continuation [farming]

Xia He touched Kong Kong's stomach, and ate most of what Li Mu brought, only then remembered that Li Mu was just watching from the side, so he pushed the rest to the other side, and asked, "Aren't you going to eat?"

"It's okay, don't be hungry." Li Mu shook his head and pushed him back.

"I... I'm full." That's all Xia He could say, although he was only half full, but thinking about his foot injury, he didn't have to work anymore, so why eat so much?

Only then did Li Mu finish Xia He's leftovers. It wasn't until Li Mu took over his job that Xia He suddenly realized how intimate the two of them were.He muttered: "Where is there a rice bowl to use with it?"

Li Mu just smiled.

Pushing the bowl and chopsticks aside, he saw Xia He staring at him in a daze, and then slowly asked Xia He what happened.

Xia He decided to count from the very beginning when he became suspicious, and counted for a long time. While talking, he felt aggrieved and clenched his fists.

Li Mu could only pat him on the back.

"You said... Parents and the others..." Xia He wrinkled her face into a ball, her voice didn't have a good voice in the first place, but after saying so many words, it started to burn again.Fortunately, with the tea poured by Li Mu, Xia He would not taste good or bad, and swallowed it like a cow chewing a peony. do it."

Xia He obviously came to confess, but gradually, he seemed to come to ask for help.

"Your parents-in-law and father-in-law must have their reasons." Li Mu slowly said, "Now you are the only boy in your Zhang family. If you are not forced to, your parents will not do this."

"But..." Lan Niang said the same thing, and Xia He also thought the same thing, but he really couldn't figure it out, what was the reason?

"Okay, men don't cry easily." Seeing Xia He's appearance of wanting to cry, Li Mu hurriedly said, "Since you already know, then from now on, you have to be a man who can support himself."

Obviously Li Mu himself was in a mess, but at this moment he had no choice but to comfort Xia He.He could not afford to hate Xia He, seeing Xia He like this made his heart ache.Li Mu had no choice but to suppress his various emotions. At this time, he was a little thankful that he never showed much emotion in his appearance.

only……

Xia He could see Li Mu's restlessness at this moment, he knew it was all because of him, so he could only lower his head and apologize one after another: "I'm sorry...it's all me...we...what should we do? ..."

Li Mu was only a 17-year-old boy, even though he was much older than Xia He, he was already dumbfounded when he encountered such an unheard of thing.Asked by Xia He, so dependent, Li Mu stopped patting Xia He's back, and after a while, he asked: "Xia He, did you tell your mother and father-in-law when you came here today? "

Xia He murmured: "...No."

Li Mu said helplessly, "If you do this, the elders will worry."

Xia He remained silent, he knew that it was a mistake for him to run out without meeting anyone, but he was stubborn and didn't want to go back to meet people.He had no choice but to lower his head, not to refute Li Mu's words, but he didn't respond either.

Li Mudao said: "Let's go, let's go back, this kind of thing...you have to discuss it with your parents."

After saying that, Li Mu got up.

Xia He hurriedly grabbed his hand: "You..."

"Xia He, this is not a trivial matter that you and I can decide." Even though Li Mu's heart softened, that was all he could say at this moment.

Xia He was startled by the sentence he almost asked just now.

He just wanted to ask, would you still want me.

But seeing Li Mu's determination, Xia He didn't dare to ask.He is a boy, how could Li Mu keep himself?What reason is there to stay?

Xia He let go of her hand desolately.

Li Mu thought he was afraid.That's right, he is two years older than Xia Hexu, and he doesn't have anything to worry about at this moment. Xia He is only fifteen, and he was raised by the Zhang family, so how could he not be afraid?

He wanted to reassure Xia He, so he said, "Don't worry, I won't make mother difficult for you, I will... treat you as my younger brother." lost.He can still recognize himself, he doesn't want to treat Xia He as his younger brother.

But what Li Mu was thinking about was Zhang Xiahe, the youngest daughter of the Zhang family and his successor.

If it were the only son of the Zhang family, Zhang Xiahe, the younger brother of his late wife... In Li Mu's heart, there was a door called Lunchang, which was locked tightly, shutting Xia He out.He felt that he couldn't pass his own level.

Li Mu could only resist the thought of holding back the hand that was holding him, seeing that Xia He seemed to be relieved, but also seemed a little bit lost.Li Mu wanted to read the disappointment in Xia He's eyes, but when he saw it, he didn't know if he was wrong.

Xia He thought for a moment, let go of his hand, and nodded: "...Then, let's go back?"

"I'm going to find my brother and borrow a car. Just wait here. Your foot is hurt and you can't walk around." Li Mu quietly put the hand that Xia He had just held behind his back, and grabbed it. The way is.

So Xia He waited for Li Mu to come back. He didn't know that running away would never solve the problem.He has already done it before when he came to the academy recklessly.

Not long after, Li Mu came back, carefully bent down, and hugged Xia He on the bed.

It was the first time Xia He was hugged like this when he was so big.When he carried him into the room, he was preoccupied and didn't pay attention to Li Mu's actions.When Li Mu was about to hug him like this and leave, Xia He thought about it for a while, and said worriedly: "Am I not manly enough to be hugged by you like this?"

"You're injured, don't worry about it." Li Mu said yes, seeing Xia He's serious distress, he felt that he couldn't let go of the person in his arms.

He carried Xia He into the carriage, and drove away by himself, hoping that if he didn't go to see him, he might miss that person less.

If I can't see this person in the future, will I gradually stop thinking about it?

Thinking this way, he didn't pay attention when driving the car, bumped a bit, and almost drove the car into a ditch.

Li Mu hurriedly grabbed the horse.

Xia He poked his head out of the carriage and asked, "Is it more difficult to drive a horse-drawn cart than a donkey cart? Shall I try it?"

"It's nothing, I was thinking about something just now." Li Mudao said yes, after he finished speaking, he realized why he forgot to find an excuse?

Xia He looked at Li Mu's appearance, and after a while, he tried a word, and said, "Brother Mu...are you...you don't want to part with me?"

"..." Li Mu was stunned for a moment, and then he was a little embarrassed. He didn't dare to look at Xia He again, so he could only lower his head, and after a long time of boredom, he said, "You sit down, your feet are still injured. "

"I also miss you." Xia He said.

Li Mu straightened his back as if he had been struck by lightning, not knowing how to answer Xia He's words.

But then, Xia He started counting again, "I can't bear little Jinbao, I can't bear my mother, and... I can't bear to bear Aunt Lin. Although, at the beginning, Aunt Lin and I didn't have a good relationship, but..."

Xia He sat back in a muffled voice. He was really reluctant. Although it wasn't long, the Li family was like his second home.It's just that he couldn't stay after all.

After a long time, he waited for Li Mu's response: "It's okay, sit still, we have to go."

In Anle Village, Lan Niang and Zhang Shixi stayed up all night with sad faces, remembering the master's thousand and ten thousand instructions when they were leaving, Zhang Shixi even hammered the wooden bed with his fist.The small yard of the Zhang family was already dilapidated, but he made it so that the bed shook as if it was about to fall down: "Is our family supposed to be so ruined?!"

Lan Niang wiped her tears: "It would be great if Master was here, maybe there is a way..."

"But Master said at the time that we must cover this matter up to Xia He." Zhang Shixi pressed his forehead, "It's a good thing no outsiders know about it now, Xia He himself... Back then... if he could be ruthless Make up your mind..."

"Husband! Xia He is your own flesh and blood, and it is impossible for us to have another son!" Lan Niang raised her voice. She had almost never spoken to Zhang Shixi like this, but in order to protect Xia He, she couldn't bear it. , the way is, "The poison of a tiger does not eat its offspring!"

"Heh... Maybe what Master said is right, the Zhang family deserves to die. Even if he forcibly saved me and Xia He back then..." Zhang Shishi's forehead was bulging with veins, and he couldn't see what happened back then. Mr. Pian Pianjia looked different, "Perhaps if Master hadn't taken me away from home back then, it would have been my luck to die with my father and brothers, and it wouldn't be a drag on you... My life is a steal Come!"

Zhang Shixi said this, but Lan Niang could only comfort him: "Don't say that, head of the family, I am willing to accompany you in trouble. It's just Xia He..."

"You should go and see him earlier. I'm afraid that if he becomes stupid, he will tell his mother everything." Zhang Shiyi shook his head and said, "It's better for you to discuss with your mother. The second uncle is not at home. I don't know much about it." Good to show up."

Afterwards, the husband and wife looked at each other without saying a word, and sat there until dawn, when Lan Niang hurried to Li's house, under the pretense of taking care of Xia He's illness, she pushed Xia He's room to have a look, only to find that the bed was empty, People do not know where to go.

Both Zhang and Li became anxious, Xia He was still ill, where could he run?At this time, Lan Niang couldn't care less about it, so she got the person back first.It's just that Anle Village is nothing more than that big, and the two families searched like crazy but couldn't find it, so they had to entrust Laosi Li and plan to drive to a farther place to have a look.

Just then, I saw Li Mu driving the carriage back to the village.Stopping the car at the door of the house, Li Mu first bowed to Lan Niang and said: "Xia He went to my place today, and worried my mother and mother-in-law." Then he turned around and hugged Xia He come out.

Originally, Xia He thought that Li Mu should carry him into the hall, and then told the two families to sit down and have a good discussion.But he never expected that Li Mu would directly carry him back to Xia He's own room, and then stuff him into the bed.

Xia He hurriedly struggled out and said, "I'm going to the front too!"

"You're still sick, take a good rest." Li Mu was rarely forceful, and only pushed him back.

After leaving Xia He's room door, Li Mu stood between two rows of corn fields, reached out and touched the corn leaves planted by Xia He himself, and took a deep breath.When he lowered his head and raised his head again, his gaze became much firmer.

He has to discuss this matter with his mother, father-in-law and mother-in-law first, and then tell Xia He after he has settled it properly, so that Xia He can recuperate well and don't worry about it.

Take it as...the last thing he can do for Xia He.

Thinking so, Li Mu walked out of Xia He's courtyard.

Mrs. Li didn't know about it yet, she just felt that Xia He was seriously ill, and she was afraid that Lan Niang would blame her for failing to take good care of Xia He, so she greeted Lan Niang warmly and sat down in the hall.Lan Niang still missed Xia He in her heart, she saw that Xia He that Li Mu carried out was dressed in a long gown, she knew it was broken, she was afraid that Xia He had already told Li Mu about it.She felt uneasy, but she could only wait for Li Mu to come over.

I can only be thankful, looking at Li Mu's appearance, it seems that he doesn't intend to blame Xia He.

The atmosphere in the room was strange.

Aunt Lin hurried in and out a few times, only to see that the master seemed to hesitate to speak, but his wife didn't know what was panicking, her old lady was just like herself, confused.She was originally afraid that her wife's illness would cause her in-laws to blame her, but she never thought about why Lan Niang looked like she had done something wrong?

In the end, it was Lan Niang who couldn't hold back, and opened her mouth first, saying: "Mother-in-law... well, I think the second son-in-law already knows... It's our family's fault."

Mrs. Li was at a loss, and said strangely: "What's the matter, mother-in-law?"

Lan Niang weighed it over and over again, and said: "Our family didn't move the betrothal gift for Xia He. We just waited for this day to return it... Most of Qiuyue's betrothal gift is also there, and there are a few acres of land. ..."

After Lan Niang counted, Mrs. Li frowned, why did the Zhang family mean to take Xia He away?She hurriedly said: "It's our family's fault for not taking good care of Xia He and making him sick again, but my mother-in-law can't... break up the younger generation just because of this?"

After all, Lanniang was still a little bit speechless, what could she say, the one "married" by our family was a son?She had no choice but to go to Li Mu with a plea, hoping that Li Mu could say something.

Li Mu quickly said: "Mother... Xia He... has something wrong with his body, if he can go home to recuperate..." After all, he didn't dare to tell his mother bluntly, but Li Mu still thought, if there is a compromise The method in is fine.

"How can this be done? Even if it can't be recorded in the genealogy until this year's Chinese New Year, Xia He is our daughter-in-law after all! ——What kind of medicine does Xia He need to take for this disease? If there is a prescription from the in-laws, feel free to bring it. How could we be short of Xia He's medicine." Mrs. Li interrupted Li Mu's words, completely disapproving.

Lan Niang did not expect that Li Mu would cover up for the Zhang family in front of Mrs. Li, and she felt quite ashamed of the second son-in-law in her heart.

Li Mu couldn't lie to his mother, so he could only bite the bullet and say, "Xia Hena...isn't a disease."

"What's the matter?" Mrs. Li wondered.

But Lan Niang thought for a moment, then suddenly knelt down towards Old Madam Li, and said: "I also beg my in-laws and second son-in-law, at least...at least for Jin Bao's sake, don't tell this matter. ——Xia He... Xia He... is my only son..."

Seeing Lan Niang knelt down, Mrs. Li rushed to help her up: "Dear family, you can't do it!" But after listening to what Lan Niang said, Mrs. Li froze.

No matter how much she thought about it, she couldn't figure out that Xia He was actually a boy? !

After a while, Old Madam Li asked: "I...can I ask why the in-laws raised Xia He as a girl?"

But Lanniang struggled with not knowing whether she should tell the truth about her family's escape.Even if it can be said that Xia He was raised by a man disguised as a woman, but if we want to investigate the reasons carefully, we must find out that his family is a fugitive.

Had no choice but to cut the head off, Lan Niang concealed herself, picked up something to say, and explained: "The head of my family has no father or mother, but was brought up by a Taoist who is called a half-immortal in our place. It is not easy to calculate divinations, but every divination must be accurate. As soon as Xia He was born, the half-immortal said yes, if this boy could not be raised as a girl, it would cause disaster. The head of the family didn't believe it at first, but as a result, there was a severe drought that year, and they rushed In the locust plague, the entire state capital was devastated. He gave the travel expenses and taught us how to escape..." Lan Niang said, remembering the appearance of the man who smiled and handed over all his wealth back then, and cried , "Master said before leaving, at least before, people outside the family must not know that Xia He is a man, otherwise the disaster will come again..."

Lan Niang wiped her tears as she spoke, but it was not to win the sympathy of the Li family, but to sincerely remember the missing master.It's not that Zhang Shiyi didn't try to send messages over there these years, but he never received a reply.

But Mrs. Li asked for a while: "...that Taoist priest, is he called Taoist Ziji?"

Lan Niang was taken aback: "Do you know Master?"

After Mrs. Li pondered, she said to Li Mu: "Mu'er, go and see Xia He first."

Li Mu knew that his mother was trying to distract him, so he frowned, and was about to ask if he could stay, when suddenly someone came in and shouted, "It's not good! Auntie...it's not good! Someone, someone... ...to break into our ancestral hall!"

The author has something to say: The ancestral hall of the Li family is full of disasters...【I don’t know if it’s because of the same troublemaker I found out that I made a big bug but it doesn’t affect the reading【.

I'm going to change all the dynasties to the Jia Dynasty. The Min Dynasty allowed marriage between men and women.

Ah, I was stupid when I wrote the article...