Several people greeted for a while, and Wen Qing'an saw that the two catchers were still standing behind Xue Er, so he looked for their hands and said, "Since you Xue catchers are here together, let's all come over and eat something."

Seeing Wen Qing'an say this, Xue Er was no longer polite to him, beckoned the two catchers behind him and asked them to come and sit down. After everyone sat around, Xue Er introduced them to Wen Qing'an: "What about these two, the black and thin one, we all call him Heizi." The fat one is called Dalin. What will happen to the eldest brother and sister-in-law in the future, just tell them"

After finishing speaking, Xue Er turned his head to Heizi Dalin and said: "These two are the benefactors of my family, I am treated as a brother and sister-in-law, don't be lazy when you see it in the future."

These two sixteen, seventeen, eight, little catchers are also a refreshing character. Hearing Xue Er say this, the two glanced at each other, then stood up from the stool with a pout, bowed to Wen Qing'an and Wen's family, and said loudly: "Big brother and sister-in-law are good" Such an underworld posture caused a burst of laughter from the few people present.

After the two sides got to know each other, the shopkeeper also brought breakfast. Wen Qing'an took a bun from the plate and handed it to Xue Dadao: "Whether you eat or not, eat again" and then beckoned the other two to eat more.

With Wen Qing'an's words, the three of them were not polite to them, they took the bun and gnawed it, and in the end, Xue Er brought the white porridge in front of Wen Qing'an and drank it in a big gulp.

Wen was afraid that the food of a few people would not be enough, so he ordered the shopkeeper to serve more steamed buns and so on.

After a storm, Xue Er sat at the dining table, touched his full belly, and hiccuped before he smiled and said to Wen Qingan: "Originally, I just wanted to come to the store to make two pots of wine, which I used to warm up my body when I was patrolling the streets, but I didn't expect to have an unexpected meal today." If it weren't for Yu Lu to see you, we would have to eat until noon."

"Cut, this is not what you asked for. The money is not let us collect, and the things are not let us take, and when those vendors see us, they are happier than when they see their own father" Although the sunspot sitting next to him was complaining, but there was a faint pride on his face, which showed that he agreed with Xue Zhutou's approach very much.

Xue Zhutou turned his head, played a few brains of the sunspot, and scolded with a smile, ", I've eaten and eaten, hurry up and go to patrol the street with Dalin." I'll talk to Brother Wen first, and I'll look for you later."

Heizi covered his head and said angrily, "You provoke me again, provoke me, I'll tell my sister to go, see if you still want to marry a daughter-in-law in the future", after finishing speaking, he didn't care about Xue Er, jumped up from the stool with a snort, grabbed Lin Zi, who was still eating buns with his head down, and ran outside.

Dalin was pulled by the sunspot on the back of his clothes, pointed to the bun on the table and muttered, "Black paper, kick, there is still a grid of Baozi that I haven't taken."

"Little rabbit cub, patrol the streets for me" Looking at the backs of the two of them, Xue Er said loudly. Although there was no voice to answer him, when Dalin was leaving, he gave Xue Er a reassuring look.

Wen Qing'an saw that the relationship between the three of them was very good, poured a cup of tea for Xue Er, and said with a smile: "Xue Er is still like this, you can make such a good brother wherever you go."

Xue Er touched the back of his head and said, "I'm just lucky." When my mother was sick, if I hadn't met Brother Wen and my sister-in-law, my mother would have been gone. That's why my mother always said that I, stupid people have stupid blessings."

When Wen heard this, he laughed, then glanced at Xue Er's knife on the corner of the table, and teased: "You are not stupid, if you are a fool, how can you be the head catcher in the town." Your stupidity will deceive others, and we don't know how shrewd you are."

The brothers and sisters of the Wen family heard their mothers say this, and they knew that there must be a story in it.

After getting along for a while, Wen Anze and Wen Anhao were not as restrained as they were just now. Hearing Wen's comment on Xue Er, Wen Anhao, who was drinking porridge, put down the spoon, raised his head and asked curiously, "Uncle Xue, what's going on?"

Xue Er didn't think that Wen Anhao would ask such a question, thinking about what embarrassing things he had done, he was a little embarrassed to answer, so he had to laugh dryly.

Wen Anhao was obviously dissatisfied with this series of 'hehe' answers, and turned his head to look at Wen with a pout, hoping that his mother could answer his questions.

Wen pursed his lips and smiled for a while, and just as he wanted to speak, he felt that his elbow was lightly bumped. looked at her husband suspiciously, and saw wen qing'an motioning her to look around with her eyes, this is okay if she doesn't remind her, as soon as she reminded wen, she found that she was thrown from all directions with gossip eyes.

Wen was stunned by the curious eyes of everyone, but he immediately covered his mouth and sneered.

When Wen Qing'an signaled to the Wen family, Xue Er also felt it. He knew that if he didn't say it today, he probably wouldn't even be able to get out of the inn, so he hooked his hand, hugged Wen Anhao to his lap, and said loudly: "When I met your father and mother back then, I happened to be short of money, so I saw that they were honest people, so I wanted to calculate, borrow some money first, and pay it back when I had money."

Hearing this explanation, everyone nodded secretly, as if Xue Zhutou could do something. Don't look at his stupid appearance on the surface, he is actually more shrewd than anyone else, otherwise the old man Xiao with vicious eyes would not be able to recommend him to the county magistrate as this head catcher.

Just when Xue Er thought he had passed the test, Wen Anze, who was sitting next to him, put down the chopsticks in his hand, wiped his mouth, and asked in a small voice: "Then what?" ”

Wen Qing'an looked at Xue Er, who was deflated, and knew that if this continued, Xue Er's face would really be lost here, so he had to stand up and relieve him: "Then your father and your Uncle Xue don't know each other."

Seeing that he had escaped, Xue Er nodded to Wen Qing'an with a smile. In order to divert Wen Anze's attention, he handed his saber to Wen Anze: "Well, as soon as I come in, I will stare at this when I see you two brothers, let me show you." But I explained in advance, I can only see, but I can't pull the knife out."

Wen Anze Where have they seen this kind of knife, and now they have the opportunity to get close to it, and immediately their eyes lit up and Wen Anhao muttered to Wen Anhao, who ran over.

Without the children's disturbance, Wen Qing'an began to ask about Xue Er's situation: "We haven't seen each other for some years, didn't you and your mother go to your brother back then?" Why are you on an errand in this town? ”

Seeing Wen Qing'an mention of the past, Xue Er lowered his head, and the hand on the table clenched into a fist, and even the green tendons on the back of his hand were visible.

After being silent for a while, Xue Er said slowly: "Hey, my brother did find it, but when I saw him, his leg was crippled."

When Wen heard this, he couldn't help but exclaim. She once heard Xue Er say that his eldest brother was a scholar, and he was usually very kind, how could he be disabled. Nowadays, there are occasional wars on the border, but this dynasty is basically a peaceful and prosperous era, although the scholar has no fame, but it is also very valued by the imperial court, who has such a big courage to cripple a scholar in broad daylight.

Wen Qing'an obviously had the same idea as Wen's, and looked at Xue Er with some incredulity: "Who did it?" Did the prisoner get caught? ”

Xue Er tried his best to calm his anger, shook his head with some difficulty, and said in a heavy tone: "It's just some ruffians and hooligans, asking my brother for some protection money." You also know that our family is poor, and all the money is spent on my brother. He also reasoned with those people for the sake of ......, and he didn't want those brutes to really dare to make a move, and when the government came to arrest them, they had already run away" Xue Eryue said, the lower his voice became. Later, this young man in his twenties was actually a little choked. It can be seen how sad he is about his eldest brother.

Wen Qing'an knew that no amount of comfort was a bit superfluous now, so he had to pat Xue Er's shoulder and said in a low voice: "If there is anything you need our help with, just say it"

Hearing Wen Qing'an say this, Xue Er was a little embarrassed, and hurriedly waved his hand: "No, no." Actually, my brother is not as miserable as I say. Now he has opened a grocery store in the town, and when he is free, he does accounting for others or something, and he married his daughter-in-law last year. Now my mother lives with them, and it is very convenient for our family to meet each other."

When Wen heard Xue Er say this, he couldn't help but wonder: "Aren't you going back to your hometown?" By the way, why are your whole family here now? ”

Xue Er looked up at the window, as if he was recalling something, and paused for a while before saying, "When my mother and I came out at that time, we sold all the valuable things at home to raise money for the road, and there was no one in my hometown, so it didn't matter if I went back or not." Second,......, my brother and I heard that some of us had seen the ruffians in this area, so we moved here a few years ago. But what I didn't expect was that it took root here."

After speaking, Xue Er turned his gaze back, pulled his clothes, and mocked: "Now even I am the catcher in the town, and it is impossible for me to leave."

There was no comfort, no persuasion, but Wen Qingan's words made Xue Er's whole body stiffen.

"Just because you wear this dress, you have to do things worthy of your clothes"

After hearing this, Xue Er looked at Wen Qing'an with that sharp gaze for the first time, and even gave people a feeling of oppression. This kind of gaze even gave Wen Anan the illusion that if his gaze was sharper, he would feel the pain of that gaze across his body.

People are sometimes really contradictory creatures, and the more you get to know them, the more you will find that there is more to them under that appearance. For example, Lin Shaoyu has the majesty of a superior under his honest appearance; Under Xue Er's hearty and stupid appearance, he has a terrifying courage.

Compared with Wen An'an's shock, Wen Qing'an still had that kind of calm expression, allowing Xue Er to look at it with this kind of gaze.

The two looked at each other like this for a long time. In the end, Xue Er first removed his eyes, frowned and said, "I don't know what will happen to me when Lu Dao meets them."

Wen Qing'an didn't say anything, just patted him on the shoulder again. Then he turned to Wen and said, "It's not too early, we should go back too."

Wen was also eager to see that his father-in-law had changed the topic. nodded, so he handed Wen Anan over to Wen Qing'an, and went upstairs to pack his baggage.

When Wen came down, Wen Qing'an had already gone to the shopkeeper to settle the accounts, and at this time, he was holding Wen An'an and Xue Er standing at the door of the inn chatting, Wen Anze and Wen Anhao were still studying the knife on the side.

Wen Qing'an saw Wen coming over, said goodbye to the shopkeeper, shopkeeper and others, and walked out of town with his wife and children.

Walking on the road, Xue Er returned to his original state, as if nothing had happened just now. Xue Er scratched his head, smiled and said to Wen Qing'an: "Brother Wen, you should go home with me, if my mother knew that I met you and let you go, she would definitely have to chase me all over the yard with a broom."

Wen Qing'an looked up at the sky, and then said to Xue Er: "Don't say goodbye, I'm a drag on my family, it's not good to come and disturb." When I come to town by myself one day, I'll buy something to visit your mother. Besides, we agreed with the people in the village to go back by ox cart together, and if we leave late, where can you let me go to find an ox cart for your sister-in-law and nephews and nieces."

Xue Erzhi said that it was really not good to keep people this time, so he had to give up. However, Wen Qing'an still asked for their addresses, and he wanted to wait for him to take turns that day and go to visit.

Finally, Xue Er sent the Wen family to the open space outside the town, and hurriedly returned to the town to patrol the streets.

When they arrived, the Lin family was already waiting there, and after everyone said hello, they waited together for Chen Laohao's ox cart in the open space. After about half an hour, the ox cart arrived. Because there were few people this time, even Wen Qing'an could sit on it, so in this way, the group took an ox cart and rushed home.