I already learned how と functions. It is used when we’re talking about natural
things. When something happens another thing always happens too. I sometimes
see と sentence like this one:

> 街灯じゃ暗い **と** カラスが頭上で笑った

Does this 笑った only present the past (I don’t understand why past verb is used
with this と)? Or does it have any other different meaning?
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particle-と
と in the first sentence + た in the second sentence
Have you learned about quotative-と, which is typically used with 思う, 考える, etc?
This と is not "when/if", but quotative. That is, 街灯じゃ暗い is what the crow
"said" or "thought" (of course it's a personification).

> 街灯じゃ暗いと カラスが頭上で笑った  
>  A crow laughed, (as if saying) "Street lights are dark!"

笑った is just the past tense of 笑う, and it has nothing to do with this usage of
quotative-と.
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