Chapter 8: Qiaoqiao's Confession
Because it was Li Siwen who brought him, Lao Tietou was very polite to Li Mu, and made an appointment for tomorrow's work, so Li Mu said goodbye and went home. It's not far from home, just a few steps away. Before the two of them finished packing up their things, Li Mu asked Bai Qiaoqiao to light the candles, and the family of three worked for a full hour before pouring the things at the door into the house.
Closing the door, Bai Qiaoqiao lit a fire in the courtyard, boiled porridge in a clay pot, drank it as a family, and dealt with it. It has been a month and a half since Li Jing's army broke through Dingxiang City, and this house has been empty for a month and a half, and it is full of dust, and it needs to be sorted out before it can be lived normally. Dingxiang City has just been occupied by the Tang Dynasty, and it has been used as a base camp and has been under military management. Li Mu also thought of this, so when he came from Mayi County, he bought a lot of grain, enough for the three of them to eat for a month.
In this era, there is no panic when there is food. Bai Qiaoqiao is a capable worker, and within two days, he will be able to keep this house in good order. But today, it can only be simply cleaned up. It was late at night, Li Mu waited for Sun to sleep in the back room, instructed Bai Qiaoqiao to take good care of it, and returned to the front shop alone. He found a plank to make a bed, and rested here for the night.
The night was quiet, and the sound of striking iron was getting quieter, but it was still there. I don't know if it's so late, and whose weapons still need to be repaired. Blowing out the candle, Li Mu summoned the system. Tomorrow he will go to work in the ordnance superintendent, and Li Mu has to learn the skills first.
When he left Mayi County, the house was sold for two yuan, but it cost 300 wen to buy rice, 50 wen for the car, plus the consistent money in his hand, and now he has a total of about 2,700 wen, that is, 227 yuan of silver. Naturally, you have to keep a little money in case of emergency, so Li Mu can use no more than two taels of money at present.
Although the money is not much, it should still be spent. Li Mu first learned the primary forging technique, and there was no silver or two. After thinking about it, Li Mu learned two more branch skills under the primary forging technique, smelting and weapon repair, which happened to be used tomorrow. There was not a penny left in the two taels of silver, and it was all spent. Looking at the patterns that can be purchased, what sickles, hoes, etc., at least a penny of silver, Li Mu simply didn't learn any of them. Although he knows very well that the smelting and weapon repair are in the back, the upgrade proficiency is getting slower and slower, and if he wants to level up quickly, he must have a pattern, but what if he has no money, he can't directly conjure up money, unless he can find a gold and silver mine and directly smelt gold and silver for money.
Li Mu turned off the system and was about to fall asleep, when he suddenly heard footsteps approaching. Li Mu sat up and just saw Bai Qiaoqiao coming over with a quilt. Li Mu was shocked, in his previous life, he heard that the Tang Dynasty was open, but he didn't expect it to be true, the girl actually took the initiative to come over with the quilt, what is this for?
"Lang Jun ......"
As soon as this title came out, there was an awkward silence. In front of Li Siwen during the day, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Li Mu said that Bai Qiaoqiao was his daughter-in-law, so the two of them called each other Niangzi and Lang Jun throughout the day. Of course, Sun was happy to see it, and watched it beautifully, wishing that this was true. But Li Mu knew in his heart that this was an expedient measure, and he didn't know what Bai Qiaoqiao thought, but when he saw that her name was Lang Jun, his face was blushing as if he had applied rouge, and he knew that she was also extremely shy in her heart. When Li Siwen left, after Li Mu came back from the weapons prison, the two of them didn't talk much.
Now in the dead of night, the two of them are alone, and Bai Qiaoqiao's voice makes Li Mu's heart beat wildly. Although he has never smelled meat in this life, but he is not a virgin in his last life, he knows and has experienced this thing between men and women, although he can't be regarded as a hungry ghost in color, but a sign of the little beauty is called Lang Jun, and it is a look of Ren Jun picking, the night is long, as long as it is a man, how can he not be tempted?
Li Mu hid in the night and licked his dry lips, and said a little unnaturally: "Calling you a lady during the day is an expedient measure, you must not take it to heart." Our affairs are still as we said that day, take your time, ...... slowly"
"Are you going to regret it?" Bai Qiaoqiao put down the quilt and asked softly, she picked up the fire fold and lit the wax, and Li Mu had nothing to hide. Looking at Bai Qiaoqiao's shining eyes, Li Mu somehow lost his courage, and he really couldn't say anything against his will.
"It's cold at night, my mother is worried that you are cold, let me bring a quilt over."
It turned out that this was the case, Li Mu was a little lost, and it seemed that he was self-inflicted. He didn't realize that Bai Qiaoqiao had changed the title of the Sun family from 'eldest mother' to 'mother', missing the word 'big', but its meaning was very different.
Bai Qiaoqiao spread out the quilt and didn't rush back, Li Mu saw that she didn't leave, stayed for a while, gave up a place, and said, "Do you want to ...... Sit for a while? ”
Bai Qiaoqiao sat down next to him, the two of them leaned against the wall, and in front of them was the candle, quietly set off by the night, and there was nothing to say for a while.
After a long time, Bai Qiaoqiao spoke first and said, "Li Mu, I have something to ask you." ”
"Oh?" Li Mu was a little surprised, this was the first time Bai Qiaoqiao took the initiative to ask, so he said, "If you want to ask, you just say it." ”
Bai Qiaoqiao took a deep breath and said, "Do you have a sweetheart?" ”
"No," Li Mu looked at Bai Qiaoqiao strangely, and said: "Where did you come from, our two families live so close, and you often come to my house, my mother will tell you everything, do I have a sweetheart, can I hide it from you?" ”
Bai Qiaoqiao's face flushed, and he whispered: "Maybe it's after transporting grain......"
Li Mu smiled bitterly: "Can you really think that I was arrested the first time I transported grain, do you think that I fell in love with a Turkic woman in the Turkic camp?" ”
Bai Qiaoqiao bit her lip, thinking to herself, Li Mu's father was killed by the Turks, how could he never like a Turkic woman. Thinking of this, Bai Qiaoqiao mustered up the courage to ask: "Since you don't have a sweetheart, why are you so close to me, so that I can't figure out your thoughts, and my heart is chaotic." ”
Li Mu hurriedly said: "Where am I leaving?" When you say this, I am confused. ”
"Why not, you've always been pretentious about me, I thought you didn't like me. I was already dying, but you took out six dollars to buy me from my father. I guess you like me, but you say that you can't help but do emotional things, and you say that if I meet someone I like, you are willing to give me a dowry, isn't this a euphemism to say that you don't like me? But today, you call me a lady in front of outsiders, don't you know that a lady can't be called casually? If you really want me to marry someone else, so call it that, everyone else will know that I am your wife, how can I get married? ”
Bai Qiaoqiao said such a long sentence in one breath, and his courage ran out, and he hung his head on his chest to be an ostrich again.
Li Mu was speechless for a while, he didn't know how to explain. He couldn't tell Bai Qiaoqiao that the original Li Mu was dead, and I had crossed over. Besides, he couldn't figure out what he was thinking now. Bai Qiaoqiao was right, if he really wanted Bai Qiaoqiao to find a good family in the future, he shouldn't call her a lady.
Could it be that in my heart, I actually regarded Bai Qiaoqiao as a private person, and I didn't want her to like someone else, so it was just a high-sounding sentence?
Li Mu, Li Mu, you are really hypocritical!
"Y-Why don't you speak?" Bai Qiaoqiao waited for a while, but didn't see Li Mu answer, so she couldn't help but ask out loud.
"I ......" Li Mu scratched his head and said, "Okay, I admit that I have a good impression of you, and I don't want you to like others." But I also think that you should not be kidnapped with a marriage contract, so I said that if you have someone you like, I will give you a dowry. Are you satisfied with such an answer? ”
"Hmm......" Bai Qiaoqiao's face flushed, answered in a low voice, hesitated, and said: "Actually, I don't know if I like you because of the marriage contract." Maybe it used to be like this, but since you came back from this grain shipment, I feel that you are different. I can't tell you exactly what is different. But if you put it on hold, you wouldn't have bought me with six dollars. If you want to say you like it, it's probably from the moment you pulled me behind me and grabbed the stick from my dad that I really liked you......"
Bai Qiaoqiao's voice became smaller and smaller, and she was ashamed, jumped off the wooden board, and ran away without looking back.
Li Mu looked at her back and laughed, after living two lives, it was the first time she was confessed by a girl, this feeling was really comfortable! Li Mu is not a person who twists, since the woman has already shown her heart, how can a manly husband be a daughter, and he doesn't dislike Bai Qiaoqiao, even so, so what if he accepts this feeling. Bai Qiaoqiao is beautiful and virtuous, only he is not worthy of others, no one is not worthy of him, and he does not suffer at all!