continuation [farming]

Li Mu agreed to Xia He on the other side, and then began to figure out how to go back and explain to Mrs. Li.

He originally wanted to tell Mrs. Li about him and Xia He before he went to Qingyang, but Mrs. Li was worried about Li Xianger for a while, Li Mu thought about it, and decided to calm down first, don't talk about it .However, during those days in Qingyang, Li Mu wrote a lot of letters to Mrs. Li under the pretense of introducing his experience to Mrs. Li, hinting at this matter. Mrs. Li's letter is much longer.

For example, he carefully explained his classmate who married a male wife, and also sent some anecdotes about the virtuous king's son, but I don't know how much Mrs. Li realized from it.Li Mu has great confidence in his mother. Mr. Ling has said a lot about Mrs. Li when she was young. She was extremely intelligent back then, and she was proudly above all men.

It's a pity that due to her status as a woman, she has been in the backyard for too long, and can only look at the vast world from the legends in the storybook, and gradually, her thoughts are also imprisoned.

But Li Mu felt that Mrs. Li was a more transparent person than anyone else, so she would definitely figure it out.

As soon as he got home, Aunt Lin took Jin Bao away. Li Mu stood upright and knelt down in front of Mrs. Li.

Sure enough, the appearance of the old lady was not so shocking, but it was written, what should come, will come back.

Li Mu kowtowed and performed a rare gift.

"Alas..." Mrs. Li took out her small box, and kept all the important things in it.With trembling hands, the old lady Li opened the box, took out the letter stored in it, and didn't look at Li Mu, just stroked the envelope, and said, "I said, Mu'er, why did you tell that old woman to me... Are you serious now?"

"Please forgive me, mother." Li Mu straightened his back, which meant that he didn't think he had done anything wrong. This big gift was to ask Mrs. Li for her understanding, but not for her forgiveness.

"What about Xia He? What does he mean? He is still young. Are you not afraid that he will regret it? You already have Jin Bao, and you are not afraid that when he suddenly feels that he should have a child of his own?" Mrs. Li raised her voice, her throat trembling.It's been a long time since she spoke like that.

"I believe Xia He won't." Li Mu said.

"It's just that you believe it?" Mrs. Li asked.

Li Mu paused, and replied, "I'm willing to try."

"In case, you're right. Xia He is indeed planning to live with you for the rest of his life. Your father knows, and you plan to do so. How do you explain to him? You let our family's savior die and die?" Mrs. Li said .

Li Mu didn't have time to think: "I only want Xia He to live happily in this life, to live the life he wants to live. Presumably, my father also doesn't want to see his benefactor's heir, for the sake of being famous, he will be depressed all his life."

"Okay...Okay!" Mrs. Li clutched her chest, seeing that she was obviously a son who had made up her mind, knowing that no matter what she said, nothing would change, so she could only shake her head and stare at him steadily. Looking at Li Mu, there was a trace of loss, a trace of relief, and a trace of bewilderment in his heart.

At the end, she waved her hand: "If you want to do it, just do it. The world has changed too fast, and men can marry men. I can't control you young people anymore."

Li Mu then said again: "Mom, I'll go and pick up my father-in-law's family tomorrow, let's celebrate the New Year at our house."

"What?" Mrs. Li was taken aback, never thinking that Li Mu would have such an idea.

Her son was supposed to be the one who listened to the words of the sages the most, and did his duty, but unknowingly, he seemed to have changed a lot.She looked carefully, only to find that there was a hint of cunning in Li Mu's eyebrows.

Mrs. Li couldn't help sitting up straight, and asked with a frown, "Recently... have you read something you shouldn't have read?"

Li Mu thought for a moment, but he didn't have the time to hide it: "It was Mr. Ling who instructed his son to study the Art of War."

Mrs. Li was taken aback: "What do you see that doing? Are you still planning to lead the army to fight? No, no, no, I'm just your son. How can I see you go to the barren land to fight against the barbarians!"

"That's not the case, mother, Mr. Ling just hopes that I can learn some truths from the art of war." Li Mu said.

Mrs. Li was a little strange: "What is the truth in this art of war? If you want to learn the truth, you have the teachings of Confucius and Meng Xian."

"Soldiers never tire of cheating." Li Mu spat out these four words.

Mrs. Li: "..." After a long pause, she said in disapproval, "Why are you learning this?"

"Rehabilitate the Zhang family." Li Mu didn't want to talk too much with Old Madam Li. He knew that his grandfather was a great Confucian in Qingjun Academy, and he was the most upright person. The same is true for the daughter he taught. Understand what he is going to do now.

But what Mr. Ling said makes sense. What he needs to deal with is the most cunning Xue family. If he confronts head-on, he is afraid that the end result will be nothing more than hitting a stone with an egg. It is better to be flexible so that he can truly rectify the name of the Zhang family and avenge his father. .

The old lady Li looked quite nostalgic, and finally said: "Brother Ling... Forget it, he will never harm you." She smiled, and said, "If your father-in-law agrees, you can bring him here tomorrow. It’s just that they have to be wronged to stay in our yard, so it’s best not to go out often.”

"Mother, what happened?" Li Mu asked.

Mrs. Li waved her hand impatiently, thinking that she has been disturbed a lot these days: "It's not from Tongcai's family. Since Xiang'er disappeared, Tongcai's family seems to have lost their minds. For some reason, You must say that our family and old Zhang's family harmed Xiang'er. Alas, she is also a poor person, she is still your aunt, if you meet her on the road, just let her go."

Li Mu agreed, but didn't take this matter to heart.He has already dealt with Li Xiang'er's matter, and gave Li Xiang'er the dignity she deserved, allowing her to be buried safely.

The rest, of course, is to settle accounts with the Xue family.It's just that this matter can't be rushed, and we still have to wait until after the test to settle the general ledger.

On the second day, Li Mu got up early and drove to Zhang's house. I don't know how Xia He persuaded Lan Niang and Zhang Shiyi yesterday. The Zhang family's husband and wife felt that it was awkward to live in someone else's house during the Chinese New Year. Yes, but no objection.

After all, since Dongmei Qiuyue got married, this family has become more and more lonely, and it seems deserted during the New Year.

Xia He was still holding Lanniang by the arm, and kept saying, "Our two families are small, so we can celebrate the New Year when we get together!"

"Hmph, where is the big family in the Li family missing?" Zhang Shixi said yes.

"Our family has long been separated, and now there are only my mother and I in the family. Father-in-law and mother-in-law don't have to feel awkward, isn't Aunt Lin always at my house for the New Year?" Li Mu said.

Lan Niang glared at Zhang Eleven: "Didn't you promise yesterday, don't say such things today, it's the end of the year, be happy, otherwise you will be entangled in bad luck, and you won't be in trouble next year." It will be better."

Zhang Shiyi didn't respond.

Lan Niang ignored him and took Xia He into the car.

Zhang Xi dawdled for a while, but still followed.

Li Mu was about to drive away when Xia He got out of the car, sat beside him, grabbed the whip unceremoniously, and said, "I'll come! I haven't touched this for a long time, let me do it." !"

"Okay, slow down." Li Mu said.

Xia He only gave birth for a while, and it didn't take long for her to catch up smoothly.It's just that in this cold winter, he stretched out his hands outside, and it didn't take long for his hands to become cold.

Li Mu held his hand in his own, didn't speak, but dawdled, making Xia He feel itchy in his heart.

"Brother Mu, have you bought the New Year's goods at home?" Xia He asked for words at random.

"It's already prepared. I brought back a lot of fresh things from Qingyang, and I'll show you later." Li Mu said, holding Xia He, holding the small whip with both hands, Pumped on the donkey's back.

Xia He stretched out his other hand, leaned forward and patted the donkey: "It's hard work for this guy, he still has to run outside in winter."

"Fourth Uncle has beans at home, and he said he will give him extra meals when he goes back," Li Mu said.

As soon as eating was mentioned, Xia He suddenly remembered something: "Did you bring me some snacks when you came back along the way?"

"Bring it, I bought a lot of your favorite items." Li Mu smiled.

Xia He didn't send a letter to Li Mu, and naturally he didn't say that he wanted snacks. In Li Mu's five letters, he didn't mention a single word about eating, but Li Mu still remembered Xia He's preferences and gave him After bringing it back, Xia He listened, smiling with crooked eyebrows.

"Where's the fruit?" Xia He asked again, the big and round fruit was much sweeter than the one grown in the mountains.

"I bought it too, don't worry." Li Mu said.

Zhang Shixi couldn't listen anymore, and said, "Second uncle, you don't need to be so spoiled by Xia He."

"Father-in-law, don't worry, all these snacks and fruits are available in every family." Li Mu said that, he did buy a lot, and he wanted to send some to relatives as a gift, otherwise he would only give it to his in-law's family. When people know about it, they have to gossip again.

As soon as Zhang Xi heard this, he knew that his uncle must have made a plan. Thinking of the cloak wrapped around Xia He, he still kept his mouth shut.

Lan Niang elbowed him, and glanced at him disapprovingly.

Zhang Shiyi turned his eyes away, this woman was still hesitating a few months ago, but now she has been brought in and favored those two juniors.

After all, Xia He is a piece of meat that fell from Lan Niang's body. If Lan Niang doesn't love him, who else will?Seeing that these two juniors are getting along well now, Lan Niang's heart has indeed been lost.

Xia He curled her lips, leaned to Li Mu's ear, and said in a low voice: "My mother agreed." In fact, Lan Niang didn't say anything, but Xia He still noticed it.

"Mother has already agreed, when you go back, you can continue to call her mother." Li Mu said.

Xia He held her cheeks and thought, if she really yelled, how would each of these three elders react?

So as soon as he entered the hall of Li's house, Xia He saw the old lady Li coming towards him. It was time for him to call for someone. He hesitated for a while, lowered his head, and raised his head again. On his face was the favorite of the elders. Laughing, shouting: "Mother."

Old Madam Li felt a little sour in her heart, but Xia He was a junior she liked very much, and she was also happy to be called so.But he still went to take a look at the appearance of the Zhang family and his wife first, and saw that Zhang Shishi was not happy, but after Lan Niang was stunned for a moment, she smiled on her face, and then said: "Hey, Xia He, come here , I haven’t come to see my old lady for some days.”

"We can see each other every day during the Chinese New Year." Xia He leaned over and said, "Mom, please sit down, your waist and legs are bad, so don't keep standing."

"Xia He, take Jin Bao here. He came back from you yesterday and started talking about you today. He can't do without you." Mrs. Li said.

Looking at the attitude of his in-laws, Zhang Shiyi obviously knew about it. He frowned, realizing that he had been isolated in this matter.

But seeing how Xia He and Li Mu got together, he couldn't say anything against him at this moment.

In the end, Zhang Shiyi was dragged by Lan Niang to sit down and listened to Lan Niang chatting with Mrs. Li.When Jin Bao was carried over, his complexion became much better, and he coaxed his grandson: "Come, Jin Bao, come here, to grandpa."

"Grandfather!" Jin Bao called out obediently, and approached Zhang Shishi, but just hugged his thigh, then turned to stick to Xia He again.

"This child is really close to Xia He." Seeing Jin Bao's appearance, Lan Niang said yes to Mrs. Li with emotion.

"Isn't it? No matter who you are with, you can't compare to kissing Xia He, and your temperament is [-]% to [-]% like that." Old lady Li said.

Xia He hurriedly said, "Where does it look so much like me?"

"It's so skinny, why doesn't it look like it?" Mrs. Li nodded Jin Bao's nose, "It's just that Jin Bao is making trouble in secret, but on the surface he will imitate his father's serious appearance."

Jin Bao raised his face, Xia He picked him up and put him in front of Li Mu. Sure enough, the father and son were exactly the same.

Xia He stuffed Jin Bao into Li Mu's arms: "Hold Jin Bao for a while, I'll go and see the new stuff you mentioned!"

"Uncle! Play, take me!" Jin Bao immediately changed his face and shouted.

"Look, let me just say that these two are skinny, and I can't sit still when I hear something new." Mrs. Li smiled, pointed at Jin Bao and Xia He and said yes, "Mu'er, you put the two of them together." Take it to see those weird things you bought, you juniors can play by yourself, don't have to stand in front of us three old guys."

"Yes, mother." Li Mu smiled, hugged Jin Bao, and followed Xia He.

The groceries in Qingyang are indeed much richer than those in Raonan. There are so many things that Xia He can't name after looking at them, so it was Li Mu who pointed them out one by one and told him what they are useful for.Xia He picked three things, one of which was called Jiu Lianhuan, but he couldn't open it even after a long time.

Throwing it to Li Mu, but seeing that Li Mu didn't know how to fiddle with it, he quickly took off the chain on it.

Xia He was fascinated by watching, but Jin Bao just wanted to catch it.

"Give this to me." Xia He said, "I'll put it in my room, and I can fix it at night when I have nothing to do."

Just as she was about to leave, Xia He was caught by Li Mu.

Looking at Li Mu strangely, Xia He asked, "What's wrong?"

Li Mudao said: "There are only a few rooms that are often cleaned at home. Yesterday I ordered it in a hurry, and today there is no time to clean it. Now there is only one vacant room."

Xia He asked strangely: "Didn't the room where your clan brother lived was always empty? If not, I'll help Aunt Lin, and it will be cleared out immediately."

"There is only one room, the one you lived in." Li Mu emphasized again.

"..." Xia He asked stupidly, "Huh? Then how do you live? Do you want me to live with my parents?"

"You and I should naturally live together, let your father-in-law and mother-in-law live in the house you used to live in, that's all." Li Mu said yes.

Xia He suddenly figured out what this guy was up to.

He immediately sat down again, looked at Li Mu carefully, lowered his head and asked Jin Bao: "Your father has suddenly become a treacherous person, what should we do? Is he bad at reading?"

Li Mu didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "We are husband and wife, so we should live together, shouldn't it be natural?"

Then Li Mu saw the tips of Xia He's ears, which were glowing red.

After a while, Xia He murmured: "I'm sure, Brother Mu, you just learned from someone badly. ——Oh, Jin Bao, you are not allowed to learn from your father in the future."

"Oh!" Jin Bao didn't know anything else, but people around him told him to urinate, he had to follow his father as an example, and he had to study hard in the future. If he babbled too much, the little baby would be a little annoyed.Now seeing that his favorite uncle asked him not to be like Li Mu, he immediately agreed.

Xia He carried Jin Bao away, and ignored Li Mu who was behind him, but brought the Nine Rings, but still put them into Li Mu's room, and put them next to the pillow.

He didn't pay attention for a while, and suddenly Jin Bao touched under Li Mu's pillow, and pulled out a small delicate box.

Xia He suddenly remembered that night.

He immediately took the small box from Jin Bao's hand and put it on the top of the closet, out of sight and out of reach.

When Zhang Xiyi heard that Xia He was going to live with Li Mu tonight, he almost got angry again.

But being pulled by Lan Niang, he still didn't make a sound, watching, Xia He happily ran away with other people's son.

After touching the Jiulianhuan on the head of the bed, Xia He began to play with it.During the two tosses during the day, Xia He still hadn't enjoyed it.He struggled for a long time, but only solved one problem.

With an "ah", Xia He rolled over, but Li Mu suddenly came over and pressed his lips on his.

After a long time without skin-to-skin contact, Xia He didn't move around, but wrapped her arms around Li Mu's neck, allowing him to move.

Out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly saw Li Mu's hand under the pillow, and touched it for a long time, but to no avail.

Li Mu loosened his lips and looked at Xia He with a playful look.

Xia He didn't look at him, didn't speak, and firmly refused to admit that he hid the things.

But Li Mu got up, opened a bag, and not long after, he touched a small box and came out.

There were not many things in the original box. Li Yun and Qin Fan could have spoiled it back then, and they used up a lot. He used it last time, and because he was careful, he used it a lot.Fortunately, this item is not difficult to buy in Qingyang. Although it was a bit difficult to say when I bought it, but now that I think about it, Li Mu feels that it was the right decision for him to find this item on purpose.

Xia He stared at the very familiar small box, dumbfounded, one of his subordinates didn't pay attention, only heard a snap, he broke the delicate nine-linked ring.

Li Mu glanced at it and said with a smile: "Xia He is really smart. The fastest way to untie the Nine Chains is to break it. ——Since it has been untied, then we should do other things."

After all, he bent down again.