Li Mu suddenly laughed at Wang Ou's clumsy movements. Wang Ou thought he was not doing well, but was laughed at by Li Mu. Her cheeks were so embarrassing that she was red and she didn't know what to do.

Li Mu walked over and took the branch in her hand and said, "Don't take it to heart. You don't need to do these things at all. It's normal. If you are willing to do it for me, it's enough to prove your love for me."

"But sister Qiaoqiao is doing well-"

"That's because we are from poor and humble origins, we can only do it ourselves. Zhien can't do it, either, it's not a big deal." Li Mu suddenly frowned slightly, and he suddenly thought, yes, Li Zhien can't cook, can't chop firewood, and has a tender skin all over his body. He didn't see any effort in his work. It can be seen that the environment in which Li Zhien originally lived should be very generous.

But she never mentioned a word, which was really strange. She got married the day after tomorrow, but now she doesn't know the bride's life experience, which seems a bit ridiculous. Li Mu wanted to ask, but was afraid that Li Zhien's sadness would arouse, so he thought about it and gave up.

Li Mu cut off the branches, tied them with hemp rope, and carried them behind him. Although he was not very strong, he could only carry this little firewood without any effort. Wang Ou wanted to help, but he couldn't help much, so he had to hold his hand and follow him step by step.

When she got home, Bai Qiaoqiao had already washed the rice and cut out the vegetables. Li Mu put down the firewood, and Li Zhien came over quickly. It was her job to burn the fire, and she only knew this. If she snatched it for someone else, it would make her useless.

Li Mu was not idle either. He washed his hands and helped Wang Ou cook, and also practiced his proficiency in [culinary arts]. He learned this skill very early and learned it in Dingxiang, but he never had much chance to practice it. When he moved to the valley, Li Mu planned to cook more and practice this skill.

Li Mu and Bai Qiaoqiao were cooking, Li Zhien was adding firewood, and Wang Ou was not idle either, but she really knew nothing. She couldn't get into anything, and stood next to her as she seemed embarrassed. Li Mu saw that she was embarrassed, so he asked her to wash the dishes and put them on the table first. There was no need to learn this job. Although Wang Ou had never done it, she could do it. She took the bowl to wash for the first time in her life.

After steaming steamed buns, cooking soup, and stewing beef, lunch was finished. It was not rich, but it was enough to eat. Bai Qiaoqiao and Wang Ou had little appetite, and only Li Zhien could compete with Li Mu. When she was growing, she was lively and didn’t have much fat. Usually, her appetite was twice as high as Bai Qiaoqiao, and she ate more when she had meat. This was not the usual candied fruit snacks, but the beef jerky tube was enough.

After being arrogant, the four of them had a lot more time to have dinner together than before. Since Li Zhien got the promise of getting married on the Lantern Festival, perhaps because he was no longer so hostile to Wang Ou. At least he would not be sarcastic at the same table.

In fact, she has always been provoking her, and Wang Ou has never seen her as much as she has. The age difference is more than half. How could Wang Ou compete with her? It seems so disgusting. Moreover, Wang Ou also knew in her heart that all the women of Li Mu are older than him. Li Zhien is the only one who is younger than him, so she naturally has to be favored. She is the oldest and has no advantage. If she is not generous, it will inevitably be annoying over time.

A smart woman always plays her strengths and avoids her weaknesses, so Wang Ou never accepts Li Zhien's provocation. But she doesn't give in. She does what she should do. She catches Pangda's unexpected surprise and doesn't delay anything.

After dinner, Wang Ou snatched the dishwashing work again, and did not think the leftovers were dirty at all. Li Mu helped her with her, and she didn't feel tired even more with her lover by her side.

When Li Mu decided to move yesterday, he had already discussed today's schedule with his wife and concubines. Move in the morning, after lunch, pack up his things, wait until dusk and sunset, and return to the city to watch the lanterns, and come back in the middle of the night. There is no curfew tonight anyway, and there is plenty of time. If you play too late, go back to Feng Qiuhuang or Wang Ou to live in the house next to the heaven and earth, so how convenient it is.

As for Shangu’s home, she doesn’t have to live here every day. For example, Wang Ou has her own business, and she is a village woman in Shangu all day long. Li Mu can’t do such a thing. Today is moving, Wang Ou comes to live for a few days. After the Lantern Festival, she gets busy and she still lives in the city. Otherwise, wouldn’t the house next to the heaven and earth be bought in vain?

The courtyard in the valley has five main rooms, the main hall in the middle, two rooms on the east side, and two rooms on the east side are the rooms of Bai Qiaoqiao and Li Zhien, and two rooms on the west side are the rooms of Zhang Tianai and Wang Ou. The east wing room is sunny in the west in summer and is directly blown by the cold wind in the northwest in winter. It is not very suitable for living. There are not so many people in the house, so there is no partition inside and it is used directly as a warehouse. The west wing room is designed as a studio, and it is now empty, and Li Mu has not yet arranged it.

The workload is still very large, but fortunately, I am not in a hurry, so I can do it slowly. Li Mu asked the three girls to clean up their own rooms, while he began to tinker with his studio.

First of all, you have to put the blacksmith's guy on the rack, iron stove, anvil, chimney, and all kinds of blacksmith's hammers of all sizes according to their use, either hanging on the wall or on the rack next to it, and then the carpenter's guys, chisels, axes, saws, planes, and files are all arranged neatly.

Then there are tools for making fur...

Winemaking equipment...

Fortunately, the wing room was big enough, otherwise the pile of things would not be able to be placed. These things were not light, and the three girls couldn't help. Li Mu was busy working alone. Even though he was in good health, he was sweating all over.

Li Mu hadn't done such a tiring job for a long time. He felt sore and numb when he fell to the ground, and his fingers were too lazy to move. He looked at the sun outside the window and said that it was almost time. Li Mu got up from the ground and came out of the studio with the door frame, but found that there was no one in the yard.

“Where did you go?”

Just when he was confused, he suddenly heard an elephant's hissing. Li Mu then remembered that there was a "zoo" in the woods where he was collecting firewood. The elephants and rhinoceros were kept there. He said he wanted to bring Li Zhien to see him, but he had been busy these days and had forgotten about this matter.

Li Mu came out of the yard and looked for the sound. Sure enough, he found three girls outside the fence where the animals were kept in captivity. Pangda was also there. The elephant's hissing just now was its masterpiece. This little thing might not have realized the difference between his physique and the elephant, or he felt that the elephant could not hit it through the fence, and was lying on the fence and baring his teeth at the elephant.

"Husband, you are here."

When Li Zhien saw Li Mu, he waved his hand at him. Li Mu was also curious about the difference between the elephants in the Tang Dynasty and the elephants he saw in his previous life, but it seemed that there was no difference when he looked closely. This elephant looked very white, and might be a special breed, after all, it was an elephant that was tributed.

As for the rhinos inside, they are not so friendly. As a creature with a habit of living alone, so many people seem a little irritable and uneasy together. Li Mu quickly knocked Pangda's head to calm down. If this makes the rhino fur, sixteen rhinos rushed out together, and the wooden fence would be like paper, and it would not even be able to block it.

"How did you find this place? I forgot about it. If I hadn't heard the elephant's screams, I wouldn't have remembered it."

Bai Qiaoqiao took the speech and said, "Just finished cleaning the house and was free. Sister Ou said it and walked around. Pangda seemed to smell something, so she took us here." Bai Qiaoqiao pointed to the pigpen again and said, "We have seen piglets too."

"Didn't you see Sangou? I'll arrange for him to take care of him here."

"I saw him. He was still there just now. He just left and said that it was time to feed the food and went to prepare." Li Zhien looked at the elephant that looked like a hill and was amazed. He suddenly looked at Li Mu and asked, "Husband, elephants and rhinoceros are so big, what do they eat?"

"They... should be eating grass." Li Mu vaguely remembered that when he was very young, he had watched several episodes of the animal world that said that the huge animals on land were basically herbivores. Elephants and rhinos were undoubtedly huge enough, but the horns of rhinos did not look like herbivores.

Wang Ou thought a little more. She knew how these rhinos and elephants came from. She said with some concern: "Husband, this is an elephant that was tributed by Zhen La Kingdom. Is it really okay if you intercepted it and raised it here?"

"What's the matter? Zhen La paid tribute to ask the Tang Dynasty to mediate their dispute with Linyi Kingdom. Your Majesty didn't want to care about this matter, I was in charge. For this reason, I also sent my best brother and brought the only five hundred elite soldiers of the Jinyiwei. I spent a lot of money. Whoever does things will give to whom is natural and reasonable. I still think I'm losing money. When this matter is done, I have to write a letter to the motorcycle prince, and I need dozens of elephants."

"I want it?" Bai Qiaoqiao was also worried and said, "Husband, I think these elephants are very edible. There is enough, how much more can I eat?"

"Eat too much, and you have great strength." Li Mu pointed to the elephant and said, "Look at these elephants, don't look at them as big as they are so fierce. In fact, they are very smart animals, just like our horses, which can be used by people with a little training. Think about it, how much strength the cows and horses have, and how much strength the elephant must have. If you don't say anything, just let them step on the road and build roads several times faster. This is a good thing, and it doesn't matter how much."

"So there is such a function-" Li Zhien thought for a while and said, "Where is the rhino? They have such long horns, like the tip of a horse lance, can they fight?"
Chapter completed!