continuation [farming]

Xia He didn't sleep well that night, and got up late the next day.

He always got up earlier than Aunt Lin, and when he got up this day, Mrs. Li woke up early.Aunt Lin was sitting in front of his bed worriedly, making Xia He think that something happened at home.

"What's wrong?" He asked as soon as he opened his eyes.

After asking this sentence, Xia He was about to get up, but was pushed back by Aunt Lin: "Madam, you lie down quickly, what's wrong?"

Xia He blinked and moved his neck. When Aunt Lin asked, he felt like he had a stiff neck.

Being stuffed under the quilt again by Aunt Lin, Xia He said helplessly, "Aunt Lin, I'm not feeling well, but my neck hurts a bit."

"Then you have to rest well! It's great if you don't have a fever." Aunt Lin is probably still thinking about seeing Xia He sitting on the head of the bed covered in sweat yesterday, and she was afraid that he would wake up late today. Because of a cold.

Xia He looked outside the house and realized that it was dawn, and asked in a low voice, "Have Xianggong and mother eaten?"

"The old lady is getting old and can't bear the hunger, so she will use it when the time comes. The master is waiting for you." Aunt Lin said, "Should I go and call the master?"

"Oh." Xia He nodded, and then gasped, this neck really hurts.

Not long after, Li Mu rushed over, followed by Aunt Lin carrying today's meal.Li Mu found a small table from another room, similar to the Zhang family's, and it was used to put it on the bed. Then he buckled Xia He and the quilt inside, and helped him sit up.

Aunt Lin arranged all the food and drink.

Only then did Xia He realize that her stomach was empty.He always wakes up early, eats steamed buns, and then eats with Li's mother and son. Starting from this time today, he has already missed two meals.He happily picked up the chopsticks, and did not forget to call Li Mu to sit down and said, "Let's eat together, Mr. Xianggong."

Li Mu nodded lightly, and said: "After eating later, ask Aunt Lin to remove these, and I'll get your copybook."

Xia He immediately lost face: "Why did that thing move back?"

"Mother-in-law brought it here yesterday. Father-in-law told you not to neglect your studies. This is a good way to hone your temper." Li Mu said yes.

Xia He pursed her lips and said, "Actually, Daddy likes these things. He has been greedy for a long time. As a daughter, how can I occupy Daddy's favorite things? Why don't you ask Aunt Lin to send the copybooks and pens and inks later?" Bar."

Li Mu asked in surprise, "Father-in-law likes it?"

Xia He nodded quickly.

Li Mu then said: "There are quite a few of the four treasures in the Chinese house at home. When I pick one or two, Aunt Tuolin will bring them over. As for the ones I bought for you, they are all selected according to women's preferences, and they must not be suitable for father-in-law."

Xia He felt that he couldn't even eat the food, and Li Mu's thought of being lazy was cut off.

He ran back to Li's house, firstly because he was worried about the cornfield in his yard, none of the remaining four members of Li's family would go to the field.The second is that Zhang Shiyi was really restrained at home. I think the Li family can probably relax a little bit.

But he never thought that when he arrived at Li's house, he would still have to obediently stay on the bed, not walk around on the ground, and then tear open the cut on his leg that was not yet sharp.

At most, Aunt Lin would stare at him worriedly and wouldn't say anything, but Mrs. Li had to keep an eye on Jin Bao and not let Jin Bao make trouble for Xia He, and had no time to take care of him.Only Li Mu, as if he didn't need to go to the academy anymore, specifically stopped Xia He from doing this or that, it's best to just stay in bed obediently and practice calligraphy and study.

Xia He struggled: "You tell me to go outside and have a look! That's corn, it's so expensive that it's going to die! If you don't take care of it and get hurt, then..."

Li Mu said indifferently: "The family just has a little extra money, even if there is no income, it will not short of your food."

"Then...there is my parents' place!" Xia He said, "I have to discuss with my father how to plant it. The fields on the mountain at my house have already planted this thing. What if there is no one? harvest……"

"With the Li family here, we won't be short of food from my father-in-law's family." Li Mu persuaded very patiently, "There are other families who planted corn. If there is no harvest, our Li family will supply it, including They passed the next year safely."

Xia He had nothing to say.

After a long while, he could only mutter in a low voice: "But I want to grow corn well. If this thing...if it is true to what those old men said, it will be a great thing, and no one will go hungry again. ..."

Li Mu's heart was suddenly touched, he sighed helplessly, patted Xia He's shoulder, and said: "Okay, I will help you to sit in the yard, just take a look, if you need to do something, let me do it , let's go."

Xia He half raised his head, with distrust on his face, he was still thinking about the last time Li Mu almost pulled out his corn seedlings: "You don't know how to do it, and you ruin my seedlings again, what should I do?" nah?"

Li Mu coughed, obviously not forgetting the stupid thing he did last time: "Now the corn seedlings have grown so tall, they don't look like weeds anymore, I won't admit my mistake again."

That's right, Xia He thought for a while, then nodded suspiciously, intending to give Li Mu another chance.

He sat in the courtyard with his legs stretched out, looking around.But Li Mu could only lift up his robe and roll up his sleeves, squatting on the ground and listening to Xia He's instructions.Li Mu didn't have to go to the ground to urinate, and all the clothes in the suitcase were the long gowns that scholars often wear. At this time, he had no choice but to wear long gowns for work.Seeing his appearance, Xia He wanted to laugh but felt that it was not good to laugh in front of Li Mu, so she covered her mouth and her shoulders trembled.

Li Mu moved his hands, only to realize that he was thinking too easily about the work in the field.He has always seen Xia He jumping around in this small yard, like a bird, lively and light, and when he really got started, he didn't do much work, and he was already sweating profusely.Turning around, I saw Xia He laughing hard there.

Li Mu felt a little helpless, and said: "Stop laughing, what else should I do?"

Now that Li Mu noticed that he was laughing, Xia He stopped covering his mouth and covered his stomach instead. If it wasn't for the injuries on his legs and the soreness in his neck, he would probably roll over.

"Xia He." Li Mu called him, not knowing what was so ridiculous.

Xia He held back, and shouted at the top of her voice, "Aunt Lin, Aunt Lin! Are there any hot towels, bring one here!"

"Hey!" Aunt Lin answered through the wall, came over with a towel after a while, and asked, "What does Madam want a towel for?"

"Wipe it for Mr. Xiang, look at him sweating all over after doing such a little work." Xia He nodded Li Mu, but she didn't intend to move.

Aunt Lin looked at Li Mu, then at Xia He, but put the towel into Xia He's hand.

Xia He was quite at a loss, wasn't he a wounded person, everyone wouldn't let him move, why did he have to stand up and wipe Li Mu's sweat?

Aunt Lin didn't say anything, she just looked at Li Mu with her eyes.After a while, Li Mu came to his senses, stood up beside Xia He, and squatted down again.

Xia He had nothing to do, it was just a matter of convenience anyway, he hurt his leg, not his hand, so he wiped the beads of sweat carefully for Li Mu.When the busy work was over, Aunt Lin didn't know where she had gone.

Xia He muttered: "Why does Aunt Lin insist on giving it to me?"

Li Mu then explained: "After all, Aunt Lin and I don't know each other. Xia He, you are my wife."

"Oh!" Xia He felt that it was understandable, and nodded.

After waiting for a while, he realized that something was wrong. Couldn't it be possible for Li Mu to wipe it himself?

Turning around, I wanted to tell Li Mu about this matter, but I saw Li Mu still squatting in the field, not caring about his image as a talented gentleman, and without his own instigation, he was very consciously distinguishing which ones needed to be pulled out. of weeds.

Xia He pursed her lips, and the corners of her lips curled up, calling out: "Don't worry about it, my leg will be scabbed hard in two days, and I can move. Then I will do it myself. You Hurry up and change your clothes, it's not easy to do the job, and you're covered in mud..."

Li Mu was still holding the grass that had been pulled out with great difficulty, thinking that Xia He was despising him.But when he raised his head, he saw that there was no disdain in Xia He's eyes.

Li Mu felt relieved, seeing Xia He clutching the back of his neck, he hurried over and asked, "What's wrong?"

"I didn't sleep well yesterday, I had a stiff neck." Xia He pursed her mouth.

Li Mu put his hand on Xia He's, and began to massage him carefully.

Li Mu's hand was a circle bigger than Xia He's, and there were thin calluses left by holding a pen on his fingertips. He rubbed Xia He's neck like he was plucking the strings of a piano, which made Xia He feel very comfortable.

This comfort, unexpectedly feel sleepy again.Xia He yawned, and Li Mu asked strangely, "Why are you sleepy again?"

"I don't know... Probably because I really didn't sleep too much yesterday." Xia He said with narrowed eyes.

Li Mu said helplessly, "Don't sleep, or you won't be able to sleep tonight."

"Mmm..." Although Xia He agreed, her head was shaking little by little, looking extremely sleepy.

Li Mu had no choice but to talk to Xia He, so that he could wake up a bit: "Did Jin Bao make a big fuss last night? Why didn't he sleep well?"

"No, Jin Bao was very good last night. He woke up once, ate once, urinated twice, and made people wake up three times." Xia He counted.

"That's it?" Li Mu was a little surprised.

Xia He sighed: "I had a strange dream last night."

"What did you dream about?"

"I dreamed about the scene of giving birth..." Xia He said, "It's so scary, there's a lot of blood..."

Because Qiuyue passed away because of dystocia, Li Mu gave a meal.He recalled the day when Qiuyue left, he could only stand outside the door, listening to the heart-piercing shouts inside, seeing the midwife shouting for Qiuyue to use all her strength, he clearly felt that Qiuyue must have used all her strength for shouting up.Then Aunt Lin came out with pots of blood, from the moment the sun got up in the morning until the sun went down in the evening, and finally, the midwife came out with a baby in her arms and said, "It's a big fat boy, it's just... ...damn the child, I couldn't keep it."

At that time, Qiuyue still had her eyes open, her eyes were wide open, her head was tilted, but she was not frightening, but there was tenderness hidden in her eyes.It seemed that at the moment before she left, she saw the doll that she brought to this world with her own life.

Li Mu actually gave up the idea of ​​remarrying at that time, he felt that he would never be able to watch a woman suffer such hardships.

At a time like this, he was somewhat fortunate that Xia He was a stone girl.Li Mu recovered from that day, looked at Xia He who was still alive and well in front of his eyes, held his hand, and comforted him.

Li Mu didn't say anything, Xia He felt even more sleepy.After a while, he leaned on Li Mu's shoulder and fell asleep.