Young Master An glanced at Xu Yue out of curiosity and called out to the leader obediently.
Xu Yue smiled back at him.
Xu Yue, who took off her Xu Jiajun military uniform and wore a down skirt with a curved hem, was a little less majestic and a little more kind. She smiled like a gentle big sister.
Young Master An was embarrassed and hid beside his father, but he couldn't help being curious about the leader of the Xu family army and secretly looked at her.
"Where is the leader going?" An Mi glanced at the three boys who looked like candied haws skewers behind Xu Yue. It turned out that the leader was still the king of children.
Xu Yue motioned to the three boys behind her to come forward and introduced: "This is An Mi, the Minister of An of the Engineering Department, and a former county lieutenant of Juyong County."
The three boys looked at each other and said in unison: "Hello, Uncle An!"
An Mi smiled and nodded, curiously looking at Zhao Adou and A Jian who had a sword on his waist, "Who are these two little Taoist friends?"
"Zhao Adou!" Adou was not afraid of strangers and answered boldly.
Fortunately, he didn't answer: My father is Zhao Bei!
Otherwise, he will look like a little bully who bullies others by saying, "My father is Li Gang."
However, Zhao Adou didn't say anything, but An Mi guessed his identity. He had heard the news about Zhao Bei taking his son northward a few days ago.
But the imaginary seventeen- or eighteen-year-old youth did not appear.
Zhao Bei is nearly forty years old, but his son is only six years old?
Xu Yue saw An Mi's surprise, but there was nothing to explain. She looked at A Jian,
"This is my sworn brother Wang Jian, my grandma's favorite disciple. Despite his young age, he has great kung fu."
A Jian's face was cold, like a young adult, and he hugged An Mi's fists.
An Mi raised her eyebrows curiously. This cold little look was exactly the same as Wang Pingping's. She was worthy of being a master and disciple.
"Yuyang is full of talents." An Mi sighed softly.
Xu Yue was not modest, and nodded generously with a smile. Their family has been working in Yuyang for many years, and it is normal to have some talent.
"It seems Madam is coming out. Minister An, please get busy. I'll take the three of them to buy New Year gifts and leave first."
Xu Yue waved to Young Master An, greeted A Jian and the others, and separated from An Mi.
Young Master An stood at the door of the convenience store. Baba watched them go away, until he could no longer be seen among the crowd, and then he reluctantly looked back.
"What are you looking at?" Mrs. An walked out with the cloth she was given contentedly and stuffed it into An Mi's arms.
An Mi looked at his son, then looked at the direction Xu Yue and the others were leaving, and guessed funny:
"It's probably because he's attracted to his sword."
Mrs. An was puzzled: "Who?"
"General Wang's apprentice Wang Jian." Young Master An said excitedly: "Mom, I also want to practice martial arts, and I also want to wear a sword!"
Mrs. An glared at her son angrily, "I think you don't want to practice martial arts, but you want a sword, right?"
"Didn't your uncle just make you a wooden sword? Did you lose it?" Mrs. An asked tentatively.
Young Master An shook his head, "I couldn't bear to take it out to play with, so I kept it in the house so I didn't lose it."
"But, but...I want a real one!"
"What a wonderful idea you have~" Mrs. An took her son's hand, motioned for her husband to follow him, and walked home.
Young Master An shouted for a real sword, Mrs. An's eyes widened, and the boy's face suddenly fell, and he looked back at his father, "Dad~"
An Mi smiled at his son and said, "When you reach the crown, dad promises to give you a good sword."
Young Master An was overjoyed and hurriedly counted on his fingers how long it would take him to reach the crown.
He is eight years old now and will be twenty when he reaches his prime, so there are still...twelve years!
Soon, the aggrieved cries of children and the chuckles of the couple were heard in the streets and alleys...
"Okay, let's choose!"
Xu Yue led the three boys to the center of the market, pointed to the surrounding stalls and shops, and waved her hand, gesturing for them to choose for themselves.
Zhao Adou cheered, rushed to the stall selling wooden carts, and selected two small carts.
Daniel glanced at Xu Yue hesitantly, and Xu Yue smiled encouragingly at him. Only then did the boy put aside his worries, walked to the candy store, and bought a small bag of sugar cubes.
"Daniel, you bought so much? Give me a piece, and I'll let you play with my little carriage." Zhao Adou came forward with the little carriage, trying to coax a piece of sugar cube.
At the same time, I still felt a little vague regret in my heart, regretting that I didn't think of buying candies.
Daniel glanced at Adou with a look of anticipation, pursed his lips, and with helpless eyes, twisted out a sugar cube and gave it to him.
"Thank you Daniel, I'll let you play with my little carriage!" Zhao Adou stuffed the candy into his mouth and decisively put one of the little carriages into Daniel's hand.
What child doesn’t love toys?
Daniel pursed his lips and looked at the miniaturized version of the bus in his hand, and couldn't help but laugh softly.
Only A Jian was left, and Xu Yue motioned for him to choose. A Jian folded his arms and tilted his head, "I'm not interested in the things these children play with!"
Seeing his serious look, Xu Yue almost couldn't help laughing.
It was so hard to hold back.
"Okay, then what do you want? I agreed to give each of you a New Year's gift. If you don't want it, it won't be considered a broken promise." Xu Yue asked softly.
A Jian quickly glanced at the stalls around him and saw a stall selling beaded flowers. He walked over and carefully selected a pair of pink silk flowers.
Xu Yue asked excitedly: "Ajian, you have a girlfriend at such a young age?"
A Jian was stunned for a moment when he was asked. Then he realized what Xu Yue had said. His little brows furrowed in dissatisfaction. He broke his guard in an instant. He couldn't pretend to be cold and said angrily:
"I bought it for my sister!"
"Hahaha, I'm teasing you~" Xu Yue smiled and handed the money to the boss, and chose an extra pair of red velvet flowers, ready to take them back to her niece Xu Pingyuan.
For those celebrating the New Year, there should always be a festive New Year painting doll at home to suit the occasion.
After selling the items, the four of them walked towards the Light Church. Daniel wanted to distribute the sugar cubes he bought to the children in the orphanage.
On the way, Zhao Adou raised his head and asked Daniel curiously, "Do you know what a girlfriend is?"
Daniel's mouth twitched obviously, then he shook his head and told Zhao Adou not to ask him, he didn't know.
Zhao Adou didn't notice Daniel's perfunctory behavior, so he turned to ask A Jian again, and was almost beaten up by A Jian.
Xu Yue watched from behind, laughing so hard that tears came to her eyes.
The church was not far away, and the four of them arrived quickly. Only then did Zhao Adou realize that Daniel had bought so many candies for the orphans in the church. He stood at the door of the church in shock for a long time with his little mouth slightly open.
After Daniel distributed the sweets and walked out of the church surrounded by children, A Dou came back to his senses, ran up to him in admiration, hugged Daniel and said:
"Daniel, let's become sworn brothers! Just like my father and Uncle Zilong and Uncle Yide did!"
As he said that, he also brought Ajian in, "Brother Ajian will be the eldest brother, Daniel you will be the second brother, and I will be the third brother, how about it?"
Seeing the frozen little bodies of Daniel and Ajian, Xu Yue really couldn't help but wanted to be laughed to death by Zhao Adou.
