turned his head and looked in the direction Yu Zhou came from——

Yu Zhou, who was only three to five meters away from the cat, suddenly stiffened his hands and feet. Lin Sang, who followed his footsteps, took a step forward, then backed up, and raised his head. His puzzled eyes seemed to say that they did not find the wrong cat.

Yes.

This is the lost cat.

Yu Zhou and Lin Sang looked at each other, but couldn't say anything, you should have told me earlier that it also had blue eyes.