Sihwa had been waiting impatiently on the second floor for a long time. Zhang Zian put her into his phone, then took Vladimir with him. They sat in the Wuling Hong Guang MPV and headed east to the sea.
Vladimir had never been here before. Along the way, it jumped between the seats and observed everything around it with great interest.
Zhang Zian deliberately slowed down the car and introduced it to some of the nearby landmarks and the local customs of the city.
Today's weather was quite good. It was cloudy, and the temperature and humidity were just right. It was also the weekend. Along the way, they saw many families driving to the parks and attractions in and around Binhai City.
Not long after, they arrived at the beach.
"Wow! This is the sea! "
Vladimir's eyes widened in amazement when it saw the sea from afar.
"Why? First time seeing the sea? "Zhang Zian stopped the car at the usual place and asked.
"Yes! The biggest sea I saw before was Shicha Sea! "It stared at the sea and couldn't wait to get out of the car.
Zhang Zian said, "… Shicha Sea isn't considered a sea."
It opened the car door and jumped onto a nearby reef. Facing the blowing sea breeze, it took a deep breath of the slightly salty air and recited in a clear voice, "Thousands of years have passed. Wei Wu wielded the whip, and Donglin Jieshi left a legacy. The bleak autumn wind is here again, and the world has changed! "
Zhang Zian allowed it to be poetic. After all, it was the first time it had seen a real sea. It must have been emotional. He pulled the assault boat out of the trunk, inflated it, and checked if there were any leaks. This was a routine job every time he went out to sea, and he couldn't be careless.
During the inspection, he noticed that on Huanhai Avenue, where there were usually few pedestrians and vehicles, the frequency of vehicles coming and going was slightly higher than usual. There were also fully armed riders with their backs arched like shrimp, riding handsome road bicycles and speeding past. Was it really because everyone was taking advantage of the good weather to go for a walk?
He didn't know if anyone was driving a boat out to sea like him. He should be more careful today and not let others see Sihwa. However, the sea was vast, and the chances of meeting other people going out to sea were very low.
After the inspection, he called Vladimir to get on the boat and sat in the boat himself. He used the oars to push the assault boat away from the shore, and when the sea was a little deeper, he started the propeller.
"Wow!"
Vladimir stood at the bow of the ship, happily allowing the sea breeze to blow at its blue-gray fur. When the foam from the waves splashed onto its face, it nonchalantly rubbed it off.
"Why don't I see any fishing boats?" It turned around and asked when it realized that the surroundings were empty.
"Because there are no more fish to catch near the coast. If you want to catch fish, you have to go deep into the ocean. Moreover, the closed fishing season is here. In order to give the marine ecosystem time to recuperate, you can't go out to sea to fish during the closed fishing season," Zhang Zian explained.
"Really?" Vladimir felt a little regretful, but then he recited, "The fishing boats outside Binhai City, the vast ocean is nowhere to be seen. Which side do you know?"
Arriving at the deep sea area, Zhang Zian turned off the motor and let the boat slowly stop. He picked up the binoculars and looked around. After confirming that there were no other boats or people nearby, he started the game and released Sihwa.
Thump!
She fell into the sea and pushed her head and neck out of the sea with a flick of her tail fin. The salty taste in her mouth and the waves that followed immediately told her that it was seawater.
"A-Jeoan, come down and play in the water together!" She happily swam around the assault boat and waved at him.
Zhang Zian put his hand into the water and tried it. He shook his head and said, "Forget it. You can play by yourself. The water is still quite cold right now. I don't want to catch a cold. Besides, I didn't bring a swimsuit."
The most important thing was that if he also went into the water, who would observe whether or not there was anyone nearby?
He heard that when Wang Qian and Li Kun came by boat to play a few days ago, they had even gone into the water to swim. What a silly boy!
It was easy to go into the water, but after coming up, his whole body would be wet, and it would be easy to catch a cold when the sea breeze blew.
"Eh? Where did this cat come from? "Sihwa pointed at Vladimir, who was on the bow of the boat, and asked in surprise.
"Hi! I'm Vladimir. I'm new here. "Vladimir waved its paw.
Vladimir was the kind of person who didn't care about trifles. In addition, it didn't need to eat, and of course, it didn't need to go to the bathroom. So, it had basically never entered the bathroom since it arrived, and had never interacted with Sihwa.
Sihwa looked at it suspiciously. "Aren't you afraid of water? I heard that cats are afraid of water. Even Fina doesn't like water very much. "
Vladimir smiled. "Because other cats are afraid of water, so I have to be afraid of water too? This doesn't make sense! A complete Meow Meow Doctrine Believer is fearless. It can go up to the Ninth Heaven to catch the moon, and it can go down to the Fifth Ocean to catch turtles. What's there to be afraid of? "
Sihwa was very confused. She could only understand its words literally, so she pointed at its claws and said, "I don't know about going up to the Ninth Heaven to catch the moon, but your claws don't look like they can go down to the Fifth Ocean to catch turtles! If you go down to the Fifth Ocean, you'll probably be fed to the turtles! "
Vladimir laughed. "You're right. I really can't go down to the Fifth Ocean to catch turtles, but maybe other cats can. All the cats in the world are family. I don't need to do everything myself."
Sihwa's brain was relatively simple. She stubbornly held onto its words. "In short, the ocean belongs to the fish. No cat can go down to the Fifth Ocean to catch turtles!"
"Actually, that's not accurate," Zhang Zian interrupted. "Most types of cats are afraid of water and hate being wet. This is true, but as far as I know, there is a type of cat that is not only not afraid of water, but also likes it very much. It feeds on fish and goes into the water to catch fish almost every day."
"Ah? There's such a cat? "Sihwa was shocked. At the same time, she was glad that Fina wasn't the kind of cat that Zhang Zian was talking about.
Vladimir was also very curious. What it said about going down to the Fifth Ocean to catch turtles was just a figure of speech. It didn't think that there would really be a cat that would go into the water to catch fish.
Zhang Zian said, "That kind of cat is a very rare Turkish Van cat. I heard that it only lives near the Van Lake in the east of Turkey. It goes down to the lake to fish for a living. There are less than a hundred of them left, and because it is proficient in swimming, it has even been given the nickname 'swimming cat.' When people talk about cats with sky-high prices, they often use serval cats, Ashera cats, and Savannah cats as examples. Rich people are also proud to raise these cats, but in fact, the price of these cats is far less than the Van cat, which is the national treasure of Turkey. The price of a Van cat is as high as millions of dollars, and there is no market for it. The Turkish government doesn't allow people to take a Van cat out of the country. The only thing that can be comparable to the price of a Van cat is the legendary Egyptian cat. "
Coincidentally, the Van Lake in the east of Turkey was very close to Egypt, only separated by a part of the Mediterranean Sea. He had also considered taking advantage of this trip to Egypt to go to Turkey at his own expense to see the world's most expensive cat. However, it might be difficult to see it with his own eyes.
It wasn't entirely a good thing that things were rare. For example, the number of Van cats had reached a critical point. At present, there were less than a hundred of them.
In biology, there was a definition of the "minimum surviving population." Generally speaking, if an independent species wanted to survive and reproduce for a long time, it needed at least 1,000. Even if it wanted to survive for a short period of time, it needed at least 50. Once the number was lower, it meant that it was on the verge of extinction.
They were both endangered animals, but Turkey's protection of Van cats was far less than China's protection of giant pandas. Therefore, the population crisis of Van cats had not been effectively alleviated. Perhaps in a few years, there would no longer be such a cat in the world that liked to go into the water to fish.
Vladimir shook its head in disagreement. "Cats are equal. How can there be a distinction between high and low? All cats, or at least all cats in a country, or all cats in a society, should have equal political and social status. "
Zhang Zian smiled. "Indeed, cats are not high or low. Whether it's the rare Van cats or the most common local cats, they are all equal lives. The so-called price is just imposed by people, but after all, modern society is a thoroughly commercial society. Not to mention cats, even people have a hidden price. Some people earn more money and contribute more to society, so they are valuable. On the other hand, some people earn less money and contribute nothing to society, so they are not valuable … Although it sounds cruel, the truth is so, and there is no need to whitewash it."
Sihwa let out a long sigh of relief. "Fortunately, I'm the only mermaid in the world … Hey! What's with that look? Does it mean that if there is another mermaid, I'm the worthless one? "
She pointed at Zhang Zian angrily.
He shrugged his shoulders, feeling wronged. "I didn't say anything!"
"Your expression says so!" she said angrily.
"If you want to incriminate someone, you can always find a pretext!" Zhang Zian refused to admit it.
Vladimir stared at the place where the sea and the sky met in the distance and murmured, "In my lifetime, I must build a world where there is no exploitation, no oppression, no need for money, and where cats and cats are equal!"
Zhang Zian's heart skipped a beat. He felt that Fina would probably not agree to the arrival of such a world. In Fina's understanding, cats and cats were divided into different levels, just like how people were divided into different levels. When the time came, would it and Vladimir have a conflict because of their different ideals?
Both of them had strong hearts, and they could not be expected to accept the change in each other's thinking.
Fina had unparalleled leadership over domestic cats, and Vladimir seemed to be unifying stray cats and wild cats. In terms of strength, they were about the same.
Fortunately, even if such a world existed, it would probably only be realized many years later. It might not even be realized in his lifetime. After all, even humans were not completely equal. How could it be easy for cats to be equal? There was no need to worry about this now.
At least for today, it was better to put this aside and enjoy the sea breeze and sunshine together!
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