continuation [farming]

Li Yun couldn't stop laughing, she put down her chopsticks, hammered the table, and finally covered her stomach, which made Xia He think it was weird, why should he laugh like that?

The rest of the people in the room were extremely embarrassed, until Mrs. Li, who was sitting closest to Li Yun, saw the tears glistening in the corner of his eyes.Even though Li Yun secretly wiped it off with a finger, she couldn't escape the old lady Li's eyes.She couldn't help feeling distressed, and said in a warm voice: "Okay, stop laughing, calm down first, and then eat."

It just so happened that Aunt Lin was bringing in freshly fried fried pork. There was enough oil and water, and the vegetables on top were all shiny.After the old lady Li told Aunt Lin to put the things down, she said to Li Yun: "Eat quickly, if you don't eat Xia He, it will be all gone."

Xia He rubbed his nose: "Is there anything I can eat?"

Mrs. Li said with a smile: "Why are there no more? I think you can eat delicious steamed buns as long as you eat them."

Li Yun finally suppressed her smile, twisted her head and covered her mouth, coughed twice, took a deep breath, and said: "My brother and sister have a good appetite, this is a good thing, there is a good appetite on the table, others look Dinner."

"That's true." Mrs. Li replied, "Xia He still dislikes Mu'er's small appetite, but I think that since Xia He came in, Mu'er has eaten more than before."

"Yo, no wonder I feel that Brother Mu is much stronger than before." Li Yun glanced at Li Mu and said tut-tsk.Li Mu's heart tightened, for fear that according to his brother's unrestrained temperament, he would tell the story of dragging him from the bed to the alley today, but Li Yun just smiled and picked up A chopstick full of meat, mixed in his own rice.

Xia He is a little disdainful, Li Mu is strong? "People who have done some work and are so tired that they can hardly walk..." Xia He muttered in a low voice, but Li Mu, who was sitting beside him, listened.

Li Mu coughed dryly, and put it in Xia He's ear, and explained to himself: "I do feel that I have gained some strength these few days."

Xia He looked Li Mu up and down, with a look of disbelief.

Seeing the two of them whispering to each other, old lady Li asked with a smile, "Is there anything I can't ask you to listen to?"

"Auntie, the young couple must have something private to say, and I, who have never been married, know it." Li Yun said yes.

Mrs. Li seemed to have remembered something, and hurriedly said: "I remember Yun'er, you are twenty-one this year?"

"Trouble my aunt for thinking about it." Li Yun suddenly felt sad again, but never thought that even this aunt who is not particularly close still remembers her age.

"Yo, that's not small! Be careful that one day you will be arrested by the official media to make a match." Mrs. Li began to think about it.

Although it is said that there are always more men than women in the official media, once a woman is over the age and is missed, she can be taken to marry immediately. The man is registered in the register, and whether he can find a marriage is not a fixed number, but this does not prevent Mrs. Li worried.She immediately thought about it: "There are fewer women of the right age in our village. I will ask Matchmaker Song to find out tomorrow and see if there are any suitable ones in the neighboring villages. It doesn't matter if you are older. The key is people." Well done."

Li Yun paused, and said with a wry smile: "Auntie, I'm like... let's not delay the girl from a good family."

Old Madam Li didn't know that Li Yun had been made to go out of her way. If she found out, she would be even more eager to find a wife for Li Yun so that she could correct her evil ways. She quickly shook her head and said, "I want to marry you, Naturally, I want you to correct your faults in the future, as the saying goes, the prodigal son will never change his money when he returns."

Li Yun immediately turned her head to look at Li Mu, hoping that her younger brother could say a few words for her.But when he turned around, he saw Li Mu looking at Xia He wolfing down with tenderness.

He looked at Xia He again, and had to say that the appearance of the new younger brother and sister was indeed good, but there was a rudeness in their gestures, and they didn't even look like a girl's family.Although Li Yun didn't say anything, she felt a little disgusted in her heart. She didn't know how Li Mu could have a crush on such younger siblings with his temperament.

He had no choice but to lower his head and said: "Auntie, don't worry about my affairs."

"How can I not care about it, they are all children of our Li family!" Mrs. Li frowned, and said yes, "Don't be afraid, one day the official media will suddenly come, bringing an ugly and thick boy, You don’t know how to work, so you have to fortify it in your house?”

In order to reassure Mrs. Li, Li Yun said, "Auntie, don't worry...the official media doesn't have my name..."

"How can it be? Even if your family entrusts someone, it will only be extended for a few years." Mrs. Li didn't believe it.

Li Yun muttered: "How can my family be willing to spend money on trustees?"

Before Mrs. Li could ask, Li Mu asked strangely, "Then how could you be left behind?" The household registration system of the Min Dynasty can be described as strict, and the population of each household is verified one by one. A man who is over seventeen but unmarried will be left out for no reason.

Li Yun glanced at Mrs. Li, then at Li Mu, so she turned to Li Mu and said in a low voice, "Brother Mu, I will tell you secretly later." Mrs. Li said yes, "Auntie, don't worry about me, relax your heart. You, don't always take care of things for Brother Mu, he is not the young man who just took over the patriarch's position." child."

Seeing that Li Yun didn't want to tell her, Mrs. Li could only sigh: "Okay, Brother Yun said the same thing. Mu'er is not young this year, and she is already a father. I guess it will start again tomorrow." Once back to the ancestral hall, the old woman is getting old and doesn't want to make trouble, Mu'er, go with your grandpas and uncles."

"Yes, mother." Li Mu said yes.

Then he glanced at Li Yun. Li Yun, who was still being obedient next to the old lady, was afraid that the mother and son would find him out again, so he ate with a sullen head, and only picked the dishes closest to him.

Xia He, on the other hand, saw that he was not sticking out his chopsticks anymore, and felt that letting the guests eat only one dish was not the way to treat guests, so she pushed the fried pork that had been quietly pulled closer to her.

After waiting for a meal, Li Mu immediately looked at Li Yun, beckoning him to follow him.

Xia He was actually quite curious, but before he could look at the two brothers more, Mrs. Li stopped him and said, "Come on, Xia He, you came here this morning and got a haircut before leaving. , I finally waited for you to come back, and let my mother see if you have recovered from your illness."

"Oh." Xia He had no choice but to sit beside Mrs. Li, and not long after, the two brothers walked away.

Li Mu led him to his study.

Looking at the dazzling array of books, Li Yun clicked her tongue with envy: "This is the book passed down by my ancestors. When my grandfather was around, I heard him mention it, but I have never seen it with my own eyes. Where is the lonely copy?" ? Tell me to take a look?"

"Brother Yun, the business is important." Li Mu said.

Li Yun was quite embarrassed. He didn't want to say this in front of Mrs. Li. In fact, even Li Mu didn't want to tell: "I erased that Qin."

"..." Li Mu was taken aback, "Is that the person from back then?"

"Who else? My parents are mud-legged, what other dignitaries can I know?" After Li Yun finished speaking, she suddenly remembered, "Oh, by the way, there is also Uncle Tonghe, I just don’t know if he has been in Beijing for so long, but he still remembers me as a nephew.”

"Didn't he leave?" Li Mu asked, not wanting to mention his uncle.

"If he let me go, that's okay." Li Yun sighed, and said, "That man is a lunatic... His family is all lunatics... I... I can't escape..." Li Yun said By the end of the sentence, my shoulders were shaking.After a while, he shook his head.

"...Brother Yun, you stay at home and don't go out anymore, at least the family can protect you." Li Mu had no way to comfort him, so he could only say.

Li Yun suddenly sneered, and said: "Which family? Do you know that my own grandmother is the one who hates me the most? How much does she hate that I provoked an official who can't be offended!"

"Brother Yun..."

Li Mu wanted to say something, but was interrupted immediately, "Your sixth uncle, he doesn't listen to anything except his mother's words. You said that my family can protect me? That Qin person knows where my family is. Believe it or not, as long as that person is found, the two of them will be able to sell me!"

Speaking of this, Li Yun suddenly laughed softly, and said: "I hid in the town in order not to implicate you."

"...The Xue family..." Li Mu clenched his fists. Sometimes he wished that he was not a scholar, but an omnipotent hero in the scriptures. Read, only to be able to meet the Holy Face in the end, to avenge those who died in vain.

Li Yun, however, saw Li Mu's hatred, she was startled, and said, "Don't hate going to Xue's house, that's just like a gnat may shake a tree! Our Li family can only stay in this small place, Looking bright, the foundation has long since disappeared..."

"...I can only do my best." Li Mu sighed.

Li Yun thought about Li Mu's meaning, and became even more worried: "Don't, listen to my brother's persuasion, the most important thing for you now is to guard our Li family. It's not for nothing that the surname Qin has been messing with me. It's a good thing, I heard some rumors from him that the Xue family has already missed our family's fat, and they are worried that they can't do anything."

"What?!" Li Mu was startled and hurriedly asked.

Li Yun had no choice but to sigh, and said reassuringly: "I just heard something, you don't have to worry too much, after all, the Xue family is just here to do evil here, thinking that our family also has a Beijing official. Don't dare to act rashly." Seeing Li Mu's solemn expression, Li Yun had no choice but to joke, "As long as Uncle Tonghe didn't fall for Liang Jing's Xue family, we are not afraid, we are not afraid! They can only play a little trick at most. With the help of the Xue family, we got something that no one wanted, and we insisted that our family force it to buy it?"

"Corn..." Hearing Li Yun's mention, Li Mu remembered that the corn came strangely. Only a handyman from the county brought someone here, saying that it was a new crop brought back by the envoy from the Nanmanzi. But there was no one sent by the Qinnong Division to give instructions on how to farm.No one bought it, so I asked my family to pay a large sum of money to buy it.If Li Mu is at home, I'm afraid he will have to argue with others.It's just that when Li Mu knew about it, everything was a foregone conclusion, and Xia He did a good job in serving her, even though she kept her differences in her heart, Li Mu didn't bother.

"I don't know what it's called. Anyway, there is such a thing, and someone really buys it?" Li Yun asked, feeling a little worried, whether her grandmother, who is terrified of high officials, will buy it, in case this season There is no harvest, he is not worried about his grandmother and father, he just cares about his mother, don't go hungry.

Li Mudao said: "Across the wall, Xia He's yard has grown quite a lot.—Would you like to take a look?"

"Forget it, you dare to eat the barbarian's food, you are not afraid of being poisoned to death!" Li Yun curled her lips.

Li Mu: "..."

He didn't want to say that when Xia He saw this thing, he made some and cooked it before planting it. It is said that although it is too hard, it can still taste different from the other grains. Looking forward to planting in season.