"Well, you may be a little misunderstood."

Ming Ruonan took a rough look at the woman opposite, although she was coarse and linen, she was cleaned up properly, and even her hair was meticulously tied up, and she didn't drop a little, and she knew at a glance that she was also a person who enjoyed a rich life.

"Take the liberty of interrupting, I want to ask if Gu Huaiyuan's wife lives here?"

The woman frowned and looked at Ming Ruonan, and after a while, she realized that although she was blown black, she was dressed luxuriously, and she should be a noble person from the city.

Seeing that she didn't speak for a long time, Ming Ruonan said kindly again: "You should be Mrs. Gu, right?" In the Xia Han Ice Sect, Ming Ruonan is the old acquaintance of Senior Brother Huaiyuan. ”

The "Ice Sect ......" The woman suddenly opened the door and invited the two to enter.

They walked into this small courtyard, and the chickens on the ground probed their necks leisurely, and when they saw Mrs. Gu passing by, they thought that they were going to eat, and gathered towards them excitedly, so frightened that the glutinous rice balls had goosebumps, and they were busy holding Ming Ruonan to hide behind her.

"Master!"

Ming Ruonan glanced at his apprentice in disgust, and smiled awkwardly at Mrs. Gu: "You must be Mrs. Gu?" ”

"I'm a widow in the mountains, and I'm not a lady." The woman's expression was indescribable, as if she had become accustomed to rural life over the years.

After sitting down, Ming Ruonan told Mrs. Gu how his father had inquired about Gu Huaiyuan's news over the years, and how he missed him, and asked people everywhere if he was doing well and whether he had suffered outside.

Mrs. Gu first frowned slightly and listened, but the more she listened, the more aggrieved her expression became, and she couldn't help but start crying when she heard it.

"Wait a minute." She turned around and went back to the house and took out a small box, "This is Huaiyuan's relic, I couldn't read these letters back then, I only knew that he had something hidden in his heart, but I didn't expect ......"

Ming Ruonan took the box and opened it, and inside was a slightly yellowed letter. Her fingers trembled, and she took a deep breath and pulled the letter out of the envelope.

[On the eighth day of the third month, Master, today is your birthday, but I can't congratulate you, hey, I'm really unfilial. It was only after becoming a father that I realized how hard you worked back then. Xiaobao is more than a year old, naughty and mischievous, when I trained him, I suddenly thought of myself back then, it should be so annoying to you......]

[Master, I've been promoted! Duanwang is very good, treat our subordinates like brothers, I am now the second-in-command in the barracks, my words are particularly weighty, and the cold ice palm has reached the fifth level! Every time I entered the palace, I had to sneak to the ice cellar and sit for a while. When I'm done, I'll definitely send it back to you to Hanbing! 】

[Madame, Master, the reason why I wrote this letter together is because I want to accompany His Highness on the expedition, and I will start immediately, and I don't have time to write separately, I don't know when I will be able to return home, in case I ...... I only hope that Xiaobao will grow up happily, Master, you will live a long life, madam, if you can't wait for me, you can remarry......]

Ming Ruonan looked at these yellowed letters, and couldn't help but have a sour nose.

"At the beginning, Huaiyuan said that he had no father or mother, but he had a relative. I didn't understand it at the time, thinking about a sect is not just learning martial arts, how to kiss it, and he rarely said this in front of me. But until they bring back these letters......"

Ming Ruonan looked at Mrs. Gu, and was full of emotion for a while, and the memories of his childhood came back one after another: "Although the senior brother is not the longest in my generation, he is the first apprentice accepted by my father, and he is really hurting as a son, but unfortunately both of them are hard-mouthed and soft-hearted......"

Ming Ruonan and Mrs. Gu were relatively speechless, and they burst into tears, but they heard a young man suddenly push the door in and shout: "Who bullied my mother?" ”

Ming Ruonan was slightly stunned, looked back at the young man, and in his mind, the shadows of him and Gu Huaiyuan instantly overlapped.

"It's ...... Xiaobao? ”

The young man's facial features wrinkled together, looked at Ming Ruonan for a moment and asked, "Who are you?" ”

"Xiaobao, don't be rude, this is your elder! It's a noble person from the capital! ”

When Ming Ruonan heard Mrs. Gu's words, her eyebrows furrowed slightly, and she turned her head to look at the young man again, and saw that the young man seemed to be very reluctant to take care of herself, so she asked, "Xiaobao this year?" ”

"Thirteen, but very sensible." Mrs. Gu looked at Xiaobao, her eyes were full of pampering.

Xiaobao threw the hare he had just caught on the ground and moved a small stool to sit beside Mrs. Gu.

"It's so good, four years younger than our glutinous rice balls, you know how to take care of your family."

Tang Yuan pouted: "We don't need me to take care of ...... family"

Ming Ruonan then stepped on the rice balls and held Xiaobao: "My apprentice doesn't talk about hunting, nothing is rare all day long, he likes to carve wood." By the way, little Poke went to school? ”

Mrs. Gu sighed: "Where can I afford it, after Huaiyuan's death, our orphans and widows have many inconveniences in Beijing, and they are much more comfortable living in the mountains, just reading and literacy, not to mention that there are no children in the mountains, and few children in the entire Yiyang County can be literate." ”

"What about martial arts?"

"When he was a child, his father taught him a little, but ......," Mrs. Gu said and wiped her tears again.

Ming Ruonan rubbed the jade bracelet in his hand, thought for a moment in his heart, and said to Mrs. Gu: "Sister-in-law doesn't hide it from you, I came this time to do something for your mother and son, and to make up for the regret in my father's heart. ”

Mrs. Gu opened her mouth in surprise to look at her son, but saw Xiaobao suddenly stand up and slam the door and go out.

Mrs. Gu shook her head helplessly: "This kid is like this when he is young, don't be surprised." ”

Ming Ruonan glanced at Tang Yuan, Tang Yuan rarely understood, and hurriedly opened the door and followed.

"It's okay, the child's heart is like this. I'm not in a hurry to go, sister-in-law, you can think about it again, firstly, there are many old elders of Senior Brother Huaiyuan in the Hanbing Sect, and they must be sincere and good to your mother and son, and secondly, Xiaobao is gone, my father will definitely invite the best gentleman for him, and he can also practice with the senior brothers. Seeing that Mrs. Gu's eyes flashed, Ming Ruonan knew that she had made a decision in her heart, so she continued, "If you have no opinion, I would like to accept Xiaobao as an apprentice, but when the time comes, I am afraid that I will be robbed by my father about teaching Xiaobao." ”

Outside the door, Tang Yuan looked at Xiaobao chopping wood, his eyebrows were curved and almost knotted: "This wood is so beautiful, it's a pity." ”

Xiaobao looked at Tang Yuan like a fool, and with a blank eye, he continued to chop, directly splitting the wood into the air. Tang Yuan hurriedly dodged, frowned, and said, "What kind of trouble are you chopping wood like this?" The way of exerting force is simply not right! ”

Xiaobao ignored him, and then put on the wood. Tang Yuan looked really anxious, and hurriedly reached over, wanting to teach him, but was slapped open by Xiaobao.

As the little overlord of the Cold Ice Sect, Tangyuan has never been deflated by others except for being bullied by his own master. So he stretched out his hand again, Xiaobao frowned, and wanted to slap him away again, but was dodged.

Xiaobao slapped the air, his eyebrows were furrowed, after all, it was a child's heart, and he slapped again, and was dodged by Tang Yuan again. He simply threw the axe and concentrated on patting Tang Yuan's arm, Tang Yuan held his head high, looking arrogant, and his legs didn't move, only shaking his arms and upper body, but Xiaobao couldn't touch his arm no matter how hard he tried.

Xiaobao rolled up his sleeves and simply put his hands together, but he was still dodged by Tang Yuan. When Ming Ruonan and Mrs. Gu came out, what they saw happened to be this scene, and Mrs. Gu was just about to speak, but Ming Ruonan stopped her: "Sister-in-law, don't worry, let Tangyuan try Xiaobao." ”

Xiaobao beat all the time, but he couldn't reach the rice balls, and his face was so angry that his face bulged.

"You can't beat me if you fight me seriously!"

"Hmph, I can knock you down with one hand!"

Xiaobao didn't believe it and shouted: "Here you come!" ”

Then he turned around and ran, Ming Ruonan just wanted to support his forehead when he saw this, his temper couldn't be said if he didn't accept it as an apprentice.