continuation [farming]

Xia He and Li Mu tossed and turned all night, Xia He couldn't get up the next day, and fell asleep until noon.I didn't see Zhang Shixi standing in front of his room for a long time early in the morning, feeling melancholy for a while, finally shook his head, and went back to his room feeling bored.

It was Li Mu who brought the lunch to Xia He's house.Li Mu didn't feel embarrassed at all, but Xia He thought for a moment, then asked, "Does mother think I'm lazy?"

"No, mother and father-in-law have already run out, and I specifically told you to eat more and don't starve." Li Mu reassured him.

At this time, Mrs. Li was pulling Lan Niang to talk in the hall, and the two mothers were sighing together, neither wishing for the two children to just get together like this, but they both felt that if they could really have a good time , it's not completely unacceptable for me to ignore it.

Mrs. Li still felt that she was sorry for Zhang's family: "I will raise Jin Bao's child, old lady, so that he must respect Xia He in the future." If it wasn't for Jin Bao being the only grandson in her family, she said If you don't allow it, you can be cruel and directly ask Jin Bao to change his surname to Zhang.

The two women who complained and went together felt a lot more relieved after vomiting out all the words they had been holding back in their hearts.Lan Niang was originally quite afraid of Mrs. Li, but after getting in touch with her a lot, she felt that this old lady who was much older than her was a nice person.After talking about the two juniors, Lan Niang chatted with Mrs. Li, she was still thinking about her neighbors in Anle Village.

Mrs. Li didn't like to go out, and she didn't know much. After thinking about it, she simply called Aunt Lin over, and the three of them chatted together.

Zhang Shiyi was singled out and could only guard Xiao Jinbao.

There was nothing left or right, Zhang Shixi thought about it, and simply hugged Xiao Jinbao on his lap: "Grandpa taught you to read and write."

Little Jinbao stared at his round eyes, spinning around.Seeing the pen that Zhang Shixi picked up, he grabbed it again.Fortunately, the tip of the pen hadn't been dipped in ink yet, and Jin Bao just played with it, and didn't smudge his little face.

But Zhang Shiyi was taken aback by his sudden grab: "Jin Bao is good, be honest, your grandfather taught you how to hold a pen."

He regretted that when he first enlightened Xia He, he could only use tree poles, so that the handwriting Xia He had written so far could not be seen by others, so he wanted to teach little Jinbao how to read, Zhang Shixi thought The first thing I do is let him learn how to hold a pen.

But Zhang Shiyi forgot for a while, when Xia He was enlightened, Xia He was also six years old.Jin Bao is only three years old now, where can he learn how to hold a pen and write.

He tried his best to break Jin Bao's little hand and let him hold the pen.Jin Bao didn't follow him, and sat dishonestly, writhing in Zhang Shiyi's arms and wanted to get off the ground.Zhang Shiyi lost his temper for a while, and he couldn't grasp the strength of his hands well. When Jin Bao was pinched by him, his little hand hurt a lot, so he wrinkled his face and burst into tears.

Little Jinbao's cry was loud and clear, passing through the courtyard and reaching the rooms of Li Mu and Xia He next door.

Xia He's ears were sharp. Halfway through the meal, she put down the bowl and chopsticks in her hand: "Jin Bao is crying."

Li Mu was stunned, he didn't hear anything, Xia He mentioned it, and then vaguely noticed that there seemed to be a baby crying, and said: "I'll go and see."

"I'll go." Xia He didn't know what was wrong with Jin Bao, where he could still eat, hurriedly put on his clothes, and hurried over following the sound.Zhang Shiyi was seen holding Xiao Jinbao who was crying heart-piercingly, and the two of them were stacked together, and they were still holding a pen.

Xia He didn't know what to say, his father was able to bring up their three siblings back then, how come he won't be able to take care of children when it comes to grandchildren?

"Father, let me hug Jinbao." He hurried over, and when he saw Jinbao's outstretched hand when he saw him, his heart ached.

Zhang Shiyi looked at Xia He's awkward walking posture, and saw Li Mu who was refreshed behind him, and lowered his head, not wanting to see his son and uncle.

"You guys take Jin Bao to play, I'm old and I can't take care of my children anymore." Zhang Shiyi was rather self-defeating.

"Father is not old, maybe dad has not brought up children for a long time, so he is not used to it." Xia He hurriedly coaxed, seeing Zhang Shiyi's lonely expression, he felt a little sad in his heart.

On the contrary, Li Mu did the calculations, and guessed that Zhang Shiyi was left alone and had nothing to do, so he tossed Jin Bao here, so he said: "If father-in-law is free, why don't you sit in my study, son-in-law?" There are still some questions to ask one or two."

Zhang Shiyi glanced at Li Mu, this master Juren, what other questions should I ask him for advice?He wanted to say a few more words with sarcasm, but when he thought that it was almost the Chinese New Year, he should not say anything depressing, so he nodded, hands behind his back, hunched over, and walked in front.

Unexpectedly, Li Mu really wanted to ask him seriously.

Zhang Shixi hadn't talked with others for a long time, and it was rare to express what he thought in his heart in front of others at this time, so he pulled Li Mu and chattered all afternoon, almost forgetting that his son was still at the door , holding the child, because walking awkwardly, moved a small bench to sit on, listening to the debate of two scholars, and fell asleep listening to it.

Zhang Shiyi looked at Li Mu, who was eager to learn and ask questions, and then looked at his head nodding. He looked like he was responding, but Xia He was actually dozing off, and curled his lips in disgust.

Apart from the fact that he had kidnapped his own son, Zhang Shishi was very satisfied with Li Mu, his son-in-law.Even if his family is not in the middle of nowhere, a good young man like Li Mu, who is very knowledgeable, won the exam before he was 20 years old, he must be able to take the exam, and he will not lose his name. He is also worthy of being raised in Liangjing because of his fate The child of the Zhang family's children outside.

Xia He is stuck with Li Mu all day long, why doesn't she know how to imitate him!Thinking of this, Zhang Shixi felt furious from the bottom of his heart, so he went up and patted Xia He on the head.

Xia He woke up, raised his head in a daze, but didn't know what happened, he glanced around, saw his father standing in front of him, glaring, Xia He lowered his head, hugged Jin Bao tightly, It's like using Jinbao as a shield.

That night, Li Mu discussed with Xia He: "I see that my mother and mother-in-law get along very well, so my father must be alone. During these days, I talk to him more, not to neglect you." Let Zhang Shi One thing is not to be bored, but on the other hand, Li Mu really wants to ask him about some intellectual matters.Although he is under the tutelage of Mr. Ling, Li Mu does not intend to only listen to the opinions of one family, but hopes that he can accept the elders of a hundred families.

"I know, Brother Mu, I'm not a little doll who needs to be accompanied. ——Do you think so, Little Jinbao?" Little Jinbao clings to Xia He tonight, and wants to sleep with Xia He no matter what, Li Mu actually has it in his heart Li was quite unhappy, but seeing that Xia He had brought the doll in, he couldn't say anything.

Xia He placed Jin Bao between the two of them, put his hands on Jin Bao's belly, and asked Li Mu to do the same, saying: "Brother Mu is not at home often, and you should let Jin Bao know when you stay at home. Well, it's better that his father misses him."

Li Mu had no choice but to imitate Xia He and put his hand on Jin Bao's belly.The little baby's skin is delicate and soft, and it is very comfortable to hold.

There are two young couples accompanying Zhang Shishi, and now no one in the family is left alone, with nothing to do.The days when Zhang and Li got together were comfortable, and in the blink of an eye, New Year's Eve came.

Li Mu rushed to the ancestral hall early in the morning, worshiped the ancestors, opened the family tree, let the respected elders write, and added all the new members of the Li family this year to the family tree.A younger generation just married a bride this year, and brought the bride to the family tree.Li Mu saw that Qiuyue and Jinbao were the only names under his name. Xia He left in a hurry two years ago. He didn't wait for him to spend his first New Year in Li's house and bring him to enter the family tree, so he hasn't added that line yet." Continuation of Li Zhang's Xia He", Li Mu felt a little regretful.

But he thought about it, Xia He is not a weak woman, and he didn't intend to treat Xia He as a woman, how should Xia He be recorded in the genealogy, there is no regulation in the ancestral system, he still needs to ask a few more questions Only those who have a husband and wife at home will do.Thinking of this, Li Mu was not in a hurry. After presiding over the festival, Li Mu bid farewell to everyone and rushed home to spend the festive season with his family.

The Li family is making dumplings.

Lan Niang is a girl from the south, and she doesn't like to eat dumplings during Chinese New Year. After coming to this northern village, Lan Niang has also learned it, but the dumplings she made are always not so good-looking, and they can't catch up with Xia He's craftsmanship.

It's just that Lan Niang has always disliked that Xia He's dumplings are too big, and Xia He has changed back to men's clothes this year, so how could Xia He follow her into the kitchen.

Xia He didn't do it: "The dumplings for the Chinese New Year have to be made together, so they taste good!" In fact, he felt that the dumplings made by Lan Niang were too small to be enjoyable to eat.

It was Mrs. Li, who hadn't cooked for a long time. Hearing Xia He's yelling, she became interested: "Let's make it in the living room, don't go to the kitchen, it's so deserted there. Let's make it together, Xia He What He said is right, to make dumplings, you have to be together to make it lively."

In other families, women gather together to make dumplings. Zhang and Li's family is small, and there is no distinction between men and women. They all sit in the living room.As soon as Li Mu came in, he saw the three women in the family gathered together, including Xia He, while Zhang Shishi was in charge of watching Jin Bao.

Seeing Li Mu coming back, Xia He hurriedly waved: "Brother Mu, come, let's make dumplings!"

Aunt Lin was a little unhappy, and muttered: "It's...forget it Madam, it's special, how can the master come? Don't you say that a gentleman stays away from the kitchen..."

Xia He didn't care, and pulled Li Mu directly.It's just that Li Mu doesn't know how to do this job, sitting on the side, holding up both hands, not knowing where to start.

"Come on, I'll teach you how to roll the skin!" Xia He stuffed the rolling pin into Li Mu's hand, took Li Mu's hand with both hands, led him to roll a piece of skin skillfully, and then let go, "Try?"

Li Mu took a piece of dough and hesitated to do it.Several women in the room were all staring at him, to see what kind of work this jerky Juren master could do. Being stared at like this, Li Mu's scalp tightened, his hands were too strong, The skin was torn.

Old Madam Li said with disgust, "Mu'er will be responsible for picking up the dumplings on the panel to the side."

Finally, he was assigned a competent job, Li Mu heaved a sigh of relief, and didn't care that this job was usually done by other children's children, so he immediately started to do it.

Xia He stopped him: "Hey, you should dip some noodles first, otherwise the bottom will be stained."

Li Mu: "..." It turns out that this kid needs someone to teach him what he does.

Seeing Li Mu's expression, the whole family laughed.On New Year's Eve, laughter and laughter.