Li Man arrived in the front yard with some annoyance, and saw Li Hua leaning under the eaves, bowing his head silently, the slight mountain breeze blowing gently, raising the black hair on his shoulders, and on the top of his head, snow-white wild pear flowers were sprinkled one after another, like a rain of petals.

She was slightly stunned and shouted at him, "Li Hua." ”

Li Hua looked up at her, his clear eyes shone with pure brilliance like glass, the corners of his warm lips curled slightly, and he also called softly, "Man'er." ”

The clean smile made Li Man stunned again, and hurriedly stabilized her mind, she walked to him in a few steps, and asked casually, "Why didn't you go back with them?" ”

Li Hua naturally helped her twist the petals that fell on the top of her head, and said with a slight smile, "Big brother is afraid that you can't take care of it alone, let me help you." 畛"

"Oh?" Li Man was skeptical. After all, according to the personalities of their brothers, Li Shu must be rushing to stay, Li Yan must be trying his best to stay, Li Mo, maybe he doesn't say a word, but if he wants to stay, no one dares to let him go.

But the last thing left behind was Li Hua, and she couldn't figure it out.

However, Li Hua stayed, and she was also relieved, at least she wouldn't be worried about not being able to sleep at night.

Li Hua looked at her puzzled and relieved eyes, slightly opened his eyes, the thoughts of several brothers, he knew very well, the eldest brother was afraid that the second brother would eat secretly, the second brother was afraid that the third brother would steal food, and the third brother would never agree to the two brothers to eat again, so the only one left behind was him.

Only, is he supposed to be the safest one? They all forgot that Man'er was also his daughter-in-law, and he had that instinctive impulse and desire for her.

"What's wrong?" Seeing him shake his head, Li Man asked suspiciously.

"Oh." Li Hua looked down and twisted the delicate petals in his hand, "I'm thinking about Dayong, just now Uncle Xu gave him a look, saying that he still had a fever, but his condition seems to be under control." ”

"Really?" Li Hua grabbed his hand excitedly.

"Hmm." Li Hua nodded and smiled, "Da Yong woke up once, I poured him some water to drink, and now he is asleep again." ”

"Oh, that's great." Li Man smiled, immediately thought of something, nervously grabbed Li Hua's hand again, and said, "Li Hua, in the future, you should not go to the Dayong room, there is me." ”

"Isn't it dangerous for you to go?" Li Hua looked at her with pity.

"No, I'll be fine." Li Man firmly believes that she has died once, and God will not bully her like this and let her die a second time.

Li Hua shook his head, his eyes staring at her deeply, "I know that if you worry about me, it's the same as if I was worried about you." So, I don't care what you do, but I want to follow you, and you don't refuse. ”

"It's-" It's not the same thing at all, okay? "Anyway, it's good if you listen to me, next time you feed him medicine and rub medicine or something, just call me and Uncle Xu, that old man is in good health."

Thinking about what Aunt Xu said about Uncle Xu every night, she couldn't help but want to laugh.

"What's wrong?" Seeing that she suddenly covered her mouth and smiled, Li Hua asked curiously.

Li Man waved his hand, "It's nothing, or you should go back too." Do you still want to warm up the book? Anyway, I shouldn't be able to stay here for long, and I'll go back when Dayong's condition is more stable. ”

Li Hua shook his head, she was not at home, where did he still have the heart to read books?

"Where are you two here?" At this time, Aunt Xu walked over from the hall, looked at the two of them, squinted and smiled, "Good girl, it's the first time I've seen such a pair, the two of them are standing together, just like a pair of beautiful people, it's so good!" ”

Li Hua's face was slightly red, but his eyes were full of joy.

Li Man was used to Aunt Xu's love of joking, so she didn't care too much, she just pulled Aunt Xu and said, "Aunt Xu, we're going to trouble you these days." ”

"What's the trouble, I wish you could stay with me more. You don't know how to go, usually I'm at home with this dead old man, if he goes to the doctor, I'm the only one, living halfway up the mountain, just like a lonely ghost, I have been looking forward to having someone who is pleasing to the eye to accompany me more. Aunt Xu patted her hand and said with a smile, "Otherwise, Man'er, simply, you will answer my old man and be his apprentice." When the time comes, take all your men here, it's great, let's stop the medicine land, and give you two rooms first, okay? In the future, you have a child, I'll help you bring it"

"Cough-" The conversation was a little edgeless, Li Man smiled and dragged the topic back, "Auntie, I'll help you cook lunch." ”

"Oh, you're hungry, aren't you?" Aunt Xu then thought that Li Man and the others had encountered something early in the morning, and then came in a hurry, except for one person and a bowl of medicine, they didn't eat breakfast.

"Okay, sister-in-law, let's go cook." Aunt Xu said, and went to the kitchen.

"I'll help you." Li Man just wanted to rush over, but Aunt Xu turned around and smiled at her, "It's just a meal, what do you want so many people to do?" Your little man is still there, so stay with me. ”

A little man made Li Hua's white face completely red, biting his lip slightly, a little unwilling, he was obviously a year older than her.

Li Man looked back at Li Hua, and saw that he was blushing, his eyes were embarrassed and avoided, and his heart naturally revealed tender affection.

yes, isn't he her little man in her modern age?

"Li Hua, come here." She stood there and beckoned lightly to him.

Li Hua glanced around uncomfortably, took a step, and walked towards her obediently.

Li Man looked up at him, although he was quite tall, he was still a shy boy, if he wanted to put it aside, he was still a minor at the age of seventeen, right?

"You come with me." Li Man stretched out his hand to hold him, smiled gently, and then led him to a small room in the corner of the house.

"Where?" Li Hua's heart suddenly pounded.

"You'll know when you come," Li Man pushed open the door of the small room, the smell of medicine and books shocked Li Hua's spirit, and then looked inside, in the small room, there were two big bookcases, which were full of books.

There are tables and chairs by the window, and in the corner of the room, there are some guys who make medicine.

Li Man led him to the bookcase, and introduced with a smile, "This is Uncle Xu's study and pharmacy room, and no one is usually allowed to enter." Today you caught up, so many books, do you want to read any of them? ”

"Hmm." Li Hua swept around excitedly, only to feel that his eyes were not enough, and he was busy looking at the titles of the books in rows.

Li Man followed beside him, "Don't worry, watch slowly, take what you like first, and later, if you want to see it, I'll bring you over." Xu Bo is very stingy and doesn't lend it, but it should be no problem for me to bring you here. ”

The last time she entered the old man's study, she wanted to bring some books back to Li Hua, but who knew that the old man was stingy to death, even if she gave him the prescription of Yunnan Baiyao, he only promised to share the money with her in the future, but he was not allowed to take the books out.

"Hmm." Li Hua glanced at her gratefully, and was a little worried, "Uncle Xu—"

"Don't be afraid." Li Man winked at him playfully, she didn't believe that the old man dared to drive Li Hua, how could he say that he was also his godson-in-law, this was what he had to admit.

Li Hua smiled slightly, then put his mind at ease, walked around twice, and finally picked a satisfactory book.

"Sit here and watch, the light is good, it doesn't hurt your eyes." Li Man pulled him to the table and pushed open all the half-open windows, so that the air in the room was much better, "You just sit and read first, I'll help Aunt Xu cook, and I'll come and call you when the meal is ready." ”

"Hmm." Li Huaben also wanted to ask her to stay and read it together, but she was a little embarrassed, but fortunately, she was not lonely because she had a book with her.

After settling Li Hua, Li Man turned around and went to the kitchen, the kitchen was full of fireworks, and only Aunt Xu was busy working alone.

The rice was already cooked, and she was standing by the pot to stir-fry.

Smoked while frying, "Dead old man, let him stir-fry, and I don't know where he went, I'll see if I let you eat it later, oh-"

Probably because the force was too strong, a bean jumped out of the pot, startling her.

Li Man hurriedly stepped forward and took the spatula in Aunt Xu's hand, "Aunt Xu, I'll come." ”

"Oh, what are you doing here? Hurry up and accompany your little man, I see that he is shy and doesn't like to talk, and I'm afraid that he will be in a hurry if he stays alone. Aunt Xu said.

"He's reading." Li Man skillfully stir-fried a few times in the pot with a spatula, added some water, and asked, "Did you put the salt?" ”

"Not yet?"

Li Man looked to the side, accurately found the salt jar, picked out some salt and sprinkled it into the pot, "Aunt Xu, add more fire, this bean should be fried more, if it is not cooked, it is not good for your health to eat." ”

"Oh." Aunt Xu hurriedly went to the stove, handed a large handful of firewood to the pot hole, and then, got up, leaned on the side of the pot, looked at Li Man and smiled, "Little girl, look at your fine skin and tender meat, you don't look like you can do work at all, I can't think of really working, it's not ambiguous at all." ”

Li Man looked at it, and there was still cut pork belly on the cutting board, so he asked, "How do you burn this?" ”

"The old man likes to eat braised pork, so let's wait for him to cook it himself." Aunt Xu pouted.

Li Man smiled, "Uncle Xu is probably busy, I'll do it, and let him try my craftsmanship." ”

As she spoke, she lifted the lid of the pot and stir-fried the beans again, feeling that it was almost done, so she picked up the plate on the side and put it up.

Then he scooped up some water and brushed the pot, and then told Aunt Xu to go down and burn the fire.

Aunt Xu said 'oh' and hurriedly gave her a hand.

One meal, three dishes, braised pork, fried beans, loofah egg soup, if Aunt Xu herself is put aside, I don't know what it will look like, but when I arrived at Li Man, it was all done in less than half an hour.

Aunt Xu moved the small table to the courtyard, "Man'er, I'll go to the medicine field to find you Uncle Xu." ”

"Okay." Li Man washed her hands, and she also wanted to call Li Hua to come over for dinner.

Li Man pushed open the door of the small room, and saw Li Hua sitting at the table, her slender white fingers were turning the pages of the book, and she didn't even know how to open the door and come in, and the bright light was refracted from the window lattice, as if a hazy halo was crushing him.

She stood by the door, a little unbearable.

I don't know how long it took to hear Aunt Xu shouting outside, Li Hua turned his head to look at the door in a daze.

"Oh, it's ready." Li Man leaned against the door and smiled at him.

Li Hua closed the book, got up and walked towards her, looked at the fine beads of sweat on her forehead, and chuckled, "What did you cook at noon?" ”

"Well, Aunt Xu doesn't know how to cook." Li Man said.

The two of them arrived at the small courtyard of the kitchen together, Uncle Xu had already sat down, poured himself a drink, Aunt Xu came out with two bowls of rice, and saw that he ate first alone, and shouted angrily, "Who allowed you to eat first?" The dish is made by Man'er, and he hasn't come yet. ”

"Didn't you come?" Xu Bo pointed at the hall with his chopsticks, and casually took another piece of braised pork and put it in his mouth, "Girl, who did you learn from this stir-fry skill?" This meat is even better than what I made. ”

Li Man sat down with Li Hua and said with a smile, "That's it, Uncle Xu, if you like to eat, I will often make it for you in the future." ”

"Okay, hehe." Xu Boxi took another sip of wine.

Aunt Xu knocked his hand with chopsticks, "Drink slowly, no one will rob you." ”

Xu Bo smiled, didn't speak, and only ate meat.

"Dead old man, just such a bowl of meat, you want to eat it all?" Aunt Xu hurriedly grabbed two chopsticks and put them in Li Man and Li Hua's bowls.

Xu Bo rolled his eyes at her, "Who ate them all, isn't there more to this?" ”

"You've eaten four or five pieces for a while." Aunt Xu gave him a pair of chopsticks and beans, "How can I do it if I don't eat vegetarian at all?" ”

"I eat, can't I eat? It's the braised pork made by the man'er girl that is so delicious. Xu Bo said and glanced at Li Man with resentment, it seemed that it was not his greed, but that she burned delicious meat to tempt him.

"Then I'll do it next time." Aunt Xu said.

"Ah don't, this meat is expensive, it's not for you to spoil." Xu Bo said busily.

Li Man looked at the two of them singing and harmonizing, there seemed to be no matter between himself and Li Hua at the dinner table, they were responsible for eating, and occasionally, Li Man would also sandwich meat for Li Hua.

Uncle Xu screamed when he saw it, "Why don't you clip it for me?" ”

"You've eaten so much." Li Man learned Aunt Xu's tone, and then, I gave Li Hua some more, the food at home is poor, and she hasn't eaten a meal of braised pork in the past few days when she came, so she can't let her man hide and be full.

"Where?" Xu Bo glared at Li Hua.

Li Hua was embarrassed, "Man'er, that's enough." ”

"Eat more, you're so tired from studying." Li Man gave him some eggs again, this thing has never been eaten, fortunately, the chickens she raised should lay eggs when they are older.

Li Hua stretched out his chopsticks and also picked up vegetables for her, his face was full of gentleness, "You can also eat more." ”

"Hmm." Li Man smiled slightly, she knew that the old man had a family background, and he didn't care about a few meals, so of course he wouldn't treat himself badly.

Uncle Xu looked at the two of them, blowing his beard and glaring, Aunt Xu snatched the wine glass in his hand, pointed at Li Hua, and said, "Look at people, young man Dosven, look at you again, I have been with you for decades, which one doesn't drink?" There are people here today, you are not allowed to get drunk and lose the old lady. ”

Xu Bo glanced at Li Man and Li Hua, and pouted helplessly, "It's not an outsider, my daughter and son-in-law." ”

Only then did Aunt Xu show a smile in her eyes, and looked at Li Man and Li Hua lovingly, even if she did it, it was not good.

Aunt Xu next, she is really like a loving mother, she keeps adding vegetables to Li Man's paintings, and she can't help Xu Bogan's glare.

The meal was very pleasant, and after the meal, Li Man wanted to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, but Aunt Xu didn't let her.

She went to the study with Li Hua to read, during which she visited Dayong's room again, and she was pleasantly surprised to find that perhaps she had misjudged, Dayong did not get smallpox, but admitted measles.

Smallpox is caused by the smallpox virus, which ulcerates pus, and even if it heals in the future, it will leave traces, which is called pockmark.

Measles, on the other hand, is a respiratory disease that is relatively easy to treat and not easily disfigured.

Li Man was very happy, and discussed the treatment with Xu Bo again, she felt that ordinary adult measles, according to Dayong's current situation, the next few days will be the recovery period.

Dayong has improved, she can finally breathe a sigh of relief, and she can be sorry for the support and maintenance of the Li family brothers.

In the afternoon, Li Man read the book for a while, helped Dayong wipe the medicine, and then accompanied Aunt Xu to say some words, and in the evening, Xu Bo actually brought two fish back from nowhere for her to make, and specified that he wanted sauerkraut fish, and said that sauerkraut was also available.

Li Man thought that it must have been something from the Li family that said it, so he knew it so clearly.

However, she also took the opportunity to make a request, that is, his study, Li Hua can borrow books at any time, of course, it will not be damaged, and it will be returned on time.

Xu Bo shook his head again and again after hearing this, and then Li Man reported the names of several mouth-watering dishes, which made the old man relieved, gritted his teeth and said, If there is a slight damage, ten dishes will be compensated.

Li Man readily agreed.

In the evening, Aunt Xu Boxu ate the sauerkraut fish made by Li Man, which was full of praise, and she couldn't wait to even drink the soup.

Li Man was very happy in her heart, Li Hua was beside her, looking at her quietly, and her eyes were full of soft colors.

Sunset and dusk, the afterglow of the sunset gently sprinkled at the foot of the mountain, after dinner, Aunt Xu Boxu was busy cleaning up in the kitchen, Li Man and Li Hua went out of the yard together, sat on a big stone on the side of the house, quietly listened to the mountain breeze, and looked into the distance.

Time flowed slowly, the darkness gradually enveloped, and Aunt Xu's shout came not far away, it seemed that the hot water was boiling, and called them to go back and wash.

Li Hua glanced at Li Man and stretched out his hand to lead her up.

Li Man smiled at him and naturally put his hand in his palm.

The two returned to the kitchen together, Li Man scooped some hot water and asked Li Hua to wash it first.

Aunt Xu saw that she was fine, so she asked her to follow her to the guest room to make the bed.

said that it was a guest room, but in fact, it was similar to the ward where Dayong lived, and it was also next door to Aunt Xu Boxu's bedroom.

Aunt Xu specially took out the clean bedding and sheets and made the bed well.

"Aunt Xu, I'm sorry for you." Li Man sincerely thanked him.

"Thank you," Aunt Xu also said seriously and lovingly, "To be honest, I am also in love with this girl of you, don't look at me and I can't have children, but even if there is no queen, I have been lazy to hold one by my side over the years, I don't feel that way, but since you came last time, I like you as soon as I see you, you Uncle Xu don't look at his usual fierce points, he is full of praise for you behind his back, and he really regards you as his own daughter." ”

Li Man was unconsciously moved, and her eyes were red, "Aunt Xu, I know that I am happy to have relatives like you and Uncle Xu." ”

Aunt Xu knew about Li Man's life experience, and then looked at her red eyes, and felt more and more pity in her heart, "Good boy, you are blessed, and there are many good days in the future." ”

"Hmm." Li Man burst into tears and laughed.

The mother and son made their beds and went out together.

"Man'er." Li Hua stood at the door after washing, and shouted when he saw the two of them come out.

Li Man suddenly thought that he should arrange a room for him, "Why don't you sleep in this room at night?" The beds are all made, and I will go to another room with Aunt Xu later. ”

Li Hua was slightly stunned, and Aunt Xu pulled Li Man and said in surprise, "Girl, what are you doing here?" This kid doesn't look like a master who will make you angry, why don't you let him sleep with you? ”

"Huh?" Li Man really didn't expect this, but they had to sleep in a room at night.

"No, Li painted him" She glanced at Li Hua, and when she saw him lowering her eyes, she didn't know if it was embarrassment or what, she just said, "That bed is too small." ”

"Oh," Aunt Xu laughed, patted Li Man's shoulder, and said, "Girl, don't you think the bed is small and inconvenient for two people, right?" Ha Luha, what to do then? There are only two empty rooms here, one for the child, and the rest is this one. Why don't you sleep with me at night and let your man sleep with Uncle Xu? ”

"Man'er." Li Hua immediately looked at Li Man with his eyebrows.

Li Man was also embarrassed, and asked Li Hua to sleep with the sloppy Xu Bo? Well, her little liver can't stand it either.

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