surnamed Wang

Chapter 120 Little Yingxue

"Master, master, look quickly, plum blossoms are so beautiful."

A little girl in a red padded jacket giggled and raised her chubby little hand, pointing to the hillside not far away.

The hillside is full of plum trees, and the plum blossoms in full bloom dye the mountainside red.

"Master, Master, look, it's snowing outside, and the snow is so beautiful."

Seeing that the middle-aged man just smiled and said nothing, the little girl continued to tug at his cuff.

At this time, the stove in the house was in full swing, making the girl's face flushed.

"Haha, I got it, let's go out and play, remember, you can't run too far." The middle-aged man finally couldn't stand the girl's "begging", and graciously allowed her to go out and play.

This place is located in the southern outskirts of the capital city, and it is a huge hill that is rarely visited by people.

Now it is the time when the world is initially settled, and people's hearts are unstable. The people around the capital fled here long before the war came.

As for this middle-aged man, he has lived here for generations, and because of his outstanding skills, he did not appear in the migration team.

"Is Brother Nie at home?"

At this moment, there was a knock on the door.

"Please come in!"

The man surnamed Nie naturally knew who was at the door, and this was the third time he had come to the door these days.

In the twelfth lunar month of winter, there are large flakes of snow floating outside, but the weather is surprisingly clear.

A gust of north wind blows by, but it cannot blow into this old and warm thatched hut.

The kettle on the stove was "hissing" and steaming. The middle-aged man picked up the kettle, poured a cup of hot tea for the visitor in front of him, and waited for him to speak.

The visitor was a few years younger than him, and he was obviously familiar with him. After taking a sip of tea, he said, "Brother Nie, how did you think about what I mentioned earlier?"

"..."

Seeing that the other party hesitated, the young visitor couldn't help feeling a little anxious.

He leaned forward slightly, and said:

"Brother Nie, why did you prefer to be angry when the barbarians were in power, and you wanted to be a good catcher who killed the people. Now that the world has returned to the hands of the Han people, you are going to retire again?"

The middle-aged man saw that the other party seemed to have misunderstood, so after adding tea to him, he said softly:

"Xiao Gao, calm down first, the barbarians are in power, and naturally someone needs to uphold justice for the Han people, even if I can do so much, I want to give justice to the people as much as possible.

Now, as you said, the world has returned to the hands of the Han people, so naturally there is no need for me to do anything extra. "

"Oh, Brother Nie, you have misunderstood. Can Gao Mou not know who you are? Back then, you would have resisted a dozen whips from that barbarian, but also saved an old beggar on the street. This group of brothers will always have this in their hearts."

The visitor surnamed Gao gave a thumbs up, and then continued:

"It's just that the country has just been established, and there is a lot of waste to be done. There is a shortage of people in all walks of life. We old brothers have all signed up, and now you are sent to lead us."

The middle-aged man fell silent when he heard the words, and the experience of everyone going through life and death together in the past also came to mind.

Ordinarily, working in the yamen would not be life-threatening, but they were all young, vigorous and passionate men at that time, and they couldn't help being passionate when they encountered the domineering behavior of the Hu people, so they took care of a lot of nosy things that shouldn't be meddled, and suffered a lot because of it. Less deserved whips.

Until now, everyone has more or less scars from that time.

However, this did not weaken their will in the slightest. On the contrary, they were proud of having more scars, and even added a rule that "the person with the most scars should invite everyone to drink".

"You bastards." Thinking of this, Butou Nie couldn't help cursing.

Seeing the smile on the other side, Xiao Gao couldn't help but secretly rejoice - this matter seems to be interesting.

So he chased after the victory and said: "Brother Nie, you also know that none of our brothers will obey anyone, and some people will object to whoever is promoted to be the foreman. Besides, if someone we don't know is replaced to lead us, we will all be together. Hundreds of reluctance!"

Although Xiao Gao's words were flattering, he was sincere in his heart.

Finally, Catcher Nie couldn't stand the other party's emotional offensive, and finally let go: "Okay, let's go to Guanghan Tower to get together some other day."

"No problem, I'm treating you!" Xiao Gao slapped his chest loudly.

"you?"

Nie Butou suddenly changed his tone and asked jokingly, "Would your 'gentle and virtuous' lady agree?"

Xiao Gao, who was originally high-spirited, became wilted instantly after hearing the word "lady".

His wife is famous for being very powerful. Kneeling on the washboard and the like are commonplace. Although she doesn't live in Hedong, she is still dubbed "Hedong Lion" by the gang of errand brothers.

"Brother Nie, don't want to make fun of me, but you are almost forty, and I don't see you looking for one. With your appearance, which girl from ten miles and eight villages misses you so much that she can't sleep?"

Although what Xiao Gao said was a joke, it was also reasonable. Nie Butou's original name was Nie Mei. The name sounds like a woman, but her appearance is based on most people's aesthetics of men. Although she is nearly forty years old, she still He is tall and tall, with thick eyebrows and big eyes.

After hearing Xiao Gao's ridicule, Nie Mei smiled slightly, but didn't say anything.

Seeing this, Xiao Gao sighed slightly, and asked cautiously, "Is it because of that girl?"

The girl he was talking about was none other than the girl who was running wildly on the hillside at the moment.

Hearing this, Nie Mei nodded first, and then shook her head. Xiao Gao is also a smart person, so she didn't ask any more questions when she saw this.

As far as this girl's origin is very mysterious, even Xiao Gao, who has been friends with Nie Mei for more than ten years, doesn't know the reason.

All I know is that about five years ago, Nie Mei was ordered to go out alone to carry out a mission. When she came back, she held a baby girl and asked him nothing about the situation.

At the time of war, everyone was too busy to take care of themselves, so no one went to explore such trivial matters.

After the capital was destroyed, the gang of police officers suddenly lost their jobs, and everyone went home to make a living. Now, five years have passed, and the baby girl at that time has grown into a girl now.

……

The two chatted briefly, seeing that the purpose of the trip had been achieved, Xiao Gao got up and said goodbye, if he went back late, there would be a washboard meal.

Nie Mei knew the other party's predicament, and did not persuade her to stay. After the two said goodbye at the door, the girl who went out to play came back just at this time.

Outside the door, the girl is holding a large bunch of plum blossoms that she broke off.

When Nie Mei saw the girl, his frowning brows couldn't help but relaxed. He smiled and touched the top of her head, and asked softly, "Yingxue, do you want to learn martial arts?"

"Really? Master, are you finally willing to hand over your unique knowledge to Yingxue?" the girl asked with her eyes wide open.

The man couldn't help laughing wryly when he heard the words, why do these words sound so awkward?
Nie Mei looked at the girl in front of her dotingly, and said, "Learning martial arts is very hard, are you sure you want to learn?"

The girl nodded heavily, and said proudly: "Yingxue is not afraid of hardships, I will become a god catcher like Master in the future!"

"Alright, let's go into the house."

When the girl walked into the house full of joy, Nie Mei looked at the snow scene outside, and the smile on her face faded away, replaced by a vague worry.

(End of this chapter)