Wife is an enemy general
Chapter 61 Could it be an illegitimate child?
001.
It is still the same position as before, and the moon is still the same as before, but the scenery Li Mu sees is completely different now.
The duck cage at the foot of the mountain has changed, the lush mountain forest in front of it has now turned into a peach blossom forest, and the mountains and rivers in the distance have gradually settled down.
The night breeze is still cool, but many things have already changed.
The Daning royal family has always been rare. The former emperor Lin Hong had only three sons at the beginning, while the previous Lin Shang, who had been on the throne for ten years, has only two sons, both of whom are still young.
If you want to say that Yun'er's matter must be him, it does have some meaning.If the former emperor Lin Hong hadn't acted, Lin Shang didn't know how many years it would be before giving up his throne, and he didn't know how many years it would be until Daning suffered disasters.
As for his two children, since Uncle Hong is their real grandfather, once Uncle Hong stood up and forced Lin Shang to abdicate, the relationship between them was somewhat unclear.
Li Mu had already thought through the relationship between them before, and he also guessed Uncle Hong's thoughts to some extent.
It's just that I thought it through, but when I really looked at Yun'er who has changed a lot, Li Mu still found it hard to accept.
Things are different, he feared that he would never see that Yoon'er who chased him and wanted to be hugged with a baby voice back then.
"What are you thinking about?" Zhong Xiuyuan stood in the room and waited for a while, before Li Mu could get behind him, he put on his coat and walked out the door.
When he saw Li Mu standing in the distance silently looking at the moon in the yard, Zhong Xiuyuan felt a dull pain in his heart for no reason.
How could he not understand what Li Mu was thinking?
He understands and understands Yun'er's matter and Uncle Hong's matter. He empathizes with him, which is why he feels even more uncomfortable.
Hearing this, Li Mu turned his head to look at Zhong Xiuyuan next to him, "I didn't think about anything."
Li Mu really didn't think about anything. At this moment, his mind was in chaos, and he seemed to be thinking about many things piecemeal, but in fact he didn't think about anything, it was just that his mind was a little confused.
Zhong Xiuyuan didn't ask any more questions, but stood beside Li Mu, looking into the distance as silently as he did.
"Do you think he will regret it?" After a long time, Li Mu said something for no reason.
Hearing this sentence, Zhong Xiuyuan's body trembled imperceptibly.
He quietly looked at the half-circle moon in the distance, and bitterness rose in his throat one after another.
Leaving aside Uncle Hong, he is an adult after all, and with that status, everything he does must be carefully considered.
It's just Yoona...
He is just a four or five-year-old child. Even though he is much more sensible than other children, there are still some things that he cannot think like an adult.
In three years, his personality has changed drastically. Even if the two of them don't know what happened in the past three years, they can probably guess that it will not be easy.
To say whether he regrets it or not, probably only he himself knows.
"Regret? That's what he chose to do." Zhong Xiuyuan said this after a long time.
Li Mu asked Yun'er's opinion before, and Zhong Xiuyuan knew about this matter, although it is inappropriate to push the choice of this matter to a child who is only five years old.
But so far, even Uncle Hong, they are just a leaf of duckweed in this vast river. They are exhausted as long as they live.
Daning has now signed an armistice agreement, and the common people will start to live a better life slowly, but the chaos that lasted for ten years has not stopped, it just changed the battlefield.
Ten years have passed, even if Uncle Hong reappears in the hall as the first emperor, he is just an empty-handed man with no soldiers and no power in his hands, with only a reputation.
It has been three years since Yun'er ascended the throne. Although he is already a veritable Emperor Daning, but how old is he?
The great war stopped, but the civil and military power struggle of the Manchu Dynasty had just begun.
If Uncle Hong can't stabilize the court during Yun'er's lifetime, and can't win some more real power for Yun'er, once he passes away, Yun'er's next days may be...
Li Mu didn't speak anymore, but turned his head sideways, looking at the person standing beside him.
Under the moonlight, the scars on Zhong Xiuyuan's face became more and more clear.
The scar that ran through his entire face gradually faded as his body gradually recovered, but it was still very obvious.
Li Mu raised his hand and gently stroked the scar on his face with his cold fingers.
The scar was ugly, but what was even more shocking was the location of the scar. It was on the face and next to the eyes. If it was more than a minute and a half, then what was in front of him at this moment would be a pile of white bones.
Zhong Xiuyuan raised his hand to cover the back of Li Mu's hand, because Li Mu's hand was already cold after standing here for a long time and blowing the night wind for a long time.
"Go to sleep." Zhong Xiuyuan said.
Li Mu nodded, there are still many things to be busy in this mountain tomorrow.
He turned around and walked into the yard. After walking a few steps, Zhong Xiuyuan's deep but firm voice came from behind him, "At least I have never regretted it."
Whether he met Li Mu, fell in love with Li Mu, or betrayed Yuan Guo in exchange for a peaceful life, he never regretted it.
His heart has always been grateful and fortunate. He never believed in gods and Buddhas before, but since he met this person, now he believes in it, almost devoutly.
Li Mu's footsteps paused for a moment, he didn't turn his head or speak, but continued to walk forward and returned to the room.
Li Mu didn't understand Uncle Hong's insistence on making him agree to accompany Yun'er until the fifteenth day, but now that he sees Yun'er again, he understands.
In such a place that cannibalize people without spitting out bones, if Uncle Hong left and left Yun'er alone in the palace, then Yun'er would be too pitiful.
Li Mu and Zhong Xiuyuan went back to the room one after another. Just after they blew out the oil lamp, the room where Zhong Manlu lived next door was opened a crack.
After a slight to inaudible whistle sounded, a pair of faint green eyes appeared in the yard. The dog-shaped creature was a genuine wolf. After sniffing in the yard, it rushed into Zhongman Road inside the house.
In the dark, Yun'er closed the door and lay back on the bed.He hugged the quilt and moved inside to make room for the wolf with some night dew on his body.
The wolf was obviously used to such things long ago, so after entering the house, he ran directly to the bed and lay down, allowing Yun'er to hold it in his arms, sleeping together with the wolf.
In a place like the deep palace compound that eats people without spitting out their bones, sometimes the danger lies in a place that you will never notice.
In the beginning, he lived alone in the big dragon's den and did not dare to sleep all night. He had to summon it, which was still a milk wolf, to hug him before he dared to sleep. After his grandfather smiled wryly, he kept him like this.
Now that a few years have passed, he has gotten used to this way of getting along, and without the company of this wolf, he can't sleep at night.
"Mumu." Yun'er hugged the quilt in her arms, and rubbed her face against the wolf's body, and he shrank into a small lump.
In the early morning of the next day, as soon as the sky became gray, Yun'er sat up in a daze.
He sat on the bed and was dazed for a while before waking up, and then he remembered that he was no longer in the palace, and he no longer had to get up at this time every day to go to bed.
Listening to the occasional bird call in the quiet mountain forest, and feeling the damp morning light which is different from the palace, Yun'er lay back on the bed and wanted to sleep for a while, but she was no longer sleepy.
After lying on the bed for a while, he put on his clothes and went out after hearing movement outside the door.
Outside the door, Li Mu, who got up to wash up, saw Yun'er who was already fully dressed, his eyes were a little surprised, and then a little complicated.
Just as she was about to speak, a gray thing suddenly sprang out from behind Yun'er.
That gray thing was a wolf, an adult wolf with gray fur, it stood guardedly beside Yoon'er, and snorted threateningly.
Zhong Xiuyuan, who had just left the house, was about to speak to break the silence, when he saw a group of people rushing towards him in the distance, they were the people who brought Yun'er over earlier.
They were holding a package in their hands, apparently some daily necessities for Yoona.
I came before dawn to avoid other people in the village, so as not to arouse suspicion.
"Just put the things down." Yun'er took the package by herself, went to the house to open it, and changed into ordinary clothes that were no different from those in the village.
It's just that even though he is dressed like the children in the village, the nobility and temperament on his body cannot be hidden, so the effect of changing clothes is not obvious.
After changing clothes, Yun'er explained a few more words to those people, and finally those people came to Li Mu before they left.
"After the matter is over, we will pick him up." One of the leaders said.
It has been two or three years since they dealt with Li Mu. During these two or three years, they have not had many conversations, and most of the time they just say a few words as a matter of routine.
They are all smart people, knowing that the relationship between Li Mu and that person is different, and they never explore too much, so they are a little more unfamiliar.
Li Mu nodded, "I see."
"We will temporarily live in the town at the foot of the mountain and act as businessmen. In order to avoid suspicion, we will not come to the mountain during this time. If you need anything, you can find us at the inn at the foot of the mountain." After the man said a few more words, Only then did I leave.
When all these things were done, the yard became lively. The little white ducklings that Li Mu kept in the yard were already hungry, so all of them stretched their necks and quacked.
He hasn't raised ducks in his yard for a while, and the duck cages earlier were dismantled because there wasn't enough space. Now the place where the ducks are kept is just a small bamboo basket.
On weekdays, after Li Mu wakes up, he will feed the ducks as soon as he finishes washing, and Zhong Xiuyuan will take this opportunity to make breakfast. Have a hot breakfast.
He wasted some time today because of these things, so these ducklings were already hungry.
After hearing this, Li Mu went to the side and took the prepared feed, ready to feed the ducks.He just entered the door, and there was a panicked cry of ducks outside the door.
"Come back!" Yun'er yelled in the courtyard with a somewhat childish voice.
Li Mu hurried out, only to find that the wolf was staring at the ducks in the cage because it seemed to be interested.
Those ducks, Li Mu has always cherished them tightly, and he would be nervous even if there was any trouble.They were suddenly frightened at this moment, and they all shrank together in a state of depression.
"Sorry." Yun'er frowned slightly, and he called the wolf back to his side, "I offended."
The wolf snorted. Although wolves and ducks are not natural enemies, this thing is also one of their foods.
Li Mu frowned.It's not because of those frightened ducklings, but because of Yun'er's attitude when speaking.
002.
Li Mu finished feeding the duck silently, put down the dustpan and looked at Yooner who had finished washing, "Do you want to go down the mountain to see the duck?"
This mountain has changed a lot from a few years ago. The size of his duck cage is several times that of a few years ago. Although the duck cage that Uncle Hong helped build earlier is still there, it has changed. a lot of.
Yun'er shook her head without thinking, and said quite seriously: "I don't want to go around for now, and it's not appropriate for people to know about my coming here—"
He hadn't finished the old-fashioned words that came to his lips, but Li Mu had already picked him up.
Without saying a word, Li Mu picked up the person like a duckling and threw it into the air, then hugged the person in his arms, Li Mu completely ignored the surprise on Yuner's face, turned around and walked towards the duck cage down the mountain .
"You came back just in time. Mushrooms will grow in the mountains this season. I will take you to pick mushrooms in the mountains later." Li Mu said to himself, completely ignoring Yoon'er who was suddenly stiff in his arms. What is the expression on the face.
He knew that he owed Yun'er in the end, and he had the right to be angry with him.But he is not angry with Yun'er, he likes this child.
The kid would run after him, reach out for a hug, call him uncle slimy, and cry out of breath for being separated from him.
He once really wanted to raise him as his own child, and he did.
Seeing him suddenly last night, he was a little scared, but after thinking about it carefully, some things will not change.
Even if this person is already the emperor of Daning, already the master over ten thousand people, just like Uncle Hong said, this person has eaten his duck eggs for several years, and he should be called uncle.
What's more, the duck eggs he entrusted those people to send over these years are all carefully selected, and they are all big.
Being held in Li Mu's arms and walking down the mountain, Yun'er's body remained rigid and motionless.His cheeks were flushed, a bit like the original appearance, but he was more at a loss.
He has almost forgotten what it feels like to be held in someone's arms. He is the emperor of Daning. Although he is small and needs a mat to sit on the dragon chair, he is already the emperor.
No one would hold the emperor in his arms, and no one would say no to him, and it was even more impossible for anyone to dare to arrange a schedule for him without authorization.
Yun'er's whole body stiffened to feel the gentle breath of the people around him, he felt the fast-paced movement of the people under him in a good mood, and the hand casually hanging by his side became more and more nervous.
Li Mu has already repaired the road in this mountain, so it is much easier to walk than before.
Soon, the old and the young went to the foot of the mountain.
It was still early at this moment, even if Li Mu walked down from the mountain with the man in his arms, there was only a hint of paleness in the sky, and there was still more than an hour before the sun came out.
When Li Mu got down the mountain, those ducks had already woken up and were wandering around in the duck cage, waiting for someone to go down the mountain to let them out to look for food.
Seeing Li Mu approaching, those ducks immediately approached the fence, and squawked at Li Mu through the fence.
"Wait here for a while." Li Mu put down the person he was holding in his arms and let him stand beside him.
He himself walked to the duck cage, first poured all the feed into a shallow container on the ground, and then went into the duck cage to put the ducks.
In the mountains in the early morning, there is a dampness that is not found in other places. Even if you just stand in the forest for a while, you will feel a cold feeling soaked in fog.
Li Mu now has a lot of ducks in this duck cage, and it took him a while to finish everything.
Yun'er has been standing quietly at the place where Li Mu put him down. He looked at the busy person, his small face was still tense and expressionless, but his eyes never left Li Mu's back.
While Li Mu's forehead was covered with a thin layer of sweat, there was movement near the duck cage, and the long-term workers Li Mu hired came up from the mountain one after another.
Seeing this well-behaved doll standing next to the duck cage, many people looked around curiously.
Among them, one with a more lively personality even took the initiative to talk to Yun'er, "Where are you from?"
When Li Mu heard the voice, he turned his head and glanced over there, but kept busy without making a sound.
There were many people around, but Yun'er returned to the stern face before, he took a look at the long-time worker, then walked to the distance and stood there.
Seeing that the little doll looked like a grown-up, everyone burst into laughter.
The long-term worker who dared to provoke Yun'er moved closer to Li Mu, "Boss, yours?"
Li Mu looked back at Yun'er who was standing in the distance, and nodded.
"It can't be your illegitimate child, right?" The long-time worker laughed exaggeratedly, "I didn't expect it to be so big."
The people around immediately laughed when they heard the words. Li Mu's personality is easy-going. Although he doesn't express much on his face and doesn't talk too much, he doesn't have much airs with them, so these people have no arrogance. Much bigger.
Li Mu didn't refute, just smiled along with these people.
Li Mu's refusal to refute made everyone even more surprised, "Could it really be an illegitimate child?!"
All of a sudden, everyone turned their heads to look at Yun'er who was standing in the distance, as if they were comparing him with Li Mu, to see how similar they were.
I don't feel it without making a comparison, but everyone can't help but believe it for seven or eight points in this comparison.
Because although Yun'er is young, like Li Mu, she likes to keep a stern face and keep silent. The one big and one small two sullen gods are placed together, and they are really similar just by looking at them.
Li Mu didn't care about what these people said at all, and followed them to make trouble. Yun'er, who was standing quietly in the distance, listened to the laughter of these people, and looked at Li Mu's face imperceptibly frequently.
"By the way, boss, the inn at the foot of the mountain asked me to bring you a letter, saying that Master Qin has a letter and something delivered, and I want you to go down and get it yourself." During the commotion, someone said to Li Mu.
Many of these long-term workers are from the town below the mountain, so they would occasionally help Li Mu with a letter or something.
In such a short time, Li Mu had already finished all the things in his hands. He looked at the sky and figured it was still early, so he planned to stop by the town, otherwise, he would have to walk back and forth for more than half an hour after returning to the mountain. way.
"Let's go to the town." Li Mu waved to Yun'er who was standing in the distance.
Yun'er came over, and was about to tell Li Mu that he should not walk around, so as not to cause trouble.Li Mu had already taken the lead and walked forward, so he had no choice but to follow.
After walking out of the duck cage, Li Mu stopped and turned around.
"I can walk on my own—" Before she finished speaking, Yun'er left her feet off the ground again, and was held in Li Mu's arms.
The feeling of bewilderment hit him again, and he didn't know what to say for a while, so he stiffened his body clumsily and let Li Mu carry him away.
Now it is the weather in May and June, and the mountains are getting hotter day by day. The lush forests and the dense grass beside the road are accompanied by bursts of fragrance.
After being hugged by Li Mu and walking on the mountain for a while, Yun'er's eyes finally fell on the surroundings.
Although the scenery here is somewhat familiar to him, it is so strange. He has lived here for a while, but the scenery he saw in his eyes at that time was completely different from what he sees now.
"How is he doing recently?" Li Mu's slightly cold voice suddenly came.
Yun'er was stunned for a while, then realized that Li Mu was asking about his grandfather Lin Hong, "Grandfather...he is still in good health, and the people from the imperial physician's pavilion in the palace have been helping him recuperate."
It has been rumored that the former emperor Lin Hong's health is getting worse every day, and he may not have much time to live. This rumor has not stopped since the signing of the armistice agreement.
Li Mu was silent for a moment, then suddenly raised his hand, pinching Yun'er's face with his fingertips.
When Yun'er left, it was after her fifth birthday, three years had passed in between, and now it was the beginning of the fourth year.
Counting it, Yun'er is now nine years old.
Eight or nine years old is no longer as fun as four or five years old, but the flesh on the face is still soft and feels great.
Li Mu hugged Yun'er with one hand, and pinched his face with the other until his face turned red, and then let go.
After walking two steps, he raised his hand again, pinching the other side of Yun'er's face to make it red.
After pinching expressionlessly, Li Mu walked straight forward.
Yun'er, whose face was suddenly pinched, raised her small hands in a daze, and covered her cheeks.
He was very unaccustomed to such intimate actions, and what made him even more puzzled was that he didn't understand why Li Mu suddenly pinched him with a blank expression, and left without saying a word after pinching.
Li Mu, who was expressionless, was in a good mood after pinching, and his steps were much lighter.The pinched Yun'er also had an expressionless face, but her eyes were somewhat dull.
The one big and one small two bored gods are put together, not to mention, there is really such a father-son resemblance.
If Zhong Xiuyuan looked at it, if Zhong Xiuyuan didn't know Yun'er's origin, I guess he should really be in a hurry!
After going down the mountain, Li Mu bought two big buns at the gate of the town, gave one to Yun'er, took one in his mouth, and carried him to the post station.
The things that Master Qin would send over must not be ordinary things, and he asked him to pick them up in person, so they should be extremely important things.
After arriving at the place, Li Mu put Yun'er down, took his hand regardless of his appearance that I could take care of myself, and led him to the post station.
Master Qin sent people not the same thing, but two different things.
One of them was a reply to Li Mu, who asked him to help find the whereabouts of the restaurant surnamed Qi.The other thing is related to Li Mu's current status as an imperial merchant.
Li Mu is now an imperial merchant, and he is in charge of this big project. A few days ago, this matter was settled because of it, so there was no movement, but now the task from above has been released.
Li Mu took a look, and found the letter from the restaurant surnamed Qi, saying that Master Qin had probably found something, but he had to inquire more carefully about the specifics.
The task of the Imperial Merchant is to help it record a list of nearby large and small commercial firms.
A few days ago, due to the chaos in Daning, these managements were evacuated, but in the future, the Chamber of Commerce will be rebuilt, and these things must be seized.
After taking all the things, Li Mu thanked the people in the inn, and took Yun'er up the mountain again.
003.
Li Mu led the people out of the station, paused and was about to turn around, when Yun'er, who was holding a big bun, took a step back.
His tone was a little hasty, and he said calmly, "I can go by myself."
He was carried by Li Mu all the way down the road, and he was alright when he was in a deserted place in the mountains, but now in this town full of people, he felt a little ashamed.
He is not young anymore, even if he is only a child in this town regardless of his status, at the age of eight or nine, he definitely does not have the etiquette to let an adult hug him for a walk.
"I can walk, and besides, the road has been rough and difficult—"
Before Yun'er finished speaking, she blushed angrily, because Li Mu didn't give him a chance to talk, and immediately hugged her.
In the past three years, he has always said what he said in the palace. No one has ever dared to do this to him. Now that Li Mu ignores his opinions again and again, he should be furious, but at this moment he is a little bit ashamed Face.
"You go when you are in the mountains. There are many people coming and going in this town. If you get lost and are abducted by human traffickers with snacks, you won't be able to find them." Li Mu said seriously.
Yun'er's cheeks are bulging, he is already nine years old!So that they won't be abducted with snacks.
But after listening to Li Mu's words, he didn't refute, but lowered his head and gnawed on the big bun in his hand.
He probably likes this person's embrace.
The steamed buns in the town like to use cowpea as stuffing. The taste is slightly different from the outside, but the steamed cowpea is extra delicious.
When Yun'er finished eating all the buns in his hand, the two of them were already walking up the mountain. Seeing this, Li Mu let him down and let him walk for a while.
Although Li Mu's body has been exercised all the time, Yun'er is only eight or nine years old after all, and it's still a bit reluctant for him to carry the weight of several tens of kilograms up and down the mountain.
After Yun'er stood on the ground, she straightened her clothes, although her face was expressionless, she felt a sense of loss in her heart for no reason.
Li Mu who was walking by the side suddenly stretched out his hand, and Yun'er, whose cheeks were always slightly red, didn't know whether it was too hot or something, stared blankly at the big hand in front of him.
After a long while, he put his little white hand in Li Mu's palm without saying a word, and let him lead him away.
Zhong Xiuyuan had already heard from other long-term workers that Li Mu was going to town, so after breakfast, he checked the frightened ducklings in the yard.
Just as he was finishing his work, Zhong Xiuyuan saw the sullen-faced two people, big and small, walking towards the fence yard in unison, one left and one right walking in unison.
Zhong Xiuyuan's nose became sour, and his eyes instantly turned red.
But then he burst out laughing again, he finally understood what happened to those long-term workers who came up the mountain just now and joked with him about Li Mu having an illegitimate child.
"Where's Zhongman Road?" Li Mu asked after entering the courtyard.
Yun'er walked to the side, and sat quietly on the small bench.
His face was a little red, and he seemed a little overwhelmed, but his well-behaved appearance was a little familiar to him a few years ago.
At that time, Yun'er always liked to sit on the small bench so obediently and quietly, and after sitting in a small ball, she looked even smaller.
"In the room." Zhong Xiuyuan pointed behind him.
"Take the basket, let's go to the mountains to pick mushrooms." Li Mu said.
Zhong Xiuyuan was slightly surprised, he didn't understand why Li Mu suddenly thought of this, but he looked at Yun'er who raised his head because of Li Mu's words, and he felt a little more clear in his heart.
Zhong Xiuyuan went into the house and called Zhong Manlu, and came out with a basket. After preparing for a while, the four of them walked towards the peach blossom forest again.
Yun'er followed them, and when they heard them say where to go to get mushrooms, he couldn't help but look at Li Mu more, because Li Mu had just said before that he would take him to pick mushrooms.
After confirming the direction, a few people went straight there after going down the mountain.
After going down the mountain and entering the peach blossom forest, the road on the ground is not easy to walk.In some places, the grass is very deep, and there is a gully under the turf that cannot be seen from the outside. If you accidentally step into it, you will have to fall hard.
"Come in." Li Mu put his pannier in front of Yun'er.
The back basket is not too big, after being placed in front of Yun'er, it didn't reach his waist.
Yoon'er, who was quietly following the crowd to the mountain, saw the bag that suddenly appeared in front of her, her black and white eyes widened incredulously.
"Hurry up." Li Mu said.
The road in the mountains is not easy to walk, if the little Yun'er strayed off the road, she might just disappear in the haystack.
Li Mu looked at Yun'er for a moment, then silently looked at the haystack next to him, his dark eyes showed some worry.
Yun'er, who was looking like a grown-up last night, looked at Li Mu and Li Mu in front of her, her fair little face was forced to turn red.
He's not those fluffy ducklings raised by this man, he can get rid of any muddy nest in this mountain!
"I--"
"Come in." Li Mu patted his back basket seriously.
Yun'er looked at the pannier in front of her that was shaking because of Li Mu's actions, her round eyes couldn't help overflowing with steam, revealing a bit of innocence and unwillingness.
Then the next moment, Li Mu picked him up like a duckling and put him in the basket.
"Help me." Li Mu said.
Zhong Xiuyuan next to him heard the words and hurried up to help lift the pannier for Li Mu to carry it.
Li Mu was carrying a pannier, and Yuner was standing in the middle of the pannier, because the pannier would shake as Li Mu walked, Yuner had to squat down to put herself into the pannier, and then stretched out her hand to grab Li Mu's shoulders.
Zhong Xiuyuan, who was walking behind, looked at the two of them, one couldn't hold back, and burst out laughing.After Zhong Xiuyuan started, Zhong Manlu next to him also laughed.
All of a sudden, the forest was filled with suppressed laughter from the two of them.
Listening to the laughter of the two, Yun'er with flushed cheeks shrank back again, as if she wished she could shrink herself into a ball.
After arriving at the predetermined place, Li Mu put down the basket, and Yun'er ran out of the basket without waiting for him to say anything.
After arriving at the place, Li Mu didn't bother him anymore, but put the basket in a cleaner place.
The best time to pick mushrooms is when it just dawns the next morning after it rains, when the mushrooms picked in the mist in the mountains are fresh.
It rained for a while last night, but today they came here a bit late, and the fog in the mountains has also lightened up, not so humid.
There are a lot of mushrooms in the mountains this season, and there will be a lot of edible and inedible ones. People living in the mountains are very clear about what mushrooms can be eaten.
After Li Mu talked briefly with the rest of the people, he began to search around.
The woods are a bit dirty, with mud, dew, and dead leaves. The smell of the soil is mixed with the fragrance of grass, and the smell of rotting leaves.
After the crowd dispersed, they looked for mushrooms everywhere.
Yun'er, who was at a loss at first, couldn't help but relax a lot after seeing that other people ignored her.
He looked around and looked at the other people around him. Seeing that everyone was busy in the woods, he also chose a direction and walked forward slowly.
Although the small face still had the same old-fashioned look, the eyes were different from before, with a bit more aura.
After walking in the forest for a while, he stepped on two mushrooms. The two mushrooms were somewhat similar to what Li Mu had said before, but they were obviously not the same species.
Hesitating, Yun'er walked up to Li Mu with the mushroom, stretched out both hands, and let Li Mu look at the mushroom in his hand.
Li Mu looked up and pointed at one of them.
Yun'er carefully looked at the mushroom again, and then carefully put the mushroom into the basket that carried him up the mountain.
After putting away the mushrooms, he went to the side to continue searching.
Walking in the forest, his light-colored brows were slightly frowned, and his expression was serious and serious.He has grown up and he can do many things well.
Zhong Xiuyuan looked at Yun'er doing things seriously and solemnly, and felt a little dull and distressed.
Li Mu brought him here for fun, not for him to treat it as something that needs to be done seriously.
At the same time, Zhong Xiuyuan was also a little dumbfounded. The two of them seemed to have practiced the silent communication thousands of times, and even he was a little jealous of that familiarity.
Could it be that Yun'er is really Li Mu and Ren's illegitimate son, and he just made up a story with Uncle Hong to lie to him?
"Hehehe..." At this moment, there was a sound of wings flapping and rooster crowing in the silent forest. Everyone looked in the direction of the sound, and saw Yun who was looking for mushrooms in the forest. Son, for some reason, he sat down on the ground.
In front of him, a pheasant turned and fled, screaming loudly.
"Grab it!" Li Mu immediately bent over nervously and walked in the direction of the pheasant.
The chicken ran and stopped, and Li Mu chased it for several steps but couldn't get close.
Yun'er was taken aback, her brain was a little blank at the moment, and there were signs of breaking the ice on her expressionless little face.
Seeing that Li Mu was going after the chicken, he couldn't help but get nervous.He hurriedly blew a whistle, and the next moment, the gray wolf jumped out from nowhere, and headed towards the pheasant.
The chicken flew to the side, and the wolf also ran over. Yun'er raised his foot and wanted to chase, but he stopped and looked at Li Mu with some concerns.
The forest in this mountain is very wide, if you don't pay attention, it is easy to get lost.
"Don't let it get away." Li Mu hurriedly urged.
After hearing this, Yun'er hurriedly chased over there.
Zhong Xiuyuan looked at his figure running away, then turned to look at Zhongman Road next to him, "Go too."
Zhong Manlu nodded, put down the mushroom in his hand and followed.
In fact, they have been to the nearby mountains countless times, so they are very familiar with them, and they already know that there are pheasants in the mountains.
The pheasants in this mountain are not easy to catch, they are all well-learned, and they can fly, so few people can catch them on weekdays.
Li Mu did that just now, but it was just to let Yun'er chase the chicken, so that he would not look lifeless.
Seeing Zhong Manlu chasing Yun'er away, Zhong Xiuyuan turned to look at Li Mu next to him.
Li Mu smiled.
looking at lin
It is still the same position as before, and the moon is still the same as before, but the scenery Li Mu sees is completely different now.
The duck cage at the foot of the mountain has changed, the lush mountain forest in front of it has now turned into a peach blossom forest, and the mountains and rivers in the distance have gradually settled down.
The night breeze is still cool, but many things have already changed.
The Daning royal family has always been rare. The former emperor Lin Hong had only three sons at the beginning, while the previous Lin Shang, who had been on the throne for ten years, has only two sons, both of whom are still young.
If you want to say that Yun'er's matter must be him, it does have some meaning.If the former emperor Lin Hong hadn't acted, Lin Shang didn't know how many years it would be before giving up his throne, and he didn't know how many years it would be until Daning suffered disasters.
As for his two children, since Uncle Hong is their real grandfather, once Uncle Hong stood up and forced Lin Shang to abdicate, the relationship between them was somewhat unclear.
Li Mu had already thought through the relationship between them before, and he also guessed Uncle Hong's thoughts to some extent.
It's just that I thought it through, but when I really looked at Yun'er who has changed a lot, Li Mu still found it hard to accept.
Things are different, he feared that he would never see that Yoon'er who chased him and wanted to be hugged with a baby voice back then.
"What are you thinking about?" Zhong Xiuyuan stood in the room and waited for a while, before Li Mu could get behind him, he put on his coat and walked out the door.
When he saw Li Mu standing in the distance silently looking at the moon in the yard, Zhong Xiuyuan felt a dull pain in his heart for no reason.
How could he not understand what Li Mu was thinking?
He understands and understands Yun'er's matter and Uncle Hong's matter. He empathizes with him, which is why he feels even more uncomfortable.
Hearing this, Li Mu turned his head to look at Zhong Xiuyuan next to him, "I didn't think about anything."
Li Mu really didn't think about anything. At this moment, his mind was in chaos, and he seemed to be thinking about many things piecemeal, but in fact he didn't think about anything, it was just that his mind was a little confused.
Zhong Xiuyuan didn't ask any more questions, but stood beside Li Mu, looking into the distance as silently as he did.
"Do you think he will regret it?" After a long time, Li Mu said something for no reason.
Hearing this sentence, Zhong Xiuyuan's body trembled imperceptibly.
He quietly looked at the half-circle moon in the distance, and bitterness rose in his throat one after another.
Leaving aside Uncle Hong, he is an adult after all, and with that status, everything he does must be carefully considered.
It's just Yoona...
He is just a four or five-year-old child. Even though he is much more sensible than other children, there are still some things that he cannot think like an adult.
In three years, his personality has changed drastically. Even if the two of them don't know what happened in the past three years, they can probably guess that it will not be easy.
To say whether he regrets it or not, probably only he himself knows.
"Regret? That's what he chose to do." Zhong Xiuyuan said this after a long time.
Li Mu asked Yun'er's opinion before, and Zhong Xiuyuan knew about this matter, although it is inappropriate to push the choice of this matter to a child who is only five years old.
But so far, even Uncle Hong, they are just a leaf of duckweed in this vast river. They are exhausted as long as they live.
Daning has now signed an armistice agreement, and the common people will start to live a better life slowly, but the chaos that lasted for ten years has not stopped, it just changed the battlefield.
Ten years have passed, even if Uncle Hong reappears in the hall as the first emperor, he is just an empty-handed man with no soldiers and no power in his hands, with only a reputation.
It has been three years since Yun'er ascended the throne. Although he is already a veritable Emperor Daning, but how old is he?
The great war stopped, but the civil and military power struggle of the Manchu Dynasty had just begun.
If Uncle Hong can't stabilize the court during Yun'er's lifetime, and can't win some more real power for Yun'er, once he passes away, Yun'er's next days may be...
Li Mu didn't speak anymore, but turned his head sideways, looking at the person standing beside him.
Under the moonlight, the scars on Zhong Xiuyuan's face became more and more clear.
The scar that ran through his entire face gradually faded as his body gradually recovered, but it was still very obvious.
Li Mu raised his hand and gently stroked the scar on his face with his cold fingers.
The scar was ugly, but what was even more shocking was the location of the scar. It was on the face and next to the eyes. If it was more than a minute and a half, then what was in front of him at this moment would be a pile of white bones.
Zhong Xiuyuan raised his hand to cover the back of Li Mu's hand, because Li Mu's hand was already cold after standing here for a long time and blowing the night wind for a long time.
"Go to sleep." Zhong Xiuyuan said.
Li Mu nodded, there are still many things to be busy in this mountain tomorrow.
He turned around and walked into the yard. After walking a few steps, Zhong Xiuyuan's deep but firm voice came from behind him, "At least I have never regretted it."
Whether he met Li Mu, fell in love with Li Mu, or betrayed Yuan Guo in exchange for a peaceful life, he never regretted it.
His heart has always been grateful and fortunate. He never believed in gods and Buddhas before, but since he met this person, now he believes in it, almost devoutly.
Li Mu's footsteps paused for a moment, he didn't turn his head or speak, but continued to walk forward and returned to the room.
Li Mu didn't understand Uncle Hong's insistence on making him agree to accompany Yun'er until the fifteenth day, but now that he sees Yun'er again, he understands.
In such a place that cannibalize people without spitting out bones, if Uncle Hong left and left Yun'er alone in the palace, then Yun'er would be too pitiful.
Li Mu and Zhong Xiuyuan went back to the room one after another. Just after they blew out the oil lamp, the room where Zhong Manlu lived next door was opened a crack.
After a slight to inaudible whistle sounded, a pair of faint green eyes appeared in the yard. The dog-shaped creature was a genuine wolf. After sniffing in the yard, it rushed into Zhongman Road inside the house.
In the dark, Yun'er closed the door and lay back on the bed.He hugged the quilt and moved inside to make room for the wolf with some night dew on his body.
The wolf was obviously used to such things long ago, so after entering the house, he ran directly to the bed and lay down, allowing Yun'er to hold it in his arms, sleeping together with the wolf.
In a place like the deep palace compound that eats people without spitting out their bones, sometimes the danger lies in a place that you will never notice.
In the beginning, he lived alone in the big dragon's den and did not dare to sleep all night. He had to summon it, which was still a milk wolf, to hug him before he dared to sleep. After his grandfather smiled wryly, he kept him like this.
Now that a few years have passed, he has gotten used to this way of getting along, and without the company of this wolf, he can't sleep at night.
"Mumu." Yun'er hugged the quilt in her arms, and rubbed her face against the wolf's body, and he shrank into a small lump.
In the early morning of the next day, as soon as the sky became gray, Yun'er sat up in a daze.
He sat on the bed and was dazed for a while before waking up, and then he remembered that he was no longer in the palace, and he no longer had to get up at this time every day to go to bed.
Listening to the occasional bird call in the quiet mountain forest, and feeling the damp morning light which is different from the palace, Yun'er lay back on the bed and wanted to sleep for a while, but she was no longer sleepy.
After lying on the bed for a while, he put on his clothes and went out after hearing movement outside the door.
Outside the door, Li Mu, who got up to wash up, saw Yun'er who was already fully dressed, his eyes were a little surprised, and then a little complicated.
Just as she was about to speak, a gray thing suddenly sprang out from behind Yun'er.
That gray thing was a wolf, an adult wolf with gray fur, it stood guardedly beside Yoon'er, and snorted threateningly.
Zhong Xiuyuan, who had just left the house, was about to speak to break the silence, when he saw a group of people rushing towards him in the distance, they were the people who brought Yun'er over earlier.
They were holding a package in their hands, apparently some daily necessities for Yoona.
I came before dawn to avoid other people in the village, so as not to arouse suspicion.
"Just put the things down." Yun'er took the package by herself, went to the house to open it, and changed into ordinary clothes that were no different from those in the village.
It's just that even though he is dressed like the children in the village, the nobility and temperament on his body cannot be hidden, so the effect of changing clothes is not obvious.
After changing clothes, Yun'er explained a few more words to those people, and finally those people came to Li Mu before they left.
"After the matter is over, we will pick him up." One of the leaders said.
It has been two or three years since they dealt with Li Mu. During these two or three years, they have not had many conversations, and most of the time they just say a few words as a matter of routine.
They are all smart people, knowing that the relationship between Li Mu and that person is different, and they never explore too much, so they are a little more unfamiliar.
Li Mu nodded, "I see."
"We will temporarily live in the town at the foot of the mountain and act as businessmen. In order to avoid suspicion, we will not come to the mountain during this time. If you need anything, you can find us at the inn at the foot of the mountain." After the man said a few more words, Only then did I leave.
When all these things were done, the yard became lively. The little white ducklings that Li Mu kept in the yard were already hungry, so all of them stretched their necks and quacked.
He hasn't raised ducks in his yard for a while, and the duck cages earlier were dismantled because there wasn't enough space. Now the place where the ducks are kept is just a small bamboo basket.
On weekdays, after Li Mu wakes up, he will feed the ducks as soon as he finishes washing, and Zhong Xiuyuan will take this opportunity to make breakfast. Have a hot breakfast.
He wasted some time today because of these things, so these ducklings were already hungry.
After hearing this, Li Mu went to the side and took the prepared feed, ready to feed the ducks.He just entered the door, and there was a panicked cry of ducks outside the door.
"Come back!" Yun'er yelled in the courtyard with a somewhat childish voice.
Li Mu hurried out, only to find that the wolf was staring at the ducks in the cage because it seemed to be interested.
Those ducks, Li Mu has always cherished them tightly, and he would be nervous even if there was any trouble.They were suddenly frightened at this moment, and they all shrank together in a state of depression.
"Sorry." Yun'er frowned slightly, and he called the wolf back to his side, "I offended."
The wolf snorted. Although wolves and ducks are not natural enemies, this thing is also one of their foods.
Li Mu frowned.It's not because of those frightened ducklings, but because of Yun'er's attitude when speaking.
002.
Li Mu finished feeding the duck silently, put down the dustpan and looked at Yooner who had finished washing, "Do you want to go down the mountain to see the duck?"
This mountain has changed a lot from a few years ago. The size of his duck cage is several times that of a few years ago. Although the duck cage that Uncle Hong helped build earlier is still there, it has changed. a lot of.
Yun'er shook her head without thinking, and said quite seriously: "I don't want to go around for now, and it's not appropriate for people to know about my coming here—"
He hadn't finished the old-fashioned words that came to his lips, but Li Mu had already picked him up.
Without saying a word, Li Mu picked up the person like a duckling and threw it into the air, then hugged the person in his arms, Li Mu completely ignored the surprise on Yuner's face, turned around and walked towards the duck cage down the mountain .
"You came back just in time. Mushrooms will grow in the mountains this season. I will take you to pick mushrooms in the mountains later." Li Mu said to himself, completely ignoring Yoon'er who was suddenly stiff in his arms. What is the expression on the face.
He knew that he owed Yun'er in the end, and he had the right to be angry with him.But he is not angry with Yun'er, he likes this child.
The kid would run after him, reach out for a hug, call him uncle slimy, and cry out of breath for being separated from him.
He once really wanted to raise him as his own child, and he did.
Seeing him suddenly last night, he was a little scared, but after thinking about it carefully, some things will not change.
Even if this person is already the emperor of Daning, already the master over ten thousand people, just like Uncle Hong said, this person has eaten his duck eggs for several years, and he should be called uncle.
What's more, the duck eggs he entrusted those people to send over these years are all carefully selected, and they are all big.
Being held in Li Mu's arms and walking down the mountain, Yun'er's body remained rigid and motionless.His cheeks were flushed, a bit like the original appearance, but he was more at a loss.
He has almost forgotten what it feels like to be held in someone's arms. He is the emperor of Daning. Although he is small and needs a mat to sit on the dragon chair, he is already the emperor.
No one would hold the emperor in his arms, and no one would say no to him, and it was even more impossible for anyone to dare to arrange a schedule for him without authorization.
Yun'er's whole body stiffened to feel the gentle breath of the people around him, he felt the fast-paced movement of the people under him in a good mood, and the hand casually hanging by his side became more and more nervous.
Li Mu has already repaired the road in this mountain, so it is much easier to walk than before.
Soon, the old and the young went to the foot of the mountain.
It was still early at this moment, even if Li Mu walked down from the mountain with the man in his arms, there was only a hint of paleness in the sky, and there was still more than an hour before the sun came out.
When Li Mu got down the mountain, those ducks had already woken up and were wandering around in the duck cage, waiting for someone to go down the mountain to let them out to look for food.
Seeing Li Mu approaching, those ducks immediately approached the fence, and squawked at Li Mu through the fence.
"Wait here for a while." Li Mu put down the person he was holding in his arms and let him stand beside him.
He himself walked to the duck cage, first poured all the feed into a shallow container on the ground, and then went into the duck cage to put the ducks.
In the mountains in the early morning, there is a dampness that is not found in other places. Even if you just stand in the forest for a while, you will feel a cold feeling soaked in fog.
Li Mu now has a lot of ducks in this duck cage, and it took him a while to finish everything.
Yun'er has been standing quietly at the place where Li Mu put him down. He looked at the busy person, his small face was still tense and expressionless, but his eyes never left Li Mu's back.
While Li Mu's forehead was covered with a thin layer of sweat, there was movement near the duck cage, and the long-term workers Li Mu hired came up from the mountain one after another.
Seeing this well-behaved doll standing next to the duck cage, many people looked around curiously.
Among them, one with a more lively personality even took the initiative to talk to Yun'er, "Where are you from?"
When Li Mu heard the voice, he turned his head and glanced over there, but kept busy without making a sound.
There were many people around, but Yun'er returned to the stern face before, he took a look at the long-time worker, then walked to the distance and stood there.
Seeing that the little doll looked like a grown-up, everyone burst into laughter.
The long-term worker who dared to provoke Yun'er moved closer to Li Mu, "Boss, yours?"
Li Mu looked back at Yun'er who was standing in the distance, and nodded.
"It can't be your illegitimate child, right?" The long-time worker laughed exaggeratedly, "I didn't expect it to be so big."
The people around immediately laughed when they heard the words. Li Mu's personality is easy-going. Although he doesn't express much on his face and doesn't talk too much, he doesn't have much airs with them, so these people have no arrogance. Much bigger.
Li Mu didn't refute, just smiled along with these people.
Li Mu's refusal to refute made everyone even more surprised, "Could it really be an illegitimate child?!"
All of a sudden, everyone turned their heads to look at Yun'er who was standing in the distance, as if they were comparing him with Li Mu, to see how similar they were.
I don't feel it without making a comparison, but everyone can't help but believe it for seven or eight points in this comparison.
Because although Yun'er is young, like Li Mu, she likes to keep a stern face and keep silent. The one big and one small two sullen gods are placed together, and they are really similar just by looking at them.
Li Mu didn't care about what these people said at all, and followed them to make trouble. Yun'er, who was standing quietly in the distance, listened to the laughter of these people, and looked at Li Mu's face imperceptibly frequently.
"By the way, boss, the inn at the foot of the mountain asked me to bring you a letter, saying that Master Qin has a letter and something delivered, and I want you to go down and get it yourself." During the commotion, someone said to Li Mu.
Many of these long-term workers are from the town below the mountain, so they would occasionally help Li Mu with a letter or something.
In such a short time, Li Mu had already finished all the things in his hands. He looked at the sky and figured it was still early, so he planned to stop by the town, otherwise, he would have to walk back and forth for more than half an hour after returning to the mountain. way.
"Let's go to the town." Li Mu waved to Yun'er who was standing in the distance.
Yun'er came over, and was about to tell Li Mu that he should not walk around, so as not to cause trouble.Li Mu had already taken the lead and walked forward, so he had no choice but to follow.
After walking out of the duck cage, Li Mu stopped and turned around.
"I can walk on my own—" Before she finished speaking, Yun'er left her feet off the ground again, and was held in Li Mu's arms.
The feeling of bewilderment hit him again, and he didn't know what to say for a while, so he stiffened his body clumsily and let Li Mu carry him away.
Now it is the weather in May and June, and the mountains are getting hotter day by day. The lush forests and the dense grass beside the road are accompanied by bursts of fragrance.
After being hugged by Li Mu and walking on the mountain for a while, Yun'er's eyes finally fell on the surroundings.
Although the scenery here is somewhat familiar to him, it is so strange. He has lived here for a while, but the scenery he saw in his eyes at that time was completely different from what he sees now.
"How is he doing recently?" Li Mu's slightly cold voice suddenly came.
Yun'er was stunned for a while, then realized that Li Mu was asking about his grandfather Lin Hong, "Grandfather...he is still in good health, and the people from the imperial physician's pavilion in the palace have been helping him recuperate."
It has been rumored that the former emperor Lin Hong's health is getting worse every day, and he may not have much time to live. This rumor has not stopped since the signing of the armistice agreement.
Li Mu was silent for a moment, then suddenly raised his hand, pinching Yun'er's face with his fingertips.
When Yun'er left, it was after her fifth birthday, three years had passed in between, and now it was the beginning of the fourth year.
Counting it, Yun'er is now nine years old.
Eight or nine years old is no longer as fun as four or five years old, but the flesh on the face is still soft and feels great.
Li Mu hugged Yun'er with one hand, and pinched his face with the other until his face turned red, and then let go.
After walking two steps, he raised his hand again, pinching the other side of Yun'er's face to make it red.
After pinching expressionlessly, Li Mu walked straight forward.
Yun'er, whose face was suddenly pinched, raised her small hands in a daze, and covered her cheeks.
He was very unaccustomed to such intimate actions, and what made him even more puzzled was that he didn't understand why Li Mu suddenly pinched him with a blank expression, and left without saying a word after pinching.
Li Mu, who was expressionless, was in a good mood after pinching, and his steps were much lighter.The pinched Yun'er also had an expressionless face, but her eyes were somewhat dull.
The one big and one small two bored gods are put together, not to mention, there is really such a father-son resemblance.
If Zhong Xiuyuan looked at it, if Zhong Xiuyuan didn't know Yun'er's origin, I guess he should really be in a hurry!
After going down the mountain, Li Mu bought two big buns at the gate of the town, gave one to Yun'er, took one in his mouth, and carried him to the post station.
The things that Master Qin would send over must not be ordinary things, and he asked him to pick them up in person, so they should be extremely important things.
After arriving at the place, Li Mu put Yun'er down, took his hand regardless of his appearance that I could take care of myself, and led him to the post station.
Master Qin sent people not the same thing, but two different things.
One of them was a reply to Li Mu, who asked him to help find the whereabouts of the restaurant surnamed Qi.The other thing is related to Li Mu's current status as an imperial merchant.
Li Mu is now an imperial merchant, and he is in charge of this big project. A few days ago, this matter was settled because of it, so there was no movement, but now the task from above has been released.
Li Mu took a look, and found the letter from the restaurant surnamed Qi, saying that Master Qin had probably found something, but he had to inquire more carefully about the specifics.
The task of the Imperial Merchant is to help it record a list of nearby large and small commercial firms.
A few days ago, due to the chaos in Daning, these managements were evacuated, but in the future, the Chamber of Commerce will be rebuilt, and these things must be seized.
After taking all the things, Li Mu thanked the people in the inn, and took Yun'er up the mountain again.
003.
Li Mu led the people out of the station, paused and was about to turn around, when Yun'er, who was holding a big bun, took a step back.
His tone was a little hasty, and he said calmly, "I can go by myself."
He was carried by Li Mu all the way down the road, and he was alright when he was in a deserted place in the mountains, but now in this town full of people, he felt a little ashamed.
He is not young anymore, even if he is only a child in this town regardless of his status, at the age of eight or nine, he definitely does not have the etiquette to let an adult hug him for a walk.
"I can walk, and besides, the road has been rough and difficult—"
Before Yun'er finished speaking, she blushed angrily, because Li Mu didn't give him a chance to talk, and immediately hugged her.
In the past three years, he has always said what he said in the palace. No one has ever dared to do this to him. Now that Li Mu ignores his opinions again and again, he should be furious, but at this moment he is a little bit ashamed Face.
"You go when you are in the mountains. There are many people coming and going in this town. If you get lost and are abducted by human traffickers with snacks, you won't be able to find them." Li Mu said seriously.
Yun'er's cheeks are bulging, he is already nine years old!So that they won't be abducted with snacks.
But after listening to Li Mu's words, he didn't refute, but lowered his head and gnawed on the big bun in his hand.
He probably likes this person's embrace.
The steamed buns in the town like to use cowpea as stuffing. The taste is slightly different from the outside, but the steamed cowpea is extra delicious.
When Yun'er finished eating all the buns in his hand, the two of them were already walking up the mountain. Seeing this, Li Mu let him down and let him walk for a while.
Although Li Mu's body has been exercised all the time, Yun'er is only eight or nine years old after all, and it's still a bit reluctant for him to carry the weight of several tens of kilograms up and down the mountain.
After Yun'er stood on the ground, she straightened her clothes, although her face was expressionless, she felt a sense of loss in her heart for no reason.
Li Mu who was walking by the side suddenly stretched out his hand, and Yun'er, whose cheeks were always slightly red, didn't know whether it was too hot or something, stared blankly at the big hand in front of him.
After a long while, he put his little white hand in Li Mu's palm without saying a word, and let him lead him away.
Zhong Xiuyuan had already heard from other long-term workers that Li Mu was going to town, so after breakfast, he checked the frightened ducklings in the yard.
Just as he was finishing his work, Zhong Xiuyuan saw the sullen-faced two people, big and small, walking towards the fence yard in unison, one left and one right walking in unison.
Zhong Xiuyuan's nose became sour, and his eyes instantly turned red.
But then he burst out laughing again, he finally understood what happened to those long-term workers who came up the mountain just now and joked with him about Li Mu having an illegitimate child.
"Where's Zhongman Road?" Li Mu asked after entering the courtyard.
Yun'er walked to the side, and sat quietly on the small bench.
His face was a little red, and he seemed a little overwhelmed, but his well-behaved appearance was a little familiar to him a few years ago.
At that time, Yun'er always liked to sit on the small bench so obediently and quietly, and after sitting in a small ball, she looked even smaller.
"In the room." Zhong Xiuyuan pointed behind him.
"Take the basket, let's go to the mountains to pick mushrooms." Li Mu said.
Zhong Xiuyuan was slightly surprised, he didn't understand why Li Mu suddenly thought of this, but he looked at Yun'er who raised his head because of Li Mu's words, and he felt a little more clear in his heart.
Zhong Xiuyuan went into the house and called Zhong Manlu, and came out with a basket. After preparing for a while, the four of them walked towards the peach blossom forest again.
Yun'er followed them, and when they heard them say where to go to get mushrooms, he couldn't help but look at Li Mu more, because Li Mu had just said before that he would take him to pick mushrooms.
After confirming the direction, a few people went straight there after going down the mountain.
After going down the mountain and entering the peach blossom forest, the road on the ground is not easy to walk.In some places, the grass is very deep, and there is a gully under the turf that cannot be seen from the outside. If you accidentally step into it, you will have to fall hard.
"Come in." Li Mu put his pannier in front of Yun'er.
The back basket is not too big, after being placed in front of Yun'er, it didn't reach his waist.
Yoon'er, who was quietly following the crowd to the mountain, saw the bag that suddenly appeared in front of her, her black and white eyes widened incredulously.
"Hurry up." Li Mu said.
The road in the mountains is not easy to walk, if the little Yun'er strayed off the road, she might just disappear in the haystack.
Li Mu looked at Yun'er for a moment, then silently looked at the haystack next to him, his dark eyes showed some worry.
Yun'er, who was looking like a grown-up last night, looked at Li Mu and Li Mu in front of her, her fair little face was forced to turn red.
He's not those fluffy ducklings raised by this man, he can get rid of any muddy nest in this mountain!
"I--"
"Come in." Li Mu patted his back basket seriously.
Yun'er looked at the pannier in front of her that was shaking because of Li Mu's actions, her round eyes couldn't help overflowing with steam, revealing a bit of innocence and unwillingness.
Then the next moment, Li Mu picked him up like a duckling and put him in the basket.
"Help me." Li Mu said.
Zhong Xiuyuan next to him heard the words and hurried up to help lift the pannier for Li Mu to carry it.
Li Mu was carrying a pannier, and Yuner was standing in the middle of the pannier, because the pannier would shake as Li Mu walked, Yuner had to squat down to put herself into the pannier, and then stretched out her hand to grab Li Mu's shoulders.
Zhong Xiuyuan, who was walking behind, looked at the two of them, one couldn't hold back, and burst out laughing.After Zhong Xiuyuan started, Zhong Manlu next to him also laughed.
All of a sudden, the forest was filled with suppressed laughter from the two of them.
Listening to the laughter of the two, Yun'er with flushed cheeks shrank back again, as if she wished she could shrink herself into a ball.
After arriving at the predetermined place, Li Mu put down the basket, and Yun'er ran out of the basket without waiting for him to say anything.
After arriving at the place, Li Mu didn't bother him anymore, but put the basket in a cleaner place.
The best time to pick mushrooms is when it just dawns the next morning after it rains, when the mushrooms picked in the mist in the mountains are fresh.
It rained for a while last night, but today they came here a bit late, and the fog in the mountains has also lightened up, not so humid.
There are a lot of mushrooms in the mountains this season, and there will be a lot of edible and inedible ones. People living in the mountains are very clear about what mushrooms can be eaten.
After Li Mu talked briefly with the rest of the people, he began to search around.
The woods are a bit dirty, with mud, dew, and dead leaves. The smell of the soil is mixed with the fragrance of grass, and the smell of rotting leaves.
After the crowd dispersed, they looked for mushrooms everywhere.
Yun'er, who was at a loss at first, couldn't help but relax a lot after seeing that other people ignored her.
He looked around and looked at the other people around him. Seeing that everyone was busy in the woods, he also chose a direction and walked forward slowly.
Although the small face still had the same old-fashioned look, the eyes were different from before, with a bit more aura.
After walking in the forest for a while, he stepped on two mushrooms. The two mushrooms were somewhat similar to what Li Mu had said before, but they were obviously not the same species.
Hesitating, Yun'er walked up to Li Mu with the mushroom, stretched out both hands, and let Li Mu look at the mushroom in his hand.
Li Mu looked up and pointed at one of them.
Yun'er carefully looked at the mushroom again, and then carefully put the mushroom into the basket that carried him up the mountain.
After putting away the mushrooms, he went to the side to continue searching.
Walking in the forest, his light-colored brows were slightly frowned, and his expression was serious and serious.He has grown up and he can do many things well.
Zhong Xiuyuan looked at Yun'er doing things seriously and solemnly, and felt a little dull and distressed.
Li Mu brought him here for fun, not for him to treat it as something that needs to be done seriously.
At the same time, Zhong Xiuyuan was also a little dumbfounded. The two of them seemed to have practiced the silent communication thousands of times, and even he was a little jealous of that familiarity.
Could it be that Yun'er is really Li Mu and Ren's illegitimate son, and he just made up a story with Uncle Hong to lie to him?
"Hehehe..." At this moment, there was a sound of wings flapping and rooster crowing in the silent forest. Everyone looked in the direction of the sound, and saw Yun who was looking for mushrooms in the forest. Son, for some reason, he sat down on the ground.
In front of him, a pheasant turned and fled, screaming loudly.
"Grab it!" Li Mu immediately bent over nervously and walked in the direction of the pheasant.
The chicken ran and stopped, and Li Mu chased it for several steps but couldn't get close.
Yun'er was taken aback, her brain was a little blank at the moment, and there were signs of breaking the ice on her expressionless little face.
Seeing that Li Mu was going after the chicken, he couldn't help but get nervous.He hurriedly blew a whistle, and the next moment, the gray wolf jumped out from nowhere, and headed towards the pheasant.
The chicken flew to the side, and the wolf also ran over. Yun'er raised his foot and wanted to chase, but he stopped and looked at Li Mu with some concerns.
The forest in this mountain is very wide, if you don't pay attention, it is easy to get lost.
"Don't let it get away." Li Mu hurriedly urged.
After hearing this, Yun'er hurriedly chased over there.
Zhong Xiuyuan looked at his figure running away, then turned to look at Zhongman Road next to him, "Go too."
Zhong Manlu nodded, put down the mushroom in his hand and followed.
In fact, they have been to the nearby mountains countless times, so they are very familiar with them, and they already know that there are pheasants in the mountains.
The pheasants in this mountain are not easy to catch, they are all well-learned, and they can fly, so few people can catch them on weekdays.
Li Mu did that just now, but it was just to let Yun'er chase the chicken, so that he would not look lifeless.
Seeing Zhong Manlu chasing Yun'er away, Zhong Xiuyuan turned to look at Li Mu next to him.
Li Mu smiled.
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