Lao Cha said so solemnly that Zhang Zi'an was a little flattered, he couldn't guess what the well-informed Lao Cha would ask him for, was it about science?

He smiled and said: "Old man tea, don't be so polite, if you don't understand, just say it directly, I know everything, and I can't say anything." ”

Lao Cha groaned and said, "Listen to Zi'an, what do you mean, this folded ear cat originated abroad, and then introduced to China?"

Zhang Zi'an nodded, "Yes, it is said that it was accidentally bred by a breeder from a small country in Europe." ”

"Do you know what year and month it is?" asked Lao Cha again.

"This ......" Zhang Zi'an is not an expert in cat history, he picked up his mobile phone and searched for it before replying: "1961, more than half a century ago." ”

"That's not right. Lao Cha shook his head suspiciously, "Lao Yu has clearly seen the kind of cat with drooping ears as you said before......"

"Huh?" Zhang Zi'an was stunned, "Old man tea, do you mean the end of the last century when you say 'before'?"

He met Lao Cha in the Hidden Fog Mountain, there are many dense woods on the Hidden Fog Mountain, he thought at first that the old tea said that the chance encounter in the mountain forest refers to the mountain forest of the Hidden Fog Mountain, but now it seems that it is not.

"Exactly. Lao Cha was even more confused, "Lao Yu was in the prime of life at that time, confident that his eyes would not dazzle, and he would never be mistaken." However, you also say that this cat only appeared in 1961, which is a strange thing......"

"What does the cat you see look like, is it the same as a cat with folded ears?" Zhang Zi'an inquired in detail.

Lao Cha shook his head, "It's different." The cat has long hair all over its body, and its coat is pure white, which is somewhat like a snow lion...... It's just that the body is longer and the tail is thicker and more powerful. ”

The snow lion was napping, and when he heard Lao Cha mention his name, he opened his sleepy eyes blankly, "What are you doing?"

Zhang Zi'an and Lao Cha ignored it, didn't answer, and sat back on the recliner to meditate.

The folded ear cat must have come out in 1961, and you can't be wrong about that.

However, it is impossible for Lao Cha to be mistaken, with Lao Cha's character, if you are not sure, you will not say it.

The question is, what's going on with the kind of cat with drooping ears that Lao Cha saw?

Time passed minute by minute, Lao Cha did not continue to watch TV, and Fina did not continue to nap, all staring at Zhang Zi'an's face with curiosity.

Snow-colored cat with long hair and droopy ears...... Folded ears cat...... 1961...... Late last century......

He blended these key words together, dismantled them again, and searched his stomach for clues in his mind.

After a long time.

"Ahh

"Oh, Zi'an, come on!" said Lao Cha in surprise.

Zhang Zi'an swallowed excitedly, organized his words, and said: "I happened to see similar rumors before, but at that time, I just listened to it as an anecdote, and I didn't take it seriously at all, thinking that it was a false rumor, and I didn't take it to heart, but as soon as you said this, I remembered it......"

Fina interrupted him impatiently, "Don't talk nonsense!"

"Okay......" Zhang Zi'an was quite complacent, and finally it was his turn to be in the limelight, but he was urged by Fina, so he had to omit the opening sentence of 10,000 words, and said directly: "Old man tea, what you see is not a modern folded ear cat, but an ancient Chinese lop cat, whose English name is Sumxu." No specimens have been found for this cat, and even the existence of such cats is disputed, and the last sighting was before liberation. ”

Lao Cha's beard trembled slightly, and he said with a surprised face: "Before liberation...... Does it mean before 1949? In this case, the time is right. ”

Fina frowned unhappily, "Ancient cats, why haven't you heard of this kind of cat clan, it can't be that you made it up, right? What is the crime of deceiving this palace, do you need this palace to remind you?"

"Emasculated! emasculated!" As soon as the topic was mentioned, the snow lion came to the spirit inexplicably.

"Ahem!" Zhang Zi'an coughed a few times and explained to Fina: "Although it is ancient, it is much later than your era, and it is normal that you have not heard of it." Don't worry, I'll take your time. ”

Zhang Zi'an lay back on the chaise longue, as if telling a story, relaying the legend he saw to Fina, Lao Cha, and the other elves.

The Chinese lop-eared cat was discovered and written in books by Western missionaries in the 17th century. In their writings, the cat is described as having long white fur and droopy ears and is extremely popular with Chinese ladies. Even in China at that time, lop-eared cats were not common, and were only circulated in small quantities among the upper classes.

Some people question that the cat does not actually exist, because there is no similar record in local Chinese literature, and others question that the lop-eared cat is not a cat, but an animal similar to a mink, or a hybrid of a cat and a mink. Quite a few Europeans were interested in this peculiar cat, and even offered a bounty at the European Cat Show in the hope that someone would bring a Chinese lop-eared cat, but sadly, no one could take the bounty.

The Chinese lop-eared cat was last reported in 1938, and since then the mainstream opinion is that the cat, if it ever existed, is now extinct.

Fina's curiosity was aroused, and she couldn't get enough of it, and kept urging him to continue, but Zhang Zi'an only knew that.

Lao Cha let out a long breath, "I see, it's called a lop-eared cat......"

"That...... Old man tea, this lop-eared cat is the name given by Western missionaries, I don't know what they are called locally in China, it is estimated that it is a homonym for the word Sumxu. In addition, according to the records of the missionaries, although the ears of the lop-eared cat and the fold-eared cat are both bent, the reasons for their formation are different: the fold-eared cat is a deformed genetic mutation, while the lop-eared cat seems to be 'used in and out' - due to long-term captivity, the ears lose their usefulness and slowly degenerate, which happens to be two different directions of evolutionary theory. Zhang Zi'an corrected.

As for what is the theory of evolution, it will inevitably take a lot of speech, Zhang Zi'an spoke in a fog, and Lao Cha and Fina seemed to understand it.

He spoke dryly, poured out the little ink in his stomach, picked up a bottle of Evian water, and drank it as a reward for himself. Fina glared at him, but didn't say anything.

After drinking it in one gulp, he wiped his mouth and asked Lao Cha curiously: "Old man tea, listen to what you mean, have you ever seen this kind of lop-eared cat?"

Lao Cha nodded slowly, "I can't be wrong, I saw it once in the jungle at the junction of the two Guangzhous in the past, and I was deeply surprised at the time, I don't know where this cat-like thing comes from, and they can't understand the ordinary cat language, it may be what you said Sumxu." ”

Zhang Zi'an felt that he had missed 100 million, and he wanted to say that old man tea, you should have caught one decisively, sent it to the European cat show in exchange for a bounty, and then exchanged it for gold bars and silver dollars and hid it in a hidden place, and then took him to dig for treasure today......

Since there is Lao Cha as a witness, lop-eared cats probably did exist, but they may have been extinct in the war in the early part of the last century, as for whether they are cats or mink, it is difficult to say, Zhang Zi'an prefers that they are a white mink, after all, according to Lao Cha, they can't understand ordinary cat language.

He did not believe that the animal was the offspring of a cat and a mink, that a lion and a tiger could give birth to a liger, and that a horse and a donkey could give birth to a mule, but that a cat and an ermine were ...... Isn't it a little far behind?

Fina snorted coldly: "If this palace is present, whether it is a cat or not a cat, this palace will know at a glance." ”

Zhang Zi'an didn't argue with it because it was telling the truth.

It is useless to regret a mysterious creature that has become extinct and has not even left a specimen.

He stood up with the teapot, "Old man tea, I'll go change the tea leaves for you." ”

"There's Lao Zi'an. Lao Cha smiled with relief, and finally had a heart disease, and it felt very comfortable.