Teacher Xu's home is in Jingfa Village, Kanxia, and it is about fifteen or sixteen miles from her house to Sun Xiaohong's house. And they are all dirt roads, the road is full of potholes, and walking in them is like walking on a mountain road that twists and turns, coiled between the fields overgrown with malians and the wetlands overgrown with reeds. If you walk in the middle of it during the day, you can still see the direction, but if you travel in the dark, it is dangerous every step of the way.

The sun was slowly setting. Against the backdrop of the night, they quickly rushed back. The lights in Mr. Xu's house flickered, and the figures flickered. Through the hazy glass window, Sun Xiaohong clearly saw that Teacher Xu's husband was sitting face to face with a young man. They drank and talked, and they gestured and seemed very affectionate. Suddenly, they heard movement in the courtyard, and they both listened intently.

Sun Xiaohong stood in the courtyard in a panic, hesitating. Seeing her like this, Teacher Xu immediately propped up her bicycle and stepped forward to urge: "Xiaohong, why are you still stunned?" If you don't hurry up and come into the house, people may be in a hurry! Don't be too nervous, just like usual, don't think about it, you won't be afraid. When Sun Xiaohong heard this, her face turned red, and her heart pounded. Where had she ever seen such a scene, let her talk to a strange man, it was the first time in her life. She was spitting at the door for a long time, and when she saw Teacher Xu pulling her arm, she followed Teacher Xu and walked into the house with a promise.

When they entered the room, the two men at the table, who were sitting facing each other, saw them both walk in, and they both put down the chopsticks in their hands and looked at them with sideways faces. Teacher Xu's husband hurriedly got down from the kang, he greeted Sun Xiaohong very warmly, and then served tea and poured water, busy with his hands and feet.

After Sun Xiaohong entered the house, she took off her windbreaker, hung it on the coat hook on the wall, turned around, and faced Ren Haoxuan with a smile.

Ren Haoxuan hurriedly got down from the dining table, he stood in the middle of the room very politely, and nodded at them with a smile. Then he took out a box of cigarettes from his pocket, quickly took out one, and handed it over: "Sister Xu, here you go!" As soon as his hand reached over, he was blocked by Teacher Xu again: "Neither of us can smoke, you can put it away quickly!" I've already brought you back, and I won't get involved in the following matters, so you should do it yourself! Get to know each other better. It's done, I congratulate you. If you can't get along, you're still friends. It's better to be done, and I'll be waiting to drink your wine!" Teacher Xu chuckled a few times after speaking.

"Hurry up and sit down!" Ren Haoxuan smiled at Sun Xiaohong and put the cigarette back into the cigarette case. In order to avoid an embarrassing and tense atmosphere, Teacher Xu walked between them with a smile and introduced them very casually: "Look at my head, I'm not too old, and I'm confused like this." Xiaohong, let me introduce to you, this is the Ren Haoxuan I mentioned to you, my brother's friend, good character, handsome and steady, a rare good person, don't miss it! This is my colleague Sun Xiaohong, the head teacher of the first grade of our school, the backbone of the school, anyway, there is nowhere to say good, even the principal praised him by name, you two talented women, give me a good chat, don't let me down! I'm in a bit of a hurry right now, I'm going out with your brother-in-law, and I'll be back in a while, so we won't bother you both!" After Ms. Xu finished the introduction humorously, she glanced at her husband, stepped forward and grabbed his hand, and the two of them walked out of the door together.

Now that there were only the two of them left in the room, the atmosphere suddenly became even more tense. This is their first meeting, and Sun Xiaohong doesn't seem to have too many surprises in her heart. However, when she saw Ren Haoxuan for the first time, she may have been frightened by his temperament, and she didn't know what was wrong. Because of excessive panic, Sun Xiaohong sat there cramped and uneasy, not knowing what to do.

At this time, she blushed, bowed her head reservedly, kept rubbing the corners of her clothes with her hands, and quietly waited for the other party's questioning. Her biggest weakness is that she is unwilling to take the initiative to show affection, even if she has a thousand or ten thousand satisfactions in her heart, she is not willing to express a piece of her heart. Her mother instilled some conservative ideas in her since she was a child: a girl must abide by her duty, usually in front of and behind others, she must sit and stand, don't interject when others speak, sit on the table to eat, don't chirp, don't talk to strange men, don't have a boyfriend outside and a series of family rules and family laws.

After a long time, these clichés have limited the range of friends in Xiaohong's circle of friends. Until now, she gives the impression of coldly rejecting people thousands of miles away. Those who know say that she is conservative and cautious, and those who don't know think that she has no one in her eyes!

Before, Mr. Xu also mentioned some of Ren Haoxuan's family affairs: Ren Haoxuan is the eldest son in their family, and his father is also a soldier, so it's okay to drink, but if you want her to do farm work, she always dodges and dodges, and she is reluctant to have any strength.

However, the kung fu of his mouth is quite good. Whoever has a big and small affair in the village is invited to be a guest, because he can speak well, he is flamboyant, he is old, and he can't change his nature of being lazy and lazy, so everyone gave him a "good name" Ren Tiezuier with a label for life, and he was really drunk. Sun Xiaohong looked at Ren Haoxuan in front of her, and then thought about his cheating and cheating father, she didn't dare to associate such a pair of father and son, such a big joke was really funny.

However, such bad news was inquired about by her from other people's mouths. A smart person like Teacher Xu would not tell her such privacy when she said she would die. When others said these things to her, she didn't take them to heart. She felt that it was a shadowless thing, and she couldn't just listen to the rumors, and now she had to think carefully about the family history, Ren Haoxuan had such a notorious father.

Ren Haoxuan has three older sisters, all of whom are now married. He also has a younger brother under him, who looks quite good, but because of his natural stupidity and slurred speech, he didn't finish elementary school and went down to the crops. Ren Haoxuan saw that he was so virtuous that he didn't have much to do, so he wanted him to go to the army to exercise. There happened to be an opportunity for conscription in the township, so Ren Haoxuan signed up for his younger brother, who was very uncompetitive, joined the army, and went to serve in the armed police force.

However, Ren Haoxuan's family also has a grandmother with Alzheimer's disease, who has been paralyzed for ten years and has been bedridden all year round. Teacher Xu didn't say it in person, so Sun Xiaohong naturally wouldn't know. In her imagination, this is a very harmonious family, both parents are croppers, except for the farm work in the field, they usually have nothing to do, just stay at home and idle. And several of his sisters are also quite good at living, no matter in which aspect, they are impeccable, and on the surface, Sun Xiaohong is also quite satisfied.

In order to break the embarrassing deadlock, Ren Haoxuan took the initiative to say: "It's so late, I'm really sorry to let you come." I heard Sister Xu say, your house is quite far from here, and it's so dark, otherwise, I'll send you home in a while! ”

"No, no! If I dare to go myself, I won't trouble you! When Sun Xiaohong heard him say this, she hurriedly waved her hand! This is the first time we met, and it may not be the same in the future. Sun Xiaohong is a particularly conservative girl, and she immediately thought that before the two people established a relationship, she could not bring a strange man to her home for no reason.

She sat there very unconfidently, panicked, and she didn't know how to answer people's concerns.

"How can that work. You are a girl, you walk so far at night, and you can't go to the village or the back of the store on the road, needless to say that you meet a person, even if you meet a mouse, you have to be frightened. Listen to me, you're welcome! What Ren Haoxuan said was the truth. On the side of the road up and down the mountain, in addition to the rice fields are reeds, there are also those artemisia grass and swamps on the meadows, which are pitch black, and there are no street lights, it is very weird at night, it is very crazy to think about, Sun Xiaohong's courage is no matter how big, she doesn't dare to go!

She said those things just now because she was too presumptuous, she just said a big word. If she was really allowed to go alone, she would not dare to be scared along the way. Besides, I really don't have the guts to try it. Therefore, she listened to Ren Haoxuan's words and felt very surprised, she slowly raised her lowered eyes, she couldn't help but glance at the other party, her heart tightened, and her heart beat faster.

The boy in front of him is of medium stature, with a wide chest and a healthy body. His eyebrows are like ink, his eyes are like mirrors, and his five officials are square. He wore a black striped suit with a white shirt underneath. He wore a pair of shiny black leather shoes. It can be seen that his dress, and the calmness on his face, reflect a proud temperament, which is intimidating to people.

His first impression of Sun Xiaohong was that he was mature and stable, with an introverted personality. He sat there quietly, neither saying much nor much. His eyes are unusually keen, and he is very good at observing words and colors, as if he can perceive the other party's heart without speaking.

For a person who usually has stage fright when she sees a living person, after seeing this boy, she suddenly had a good impression, but she calmed down unbelievably. Time can't steal away the original intention, and in the face of this meeting without warning, her feelings are complicated and recognized.

"Yes, I've never walked such a long night road before, and it's nothing to be afraid of." Sun Xiaohong said lightly, she saw a warm gaze again, and shot at her with a concerned greeting. Sun Xiaohong's heart was for a while, she retracted her cowardly eyes embarrassedly, and under the bright light, her face blushed even more.

"Maybe Sister Xu told you all about my family's situation. You see, I've been in such a hurry this time, and you've traveled so far to see me so late! I'm so sorry. Ren Haoxuan sat straight on the chair opposite Sun Xiaohong unrestrainedly, he put his hands on his lap casually, stared at Sun Xiaohong's face, and maintained a gentle posture.

"Today it was so sudden, I don't seem to have thought about it yet. I don't know if Sister Xu told you. The condition of my family is not too good. I have a grandmother in her eighties, my sister works in the city, my sister has just been admitted to university, and I have two younger brothers, one who works as a bricklayer on the construction site all the year round, and the other who grows vegetables in the field all the year round. I've been studying in school all these years, and my parents haven't let me do any hard work, no, I just got admitted to the private teacher, and before I could catch my breath, Mr. Xu introduced me to the object......" After listening to Sun Xiaohong's words, Ren Haoxuan also nodded again and again. The two of them chatted for a long time, and it was basically some inconsequential things. Sun Xiaohong saw that the night outside was getting darker and deeper, and she thought that she would have to go to work tomorrow, so she politely ended the conversation between them.

"Look, it's too late today, the road is so far, I have to go to work tomorrow, I think I have to go back, otherwise my mother should be worried!" Sun Xiaohong said, immediately got up, put on her coat, and turned around to go out.

may have concerns about each other, and they both understand each other's situation, and no one is willing to pierce this layer of window paper first. The only problem between them is that the two families are very far apart, and both of them are busy, so they rarely have the opportunity to meet. Although Sun Xiaohong is usually very assertive, Sun Xiaohong weighed it for a long time and did not make up her mind.