continuation [farming]

Xia He got up early, finished cooking with Aunt Lin, and brought it to Mrs. Li. Hearing movement in the front yard, she knew that Li Mu had returned, but she didn't even lift her head.Being urged by Mrs. Li to find Li Mu and Li Xianger to have dinner together, Xia He reluctantly moved two steps, just in time to see Li Xianger's pounce.

He stood behind Li Mu without making a sound.

When Li Mu saw Li Xiang'er, the first thing he said was to ask Xia He where he was.Li Xiang'er saw Xia He right in front of her, she didn't hide, pursed her lips, and glanced at Xia He.Li Mu turned around, saw Xia He, and immediately walked away from Li Xiang'er.

Xia He saw Li Xiang'er's look of resentment.

"Mother called you to eat." Xia He said, but passed by Li Mu, "I'll go and see my corn seedlings first."

Li Xiang'er snorted and said, "Li's, why are you so close to your seedlings, afraid that I'll pull them out if I stay all night?"

Xia He glanced at Li Xiang'er inexplicably. It's true that he doesn't want to talk to her, but looking at the corn seedlings is a serious matter.No one has served this thing before, and he doesn't know how much fertilizer and how much water to put in, so he can only do everything by groping, carefully, for fear that this precious seedling will wither, he has always looked at it four or five times a day.

Xia He was too lazy to speak, but Li Mu frowned and said, "Xiang'er, you should be Xia He's sister-in-law."

Li Xiang'er remained silent, and lowered her head halfway. Xia He felt stubborn when doing the same movement, but Li Xiang'er was able to make a cute and pitiful look.

Li Mu wondered why Li Xiang'er refused to call, and after a few words, Li Xiang'er looked like she was being bullied. He's busy.

Seeing Xia He squatting on the ground pulling weeds, Li Mu also lifted up the hem of his gown, and squatted down without caring about his appearance. When he was holding a seedling in one hand, Xia He quickly stopped him: "Hey! Don't pull me up!" The seedlings!"

Li Mu stopped, looked down at the one in his hand, then at the one Xia He pulled out, coughed dryly, and said, "I think it looks similar to what you pulled out..."

Xia He heard this, and looked at Li Mu incomprehensibly, what's the matter?

He didn't dare to ask this scholar who can only dance and write to do the work in the field, so he hurriedly drove Li Mu aside and cleaned up the weeds by himself.This land has been fertilized and watered frequently by myself, not only the seedlings are strong, but also really willing to grow grass, and if it is not cleaned up for a day or two, weeds will appear.

Li Mu only watched for a while, Xia He didn't speak, he always felt that the atmosphere between the two of them was weird, and he wanted to find something to ask: "Why is Xiang'er in our house? She stayed in your room last night?"

"My mother is kind-hearted. She was afraid that her father would kill her, so she took her in. It was too late yesterday, so she let her live with me first." Xia He said.

"Then where do you sleep?" Li Mu asked, but he actually had an answer in his heart.

Xia He answered simply: "Mother told me to sleep in your room temporarily."

A gleam of joy suddenly surged in Li Mu's heart, and he asked, "Then Xiang'er won't leave tonight, will she?"

Xia He paused and felt bored for a while, before saying: "Yeah, don't hurry, I'll be full in a while, and I have to go with Aunt Lin to clean up her house."

Li Mu's little joy was extinguished, and he nodded embarrassingly.Remembering that their family had promised the Zhang family not to have sex with Xia He, they could only sigh secretly.In the academy, when he talked with others while studying, he would more or less mention the ladies of various families.They are all young people, newly married, and they all miss their family members. Li Mu doesn't interrupt much, but he thinks over and over again in his heart like sencha. In the end, he only comes to the conclusion that he is really thinking about Xia He too.

Xia He cleared the weeds, patted the mud on his hands and stood up, scooped out half a scoop from the water tank in the yard, waved to Li Mu, and said: "Mother should be in a hurry, let's go quickly Bar."

Mrs. Li was indeed waiting, while chatting with Li Xiang'er.On the contrary, Li Xiang'er was actually hungry, but she didn't move when she saw that the master's house was not moving, for fear of leaving a bad impression.

It was Jinbao who was hungry first, and the baby started to cry when he was hungry. Aunt Lin had already warmed it up and put it aside, while Mrs. Li teased Jinbao while feeding him.Hearing Li Xiang'er insincerely complimenting Jin Bao there, Mrs. Li was very happy in face.

But when Xia He came, she handed over the job to Xia He.

Xia He had steamed buns to cushion her stomach, but she didn't feel hungry. She cared about Jin Bao first, and never noticed that Li Xiang'er took the seat next to Li Mu.Li Mu frowned, and moved away calmly, embarrassing Li Xiang'er.

Xia He turned her head and saw the empty seat between Li Xianger and Li Mu, so she calmly sat down with Jin Bao in her arms.

Li Xiang'er was pissed on her clothes by Jin Bao yesterday, and now she is a little frightened seeing this little devil.Hide further away.

The four of them had their own concerns for a meal, and after eating, Xia He called Aunt Lin to come, planning to clean out an empty room at the head of the house.There are too many houses in the Li family's yard, and Aunt Lin is the only one, so how can she clean everything up, she always cleans only a few rooms when she uses them.

Seeing this posture, Li Mu asked, "Mother, is sister Xiang'er going to live with our parents?"

"The old lady hasn't been in charge for a long time, this time she asked her father to go back and reflect on herself, let Xiang'er stay at home for two days first." Old lady Li said unhurriedly.

Li Mudao said: "Sister Xiang'er is the daughter of an unmarried daughter after all, living outside for a long time will not be good for her reputation."

"She is over seventeen years old, and she was almost sent to be a concubine by Tongcai yesterday, so how could her reputation be better." Mrs. Li sighed, "I thought that Tongcai's couple were just in love. My little daughter, I wanted to stay for two more years, but I didn't expect the two of them to be so ambiguous, it's my fault. Now I just hope that this matter won't spread, and it will hurt our Li family's reputation."

The mother and son didn't hide from Li Xiang'er when they spoke—or maybe, they actually said this on purpose in front of Li Xiang'er.Li Xiang'er heard it in her ears, but secretly clenched her fists tightly as if being pierced by a needle in her heart.

She wanted to ask Li Mu, do you still remember our marriage contract? Just as she was about to open her mouth, she remembered that she had promised her to marry Li Mu's father, but after going to propose a marriage, she came back and made a fuss at herself , Never allow yourself to mention this matter again.Now she suddenly regretted that she insisted on staying. I don't know what the mother and son of the Li family said to their father?

After talking with Mrs. Li for a while, Li Mu resigned and went to find Xia He.

Aunt Lin didn't seem to like Li Xiang'er either, she arranged for Li Xiang'er to live near her own house, at the farthest point from Li Mu's courtyard, once Li Xiang'er wanted to leave her house to find Li Mu, she had to pass by Aunt Lin's house.She just cleaned up some cobwebs and dust, and as soon as she moved the bed and quilt, she put her arms around her hips and didn't move, as if she had just cleaned up.Xia He didn't bother to add anything graciously, and suddenly remembered that Jin Bao hadn't bathed for a few days, so she called Aunt Lin to boil hot water.

When Li Mu found Xia He, he was sitting on a small stool, fighting with the dishonest Jin Bao who was held in the water.

He hurried to help, but this time it didn't help, he wrapped his arms around Jin Bao's armpit to keep him from moving, and he didn't dare to move, Jin Bao caused a lot of water on his sleeves.

Xu Shi saw that Li Mu was covered in water, Jin Bao was happy instead, and laughed.

With a helper, Xia He bathed Jin Bao much more easily, wiped off his sweat, and patted Jin Bao's little butt: "I'll call you troublemaker again!"

Jin Bao let out an ah, and turned to look at his aunt blankly.

Xia He laughed.

This was the first time Li Mu saw Xia He smile when he came back today.

On weekdays, Xia He still loves to laugh, but today he started to put on a straight face early in the morning, which made Li Mu feel a little nervous.Seeing Xia He finally laughed again this time, Li Mu heaved a sigh of relief, and asked, "Are you angry? That girl Xiang'er was too rude to you."

Xia He curled her lips: "Being targeted for no reason, why don't people be unhappy?" He thought he was very attractive, at least before getting married, Xia He had never seen anyone who understood it so clearly. Don't wait to see him.After getting married, he ran into Aunt Lin. Now that he knew a little about Aunt Lin's story, he brought some sympathy.

"She is ignorant, so don't blame her." Li Mu said.

Xia He suddenly became curious: "You sister Xiang'er wants to marry you one by one, what's going on?"

Li Mu frowned, and didn't want to say more, seeing Xia He's curious face, but for some reason, he said, "That happened after my father passed away. Uncle Tongcai got in touch with uncle from somewhere, and said My father has passed away, and he needs to make plans for my marriage, so he has arranged Xiang'er for me."

Xia He was still puzzled: "It's just that it's fine if you and Li Xiang'er are cousins, you are brothers and sisters of the same clan."

Li Mu frowned, as if this was a very ridiculous thing: "Have you heard of Shangwang Village?"

Xia He thought for a while: "Is that...the village where you live in the mountains?"

"Over a hundred families in Shangwang Village all have the surname Wang, but they only intermarry in the village. My uncle talked about that family, saying that intermarriage is not a problem." Li Mu said yes.

Xia He thought about it and shook his head: "It's just that Shangwang Village doesn't marry outsiders because they are too poor. Their daughters can't afford the dowry and can't marry outsiders, and Erlang can't afford the dowry. Who would marry their daughters and suffer? ?”

Li Mu nodded: "That's exactly how my mother refuted Uncle Tong Cai. The family in Shangwang Village is just a helpless move. There is no reason to follow suit."

Xia He nodded, wondering why this uncle of the Li family was so confused, but after all, this person is now his elder, so it is hard to say anything.It happened that Jin Bao had finished washing, Xia He pulled the towel over, scooped Jin Bao out, and wrapped it up immediately.

He didn't notice that Jin Bao was holding a small fist in his hand, which was held a little higher at this moment, pointing at the tip of Li Mu's nose, so he immediately opened his fist and covered Li Mu's face with his wet hand.

Li Mu didn't realize that his face was stuck, and he glanced at his son, his expression still not showing.

Seeing this, Jin Bao burst into tears suddenly, as if he hadn't just done something bad, but was bullied.