The sun had just risen, and there was still a faint layer of mist floating in the fields on both sides.

Most of the autumn crops have been harvested, and occasionally a small patch of corn is still standing alone, probably a late ripening corn. On the dirt slope not far away, the figures of one or two peasants working flashed by.

Sitting on the bus from Fengcheng to the provincial capital, Li Ji stared out the window.

It was a scene he used to be familiar with. When I was a child, I lived with my mother in a small school in the countryside, surrounded by patches of crops.

He often wandered alone in the wilderness. Most of the time it is dusk, when the school is out and the campus is quiet.

In the nearby villages, far and near, wisps of cooking smoke were already wafting up, and the cries of cattle and sheep could be faintly heard.

Li Ji looked at the tadpoles with long tails in the small river ditch, and saw a group of ants dragging a big meat worm to the nest; Pick a few small wildflowers, chase a few butterflies, or simply dig a few carrots from someone's field.

The sunset burned in the western sky like a fire. The wilderness is vast, the insects and birds are singing, the wind is blowing and the grass is moving, and there is a sound of all the sounds. Li Ji felt that the whole world was his.

At that time, I always wanted to go outside. To the town, to the county seat, to the provincial capital; Go to college and earn a lot of money.

And as he grew older, when all this became a reality step by step, in addition to "a lot of money", he suddenly missed that small school and those days when he sat alone in the field and listened to the wind and clouds.

Li Ji felt more and more confused and uneasy.

He slowly learned that people are not that simple, and this society is far more complex than he imagined.

When you are studying, your grades depend more on yourself. As long as you work hard and find the right way, there will always be results.

And in society, your fate is almost in the hands of others. Many times, hard work alone is useless.

The choice is often greater than the effort. In the workplace, in officialdom, the essence is to follow people, stand in line, and do multiple-choice questions. Every seemingly casual choice, the final accumulation, becomes your destiny.

Li Ji doesn't like this feeling of being used as a pawn, just like a woman who has sold herself and can't help herself.

He has to take more control of his own destiny, and the only way is to climb up.

Autonomy and freedom are often proportional to the level of power. Only by constantly moving up, in a higher position, can you have more space and control your own destiny.

This is a worldly truth, but it is a naked reality.

Now, Lee Ji is eager to seize any opportunity that has the potential to change his fate. Therefore, he did not give up the examination of the rural credit cooperative.

Looking at the whole province, for financial institutions, it is rare for financial institutions to recruit on a large scale and nationwide scale like Fengcheng Rural Credit Cooperative, let alone in a small city like Fengcheng.

The examination venue is also at the Municipal Finance School. On the day of the exam, a large number of reporters from newspapers and TV stations gathered at the entrance of the school, and it was lively like a festival.

Looking at the scene like the college entrance examination, Li Ji was a little shocked. I didn't expect that the recruitment of such a local rural credit cooperative could attract so many people from other places to participate.

It seems that as long as the money is in place, I am not afraid of not being able to recruit people. In addition to the position, I am afraid that the salary that is several times higher than that of the same industry is the most attractive factor.

In addition to being surprised, Li Ji also had a little more confidence. With such recruitment, there should be a lot fewer opportunities for black-box operations. It is impossible for rural credit cooperatives not to take their reputation seriously.

The exam questions were difficult, but Li Ji did it well. He is very grateful for the hard work he has put in these days. If this were not the case, many topics would only be "looking at the scroll and sighing".

Walking out of the examination room, Li Ji was a little excited, as if the long-awaited opportunity had finally come.

At this moment, sitting on the slightly swaying bus, thinking back to the scene during the exam, Li Ji was still a little excited.

This is the earliest shuttle bus to the provincial capital. There were not many people in the car, and they sat scattered.

Other colleagues in the bank went to the provincial cadre school yesterday to report. Today, Li Ji got up early in the morning to catch the first train.

The car drove on a gentle highway. Looking at the ever-changing scenery outside the car window, drowsiness gradually hit, and Li Ji closed his eyes.

Fengcheng is close to the provincial capital, but the bus takes more than two hours at the earliest. In the undulating bumps, Li Ji slowly fell asleep.

In a daze, I felt that the bus stopped several times in the middle. Someone gets in the car, someone gets off.

Suddenly, the car "clanged", braked suddenly, and stopped suddenly.

Li Ji slept soundly, and was awakened suddenly, his body shook forward, and his head slammed into the backrest of the front row.

There was a sudden pain in the forehead. Reaching out and touching it, he picked up a bag that was not too big or small. Li Ji was a little angry and couldn't help but look forward.

As soon as the car door opened, one in front and one behind, one fat and one thin, two young men wearing floral shirts, shaved short hair, and tattoos all over their necks came up.

The two people got into the car, looked at both sides, and walked straight to the front of Li Ji, one left and one right, and sat down next to the two passengers.

There are plenty of empty seats on the bus. Almost all of the passengers who got on the bus occupied two or three seats. Some leaned, some lay down, and all slept or snoozed.

It's a little strange that these two people don't sit in so many empty seats, but they want to sit next to others.

The two passengers were obviously bored, but they were sleepy, and when they looked at the two people, they didn't dare to talk more, so they had to look at them fiercely, muttered, and then closed their eyes and continued to sleep.

Li Ji shook his head, no longer sleepy, leaned back in his chair, and looked out the window blankly.

The car restarted and slowly moved forward. The carriage was quiet again. After a while, a thin snoring sounded.

Li Ji silently thought about his thoughts.

The sun was rising, and the light was swaying on the windows. Seeing that it was less than half the way, Li Ji closed the curtains of the car and wanted to sleep for a while.

Suddenly, his gaze stopped.

Li Ji saw that the thinner young man sitting on the left was quietly reaching out and gently opened the bag of the passenger next to him.

The passenger leaned comfortably on the back of his seat, his body snoring with a long stream of saliva running down his half-open mouth.

It was a black bag, bulging. The passenger had been clasping his hands in front of him, but one of his hands had been released, and only the other was lying limply on top of the bag.

The young man paused, glanced at the passenger, saw that he was unresponsive, and slowly pulled a wallet out of his bag.

He handed his wallet to his companion with quick hands and feet. My companion quickly took it and put it in his trouser pocket. The young man returned his hand and pulled out a small bundle of bills from his bag.

His eyes gleamed with gold, and he was about to hand the stack of money to his companion.

"There are thieves!" At this moment, Li Ji shouted.

The young man was startled, hurriedly put the stack back quickly, then turned around, leaned back in his chair, and hugged his arms as if nothing had happened.

The passengers in the car were startled, and the driver stopped the car abruptly.

The passenger also woke up suddenly, wiped a handful of saliva from the corner of his mouth, shrugged his brows, and looked forward in confusion.

Suddenly, as if he remembered something, he subconsciously lowered his head, and immediately cried out: "Oops, my money! ”

The zipper of the bag has been unzipped and the corner of a stack of money is exposed.

He hurriedly opened his bag, flipped through it nervously, and his face changed: "My wallet!" My wallet is gone! ”

The driver has pulled over to the side of the road. The passengers in the car all turned their heads and looked at each other.

"I saw it, he took it!" Li Ji stood up and pointed at the thin man.

The thin man panicked at first, and then glared at Li Ji fiercely: "Don't talk nonsense, you kid, who took his wallet?" ”

"You took it, I saw it just now!"

"What did I take? ...... Then you can search! ”

The thin man stood up, looked at Li Ji with grim eyes, and rummaged through his pants pockets.

"If not, see Lao Tzu abolish you!"

The thin man sneered, a fierce glint in his eyes. Another young man also stood up and leaned towards Li Ji's side.

"The wallet is on him!" Li Ji pointed at his companion.

"I think you're tired of it!"

The fat man looked fierce and put his hand in his trouser pocket.

The passengers on the bus watched in alarm, but none of them dared to come out and speak. The passenger who lost his wallet was also stunned, his mouth wide open, and he didn't say a word.

"Forget it, forget it, don't make any noise," the driver took off his gloves and shouted to the back, "I think I'd better send you to the police station." ”

"Fuck you, go to the police station!" The thin man turned around, "Open the door, Lao Tzu get out!" ”

The driver was stunned for a moment: "You, you ......" and then looked at it in a daze, and couldn't say a word again.

"Can't let them go, go to the police station!"

Li Ji was a little anxious and shouted, and couldn't help but look at the passenger.

The passenger hugged his bag tightly, looked at Li Ji, and then at the two young men, and lowered his head timidly.

"Boy, I see you're full, and the dog takes the mouse!"

The fat man held on to the backrest and stared at Li Ji with his eyes.

Li Ji was furious and was about to step forward, but when he saw the fat man stretching out his hand, he swished and took out a dagger from his waist!

Li Ji instinctively stepped back and grabbed his backpack.

There was silence in the carriage.

More than a dozen passengers, you look at me, I look at you, all stayed where they were, and none of them said a word.

"Don't be verbose, open the door!"

The thin man walked up to the driver and shouted. The driver's body trembled, and his gloves fell.

"Damn, acquaintance, hurry up and open the door!"

The fat man slowly stepped back and reached the door.

"Can't open the door!" Li Ji shouted.

"You step on a horse and be honest with me!" The fat man shook his dagger at Li Ji, "If you don't want to die, shut up!" ”

Turning around, the fat man put the dagger against the driver's chin: "You step on the horse and open the door quickly!" ”

The driver's face turned white all of a sudden, and his lips trembled: "I, I, I'm going to drive, I'm going to drive......"

Then the driver shook his hands, slowly turned around, and pressed the button in front of him.

With a "bang", the door slowly opened.

The two young men turned around quickly and jumped out of the car with a "poof". Along the side of the road, I ran forward for a few dozen meters, got into a taxi, and drove away.

More than a dozen pairs of eyes watched the taxi go away, and there was silence in the carriage for a while.

Half a day later, someone suddenly came to his senses: "Quick! Call the police! ”

Everyone looked at the passenger, but saw that he was still holding his bag, staring out of the car window in a daze.

The driver retracted his gaze, gasped heavily, silently picked up his gloves, and silently started the car.

The car grunted and slowly hit the road again.

Li Ji looked at the passenger who lost his wallet, and felt a little angry. Damn, it's true that the emperor is not in a hurry, and the eunuch is in a hurry.

"The man saw it, why didn't he say it earlier?"

"yes, wait until the wallet is taken away, it's too late."

"Well, it's not your own wallet, don't feel sorry for ......"

The passengers in front of them whispered, and turned to look at Li Ji.

Lying on the grass, I'm really a dog with a mouse.

Li Ji was so angry that he threw his backpack on the seat and twisted his head out of the window.