Updated: 2012-07-13

Not far from the road, the house surrounded by blue brick walls is half an acre. It is next to a pond in front of it, with four or five families scattered around. Seven or eight lights are lit in the quiet night, which shallowly outline the outline of the scenery far and near.

Chen Huai and Chen Dan walked closer to the house, and suddenly a barking sounded from the darkness, causing people to realize that there was a dog lying behind the yard gate. Perhaps because he did not stop when he heard footsteps, the dog at the yard gate barked twice again, intending to dispel the outsider's attempt to approach the yard.

Seeing Chen Huai stopping in front, Chen Dan guessed that he was afraid of being bitten by the dog, and explained: "Jin Zi is so timid. It was a golden retriever dog that Haiwen caught from the city during his lifetime. He dared to shout twice when he heard the footsteps of strangers. He became docile after meeting him. But it was strange. After Haiwen died, Jin Zi didn't scream loudly for more than half a month. He lay behind the yard door all day, staring at the passing people, as if waiting for Haiwen to come back..."

Chen Huai blew a whistle probably.

This whistle still seemed a little dull in the quiet night, but when the whistle came out, a black shadow popped out of the darkness and rushed towards Chen Huai.

Chen Dan was shocked and thought Jin Zi was going crazy and was about to bite Chen Huai, but he couldn't even block it. So he watched Jin Zi pounce in front of Chen Huai before he suddenly pulled it into his feet.

Jinzi hesitated and looked up at the person in front of him, then tentatively leaned over and sniffed, as if he wanted to smell a familiar smell from the person in front of him... The whistle was so familiar, but the person in front of him was so strange. Jinzi was confused, and seemed to be unwilling to let the familiar whistle disappear, and she growled lowly like a whimper.

Chen Tong just thought Jin Zi wanted to bite Chen Huai. How could he let Chen Huai get a dog bite? He jumped out of the car, raised his foot and kicked Jin Zi, trying to kick the danger away from Chen Huai.

"No!" Seeing Chen Tong lifting his foot and coming over, Chen Huai couldn't stop it, so he stepped over and blocked Jin Zi. Chen Tong lifted his foot and kicked the dog without knowing the importance of it. Chen Huai was kicked in a calves, and he felt heartbroken. He couldn't help but turn around and shout at Chen Tong: "It just doesn't know me, why did you kick it?"

Chen Tong was frightened by Chen Huai, and Chen Dan was also at a loss for the sudden change.

Chen Huai also knew that Chen Tong was anxious just now because he was afraid that the dog would bite him. However, at this moment, he could no longer suppress his emotions. He squatted down and hugged the gold that was in confusion, and cried silently without control...

The moment Jin Zi hugged Chen Huai, he wanted to struggle, but suddenly he felt that this hug was so familiar. His shiny eyes looked at the big tears falling from the man's cheek. Although he was confused, he turned his head and stuck his tongue and licked his face twice. The salty tears were nothing delicious, so he did not struggle to avoid it, but immersed in the familiar hug.

Chen Dan's vigilance and defense, Chen Huai would not blame her, and also felt that she should do it. Knowing that she was a good woman with self-discipline, Chen Huai also controlled her to approach Xiao Li and Chen Dan without being too abrupt. The more rational and restrained she was, the more complicated the emotions that the relatives were in front of her and could not recognize each other would be suppressed, and she would collapse inadvertently.

Jinzi still recognized himself! Chen Huai thought excitedly, and his tears couldn't stop, and his face was covered with slashing falls.

Chen Dan and Chen Tong were all stupid there. How majestic it was when Chen Huai shook the "yellow-faced cat" Wang Gang in front of the darkness. He never thought that he would cry like this in his arms with a "strange" dog. Fortunately, it was not completely destroyed at night, but it also scared the two Chen Dan and the two at a loss.

"Brother?" A timid shout suddenly came from the gate of the courtyard.

"Oh, it's us." Chen Tong thought he was calling him, and then came to his senses and responded.

It was Xiao Li's timid shout, as if there was an ethereal sound from his soul, which made Chen Huai's out of control wake up. He turned around and saw the headlights in the yard lit up, and the light hit Xiao Li's thin and fair face. It was obvious that her eyes seemed to be full of confusion and unconcealed loss: Could it be that Xiao Li also heard the whistle that he couldn't help calling gold just now?

Jinzi is eight months old, with beautiful fur, like light golden satin, as high as Shen Huai's knees, waving his tail, barking at Xiao Li standing in the yard, as if telling her: He is the brother.

Xiao Li stood in the bright spot and could not see the tears on Chen Huai's face. He looked at Chen Dan, Chen Tong and Secretary Chen who had helped them in the city steel factory before standing at the intersection, just thinking that he had heard the familiar whistle just now, it was his own hallucination.

Although Xiao Li was disappointed, he opened the yard door and asked, "Why did you come back so late? Ah, what's going on Brother Chen Tong's face?"

Although Chen Huai felt sore, he woke up, wiped the tears on his cheeks, and smiled at Chen Dan, who was frightened: "I had a dog to accompany me since I was a child. Gold looks too much like it. I was a child on the farm and depended on my mother for life and had no playmates. That dog accompanied us through the most difficult years. When I was twelve years old, my mother died of illness. The dog died of old age after being with me for another year. Then I grew up alone until now, without even a friend..."

Chen Huai was crying like that. How could Chen Dan doubt his half-true words? Her vigilance and defense against Chen Huai completely collapsed at this moment, and there was a soft place in her heart that moved the emotional venting of the person in front of her.

"Chen Tong, go in with Xiao Li first..." Chen Dan was afraid that Chen Huai would embarrass others to see this, so he asked his younger brother and Xiao Li first to go to the yard. She wanted to accompany Chen Huai to stand for a while in the dark.

It was strange that Jinzi ignored Xiao Li's call and stood gentlely beside Shen Huai, and occasionally swept his trousers with his tail.

Chen Huai stood on the mud ridge on the side of the road, and then he felt a kick at Chen Tong. His calf bones hurt slightly. He rolled up the tube of his trouser legs and saw that there was a piece of blue there.

"This kid Chen Tong is really ignorant of the severity," the light was very dark. Chen Dan could squat in front of Chen Huai's eyes when he wanted to see the place where Chen Huai's leg was kicked. He leaned over and pressed the darker skin, and looked up and asked Chen Huai, "Does it hurt?"

"Chen Tong was afraid that I would bite the gold and then raise my foot. I yelled at him for a moment. Please help me tell him later." Chen Huai said casually.

He didn't mind Chen Tong's kick, but just wanted to clean up his emotions as soon as possible. He felt that Chen Dan was pressing his little feet and his fingers were cold. Chen Dan was so close, her face was like a clear lotus floating on the dark water surface, her eyes were so clear. Chen Huai smelled the faint fragrance from her body, and his excitement gradually calmed down, and his heart was warm, and he restrained the urge to hold her in his arms.

After they were ready to clear up, Chen Huai and Chen Dan went into the yard. Chen Tong and Xiao Li were already preparing supper inside.

Chen Dan and her husband Sun Yong had a bad relationship after marriage, so they simply lived in a single dormitory on the reception station in the town. They had to accompany Xiao Li recently, so they temporarily lived in the old house.

The old house is empty, with a small water altitude, surrounded by ponds on three sides, and an earthen ridge on one side leads to the road. There are no other houses within two or three hundred meters around. Just two people and a timid dog living in such a house, which is quite intriguing at night.

Even if Chen Huai didn't happen to rent a house in Meixi Town, Chen Dan wanted to take Xiao Li to the town to live in and let the old house stay; but the gold that was used to being wild in the countryside was difficult to raise in the dormitory of the town reception station, so hesitated and couldn't make up his mind.

Chen Huai wanted to rent the entire house and promised that Jinzi would be placed in the old house for him to take care of it. Chen Dan and Xiao Li could come to see it at any time, and this problem was solved.

Xiao Li is not very concerned about things. No matter how strong he is, he is only a 15 or 16-year-old girl. He has some habits of relying on Chen Dan these days, so naturally, Chen Dan makes the decision for her when renting a house.

Chen Dan originally wanted to not get too close to Chen Huai, for fear that he would have any thoughts about him. The closer he got, the deeper he would fall. However, when he saw Chen Huai crying with gold, this layer of concern and defense suddenly collapsed.

She knew that Chen Huai looked extremely glorious and young and promising, and must have suffered unimaginable pain in her heart, so that she would inadvertently exudate her emotions indulge in such an indulgent way. Although Chen Huai looked ugly when she cried, such a person made her feel at ease and real.

Thinking of Chen Huai's appearance just now, I saw that Jinzi stayed at Shen Huai's feet all night and enjoyed his caress very freely. Chen Dan's heart was moving warmly. How could he refuse to rent the old house to him?

The matter of renting a house was decided, Chen Dan and Xiao Li didn't want to rent it, Chen Huai put the six hundred yuan worth of the three-month rent on the table and said:

"I came to Meixi Town as a cadre. If I live in a free house and don't pay rent, it would be unreasonable. This is also in Meixi Town, such a large yard, and the land outside is included. The rent of only 200 yuan per month is really cheap. For renting a house, please help me draw a lease, and notify the village. Don't let the neighbors on the left see me as a stranger and beat me up as a thief. At that time, I have nowhere to say wronged..."

Chen Huai's words are always persuasive; however, Chen Dan was the main thing, Xiao Li collected the rent. Although the city steel mill promised to pay living expenses and tuition fees monthly before Xiao Li started working, the prices have risen sharply this year, and only more than 120 yuan of living expenses per month will be very embarrassing. Chen Dan's salary is not high.

If you rent out your old house, you can get two hundred yuan more rent a month, and you don’t have to be so financially struggling in your life.
Chapter completed!