Chapter Seventy-Seven: Ma Lao's Departure and Stay
A month passed quietly while recuperating from his injuries.
"Sister Zhao, how's it going?"
Menghai carried two large packages and pushed open the courtyard door of Zhang Hao's house with high spirits, put the bag on the side of the courtyard door, and shouted loudly. I didn't expect that the purchase of a house in Xihe City would be delayed for nearly a month, if it weren't for the fact that Uncle Zuihou Ge alerted Wang Hai, the steward of the Water Run Chamber of Commerce, to mediate the relationship, it is estimated that the seller would have to wait for more than half a month before he could move out.
Last night, Uncle Ge asked someone to bring back information from Xihe City, and the place where he settled had been arranged, so after discussion, everyone decided to move out of Wuyun Village today. In a month's time, it was just enough for Zhang Hao and several people to recover from their injuries.
Looking up and glimpsing the scene in the courtyard, Menghai twitched his eyebrows a few times, only to see the fat man holding a small ball that he had to get out of nowhere, lying on the chair on all fours, throwing the small ball in his hand into the distance, and shouting: "Xiaoqiang, pick it up." ”
With these words, the little wolf cub who was already stable enough to run hurriedly ran to the place where the ball rolled down, opened his mouth, and came to the fat man's side, the latter pinched out a piece of milk and threw it into the little wolf's mouth, and then saw it wagging its little tail, and its little face was full of excitement.
Meng Yurou saw her father enter the hospital, and hurriedly went over to help, and said, "Dad, your injury is just fine, be careful." ”
Menghai came back to his senses and said with a smile: "It's okay, Dad is not a delicate rich lady, this injury has already been haode, you go, help your Aunt Zhao clean up her things." ”
Meng Yurou ignored Menghai's words, but obediently helped the latter to sit on the chair, and said, "Then you rest for a while, Brother Hao will go out to get a car, and he will come back immediately." ”
Nodding, seeing Meng Yurou turn to leave, Meng Hai saw that the fat man threw the ball again, and the little wolf ran over again and choked back, he couldn't help but roar: "Stinky boy, this is an eight-star mutated monster, what are you doing?"
The fat man stood up lazily, walked to Menghai, stretched out his hand to hand out the balls and milk bottles, and said, "Uncle Menghai, you try, it's fun, this little cub has to be trained from a young age to be obedient when he grows up, you know?"
Menghai took the ball and the bottle, caught a glimpse of the little wolf who was wagging his tail on the ground and following him, and his face was full of Xiyi, and he doubted, "Really?"
Seeing the fat man nodding seriously, Menghai threw the ball at will, and then saw the little wolf running to choke the ball, and ran back, when he got the ball in the little wolf's mouth, the other party stretched out his little tender tongue and licked his fingers gently, making the corners of his mouth grin, and couldn't help laughing: "It's fun." ”
"Fun, isn't it?"
"Fun. ”
"Cute no. ”
"Lovely. ”
"Do you still want to play?"
"Hmm. ”
The two of them asked and answered a few words like this, and after Menghai answered Zuihou's words, his face immediately pulled down, although this little wolf cub was just a few days old and did not have any intelligence, but it was still a high-level magical beast that could transform into shape, so it was really inappropriate to play such a trick.
Immediately, Menghai glared at the fat man with disgust, and said, "Get out of the way, the demonic beasts that can transform have their own strong dignity, don't mess around like this in the future!"
After that, Menghai turned his head and smiled at the little wolf, threw the ball again, and said, "Go, Xiaoqiang, come back." ”
"Wipe ......"
The fat man saw that Meng Hai was still looking serious and decent just now, but he made such a move at this time, he couldn't help but roll his eyes and said, "Uncle Meng Hai, I don't disdain to despise you!"
"I'm back. ”
Hearing the words of the fat man, Menghai just remembered to knock on the other party, but saw that the courtyard door was pushed open, Zhang Hao walked in with a smile on his face, followed by Ma Laoer.
Seeing this, Menghai greeted him and said, "The car is here?"
"Hmm!" Ma Lao Er replied, "Good luck, I bought two barefoot beasts in the next village, although this beast is not comparable to unicorns, but the foot strength and endurance are not bad, and it is enough to pull luggage and a few female dependents." ”
Glancing sideways at the two barefoot beasts tied up outside, Menghai nodded, and then turned his gaze to Ma Laoer, thought for a moment in his heart, and said with a smile: "Er, now that our two families are preparing to move to Xihe City, what about you?"
Even after getting along these days, it is clear that the young man in front of him is not a bad person, but Menghai is still a little awkward in his heart, after all, Ma Lao Er once killed people in the empire, and he was reduced to the country of Xiran and became a horse thief. Seeing that the other party seemed to be going to Xihe City with the two families, he couldn't help but make his words a little clearer, and the refusal was quite obvious.
"Of course I'm ......"
Picked up the two packages on the ground and put them on the car, Ma Lao Er just wanted to answer, but his heart suddenly trembled, looking at Menghai's somewhat flickering eyes, he couldn't help but swallow the words that came to his mouth, and said with a gloomy face: "I have no parents since I was a child, and I finally entered the Imperial Academy to study, and I was framed again, I accidentally killed my classmates, and I wandered to the country of Yiran alone." Later, I accidentally saved the seriously injured green wolf, and then I had to become a horse thief, but my second horse can swear to the sky, I have never done anything harmful to heaven and reason over the years, except for participating in the action of the village to capture and kill the monster, I have not done any other bad conscience. Even for the sake of the more than a dozen little girls who were taken captive to the mountain, I was almost killed by the green wolf several times. ”
At this point, Ma Lao Er glanced at the slightly simple courtyard gate in front of him with some reluctance, recalling the grievances he had suffered alone over the years, the corners of his eyes were slightly moist, and he choked up: "Now that I am homeless, if Uncle Menghai thinks it is inappropriate for me to stay, I will send you to Xihe City, and then make plans." ”
"Don't! The second brother is now homeless, and he is at large, people, who hasn't made some mistakes in his life? If there was no forgiveness, the fat brother would have died 110,000 times a long time ago!"
Seeing this scene, the fat man's eyes rolled, as if he walked to the courtyard gate without heart and lungs, this more than a month of getting along, let him really like this diligent and kind but obscene Ma Er, he continued: "Besides, the person you killed is not a good bird, if there is really nowhere to go, just follow my brother to live." ”
"Little fatty, don't mess around!" Menghai's face fell, and he scolded in a deep voice: "The second brother has his own ideas, and it is not necessarily a good thing to force others to stay." ”
Hearing the sound, the fat man looked at Zhang Hao with some distress, his expression full of anticipation. Zhang Hao's brows furrowed slightly, and his impression of Ma Lao Er was also very good. However, in this strange shijie, it seems too thin to understand a person in such a short period of time, and secretly he also listened to the fat man nagging about some things about the other party, and after thinking for a while, he muttered: "Uncle Menghai, in fact, I think what the fat brother said does have some truth, so let the second brother ......."
"What are you arguing about?" Before Zhang Hao finished speaking, Zhao Lan heard the noise outside and was hugged by Mengyu and Bing Yao, and walked out of the house, smiling all over her face, and seemed to be in a very good mood.
"Aunt Zhao. When Ma Lao Er saw Zhao Lan come out, he felt aggrieved, his eyes were wet and foggy, and he squirmed to meet him, if there is someone in this family who does not scruple to treat him with any scruples, it is Zhao Lan. This kind and kind mother's meticulous care made him feel the warmth of home during this time.
"How old are you, you cry your nose at every turn, or is you not a man? Zhang Hao was so seriously injured and never saw him come back and cry!" Looking at Ma Laoer's expression, Bing Yao snorted for a while, and after saying this, he felt that something was wrong, so he simply pulled up his face.
"Alas, the second child is only seventeen or eighteen years old, they are all children, and it is normal to cry noses. Zhao Lan took out a handkerchief and grabbed Ma Lao Er to wipe his tears, glanced at Zhang Hao and the fat man, and said, "It was not good haode just now, why is it embarrassing again now?"
"Sister Zhao, that's the case, aren't the two of us going to move to Xihe City, it's really inconvenient for this second child to follow us, you see?" Seeing that Zhang Hao and the fat man didn't squeak, Menghai explained.
"What's inconvenient? Isn't the house that Brother Ge bought in the city quite big? The second brother has nowhere to go, and he usually works very quickly, how good it is to be able to do anything for me when he goes to a new home, I don't think this kid has any bad intentions, maybe he was led by those bad people before. Zhao Lan looked at Ma Lao Er softly, and said in passing, not taking Menghai's worries to heart at all.
"Okay, mother, go get busy, just ask the second brother if there is a place to go, if not, stay and welcome with both hands." Looking at the heartfelt smile on Zhao Lan's face, Zhang Hao glanced at Menghai without leaving a trace, and hurriedly spoke.
Hearing this, Menghai's eyes couldn't help but widen, he walked up to Zhang Hao's side, and said in a low voice: "You all have discussed it together, and you have done enough favors, let me be a villain, right?"
"Uncle Menghai, what did you say? How obvious is the meaning of the mother wanting to keep Ma Lao's second brother, and if you persuade her, it will inevitably make her unhappy, and besides, you can even forgive Yang Cheng's bastard at the beginning, why not give the second brother a chance to be a new person, I don't think he is really a bad person." Zhang Hao replied softly.
"That's different, Yang Cheng is a bastard, but he is not a horse thief or a murderer after all, I am always a little worried about Ma Er......"
"You have often said that good people are good, and even if they are evil, there is room for forgiveness. The fat brother is shrewd, and the person he sees is not far behind. Seeing Ma Lao Er walking towards the courtyard gate with his head down, Zhang Hao hurriedly interrupted Menghai's words and said, "I'll talk about it later." ”
Seeing Ma Lao Er approaching his side, Meng Hai laughed a little embarrassed twice, and said: "Second child, what does Uncle mean, it's not what you think, just ask if you have a place to go, stay at our house if you don't have a place to go, don't treat Uncle as an outsider, isn't it ......?"
"Hmmm......"
Ma Lao Er glanced up at Menghai, responded gently, and then walked to the side of the car and began to set up a high wooden shelf to facilitate the fixed salute.
"Look, look...... This kid is still competing with his uncle. Menghai was talking to himself as if no one was there, and regardless of the strange expressions on Zhang Hao and the fat man's faces, he walked out of the courtyard door and began to put on a close: "Two, do you have a sweetheart? Uncle saw that you had brought so many girls before, and no one was tempted?"
"Nope. Uncle Menghai, don't call me second, it sounds very awkward, let's call me second. ”
"Uh...... No, the key is that your name is too appropriate, and I think it's too appropriate to call the second child, and it has a deep meaning. ”
Menghai smashed his mouth, and when he saw the helplessness on Ma Laoer's face, he laughed dryly twice, and said: "In this way, when you get to Xihe City, my uncle will give you a girl, although you are an illusionist, you should be married at this age, tsk...... At the age of seventeen, you have reached the level of summoning master, and the phantom beast is still a six-star low-level, and the girls in the city are definitely fighting to marry you. ”
"Uncle Menghai, I don't blame you, really. My past experience is stained, but I definitely know about Entubao, don't worry, if one day I feel that my existence will hurt you, I will leave in due time, but before that, I want to stay, no matter what I do, I just hope to have a place to stay, have a dull life, and can repay Brother Xiao Hao for saving my life. ”
Listening to Menghai's words, Ma Lao Er sighed lightly, he was also aware of the former's worries in his heart. After saying this, he looked at Dream Sea with sincere eyes.
Between eye contact, feeling the sincerity in Ma Laoer's eyes, Menghai nodded secretly, and the two couldn't help but smile at each other......