It has been six days since Li Tian brought his aunt and Xiao En home from Houqi Town, and Uncle Wang has also been buried in the company of his wife and daughter.

The aunt went from shocked, disbelieving, and overwhelmed to reluctantly accept it later.

During this period, it is unknown what kind of psychological journey the aunt has undergone, but the deep sadness can be felt by anyone.

After Uncle Wang's death, Li Tian has also been living in self-blame, especially in the past few days with Xiao En and his aunt, this guilt and remorse have tormented Li Tian repeatedly.

Li Tian wanted to tell his aunt the truth several times, but he was forced to hold back.

Li Tian felt that he was very cowardly, and he never dared to tell his aunt the fact that Uncle Wang was injured and died in order to protect him.

Li Tian was afraid, afraid that he didn't know how to face his aunt after knowing the truth, and afraid that he didn't know how to face Xiao En.

Although Uncle Wang did not blame Li Tian when he was dying, Li Tian never got over the hurdle in his heart, at that time he only thought about revenge for Sister Fangli, even if he died, he had no regrets.

But now, Sister Fang Li's revenge has been avenged, but she owes Uncle Wang's family even greater kindness.

Looking at his aunt and Xiao En, Li Tian blamed himself deeply all the time, such a happy family of three, but now because of his impulsiveness, the family was ruined.

In fact, in the past few days, even if he didn't tell the truth, Li Tian couldn't face this hard-working couple.

From the moment I saw Uncle Wang's body to now, six days have passed.

In these six days, it is different from the sadness that can be seen by the aunt.

Xiao Enya didn't say a word, and she didn't see any big mood swings, no crying, no trouble, no shouting, no tears.

The whole person looked in a trance, sluggish and indifferent, as if he was numb to the world.

As the old saying goes, there is no greater mourning than death, and Xiao En has encountered so many things in just a few months. First he was taken captive and almost abducted somewhere else, then his father was punished to serve in hard labor, and now his father has died.

If the identities were reversed, Li Tian didn't dare to imagine what would happen to him if his father died.

In the past few days, Xiao En has been guarding in front of Wang Shuling all day and night, and her aunt ordered her to eat and drink water when she eats and drinks, so she only eats a little bit.

Although Li Tian has always been by his side, Li Tian has tried many times, but he can't get Xiao En to speak, and he can't even get Xiao En to concentrate his attention.

For all this, the aunt saw it in her eyes and hurt in her heart.

But although the aunt was sad, she didn't think about tea and rice like Xiao En, and she didn't eat a drop of water.

After getting through the initial sad stage, the aunt has changed.

The aunt touched her stomach from time to time to cheer herself up, hoping that the belly was a boy, if it was a boy, he could continue the incense for Uncle Wang, and the Wang family could be regarded as a successor.

Others didn't notice the aunt's small action, or even if they did, they wouldn't pay much attention to it, but Li Tian and his mother were different.

He is also his wife and mother.

Counting Li Tian, Li Tian's mother has given birth to a total of three times, Li Tian's eldest brother, Li Tian, and Li Tian's younger brothers and sisters who are born with dragons and phoenixes.

Li Tian and his mother knew the meaning of her aunt's small actions, and after some side knocks, Li Tian and her mother finally verified her idea and confirmed that her aunt was pregnant.

Li Tian knew the news that day.

It is a great joy for an aunt to be pregnant, but at this time, Li Tian couldn't be happy.

Li Tian's guilt for his aunt and Xiao En deepened.

The hard-working Xiaoen lost his father before he was ten years old, and what was even more bitter was the child in his aunt's womb, who had never even seen his father's face, and became an orphan in his mother's womb.

Every time he thought of this, Li Tian would feel extremely painful.

It seems that the black clouds are crushing the city, and it seems to be entangled by a python, which is an extremely suffocating and depressing feeling.

After knowing that her aunt was pregnant, the little girl finally had some reaction.

Although Xiao En is not yet an adult, he knows a lot of things.

After Uncle Wang was buried, Xiao En followed his aunt every day, although he still didn't say a word, but he also thought about his aunt everywhere, took care of his aunt, and helped his aunt do some work.

Seeing that Xiao En's girl could make some changes, the aunt also let go of her worries.

Let's go back to Li Tian.

After Uncle Wang was buried, the first thing Li Tian did was to recognize his aunt as his stepmother.

If it weren't for that, after Uncle Wang was buried, the aunt was ready to take Xiao En back to Houqi Town to live.

On the day of Uncle Wang's funeral, the shopkeeper also came to attend the funeral.

At the end of the funeral, the shopkeeper said to his aunt and Li Tian that he would rebuild the Tianxiang Restaurant, hoping that Li Tian could go back to work in the restaurant. and said to the aunt that if the aunt is willing, she can continue to go back to the restaurant.

But Li Tian didn't want his aunt to return to Houqi Town, first, Houqi Town is not safe now, and second, his aunt is easy to be bullied when he goes back to orphans and widows.

Moreover.

After the siege of the city by horse bandits, Li Tian has completely given up the idea of letting the whole family move to Houqi Town to live.

In the face of the disaster, the huge Houqi Town has become a target, and it is not as quiet and safe as the small mountain village where Li Tian's family lives.

Li Tian wanted his aunt and Xiao En to stay at their house, so that he could take care of his aunt and Xiao En nearby.

How to persuade her aunt to stay made Li Tian think about it for a long time, her aunt is a woman who is soft on the outside and strong on the inside, and she needs to really agree to persuade her.

In the end, Li Tian came up with the idea of recognizing his aunt as his stepmother.

Only in this way can the aunt live in Li Tian's house and cultivate herself and raise her fetus.

Only in this way can the aunt and Xiao En stay in Li Tian's house in a proper manner, otherwise this orphan and widow will inevitably end up gossiping if they have been living in Li Tian's house.

In this way, a few days later, just when Li Tian was going back to Houqi Town to help the shopkeeper rebuild the restaurant, the imperial court's conscription decree came to the small mountain village where Li Tian's house was located.

The people of the yamen carried notices and went from house to house to inform the court of the decree.

After some information from the officials, Li Tian and others learned that on the third day of the accident in the mine and the attack on Houqi Town, the imperial court issued an edict to recruit soldiers.

At present, Houqi Town has implemented measures to recruit and transfer people to enlist in the army and suppress bandits according to households.

In each household, if there are men over the age of 15 and under the age of 55, at least one person shall be in the household.

If there is no man in any household, or if the male is a minor, or if there is only an elderly person over 55 years of age, he may be exempted from military service.

Brother Li Tian is an adult, and Li Tian's father is under the age of fifty-five, so Li Tian's family must meet the requirements.

The official in charge of publicizing the will recorded Li Tianjia after inquiring about the situation.

Before leaving, the official told Li Tian that three days later, at least one member of the Li family would go to the town lord's mansion in Houqi Town to report, and if they dared to escape military service, Li Tian's family would be punished to do hard labor.