continuation [farming]

As soon as Li Tongcai left, Mrs. Li immediately stopped crying, wiped the tears she had finally squeezed out from the corners of her eyes, and when she put down her sleeves again, she was already laughing, and praised Xia He: "Xia He is smart. This trick is very clever. It has been making Jin Bao so sick. Could it be that they can still come and rob him?"

But Xia He said: "But if you are sick, you have to ask a doctor, and you have to sing a full set of operas."

Just now, Mrs. Li just wanted to slam the door because she lost her mind in a fit of anger. In the eyes of people watching the excitement outside, it seemed that their family had lost their minds.Now that she has calmed down, Xia He doesn't need to mention anything, she can think carefully, waved her hand, and said: "Just say that Jinbao is sent to the town to see a doctor, and the doctor said that he will send him to see a doctor every now and then. The old lady, I can't bear him to toss back and forth, so I let the Lin family take Jin Bao to live in the town, and come back when he recovers."

"Is this... going to send us to live?" Xia He thought about it.

Mrs. Li nodded, and said: "Oh, it's better for Xia He to take Jin Bao with you, but you still have things to do here, let the Lin family go..."

Xia He looked at Jin Bao, and then at the yard outside, not wanting to lose both ends.

Little Jinbao was pretending to be sick in bed, but when he heard some strange words from his grandmother and aunt, it seemed that he was involved, so his eyeballs rolled around, and after thinking about it for a while, he carefully said: "Auntie Uncle, where are we going to live?"

"Uncle will take you back to your grandfather's house, okay?" Xia He asked.

Jinbao occasionally stays at Zhang's house, but most of them only stay for one day.But Jin Bao always feels that this time it seems that it is not as simple as staying at his grandfather's house for a day: "How long will you stay?"

"Live until... your father comes back." Xia He thought for a while, but didn't dare to say that she would live until next year, so as not to scare Jin Bao.

Jin Bao thought for a while about his father who was away from home all the year round, and shrank back.The courtyard of my grandfather's house is spacious and I can run around, but my grandfather will force himself to read and write, so he won't go.Seeing the reluctance of the old lady, Jin Bao hurriedly acted like a baby: "Grandma, Jin Bao doesn't want to leave grandma."

"Be good, Jinbao, this is for your own good, otherwise Jinbao will be taken away by the bad grandpa." Mrs. Li started to scare the little baby.

Jin Bao became frightened and began to hesitate.Do you want to be literate, or do you want to be taken away by the bad grandpa?

Seeing that Jin Bao was scared, Mrs. Li asked Xia He, "What, Xia He, do you want to take Jin Bao away? What about the corn..."

"I just need to run back and forth a few more times." Xia He puffed up her chest and patted it to show her toughness, "Anyway, I have to put on a show for others, and I often run home, tell the old lady Jin Bao's situation."

"This... this is really hard for you." It is indeed a good idea, but Xia He will be very tired.Mrs. Li didn't have a better idea for a while, she suddenly thought of something, and said, "From the Lin family, you can bring some money to the town, set up a car for the family, and buy a horse."

Animals are very valuable these days, especially horses. Even for a wealthy family like the Li family, buying a horse is a lot of money, not to mention that they don’t use it on weekdays, otherwise the Li family would not I will always rent the donkeys of Mr. Li's family.Xia He was stunned for a moment, she didn't expect Mrs. Li to say that.He hurriedly stopped: "It's really unnecessary, I eat a lot, I have strength, and I can pass a horse, no problem!"

"Hey, it's not just for you. Brother Mu is going to Liang Jing for the exam next time. It's so far away, so I have to take you with me. I'm not willing to let the two of you walk, but hiring a carriage requires a lot of money. If you hire it for a whole year, it's better to buy it." Mrs. Li said yes, "The big deal is that we can sell it after you come back from Liangjing."

After hearing this, Xia He thought that in the previous generation of the Li family, there were two people who passed the exam, and they were all managed by the old lady. She must have the right idea, and she agreed to it instead of dealing with him casually.

However, it will take some time to buy a car and a horse, and today I have to borrow from Li's family.Aunt Lin went to ask Li Laosi to borrow a donkey cart. When Li Laosi learned that Jin Bao was ill, he told them that the cart was for them to use first, and it was important to see the baby. If they were worried about the old lady at home, they could help .

Xia He put on an anxious look, and asked Aunt Lin to sit in the hood of the car with Jin Bao in her arms, and he drove the car by himself.Driving back to Zhang's house in the car, Lan Niang, the head of the house, was here, seeing her youngest son come back with Jin Bao in her arms, she felt a little strange: "Why did you come back today?"

"It's a long story, mother, let Aunt Lin use the kitchen first." Xia He said yes, Jin Bao was still thinking about Xia He's promise to him, and he wanted to feed Jin Bao delicious food without telling Li Tongcai. up.

"Use it." Lan Niang didn't ask the reason for the time being, she first poured a glass of water for Xia He to let him rest, and then sent a glass to Aunt Lin.

When she returned to Xia He's place again, Lan Niang asked, "Are you in a hurry to go back today?"

"I'll take the car back tomorrow and take a look at my land." Xia He pouted, "Jin Bao temporarily stayed at our house for a month or so. Brother Mu is not at home, so Jin Bao is not safe there."

"What's so unsafe about it? His own grandmother is here, and there is no shortage of uncles at home." Lan Niang laughed, thinking Xia He's words were ridiculous.

Xia He twitched her lips, so she had no choice but to tell Jin Bao's uncle's plan one by one.

Lan Niang frowned: "I didn't expect that such a dirty scheme is still hidden in such a small village." Immediately after she slapped the table, Lan Niang said, "Just let Jin Bao stay here, we're not here Very, I don't believe they can touch here."

But what I didn't expect was that Aunt Lin refused to stay. After she finished cooking food for Jin Bao, she wiped off her sweat and was about to leave, saying: "The old lady is at home alone, so I can't rest assured. The young master is here. Your family will take care of you."

Xia He wanted to drive her in a carriage, but Aunt Lin refused to let her go, saying that Xia He would have a lot of strength in the future, so let's take a good rest today.So Lan Niang and Xia He had no choice but to watch Aunt Lin leave.

When Zhang Shiyi came back, Lan Niang taught Zhang Shixi what happened to the Li family.

After hearing this, Zhang Shiyi shook his head and said, "Then Li Tonghe has missed his name for nothing."

Lan Niang was sent to clean up Xia He's house, while Zhang Shiyi looked at Xia He strangely.

Xia He was a little appalled by Zhang Shi's confirmation, and asked, "Father, what do you see me doing?"

"I wanted you to rush to Liang Jing before Li Mu, but now is not a good time, Liang Jing must be in chaos for a while." Zhang Shixi said yes.Since he knew that Li Mu would take the exam three years later, he had thought about this idea, but now he is quite hesitant.

Xia He was quite surprised: "Why did you leave early? I'll just go with Brother Mu, and I will take care of you on the way."

"Hmph, you think it's simple. Have you ever calculated it? Even if you offer your prescription, people will have to spend a year trying to see if it's really as effective as you said. In this time, your brother Mu has already passed the palace test." Li Mu's tricks could have fooled Xia He, but not Zhang Shiyi.Now Zhang Shiyi pointed this out to Xia He, Xia He was startled, and did not speak for a long while.

Sure enough, Brother Mu still doesn't want him to risk his life.Xia He's heart was a little sweet, but also a little astringent.

He counted the years with his fingers. If Li Mu went to the exam three years later, he would be in time. He was afraid that the old emperor died too soon, and he would die next year.In Xia He's heart, he hoped that the news of the funeral would come after next year's examination, but he didn't dare to say such disrespectful words, he just said: "Then... I will leave a year earlier."

Li Mu didn't want Xia He to do this thing that would be fatal if he was not careful, and Xia He also didn't want Li Mu to do it.

Zhang Shiyi nodded and lowered his head. For some reason, at that moment he was afraid to look at the child.

Ever since something happened to Zhang's family, if the three children were not young at that time, Zhang Shiyi might have gone to Liang Jing alone and involved himself.Fortunately, the three dolls waiting to be fed held him back, so that he didn't know where the strength came from. With the four mothers in the family, he escaped the hunt and fled to Anle Village. I can eat and do it.

But his expectations for the three children in the family are obviously different. For Dongmei and Qiuyue, Zhang Shiyi only hopes that they can marry a good husband and live a happy life.But for Xia He, Zhang Shiyi poured all his hopes into him, only wanting Xia He to rehabilitate his family.

But when Xia He really grew up and stood in front of him wearing a boy's clothes, Zhang Shixi felt a little bit reluctant for him to leave.

After all, this departure may mean that we will never see each other again in the future. If we know the news about Xia He, we can only follow his way to get here, and catch the mouth of the official who slipped through the net. Here, I learned that the family had to meet in the underworld.

Suddenly, Zhang Shixi said, "Xia He, my father never told you the name your ancestor gave you when you were born."

Xia He was taken aback, isn't his name Xia He?

"Master, he is a Taoist. The name he gave you is naturally from Taoism. 'Destroy its sharpness, resolve its differences, harmonize its light, and share its dust'."——Your generation was originally the generation of "和". His name was originally Zhang Hechen."

Speaking of this, Zhang Shixi sneered, and was too lazy to explain to Xia He the meaning of being in harmony with the light. Anyway, peace and joy had become a luxury for his Zhang family. Misfortune, I raised you as a daughter, so I changed your name along with your two older sisters, and only changed the homonym of 'and' into '荷'.——Now, this 'Xia He' we are also used to it, the word 'hechen', let's take it as your character."

Zhang Shixi tapped the water in the glass with his finger, and using his finger as a pen, wrote the word "Hechen" on the table.But before he finished the last stroke, the first one had already dissipated.

Zhang Xi watched helplessly, and the two words disappeared from his eyes.

Xia He firmly kept every note in his heart, and then turned around and wrote to Li Mu in his unreadable characters: "Brother Mu, I have a character called Hechen." It stands to reason that only those Only scholars can have words. Xia He has always regarded herself as a hard-working farmer, and she never thought that she could also have words.

After writing the letter, counting the days, the young man who delivered the letter to him has not come back yet, he couldn't entrust someone to send the letter to Qingyang, Xia He had no choice but to stuff the letter under the pillow, and felt under the empty pillow, He suddenly remembered that the pile of letters that Li Mu had sent to him had been taken to the Li family by him, and he left in such a hurry today that he didn't bring them back.

Next time you go back, you must remember to take it back.Xia He secretly thought, she slept soundly with her pillow on her head.

As soon as Aunt Lin approached the village, she began to cry. Originally, she couldn't shed tears, but Aunt Lin forced her parents who wanted to die unjustly and her husband who died early, and she gradually became sad and really cried.

Fortunately, she was still sane, howling how serious Jin Bao's illness was, the doctors said she had to stay in the town.Xia He took Jin Bao to stay, and she came back first to take care of the old lady.

Crying all the way to Li's house, and entering Li's house, Aunt Lin couldn't hold back anymore.After locking herself in the yard by herself, Aunt Lin broke down, screaming and crying.

Seeing this, Mrs. Li didn't know what to say.The Lin family ran back today, presumably because she was worried about her sickly old lady and wanted to come back to take care of her, but after coming back, the Lin family fell ill, and they didn't know who would take care of whom.

When the Lin family fell ill, they couldn't control their mouths, and Mrs. Li didn't dare to let others come, so she had to move around with great difficulty, messing around in this deserted yard, where only the howling of a hysterical woman was heard. change.She sighed, before going to sleep, she seemed to see her husband vaguely.

Mrs. Li smiled and fell asleep.

Xia He rushed over early in the morning, knocked on the door for a long time but didn't open it.

Many neighbors passing by asked how Jin Bao was doing, but Xia He only told the bad news. After telling the same lie more than ten times, Xia He also began to get bored.

It wasn't until this time that the door was knocked open, and it was Mrs. Li who came to open the door.

Xia He was wondering, but when he saw the string of tails behind him, he hurried in without asking any further questions at the door, helped Mrs. Li back, then looked left and right, and asked, "Where's Aunt Lin?"

"You cried all night last night, you must be tired." Mrs. Li said yes.

Xia He guessed that she might be sick again, so she couldn't blame her. Calculating the time, she figured that Mrs. Li was still hungry, so she quickly got her something to eat.

After tidying up, Xia He knocked on Aunt Lin's door to see if she recovered from her illness.

Aunt Lin opened the door with a guilty expression on her face, Xia He didn't blame her for anything but asked Aunt Lin to take good care of the old lady.After finishing speaking, Xia He went around to his four cornfields, watered them a bit, then went back to his house, kicked all the letters on, and left.

Aunt Lin was still wondering when Xia He walked away with her arms bulging. What did Xia He take with joy?

Mrs. Li saw it, she shook her head with a smile and said, "These two children have a good relationship."