Wife is an enemy general

001.

Although they didn't say anything, both Li Mu and Zhong Xiuyuan knew that the other side hoped that the rumors this time were just rumors as usual.

Only this time, their expectations fell through.

Since that day, some bad news has come from the town from time to time.

Since the first emperor Lin Hong fell into a coma due to his terminal illness, in the next month, although the imperial physician of the Daning Palace tried his best, his body was still getting weaker and weaker.

He was sober once or twice during the period, but not for long each time.

All the imperial physicians in the palace were summoned into his bedroom, and they stood by the side almost every step of the way.

The outside world has different opinions about the specific situation.

After this happened for more than a month, Li Mu, who lived in the mountains, finally waited for the few people he least wanted to see.

In the past few years, those people who have been passing letters between him and Uncle Hong came to the mountain again.

This time they came and did not bring anything, and they were not going to take anything away. All they brought was a message.

That was a message that Uncle Hong summoned them when he was awake and asked them to bring them.

"That adult said, as long as you bring this word to you, you will understand." Those who brought the word to Li Mu were also a little depressed.

After they brought the words, they kept looking at Li Mu nervously, trying to understand what the words meant from Li Mu's expression.

Because the first emperor Lin Hong asked them to come secretly and brought a message, just to tell Li Mu that if Li Mu didn't want to do what they had agreed on, he could let it go.

They had never heard of the agreement between the late emperor Lin Hong and Li Mu.

Li Mu pursed his lips slightly upon hearing this.

He really understood what Uncle Hong meant, so how could he not understand?

It's just that he didn't expect Uncle Hong to be like this.

When Uncle Hong left, he was asked to make such an agreement. He could understand Uncle Hong's feelings at that time. Under such circumstances, none of them could bear to let Yun'er stay in such a place alone.

Now Uncle Hong has brought such a message, is it because Yun'er no longer needs him, or...

"Then let's go back first." Seeing that Li Mu had no plans to say anything more, the people who brought the conversation prepared to leave.

Li Mu stood there in a daze, without speaking.Zhong Xiuyuan, who was on the side, stepped forward, sent them to the mountainside, and asked about Uncle Hong's recent situation by the way.

When Zhong Xiuyuan returned to the mountain, Li Mu still maintained his previous posture, sitting motionless in the house, staring in the direction of the door in a daze.

After entering the house, Zhong Xiuyuan told Li Mu who was inside the house what he had heard.

Uncle Hong's situation is indeed not ideal, even worse than they imagined.

Now the reason why Uncle Hong is still alive is purely because those imperial doctors hanged his life for him under the order of Yun'er. If it wasn't because those imperial doctors took turns guarding him, Uncle Hong would have already...

After telling Li Mu the news, Zhong Xiuyuan opened his mouth. He wanted to ask Li Mu what he was going to do, but he couldn't ask.

Uncle Hong brought such a sentence at this time. In fact, he and Li Mu both understand that it is not that Yuner no longer needs him. It is more likely that Uncle Hong has no power to keep Yuner safe, so he does not want Li Mu also fell into it...

His time, after all, was too short.

It has been less than five years since he returned to the palace, to supporting Yuner's ascension to the throne, and now, there is really too little he can do in just a few years.

The matter was never mentioned again by the two of them.

Paper can't contain fire, and not long after Li Mu got the news, similar rumors began to spread in the town.

The day-by-day weakness of the former emperor Lin Hong also made Daning's people who had just stabilized feel uneasy again, and now no one knows the future direction of Daning.

Seeing a depressive atmosphere pervading again, Li Mu had no choice but to wait quietly.

As time passed day by day, the mountains soon ushered in the first heavy snow.

When the mountains are covered by heavy snow, there is less farm work that can be done in the mountains, and even the ducks are not as active as before. Except for those ducks with white spots on their backs, other ducks are no longer willing to run into the mountains.

When the mountain was covered by heavy snow, Li Mu went down the mountain and bought a lot of paper and ink in the only bookstore in the town.

Although the town in their mountain has a large population, they don't like reading highly.It is not recommended because everyone is too poor, and few families could afford their children to study during the war.

Most of those who can afford their children's education have spent money to move to a place far away from the battlefield.

As time went by, there was only one bookstore in their place.

Li Mu carried the pile of pens, inks, papers and inkstones up the mountain, and after that, he was busy in the study.

Usually Li Mu also enters the study room, but most of the time he goes in because of the duck and fruit trees in the mountains to pay bills, and most of the time this study room is used by Zhong Xiuyuan alone.

Now that Li Mu is also frequently going in and out of the study, Zhong Xiu is far from feeling happy, but more and more worried.

Li Mu buried his head in the study and wrote some things that he had never heard of, and some things that he could understand at a glance. He was also amazed that Li Mu would come up with such things.

But more, Zhong Xiuyuan felt that heaviness.

He didn't know how Li Mu came up with those weird things, but now that Li Mu wrote it out, I am afraid that there is a bit more determination in it.

Zhong Xiuyuan knew that Li Mu would definitely go this time, and Li Mu himself knew that this trip must be risky.

No one can guarantee whether he can come back alive, so he came up with the idea of ​​writing these things, because in that way, even if something happened to him...

Zhong Xiuyuan carefully sorted out the things he wrote for Li Mu, and put them away properly.

He didn't stop Li Mu, although he really wanted to take the pen away from Li Mu's hand and tell him that nothing would happen, but he couldn't.

The dangers in the palace are not inferior to the battlefield. The dangers on the battlefield are obvious with swords and blood, but the palace is a place that eats people without spitting out their bones.

Those strategies and strategies of his can still be used on the battlefield, but they may not be useful in the palace.

As if that wasn't messy enough, along with the rumors that the late emperor Lin Hong was critically ill, there were also many discussions about seizing power.

Although the Daning royal family has always had few descendants, it is not that there are no other kings with the same surname.

When Lin Shang proclaimed himself emperor in the early years, these people were always feared by him, and they weakened a lot.

However, in order to be able to end Lin Shang's rule, the former emperor Lin Hong had given up power to several kings with the same surname, and had also borrowed their power.

Earlier, when the former emperor Lin Hong supported the young emperor Lin Yun to ascend the throne, some ministers refused to accept it and stood up to praise several kings with the same surname.

It was just that there were internal and external troubles at that time, and there was Zhong Xiuyuan standing on the side of the former emperor Lin Hong, so in the end it was the former emperor Lin Hong who had the upper hand and let Lin Yun ascend the throne.

Now if the former emperor Lin Hong passed away, it would be impossible for these kings with the same surname to stand idly by.

Lin Yun ascended the throne at the age of five, and now he is less than ten years old. At his age, it is obviously very reluctant to take power alone. At that time, there will inevitably be a king with the same surname standing up to listen to the government behind the curtain.

There are already many rumors among the people, and there is a lot of discussion about these Wangs with the same surname, and there are speculations about who is more hopeful.

The people who were already in a state of panic became even more disturbed under the speculation and remarks, and there were even rumors that the world would be in chaos again.

It was the twelfth lunar month, and Li Mucai finally came out of the study.

People in the mountains are already preparing for the New Year, but the world has changed a lot in the past few months.

Several kings with the same surname who were originally suppressed by the former emperor Lin Hong have opened warehouses to provide food and do good deeds one after another in the past few months. Although they didn't say anything, their intention to win the hearts of the people is well known.

But the body of former emperor Lin Hong was getting worse day by day.

If it weren't for the fear that the former emperor Lin Hong personally ended Lin Shang's absurd farce, and ended the ten-year-long war for Daning, in exchange for Daning's rare peaceful days.

If it weren't for the consideration of the reputation of the former emperor Lin Hong in the hearts of the people, I am afraid that these people would have already done it.

In the current situation, it is almost impossible to stop the separatism of the heroes. The little emperor Lin Yun can keep the throne, and everyone has little confidence.

In the past few years, the prestige established by the little emperor Lin Yun has been defeated in the past few months.

After all, no matter what, a little doll who is only a few years old and has no hair, compared with a group of kings with the same surname who know how to win people's hearts, it is hardly worth watching.

In the middle of the twelfth lunar month, when everyone in the mountain town was busy celebrating the new year, Li Mu was sitting in the yard holding a piece of wood carving with a dignified expression. His fingers had already turned blue from the cold, but the hand holding the carving knife did not stop. .

Zhong Xiuyuan took out a thick cloak from the house and put it on his shoulders, "Come in, it's snowing."

They had already prepared the goods for the New Year and cooked a sumptuous dinner in the house, but the three of them didn't have any appetite at all.

Li Mu stopped the numb movements of his hands, raised his eyes and glanced at the surrounding area where the night fell, only to realize that it was snowing again at some point.

He glanced at the wood carving in his hand, then at Zhong Xiuyuan standing beside him, nodded silently, put down the wood carving, and followed Zhong Xiuyuan into the house.

The stove had already been set up in the room, and as soon as he entered, a gust of hot air rushed towards his face, dispelling the chill on his body.

During the twelfth lunar month, the mountains were already very lively. The wanderers who had gone away went home one after another, and the people who had no farm work to do were gathered together in twos and threes, drinking warm sake and kowtow melon seeds and chatting.

Children are the happiest, wearing new clothes and hats, holding firecrackers in their hands, and specially blocking the road and planting firecrackers to scare people.

The frightened adults ran away in embarrassment, but no one cursed. Most of them patted the snow on their bodies and walked away with a smile.

This is the first year since Li Mu and Zhong Xiuyuan reunited. In previous years, they couldn't have a good year. This year they have the time and the conditions, but they are not thinking about this year.

As usual, Li Mu sent red envelopes to these long-term workers in the twenties of the twelfth lunar month. In the next few days, the three of them stayed at home most of the time except to go down the mountain to look at the ducks.

During the Chinese New Year, except for occasional people who came to pay New Year's greetings, the three of them would stand up, talk and walk around, and the room was almost silent at ordinary times.

After the new year, on the sixth day of the new year, along with the return of those long-term workers, there is another bad news brought to the mountains.

After several months of procrastination, the first emperor Lin Hong finally reached the point where he couldn't even swallow the medicine.

002.

If a person can take the medicine, there is still some hope after all, but in the case of not being able to take the medicine, there is really nothing to do.

Even if the panacea is in hand, there is no way.

And the even worse news was that Yuan Guo was about to make trouble again.

The two countries of Yuan Guo and Daning were severely damaged by the war more than ten years ago, but in any case, the situation of Yuan Guo was slightly better than theirs.

Yuan Guo hadn't planned to cease the war before, and was going to take advantage of the previous opportunity to bite back, but he agreed to negotiate a peace under the pressure of Zhong Xiuyuan.

Now that the former emperor Lin Hong was seriously ill, seeing that Yuan Guo was about to be divided by other heroes, no one could stand up and make decisions, and Zhong Xiuyuan, who suppressed them on the battlefield, disappeared without a trace. Under such circumstances, Yuan It is naturally impossible for the country to turn a blind eye.

Yuan Guo was about to make a move, and several other big countries that had been watching with cold eyes also secretly dispatched troops.They don't bother to start a war, but they don't mind getting a share of the action either.

Besides, they were not friendly with Daning in the first place.

Internal and external troubles, the country may be subjugated, and the country may survive safely. No one knows what the next direction will be.

In the first month, Li Mu did not wait for the worst news, but instead waited for the resignation of the long-term worker.

A long-term worker who has been working here for several years, voluntarily resigned after the start of work in the first month.

"We are already planning to move to Anfu's side." The long worker looked at Li Mu with a wry smile, but he was actually unwilling to leave.

Their family has lived in this town for hundreds of years, and Li Mu treats them well as long-term workers. There are red envelopes for New Years and festivals, and the work is considered easy.

If it wasn't because there was nothing he could do, even for the wages Li Mu gave, he wouldn't have moved away.

After Li Mu heard the words, he was a little surprised at first, and then he nodded a little too late, "Okay."

Now that the situation is like this, what else can he say to keep people?

If he keeps the person now, if there is another war, then he is trying to persuade this person to die.

After agreeing to this person's resignation, and letting people come to the mountain to settle the wages after another day, Li Mu returned to the mountain.

After returning to the mountain, Li Mu went into the study, took out the previous account book and came out to calculate the man's salary. After thinking about it, he added some money in, and it was right to treat it as a red envelope.

However, this person did not come to the mountain the next day to collect his half-month salary as agreed. Two days later, Li Mu went to inquire, only to hear that the person moved out after resigning from him.

Someone in the long-term workers told Li Mu that in fact, he was planning to move after the Chinese New Year.

It's just that he has always been embarrassed to tell Li Mu who has taken care of him for several years, so he came here to do half a month's extra white labor, just to thank Li Mu for taking care of him.

In the group of long-term workers recruited by Li Mu, there are basically few replacements, and most of them have been working for several years.

Li Mu seems to have a lot of things to do here, but Li Mu is an easy-going person, and the red envelopes he gives are very generous. Even during the most difficult two years, Li Mu never defaulted on their wages.

If any of them had difficulties at home, Li Mu would give them all if they went to advance their wages in advance.

Not to mention the recent year, although Li Mu's situation in the past few years was not a blessing to them, it was indeed not easy.

Especially in the early years, no one knew what was going to happen next, so everyone lived tight. Most businesses were afraid that their employees would run away, and employees were also afraid that the business owner would not pay them.

What can be paid in advance, and what is paid in advance is not only money, but also a trust.

After hearing what the long-time worker said, Li Mu was silent for a long time.

A few days later, Li Mu still entrusted someone with the money and asked someone to send it over.

This amount of money is really nothing to him, he took it if he wanted, but he can't keep the money.

That person's departure seemed to be a start, and after a while, Li Mu was followed by two or three resignations.

Li Mu didn't stop him, and settled the wages of these people one by one.

At the end of the first lunar month, the batch of ducks with white spots on their backs in the mountains all grew up. Everything went smoothly, but some accidents happened when they were sold.

What Li Mu has been worried about all this time has finally happened. Many people have discovered the cold habit of ducks. When selling ducks this year, many people are selling them.

In fact, this is not surprising, Li Mu has monopolized this sweetness for more than a year or two, and it is not surprising that the rest of the people have found the law of raising this kind of duck.

Li Mu did not sell the ducks with white spots on the back that he raised, but because of the sudden inflation, the price of the ducks was not as high as in previous years, and he made less money.

But in this way, next year and the following time, probably the duck with the white spot on the back will not make much money.

Just as Li Mu was thinking about how to raise the next ducks, people from the Su family came to him.

After those things happened earlier, the members of the Su family probably still felt a little uncomfortable.

So after returning to live in the mountains, they didn't help him any more, but went down the mountain to find other things to do. They only came to help when picking fruits during the busy farming season to earn a little money.

Li Mu didn't stop him, for the members of the Su family, if he could help, he would definitely help, but there are some things that belong to two families and they don't know each other.

Li Mu was a little surprised that people from the Su family came looking for him suddenly, and what surprised him even more was the reason why his sister-in-law from the Su family came to him.

"There is no man in this family, so it's hard to do things after all, so..." Su's sister-in-law looked at Li Mu.

At the beginning, she was really jealous, but after she settled down in this mountain and slowly accepted the fact that Su Dayong was dead, she also looked away.

Life has to go on, and the dead are dead, and nothing can save them.

"After all, you are also the brother of our family's Dayong. If you can come, I believe Dayong will be happy too." Su's sister-in-law said.

Listening to Su's sister-in-law's words in a low voice, Li Mu couldn't recover for a long time.

Su's sister-in-law came to him not for other things, but for Su Yu's marriage.

Su Yu has already told a family in the town that the wedding date has been fixed, which will be next month.

Su Yu's younger brother is the only male left in the Su family now. Su Yu is going to get married soon, and other things are easy to handle. To be a witness.

"In the current situation, we don't ask for anything, and we have already discussed everything. We keep everything simple, but we don't have a man here, so it's a bit difficult to handle." Su's sister-in-law said.

Over the past few years, she has already figured out a lot, and now she doesn't care about Li Mu.

It's just that Su Yu is about to get married, if there is no man in the family to support her, what if she is bullied?

That's why she found Li Mu, and she only hoped that Li Mu could attend as a witness, at least to tell Su Yu her husband's family that there was a man in her mother's family who could support her.

"I will definitely go." Li Mu agreed.

Even if the Su family didn't invite him to be a witness for such a thing, he would still go.

Even if it is not for the sake of the mother and son, but only for the sake of Su Dayong, he will definitely go.

"That's good." Su's sister-in-law stood up, and when she went out, she looked back at Li Mu again, "Thank you."

Li Mu's care for their family, in fact, she could see it when she thought about it.

The three of them, mother and son, are not locals here, they fled all the way here and settled down here.

On weekdays, everyone in the village took good care of their mother and son. Whether it was for their sake or for Li Mu's sake, they knew it in their own minds.

In the past, when she saw that Li Mu was not only alive, but also able to live such a good life, she always felt uncomfortable in her heart, but now she no longer has that kind of thought.

Now, she is very content to be able to bring her two children to this mountain to beg for a full meal.

After sending away Su's sister-in-law, Zhong Xiuyuan was excited for several days as if he had been pumped with chicken blood.

After that, he has been scrambling to choose suitable clothes for the three members of the family, thinking about what kind of red envelopes should be wrapped, and even specifically asked Xu Tian about etiquette.

A few days before the wedding, Zhong Xiuyuan took Li Mu to rehearse several times in their main room, for fear that Li Mu would be away on business that day.

Li Mu didn't stop him, he did everything according to his words, foolishly rehearsed it over and over again in the room.

Even on the morning of Su Yu's marriage, before he went out, Zhong Xiuyuan asked him to recite the procedure.

Li Mu knew that Zhong Xiuyuan took this matter so seriously in order to ease everyone's mood.

It's just that although he cooperated, until he saw Su Yu, who was dressed in a red wedding gown, being picked up by the groom, the things that were pressing in his heart did not ease in the slightest.

Li Mu watched Su Yu being taken down the mountain by the bridegroom, listening to the crying of the Su family's sister-in-law, listening to the comfort of Bai Osmanthus, listening to the continuous firecrackers, and listening to the laughter of the surrounding guests.

Li Mu had a dreamlike illusion, as if he had returned to the first time when he returned to this mountain, when he was surrounded by those people in the village and worshiped Zhong Xiuyuan.

It was the same at that time, the surrounding people were boiling, the sound of firecrackers, talking, and Xi Po's voice gathered together, making a lot of noise.

"What are you thinking about?" Zhong Xiuyuan's cold voice drew closer, making Li Mu wake up in an instant.

Li Mu followed the hand on his shoulder and looked up, only to see Zhong Xiuyuan with his head slightly lowered, looking at him intently.

Li Mu raised his hand to hold Zhong Xiuyuan's hand on his shoulder, took his hand and placed it in his palm, and interlocked his fingers.

He leaned back, leaned on the back of the chair, and let out a long breath.

"It's nothing, I just feel that time has changed, how long has it been, and she has already grown up so much." Li Mu said.

When he first met Su Yu, although Su Yu was already a big girl, she was still a girl who would blush at him.

Now she has set her sights on others, has put on her wedding gown, and is going to be someone else's bride.

After hearing Li Mu's words, the sister-in-law of the Su family who was sitting on the side cried even louder. Bai Osmanthus, who had been persuading her all the time, gave Li Mu a stare and told him to stop saying a few words.

Li Mu was just laughing, when his fingers interlocked with Zhong Xiuyuan's, there was a sudden pain.

He looked back, only to see Zhong Xiuyuan clenched his hands tightly with jealousy on his face, and pulled Li Mu's hand tightly, as if to let the two hands blend into each other's blood and bones, and never separate.

Li Mu moved his fingers, but he didn't take them out of Zhong Xiuyuan's fingers, but let him hold them.

The girl's family is already married, so why is this man still trying to be jealous?

003.

After seeing off the bride and appeasing the sister-in-law who was tired from crying, everyone played here for a while, and then went down the mountain to watch the ceremony at the bottom of the mountain.

Although everything is simple in marriage, the etiquette that should go is still to be followed, and the matter of worshiping heaven and earth cannot be omitted.

After a lively day, Li Mu and Zhong Xiuyuan went up the mountain and returned home until the sky darkened in the evening.

When going up the mountain, because Li Mu was an elder from Su Yu's side and one of the few men from the Su family, he was already a little drunk by those people.

On the way back, he was half supported and half dragged back by Zhong Xiuyuan.

After arriving home, Li Mu vomited for a long time before being supported by Zhong Xiuyuan and lying down on the bed.

Zhong Xiuyuan waited on the drunk Li Mu, and when Li Mu fell asleep, it was already dark.

Zhong Manlu, who stayed in the mountains and had a wedding at Su's house, just returned home. As soon as he got home, he saw his brother Zhong Xiuyuan washing Li Mu's dirty clothes in the yard.

"Is he drunk?" Zhong Manlu was a little surprised, he looked around at the stretched neck in the room.

He has known Li Mu for so long, but he has never seen Li Mu drunk.

"Don't look, I'm sleeping like a dead pig now." Zhong Xiuyuan was amused, but when he said this, there was a bit of distress in his eyes.

When Li Mu was drunk, he still had that dull temper, he didn't talk much, and he drank it when people came to toast him. He was so stupid that it made him feel very distressed.

If it wasn't because it was Su Yu's happy event, if it wasn't because he knew that this person was unhappy, he would have thrown the table away long ago.

"I don't know how to drink less. It's not me who feels bad when I'm drunk. No, I vomit as soon as I come back." Zhong Xiuyuan complained in a low voice, and patted the stool next to him, letting Zhong Manlu Go and sit.

After Zhong Manlu looked around the room again, he looked at the stool next to Zhong Xiuyuan, and after thinking for a while, he shook his head, "I'd better go down the mountain, no matter how late, the moon in the mountain will have to be seen Gone."

Since the previous incident, Zhong Manlu has been feeling uncomfortable. He didn't blame Li Mu or Zhong Xiuyuan, but he was a little sad.

He wanted to get close to Li Mu and Zhong Xiuyuan, he only had these two relatives in this world.

"Let you sit down!" Zhong Xiuyuan frowned, and he was a little angry, "Why, you can't live in this mountain anymore?"

Although he didn't know what happened to Zhongmanlu, he could tell that Zhongmanlu seemed to be pulling away from them during this period of time. He would never live on this mountain on weekdays, and even wanted to have a meal in this mountain. long time.

After all, Zhong Manlu was a little afraid of Zhong Xiuyuan. Seeing that Zhong Xiuyuan was getting angry, he hurried over and sat down properly.

Under the moonlight, in the yard, Zhong Manlu sat next to Zhong Xiuyuan anxiously.

Zhong Manlu lowered his head, feeling wronged in his heart, but he didn't know what to say.

"What's the matter with you recently?" Zhong Xiuyuan looked at his younger brother beside him.

He knew that Zhong Manlu must have grown up. Others said that such an old child is not easy to discipline, that he doesn't listen to what his parents say, and that he always likes to do self-righteous and stupid things.

He had always thought that Zhong Manlu had a calm personality and was a sensible person, so this kind of situation should not happen.

I didn't expect that he was still a child, and he would still lose his temper.

"Is there anything between you and me that you can't say directly?" Zhong Xiuyuan didn't want to be aggressive with Zhong Manlu, and he had never been aggressive before, but he was just such a younger brother, and he didn't want to see Zhong Manlu pull away on purpose like this. the distance between them.

Even the preoccupied Li Mu can see what Zhong Manlu has done recently.

Li Mu had talked to him before, asking him if Zhongmanlu had any ideas, and told him that no matter whether Zhongmanlu wanted to go for a walk or start some business on his own, he would support him.

Zhong Xiuyuan didn't say whether Li Mu was good to Zhong Manlu, he believed that Zhong Manlu could see it himself.

If he treated Zhong Manlu badly, why would he always take him by his side to take care of him?

If he treats Zhong Manlu badly, why would he give him all his money-making business?

If he treated Zhong Manlu badly, how could he think about him?

After Zhong Xiuyuan finished speaking, he stopped washing clothes, and only quietly looked at the people next to him by the moonlight.

Zhong Manlu was told by Zhong Xiuyuan, but he shrank his head like a turtle.

He really wanted to say a lot in his heart, but at that moment he only had great grievances in his heart, and for a moment he didn't know how to speak.

He sat on the stool with his head down, shaking his feet restlessly and aggrievedly. After a long while, he choked up a few words, "I don't want to live down the mountain."

After Zhong Xiuyuan heard this, he was taken aback for a moment, and then he had an urge to raise his hand and tap Zhong Manlu's brain to see what was in his mind.

Could it be that there is rice paste on the left and water on the right, and it turns into a head full of paste after shaking it?Or did he spoil his brain by raising ducks?

Zhong Xiuyuan looked at Zhong Manlu who was so wronged, he was funny and angry at that moment.

So Zhong Manlu has been arguing with them all this time because of this incident?

Zhong Xiuyuan was angry and funny, but after Zhong Manlu said that, he secretly glanced at Zhong Xiuyuan next to him.

Seeing Zhong Xiuyuan with a distorted face next to him, Zhong Manlu became more and more at a loss at that moment.

He just didn't want to live under the mountain, and he didn't want to live under the mountain alone!

He used to live well on the mountain, why did he let him live down the mountain alone?

If Li Mu didn't hate him, if Zhong Xiuyuan didn't hate him, why did they drive him away?

The more he thought about it, the more aggrieved Zhong Manlu became. He lowered his head and looked at his shaking toes, and for a moment, his eye sockets felt a little hot.

During this period of time, he also thought a lot, but after thinking about it, he didn't know why he made Li Mu and Zhong Xiuyuan angry.

He even thought about whether Li Mu thought that he was living for nothing, but he felt that Li Mu was not that kind of person.

"Come here." Zhong Xiuyuan hooked his fingers at Zhong Manlu who was sitting next to him.

Zhong Manlu glanced at Zhong Xiuyuan uneasily, but in the end he obediently walked over with some fear.

The next moment, Zhong Xiuyuan suddenly stretched out his hand with water and saponins, and pinched his ear directly.

"It hurts!" Zhong Manlu yelled as he tilted his head in pain.

"I think you've eaten too many duck eggs and ruined your brain." Zhong Xiuyuan said coldly.

"Brother, brother, it hurts..." Zhong Manlu tilted his head, his teeth cracked in pain.

Zhong Xiuyuan didn't soften his heart at all, he still looked at the little brat in front of him coldly.

He thought it was a big deal at first, but this kid actually got into trouble with them just because of such trivial matters!

"I asked you to live down the mountain because I was afraid that you would be bored in the mountains. Now it seems that the downhill is more boring than the uphill, and it's making your mind go crazy." Zhong Xiuyuan really became more and more funny and annoyed.

They originally wanted this kid to make more friends at the foot of the mountain. After all, the duckling had grown up and was going to be released into the wild to see and see.

"It hurts..." Zhong Manlu tightened his pain, and dared to say, "I just want to live in the mountains, you all live in the mountains, why do you let me live down the mountain alone?"

If you think he is annoying, he will say a few words less, if you think he eats too much, he will eat one or two bowls less, why let him go?

Zhong Xiuyuan looked at the wronged Zhong Manlu in front of him, and really didn't know what to say for a while.

He held Zhong Manlu's ear and twirled it half a circle before telling this person their previous plan, "...If we don't want to care about you, then we care where you live? We didn't throw you into the mountains to feed the ducks It would be good to go. Speaking of which, there is also a utility room next to the duck shed, you can live there for me tomorrow, and you can still watch the ducks at night."

Zhong Manlu was in a complicated mood after hearing what Zhong Xiuyuan said before, but before he could think of anything, there was another pain in his ear, "Brother, brother, let go, the ear fell off..."

"Forget it, it just happened to be marinated and serve Li Mu a drink!" Zhong Xiuyuan was very fierce when he trained people.

Zhong Manlu couldn't hold back his laughter immediately after hearing this, "Brother, you are talking nonsense, my brother won't eat this kind of thing, it's so terrifying!"

"Scary? Go ask him, what is there in this world that he would not dare to eat?" Zhong Xiuyuan pretended to be fierce, but when he thought that Li Mu would definitely look disgusted when he looked at this human ear, he couldn't bear it. Stopped laughing out loud.

Taking advantage of the fact that Zhong Xiuyuan couldn't help laughing, Zhong Manlu quickly pulled out his ears, then hopped his feet, covered his ears and rubbed them, breathing in the air-conditioning.

After talking about the matter, Zhong Manlu became happy.

But thinking about how awkward he was before, and thinking about so many things, he felt inexplicably embarrassed, wishing to punch himself twice and knock himself out.

Zhong Xiuyuan looked at Zhong Manlu who was jumping in pain, but his heart was heavy, "If you don't want to live down the mountain, you can move back by yourself."

He didn't know how long they could live in this mountain.

"Learn more about things in the mountains in the future, and after a while, you may be the only one to watch." Zhong Xiuyuan said in a deep voice.

He didn't know when Li Mu would leave, anyway, as long as Li Mu left, he would definitely follow.

When he and Li Mu left, Zhong Manlu could only learn to take care of him in this mountain.

"Brother!" Zhong Manlu, who was still too embarrassed at first, immediately became anxious after hearing Zhong Xiuyuan's words.

He was already very nervous, afraid that one day these two people would leave him and go away, and even more afraid that these two people would never return, but Zhong Xiuyuan was still saying such bad things to him at this time.

"If you don't want to stay in this mountain, if you want to go out and have a look, if you want to go out for a walk, then sell the ducks in this mountain and stop raising them, Li Mu won't be angry." Zhong Xiuyuan said.

Zhong Manlu had a sore nose when he heard this, and was about to say something to stop Zhong Xiuyuan from continuing, when Zhong Xiuyuan said again: "If you are interested in learning how to do business, you can learn from Qian Qian and Master Qin." Learn, they will definitely teach you for the sake of Li Mu."

"Brother! Stop talking." Zhong Manlu felt a big stone pressing on his heart, making him unable to breathe.

"Anyway, in our situation, don't think about being an official. Even if you can pass the exam, you should know how dangerous it will be." Zhong Xiuyuan said earnestly.

Zhong Manlu still wants to say something