The car drove on the road that was gradually becoming less wide, and the fields on both sides were barren, and it was getting dark, and the twilight was heavy, and occasionally a few busy farmers could be seen, presumably tidying up the fields and preparing for the next season's planting.

Ran Zijin leaned against the glass, her eyes were a little hollow, her face was not very good, and all that came to her mind was Su Xiaoxiao's words.

She felt like a clown, and actually broke a cup of coffee for Su Xiaoxiao to go back, in fact, that cup of coffee should have been poured to her by Su Xiaoxiao instead of Qiao Zheqing, but why did she do such a funny thing so stubbornly.

She is the one who has done something sorry for others, but she can still complain about others with confidence.

She is probably the most unreasonable person in this world!

"Miss, our terminal has arrived, you can only get off here."

"Miss? Did you hear what I said? ”

"Miss!" The driver finally lost his patience and yelled at Ran Zijin, who was still sitting in the car, they had stopped for more than ten minutes, and all the other passengers had left, they had even cleaned the car, but she had no intention of leaving, just tilted her head and looked at the dark night outside the window.

"It's time to get there?" Ran Zijin woke up like a dream, withdrew his eyes from the reflection of his face on the glass, and looked into the empty car, "Oh, it's time for me to get out of the car." ”

She got out of the car with her small suitcase a little blankly, moved slowly, got out of the car and stood at the door as if thinking for a moment before raising her feet and leaving.

The driver watched her walk away and said to the conductor: "I'm afraid this girl has a bad brain, right?" ”

"Who knows!" The conductor replied, followed the driver to close the door, checked it, and went to the rest place in the town to rest.

The road was not easy to walk at night, and Ran Zijin was carrying a small suitcase, one foot deep and one foot shallow, so the heel of one shoe was broken, and even her ankle was twisted.

It didn't hurt much, but she cried anyway.

In the night without the moon and stars, she smeared and found a stone to sit down, rubbed her ankles, cried and took off the other shoe as well, broke the heel on the stone, and two five-centimeter-high heels instantly turned into flat shoes.

Putting the shoes back on her feet, Ran Zijin still didn't stop crying, she felt uncomfortable, the discomfort was as invisible as the dark night, but it was an existence that could not be ignored.

She always thought that Leng Muxuan would not deceive her, even if she occasionally made a little joke to deceive her, she would still tell her the truth in the end.

She thought he was measured, but how could he joke with her about people's life and death, hide her and deceive her, how he made her feel good.

He said that he was not as good as a dead man in her heart, but who knew that even if she felt guilty about Qiao Zheqing, even if she hated him for hiding the truth from her, she was defending him in her heart from beginning to end, and she was on his side.

After sitting for a while, Ran Zijin felt a little cold on his body, so he stood up and continued to walk forward.

The winding village roads are potholed, and even if the high heels turn into flats, they don't walk much better.

"Cousin Zijin, is that you?"

There was a flashlight in front of him, Ran Zijin put down the suitcase and raised his hand to block the dazzling light in front of him, "I am, are you here to pick up my little hedgehog?" ”

"I am! I am! As he spoke, a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy stood in front of Ran Zijin, with a refreshing smile on his handsome young face, "Cousin, I've finally waited for you." I didn't see you all the way just now, I thought you were lost, and I was scared! Let's go, let's go home! My mom has already cooked the meal, so when you come, it's time to eat! ”

As the boy named Little Hedgehog spoke, he picked up Ran Zijin's suitcase and held a flashlight in one hand to light the way forward for Ran Zijin.

With the light, it was much easier to walk now, Ran Zijin followed his pace and explained to him, "The car seems to be stuck in traffic, so it's dark when you come over." ”

"Looks like a traffic jam? Cousin, please, it's you sitting in the car, and you don't know if there's a traffic jam! You're so talented! The little hedgehog smiled and joked with Ran Zijin.

"I really don't remember exactly." Ran Zijin barely pulled out a smile, she was restless all the way, where would she notice if there was a traffic jam.

"Cousin, do you think I've grown taller? Don't look like an adult anymore? The little hedgehog asked Ran Zijin as he walked, this was the topic he cared about the most.

He always wanted to grow up, but the acquaintances in the village saw him every day, so they couldn't see the change in him. At this time, I saw Ran Zijin, who I hadn't seen for about two or three years, and of course I didn't miss the opportunity to tell her to decide.

"It's grown taller, no matter how you look at it, you're an adult." Ran Zijin saw the little hedgehog for the first time just now, and this was how he felt.

"Really? That's great! The little hedgehog jumped up happily to reach a tall treetop on the side of the road, "Cousin, when you have a rest tomorrow, I will take you to meet someone." ”

"Little girlfriend!" Ran Zijin looked at the little hedgehog with a smile, and felt that he had really grown up and had his own heart.

"Not yet!" The little hedgehog actually had a moment of shame.

"Hedgehog! But you're back? A mother's voice rang out.

The little hedgehog shouted at the top of his voice, "It's me!" Got my cousin! ”

"Auntie, I'm here." Ran Zijin greeted the little hedgehog's mother.

The little hedgehog's mother beckoned her into the house, poured water and told her to wash up before she began to eat.

This aunt is not Ran Zijin's own aunt, but a sister who is recognized by Gu Meihua, so she called her aunt.

When the little hedgehog's mother went to the orphanage to adopt the child, she adopted the little hedgehog who was less than three years old at the time with the sisters of the Gumei Chinese.

There is a custom in this village that children must always take a nickname related to animals in order to feed and grow up healthy and safe.

In the little hedgehog, he already has an older brother named Niu Niu, so he will be called a hedgehog, otherwise he will be called Niu Niu.

When I was a child, Ran Zijin and Gu Meihua came here a few times, the first time to send a little hedgehog, and then to visit relatives, and the most recent one seemed to be two or three years ago.

The village where the hedgehog is located is not far from the center of the town, about a 10-minute walk.

The hedgehog goes to high school in the town, and he always likes to run around the town with Ran Zijin after school.

Ran Zijin was also willing to run around with him, playing with a group of half-grown children, forgetting Qiao Zheqing and Leng Muxuan for the time being, she felt that she was enjoying the stolen happiness and simplicity very shamefully.

"Cousin, look at that boy, he loves candy too!"

Ran Zijin and the hedgehog sat in the poplar forest by the river, the poplars had sprouted, and the green ones were very beautiful.

"Then don't you have more than heart?" She had already seen the girl that the hedgehog liked called Candy, which was a sweet-looking girl who could be called a school bully.

"Don't worry. Because I bet with him, he lost. We bet on whoever gets into the city's No. 1 high school will be eligible to stay with Candy. As a result, I was admitted to Candy, but he didn't, so he automatically withdrew from the competition. Candy didn't want to go to the city to study, and I didn't want to leave home, so I didn't go. ”

Ran Zijin smiled, no wonder the last time she came to see him, his mother pulled her and said that he was a disobedient child, stubborn, and he didn't go to study in the city, it turned out to be for his little lover.

Immediately, she couldn't laugh anymore, looked up at the hedgehog and asked, "Do you think candy is your trophy?" ”

"Yes! I win, and she belongs to me. The hedgehog replied as he should.

Ran Zijin's eyes suddenly darkened, it turned out that she was also Leng Muxuan's trophy!

He deceived her and concealed the truth, just to marry her and prove it to Qiao Zheqing that it was he Leng Muxuan who won, and she was his trophy!

He is good to her, and it is just the maintenance of his own booty!

Such a thought made Ran Zijin feel frustrated.

The time in his leisure time always flies too quickly, and it has been ten days since Ran Zijin arrived at the hedgehog's house in a blink of an eye.

On this day, she waited for the hedgehog to come back from school and take her to the town, but she didn't want the hedgehog to come back and stuff the schoolbag into her arms, so she turned around and ran out of the house again.

"Where are you going?" She worries about the burning hedgehog.

"Make money and go!" Before the hedgehog's words fell, the man was gone.

By the time the hedgehog came back, it was already past nine o'clock at night, and he was carrying two large bags of snacks in his hand, all of which Ran Zijin loved to eat, some of which were not available in this town, and were only available in supermarkets in the city.

"Where did you get the money? And who went to the city to buy these? Ran Zijin asked the hedgehog seriously, where did he have the money to buy so many snacks as a student, and these two bags cost at least three or five hundred!

In her impression, it is only a local tyrant like Leng Muxuan who will buy her snacks for hundreds or thousands, and there is no one else.

She was suddenly startled in her heart, and without waiting for the hedgehog to answer, she asked again, "Is there any big man in the town?" ”

"Yes!" The hedgehog nodded, "Heba digging gold, the boss of Zhejiang seems to have come these days, and he lives in the old Zhang's house at the entrance of the former village, and his family has a free house to rent to the boss." ”

"Oh." Ran Zijin replied lightly, it seemed that she had thought too much, "Then where did you get your money and all this food?" She began to question him again.

"I'll run errands for that boss, if you ask him for some gossip, he will give me the running fee! I'll use this money to buy you candy to eat! He's gone to the city, so I'll tell him to bring it back!" The hedgehog said as he ate beef jerky.

"Grapevine? Hedgehog, don't be fooled! No treachery, no business, you are still a child! ”

"Cousin, I'm not a kid anymore! You say I've grown up! Don't worry, I'm not that stupid! Let's eat a duck neck! The hedgehog didn't explain anything, and directly threw a bag of duck necks to Ran Zijin.

"Hedgehog, is there a shortage of teachers in your town?" Ran Zijin was eating duck neck, the environment in this town was good, and it was not far from the city, so she didn't want to leave.

"I don't know what to do. Do you want to be a teacher here? The hedgehog stopped gnawing on the chicken leg and looked at Ran Zijin.

Ran Zijin nodded slowly.

The next day, Ran Zijin went to the high school in the town to find the principal, and the principal was very happy that someone came to teach, but the school really had an English teacher.

"Then I'll go back and prepare, and come over tomorrow to try a lesson first."

"Okay, no problem." The principal sent Ran Zijin away.

When Ran Zijin told the hedgehog the news, he just came back from school, carrying several bags of food in his hand, and they all landed with a click.

"Cousin, are you serious?!" He thought she was joking, but he didn't want her to really stay and be a teacher!

"Or else?" Ran Zijin walked over and looked at the things he brought back, "These are all famous brands, there are no hundreds of thousands of them that can't be bought, you'd better be honest, where did these come from?" Don't prevaricate me with your errands! ”

"It's really earned by running errands!" The hedgehog could only explain, and was taken away by his mother.

"You disobedient child! Where are you going to make trouble for me? Mentioning so many things every day, I'm so deceitful when you come to your mother?! If you don't tell me honestly, see if I don't give you a good beating! ”

"Ouch! Mom, lighten up! I confess, confess! Don't hit me! ”

Ran Zijin looked at the hedgehogs that were taken away by his aunt, listened to their voices threatening and begging for mercy, smiled unconsciously, went out by himself, and wandered around the town.

After a while, the hedgehog ran out of breath to catch up with her, said hello to her, and ran away again, without waiting for her.

The next day, when she went to the school again to try to teach, the principal smiled apologetically, "Teacher Ran, I'm really sorry!" I reported to the city's education bureau, and the education bureau said that it would recruit new teachers this year, and we were not allowed to hire substitute teachers on our own. ”

"Oh. I got it. It doesn't matter. Ran Zijin walked back, feeling a little unhappy.

It turned out that without Leng Muxuan, she Ran Zijin couldn't do anything!

"Zijin, are you back? How's the trial going? The hedgehog's mother was drying the quilt in the yard, and when she saw Ran Zijin coming back, she asked her.

"The principal said that the Education Bureau does not tell them to recruit teachers on their own, so I can't go." Ran Zijin walked in and saw a new LCD TV, a refrigerator, and an induction cooker in the room.

She came out again and asked her aunt, "Auntie, did my uncle buy it and ask someone to send it back?" ”

It's only been less than two hours, and there are so many extra appliances at home.

"Hmm. He earned money working in Inner Mongolia and asked a friend in the city to help buy it. The hedgehog's mother casually explained and stopped talking.

Ran Zijin helped her dry the quilt, and after a while, she asked her: "Zijin, the city is so good, why did you want to come to teach in this town?" Is it awkward with your husband? It's normal for two people to fight, you go back and bow your head and be soft, and this day will continue to be the same. Your uncle and I don't quarrel very often, and it's only in the past few years that he has been working outside and not often at home, so we haven't had much trouble. ”

"It's not awkward, I just think it's very good here." Ran Zijin was reluctant to say much about the origin of the matter.