continuation [farming]

Xia He counted the days and was about to deliver the letter to the young man who was doing business, but when he arrived, he saw the man slap his head and said: "You came just in time, your husband wants me to deliver the letter to you. "

As soon as Xia He opened it, she saw that it said that Li Mu would be back early.

So Xia He was not in a hurry to send another letter to Li Mu, and told Mrs. Li the good news, and just waited at home with Jinbao in his arms.

In the past two days, Li Tongcai didn't do anything, but Mrs. Li didn't dare to ask Xia He to bring the child back.After all, she has no idea. I don't know if Li Tonghe has given up.Li Mu is not at home, she is a girl, although Xia He is a boy, but the status of a husband and wife is not high or low, after all, there is no one in the family who can stand up.

Xia He was several days early, while waiting, coaxing Jin Bao: "Jin Bao, do you miss your father, your father is coming back."

Jin Bao tilted his head, why did dad come back so early this year?Uncle's corn has just matured and is still hanging in the field. Is he here to work?Feeling that his father was hardworking, Jin Bao nodded, "I think." With his father's help, picking corn would be faster.

Xia He didn't know that Jin Bao was thinking so much, so he rewarded Jin Bao with a small snack with satisfaction, and waited for Li Mu to come back.

Li Mu went home in one afternoon.

"Brother Mu!" Xia He hurriedly waved when he saw Li Mu's chariot and horses from a distance.

"Xia He, is Jin Bao okay?" Li Mu jumped out of the car, asked the driver to wait outside, and rushed over by himself with a worried look on his face.

Anyone who knows that someone is thinking about his own flesh and blood, and wants to blackmail him with a baby, will not have a good face.Li Mu first confirmed that Jin Bao was fine, touched the little baby's fat face, and finally heaved a sigh of relief.

"Why did the academy let you back?" Li Mu wrote the letter in a hurry, thinking he had something to say when he got back, Xia He was holding back doubts in his heart.

"My good uncle, he really wrote a letter and went to the government to study." Li Mu frowned.If the person Li Tonghe was looking for was in Qingjun Academy, he, Li Mu, could rely on Mr. Ling to refuse, but the letter was sent directly to the government school. let go.

Li Mu didn't want to expose his family ugliness, so he packed his bags and left without saying anything.

After hearing this, Xia He worried: "Then, do you want to leave for Liang Jing now?"

"Of course not. He doesn't have the ability to get people. He tied us up and sent them to Liang Jing without anyone noticing. Otherwise, he wouldn't have to pretend to be Uncle Tong Cai." Li Mu relied on Qingyang's news to make a comparison. Nan wanted to be well-informed, and before leaving, he spent a sum of money and inquired about a lot of information before leaving.

He patted Jin Bao on the head, seeing that his home was fine now, Li Mu relaxed a lot, and the tiredness brought about by the rush of the return trip came up.

Jin Bao looked at Li Mu's exhausted appearance and worried, "Is father tired?"

Li Mu's heart warmed up, and he said with a smile, "Father is not tired."

Jin Bao nodded solemnly: "It's good if you're not tired, you can only work if you're not tired."

Li Mu was at a loss for words, so Jin Bao didn't feel sorry for himself?

Xia He: "..." Nodding Jin Bao's nose, he couldn't laugh or cry, "What are you talking about, what job do you want to arrange for your father?"

Jin Bao pursed his lips, he didn't quite understand what the adults were struggling with, and he thought Li Mu came here specially to help.Even my father can't keep up with Jinbao. Jinbao has already said that he will help his uncle harvest corn!Sitting in Xia He's arms, Jin Bao puffed out his small chest: "Uncle, we are going to harvest corn!"

Li Mu was startled, counted the days, and then remembered that it was time to harvest corn.He touched Jin Bao's head and said with a smile: "This little doll is thinking about helping you, so I'll go too. Let's work together and work faster."

"Shall we take Jin Bao back now?" Xia He asked.

"Take it back, we can't keep him hiding here." Li Mu nodded, "Don't worry, with me at home, they can't bypass me and take Jinbao away."

As soon as Li Mu said that he would come back, not only the old lady Li felt relieved, but Xia He also felt relieved.Seeing Li Mu's promise, Xia He nodded, and handed Jinbao to Li Mu: "I'll go and pack Jinbao's things, you wait a moment." And his own, such as the letter from Li Mu, can't If you fall again, you have to take it with you.

Not long after, Xia He came out with a bag full of bags, not knowing what was inside.

Looking at the carriage parked outside the door, Xia He said: "You tell the driver to go back, our family also has a carriage!"

"Mother said it." Li Mu responded, first let the coachman who was waiting outside go back, and then went to see the horse that Old Madam Li bought.Aunt Lin carefully calculated and selected the horse. This horse is not tall, but it is strong and strong. It looks like it knows that it can endure hardships.

Li Mu patted the horse's head in satisfaction. The horse recognized people now. When it saw a stranger, it took two steps back in fear.Fortunately, Li Mu was still holding Jin Bao, the horse recognized Jin Bao, so he didn't make a fuss.

Jin Bao shouted happily: "Horse! Jin Bao wants to get on the horse!"

"Jin Bao is still young, what should he do if he is thrown off by the horse?" Li Mu saw that Jin Bao grabbed the rein, but he didn't agree, wanting the baby to let go.

But Xia He said: "Don't worry, Brother Mu, Jin Bao may be patient."

After finishing speaking, Xia He put down the burden, took Jin Bao, and carried him onto the horse's back.The little boy's chubby hands were holding the reins of the horse, and he was yelling: "Drive! Drive!" He just sat firmly, with Xia He and Li Mu watching over him, and nothing went wrong.

Li Mu looked at it and thought it was funny: "It seems like my Li family is going to produce the first general."

"It's not sure, Jin Bao will be the general in the future!" Xia He was imagining.

Li Mu shook his head, "Swords have no eyes, the border over there is so easy to stay. Let Jinbao come down, let's go back."

Jin Bao didn't make a fuss enough, but with Li Mu around, he made a fuss twice, was glared at by Li Mu, and retracted, aggrieved, and was hugged by Xia He, shrinking in the hood.

Li Mu went to say goodbye to Lan Niang, put away the salutes he brought back from Qingyang, and left with Xia He and Jin Bao.As he got closer to home, Li Mu saw Mrs. Li waiting at the door.

As soon as the carriage stopped, Mrs. Li took a rare brisk walk, and rushed forward, tremblingly stretching out her hand.Li Mu was about to help, when Xia He came out holding Jin Bao in the car hood, the old lady Li took Jin Bao quickly, since Jin Bao was born, she has not been away from her for so long, the old lady really wanted to kill her golden grandson : "My darling, do you miss grandma?"

Seeing his grandmother, Jin Bao burst into tears, opened his hands, and hugged Mrs. Li's neck: "Grandma, Jin Bao misses you so much."

Li Mu hurriedly supported the fat little doll behind Jin Bao, seeing the grandparents and grandson crying in their arms, he couldn't tell whether to laugh or cry, "Mother, be careful, Jin Bao is sinking, don't tire you."

"No way, Jinbao in my family has lost weight. Oops!" While talking about losing weight, Mrs. Li's arm was dropped by Jinbao. If Li Mu hadn't supported her, she would have dropped the child to the ground .After such a fuss, Mrs. Li could only admit, "Alas, Jin Bao is still fat, and grandma can't even hug her."

After hugging for a while, Mrs. Li was out of breath, no matter how reluctant she was, she had to put it down, and turned her head to ask: "Where is Xia He?" Did you just watch him come out?

"I'm here! I'm going to put my things down first." Xia He had several bundles hanging on his body - some were his, some were Jin Bao's, and some were Li Mu's. They came out again with a clang, jumped out of the carriage, and breathed a sigh of relief. It's not too heavy to bring into the house.

Mrs. Li smiled and pushed Li Mu: "Hurry up and help!"

But Xia He didn't need Li Mu's help, and before Li Mu could catch up, he walked away briskly.

Put the things down first, and then go to the yard next to it to look at the corn. The corn grows well, but now the yard is packed to the brim, and Xia He has to push the leaves on both sides to get in.

Li Mu followed behind, looked at the eared corn, touched it, and said with a smile: "Look at how strong this is, I'm a little bit greedy."

"Just break off the two petals later." Xia He said straight, "You can eat it! I planned to collect it tomorrow."

Suddenly, Xia He seemed to have remembered something, reached into the skirt of his clothes and fumbled for a long time, and took out a letter.

He stood in front of Li Mu, kept an arm's distance, stretched out his arm, and handed the envelope up: "Here."

"...What is this?" Li Mu took it and asked yes.

Xia He said: "I originally wanted to send it to you, but I didn't expect you to come back so soon, so I had to show it to you directly."

Li Mu unfolded the letter, and Xia He's words became more and more eloquent, as if he couldn't hold back the joyful mood, they appeared vividly on the paper.The paper was filled with only one meaning. After reading it, Li Mu looked up and saw Xia He's expectant expression.

Xia He imitated their style of scholars and made a bow: "Brother Zisi."

"Brother Hechen." Li Mu returned the salute.

Even though he had been expecting this name to come out of Li Mu's mouth, when Li Mu really called it that, Xia He had to spend a long time before realizing that he was calling him himself.Xia He hurriedly waved his hands, and stopped being a scholar: "It's better not to call it that, it always feels weird."

"He Guang Tong Chen is a good name." Li Mu said yes.

Xia He didn't quite know what that word meant, but only vaguely remembered that Zhang Shiyi seemed to have said something similar: "Is it a good name? - Hey, no matter how good the name is, it can't compare to 'Xia He' after listening to it for so many years. It's nice to hear."

"Xia He is also good, the quality of the lotus is high and pure." Li Mu said yes.

Isn't it just a kind of flower?Xia He muttered, not wanting to talk about this topic anymore, she just said: "I'm going to tidy up the house, no one has lived in it for a long time."

"Aunt Lin should have finished cleaning up, right?" Li Mu said.

"..." The excuse Xia He just made was useless.

He settled on the spot and shook it twice.Immediately afterwards, he felt his palm touch something warm.

Li Muzheng held his hand, and said: "Come on, let's talk with mother."

Li Mu didn't intend to let go, so Xia He was dragged by him to the old lady Li.

Mrs. Li quickly asked the two of them to sit down, and asked Aunt Lin to take Jinbao to play first, and then asked Li Muzao the reason for his return and his future plans.

Li Mu still said the same thing, and only waited for Jinshang to pass away before discussing the matter of meeting and trial.

Xia He scratched his hair, but didn't know whether he should say it, he was thinking about going to Liang Jing a year earlier.

He couldn't sit still, but he never thought that his restlessness was noticed by Li Mu.Before Xia He could finish hesitating whether he should say it or not, that night, when Xia He took off his coat and got into the quilt, Li Mu suddenly asked, "Xia He, do you have something on your mind?"

"..." Xia He didn't want to lie.

He turned around, and the bed under him was not big enough to accommodate the two of them.Xia He turned over and met Li Mu's eyes.The night was very dark, only Li Mu's eyes were bright.

Li Mu was looking at Xia He seriously, and didn't force him, he just held Xia He in his arms, waiting for him to talk.

After a while, Xia He said: "Brother Mu, I'm afraid I have to go first. ——Wait next year, as long as I get the certificate and my method works, I have to go to Liang Jing."

"What's the matter, Xia He? Let's go together, so we can take care of you on the way." Li Mu's heart wrenched, and he said yes.

"But." Xia He snapped her fingers earnestly, "Brother Mu, I think you've failed your studies. If Dad hadn't told me, I wouldn't have noticed it. If we leave together, you will be able to participate in the autumn festival that autumn." Wei, after Qiu Wei, you can go to the palace examination and meet the Holy Spirit. But I can't, if I go with you, maybe I haven't found anyone who promises to help me by then."

The little calculation in Li Mu's heart was broken, and he fell silent.Xia He looked at him, just waiting for a response.

At that moment, Li Mu had a tinge of hatred for Zhang Shiyi, but this hatred was quickly extinguished, and Li Mu was also extremely helpless. He knew Zhang Shixi's thoughts, and the stubborn man had already said that this It was his Zhang family's business, and the protection that the Li family had given them over the past ten years was enough to repay their kindness, and there was no need to take such risks at all.

But Zhang Shiyi probably didn't realize that he, Li Mu, was willing to take this risk for Xia He.If it was just the Zhang family, he might still hesitate.But when the person standing on the cusp was replaced by Xia He, Li Mu didn't dare to think too much.

He took Xia He's hand and pressed it to his heart.Xia He's hand was very hot, Li Mu felt his heart was warm, and that was enough.

"Xia He, leave it to me, okay?" Li Mu could only plead.

"Brother Mu, I know you don't want to part with me, but I don't want you to put yourself in danger." Xia He shook his head. He always speaks straightforwardly, but this kind of straightforwardness can directly hit Li Mu's heart.

The two people seemed to be standing on the edge of a knife in a tug of war, and no one was willing to back down.No matter who it is, if they let go, they will fall into the abyss.