Chapter 14 The Thirteenth Man and the Cat

There is a woodshed in the back garden. It seems that the firewood room is not for stacking firewood, but for people. No matter which family member catches the robber, he will be locked in the firewood room. There are spiders, rats, dog poop and cat urine in this firewood room, broken pots and bowls, leftover coal dust... almost everything, but no firewood, not even a single piece of firewood. And no one. Nangong Chou, who was tied like a zongzi, also disappeared. All that was left was a pile of rope on the ground. Guo Dalu was stunned for a long time, picked up the broken rope and looked at it: "It was cut by a knife."

Yan Qi said: "And it's a sharp knife." Only the rope cut by a sharp knife can make the incision so neat. Lin Taiping frowned and said: "In this way, he didn't escape by himself, someone must have come to rescue him." Guo Dalu laughed and said, "I really never thought that even this kind of person would have friends." Yan Qi said: "Could it be those two brats?" Guo Dalu said: "No, they are neither so capable nor so bold, and..." He suddenly smiled again, and said: "Children have places, just like women." Yan Qi said: "Which point?"

Guo Dalu said: "Children don't know how to be loyal...they don't understand at all." Yan Qi glared at him, but Lin Taiping rushed to ask, "Could it be a golden poodle?" Guo Dalu said: "How do you think of him?" Lin Taiping said: "I didn't see the golden poodle that day, maybe Nangong Chou had already let him go, maybe they were in collusion at all." Guo Dalu shook his head and said, "Even if a person like Nangong Chou can do anything, there is at least one thing he will never do." Lin Taiping said, "Which thing?" Guo Dalu said: "He will never keep others to share the spoils with him."

He smiled, and explained: "If there are three bowls of rice on the table, even if he can't eat it, he won't leave one bowl for others. Even if he is bloated to death, he will eat all of them." Lin Taiping said: "Do you think stick and golden poodle have been killed by him?" Guo Dalu nodded and said, "I'm hungry." This sentence has nothing to do with what they are talking about now, not even a little bit. You just can't imagine a person saying that suddenly at a time like this. Lin Taiping looked at him with his eyes wide open.Wang Dong and Yan Qi are also looking at him, as if they want to study this person, is his structure different from others?

Guo Dalu smiled, and said again: "When I mentioned three bowls of rice, I already felt hungry. When I mentioned eating, I already thought that you have not eaten for at least half a day." Wang Dong said: "When you say something, what will you think of?" Guo Dalu said: "It seems so." Wang Dong said: "When you talk about shit, don't you think of..." Before he finished speaking, Guo Dalu suddenly turned around and ran out. Run over to the toilet. Wang Dong watched, his eyes straightened, as if he had stared blankly. Yan Qi let out a long sigh, and couldn't help laughing again: "This man is really a genius."

Lin Taiping smiled and said, "Maybe there are not many such geniuses in the world." Yan Qi said: "Not only are there not many, I am afraid there is only this one." Wang Dong finally sighed and said, "Fortunately, there is only one." This is also the conclusion. If there were more people like Guo Dalu, the world might become happier. ※※※ Perhaps the closest animals to humans are cats and dogs.Some people like to have a dog, and some people think that there is no difference between having a cat and having a dog. In fact, they are very different. Cats are not like dogs.I don't like going out, I don't like running around outside.

Cats like to stay at home, at most by the fire. Cats like to eat fish, especially fish heads. Cats also like to lie in people's arms, and people like to touch its neck and ears gently. If you feed it on time every day, often hold it in your arms, and touch it gently, it will definitely like you very much and become your good friend. But you must not think that it only likes you and belongs to you alone. Cats are by no means as faithful as dogs.When you don't have fish on your plate, it tends to slip into someone's house and quickly become that person's friend. The next time you see it, it may not recognize you and have forgotten you.

Cats certainly don't look as fierce as dogs, but they are much more cruel than dogs.When it catches a mouse, even if it is very hungry, it will never swallow the mouse. It must play the mouse dizzy first, and then slowly enjoy it. The cat's "hands and feet" are very soft, and it walks silently, but if you provoke it, its soft "hands" will suddenly show sharp claws, scratching your head and bleeding. If a cat is not like a dog, what is it like? Have you ever seen a woman?Ever watch a woman eat fish?Ever watch a time when a woman lies in the arms of her husband and lover?

Do you know who scratched the face of many men? Do you know why some men commit suicide?going crazy? If you say that cats are like women, you are wrong. In fact, cats are not like women, but there are many women who are like cats. The cat was black, glossy, and shiny black. Guo Dalu is studying the cat carefully. A man who is dizzy with hunger has absolutely no interest in studying cats.A starving man has no interest in studying anything at all. Of course Guo Dalu was already full.Just like yesterday morning, when the food was on the table again, they heard the cat ringing the bell. Guo Dalu suddenly said: "This cat is full. And it has been full all the time. A cat that is often hungry will never look like this."

Yan Qi smiled and asked: "You have been studying for a long time, and you are studying this matter?" Guo Dalu ignored him, and said: "If the furniture, the food, and the coffin were all sent by a man named Hao Hao, then this cat must also be raised by him, so..." Yan Qi said: "So what?" Guo Dalu said: "So Mr. Hao Hao's house must be very comfortable and rich, otherwise this cat would never have been raised so fat and strong." Yan Qi blinked and said, "So what?" Guo Dalu said: "If I were a cat, with such a wealthy owner, I would never go with others."

Yan Qi said: "So..." Guo Dalu said: "So if we let this cat go, it will definitely return to its owner soon." Yan Qi's eyes lit up, and said: "Then why are you still holding it?" Guo Dalu patted the cat's neck and said with a smile, "Brother Mao, if you can lead us to find your owner, I will treat you to eat fish heads every day." He let go and sent the cat out the door. Unexpectedly, the cat jumped on him again with a "meow", and stretched out its tongue to lick his hand gently. Yan Qi smiled and said: "It seems that this cat must be a female, and has already taken a fancy to you." Guo Dalu picked up the cat's neck and put it down. The cat was still circling around him. Guo Dalu frowned and said, "Why don't you leave? Don't you miss your master? He has always been nice to you." Wang Dong suddenly smiled and said: "Although the cat's memory is not good, its brain is very clear." Guo Dalu said: "Sure mind?" Wang Dong said: "Since it knows there are fish to eat here, why does it go to other places?" Guo Dalu said: "But I am not its owner, why does it pester me?" Wang Dong said: "You fed it a fish just now, didn't you?" Guo Dalu nodded. Wang Dong said: "Whoever feeds it fish is its master." Guo Dalu sighed, and murmured: "It seems that this is indeed a female cat." Lin Taiping suddenly said: "What if there is no fish to eat here?" Wang Dong said: "Then maybe it will go back." Lin Taiping smiled and said, "I only hope that this cat can also know the way." Cat's confirmation got the way. If it finds nothing to eat outside, no matter where it is, it will soon find its way home. afternoon. There is nothing to eat from morning to afternoon. Whether it is a human or a cat, it will be unbearably hungry. Now even if Guo Dalu wanted to hold the cat, the cat would not let him hold it. It shot out like a puff of smoke. Guo Dalu followed behind. Yan Qi followed Guo Dalu, and Lin Taiping followed Yan Qi. Wang Dong said: "It's best not to follow too closely." Lin Taiping said, "What about you?" Wang Dong didn't speak, just sighed, as if he thought Lin Taiping's question was stupid. He lay down. On the left side of the hillside is a large area of ​​deserted tombs. Even during the Ching Ming Festival, there are very few people here to visit the tombs.People who are buried here are not noticed when they are alive, and they are quickly forgotten after death. There are not many relatives and friends of the poor, let alone a dead poor man. Guo Dalu often feels very emotional, and every time he comes here, he will feel a lot of emotion. But now there is no time for him to feel emotional. The cat runs very fast. It rushed into the cemetery very quickly, and then rushed out again. From a distance, it looked like a puff of black smoke. Whoever is chasing a cat is not easy, and you have no time to think about anything but the chase. The same goes for chasing women. Maybe it's because I don't have time to think about it, so I chase after it. If you think about it carefully, maybe you will turn back immediately. Next to the cemetery, there is a forest. There is a cabin in the woods. This is a jujube forest, and the wooden house is made of jujube boards. Guo Dalu has visited this jujube forest before, but he has never seen this small wooden house. The wooden house seems to have been built in the past two days. The cat ran into the woods and suddenly disappeared.But there was a burst of fragrance coming from the wooden house. It's the taste of braised pork. Guo Dalu shrugged his nose and smiled. There was a fire in the cabin, and meat was stewing on it. An old man squatted on the ground fanning the fire, and an old woman was pouring sauce into the pot. There was also a woman with long hair who kept squatting beside them and kept urging them. The cat scurried into the house and scurried into her arms. She is clearly the cat's owner. Guo Dalu finally found the person he was looking for.When he chased to the door, she just turned around. When the eyes of the two met, they were both taken aback. Then Guo Dalu called out: "Sour plum soup, so it's you?" The braised pork is stewed, cut into squares, and each piece has at least four taels. Guo Dalu happened to be able to eat a piece in one bite. The cat lay at the feet of the sour plum soup, lazily.This is a very easy-going cat. He doesn't have to eat fish, and he doesn't object to braised pork. Whether it is a human or a cat, when they are hungry, they will never stop eating stewed pork. After eating seven or eight pieces of meat, Guo Dalu sighed and said, "I never even dreamed that it would be you." Sour plum juice pursed her lips and smiled. Guo Dalu said: "Are you always so mysterious in doing things?" The sour plum soup lowered its head and said with a smile: "I originally wanted to send it myself, but I was afraid that you would not accept it." Guo Dalu said coldly: "You don't have to send these things at all." Sour plum soup said: "You have helped me a lot, I can't help but show my heart." Guo Dalu said: "But we still can't accept these things." Sour plum soup: "Why?" Guo Dalu said: "Because... because you are a woman." Sour plum soup said: "Women are human beings too." Guo Dalu glanced at Yan Qi, and said with a smile, "Her tone of voice is similar to yours." Yan Qi said with a straight face, "The man sent so many things, we can't accept them either." Guo Dalu continued: "Besides, we've already eaten you several times, so we're already too embarrassing." Sour plum soup blinked and said, "Then, let me keep these things with you." Wang Dong said: "Then you need rent." Sour plum soup: "I'll pay." Wang Dong said: "There is also a storage fee." Sour plum soup said: "I will pay too." Wang Dong said: "Ten taels of silver every day." Sour plum soup: "Okay." Wang Dong said: "You must pay first, and you cannot owe the debt." The sour plum soup smiled and said, "Can I pay for ten days first?" She really took out a hundred taels of silver. Wang Dong didn't move, just stared at the big ingot of silver, as if he could see it. Guo Dalu and the others were staring at Wang Dong. They suddenly began to feel that Wang Dong was inexplicable and unreasonable. Others kindly gave him wine to drink, food to eat, chairs to sit in, beds to sleep in, and even refurbished his dilapidated house. But he has to collect rent from others, and he has to pay first. "This man is a fucking bastard." Guo Dalu stared at him, and almost could not help but curse out. Wang Dong's eyes had already moved away from the silver, staring at the sour plum soup, and suddenly said: "Are you sick?" The sour plum soup was startled, and said, "Are you sick?" Wang Dong said: "Not only is he sick, but he is also seriously ill." The sour plum soup smiled and said, "I can eat and eat, and sleep and sleep, how can I be sick?" Wang Dong said: "Maybe your disease is caused by eating too much." There was no expression on his face, and he said again: "You spent money to buy so many things, and took a lot of trouble to send them here, but you are still willing to pay my rent. If a person is not sick, how can he do such a thing ?” Guo Dalu laughed. He began to feel that the sour plum soup was really sick, and he was really very sick. The sour plum soup rolled its eyes, and said, "If I say that I did this only because I owe you a favor, do you believe it or not?" Wang Dong looked at Guo Dalu and said, "Do you believe it or not?" Guo Dalu said: "I don't believe it." Wang Dong said: "If you don't even believe him, I'm afraid no one else in the world will believe it." Sour plum soup sighed and said, "That's why I didn't say that." Guo Dalu said: "What are you going to say?" Sour plum soup kept rolling its eyes, biting his lip, and said, "If a man falls in love with a woman and wants to marry her, won't he do a lot of inexplicable things?" Wang Dong said: "Yes." A man will do almost anything for a woman he has fallen in love with. Sour plum soup said: "The same goes for women." Sour plum soup said: "If a woman falls in love with a man and wants to marry him, she will also do many inexplicable things." Her face suddenly turned red, she lowered her head and said, "I... I'm already eighteen this year." Eighteen girls usually think of one thing. get married. Eighteen-year-old girl, who is not pregnant? This is a very normal thing. Guo Dalu laughed again, and said: "You are not sick, you should get married if you are a boy, and if you are a girl, no one can say that you are sick." He puffed up his chest and said, "I don't know who you're looking at?" Yan Qi glared at him coldly, and said coldly, "Of course it's you." Guo Dalu smiled and said, "That's not necessarily true." Although he said "not necessarily", the expression on his face was sure. A man like him can't be found even if he plays a gong. If sour plum soup didn't fall in love with him, who else could it fall in love with? Sour plum soup was indeed looking at him, but shook his head, covered his mouth and said with a smile: "Maybe it's you, maybe it's not you, I can't say yet." Guo Dalu said: "Why?" Sour plum soup: "Because it's not the time yet." Guo Dalu said: "When will it be?" Sour plum soup's eyes flowed, and he lowered his head again, saying: "I always have to see if he is really good first, this is my lifelong event, I have to be very careful." Guo Dalu said: "You still can't see it?" Sour plum soup said: "I...I want to wait and see." Yan Qi said coldly: "I think you'd better take a quick look, someone is already dying of anxiety." Guo Dalu smiled and said: "It's okay, you take a look, a good person is always a good person, the more you look, the better." Sour plum soup Yanran said: "After I see it, I will be the first to tell you." Yan Qi stood up suddenly, turned her head and walked out. Guo Dalu said: "Why are you leaving? Why don't we chat together?" Yan Qi said: "What is there to talk about?" Guo Dalu said: "Don't you have anything to say?" Yan Qi said: "I only have one thing to say." Without turning his head, he continued coldly: "Girls nowadays are indeed thicker-skinned." Guo Dalu watched Yan Qi go out, shook his head, and said with a smile: "Although this man has a weird temper, he is a good person, sour girl, you must not be angry with him." Sour plum soup Yanran said: "My surname is not Suan, my surname is Mei." Guo Dalu said: "Plum blossoms of plum blossoms?" Sour plum soup nodded and said, "My name is Mei Runan." Guo Dalu said with a smile: "It's plum blossoms and orchids again, it's almost like a flower shop." Sour plum soup smiled and said, "The orchid is not the orchid, it's the man's man." Guo Dalu said: "Mei Runan, this name is a bit strange." Mei Runan said: "The meaning of my late father's naming for me is to tell me that you have to be like a man, you can't be coy, you can do whatever you want, and you can say what you want." Wang Dong suddenly said: "My father has a spirit under the nine springs, I will definitely feel very happy." Mei Runan said: "Why?" Wang Dong said: "Because you did not live up to his expectations." Mei Runan blushed and said, "You...do you think I really act like a man?" Wang Dong said, "Are you a woman?" Mei Runan couldn't help laughing. Guo Dalu also laughed and said: "You do things more like a man than many men, for example..." He lowered his voice very low, and said quietly: "Our friend Yan Qi sometimes looks like a woman, not only a bit sissy, but also often loses his temper for no reason." Mei Runan said: "Do you think women often get angry for no reason?" Guo Dalu just smiled and didn't speak. Mei Runan said: "Women are the same as men. If they are angry, there must be a reason, but men don't know it." She smiled, and continued: "Actually, men are not as smart as they think." Guo Dalu wanted to speak, but held back. He was determined not to argue with her, and if he wanted to argue, he would wait until she had named the person she was looking for. Then he would tell her that men were at least smarter than she thought. Then she will surely believe it. Guo Dalu showed a smile on his face, as if he had imagined the beautiful scenery at that time, and the sour plum soup was lying in his arms, telling him that "that person" was him. "Then he'll know who's smarter." Guo Dalu laughed so hard that he couldn't even close his mouth. Lin Taiping was also laughing. Was he thinking the same thing? A man is not a real man if he is not self-absorbed. Maybe not a person at all. The reason why human beings are better than animals may be because human beings are self-absorbed, but animals are not. Mei Runan suddenly said again: "Actually, it's not bad for a man to have a girlish voice." Guo Dalu said: "Why?" Mei Runan said: "At least that kind of person will not be brutal or rude, and he must be more gentle and considerate." Guo Dalu suddenly stood up, walked out with twists and turns, then turned around and asked Wang Dong, "Do you think I have a girlish accent?" Wang Dong said: "Are you a man?" Guo Dalu laughed loudly and said, "I thought it was true, but now even I don't know it." ※※※ moon.The moon is very bright. The round moon hangs on the treetops. Yan Qi sat under the tree alone, dazed in a daze. Guo Dalu suddenly came over and sat beside him. Yan Qi frowned, stared, and said, "What are you doing here?" Guo Dalu said: "Come and talk." Yan Qi said with a stern face, "What do you have to talk to me about, why don't you go find Miss Mei?" Guo Dalu stroked his chin and said, "You don't seem to like her very much." Yan Qi said: "There are already enough people who like her, there is no need for me to make up the numbers." Guo Dalu didn't speak. Yan Qi glanced at him and said, "You guys seemed to have a good chat this afternoon." Guo Dalu said: "Yes." Yan Qi said: "Since we chatted so happily, why come to me?" Guo Dalu suddenly laughed and said, "You are jealous." Yan Qi's face seemed to be blushing, and said, "Jealous? Who am I jealous of?" Guo Dalu smiled and said: "You know that the person she likes must be me, but you like her very much, so..." Yan Qi didn't wait for him to finish speaking, she stood up and was about to leave. Guo Dalu grabbed his hand, he shook it away forcefully, Guo Dalu held it again, and said, "I'm here to talk to you about something serious." Yan Gong frowned, and said: "Serious matter? What serious matter can you say?" Guo Dalu said: "You seem to have said that there is a family named Mei near here, and there is a young master named 'Stone Man' Mei Rujia." Yan Qi said: "I said so."