bookrandom Chapter 244 3 Tabby Cat
Chapter 244 3 Tabby Cat
Chapter 244 Calico Cat
As usual, except for his professional courses, Qiu Huoming just read books on his own. The teachers knew about his situation and gave him a break.
However, the students were unaware of the consensus he had reached with the teachers, and some of them were displeased with his behavior, especially a few boys led by the study committee member Li Miao.
She often plays tricks on him in class, but she doesn't offend him openly.
This made Qiu Huoming very annoyed. Compared with those who disliked him, he had more fans in the class. Now that the exams were approaching, he had good grades, and for those who came to ask him questions after class, he would basically help if he could. He still had a good reputation in the class.
Li Miao's academic performance in the class is probably second only to Qiu Huoming. Many people come to ask him questions, and he tries his best to answer them. He works so hard just to compete with Qiu Huoming.
Qiu Huoming looked at him like a child. He didn't really care about him. As long as he didn't cross the bottom line, he would just let him do whatever he wanted.
Chen Xi, on the other hand, often stood up for him.
Qiu Huoming only responded with one sentence, "When the test results come out, they will shut up."
One of the ideas he believes in is that when you surpass others a little bit, they will be jealous of you, but when you surpass others by a large margin, they will admire you.
"Well... well, thank you for your hard work."
Zhao Jiamin smiled and walked side by side with him onto the road. "She is fine, just a little weak. She just drank your medicine and said she would treat you to a meal another day..."
"Are you there?"
Zhao Jiamin pointed at herself and said, "I'm still in Yangcheng. When you're not around, you can leave it to me..."
Qiu Huoming didn't dare to guarantee anything else, but just considering this exam, he didn't think anyone could beat him.
Qiu Huoming stood outside the door and watched her turn around and go upstairs. As the exam was approaching, most of the students looked bad. Some of them were so outrageous that they went out early and came back late to read. In the absence of light, they read under the street lights.
The girl was shy, so Qiu Huoming didn't dare to tease her anymore.
He smiled, took out a pen and paper, and began to solve the problem.
"Here, this is the medicine I just prescribed. Drink it with water. Two packets a day..."
After school, Qiu Huoming had dinner and returned to the dormitory. He glanced at his watch and then turned on the intercom. After a moment, Zhao Jiamin's voice came from the other end.
Seeing them staring at her, Zhao Jiamin waved her hand and said, "It's okay with me. I can go to the Red Mansion for evening self-study."
Qiu Huoming went over to meet him.
Early on Sunday morning, Qiu Huoming walked hurriedly towards the North Dormitory and met Zhao Jiamin halfway.
The library was already full. Qiu Huoming found Chen Xi, then he and Zhao Jiamin took away the textbooks that were occupying the seats and sat down.
Zhao Jiamin took the medicine bag and said with a smile, "It's a good thing you brought it over."
Qiu Huoming was immediately happy, "That couldn't be better, I must bring one back no matter how big or small it is."
Qiu Huoming felt sorry for her and immediately advised: "Just give her the medicine. She is not a child. Just do what you need to do..."
In this atmosphere, almost no one dares to slack off.
Qiu Huoming then turned off the intercom, put on his backpack and went straight to the infirmary. There was someone on night shift in the infirmary, who prescribed some cold granules. He then took the medicine package to the North 1 dormitory. Zhao Jiamin went downstairs with a tired look on her face.
"Let's go."
"I won't be going to the evening study session tonight. My roommate seems to have caught a cold. I'll go to the infirmary to get her some medicine later."
Not long after, Zhao Jiamin came down from the corridor with her schoolbag.
"Don't be so polite to me. Hang up. I'm leaving now."
Wen Yuanyi nodded, "It's getting harder and harder to find vacancies recently."
Qiu Huoming put down his textbook.
"exist."
She turned her head and looked at Qiu Huoming, "Are you really planning to keep one in the dormitory?"
Chen Xi whispered, "It's a good thing you guys are here. We almost had a quarrel just now. You said we were hogging the seats. I told you guys to go out and get something and come back soon..."
Zhao Jiamin nodded, "Yes."
"Not now. I have to go home for the New Year, and there will be no one to take care of me during this period..."
Zhao Jiamin sighed, "I know, I'll make the medicine for her later and then I'll come to find you..."
"I'll wait for you downstairs. Is there hot water in the dormitory?"
Zhao Jiamin understood immediately after hearing this. A blush appeared on her face. She rolled her eyes at them, took out her textbook, and said nothing.
There is a big temperature difference between morning and evening now, and it is easy to fall ill. Wu Xiaolan probably fell ill for the same reason.
Qiu Huoming shook his head, the corner of his mouth raised, "They are worried about me!"
Yang Shijun agreed, "Let's just go to the classroom later. Don't we have a classroom for overnight stays in the radio department?"
The two chatted as they walked and soon arrived at the library.
"You're so polite. No need. She doesn't have much pocket money, so she should save it... Amin, let's go see Xiaobai this Sunday. Maybe there will be a kitten there..."
"I'll go get it. You wait in the dormitory for a while..."
There are only two people in Zhao Jiamin's new dormitory. Her other roommate was also transferred from another dormitory. Her name is Wu Xiaolan. She is a few months younger than her, very weak, and often skips physical education classes.
"Okay, I'm suddenly a little looking forward to it." Zhao Jiamin said with a smile.
"Good morning!" Qiu Huoming smiled brightly, and the two of them walked together towards the bus stop No. 22.
A few days ago was the winter solstice. There were traces of burning paper money on the streets along the way, and circles on the ground. Qiu Huoming and Zhao Jiamin were sitting on the bus, one in front and one behind, looking at the autumn colors outside the window.
This place is different from the small county towns. Superstitious activities that were once extinct are showing a trend of rising again. However, here, as in other places, the officials will not investigate unless the people report them.
After the car arrived at the station, Qiu Huoming and Zhao Jiamin passed by an alley and found a small land temple. Although it was simple, the incense under the shrine was quite strong.
The homes of the Cantonese usually have small incense niches at the bottom of both sides of the door. These are places specifically for burning incense. Some of the more elaborate ones even have red couplets posted on them.
Along the way, I saw several incense burners that had been re-erected.
Seeing Qiu Huoming looking at it intently, Zhao Jiamin asked, "Do you know what those are used for?"
"I don't know, tell me about it?" Qiu Huoming asked curiously.
"Look at that couplet. Doesn't it say 'Heaven and Earth'? That's for worshipping the God of Land. My family used to have that too..."
"Oh, no wonder it is placed close to the ground, it turns out it is for worshiping the God of Land." Qiu Huoming suddenly realized.
Zhao Jiamin looked at these increasing number of old things with a scrutinizing expression. This was probably a symbol of the gradually relaxed environment.
"Amin, do you know what day it was yesterday?" Qiu Huoming asked suddenly with an idea.
"December 12th, Saturday?"
"Christmas, the New Year for foreigners is Christmas..."
Qiu Huoming looked at the shops along the street. At that time, no Chinese people wanted to celebrate Christmas at all. It was completely different from the Christmas atmosphere of later generations with lights and decorations.
"I know this festival, but what does it have to do with us if it's a festival celebrated by foreigners?" Zhao Jiamin said indifferently.
Qiu Huoming put his hands in his pockets and thought, it doesn't matter now, but in a few decades, that may not be the case.
Just like the introduction of Confucius Institutes into Western countries, the exchange and collision of cultures is sometimes a war without the smoke of gunpowder.
When we arrived at Xiaoyuan Chunse, it was only around 9 o'clock. We hadn't walked far inside when we heard a noise coming from the yard.
Zhao Jiamin smiled and said, "It must be Uncle Zhang and the others practicing martial arts. Let's go in quickly."
Qiu Huoming immediately became excited. He walked through the small building and went to the backyard. As expected, his master Xu Lang was practicing pushing hands with Teacher Zhang. Next to them stood Lao Pan and Lao Jin, laughing and shouting from time to time...
When Xu Lang saw Qiu Huoming coming in, he immediately took a step back and suggested to Teacher Zhang: "Pause, my apprentice is here."
Qiu Huoming then stepped forward and greeted them all politely.
Zhao Jiamin followed suit and after greeting everyone, she walked over to Lao Jin and started chatting with him.
Xu Lang pulled Qiu Huoming over and walked in front of Lao Zhang, "Huoming, this is Tai Chi Push Hands, it's very interesting, you can try to practice it."
"Okay." Qiu Huoming was delighted to see the prey, and immediately took off his coat and rolled up the sleeves of his shirt.
Zhao Jiamin watched for a while, not showing much interest in pushing hands. She turned around, said hello to Lao Jin, went into the house to get some dried fish, and went to the front yard to look for Xiaobai.
The weeds in the front yard have been cleared once, and it looks much tidier and the grass is much thinner, but it is still very lush near the wall.
Zhao Jiamin half-crouched on the path and imitated the meow of a cat.
Before long, there was indeed movement in the grass. Amid the undulating grass, a cat suddenly appeared at the intersection.
Zhao Jiamin said in surprise: "Xiaobai."
Xiaobai's long hair has become tangled and he looks disheveled, but his blue eyes are as clear as ever.
"Meow~" It called out to Zhao Jiamin, then walked over with small steps with its tail erected high.
It seemed that it recognized her. Zhao Jiamin smiled and threw a small dried fish in front of it.
Xiaobai picked up the dried fish in his mouth, turned around, and jumped back into the grass.
Zhao Jiamin waited for a while, and seeing that it didn't come out, she simply followed it.
Not long after, I saw a triangular shed under the wall. It was very low and was hidden by the ivy and weeds next to it. You wouldn't notice it unless you got close.
The triangular shed was very simple, built with discarded wooden boards. Just as she approached for a while, a few furry heads suddenly popped out from inside the shed.
Zhao Jiamin was delighted and she squatted down.
Qiu Huoming's voice suddenly came from behind, "Amin, why are you here..."
Zhao Jiamin turned her head and looked over, and saw Qiu Huoming walking on the grass.
Zhao Jiamin stood up and said, "Come quickly, Xiaobai has given birth to kittens..."
Qiu Huoming was overjoyed when he heard this. He trotted a few steps and ran to Zhao Jiamin's side. He stopped and without bothering to wipe the sweat from his forehead, he bent down and looked over.
He didn't dare touch the kitten, fearing that it would be contaminated with human scent and would be abandoned by the calico cat.
"Xiaobai..." Qiu Huoming was looking for Xiaobai.
In the triangular shed, Xiaobai finally came out.
Qiu Huoming straightened up and looked around. "Hey, where's that three-flowered one?"
"Probably out hunting."
As Xiaobai came out, the other little guys also came out. Each one was well taken care of, with soft and clean fur. It was obvious that Sanhua was very good at taking care of the kittens.
"1, 2, 3..." Zhao Jiamin squatted down again and counted them one by one. "Wow, there are seven!"
Qiu Huoming looked at these little guys and said, "Strange, why is there a pure black one..."
He glanced at Xiaobai and asked, "Are you happy to be a father?"
Zhao Jiamin didn't understand and asked, "What do you mean?" She glanced at a paint-chipped rice bowl placed beside the shed and casually put two small dried fish in it.
Qiu Huoming scratched the back of his head and decided not to explain.
"Xiaobai is now a father..."
"That's right..." Zhao Jiamin didn't care. She reached out and gently touched Xiaobai's head.
Xiaobai was snoring and rubbed his head against her palm affectionately.
"The irises of these little guys' eyes haven't fallen off yet. They are probably only about one month old. They are so cute." Qiu Huoming was dazzled by the sight, but it was a pity that he couldn't pet them.
"Amin, which one do you like?"
"Let's talk about it together?" Zhao Jiamin turned to look at Qiu Huoming and suggested.
"Okay, 1, 2, 3... Xiao Hei."
"Little black."
The two looked at each other and laughed together.
"Then it's Xiao Hei." Qiu Huoming stared at the little black cat and suddenly had the illusion that he was looking at his own cub.
As the two were chatting, a cat's meow suddenly came from the wall.
The kittens heard the noise and ran back to hide in the triangular shed...
"Sanhua is here." Qiu Huoming stood up straight and looked up at the wall.
"Mimi..." he called softly, and then threw a small dried fish into its food bowl.
Sanhua jumped down from the wall and did not accept his kindness at all. Its hair stood up, its back was arched, and it barked at them fiercely.
Zhao Jiamin was startled. Qiu Huoming pulled her back a few steps and said, "It's protecting its cub..."
Xiaobai came closer, and Sanhua finally restrained himself a little.
"It seems like I have to wait a while before coming back..." Qiu Huoming sighed, "Use food to bribe it first."
Zhao Jiamin threw the only two dried fish left in her hand into the rice bowl, "Sanhua, Sanhua, we promise to treat your child well..."
Qiu Huoming pulled her back and said, "Let's go back and see if there are any fresh fish. We can make some cat food for them then..."
Zhao Jiamin was surprised and asked, "You can do it?"
"I don't know how to cook what humans eat, but I know how to cook what cats eat." Qiu Huoming raised the corner of his mouth. After all, cat food does not need any seasoning, and cats don't know how to protest, so they naturally let him brag.
The two walked back while chatting.
"Have you learned pushing hands?" Zhao Jiamin asked halfway.
"I can't say I've mastered it. I can only say I've only learned it on the surface. My master said that this thing needs to be practiced frequently. Do you want to learn it and practice with me in the future?"
Zhao Jiamin rolled her eyes at him, "You can only practice with equal strength. I'm so much shorter than you and I don't have as much strength. What's the point of pushing? For you, you're just practicing, but for me, I'm just looking for trouble... They say that a little effort can bring about a lot of gold, but that can only be done if the base number is sufficient..."
"As expected of a science student, you always pay attention to the theory and practice in everything. You are right. No matter how many tricks you have, they are just paper tigers in front of absolute power."
When we entered the wooden building, several uncles were already drinking tea in the tea room calmly.
Seeing Qiu Huoming and Zhao Jiamin coming in, Lao Pan smiled and asked, "Did you see those cats?"
"Yes, Uncle Pan. You even built a shed for them?" Qiu Huoming found a place and sat down.
Old Pan shook his head and said, "It wasn't me who picked up the cats, it was my nephew. He loved those cats so much..." After saying that, he raised his wrist and looked at his watch.
"He'll be here in half an hour."
"Jincheng comes over every week to feed the cats. Now, except for the calico cat, no one will touch the little guys..." Old Pan sighed, "Not even I can touch it."
Teacher Zhang took a sip of tea and turned to look at Qiu Huoming, "Why haven't you submitted any articles recently? Are you busy with your studies?"
"Uncle Zhang, we have an exam coming up and we've been busy reviewing lately."
Xu Lang asked: "Is the holiday coming soon? Are you going home for the New Year? If not, then stay in Yangcheng and spend the New Year with me..."