This hairpin was given to him by Li Cui when Li Mo took it off her head when she celebrated Li Mo's birthday last year, she said, when an ancient woman met the man she liked, she would always leave the hairpin to the man, if the man had made up his mind to marry her, he would bring a dowry and a hairpin to the door to propose, at that time Li Mo secretly made up his mind that she would not marry in this life, but often the heavens did not fulfill people's wishes, if Li Mo did not insist on investigating his father's case, then now the two of them must have been married, And he could put the hairpin back on her head again in the open.

Zhang Xin was lying on the kang, her eyes open and she didn't fall asleep for a long time, and the sleeping Grandma Cui next to her had already made a slight snoring sound, and the wind in the mountains often raged at night, blowing the branches of the locust trees outside, making a loud noise. What happened today was too sudden, Zhang Xin didn't have time to think too much, after these few days of getting along, her relationship with Goudan is getting better and better, Goudan is kind and sensible, she has lost the love of her parents since she was a child, she is very distressed, so she also takes extra care of him, but after all, this is their ancestral thing, if she accepts it like this, she is very unhappy.

Zhang Xin tossed and turned on the bed, still couldn't sleep, she was going to leave tomorrow, all kinds of emotions were stacked in her heart, and she felt a little upset and irritable for a while, so she tiptoed out of bed, moved a stool, and sat in the yard.

The wind in the mountains is still blowing, but the strange thing is that although the wind here is strong but not cold, Zhang Xin wore a thin shirt, a gust of wind blew, the boredom in her heart seemed to be blown away, she raised her head, the stars in the sky flashed and flashed, this quiet feeling, made Zhang Xin more and more reluctant to leave.

A warm feeling came from the back, Zhang Xin turned her head to see that a man's coat was draped over her shoulders, and Lynch also moved a stool and sat beside her.

"It's so late, I'm wearing so thin, and I'm not afraid of catching a cold." Lynch's tone was a little complaining, but it was full of worry. Zhang Xin pulled back her messy hair and looked up at the stars in the sky again.

"I can't sleep, I'm leaving, I'm a little reluctant. What about you, why did you come out too? Lynch smiled and took her cold hand, finding that she was still holding the cloth bag that Grandma Cui had given her tonight.

"I think it's not just reluctant, but there are other reasons." Her thoughts are always seen through by Lynch at a glance, Zhang Xin opened the cloth bag and took out the note again.

Although the note "pork fat stir-fried and refined oil, Sichuan pepper, chili pepper, green onion, ginger and garlic is half and two ......" although the note is yellowed, the black brush words are still clearly visible, Zhang Xin read half of it and folded the note again and put it in the cloth bag.

Zhang Xin suddenly felt like she had a spiritual cleanliness fetish, and she still didn't fully accept this matter in her psychology, so she still felt like a thief or robber just now, stealing someone else's heirloom treasure, and she felt a little awkward in her heart.

"There is a word called merit and reluctance, we didn't do anything, and we took away what people have passed down for so many years, isn't it a bit immoral?"

Zhang Xin sighed, there were a few dog barks in the mountains outside, in the end, it was a girl, her body was thin, and her body began to tremble slightly after blowing the wind for a while, Lynch saw this, and moved the bench next to Zhang Xin, wrapped his arms around her shoulders, and Zhang Xin lay in his arms.

"Actually, Grandma Cui has her own plan, after all, after so many years, every decision she makes is well thought out." Lynch has seen a lot of people and things, and after hearing Grandma Cui's words today, he immediately understood Grandma Cui's intentions.

"She actually wants to use this heirloom secret recipe in exchange for the security of her grandson's future life."

"The security of life?" Zhang Xin didn't understand what it meant, and raised his head slightly. "Didn't you hear it today? She said that the dog will have to be taken care of by us in the future, and she plans to use this as a bargaining chip in exchange. Zhang Xin suddenly realized that Goudan has no other relatives except Grandma Cui, and besides, she is so old, how much time is left, no one can say, sure enough, Grandma Cui's abacus is really exquisite.

"So, you should take this secret recipe well, carry it forward, and when we get married in the future, you will take the dog to live in the city." Lynch said the word marriage as naturally as eating, Zhang Xin was taken aback, and hurriedly got up from Lynch's body, but the body that was cold just now became warm because of this sentence, and even a little hot.

"Married? It's too early......" Zhang Xin touched his hot face, a little overwhelmed.

"What's so early about this, we'll get married when you finish your studies, it's really not good, let's get married when we go back, and we can add two credits." Lynch rarely saw Zhang Xin so shy, so he became interested and wanted to tease her. "Oh, what do you say?"

Zhang Xin's face turned even redder, Lynch looked at her flushed face with interest, Zhang Xin struggled for a while, his strength was not as great as Lynch's, or he forcibly pressed him into his arms, the two didn't talk again, Zhang Xin's ears were close to Lynch's chest, listening to his heartbeat, inexplicably feeling relieved.

"Xiao Xin, when we get old in the future, we will also find such a small mountain village, we will live such a pastoral life, if you like flowers, I will reclaim a field for you, let's see peach blossoms in spring, moon seasons in summer, chrysanthemums in autumn, plum blossoms in winter, read books together, drink tea." Lynch said, the scene he imagined really appeared in front of him, Zhang Xin seemed to be moved by the scene that Lynch said, this time she did not refute, nodded obediently, the two did not have the slightest sleepiness this night, just hugged each other, and stayed in the yard from late night to dawn.

At eight o'clock in the morning, the bus sent by the school came to the entrance of the village early, and Zhang Xin and Lin Qi also had breakfast at Grandma Cui's house, and came to the entrance of the village with backpacks on their backs. Grandma Cui has bad legs and small feet, Zhang Xin persuaded her for a long time to persuade her not to come out to send them again, Goudan helped Zhang Xin hold the backpack and followed behind without saying a word, and the unhappiness on her face was still visible.

In front of the bus, the dog Dan held Zhang Xin's backpack, pouting, no matter how Zhang Xin persuaded him, he just didn't let go, grabbed Zhang Xin's backpack and didn't let her go, Zhang Xin saw the dog Dan like this, and his heart was also very uncomfortable, biting his lip and tears kept rolling in his eyes.

Seeing that the two of them felt the same as life and death, Lynch pursed his lips and smiled secretly, half-squatted down, and patted the dog's body with his hand.

"Dog, Sister Zhang Xin and I will definitely come back to see you, you are like this, Sister Zhang Xin is also very uncomfortable, and besides, in our village, a school is going to open, you will go to school in a few days, you have to study hard, if your grades are good, Sister Zhang Xin and I will take you to the city to play, okay?" Lynch really has a way of coaxing children, this cultural relics incident has received extra attention from the government and the government, and Lynch also took the opportunity to put forward the idea of opening a school in the village, but it was also approved, if nothing else, there will be teachers in the village next week.

Hearing that he would be going to school soon, the dog's eyes lit up, and his face was full of surprise.

"Really, that's great, if the dog can go to school, he will be able to go to college in the future!" When Zhang Xin heard the news, she was also very happy, and immediately opened her schoolbag, took out the pen that Lynch had given her, and handed it to the dog.

"Come, take it, study hard, get admitted to the city, and when the time comes, my sister will invite you to eat delicious food!" Lynch was a little unhappy when she saw that this was the pen she had given her.

The other students had already gotten on the bus, the bus driver pressed the horn to remind them to get on the bus quickly, Goudan handed the schoolbag to Zhang Xin, there was still some reluctance in his eyes, Zhang Xin was ruthless, took the schoolbag, turned around and got on the bus, didn't look at Goudan again, Lynch patted Goudan on the strong shoulder, and also turned around and got into the car.

There were two more seats in the back, and Zhang Xin sat by the window.