Chapter 13: Midnight
Li Mu is a person who will do it when he thinks of it, and after eating, he excused himself to be tired from work today, said to Sun, and went back to the front yard shop early. Li Mu didn't notice that when he spoke, Bai Qiaoqiao's face was visibly red to the base of her neck as if someone was applying rouge to her. How did she know what Li Mu was doing, just because he couldn't wait. Sun Shi saw the small movements of the two of them in his eyes, and when Li Mu walked away, he lightly touched Bai Qiaoqiao's elbow, and said softly: "Qiaoqiao, don't worry, our old Li family will not treat you badly." ”
The headless sentence made Bai Qiaoqiao stunned. After all, she was smart, and soon guessed that Sun must have seen something, so she sighed, threw herself into Sun's arms in shame, and called out to her mother.
Li Mu returned to the shop in the front yard, pretended to close his eyes and pretended to sleep, and called out the system in his mind. There is money in his pocket, and he is not panicking, this time he is much more generous than before. Isn't it just a tael of silver to find a cooking technique! Learned! When he finished, he was dumbfounded, because he suddenly realized a problem. There is a saying that it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, and the cooking technique is learned, but there are no ingredients, isn't it useless!
Li Mu gritted his teeth and sulked, secretly scolding himself for being stupid and wasting a tael of silver in vain. At the same time, Li Mu also reflected on himself, and just thought about eating, drinking and enjoying himself as soon as he had a little money. Where is the ambition, you should use this money and pay attention to development!
Li Mu thought about it seriously for a while, and learned the art of construction, and the two branches of construction, carpentry and civil engineering, also learned. When I came from Mayi, the big items at home were not moved, and there was not even a decent furniture in the house, and now there are no merchants in Dingxiang City, and there is no place to buy them if you want to, so I have to learn the skills to do it myself. In addition, this house is also damaged, and if you plan to live for a long time in the future, you still have to repair it. Li Mu pondered and bought a few drawings, and the money was spent like flowing water, and in a blink of an eye, the five taels of silver were gone!
"Did you sleep?"
Just when Li Mu was distressed, Bai Qiaoqiao's voice suddenly remembered in his ears. Li Mu hurriedly turned off the system, opened his eyes and saw Bai Qiaoqiao, and froze for a moment, only then remembered the joke when he just went home. Li Mu smiled bitterly to himself, he really just said it casually, I didn't expect this girl to be so sincere, she really came!
Bai Qiaoqiao didn't know Li Mu's thoughts, and when he saw that he was silent, he took the lamp himself. The lights flickered as if it were yesterday. Bai Qiaoqiao naturally sat next to Li Mu, bit her lip and glanced at him, and was about to untie the belt of her clothes.
"You wait first!" Li Mu was startled, and hurriedly pressed Bai Qiaoqiao's hand, Bai Qiaoqiao glanced at him suspiciously, and put his hand down.
Li Mugan laughed and said, "I called you here to talk to you, not that." Gee, can you not always think of me so ...... So...... I'm actually very shy! ”
Bai Qiaoqiao's black and white eyes made Li Mu's heart weak, and suddenly she laughed, gently leaned on Li Mu's shoulder, and whispered: "I know, then I'll talk to you." ”
Li Mu sighed, after sighing, he wondered why he sighed, could it be disappointment?
Li Mu raised his hand and gently put it on Bai Qiaoqiao's shoulder, the weight of his shoulder made him feel that he now had a woman, a Tang Dynasty woman.
"My mother went to bed early today." Bai Qiaoqiao whispered, and Li Muleng knew what it meant. It seems that he can't hide any thoughts, and his little actions, like students who cheat in exams, have nothing to hide in the eyes of the invigilator.
"There's nothing to be ashamed of, we're not sneaky, when we settle down a little, I'll marry you!" Li Mu hugged Bai Qiaoqiao, and said in a firm tone, this is the first time he has promised Bai Qiaoqiao head-on.
"Really?"
"What are you lying to! Don't you want to marry me? ”
"Yes," Bai Qiaoqiao nodded vigorously and squeezed into Li Mu's arms. How could she not think about it, in the social environment of the Tang Dynasty, a woman could marry at the age of thirteen, and she would be out of the cabinet at the age of fifteen or sixteen. She is already twenty years old this year, and twenty years old is just the age of college in later generations, but in the Tang Dynasty, under normal circumstances, she was already the mother of several children. When I was in Mayi, there was already a lot of gossip among the neighbors. Some people even said that she was a stone girl and she was not breathable, so she couldn't get married. Although Bai Qiaoqiao is a gentle character, she will feel uncomfortable listening to this kind of words. moved to Dingxiang City, and this pressure has not dissipated. Not to mention anything else, when he met Li Siwen yesterday, he also asked Li Mu how many children he had in his family. When I heard that I didn't have children, I looked at Bai Qiaoqiao a few times strangely, although I didn't say it, but that meant to say, your lady is so old, why didn't you have children?
Li Mu couldn't feel this kind of pressure. Because in his consciousness, it is very normal for Bai Qiaoqiao not to have children at this age. But for Bai Qiaoqiao, it is extremely stressful. There are three unfilial pieties, and no queen is great. If you really can't give birth, it's okay, and you deserve to be charged with this crime, but the actual situation is not like this, how unjust!
Therefore, Bai Qiaoqiao is so active, and he also has this part of his mind in it. She already belongs to Li Mu, and if she can give birth to a child for him as soon as possible, she will be more at ease, unlike now, when her mood is like duckweed.
Where did Li Mu know that Bai Qiaoqiao would have so many inner activities, and he was sorting out the future arrangements. Now that I have the skill of refining metal and the pile of iron ore slag, I don't need to worry about money for the time being. But then there is another problem, money is important, but no material is in vain. If you want to buy supplies, there are only two ways, either leave Dingxiang City and go to the big city, or find a way to lure the merchants over. The former is not feasible at present, because Li Mu is still waiting for Tang Jian and waiting for Li Jing's army to return to the division, so that when calculating meritorious deeds, he can get his share of the reward and give him the opportunity to go to Chang'an.
Then you can only choose the latter, but how can you attract businessmen? Now that the battle is not over, who wants to come to Dingxiangcheng to do business. Businessmen who seek profit and avoid harm will never come to this kind of place. Suddenly, he remembered Li Siwen, Li Siwen had said that the imperial court was about to appoint the county commander to come over, set up a yamen in Dingxiang City, and then auction the house to make Dingxiang City run again. Li Mu couldn't help but think about it, if someone else came to be the county commander, with his current status, it was almost impossible to take him seriously. But if Li Siwen becomes the county magistrate, it will be very different. Li Siwen regards him as a confidant, and his suggestion will definitely be adopted by Li Siwen.
"I hope that guy can become a county magistrate." Li Mu said silently in his heart. Suddenly, he heard a slight snoring, and looked down to see that Bai Qiaoqiao was asleep in his arms. Li Mu subconsciously wanted to wake up Bai Qiaoqiao and let her go back to the backyard to sleep, but he raised his hand, but he didn't take a picture.
He lay down carefully, pulled the quilt around the two of them, stretched out his arm and gave Bai Qiaoqiao as a pillow, hugged her gently, and closed his eyes.