C176 Digging Wild Vegetables in the Mountains
C176 Digging Wild Vegetables in the Mountains
He thought angrily in his heart, this bunch of damn stupid birds, when I wake up, I'll make a few slingshots and beat all of you down to drink the stew.
Mu Chen had practiced martial arts for many years, so he had long formed the habit of waking up early, but when he woke up today, he found Shen Jingli sleeping soundly in his arms, and he didn't want to wake up at all. It was no wonder that the Emperor refused to go to court early after getting a beauty. It was no wonder that this was how the land of beauties spent its heroic spirit.
Just as he was laughing bitterly, he saw Shen Jingli twitching unstably. His eyelids twitched, but he did not open his eyes, and instead reached out his hands to cover his ears, trying to burrow into's embrace with all his might.
Were the birds outside making a racket for him to not sleep well?
Mu Chen frowned slightly. When he slept at night, the windows in his room were all closed. Otherwise, those passionate singing birds would probably be dead birds by now.
He reached out and covered Shen Jingli's hand that was covering his ears, and his slightly hot palm that was at a different temperature. Shen Jingli suddenly opened his eyes, and realized that he was grabbing onto Mu Chen's body like an octopus.
"You didn't go for a fight today?" Because he had been practicing martial arts all year round, Mu Chen's body was always very warm. To Shen Jingli, whose hands and feet had turned cold every winter, it was simply the best warm stove.
Mu Chen extended two fingers of his right hand, pointed at his forehead, and said softly. "Gentle and gentle, Hero Tomb."
As the hot air left his mouth, it went into Shen Jingli's ears again and again. It was hot, but also a little itchy, causing Shen Jingli to laugh a few times, and then retract into Mu Chen's embrace.
"That would be my honor." As he said that, he bit Mu Chen's neck.
Mu Shisi personally admitting that he was attracted to him truly made him feel flattered and incomparably happy.
Seeing his happy expression, Mu Chen's mood was also very good. She wanted to take this opportunity to do something, but Xun Er's voice sounded from outside the door.
"Mama, Father, the sun is shining on your butts, why aren't you guys getting up? Hurry up and get up so that you can accompany Xun Er for breakfast. Xun Er promised to look for Brother Xi to play. "
Hearing his son's voice, Shen Jingli hurriedly withdrew his hands and feet, sat up, yawned without a care for his image, and stretched. "That little guy woke up really early."
The moment the space in his embrace became empty, Mu Chen frowned slightly as he wondered if he should find an opportunity to communicate with his son so that he wouldn't disturb their husband's intimate time and time again.
Shen Jingli didn't know what Mu Chen was thinking, he just sat there for a while, and when his head became a bit clearer, he stood up and changed his clothes.
"Get out of the way, I want to go in, I want to go look for Mama." Xun Er probably wanted to enter, but he was stopped, and started to lose his temper.
Young Master, this servant will warm up the milk for you to drink first. Master, Madam will be coming out soon. Jin Yu tried to persuade his.
However, it was rare for Xun Er to have such a stubborn temper, "No, I want to go in right now, you guys hurry up and get out of the way, I'm your grandpa, how can you stop me?"
He did not know where Xun Er learned it, but since he could not pass the challenge, he had already assumed his identity. However, Jin Yu and the others were really afraid of him.
Shen Jingli heard everything clearly in the room and could not help but laugh. He quickly put on his clothes and went out.
Seeing his wife run off without a trace, Mu Chen did not know whether to laugh or cry. Normally, when a lady woke up in the morning, she would personally take care of her husband, even if he was not so attentive, she would call maidservant to come in and serve him, but what about Shen Jingli? Occasionally, when he thought of it, he would wait on him to dress. Most of the time, he had to do it himself; there really wasn't any rule at all.
But strangely, his emotions got better and better. There were many couples who treated each other with respect, but Shen Jingli, who acted casually, only had one.
He smiled and did not call anyone to wait on him. He slowly got up and put on his clothes.
Outside the door, Xun Er had long since jumped into Shen Jingli's embrace as he cried out, "Mama, I'm going to go in and look for you and Father. They won't let me."
He turned around and glared at Jin Yu and Nian Hua, who dared to block my way.
Jin Yu and Nian Hua carefully apologized with a smile, feeling that this time, he really wasn't a good person. If he followed the heart of the Young Master, he was afraid that he would offend the Old Master, and if he disobeyed the heart of the Young Master, the Young Master would blame him.
"Mama, hurry up and come eat breakfast with Xun Er. Xun Er also wants to bring some fun toys to play with with brother Xi." Thinking about his good friend from yesterday, Xun Er jumped off the ground and dragged Shen Jingli to leave.
Shen Jingli quickly pulled on him, "Mama has not washed up yet, wait a while more."
"But …"
The little guy had only just flattened his mouth when he was carried away. Faintly, he kicked out with his two short legs and turned around to find that it was Mu Chen.
"Let Mama go wash first. Father will accompany you to play for a while." Mu Chen said.
Xun Er thought for a bit, then straightforwardly waved his hand, "Then Mama, quickly wash your face, I'll be waiting for you."
Shen Jingli and Mu Chen exchanged a glance, then went back to his room to wash up. Xun Er, on the other hand, was leaning in Mu Chen's embrace, blabbering about the experiences from that morning. Mu Chen nodded indifferently, but remembered every word that Xun Er had said in his heart.
Shen Jingli washed his face and rinsed his mouth, then followed Mu Chen and to the hall for breakfast. Mu Jing and Mu Jin went out to play, and got up early to take a few steamed buns, which had just been steamed. Third Old Master and Mu Yu woke up a little later, and entered the dining hall a step earlier than Mu Chen and the others.
When Third Old Master Mu saw Xun Er, he immediately waved at him. "Xun Er, quickly come over to Great Grandfather's place."
When people get old, they really liked little children, but Xun Er was clever, his mouth was sweet, and always coaxed Third Old Master Mu to the point of bursting with joy.
Xun Er immediately got down from Mu Chen's embrace and ran over to Third Old Master Mu's side, speaking in a childish voice: "Third grandfather, Xun Er misses you. You didn't even hug Xun Er yesterday."
He pouted his mouth and acted like a spoiled child. Third Old Master Mu's face was full of wrinkles as he reached out to hug Xun Er.
Xun Er raised his chin, waved his hand, and said generously: "My Lord has a lot, I'll forgive Great Grandfather this time."
When Shen Jingli saw his son's rude appearance, he could not help but be exasperated. He reached out to tug at Mu Chen's sleeve, but Mu Chen did not care about this matter, pulling Shen Jingli to sit down, and personally served him a bowl of porridge and some food. "Go ahead and eat."
The Third Old Master did not blame Xun Er for his childish words. Instead, he played with him like a child who had not slept, "Thank you so much, Xun Er."
Xun Er smiled happily and took the initiative to take a bun and place it into the Third Old Master's bowl, "Great Grandfather, eat this bun."
"Good, good, good." Third Old Master said a few words of 'good' in a row and happily started to eat the bun.
After happily eating breakfast, Xun Er impatiently pulled Shen Jingli out of the room.
"Mama, hurry up …"
Huaixin followed behind Xun Er and anxiously urged, "Madam, hurry up."
Shen Jingli was being pulled by the two children, followed by Jin Yu and Nian Hua who was behind, covering their mouths and continuously laughing.
"The Young Master has become lively. Even the Madam was unable to withstand it." The youth chuckled.
"That's right." Jin Yu agreed and also laughed.
"..."
"Brother Xi, Huaixin and I have come to play with you." Just as he walked to the door, Xun Er shouted loudly.
Hearing Xun Er's voice, Mu Xi anxiously ran out of the house, and shouted at the same time: "Mama, I'm going out with Xun Er and Huaixin to play."
"Don't run too far." Qing Sheng chased after him.
His son had become cheerful. Although he was very happy, he was still very worried about his son going out and playing all day.
"Got it." Mu Xi casually waved his hand and went to play with Xun Er and Huaixin.
"Whose child is that?" A man came out from inside, handed a bowl over to Qing Sheng, and asked.
This was the first time Shen Jingli saw Mu Yifann, and he only felt that this man looked a little thin. His face was pure white, like that of a scholar.
"That is a child from the Fourteenth Brother. Xi Er has played quite well with them." Qing Sheng received the bowl and then saw Shen Jingli. He hurriedly put the bowl down and walked out to welcome his. "Sister-in-law, why are you here?"
"To visit." Shen Jingli laughed, "Do you have anything else to do? Can you accompany me for another stroll? "
Although Qing Sheng was very happy that Shen Jingli came to find him, his husband had just returned home this morning, and he …
Turning his head to look at his husband, Qing Sheng was just about to shake his head when Yifann said: "Go with sister-in-law. I'll go sleep for a bit.
"There's still some porridge in the pot. If you're still hungry, serve it to me. I'll take a walk with my sister-in-law and we'll be back soon."
Yifann nodded, then turned and entered the house.
"That's cousin Yifann?" asked after he entered the room.
"Yeah, Yifann was studying in the county's academy, so he rushed back this morning." Qing Sheng smiled bashfully, "It's all because of me."
"What do you mean?" Shen Jingli was suspicious.
Qing Sheng laughed bitterly and shook his head. It was clear that he did not want to say it, so Shen Jingli did not ask further.
"Where are you going?"
Qing Sheng didn't think that Shen Jingli would ask him about this, so he still replied: "I was originally planning to go to the mountain to gather some wild vegetables, but …"
"No problem, let's go to the mountain to gather wild vegetables." Shen Jingli cut off his words, and started to talk about picking wild vegetables. He remembered how he had followed the Sister-in-law Chen to pick wild vegetables every day when he had just transmigrated, although he was a little tired, he felt a sense of accomplishment.
"Has Sister-in-law ever picked wild vegetables?" Qing Sheng asked.
"When I was at the Da Ping Village in the past, I often went there."
Knowing that Shen Jingli had lived in the countryside before, Qing Sheng felt that the distance between him and Shen Jingli had lessened, and he even took the initiative to ask Shen Jingli about his life in the countryside.
The two of them chatted and laughed as they walked up the mountain. Mu Family Village surrounded the mountain on both sides as the mountain peaks rose and fell continuously.
The thing that Qing Sheng was bringing Shen Jingli to was the mountain across the river from the village. I heard that because it was far away, the people in the village did not go there often, so there were more wild vegetables and plants.
"There are still mushrooms and fungus on the mountain. I heard that Mu Er was the first to be eaten by the people from that town where sister-in-law used to live. Mu Er's cooking methods were passed down from there." Qing Sheng walked as he turned to tell Shen Jingli this, "When it was first passed to Jinling City, many stewards from rich families came to our village to collect the Mu Er. At first, the villagers were hesitant, afraid that the Mu Er would eat the dead, but after selling the money, everyone was happy, the first person to try to eat the Mu Er was actually a strong person."
In the legend, the first person to eat wooden ears would reach out and rub his nose in embarrassment. He didn't expect that eating wooden ears would cause such a story.
"Alright, this is the mountain."
Qing Sheng raised his head, looked towards the sky, and warned Shen Jingli, "Sister-in-law, let's gather some wild herbs here. There are beasts biting people in the mountains over there, please do not go in."
Shen Jingli looked into the distance and noticed a series of mountain peaks in front of him. They were not far from him, and were pitch black, making him look rather dangerous.
"Got it." Shen Jingli promised.
Qing Sheng received a response, and relaxed, he walked towards the place where the wild vegetables were harvested with familiarity. Looking at the small hill he was at, after a while, he discovered a small area of his mother-in-law Ding.
He picked up a hard little stick and dug it up. After he dug up a lot of wild vegetables, Qing Sheng came back too. He brought some ferns and bitter vegetables along with a small bag of "Stone".
"What is this?" Shen Jingli pointed to the thing in his hand and asked. Actually he was more curious when the person brought a cloth bag.
"This?" Qing Sheng opened the bag and revealed a piece of black coal. "This is the charcoal I found at the foot of the mountain over there. It can be used to heat up, it's pretty warm."
Isn't this coal? Was there a coal mine there?
Shen Jingli stared at Qing Sheng and thought, could this man be so lucky? Dig into a coal mine?
His thoughts spun non-stop as he immediately said to Qing Sheng: "Can you take me to see it?"
"Are you going to pick up some to burn?" Qing Sheng thought that since the weather was still cold and there weren't any land dragons in the place that he lived, it would be good to find some charcoal to burn.
Shen Jingli did not say yes or no, and followed Qing Sheng to the mountain there.
The altitude on the mountain was not high, and the vegetation on the mountain was scattered as well, covering it with many hard rocks. At the foot of the mountain, there was some black powder scattered everywhere.
Was this considered picking up a treasure?
Shen Jingli stared at the mountain in front of him, his expression changing strangely, not knowing how to express his feelings.
"Let's go back." He clapped his hands and said to Qing Sheng.
Seeing that Shen Jingli did not pick up anything, Qing Sheng asked curiously, "Sister-in-law, aren't you going to dig some charcoal and burn it there?"
Shen Jingli waved his hand, "Let's talk about it next time, let's go back first."
Qing Sheng nodded, the two of them picked up the wild vegetables and returned to the village.