Wife is an enemy general
Chapter 52 I think he is dead, right?
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It was snowing in the mountains, and it was not the first snow. This snow did not affect everyone.
It's the end of the year, and the mountains are busy recently.
The armistice agreement was signed only a few months ago, so the first year after the signing of the armistice agreement is a very important and precious year for the people of Daning, and it is also a year that needs to be celebrated.
People in the mountains start preparing for the New Year early. As soon as the twelfth lunar month comes, the mountains change day by day. In previous years, everyone just pasted some red paper on the door frame to count as couplets. This year's family situation The ones that are a little bit better, all went down the mountain to buy Spring Festival couplets and posted them on the left and right.
Their respective homes were also cleaned up extraordinarily cleanly. Although most of the houses on the mountain were relatively old, they looked much cleaner after such careful cleaning.
In addition to cleaning up, some people went down the mountain to buy firecrackers and went home to prepare them for the Chinese New Year.
This incident set off a big upsurge in the mountains. For a long time, people in the mountains liked to gather around and ask how many firecrackers other people bought, and how many firecrackers their own bought.
Things like Spring Festival couplets and firecrackers are not cheap, and for those in the mountains who live on this little bit of barren land to grow vegetables, it is not a small expense.
But this year, everyone doesn't mind spending more money on this matter.
If the situation is even better, even the wealthy family will add a new dress just for this celebration.
Seeing that the time of Chinese New Year is approaching day by day, the mountains are lively, and Li Mu's house is also lively recently.
It's winter, it's snowing, and it's the New Year's Eve. During this period of time, in other people's homes, there may be nothing to do in the fields. It's a good time to just rest at home and play with relatives, but for him, winter is far away. Gives him more headaches than any other season.
Li Mu walked up from the duck shed at the foot of the mountain covered in snow. When he arrived at the village, before he entered the fenced yard of his home, someone stretched out his hand and greeted him from a distance, "Li Mumu, are you still alive this year?" Chinese New Year in the mountains?"
Li Mu raised his head and looked towards that person. In the yard, four or five middle-aged women were sitting around the stove, kowtowing melon seeds and talking. Seeing Li Mu, they all looked towards this side.
"Well, it's comfortable in the mountains." Li Mu nodded, greeted them, and continued walking towards his home.
Those individuals didn't say anything more, and after Li Mu walked away, they chatted around Li Mu again.
In the past two years, the mountain has already changed a lot, and the one that has changed the most is Li Mu's family.
Two years ago, he was just a small person who surrounded other people and fed a few ducks, but now he is different.
Although he still raises ducks in this mountain now, the mountain in this mountain has been changed to his name, and the duck cages that used to surround a part of the mountain to raise ducks have expanded a lot, and there are several in the vicinity. He is now using the mountain.
Moreover, the situation in the mountain is also different from the past. In the past two years, he has been planting fruit trees in the mountain, adding more and more year by year. Now there are two or three peach trees and jujube trees alone. Mountain.
He also raised ducks and planted fruit trees. Now there are several long-term workers under him alone.
With the expansion of the industry, Li Mu's money is of course much richer than it was two years ago.
If it were someone else, they would have already moved to a more convenient town, but Li Mu still lives on this mountain, in his dilapidated house that has to double in snow every year to live in. .
Regarding this point, some people in the mountains said that it was because Li Mu lived on the mountain near the duck cage and the orchard, which was easier to manage.Some people also said that Li Mu stayed here to wait for someone.
In the previous war, all the people in the mountains left, some of them disappeared when they came back, and new people came in later.
Two years have passed, and Uncle Hong, Yun'er, and Li Mu's wife have all disappeared.
The people in the village said that it was because of an accident in the previous fleeing that they were killed. The sister-in-law of the Su family and the white osmanthus who lived in their village said they had left.
But no matter what it was, it was right that these people hadn't come back anyway.
Speaking of this matter, everyone sighed, and at the same time they became a little envious.
Li Mu's family's property has become bigger now, among other things, his group of ducks come down every year, and the duck eggs and duck meat they sell are enough to envy them.Looking at it like this, it is estimated that the peach and jujube trees in his mountains will bear a batch of fruits next year.
"Everyone said that life will be better in the future, let me see, life is really better than Li Mu's, I guess." Among the several women, one of them said with emotion.
Thinking about two or three years ago, Li Mu was just a retired veteran with nothing in his family. Unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, he already has such a family fortune.
"Look at your sour words. If you have the ability, you can raise ducks too, and no one is stopping you." Another person said with a smile.
The rest of the people laughed when they heard this.
They will talk about this as a joke. Seeing that the situation in Li Mu's family is getting better and better, the people in the mountains are not without jealousy. There are also many people who want to learn from Li Mu to do these things, but in the end it is mostly a loss. Earn more for less.
Gradually, everyone stopped thinking about it.
But having said that, Li Mu is still a good person.Two or three years have passed, and the old householders in this village, who were a little afraid of him at first, are full of praise when they mention him now.
After Li Mu made his fortune, he didn't do anything special in the village. He did whatever he wanted, and when the situation got better in the second year, he even paid for it himself, and repaired the road up and down the mountain by himself. Fan.
Although it was considered for his own future business, the road up and down the mountain was long. After he made such a fuss, he spent money to do it himself, and the people in the village couldn't fault it. Naturally give a thumbs up.
In addition to this, if people in the village want to buy two duck eggs for their children, they can go to him to buy them, and they will always be much cheaper than those sold at the bottom of the mountain.
Anyway, after two or three years, when people in the village mentioned Li Mu, they mostly praised him.
At the same time, when Li Mu was mentioned, he couldn't help but want to talk about another thing, which was the matter of marrying Li Mu.
Li Mu is now in his late twenties, and the situation at home is getting better and better. The daughter-in-law he married before has disappeared. Regardless of whether he is dead or alive, Li Mu is now alone, and it is inevitable that someone will touch him. thought.
So although the road in the mountains is not easy to walk, there will still be matchmakers coming up to him every now and then.
The people in the village also wanted to talk to Li Mu about their marriage. After all, no matter who married him in his current situation, it would be a blessing, but Li Mu rejected all those who made it clear.
Li Mu walked quickly on the snow, not listening to the people behind him talking about him.
When he arrived in front of the fenced yard of his house, he saw those people standing in the yard before he entered the door.
"Boss." A young man with a sweet mouth in the yard opened his mouth.
Li Mu nodded, patted the snow on his body and entered the main room. After a while, he came out with a few red envelopes.
Everyone immediately smiled when they saw this, with a bit of joy on their faces.
Li Mu had already prepared a lot of red envelopes in his hand, and distributed them side by side. Seeing that everyone happily looked at them and put them away carefully, he said: "There are still some red envelopes in the main room." A few baskets, you can pick them up later by yourself."
When everyone heard this, they laughed even more happily, and thanked Li Mu endlessly.
They had already seen the eggs in the basket in the main room of Li Mu's house and the ducks tied to it, but they were patiently excited before Li Mu opened his mouth.
Now that Li Mu opened his mouth, of course he should thank Li Mu well.
Li Mu nodded, as a thank you to all the people who raised their fists at him to celebrate the New Year.
Seeing that everyone was almost happy, Li Mu said again: "It's almost time for the Chinese New Year. This year will be the same as in previous years. You won't use it after the 25th of the twelfth lunar month. Have a good time and come back on the fifth and sixth day of the new year next year." .”
The ten-day holiday made everyone excited about it.
Although this holiday is not particularly long, they will be happy for a long time with the amount of red envelopes Li Mu gave them and the duck eggs in the basket.
"Boss, why don't I come back to help you in two days?" The young man who greeted Li Mu when he saw Li Mu from afar said with a smile.
Hearing this, Li Mu looked back at him, and couldn't help but smile a little on his deep-browed face, "Come if you're free."
When the people next to him saw it, they hurriedly pushed the young man to laugh at him, "Why do you still think that the red envelopes are not enough, and want to earn some more?"
The young man was not shy either, he smiled and accepted the matter.
Li Mu now raises more ducks, no longer two or three hundred like before. Although they have prepared the feed and other things in advance, but with Li Mu alone, he wants to feed the ducks alone in the past ten days Well, it's also a very tiring thing.
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They also came to help during the holidays. According to Li Mu's personality, they would definitely give some red envelopes. They all knew that, but how should I put it? After the Chinese New Year, especially this year, most people still prefer to stay by themselves. Celebrate at home with those in your own family.
After laughing for a while, everyone bid farewell to Li Mu one after another, picked up the basket and went back.
The 25th of the twelfth lunar month is still two or three days away, and Li Mu is dividing up the red envelopes in advance.
After everyone in the courtyard had almost left, Li Mu went to his main room, and Xu Tian and Xia Jingming, who were standing together in the courtyard just now, also followed in.
The two of their family are doing things here at Li Mu's place, so their family took two of the red envelopes just now, and the red envelopes given by Li Mu are very generous.
"I discussed it with my family, and we will come to help you during the Chinese New Year." Xu Tian said to Li Mu after finding a place to sit down by himself.
Seeing this, Xia Jingming nodded quickly, "There are almost a thousand ducks here, and you definitely can't handle it by yourself."
"It's good, but it's the Chinese New Year soon, don't you guys spare some time to buy new year's goods?" Li Mu said.
It's already in the twelfth lunar month, if you don't buy new year's goods, it is estimated that the town at the foot of the mountain will be closed in two days.
"We don't, we just came to tell you about it. How about it, will you spend it with us this year?" Xu Tian said, "There is no rush for this year's goods. You can buy them at 2526. You have to follow If we live together, I will ask him to buy more vegetables."
Working with Li Mu for the past two years, the couple has saved a small amount of money, but the reason why they are so close to Li Mu is not because of the money, but because the relationship between the two is already good.
Li Mu is kind to others, as long as you do your job well and you don't owe him anything, he is also generous, not to mention that the two families live next to a small road.
"Not this year." Li Mu shook his head.
Last year, the two of them had a New Year's Eve dinner together with Xu Tian and the others in this courtyard. It was very lively, but this year...
"What?" Li Mu's refusal surprised Xu Tian.
Li Mu raised his head and looked towards the door. He looked into the distance and didn't know what he was looking at, "Isn't this year's situation special? I thought it would be good for your family to get together. It’s more comfortable to be together as a family.”
Seeing him like this, Xu Tian thought about it and didn't force it anymore, "That's fine, if you two are too lazy to start a fire, you can come to us."
The matter of Uncle Hong and Zhong Xiuyuan, Xu Tian and his family probably saw something, after all, it was too much of a coincidence.
But the two of them didn't say anything, after all, some things don't have to be known clearly.
"Then you 26, let's go down the mountain to buy new year's goods together." Xia Jingming said.
Li Mu nodded, and began to think about what things should be bought at home.
Now there are only him and Zhong Manlu in his family, and both of them are men, so they don't really care much about such things.
But for Chinese New Year, after all, we still want to have fun, so Li Mu is still going to buy some snacks and put it away, in case someone comes to the house to play, it will be easy to share.
Spring Festival couplets and firecrackers and so on, I guess I have to buy some back. After all, it is Chinese New Year, and there must be some atmosphere.
After setting a specific time, Xu Tian and his wife picked up their belongings and returned home.
Not long after the couple left, a slightly thin figure ran in from outside the door. Zhong Manlu patted his clothes while running into the house.
"That's fine, it's snowing if you say it's snowing, it's freezing to death." Zhong Manlu shook his head, letting the snow fall from his hair.
Two years later, it was the tall Zhong Manlu who was very different from before.
He has grown a lot taller. Originally, he was no more than Li Mu's shoulders, but now he is almost as tall as Li Mu.
He has also lost a lot of weight. Although he eats a lot every day, his nutrition is presumably used for growing taller.
That face also resembled Zhong Xiuyuan more and more, but it was still a little less calm.
"At 26, Xia Jingming and I will go down the mountain to buy new year's goods, do you want to go together?" Li Mu raised his hand and poured him a cup of hot tea, "It's the Chinese New Year after all, so it's good to buy something and put it away."
There are only the two of them in the family now, which is much more deserted than before.
After hearing Li Mu's words, Zhong Manlu, who was patting the snow, paused, and quickly concealed his discomfort, before saying, "Go."
After saying this, the two of them didn't speak any more.
After Zhong Manlu patted the snow on his body, he sat down beside him, took the tea that Li Mu poured for him, and drank it in one gulp, then quickly poured a cup of hot water and covered it with his hands.
The sky was getting dark, and a small group of people walked towards their yard in the distance. After looking around at the door for a while, they entered the fenced yard.
Seeing a few people, Li Mu stood up and walked out.
Li Mu knew these people, although they had changed a lot since they met him for the first time.
These people were headed by some of the people who had come to the mountain to look for Uncle Hong and hoped that he could go back. Li Mu didn't know the specific position, but it was reckoned to be reasonable from the looks of it.
"This is the one who asked me to give it to you." Several people put the things in their hands on the ground.
Those are two food boxes. Although there is no special decoration and they look ordinary, the material of the food box itself is excellent, and a knowledgeable person can tell it at a glance.
Li Mu nodded, his expressionless face became warmer because of the appearance of these two food boxes.
"You help me bring something back." Li Mu said.
Those people had already expected it, so they waited in place.
A moment later, Li Mu and Zhong Manlu came over with a basket of things.
Looking at the basket, the faces of the few people who brought them something were distorted. Although they tried their best to bear it, they still couldn't understand it.
What Li Mu asked them to bring back to that person were only some ducks and duck eggs, and they also saw a pheasant that they presumably looked like a pheasant inside.
Duck eggs, ducks, wild pheasants, if you give it to others, then it doesn't matter, but you gave it to that adult and gave it such a thing...
What made them even more incomprehensible was that when they delivered these things to that person last year, the ruthless and uncompromising adult actually blushed in front of them.
"Trouble you, be careful, don't knock." Li Mu wrapped all the things in the basket with a cloth, for fear of being drenched in snow.
"Yeah." The few people didn't speak, they carried their things and walked down the mountain.
I saw these people leaving the yard when they were not attracting attention in the night, and walked towards the road down the mountain.
Li Mu watched for a while, but finally couldn't hold back and chased after him, "I want to ask how he is doing?"
Several people stopped when they heard the sound, and then looked at each other.
They all know the relationship between this family and that adult, but because they know and also understand the truth that accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger, they have always been just doing their duty to send letters and deliver things. Everything else, don't ask, mention, look or listen to anything else.
"How is his illness..." Li Mu looked at several people.
After being silent for a while, the leader said: "We can't talk about this matter, and we can't talk about the things inside it casually."
There have always been rumors that the late emperor Lin Hong was seriously ill, but it was only a rumor. In addition, during this period of time, the late emperor has always governed the country well and made frequent moves, so not many people believe it.
Li Mu opened his mouth, but finally said nothing.
Seeing Li Mu like this, the leader said before turning around and leaving, "He misses you very much, and so does that young man."
Li Mu didn't speak any more, just watched these people disappear into the night.
These people came and left without stopping.
When they came and left, they deliberately avoided the people in the village, so no one in the village knew about it.
This moderate snowfall lasted for two or three days. Fortunately, at 26, it finally stopped.
Early in the morning, Li Mu and Zhong Manlu followed Xia Jingming down the mountain, preparing to go down the mountain to buy some New Year's goods.
The road up and down the mountain has been repaired by Li Mu before, so the road is much easier now. Although there are still steep places, at least there is no need to worry about falling when it is snowing.
After going down the mountain and arriving at the town, the aura of Zi Nian became clearer and richer.
Every household in the town posted Spring Festival couplets and hung red lanterns. There were a lot of firecrackers and confetti on the ground, and there was a faint smell of firecrackers in the air.
The children running on the road were wearing new clothes, and their cheeks were flushed from the cold, so cute.
On the 26th of the twelfth lunar month, some shops in the town have closed down, but most of those selling snacks and New Year's goods are still doing business.
"I'm going to the vegetable market. Do you want to go together? Or should we buy some new year's goods here first?" Xia Jingming pointed to the vegetable market.
There must be no more vegetables to grow in the fields in winter, but everyone in the mountains still has a lot of storage in their cellars. Xia Jingming is probably going there now because he wants to cut some meat for the new year.
Li Mu shook his head and did not go with him, "You go first, we will gather at the gate of the town later."
"Okay!" Xia Jingming tightened his backpack, and happily walked towards the vegetable seller.
After watching Xia Jingming leave, Li Mu turned to look at Zhong Manlu next to him, "What do you want to eat?"
"Ah?" Zhong Manlu, who seemed to be distracted, withdrew his gaze from the side, "Oh, let's buy some peanut candy!"
Li Mu looked along his line of sight, at the place he just looked at, there was a notice about the armistice agreement and looking for Zhong Xiuyuan.
Due to the heavy snowfall, most of the words on the notice were already wet, and the painter should be Zhong Xiuyuan's figure, and the lines were blurred.
General Zhong Xiuyuan has completely disappeared since the previous trip to Yuan Kingdom alone, and no one knows where he went.
Li Mu withdrew his gaze, turned around and walked towards the place that sold peanut candy that Zhong Manlu said.
Although Li Mu is delicious, he also likes to eat some delicious food, but he likes mostly some dishes. Although he also likes peanut candy, which is sweet and fragrant, he doesn't eat much, because it's easy to get bored.
In the past, he always kept some at home, not because he liked to eat it himself, but to amuse Yun'er.
Although Yuner is mature and sensible, she is still a child after all, and she still loves things like peanut candy.
Li Mu used to buy some snacks to keep at home after selling duck eggs, and gave some to Yun'er from time to time. Seeing how happy he was, everyone's mood would improve a lot.
Zhong Manlu didn't like peanut candy too much. Li Mu asked him just now, and he instinctively said this thing, because when Li Mu gave Yuner peanut candy before, Yuner would definitely share it in a blink of an eye. He half.
The two found the shop that used to buy peanut candy before, bought some peanut candy, bought some dried fruit, walked around and chose some pastries
After choosing the items, Li Mu took them over and asked the shopkeeper to weigh them.
The shopkeeper was doing business right now. He took the things, weighed them skillfully, and wrapped them up. After finishing these, he reported the number and was handing the things to Li Mu. When he looked up and saw Li Mu's face, he immediately Be happy, "Hey, isn't this Boss Li? Why are you here?"
Li Mu is now raising thousands of ducks in this mountain, and he has also planted peach trees, jujube trees and other fruit trees. Although he doesn't live in this town, everyone in this town knows him.
"For Chinese New Year, buy some New Year's goods." Li Mu's face was still expressionless, but he was gentle.
"It's so late." The snack shop owner smiled, took some pastries from the side and wrapped them up, and gave them to Li Mu together, "Try it, this is our new jujube paste cake. "
Li Mu didn't refuse, but nodded to him in thanks.
But the boss asked again: "I haven't seen you for a long time, business is very busy recently?"
Hearing what the boss said, Li Mu was momentarily surprised. He was not familiar with the boss. If it wasn't because he was standing in front of the shop, he wouldn't even know who he was.
The boss saw Li Mu's doubts, and he laughed and said: "You are a nobleman who forgets things. Didn't you often come to my shop to buy peanut candy? There are only a few regular customers in my small shop in the town. You didn't come here much this year, so I'm just a little curious."
If it was just an ordinary regular customer, he would have forgotten it if he hadn't come for a year or two, but because it was Li Mu, he would inevitably remember it.Occasionally, when someone he knew mentioned Li Mu, he would still say a few words.
Hearing what this person said, Li Mu thought about the peanut candy again. After thinking about it, he asked the shop owner to bring him another two catties of peanut candy.
If that group of people comes again next time, he will let them take him there.
Li Mu settled the money and walked back with his things. After going up the mountain at night, Li Mu realized belatedly that things like peanut candy will soften after being left for a long time. If they are soft, they will not taste good. ...
It was rare for them to come down the mountain, so Li Mu simply took Zhong Manlu and the two to find a noodle restaurant in the town, and each of them ate a bowl of hot noodles at noon.
They went down the mountain to buy a lot of things this time. In addition to snacks, Spring Festival couplets, firecrackers, and New Year's food and drinks, Li Mu also planned to add new clothes for both of them.
There is no woman in the family and no one to help with stitches and stitches, so the clothes of the two of them are used up quickly.If you can still wear it, you can ask Xu Tian to sew a few stitches on it. If you can’t wear it, you can only change it and do other things.
Coupled with Zhong Manlu's age, and it's time for him to grow taller, he looks different every day, so he has to buy clothes.
After such a toss, most of the day passed.
In the middle of the afternoon, the two people who had finished their shopping in advance packed their bags and went to the gate of the town to wait for Xia Jingming.
There is a small place at the entrance of this town, and there are some small vendors selling these small things, most of them are steamed stuffed buns or candied haws, for those who want to go home or just come.
The two put their things down against the stone pillar at the gate of the town. Li Mu was about to find a place to sit and wait, when he saw Zhongman Road next to him, looking at Baozi next to him.
"If you want to eat, go buy it." Li Mu said, he began to rummage through his pockets, looking for some change.
Zhong Manlu smiled, then ran over by himself, and bought four big buns with his pocket money.
After distributing two to Li Mu, he started to eat the steaming steamed buns, "Brother, this stuff is really delicious."
He was growing up right now, so he liked to be hungry, and his stomach was always empty in the middle of the afternoon every day.
Li Mu also tasted it, and the taste of the steamed buns was really good, and the portion of the steamed stuffed buns was also quite large, each one was quite big.
He ate one, and after giving the rest to Zhongman Road, he looked around at several small shops nearby.
After the armistice agreement, the town was full of excitement, and now that it was Chinese New Year, it was even more lively.Although it was already mid-afternoon, the streets were still crowded with pedestrians.
When there are more people, there will be more people talking.
The two of them leaned against the side of the town gate, eating and waiting, but there were people talking loudly on the other side.
The topic still revolves around the armistice agreement and Zhong Xiuyuan. The armistice agreement has greatly benefited the people of the two countries, and everyone is naturally happy. Slowly the taste changed again.
Zhong Xiuyuan was originally a member of Yuan Guo, and it was because of Yuan Guo's existence that Daning was unable to break through Yuan Guo for ten years. He was once the most hated existence by everyone in Daning.
Later, he turned against each other, helped Daning, and even made a feat of leading a thousand cavalry to attack outside the capital of Yuan Guoguo in one fell swoop.
This almost became a myth at the time, causing everyone in Daning to be excited, but...
"...It's been so long and I haven't found anyone. I think he is dead?" said a person in the opposite corner.
"It doesn't matter if he's dead, think about it, Yuan Guo and Daning definitely can't tolerate him in his situation, how embarrassing it would be if he was still alive!"
As soon as this person said these words, there were people around to cater to him, while others objected.
"Why is it embarrassing? He has helped us Daning now, so we have to get a general to do it anyway."
"As for the general, are you stupid? He is still a member of Yuan Guo. Although he did help us Daning before, who knows if he will suddenly turn against us Daning again like before?"
"That's right, if he comes back alive, do you think those people in Daning dare to hand over the military power to him?"
"Hey, let's put it this way, you said that he has been unable to find anyone, is it because he was secretly secreted by Daning's people..." While speaking, the man made a gesture of wiping his neck.
After he finished speaking, before the person next to him could speak, a half-eaten bun fell on his face.
Zhong Manlu stood up, staring at the group of people with scarlet eyes.
Those people were suddenly hit by Zhong Manlu, and they became angry instantly, wanting to come over while cursing.
Zhong Manlu's chest heaved rapidly. He was already very angry. Seeing those people coming up, he also walked forward, but just as he took a step, a hand behind him grabbed him and held him back. He tugged back.
"Is there something wrong?" Li Mu stepped forward and stood in front of Zhongman Road.
His face was expressionless, and he looked at the group of people in front of him with cold eyes. When he spoke, his tone was still the same as usual, but the coldness and murderous look in his eyes were stronger than the snow in the cold winter months. Bitter cold.
Although Li Mu hadn't encountered the killing and killing of wolves for several years, it was impossible for the things that had been engraved in his bones to be erased by time so easily.
Those few people were stared at so coldly by Li Mu, their legs softened in an instant, and after a few bluffing murmurs, they ran away.
When those people ran away, Li Mu let go of the hand on Zhong Manlu's shoulder, and Zhong Manlu raised his hand to touch the place where Li Mu had grabbed him, with an extremely complicated expression, "Brother..."
He didn't see the expression on Li Mu's face just now, but Li Mu's hand on his shoulder just now pinched his shoulder so much that it still hurts.
"He's here, let's go back." Li Mu walked aside and picked up the things on the ground.
After Zhong Manlu heard the words, he immediately looked in the direction Li Mu was looking at just now. He was so nervous that his palms were covered with sweat.
On the bustling street, strange faces walked back and forth, but there was no one he was familiar with.
It took him a while to realize that Li Mu was referring to Xia Jingming, not another person.
On the way back, Zhongmanlu was exceptionally silent, but Xia Jingming was very happy, talking all the way.
After the previous armistice agreement was signed, the former emperor Lin Hong promulgated a series of new policies to change the current national conditions in Daning, the most important part of which was the arrangement for refugees.
Nowadays, there are refugees everywhere in Daning who do not have enough food, drink or even clothes. It is not an easy task to change the living conditions of these refugees.
The former emperor Lin Hong had established disaster relief points in various places where the disaster situation was relatively serious, and he had promised to distribute a batch of disaster relief food before. Now two months have passed, and the first batch of disaster relief food has finally been distributed.
There is also a disaster relief point near the pier near their town, and the refugees nearby can go there to receive a certain amount of disaster food. It is a pity that although the people on their mountain are very poor, they do not meet the conditions for disaster relief.
Now that the disaster relief policy comes out, many people also hope to benefit themselves. After all, it is not easy for everyone, but Xia Jingming just said it casually. After all, it is better than anything for them to be able to avoid wars in the future. Good thing.
26 stewed meat, 27 butchered a rooster, 28 noodles, 29 steamed buns, boiled overnight at [-].
After the 26th of the twelfth lunar month, even Li Mu had to get busy.
The houses in the mountains have to be carefully cleaned out, and the Spring Festival couplets that should be posted must be pasted up, and then all kinds of rich food are prepared.
The amount of food they have to prepare from the New Year's Eve to the second day of junior high school. They have a custom of not going to the kitchen or doing anything on the first day of junior high school, so what they eat on this day is leftovers from last year, which corresponds to the saying that there is more than enough every year.
Li Mu actually didn't care about these things, but everyone was like this, so he followed suit to please him.
It is not an easy task to make so many things in the same way. Fortunately, there are only two of them in the family now.
Li Mu originally bought a lot of vegetables back home, but when he really started to eat, he realized that the two of them couldn't eat much at all, so after thinking about it, he simply fried a few vegetables.
On the eve of the New Year's Eve, the two set off firecrackers, and after eating the New Year's Eve dinner, they sat around the fire for a while before going to bed.
On the first day of the new year, Li Mu gave Zhong Manlu a day off to play by himself.
He went down the mountain by himself, poured all the feed for the ducks into a basin and fed them to the ducks, brought some snacks and paper money that he bought earlier, and went up the mountain after feeding the ducks.
Strictly speaking, this year is the third year for the peach trees and jujube trees he raised on the mountain. Although it is not yet time to bear fruit, some peach trees on the mountain have already bloomed for a season, and they should be able to harvest fruit next year. up.
After finding the place, Li Mu put the things he brought on the ground, poured the wine, and lit two sticks of incense.
Strange to say, in his entire peach blossom grove, only the two peach trees that Zuo Yi had planted before grew exceptionally well, with luxuriant branches and leaves, one height taller than the other peach trees nearby. head.
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It was snowing in the mountains, and it was not the first snow. This snow did not affect everyone.
It's the end of the year, and the mountains are busy recently.
The armistice agreement was signed only a few months ago, so the first year after the signing of the armistice agreement is a very important and precious year for the people of Daning, and it is also a year that needs to be celebrated.
People in the mountains start preparing for the New Year early. As soon as the twelfth lunar month comes, the mountains change day by day. In previous years, everyone just pasted some red paper on the door frame to count as couplets. This year's family situation The ones that are a little bit better, all went down the mountain to buy Spring Festival couplets and posted them on the left and right.
Their respective homes were also cleaned up extraordinarily cleanly. Although most of the houses on the mountain were relatively old, they looked much cleaner after such careful cleaning.
In addition to cleaning up, some people went down the mountain to buy firecrackers and went home to prepare them for the Chinese New Year.
This incident set off a big upsurge in the mountains. For a long time, people in the mountains liked to gather around and ask how many firecrackers other people bought, and how many firecrackers their own bought.
Things like Spring Festival couplets and firecrackers are not cheap, and for those in the mountains who live on this little bit of barren land to grow vegetables, it is not a small expense.
But this year, everyone doesn't mind spending more money on this matter.
If the situation is even better, even the wealthy family will add a new dress just for this celebration.
Seeing that the time of Chinese New Year is approaching day by day, the mountains are lively, and Li Mu's house is also lively recently.
It's winter, it's snowing, and it's the New Year's Eve. During this period of time, in other people's homes, there may be nothing to do in the fields. It's a good time to just rest at home and play with relatives, but for him, winter is far away. Gives him more headaches than any other season.
Li Mu walked up from the duck shed at the foot of the mountain covered in snow. When he arrived at the village, before he entered the fenced yard of his home, someone stretched out his hand and greeted him from a distance, "Li Mumu, are you still alive this year?" Chinese New Year in the mountains?"
Li Mu raised his head and looked towards that person. In the yard, four or five middle-aged women were sitting around the stove, kowtowing melon seeds and talking. Seeing Li Mu, they all looked towards this side.
"Well, it's comfortable in the mountains." Li Mu nodded, greeted them, and continued walking towards his home.
Those individuals didn't say anything more, and after Li Mu walked away, they chatted around Li Mu again.
In the past two years, the mountain has already changed a lot, and the one that has changed the most is Li Mu's family.
Two years ago, he was just a small person who surrounded other people and fed a few ducks, but now he is different.
Although he still raises ducks in this mountain now, the mountain in this mountain has been changed to his name, and the duck cages that used to surround a part of the mountain to raise ducks have expanded a lot, and there are several in the vicinity. He is now using the mountain.
Moreover, the situation in the mountain is also different from the past. In the past two years, he has been planting fruit trees in the mountain, adding more and more year by year. Now there are two or three peach trees and jujube trees alone. Mountain.
He also raised ducks and planted fruit trees. Now there are several long-term workers under him alone.
With the expansion of the industry, Li Mu's money is of course much richer than it was two years ago.
If it were someone else, they would have already moved to a more convenient town, but Li Mu still lives on this mountain, in his dilapidated house that has to double in snow every year to live in. .
Regarding this point, some people in the mountains said that it was because Li Mu lived on the mountain near the duck cage and the orchard, which was easier to manage.Some people also said that Li Mu stayed here to wait for someone.
In the previous war, all the people in the mountains left, some of them disappeared when they came back, and new people came in later.
Two years have passed, and Uncle Hong, Yun'er, and Li Mu's wife have all disappeared.
The people in the village said that it was because of an accident in the previous fleeing that they were killed. The sister-in-law of the Su family and the white osmanthus who lived in their village said they had left.
But no matter what it was, it was right that these people hadn't come back anyway.
Speaking of this matter, everyone sighed, and at the same time they became a little envious.
Li Mu's family's property has become bigger now, among other things, his group of ducks come down every year, and the duck eggs and duck meat they sell are enough to envy them.Looking at it like this, it is estimated that the peach and jujube trees in his mountains will bear a batch of fruits next year.
"Everyone said that life will be better in the future, let me see, life is really better than Li Mu's, I guess." Among the several women, one of them said with emotion.
Thinking about two or three years ago, Li Mu was just a retired veteran with nothing in his family. Unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, he already has such a family fortune.
"Look at your sour words. If you have the ability, you can raise ducks too, and no one is stopping you." Another person said with a smile.
The rest of the people laughed when they heard this.
They will talk about this as a joke. Seeing that the situation in Li Mu's family is getting better and better, the people in the mountains are not without jealousy. There are also many people who want to learn from Li Mu to do these things, but in the end it is mostly a loss. Earn more for less.
Gradually, everyone stopped thinking about it.
But having said that, Li Mu is still a good person.Two or three years have passed, and the old householders in this village, who were a little afraid of him at first, are full of praise when they mention him now.
After Li Mu made his fortune, he didn't do anything special in the village. He did whatever he wanted, and when the situation got better in the second year, he even paid for it himself, and repaired the road up and down the mountain by himself. Fan.
Although it was considered for his own future business, the road up and down the mountain was long. After he made such a fuss, he spent money to do it himself, and the people in the village couldn't fault it. Naturally give a thumbs up.
In addition to this, if people in the village want to buy two duck eggs for their children, they can go to him to buy them, and they will always be much cheaper than those sold at the bottom of the mountain.
Anyway, after two or three years, when people in the village mentioned Li Mu, they mostly praised him.
At the same time, when Li Mu was mentioned, he couldn't help but want to talk about another thing, which was the matter of marrying Li Mu.
Li Mu is now in his late twenties, and the situation at home is getting better and better. The daughter-in-law he married before has disappeared. Regardless of whether he is dead or alive, Li Mu is now alone, and it is inevitable that someone will touch him. thought.
So although the road in the mountains is not easy to walk, there will still be matchmakers coming up to him every now and then.
The people in the village also wanted to talk to Li Mu about their marriage. After all, no matter who married him in his current situation, it would be a blessing, but Li Mu rejected all those who made it clear.
Li Mu walked quickly on the snow, not listening to the people behind him talking about him.
When he arrived in front of the fenced yard of his house, he saw those people standing in the yard before he entered the door.
"Boss." A young man with a sweet mouth in the yard opened his mouth.
Li Mu nodded, patted the snow on his body and entered the main room. After a while, he came out with a few red envelopes.
Everyone immediately smiled when they saw this, with a bit of joy on their faces.
Li Mu had already prepared a lot of red envelopes in his hand, and distributed them side by side. Seeing that everyone happily looked at them and put them away carefully, he said: "There are still some red envelopes in the main room." A few baskets, you can pick them up later by yourself."
When everyone heard this, they laughed even more happily, and thanked Li Mu endlessly.
They had already seen the eggs in the basket in the main room of Li Mu's house and the ducks tied to it, but they were patiently excited before Li Mu opened his mouth.
Now that Li Mu opened his mouth, of course he should thank Li Mu well.
Li Mu nodded, as a thank you to all the people who raised their fists at him to celebrate the New Year.
Seeing that everyone was almost happy, Li Mu said again: "It's almost time for the Chinese New Year. This year will be the same as in previous years. You won't use it after the 25th of the twelfth lunar month. Have a good time and come back on the fifth and sixth day of the new year next year." .”
The ten-day holiday made everyone excited about it.
Although this holiday is not particularly long, they will be happy for a long time with the amount of red envelopes Li Mu gave them and the duck eggs in the basket.
"Boss, why don't I come back to help you in two days?" The young man who greeted Li Mu when he saw Li Mu from afar said with a smile.
Hearing this, Li Mu looked back at him, and couldn't help but smile a little on his deep-browed face, "Come if you're free."
When the people next to him saw it, they hurriedly pushed the young man to laugh at him, "Why do you still think that the red envelopes are not enough, and want to earn some more?"
The young man was not shy either, he smiled and accepted the matter.
Li Mu now raises more ducks, no longer two or three hundred like before. Although they have prepared the feed and other things in advance, but with Li Mu alone, he wants to feed the ducks alone in the past ten days Well, it's also a very tiring thing.
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They also came to help during the holidays. According to Li Mu's personality, they would definitely give some red envelopes. They all knew that, but how should I put it? After the Chinese New Year, especially this year, most people still prefer to stay by themselves. Celebrate at home with those in your own family.
After laughing for a while, everyone bid farewell to Li Mu one after another, picked up the basket and went back.
The 25th of the twelfth lunar month is still two or three days away, and Li Mu is dividing up the red envelopes in advance.
After everyone in the courtyard had almost left, Li Mu went to his main room, and Xu Tian and Xia Jingming, who were standing together in the courtyard just now, also followed in.
The two of their family are doing things here at Li Mu's place, so their family took two of the red envelopes just now, and the red envelopes given by Li Mu are very generous.
"I discussed it with my family, and we will come to help you during the Chinese New Year." Xu Tian said to Li Mu after finding a place to sit down by himself.
Seeing this, Xia Jingming nodded quickly, "There are almost a thousand ducks here, and you definitely can't handle it by yourself."
"It's good, but it's the Chinese New Year soon, don't you guys spare some time to buy new year's goods?" Li Mu said.
It's already in the twelfth lunar month, if you don't buy new year's goods, it is estimated that the town at the foot of the mountain will be closed in two days.
"We don't, we just came to tell you about it. How about it, will you spend it with us this year?" Xu Tian said, "There is no rush for this year's goods. You can buy them at 2526. You have to follow If we live together, I will ask him to buy more vegetables."
Working with Li Mu for the past two years, the couple has saved a small amount of money, but the reason why they are so close to Li Mu is not because of the money, but because the relationship between the two is already good.
Li Mu is kind to others, as long as you do your job well and you don't owe him anything, he is also generous, not to mention that the two families live next to a small road.
"Not this year." Li Mu shook his head.
Last year, the two of them had a New Year's Eve dinner together with Xu Tian and the others in this courtyard. It was very lively, but this year...
"What?" Li Mu's refusal surprised Xu Tian.
Li Mu raised his head and looked towards the door. He looked into the distance and didn't know what he was looking at, "Isn't this year's situation special? I thought it would be good for your family to get together. It’s more comfortable to be together as a family.”
Seeing him like this, Xu Tian thought about it and didn't force it anymore, "That's fine, if you two are too lazy to start a fire, you can come to us."
The matter of Uncle Hong and Zhong Xiuyuan, Xu Tian and his family probably saw something, after all, it was too much of a coincidence.
But the two of them didn't say anything, after all, some things don't have to be known clearly.
"Then you 26, let's go down the mountain to buy new year's goods together." Xia Jingming said.
Li Mu nodded, and began to think about what things should be bought at home.
Now there are only him and Zhong Manlu in his family, and both of them are men, so they don't really care much about such things.
But for Chinese New Year, after all, we still want to have fun, so Li Mu is still going to buy some snacks and put it away, in case someone comes to the house to play, it will be easy to share.
Spring Festival couplets and firecrackers and so on, I guess I have to buy some back. After all, it is Chinese New Year, and there must be some atmosphere.
After setting a specific time, Xu Tian and his wife picked up their belongings and returned home.
Not long after the couple left, a slightly thin figure ran in from outside the door. Zhong Manlu patted his clothes while running into the house.
"That's fine, it's snowing if you say it's snowing, it's freezing to death." Zhong Manlu shook his head, letting the snow fall from his hair.
Two years later, it was the tall Zhong Manlu who was very different from before.
He has grown a lot taller. Originally, he was no more than Li Mu's shoulders, but now he is almost as tall as Li Mu.
He has also lost a lot of weight. Although he eats a lot every day, his nutrition is presumably used for growing taller.
That face also resembled Zhong Xiuyuan more and more, but it was still a little less calm.
"At 26, Xia Jingming and I will go down the mountain to buy new year's goods, do you want to go together?" Li Mu raised his hand and poured him a cup of hot tea, "It's the Chinese New Year after all, so it's good to buy something and put it away."
There are only the two of them in the family now, which is much more deserted than before.
After hearing Li Mu's words, Zhong Manlu, who was patting the snow, paused, and quickly concealed his discomfort, before saying, "Go."
After saying this, the two of them didn't speak any more.
After Zhong Manlu patted the snow on his body, he sat down beside him, took the tea that Li Mu poured for him, and drank it in one gulp, then quickly poured a cup of hot water and covered it with his hands.
The sky was getting dark, and a small group of people walked towards their yard in the distance. After looking around at the door for a while, they entered the fenced yard.
Seeing a few people, Li Mu stood up and walked out.
Li Mu knew these people, although they had changed a lot since they met him for the first time.
These people were headed by some of the people who had come to the mountain to look for Uncle Hong and hoped that he could go back. Li Mu didn't know the specific position, but it was reckoned to be reasonable from the looks of it.
"This is the one who asked me to give it to you." Several people put the things in their hands on the ground.
Those are two food boxes. Although there is no special decoration and they look ordinary, the material of the food box itself is excellent, and a knowledgeable person can tell it at a glance.
Li Mu nodded, his expressionless face became warmer because of the appearance of these two food boxes.
"You help me bring something back." Li Mu said.
Those people had already expected it, so they waited in place.
A moment later, Li Mu and Zhong Manlu came over with a basket of things.
Looking at the basket, the faces of the few people who brought them something were distorted. Although they tried their best to bear it, they still couldn't understand it.
What Li Mu asked them to bring back to that person were only some ducks and duck eggs, and they also saw a pheasant that they presumably looked like a pheasant inside.
Duck eggs, ducks, wild pheasants, if you give it to others, then it doesn't matter, but you gave it to that adult and gave it such a thing...
What made them even more incomprehensible was that when they delivered these things to that person last year, the ruthless and uncompromising adult actually blushed in front of them.
"Trouble you, be careful, don't knock." Li Mu wrapped all the things in the basket with a cloth, for fear of being drenched in snow.
"Yeah." The few people didn't speak, they carried their things and walked down the mountain.
I saw these people leaving the yard when they were not attracting attention in the night, and walked towards the road down the mountain.
Li Mu watched for a while, but finally couldn't hold back and chased after him, "I want to ask how he is doing?"
Several people stopped when they heard the sound, and then looked at each other.
They all know the relationship between this family and that adult, but because they know and also understand the truth that accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger, they have always been just doing their duty to send letters and deliver things. Everything else, don't ask, mention, look or listen to anything else.
"How is his illness..." Li Mu looked at several people.
After being silent for a while, the leader said: "We can't talk about this matter, and we can't talk about the things inside it casually."
There have always been rumors that the late emperor Lin Hong was seriously ill, but it was only a rumor. In addition, during this period of time, the late emperor has always governed the country well and made frequent moves, so not many people believe it.
Li Mu opened his mouth, but finally said nothing.
Seeing Li Mu like this, the leader said before turning around and leaving, "He misses you very much, and so does that young man."
Li Mu didn't speak any more, just watched these people disappear into the night.
These people came and left without stopping.
When they came and left, they deliberately avoided the people in the village, so no one in the village knew about it.
This moderate snowfall lasted for two or three days. Fortunately, at 26, it finally stopped.
Early in the morning, Li Mu and Zhong Manlu followed Xia Jingming down the mountain, preparing to go down the mountain to buy some New Year's goods.
The road up and down the mountain has been repaired by Li Mu before, so the road is much easier now. Although there are still steep places, at least there is no need to worry about falling when it is snowing.
After going down the mountain and arriving at the town, the aura of Zi Nian became clearer and richer.
Every household in the town posted Spring Festival couplets and hung red lanterns. There were a lot of firecrackers and confetti on the ground, and there was a faint smell of firecrackers in the air.
The children running on the road were wearing new clothes, and their cheeks were flushed from the cold, so cute.
On the 26th of the twelfth lunar month, some shops in the town have closed down, but most of those selling snacks and New Year's goods are still doing business.
"I'm going to the vegetable market. Do you want to go together? Or should we buy some new year's goods here first?" Xia Jingming pointed to the vegetable market.
There must be no more vegetables to grow in the fields in winter, but everyone in the mountains still has a lot of storage in their cellars. Xia Jingming is probably going there now because he wants to cut some meat for the new year.
Li Mu shook his head and did not go with him, "You go first, we will gather at the gate of the town later."
"Okay!" Xia Jingming tightened his backpack, and happily walked towards the vegetable seller.
After watching Xia Jingming leave, Li Mu turned to look at Zhong Manlu next to him, "What do you want to eat?"
"Ah?" Zhong Manlu, who seemed to be distracted, withdrew his gaze from the side, "Oh, let's buy some peanut candy!"
Li Mu looked along his line of sight, at the place he just looked at, there was a notice about the armistice agreement and looking for Zhong Xiuyuan.
Due to the heavy snowfall, most of the words on the notice were already wet, and the painter should be Zhong Xiuyuan's figure, and the lines were blurred.
General Zhong Xiuyuan has completely disappeared since the previous trip to Yuan Kingdom alone, and no one knows where he went.
Li Mu withdrew his gaze, turned around and walked towards the place that sold peanut candy that Zhong Manlu said.
Although Li Mu is delicious, he also likes to eat some delicious food, but he likes mostly some dishes. Although he also likes peanut candy, which is sweet and fragrant, he doesn't eat much, because it's easy to get bored.
In the past, he always kept some at home, not because he liked to eat it himself, but to amuse Yun'er.
Although Yuner is mature and sensible, she is still a child after all, and she still loves things like peanut candy.
Li Mu used to buy some snacks to keep at home after selling duck eggs, and gave some to Yun'er from time to time. Seeing how happy he was, everyone's mood would improve a lot.
Zhong Manlu didn't like peanut candy too much. Li Mu asked him just now, and he instinctively said this thing, because when Li Mu gave Yuner peanut candy before, Yuner would definitely share it in a blink of an eye. He half.
The two found the shop that used to buy peanut candy before, bought some peanut candy, bought some dried fruit, walked around and chose some pastries
After choosing the items, Li Mu took them over and asked the shopkeeper to weigh them.
The shopkeeper was doing business right now. He took the things, weighed them skillfully, and wrapped them up. After finishing these, he reported the number and was handing the things to Li Mu. When he looked up and saw Li Mu's face, he immediately Be happy, "Hey, isn't this Boss Li? Why are you here?"
Li Mu is now raising thousands of ducks in this mountain, and he has also planted peach trees, jujube trees and other fruit trees. Although he doesn't live in this town, everyone in this town knows him.
"For Chinese New Year, buy some New Year's goods." Li Mu's face was still expressionless, but he was gentle.
"It's so late." The snack shop owner smiled, took some pastries from the side and wrapped them up, and gave them to Li Mu together, "Try it, this is our new jujube paste cake. "
Li Mu didn't refuse, but nodded to him in thanks.
But the boss asked again: "I haven't seen you for a long time, business is very busy recently?"
Hearing what the boss said, Li Mu was momentarily surprised. He was not familiar with the boss. If it wasn't because he was standing in front of the shop, he wouldn't even know who he was.
The boss saw Li Mu's doubts, and he laughed and said: "You are a nobleman who forgets things. Didn't you often come to my shop to buy peanut candy? There are only a few regular customers in my small shop in the town. You didn't come here much this year, so I'm just a little curious."
If it was just an ordinary regular customer, he would have forgotten it if he hadn't come for a year or two, but because it was Li Mu, he would inevitably remember it.Occasionally, when someone he knew mentioned Li Mu, he would still say a few words.
Hearing what this person said, Li Mu thought about the peanut candy again. After thinking about it, he asked the shop owner to bring him another two catties of peanut candy.
If that group of people comes again next time, he will let them take him there.
Li Mu settled the money and walked back with his things. After going up the mountain at night, Li Mu realized belatedly that things like peanut candy will soften after being left for a long time. If they are soft, they will not taste good. ...
It was rare for them to come down the mountain, so Li Mu simply took Zhong Manlu and the two to find a noodle restaurant in the town, and each of them ate a bowl of hot noodles at noon.
They went down the mountain to buy a lot of things this time. In addition to snacks, Spring Festival couplets, firecrackers, and New Year's food and drinks, Li Mu also planned to add new clothes for both of them.
There is no woman in the family and no one to help with stitches and stitches, so the clothes of the two of them are used up quickly.If you can still wear it, you can ask Xu Tian to sew a few stitches on it. If you can’t wear it, you can only change it and do other things.
Coupled with Zhong Manlu's age, and it's time for him to grow taller, he looks different every day, so he has to buy clothes.
After such a toss, most of the day passed.
In the middle of the afternoon, the two people who had finished their shopping in advance packed their bags and went to the gate of the town to wait for Xia Jingming.
There is a small place at the entrance of this town, and there are some small vendors selling these small things, most of them are steamed stuffed buns or candied haws, for those who want to go home or just come.
The two put their things down against the stone pillar at the gate of the town. Li Mu was about to find a place to sit and wait, when he saw Zhongman Road next to him, looking at Baozi next to him.
"If you want to eat, go buy it." Li Mu said, he began to rummage through his pockets, looking for some change.
Zhong Manlu smiled, then ran over by himself, and bought four big buns with his pocket money.
After distributing two to Li Mu, he started to eat the steaming steamed buns, "Brother, this stuff is really delicious."
He was growing up right now, so he liked to be hungry, and his stomach was always empty in the middle of the afternoon every day.
Li Mu also tasted it, and the taste of the steamed buns was really good, and the portion of the steamed stuffed buns was also quite large, each one was quite big.
He ate one, and after giving the rest to Zhongman Road, he looked around at several small shops nearby.
After the armistice agreement, the town was full of excitement, and now that it was Chinese New Year, it was even more lively.Although it was already mid-afternoon, the streets were still crowded with pedestrians.
When there are more people, there will be more people talking.
The two of them leaned against the side of the town gate, eating and waiting, but there were people talking loudly on the other side.
The topic still revolves around the armistice agreement and Zhong Xiuyuan. The armistice agreement has greatly benefited the people of the two countries, and everyone is naturally happy. Slowly the taste changed again.
Zhong Xiuyuan was originally a member of Yuan Guo, and it was because of Yuan Guo's existence that Daning was unable to break through Yuan Guo for ten years. He was once the most hated existence by everyone in Daning.
Later, he turned against each other, helped Daning, and even made a feat of leading a thousand cavalry to attack outside the capital of Yuan Guoguo in one fell swoop.
This almost became a myth at the time, causing everyone in Daning to be excited, but...
"...It's been so long and I haven't found anyone. I think he is dead?" said a person in the opposite corner.
"It doesn't matter if he's dead, think about it, Yuan Guo and Daning definitely can't tolerate him in his situation, how embarrassing it would be if he was still alive!"
As soon as this person said these words, there were people around to cater to him, while others objected.
"Why is it embarrassing? He has helped us Daning now, so we have to get a general to do it anyway."
"As for the general, are you stupid? He is still a member of Yuan Guo. Although he did help us Daning before, who knows if he will suddenly turn against us Daning again like before?"
"That's right, if he comes back alive, do you think those people in Daning dare to hand over the military power to him?"
"Hey, let's put it this way, you said that he has been unable to find anyone, is it because he was secretly secreted by Daning's people..." While speaking, the man made a gesture of wiping his neck.
After he finished speaking, before the person next to him could speak, a half-eaten bun fell on his face.
Zhong Manlu stood up, staring at the group of people with scarlet eyes.
Those people were suddenly hit by Zhong Manlu, and they became angry instantly, wanting to come over while cursing.
Zhong Manlu's chest heaved rapidly. He was already very angry. Seeing those people coming up, he also walked forward, but just as he took a step, a hand behind him grabbed him and held him back. He tugged back.
"Is there something wrong?" Li Mu stepped forward and stood in front of Zhongman Road.
His face was expressionless, and he looked at the group of people in front of him with cold eyes. When he spoke, his tone was still the same as usual, but the coldness and murderous look in his eyes were stronger than the snow in the cold winter months. Bitter cold.
Although Li Mu hadn't encountered the killing and killing of wolves for several years, it was impossible for the things that had been engraved in his bones to be erased by time so easily.
Those few people were stared at so coldly by Li Mu, their legs softened in an instant, and after a few bluffing murmurs, they ran away.
When those people ran away, Li Mu let go of the hand on Zhong Manlu's shoulder, and Zhong Manlu raised his hand to touch the place where Li Mu had grabbed him, with an extremely complicated expression, "Brother..."
He didn't see the expression on Li Mu's face just now, but Li Mu's hand on his shoulder just now pinched his shoulder so much that it still hurts.
"He's here, let's go back." Li Mu walked aside and picked up the things on the ground.
After Zhong Manlu heard the words, he immediately looked in the direction Li Mu was looking at just now. He was so nervous that his palms were covered with sweat.
On the bustling street, strange faces walked back and forth, but there was no one he was familiar with.
It took him a while to realize that Li Mu was referring to Xia Jingming, not another person.
On the way back, Zhongmanlu was exceptionally silent, but Xia Jingming was very happy, talking all the way.
After the previous armistice agreement was signed, the former emperor Lin Hong promulgated a series of new policies to change the current national conditions in Daning, the most important part of which was the arrangement for refugees.
Nowadays, there are refugees everywhere in Daning who do not have enough food, drink or even clothes. It is not an easy task to change the living conditions of these refugees.
The former emperor Lin Hong had established disaster relief points in various places where the disaster situation was relatively serious, and he had promised to distribute a batch of disaster relief food before. Now two months have passed, and the first batch of disaster relief food has finally been distributed.
There is also a disaster relief point near the pier near their town, and the refugees nearby can go there to receive a certain amount of disaster food. It is a pity that although the people on their mountain are very poor, they do not meet the conditions for disaster relief.
Now that the disaster relief policy comes out, many people also hope to benefit themselves. After all, it is not easy for everyone, but Xia Jingming just said it casually. After all, it is better than anything for them to be able to avoid wars in the future. Good thing.
26 stewed meat, 27 butchered a rooster, 28 noodles, 29 steamed buns, boiled overnight at [-].
After the 26th of the twelfth lunar month, even Li Mu had to get busy.
The houses in the mountains have to be carefully cleaned out, and the Spring Festival couplets that should be posted must be pasted up, and then all kinds of rich food are prepared.
The amount of food they have to prepare from the New Year's Eve to the second day of junior high school. They have a custom of not going to the kitchen or doing anything on the first day of junior high school, so what they eat on this day is leftovers from last year, which corresponds to the saying that there is more than enough every year.
Li Mu actually didn't care about these things, but everyone was like this, so he followed suit to please him.
It is not an easy task to make so many things in the same way. Fortunately, there are only two of them in the family now.
Li Mu originally bought a lot of vegetables back home, but when he really started to eat, he realized that the two of them couldn't eat much at all, so after thinking about it, he simply fried a few vegetables.
On the eve of the New Year's Eve, the two set off firecrackers, and after eating the New Year's Eve dinner, they sat around the fire for a while before going to bed.
On the first day of the new year, Li Mu gave Zhong Manlu a day off to play by himself.
He went down the mountain by himself, poured all the feed for the ducks into a basin and fed them to the ducks, brought some snacks and paper money that he bought earlier, and went up the mountain after feeding the ducks.
Strictly speaking, this year is the third year for the peach trees and jujube trees he raised on the mountain. Although it is not yet time to bear fruit, some peach trees on the mountain have already bloomed for a season, and they should be able to harvest fruit next year. up.
After finding the place, Li Mu put the things he brought on the ground, poured the wine, and lit two sticks of incense.
Strange to say, in his entire peach blossom grove, only the two peach trees that Zuo Yi had planted before grew exceptionally well, with luxuriant branches and leaves, one height taller than the other peach trees nearby. head.
The author has something to say: No more wars, the rest should be all silly →→?
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