Chapter 135 (2/2)

Jiao Yuan realized the village had changed quite a bit since he last came here Many families had built new houses The old brick houses had almost disappeared

Many of the people ent down south to work caes in their houses Building a house in the village was ers to show off their wealth

Most of the older folk in the village didn't farrandchildren and playingTheir children sent them money every month

Papa Jiao had wanted to rebuild his old family house Everyone lived in new houses now and he orried his parents ht be uncomfortable if he didn't build theainst the idea He liked his house Even now that he had a house in town, he preferred staying in the village

Many people here in the village knew Papa Jiao and respected him deeply He was a professor after all People here looked up to acadeovernment officials

Jiao Wei ca Grandpa Jiao clean out rooreat help to him in Chuhua so he would like to repay his kindness

Zheng Tan ca like crazy

Many dogs were like that They chased when you ran away and you ran ahen they chased It was a bad cycle S Tan didn't run away because he felt this dog wouldn't bite him and Grandpa wouldn't let it bite him either

Grandpa Jiao yelled at the dog to leave Zheng Tan alone It did so, although unhappily, and ran into the kitchen There were quite a few roos Grandpa Jiao had cleared out three rooms for them One for Papa and Mama Jiao, and one each for Jiao Yuan and Youzi

Though Youzi wasn't a grandchild of theirs, Grandpa and Grandma Jiao treated her very well They even placed some plants in her room to make it look livelier

There was a cat tree in Youzi's room Grandpa Jiao had made it himself He had someone print him a picture from the internet and made a cat tree It looked nice and theTan liked it

Zheng Tan still slept on the bed with Youzi at night The cat tree here he would rest during the day

Jiao Wei's grandht two over to play with Jiao Yuan and Youzi His grand Zheng Tan wasn't interested in rabbits

The next day after breakfast, Grandpa Jiao left to purchase goods for the new year Grand cured randmother's to look at the rabbits

Jiao Wei put a can in front of a rabbit hole A string was attached to the can and he held the other end When the rabbits left their hole, he would pull the string and the can would block the hole Jiao Yuan and Youzi could then catch the rabbits

Zheng Tan watched theo back for a nap When he ju the house with a bag in his hands

He knew Papa Jiao well enough to tell he was acting strange and decided to follow him

He passed by a few cats sleeping on haystacks It was cold and the cats let Zheng Tan pass without any reaction

A dog blew his cover, however It saw hi Thankfully it was leashed

Papa Jiao turned and saw hihed ”Cos around”

Zheng Tan was now very curious Where was Papa Jiao going?

They walked for another five minutes and stopped in front of a very old brick house The ere all made from paper The owner clearly didn't have a lot of money

Papa Jiao looked at the house in silence for a few seconds before walking over to the door

The door was open and the sun shone inside Zheng Tan could see dust floating in the air There was a wooden rocking chair near the door An old lady sat on it and appeared to be sleeping She wasn't wearing shabby old clothes like Zheng Tan would expect Her clothes were made from fine material but she was looked like she couldn't be bothered with keeping up her appearance

What a weird person

A three-legged tri-colored cat laid on her lap Compared to Li Yuanba, this cat was much smaller and skinnier It detected someone was here and opened its eyes It looked at thenore them

Papa Jiao laid the bags he was carrying down on the floor He had brought vitamins and daily products from Chuhua city He had spent quite a bit of money on them as well

The old lady opened her eyes She looked even older than Grandpa Jiao but her eyes were still bright

The old lady looked at Papa Jiao, then at Zheng Tan

Zheng Tan felt a shi+ver run down his spine and hid behind Papa Jiao's leg

”This isn't the same cat,” the old lady said

Her voice was flat and Zheng Tan couldn't detect any emotion in it