Mrs. Sun only had problems with Bai Nao'er and his future wife, but had nothing to do with the junior Bai Gensheng. Seeing him eating happily, she felt happy and kept asking him to eat more. Li Mu went to the kitchen to join Bai Qiaoqiao
After bringing out the steamed bun, the two of them sat next to each other. Li Mu picked up the chopsticks and said, "This is a wild boar that I asked my brother from the Yamen to catch outside the city. I picked up the good meat and cooked it in a pot. No matter what, so do you."
Qiaoqiao's father, it's unreasonable not to entertain you when you arrive at your door. Let's eat. After eating, rest at home for the night. I'll bring you some food back tomorrow."
Bai Gensheng raised his head when he heard this, wiped the oil stains around his mouth, and said, "Thank you, brother-in-law!"
Bai Naoer raised his hand and slapped him on the back of the head. Bai Gensheng was slapped. He was confused and didn't know why, but he didn't think about it deeply. He just glanced at his father, lowered his head and started eating.
Bai Nao'er looked at Li Mu, thinking that if Li Mu looked over and their eyes met, he would be able to speak. But Li Mu was also amazing. When he heard the slaps from here, he didn't even raise his eyelids, as if
It was as if these two people were not around at all, and they were only busy picking up meat for Bai Qiaoqiao. After finally eating meat, of course he had to take care of his wife first. Bai Qiaoqiao knew what Li Mu meant, and was willing to cooperate with him in acting.
But in front of so many people, she still couldn't let go. She was also worried that Li Mu was too good to her and seemed to be neglecting Sun, so she hurriedly served Sun with meat. Bai Naoer waited for a long time with his rice bowl, what?
Without waiting, he took one more look at his son, who was just eating by himself. He couldn't help but feel very sad. Li Mu saw his appearance from the corner of his eye, and after relieving himself, he also felt that it was not interesting. This is how people are. When the distance is close,
At a certain point, the so-called love and hate will become indifferent because they are no longer necessary.
He embarrassed Bai Nao'er several times, firstly to retaliate for his previous arrogance, and secondly to make Sun and Bai Qiaoqiao happy. Now that the goal has been achieved, it would be too much to continue, Bai Qiaoqiao felt
It might also feel uncomfortable. Just when he was about to say a word to Bai Nao'er, a scene that shocked him suddenly happened.
Bai Naoer actually knelt down!
Bai Qiaoqiao quickly stood up to avoid it, and Li Mu also stood up. Sun put down her chopsticks and looked at Bai Naoer helplessly. People in the Tang Dynasty attach great importance to integrity, and those who are neither relatives nor old friends, unless they have great kindness or need to ask for something from others,
Otherwise, he would never kneel down. Especially when elders show respect to younger generations, they would never kneel down. But Bai Naoer is such a shameless person. He can do things that ordinary people can't do.
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After all, Bai Qiaoqiao was still thinking about her biological father. She glanced at Li Mu and reached out to help him. Bai Gensheng also tugged on Bai Nao'er's clothes, trying to pull him up. But Bai Nao'er seemed determined and stretched out his children.
The man who came over pulled away and was about to kowtow to Li Mu. How could Li Mu accept his gift? He turned sideways and said, "What are you doing? You are also Qiaoqiao's father and an elder. You are giving me such a great gift."
, do you want to slander my reputation?"
When Li Mu said this, he was by no means alarmist. The conditions for selecting officials in the Tang Dynasty included four aspects: first, body, which means that the body and appearance should be plump and tall; second, speech, that is, the speech should be eloquent and reasonable; third, calligraphy, which means that the calligraphy and writing style should be
Strong and beautiful; the fourth is judgment, the wording of the judgment must be beautiful and smooth. But these four points are not the most important. The most important thing is virtue. Whether in court or in the market, people in the Tang Dynasty attach great importance to virtue. This is why Li Siwen first
When I met Li Mu, I just heard about his deeds and respected him very much. He is good in all four categories, but if his moral conduct is not good, he will not be an official. But if his moral conduct is very good, his moral conduct will be
If it's slightly less than perfect, that's okay.
If Bai Naoer kneels down to Li Mu, and Li Mu does not hide, but accepts the kneeling, no matter what the reason is, Li Mu's virtues will be criticized. The first virtue is 'filial piety', and it is also before loyalty. One
If a person is unfilial, he is considered a useless person in the eyes of the Tang Dynasty. Want to be an official? Absolutely impossible!
Hearing Li Mu's words, Bai Nao'er quickly shook his head and said, "That's not what I meant. I was..." Li Mu interrupted him and said, "What do you want to say? If you kneel like this, I can't do anything."
Talk to you."
Mrs. Sun also advised: "You are already old, why are you so disrespectful? What does it look like in front of the children? Get up quickly!"
Bai Nao'er then stood up, and everyone sat down again. Bai Qiaoqiao's tears were shallow and she couldn't help but cry again. She was not crying because of Bai Nao'er's kneeling, but she felt that such a person who did not keep his faith and had to
It was really uncomfortable to have such a shameless person turn out to be his own father. Bai Gensheng was a big-hearted person. Seeing Bai Nao'er getting into trouble, he looked at the meat in the bowl again and said to Bai Nao'er.
What, not even the slightest bit interested.
Bai Naoer sighed and said: "My dear son-in-law, my mother-in-law, I kneel down to brother Li Gan. After his death, I broke the contract, I didn't keep my word, I am not a human being. Qiaoqiao, it's my father's fault."
, Dad is partial and wants to marry you to a rich man so that your brother can get a good wife. However, I have no choice. My mother-in-law, let’s tell the truth. After the death of eldest brother Li Gan, how will your family live?
… It really makes people lose hope. I’m afraid that my daughter will suffer hardship after marrying. My daughter is so beautiful, no matter who she comes to, she can’t love her well. If she marries a rich man and takes care of the money after entering the house, no matter how bad her life will be in the future, it will be the same.
Wherever he goes, my son can still find a good wife, so there is nothing wrong with that."
"The only mistake I made was that I didn't see the capability of my virtuous son-in-law. It's useless to say anything now. I can only plead with my mother-in-law and my virtuous son-in-law. For the sake of my daughter, don't worry about the past. I'm in vain.
All your life, Nao'er has accepted my name, and everything he does will end up being in vain, and he deserves it!"
Li Mu had already expected this scene. He didn't show any surprise or express his position. He just watched his performance indifferently. Sun felt something about it. She was a soft-hearted person. She burst into tears when she saw Bai Nao'er.
He couldn't bear it, so he pulled Li Mu and persuaded in a low voice: "As a parent, how can you be right about everything, how can you not be biased at all? Let the past matter be in the past. Haven't we all been here? Let's live happily ever after.
Look back, son, and don’t worry about it.”
Bai Qiaoqiao did not dare to speak, but Li Mu could see from her eyes that she also hoped to forgive her father.
Li Mu nodded and said, "Okay, forget about the past, let's eat, and no one will mention it." To show that his words were sincere, Li Mu even gave Bai Nao'er a piece of meat.
Bai Nao'er didn't move his chopsticks. He had already demoted himself to such a low position. How could he be willing to do it if he didn't achieve what he wanted? He stood up again. This time, he didn't kneel down, but faced Li Mu.
As a gift, Li Mu had roughly guessed what he wanted to say. He felt bored in his heart, but he still had to get up and cooperate with him. He first dodged sideways, and then helped him up, but failed to help him up. Bai Naoer lowered his head
Li Mu refused to get up, so Li Mu said helplessly: "What are you doing? Didn't you already promise not to mention it?"
"Good son-in-law! I have one more thing to ask of you. If you don't agree, I won't get up!"