"I'm not afraid." Li Man retracted her hand in embarrassment, but she didn't take it away.
Li Mo smiled, "There's nothing to be afraid of. The beasts are in the deep mountains, and they don't usually come out." As he spoke, he used a basket to open the way ahead, while leading her to walk slowly, turning his head from time to time to see if there were any. Which branch will not touch her.
Fortunately, it didn't take long to walk this branchy road, and it reached a flat green grassland. The edge of the grassland was surrounded by tall trees with very thick leaves. The sunlight sifted down densely, like pieces of gold.
There was a faint smell of grass in the air, and Li Man took a deep breath, feeling extremely happy, "It's so nice here." Even the few villages at the foot of the mountain were invisible, like another world completely hidden, quiet and peaceful , even the time seems to slow down a few beats here.
Li Mo looked at her with a slight smile, put down the basket, found a big tree and sat down, "Do you want to sit down too?"
"Yeah." Li Man turned her head and smiled brightly at her, stepped on the crisp grass, ran towards him, sat down on the grass next to him, but couldn't stop looking around With Guo.
There are endless winding green trees, overlapping branches, speckled shadows of the sun, delicious grass, colorful fallen flowers, and even beautiful butterflies flying past her eyes.
Li Man stared at her big round eyes in surprise, and stretched out her hand to grab it happily. The butterfly was also cunning, and when it flew to Li Man, its speed suddenly slowed down, as if it purposely landed on her shoulder, but when she just stretched out her hand , it fluttered its small wings, and flew far away, causing her to fail to catch it in time, half of its body tilted, and it just fell down like that.
Li Mo stretched out his hand to support her, and smiled, "It flies fast, it's hard to catch, do you want me to help you?"
"No need." Li Man quickly waved his hands, "I'm just kidding." If he really caught that little thing in his hand, what would he do with it
Li Mo just stared at her and smiled without saying a word.
Li Man blushed slightly, and asked softly, "What do you see me doing? Is there something on my face?"
"Oh." Her sudden restraint made Li Mo feel a little regretful, annoyed that he shouldn't have looked at her insanely, she was so lively and active just now, but she was so good, he couldn't control it His eyes did not fall on her.
Still watching? Li Man felt a little hot, and hurriedly tried to get up, "I'll go over there and have a look."
"Be careful." Suddenly, Li Mo shouted, stretched out his hand and pulled Li Man, who was about to get up, into his arms again.
Li Man fell into his arms, her shoulders hurt. Before she could react what happened, she saw Li Mo holding her with one hand, and with the other hand, she touched a branch beside him, and gently pulled a coil not far away. The little green snake was picked up.
She flinched in fright, and saw that the snake seemed to be enchanted, and for a moment its long body wrapped around the branch like a hemp rope, its small tongue lifted up, and it spit out a letter towards them.
"Ah." Li Man buried her face in Li Mo's chest, she didn't dare to look any more, she just felt that the hairs all over her body were standing on end, she was most afraid of such crawling molluscs in her life, her legs softened just looking at them.
Li Mo didn't expect her to be so scared. He felt her trembling in his arms, and quickly patted her. With the other hand, he threw the branch and the snake far away, "Don't be afraid, it's already thrown away."
"Is it gone?" Li Man moved uneasily in his arms, and slowly turned her head to see that his hand was gone, so she was slightly relieved, but still uneasy, "Where did you throw it?" Although I don't have long legs, I can climb very well. Don't come back again
Seeing the fear still on her face, Li Mo secretly regretted letting her know. Originally, he planned to catch the snake and cook some fish soup at night. It is very nutritious and everyone in the family loves to eat it, but look If she is like this, snakes will not be touched at all in the future.
"Throw it over there in the thorn bushes, and I won't come back." Li Mo patted her on the back lightly, comforting her softly.
Li Man looked at the thornbush, the weeds were luxuriant inside, it should be a place where snakes like to stay, and she decided, "Yes."
I just relaxed, but the next moment I thought of something, I hurriedly got up, "Let's go. This side is close to the thorn bush, I'm afraid there may be other snakes."
"Leaving?" Li Mo stood up, feeling very disappointed. He didn't expect a little snake to break the beautiful atmosphere they had cultivated with great difficulty. "There are more—"
"Let's go home." Li Man's calf felt a little weak when she thought that there might be other snakes and insects hovering around her.
With that said, she walked back the way she came.
"Man'er." Li Mo suddenly grabbed her.
"What's wrong?" Li Man's heart skipped a beat again, frightened.
Li Mo took her hand and led her to another road, "Let's go this way."
"What's wrong?" Li Man asked curiously, while turning her head to look around, she didn't see anything scary.
Li Mo led her into the mountain, and waited for Lu Ping to say, "Just now there was a small boa constrictor hanging from the branch, I'm afraid you will be scared when you see it."
"Ah." Li Man leaned against him in shock, "Which tree?" She didn't see it.
"It's on that pine tree by the side of the path, the leaves are probably thick, you didn't see it." Li Mo replied.
"Oh." Li Man's heart was pounding, she didn't dare to ask any more, she just followed him obediently, it was originally the hand he held tightly, but at this moment, she was holding his fingers tightly, and her body was also tight. Staying close to him, for fear that something he doesn't like will suddenly pounce on him.
Li Mo turned his head slightly, and sneaked a glance at her, seeing her expression
His face was as startled as a little beast that had been attacked, and he felt guilty again.
Is he too much? This scares her.
Fortunately, not long after, he brought her to a small deep valley with gurgling streams and green grass.
The spirit of cleanliness rushing towards his face made Li Man's fearful heart calm down a lot. He even felt that with Li Mo around, even if there were snakes attacking, it would not be so scary.
She is brave.
"What is this place?" Li Man asked happily.
"No name." Li Mo looked at her and said, "However, we usually come here to rest when we are tired from hunting. The water is sweet."
With that said, he walked to the stream, held a handful of water in his hand, and took a sip.
"Really?" Li Man followed suit, knelt down by the stream, took some water, took a sip, it was really sweet and refreshing, cool, very good.
Seeing the smile on her face, Li Mo felt very satisfied, "If you like it, I will bring you here later. In autumn, there are more wild fruits in the mountains."
"Really?" Li Man looked around longingly, suddenly, something rushed past the forest in front, and she yelled out of joy, "Rabbit, rabbit—"
"Where?" Li Mo stood up and looked over there.
Li Man grabbed his hand and ran into the woods, "Over there, I just saw it go there."
Li Mo looked at her and smiled softly, "The rabbit runs so fast that I can't catch up."
"Oh." Li Man was a little disappointed, but was quickly attracted by the well-growing green plants in the forest.
She hurried over and squatted down to have a look, it really was wild garlic.
She was so happy that she picked a large handful of wild garlic and removed the soil from the roots.
Li Mo followed and looked at her curiously, especially as she grabbed the grass as if she had picked up a treasure.
Li Man smiled and explained to him, "This is wild garlic, which has high nutritional value."
"Eatable?" Li Mo also picked a handful, which looked almost like weeds.
Li Man said 'hmm', "It's edible, and it's delicious. Scrambled eggs with wild garlic are delicious. I like it very much."
"Oh." Scrambled eggs? There is not even an egg in the house.
"Look, I've picked so many, at least enough for several meals." Li Man's movements were very neat, and she picked several handfuls in three or two strokes, and put them all neatly aside. Suddenly, she thought of something, and she asked excitedly. , "Brother, you said we sold these wild garlic in the market, will anyone want it?"
"Sell this?" Li Mo didn't think about it, he didn't even know what the taste of this thing was.
However, Li Man's eyes lit up with excitement, and she said to herself, "I think it will work. How about we pick more now and sell them at the market outside the mountain tomorrow? If no one wants it, we can do it." Sell it in restaurants and restaurants."
"Sell?" What do you mean
Li Man simply explained, "That is to sell these wild garlic."
"Will the Grand Hotel and Restaurant want the things in this mountain?" Li Mo was not very optimistic, after all, this thing looked too ordinary, but seeing that Li Man was looking at Xing Xing's head, it was not easy to hit him.
Moreover, if she wants to go out and have a look, he can just accompany her there, and it doesn't take much effort, "Then, why don't I accompany you tomorrow."
"Yeah." Li Man was overjoyed, looking at such a large piece of wild garlic, thinking, "If someone is willing to accept this, I will appoint someone who can sell for a lot of money, and it would be even better if I can cooperate with them for a long time. Isn't our family Did you just buy the land? Then we will plant some interspersed, maybe it will be good.”
Seeing the surprise smile in her eyes, Li Mo was also greatly encouraged. At the same time, a bold idea suddenly rushed into his mind, and an inexplicable impulse roared in his heart, and he walked towards her.
"Man'er." He knelt down in front of her, his eyes burning and determined.
Li Man was still picking garlic, she didn't care when she saw him coming, and responded casually, "Yeah."
"I want to discuss something with you."
"Well, huh?"
Li Man suddenly realized that his tone was too serious, turned her head in shock, and met Li Mo's deep, hot and firm eyes, Mou Ran was a little dazed, "What's the matter?"
"Be my daughter-in-law." His voice was low and his face was solemn. Obviously, he said these four words after careful consideration and suffering.
"Ah?" Li Man was even more dazed, the topic changed too quickly, she swallowed, and she stuttered, "I, I..."
Li Mo grabbed her wet little hand suddenly, and looked at her expectantly, "Man'er, promise me, I will treat you well."
promise? Do not agree? promise! do not agree...
For a moment, Li Man felt dizzy, and two villains fighting each other appeared in his mind, agreeing and not agreeing to a stalemate, it was difficult to distinguish who was superior.
"I, I don't know." After being dazed for a while, she replied in such a dazed manner.
"Huh?" Li Mo didn't hear clearly, so he let go of her a little bit, staring at her and asked again, "What did you say?"
Li Man stared at him with confused eyes, "I don't know."
have no idea? What is the answer? Li Mo's heart was up and down.
"Can you give me time to think about it?" Li Man asked for his opinion with a guilty conscience.
Li Mo's eyes narrowed slightly
Live, "You said that before, didn't you think about it these days?"
"Huh?" Isn't this man too naive? She was just an excuse that day, not to mention, can this be considered in a few days? In addition, once his aunt came to disrupt the situation, she would have nothing to think about.
Seeing her hesitation, Li Mo took a step back, "Then think about it now, it's quiet here."
"Eh? Now..." Li Man stared at him in astonishment, "The sun is going to set soon? Let's go home, Xiao Wu is at home alone."
"Then before the sun goes down, can you give me the answer?" Li Mo said and got up, "How about I go over there, and you think about it slowly by yourself, and call me when you think about it."
"No." Li Man followed closely, wanting to resist.
Li Mo looked at her deeply, "If you didn't call me before sunset, I'll take it as your acquiescence."
"Ah? No way. No such thing." Li Man argued aggrievedly, but as soon as he finished speaking, he walked towards the stream without looking back.
What is he doing? she's depressed
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Li Mo left the forest, let out a long breath, let go of his hands, his palms were full of sweat, this was the first time he forced a woman like this, but what happened in recent days made him unable to wait, It is true that the night is long and dreams are many, especially what happened to his father and mother back then, which made him even more afraid.
Man'er is the woman he likes, the woman he wants to love for the rest of his life, and he wants to keep her, even in this way of persecution.
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Time passed slowly, and the sunlight in the woods gradually slanted. Li Man squatted on the ground, looking at a small pile of chopped wild garlic at her feet, feeling like a mess in her heart.
It's not that their brothers are bad, but that they suddenly accepted five men, and the youngest was only ten years old. This really challenges people's moral bottom line.
What should she do
If she doesn't accept it, what reason does she have to live in the Li family and be cared and loved by everyone? Delay the lifelong happiness of other brothers
Leaving the Li family? But she was bought with money, at least the money must be paid back, right
But even if she leaves the Li family, where can she go? The sky is big and the earth is big, but she is as unfamiliar with this strange space as a newborn baby. Where is she going to find a way of life that suits her
It is even more likely that before leaving this mountain, her life will be lost. She has a deep memory of the tragic scene of that day, and she is also terrified.
"You agreed?" Suddenly, Li Mo's voice appeared at the top, and Li Man looked up in a daze, "What?"
Li Mo pointed to the gray-blue sky, "The sun has already set."
Li Man was startled, and then remembered what he said just now, that he had acquiesced in not calling him during the sunset.
"No, I forgot, I didn't pay attention." Li Man hurriedly got up to explain, but she squatted for too long, and when she stood up, she realized that her feet were numb, and she fell into his arms as soon as she fell down.
Li Mo hugged her tightly, and chuckled in her ear, "I understand."
"What do you know?" Li Man supported his arm and asked in amazement, "I haven't—"
Li Mo's face sank, and deep disappointment welled up in her eyes immediately. Li Man's words that she wanted to say but didn't understand clearly swallowed back instantly. Looking into the man's eyes, she suddenly couldn't say a word of rejection, even vaguely perfunctory. words come.
This man, from the moment he picked her up under the goddess tree, has been silently guarding her, loving and caring for her as if he were his own beloved woman.
Almost at this moment, she had a clear answer in her heart.
"There are so many wild garlics, I haven't picked them yet, shouldn't I bring them to the market tomorrow?" Li Man said with a gentle smile, pointing to the wild garlics on the ground.
Li Mo was slightly stunned, what was her answer
"Agreed or not?" He didn't understand what she said or smiled, so he could only ask again nervously.
This simple and honest man makes people feel distressed, she is so obvious.
"I won't tell you, you can guess for yourself." She pushed him away in annoyance on purpose, and let him suffer by himself, he is so stupid, if Li Yan would have understood what she meant.
Li Mo froze on the spot, frowning, the emptiness in his arms made him lose a piece in his heart, she didn't say yes.
Li Man ran two steps, looked back at his lonely look, shook her head, and had to walk back.
"What a fool." She glanced at him lightly, slowly stood on tiptoe, raised her head, and kissed him lightly on the chin.
Li Mo's eyes widened suddenly, a kind of ecstasy made him unbelievable that she kissed him on his own initiative.
Li Man blushed, her eyes were shy and determined, "Fool, if you don't understand, I won't let you go."
"Man'er." Li Mo stretched out his hand suddenly, picked her up by the waist, and threw her into the air excitedly.
Li Man's face turned pale with fright, she hugged him tightly with both hands, and screamed, "What are you doing? Let me down."
"Man'er, daughter-in-law." Li Mo was so excited that he didn't know what to do. He hugged her and wanted to throw her a few more times. Afraid of scaring her, he turned around in circles.
The world was spinning, Li Man had no choice but to bury her face in his chest, and she would not raise her head until he finally calmed down, but it took a long time for the things in front of her eyes to settle down.
"Don't make trouble anymore." She thumped him lightly on the shoulder, "It's getting late, let's go back quickly."
"En." Li Mo let her down, grabbed some hay, weaved a straw rope, tied up the wild garlic she picked, and put it in the corner of the basket.
Li Man only looked at him tenderly from the sidelines, perhaps she had made up her mind, so seeing him doing things, she felt more and more that he was a considerate and considerate man.
It's not easy to live a new life, she should figure it out, even if the future is too unpredictable, she still wants to grab what she can grab now.
If they are willing to love her, then she will do her best to treat them well.
"Okay." After picking up the basket, Li Mo squatted down in front of her and pointed to his back.
"Why? I don't want you to carry it." Li Man said with a smile, reached out to grab his hand, and pulled him up.
But Li Mo didn't get up, "Come up, it's getting dark, the mountain road is not easy to walk, I'll hurry up with you on my back."
"Can-"
"Wait." Li Mo suddenly heard something, and then, putting down the basket, he said to Li Man, "Wait a minute, I'll be right back."
With that said, he ran towards the depths of the woods.
Where is he going? Li Man wanted to stop him in a panic, and Li Mo just stopped in front of a big tree. Then, he took off his shoes, grabbed the trunk with both hands, and climbed up the tree.
What is he doing? Li Man's eyes widened, she raised her head to see how high he had climbed, and she raised her heart, don't fall down.
In fact, her worries were superfluous. The brothers of the Li family can climb trees, especially Li Mo. Even without branches to cling to, he can climb trees with bare hands like a monkey.
After a while, he came down with something extra in his hand.
He ran back excitedly and showed Li Man some eggs.
Li Man glanced at him lightly, "That's why you climbed so high?"
Li Mo smiled foolishly, and carefully put the eggs into the basket, "These few and that wild garlic, at least they can be fried in a small dish."
"..." Li Man's heart warmed up, because he remembered what he said accidentally just now.
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On the way back, Li Man still lay on Li Mo's back, letting him carry it.
When they got to the hillside, they found that the sheets had been dried, so they folded them and put them in the basket.
Then, Li Mo squatted down again, trying to carry her on his back.
Li Man gave him a helpless look, "I will go this way."
Li Mo giggled and didn't insist anymore, but under the afterglow of the setting sun, Li Man's charming cheeks became more and more attractive, he took her hand unconsciously, and said very seriously, "Man'er, I have seen Huang Li before, The day after tomorrow is a good day, suitable for consummation."
"Pfft..." Li Man's legs gave way, and she almost tripped over the stones under her feet.
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Let the fourth child out tomorrow, everyone remember Piao Piao.
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