When the train started, Tang Hao and Zhu Zhi just realized that they had brought nothing with them except two sets of spare clothes.

When the train stopped halfway, Tang Hao saw someone selling roast duck on the platform, so he jumped off the train and bought four roast ducks. When he saw some army green kettles, he bought two.

The two were thirsty and hungry. They ate all four roast ducks and drank a pot of water. Only then did they feel alive again.

"Next time I come, remember to buy some food to bring with me. I almost thought I was going to starve to death on the train." Tang Hao sighed as he lay on the soft sleeper, touching his full stomach.

Zhu Zhigang was lying on the other lower bunk. He turned his head and glanced at Tang Jie. "That's right. I was so thirsty just now that my throat was smoking."

When I went to the toilet to pee, I couldn't help swallowing when I looked at my own urine.

Before Shen Qinghe left, she cut a lot of clothes. Luo Ailan made clothes at home every day, and Luo Aixiang took the clothes made by Luo Ailan out to sell.

The two of them sat under the lamp at night, settling accounts and grinning.

"Ai Xiang, you are amazing. You have only been in Beijing for a few days, but you have already gotten to know the family housing estates around here very well. Your ready-made clothes are also selling quite well."

Luo Ailan took a pen and wrote down the accounts in a notebook, and showed it to Shen Qinghe when she came.

Luo Aixiang chuckled and proudly tossed her braids, "I also feel like I'm a social hero. No matter who they are, I can strike up a conversation with them."

Luo Ailan looked at Luo Aixiang with envy. She didn't have this skill. She was afraid of people, especially men. She wished she could disappear on the spot and didn't dare to step forward to sell things.

Luo Aixiang was narcissistic for a while, met Luo Ailan's envious eyes, and held her writing hand, "Sister, everyone has their own specialties. For example, you are better than me at calculating. I can calculate, but I don't have the patience, so I easily make mistakes. You can't, and this is your speciality."

"Besides, you see how well you make your clothes now. I can't do this." Luo Aixiang also tried to operate the sewing machine. The road was similar to climbing Xiangshan Mountain, but even more winding than that road.

She gave up and focused on what she was good at.

She didn't feel inferior because of this. No one is omnipotent and it's normal to not be good at something. Why should she envy others?

"Sister, you have your own shining points. Don't envy others. Maybe others envy you."

Luo Ailan laughed, "What do I have that others would envy?"

"Why not?" Luo Aixiang pointed at the clothes Luo Ailan had made exaggeratedly, "Look how beautiful these clothes are, every line is straight, you used to sell well in Guanghua Garment Factory, you were the sales champion, and later you became the store manager, isn't that enviable?"

Luo Aixiang deliberately exaggerated because she didn't want Luo Ailan to feel inferior.

Besides, what she said was true.

As the eldest sister, Luo Ailan has been suppressed by her parents since she was a child. Subconsciously, she thinks she is useless. In fact, she is very outstanding.

Luo Ailan was amused by Luo Aixiang, and the light in her eyes became brighter and brighter.

Yes, she is also very good.

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

Luo Ailan and Luo Aixiang's faces changed at the same time.

Luo Ailan said in horror, "Ai Xiang, who could it be so late at night?"

Luo Aixiang said with a pale face, "I don't know either."

Both of them remembered what Shen Qinghe had told them before she left: never open the door if someone they didn't know knocked.

They didn't know many people in the capital, and if they were acquaintances, it would definitely not be possible for them to come to them in the middle of the night.

It’s so late, there is only one possibility, that’s a thief!

"Sister, don't be afraid. We'll act according to the situation. Qinghe taught us self-defense skills, and we'll use them later." Luo Aixiang found a stick and held it in her hand, and put a desk lamp in Luo Ailan's hand.

"Sister, when you see someone, hit them on the head and knock them out first."

Luo Ailan's palms were sweating from nervousness. "Okay, I understand."

If they don't take the initiative and knock the thief unconscious, they might end up being knocked unconscious by the thief instead.

"Are you asleep? Why hasn't anyone opened the door for so long?" Tang Hao put his face against the door and looked inside.

Zhu Zhigang reached out and poked Tang Hao's lower back, motioning him to look under the door.

There was a light coming through, indicating that there was someone inside and they were still awake.

"Then why don't you come to open the door?" Tang Hao asked puzzledly while looking at the light.

Zhu Zhigang thought for a moment and said, "Maybe he didn't hear it. Knock louder."

Tang Hao felt the same way, so he increased his efforts.

The knocking sound on the door was extremely harsh in the middle of the night.

"Can't you hear this?" Tang Hao muttered in confusion.

"Could they have fallen asleep with the light on?" Zhu Zhigang pulled Tang Hao's arm. "Why don't we stop knocking? Let's find a hotel nearby and stay there first, then come look for them tomorrow."

Tang Hao chuckled at Zhu Zhigang and said, "I want to see Ailan before I leave."

Zhu Zhigang also wanted to see Luo Aixiang, so he didn't mention staying in a hotel first.

Tang Hao continued to knock on the door.

"Ai Xiang, why is this person still knocking on the door in the middle of the night?" Luo Ailan's hands were shaking as she held the desk lamp. Her face was getting paler and paler, and her voice was shaking when she spoke.

"Don't be afraid, we know some skills." Luo Aixiang was also scared to death.

But she saw that Luo Ailan was more afraid than her, so she could only silently encourage herself in her heart.

"Sister, I'll open the door in a while, and then you can hit that guy's head with the lamp in your hand." Luo Aixiang clenched the stick in her hand and said to Luo Ailan.

Luo Ailan nodded and said in a trembling voice, "Okay!"

Luo Aixiang looked back and saw Luo Ailan was shaking with fear.

She gritted her teeth and decided that no matter who the thief was today, she would make him regret coming here.

I guess he had been there during the past few days and knew that there were only two women living there, so he came to steal late at night.

late at night……

You don't want to rob me of my money, you want to rape me too?

Luo Aixiang's calves trembled, and she pursed her lips to prevent her upper and lower teeth from knocking against each other.

"Sister, I'm going to open the door." Luo Aixiang stared at the door. The knocking sound outside was like a death warrant, knocking on their hearts again and again.

"Okay, you drive." Luo Ailan said in a low voice.

Luo Aixiang thought for a moment and said, "Sister, if you see something wrong, run away. I'll hold the thief back first, and you go report the crime and ask the police to come and save me!"

Luo Ailan looked at Luo Aixiang with a pale face and said, "You should run and I will hold them back."

"No." Luo Aixiang refused decisively.

The thief must be a man. Luo Ailan was once frightened by Zhou Yongliang and she finally got over it and accepted Tang Hao. She can't be scared by a man again.

Luo Aixiang gritted her teeth, suddenly opened the door, and shouted, "Sister, smash it!"

Luo Ailan closed her eyes and threw the lamp away. She said in a trembling voice, "If you don't get out of here, I'll report you to the police."

"Ouch!" Tang Hao covered his forehead, blood flowing out from between his fingers.

He never thought that after not seeing Luo Ailan for so long, she would welcome him with a desk lamp.

"Tang Hao?"

Luo Aixiang was just about to raise the stick to hit someone, and the stick was already above Tang Hao's head. When he saw who was coming, he almost couldn't stop himself from hitting him, and his eyes widened in shock.

"It's me. What are you doing?" Tang Hao said while enduring the pain.

Zhu Zhigang, who was standing behind him, stared at everything in front of him with his mouth wide open. He immediately understood what was going on and said self-reproachfully, "It's all our fault that we came in such a hurry that we forgot to call you to let you know."

Shen Qinghe installed a telephone here, but Tang Hao and Zhu Zhigang completely forgot about it.

Ten minutes later, the four arrived at a small clinic at the entrance of the alley which was still open.

The doctor checked the wound on Tang Hao's forehead and sewed six stitches.

I took a look at the four listless young men and thought they were fighting.

He advised earnestly, "Young man, don't be impulsive when encountering things. If you have something to say, talk it out nicely and don't resort to violence. Fortunately, the wound is on the forehead. If it had been hit a little lower and hit the eye, wouldn't the eye be ruined?"

"You are still young. If your eyes are damaged, what will you do in the future?"

Luo Ailan's face, which had just recovered, turned as pale as paper again.

She looked at Tang Hao with fear.

Tang Hao waved his hand nonchalantly, "It's okay, even if one is lost, there is still one."

doctor,"……"

You are still young, you are just stubborn. You say you don’t care, but if you are really blind, you won’t even have a place to cry.

Tang Hao and Zhu Zhigang only ate two roast ducks each on the train. They had been holding on until now and were already starving.

Eat dumplings when you get on the bus and noodles when you get off.

Luo Ailan rolled the noodles skillfully and made oil-splashed noodles for them.

A large bowl of fried noodles and a bowl of noodle soup.

Tang Hao and Zhu Zhigang felt they had never felt so satisfied with a meal.

I secretly thought in my heart that I would marry her after graduation so that he could eat such delicious oil-splashed noodles every day.

Aunt Zhang, who was sleeping, woke up from a nightmare. She dreamed that she made a bowl of oil-splashed noodles for Tang Hao. Tang Hao said it was unpalatable and poured it directly into the trash can. He also wanted to fire her. She was so scared that her back was wet.

I pulled the light cord, took out my watch from under the pillow and looked at it. It was not yet twelve o'clock.

I was just dreaming, it wasn't real.

She was also planning to work in the Tang family until she could no longer work.

Aunt Zhang turned over and fell into a deep sleep again.

After eating and drinking, Tang Hao and Zhu Zhigang visited the house. He had heard his father describe to him how good the house rented by Shen Qinghe was.

What you hear is not as good as what you see!

Now that I have seen it with my own eyes, I feel that his father did not learn Chinese well in school and his vocabulary is too small. This house is even more magnificent than he described.

"You two are the only ones living in such a big house?" No wonder I thought they were thieves.

Luo Ailan was stunned for a moment, "It's just temporary. Qinghe and Chunlin brother also live here. When they come after the New Year, Aixiang and I will live next door."

"Let's go take a look next door tomorrow." Zhu Zhigang walked around the rooms and said as he walked over.

Luo Aixiang nodded and said, "We live in the room at the entrance, but the furniture is the same as here." She was always very careful in everything she did, for fear of damaging the furniture that looked very expensive.

Tang Hao gave a thumbs up and said, "This landlord is really generous." He allows the tenants to use such expensive furniture as they please, and the rent is so cheap.

Luo Ailan asked curiously, "Is this furniture expensive?"

"It's not very expensive, but it's extremely expensive." Tang Hao said.

Luo Ailan and Luo Aixiang looked at each other and understood what meant in each other's eyes.

I have to be more careful next time, so as not to accidentally break something and have to ask them to pay for it.

"Oh no." Luo Ailan said suddenly.

Everyone looked at her in confusion.