He Rulan lives in a single dormitory one or two hundred meters away from the school, which is a unified single dormitory in the railway area, where all single young men and women from all railway systems and units live.

It is a courtyard consisting of three three-story buildings, with a single dining hall and a public bath, as well as a pantry, which is very convenient for living.

There are a large number of male workers, the two buildings on the north side are male dormitories, and the southernmost one is a female dormitory dormitory, with a special dormitory aunt who is responsible for cleaning the corridors and taking out the garbage.

He Rulan lives on the third floor, and due to the different hours of work, the distribution of dormitories is arbitrary, with three people living in each room, but not necessarily from the same unit.

On the night of the establishment of the school, He Rulan and several other female teachers could only be arranged in a room with vacant beds, and the room assigned to He Rulan was originally a dormitory belonging to the electricity department, and one of the female employees moved out after getting married, vacating one of the beds.

When He Rulan came, it was winter, the room was in the shade, fortunately there was heating, the room was not cold, she was used to hardships in the countryside since she was a child, He Rulan felt that such a living environment was already very good, at least much better than the bunk beds in the school.

The room is not large, in addition to three beds, each person is equipped with a bedside table, some close-fitting clothes are placed in the cabinet below, the upper drawer can be used to put some books that are usually read, and cups and daily necessities are placed on the table.

He Rulan didn't have too many things, there was only a cup of drinking water and a small bottle of red light brand milk on the table, this is the cosmetics she is used to, it is cheap and practical, she has been using this brand since she was a teacher.

The other two beds, one bed is empty, the futon is rolled into a roll and piled on one side, I heard that this female employee has recently been seconded to the station below to replace the shift, and the personnel relationship is still on Yimeng's side, maybe she will come back one day, so the bed should be kept for her.

In the other bed, there lived a telegraph operator in the telegraph section, a chubby girl, named Ding Jianrong, this girl was cute, not tall, with a round face, big round eyes, and even a small mouth was round, very kawaii.

Ding Jianrong has excellent skin, white and transparent, smooth and black shawl hair, just like a doll, she has a cheerful personality, and she giggles without saying a word, which often makes He Rulan feel very good suddenly.

Ding Jianrong works in three shifts, and has to work a night shift every three days, because his family lives in the city, Ding Jianrong sometimes goes home to live one night without working the night shift, so that He Rulan is often the only one left in the dormitory at night.

He Rulan was originally a quiet person, and it was a pleasant thing to be alone, and when Ding Jianrong was away, He Rulan either read books and prepared for class, or listened to the new miniature radio issued by the unit to knit sweaters for her younger siblings.

But what frightened her the most was that every once in a while, there was a public security joint railway picket team that checked the dormitory from time to time.

I remember when I first came last winter, I was sleeping soundly in the middle of the night, when I heard the door of the dormitory being slammed, "Open the door! Open the door! Check the night!" He Rulan didn't know what was going on, and her heart was pounding with fright, but fortunately, Ding Jianrong was also in the dormitory that night, so she saw that she put on a padded jacket unhurriedly, turned on the light, and opened the door.

He Rulan was at a loss, sitting in the quilt with a cotton jacket, only to see a female public security officer holding a flashlight, taking a careful look in the small room, and squatting down to look under each bed, seeing He Rulan sitting in the quilt, she let her get out of bed, shook the quilt, and confirmed that there were only two girls in the house.

"Sister Ding, what is this for?" He Rulan trembled and got into the bed.

Ding Jianrong is one year older than He Rulan, and he came two years earlier, so he is not surprised by anything, "It's okay! It's just that the public security is checking the night, isn't it a strict crackdown in the past two years, and it is also for our safety, if you are in the dormitory by yourself in the future, you open the door when you encounter a night check, and our female staff dormitory is a female public security inspection night, don't worry!" After that, he plugged in the door, turned off the light, went to bed and continued to sleep.

He Rulan opened her eyes in the dark, she hadn't slept for a long time, and her heart was still flickering, if she was alone, she was really a little nervous.

Now that she has lived in the dormitory for almost a year, He Rulan still can't get used to it, especially when she lives alone, when she turns off the lights at night, she secretly prays that she won't come to check the night tonight.

Luo Fengjuan, a colleague from the school, lives next door, and she is a worker in the same dormitory as the hydropower section, and sometimes she also works night shifts, now He Rulan has experience, when Ding Jianrong is not there, if He Rulan sees that Luo Fengjuan's house is free, she will move to her house at night, Luo Fengjuan is actually a little scared, and the two of them are just right together.

That night, Ding Jianrong was on the night shift again, Luo Fengjuan asked He Rulan to come over early, the two chatted together and knitted sweaters together, saving loneliness, He Rulan prepared the class early after dinner, and came to the next room with a cup of woolen yarn.

At more than eight o'clock, He Rulan's wool ran out, she picked up the key and went back to the dormitory to get another ball, the strange thing is that the key could not open the door, as if someone had inserted a bolt inside.

Ding Jianrong went to work the night shift, who could be inside? He Rulan was terrified, she hurriedly called Luo Fengjuan, the two knocked on the door together, there was a clanging in the house, obviously there were people inside, could it be a thief?

He Rulan and Luo Fengjuan looked at each other, not knowing what to do, otherwise find the dormitory manager Aunt The two were discussing in a whisper, and the door opened from the inside.

A short woman looked at them with a smile on her face, "Are you?" He Rulan didn't know how she got in.

"Oh, my name is Hu Xiaoqin, and I also live in this room, you are Teacher He, right? I heard Ding Jianrong say you, I fell asleep just now, so I plugged the door. ”

"Oh, you're Hu Xiaoqin! Sister Hu, hello! We've never seen each other. He Rulan saw that Hu Xiaoqin's bedding had indeed been laid.

He Rulan had heard Ding Jianrong talk about Hu Xiaoqin for a long time, but she hadn't met her in the past year, and she heard Ding Jianrong say that she had come back a few times, but He Rulan either went back to Ruyi Town, or went out and was not in the dormitory, in short, the two had never met.

When He Rulan saw that Hu Xiaoqin was back, she wanted to go back to her room to sleep, but Luo Fengjuan scolded her for being selfish and abandoning Luo Fengjuan when she had a companion, He Rulan had no choice but to smile and say, "Okay, good!

After taking the wool, He Rulan and Luo Fengjuan left, and before leaving, they looked back, and the basin and sundries under Ding Jianrong's bed were all taken out and piled on the ground in front of the bed.

In the middle of the night, sure enough, it was night again, He Rulan and Luo Fengjuan did not panic this time, after all, the two of them were also bold, and they were about to close the door after the inspection, when they heard a riot next door, the female public security shouted loudly, and several other public security officers rushed in the corridor, and a man and a woman were pulled out of the room.

The woman is Hu Xiaoqin!