Xiao An blinked.
Mrs. Sun was a little confused. She had pushed it back for more than a month. Could it still not work?
"What about the Laba Festival on the seventh day of November? You didn't go home to drink the Laba porridge last year..."
Yang Ruoqing leaned over and hugged Ma'er's neck and lazily watched the mother and son say goodbye. Sun's words made her almost laugh.
"Dear me, dear mother, do you have a perpetual calendar in your head? You always come up with dates and festivals, it's amazing!"
Seeing Yang Ruoqing's thumb raised high, Sun smiled a little embarrassedly.
Xiao An also nodded repeatedly, "Mom is indeed amazing, but I'm afraid I may not have time to go back during these two festivals in the second half of the year."
"According to the usual rules, a group of new soldiers will be recruited in the spring of next year, so the drills and training camps will be busy in the past few months. We even have to go to the training ground deep in Qixia Mountain on the outskirts of Qing'an County to practice in seclusion. I can It would be nice to rush back to celebrate the New Year and have a New Year’s Eve dinner with everyone, hehe!”
Xiao An scratched his head and laughed and said that he also wanted to go to the battlefield. Unfortunately, he has now moved from the front to the background. It would be great if he could go to the battlefield again some time.
"Okay, okay, don't talk so far, just take one step at a time and come back when you have time. It doesn't matter if you don't have time. Business is important." Yang Huazhong waved his hand, picked up the rein in his hand and shook it: "Xiao An helped me Your mother, go back and sit down, it’s time for us to leave, otherwise it will be dark and we won’t be able to get home.”
In this case, Xiao An naturally did not dare to delay any longer, and quickly comforted Mrs. Sun and sent her back to the carriage to sit down, put down the curtain and moved aside.
"Let's go. You should go back too. Let's talk to the He family for us when we get back." Yang Ruoqing said.
"Don't worry, sister, I will talk about it in a few days." Xiao An said.
Yang Ruoqing deliberately delayed two steps and whispered to Xiao An: "Mother likes the gloves Lian'er sewed for her very much. She also prepared a gift for Lian'er and put it at Uncle Wu's place. Please take the time to pick it up and give it to Lian. Send it there."
"What gift?" Xiao An asked.
"Keep it secret first."
"So mysterious? I'm afraid it's too expensive and Lian'er doesn't dare to take it..."
"This is my mother's wish. No matter what, you have to persuade Lian'er to accept it, otherwise my mother will not feel comfortable."
Xiao An nodded: "Okay, I will definitely persuade her to accept it."
Yang Ruoqing waved goodbye to him and rode off to chase Yang Huazhong's carriage. The morning breeze raised her hair like a waterfall, and her bright red lips curved into a sly smile.
Xiao An touched his head. What kind of gift was it that made it so mysterious?
Once the curiosity got up, he couldn't control it. After appraising the time, Xiao An turned his horse's head and rushed back to the city like a sharp arrow.
He family.
When He Lian'er and He's mother came back from outside carrying a vegetable basket, they immediately saw a cardboard box on the footboard in front of He's father's bed.
Father He was half-lying beside the bed, cooing at the contents of the box.
A little milk dog with two tufts of yellow hair on its black eyebrows stretched out its short paws and lay on the edge of the box. It raised its little head and howled at Father He. The sound of its milky milk was matched with the swaying baby. The little tail immediately captured the eyes and heart of He Lian'er who had just walked in.
"OMG, puppy? So cute!"
She put down the basket in her hand and rushed over like a gust of wind. She squatted beside the box and carefully picked up the little puppy inside, put it on her knees, stroked it carefully, and looked at it.
Mother He was also surprised. She came over and touched the puppy's head and asked Father He: "Where did the puppy come from? Could it be that Wang Shanbao and the others sent it here to please you again?"
The dog was very cute, but if it was really Wang Shanbao and the others who got it, He's mother still didn't want to accept it.
When He Lian'er heard this, the smile on her face was a bit awkward. The puppy was innocent and she really wanted to keep it.
But if parents insist on sending them away...
Father He said with a smile: "Xiao An sent it here, saying that his mother played it for our Lian'er."
Mother He suddenly remembered the pair of gloves that He Lian'er had sewn for Mrs. Sun before, and suddenly she looked at the little puppy with much more kindness.
He Lian'er was even more happy. She held the little puppy in her arms with peace of mind and smiled crookedly: "Aunt Sun is so good. I have wanted a puppy for a long time. I didn't dare to tell my parents." , I’m afraid you won’t agree.”
After all, so many things happened one after another in the family, and it was difficult for people to survive. How could they still think about raising kittens and puppies?
"Dad, where is Brother Xiaoan?" He Lian'er raised her head and asked again.
Mother He also looked at him.
Father He pointed to the door: "He hurried back after delivering it. I told him that you two were going to the Wa Market in the town today, and asked him to stay for lunch but he didn't even stay. He was busy with official duties."
Mother He nodded, "We can't delay him from doing his business."
He Lian'er also meant the same thing, but there was a hint of disappointment in her lowered eyes.
"Ouch~"
The little puppy arched in her arms and yawned. It had a small pink mouth and neat and small white baby teeth. It seemed that it had been broken for a long time.
He Lian'er's eyes softened immediately, and a warm smile appeared on her lips.
Beside them, Father He and Mother He secretly looked at each other. Apart from love, the only thing left in their eyes was guilt.
My daughter used to be carefree, but in the past six months she has suffered a lot and been frightened. How long has it been since she saw this girl smiling so happily?
"Since it's a gift from Xiao An, then you can accept it, Lian'er. It doesn't matter if we have a dog in the yard to look after the house and the yard, it will be lively." He's mother said.
Father He nodded, "I just took a look at this dog. It's a little male dog with the wild nature of a wolf in its blood. In Xiao An's words, this dog pretends to be a good guard, but in his heart he's a wolf. A second-rate guy, the bigger he gets, the stupider he gets, and his energy and stamina are surprisingly strong.”
Mother He nodded and smiled again. She didn't do much research on dogs and cats. Anyway, if her daughter liked them, she would keep them, and it was also Sun's heart.
But when He Lian'er heard it, she suddenly remembered a conversation from a long time ago.
At that time, her brother had not died in an accident. During the Dragon Boat Festival, she went to the Ministry of War to deliver fried sugar dumplings to her brother. She happened to meet Xiao An coming towards him at the training ground, holding a big black dog with fluffy hair and ferocious eyebrows. .
The dog was neither the local dog at home, nor the scary big wolfdog, but a kind of beautiful-looking dog in between.
The two of them had a few words at that time, and Xiao An said that he liked this breed of dog the most...
Thinking of this, He Lian'er looked at the dog in her arms again.
Xu Shi's arms were soft and fragrant, making her feel comfortable and relaxed, so the little guy fell asleep in her arms.
When this little one grew up, it looked exactly like the one she saw him holding in his hand at the edge of the training ground.
