Not far down from the road, the courtyard enclosed by the blue brick wall is half an acre in size, and there is a pond in front of it, and there are four or five families scattered in all directions, and seven or eight lights are lit in the quiet night, outlining the outline of the scenery near and far.

Shen Huai and Chen Dan approached the house, and suddenly a dog barked from the darkness, making people realize that there was a dog lying behind the courtyard gate. Perhaps it was because he heard the footsteps and did not stop, and the dog at the gate of the courtyard barked twice more violently, intending to discourage outsiders from trying to approach the courtyard.

Chen Dan saw Shen Huai stop in front of him, guessing that he was afraid of being bitten by a dog, and explained: "Jin Zi is cowardly, it is a golden retriever dog that Hai Wen caught and raised from the city before his death. It listened to the footsteps of strangers, and dared to call twice, and it was docile once it knew it. But it's also strange, after Haven's death, Jin didn't scream for more than half a month, and he lay behind the courtyard gate all day, staring at passers-by, as if waiting for Haven to come back......"

Shen Huai whistled probingly.

This whistle still seemed a little dull in the quiet night, but when the whistle came out, I saw a black shadow rushing out of the darkness and rushing towards Shen Huai.

Chen Dan was startled, thinking that the gold was crazy and wanted to bite Shen Huai, but he couldn't stop it, so he watched the gold pounce on Shen Huai before slamming it to his feet.

Jin Zi hesitantly looked up at the person in front of him, and then tentatively leaned over and sniffed, as if he wanted to smell a familiar smell from the person in front of him...... The whistle was so familiar, but the smell of the person in front of him was so unfamiliar, Jin Zi was confused, and seemed unwilling to let the familiar whistle disappear, and roared like a whimper.

Chen Tong only wanted to bite Shen Huai when he was gold, where could he let Shen Huai let the dog bite him? Jumping out of the car, he raised his foot and kicked at the gold, trying to kick the danger away from Shen Huai.

"Don't!" Seeing Chen Tong come over with his feet raised, Shen Huai couldn't stop it, so he stepped over with his feet and blocked in front of Jinzi. Chen Tong raised his foot and kicked the dog without knowing the severity, Shen Huai was kicked on the calf, and his heart hurt, and he couldn't help but turn around and shout at Chen Tong: "It just doesn't know me, why are you kicking it?"

Chen Tong frightened Shen Huai, and Chen Dan was also at a loss for the sudden change.

Shen Huai also knew that Chen Tong was in a hurry just now because he was afraid that the dog would bite him, but at this moment, he couldn't suppress the emotions in his heart anymore, squatted down and hugged the gold in confusion, and cried uncontrollably and silently......

The moment the gold was hugged by Shen Huai, he still wanted to struggle, and suddenly felt that such a hug was so familiar, his bright eyes looked at the big tears falling on the cheeks of the person in front of him, although he was confused, he still leaned over and stuck out his tongue and licked his face twice, the salty tears were nothing to eat, so he did not struggle to dodge, but immersed himself in this familiar embrace.

Chen Dan's vigilance and vigilance, Shen Huai will not blame her, and he feels that she deserves it, knowing that she is a good woman who is clean and self-conscious, Shen Huai also controls not too abrupt to approach Xiao Li and Chen Dan. It's just that the more rational the restraint, the more the complex emotions of the relatives who can't recognize each other in front of them are suppressed, and they collapse inadvertently.

Shen Huai thought excitedly, his tears couldn't be stopped, and his face was full of paste.

Chen Dan and Chen Tong's sisters and brothers were stupid there, how majestic Shen Huai was when he shocked the "yellow-faced cat" Wang Gang before dark, where did he think that he would hold a "strange" dog and cry like this. Fortunately, it was night, and it was not a complete ruin, but it also frightened the Chen Dan sisters and brothers, and they were at a loss.

"Brother?" suddenly came a timid shout from the courtyard gate.

"Oh, it's us. Listening to Xiao Li shouting in the courtyard, Chen Tong thought he was calling him, so he came back to his senses and responded.

It was also Xiao Li's timid shout, as if there was an ethereal sound in his soul, which woke up Shen Huai's uncontrollable emotions, and when he turned his head to look, the headlights in the courtyard turned on, and the light hit Xiao Li's thin and white face, and it could be seen that her eyes seemed to be full of confusion and loss that could not be concealed: Could it be that Xiao Li also heard the whistle that he couldn't help but call for gold just now?

Jin Zi was eight months old, with beautiful fur, like light golden satin, as high as Shen Huai's knees, with his tail swinging, and barked at Xiao Li who was standing at the courtyard gate, as if to tell her: He is his brother.

Xiao Li stood in the bright place, couldn't see the tears on Shen Huai's face, and looked at Chen Dan, Chen Tong and Secretary Shen, who had helped them in the city steel mill before, standing at the intersection, only to hear the familiar whistle just now, it was his own hallucination.

Although Xiao Li was disappointed, he still opened the courtyard door and asked, "Why did you come back so late?"

Although Shen Huai felt pain in his heart, he came to his senses, wiped the tears on his cheeks, and smiled with the frightened Chen Dan: "I was accompanied by a dog when I was young, and the gold looked too much like it." I grew up on the farm, my mother and I didn't have any playmates, and that dog accompanied us through the most difficult years. When I was twelve, my mother fell ill and died, and the dog stayed with me for another year before he died of old age, and then I grew up alone until now, without even a friend......"

Shen Huai cried like that, where would Chen Dan suspect his half-truths, her vigilance and vigilance against Shen Huai completely collapsed at this moment, and there was a soft place in her heart, which was moved by the indulgent emotional venting of the person in front of her.

"Chen Tong, you go first with Xiao Li first......" Chen Dan was afraid that Shen Huai would be embarrassed to others like this, so she asked her younger brother to go to the courtyard with Xiao Li first, she wanted to accompany Shen Huai to stand for a while in the dark night.

It's strange to say that Jin Zi didn't pay attention to Xiao Li's call, but stood meekly by Shen Huai's side, sweeping his trouser legs with his tail from time to time.

Shen Huai stood on the mud ridge on the side of the road, and only then did he feel a kick to Chen Tong, and his calf bones ached faintly.

"Chen Tong, this kid really doesn't know the severity," the light was very dim, Chen Dan wanted to see the place where Shen Huai's leg was kicked, so he could squat in front of Shen Huai's eyes, leaned over to look, reached out and pressed on the darker skin, looked up and asked Shen Huai, "Does it hurt?"

"Chen Tong was afraid that I would bite the gold and raise my foot again, and I yelled at him in a hurry, you can help me talk to him later." Shen Huai pretended to be relaxed and said.

He didn't mind Chen Tong's kick, he just wanted to clean up his emotions as soon as possible, and felt that Chen Dan's fingers on his little feet were cold. Chen Dan is so close, her face is like a clear lotus rising from the dark water, her eyes are so clear, Shen Huai smelled the faint fragrance coming from her body, her excitement gradually calmed down, her heart was warm, and she restrained the urge to hold her in her arms.

After the emotions were cleaned up, Shen Huai and Chen Dan went into the courtyard, and Chen Tong and Xiao Li were already preparing dinner inside.

Chen Dan and her husband Sun Yong have always had a bad relationship after marriage, and then they simply lived in the single dormitory upstairs of the town reception station.

The old house is empty around a small water plateau, surrounded by ponds on three sides, and a mound leading to the road on one side, and there are no other homes within two or three hundred meters around. Just two people living in such a house with a timid dog is quite infiltrating at night.

Even if Shen Huai didn't happen to rent a house in Meixi Town, Chen Dan wanted to take Xiao Li to the town to live and let the old mansion live;

Shen Huai wanted to rent the entire house, and promised that he would take care of the gold in the old mansion, and Chen Dan and Xiao Li could come over to see it at any time, and this problem was solved.

Xiao Li doesn't care much about things, no matter how strong she is, she is only a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl, and she has some habits of relying on Chen Dan these days, and the matter of renting a house naturally depends on Chen Dan to make decisions for her.

Chen Dan didn't want to get too close to Shen Huai, he was afraid that he would have something to think about him, and the closer he got, the deeper he would fall, but when he saw Shen Huai holding the gold and crying bitterly, this layer of concern and defense suddenly collapsed.

She knew that Shen Huai looked extremely beautiful, young and promising, and she must have endured unimaginable pain in her heart, so she could inadvertently vent her emotions so indulgently - although Shen Huai looked ugly when she cried bitterly, such a person made her feel at ease and real.

Thinking of Shen Huai's appearance just now, and seeing that all night, the gold was lying at Shen Huai's feet, enjoying his touch very freely, Chen Dan's heart was warm, how could he refuse to rent the old mansion to him again?

The matter of renting a house was decided, Chen Dan and Xiao Li did not want rent, Shen Huai put the six hundred yuan worth three months' rent on the table, and said:

"I came to Meixi Town to be a cadre, and if the white house doesn't pay rent, I can't talk about it. This is also in Meixi Town, such a big yard, plus so much land outside, the rent is only 200 yuan per month, which is really cheap for me. In the matter of renting a house, you can help me draw up a lease, and inform the village again. Don't let the neighbors around me see me as a stranger, and when I am beaten by a thief, I have nowhere to say wrong......"

Shen Huai's words always have persuasive power that cannot be refused, but Chen Dan will be the main Xiaoli to accept the rent. Although the city steel mill promised to pay living expenses and tuition fees on a monthly basis before Xiaoli joined the work, but the price of goods has risen sharply in recent years, and the living expenses are only more than 120 yuan per month, in fact, life will be very embarrassing, and Chen Dan's salary is not high.

If you rent out the old house, you can get an extra 200 yuan in rent every month, and you don't have to live so poorly.