Li Man carried the basket and hurried home, and saw Li Mo coming from the corner of the house with a hoe, so he hurriedly quickened his pace and ran into his house.

Li Mo was stunned for a moment, then put the hoe in the corner of the wall, and hurriedly chased after him.

The door bolted, and he quickly knocked on the door, "Man'er." ”

"Oh, wait a minute." Li Man was in the house, shouting while quickly changing clothes.

"What's wrong?" Li Mo stood at the door and asked worriedly.

After a while, Li Man changed his clothes and shoes, and combed his hair again, before opening the door and coming out.

Li Mo looked at her, and then thought about the hurried glimpse just now, and became more and more puzzled, "What's the matter?" What kind of clothes do you want to wear? ”

"Oh, I accidentally slipped by the water's edge just now, and my clothes got dirty." Li Man didn't want him to know about his fight with others, so he replied vaguely.

Li Mo frowned, pulled her out, looked her up and down, and asked worriedly, "Where did you fall?" ”

"It's okay, I just slipped." Li Man blushed a little when he was looked at, "Where am I so squeamish, I went to dry my clothes." ”

People who can't lie are not good at this, she hurriedly got rid of Li Mo, picked up the basket and went to dry her clothes.

Li Mo followed behind her and asked suspiciously, "Is there really anything wrong?" What about Little Five? ”

"Oh, let's play." Li Man said casually.

Li Mo only stared at her dodging expression, and was even more puzzled in his heart, washing clothes and wrestling? Oh, no

He suddenly remembered the scene just now, Li Man hung his head and eagerly entered the house, but his hand was tightly grasping the placket of his clothes.

Immediately, Li Mo turned around and entered the West House, picked up the coat that Li Man had changed from the kang tip and looked at it, there was no mud at all, but when he opened it to look, he found that the two clothes belts on the front were gone.

This kind of clothes, if the belt is gone, what will happen, Li Mo can think without guessing, but how can the good belt be broken? Unless someone ripped it off.

Suddenly, his heart was cold, Li Mo was inexplicably frightened, and came out with his clothes, "What's the matter with these clothes?" ”

"Huh?" Li Man was bending down to take the clothes in the basket, and he was stunned when he asked suddenly.

"The belt is broken, who did it?" When his daughter-in-law came back, his clothes were torn, which made him almost dare not think deeply, but he had to ask clearly, who gave his daughter-in-law such humiliation?

Li Man was a little embarrassed and muttered, "I'm not careful"

"The two straps are broken, and it is clear that they were vigorously pulled." Seeing that she was still hiding it, Li Mo's eyes turned red all of a sudden, he strode over, grabbed Li Man's arm, and asked sharply, "Who bullied you?" ”

"Big brother." His appearance made Li Man afraid.

Li Mo swung his clothes in front of her eyes, "Who tore it?" What else has been done to you? ”

Li Man's appearance is outstanding in the entire goddess ditch, damn it, he shouldn't let her wash clothes alone.

Li Man blinked his eyes and suddenly realized, did he misunderstand something? That Lotus and Chunni—"

"Lotus Chunni?" Hearing that it was two girls, Li Mo's heart fell slightly, "Are the two of them embarrassing you?" ”

"Hmm." As soon as Li Man nodded, Xiao Wu's anxious shout came from the gate of the courtyard, "Sister." ”

Sweating again, he came over and looked at Li Man worriedly and asked, "Sister, are you okay?" ”

"Where did you go?" Li Mo stared at Xiao Wu unhappily, didn't he let him accompany Li Man? As a result, people were bullied.

Xiao Wu's eyes were red, and he circled around Li Man, and asked uneasily, "Sister, where did they beat you?" ”

"No," Li Man saw that Xiao Wu was about to cry, and suddenly his heart softened, and he hurriedly said that there was nothing to do.

Li Mo grabbed Xiao Wu and asked sternly, "What's going on?" ”

Xiao Wu's face was full of guilt, "It's all my fault, I should accompany my sister." ”

In fact, he didn't know the specific things very clearly, that is, he forgot to chase butterflies, and later saw Huzi and a few of them digging bamboo shoots at the foot of the back mountain, he thought it was fun, so he went to dig together, but forgot to explain to Li Man.

They came back together just now, and listened to a few mothers-in-law talk about it at the entrance of the village, and he realized that Sister Lu Dao was bullied, and he didn't ask for bamboo shoots, so he ran back directly.

Li Mo listened to it, and it turned out that it was the two dead girls of Lianhua and Chunni who bullied their daughter-in-law.

Seeing Li Mo's gloomy face, Li Man hurriedly comforted, "Forget it, I didn't suffer a loss." ”

Didn't suffer? The clothes were torn, thinking of what might happen, Li Mo's hands unconsciously clenched into fists, "It's okay, you dry the clothes, I'll go to the field to have a look." ”

"Wait." Li Man hurriedly dragged him, looking at his look, go to the field? I want to give her a head, "Your leg is not good, no matter what you run, just stay at home." ”

"I'll go back as soon as I go." Li Mo couldn't hide his indignation in his heart, what kind of person Man'er is, he knows very well that he is definitely not the kind of person who will quarrel with others, Lianhua Chunni embarrassed her daughter-in-law this time, this matter can't be left like this.

"Nope." In the matter between women, she didn't want Li Mo to get involved, not to mention, even if he found Lianhua Chunni, what could he do? Beat them both up to get angry with her? Then she might as well fight herself at that time, and he would have a bad reputation for beating women.

"Man'er." Li Mo felt guilty and distressed about her, his daughter-in-law was bullied, couldn't he help her get justice?

"Okay, if you're bored, help me pick some food, by the way, pick more chili peppers, I love to eat them." Li Man said, let go of him, shook the wet clothes in his hand, and continued to dry the clothes.

"Big brother." Xiao Wu was beside him and touched him carefully, he knew that he had done something wrong today, and he was afraid that his eldest brother would be angry.

Li Mozhi said that Xiao Wu couldn't be completely blamed for this, after all, he was still a child, and he should have accompanied him a long time ago, "Okay, after playing all morning, let's go back to the house and write." ”

Isn't Big Brother angry with him? Xiao Wu went back to the house with some trepidation.

Li Mo turned around and went back to the kitchen, took the basket of vegetables to the backyard to pick vegetables, he knew that Dao Man'er intended to stop him, but this matter could not be left like that, the daughter-in-law was treated rudely by the villagers one after another, and there must be an explanation for this matter.

At noon, Li Man simply made lunch, and after the meal, she was afraid that Li Mo would have to go out to make trouble again, so she pulled him to take a nap with her.

Recently, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, and people are easy to get tired, plus he was troubled by mosquitoes at night a few days ago, Li Man didn't sleep well at night, and he had to make up for it the next day.

Li Mo felt sorry for her, so he lay next to her and helped her fan with a pu fan.

After a while, Li Man really fell asleep, but she habitually used Li Mo's arm as a pillow, and the bird nested in his arms, which made Li Mo unable to move, not to mention, with her sleeping in her arms so well-behaved and quiet, how could Li Mo have the heart to think about anything else.

After taking a nap, Li Man's spirit was much better, and she almost forgot about being disturbed by Lianhua Chunni in the morning, and in the middle of the afternoon, when the sun was not so strong, the children came to her again to attend class.

She had now divided the time, the older ones and the smaller ones at different times, so that there wouldn't be classes here and waiting there.

Today, the older children came to class, and the courtyard was still very hot, so Li Man took them all to the East House and taught them how to learn characters.

She learned from Li Hua that they were all copied posts from her master, but the children here couldn't afford them, so she used her method to teach them.

Write in the sand table every day, the children also have a sand table, teach five words every day, two calculations, so that the little more adds up, and the smarter children can already have a little five, can write a simple diary, and can also introduce themselves with simple sentences.

Of course, all she taught was the vernacular, which was very different from this ancient classical Chinese.

So, one day, when she assigned the children to write diaries, and then read aloud a few of the best ones, Li Hua was very surprised.

She didn't want to introduce it to him, it was an inevitable product of the development of civilization to a certain extent, and she only vaguely said that she had not received an orthodox education and didn't understand it very well, so she taught it according to her own ideas.

Fortunately, Li Hua goes out early and returns late every day, and she has less time to talk to her, and she doesn't need to rack her brains to explain.

On this day, after taking the children's class, Li Man sent them away, and asked Li Mo on the side, "How are you?" Learned all? ”

Li Mo smiled shyly on his face and nodded.

Sunset, on this day, Li Yan and the other three brothers were coming back earlier than usual, and when they came back, they were very excited with expressions on their faces.

"Girl, come in." Li Yan directly dragged Li Man, who was washing vegetables in the yard, back to the house.

Li Man was inexplicable, "What are you doing?" ”

"Daughter-in-law, let's go over and take a look." Li Shu winked at her excitedly, and then, looking at the water that came out of the well, he lowered his head and opened his mouth to drink.

Li Man hurriedly grabbed him, "How many times have you said that raw water can't be drunk." ”

"If you die of thirst, take a sip." Li Shu took off his coat and used it directly to wipe the sweat on his face.

Li Man glanced at him, "There is cool boiling water in the kitchen." ”

Li Shu immediately smiled, hugged her head, and kissed her the forehead, "Daughter-in-law, you are so good." ”

After saying that, he ran towards the kitchen.

Li Man's face was flushed, and he glanced at him shyly.

Li Yan smiled and took her hand, "Follow me." ”

"What the hell are you doing?" Li Man was puzzled.

Later, after Li Hua washed his hands, he also followed.

When he arrived at Li Man's house, Li Yan opened a cloth bag, and a clean and soft green yarn came into view.

"What is this?" Li Man's eyes lit up, and he happily picked it up, "Can you make an account?" ”

"Hmm." Li Yan saw that she was happy, and she was very excited, their hard work these days was finally in vain.

Li Man was excited, she was not afraid of being disturbed by mosquitoes at night when she had a tent, but she looked at him suspiciously, "You bought it?" Where did the money come from? ”

The money in the family has always been in the hands of Li Mo, and I haven't seen them ask Li Mo for it, is it really as Li Mo expected, they are carrying work for people?

At this time, Li Mo and Li Shu also came in one after another.

Li Mo also asked, "Where did you get the money?" In the end, it is still a job for others? ”

"Big brother, don't worry, how can we do that kind of thing." Li Yan comforted.

Li Mo didn't believe it, "Then what are you doing these days?" He glanced at the three brothers, although he didn't come back every day and sweated profusely, but his spirit was okay, body

Li Mo suddenly aimed at the indentation on Li Shu's shoulder, and then pulled Li Hua's clothes, and found that the indentation on his shoulder was heavier, revealing traces of bruising, and his face suddenly sank, "What are you doing?" ”

Li Hua was not afraid that the eldest brother would pull his clothes, and he was suddenly a little embarrassed, but he still replied, "Big brother, don't worry, we didn't carry the work, it's recently-"

"Last month, there was a big family in the town who wanted to build a courtyard and needed stones for the foundation, and the three of us happened to have nothing to do, so we went to work for a few days." Without waiting for Li Hua to finish speaking, Li Yan interrupted to explain.

"Well, that's it." Li Hua also nodded in agreement.

"Carrying stones?" Li Man looked at the bruised indentations on Li Hua's immature shoulders, how many stones did he have to lift to press like this? She reached out and touched it in distress, "Does it hurt?" ”

With her distressed eyes, Li Huadun swept away the hardships of these days, shook his head and smiled, "It doesn't hurt, it's good early, it's just that it hasn't changed yet." ”

"Are you really, good-natured, carrying stones? How tired. Although forced by life, Li Man instinctively still doesn't want his man to do such heavy work, especially Li Hua, who is still a half-old boy, he hasn't even changed his voice, when he is growing his body.

Li Mo also knew that his younger brothers wanted to earn money for the family, but seeing that his younger brothers were tired, he felt uncomfortable, "There is no shortage of silver in the family now, did you sell the ginseng I brought back last time?" ”

"That ginseng" Li Shugang wanted to say that the ginseng may be because when Li Mo fell off the cliff, he accidentally broke the root, and the damaged ginseng was not worth any silver, they took it to several houses, and the highest monk was less than two taels of silver, but this was not even enough for Li Mo's medical expenses.

Although the doctor is Uncle Xu, people have to live, don't they? Besides, Li Mo lost too much blood, and the wound on his leg was extremely deep, it was not a simple gold sore medicine that could cure it, and he didn't have a lot of expensive medicine, so he had to buy it outside, otherwise, with a serious injury like his eldest brother, he could walk on the ground in a month?

Li Yan pulled Li Shu's arm and replied, "We sold the ginseng, in addition to the eldest brother's medical expenses, there is still some silver left, and the eldest brother was in a coma for a few days, so I didn't tell the eldest brother." I have collected all the money. ”

Do they have silver? Li Man was very suspicious, if he had silver, he still went to carry stones for people? I guess it's hard to come here to carry stones and earn money.

Naturally, Li Mo was also a little skeptical.

However, Li Yan smiled again, "Big brother, we are all old men, and we can't be tired of carrying stones for a few days, besides, the family and land are all taken care of, and the daughter-in-law is not allowed to go up to the mountains to hunt again, do you just let the three of us sit at home every day?" I can't sit still, isn't it, third brother? ”

"yes." Li Shu immediately agreed.

"Which big family wants to use stones?" After a moment of silence, Li Mo asked again.

"Who knows? When I was selling ginseng that day, I heard that there was a shortage of people, so I reported two people, and then the third brother had to follow. Li Yan replied.

"Really?" Li Man looked at Li Hua suspiciously, he didn't look like a person who did that kind of hard work.

Li Hua was embarrassed, and avoided Li Man's eyes with a weak heart, in fact, he went to the town that day, and wanted to find a job as a tailor in a garment store to earn some money to supplement the family or something, but he didn't know that there was no store willing to ask for him.

But the eldest brother was injured, he couldn't throw all the burden to the second brother and the third brother, he was also seventeen, and he would be eighteen in a few months, he felt that he should bear the affairs of the family with his brothers.

Therefore, when the second brother and the third brother discussed the work because the eldest brother lacked money to buy medicine, they decisively decided to work together, and later, when they saw a job posting, they went.

Although carrying stones is tiring, the wages are not bad, the most important thing is that they are paid on time, today is the day when they have done a full month, and the three brothers have earned a total of more than three taels, which is also the family's magnanimity, otherwise, such a high salary can be difficult to find.

"And how much money did you earn?" Looking at the gauze tent on the kang, and then looking at the joyful looks of their brothers, Li Man asked curiously.

Li Shu happily raised three fingers.

"Three" was all silver taels in ancient times, and Li Man couldn't guess how much it was.

"It's more than three." Li Shudao.

Li Man was puzzled, "Is it a lot?" Unconsciously compared with the "Dream of Red Mansions" I had watched, Grandma Liu said that twenty taels of silver is enough for the living expenses of their Zhuang family for a year, so three taels are barely enough for two months?

Three men are tired of carrying stones, barely enough for the family's expenses for two months?

It's not a lot of money.

Seeing that Li Man looked a little deflated, Li Yan frowned, and gently poked his finger on her head, "Okay, you don't have to worry about the money, don't worry about it." ”

Can you not worry about it? Look at them this month, they have lost weight, isn't she sad to look at it?

"Don't go again tomorrow."

"Huh?" Li Shu was surprised.

Li Hua is the same, because he is not used to doing rough work, he was quite uncomfortable at first, thanks to the second brother who said some good things to the person in charge.

can earn some money to make his family's life better, and no matter how hard and tired he is, he will be happy.

Li Yan raised his lips and chuckled, "For what?" Distressed? ”

Do you still need to ask? Li Man glanced at him, "I don't earn much money, what do you do with this crime in vain?" ”

There seemed to be a crow flying overhead, and Li Shu and the others' expressions froze.

Li Yan's face was ugly, "It's always a start, and we will earn more silver in the future." ”

"If you want anything in the future, we can do it now." Li Man's heart was alive as early as after Li Shu said three taels of silver just now.

"Daughter-in-law, what are you going to do?" Li Shu looked at her stunned.

Li Yan narrowed his eyes, "Girl, you'd better put away your careful thoughts, no matter how little money you earn, it won't be less than what you eat and drink, just be at home obediently." ”

What does that mean? Said that she is a rice worm who eats at home and waits for death? She is young and has no children, so why should she stay at home every day? It's nice to be at home, but wouldn't it be better if you could practice your dreams and values on that basis?

"I don't." Li Man became stubborn, glared at Li Yan, and instead, took Li Mo's hand and explained seriously, "Big brother, I wanted to talk to you about this for a long time. ”

"Man'er." Li Hua also frowned, "Didn't you promise me and my second brother not to think about that anymore?" ”

Li Man pursed his lips and blinked innocently with big eyes, "I promised you, so I'm looking for the eldest brother now." ”

Li Hua was stunned, the little girl actually played word games with them?

"What's the matter?" Li Shu asked with interest.

Li Yan hooked his lips and smiled, and before Li Man could speak, he said, "Big brother, the girl wants to go out to do business, and moreover, she specializes in serving that kind of woman." ”

"Doing business?"

"That kind of woman?"

Li Mo and Li Shu asked at the same time.

"Hey, don't listen to his nonsense." Li Man knew that as soon as Li Yan said this, he would lead them to the gutter, and hurriedly explained, "Big brother, Li Shu, actually, I also want to do makeup, regardless of the identity of the guests, men and women-"

"Men do it too?" Li Yan's eyes were cold, revealing a warning.

Li Man hurriedly changed his words, "No, only women's business." Moreover, isn't Li Yan's carpentry very good? I think he can help make some jewelry to sell, and Li Hua can also cut and make clothes, so maybe we can open a modeling studio in the future. ”

Li Mo didn't understand the modeling studio, but he instinctively felt that it was inappropriate to let Li Man go out to do business.

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At the end of the month, everyone who has a monthly pass in their hands will smash it over, support Man'er to start a business, make a fortune, and drive the economy of the entire goddess ditch, it is best to rush out of the goddess ditch, rush out of the Yan country, and enjoy the reputation of the Three Kingdoms, and then live a better life \(o)/~