Chapter 15: The Backbone of the Empire
Do you know me? Ning Zong searched in his mind, but he didn't have any information about the girl in front of him. Well, can you come with me? My brother would be happy to see you. The curious look in Ning Zong's eyes was even stronger, who was her brother? The girl was holding a big radish in her arms, and she happily walked towards ...
"You know me?" Ning Zong searched in his mind, but there was no information about the girl in front of him.
"Well, can you come with me? My brother would be happy to see you. ”
The curious look in Ning Zong's eyes was even stronger, who was her brother?
The girl was holding a big radish in her arms, so she happily walked forward, Ning Zong looked at the girl's back, dressed plainly, but it was very clean, and it felt very comfortable.
After a short walk through an alley, you will arrive at a dirty-looking street that feels more like a slum than the rest of the bustling area of the West Sea.
In front of a bungalow, there was a small courtyard at the door, and the girl opened the door familiarly, and the room was glowing with yellowing lights.
The girl put the turnip away and shouted happily, "Brother, I'm back." ”
Accompanied by a rapid coughing sound from inside the house, and then a somewhat sluggish voice sounded: "Xiao Luo, you are back." ”
"Yes, brother, I'm back." The girl stepped forward and hugged a skinny young man, who from the appearance of it was probably no more than twenty-four or five years old, but his messy hair and godless eyes showed that this young man was not doing well.
"Brother, are you alright?" Xiao Luo asked with concern.
Brother Xiao Luo quickly replied, "I'm fine, I'm ruthless." ”
As Brother Xiao Luo spoke, he put his hand on his back, and Ning Zong caught blood stains on it.
Brother Xiao Luo had actually noticed that someone was coming, but his eyes hadn't looked this way yet, because his attention was on Xiao Luo's body from beginning to end, and then he laughed and said, "Xiao Luo, did you bring your boyfriend?" ”
Xiao Luo's cheeks turned red when he was said, and he was a little embarrassed, so he said, "Brother, look for yourself." ”
"Okay, okay, I'll see what my future brother-in-law looks like?" Brother Xiao Luo said as he slowly moved his gaze to Ning Zong's body.
In the next second, Brother Xiao Luo, who was still smiling on his face, stopped abruptly in an instant, his expression seemed to have been poured with cement and solidified, and his eyes were moist in an instant.
One of his hands held on to the door frame, and he couldn't help but shudder.
Ning Zong looked at the unfamiliar young face in front of him, and he also had no impression in his mind.
But soon, Brother Xiao Luo made a standard salute towards Ning Zong: "Dragon King, Huo Xiaojun, a retired infantry member from the border, has seen the Dragon King. ”
Huo Xiaojun was seriously ill, but when he saw Ning Zong at this time, his waist instantly straightened, and tears fell down his cheeks.
The word dragon king, for all the people on the border, means like a kind of faith, as long as there is a dragon king, all people are down-to-earth and stable in their hearts.
Ning Zong looked at the skinny Huo Xiaojun, and walked towards Huo Xiaojun, and when he got closer, Ning Zong returned the salute: "Veteran, you have worked hard." ”
Ning Zong's hand slowly lowered and helped Huo Xiaojun sort out his clothes.
Among the hundreds of thousands of soldiers on the border, it is impossible for everyone to remember Ning Zong, but every veteran Ning Zong will not forget.
"Dragon King, I've disgraced you." Huo Xiaojun said with a crying voice.
He didn't expect that he would have the opportunity to meet the Dragon King in this life, he was on a mission, a bullet was shot into the body, although the bullet was out, but it was left with an old problem, unable to do heavy work, and long-term dependence on medicine to relieve pain.
As a last resort, he had no choice but to retire.
"Don't cry, veteran."
Huo Xiaojun sniffed, and when he saw his old boss, Huo Xiaojun couldn't help himself, but the old boss gave an order, and Huo Xiaojun had to obey the order.
"Brother, why are you crying as a big man, you didn't cry when the bullet entered your body, why are you crying now?" Xiao Luo comforted Huo Xiaojun.
Huo Xiaojun shouted: "What do you know about a girl?" ”
Xiao Luo stuck out her tongue, in fact, she also knew that her brother was not sad, but cried happily.
Ning Zong walked into the house, but was stopped by Huo Xiaojun intentionally or unintentionally: "Dragon King, it's dirty inside, let's find a restaurant outside, I'll invite you to drink, Dragon King." ”
"Infantry Huo Xiaojun."
"Here!"
"I'm ordering you to get out of the way now!"
"Yes!" Huo Xiaojun's throat rolled, and his voice was like a bell, but he still couldn't help but tremble.
Ning Zong entered the house and saw the house with four walls, and sighed with emotion, there was a strong smell of Chinese medicine wafting in the house.
And the dish on the table is also boiled cabbage and radish, which does not look nutritious at all.
Huo Xiaojun was a little embarrassed, and said in an embarrassed voice: "Dragon King, don't look at me." ”
After Huo Xiaojun finished speaking, he said to Xiao Luo: "Hurry up and put it away." ”
"Don't take it." Ning Zong sat down directly on the stool in front of the table.
"If you want to drink, we'll drink it here."
"Don't drink it." Xiao Luo spoke quickly.
"The doctor said that my brother's current condition is that he can't drink, and his health will get worse and worse."
"Xiao Luo, you get up, the Dragon King is looking for me to drink, that's a big deal."
Xiao Luo didn't let in the slightest, and said to Ning Zong: "I don't care what kind of dragon king or Ning Zong you are, anyway, if you drink with my brother, you are not welcome in our family, please leave our house." ”
Huo Xiaojun's body was shocked, and he showed a worried look on his face, his sister was really too bold, who dared to speak loudly to the Dragon King when he was at the border. She actually dared to let the dragon king go now.
Huo Xiaojun hurriedly prepared to explain.
But he didn't expect Ning Zong to suddenly smile at this time and say, "Then don't drink alcohol, replace wine with water." ”
"That's pretty much it." After Xiao Luo finished speaking, he quickly entered the back room and poured water for the two of them.
"Dragon King, I'm really a little sorry." Huo Xiaojun said in an apologetic tone.
"It's okay, it was my negligence, why didn't you go to the hospital when you were sick?" Ning Zong asked.
"It's an old problem, and the doctor said that it can't be cured, and the hospitalization costs money, so I will come and treat it myself." Huo Xiaojun said.
"Brother, you are talking nonsense, we just don't have the money to treat it, if we had money, we would have cured it a long time ago." Xiao Luo stepped forward and said again.
Huo Xiaojun blamed his sister and said, "Xiaoluo, if you don't speak, no one will treat you as dumb." ”
Ning Zong looked at the situation in the room, and then looked at Huo Xiaojun's pale face, beads of sweat were already oozing from his forehead, it was enough to see that Huo Xiaojun who appeared was struggling to support.
"I'll go to the hospital tomorrow, and I'll settle the cost."
"Dragon King, this ......"
Ning Zong had already slowly stood up at this time: "Don't talk nonsense, report to the hospital tomorrow, if you don't go, I'll break your legs." ”
After Ning Zong finished speaking, he walked outside.
When Huo Xiaojun saw Ning Zong leaving, he quickly got up and saluted Ning Zong's back, and said in a solemn tone, "Dragon King, you go well." ”
Ning Zong's figure paused for a few seconds, and then he said slowly: "The empire will not forget you veterans. ”
This sentence instantly made Huo Xiaojun's figure freeze, and then he shed two lines of tears.
Knowing that Ning Zong disappeared from Huo Xiaojun's sight, Huo Xiaojun put his hand down.
And Xiao Luo was also very happy, just now she seemed to hear that the Dragon King was going to treat his brother.
......
On the other side, in the bar booth, Zhang Dongliang was drinking wine and hugging the beauty, he didn't know that he could live such a good life, and it all relied on the group of veterans on the border to give them stability.
Han Hui drank a glass of wine fiercely, and said impatiently: "Brother Dongliang, why is there no news from the Yuan Hall Master, it shouldn't be some kind of moth?" ”
Zhang Dongliang put down the wine and said, "How can there be a moth, the fame of the Yuan Hall Master, you haven't heard of it." Like the waste of the Ning family's abandoned son, it is not a matter of minutes for the Yuan Hall Master to clean it up. ”
Han Hui thought about it and thought that this was the case, so he began to have fun with the beauty next to him again.
But in the next second, the sound of deafening music in the bar suddenly stopped.
The people who were originally very excited looked confused and said, "What's going on?" ”
Young Master Liang, who was still jumping, scolded angrily; "** yes, how did you do it?"
"Believe it or not, I smashed your bar."
At this time, several people stepped forward and said to this group of red men and green women: "Excuse me, everyone, the venue has been cleared today." ”
Although the crowd was disappointed, they still walked out.
It's just that a few people are reluctant to leave, Han Hui stood up and said in a fierce tone: "Who the fuck let you clear the scene, Lao Tzu hasn't had enough fun." ”
After Han Hui finished speaking, a faint voice sounded and said, "It's me." ”
"Iron Dragon" Chapter 15 The Backbone of the Empire The trial reading is over.