Chapter 36: Affection
As soon as the winter solstice passes, the New Year is getting closer and closer. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
As several heavy snows covered the mountains, Shang Shang and Li Mo were also trapped in the courtyard.
Except for some necessary daily necessities that will be sent to these three huts from the village, the rest of the time, most of the two are active in the courtyard.
Occasionally, when the snow stopped, Li Mo would go up the mountain with the merchants to hunt some pheasants and hares in the winter.
Once, the two of them ran into a boar, and they hunted it back in surprise, and it took a while to clean up all the boar meat and make it into smoked jerky.
With this chance encounter, Shang Shang seemed to have suddenly discovered some treasure, and every once a while, he would pull Li Mo into the mountain, and after a few times, she had accumulated a lot of mountain goods.
On the day of Laba, the merchants got up early in the morning and neatly divided the neatly packed mountain goods into two piles, each pile of pheasants, mountain rabbits, and wild fungi were placed in different quantities, and the huge boar was divided into two parts, which occupied a large part of the two piles of dry goods.
"What is this?" Li Mo looked at the merchant in puzzlement.
"Last year, in our first year, everything was not easy, so I didn't go into the mountains to hunt some game, this year it has gone well, and these mountain goods can't be eaten, so it's better to send some back to Chang'an, for Grandpa Li and his brothers to try."
The merchant smiled and looked back at Li Mo, constantly packing all kinds of dried dried meat in his hand.
Li Mo guarded the tomb, she also accompanied him to eat vegetarian, for nearly two years, the two of them did not say that they were not touched, but such as chickens, rabbits, cows, sheep, these big meats are really useless, even a few chickens raised in the yard, the merchants only take eggs, and have never slaughtered them.
"It's hard for you to have a heart, but I forgot it!" Li Mo looked at the merchant with some embarrassment.
The businessman has these two relatives in Chang'an, but he has forgotten these things, which is indeed a little undeserved. As he spoke, Li Mo stepped forward to help
"I don't need your help here, if you really have the heart, you can go to Zhuangzi and call Li Dalai for me, although there are not many things, but I have to trouble him to get a car to transport back to Chang'an." The merchant stretched out his hand and pushed Li Mo, motioning for him to go out to find Li Da.
Li Mo nodded and said, "It's okay!" Wait a minute, I'll go and I'll be back. ā
Shang Shang smiled and watched him go, lowered his head and continued to do what he was doing, but when he turned around, he remembered that before he left Chang'an, Green Sleeves had gone to the Guanyin Hall of Ci'en Temple to ask for a son, and he didn't know if there was any news?
Thinking of the innocent appearance of the green sleeves, he couldn't help but turn up the corners of his mouth and smiled.
It was just a moment of incense, and there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves outside the courtyard, and Li Da hurried behind Li Mo with a car.
The merchant watched Li Da put the things in the car, and wrote the Weiguo Mansion and the Su Mansion on the paper respectively, and pasted them on the two piles of dry goods that had been separated, and then nodded with satisfaction.
After carefully explaining the places of the two mansions, the merchant prepared some dry food for Li Da on the road, and then sent him out.
In the following days, Li Mo watched the merchants busy every day, but the house gradually had some New Year's atmosphere.
The whole house became new under the hands of the merchants, the new curtains, new bedding, and new clothes were placed in the most conspicuous places in the cabinets, and even the candlesticks were replaced with new lily lily styles.
It's like the small family he saw on the street with Li Zhi when he was a child, although it was only a small house for two or three people, but the intimacy and liveliness made him extremely envious after being alone in the palace for nine years!
Maybe that's all you asked for from beginning to end! The days of praying out alone on the lattices of the side hall were all far away from him at this moment. Such a warmth that swells from the bottom of my heart to my fingertips makes spring flowers bloom all over the mountains and fields in the ice and snow outside the house!
Li Mo almost greedily watched the merchant busy in the house, following her light swallow-like figure, even if it was just her occasional glance back and smile, it would make his heart tremble, and then he laughed stupidly with "hehehe".
At this time, the merchant would always laugh and smack him "fool", and the anger and coquettishness in his voice almost made him drunk and unwilling to wake up!
Such a day is so happy, so happy that Li Mo is about to be afraid. Is this kind of happiness really something he can have?
The day before the new year, Li Yan, who stayed in Chang'an, brought them a piece of news: Li Zhi is coming!
Li Mo looked at the paper under the lamp and was silent for a long time, but in the end, he just silently put the paper on the lamp and lit it until it completely turned into ashes.
The merchant waited until Li Mo silently blew the paper ashes out of the window before he asked softly, "What is the emperor doing?" ā
Last year, Li Zhi presided over the anniversary festival in Zhaoling. This year is the second year, and Enke is about to prepare, presumably everything must be handled properly before the 25th seal of the lunar month, otherwise the Enke test after the beginning of next year will be in a hurry.
At this juncture, how could Li Zhi have time to come to Jiuzhi Mountain?
"I don't know, Li Yan didn't elaborate."
The candle flame flickered, and Li Mo's face looked a little unpredictable between the swaying light and shadow.
The merchant frowned sensitively, and did not say anything more, the carriage passing by on Chang'an Street slid through his heart like a shadow, and there seemed to be something to come out of his heart.
"Is the emperor a light car?" The merchant looked at Li Mo and asked softly.
Li Mo raised his head and looked at the merchants, and said with a slight smile: "Hmm! The palace didn't know that Li Yan was ordered to deliver us a message first. ā
Shang Shang nodded, and then as if he remembered something, he asked, "How many people did you bring?" Do you want us to go out tomorrow to greet us? ā
Li Mo shook his head and said, "I didn't bring a few, I only brought Xiao Chengzi, Wang Qi, and Li Yan with me." After speaking, as if he was also a little uneasy, he groaned for a while, and said: "Tomorrow I will go out to meet him, and you will stay at home and burn the earth dragon warmer, and the mountains will be cold." ā
"Hmmm! Then I'll cook some ginger soup, and when the emperor arrives, it will be warmer to drink a bowl. The merchant nodded in agreement.
Although it is said that Li Zhi is also a person with kung fu, the merchant has not seen him make a move, and it is not clear how high his kung fu is.
In addition, Li Zhijiu has been in the palace for a long time, and there are people in the palace who are waiting for him, and now he suddenly comes to this mountain, but he is indeed a little worried that he can't help the cold in the mountain.
The next day was the New Year, and the merchants got up early to cook the ginger soup, and prepared the food for the New Year, so they leaned on the door and waited for Li Mo and his party to come back.
Nearly noon, Li Mo's figure appeared on the avenue outside the courtyard, and the three horsemen who followed behind him were also dusty.
When the group entered the courtyard, the heat from their mouths and noses sprayed out, they dismounted, and tied the horses to the stables against the fence at the gate of the courtyard, and then entered the house with a cold body.
When Li Zhi was still in the courtyard, he saw red and bright window flowers, and there were strings of dried mushrooms hanging under the corner of the house.
It's just that I haven't seen it for a year, and these three small houses have been cleaned up by merchants and merchants into a mountain villager's home, full of the smell of mountain people's careful living.
"I don't see it, you're still a very good person!" Sitting at the table and drinking the ginger soup brought by the merchants, Li Zhi couldn't help but joke.
Shang Shang replied with a smile: "The emperor has praised it!" The folk girls only learned from the sisters-in-law in the Zhuangzi. ā
Listening to Shang Shang's reply, Li Mo looked at her, but there was a trace of imperceptible pride and pampering in his eyes.
Xiao Chengzi, Wang Qi, and Li Yan also came forward to greet Li Mo and the merchants.
Li Yan hadn't seen Li Mo for a few days, and he had a lot to say, but he looked at Li Zhi, who was sitting on the top and didn't move, lowered his head slightly, and endured it.
The businessmen waited for a few people to drink the ginger soup, and knew in their hearts that Li Zhi had nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, and there must be something important to tell Li Mo here, so he avoided by cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks.
Li Yan and the three of them also obediently retreated behind the merchant and went to the stable to take care of the horses.
When only Li Zhi and Li Mo were left in the room, the atmosphere suddenly became dull.
"How do you remember me here?" Li Mo took the dust sweep on the side and beat the dust on his body.
The merchant had just cleaned up the house, but he couldn't let it get dirty. After fighting for himself, Li Mo naturally stretched out his hand again and swept away the dust on his body for Li Zhi.
"What? Can't you come and see if you're fine? That's my dad too! You're my brother! Li Zhi looked at Li Mo with a little dissatisfaction, but he did not refuse Li Mo to sweep the dust for him.
"Huh!" Li Mo chuckled under his breath and put the dust sweep back into the duster on the corner of the table.
Li Mo's silence seemed to have touched Li Zhi, and seeing him coming and going freely in the room, Li Zhi actually felt envious.
When will Mo also be able to live such a leisurely and comfortable life? Such a peaceful and calm appearance, the corners of the eyes are also full of happiness! It was something he had never seen before.
"Silence!" Thinking of the purpose of his coming here, Li Zhi suddenly felt a little unspeakable.
"What's the matter?" Li Mo looked at Li Zhi, and the dark pupils quietly stared at the brother in front of him who had the same face as himself.
"After Enko is over......"
Li Zhi stopped, the expression on his face was a little cold, as if he had made a great determination, with a resolute decision, and said in a deep voice: "I want to take Wu Meiniang into the palace." ā
As soon as the words fell, there was no sound in the room. Li Zhi's face was difficult to look at for a moment
Li Mo still looked at Li Zhi like that, and he didn't even change his sitting posture.
After a long time like this, Li Zhi suddenly sighed: "Mo! I ......"
Li Mo suddenly smiled, looked at Li Zhi's eyes and said kindly: "She never belonged to her father!" ā
Li Zhi looked at Li Mo, who was slightly curled at the corners of his lips and smiled a little hideously, as if he didn't understand what he was talking about.
Even if he doesn't mind, if his own brother can't accept it, then he will definitely not bring Wu Meiniang into the palace, which is why he must come to Jiuzhi Mountain.
"Governance! Wu Meiniang has never belonged to her father! This...... You know better than I do! Li Mo said lightly.
Wu Meiniang's feelings for Li Ke, in today's world, I am afraid that no one knows better than them. Therefore, Li Mo has never been Wu Meiniang's woman!
Li Zhi's face showed a relieved smile, and he let out a long breath.
Outside the window, the snow has long stopped, and I don't know when, the warm winter sun is lazily napping on the edge of the clouds, and everything looks so beautiful! (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) )