There was no electric light at home, Comrade Yu Xiulan was reluctant to light kerosene lamps and candles, and when it was dark, Zhao Ke could only lie on the kang and brew sleep.

"Knock, knock, knock......"

There was a knock on the window.

Zhao Ke looked up, and a tall black shadow was reflected on the window.

The knocking on the window continued, and the people outside whispered in their voices: "Second sister, are you sleeping?" ”

It should be a little terrifying, but it made him show a lot of cowardice.

The layout of Zhao Ke's house, the old house facing south is the main house, it used to be Zhao Ke's grandmother's house, and later Yu Xiulan and Zhao Jianguo got married, and they started a partial house next to the old house.

After Zhao Ke's grandmother died, Zhao Ke and the others also grew up, and the couple moved to the main house, and they lived in a side house.

Although there is a kitchen between the main room and the side room, if Zhao Feng continues to ignore it, he will definitely make trouble with his parents.

Zhao Ke got up with his coat on, and pushed a small crack in the window, "What are you doing?" ”

Zhao Feng glanced back cautiously, and then smirked flatteringly in the crack of the window, "Second sister, is it convenient?" I'll go in and say. ”

Zhao Ke closed the window, got dressed, and let Zhao Feng in, "Say it." ”

Zhao Feng didn't go inside, just stood at the door and asked in a low voice: "Second sister, can you lend me the eldest sister's textbook?" ”

What can he do with textbooks?

Zhao Ke rolled his eyes in the dim room, "Why are you in the sedan chair and piercing your ears and eyes?" ”

"I originally wanted to borrow it at noon, didn't it delay? You don't need the second sister tomorrow, can you borrow me first? ”

Zhao Ke didn't move, and asked rhetorically: "Do you want to send it over now?" ”

Zhao Feng nodded, "Tomorrow Zhuang Lan can get up early to watch." ”

Zhao Ke is going to applaud his younger brother, he is anxious and comprehensive, but unfortunately the two protagonists get along every day and fall in love for a long time, and nothing happens to him.

"Second sister, okay?"

Okay, how not.

Zhao Ke took out the textbook from the drawer, "I'll send it for you." ”

Zhao Feng let out an "ah".

"Ah what, you're a man, looking for other people's female intellectuals when it's dark, do you want to be famous?"

Zhao Feng hurriedly said, "I'm worried that it's not safe for you to walk at night in the dark." ”

"Why aren't you worried about falling into a pit on the ground?"

Zhao Feng was dumbfounded, and only said after a while: "That...... I'll accompany you? ”

"I don't need to."

Zhao Ke just wants to separate him from Zhuang Lan, otherwise what's the point of going to send a trip?

"Really?" Zhao Feng went out behind her and spoke very quietly.

Zhao Ke opened the kitchen door, picked up a burning stick from the stove, waved it by the moonlight, and motioned to Zhao Feng, who was blocking the door, to get out of the way.

Zhao Feng quickly retreated to the side, and accidentally kicked the bucket at the kitchen door, with a "bang".

In the next second, Comrade Yu Xiulan's scolding sounded in the old room: "Be a thief!" ”

Zhao Feng covered his mouth with a weak heart.

Zhao Ke replied in the same tone as usual: "Mom, Zhao Feng and I will clean up tomorrow, and you and my father will get up tomorrow and put all the dirty clothes and quilts on the kang." ”

Yu Xiulan's anger fell, "Okay, go to bed early." ”

Zhao Feng: "When did you say you were going to clean it up?" ”

He still wants to go to school tomorrow to watch Zhuang Lan attend class......

Zhao Ke had already seen through him, and said openly: "The character of the eldest sister, can't you clean up everything inside and outside the house when you come back?" Is that still a holiday? Who do you don't do? ”

Indeed, Zhao Feng nodded.

It doesn't matter, there is the day after tomorrow, Hu Hezhi will not substitute teach, and the day after tomorrow will still be Zhuang Lan......

However, immediately after, Zhao Ke said: "The day after tomorrow, you go up the mountain with me, pick some mushrooms and wild vegetables, and see if you can get some meat, I don't know if the eldest sister ate well this week......

Zhao Feng: "......"

There is no way to refuse.

I can't see Zhuang Lan lecturing anymore......

Zhao Ke didn't pout him this time, and let him go back to sleep like a good sister.

Zhao Feng turned around with a slumped head.

The only place in the village where electricity is connected is the team committee, because the team committee has spent a lot of money to install telephones, and there is a loudspeaker for announcements, reading the news, and occasionally the commune will come down to organize members to watch movies.

Zhao Ke walked on the dirt road in the village, there were almost no lights on both sides of the road, and everything was quiet.

She has walked this road countless times since she was a child, Zhao Ke remembered that there was a family with a dog, and when she was about to approach, she suddenly trotted a few steps, and the footsteps fell to the ground aggravated.

"Woo Woo ......"

The dog is very responsive and barks constantly.

The scolding of the owner of the house came far away, as if it had suddenly awakened the night, and several surrounding households were moving.

Zhao Ke, the initiator, listened to the voice behind him, and the corners of his mouth rose.

Adults occasionally have a childlike innocence, such as disturbing everyone's sleepiness at night.

Zhao Ke was in a good mood and walked briskly.

The location of the Zhiqing Point is relatively partial, and the more you go to the Zhiqing Point, the more trees there are on the side of the road.

Zhao Ke walked for a while, always feeling that something was wrong behind him, his steps slowed down, he stood up suddenly, and turned around.

In the moonlight, a gust of wind blew, and the shadows of the trees swayed and rattled.

Other than that, nothing.

But I don't know if it's a psychological effect, it's a little gloomy.

Rats, possibly?

Zhao Ke turned his head with suspicion and continued to move forward.

After walking a few steps, there was still a sound, and this time it was clearer, like kicking into the dirt......

"Who?!"

Zhao Ke shouted backwards, "Come out!" ”

No one responded, and there was no figure.

Zhao Ke's gaze went back and forth between the two stout trees, and it took a long time to retract it.

She seemed to finally make sure that she had thought too much about it, so she turned around and continued walking.

This time the pace was neither fast nor slow, but he walked in the shadows of the trees, intentionally or unintentionally.

From time to time, her figure disappeared into the darkness, and then behind a tree, she vanished.

After a while, a man leaned out of the dark shadow not far away, looked left and right, didn't see Zhao Ke's figure, walked out a few steps quickly, and stopped where Zhao Ke disappeared.

"What about people?"

Zhao Ke came out from behind the tree, and a gloomy voice sounded behind him, "I'm behind you." ”

"Mom!"

The man screamed in fright and bounced up and jumped long.

Zhao Ke thought at first that Zhao Feng was worried about her, so he secretly followed behind, and when this person approached just now, she recognized that it was the second-rate son in the village, Chen San'er.

"Chen San'er, you are not at home at night, who are you scaring outside?"

Chen San'er patted his chest to calm his heartbeat, and stumbled and said, "Why are you?" ”

Zhao Ke's voice squeezed out from between his teeth, "Who do you think it is?" ”

"Of course, it's the educated youth." Chen San'er was full of words, "Other girls blush and don't speak, and those who are spicy scold coquettishly, who is like you?" If it was you, I would have run away. ”

"Educated youth, you can tailgate? Are you still justified in your mistakes? Zhao Ke was going to teach him to be happy, and raised the burning stick, "You come over to me." ”

Of course Chen San'er wouldn't go over, so he ran away, "Who are you to blame when you walk at night by yourself?" ”

Zhao Ke chased with a burning stick, "Say it again!" ”

Chen San'er didn't dare to say it.

"There's a kind of you don't run."

"I'm not stupid!"

Zhao Mian is good-looking, the boys in the village love to look for her, Chen San'er has also been cheap, and was chased by Zhao Ke with a burning stick all over the village, exactly the same as now.

The only thing missing is Zhao Feng who beats the side drum.

But Zhao Feng is strong now, if he knows that he scares his sister, he will have to block his house and beat him.

Chen San'er trembled and ran faster.

Zhao Ke chased for a while, and seeing that the distance was getting farther and farther, he picked up a piece of dirt and threw it over according to Chen San'er's back.

Chen San'er snorted.

Zhao Ke picked up a few more pieces as he ran, and all of them fell on him.

Chen San'er hugged his head and scurried, "I really don't want to do anything, I'm just joking." ”

"Is it fun?"

The two of them moved a lot, and the people next to them lit up.

Chen San'er looked around, afraid of being caught, stopped, raised his hands to his chest, and quickly begged for mercy, "Sister, you are my own sister, you spare me, please." ”

Zhao Ke also stopped, holding a burning stick to calm his breathing.

Chen San'er's eyes rolled slightly, and when she was not paying attention, she ran away again.

This time he didn't have any energy left, and ran to death, and disappeared in a few blinks.

Zhao Ke'er was not completely out of breath and didn't chase after him.

A man and a woman walked out of the room, the man was holding a kerosene lamp in one hand and a long stick in the other, and the woman took a look at it and asked in surprise: "Zhao Ke?" Why are you here? ”

"Brother Changshan, sister-in-law." Zhao Ke's breathing was still a little short, and he raised the notebook in his other hand, "I'll send a textbook to Zhuang Zhiqing." ”

Chang Shan was puzzled, "Isn't the educated youth point in the east?" ”

From Zhao Ke's house to here, passing by the educated youth point, Zhao Ke has already walked away.

Zhao Ke said honestly: "I met Chen San'er, I chased him over." ”

When Chang Shan's sister-in-law heard this, she said angrily: "This Chen San'er always steals chickens and dogs, and this time I don't know whose family suffered." ”

Zhao Ke didn't see anything in Chen San'er's hand, so he didn't echo her, and waved goodbye: "You two go to sleep, I'll go to the Zhiqing point." ”

Chang Shan's sister-in-law's tone instantly became very good to her, "Why are you so kind?" Others compete with you for teachers, and you also borrow others to prepare textbooks. ”

Zhao Ke is really not a virgin, there is really no need to hide it, and now it is stirred up by Chen San'er, as if she is deliberately building momentum for herself, so she said: "Zhuang Zhiqing is also very serious, although it is a substitute teacher, we don't want to delay the children's reading." ”

Chang Shan's sister-in-law praised Zhuang Lan again, and then asked, "Let your brother send you?" ”

Zhao Ke shook the burning stick, "It's okay, I've got a weapon." ”

Both of them laughed, "Okay, let's go." ”

Zhao Ke turned around and walked back, walking quietly alone, regaining his thoughts.

The Chen San'er portrayed in the novel is no different from the Chen San'er she knows, stealing and playing tricks, stealing chickens and touching dogs, and the whole Zhao Village hates dogs.

Why has the production team always tolerated Chen San'er, one is that his father is good, and the other is that he has never done anything big and evil, so he usually teaches a lesson and pulls him down.

But in the novel, his fate was miserable, because he was sentenced to death for "playing hooligan" to a female intellectual.

The female intellectuals he bullied were not the heroine Zhuang Lan, Chen San'er only verbally said a few words to Zhuang Lan, and he bullied another.

The lights lit by the educated youth were on, and Zhao Ke walked into the courtyard of the educated youth and knocked on the door of the female educated youth's house.

"Crunch—"

The person who opened the door was Zhuang Lan, and she looked surprised, "Zhao Ke? ”

Zhao Ke nodded, "I'm so late to disturb." ”

"It's okay, it's okay." Zhuang Lan opened the door and invited her in.

Zhao Ke didn't go in, but just nodded at the two female intellectuals inside, and his eyes were on Fang Jing, an old intellectual, who had gone to the countryside in the 70s, and then turned to Zhuang Lan again, "Don't go into the house, close the door, let's say a few words outside." ”

Zhuang Lan was inexplicably a little apprehensive in the face of her, and honestly walked out with her and closed the door smoothly.

In the room, Su Limei's eyes flashed with excitement, and she whispered to Fang Jing, "Sister Fang, why did you say she came to Zhuang Lan so late?" Will there be a fight? ”

Fang Jing glanced at the closed door, silently got back into the quilt, and said nothing.

She was always like this, Su Limei was disappointed, and stared at the movement at the door alone.

Outside the door, Zhao Ke handed the textbook to Zhuang Lan, "Zhao Feng borrowed it from me, you can talk to me directly if you have anything next time, I can help you definitely not refuse, he is stupid, he looks for me like a thief when it gets dark, doesn't this delay your preparation." ”

Zhuang Lan's face turned red, took the textbook, and thanked her.

Zhao Ke waved his hand indifferently, "This is my eldest sister's, you just keep it." ”

"I'm sure I won't break it."

Zhao Ke nodded, glanced at the door behind her, and said casually: "There are few outsiders in Zhao Village, and there is a militia team, and the security is not bad, but you female intellectuals should not go out at night alone, in case you encounter a beast that enters the village, it is easy to be frightened." ”

Zhuang Lan was nervous, "And the beast?!" ”

"Wild boars, bears and blind people, they have passed through the village before, and the captain has organized the young people in the village to fight from time to time over the years, and there are fewer of them, but it is difficult to keep those who love to wander."

In fact, in order to prevent wild beasts from harming the crops, the village will patrol at night, and no matter who shouts at the top of their voices, every family has to rush out with their own things.

Not as insecure as she said.

So Zhao Ke finished scaring and made up for it: "Usually there is nothing to do, there are many people in the village, and the beasts are also afraid." ”

Zhuang Lan breathed a sigh of relief and promised, "I will tell them." ”

But she immediately reacted and looked at Zhao Ke worriedly, "Then you came over so late to deliver the textbooks, and you were also scared, right?" ”

“……”

Zhao Ke said with special certainty: "I'm afraid, why don't you be afraid, so I brought a stick with me when I came out." ”

Zhuang Lan was very moved, "If it is really dangerous, how can a stick work?" ”

It's really useful.

Zhao Ke's burning stick has been through a hundred battles, the pig of the previous production team went crazy and ran out of the circle, it made meritorious contributions, and now there are no children at home, and it has been upgraded to two fork burning sticks.

Of course, the most important thing is in whose hands.

In the hands of the girl who "scolded coquettishly" in Chen San'er's mouth, the knife was not self-defense.

But Zhao Ke didn't tell Zhuang Lan about this.

"When things arrive, I won't stay longer."

Zhuang Lan was not at ease, "Otherwise, I'll find a male intellectuals to send you?" ”

Zhao Ke refused directly, said goodbye and left in a hurry.

Zhuang Lan didn't notice that there was a tall man on the male intellectual's side who followed Zhao Ke and went back to the house.

Su Limei asked, "What's the matter with her coming to you?" ”

Although Fang Jing didn't move, her ears listened quietly.

Zhuang Lan shook the notebook in her hand and said with a smile: "Zhao Ke borrowed it from me to prepare for class." ”

It's not a quarrel, Su Limei is very disappointed, "She's pretty good." ”

Zhuang Lan carefully put away the textbooks and nodded with a smile, "Yes, their families are fine." ”

Su Limei didn't think much about it, Fang Jing bit her lip sensitively.

On the other end, Zhao Ke walked and walked, tilting his ears slightly.

Again?

Chen San'er really doesn't take a lesson.

Zhao Ke pretended not to notice, turned unhurriedly, and then quickly hid behind a tree and tightened the burning stick.

When the tall figure slowly approached, Zhao Ke smashed it down with a burning stick.

The man reacted very quickly, raised his arm to block it, and let out a "hiss-" sound.

The voice is not Chen San'er.

Zhao Ke fixed his eyes, "Fu Zhiqing? ”