"Okay, you can tell me. Geng Hao said.

"Do you see the river?"

Zhong Xiu pointed to the river below the slope, which was dark and swarthy. Geng Hao nodded. Zhong Xiu continued, using her characteristic gentle voice, like a narrator, soft and gentle.

"This river is called Cam Ranh River. Hundreds of years ago, there was a girl named Jin Lan, who had a pair of skillful hands, and the embroidered brocade she woven was famous all over the world. She was smart and kind, so she taught her embroidery skills to the rest of the village, and the whole village became rich. The people of the village have great respect for Cam Ranh. Jin Lan is also good-looking, and there are many guys who propose from all directions. Later, Jin Lan fell in love with a handsome young man who came from out of town to propose. Who knows, that guy is to steal embroidery from Jin Lan, he smuggled out all the embroidery of Jin Lan, sold it for a large price, instantly became rich, and opened an embroidery workshop with Jin Lan's embroidery. And Jin Lan found obstruction when the guy was transporting embroidery, and was pushed into the river by the guy and drowned. The people of the village were very sad and named the river Cam Ranh River in honor of her. ”

Geng Hao listened quietly and found that he was thinking too much. Zhong Xiu is really popularizing the nostalgia of Mo Village with him. This kind of story can be said to be a very bad street, and changing the name of the character and changing the river is the legend of such and such a place. However, it is also a point of historical memory of a place that is worth listening to.

Later, the villagers noticed that something strange had happened in the village. Zhong Xiu paused suddenly, and slowly turned his head to look at Geng Hao, his expression was slightly worried and panicked, and Geng Hao was uncomfortable when he saw it, "Villagers can often salvage the bodies of young men from other places in the Jinlan River, and they are all very handsome. ”

Zhong Xiu didn't continue, waiting for his reaction. Out of a gentlemanly attitude, Geng Hao let Zhong Xiu walk in the road, and he walked on the side of the road, next to the river. Geng Hao casually glanced at the river below the slope, and the river surface was very calm. It seems that he didn't think much about it before, Zhong Xiu really held back a big move in the back. But this ultimate didn't make much of a difference to him. He has read a lot of serious books since he was a child, and he has heard a lot of weird stories.

Therefore, there is a saying that young men from other places should not walk alone on the road at night, they will be dragged into the river by Jin Lan as a negative man and drowned. Zhong Xiu made the final summary, and seeing that Geng Hao didn't believe it, he added, "Recently, there has been heavy rain and flooding in the sky, and Jin Lan also took this opportunity to drag someone away." You know, we drowned a guy here? It was a handsome guy from out of town, who came here to play with his classmates, and was taken away when the water was rising. ”

Geng Hao wanted to tell Zhong Xiu to spread superstitious thoughts, his eyes swept over the silent river again, I don't know if it was an illusion or a psychological effect, the river seemed to be even darker, even the moonlight could not be reflected very much, and the sound of flowing water was much lower. Geng Hao's eyes sank, and he walked into the road without a trace, catching a glimpse of the red house not far in front of him, and his heart was a little relieved. It's finally here!

"Your house has arrived. ”

"Well, thank you for sending me back in the evening. Zhong Xiu smiled casually, "I said you don't want to send me back, in our village, young men are more dangerous than girls, especially handsome young men from other places." I don't mean to scare you, I just want you to be careful when you go back. ”

It's really an empathetic remark, Geng Hao would rather she hadn't reminded herself of these words. When they were about to arrive, the door light in the courtyard was turned on, and the whole courtyard was a little brighter, and Geng Hao sent Zhong Ling to the courtyard all the time, letting the light shine on his body and feel the "warmth" of the light. Zhong Ling came out of it and saw that Zhong Xiu, who was sent by Geng Hao, came back, and his expression became a little subtle.

"Today, I trouble Zhong Xiu to help print the volume, so that she will come back late. Geng Hao apologized to explain the reason to Zhong Ling.

"Oh, it's okay, it's okay. Zhong Ling smiled instantly, very simple, "Thank you, Teacher Geng, for sending my little sister back." ”

"It should. Geng Hao replied politely, "I'll go back, don't bother you, you rest early." ”

Zhong Ling nodded: "Okay, good, Teacher Geng should be more careful when he goes back." ”

"Teacher Geng remembered to walk on the road and stay away from the Jinlan River. Zhong Xiu still reminded "kindly". Geng Hao casually agreed, pretending not to hear. Who knew that Zhong Ling thought that Zhong Xiu was simply reminding Geng Hao not to walk at night and fall into the river carelessly, and he was also busy following the advice, "Yes, yes, stay away from the river, it's very dangerous at night, and no one knows if something happens to you alone." ”

These words are undoubtedly supporting the authenticity of Zhong Xiu's horror story, Geng Hao's face darkened, fortunately he has now retreated into the night, Zhong Ling and Zhong Xiu can't see the depressed and low expression on his face. Geng Hao saw Zhong Xiu's cunning smile and hurriedly waved his hand.

"Okay. ”

"By the way, you have a mobile phone, right? Do you have a phone number at our house? I'll report it to you, you can save one. Give us a call when you get home. Zhong Ling is still adding security measures to Geng Hao. Geng Hao was very helpless, if he continued to talk like this, he was afraid that he would really not be able to leave. How did the Zhong sisters give him the feeling that something would happen to him 99 percent?

"I have Zhong Xiu's phone here, and I'll send her a message when I arrive. I'm leaving, so go in. ”

After speaking, Geng Hao left quickly under the eyes of the Zhong family sisters, and he didn't even have time to turn on the flashlight. But after a few steps, I turned on the flashlight. It's too dark, and the road here is not repaired, so it's better to turn on the flashlight, and it looks safer. Geng Hao looked at the river, walked in a little more, and hummed a little song in his mouth. What to enjoy the silence of the summer night, he is now a little tired and sleepy, and just wants to hurry back to sleep. Geng Hao thought very clearly.

On the side of the Zhong family, as soon as the door light was turned off, Zhong Ling pulled Zhong Xiu into Zhong Xiu's room.

"Eldest sister, what are you doing?" Zhong Xiu put his backpack on the bed and watched Zhong Ling close the door with an inexplicable expression.

"Xiuxiu, eldest sister thinks that this Teacher Geng is really good. Zhong Ling crossed one leg and sat on Zhong Xiu's bed, patted her next to her and asked her to sit down too, "Or, I'll ask the principal or uncle to help you talk about it?"

Zhong Xiu rubbed his temples with a headache. Her eldest sister began to urge her to marry every day again, and the first call she received after graduation was from her eldest sister, and the eldest sister's first words were, "Xiu, you have finally graduated, and your eldest sister has shown you several young men, waiting for you to come back on a blind date." When is your ticket? I'll arrange for you to rest for half a day the day after you come back." At that time, she didn't know whether to say "thank you, eldest sister" or "eldest sister, don't be busy".

When she came back, she saw one or two very perfunctorily, and all the rest were pushed by the village committee. Her eldest sister went to her uncle, who was the village director, and had a good conversation. What do you say to send some work to Xiu Shao, so that she can give her lifelong events first. Zhong Xiu rolled his eyes when he heard this. Uncle really opened the way for her life's events, and let her block it back with a strong refusal.

"The eldest sister told you that my uncle also thinks this Teacher Geng is very good, and said that these villages are not as handsome as him. And it's from a famous university, it's definitely this. Zhong Ling gave a thumbs up as he spoke, "Such an excellent young man, if you don't be active, you will be snatched away by other girls." ”

Zhong Xiu's question mark in his head. When did her uncle get involved? No wonder she hadn't mentioned a blind date to her recently, and she thought that these elders wanted to open it, but it turned out that they had other plans. It's no wonder that when my uncle was in the village committee, he always told Geng Hao that he would ask him to look for her for anything, and she also thought that he was starting from the business, but he also harbored selfishness. Zhong Xiu threw his head back on the bed and took a deep breath.

Zhong Ling couldn't stand it, pulled her up, shook her shoulders and said, "Eldest sister is talking to you, do you hear? I also asked Jiajia, and Jiajia said that Teacher Geng can be serious and responsible in school, he is responsible, and he is very quick to do things. I also saw it when I went back to my cousin's house, and when I taught Yuancheng and Yuansheng, I was always serious and patient, and I was very diligent in helping your eldest sister and me. Such people, yes, are much better than the ones before them. The key is that you are an excellent college student, and you have always wanted to find an intellectual? ”

The more Zhong Xiu listened, the more tired she became, and she also felt that Geng Hao was a good person, and he was very good at doing things. But she doesn't have that mind now, she just thinks that the new branch secretary will be elected, and she can follow the new branch secretary to lead everyone to the road to prosperity, so that Mo Village can get out of poverty and let more children go to college. She was an aspiring young man who didn't want to become a housewife at an early age. Here in Mo Village, once she becomes a housewife, she is really confined to the hall and kitchen, and at most she goes to the fields to help when the farm is busy.

"Eldest sister, you are too casual, you don't even know the background of other people, so you mess around with the mandarin duck spectrum. Do you know that people have girlfriends?" Zhong Xiu's words made Zhong Ling sober.

Zhong Ling looked at her suspiciously: "Can't you, right?"

"I asked with Jia Jia before. Jiajia said that if Mr. Geng has no partner, he will introduce him to a girl in the village and leave him in the village, so that he can stay in the village as a teacher and solve the situation that there is no teacher in our village. Zhong Xiu said truthfully, "It's a pity that people have girlfriends, and Jiajia is sad." ”

"Then maybe it's Teacher Geng's nonsense? don't you also tell people all day long that you have a partner?" Zhong Ling said and glanced at him reproachfully.

Zhong Xiu recalled Geng Hao's state: "That can't be, I think he came to us because of some blow, and when it passed, he left." If you don't talk about it, you'll come for half a year. ”

"Oh yes. Zhong Ling's excitement had subsided, and he smiled intently and speculated, "Could he have been hit just because he broke with his partner?"

"Ouch, you just want someone to do well. I ran another day today, I was exhausted, I wanted to go to bed quickly, and I have to run for another day tomorrow. Zhong Xiu climbed down as he spoke, his whole body aching to death. I'm really afraid of graduation, it's miserable to have no job after graduation, and it's miserable to have no partner. Think about it now, what will she have to be urged to do when the Chinese New Year comes? If she could, she really wanted to hide in a place where she had no relatives during the Chinese New Year.