Behind the window, Li Man leaned his back against the wall and let out a long breath.

She had heard almost all the conversations of the brothers just now, and she never expected them to make such an oath.

God, is that unwilling, they have to fight for the rest of their lives?

Thinking about it, her heart was pounding, and she looked like a thief, and peeked out through the crack in the window again, but the three brothers were no longer in the yard.

"You're responsible." Suddenly, a clear male voice sounded in the window, and Li Man flashed in fright and hid in the corner of the house.

Li Yan pushed open the window, leaned in halfway, looked at her in the corner of the house, squinted and smiled, "The room is so big, where can I hide?" ”

"Who hid? I'm cleaning the cobwebs over here. As he spoke, Li Man stretched out his hand and grabbed two in mid-air.

"Oh." Li Yan stretched out his hand and pointed to the beam, "Oh, there are cobwebs on it." Forgiveness"

Li Man's head is full of black lines, so high, she has to be enough, right?

"Come here." Li Yan saw her hanging her head and biting her lip, and beckoned to her with a smile.

"What's the matter?" Li Man didn't look at him, walked straight to the big cabinet, took a rag and wiped it in style.

The corners of Li Yan's lips hooked, "You want me in?" ”

"What?" Sure enough, Li Man glared at him head, glanced at the door, and was tightly tied by the bolt, so he didn't care, he just couldn't go over.

Li Yan smiled evilly, put his hands on the edge of the window, and made a gesture to go through the window to enter.

"Don't move." Li Man ran over in a panic and stretched out his hand to push him.

"Aren't you coming?" Li Yan grabbed her hand and held it tightly in his palm.

Li Man's face was flushed, and he glared at him, "You let go." "What should I do if everyone in the family is there, so that people can see it?

"Did you hear what you just said?" Li Yan raised his eyebrows and stared at her, his hand still not letting go.

Li Man lowered his eyes and pretended to be confused, "What words?" ”

"Didn't you hear?" Li Yan suddenly approached her face and stared carefully, "I didn't hear it, why are you blushing?" ”

"I didn't-" This was obviously not confident, and the hot face couldn't even fool himself, "I'm hot." ”

"Okay." Li Yan smiled lightly, and continued, "Whether you hear it or not, anyway, you are responsible for our brothers." ”

"What is the responsibility?" Li Man looked up at him in surprise, did he give birth to any moth that wanted to slander himself?

Li Yan pursed his lips and sighed, "We have refused a good family business for you, you have to be our daughter-in-law in the future, otherwise, hum-"

The threatening words were not spoken, but the word hum was obviously more deterrent.

Li Man's heart jumped, and he instinctively replied, "I didn't let you refuse, it's you"

"How dare you say such unconscionable things." Li Yan took out a free hand and gently pinched it on her red cheeks.

Li Man hurriedly turned his face away and said angrily, "Don't make trouble." ”

"Do you dare to say such hurtful things next time?" Li Yan smiled and threatened, but like this, Li Man couldn't say anything tough.

"Okay, I should go, otherwise the third brother will have to come over." Li Yan let go of her hand, but when she just relaxed her vigilance, she suddenly kissed the corner of her mouth, grinned, and left.

"You-" Li Man glared at him angrily, turned his back, and wiped the place he had kissed, but there was a warm sweetness flowing through his heart.

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Li Yan returned to the East House, and saw that Li Xiangyu was still leaning on the kang, wiping away tears, and Li Xiangxiang sat on the side and persuaded bitterly.

At the end of the kang, the lotus was lying there and crying loudly.

Li Mo and Li Shu each sat on a small stool and were silent, but looking at Li Shu's face, they were also stabbed.

Seeing Li Yan coming in, Li Mo hurriedly gave him a look and asked him to compensate Li Xiangyu.

Li Yan understood and cooperated, walked to the side of the kang, and bowed to Li Xiangyu, "Auntie, I was wrong, I made you unhappy, otherwise, you can beat me." ”

Li Xiangyu had a cold face and looked away.

Li Yan instructed Xiao Wu, who was standing against the corner, "Xiao Wu, go, find a feather duster." ”

"Oh." Xiao Wu obediently went out, and after a while, he came back, but what he was holding in his hand was not a feather duster, but a thin bamboo branch, which he folded from the chicken fence, "Second brother, give." ”

"What are you doing with this?" Li Yan glanced at him lightly and reluctantly took it.

Xiao Wudao, "We don't have a feather duster in our house, so this second brother can make do with it." ”

"It's good to have my aunt's handy." Li Yan held the bamboo branch to Li Xiangyu with both hands, "Auntie, there is no feather duster, you can make do with this, rest assured, you can fight as much as you like, although my nephew was sick a few days ago, his body has always been quite strong, and he should be able to hold it." ”

Before he finished speaking, Li Xiangyu laughed amusedly, reached out and slapped him twice on the arm, "You bastard, you know that your aunt is reluctant to beat you, but she still uses this to make people angry." As he spoke, he threw the bamboo branch in his hand out of the window as if he was angry.

Li Yan immediately smiled, "I know that Aunt Lu Dao loves me, otherwise I wouldn't dare to use it for you to beat." ”

"You." Li Xiangyu glanced at him, and tears fell again, "Do you know that Lu Dao's words today are like stabbing your aunt's heart with a knife, you know that Lu Dao and I don't deal with your mother, you know that Lu Dao and your mother are still cursing me before she dies, I-"

"Auntie, the second brother has already made a mistake." Li Mo hurriedly stepped forward to persuade.

Li Vanilla helped her wipe her tears and persuaded, "Sister, all these years, don't talk to the children anymore, they were all young at that time, and they knew what to say." ”

"I just don't know what to say. It's not that I'm ruthless as an aunt, it's their unserious mother, she has that life and she did it herself, I didn't expect it to be like that, I haven't regretted it all these years. When Li Xiangyu talked about sadness, she couldn't stop her tears.

Li Yan also said, "Okay, we have long forgotten what to do with those good things." ”

"Auntie, don't cry." Xiao Wu also leaned over and thoughtfully helped Li Xiangyu wipe her tears with her little hands.

Li Xiangyu immediately hugged him into her arms, wiped her tears twice, and then continued, "Erlang, Sanlang, I know that you have hated me all these years, thinking that I killed your mother. ”

"Auntie-" Li Yan didn't want to listen to her clichés, so she interrupted.

"Okay, okay, I won't mention it, who is right and who is wrong, God is watching." Li Xiangyu pursed her nose and said slowly, "This time, I brought this girl from Lotus over to propose marriage, and I really thought about a few of you." What is there to do in this ravine, what are you brothers reluctant to do except these two dilapidated houses? Actually, even if you make a fortune, you can't lose it—"

"Auntie, let's not talk about this, we already have a daughter-in-law." Li Yan was a little annoyed when she heard her chatter.

Li Xiangyu stared at him coldly, "I know that you are very high-minded, and you think that lotus flowers grow cold, but women have an old day, don't look at the woman in that house is now like a flower, in this ravine, the nest will not be for two years, and it will not be presentable, can you still guard her for the rest of your life?" In addition, Lotus's uncle is on an errand at Wang Yuanwai's house, as long as he says a word, when the time comes, Erlang or Sanlang, one of you must be able to follow on an errand. Isn't it better for others to go out of the mountains first and make a living outside than you hunt and work in the mountains? ”

"Yes." Lotus also raised her head at this time, and looked at these men aggrievedly, "As long as I tell my uncle, maybe, Erlang and Sanlang can go on errands, and they can be on errands in big families, the wind can't blow and the rain can't get wet, and they can still earn monthly money, and no matter how many people ask for it, they can't ask for it." ”

"Then you can find those who want to ask for it." Li Shu couldn't get used to seeing the lotus with the face of a superior person looking down on an inferior person, and she was just outside the mountain, opening a grocery store at home.

Li Xiangyu looked at the lotus, "Lotus, don't talk too much if you don't know how to speak." "To be honest, this girl is too real-minded, and she looks at people's eyes in the sky, which is really unpleasant, but her family background is really good, she thinks that with her nephews, once she enters the lotus family, even if she is rich, she will not be suppressed by the lotus family in the future, maybe she can live a good life with the light of others.

"Auntie, don't talk about it." Li Mo finally made a decision, and no longer gave Li Xiangyu any illusions, "Our brothers have hands and feet, and we don't need to rely on others." Lotus, you are a good girl, you will find someone who is good to you in the future, so don't waste time with our brothers. ”

"I-"

"Yes, don't think about it, our brothers are all people with daughters-in-law, if you do this again, make my daughter-in-law angry, I can beat you." Li Shu said, and raised his fist at the lotus flower.

When the lotus saw that it was out of play again, she wailed again, and cried on the kang.

Li Xiangyu glanced at a few brothers, and saw that their expressions were firm, and she couldn't insert a needle even if she saw it, so she couldn't help but sigh heavily, "You guys, what's so good about that woman, and she is born to stand out, what kind of son there is, what kind of son there is, it's like I've never seen a woman." Well, I don't care, just go with that woman. ”

"Thank you, auntie, for making it happen." Li Yan took the opportunity to tease, and the choked Li Xiangyu's face was purple and swollen, and she couldn't regret it if she wanted to, so she had to snort coldly and stop mentioning it, which was really dead.

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That night, Li Xiangyu and others made do with the kang in Li Man's house all night, and the next morning, after breakfast, they shouted to leave.

Li Moxu stayed a few times, and after the last time, he personally sent them to the foot of the back mountain, and met two people from the same village who were going to go to the ditch to do business, and asked them to go together, and then he returned home.

After returning home, I saw that Li Man was drying the quilt, so I came over to help pull the quilt corners.

"Coming back so early? Didn't send it out of the mountain? Li Man asked curiously, after all, it is still quite dangerous for a few women to walk on the mountain road.

Li Mo replied, "I just met an acquaintance, and they have nothing to do together." ”

"Oh." Li Man didn't ask much, turned around and went into the house to get the quilt.

Li Mo followed into the east room and took the futon from her hand, "I'll come." ”

Li Man took out all the unwrapped sheets and stuffed them into the basket, and then said to Li Mo, who was drying the quilt, "The sheets can't be washed in the basin, so I will go to the back pond with Xiao Wu to wash them." ”

"Let me carry it." Li Mo quickly laid the bedding on the bamboo pole, turned around and walked over, and took the basket from her hand.

Li Man looked at him with a hint of entanglement, "You go with me?" ”

"Hmm." Li Mo stared at the basket full of sheets and clothes, "There are so many, I'm afraid you won't be able to carry them when you come back." ”

"There's a little five."

"Xiao Wu still has to practice calligraphy, don't you see how serious he is?" Li Mo pointed to the eaves under the eaves, Xiao Wu sat on a small stool, lowered his head, and sure enough, he was writing in the sand table with a branch.

Li Man looked at his serious appearance and couldn't bear to interrupt, so he nodded and said, "Okay, it's just, is the injury on your back okay?" ”

"It doesn't hurt anymore." Li Mo said, still afraid that she would not believe it, so he held the basket in his hand and lifted it.

Li Man hurriedly grabbed his arm and stopped, "Don't move, be careful of jumping on the wound again." ”

"It's fine." Li Mo was obedient, with a gentle and warm smile on his face.

Li Man's face flushed, he let go of his arm like a hot hand, turned his head and walked in front.

Li Mo chuckled, stepped forward a few steps, followed her side, and looked at her flushed cheeks, which became more and more delicate and lovely, and felt a little stupid.

"What are you looking at?" Li Man stretched out his hand to cover his cheek and glanced at him.

Li Mo looked away in embarrassment and looked at the front intently, but he forgot to look at his feet, and accidentally stepped on a stone and almost broke his foot.

"Be careful." Li Man instinctively reached out to support him.

Li Mo stabilized his body, kicked the stones under his feet to the side of the road, turned around and said, "It's okay, I slipped just now." ”

Did you slip or didn't pay attention to walking? Li Man didn't break it, but he did look a little too much at himself just now, stupidly, she shouted at him twice and didn't respond.

Thinking about it, Li Man unconsciously pursed his lips and laughed.

"Yo, Da Lang, is this going to wash clothes with your daughter-in-law?" Suddenly, a middle-aged woman came from the front with a basket on her shoulder, saw the two of them, and greeted them with a smile.

Li Man's delicate cheeks were covered with a light layer of pink, and everyone except for herself thought that she was the daughter-in-law of the Li family.

Li Mo let out a 'hmm', and then looked at Li Man and smiled innocently.

The woman saw so many sheets and clothes in the basket, so she praised Li Manlai, "Da Lang, your daughter-in-law is married, she is beautiful and can do it, I saw her go to the daughter-in-law with Xiao Wu last time, and now I have washed so much, she is capable." ”

Li Man recognized that this was the woman who waited for him to take a seat to wash clothes last time, and also smiled politely and politely at her, "Aunt Li, also wash clothes." ”

"Hmm." When she smiled, Aunt Li liked it even more, "It's really good-looking, this smile is like a fairy in the sky, and the blessings of our Dalang brothers have arrived." ”

Boasting about himself like this in front of Li Mo, Li Man lowered his head and looked at the tips of his shoes, embarrassed.

"Auntie, don't you want to go home and get busy?" Li Mo was talking about Aunt Li, but he looked at Li Man and smiled.

Aunt Li smiled knowingly, knowing that the new daughter-in-law was shy, so she didn't joke, "Auntie still wants to go home to Zhang Luo, you can go, there are not many people now." ”

"Okay." Li Mo carried the basket in one hand and Li Man in the other, and went to the pond at the foot of the back mountain.

In the laundry pond, there were not many people, and most of them got up early in the morning to wash their clothes.

Looking for a place where the water was clean and washed, Li Man squatted down, took out the clothes sheet one by one, and then washed the empty basket in the water first, and then put it on a big stone on the side.

"I'll wash the quilt." Looking at her pair of small hands, rubbing such a big quilt, Li Mo couldn't see it on the side, so he took the initiative to help.

Li Man shook his head, "No, I'll wash it slowly, are you in a hurry?" Why don't you go back first, I know the way myself. ”

"Bring it." Seeing that she put the sheet in the water a few times, and then rubbed it vigorously on the stone, rubbing it twice, this little face turned red, and Li Mo finally couldn't help but snatch it from her hand.

Li Man was stunned, "How do you wash it?" ”

Li Mo took off his shoes, went directly into the water, moved the basket on the big stone down a little, and then, following the way Li Man kneaded it just now, he kneaded the sheet on the big stone.

After kneading it a few times, the dirty water is squeezed clean, and then it is like a fishing net, and the sheet is spread out in the water a few times, and then kneaded.

Li Man stood up, when she washed it just now, she used the strength to breastfeed, but when it came to Li Mo's hands, it was like playing, and she washed it well, and she smiled unconsciously, "Then it's hard for you, but you slow down, this water is slippery, don't fall again." ”

"Well, don't worry." Li Mo turned around and smiled at her, and then said, "You bring all those beds here, and I will wash all my hands in a while." ”

"Okay." Li Man didn't shirk either, it was indeed a hard job to wash the sheets in the water like this.

Putting a few sheets on the edge of the big stone, Li Man only picked up a few changes of clothes, and slowly scrubbed them on the small stone, while looking at Li Mo from time to time, seeing that he was washing very seriously, he didn't speak again.

Time flowed slowly, and in a flash, the sun also got up, after Li Man washed several clothes, his body was sweating, he wiped the sweat on his forehead, and then looked at Li Mo, the last sheet was also scorched by his big hand and put it in the basket.

"Dry your feet and put on your shoes." Li Man deliberately left the footcloth and handed it to him when he went ashore.

Li Mo held Li Man's shoulder with one hand, and wiped his feet with a foot cloth in the other.

After he put on his shoes, Li Man washed the foot cloth in water several times before wringing it out and putting it in the basket.

"There's no place to dry at home, so let's go over there." Li Mo pointed to the grassy hillside on the edge of the back mountain, on which there were several large stones, and people often went there to dry things.

"Hmm." As soon as the quilt clothes got wet, the weight increased a lot, and Li Man didn't even pick it up.

Li Mo looked at it and smiled, "Heavy, I'll come." ”

"Well, slow down." Li Man took the initiative to give up his position, and when he stepped forward, he followed behind him.

The road up the hill was narrow, and Li Man walked very carefully, fortunately, it was not far, and it took two minutes to arrive.

Li Man walked to a big stone, and as far as the eye could see, the village had become smaller, the farmland and vegetable fields were green, and it was really eye-catching, and the breeze was blowing, wrapped in the fragrance of flowers, which made people feel refreshed.

Li Mo put down the basket, seeing that she was playing comfortably alone, he didn't call her, picked up the sheets by himself, and slowly spread them on a big stone, afraid that the wind would blow away, and picked up a few small stones, which pressed the four corners respectively.

Li Man turned his head and saw that he had already dried two beds, so he hurriedly jumped off the stone and came over to help.

The two of them dried the rest of the sheets after a while, and Li Mo looked at her, "Do you want to play again?" ”

"Huh?" Li Man was puzzled, "Play? ”

Li Mo smiled slightly, and under the backlight, a warm smile almost overflowed in his deep eyes, "I see you were very happy just now, do you want to take a look inside?" ”

"Inside?" Li Man followed the direction of his finger and looked at the mountain covered by trees, and always felt that there was a special magic, as if it was attracting him, "Is it okay?" She looked at him with wide-eyed, childlike surprise.

Li Mo nodded, "Let's go, I'll take you in and have a look." ”

"Okay." Li Man happily agreed, and followed him with cheerful steps, living in a city made of steel and concrete since she was a child, she was too curious about what it was like in this kind of mountain.

"Slow down, there are thorns in this tree, don't stick to them." Li Mo walked in front with the basket, and kept cutting off the branches with one hand, so that Li Man could pass.

Li Man agreed, cautiously following closely behind, both excited and a little afraid, "That, there are no wolves during the day, right?" ”

Li Mo paused, turned his head and smiled comfortingly at her, "Don't worry, the wolf won't come here." As he spoke, he stretched out his long arm and took her hand, "So, aren't you afraid?" ”

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