In addition to being an all-round pacesetter of the provincial militia, Han Jin also has many advanced deeds in the Beishan area and Ishihara County.

The militia of the whole region won the double championship of targeting, directional target and moving target; Heroes who saved lives in sudden accidents on the exercise ground; Advanced Individual ...... for Flood Fighting and Rescue

When several retired veteran cadres of the power plant sat under the big tree and chatted about the newspaper reports on him, they couldn't hide their envy, and the boy who was only 21 years old was so in the limelight, with good roots, and many miraculous achievements, and he was really promising at a young age, and he really had a bright future.

Zhou Lanxiang had been pressing the pages of reporting Han Jin under her pillow, but she hadn't opened it since she put it in. How many times she dreamed back at midnight, she was extremely glad that she had made the decision at the beginning, without her dragging, he would live a better life, which was something she had long thought of.

In just over a year, he has already shown his edge, and has achieved results that others may not be able to do in most of his life, and in time, he will definitely soar to the sky. At that time, there will no longer be only a small Mopantun in front of him, and even Ishihara County and the Beishan area will be a small point in his eyes, and she will be insignificant in his life, and those injuries and disappointments can also be lightly brushed by.

So she just had to wait a little longer, wait for him to go farther, wait for him to fly higher, and everything would pass lightly.

From the day she left, Zhou Lanxiang told herself all the time that only by constantly repeating this belief could she survive one sleepless cold night after another, and could she restrain her desire to go back to see them in her more and more intense thoughts day by day.

As long as they can make a living, it's all worth it.

The New Year is coming soon, although there are only two people at home, but what should be prepared is still to prepare, twenty-five steamed steamed buns, twenty-six days before dawn to go to the door of the food store to line up to buy meat, twenty-seven kill chickens, twenty-eight croquettes to make honey horns, this year there is no thirty, twenty-nine is Chinese New Year's Eve, the family is fully prepared, the old lady looks at Zhou Lanxiang busy with a smile every day, the two spent the second quiet but very warm and rich year together.

The old lady's wife is a teacher at Beishan Normal School, she has been dead for several years, she is a retired head nurse of the city hospital, they are southerners who came to work in the north at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, there are no relatives here, and the only son is far away from the national third-line construction site to work, and he is not married, and he has not been back for more than four years.

The living conditions at home are very good, the only thing lacking is popularity, although Zhou Lanxiang does not speak, she is gentle and meticulous, her cooking skills are particularly good, and there are always some small tastes in life to coax the old lady to be happy, the two have been together for more than a year, and the old lady has regarded her as her own daughter in her heart.

After the two finished the sumptuous Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, the old lady gave Zhou Lanxiang a thick red envelope, and her dry and warm hand held her tightly to prevent her from refusing, "The money given by the elders can't be pushed, it's all spent on yourself, bless you with peace next year!" ”

Zhou Lanxiang took the thick red envelope and nodded with a smile, went back to the house and brought a warm hat that had been prepared a long time ago and put it on for her. It was a New Year's gift she had prepared for the old lady.

The warm hat is sewn with black velvet, the old lady has suffered from the head wind when she gave birth to a son, as long as there is a little cold on the head, she can't stand it, she has to wrap a towel in summer, and she has to wrap a headscarf in the house in winter, Zhou Lanxiang made a cotton warm hat for her last year, and the old lady couldn't put it down, and she wore it for almost two winters.

This year's top is much more beautiful than last year's, the outside is soft and warm cut velvet, the inside is a velvet chapter velvet, the black cut velvet reveals a dark green chapter velvet wide edge, the color is stable and atmospheric, although now do not allow embroidery, can be clean and clean a hat, the handicraft is more neat and beautiful than the factory machine, the old lady is happy to wear it.

The two did not keep the New Year as usual, the old lady was not in good health, and she had to go to bed after half past eight, and Zhou Lanxiang couldn't stay up late, and the two of them ate a few dumplings at eight o'clock and went to sleep in response to the occasion.

Before going to bed, Zhou Lanxiang opened the thick red envelope, and inside was a neat pile of ten-yuan bills, there were thirty of them, ten more than last year, so much money a year, enough to hire two nannies.

She nominally ran away from home, although she saved the old lady, but the old lady took her in, so she took care of the old lady and insisted on not paying, just food and shelter. But the old lady not only did not treat her badly in terms of food and accommodation, but also prepared all kinds of clothes and shoes and socks for her in the four seasons, and even the alabaster incense, pancreatic towels, handkerchiefs, and dressing mirrors were all used by the girl, and they were all used by her, and they were not bad.

Although she doesn't go out, she also knows from her neighbors that the living standards of the residents in this area are not as good as the conditions given to her by the old lady.

So she was more attentive to the old lady, but she didn't expect the old lady to give her so much money during the Chinese New Year this year, Zhou Lanxiang watched the snow particles hit the two red lanterns outside the window, and thought in her heart that she would make a few more pairs of shoes for the old lady, non-slip cotton shoes in winter and soft-soled shoes in summer, and then ask the National Day mother to help, and give the old lady a fixed cod liver oil and milk, her eyes are always flowery, her legs and feet are not good, and she will have to make up for it when she is older.

After thinking about it, quickly clean up and go to bed, trying to close your eyes and not think about how Xiaoshan and Xiaojin are going to celebrate the New Year today.

The only year they spent together when they grew up, they only felt that the future was long, but who would have thought that it might be the only time in their lives......

"Xiangxiang, I will give you New Year's money every year in the future."

In the future, she is no longer qualified to receive his New Year's money.

"Xiangxiang, I will take you to the well every year to walk for all kinds of diseases."

"Xiangxiang, let's eat leek shrimp in dumplings on Chinese New Year's Eve next year!"

"Xiangxiang, when I learn, in the future, I will cook Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, you have a good rest!"

They didn't have a future, and even if they could really see each other again in the future, he would definitely not mention "later" to her again.

She knew him too well, and from the moment she left, she broke him completely.

The next day, Zhou Lanxiang got up as soon as it was dawn, she didn't sleep all night, looking forward to the dawn of the day to save herself from those suffocating emotions.

When she went to get firewood in the coal shed, she noticed something strange by the wall.

The last time she sent Uncle Scarface away, she also noticed that something was wrong on the morning of the third day, although there was nothing unusual on the other side of the dog hole, but the toothpick she put on the stone fell off, and the two mouse traps here were touched, and the few barbed wires on the wall that were hard to notice were still stained with a little cotton and thread, and there were not obvious blood stains.

These have traces of being handled, but it was too dark, and she put a lot of scrap copper and rotten iron around her that clanged when she touched it, leaving a lot of clues.

Someone came and moved the dog hole, but couldn't climb in. Because the thistles buried not far from the entrance of the cave and the broken glass erected are still the same.

After Uncle Scarface left, she had prepared all of this, not only around the dog hole, but also around the courtyard wall and yard, as long as someone came in, she would definitely know it as soon as possible, and she would definitely not let them get out.

She wasn't afraid of them coming, and since she dared to let Uncle Scarface go that day, she was ready. It is impossible for them to risk exposure and fight with her, and they may just explore the way when they come and go, and if they are good at bullying, they will make more use of them, and if they are not good at it, they will let it go.

Most things in the world are like this, the more afraid you are, the more passive you are, and the other party will not dare to provoke you if you go out to be a hard bone.

Sure enough, no one came after that day, Zhou Lanxiang thought they had given up, but she didn't expect that Chinese New Year's Eve would come again!

Zhou Lanxiang turned on the flashlight and shone it, and found that there was no trace of passivity around the wall, and the things she arranged were neatly placed in place, but there was a small bamboo basket on the pile of wooden halberds.

She was shocked, the person who came was really powerful, he was able to escape so many organs and come in so quietly, put things away without leaving a trace!

She learned those tricks from Grandpa Han, and even agile old hunters may not be able to dodge!

Surprised, she took the small bamboo basket, which was tightly wrapped in several layers of cotton, and carefully peeled it open layer by layer, and there were six or seven fresh oranges inside!

There is also a red envelope next to the orange, and in the red envelope is a thick wad of brand-new ten yuan, which is several times more than the old lady gave.