Chapter 4: Benefactor
Li Mu's father, Li Kang, was a halberd commander in the army, and when he was a child, he died in a battle with the Turks. The mother and daughter got a pension of two yuan, which was not enough to live at all. In desperation, Li Mu's mother-in-law, Sun, began to be a female celebrity for a large family, barely making a living.
finally pulled Li Mu big, the battle started again, Li Mu was recruited into a township to carry food for the army, and he never returned, and Aunt Sun's life was hard enough.
Li Mu is seventeen years old this year, and the Tang Dynasty married early, and his mother is only thirty-five this year. According to future generations, it is the age when you are in your prime and enjoy life. But in this era, if Li Mu had married early, he would have been a grandmother in his thirties. For so many years, Sun has pulled Li Mu alone, worrying about her heart and suffering many more sins than her peers in later generations, so although she is only in her thirties, she looks like a woman in her forties, and her health is not very good.
When Li Mu followed the grain truck, Sun was still drinking medicine. Therefore, what Li Mu said to Tang Jian was not completely a joke, the original Li Mu was thinking about his mother at home until he was dying. He was able to say those words, and he was also affected by the memories of this body.
Standing at the door, Li Mu took a deep breath and said silently in his heart: "Brother Li Mu, I took your body, and I don't know how to pay you back, then I will complete the responsibility you should bear for you." Your mother, I raise it, you can go with peace of mind, reincarnate as soon as possible, and strive to vote for a good family! ”
Strange to say, after making this wish, the feeling of depression that had been haunting my heart dissipated in an instant. Li Mu is a person of later generations, and he didn't believe in ghosts and gods, but now he began to believe it a little.
After sorting out his mood, Li Mu pushed open the door and shouted, "Mother, I'm back!" ”
"Mother?"
After shouting twice, a response came from the house, and the voice was very weak: "Is it my son who is back?" Is my son really back? ”
Li Mu heard that the voice was wrong, and hurriedly ran into the house, only to see a woman lying on the kang, her face was pale, and her forehead was full of beads of sweat. This scene seems familiar, when he first crossed over, Li Mu was almost like this, this is infected with wind and cold!
Wind cold, or cold, is not a problem at all in the afterlife, just take some cold medicine for a few days. But in the Tang Dynasty, how could there be cold medicine to eat, large families drank chaihu soup, small households could not afford to take medicine at all, so they could only stand up, in case of fever caused pneumonia, it was a death, and there were very few people who could survive.
When Li Mu saw Sun's appearance like this, his heart suddenly sank. Since he has promised to take responsibility, the woman in front of him is his mother. And he also found that this kind of feeling comes from the blood, not something he can resist with reason, he still has a lot of thoughts before seeing Sun, and after seeing Sun, there is only one thought left: 'I want to save my mother'.
"Mother, the child is not filial, and he is late to come back!" Li Mu knelt on the side of the kang, his eyes couldn't help but flow, this voice was completely heartfelt, without a trace of reluctance.
Sun was also full of tears, holding Li Mu's hand tightly, lest as soon as she let go, her son would be gone.
"Mother, I'll go find you a doctor!" Li Mu got up to go out, but Sun grabbed him and didn't let go, Li Mu didn't dare to break free, so he had to return to Sun's side.
Sun coughed twice, followed this breath, and said: "My mother is no longer good, the family has no money, you go to get medicine, and you have to owe famine, it's not worth it." If my mother can see you come back safely before she dies, there is nothing to worry about. Don't go anywhere, just stay at home with your mother, and your mother won't have a few days. ”
"Mother, I have money!" Li Mu put his other hand behind his back, silently thought in his heart, exchanged one or two silver from the system, and exchanged all of them for copper coins, which was consistent, and showed it to Sun in front of him, and said, "Mother, look, isn't this money." I killed the Turkic soldiers, made a meritorious deed, and was rewarded. ”
"My son killed the Turks?" Sun was first shocked, then happy, and said with relief: "My son has grown up, your father died at the hands of the Turks, and you killed the Turkic soldiers to avenge him." But you still keep this money, your mother is terminally ill, I'm afraid this money will be difficult to cure, you still keep to marry, for the Li family to spread the branches, and your mother can also be blind under Jiuquan. ”
When Li Mu heard this, he felt very sad, no wonder the original Li Mu was thinking about his mother when he was dying, his mother was really good to him. Of course, Li Mu would not let Sun die of illness, and said: "Mother, I still treat you first, where did I come from, when you are well, choose one for me." ”
"Where did my son come from, didn't you forget, you have a daughter-in-law!"
"How can I have ......" Li Mu was suddenly stunned, and a fragment flickered in the depths of his memory. Li Mu has a daughter-in-law, but it can be said that he does not have it. When Li Mu's father Li Dang was there, he had saved the life of Bai Chun, the shopkeeper of the wine shop on the front street, Bai Chun was called Bai Hao'er, a foreigner, in order to repay his kindness, and in order to hug Li Kang's thigh of the halberd chief, he made a promise to marry his four-year-old daughter to the newborn Li Mu as his wife. Li Dare saw that his daughter was smart and cute, and added a few cups of yellow soup to her stomach, so she should do this family business. Unexpectedly, Li Kang died in battle in the next year, and the Sun family pulled Li Mu alone, and Bai Hao'er never mentioned this matter again. Li Mu is also a face-saving person, after knowing about this from his mother's mouth, he silently remembered it in his heart, since he was a child, he has never taken the initiative to talk to Bai Nao'er's family, including his fiancée.
But his fiancée, Bai Qiaoqiao, always remembered this incident, and often came to talk to Sun when she was a child. When she grows up, she will help her family sell wine, and she will also save some money and use it for Sun's family to help her subsidize her family. It's just that Li Mu, who has no conscience, has never been pretentious about Bai Qiaoqiao, and seeing it is like not seeing it, and after more than ten years, the two of them have said less than twenty sentences.
Bai Qiaoqiao came to visit the Sun family, all of them came secretly, if she was caught by her father Bai Nao'er, she would be scolded at the least, and beaten at the worst, saying that she was losing money and sticking goods, how ugly to hear and how to say, it was completely inappropriate for her to be her own daughter.
When Bai Qiaoqiao's mother was there, the situation was better. When she was six years old, her mother died of illness, and Bai Hao'er gave birth to a son, which became even more excessive. The stepmother treated her badly, but Bai Hao'er just didn't see it. Seeing that Bai Qiaoqiao had grown into a big girl, he began to ask the matchmaker to marry his daughter. The matchmaker found him a young man of the same age and family background, but he disagreed, so he had to ask the matchmaker to find those who had a solid family, preferably a dead wife, and it was best to take care of the accounts when he entered the door, so that he could knock on a dowry and leave it for his son to marry his daughter-in-law. He had already said that his daughter was born beautifully, and he would not come to the door if the dowry was less than five yuan. The matchmaker introduced a few families, but Bai Qiaoqiao fought to the death, but she didn't agree. When Li Mu was transporting the grain, Bai Nao'er said again, he had already accepted the dowry of the leather shopkeeper, and he was going to marry his daughter to the shopkeeper to make a second room in the near future.
That's all there is to Bai Qiaoqiao's memories, maybe in Li Mu's heart, Bai Qiaoqiao is not important at all, so when Li Mu heard the words of his daughter-in-law just now, he didn't think of her for the first time.
Thinking of this, Li Mu smiled bitterly and said, "Mother, isn't she already married, I heard that Bai Nao'er has already received the dowry of the lame horse." ”
"I haven't married yet, the lame horse's wife disagreed, and made a fuss, and a few days ago someone from her mother's family came and beat the lame horse. This family business is also yellow, and now the lame horse is looking for Bai Haoer to ask for a dowry gift. After Sun Shi finished saying such a long sentence in one breath, he coughed again, took out the money and stuffed it back into his hand, and said, "Aren't you rich, you go and give it to Bai Hao'er." Although it is not as much as the lame horse, but it is money, you tell Bai Nao'er, in the future, you two can still earn, and you will give it after earning, and you can calculate the interest. Without my drag, you'll be able to save up in no time. ”
When Li Mu heard this, he felt very uncomfortable. A manly man, if you want to marry a daughter-in-law like this, you might as well die! Not to mention that he has a system and has hope, even if he doesn't, he will definitely not accept this condition! Li Mu said: "The daughter of their Bai family, I think our family can't afford it." I'll still use the money to treat you, and their daughters can sell it to whoever they want! ”
"Bastard, how can you be so conscienceless!" Hearing Li Mu say this, Sun was furious and actually raised his hand and gave him a slap. Li Mu was a little stunned and said, "Mother, what's wrong with the child?" ”
Sun Shi said sharply: "Bastard boy, how can you say that you are so clever." Qiaoqiao is your benefactor, even if you don't want to marry her, you should respect her. Do you know that if it weren't for her care, my mother would have been sick and bedridden for so many days, and she would have died a long time ago. It's chilling that you bastard still talks like that! ”
Seeing that Sun was so excited, Li Mu had no choice but to promise. At that moment, there was a sound of the door opening outside. Sun's face was overjoyed, and he said, "Go and greet it, it must be a coincidence." ”
Li Mu had no choice but to get up to greet him, and as soon as he arrived at the door, he was greeted by a girl wearing a skirt, carrying a bamboo basket, which contained several dishes, and it seemed that she was delivering food. Look at her figure, not tall, not short, not fat or thin, her height can probably reach Li Mu's shoulders, almost one meter six or five. The standard melon seed face, a pair of pear vortices on both cheeks, without powder, but with a hint of redness on the cheeks, even if you just stand there, it seems to be smiling, which is pleasant. Li Mu couldn't help but be a little stunned, no wonder Bai Hao'er dared to ask for a price of five times, he was indeed beautiful, even if he had memories of his previous life, he rarely saw such a beautiful woman.
The two of them almost bumped into each other, glanced at each other, Bai Qiaoqiao whispered, 'You're back', and entered the house from Li Mu's side. Li Mu noticed that when Bai Qiaoqiao spoke, he showed a tiger tooth, adding three points of cuteness. Admittedly, this fiancée's first impression on him was very good. Bai Qiaoqiao took the dishes out of the bamboo basket, and a smile appeared on her face, which was different from when she talked to Li Mu.
"Auntie, today I brought you vegetable porridge, and a few pieces of cooked meat, but it is not the leftover from the guests, it was secretly left when I cut the meat for the guests, I will help you sit up and feed you." Saying that, Bai Qiaoqiao was about to act, but Sun stopped him, grabbed her hand, and said, "Child, don't be busy eating first, my son has come back safely, and he has made military merits and won a reward." I'm probably not going to get better. Before I died, I wanted to see you two get married, and I was dumbfounded when I died......"
"Auntie," Bai Qiaoqiao blushed with shame, interrupted Sun's words, secretly glanced at Li Mu who was standing next to him, bowed his head and said: "He doesn't like me, the twisted melon is not sweet, let me talk about my father...... Alas, don't mention this, auntie, I'll feed you porridge. ”
Sun was anxious, looked at Li Mu who was silently pestle there, and said angrily: "You are not a filial son, and you don't speak, can't you make your mother angry to death?!" ”
Li Mu had no choice but to speak, and said: "As long as you are willing, I can marry you, and it will be regarded as my mother's ......" Before the words were finished, there was a commotion outside the door, and Li Mu welcomed the door, and it turned out that Bai Haoer was leading a group of people, holding hoes and sticks in their hands, blocking the gate.