Reborn in the Great Northern Wilderness in 1982, I farmed and hunted to support my whole family.

Upon seeing Tao Qingshan's unpleasant expression and Zeng Dazhen's instantly reddened eyes, Li Mu guessed that the marriage proposal had not only failed to be called off.

"What's going on? Why are they unwilling to break off the engagement?" Li Mu asked coldly, his tone full of urgency.

Upon hearing this, Zeng Dazhen glared at Tao Qingshan and said with a resentful look, "Isn't this all your Uncle Tao's fault? He was easily fooled by those few words."

"They say that Widow Liu was bullied, and Liu Mancang only ate the melon because he was trying to help her."

"So, you believed what Village Chief Liu said. The marriage wasn't called off, and you still want to marry Yimei off?" Li Mu hadn't expected it to turn out this way.

He had thought that since he had already explained everything to Tao Qingshan, given his nature, he would definitely send someone to the hospital to investigate the matter thoroughly.

If we can catch Liu Mancang and that widow Liu in the act, and make sure they're not caught red-handed, then we won't have to worry about the marriage being called off.

But after hearing what Aunt Zeng said...

Li Mu took a deep breath and looked at Tao Qingshan with some helplessness, saying, "Uncle Tao, didn't you ask someone to go to the hospital to inquire? Didn't you ask someone to catch them in the act?"

Upon being asked this question, Tao Qingshan immediately lowered his head like a wilted eggplant.

"No, the day before yesterday, the Liu family came. I couldn't control my temper and blurted things out."

It's understandable that one might feel a little overwhelmed when their own child encounters such a distressing situation.

But people said he was framed by someone with ulterior motives, and how could Uncle Tao believe that?

Li Mu found it hard to believe; Tao Qingshan must be incredibly smart to become the village chief.

Could it be that when a person gets sick, their brain also gets sick?

Li Mu didn't dare say these words aloud, otherwise Tao Qingshan might feel even more guilty.

"Forget it, I think I should handle this. Putting aside everything else, just for Uncle Tao's years of care for our Li family, I can't just stand by and watch Yimei jump into a fire pit."

After saying that, Li Mu got up to leave.

Seeing this, Zeng Dazhen quickly got up, grabbed Li Mu's arm, and took out the two hundred yuan that Li Mu had given her earlier from under the kang mat, and put it back into his hand.

“Nephew, take this money back. I won’t say anything more. We will never forget your great kindness to the Tao family.”

"Auntie, why are you talking like that?" Li Mu glanced at the money Zeng Dazhen was handing him, his eyes flickered but he didn't refuse.

Instead, he casually stuffed the money into his pocket, turned around, and left the house.

He genuinely wanted to help Tao Yimei; it wasn't for any other reason.

He could only reassure the Tao family that he had no ulterior motives by accepting the money.

Unfortunately, Li Mu didn't look back even after leaving the Tao family's house for a long time, and a beautiful girl followed him from his front door all the way to the far gate.

She watched his departing figure with tender eyes, reluctant to part.

Standing among the supplies, Zeng Yizhen held her daughter, who was practically a statue waiting for her husband, and sighed helplessly, "This young man from the Li family is a good one, but it's a pity he doesn't seem to have the same feelings for our daughter."

"How could he not mean it? If he really didn't mean it, why would he help us like this?" Tao Qingshan said smugly.

Before he could finish speaking, Zeng Dazhen rolled her eyes at him and said, "Come on, do you really think your own daughter is some kind of angel descended from heaven, loved by everyone?"

"The Li family kid can come up with two hundred yuan in one go, so he must be quite capable. I think he's like a dragon swimming in shallow water; once he gets into the water, he'll fly to the sky sooner or later."

Zeng Dazhen spoke with a look of regret.

Tao Qingshan wanted to argue, but Zeng Dazhen was too lazy to listen to his rambling and turned to leave the house under the pretext of making lunch.

Li Mu, who left the Tao family, did not go to the Liu family, nor did he go home. Instead, he went to Tian Xiaohu's house.

"Little Tiger, is Little Tiger home?"

Li Mu started shouting as soon as he entered the door.

Tian Xiaohu, who was lying on the kang (a heated brick bed) bored out of his mind, heard the two shouts and jumped up from the kang in a flash.

He grinned, calling him "Brother Mu" repeatedly, and ran out without even putting on his shoes.

When Tian Xiaohu's mother saw him like this, she was furious. "Xiaohu, you little rascal, put on your shoes!"

But when she came out of the house with her shoes, she saw Li Mu being held tightly by Tian Xiaohu and immediately said with a happy face, "Muzi is here, come in and warm up."

"Aunt Zhao, I have something urgent to discuss with Xiaohu, so I won't go in yet." As he spoke, Li Mu pulled himself out of Tian Xiaohu's bear hug.

He pointed to the shoes that Aunt Zhao was still holding and said, "Put your shoes on first, then put on your coat and come out with me."

"Okay!" Tian Xiaohu replied with a smile.

He turned around and quickly took the shoes from his mother, threw them on the ground, and put them on. While he was doing this, Aunt Zhao took out a half-new military green overcoat and a half-new Lei Feng hat from inside the house.

Tian Xiaohu smiled and took it, adding, "Mom, I'm going out. Don't bother saving me dinner tonight."

After saying that, he turned around, put on his clothes, and followed Li Mu out of the courtyard.

As they walked, he didn't forget to ask, "Brother Mu, how are you doing in the mountains? Did you encounter any danger?"

Tian Xiaohu asked, his eyes filled with admiration as he looked at Li Mu.

Li Mu didn't waste any time and replied directly: "It was alright. I ran into a big wild boar that almost killed you, Brother Mu. Luckily, I was lucky and ran into some soldiers who were hunting in the mountains."

Li Mu downplayed the important points in his speech, omitting anything about how he accidentally saved the troops using wild ginseng.

He didn't mention that he had hunted a large wild boar and a white tiger, and sold them both to the army.

It wasn't that he didn't trust Tian Xiaohu, but rather that some things were better left unsaid.

"I told you, Brother Mu, you're lucky and you'll be fine. But that bastard Li Jianguo insisted that something had happened to you."

"I'm going to beat him up tonight, I'll teach him a lesson for talking nonsense."

However, Li Mu reached out and stopped Tian Xiaohu, saying with a smile, "Alright, there's no rush for revenge. I have a very, very important matter for you to handle right now."

Li Mu deliberately lowered his voice considerably as he spoke.

"What's up, Brother Mu?" Tian Xiaohu also lowered his voice.

Seeing this, Li Mu then explained to Tian Xiaohu what he wanted.

"This thing... I have it at home, but Brother Mu, what do you want to do with it?"

That thing is for boars, I hope his brother doesn't use it for anything bad.

When Li Mu saw that he asked, he didn't intend to hide anything and told him everything about Liu Mancang.

"What the hell? That bastard dared to bully Sister Yimei."

Tian Xiaohu spoke angrily, his fists, as big as bowls, clenched tightly, making a cracking sound.

"Brother Mu, what do you suggest? I fully support you."

Li Mu smiled and patted Tian Xiaohu on the shoulder, "Good Xiaohu, I knew that coming to you would guarantee that this matter would be resolved."