"I'm not afraid." Li Man retracted his hand embarrassedly, but he didn't break it.

Li Mo smiled, "There's nothing to be afraid of, the beasts are all in the deep mountains, and they don't usually come out." As he spoke, he used the basket to open the way in front of him, and led her slowly, turning back from time to time to see if any branch would touch her.

Fortunately, the road did not take long to reach a flat green meadow, and the edges of the grass were tall trees, and the leaves were very thick and thick, and the sun was densely sifting down, like broken gold.

There was a faint smell of grass in the air, Li Man took a deep breath and felt very happy, "It's so nice here." "Even the few villages below the mountain are invisible, completely hidden from another world, quiet and peaceful, and even time seems to be a few beats slower here.

Li Mo looked at her and smiled slightly, put down the basket, found a big tree and sat down, "Do you want to sit down too?" Look"

"Hmm." Li Man turned his head and smiled at her, his little feet stepped on the crisp grass, and he ran towards him with his feet, and sat down next to the grass next to him, but his eyes couldn't stop looking around.

Endless winding green trees, overlapping branches, speckled and tiny shadows of the sun, fragrant grass, colorful falling flowers, and even beautiful butterflies fluttering in front of her eyes.

Li Man stared at the big round eyes in surprise, and happily reached out to grab it, the butterfly was also cunning, and flew to Li Man, the speed slowed down suddenly, as if it was intended to fall on her shoulder, but as soon as she stretched out her hand, its little wings fluttered, and it flew far away, but she didn't stop it in time, half of her body was crooked, and she fell down to talk.

Li Mo stretched out his hand to support her, and smiled, "It's flying fast, it's not easy to catch, do you want me to help you?" ”

"No, you don't." Li Man hurriedly waved his hand, "I'm joking." "If you really grab that little thing in your hands, what are you going to do with it?

Li Mo only stared at her and smiled without saying a word.

Li Man's face turned slightly red, and he asked in a low voice, "What do you see me doing?" Something on my face? ”

"Oh." Her sudden restraint made Li Mo feel a little regretful, and secretly annoyed that he shouldn't have looked at it, how good she was just like that, but she was so good, he couldn't control his gaze from falling on her.

Still watching? Li Man felt a little hot, and hurriedly wanted to get up, "I'll go over there and take a look." ”

"Be careful." Suddenly, Li Mo shouted, stretched out his hand, and dragged Li Man, who was just about to get up, into his arms again.

Li Man fell into his arms, his shoulders hurt, and before he could react to what was happening, he saw Li Mo holding her with one hand, and touching a branch on the side with the other, and gently picked up a small green snake coiled not far away.

Her frightened heart shrank, and she saw that the serpent seemed to have been enchanted, and in an instant its long body was wrapped around the branches like hemp rope, and its little tongue was raised, and it spat out letters at them.

"Ahh Li Man's face was buried in Li Mo's chest, she didn't dare to look at it anymore, she only felt that the hairs on her body stood up, she was most afraid of such a crawling mollusk in her life, and her legs would be weak when she looked at it.

Li Mo didn't expect her to be afraid of this, feeling that she was trembling in her arms, he hurriedly patted her gently, and threw the branch and snake with the other hand, "Don't be afraid, it's already thrown away." ”

"Isn't that new?" Li Man moved uneasily in his arms, slowly turned his head, and saw that his hand was really gone, so he breathed a sigh of relief, but he was still uneasy, "Where did you throw it?" "Although the snake does not have long legs, it can crawl very well, don't come back again?

Seeing that she still had fear on her face, Li Mo secretly regretted that he shouldn't let her know, originally he planned to catch the snake and boil some fish soup at night, it was very nutritious, and several people in the family loved to eat it, but look at her like this, snakes can't be touched at all in the future.

"Throw it over there, and it won't come back." Li Mo patted her back lightly and comforted her softly.

Li Man looked at the thorn bush, which was overgrown with weeds, it should be a place where snakes loved to stay, and his heart settled a little, "Hmm." ”

As soon as he relaxed, he thought of something the next moment, and hurriedly got up, "Let's go." This side is close to the thorn bush, and I am afraid that there are other snakes. ”

"Gone?" Li Mo stood up with it, feeling very disappointed, he didn't expect a little snake to break the beautiful atmosphere they had cultivated with great difficulty, "There are more inside-"

"Let's go home." The thought that there might be other snakes and insects circling around her, Li Man's legs and stomach were a little weak.

So saying, she walked back the way she had come.

"Man'er." Li Mo suddenly grabbed her.

"What's wrong?" Li Man's heart jumped again, frightened.

Li Mo took her hand and led her to another way, "Let's go this way." ”

"What's wrong?" Li Man asked curiously, turning his head to look, but he didn't see anything terrible.

Li Mo took her to the mountain, and waited for the road to be flat before saying, "There was a small python hanging from the branch just now, I'm afraid you will be scared when you see it." ”

"Ahh Li Man leaned against him in shock, "Which tree?" "She didn't see it.

"It's on the pine tree on the side of the path, it's probably thick, you don't see it." Li Mo replied.

"Oh." Li Man's heart was pounding, and she didn't dare to ask any more, she only obediently followed his side, which was originally a hand held by him, but at this moment, she grabbed his fingers tightly, and her body was also close to him, for fear that something she didn't like on the side would suddenly rush over.

Li Mo turned his head slightly, glanced at her secretly, and saw that her expression was as shocked as if she had been attacked, and she felt guilty again.

Is he going too far? This scares her.

Fortunately, in a short time, he led her to a small deep valley with gurgling water and green grass.

The aura of pure spirit that came to his face made Li Man's frightened heart suddenly settle down a lot, and he even felt that with Li Mo here, even if there were snakes attacking, it would not be so terrifying.

She was brave.

"What is this place?" Li Man asked happily.

"No name." Li Mo looked at her and said, "However, when we are usually tired from hunting, we will come here to rest and rest, this water is sweet." ”

So saying, he walked to the stream, took a handful of water in his hand, and took a small sip.

"Really?" Li Man also did the same, half knelt by the stream, held some water, and took a sip, it was really sweet and refreshing, cool and silky, very good.

Seeing the smile on her face, Li Mo was very satisfied, "If you like it, I will bring you here in the future, in autumn, there will be more wild fruits in the mountains." ”

"Really?" Li Man looked around yearningly, and suddenly, something rushed through the forest in front of her, and she shouted happily, "Rabbit, rabbit-"

"Where?" Li Mo got up and looked over there.

Li Man grabbed his hand and ran into the forest, "Over there, I just saw it run over there." ”

Li Mo looked at her and smiled lowly, "The rabbit is running so fast that it can't catch up." ”

"Oh." Li Man was a little disappointed, but he was soon attracted by the green plants in the forest.

She hurriedly ran over, squatted down and looked, sure enough, it was wild garlic.

She was so happy that she picked a handful of small wild garlic and removed the soil from the roots.

Li Mo followed and looked at her curiously, especially when she grabbed the grass and looked like she had picked up a treasure.

Li Man explained to him with a smile, "This is wild garlic, which has high nutritional value." ”

"Can you eat it?" Li Mo also picked a small handful, which looked similar to weeds.

Li Man said 'um', "It can be eaten, and it is delicious, wild garlic scrambled eggs, but fragrant, I love to eat it." ”

"Oh." Scrambled eggs? I don't even have an egg at home.

"Look, I've picked so much, at least enough to eat several meals." Li Man's movements were very neat, and she picked several handfuls in three or two clicks, all of which were neatly placed aside, and suddenly, thinking of something, she asked excitedly, "Big brother, you said that we should take these wild garlic to the market and sell them, will anyone want them?" ”

"Sell this?" Li Mo didn't think about it, he didn't even know what this thing tasted like.

Li Man's eyes were already shining with excitement, and he said to himself, "I'll see it, why don't we pick more now, and tomorrow we will go to the market outside the mountains to sell and sell?" If no one wants it, we can sell it to the restaurant. ”

"Salesmanship?" What do you mean?

Li Man explained simply, "That is, sell these wild garlic." ”

"What is in the mountains, will people want it in a big hotel restaurant?" Li Mo is not very optimistic, after all, this thing looks too ordinary, but seeing that Li Man is Xingxing, it is not easy to fight.

Moreover, if she wanted to go out and take a look, he would accompany her on a trip, and it didn't take much effort, "Then, I'll accompany you tomorrow." ”

"Hmm." Li Man was overjoyed, looking at such a large piece of wild garlic, and thought, "If someone is willing to accept this, it can be sold for a lot of money, and it would be better if we could cooperate with others for a long time, isn't it just the land that our family just bought?" We'll plant some interspersed with them, maybe it's good. ”

Seeing the surprise smile in her eyes, Li Mo was also greatly encouraged, and at the same time, a bold idea suddenly surged into his mind, and an inexplicable impulse rolled and roared in his heart, and he walked over to her.

"Man'er." He crouched down in front of her, his gaze burning and unwavering.

Li Man was still picking garlic, and when he saw him coming, he didn't care, so he responded casually, "Hmm." ”

"I want to discuss something with you."

"Huh?"

Li Man suddenly realized that his tone was too serious, and he turned his head in shock, facing Li Mo's deep burning and firm eyes, and suddenly felt a little confused, "What's the matter?" ”

"Be my daughter-in-law." His voice was low and solemn, and it was obvious that these four words had been uttered after careful consideration and suffering.

"Huh?" Li Man was even more stunned, the topic changed too quickly, swallowed her saliva, she stammered a little unresponsively, "I, I"

Li Mo suddenly grabbed her wet little hand, and looked at her expectantly, "Man'er, promise me, I will treat you well." ”

Promise? Don't say yes? Promise! No, I didn't

In an instant, Li Man felt dizzy, and two villains who beat each other appeared in his mind, and it was difficult to distinguish between agreeing and not agreeing.

"I, I don't know." After being stunned for a long time, she replied dizzily.

"Huh?" Li Mo didn't hear clearly, let go of her slightly, and asked again with his eyes, "What did you say?" ”

Li Man's confused eyes stared at him, "I don't know what to do." ”

Don't know what to do? What is the answer to this? Li Mo's heart went up and down.

"Will you give me time to think about it?" Li Man asked for his opinion with some weakness.

Li Mo's eyes froze slightly, "You also said this before, haven't you thought about it these days?" ”

"Huh?" This man is too honest, isn't he? She was just an excuse that day, not to mention, is this something that can be considered in a few days? In addition, as soon as his aunt came to stir up the situation, where did she have to dream.

Li Mo saw her hesitating, so he took a step back, "Then you think about it now, it's quiet here." ”

"Huh? Now," Li Man stared at him stunned, "the sun is going to go down soon?" Let's go home, Xiao Wu is home alone. ”

"Then before the sun goes down, will you give me the answer?" Li Mo said and got up, "Why don't I go over there, you can think about it slowly, and when you think about it, you can call me." ”

"It's not." Li Man followed closely, wanting to resist.

Li Mo looked at her deeply, "If you didn't call me before sunset, I would have acquiesced to you." ”

"Huh? No way. Not with such. Li Man argued aggrievedly, but as soon as he finished speaking, he walked towards the stream without looking back.

What is he doing here? She couldn't do it in her heart

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Li Mo left the forest, let go of his hands, his palms were full of sweat, this was the first time he forced a woman like this, but what happened in recent days made him unable to wait, and he had many dreams at night, which was not true at all, especially what happened to his father and mother back then, which made him even more afraid.

Man'er is the woman he likes, the woman he wants to love for a lifetime, and he wants to keep her, even if it's this way of persecution.

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Time passed slowly, the sunlight in the forest gradually slanted, Li Man squatted on the ground, looking at a small pile of broken wild garlic at his feet, his heart was like numbness.

It's not that their brothers are bad, but that they suddenly accept five men, the youngest of whom is only ten years old, which really challenges people's moral bottom line.

What should she do?

If she doesn't accept it, what reason does she have to live in the Li family and be cared for by everyone? Delay the lifelong happiness of other brothers?

Leaving the Li family? But she was bought with money, at least she has to pay it back, right?

But even if she leaves the Li family, where can she go? The world is big, but she is as unfamiliar as a newborn baby in this strange space, where is she going to find a suitable way to live?

It is more likely that before she got out of this mountain, she had to take her small life, and she was too memorable and frightened to pass through the tragic scene of that day.

"You promised?" Suddenly, Li Mo's voice appeared at the top, and Li Man looked up in a daze, "What?" ”

Li Mo pointed to the gray-blue sky, "The sun has already set." ”

Li Man was startled, and then remembered what he had just said, and he didn't call him between sunset, so he acquiesced.

"No, I forgot, I didn't pay attention." Li Man hurriedly got up to explain, but he had been squatting for too long, and as soon as he stood up, he realized that Lu Dao's feet were numb, and as soon as his body fell, he fell into his arms.

Li Mo hugged her and chuckled in her ear, "I understand." ”

"What do you know?" Li Man held his arm and asked in astonishment, "I haven't-"

Li Mo's face sank, and a deep sense of loss immediately surged through her eyes, Li Man's words that she wanted to say but didn't think clearly were swallowed back in an instant, looking at this man's eyes, she suddenly couldn't say anything to refuse, or even vague and perfunctory words.

This man, from the moment he picked her up under the goddess tree, has been silently guarding her, loving and caring for her as if she were his own beloved woman.

Almost instantly, she had a clear answer in her mind.

"There are so many wild garlic, I haven't picked it yet, aren't I going to take it to the market tomorrow?" Li Man smiled gently, pointed to the wild garlic on the ground and said.

Li Mo was slightly stunned, what is her answer?

"To say yes or not to agree?" He was a little confused about what she said and smiled, so he had to ask again nervously.

This honest and distressing man, she is so obvious.

"I won't tell you, just guess for yourself." She deliberately pushed him away in annoyance, let him stay up by himself, stupid to death, if Li Yan would have understood what she meant.

Li Mo was stunned on the spot, her eyebrows were furrowed, and the emptiness in her arms made her heart feel empty, but she didn't say yes.

Li Man ran two steps, looked back at him like that, shook his head, and had to walk back.

"What a fool." She gave him a gentle look, slowly stood on tiptoe, tilted her head, and kissed him lightly on the chin.

Li Mo's eyes widened suddenly, and a great ecstasy made him unbelievable that she had taken the initiative to kiss him.

Li Man's face was red, his eyes were shy, but also firm, "Fool, if you don't understand anymore, I don't want you." ”

"Man'er." Li Mo suddenly stretched out his hand, picked her up by the waist, and threw her into the air excitedly.

Li Man's frightened face turned pale, hugged him tightly with both hands, and exclaimed, "What are you doing?" Put me down. ”

"Man'er, daughter-in-law." Li Mo was so excited that he didn't know what to do, and he wanted to throw her twice more, for fear of scaring her, so he turned in a circle.

The world was spinning, Li Man had to bury her face in his chest, and when he finally calmed down, she was willing to look up, but it took a long time for the things in front of her to settle down in front of her.

"Don't make any more trouble." She slapped him lightly on the shoulder, "It's getting late, let's go back quickly." ”

"Hmm." Li Mo let her down, grabbed some hay and made a straw rope, tied up the wild garlic she picked, and then put it in the corner of the basket.

Li Man only looked at him gently from the side, maybe he had made up his mind, so watching him do things, he felt more and more that he was a good man who was careful and considerate.

It's not easy to live a new life, she should figure it out, even if the future is too uncertain, she still wants to grasp what she can grasp now.

If they are willing to love her, then she will do her best to be good to them.

"Okay," After carrying the basket, Li Mo squatted down in front of her and pointed to his back.

"What? I don't want you to carry it. Li Man said with a smile, reaching out to grab his hand and pull him up.

Li Mo didn't get up, "Come on, it's dark, the mountain road is not easy to walk, I'll carry you faster." ”

"But—"

"Wait." Li Mo suddenly heard something, and then, putting down the basket, he said to Li Man, "You wait, I'll be back soon." ”

So saying, he ran into the depths of the woods.

Where is he going? Li Man panicked and wanted to stop him, Li Mo also happened to stop in front of a big tree, and then, taking off his shoes, climbing the trunk with both hands, he climbed up the tree.

What is he going to do? Li Man's eyes widened, and he looked up to see him climb so high, and his heart was raised, but don't fall down.

In fact, her worries were superfluous, the Li brothers would all go up the tree, especially Li Mo, even if there was no branch to climb, he could climb the tree like a monkey with his bare hands.

In a few moments, he came down with something more in his hand.

He ran back excitedly and showed Li Man a few bird eggs.

Li Man glanced at him lightly, "You climbed so high for this?" ”

Li Mo smiled innocently, and carefully put the bird's eggs into the basket, "These few and the wild garlic can also fry a small plate." ”

Li Man's heart warmed, he remembered what he said unintentionally just now.

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On the way back, Li Man still lay on Li Mo's back and let him carry it.

When they arrived on the hillside, they found that the sheets had been dried, and the two of them folded them and put them in the basket.

Then, Li Mo half-squatted down again and wanted to carry her.

Li Man glanced at him helplessly, "I'll go this way." ”

Li Mo grinned and didn't insist anymore, but, under the afterglow of the setting sun, Li Man's delicate cheeks became more and more exciting, and he unconsciously took her hand and said seriously, "Man'er, I have seen the yellow calendar before, and the day after tomorrow is a good day, suitable for round houses." ”

"Poof" Li Man's legs were weak, and he almost tripped over the stones under his feet.

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