When the pears are green

Chapter 123 is titled "Moon"

"Hahaha"……

Li Yun'an glared at the people who were laughing at the dining table. He also laughed dryly twice, then lowered his head and kept shoveling rice into his mouth.

Li Ying was in a good mood. He picked up the wine jug on the table, poured wine into the wine cup in front of him, and started drinking alone.

After three or four cups, Li Ying was already a little tipsy, so Li Liu hurried over to take the wine pot and cups back to the kitchen.

Li Ying lost interest in drinking. He walked to the door of the main hall and looked at the crescent moon on the treetops. He suggested: "Zhimin, Yun'an, Mingde, how about we use this crescent moon as the theme and each of us write two lines of poetry?"

"I wanted to get drunk under the moon, but my old wife wouldn't let me." Without waiting for the three to express their opinions, Li Ying pointed at Li Liu who had returned and expressed his resentment.

Li Yun'an burst out laughing. Li Ying walked over and patted Li Yun'an on the back, then said angrily, "Don't laugh at your old man. Say something."

"The south wind sends spring away and welcomes summer, and the bright moon still shines on the pomegranate flowers." After Li Yun'an finished speaking, he walked to the pomegranate tree in the yard, picked a blooming pomegranate flower and put it in Li Ying's hand.

Li Ying took a look at the pomegranate flowers, thinking that Li Yun'an had a better chance of passing the imperial examination than himself. He happily inserted the pomegranate flowers into Li Liu's hair, and Li Liu blushed amid laughter.

"Mingde, it's your turn. Don't just stand there." Li Yun'an reminded Wu Mingde with a smile.

Wu Mingde pondered for a moment, then said, "Today I understand the spring breeze, and I want to embrace the bright moon in my arms."

"Huh!" Everyone rubbed their arms back and forth at the same time, feeling like they were getting goose bumps.

Li Yun'an, trying hard to hold back his smile, asked Lingling to memorize the two lines of poetry and tell them to Song Yue when she came to sell handkerchiefs again. He didn't want to waste Wu Mingde's thoughts on Song Yue.

Lingling ignored Wu Mingde's begging expression and said with a smile, "Brother Wu San, I will definitely tell Sister Xiaoyue everything word for word." After saying that, she and Li Yun'an both laughed.

Wu Mingde covered his slightly hot cheeks with his hands and dared not look at anyone again.

Li Yun'an pushed Hu Zhimin with his arm, signaling Hu Zhimin to continue.

Hu Zhimin stood up and stood at the door of the main room. He asked Lingling to go to the yard to help him pick a pomegranate flower.

Lingling agreed with a smile. As soon as she walked under the pomegranate tree, she heard Hu Zhimin say loudly: "It took twenty-three years to realize that the person under the moon is the person in my heart."

Lingling's fingers trembled, and the pomegranate branch shook in shock. She climbed up the branch again and picked the pomegranate flower she liked.

"For you!" Lingling put the pomegranate flower in Hu Zhimin's hand. She didn't dare to look at Hu Zhimin. She lowered her head and sat next to Li Liushi. Then she leaned her head on Li Liushi's arm, secretly glancing at Hu Zhimin from time to time.

Wu Mingde also put down his hands that were covering his face. He felt that compared with Hu Zhimin, he was already very reserved and there was no need to feel embarrassed.

Li Yun'an leaned against the door frame and looked at the bright moon in the night sky. He suddenly felt a little lonely.

"It's good to be young. You can say anything, just like I did back then." Li Ying slumped in the chair with his eyes narrowed, shaking his head as he recited the poems of several people.

When Li Liu heard what was happening, she pushed Li Ying and whispered, "You are such an old shameless person."

Li Ying was not angry and still slumped in his chair. The people in the room each had their own thoughts and no one spoke.

Lingling took out the paper from her sleeve and showed it to Li Liu and Li Ying. Li Liu took it and couldn't believe that Lingling's handwriting had changed so much in this period of time, so she quickly handed it to Li Ying.

After Li Ying took it, he squinted his eyes to look at it, then opened his eyes wide to look at it again and again, and praised Lingling loudly: "Not bad, not bad, this is much better than her previous handwriting, the girl must have put a lot of effort in it."

Li Ying seldom praised Lingling. Lingling stood up excitedly, then slumped back down in her chair and buried her face in her hands.

Mrs. Li Liu knows her daughter well. She knows that Lingling has always longed for Li Ying's praise. Before, because Li Ying always belittled Lingling's calligraphy, Lingling gave up. Although she doesn't know what made Lingling start practicing calligraphy again, she is happy for Lingling.

Li Yun'an turned around and returned to his seat. He told Li Liushi and Li Ying that Lingling had been practicing calligraphy very hard in the past three or four months and had never been lazy for a single day.

Hu Zhimin knew about this, and Lingling said at the time that she wanted to surpass Miss Liu. He knew that Lingling was at an age when she was playful, and thought it was just a whim of hers, but he didn't expect her to persist for so long.

Li Yun'an took the paper and handed it to Hu Zhimin, asking him to comment on it.

Hu Zhimin looked at the somewhat nervous Lingling and said softly, "This is the best regular script I have ever seen." After hearing this, Lingling excitedly shook Li Liu's arm.

"Dong! Dong!" The sound of continuous knocking came from outside the yard.

"It's already the second watch, Zhimin, don't go back, it's too late. Lingling, go and clean up the guest room. Let Zhimin stay there tonight, and Mingde and Yun'an can stay there." After Li Ying said this, he urged Lingling to clean up the guest room.

Li Yun'an stopped Lingling, he looked at Hu Zhimin and said with a smile: "Let Mingde stay in the guest room, Zhimin and I will live together."

Hu Zhimin knew that Li Yun'an had always had some prejudice against him. Since Li Yun'an took the initiative to propose to live with him, he naturally would not object.

Seeing that Hu Zhimin had no objection, Li Ying agreed with Li Yun'an's statement.

The crescent moon slowly rose to the middle of the sky. It hid in the occasional passing clouds and peeked at the people talking and laughing in the house.

After everyone finished washing up, Wu Mingde went to the Li family's guest room with ease, and Hu Zhimin followed Li Yun'an to Li Yun'an's room.

"You sleep inside and I'll sleep outside." Li Yun'an said to Hu Zhimin who was standing beside the bed.

"Yun'an, I thought you wanted me to sleep on the floor." After Hu Zhimin said that, he quickly took off his shoes and clothes, lay down on the floor, and occupied the only pillow.

Li Yun'an ignored Hu Zhimin's behavior. After he lay down, he said to Hu Zhimin, "Do you know why I asked to live with you?"

Hu Zhimin looked at Li Yun'an who was lying outside him. This meant that he would have to pass over Li Yun'an to get out of bed. He was guarding against him. Hu Zhimin understood it instantly.

"Yun'an, you may think too badly of me." Hu Zhimin felt that he should clear his name.

Li Yun'an chuckled and replied: "I'm not on guard against you. I just know one truth: a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall."

Hu Zhimin smiled and shook his head. He turned around and stopped looking at Li Yunan, and slowly fell asleep.

The next morning, Li Yun'an and Wu Mingde declined Hu Zhimin's offer to take them to the county town. After having breakfast at Li's house, they drove Li's ox cart to Linhe County.

Hu Zhimin said goodbye early, saying that he did not return home last night and Kai Xin must be very worried.

Here, Kai Xin stood anxiously at the door of the restaurant. When he saw Hu Zhimin, he hurried over and asked with concern, "Boss, I waited for you until midnight yesterday, but you didn't come back. Didn't you say you were going to the Li family for dinner? Why didn't you come back all night?"

Hu Zhimin smiled and told Kai Xin that he stayed at Li's house last night.

Happy asked again quickly: "Boss, have you had breakfast?"

Hu Zhimin, who had fought with Li Yunan for the quilt all night, nodded. He went straight to the second floor and told Kai Xin not to disturb him.