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The twenty-first chapter is difficult for the strong (1)

Sun only had an objection to Bai Naoer and his wife, but he had nothing to do with the younger generation Bai Gensheng. Seeing that he was eating happily, he felt happy and kept asking him to eat more. Li Mu went to the kitchen and brought out the steamed buns with Bai Qiaoqiao. The two sat next to each other. Li Mu picked up the chopsticks and said, "This is a wild boar caught by my brother from the yamen outside the city. He picked up the meat and cooked a pot. Anyway, you are Qiaoqiao's father. It's a bit unreasonable to not entertain him when you are at home. After eating, you can rest at home for a night. I'm going to bring some food for you guys tomorrow."

Bai Gensheng raised his head when he heard this, wiped the oil stains on his mouth, and said, "Thank you brother-in-law!"

Bai Naoer raised his hand and slapped him on the back of the head. Bai Gensheng was beaten, not sure why, but he didn't think deeper, just glanced at his father, lowered his head and started eating.

Bai Naoer looked at Li Mu, thinking that if Li Mu looked over, he would be able to speak with a pair of eyes. But Li Mu was also amazing. He didn't even raise his eyelids when he heard the slap here, as if there were no two people next to him, and he was only concerned with picking up meat for Bai Qiaoqiao. After finally having sex, he certainly had to take care of his wife first. Bai Qiaoqiao knew what Li Mu meant and was willing to cooperate with him in acting, but she was still very reluctant to let go in front of so many people.

. He was worried that Li Mu was too kind to him and seemed to be neglected by Sun. He hurriedly picked up meat for Sun again. Bai Naoer waited with a bowl of rice for a long time, but didn't wait. He looked at his son again, just to eat by himself, and couldn't help feeling very sad. When Li Mu saw his appearance, he felt relieved, and felt that it was meaningless. This is how people are. When the distance is widened to a certain level, the so-called love and hatred will become indifferent because there is no need.

He embarrassed Bai Naoer several times, one to revenge his former arrogance, and the other to make Sun and Bai Qiaoqiao feel happy. Now that the purpose has been achieved, it will be a bit too much to continue, and Bai Qiaoqiao may feel uncomfortable. Just as he was about to say something to Bai Naoer, a scene that surprised him suddenly happened.

Bai Naoer actually knelt down!

Bai Qiaoqiao quickly stood up to avoid it, and Li Mu also stood up. Sun put down his chopsticks and looked at Bai Naoer helplessly. The Tang people valued integrity and were not close or not, unless they had great kindness or had requests from others, they would never kneel down. Especially for elders who were slightly more handsome to the younger generation, they would never kneel down, but Bai Naoer was such a shameless person. He could do things that ordinary people could not do.

Bai Qiaoqiao was still thinking about this biological father. She glanced at Li Mu and reached out to help him. Bai Gensheng also pulled Bai Naoer's clothes hard, trying to pull him up. But Bai Naoer seemed to be determined, and pulled away the hand that his children reached out, and wanted to kowtow to Li Mu. How could Li Mu accept his gift? He avoided it sideways and said, "What are you doing? You are Qiao Qiao's father and an elder. Are you going to slander my reputation when you give me this great gift?"

Li Mu said this, by no means an exaggeration. There are four conditions for selecting officials in the Tang Dynasty: one is the body, that is, the body should be plump and tall; the second is speech, that is, the speech should be eloquent and reasonable; the third is calligraphy, which means that the style of calligraphy should be strong and beautiful; the fourth is judgment, which should be beautiful and smooth. But these four points are not the most important, and the most important thing is virtue. Whether in the court or in the market, the Tang people attach great importance to virtue. This is why Li Siwen first met Li Mu, but only heard about his deeds, he respected him very much. He was good at speaking and writing, but if his virtue was not good, he could not be an official. But if his virtue was very good, his moral character was slightly poor, it would be fine.

If Bai Naoer kneeled down to Li Mu, Li Mu did not hide, but instead knelt down. No matter what the reason was, Li Mu's virtue would be criticized. The first virtue is "filial piety", which is still ahead of loyalty. If a person is unfilial, in the eyes of the Tang people, he is in vain and wants to be an official? It is absolutely impossible!

Hearing Li Mu's words, Bai Naoer quickly shook his head and said, "I definitely didn't mean that, I am..." Li Mu interrupted him and said, "What do you want to say, if you kneel like this, I won't talk to you anything."

Sun also advised: "You are so old, why are you so unrespectful? How do you look like in front of the children? Get up quickly!"

Bai Naoer then stood up and everyone sat down again. Bai Qiaoqiao couldn't help but shed tears again. She didn't cry for Bai Naoer's kneeling, but felt that such a person who was untrustworthy and shameless was actually his father. This feeling was really uncomfortable. Bai Gensheng was a man with a big heart. Seeing that Bai Naoer got up, he looked at the meat in the bowl again and said to Bai Naoer, but he had no interest.

Bai Nao'er sighed and said, "Son-in-law, my mother-in-law, I kneel down to Brother Li Gan. After he passed away, I broke the contract and I didn't keep my promise. I am not a human being. Qiaoqiao, it's because my father is not good, my father is partial and wants to marry you to a rich master so that you can marry a good wife for your brother. But I have no choice. My mother-in-law, let's tell the truth that your family will live... after Brother Li Gan dies... does make people feel hopeless. I'm afraid that my daughter will marry her and suffer. My daughter is so beautiful. Who can't love her well when she gets to a rich master? She will take care of the money when she comes in. No matter how bad her life is, it will be no different. My son can still marry a good wife. That's nothing wrong."

"I am wrong. I didn't see the ability of a virtuous son-in-law. No matter what I say now, it's useless. I can only beg my mother-in-law and son-in-law. For my daughter, I will not care about the past. I have agreed with my name in my life. In the end, I will make a vacant vain, and I deserve it!"

Li Mu had already thought of this scene, without any surprise, nor did he express his opinion, but just watched him perform indifferently. Sun felt something. She was a soft-hearted person. Seeing Bai Naoer snot and tears, she couldn't bear it. She pulled Li Mu and whispered: "As parents, no matter how good things are, how can they be at all not to be biased? Let's go through the past. We have to look at the days, so don't worry about it."

Bai Qiaoqiao dared not speak, but Li Mu could see from her eyes that she also hoped to forgive her father.

Li Mu nodded and said, "Okay, let's forget about the past, let's have a meal, no one will mention it." In order to show that this statement was sincere, Li Mu even picked up a piece of meat for Bai Naoer.

Bai Naoer did not move his chopsticks. He had already demoted himself to such a low position. How could he be willing to not achieve the goal he wanted? He stood up again, and did not kneel down this time, but gave a bow to Li Mu. Li Mu had probably guessed what he wanted to say. He felt bored, but he still had to get up to cooperate with him. He first avoided sideways and then helped him up, but after helping him up, Bai Naoer lowered his head and didn't get up. Li Mu said helplessly: "What are you doing again? Aren't you agreeing not to mention it?"
Chapter completed!
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