Chapter 206 Tacit Understanding

Zheng Tan stared at those people nervously until they walked away.

What are they doing here?

Zheng Tan still remembered the phone call that person made at Chuhua University, and the content of the conversation did not sound like a good thing. The conversation between those few people just now was not clear to the others, but Zheng Tan could. However, they were only talking about insignificant things, and Zheng Tan could not analyze any meaningful conclusions from these conversations. Also, if it were really important, we wouldn't talk about it here, since there are people around here.

No matter what, Zheng Tan's nerves became tense again. Even if those people walked away, Zheng Tan would still be worried. He decided to follow Xiao Youzi and the others closely in the past few days. Even if those people's target was not Xiao Youzi, Zheng Tan did not dare to take it lightly. There were many perverts in the world, so it was better to be on guard. Who knew whether these people would suddenly show up? What a perverted idea.

As a result, Zheng Tan couldn't sleep that night. Even if Jiao Yuan caught some fireflies, he couldn't divert Zheng Tan's attention. Looking at the children who knew nothing, Zheng Tan felt depressed, knowing too much was not good.

Early the next morning, Jiao Yuan and Xiao Yuzi 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 up to 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 house is still a tiled house with a pointed roof, but the three-story building built by the neighbor next door looks to be in good condition.

There was a kitten on the balcony on the second floor next door, probably about two months old, playing with a walnut on the balcony, getting excited.

Zheng Tan jumped onto the railing of the balcony on the second floor next door. The kitten was startled, but it soon began to entertain itself again.

The window of the room on the second floor next to the balcony was open. 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 and guns and artillery. There was also a book on the table. Chinese summer homework for fifth grade primary school students.

"Sister, what do you slap on your face every day?" A boy's voice came from another room in the house. He was the child who caught fireflies with Jiao Yuan yesterday.

"Bitch, this is called toner!" the female voice said. At the same time, there was a snapping sound.

After a while, the boy entered the room with a troubled look on his face. He didn't react much when he saw the black cat standing on the railing. He sat down at the desk and opened his summer homework book. He has homework assignments every day and is not allowed to go out to play until he finishes, so he immediately stays in his room to do his homework after breakfast every morning.

After writing for less than five minutes, the child farted, then ran out of the room holding his stomach, probably going to the toilet.

Zheng Tan was very curious about what these children wrote in their diaries and essays on their homework. He usually would look through the diaries and essays in Xiao Yuzi's "Chinese Summer Homework" in front of her when he had nothing to do. It was not private anyway. They write about daily life.

Jumping in from the window, Zheng Tan saw the open space on the homework. The child just now was writing the diary at the end of the day's homework. There, the pen crookedly wrote today's diary, "Every morning I wake up and see my eldest sister slapping her lips in front of the mirror..."

Zheng Tan couldn't help but laugh. This child was so funny. He raised his paw and flipped through the diary in front of him.

You wouldn’t know if you didn’t read it, but this little naughty kid was quite diligent in writing a diary, and recorded some misdeeds in the past, such as on which day he dug a trap somewhere in the village, and on what day he dug another trap. Some traps have already been dropped, and some traps have been dropped. There are a few places that no one has ever gone to and have been left there forever.

Zheng Tan didn't expect such a harvest, so he took note of the places where no one had fallen into the trap, so that Xiaoyouzi and the others wouldn't fall in when they walked there. Although it is a prank played by children, it does not have much damage value, but the feeling of being caught in the trap will not be good.

After hearing the footsteps approaching, Zheng Tan turned his homework back to its original place, then jumped out of the window and returned to the roof of Gu's house. When he heard Jiao's mother calling him, he hurried down to have breakfast.

Since the two children didn't have enough fun yesterday, Mr. Gu took them to dig some earthworms today and continued to fish for shrimps in the wild pond in the afternoon.

Zheng Tan still stood aside and watched for a while, then ran to take a walk elsewhere. In view of Zheng Tan's performance yesterday, Xiaoyouzi and the others didn't say anything.

In fact, Zheng Tan didn't go for a walk out of boredom today. He wanted to see if the little girl from yesterday was still there.

When he arrived at the place where he met the child yesterday, Zheng Tan saw no one and was a little disappointed. When he was about to leave, he found a figure walking in the distance, it was the little girl yesterday. She was carrying yesterday's broken bucket and the broken sickle on her other shoulder, walking this way.

However, after she got closer, Zheng Tan discovered that there were some new marks from the stick on the child's body, which were too conspicuous to ignore. No wonder she had a hard time walking today.

After the little girl saw Zheng Tan, she didn't have the same murderous intention and hostility as yesterday. Instead, she showed surprise and strangeness. I paused on the spot and continued walking forward. I came to the place where I fished for shrimp yesterday. I took out the wooden pole, tied it with earthworms, and placed them in three places.

Zheng Tan was quite surprised why the little girl had changed her attitude towards him, and she didn't get closer. He noticed the movement of the pole not far away, and looked at the little girl squatting over there who didn't know what she was thinking, and glanced around. He bent his claws to pick up a small clod of soil and threw it over there.

The little girl who was thinking about something noticed the movement and looked over, and saw the black cat that she thought was weird. When she saw the black cat, she looked towards the place where the pole was placed, got up and walked over there.

Zheng Tan stepped back a few meters and watched the girl guard the pole for a few seconds before lifting a small shrimp.

After putting down the pole again, the little girl looked at Zheng Tan with a complicated expression, then walked to the other pole.

Zheng Tan saw that the child had no resistance and was idle anyway. Seeing how pitiful she was, he helped keep an eye on the movement of the other two poles, so as to prevent the child from constantly moving around and causing pain to the scars on his legs.

So, gradually, one person and one cat formed a tacit understanding. The little girl guarded the pole on the far side. Zheng Tan helped keep an eye on the two here. Anyway, the distance between the two poles was not far, so for It's not difficult for Zheng Tan. Whenever there was any movement, Zheng Tan would fish up a small pebble or a small clod of soil and throw it over to indicate to her that there were shrimps about to be baited.

The little girl's originally bad mood after being beaten has improved a lot. She lowered her head and found an old shrimp approaching the earthworms. She raised the corner of her mouth in an arc. This old shrimp looked meaty at first glance, and the big clip also had meat. She was lucky.

As soon as I thought of this, a clod of earth was thrown over and hit the little girl lightly. Then it rolled down the slope of the shore and fell into the water with a splash. The one who just started to use the clamp to pick up the earthworms The old shrimp also disappeared in a whoosh, leaving only ripples on the water.

little girl:"……"

Rubbing her forehead and letting out a low sigh, the little girl looked helplessly at the black cat not far away, which was holding a bent front paw ready to throw the second small clod of soil. She stood 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 and wouldn't let go. She took it off and twisted the shrimp's head off. Before Zheng Tan could see it clearly, there was an extra one on her hand. The shrimp meat balls are white and tender, with some glistening texture. This action looks like he has done this kind of thing often and he is very skilled.

After peeling off the shrimp, the little girl threw it towards Zheng Tan.

Zheng Tan glanced at it with disgust, then walked to the pole and continued to stare at it.

The little girl wondered, why didn’t the cat eat it? She remembered that the tabby cat next door ate this, and the cat in the village also ate it, but the cat just now... looked at it with disgust, right? Do you think this one is too small? But she shouldn't. When she usually cooks shrimps for herself, if a cat comes over, she will pick up the small ones and give them to her, but she can't bear to part with the big ones. Cats eat both raw and cooked ones, so why is this black one different?

Shaking her head, the little girl decided not to worry about this problem anymore. If she didn't want to eat, she would just eat it and save some food.

"Black Carbon——"

Little Yuzi's voice came over there, and Zheng Tan stopped guarding the pole and ran back. Xiaoyouzi's voice didn't sound like there was any danger, she just told Zheng Tan to go back.

"Heitan? This name is really frustrating. It's not as good as the big black one in the village." The little girl whispered after seeing the black cat disappear. He looked at the other two poles, sighed, stood up and went to look at the poles.

Running back to Little Youzi, Zheng Tan heard Jiao Yuan yelling at Mr. Gu, "How about it, I think Hei Tan will definitely be back soon."

Xiao Yuzi opened 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 felt proud, as expected, his own children were better.

Mr. Gu curled his lips next to him, thinking, it's just a cat, look at how you pamper it. But Mr. Gu could only talk in his heart and did not dare to say it openly. He did not want Xiao Youzi and Jiao Yuan to be dissatisfied with him because of this matter.

After drinking the water, Zheng Tan stayed here for a while, then ran 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 had been used for a while.

In this way, in the following days, Xiao Youzi and the others went out to fish for shrimps, and Zheng Tan took time to help the little girl keep an eye on the pole. The little girl seemed to go to the wild pond to fish for shrimps every day. However, when Xiaoyouzi and the others were not going out, Zheng Tan also stayed in the house.

One day, Mr. Gu took Little Youzi and Jiao Yuan to see someone fishing. When he came back from the fish pond, Zheng Tan saw the little girl after passing by a fork in the road. They hadn't seen each other for a few days. Adding new injuries, even if the bones cannot be repaired, this kind of physical pain is too severe for a child of about ten years old.

Little Yuzi saw that Zheng Tan looked familiar with the little girl, then looked at the little girl's clothes and injuries, then took out a few milk candies from her pocket and handed them over.

Because of Zhao Le, the Jiao family never lacked snacks and other food. Mother Jiao didn't need to buy them at all. Zhao Le would send people to bring things over every once in a while, and she couldn't finish them all. Zhao Le sent them again before the summer vacation. Several large boxes of toffee, still high-end goods. Jiao Yuan had already mentioned it. Because the weather was too hot, they only took a few pills with them when they went out, not too many. Little Pomelo 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 Xiao Yuzi and the black cat standing next to Xiao Yuzi with complicated eyes, said "Thank you" and left. Zheng Tan looked at Mr. Gu's expression and knew what the old man should know. However, Mr. Gu didn't say anything when Xiaoyouzi and Jiao Yuan asked, for fear of having a bad impact on the two children.

That night while enjoying the cool air outside, Zheng Tan heard Mr. Gu and the old lady whispering about the little girl, and found out that the child was indeed born in the topical person's home. She was the ninth child and the youngest of nine girls. There is a father who favors boys over girls, eats, drinks, whores, and gambles, and beats and scolds them whenever they don't like it. I can only say that it is their misfortune.

Zheng Tan also heard from Mr. Gu that this child would have to be sold by her father sooner or later. Fortunately, she had two sisters above her. Once these two sisters were sold, it would probably be her turn.

Judging from Old Man Gu's tone, he couldn't help. The matter was not that simple, otherwise someone would have intervened.

(4.4) The last chapter should be Chapter 200. I made a mistake. I will ask the editor to help me correct it tomorrow.