Rebirth of the Republic of China

"Really, Uncle Shao, can I ask for a reward?"

"Of course, Xiao Yibo is so good, he should be rewarded!" Shao Xintang said with a smile.

"Then..." Yu Yibo's big eyes were unusually dark and bright, he said, "I want that German pistol that my father had."

Shao Xintang's smile froze on his face, and after a while, he forced a smile, trying to lead the child back on the right track, and said softly: "But it belongs to your father, we can't take other people's things. ah."

"Well, it doesn't matter if it's not the one used by my father. Uncle Shao will reward me with a new one." Yu Yibo opened his eyes wide and looked at Shao Xintang, looking easy to talk to.

It's not about which one is the question, is it?

The point is that you are an eight-year-old kid who can't hold a gun at all.And where do you want me to get it for you?With tears in his heart, Shao Xintang thought, some don't know how to deal with this kid who is more difficult than his father.

"The commander will naturally give you that kind of thing when you grow up. If you want it now, the commander will not agree."

Just when Shao Xintang didn't know what to do, Nie Jian'an on the side spoke.He frowned and said to the child.Sure enough, after hearing this, Yu Yibo thought for a while, with a pair of big eyes rolling around in his eye sockets, looking like a clever little ghost, and then he said aggrievedly: "But I just want that German pistol of my father!"

"Pistols won't work!" Nie Jianan frowned at him.

Yu Yibo looked at him with big eyes and small eyes for a long time, and finally said compromised: "Then I really don't want anything else!"

Shao Xintang felt a little embarrassed, he thought that the two children just wanted some small things, which he could buy with his own money.But, why is Yu Zhannan's son so difficult to deal with like his father!

"Then..." Nie Jianan's brows were raised, and he didn't know what to order.It's not that he lacks everything like Yu Yibo, but that in his life, he has never been allowed to open his mouth to ask for anything.So, he won't.

Yu Yibo stood on the sofa with his bare feet, staring at him with wide eyes, waiting for his little brother to give him a good idea.

"Then..." Nie Jian'an groaned for a long time, and finally said: "Let godfather build us a snowman."

This idea flashed in Nie Jianan's mind, and he thought it was very good, so he said it happily.Seeing Yu Yibo staring blankly at him for a long time with his big black grape-like eyes, he asked in a low voice, "Snowman?"

"Yes!" Nie Jianan was very happy, feeling that his idea was very good, he said excitedly, "Let Godfather give us a snowman!"

The little watermelon head looked at his excited look in confusion, and after a long while, he lightly nodded the watermelon head under Nie Jianan's fiery gaze.Although he didn't think it was a good idea...

So simple?

Seeing that the two children agreed, Shao Xintang didn't expect that they just wanted a snowman.

It just snowed all night last night, and now the outside is covered with thick white snow like cotton wool, which is a good time.

Shao Xintang looked at the clear sky and bright sunshine outside with great interest.He told the two children: "Go, go into the house and put on clothes and gloves!"

Shao Xintang herself also took out a large black padded robe worn by Yu Zhannan from his and Yu Zhannan's closets. It was very thick and heavy to wear, but in order not to be cold, Shao Xintang endured it.He also brought a Lei Feng hat that could cover his ears.Shao Xintang just came out.

The two kids were obviously much faster than him.Nie Jian'an was fine, obediently wrapped himself up tightly.Yu Yibo didn't want to wear it, he thought the clothes were too thick and bulky, so he insisted that he wasn't cold.

Shao Xintang didn't want the new year to come, and the child would get sick again.Unusually resolutely, he put the hat on the child's watermelon head, and put gloves on him himself.

With a pink mouth pouted, Yu Yibo followed Shao Xintang and Nie Jianan out very dissatisfied.

There is a lot of open space in the back garden of the Commander's Mansion. In this snowy season, no one takes care of it, so a thick white snow has accumulated there, which is soft and not easy to melt. Grip is a big group.

Shao Xintang grew up in the south in his previous life, so every time he saw such pure white snow in this life, he liked it very much.Although he had never built a snowman, it was obviously not a problem for him.

After thinking about it for about a minute, Shao Xintang asked the children to help him roll the snowball.Yu Yibo, who was still lacking in interest, also became interested, but instead of snowballing seriously, he secretly grabbed a snowball from time to time and attacked Nie Jianan's back.Occasionally, I would give Shao Xintang a treat.

Nie Jianan squatted down and rolled a snowball, and was hit by him without pain. From time to time, he turned around and frightened him with a bigger snowball, which made the child run around in the snow, giggling, like a bird The little oriole was frightened.

Shao Xintang has always been serious in her work, and her dedicated research snowballed a lot, and her hands in cotton gloves became cold after a while.He stomped and worked with Nie Jianan to put the snowman's head on his body, and then repaired it with scattered snow.After a while, the outline of a snowman came out.

Shao Xintang asked Yu Yibo to go back and stick a carrot on the snowman's face as a nose, and picked two black stones of similar size to act as eyes, and finished drawing the mouth.The three stood in front of the snowman and looked at it, all very happy.

"Looks like Xiao Yibo." Nie Jianan looked at it for a while, then said suddenly.

"Like it?" Yu Yibo tilted his head, then took off his scarf and wrapped it around the little snowman's neck.After taking a look at it, I put the hat on it again, and it seemed to be more like it.

Shao Xintang quickly put on her scarf and hat for the child, then looked at the little snowman, and found that the innocent look was really similar to Xiao Yibo, so she couldn't help laughing.

After staying outside for such a long time, several people were cold.He happily ran back to the house, and then went to the rear window on the second floor to look out.

"Why is it just me, it's so lonely."

At the window on the second floor, Xiao Yibo looked at the snowman they made, and said suddenly.

Shao Xintang took the cold-dispelling soup that the servant had just boiled, and after seeing the two little ones drank it, she slowly drank it herself.Hearing Yu Yibo's words, he raised his beautiful eyebrows and said with a smile: "You don't need to be alone, we'll go out and make up your little brother later."

The two children agreed very much, and Shao Xintang also became interested in having fun. After drinking the cold-dispelling soup and warming up, the older and the younger were armed again, and went to the back garden to pile up with Yibo's little brother.

Less than Yibo didn't be lazy this time, he held the snow in his little hands and actively piled up his little brother.

After Nie Jian'an finished stacking, the two younger ones wanted to pile up Shao Xintang again, and then Xiao Yibo saw that his father was missing, so he didn't do anything.For a day, the three of them would go into the house to warm up for a while when it was cold, and then come out to make piles when the sun was down, and the gorgeous red clouds covered half of the sky, and the four snowmen piled up.

When Yu Zhannan came back and saw that few people were there, he raised his eyebrows and asked the old housekeeper.Grandpa smiled and replied, "I've been making snowmen in the back garden for a whole day."

Such a cold day!

Yu Zhannan frowned, opened the door and went to the back garden without taking off his coat.

He thought in his heart that the three of them didn't care about the importance, so that in the cold weather of March [-]th, he dared to play outside all day without freezing.Thinking about teaching them a lesson.Then he strode towards the back garden.Before arriving at the place, I heard the voices of three people talking and laughing.

Yu Yibo was putting the hat his father had worn on the head of the last snowman, but this snowman was piled higher than the other three, and he couldn't reach it, so he put it on crookedly.Shao Xintang straightened the hat with a smile, and said to the child: "Your father is the commander-in-chief, you can't wear the hat crooked!"

When Yu Zhannan approached, he happened to see this scene.The half-sky sunset glowed against the smiling faces of several people, and there were four snowmen standing side by side in the open snow field, two tall and two short.Shao Xintang was smiling softly and helping the hat of the tallest snowman...

Such a warm scene immediately touched Yu Zhannan's heart.He stood there without moving, quietly watching the laughing of the three people who hadn't noticed yet, and a strong soreness in his heart rushed to his limbs, to the deepest part of his emotions... Such a simple and warm scene , only the four of them...

At this moment, Yu Zhannan was undoubtedly happy.He quietly looked at the smiling Shao Xintang and the two little radish diced, never felt so happy... This joy came so suddenly, so ordinary, it made his nose a little sore, his eyes itchy slightly, just wanting to Time stands still at this moment, which can make his happiness...forever...

A few snowmen spent the New Year in the back garden of the commander's mansion, and it took a long time to melt.

Both Sun Dequan and Yan Liang have followed Yu Zhannan since they were young, and they have no relatives.Of course it was celebrating the New Year with Yu Zhannan and the others.

Several adults and children gathered around the table, Yan Liang and Sun Dequan sealed the two children with thick big red envelopes.Shao Xintang was no exception, trying to celebrate.It's just that he not only gave red envelopes, but also gave each of the two children a Chinese knot made of red silk. This knot is not big and can be worn on the chest or waist of the children. It was sold by a little mountain girl Yu Xinya met when she went to the temple.The little girl looks thirteen or fourteen years old, and she is pretty and cute. I advise him to buy a Chinese knot, which will keep him safe and live a long life.

Shao Xintang is not superstitious that a small red Chinese knot can have any great effect, but seeing that the little girl is pitiful and the Red Festival is also pleasing, she bought a few, thinking of playing for the children.

The child accepted it happily. There was no such program as the Spring Festival Gala at this time. Several people had to watch the night after eating a sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner. A few people who drank a lot of wine started to play cards.

Shao Xintang still lost in a mess, but was very happy.Yu Zhannan just won the money silently at the other end, winning Yan Liang and Sun Dequan and yelling: "Commander, you are too mean, don't let our brothers win more for this New Year's Eve! "

The two little guys huddled together on the sofa to eat fruit, and played with the things Yu Yibo brought back from Shanghai, even more devoted than their adults playing cards.

On the New Year's Eve of 1922 in the Republic of China, the Commander's Mansion was filled with warmth and joy...