With infinite annoyance, I arrived at the station in a daze, bought a ticket, and boarded the bus for the return trip. There were many people in the car, and I had no seats. I stood all the way, shaking until I was in the lights.

There were still a few faint red clouds in the sky, and the earth had already hidden in the cold air. My legs were numb, and I staggered out of the car and came to a small noodle shop next to the station. Facing the dusty street, I sat on the bench and asked for a bowl of vegetarian dumplings. I had nothing to eat for a day, and my hands and feet were numb, my whole body was soft, and I was sweating profusely. I was so wilted that I almost fainted on the ground.

The owner of the noodle shop is a middle-aged woman with a very beautiful voice. She speaks quickly and is familiar with people. While she quickly rolls out dumplings, she still talks a few words with the customers.

I didn't want to speak at first, but under her enthusiastic inquiry, I still answered a few words weakly. The boss's wife heard that I worked in a stylus mill and seemed to have a sudden enlightenment. She told me that her man also works in a stylus mill and is an fitter in the mechanical and electrical workshop. She asked us if we were familiar with each other? Almost every family in this small county town has people working in a stylus mill. I really don't have the energy and don't want to think about which man she is, so I just said perfunctorily that I was not very familiar.

The boss's wife had no displeasure expression on her face, and she still nagged in a long and long way. She first complained about her husband's salary, and then scolded the Nanman Lao Hou to be incompetent. Later, she talked about the good things about the past. She said that when Secretary Cui was in power, she had no worries about food and drink at home, and there was never a shortage of lamps and tube fittings in the factory, and even some veil fabrics were given at will. After she kept talking, she asked me mysteriously, "Have you heard that, your Secretary Cui might be on stage again?"

Can Cui Laoba go on stage again? I didn't believe it from the bottom of my heart, but at this time I was so hungry that Venus was rising from her eyes. I didn't want to tell her, but just shook my head without any effort. The boss lady was very disappointed, glanced at me, looked suspicious, and muttered dissatisfiedly, "Is she even said that she is from the schief mill? Why is there no information at all and she doesn't know anything..."

The hot dumplings were finally served, and they were almost full of cabbage and vermicelli, with only some meat crumbs. I was so hungry that I couldn't care about so much, so I quickly ate them voraciously.

The sunset dissipated and the night spread heavily. After I finished my meal, I left the small noodle shop. The cold wind mixed with the streets rushed towards me, causing me to burp a few times. While I walked, I thought about how to explain the farewell when I met Sister Hong. I must not talk about the embarrassing thing about borrowing money. Following Yuan Yuan to the Women's Federation for help seemed even more ridiculous. As for almost finding Lu Yu, I couldn't mention it. This time, I went to the city alone, but I didn't hit the fox and made me feel uncomfortable. I was so depressed that I really wanted to slap myself.

Because I had food in my stomach and had some strength growing on my body, I stepped on the fallen leaves all the way and went west along the People's Road. The dim street lights had already lit up. Seeing my changing shadows, I couldn't help but speed up.

From the east to the west of the city, I passed through most of the county town. When I left the city and got off the asphalt road, there was no light around. The sound of wind in the dark fields became tighter. I opened my eyes wide and walked forward along the bumpy country road. After a long time, my eyes gradually adjusted and vaguely distinguished the surrounding scenery. I listened to my heavy breathing and footsteps, and walked around with deep and shallow feet. After passing a long canal, there was a little light in front of me, and Xizhangzhuang was right in front.

I walked into the village entrance along the dirt road, and looked at the outline of my home in the dark, and a warmth surged into my heart. When I was excited, I forgot that the ground under my feet was uneven. I almost stepped out of the air and fell into the drainage ditch on the side of the road, and my ankle was sprained heavily.

The cold wind was shrill and the four celestials were silent. I squatted down and rubbed my ankles hard. There seemed to be no big problem. I gritted my teeth and endured the pain and continued to walk forward. It was dark and the sky was cold. Most of the farmers got on the bed early and walked forward more than a hundred meters. Finally, I touched my own yard. I looked up and saw that the light seemed to be on in the yard. It must be that Sister Hong and Xiaozhuang were both at home. I gasped for a moment and were about to climb onto the earthen platform, when suddenly, two black shadows rushed over from the raised top of the platform.

"Dogs?!" I was shocked and instinctively wanted to hold them.

The two black shadows did not say anything or bark wildly, and kept pounced in front of me. Then they suddenly straightened their body and started to speak: "Wu Ping, we will wait for you for a few days."

It was a human, not a dog. I widened my eyes in surprise and tried to distinguish the other person's appearance: "You..."

Before I finished speaking in confusion, I was hit hard in the darkness. Unpredictable, the huge impact made me stagger, and fell on my back to the ground under the earth platform, and rolled two times in a row.

My cheeks were numb and my head was in a daze. Before I could react, a raging wind blew on my body. The fist that could not tell the direction and could not tell the points made me beat like a big waist drum, making me "dongdong" sound. I tightened my body in a mess, instinctively protecting my head with both arms, like a curled hedgehog, avoiding fatal injuries as much as possible.

"You kid is really not a guy. If you want to do something, you will pretend to be a fucking thing. If you think you are Lu Yu's apprentice, no one dares to touch you? Bullshit-" A duck-cuckling cursed with gritted teeth.

"Now Lu Yu is gone, even if he doesn't leave, he won't help you, a little bastard! He dares to fight against our Brother Cui, dares to protect that woman with broken shoes, and dares to bully my sister. If you don't pick on your tendons today, we will not be the second tiger in the north of the city!" Another voice was filled with disdain and cruelty.

Two tigers in the north of the city, I finally understood, and an uncontrollable anger arose from the bottom of my heart.

Because it was too dark, I was wearing a thick cotton coat and rolled my body as the master taught me. Except for a punch on my cheek, which hurts so much that most of the two guys' fists and feet fell on my back and limbs, and did not hurt any key points.

The Erhu of Chengbei kept using brute force, probably a little tired of fighting, and panted heavily. My knuckles were clenched and I silently recited the key points taught by the master. I took a look at the moment when a guy raised his leg and kicked me again, arched his body suddenly, stretched his hands and feet, protected his head with his left hand, and grabbed his right hand, and grabbed his pants. Suddenly, a man's miserable wail sounded in the sharp north wind.

The sudden wailing sound awakened a housekeeper dog in the next yard. It immediately barked wildly. When it heard a companion's yell, it instantly attracted a dog's chirping. This sudden change made another guy stunned. I seized an opportunity, stepped forward, and hugged his right hand again in a hurry between his legs. In the hazy way, I saw this guy's body slapped, and screamed, and collapsed on the ground.

I didn't care about the pain all over my body, so I quickly stood up and exclaimed with my strength: "Catch the thief---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Under the quiet night sky, my singular shout immediately attracted echoes from my neighbors. Amid the sound of a ping-pong latch opening, waves of roars came from all over the place.

"Don't let them run away-"

"Catch the chicken thief--"

"Beat them———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

Because every winter free time, there are always a group of idle rogues in the countryside who like to go around villages and households in the dark, causing trouble to make the countryside uneasy. They are the group of guys that farmers hate the most.

Not far away, there were already many flashlights shaking, and the excited shouts of the crowd were close at hand. The two tigers in the north of the city didn't care about me in front of me, so they quickly got up, like two stray dogs with broken hind legs, covering their crotch in a mess, and hunched over and disappeared into the darkness.

"Wu Ping——" A piece of light appeared on the earth platform above my head.
Chapter completed!