Fortunate Wife

After two days of recuperation, Li Man finally regained her energy. However, to her surprise, in the past two days, Li Xiangyu took care of all the housework at home, washing, cooking, feeding pigs and chickens, and even helping her make medicine.

Li Mo told her behind her back that my aunt is a man with a knife mouth and a bean curd heart. Although she sometimes behaves harshly, in the final analysis, she still has hearts for their brothers. Therefore, when the mistress of this family fell down, she naturally Stand up and take care of everything.

Li Man thinks about it, maybe it's what he said, but since people are willing to make medicine for her, she will accept this kind of love. No matter whose face Li Xiangyu is looking for, she is the one who drank the medicine.

Therefore, in the past two days, Li Man has been more polite to Li Xiangyu. Even though Li Xiangyu still showed indifference, she still called her aunt instead.

Li Mo was very happy, although the atmosphere was not as harmonious as he wanted, but at least it wasn't that tense, and the most important thing was that Li Xiangyu didn't say anything about Li Man's this or that.

After breakfast that day, everyone went to their own business. Li Man had nothing to do, so she took a small flower shovel to loosen the soil in the yard.

When Li Xiangyu came back from feeding the pigs in the backyard, she couldn't help but frown when she saw Li Man busy there in a serious manner, "Since I'm sick, I should take a good rest and take care of these things, and I can't eat them."

In her mind, tending flowers and plants is the work of idlers, and those who really know how to make a living should go to the fields to tend crops.

Li Man didn't take it seriously, and without raising her head, she just replied with a smile, "I'm much better today, just loosen the soil and water it later."

"It's free." Seeing her disobedience, Li Xiangyu muttered angrily, and went into the kitchen carrying the slop bucket.

Li Man shrugged her eyebrows, and continued to play as if she didn't hear what she was teasing.

The small flower garden in this yard was made for her by Li Mo, and many flowers were planted in it with the help of Li Yan and Li Shu. Now, the gardenias and roses are blooming very well. The ones are white and pink, delicate and tender, and beautiful. There are also two orange blossoms, which are also lush with branches and leaves, and they will bloom soon.

Against the wall, there are a few honeysuckle plants, the flowering period is over, but the green vines are climbing on the wall, which does not have the taste of a farmhouse.

Li Man loves it very much.

Suddenly, a ladle of water was poured on the roses that she had just loosened the soil. Li Man was shocked and hurriedly stopped Li Xiangyu, "Auntie, that's not how it was watered."

The ladle of water she poured down just now almost wilted the two flower buds that just bloomed this morning.

"What else can I do with watering a flower? Why not water it this way?" Li Xiangyu scooped up another ladle of water as she spoke, and Li Man quickly snatched it up, and carefully sprinkled it along the base of the flower stem before she got angry water.

Li Xiangyu looked at her actions, and there was a trace of disgust in his eyes, "Serving flowers is like serving children. If you have this energy, you should have a baby sooner."

"..." Li Man's face changed slightly, but she didn't answer.

Seeing that she was unmoved, Li Xiangyu just felt that she punched the cotton again, which was very boring. In addition, Li Man was sick, and she didn't want to stab her to make her sicker. After all, she was the person. If the members of the Li family had any good or bad, it would be her nephews who suffered the most.

Therefore, Li Xiangyu weighed it in his mind, and then calmed down, "Okay, give it to me, you go back to the house and rest, and I'll help you water it."

Li Man didn't respond, and directly scooped another small ladle from the small bucket she brought.

Li Xiangyu, "I'll pour it like you, and I promise I won't kill these things."

Li Man finished watering the flowers and plants slowly, and then handed the water ladle to her, "Auntie, I've finished watering it, and I don't need to water it again for a few days."

"..." Li Xiangyu gritted her teeth with black lines all over her head, why is she so disobedient? Although she is an eldest aunt, to Li Man who has no mother-in-law, she should be regarded as half a mother-in-law. Since ancient times, which daughter-in-law has not lived under the power of her mother-in-law, she is not afraid of her at all?

Li Man didn't care about her attitude, as long as she got into her own duty, she didn't try to curry favor with Li Xiangyu, nor did she deliberately treat her coldly, she just treated her like an ordinary elder.

Carrying Xiaohua shovel home, Li Man went upstairs to rest after drinking the cold medicine on the pot.

In fact, it is said to be resting, but it is nothing more than hiding in the house and being quiet, so that one can think about certain problems in a pure way.

Last night, she asked Li Hua something about the store.

Regarding this clothing store, Li Man really thought it was a miracle. At first, she was impulsive, but with the support of her family, she finally rented the shop. However, no one thought she could sell the clothes she chose. , she was also shaken, so she handed over all the task of designing clothes to Li Hua.

Facts have proved that Li Hua is very good at making clothes. The clothes he designed are very popular. From the summer clothes at the beginning to the autumn clothes now, it is said that as soon as a new style is put on the shelves, girls and daughters-in-law will immediately line up to grab it. to buy.

The business is booming like this, everyone is naturally happy, but the problem is that they are self-produced and sold, and the clothes are easy to sell but not easy to make, especially the twenty embroiderers of the Zhang family. Handwork, if you encounter simple styles, it’s okay. If it’s complicated, it’s not bad if one person can catch up with one piece of clothing a day.

Therefore, the Li family's ready-to-wear store has a situation where the supply is in short supply. Every time a style is sold out, customers have to wait for the next batch of goods.

For this reason, Li Yan and Li Hua tried to recruit another group of female workers, but these female workers were casual workers, and they might be able to do some embroidery work, but they were far from the embroiderers of the Zhang family who had been trained since they were young. , Some female workers take over jobs purely for their livelihood. While doing housework, they also want to do some work to supplement the family income.

In this way, often a piece of good material can be ruined by others, and even cut corners.

Therefore, the newly recruited female workers not only failed to alleviate the supply situation in the store, but even caused some losses for the store for no reason.

In the past few days, besides being busy with the business in the store, Li Yan also personally recruited and assessed workers, so he wanted to recruit another batch of good ones.

But Li Man felt that recruiting more workers would not solve the fundamental problem, so she still stuck to her original idea and wanted to try to get a sewing machine out.

Machines, no matter what, are better than humans.

But what to do with this sewing machine? Last night, she thought about it most of the night, thinking carefully about the sewing machine that her mother used to use when she was a child.

She remembered the specific model, but how to make it?

Leaning on the kang alone and meditating for a while, Li Man had no idea, so Li Man had to get off the kang and went to Li's painting room next door.

By the way, in the upstairs room adjacent to Li Man's bedroom, the five brothers drew lots together, and Li Hua was finally caught. Usually, he can sleep alone, but these days, Li Xiangyu has occupied the downstairs room. One, so, in his room, there is always a brother who wants to come and sleep with him at night.

"Li Hua." Li Man knocked on the door. From the day she was ill, the family decided that Li Hua should stay at home. Firstly, he was about to have an autumn exam and needed to study at home. Secondly, His temperament is the most gentle and calm, and he is not afraid of conflicts between Li Xiangyu and Li Man.

"Come in." While Kong'er was speaking, Li Hua had put down his book and came over to open the door himself.

"Li Hua, let me borrow your pen and paper." Li Man came into the room from his side and walked directly to the desk.

"En." Li Hua took out a pen, ink and paper from the drawer, "What are you going to do?"

"Draw something." Li Man directly moved a stool and sat across from his desk.

This desk was also made by Li Man for Li Yan to help Li Hua. She always felt that Li Hua was a scholar and nothing else was needed. Reading by the small window feels very sinful.

Now, this big desk is next to the window, and the window is bright and clean. When you are tired, you can open the window and look at the green mountains behind. How nice it is.

Li Hua stood beside her curiously, but saw that she was only biting the pen holder, as if struggling with how to write.

"What's wrong?" Li Hua simply pulled his chair and sat next to her, "Do you want to write or draw?"

"Oh, you are busy with your work." Li Man looked up, afraid that she would disturb his study, "I just want to draw something, but I can't think of how to draw it at the moment, so leave me alone, I am idle and bored, you hurry up Reading a book."

"Hehe." Seeing her pushing herself away like this, Li Hua chuckled and got up slowly, "Okay, you draw slowly, I won't disturb you."

"Hee, I'm afraid I'll disturb you." It's mainly because of the trouble of moving things like pens and inks, otherwise, she would just get them all in her room to draw.

Li Hua didn't say anything, but sat in his seat, picked up the book and looked at it seriously.

He is not keen on fame, but he still wants to be admitted as a scholar first, not for anything else, just because if the Li family produces a scholar, it will be a matter of great honor in Shennvgou.

Li Man was still biting the pen holder, thinking about the sewing machine she had seen when she was young. She still used her feet to step on it at that time, but it was also very fast to make clothes. She still remembered that every time she saw her mother making clothes there, the As soon as you step on it, the needle flies across the fabric, and the sleeves can be sewn almost in the blink of an eye. Moreover, the needle eye is even and fine, which is far beyond what can be compared by hand.

Really, if you can get such an old-fashioned sewing machine, it will be better than now.

Li Man thought about it seriously, and suddenly, out of the corner of her eye, she caught sight of Li Hua who was opposite.

He propped himself on the table with one hand, and held a book in the other. The bright light reflected in from the window, reflecting his delicate facial features.

Her eyes are like deep pools, her eyebrows are picturesque, her nose bridge is high, her red lips are like petals, and the corners of her moist lips are slightly pursed.

His whole body exudes a quiet temperament, like a piece of transparent ancient jade.

make people...

Li Man was in a trance, her eyes fixed on him for a long time, until she slowly wrote.

Li Hua read the book very seriously. He was thinking about a sentence in the book just now. After he thought it through, he smiled knowingly. Only then did he notice the soft eyes enveloping him. He couldn't help but raise his eyelids, and smiled softly at Li Man. "Did you draw it?"

"Oh——" Li Man was afraid that someone would catch her peeping, so she hurriedly lowered her head, not wanting to, when she saw the drawing on the paper, she cried out in shock.

"What's wrong?" Li Hua hurriedly put down the book, and approached her across the table.

"No, it's nothing." Li Man hurriedly took the paper behind her, and be good, if I let him know that I secretly drew a portrait of him in the past half a day, will he laugh at me to death?

Li Hua was unhurried, with a happy smile on the corner of his lips, "I've seen it all, and it's useless to hide it."

"See? Then what did you say?" Li Man couldn't believe his eyes were so fast.

"Portrait." Li Hua answered very simply. Although he only glanced at it just now, he still caught sight of a silhouette. However, who is she drawing?

But in her heart there is a faint hope and joy, she stays in the same room with herself for a quarter of an hour, Ruohua can have anyone but herself.

Li Man blushed a little, "Oh, I drew it casually."

"Let me take a look." Li Hua stretched out his hand towards her.

"It's not you." Li Man hurriedly explained, but as soon as the words came out, she felt that there was no silver three hundred taels here, so she hurriedly changed her words, "I drew it casually, it's very ugly."

"Then I want to see it even more." Li Hua was even more sure that she was painting herself, so she left the position and came to her side regardless of what to do.

Li Man hurriedly wanted to leave the stool and escape, but Li Hua was one step ahead and was trapped between the stool and the table.

The scorching eyes and familiar smell forced Li Man to think of the incident of her blushing and heartbeat last night, and she didn't dare to make any more trouble, so she simply handed him the crumpled painting.

"Here, you can watch it if you want to. Let me talk about it first. If the painting is not good, don't—""

"Okay." Before she could finish her sentence, Li Hua had already laid out the paper, and seeing how she outlined her own outline with just a few strokes in the painting, especially the charm, my heart was not only surprised but also moved.

How meticulously did she have to observe him to capture his charm so clearly? More importantly, it can be expressed.

"Man'er." Li Hua stared at the painting for a while, and finally when Li Man couldn't sit still, she put it down and held her face in both hands.

His deep eyes gradually ignited flames, and Li Man's heart skipped a beat, just thinking about how to get out, suddenly, a cold and sharp light came in, she couldn't help but look towards the door, and was startled.

"Big, aunt—"

Li Hua was also startled, and turned around suddenly, and sure enough, she saw Li Xiangyu standing at the door like a black god, her face was black and smelly, and her eyes were full of contempt and anger.

"Auntie, why are you here?" Li Hua felt as if someone had poured cold water on her head, embarrassing but also annoyed that her intimacy with Man'er was seen.

"Hmph." Li Xiangyu snorted coldly, and didn't feel that her behavior was inappropriate at all. Instead, she just regarded it as a nephew, niece, and daughter-in-law staying at home for two days, which was indecent.

"Fourth, you are really promising. I still thought of your hard work in studying, so I went to buy some meat and came back, and I wanted to ask how you like to cook it?"

"I—" Li Huajun's face was swollen, and he hurriedly left Li Man's side, and replied, "Auntie, just do what you see, I can eat whatever I want."

"Of course you can do whatever you want? With your wife here by your side, you still need to eat? Hmph, I think you should stop reading that book as soon as possible, it's all in the stomach of a dog." Li Xiangyu said unhappily , turned around and went downstairs, feeling even more sad, Li Hua is such a scholar who was born in their family in a few lifetimes, but unexpectedly, she was also taken away by that little vixen Li Man. .

How shameless!

Li Xiangyu went downstairs alone, and when she returned to her room, she was sulking, feeling that these nephews were all ruined by Li Man.

Upstairs, Li Hua looked at Li Man apologetically, "Just now..."

Li Man laughed uncontrollably, "What do you want to do? Are you studying or...?"

She deliberately teased him, but she didn't say the following words, but the meaning was obvious. Just now, he wanted to kiss her, so he pressed down and pressed his lips together. Just when she was gently trying to hide, Li Xiangyu Come, interrupt.

Li Man is not afraid of Li Xiangyu, besides, isn't this kind of thing normal between husband and wife? What's more, Li Hua has been reading the book for half the morning, so she doesn't think he is not serious.

Studying needs to be adjusted, and if she is tired from reading, there is nothing wrong with her adjusting here.

It's just that I feel that Li Xiangyu has made a fuss out of a molehill, and has read to the stomach of a dog? Hey, looking at Li Hua's bright and handsome face, she felt that Li Xiangyu's words were too outrageous.

"You're still laughing." Seeing her smile, Li Hua was relieved, afraid that she would be too thin-skinned to bear Li Xiangyu's insinuation.

"Aren't you still crying if you don't laugh? Hehe, it's all your fault. You insist on looking at the painting. Let's see, it's all right now. Auntie is angry again." Li Man shrugged, grabbed the painting on the table, Looking at the bright young man on the drawing paper, he let out a soft voice, "Cause."

Li Xiangyu often secretly scolded her for being a disaster, she felt that it was Li Hua who was the disaster just now.

Li Hua bit her lip, came over suddenly, took the painting from her hand, carefully folded it, and stuffed it into her own book page.

"It's all wrinkled, do you still keep it?" Li Man wanted to say, if he likes it, she can draw it better.

Li Hua didn't answer, disposed of the painting, turned around, and pressed down again.

Li Man backed up with the stool again and again, until he was trapped in the corner by him.

"Hey, what are you doing?" Li Man watched his beautiful eyes gradually glow with a strange light, just like a charming little beast can also emit animal light, and couldn't help joking, "Be careful, you're so cute!" Gu can listen downstairs, in case—well—”

The rest of the words were directly swallowed by Li Hua, and Li Man also howled like a small animal. It was uncomfortable to be trapped in the corner by him like this.

"Aren't you going to ask me what to do? That's it, okay?" After her body softened, Li Huafang let her go, stared at her red face that seemed to be dyed with rouge, and asked with a wicked smile.

Li Man panted and gave him a blank look, "Bad guy." Sure enough, it's not that the whole family doesn't enter the house, this kind of coercion is done so skillfully and naturally by a gentle and gentle man like Li Hua.

"Hehe, thank you." Li Hua smiled lightly, bowed his head and kissed her lips easily.

It's over, I really got into trouble, if Li Xiangyu saw it, wouldn't...

While thinking about it, Li Hua suddenly let go of her, stared at her blurred eyes, and lightly reprimanded, "Don't be distracted."

"Oh." Just as Li Man wanted to calm down, Li Hua's lips fell again, but before she could react, there was a slamming sound at the door, as if something was breaking.

Immediately afterwards, Li Xiangyu's exaggerated voice said, "It's immoral."

Li Man's eyes twitched, didn't she? Really...

Li Hua's head was full of black lines, what did Auntie come up for?

This time, Li Xiangyu covered her eyes and went straight downstairs. What did she see just now? Her proudest nephew holds the woman...

Blind people's eyes.

When Li Xiangyu returned to the room, her mind was in a mess, and she felt more and more that Li Man was not a good woman. How could she hook up like this when her husband was studying hard?

Isn't it obvious that he doesn't want his man to make progress?

She wanted to leave, but on second thought, if she left, the Li family would lose even one elder, and no one would care about Li Man in the future. Wouldn't her nephews all have to be harmed by her?

No, she wants to look at this woman.

——

Upstairs, Li Hua was completely shocked, and sat on the chair feeling annoyed.

Li Man bit her lip, seeing his tangled face, she also blamed herself for being too joking just now.

"Li Hua—" she called him softly.

Li Hua looked up, gave her a guilty look, and got up suddenly, "I'll go down and talk to my aunt."

First, the upstairs is the private space of their husband and wife. Second, they have to knock on the door. Third, the intimacy between him and her daughter-in-law is not indecent.