continuation [farming]

Yuan Scholar didn't seem to have any intention of leaving, he even took Li Mu's arm, saying that noon was approaching, and invited Li Mu to a nearby restaurant to talk again.Li Mu declined again and again, and finally said that his mother was waiting, so he could leave.When driving the donkey cart out, Xia He threw the clothes he bought into the cart and was about to take the whip from Li Mu.Li Mu glanced at him, indicating that Yuan Shusheng was still waiting, and did not go far.Xia He looked at Scholar Yuan, then at Li Mu, and reluctantly got into the hood.

After leaving the town, Xia He jumped out again, looking at Li Mu eagerly.

Handing out the whip in his hand, Li Mudao said, "Give it to me when we get to Anle Village."

"Are you afraid of being seen, you sit by yourself and ask a woman to drive?" Xia He asked with a smile, with a smug look on her lips, as if she had seen through Li Mu's appearance.

Li Mu said nothing.

Xia He didn't care about it, and drove the donkey cart very fast, until the donkey barked, then quickly stopped, leaned over, touched the donkey, and said: "Hey, I didn't mean it, you It doesn't hurt, let's run slowly."

The donkey can't understand people's words, and when no one is chasing it, Li Mu wants to laugh: "It's just an animal, you don't have to be so careful, you still have to chase what needs to be chased."

"This animal is precious. Uncle Li's family doesn't have many people, so I have to rely on it to do things in the field. I'm afraid it will be broken." Uncle Li is the owner of the donkey. They are also relatives in Li Mu's five clothes.Xia He patted the donkey, shaking his feet leisurely.Suddenly, he seemed to remember something, and asked, "Master, is the scholar you met today a classmate of yours?"

"Exactly." Li Mu nodded.

"Speaking of which, Xianggong, I heard from my second sister that you used to study in the academy, and you only went home to rest for a day every ten days. Why haven't I seen you go to the academy for more than a month?"

"I've already asked my husband for a two-month leave." Li Mu calculated, "It's only the middle of this month, and I'm going back to the academy at the end of the month."

Xia He nodded and said: "Then you can rest assured at home, mother and Jin Bao have me."

Li Mu looked at Xia He, but didn't see any reluctance on his face.

Xia He really didn't want to give up, he started working on Jinbao as soon as he got married, and what he did every day was nothing more than taking care of Jinbao and carrying Jinbao to Mrs. Li's place to show Mrs. Li.Li Mu, on the other hand, mostly studies in the study room. He plans to take the county exam this year. Although according to Mr. Academy, it is not impossible for him to come out on top in the county exam with his current talents, Li Mu still encourages himself. , Tell yourself to guard against arrogance and impetuosity, so that you can review well.

Therefore, in fact, Xia He and Li Mu have not been together for a long time, and they are not familiar with each other yet.

Li Mu was a little unhappy, nodded bluntly, and said: "The family is entrusted to you. If there is anything that needs me to come forward, you can ask Fourth Uncle to deliver a letter to me at the academy."

Xia He said "Oh", and immediately said, "You should study hard. Which scholar would not look forward to entering the Tianzitang one day, as long as I am still your wife, I will take care of the family affairs for you."

Hearing this, Li Mu couldn't help but take a deep look at Xia He again, the unhappiness at that idea turned into surprise.This is not the first time he has felt this way. For a long time, he has felt that Xia He is not just a simple peasant daughter.

Even his own sister, Zhang Qiuyue, never taught Li Mu to feel this way.Qiuyue is just more courteous and gentle than the other peasant girls, while Xia He, although a little out of character, often speaks surprisingly, as if she has read a book.

This idea popped up several times, but Li Mu himself denied it.Although the Min Dynasty was a peaceful and prosperous age, and the people had enough food and clothing, but the pens, ink, paper and inkstones were still not something that ordinary people could afford. Maybe send your own daughter to study.

Perhaps Zhang 11's family was in good condition when he was young, and he had studied for several years.Li Mu thought so.

As soon as he found an excuse for Xia He, Xia He sighed from the other end: "Oh, last time an old lady in the neighboring village had a birthday party and invited an opera troupe. I slipped away to listen to the opera. A woman passed the imperial examination, was recruited as a son-in-law, and finally went back to marry. If it were me, I wouldn't be like her, foolishly changing back into a daughter, respecting and loving the princess, and being a princess. What a good son-in-law."

Li Mugang wanted to say that a female concubine would be revealed on the wedding night in the bridal chamber, when he suddenly thought of Xia He's body as a stone girl.It seems that he himself did not know this. The Zhang family and his wife were afraid that their little daughter would be sad. They never told Xia He how he was different from ordinary women, nor did they teach him about men and women. Before Xia He married into the Li family, they begged The Li family should not mention this matter to Xia He.Li Mu didn't say anything, but patted Xia He on the head.

Xia He was a little confused by his action, turned her head and asked: "Sir, what are you doing, only my mother loves to slap my head, and my father won't let me, saying he will make me stupid." He She pursed her lips, "Aren't you afraid of making me look stupid?"

"We're almost home." Li Mu took the whip over without saying a word, and drove the donkey cart to the gate of Li's house, let Xia He go home first, and then returned the donkey cart to Uncle Li's house.

Xia He jumped off the donkey cart and went to look for gold treasures.Little Jinbao quarreled with his grandmother for a day. Mrs. Li hadn't brought her grandson with her own hands for a long time, and she was very tired. Seeing Xia He came back, she asked him to take Jinbao away.

"Have you eaten in the town?" Mrs. Li asked.

"Not yet, mother, my husband said he would come back to accompany you for dinner." Xia He said.

The old lady gave a reproachful look: "I already ordered this, I thought I could wait for you two? I thought you were going to eat in the town. The Lin family and I have already eaten, so you can ask the Lin family to make some." .”

"Hey." Xia He responded, only then did he feel hungry. On the way to find Aunt Lin with Jin Bao in his arms, he grabbed a mouthful of steamed buns and ate them while no one was paying attention.

After stuffing his belly, Xia He wiped his mouth before calling Aunt Lin, and said, "Please trouble Aunt Lin, my husband and I are still hungry."

After Aunt Lin responded, she immediately dropped the work she was doing, turned around and went to the kitchen.Little Jinbao hadn't seen Xia He for a few hours, but he was very clingy, and refused to go down when he was in his arms. Xia He had no choice but to hold him all the time, and waited for Lin Mu in Li Mu's yard. Aunt brought the food over.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, he saw that the gate of Li Mu's academy was open, facing the gate was hung a pair of words, which read, "Pretend to hide the greenery through the windows, and recite the strings to answer the babbling".The couplets are quoted from the ancients, but the characters were written by Li Mu himself to encourage himself.The three characters "Li Zisi" in the inscription are exactly Li Mu's characters.

When Li Mu returned home, he heard Xia He holding Jin Bao and teaching him to read these words. After reading, he muttered: "Little Jin Bao, Auntie told you that this couple wants to learn from your father. Close the doors and windows tightly, and study hard is the right way, and don't be fascinated by the beautiful scenery outside." How could Xiao Jinbao understand what he was talking about, babbling.

Li Mu strode in, and asked before he got close, "Xia He, you can read?"

Xia He hugged Jin Bao, and turned around in a daze: "Master, you are back." When the little Jin Bao in his arms saw his father, he rarely wanted to show his intimacy, so he yelled twice, and stretched out his hand to Li Mu.

Li Mu didn't look at Jin Bao, but stood in front of Xia He and looked straight at him.

Xia He nodded strangely, and said, "Of course, my second sister can also read."

Li Mu was stunned, he didn't know that Qiuyue could read and write.

Immediately afterwards, Xia He said with a distressed expression: "However, the eldest sister and the second sister still spend more time learning needlework with my mother. I have been accused by my father of not being calm enough since I was a child, so I should practice calligraphy and calm my mind. As soon as the field work is done during the day, before dawn, my father will drive me to write big characters."

Li Mu thought for a moment, took the pen and ink, waved to Xia He, and said: "Just write something casually for me to see."

Xia He handed Jin Bao over, and took the pen, holding the pen in a standard posture, but trembling, he did not dare to write.After a while, he picked up a pen and wrote the word "Qin".After finishing writing, Xia He shook her head and said, "I've been using a branch to draw on the sand, I'm really not used to this soft pen."

One thing Li Mu guessed right, the Zhang family's family background, it's not like they can afford a pen and ink.

Xia He didn't know what to do with the pen when it was used up, so she held it in her hand all the time, wondering what Li Mu was looking at when she stared at the word she wrote.It wasn't until Aunt Lin came to call the two of them that Li Mu put down the paper in his hand and spread it neatly on the table without intending to throw it away.

Xia He looked at the big character he had written, and then at Li Mu's practice work, although he had never seen any calligraphy by famous masters, and he had always read Zhang Shixi's paintings on fine sand. He could also see the gap between himself and Li Mu. Putting these two pictures together, Xia He felt his face turn red.

After such a delay, Xia He fell behind.But before Li Mu could leave, Jin Bao's cry suddenly came across the small courtyard.Xia He didn't bother to think about it anymore, and hurried over to take Jin Bao over to coax him.

Li Mu looked at Xia He, while Xia He focused on looking at Little Jinbao.Suddenly, Li Mu said: "I just made up my mind, there are still eight days left, and I should go back to the academy."

"Oh." Xia He said.

"When I'm not at home, if you want to read, you can come to my study."

"Okay."

"In another eighteen days, when the time comes, you will ask Aunt Lin to go to Uncle Fourth's house to look for Uncle Fourth, and let Uncle drive the car to the academy. Aunt Lin is familiar with all these things, and she knows them all." Li Mu continued.

"Oh!" Xia He suddenly called out, then tapped little Jin Bao's nose, saying, "Bad thing, such a big bubble of urine, it's on me!"

Unafraid of Xia He's feigned atmosphere, little Jinbao started giggling, stared at her little feet, and stepped on Xia He's chest.

Li Mu just took a pleasing glance... Why do you feel that there seems to be a sunken part on the chest of his bride?

The author has something to say: Comrade Xia He, in the future, you must not use the method of hollowing out the core of the steamed buns to eat steamed buns, you will be trampled flat【.

Chapter couplets are written by Zhang Zhidong~

Because the first two articles in the same series have more serious readers, I would like to explain in advance that the Jiale Minshi series are two dynasties that I made up. One is the Jia Dynasty and the other is the Min Dynasty. It does not correspond to any dynasty in history. , the only principle is how convenient and how come 2333

Basically all my ancient dramas are in this series, some may be related to each other, some are not at all ~ this article is not at all...

Well, after all, the last two articles in the same series are from court texts, and they are not of the same class as this farmer 233