continuation [farming]

The mansion, which had been covered in dust for a long time, was personally inscribed by the new emperor with the three characters "Zhuangyuan Mansion", and bestowed on Li Zhang and his wife who were both champions.After Li Mu rebuilt the mansion according to regulations, he took the time to bring people back to Qingyang, hoping to invite the elders here so that they can take care of him.

After waiting for a month, only Zhang Shiyi and Xiao Yi'an arrived in the end.

Xiao Yi'an has grown a lot taller, and he followed Zhang Shiyi in a regular manner. It seems that Xiao Yi'an has improved a lot during the days of studying with Mr. Ling.

"Father, uncle." That's what he called Li Mu and the two of them.

It made Xia He feel awkward, why didn't Jin Bao call her aunt and uncle?

Xia He bent down, wanting to give Li Yi'an a hug.Xiao Yi'an thought for a while, but shook his head and took a step back.

It wasn't until Zhang Shiyi let go of his hand absent-mindedly, not knowing what he was thinking, and swayed in the door slowly, not seeing his grandfather's figure, Xiao Yi'an rushed to Xia He's side awkwardly, holding Xia He's arms arm, and the voice was soft and coquettish: "Uncle, I miss you so much!"

"Uncle misses you too. Where are your grandmother and grandmother?" Xia He looked around for a long time, but she didn't see Lanniang and Mrs. Li.

Xiao Yi'an thought for a while, and then said: "Grandmother said to stay at home and take care of the family property for father. Grandmother said, she will not come, let you have a good time, remember to go back." After the two elders conveyed their intentions, Xiao Yi'an asked, "Uncle, do you have any family property to look at? Isn't someone else planting the land at home?"

Ever since I met Li Mu's uncle, Xia He knew this time. There are many villains hiding in their Li family, and he also understood why Mrs. Li dared not leave that small mountain village. Xia He didn't explain to Xiao Yi'an, He just patted his head and said: "You will understand when you grow up."

Xiao Yi'an was not satisfied with such an answer, and murmured: "Why do you talk about one or two places? I can only understand them when I grow up. Uncle, I am smart, and I can understand it now!"

Xia He snorted, how could he boast that he was smart?

As for Lan Niang, this woman has put her roots in Anle Village since she left her hometown 20 years ago, and now she regards Anle Village as her second hometown, and feels that she is getting old and doesn't want to travel anymore.

After learning about this from Zhang Shiyi, Xia He couldn't help feeling sorry, but she could only hope that Lan Niang could live happily in Anle Village.Seeing her father's serious face, Xia He asked a little strangely: "Father, what's the matter?"

Zhang Shixi touched a wooden pillar, and the vermilion paint on it was newly painted, which just covered up the brokenness and confusion before.Unable to connect this place with the "home" he imagined when he was a child, Zhang Shiyi finally let go, put his hands behind his back, and instead of looking at Xia He, he swept the courtyard, saying yes : "Your father and I lived in this place a hundred days ago."

There are only those one hundred days.

Xia He nodded, and saw Zhang Shiyi fell silent again.

The man who was no longer called Zhang Boshu hunched his back and searched the courtyard for a long time before he found a flower, and he sighed again: "Xia He, your grandmother loves flowers the most. This courtyard was full of flowers. , are precious flowers that need to be carefully cared for.” It is not this wild flower, which is simple and strong.

Xia He thought for a while, but said: "I discussed it with Brother Mu. The yard was full of weeds before, and they have been removed. If you want to plant flowers in the future, I won't, and neither will Brother Mu. How about Just grow vegetables and crops instead." He Zhijing had a lot of ideas about crops that Xia He had never heard of, but that guy was a typical paper talker, his words were better than anyone else, but he couldn't do anything , can only be explored by Xia He alone.

Gu Zhuangyuan, who was granted the imperial title, did not accept any official position, and only worked on crops at home.

Zhang Shixi opened his mouth, wanting to refute something, but suddenly remembered the title of No. [-] Scholar on his son's head, sneered, shook his head, and said: "I will set off tomorrow and return to Anle."

"Father, don't you want to stay?" Xia He insisted.

"No, you can't let your mother stay there alone." Zhang Xi refused, "I just came to bring Yi'an over, let Yi'an live with you, he is still young, don't let him leave him father."

Xia He knew how stubborn Zhang Shiyi was, so he tried to persuade him a few times, but he couldn't persuade him, so he had no choice but to let him go.

Therefore, only three people lived in the huge mansion.

Li Mu wanted to buy someone, but Xia He didn't agree, because he always felt that he was not used to being served by others.Following the example of the Li family's ancestral house, only a few yards were opened, Xia He felt that he could do it alone, so Li Mu had no choice but to let him go.

Li Mu, who has just been appointed as an official, is very busy, and the new emperor is short of people.

"Then Yi'an will stay at home with me?" Xia He asked.

Li Mu was taken aback. He wanted to entrust Xiao Yi'an to Mr. Ling, but he didn't expect Zhang Shiyi to bring his own son. He wanted to teach him to read and write in person, but he didn't have the skills, so he could only ask someone to inquire about it. Does Liang Jing have any good schools where he can send Yi An to study.

Li Mu's salary was not abundant, and he couldn't afford the expensive Shu Xiu. After careful consideration, he had no choice but to choose an academy for Yi'an, thinking that he was diligently testing Yi'an's knowledge. If you feel that your baby has been delayed, it's not too late to send him to another academy.

On the first day of going to the academy, Li Mu and Xia He took Li Yi'an to recognize the teacher.

This academy is not like Qingjun Academy, which only let students go on vacation once every ten days, but let the little ones go home to rest at night.Li Mu left in a hurry after delivering Xiao Yi'an, but Xia He stayed behind, told Yi'an to get along well with others, and then promised him to pick him up at night.

Xiao Yi'an has a lively personality, and he quickly got acquainted with everyone.By the time school was over, there were already three or two friends who could talk.

When one of the little dolls saw Xia He, he said unintentionally: "Yi'an, your servant is here to pick you up!"

Xiao Yi'an immediately lowered his face, scaring the little classmates around him.Li Yi'an stood up and said solemnly: "He is not my servant, but my uncle."

The little baby just now was stunned, what is uncle?

It's no wonder that others mistakenly think that Xia He is a servant of the Li family. For the convenience of work, Xia He always only wears bunts, but the material is much better than what he used to wear at home.The little baby couldn't understand how he made Li Yi'an angry, he kept talking about his aunt and uncle all the way, and went to ask the adults at home when he got home.

The adults laughed: "What's the name? An aunt is an aunt, and an uncle is an uncle."

"What's an aunt? What's an uncle?" Xiaowa continued to ask.

"My aunt is my mother's sister, and my uncle is my mother's brother." I got the orthodox answer.

On the second day, the little baby happily ran to Li Yi'an to say goodbye.

Xiao Yi'an was silent for a long time before muttering two words: "Mother?"

He spoke lightly and uncertainly.Mr. Ling is surrounded by men who are much older than Xiao Yi'an. This is the first time for Xiao Yi'an to get along with dolls of the same age, and it is also the first time he realizes that in other people's homes, there is such an existence that is called As a mother, there is no need to explain, everyone knows the existence.As for my aunt and uncle, no one else knew about it.

Xiao Yi'an was a little confused, he didn't have a mother.

Holding Xia He's hand, Xiao Yi'an thought for a long time before asking, "Uncle, where is my mother?"

"..." Xia He was taken aback, and suddenly realized that when we first met, the little baby lying in the swaddle had grown into a young boy, and he had already started to look at others and reflect on himself up.

It has been discovered that he is different from others, a child without a mother.

Xia He held Xiao Yi'an in his arms very tenderly, even though the little baby had grown up, it was no longer so easy to hold.Then, he touched Xiao Yi'an's forehead, called his baby name and said: "Uncle's Jin Bao, your mother, her name is Qiuyue, is a kind and gentle woman, who brought you into this world, use her His life, in exchange for your life."

"Then she...won't come back again?" The child didn't know what life and death were. After thinking about it, he asked such a question.

Xia He was startled, then shook her head, and said sadly: "No, maybe she has already been reincarnated into another family. She is such a good person, she will definitely be born into a stable and good family in her next life. "

Xiao Yi'an frowned and thought for a long time, but couldn't figure out where his mother had gone.

He began to ask others what his mother was like, and received a lot of sympathy after being told that he did not have a mother.

Xiao Yi'an didn't know what others were sympathizing with.

He snorted and said: "I have an uncle, my uncle can do better!"

Xiao Yi'an counted, isn't his aunt and uncle what other people's mothers did?

"But your aunt and uncle are a man." It was still the little doll from before, saying bluntly.

Xiao Yian pursed his lips.

On the other hand, there was another doll from another family who had seen marriages between men, and suddenly said: "My uncle, his wife is a man. Men can also be wives!" He said solemnly.

Xiao Yi'an suddenly realized, is uncle his father's wife?

As if he had figured it out, Xiao Yi'an giggled, and only waited for Xia He to come to pick him up tonight.

Jumping into Xia He's arms, Xiao Yi'an asked cheerfully, "Uncle, uncle, are you father's wife?"

Xia He was so frightened that he almost threw Xiao Yi'an to the ground.

After finally holding it firmly, Xia He blushed, coughed twice, and asked him in a low voice: "Who told you that?"

"I have a classmate, and his little uncle's wife is a man." Xiao Yi'an counted on his fingers. His father's wife is his mother. If Xia He is his father's wife, isn't he his mother?It turns out that I also have a mother!

"I am indeed married to your father." Xia He thought for a while, but still told the truth.The little baby will grow up sooner or later, and he doesn't want to hide it from Yi'an for the rest of his life.

But Xiao Yi'an shouted happily: "Mother!" After shouting, he even kissed Xia He on the cheek.

Just like he did when he was a kid.

Xia He couldn't laugh or cry anymore, quickly shook her head and said: "I'm not your mother, I told you, your mother's name is Qiuyue, she is my second sister."

"But, she's not coming back?" Xiao Yi'an tilted his head, the little baby didn't have any deep feelings for Qiuyue, but in his little head, he always felt that he was abandoned by that person.

"You...you will understand." Xia He couldn't explain to him what is life and what is death, so he could only sigh and said yes.

"Can't my aunt and uncle be my mother?" Xiao Yi'an asked persistently. In this regard, he was very stubborn like the Zhang family.

"Mother is a woman." Xia He couldn't explain anything else, so he could only say this.

Xiao Yi'an thought about it, his mother is a woman, and his father is a man.But I have a father...

But, there seems to be another way to call father, right?

Xiao Yi'an had an idea, and suddenly remembered a new friend of his. The child didn't care about his father calling him father, but full of nostalgia, he called...

"Daddy!" Xiao Yi'an felt that he had found a suitable address this time, and he would never change it again, smiling very sweetly.