Because it was Li Siwen who brought him, Lao Tietou was very polite to Li Mu. He made an appointment to start work tomorrow, and Li Mu took his leave and went home. It was not far from home, just a few steps away. The two of them hadn't finished cleaning up yet.
Li Mu asked Bai Qiaoqiao to light the candles, and the family of three worked for a full hour before moving the things from the door into the house.
After closing the door, Bai Qiaoqiao lit a fire in the courtyard and cooked porridge in a clay pot. The family drank and had a good meal. It has been a month and a half since Li Jing's army conquered Dingxiang City, and the house is empty.
For a month and a half, there was dust everywhere and needed some cleaning before we could live normally. Dingxiang City had just been occupied by the Tang Dynasty and was used as a base camp. Military control was implemented. In the city, except for soldiers, they were prisoners, and there were no merchants selling goods. Li Mu also thought of it.
This is why when he came from Mayi County, he bought a lot of food, enough to feed three people for a month.
In this day and age, people don’t panic when they have enough food. Bai Qiaoqiao is also a hard worker, and within two days, he will be able to take care of the house in order. But today, he can only simply clean up. It’s late at night, Li Mu
After waiting for Mr. Sun to sleep in the back room, he asked Bai Qiaoqiao to take good care of her, and returned to the front shop alone. He found a wooden board as a bed, and rested here tonight.
The night was quiet, and the sound of forging was getting quieter, but it was still there. It was so late, and no one else's weapons needed to be repaired. Li Mu blew out the candles, and called up the system. He was going to work in the weapons inspection department tomorrow, and Li Mu had to go first.
Learned the skills.
When he left Mayi County, he sold his house for two thousand cents, but he spent three hundred cents on rice and fifty cents on the train fare. Adding the money he had in hand, he now has a total of almost two thousand seven hundred cents.
Wen or so, that is, twenty taels and seven taels of silver. It is natural to keep some money aside to prepare for emergencies, so the money that Li Mu can use at present does not exceed two taels.
Although the money is not much, it still needs to be spent. Li Mu first learned the basic blacksmithing technique, and one tael of silver was gone. After thinking about it, Li Mu learned two more branch skills under the basic blacksmithing technique, smelting and weapon repair.
It just happened to be needed tomorrow. Not a penny of the twenty taels of silver was left, and it was all spent. Looking at the patterns that could be purchased, such as sickles, hoes, etc., they cost at least one penny of silver. Li Mu simply didn't learn any of them.
.Although he knew very well that after smelting and repairing weapons, upgrading proficiency became slower and slower. If you want to upgrade quickly, you must have patterns, but what to do if you don't have money? He can't directly create money unless he can find gold.
Silver mines directly smelt gold and silver in exchange for money.
Li Mu turned off the system and was about to fall asleep when he suddenly heard footsteps approaching. Li Mu sat up and saw Bai Qiaoqiao coming over with a quilt in his arms. Li Mu was shocked. He had heard about the customs of the Tang Dynasty in his previous life.
Open, I didn’t expect it to be true, the girl actually came over holding the quilt, what is she doing?
"Mr. Lang..."
As soon as this title came out, there was an awkward silence. In front of Li Siwen during the day, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Li Mu said that Bai Qiaoqiao was his wife, so the two of them treated each other as his wife and husband throughout the day.
Of course, Sun was happy to see it happen and looked at it with pleasure, wishing that it was true. But Li Mu knew in his heart that this was an expedient measure. He didn't know what Bai Qiaoqiao was thinking, but he saw that she called her Lang Jun.
When Li Siwen left, her face was as red as rouge, and she knew that she was also extremely shy. After Li Siwen left and Li Mu came back from the weapons inspection, the two of them didn't say much.
Now in the dead of night, when the two of them were alone, Bai Qiaoqiao called her husband, which made Li Mu's heart beat wildly. Although he had never smelled meat in this life, he was not a virgin in his previous life. He knew and knew about this matter between men and women.
What he has experienced, although he cannot be regarded as a lustful ghost, is that when a beautiful little girl calls her "Mr. Jun" in a sweet voice, and looks like she is ready to take whatever he wants, how can he not be tempted by a man during the long night?
Li Mu hid in the night and licked his dry lips, and said a little unnaturally: "Calling you my wife during the day is just a temporary measure. Don't take it seriously. Things between us are still as we said that day.
Take your time, take your time..."
"Are you going to regret it?" Bai Qiaoqiao put down the quilt and asked softly. She picked up the fire stick and lit the wax, and Li Mu was nowhere to hide. Looking at Bai Qiaoqiao's shining eyes, Li Mu somehow disappeared.
Courage means being unable to say something against your will.
"It's cold at night. Mom was worried that you would be cold, so she asked me to bring you a quilt."
It turned out that this was the case. Li Mu was a little disappointed. It seemed that he was being sentimental. He didn't realize that Bai Qiaoqiao had changed the name of Sun from 'aunt' to 'mother', missing the word 'big'.
The meaning is quite different.
Bai Qiaoqiao spread out the quilt and was not in a hurry to go back. Seeing that she was not leaving, Li Mu stayed for a moment, gave up her seat, and said, "Would you like... to sit down for a while?"
Bai Qiaoqiao sat down next to him, the two of them leaned against the wall, with the candle in front of them. Against the backdrop of the quiet night, they were speechless for a moment.
After a long time, Bai Qiaoqiao spoke first and said, "Li Mu, I have something to ask you."
"Oh?" Li Mu was a little surprised. This was the first time Bai Qiaoqiao took the initiative to ask a question, so he said, "If you have anything to ask, just ask."
Bai Qiaoqiao took a deep breath and said, "Do you have a sweetheart?"
"No," Li Mu looked at Bai Qiaoqiao strangely and said, "Where does this sweetheart come from? Our two families live so close to each other, and you often come to my house. My mother tells you everything. Do I have a sweetheart? How can I hide it?
Can I beat you?"
Bai Qiaoqiao blushed and whispered: "Maybe after transporting food..."
Li Mu smiled bitterly and said: "You can really imagine that I was arrested the first time I transported food. You don't think I fell in love with a Turkic woman in the Turkic camp, do you?"
Bai Qiaoqiao bit her lip and thought to herself, Li Mu's father was killed by Turks, there is no way he would like a Turk woman. Thinking of this, Bai Qiaoqiao mustered up the courage to ask: "You don't have a sweetheart."
, why are you so distant from me? It makes me unable to figure out your thoughts and makes me feel confused."
Li Mu hurriedly said: "Why am I so far away from you? When you say this, I feel confused."
"Why not? You have always been so polite to me. I thought you didn't like me. I was about to give up, but you bought me from my father for six dollars. I guess you like me, but
You also said that you can't do things about love, and you said that if I meet someone I like, you are willing to give me a dowry. Isn't this a euphemistic way of saying that you don't like me? But today, you called me Niangzi again in front of outsiders.
Don’t you know that a lady can’t just call me random names? If you really want me to marry someone else, if you call me that way, others will know that I am your wife, so how can I get married?”
After Bai Qiaoqiao finished speaking such a long paragraph in one breath, her courage ran out and she lowered her head to her chest like an ostrich again.
Li Mu was speechless for a moment. He didn't know how to explain it. He couldn't tell Bai Qiaoqiao that the original Li Mu was dead and that I came from time-travel. Besides, he couldn't figure out what he was thinking now. Bai Qiaoqiao
Qiao Qiao was right. If he really wanted Bai Qiaoqiao to find a good family in the future, he shouldn't have called her Niangzi.
Could it be that in my heart, I actually regard Bai Qiaoqiao as my own and don't want her to fall in love with someone else, so it's just a high-sounding statement?
Li Mu, Li Mu, you are so hypocritical!
"You, why don't you speak?" Bai Qiaoqiao waited for a long time and saw no answer from Li Mu, so she couldn't help but ask.
"I..." Li Mu scratched his head and said: "Okay, I admit that I have a crush on you, and I don't want you to like someone else. But I also feel that I shouldn't use the engagement contract to kidnap you, so I said
If you have someone you like, I will give you a dowry. Are you satisfied with this answer?"
"Hmm..." A blush appeared on Bai Qiaoqiao's face, she responded softly, hesitated, and then said: "Actually, I don't know if I like you because of the engagement. Maybe it was like this before, but
Ever since you came back from carrying food this time, I've felt that you are different. I can't tell you exactly what's different. But in the past, you wouldn't have bought me for six dollars. To say you like it, maybe
It was from the moment you pulled me behind you and grabbed the stick that my father hit me that I really fell in love with you..."
Bai Qiaoqiao's voice became smaller and smaller. She was so embarrassed that she jumped off the board and ran away without looking back.
Li Mu looked at her back and laughed. After two lifetimes, this was the first time a girl confessed her love. This feeling was so comfortable! Li Mu was not a shy person. Since the woman had already expressed her feelings, how could a man do the same?
It's not like he doesn't like Bai Qiaoqiao as a daughter, so what if he accepts this feeling? Bai Qiaoqiao is beautiful and virtuous, only he is not worthy of her, and no one is worthy of him, not at all.