CHAPTER XXXVIII
Chen Dabeard looked at the woman, his face was stunned, and then he took two steps back and looked up at the door number again. After confirming that it was correct, Chen Dabeard asked in surprise and puzzlement, "Is this Xue Ying's home?" ”
When the cold-faced woman heard this, she said, "He's not at home. Then he was ready to close.
Wang Qiang's conditioned reflex was general, and he hurriedly stretched out one foot to block the crack in the door.
"Well, we want to meet Mother Xue, we are Xue Ying's comrades-in-arms." Chen Dabeard said with a stitch.
Seeing that she couldn't close the door, the woman stared at Wang Qiang with some annoyance, and scolded very dissatisfied: "He's not at home, what do you want to do?" Do you want to break into people's houses? ”
Wang Qiang was very surprised by this woman's reaction, and at this moment, an old female voice came from the room: "Amei, who is outside?" ”
The cold-faced woman responded, "Mom, a few strangers came, and I sent them away quickly." ”
When Chen Dabeard heard Mother Xue's voice, he hurriedly added: "Sister Xue, it's me, Xiao Chen." ”
Mother Xue heard the sound and groped step by step and walked slowly.
"Oh, Xiao Chen, Xiao Chen, I know, Ah Mei open the door, it's Xiao Chen, Xiao Chen, I know, I know." Mother Xue said.
The woman named Amei was helpless, so she could only slowly open the door, and Wang Qiang saw Mother Xue at first sight.
This is an aging woman, her complexion looks extremely undernourished, her cheekbones are high, her hair is gray, and her eyes are hollow, and she is "looking" unnaturally.
"This is Ah Mei, Ah Ying's younger sister, who used to work in the ninth arrondissement, and only recently came back to live for a while." Xue's mother introduced.
Amei, who had a cold face, obviously didn't want to see these rude guests, and she didn't want to say hello, but walked into the room alone and packed up her things.
"Mom, come with me, when I leave Black Mountain City, I will let people come to my brother, now that I have money, I will definitely be able to make you live a good life."
Mother Xue patted her daughter's hand and said, "I'm old, and I haven't thought about any good days and bad days for a long time." But your brother, Ah Ying, I'm worried about him, you must wait until he comes back, and we will go together. ”
Suddenly, Mother Xue reacted and asked, "By the way, Xiao Chen, Ah Ying didn't go on a mission with you, why didn't he come back." ”
There was a silence, Chen Dabeard was rarely embarrassed, and in an instant, the atmosphere in the living room became very strange.
Although Mother Xue is blind, she is extremely sensitive, and she obviously feels the changes in everyone. She asked in a trembling voice, "Did something happen?" ”
Chen Dabeard snorted and said, "That's the case, Mother Xue, before I say it, please have a mental preparation...... Xue Ying went during the mission, please mourn and change. ”
When Mother Xue heard this, her body trembled, and her lips trembled and she muttered to herself: "I knew that there would be this day, and I knew that the fortune teller that year said that the two of them were one life, one life......"
The old man muttered, tears the size of beans rolling down his pale eyes, and he sat alone on the shabby sofa, most of his divine light faded.
Ah Mei hurriedly sat down next to her mother and persuaded the old man not to be too sad. But persuaded and persuaded the two to hug each other and cry.
And Wang Qiang and Zhang Feifei, in such a situation, could only look at their toes crampedly, waiting silently.
Until the crying gradually became quieter, Chen Dabeard took out a small pile of new coins from his bag, handed it to Xue's mother, and said, "Sister Xue, here is 800 yuan, and it is regarded as Xue Ying's pension, please accept it." In the future, I will come to see you from time to time, and I will help Xue Ying take on the responsibilities that Xue Ying can't fulfill. ”
Unexpectedly, Ah Mei was very rude and rude to fly the money in Chen Huzi's hand, and shouted almost frantically: "Who is rare with your money? Do you want food at our house? I have money, but you should give me back my brother!" ”
Chen Dabeard was very depressed, he had known Xue Ying for a long time, and he hadn't heard him say that he had a sister.
"Since you are so rich, why do you want your brother to join the corpse hunting team and lick blood on the knife to live?" Wang Qiang suddenly interjected and asked.
When Xue Mei heard this, her cold face became even more ugly, and she pointed at Wang Qiang's nose and shouted, "What kind of thing are you, you dare to question me?" You sluts, you can only make a living with knives and sell your life all your life, and you have harmed my brother. ”
"Don't be so fierce, I'm just telling the truth, which bounty hunter doesn't beg for his life to live? And who does not value his life to be a bounty hunter? Wang Qiang said very sincerely.
Xue Mei was furious, and directly pointed at Wang Qiang's nose and scolded: "Okay, you little bastard, look at what you are wearing, even if you go out to sell your life, how much money can you sell?" It's better to sell your ass. ”
Wang Qiang was very puzzled and turned his head and asked Zhang Feifei: "Feifei, what does this selling ass mean, than being a bounty hunter to make money?" ”
Zhang Feifei's face was full of black lines, and she really felt powerless for Wang Qiang's poor knowledge of life.
Chen Dabeard wanted to say something, but Xue Mei interrupted him very unceremoniously: "You guys go, forgive you and don't have much money, don't talk about any compensation, a group of poor ghosts who harm people." ”
Xue Mei no longer cared about Wang Qiang and them, but began to work hard to do ideological work for her mother: "Mom, let's go with me, let's go to Demon Spine City, I have a few friends over there, everyone is going to invest in a thing, today's noon car, escorted by a mercenary group, we can arrive in Demon Spine City tomorrow night, let's leave here, leave this dirty city, and start life again!" ”
At this time, there was a noise outside the door, and someone shouted loudly outside the door: "Third uncle, this is the room, Xue Mei's stinky girl's home is here!" ”
A shrill voice commanded, "Smash it open." ”
Xue Mei's face changed greatly when she heard the sound, and she didn't have time to react, only to hear a bang, and the door of the Xue family was kicked away in an instant.
The flying door panel smashed into Zhang Feifei, who was standing at the door, and Wang Qiang took a step forward and blocked the flying door panel with one elbow.
I saw more than a dozen men in strong suits approaching outside the house, all of them were strong men in suits and leather shoes, with steel fire hidden in their waists.
A thin middle-aged man in his forties in a white suit slowly walked into the room surrounded by everyone.
The middle-aged man looked at Xue Mei in the room, and said in a strange way: "Xiaomei, you let me find it!" ”
Xue Mei stood up unnaturally, and shouted in a trembling voice, "Third Uncle......"
The third uncle looked at Xue Mei, reached into his arms with one hand, took out a box of hardcover cigarettes, took out one, put it in his mouth, let his subordinates light it leisurely, and then took a puff casually.
Xue Mei looked at the third uncle's movements, her body trembled more and more, but she didn't dare to move a little. At this time, Xue Mei completely lost the domineering attitude she had when she treated Wang Qiang, nor did she have the look of an iceberg jade carving, and she was just panicked.
At this time, Mother Xue finally noticed that something was wrong, put away crying, and forced herself to ask, "Amei, is there a guest at home?" Ahem, who's smoking, can you put out the cigarette, I can't breathe, ahem, thank you. ”
When the third uncle heard the reputation, he saw an old woman with gray hair, who must be Amei's mother. Out of the rogue's work ethic, the third uncle motioned to his subordinates to light their cigarettes, so the whole room was filled with smoke and thick.
Mother Xue coughed unbearably and finally couldn't breathe.
Zhang Feifei grabbed the uncomfortable old man and walked to the balcony. With a look from the third uncle, two people stepped forward to stop Zhang Feifei from leaving.
"I said Amei, the young master's batch of goods, you better hand it over, otherwise you and your mother's lives will not be enough to compensate." The third uncle decided to get down to business, bullying the elderly is not what an upper-class person should do.
When Xue Mei heard this, her expression became even more panicked, and she hurriedly waved her hand and said, "This batch of goods is not here, Xia Qingqing took it." ”
The third uncle twisted Xue Mei's face and asked in a cruel voice, "Where is Xiao Xia, this little girl?" Xue Mei controlled her heart that was about to mediate, and replied, "She told me to go to the gate of the East City at noon, where a mercenary army will go to Demon Spine City, and we plan to take this opportunity to escape from Black Mountain City. ”
The third uncle was annoyed and angry, slapped Xue Mei in the face, and scolded: "You idiot, your brain is full of shit, Xia Qingqing is not as stupid as you, since she asked you to go to the East City Gate and wait for some mercenary group, then you don't have to go at all, because she will definitely not be there." Xue Mei, I don't even know what to say, this time you created a catastrophe, ten times of death is not enough for you to compensate!"
Xue Mei covered her face and began to cry. When Xue's mother heard her daughter's crying, she turned around, struggled to follow the sound and groped towards her daughter, and said as she walked: "Don't bully my daughter, she stole something from you, I will compensate me, don't beat her." ”
Mother Xue finally touched her daughter's face, and said lovingly: "Amei, when I was a child, I told you not to take other people's things, this bad habit will not be changed when you grow up, and you will marry and become a mother in the future, how to teach your children." ”
Xue Mei covered her face and buried her head and cried louder.
At this time, the third uncle let out a sneer: "I said eldest sister, I'm afraid you can't afford to pay for the goods that your daughter stole from me." ”
When Xue's mother heard this, she took out a small bag wrapped in an oiled paper bag from her close-fitting purse, and opened it tremblingly, and there was a small pile of neatly folded banknotes lying inside, about one or two hundred yuan.
"It's all the money that Ah Ying usually gives me, and I don't use it, you can see if it's enough." Mother Xue said.
The third uncle looked at the oil paper bag and couldn't help but say, "Eldest sister, don't be funny, I'll take your daughter away, and the young master is still waiting for someone." ”
Mother Xue was shocked when she heard this, and hurriedly said, "You wait, I still have, and there is." The old man groped his way into his room and tinkered.
If you want to say that the third uncle has a hobby, that is, he especially likes to see what people are like when they are desperate, so let his subordinates wait and be patient.
After a while, Mother Xue took a tin lunch box, walked back tremblingly, lifted the tin box, handed it to the air, and said: "Here, here, my previous jewelry and an inheritance left by the old man, I was going to use it for my son and daughter when they got married, but now it's all for you, for you, as long as you release my daughter!" ”
The third uncle took the tin lunch box and opened it to see that there was a stack of money inside, about more than a thousand yuan, and a few pieces of gold jewelry, which were not worth the price. The third uncle put the money in his arms and put the jewelry in his trouser pocket. Said meaningfully: "This amount of money is far from enough to compensate, but it is probably enough to calculate our errand expenses." Take Xue Mei with us. ”
The third uncle turned around and wanted to leave.
"Wait!" Mother Xue shouted.
"Huh?" The third uncle's face was not good.
Mother Xue gritted her teeth, as if she had made a great decision, and said, "I still have, and I still have." Don't take my daughter with you. ”
"Boss, what else do you have?" The third uncle is happy, the oil on the chicken feet is also oil, it seems that there is a lot of oil and water on this trip.
"I sold the house left by the old man to pay you, can't I afford to pay you?" Mother Xue replied in a trembling voice.