During the winter solstice, the heaven and the ancestors are worshipped, and every family cooks dumplings in mutton soup.Xie Yueyun stayed at home, Xiaohui didn't have to go to school anymore, the two of them chattered with Dr. Wang in the study for some important matter.

The mutton soup has already been boiled, and the medicinal materials and spices prepared by Li Mushu were added to get rid of the smell of mutton.Xu Daming was dragged into the kitchen to knead dough for Huang Erniang to make dumplings, and knead glutinous rice flour for Li Mushu to make dumplings.

After seeking everyone's opinions, Huang Erniang made a total of three kinds of dumpling fillings: leek pork filling, Chinese cabbage pork filling and mushroom chicken filling.All the dumplings were made fat and cute by her.

Li Mushu was making glutinous rice balls with sweet fillings, including plantain, peanuts and sesame seeds.Li Mushu ground the fried plantains, peanuts, and sesame seeds separately, mixed in lard and sugar, and kneaded them into a small ball for later use.Knead the glutinous rice dough into long strips, cut into average portions, then put the small piece of glutinous rice into the palm of your hand and knead it into a ball, press a small dimple on the top of the ball with your thumb, put the sweet stuffing you just made into it, and use Close the mouth of the dimple with your fingers, put it in your palm and gently rub it into a circle, and you're done.At that time, boil the water and put it in, and it will be cooked when the glutinous rice balls float up.Take a bite, and the sweet and fragrant chestnut peanut sesame sauce will flow out, paired with soft and QQ glutinous rice, it makes people want to eat again after eating, and can't stop mouthing.

Considering that there are mutton soup and dumplings, Li Mushu didn't cook much.Anyway, I have made a lot of sweet stuffing, so let’s pack it if you want to eat it.

Li Mushu didn't understand these sacrifices, he just followed Xie Yueyun, and he followed what others did.There are only two ancestral tablets of the Xie family, one is Xie Yueyun's mother, the Li family; the other is Xiaohui's mother, the Jiang family.The whole process was solemn and quiet, Xie Yueyun's expression was almost the same as usual, he would always be paralyzed in front of outsiders.But Li Mushu knew that he was in a very bad mood.

After the worship, everyone gathered together to eat dumplings and drink mutton soup.Xie Yueyun went back to the study without eating much. Li Mushu saw that the atmosphere was a bit heavy, so he hurriedly asked Huang Erniang to bring out the glutinous rice balls. I heard that sweets can make people happy.Let's eat salty and sweet together.

"Xiaohui, did you eat glutinous rice balls during the winter solstice?" Li Mushu asked Xiaohui, who had changed from barbecued pork buns to custard buns today.

"Yes. In the past, during the winter solstice, glutinous rice balls and wontons were eaten." Xiao Baozi said.

"Wontons, I'll make them for you tomorrow. Now try glutinous rice balls, your daddy kneaded them myself." Li Mushu scooped one from each of the three big soup bowls, poured ginger syrup on it, and placed it in a small bowl. In front of Hui.

"Okay, thank you little dad." Xiaohui saw his mother's memorial tablet, although his memory of her was very vague, but he still remembered the care and concern for him, and he felt a little depressed.

In fact, Li Mushu was not feeling well. He missed Li's father and Li's mother very much.Xie Yueyun and Xiaohui can pay homage to the tablet, but what about him?Father is still alive, how can he worship?It's been a while since I traveled here, maybe my parents think I'm dead...

"Okay, let's rest after eating." Dr. Wang is not in a good mood when he misses his relatives during the festive season. In the past, it was fine if Fang Fang was absent, but since he moved here to settle down, his heart has become soft. Maybe it's because I've been with Li Mushu and Xiaohui for a long time?

Adults can put their minds in their hearts and slowly figure it out, but it is best not for children.Li Mushu suppressed his emotions, took Xiaohui by the hand and sent him back to his room.

"Little dad, will you leave us suddenly like your mother did?" Xiao Huiyi asked quietly in Li Mushu's arms, with a melancholy tone.

"Of course not. How could little daddy be willing to leave such a smart and lovely Xiaohui?" Li Mushu assured him by lowering his head and kissing Xiaohui's smooth forehead.

"The little daddy means what he says, come on, let's make a tick and stamp to avoid repentance!" Xiaohui said while stretching out his white and lovely little finger.

"Okay, what you say is true, if you lie to you, your nose will grow." Li Mushu also stretched out his little finger to tick off Xiaohui's seal, and then told him the story of the Lotus Lantern.

This story is too long. Li Mushu read it when he was a child, but he has forgotten many details. Later, many fanfictions appeared. In the end, Li Mushu didn't know if the story he told had deviated from the original work?

"Little Daddy, I will definitely protect you and be filial to you when I grow up." Xiao Hui said to Li Mushu very seriously after listening.

"Okay. Daddy also hopes that Xiaohui will grow up quickly and healthily, and when he grows up, he can travel around the world with Daddy."

"Okay, so it's settled?"

"It's a deal! Go to bed, wake up and let's have dumpling hot pot tonight, okay?"

"Okay. Daddy, I love you."

"I love you too."

After Xiaohui fell asleep, Li Mushu went to the study to look for Xie Yueyun.Xie Yueyun was in a bad mood, others couldn't tell, but how could the person next to his pillow not know?

"Yueyun, you..." Li Mushu was about to step into the study, but he saw Doctor Wang and Xie Yueyun talking about something, so he hurriedly stopped: "Master is here too, please be busy, I just came to ask Yueyun Do you want to eat dumpling hot pot tonight?"

"I want to eat!" Doctor Wang confirmed without waiting for Xie Yueyun's answer, "Xiao Mu, you come here too. We are talking about Chinese patent medicines, please listen and give me some advice."

"Okay." Li Mushu also walked over and sat down.

"In this way, the first batch and the second batch of medicines for treating trauma have been produced. The dosage for external use and internal use has also been packaged according to our original formulation. Because the direction of our research and development of these medicines is to face the army, except ourselves Except for the dosage, everything else will be sold. The biggest merchant here is the royal family. Xiao Mu, tell me, we sell the medicine to the emperor. How should the price be set so that the emperor will not feel that we have earned his money and still make him happy? Does he think we have merit?"

"Master, shouldn't this kind of question be asked to my wife?"

"Ahem." Doctor Wang's old face turned red for the first time, and Xie Yueyun's face that had been sagging all the time loosened, and the corners of his mouth turned up, and it was obvious that he was laughing.

"Isn't your teacher... isn't your mother here? Tell me!" Dr. Wang was about to become angry, but Li Mushu was not afraid at all, as long as Xie Yueyun was in a better mood.

"Didn't we divide each medicine into high, middle and low grades according to its curative effect? ​​We sold the middle and low grade medicines to the royal family, and the profit was not too much, just take [-]% of it. This high grade medicine, We selected several as tributes to the emperor, firstly for my family Yue Yun and your family's Royal Physician Fang, and secondly to show our loyalty to the royal family of the Great Tang Kingdom with actions."

"I thought you were going to treat low-grade medicine as a tribute and raise the price of high-grade medicine." Doctor Wang said while looking at Li Mushu with a smile.

"Although that medicine is the worst in our experiment, it is still much better than those outside. This military supply is so popular, and small profits but quick sales are enough for us to make money. We are not from the royal family, do we still support the army? No?"

"Hahaha~ Xiaoyun, let's see, I said that Xiaomu can definitely think of a good way."

"Yes, that's a good idea." Xie Yueyun looked at Li Mushu, who was so flustered that his tail was almost up to the sky, smiled dotingly, and said, "Which one should choose as a tribute?"

"Let Mistress decide, he knows the palace best." Li Mushu suggested.

"So decide."

"it is good."

Doctor Wang went out tactfully and helped them close the door, leaving only Li Mushu and Xie Yueyun in the study.Seeing Xie Yueyun writing the letter, Li Mushu hurried over to help grind the ink.

"Xiaohui fell asleep?"

"Ah."

"Aren't you going to bed?"

"I'll wait for you to sleep together."

"...Are you inviting me to bed?" Xie Yueyun glanced at Li Mushu, put down the brush and went to the basin to clean the water.

"Can you not want to be crooked?" Li Mushu's face became a little hot.

"Why is it crooked?"

"..."

Li Mushu glared at Xie Yueyun angrily, Xie Yueyun pinched his face with his hand, and said with a soft smile, "Let's go, let's go back to the room and sleep together."

"You...you sleep by yourself, I'll go to sleep with Xiaohui." Li Mushu didn't like Xie Yueyun treating him like a child, but at this moment he was angry like a child.

"Xiaohui has already fallen asleep, do you have the heart to wake him up? Come on, I'm in a bad mood, you stay with me." Xie Yueyun knew Li Mushu's weakness, and after saying this, Li Mushu's heart softened towards the last two sentences. , with a concerned look on his face, which warmed Xie Yueyun's heart.

Xie Yueyun hugged Li Mushu and leaned on the bed, for a moment he didn't know where to start.He has always kept his mind hidden very deep, and his mother told him to be patient since he was sensible. Only with patience can he have a bright future, and only with patience can he be free.And now he has finally safely led Xiaohui out of the Xie Mansion, which can only be used and used forever, and built his own home here.

"Yue Yun? If you don't want to say it, then don't say it. I will always follow you." Li Mushu said affectionately, "And, you, you are my team leader, I really can't do without you."

At first, Xie Yueyun heard that the lines on his face softened a lot, but what does the last sentence mean?Xie Yueyun always felt that this was very strange, why did he think it was not what he thought?He asked, "What do you mean by 'You are my class leader'?"

"That's right, it means that you are my master." Li Mushu felt embarrassed after explaining.

"Hahaha, I'm the master, so what are you?" Xie Yueyun put on a smirk and temporarily put those worries behind him.

"Of course I'm the second master, and Xiao Hui is the young master." Li Mushu tried to reverse Xie Yueyun's thinking that he had already turned towards the master and servant, but it's a pity that Xie Yueyun is much smarter than him, and he can't be fooled.

"Hehe..." Li Mushu lowered his head in shame under Xie Yueyun's teasing eyes. He is a modern person born thousands of years later, but he is even more stupid than the ancients...

"My mother was poisoned to death by Mrs. Xie, and Xiao Hui's mother was also poisoned to death by her..." Xie Yueyun suddenly said this in a flat tone.

"Ah?" Li Mushu didn't expect that Xie Yueyun was still laughing just now, but now he suddenly said this.

"My mother was sent by Li's family to Xie Zhenwei's concubine in order to curry favor with General Xie's mansion. She has always kept a low profile and never competed for favor. Mrs. Xie also noticed her. Until I was born, Xie Zhenwei began to often go to her yard Running around, made everyone in the Xie family think that my mother was favored. Those who wanted to curry favor with Xie Zhenwei even said that I had first-class qualifications, and that I would be a good general in the future. This angered Mrs. Xie. From then on, she ordered people to add a colorless and odorless poison to my mother's food, but the amount was not much, and it would be impossible to find out without careful inspection. As time passed, my mother's body began to become weaker and weaker , she also knew what happened. But she couldn't change anything."

"She asked me to be patient before I didn't have enough strength to resist. I can't be too good, which will lead to death, but I can't be too stupid, which will lose the attention of Xie Zhenwei. She has no chance, but she hopes I can There is a chance to leave the Xie Mansion. When I was nine years old, the poison accumulated on her body had penetrated into the internal organs, and she died not long after."

"Ah? Yue Yun." Li Mushu held Xie Yueyun's hand, hoping that he could give him some comfort.Although I was mentally prepared to hear some bullshit, and that Li Zhujun was the same, I was still surprised after hearing it.

"Xiaohui's mother is actually my concubine. If I hadn't been awarded the title of Zhenbei General by the emperor, maybe she would still be alive. Xie Zhenwei, everything started because of him, but he just watched coldly and let that woman do whatever she wanted. In order to prevent Xiao Hui from going through the pain I have experienced, I have to take him out of the Xie Mansion."

Li Mushu looked up at Xie Yueyun, his face was calm and expressionless.But Li Mushu knew that the more peaceful he was, the worse he would be. He couldn't listen to these depressing things, especially about Xie Yueyun. He only hoped that Xie Yueyun would quickly forget all these bad memories: "Yueyun, these are all in the past. , you have me and Xiaohui in the future, and we can live happily together, how nice it is!"

Xie Yueyun looked down at Li Mushu for a long while, his dark eyes finally loosened. He poked Li Mushu's fleshy lips and said, "Okay, you said it. You can't leave us in the future."

"Of course not. I follow you to eat hot and drink spicy food, how can I be willing to leave?"

"Co-authored me to ask for a foodie?"

"The goods will not be returned or exchanged when they go out! Hehehe, Yueyun, I can count on you."

"Haha, since the goods cannot be returned, I have to use more."

"Hey, Yue Yun, Yue Yun." Li Mushu hurriedly stretched out his hand and pushed Xie Yueyun's face away, "It will wear out if you use it too much, hey, hey~~~mmmmmmmmmmmm~~."

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