continuation [farming]

Chapter 56 0 Winter Night

The lotus lantern followed the flowing water and soon merged into the river of dotted lights. Even though Xia He had been staring at it, she couldn't tell which one was her own lantern.After the lotus lantern disappeared, Xia He began to worry, and asked, "Tell me, our lantern is a dismantled lantern after all, will it sink soon?"

"No." Li Mu comforted, "It will definitely float to where it should go smoothly."

Xia He listened, but pondered for a moment, then smiled suddenly: "Forget it, making a wish is just to comfort myself. If you have any wish, you still have to do your best."

Li Mu: "..."

After Xia He finished speaking, she relaxed, and took the sea of ​​stars on the river surface reflected by the lantern as a rare sight to admire.The winter wind is bitter, but fortunately, the clothes for both of them are thick enough.It wasn't until Li Mu noticed that there were fewer people around him that he asked, "Xia He, let's go back, the lantern festival is about to end."

"Okay!" Although Xia He was reluctant, she readily agreed.

The two turned around and were about to leave, when they looked up, they saw Li Yun and Qin Fan not far in front of them, each holding a wishing lamp, and they had just rushed over.

Xia He still had an impression of Li Yun, so she quietly asked Li Mudao: "Isn't that your clan brother? The one next to him... seems to have visited our village too?"

Li Mu bowed and said, "Brother Yun, Brother Qin."

Li Yun had a look of lack of interest, but after bumping into the two of them, her face was embarrassing.But after a while, as if he had come to his senses, he hurried to Xia He and Li Mu, leaned over, and said enthusiastically, "Brother Mu! I haven't seen you for a long time. Isn't this brother and sister next to me? The village is still saying that you, Li Mu, have divorced your wife and are only waiting for the election so that you can marry the lady of the official family and have a better future. Seeing how you are so inseparable, the villagers must have misunderstood you."

Li Mu slightly frowned, and said: "Brother Yun, fifteen days ago, on New Year's Eve, you came to my house to pay New Year's greetings. It's been a long time since I saw you."

He glanced at Qin Fan, it was the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, why did the son of the Qin family come here?Two years ago, the son of the Qin family had promised to invite a matchmaker to take Li Yun home, and worried Li Yun and Aunt Li Liu for several months, but in the end there was no movement.Li Yun has been much more honest since then. If she hadn't met today, Li Mu would not have known that these two people were still in touch, so they should be described as "broken ties".

Qin Fan didn't respond to Li Mu's greeting, and when he saw Li Yun approaching the two of them, he put on an evil look, grabbed Li Yun, and tore Li Mu off Xia He's body, saying: "No Let me tell you, if you are not happy living at home, why don’t you go back to your house? It’s not that the house in the town is not given to you, and it’s not impossible for you to live in the county! "

Li Yun threw him away, dissatisfied: "Why should I live in the county? It's like an outhouse, being raised by you?"

Qin Fan was silent for a while, and after a long while, he just lit the lamps in the hands of the two of them neatly, hugged Li Yun, and said: "Okay, you stay up in the middle of the night and say you want to come out to set off lanterns, I don't care." I came out with you, why didn't you let go?"

Li Yun was too lazy to say anything more to him, lifted up the hem of her clothes, squatted down, and floated the lantern into the river.

Qin Fan followed suit, throwing the lantern into the water, and asked Li Yun, "What wish did you make?"

"What's none of your business?" Li Yun made no sound.

"Say it!" Qin Fan was even more vicious.

Li Yun said bluntly: "Naturally, I hope that the God of Plague, surnamed Qin and named Fanzi Shaoqing, will keep me as far away as possible!"

"You..." Qin Fan rolled his eyes.

Xia He was not sure what these two people were tossing about, but only knew that Qin Fan seemed to have bullied Li Yun in the academy.Ben was looking towards the two of them curiously, but Li Mu didn't want him to have more contact with those two over there, so he patted Xia He on the shoulder and led him back.Therefore, Xia He only listened to the two people's quarrel, and suddenly thought about a question, sneered, and asked Li Mu: "You said, if Mr. Qin made a wish that the two of them would always be together, But if that brother of yours wished that the two of you should stay as far away as possible, who would the gods listen to?"

"...Probably from the sincere person." Li Mu replied indiscriminately.

But Xia He shook his head, asked himself and answered: "I think we should listen to the powerful one. Immortals also have to eat offerings made by mortals."

When it comes to eating, Xia He suddenly feels a little hungry.

As soon as his stomach sang the empty city plan, not only Xia He knew it, but Li Mu also listened to it.Seeing Xia He's distressed appearance, Li Mu said, "There were also food sellers at the lantern festival ahead, and they haven't all been removed yet. Let's go buy you something to fill your stomach."

"No need!" Xia He patted his chest. Since Li Mu knew everything, he had nothing to hide, and said, "I'm going out, there must be steamed buns here. Brother Mu, you must be hungry too. When we get to the entrance of the alley later, let’s share the steamed buns and eat them. I won’t need them when I get home!”

He smiled very brightly. It has to be said that pretending to be a woman is the only benefit left.

Li Mu could only helplessly say: "Okay, let's go, it's getting late, I'll send you back first."

Xia He thought about it, and asked again: "That's right, it's so late, where do you live, Brother Mu? Whether it's going back to the academy or the village, it's not convenient."

"I'm just staying in the inn in the town temporarily." Li Mu told Xia He not to worry.

Only then did Xia He feel relieved, and rushed home with two steamed buns.When he got under the wall of his own house, he stretched his hand into the neckline in front of Li Mu without hesitation.The cold hand touched his chest, which was warmed by the thick winter coat, and he grinned from the cold.But after taking out the two steamed buns that were still warm, Xia He squeezed the soft steamed buns, which are rare in winter, and held them up in front of Li Mu, saying, "Brother Mu, eat! Let's eat one each!"

After all, he opened his mouth and bit a big gap.Seeing that Li Mu didn't move, he urged, "Hurry up, it will harden when it gets cold."

Li Mu didn't want to save Xia He's face, so he took two bites too.Seeing that Xia He had finished eating, he tore off the place he had bitten, handed it back and said, "Okay, I know this is your early morning ration, so I won't snatch it from you. Go back quickly, I entrust you." You go up."

The wall of Zhang's small courtyard is not high, but it is slippery after all, and there is nowhere to climb.

Xia He stuffed the steamed bun back again, nodded and said, "Okay!"

Li Mu was a little worried, and asked: "You turn over to that side, there is nothing to support you, can you go down?"

"Yes, there are a lot of things planted against the wall over there, even if it falls, it won't fall too badly, don't worry!" Xia He promised.

However, Li Mu was still worried, so he made a plan. Before going home tomorrow, he should visit Zhang's house first.

He watched Xia He climb over the wall, and knocked on the wall at the other end, indicating that Xia He was safe at this time.Li Mucai knocked in response, left the alley, and rushed to the inn that he had reserved earlier.Just call the door, and the waiter who is dozing off in the hall will open the door for the guests who come back from watching the lanterns.

The bed in the inn is not as warm and comfortable as at home, but fortunately, if you spend more money, the inn can provide enough charcoal fire.Li Mu guarded the charcoal basin, covered himself with a quilt, and when he was about to fall asleep, he heard a "bang" sound from the room next to him, as if something had hit the ground.

Immediately afterwards, he heard someone shouting impatiently: "Li Yun! Calm down for me."

"..." Li Mu sat up and couldn't help but sigh with emotion, he and his clan brother are destined to be together today.

Li Yun seemed to have just lost her temper for a while, but was yelled at and fell silent.Li Mu was a little strange, this was not like his clan brother's style.

After a while, there was a heavy panting sound from the next door.

Li Mu frowned, and was quite at a loss.The noise from the next door made him unable to sleep. At first, he still thought that these two people were shameless to perform the Zhou Gong ceremony. Gradually, he suddenly thought of Xia He, and thought that if it was him and Xia He... …

He quickly knocked on his head to drive the thought out.

Fortunately, the noise from next door stopped after a while.

Then Qin Fan complained: "It's winter, you want to watch the lanterns, and you have to go to the inn, what are you going to do?"

Li Yun was lazy, but snorted, and said, "Of course it's a delay."

"You!—" Qin Fan's voice seemed to be full of hatred. After a long while, he sighed and asked impatiently, "Where am I not good enough for you?"

"Every time you come back, you always tell me how kind you are to me by tossing me out of injuries," Li Yun said.

Qin Fan was silent for a while, and then he justified himself: "I'm just... I'm holding back! In addition, you are always tossing, I..."

"Who told you to hold back? Didn't your stepmother find you a lot of warm beds?" Li Yun said indifferently.

"You...you don't know, I..." Qin Fan said clumsily, and paused for a moment, then he seemed to remember suddenly, and said, "As for your clan brother, he and his wife may not have seen each other for a long time. Have you seen it? I don't believe it, how light can he be when he tosses his wife!"

Li Mu, who was lying on the bed, never thought that these two people would mention him.

The picture that I had just driven out of my mind just now came back after being mentioned by Qin Fan.Li Mu had no choice but to keep his eyes open, not daring to close his eyes and fall into the charming dream.

Then Qin Fan was still rambling: "My stepmother was very happy when she heard that I was going to marry a man. My father is not happy for the time being, but he has been blown away by the pillow for two years, and he probably won't last long. Yes. When I take you back, we often do this, so I won't do too much."

Li Yun didn't answer.

Qin Fan also specifically asked: "How?"

Then Li Yun said slowly: "You are not afraid... After I arrived at your house, I quietly collected the dirty things you did in your house, and sued it to the higher authorities?"

"...Hmph, you can try it." In a place that Li Mu couldn't see, Qin Fan narrowed his eyes and stroked Li Yun's body, showing no fear at all.