Li Mu's father, Li Gan, was once a halberd commander in the army. When he was young, he died in a battle with the Turks. The couple received a pension of two thousand dollars, which was not enough to live on. In desperation, Li Mu's mother
Sun began to work as a female hostess for wealthy families, barely making ends meet.
After finally dragging Li Mu down, the war started again. Li Mu was recruited as a village warrior to transport food for the army. He never came back. Aunt Sun's life was hard enough.
Li Mu is seventeen years old this year. People in the Tang Dynasty married early, and his mother is only thirty-five this year. According to later generations, it is the age when youth is in full bloom and people can enjoy life. But in this era, if Li Mu got married early,
She is already in her thirties and is old enough to be a grandmother. For so many years, Mrs. Sun has been dragging Li Mu along alone, and has suffered much more than her peers in later generations. Therefore, although she is only in her thirties, she looks
But she looks like a woman in her forties, and her health is not very good.
When Li Mu followed the grain truck, Sun was still drinking medicine. So what Li Mu said to Tang Jian was not completely staged. It turns out that Li Mu thought about his mother at home until he died. He could say
Those words were also affected by the memory of this body.
Standing at the door, Li Mu took a deep breath and said silently in his heart: "Brother Li Mu, I have taken possession of your body and I don't know how to return it to you, so I will fulfill your responsibilities for you. As your mother, I
Raise it, you can go with peace of mind, reincarnate as soon as possible, and strive to be reborn in a good family!"
Strangely enough, after making this wish, the depression that had been lingering in his heart disappeared instantly. Li Mu was from a later generation and didn't believe in ghosts and gods at first, but now he started to believe it a little bit.
After sorting out his mood, Li Mu opened the door and shouted: "Mom, I'm back!"
"mother?"
After shouting twice, a response came from the house. The voice was very weak: "Is it my son who is back? Is it really my son who is back?"
Li Mu heard something was wrong and ran into the house quickly. He saw a woman lying on the kang, her face was pale and her forehead was covered with sweat. This scene seemed familiar. When he had just traveled through time, Li Mu was almost like this.
It’s because of the cold!
Wind-cold, or cold, was not a problem in later generations. Just take some cold medicine for a few days. But in the Tang Dynasty, there was no cold medicine. Big families could drink Bupleurum soup, but small families could not afford it.
I couldn't afford medicine at all, so I had to endure it. If the fever led to pneumonia, it would be death, and very few people could survive it.
Li Mu's heart suddenly tightened when he saw Sun's appearance. Since he had agreed to take responsibility, the woman in front of him was his mother. And he also realized that this kind of emotion came from blood and was not something he could use reason to do.
He could resist. Before seeing Mrs. Sun, he had many thoughts. After seeing Mrs. Sun, the only thought left was 'I want to save my mother'.
"Mom, my child is unfilial and I came back late!" Li Mu knelt beside the kang, his eyes watering uncontrollably. This voice came completely from her heart without any reluctance.
Mrs. Sun's face was also full of tears, and she held Li Mu's hand tightly, fearing that if she let go, her son would disappear.
"Mom, I'm going to find a doctor for you right now!" Li Mu stood up to go out, but Sun held on to him tightly and wouldn't let go. Li Mu didn't dare to break free, so he had to return to Sun's side.
Mrs. Sun coughed twice, followed the breath, and said: "Mom is dying, and the family has no money. If you go to get medicine, you will have to pay for the famine. It is not worth it. Mom can see you before she dies.
If you come back safely, there will be nothing to worry about. Don’t go anywhere, just stay at home with mother, she doesn’t have a few days left.”
"Mom, I have money!" Li Mu put his other hand behind his back, thinking silently, and exchanged one or two silver coins from the system, all of which were converted into copper coins, which was enough. He took it to the front and showed it to Sun, and said: "Mom, I have money!"
, look, isn’t this money? I killed the Turkic soldiers, made great contributions, and got a reward."
"My son killed a Turkic soldier?" Sun was first surprised, then happy, and said happily: "My son has grown up, and your father died at the hands of a Turkic soldier. You can avenge him by killing a Turkic soldier.
But you should keep this money, my mother is terminally ill, and I am afraid it will be difficult to cure her with this money, so you should keep it to get married and spread the branches of the Li family, so that my mother can rest in peace even though she is under the Nine Springs."
When Li Mu heard this, he felt doubly sad. No wonder the original Li Mu missed his mother when he was dying. His mother was really good to him. Of course, Li Mu would not let Sun die of illness, and said: "Mother,
I'd better treat you first. Where did I get my daughter-in-law? When you get better, pick one for me."
"What are you talking about, my son? Have you forgotten that you have a wife?"
"How could I have..." Li Mu suddenly froze, and a scene flashed deep in his memory. Li Mu had a wife, but it could be said that he didn't have one. Li Mu's father, Li Gan, once rescued Bai Bai, the owner of the Qian Street liquor store, when he was still alive.
Chun's life, Bai Chun's nickname was Bai Nao'er, was an outsider. In order to repay his kindness and to embrace the thigh of Li Gan, the halberd-wielding leader, he made a promise to marry his then four-year-old daughter who had just just passed away.
Li Mu was born as his wife. Li Gan saw that his daughter was smart and cute, and she drank a few cups of yellow soup, so she agreed to the marriage. Unexpectedly, Li Gan died in battle the next year, and the Sun family pulled Li Mu away.
Bai Naoer never mentioned this matter again. Li Mu was also a shameless person. After learning about this matter from his mother, he silently remembered it in his heart. Growing up, he had never taken the initiative to talk to Bai Naoer's family.
He has spoken, including his fiancée.
However, his fiancée Bai Qiaoqiao always remembered this incident and often came to talk to Mrs. Sun when she was a child. When she grew up, she helped the family sell wine and saved some money to give to Mrs. Sun to help her support the family.
It's just that Li Mu, who has no conscience, never talks to Bai Qiaoqiao without words. It's as if he hasn't seen her. Over the past ten years, the two of them have spoken less than twenty sentences.
Bai Qiaoqiao came to visit Mrs. Sun all the time secretly. If her father Bai Naoer caught him, he would scold her at the least and beat her severely at the worst. He would say that she was losing money and selling goods. How could you say so ugly?
He doesn't treat her as his own daughter at all.
Things were better when Bai Qiaoqiao's mother was around. When she was six years old, her mother died of illness, and Bai Naoer had a son again, which made things even worse. Her stepmother treated her badly, but Bai Naoer just pretended not to notice.
Seeing that Bai Qiaoqiao had grown into a big girl, he began to arrange for a matchmaker to marry off his daughter. The matchmaker found him young men of similar age and family background, but he disagreed and had to ask the matchmaker to find those from well-off families.
It is best to be in a house where the wife has died, and it is best to take care of the accounts as soon as you enter the house, so that you can get a dowry gift for your son to use as a wife. He has already said that his daughter is beautiful, and the betrothal gift of five guan is missing.
Don't come. The matchmaker introduced several companies, but Bai Qiaoqiao refused to agree. When Li Mu left to transport the food, Bai Naoer said again that he had already accepted the betrothal gift from the shopkeeper Ma of the leather goods shop, and would pay for it soon.
Marry your daughter to Shopkeeper Ma as a second wife.
These are the memories about Bai Qiaoqiao. Perhaps in Li Mu's heart, Bai Qiaoqiao was not important at all, so when Li Mu heard the words daughter-in-law just now, he did not think of her immediately.
Thinking of this, Li Mu smiled bitterly and said, "Mom, isn't she already married? I heard that Bai Nao'er has already accepted Ma Laizi's betrothal gift."
"I'm not married yet. Ma Laizi's wife didn't agree and started a quarrel. A few days ago, someone came from her parents' house and gave Ma Laizi a good beating. The marriage was ruined. Now Ma Laizi is looking for Bai Nao'er.
I'm asking for my betrothal gift." Mrs. Sun finished such a long sentence in one breath, coughed again, took out the money that Li Mu took out and stuffed it back into his hand, saying: "You are rich now, go and give it to Bai."
Nao'er. Although it's not as much as what Ma Cripple gave me, it's money after all. You tell Bai Nao'er that you and your wife can still earn in the future, and you can pay it as interest after you earn it. Without me being a drag, you guys
You will soon have savings.”
When Li Mu heard this, he felt very uncomfortable. A manly man who wants to be such a coward to marry a wife might as well be dead! Not to mention that he has a system and has hope, even if he doesn't, he will never accept such conditions.
! Li Mu said: "I think our family can't afford the daughter of their Bai family. I'd better use the money to treat you. I can sell their daughter to whomever I want!"
"You bastard, how can you be so heartless!" Hearing what Li Mu said, Sun was so angry that she actually raised her hand and slapped him. Li Mu was a little confused and said, "Mom, what's wrong with my child?"
Sun said sternly: "You bastard, how can you say that to Qiaoqiao? Qiaoqiao is your benefactor. Even if you don't want to marry her, you should respect her. Do you know that without her care, my mother will fall ill?"
After being bedridden for so many days, I would have died a long time ago. It’s really chilling for you, a bastard, to still talk like this!"
Seeing that Mrs. Sun was so excited, Li Mu had no choice but to answer. At this moment, the sound of the door opening was heard outside the house. Mrs. Sun's face was filled with joy and she said, "Go and greet her quickly. Qiaoqiao must be here."
Li Mu had no choice but to get up and go to meet him. As soon as he reached the door, a girl wearing a ruqi walked towards him, carrying a bamboo basket with several dishes in it. It looked like she was bringing food. Looking at her figure,
Not short, not fat, not thin, he is about as tall as Li Mu's shoulders, almost 1.65 meters tall. He has a standard oval face with a pair of pear dimples on his cheeks. He has not applied makeup, but has a hint of blush on his cheeks.
, even if he just stood there, he seemed to be smiling, which made people feel happy. Li Mu couldn't help but be a little stunned. No wonder Bai Naoer dared to ask for five strings. He was indeed beautiful. Even if he had memories of his previous life, he was rarely seen.
To such a beautiful beauty.
The two almost bumped into each other and looked at each other. Bai Qiaoqiao whispered "You're back" and entered the room from Li Mu. Li Mu noticed that Bai Qiaoqiao showed a tiger tooth when he spoke.
, adding a third of cuteness. It is undeniable that the first impression this fiancée gave him was very good. Bai Qiaoqiao took the dishes out of the bamboo basket with a smile on her face, which was different from when she was talking to Li Mu.
"Auntie, today I brought you vegetable porridge and a few slices of cooked meat. They were not leftovers from the guests. They were secretly left behind when I was cutting the meat for the guests. I helped you sit up and fed you
You eat." With that, Bai Qiaoqiao was about to take action, but Sun stopped her, grabbed her hand, and said: "Son, don't rush to eat now. My son came back safely, and he also achieved military exploits and received a reward.
My illness will probably never recover. Before I die, I want to see you two get married, so that I can die in peace..."
"Auntie," Bai Qiaoqiao blushed with embarrassment, interrupted Sun's words, secretly glanced at Li Mu standing next to him, lowered his head and said: "He doesn't like me, the melons are not sweet, and what about my father?"
...Oh, let’s not talk about this anymore, auntie, I’ll just feed you some porridge.”
Mrs. Sun was anxious, looking at Li Mu who was standing there silently, and said angrily: "You are an unfilial son, and you haven't spoken yet. Are you going to piss your own mother off to death?!"
Li Mu had no choice but to speak and said: "As long as you are willing, I can marry you, and I will consider it as my mother's blessing..." Before he could finish his words, there was a noise outside the door, and Li Mu greeted him. It turned out that it was Bai Naoer who led him
A group of people, holding hoes and sticks in their hands, blocked the door.