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Chapter 15 Thirteen

cat city story 老舍 2511Words 2023-02-05
Daxie transported all the fan leaves in without saying thank you. He has no control over where I live; living in his house is not allowed, no, there are more than a thousand reasons why.Finally he said: Living with us, you lose your status!You are a foreigner, why don't you live in a foreign city?He said what those two Guangguo people refused to say clearly, with a shameless frankness! I was not angry, and explained to him in detail why I wanted to live in Cat City.I even hinted that if his home was inconvenient, I just wanted to see what his home was like, and then I would find another place myself.It doesn't work even if you look at it.This rejection was expected.Where did he live during those months in the Misty Wood?I never found out; Miye is hiding at home now, wouldn't it be dangerous for me to find out.I told Daxie that if I intended to rob his Miye, I would have done it last night, so why bother waiting for him to hide me.He shook his head: there are women in his family, it is inconvenient to entertain male guests, this is a very powerful reason.However, taking a look does not make a woman look like a piece of flesh Oh, I am a little confused, that is not what the big scorpion meant.

On the top of the wall was the head of an old cat, with white hair and a pig's mouth twitching like a dried papaya.The old cat shouted: We don't want foreigners!No foreigners!Don't, don't!This must be Daxie's father. I am still not angry, but I admire this old cat with a dry papaya mouth. Not only is he not afraid, but he dares to look down on foreigners.This look down on people may be out of ignorance, but in my opinion, he is more human than Scorpion. A young catman called me aside, and the big scorpion took the opportunity to climb up the wall. Young cat people, this is what I most want to see.This young man is the son of the big scorpion.I am even happier, I have seen three generations.Although the old cat and the big scorpion with Papaya Mouth are still alive, they may have great influence, but they are people from the past after all; to diagnose whether the disease in the cat country has improved, youth is the pulse door.

Are you from afar?Xiao Xie actually has another name, I called him that to save trouble and ask me. Far, far!Tell me, is that old man your grandfather?I asked. yes.Grandfather thought that all disasters were brought by foreigners, so he hated foreigners the most. He also eats fan leaves? eat.Because the fan leaves were brought from abroad, he felt that eating the fan leaves would embarrass foreigners, and it was not his own fault. There were a lot of people around, all with round eyes and mouths open, looking at me like a monster. Can't we find a quiet place to talk? Wherever we go, they follow; let's talk here.They don't want to listen to what we say, they just need to see how you open your mouth and blink your eyes.

I like the straightforwardness of Xiaoscorpion very much. All right.I am also inconvenient and must find a quiet place.Where is your father? The father was a new figure, at least twenty years ago.Twenty years ago he objected to eating lost leaves, and now he has inherited his grandfather's lost leaves.Twenty years ago he advocated women's rights, but now he won't let you in because there are women in the house.My grandfather often said that I will be the same in the future: when I was young, I was curious, and when I was middle-aged, I would look back at my ancestors' legacy.My grandfather didn't know anything about foreign affairs, so he took the rules and regulations passed down from our ancestors as the standard of conduct.My father knew some foreign things. When he was young, he wanted to imitate foreigners everywhere. Now he uses that knowledge as a tool to maintain his own interests.Where a new method should be used, he uses a new method, not as stubborn as his grandfather; but this is just the application of the method of life, not a change in the purpose of life, and the purpose of father and grandfather is exactly the same.

My eyes are closed; in the light of the words I see the outline of a picture of social change.There may be a bright glow around the outline, but the inside of the outline is getting darker and darker.Whether this cloud of black air can unite with that Duan Mingxia again, turning from gloom to light, all depends on whether there is any powerful light on Xiaoxie.I think so, although I don't know what kind of character Xiaoxie is. Do you eat mistletoe too?I asked it out of the blue, as if I was grasping the veil and using it as the source of all illnesses, but I couldn't answer the reason why I thought so.

I also eat.Scorpion replied. The picture in my mind was completely black, without even a little light. Why?I'm too rude, please forgive me for being so straightforward! I can't resist anything without eating it! Can you get rid of everything by eating it? The boss Xiaoxie was speechless for a long time. Perfunctory, yes!I have been to foreign countries, and I know a little about the general trend of the world.But among the people who don't want to solve any problems, perfunctory; how can you live without perfunctory?Xiao Xie said with a half-smile. personal effort? Useless!There are so many confused, honest, stupid, pitiful, poor, happy-go-lucky people; so many soldiers who only hold sticks and only rob fans and women; Politicians who don't care; individual efforts?After all, your own head is more worthy of concern than other people's!

Do most young people think this way?I asked. What?youth?There are no youths in our cat country!Here we only have the difference of age. If someone who is younger is considered a youth, the old man who has changed from such a youth is naturally old. He is probably a curse. I don’t remember the original word.Some of the young people here have older brains than my grandfather's; some have narrower minds than my father; The bad environment is also a fact that cannot be ignored. I interrupted and said, let's not be too strict. A bad environment has a bad influence, but on the other hand, a bad environment can also make people wake up; young people should always have some blood; but our young people are born half-dead.They don't see a little advantage, that's okay; as long as they see the advantage of a little money, their hearts stop beating.Usually they see everything as inappropriate; when they see cheapness and personal gain, they find everything pleasing to their eyes.

You are too pessimistic, forgive me for saying this, you are a pessimist with a clear heart and no courage.You only use the reason of disdain for effort as the basis for judging others, so you see everything as black and hopeless; in fact, it may not necessarily be the case.Maybe if you look at it from another perspective, this society is not so dark and scary? Perhaps; I leave this observation to you.You are a person from afar, or you can see more clearly than me.Xiao Scorpion smiled slightly. The people around us seemed suspicious of how I opened my mouth and how I blinked enough to see if I understood. They began to look at my torn trousers.I still have many questions to ask Xiaoxie, but there is almost no air around me, so I beg Xiaoxie to find me a place to live.He also advised me to live in a foreign city, but what he said was very philosophical: I don't want you to really do the work of observation, because I'm afraid that all your enthusiasm and expectations will be extinguished.However, you must insist on living here, and I can indeed find you a place.There's nothing else good about this place, they don't eat mi leaves.

There is no need to say anything else if you have a place to live, so please take care!I have made up my mind that I will never live in a foreign city.
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