Wife is an enemy general

001.

"Boss Li, I know you value love and righteousness. Who on this mountain doesn't know that you are a person who values ​​love and righteousness?" The matchmaker followed Li Mu, talking as she walked, "But even if you value love and righteousness, you can't take it away." Get in by yourself!"

You said that Li Mu is a good person, and he is not the kind who lacks arms and legs, or whose family is poor. Why does he have to live with such a man?

Although in the early years, when he had no scar on his face, his face was indeed pretty good, which made many girls blush when they saw him, but now his face is disfigured, and he is well-known in the town fierce……

Now that this is the case, why does Li Mu still protect him?

"Besides, can't this be a compromise?" The matchmaker said, "The girl's family has said that as long as you marry her as a regular wife..."

"Shut up!" Li Mu suddenly shouted coldly.

He originally led the matchmaker to walk down the road, but now he stopped and looked coldly at the chattering person in front of him.

When can this person take care of his affairs?

Whether life is good or not, he will judge for himself, what does it mean that he has treated himself badly, what does it mean to give himself a chance?

It's not up to these outsiders to talk about his affairs!

Li Mu looked at the matchmaker in front of him coldly, displeasure and a faint killing intent gradually emerged in his eyes.

Originally, he was concerned about Zhong Manlu's affairs, so he gave this person a bit of a slack, but he never thought that his forbearance would become a bully in the eyes of this person.

"I..." The matchmaker had never seen Li Mu like this, and never thought that he would suddenly get angry. Looking at Li Mu with expressionless face and cold eyes, her body was instantly covered with a layer of cold sweat.

"Please go back!" Li Mu stopped and made a gesture of invitation, telling the matchmaker to go down the mountain by herself.

The matchmaker opened her mouth, wanting to say something else, but seeing Li Mu's expressionless eyes, she trembled a bit, then turned around and ran down the mountain step by step.

She was going to do Zhong Xiuyuan's work before Li Mu came up the mountain, so she said similar things to him, but what she said was more to persuade Zhong Xiuyuan to let go.

Unexpectedly, before he finished speaking, Zhong Xiuyuan looked at her with a cold face, so that she didn't dare to say the next words.

Now that Li Mu finally came, she was kicked off the mountain before she finished what she was supposed to say.

"I don't know what's good!" the matchmaker cursed while walking down the hill with a pale face.

If it weren't for the good money that the girl's family gave her, would she have deserved to climb the mountain so hard for so long?

Seeing the matchmaker go away cursing, Li Mu looked away and returned home.

After entering the door, seeing Zhong Xiuyuan still sitting in the room motionless as before, Li Mu stepped forward to say something, but Zhong Xiuyuan had already stood up.

"What's the matter?" Zhong Xiuyuan asked.

"What?" Li Mu didn't recover.

"Didn't Guan Yu say that he wanted to repair the duck cage? I asked how you are?" Zhong Xiuyuan took a deep breath and tried his best to maintain a calm expression on his face.

While speaking, he walked towards the door.

Although the ducks in the mountains were handed over to Guan Yu to take care of them, it was already a lot easier for them, but there were still many things that they needed to see for themselves.

He was originally on the mountain to dry the red dates and walnuts before collecting Li Mu, but unexpectedly, he happened to meet the matchmaker going up the mountain.

Now that he came out, Zhong Xiuyuan went directly to the place he was busy just now, and continued to put away the red dates and walnuts in his hands.

Li Mu is greedy, these red dates and walnuts are treasures to him, so he has to carefully store them away so that they can be eaten in winter and before the next year.

"By the way, have you told Zhong Manlu about that?" Zhong Xiuyuan asked.

Seeing that Zhong Xiuyuan changed the subject, Li Mu originally wanted to say something, but after thinking about it, he continued following Zhong Xiuyuan's topic, "I'll tell him later."

Anyway, the pharmacy at the foot of the mountain is also vacant now, after Li Mu and Zhong Xiuyuan made up their minds, they decided to let Zhong Manlu live at the foot of the mountain for a while.

On the one hand, it is convenient for them to do business in the future, and on the other hand, it is also to allow Zhong Manlu to make a friend or two in the town. If he wants to go out for a walk or do something else in the future, this is a good idea. The town is always more convenient than the mountains.

"Ah."

Li Mu originally wanted to talk to Zhong Xiuyuan about the matchmaker just now, but seeing that Zhong Xiuyuan didn't want to talk now, he stood in the room for a while, left a word and went down the mountain.

Zhong Manlu, who was busy at the bottom of the mountain, heard that a matchmaker came to the mountain, but he immediately realized that those people probably missed his brother again.

A few years ago, when Zhong Xiu was far away in the mountains, such things happened frequently.

At that time, Zhong Manlu didn't like these people very much. Since his brother was not dead, he must still be alive and well. Why would it be difficult for these people to come up to the mountain and live alone with Li Mu.

After getting the news, Zhong Manlu ran up the mountain, but only halfway up the mountain, he ran into Li Mu who was about to come down the mountain.

"Brother, I heard that those matchmakers are coming up the mountain again, you..." Zhong Manlu was out of breath.

"Just right, I was going to find you just now." Li Mu said.

Li Mu looked at the panting person in front of him from top to bottom. The 16-year-old Zhong Manlu already had a little more of Zhong Xiuyuan's temperament.

Although he was less hostile and more easy-going because he had never been on the battlefield, but in the eyes of those little girls, he is probably already a handsome young man.

Look twice more, I'm afraid you will blush.

Zhong Manlu looked at Li Mu on the opposite side, and looked at himself with eyes that judged the quality of pork. He couldn't help but shuddered, a little confused, "Brother, why are you looking for me?"

"You go up to collect things, and you will live down the mountain from now on." Li Mu said.

After Li Mu finished speaking, he walked down the mountain, but Zhong Manlu was stunned when he heard the words.

Live at the foot of the mountain?

He lived well in the mountains, why did he want to live under the mountains?

"It's pretty good in the mountains, why go down?" Zhong Manlu caught up with Li Mu.

Although there are indeed many inconveniences in the mountains, but he is used to living here, and he quite likes it here.

"There will be more things going down the mountain in the future." Li Mu said.

Zhong Manlu wanted to say something else, but when Li Mu finished speaking and walked down the mountain, he opened his mouth, but finally failed to make a sound.

Standing in place, staring blankly at the back of Li Mu who was gradually walking away, Zhong Manlu felt an inexplicable feeling of discomfort in his heart.

Li Mu's character is not as difficult to get along with as the expressionless face on his face, but he is also a man of one word, which of course Zhong Manlu knows.

Now Li Mu has clearly made up his mind, and if he wants to live at the bottom of the mountain, there is no room for him to say more.

Regarding Li Mu's decision, Zhong Manlu was very surprised and a little uncomfortable.

He regards this mountain as his own home, and he regards Li Mu as his elder brother. He used to live well in this mountain in this house, but now Li Mu suddenly let him move out...

Zhong Manlu stood alone in front of the trail going down the mountain for a long time, and then he went up the mountain, collected his things without saying a word, carried the big bag of luggage, and went down the mountain silently.

Down the mountain, in the town.

It seems that it was because the matchmaker made a head start. Since that day, many people down the mountain have taken Li Mu's idea.

It was also from that day on that the mountain became lively again, and every now and then someone would come up to talk to Li Mu, or to check on him.

Everyone is familiar with this kind of thing.

After all, it happened once a few years ago, and there is not much difference between then and now, but there are more people coming now than then.

At that time Li Mu was still young, and Zhong Xiuyuan didn't know where he was going, so there was only a thirteen or fourteen-year-old brother left for Li Mubai to take care of, so those who came to kiss each other liked to talk about it.

Why is it too tiring and hard for one person to take care of a family, why do you think more about yourself in the war-torn era, and there is no need to wait.

Some of what they said at that time is hard to say now, after all Zhong Xiuyuan has returned.

But this didn't bother these people, on the contrary, it made them more interesting.

There are three things that are unworthy and no descendants are the biggest, and what is the continuation of the incense, all of them are for your own good, exactly the same as a few years ago.

Li Mu was annoyed by these people, so he simply told the people in the mountain later, but he would not see any matchmaker who came to the mountain.

But this didn't stop those people, he lived in this mountain, even if he couldn't find anyone in the mountain, he could still find someone if he went to the duck cage.

When Li Mu and Guan Yu began to rebuild the duck cage and bamboo fence in this mountain, some people even found the mountain.

002.

After listening to Guan Yu's opinion, Li Mu started the big project of repairing the fence.

This matter sounds simple but it is simple, and it is troublesome to say.

I want to replace the entire bamboo fence that has been used for several years. Although it saves some troublesome steps compared to a few years ago, it is also a troublesome thing to re-weave those bamboo fences.

This is the fourth time he has moved the bamboo fence.

The first time was when Uncle Hong was still in the mountains, he and Xia Jingming helped to weave bamboo fences in the mountains, carried them to the mountains by themselves, and then drove wooden stakes and nailed them into the mountains.

The second time they encountered wolves, they re-added the bamboo fence in the mountain.

The third time was when he was going to expand the range of the duck cage. At that time, Uncle Hong was no longer in the mountains, and these things in the mountains were all done by the people he hired to help.

Now this is the fourth time, it is naturally impossible for them to rely entirely on themselves, so Li Mu directly invited some people back from the beginning.

Weaving bamboo fences looks simple, but it is really troublesome to cut bamboo from the mountain, cut it into bamboo scorpions, weave it, and then carry it down the mountain.

After tossing, half a month passed in the blink of an eye.

This time Li Mu invited more people, and the speed was much faster than before. After more than ten days, the bamboo fence was probably enough.

The newly made bamboo fences were dragged down by them, and a few pieces were placed at intervals around the original duck cages.

Looking down from the mountain, you can see old and new bamboo fences everywhere.

After the bamboo fence is re-made, the wooden stakes used to fix the bamboo fence will naturally have to be re-drilled.

Some of the previous logs had taken root in the ground, and some had completely rotted, so they couldn't be replaced.

Li Mushan was only in the middle of rebuilding the duck cage, and someone from the foot of the mountain brought him news, it was the news from the long-lost Huangshang.

After all, Li Mu bears the reputation of the imperial businessman, although the scope of his management is not too wide, but there are many things.

This time, the task given by the upper side is to collect grain.

In the final analysis, the business of Huangshang is just doing business, but the target of business is wider and more. Before that, the Jin family bought a lot of goods from outside, buying low and selling high.

Now this time, they took advantage of the drought in a country called Dayu in the north of Daning, and some areas had no crops.

Drought farmers have no harvest. Although the local farmers will have a very hard time, it is a great business opportunity for businessmen.

In terms of the specific situation, Li Mu is not qualified to know. The task he was given was to collect the grain, and then the people above would collect it in a unified manner, and then transport it to Dayu.

The matter of harvesting grain is the same as repairing the duck cage fence. It is simple and simple, but it is also troublesome.

Many of the farms around them grow grain, and after a year, after paying taxes, there is still some grain left.

If he wants to accept it, he just needs to walk around the neighborhood and give a reasonable price. I believe these people must be happy that the things can be sold.

But this is the troublesome thing. He has to collect a lot of grain. If all the people in the five townships and eight counties go there by themselves, it is estimated that he may not be able to collect all of them in half a year.

After taking the documents from the post station, when Li Mu was having a headache, what should he do, those people outside who got the news rushed to find him one by one.

Those businessmen who had dealt with Li Mu before, after learning that Li Mu had the task of harvesting grain, immediately took action, and quickly found Li Mu and offered to help.

Li Mu was not surprised by this matter.

The profit of harvesting grain is actually quite considerable.

In the document that Li Mu received before, he was given an approximate price for the harvested grain, probably to control the price of the harvested grain, and also to control the people below to lie about the price.

But even so, the profits are still huge.

Here he collects grain at the front line, from the hands of farmers, not from merchants, and does not need to go through the second hand, so the price is very low.

If he lowered the price by a few pennies when collecting grain with these people, so that hundreds of tons of grain and thousands of tons of grain were collected, the profits in the middle can be imagined.

If he was more ruthless and lowered the price, he would not only earn a little more after completing such a mission.

This kind of situation is also known above, and it cannot be eliminated. Rather than wanting to eliminate it, it is better to say that everyone has acquiesced.

Li Mu is the person in charge of the entrance of the hall on the outskirts of the imperial business. To put it more bluntly, it is for running errands. When there is a task like now, go to the five townships and eight counties for a run. something.

In their situation, if they don't give some sweets, who is willing to help?

As for the little remuneration given by the above, I am afraid that many people who run their own businesses don't look down on that little money.

Li Mu understands this truth, and those other people understand it better.

So as soon as the news spread, someone came to the door immediately, and after complimenting Li Mu, they offered to help Li Mu.

Among these people, many of them were people who had dealt with Li Mu before, those who helped him with the disaster relief food.

Li Mu also knew that he would definitely not be able to handle this matter alone. After thinking about it for a while, he directly selected two people who seemed to be trustworthy from a group of people, and ordered this matter to go on and let them to help.

These people ran across five townships and eight counties to help him collect grain. After harvesting, they passed the grain to him, and then he sent it to the people above.

In this way, the profit he got will definitely be less than before, but he has no one in his hands, and these people have people in his hands. In fact, it is a lot easier for him to calculate, but he earns a little less.

After handing over this matter to those few people, and warning them overtly and secretly, telling them not to move too much, or there will never be a next time, Li Mu focused all his attention on his duck again. on the cage.

About half a month later, when the duck cages on Li Mu's side were almost rebuilt, thousands of dans of grain had already been harvested from the town below the mountain.

Li Mu took some time to go to the town with Zhong Xiuyuan and Zhong Manlu, ordered all the food, checked the quality and passed the inspection, and then settled the settlement with those people money.

After that, he found another person to send all the food to the pier.

After arriving at the pier, these things will be under the control of Master Qin.

As soon as the things arrived there, Master Qin didn't even order anything, he directly took the account book in Li Mu's hand, and then settled the money with Li Mu.

For Li Mu, Master Qin still trusted him. After finishing his work at night, and when everyone gathered for dinner, Master Qin told Li Mu about the affairs of Dayu.

Dayu is a big country to the north of them. It has been calm for the past few years, but for some reason in the past two years, such severe droughts and floods have occurred frequently.

Under such circumstances, those rice, corn and coarse grains are just ordinary food for them, but they have become life-saving medicine over there.

They collect the grain here, take some time to transport it, and sell it at a low price and a high price, so they can make a lot of money after going around like this.

Although this way of raising prices may be a bit despicable to those people in Dayu, it's not like this in business. If everything is benevolent, then they don't need to do this business.

Besides, something happened to them a few years ago, and the businessmen in Dayu also took advantage of that opportunity to come to them to make money.

And even though they raised the price, they didn't raise it to the point of killing people, so the people above kept turning a blind eye.

Halfway through the banquet, Master Qin suddenly smiled and talked about another matter, "I heard that many people in your place are talking about kissing you, is this true or false?"

Hearing Master Qin mention this matter, both Zhong Xiuyuan and Li Mu's expressions became a little weird.

Zhong Xiuyuan didn't say anything for now, but Li Mu couldn't laugh or cry, "Don't make fun of me."

Since that incident spread in their town, I don't know how many people have heard the news.

Even those businessmen who had dealt with him before, when he was harvesting grain, many of them had daughters at home, and many of them took their daughters with them and dangled in front of him when they had nothing to do.

"Hahaha..." Master Qin laughed loudly.

Not only he knew about this matter, even Qian Qian and Ma Yi knew about it.

When they heard this absurd news at the beginning, several people laughed so hard that their stomachs hurt from laughing.

Qian Qianqian originally wanted to join in the fun, but was caught by his father when he sneaked out of the house, otherwise Qian Qianqian would have been with Li Mu at this moment.

In the evening, in the small courtyard of the inn where Master Qin temporarily stayed.

Master Qin asked the shopkeeper to cook a few side dishes, and took out the wine he had specially brought, "I invite you to try my wine today."

Probably because those who are close to vermilion are red and those who are close to ink are black. Master Qin didn't study much about wine before, and he generally likes and dislikes it, but since he got a jar of peach blossom wine from Li Mu before, he has become a little fascinated.

During this period of time, he has searched for a lot of good wine and came back. He was curious at first, but now he can smell the difference.

This time, he specially brought his favorite jar of wine here, just wanting to give Li Mu and Zhong Xiuyuan a taste.

At the dinner table, Li Mu took a sip of his wine and shook his head slightly.

He shook his head not because of the wine, this wine is very mellow and tastes good, he likes it very much.He shook his head because of Master Qin's words.

He didn't think it before, but now he understands that the thickest-skinned people in the world are probably those matchmakers, and they are much thicker than Shu Lan's.

Don't talk endlessly, you can say anything.

Today I just say that this girl is unparalleled in the sky, tomorrow a different person will praise her, ah, she is the only one on earth again!

Sometimes when he got angry, he would directly scold and drive away people with a cold face, but luckily, he drove away at that time, and those people came again the next day.

You say that ordinary people, if they are violent and scolded by others, they will definitely get angry or avoid it, but these people forget everything after just one night.

Even if you ignore them, they can talk for an hour by themselves.

The back and forth made him lose his temper.

"Speaking of which, I also have a daughter, who will be sixteen in two years, what do you think?" Master Qin said with a smile.

While speaking, he looked at Zhong Xiuyuan beside him with both eyes.

He didn't want to join in the fun at all, he had nothing wrong with admiring Li Mu, but he was not prepared to marry his daughter to Li Mu at all.

It's not that he dislikes Li Mu, if Li Mu hadn't been with Zhong Xiuyuan, he would have really thought about it, but he already knew about Li Mu and Zhong Xiuyuan, so why would he do this kind of beating? thing?

Just thinking about this matter, thinking about Zhong Xiuyuan, Master Qin thought it was very interesting, so he deliberately said it at this time to tease these two people, and wanted to see what kind of reaction they would have.

Originally, Master Qin was just joking, but when he said it, Li Mu saw through it at a glance, so he didn't worry about it.

On the other hand, Zhong Xiuyuan next to him had a stiff smile on his face when he heard the words.

Over the past few days, such things have happened so many times that Zhong Xiuyuan almost became numb.

What made Zhong Xiuyuan even more dumbfounded was that someone even found him and said they wanted to marry him!

Regarding this kind of thing, although Zhong Xiuyuan didn't say anything, he still followed Li Mu and helped with things every day, but he still cared a little bit in his heart.

Everything else is fine, he doesn't care what those people say about him.

Why should those people dictate his life?

The only thing he cared about was the bleak things those people said in his later years.

Although he was very reluctant to admit it, what those people said had their truth.

Fortunately, both of them can move now, and they can take care of food and clothing with their own hands and feet.

But what about another few decades?

In a few decades, when both of them are old and can no longer be as energetic as they are now and do everything by themselves, what will they do then?

Other families have children, and when they grow old, the children will grow up, and the children will take care of them, but what do they have?

Zhong Manlu lives with them now, but in the future, they will definitely separate and marry and have children on their own.

Based on his understanding of Zhong Manlu's character, he would definitely not leave the two of them alone, but the relationship between them and Zhong Manlu's child has become further estranged...

Even if the child's personality is the same as Zhong Manlu's, he is close to others, but in the end they are just uncle and nephew.

Now the family situation is fine, and finally there is some spare money, but who knows what will happen decades later?

In case of any disaster and the family becomes poor again, if the children take care of them, they will have to take care of four elderly people...

Originally, Li Mu and he still wanted to take care of Yun'er by their side, although at that time they didn't have the idea of ​​letting Yun'er take care of them, but after all, they still had a son to rely on.

In the current situation, it is definitely impossible for Yun'er to provide for the two of them.

Zhong Xiuyuan knew that he was thinking too much, worrying too much, not at all as decisive as a man should be, but he couldn't stop no matter what.

When I close my eyes, I think about it, and when I open my eyes, I still think about it.

Perhaps it was because he cared too much, so he didn't know what to do. During this period of time, he often dreamed of the bleak old age of the two of them at night.

He didn't care how miserable he was in his old age, but he was afraid that Li Mu would be the same as him, so wouldn't it be him who harmed him?

"I won't marry again." Li Mu looked at Zhong Xiuyuan beside him.

Although Zhong Xiuyuan didn't say anything during this time, he could feel that this person had always had something on his mind.

Zhong Xiuyuan raised his head when he heard the words, and looked quietly at Li Mu.

Regarding this point, Zhong Xiuyuan is actually quite confident.

He wasn't worried that Li Mu would abandon him, he knew that this man had his one-acre land in his heart, and what he was worried about was other things.

Master Qin sat beside him silently, quietly eating his own food and drinking his own wine. He had vaguely realized that the joke he just made was a bit inappropriate.

"Or do you want to marry again?" Li Mu asked again.

003.

Zhong Xiuyuan was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, he looked at Li Mu next to him in disbelief, why would Li Mu think of him so much?

Zhong Xiuyuan looked at Li Mu in front of him, his complexion gradually turned pale.

Li Mu didn't speak, facing the moonlight, he just drank the wine in his glass quietly.

Both he and Zhong Xiuyuan are men, so who owes whom for this kind of thing?

If it is said that Zhong Xiuyuan owes him because he has no children, then Zhong Xiuyuan is also childless when he is with him, isn't it the same that Li Mu owes him?

This kind of thing is never one-sided.

Living together as a partner is something that the two of them have agreed to and determined, so why bother to talk about it now to calculate what is there or not?

Otherwise, if you want to count, how can you figure it out?

Could it be that they really want to get married separately and then be together again?What happened to the women and children they married back home?

Li Mu has never given much thought to this matter, because this is something he has determined, a decision he made after thinking it through, and no one forced him.

Zhong Xiuyuan smiled wryly, "The old age is bleak, you don't feel it now, what should you do when you get old?"

He understood what Li Mu meant, or it was probably what he liked about Li Mu.

Many times and many things, Li Mu's determination and strength even made him feel admirable.The things he has decided have never been allowed to be dictated by others.

Master Qin sat quietly, using himself as a tree in the yard, as the background.

Some things, as someone who has been there, he actually sees them more clearly than them, but he can't understand other people's things, so he can explain them clearly.

You have to live your own life to know, the two of them have to live your own life, and they will know whether it is good or not.

only the guy drinking water knows it's cold or hot.

Hearing Zhong Xiuyuan's words, Li Mu couldn't help but accentuate his tone, "If you talk about being miserable, you're all poor. You've lived with thousands of taels of silver and gold. I want to see how miserable you can be."

Zhong Xiuyuan, who was originally full of grief, felt dumbfounded when he heard what Li Mu said.

The sadness and desolation that had been permeating his heart for a long time before were left with nothing but helplessness by Li Mu's unreasonable and domineering words.

What he and Li Mu said were obviously not the same thing, but after thinking about it, what Li Mu said seemed to make sense.

The so-called bleak old age is more of a miserable old age when no one cares about it.

If it is really like what Li Mu said, they have tens of thousands of taels of platinum and gold, and they probably don't know how chic they are these days!

Li Mu is delicious, if he has so much money, they don't have to do anything when they are old, he just needs to travel all over the country to find what he wants to eat, then he can probably wake up with a smile from his dreams.

As for him, it was simple.

As long as he was by this person's side, he was very happy.

As long as he is free, he drinks tea with Li Mu, plays chess, plays with swords, and paints. Which one is not free and easy?

Following Li Mu's unreasonable words and thinking about the future, Zhong Xiuyuan felt a little complicated for a while.

He knew that Li Mu was talking nonsense, but he couldn't refute it.

After so many years, he doesn't really care about how he has lived, what he is afraid of is dragging down Li Mu.

If Li Mu went ahead of him, then he would definitely not leave this person alone before he left.

If Li Mu left, it would be no one's turn for him to worry about him, because he would definitely go with Li Mu.

But if it was the other way around, and he went to Li Mu first, Li Mu, who was left alone in this world, would have no one to take care of him.

Thinking of Li Mu living alone on that high mountain, it would be inconvenient to go down the mountain to buy things when he gets old.

Thinking of Li Mu eating alone, sleeping alone, and going to the mountains to farm alone...

It might even be that the widow and orphan died on the mountain, and no one knew about it, so Zhong Xiuyuan felt as if he was suffocating.

How can someone he likes so much make him willing to suffer that kind of suffering?

Just when Zhong Xiuyuan's black eyes showed some pain, Li Mu's eyes turned slightly, and his eyes fell on Master Qin who was opposite.

"Instead of thinking about what you have and what you don't have, it's better to think about how to save a thousand taels of gold before you get old." Li Mu said.

Li Mu didn't care too much about money at first, but it doesn't mean that he is used to seeing life and death, so he has already detached himself from the outside world.It's just that the idea of ​​just getting by and living is heavier than ordinary people.

He raised ducks in the mountains to make money, and he has never lost money. Although he was very happy to see the money increasing day by day, he didn't do it for money.

Now being reminded by Zhong Xiuyuan, Li Mu immediately put down his wine glass, lowered his head and secretly wrenched his fingers under the table to calculate how much property he had.

Duck sellers, peach sellers, jujube sellers, um, and those tribute ducks that have recently started growing again...

He secretly rubbed his fingers under the table and counted. When Li Mu raised his head again, his back straightened, his chest stood up, and his whole body was refreshed.

Master Qin on the opposite side didn't know what Li Mu was doing after sneaking around under the table for a while, but Zhong Xiuyuan, who was sitting next to Li Mu, saw all his actions.

Seeing Li Mu secretly rubbing and breaking his fingers, guessing what Li Mu was thinking, and seeing Li Mu's confident appearance now, all the unhappiness in Zhong Xiuyuan's heart was instantly swept away.

This person is really...

"Don't be stupid!" Zhong Xiuyuan stretched out his hand, and lightly patted the back of Li Mu's hand.

Could it be that he is really planning to save a thousand taels of gold before they grow old?

Zhong Xiuyuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, at that moment he was persuaded by the crooked reasoning of the person in front of him, after thinking about it carefully, he still felt that there was some truth in what he said.

But he will never be stupid with this person this time!

Not to mention how difficult it is to save the tens of millions of taels of silver, even if they really saved that much, it would be meaningless.

They are not the kind of people who like to live a luxurious life. They just have enough money. They have worked hard for half their lives to save things that they don't bring with them when they die.

"Didn't you say that your old age is miserable?" Li Mu looked fiercely at the person who dared to beat him.

"Why did I mean that?" Zhong Xiuyuan looked at the person in front of him.

"Then what do you mean?" Li Mu asked.

"I..." Zhong Xiuyuan almost explained all the thoughts in his heart, but thinking that if he said it, this person would definitely make a joke, so he swallowed it back.

Zhong Xiuyuan didn't speak, but Li Mu had already remembered what he said before.

Think about it, if they don't have to stay in this mountain, they just have to walk around to find some delicious food every day, wouldn't that be a wonderful day?

Elder Zheng had left with Yun'er after the Mid-Autumn Festival before. Once he left, Li Mu returned to the days when he could only eat some meals he cooked.

These days, Zhong Xiuyuan and the others didn't think there was anything wrong, but Li Mu felt a little sad. After Mr. Zheng left, his mouth was always dull, and he missed those dishes very much.

Li Mu looked at the food and drink in front of him, thinking about the good food he had eaten before, and Zhong Xiuyuan, who was at the side, talked to Li Mu so openly, the depression in his heart dissipated, and he became more energetic.

He took the jug next to him and refilled himself a glass of wine.

He is not addicted to alcohol, but at this moment he wants to drink a little.

In a daze, Zhong Xiuyuan couldn't help but think back to his time in the military camp in the early years. At that time, he was always extremely decisive and never hesitated in his actions.

On the other hand, now, he is always unable to move his feet to do things, and his hands are bound. He really is getting better and better!

Zhong Xiuyuan shook his head, his eyes drooped, the warmth in his warm black pupils gradually faded, and gradually became cold.

Li Mu didn't say anything about him, but those people cared deeply. It seems that after returning, he should take the time to thank those people for their kindness.