Chapter 86: Gratitude and Righteousness
When Li Mu came to the yard, he saw Sun and Bai Qiaoqiao looking around the big man. As if he had seen something new, he quickly came to the front and said, "Mom, this is the slave I bought in the West Market today. From now on, he will be our guard."
"Slave?" Sun's family has lived in the border town for a long time and is familiar with the word slave. But she didn't expect that the Li family would be able to raise slaves one day. She looked at the big man again and said, "This child is strong, very good, he spent a lot of money, right?"
"It's just two stale money, not much." Li Mu said, seeing Bai Qiaoqiao and Sun holding a lot of things, they winked at the big man. The big man was stunned for a moment and reached out to take it. Li Mu said again: "Big man, this is my mother, this is my wife, can you recognize it?"
"Yeah!" The big man responded with a urn, and then he lost his words. He had never said a word since he bought him back from Xishi. Li Mu was very curious if this guy couldn't speak, but he was not a mute. He had to ask later.
When he entered the room and saw the little girl, Sun and Bai Qiaoqiao were both stunned. Bai Qiaoqiao hadn't had much trouble yet, and a look of vigilance appeared in Sun's eyes. When he looked at Li Mu again, his expression had already become cold.
"Hold on my knees!"
Li Mu was stunned: "Mom, why is this? Why is your son unhappy?"
"Kneel down!"
Li Mu had to kneel down, but was still confused. Bai Qiaoqiao saw that Li Mu had knelt down, so she had to kneel down, but Sun helped her arm up. Sun looked at the little girl standing next to her timidly, then looked at Li Mu, and said, "You bought this girl?"
"Well, didn't my son tell you the matter of giving the mansion to you in the morning? My son thought that it was a marquis' mansion and had to have a few servants, so he bought two slaves. The big man could be a guard and a groom, this girl could serve Qiaoqiao, and help cook..."
Sun stared at Li Mu and said, "It's just that? Isn't it better to serve people, cook, and find a woman to do it? You find such a little girl... she looks pretty beautiful. What do you mean? Son, don't be a clown, have a bad idea. I will tell you, I only recognize Qiaoqiao, this daughter-in-law. If you have your mother alive for a day, you should be honest with me, unless you don't recognize me!"
Li Mu smiled bitterly and said, "Mom, you really misunderstood me. So, I hid out. You asked her alone, how did I buy her and let her say, is this OK, right?"
Sun glanced at the little girl and said, "Okay, go outside the door and wait."
"Hey!" Li Mu responded with his eyebrows down, got up and pulled the big man to squat in the courtyard. When he got up, he secretly gave the little girl a wink and asked her to say it well. If he couldn't explain it clearly, the backyard would have a fire.
When he came to the stone table in the courtyard, Li Mu felt uneasy and had nothing to do when he was idle. He glanced at the big man standing next to him and said, "Big man, what's your name? Where are your hometown, and what relatives do you have?"
When the big man heard this, a hint of qi appeared on his face and said, "My name is Ni Keqinli. My home is in Bohai Martial Arts. All my relatives are dead, and I am the only one left."
It turned out that he could speak. Li Mu thought about it and asked again: "How did your family die and how did you get caught as a slave?"
The big man hesitated for a moment and said, "My family was killed by my uncle. I escaped and fainted from hunger. Manager Hu saved me."
"Your uncle killed your whole family..." Li Mu felt a little headache. Why is this story stranger than the other? But compared to the little girl in the room, he would rather believe this big man, and he couldn't explain why, and his intuition told him that the big man was not lying.
"Do you want to take revenge?"
The big man stared at the vain and said, "Can I go?" After that, he lowered his head again and said, "He is already the leader, and I can't avenge myself."
"You always have a goal to live. Since you are deeply revenge in blood, you must live harder. Let's make an agreement. If you can save me or my family's life in one go, I will give you freedom. Before that, you should work in my mansion and not cause trouble, okay?"
"Thank you, Master!" The big man knelt down, Li Mu helped him up, clapped his palms, and said, "A gentleman's appointment, high-fives are a swearing. I don't like the title of Master very much. If you want to call me boss in the future, do you remember?"
"Remember, boss!"
"Yeah, not bad." Li Mu was so excited that he shouted. As early as Dingxiang, he planned to find a few younger brothers in Chang'an to show off his power. Isn't there one?
Before the chat was finished in the room, Li Mu was also curious and asked casually: "Big man, how old are you?"
"It's fourteen."
Li Mu was stunned, thinking that he had heard it wrong, and confirmed, "A little over a dozen?"
"Report to the boss, I'm fourteen this year."
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Fourteen...Fourteen! Li Mu looked at the big man who was more than eight feet tall and suddenly didn't know what to say. After holding it in for a long time, he raised a thumb and said, "Yes, that's great..."
The impact was too great, and Li Mu was a little incoherent. At this time, Sun's voice came from the room and asked him to go in. Li Mu returned to the hall and saw the three women with red eyes. It seemed that they had just cried, and he said in a daze: "Mom, what's wrong with you?"
Sun sighed and said, "I thought, my mother's life is hard enough. Not long after you were born, your father was gone. Mother pulled you to grow up and I knew how much hardship I had suffered. But I didn't expect that this child and her mother endured more than both of us, which was really not easy. Poor her mother died of illness at a young age. In order to bury her mother, this child was willing to sell herself as a slave... It's so pitiful. How could there be such a pitiful person in the world? Son, Mom misunderstood you, you did the right thing. This child's life is too hard. It's a good thing to buy our family. You have to take good care of it in the future."
Sell, sell yourself to bury your mother? Li Mu looked at the little girl blankly, and the little girl was still crying, as if that was really the case. Li Mu held back and didn't expose her, and thought to himself that if he bought such a drama artist, he would not know if it would be a disaster in the future.
Sun took the little girl's hand and said, "Child, you will live in our house from now on. After a year or two, you will find a good man and ask my son to buy you a dowry and get married in a grand manner. By the way, how old are you this year? What's your name?"
The little girl sobbed and said, "When I say that to the old lady, I am fourteen this year, and it will be fifteen in a few days. I don't have a name, so my mother called me girl before."
A very obvious lie, Sun and Bai Qiaoqiao didn't notice it. Sun said with a heartache: "What a pitiful child, he doesn't even have a name. Since you have arrived at my Li family, so let my son give you a name, son, give this girl a name."
The little girl bowed to Li Muyingying and said timidly: "I'll ask the master to give me a name."
Li Mu looked at the little girl deeply and said, "The most important thing in life is to be kind and respectful. Today I have a fate. I bought you two, which can save your lives. I hope you can remember this kindness in your heart and not expect you to repay anything. I hope you can be kind and righteous, and don't harm my Li family in the future, nor do you cause trouble for the Li family. Since my mother asked me to name me, then take Li as the surname and respectful respectful. You will call him Li Zhien in the future, and the big man is Li Chongyi."
The little girl immediately bowed: "Li Zhien thanked the master for giving her name."
The big man also paid homage and said, "Li Chongyi thanked his master for giving him a name."
Chapter completed!