Chapter 228

When it was dark, the street shops lit up one by one, some dim, some bright, some white and some pink. People in the city began to enjoy their different nightlife after experiencing the white days that are almost the same every day and don't seem to belong to them at all.

Hot pot shops and Hunan restaurants were full. Those who couldn't get on the wheel took the number and lined up at the door. The kebab stand on the street was also full of people, and the aroma wafted far away. The road was littered with mutton skewers and lobster gloves, and overturned vermicelli soup was scattered everywhere.

The cook shouted at the back door of the hotel, "why don't the swill collector come? The swill bucket is full and can't hold it!" after looking around for a long time, he didn't see the swill truck coming, so he called the vegetable washer, "go, pour the water in the swill bucket into the gutter, remember to take out all the residue and throw it into the trash can, don't block the gutter!"

In the dark corner of the wall on the street, there are more than a dozen large garbage cans, but they still can't hold all the garbage left by the appetite indulgent people in this noisy night. Scattered plastic bags are all over the ground. Pickled cabbage fish soup is mixed with sheep blood, and garlic emits a rotten smell under the action of mold.

However, this disgusting taste has become a gluttonous delicacy of some animals.

Several stray dogs kept sniffing by the garbage can. Human indulgence gave them a chance to pick and choose. For them, this is a rare food season, which can fatten up their bodies. After winter, people hide in their homes with heating at night. Only a small amount of food waste will be cold and hard as soon as it is thrown outdoors. At that time, they will face months of cold and hunger.

The wall behind the trash can is more than two meters high. Behind the wall is a wasteland that has been demolished for a long time but has not been developed, full of weeds and thorns.

A thin cat ran up the wall. I don't know whether the light of the street lamp was too dim or the cat was too dirty. It was black and couldn't see the color of its body hair. Only two bright eyes flashed hungry yellow and green light.

It lay quietly on the wall and carefully observed the noisy crowd in the busy street not far away, as if a scout were investigating the enemy situation in front.

A stray dog looked up at it and wanted to bark. It was probably because it was still swallowing. It only purred in its throat, and then lowered its head to look for its food.

The cat shrunk its neck. Seeing that the dog didn't bark wildly, it was bold, leaned out half of its body and tried to jump down.

There came rustling footsteps. Two young men in white overalls came here carrying a large bucket of garbage. The cat quickly retracted, with its front paws lying on the wall, and its hind legs retreated outside the wall, ready to jump off the wall at any time. Several stray dogs walked a few steps away and continued to turn over their delicious food.

"Today's business is really good." after throwing away the garbage, one of them took out a cigarette and handed one. "Come on, have a cigarette and have a rest."

"What if business is good? It's the boss who earns and we who are tired." another took the cigarette and lit it. The fire red the wall and scared the cat on the wall.

"That's right. If I don't get a raise, I can't go on."

"If you can't do it, you have to do it. It's good to have a job these days!"

"But our salary is too poor. We haven't caught a few cats yet. I heard that the online cat killing order has raised the price again, and one cat has risen to 5000."

"Don't say five thousand or fifty thousand. You can still see a living cat in the city now? Even if you see it, you can't catch it. It's not who sees it. You have to kill it."

"Hey, you said there was so much rubbish here. Would there be stray cats or something?"

"In the past, I didn't know if there was one."

"Why don't we get some medicine to sprinkle and come back in the middle of the night? Maybe there's a surprise!"

"Well, you can try."

……

The cat cocked up its ears.

There were footsteps over there, heavier than the previous two. It was obviously a fat man.

"Hey, I said, what are you doing here? You've been throwing garbage for so long and don't look at it when you're lazy!"

"Just have a cigarette and go right away!"

"Whose cigarette? I'll have one, too."

……

The cat knew that there were too many people coming and going now. Before it could enjoy the delicious food, it had to lick its lips gently and take a step back. Its claws grabbed the wall and slowly took a step back, afraid to make a sound. In this way, step by step, until it retreated to the root of the wall, it gently jumped into the grass.

Crawling in the overgrown wasteland, waiting quietly, just like a sneak attack soldier waiting for the order of attack.

A wild mouse crawled through a ditch by the grass. The cat did not move, staring at it through the grass leaves. When it approached, it flashed out its claws and pressed it under its claws.

The mouse squeaked.

The cat looked up a little flustered and listened, as if afraid that the small mouse cry would disturb the people over there. After listening to it for a while, it crawled down again.

This is a fat mouse. The rich food here fattens it, and it is mostly for this reason that it is easily caught by the cat.

This fat mouse is a delicious dinner for the cat who has been hungry for a day, which can let it spend another barren night without worry.

However, when he heard the mouse's painful squeak, the cat suddenly felt a pang of sympathy for the same disease.

Half a month ago, he was still lying on a comfortable blanket, blowing the air conditioner, watching TV and eating cat food bought in the supermarket. Now he has to pick up food in the trash can and sneak. It is said that rats cross the street and everyone yells at them, but people fight rats only because they are disgusted. Few people chase them so hard that they are killed. But now the cat, not only everyone yells, once found, but will not stop until it is killed.

The cat doesn't know what happened. Of course, it can't understand the online cat killing order, but it has watched its own kind disappear into the world one by one. It's hard to say how many cats are still alive in this city today.

The same is the end of the world!

The cat slowly released its sharp claws, and the mouse squeaked twice in case of amnesty, and moved his fat body to hide in the dark cave.

The voice on the other side of the wall stopped, and the footsteps gradually moved away.

The cat ran up the wall again, put out its head, looked around, and quickly ran down. Before a group of wild dogs reacted, it accurately bit half of the bass left by people.

Its movement is fast and light, and it hardly makes any sound. The stain covered its hair and covered its original color. It is difficult to find its existence in the dark shadow. However, it can't hide its gemstone like eyes that reflect yellow and green light. Although it only flashes, it is as eye-catching as a meteor across the night sky.

A drunken man was untiing his pants and peeing in the dark corner of the roadside. Suddenly, he was shaken by something and walked unsteadily towards the garbage can. Then, the brain dazzled by half a kilo of white stem suddenly woke up and roared in a Hong Zhong like voice:

"There are cats!"

The street suddenly became quiet, like time stopped for a moment. Then he coaxed it to explode. Street sweepers waved brooms, those who ate skewers held baking skewers, cyclists pushed their cars and walked to pick up a branch, all of which rushed in the direction of the drunkard.

The cat was so frightened that it blew its hair. With half a fish in its mouth, it ran over the wall and ran away from the wasteland.

Behind it, people shouted: "seize it... Don't let it run... Surround it... Block the exit..."