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When Shen Jingli got home, he told Mu Chen about the coal mine. Mu Chen was sitting on a low couch by the window reading. When he heard Shen Jingli's words, he raised his eyebrows and said, "coal mine? What can be done? "

"You can make briquettes and burn them." Shen Jingli replied, pouring him a bowl of tea, "drink some tea."

Mu Chen put down the book and moved his mouth. He was really thirsty. He picked up the tea bowl and drank most of it gracefully. Shen Jingli sat next to him and glanced at the book he was reading. It was also a Book of war. It was not so easy for a man's ambition to fade away with time.

Remembering the days when he played games in the middle of the night, Shen Jingli laughed and heard Mu Chen say, "is that coal ball better than firewood?"

"Don't rich families burn charcoal to keep warm in winter? The coal ball burns for a long time. After cooking, there is residual heat left for heating. However, when heating with coal balls, attention must be paid to ventilation, and it is better not to put it in the bedroom, otherwise it will be bad for human body. " Shen Jingli did not dare to say that he would be poisoned. The ancient people did not know what carbon monoxide was. If the explanation was not clear, it would easily cause suspicion.

"When I went to Beijing for the exam, I had to take it for several days? The weather is so cold in early spring. Every time the exam is half done, many examinees feel cold. If you take some coal balls, it will not happen. "

It can not only be used for heating. If you bring a small coal stove, you can also cook. Think about it, it's a good business. As Mu Chen said, he is a small financial fan. Shen Jingli laughs like green lotus blossoms in full bloom. Mu Chen ponders for a moment and points, "I'll go with you after ancestor worship."

"Good." Shen Jingli drank a bowl of tea and looked out of the window. "Xun'er and Huaixin don't know where to run to play. They haven't come back yet?"

Mu Chen looked at his worried appearance, stretched out his arms and hugged him and said, "you are more and more like an armywood."

Listen to this, Shen Jingli is not happy, what is he more and more like an armywood? Didn't he look like that before? "What do you mean? Do you mean I abused your son

Shen Jingli stretched out his hand and pinched Mu Chen's abdomen. Mu Chen's physique was not strong, but he practiced martial arts all the year round. His physical fitness was good and his abdominal muscles were developed. Shen Jingli's pinching, as far as he was concerned, was the strength to tickle, which was not painful. On the contrary, Shen Jingli felt his hands sour.

"It's that you are more and more able to take care of children." Mu Chen worried that he hurt his hand. He took the initiative to hold his hand and kneaded it carefully for him. He suggested, "next time, don't pinch your abdomen, but pinch your hips or neck. That's good."

He kindly reminded Shen Jingli and said, "is it convenient for me to use force, or do you make it?"

Mu Chen raised his head and looked at him innocently.

Shen Jingli gently smile, stretched out his hand to pull his face, "Mu 14, how do I think your skin is getting thicker and thicker?"

Mu Chen smiles and continues to rub his hand. He turns his head and looks at Mu Chen. The latter is kneading his fingers for him with his head down. His palm is very warm. The cocooned belly of his finger gently rubs his hand, which makes him feel crispy and numb.

Shen Jingli felt that his throat was tight and his mouth was dry. He wanted to hold him for a bite.

"Fourteen, I want to bite you again." He leaned over, put his head on his shoulder and laughed in a low voice. Mu Chen also chuckled in a low voice. He was just about to hold Shen Jingli for a while, when xun'er's voice came from outside.

"Am, I've brought you some fruit. Please come out and have a look..." Xun'er yelled, pushed open the door of the room, crossed the threshold, and trotted in. When Shen Jingli turned his head, he saw xun'er, whose face and clothes were stained with master-slave and grass crumbs.

"Where are you going to play?"

Jinyu and Nianhua, holding a basket, catch up from behind and explain: "young master and master Xi play shuttlecock together."

"And, and..." Xun'er scrambled to add, "and pulling grass, xun'er also helps feed chickens."

Listening to xun'er's words, Jin Yu and Nian Hua have the heart to die. They are worried that Shen Jingli will blame them for not taking good care of xun'er and letting the young master do this kind of rough work.

"Madam, master Xi said that he would go to the vegetable garden and pick some old leaves for the chicken to eat. The young master had to follow him..." Jinyu has a white face. She is a little frightened. How valuable is the young master? Why didn't she stop her?

"Did xun'er help feed the chickens?" Shen Jingli squatted down and wiped the dirt on his son's face.

"Well." Xun'er nodded and looked very happy. "Huaixin also went to feed the chicken. He was still at brother Xi's house. I came back to send fruit to Eminem." Spread out the jujube, armywood, it's very big. Look at it. Are you two big ones? I left it for you

"Specially for me." Shen Jingli is flattered and looks at his shy son twisting his body. His heart is full of happiness.

"Well, one for you, one for Dad." Xun'er lies on Shen Jingli's body and whispers.

Mu Chen just walked behind them. Listening to his son's words, Mu Chen's eyes softened. He reached for his son and held him in his arms. He turned his head and told Jinyu and Nianhua, "go and heat the hot water and wash the young master."

"Dad, do you wash it for me?" Xun'er's eyes are full of expectation. Mu Chen nodded and Xun Er clapped his hands happily. Jinyu and Nianhua soon cooked the water and carried them into the room in turn. They also prepared the bathtub, big bath towel and small towel. Mu Chen washed his hands first, adjusted the water temperature, and washed xun'er's face with a soft towel before he took off his clothes. Xun'er moved happily and asked questions from time to time."Dad, can I take a bath with Huaixin?"

"No After putting the clothes aside, Mu Chen tried the water temperature again to make sure it was not too hot or too cold, so he let xun'er sit in.

"Why?" Xun'er patted the water, and the splash made Mu Chen face.

Mu Chen waved and patted xun'er's little ass, "you are a man, Huaixin is a little Shuanger, you take a bath with him, it's against the rules."

"If you don't conform to the rules, you have to fight." At the thought of hitting the board, xun'er immediately put his hand over his little ass and shook his head desperately,

"xun'er doesn't want to be hit, so it hurts to hit the board." Although Shen Jingli has a good temper, is not strict with the servants, and pays high wages, there are always some people in the house who secretly do some sneaky things. Shen Jingli has always dealt with these people, and then sell them out. Xun'er has seen him secretly once. When he heard the man howling, the little guy was scared to sleep that night and was coaxed by Shen Jingli for half a night Sleeping, so impressive.

"So you can't take a bath with Huai Xin or watch him take a bath." Mu Chen education.

"I see." Xun'er nodded and began to play with the water. He twisted his body and slid around like a loach, but he refused to let Mu Chen wipe his body. Mu Chen watched him play and did not stop him. He just tried the water temperature from time to time. If it was cold, he would add some hot water to keep the water temperature constant, so as not to let xun'er get cold. After playing for a while, Xun Er sat down and asked Mu Chen to wipe his body. He also put his little foot in front of Mu Chen's eyes,

"Dad, wipe me, wipe me..." When Mu Chen holds his little foot and cleans his fingers, xun'er chuckles.

After taking a bath, Mu Chen wiped his body with a big bath towel and then put on clean clothes for him. Mu Chen calls Jin Yu and Nian Hua to come in, carries away xun'er's bath water, and takes out other articles for cleaning. Xun'er dances happily on the bed, jumps around on the quilt, rolls on the quilt with a soft pillow, and takes the pillow to Mu Chen intentionally. He is naughty, which makes Mu Chen want to throw him out. After playing for a while, people from the front hall came to summon them, saying that they would go to the patriarch's home for dinner at noon, so that the three members of the Mu Chen family would quickly pack up and go out. When xun'er heard that he was going to eat at the patriarch's house,

the first thing he thought of was that Mu Xi urged Shen Jingli to put on shoes for him, and then he ran to Mu Xi with cigarettes. When the two families were so close, Shen Jingli thought he might as well find a birthday party. As soon as he got out of the door, he saw the celebrating husband coming with two children. Mu Yifan changed his robe and combed his hair in a neat bun, looking more like a scholar.

Mu Yu was a scholar. He was very fond of Mu Yifan, who was also a scholar. He took him and asked him about the Academy. Shen Jingli thinks that he is suffocating. Mu Jing and Mu Jin are both cheerful people. They are used to being wild. When they come to MUJIAZHUANG, they play with the birds who let out their cages. Mu Yu is different. He is a literati. He pays attention to the rules, so he can't go out to play like Mu Jing. Mu Chen refuses to play chess with him You can walk around by yourself or read books at home. Now I find people who share the same interests, and the chatterbox is opened. The scholar chatters, which is much more than the old lady.

Mu Yifan was a scholar who was willing to take part in the imperial examination, and his literary attainments were not bad. However, Mu Yu was once the number one scholar. When they chatted, they could hardly meet each other. Because they invited Mu Chen and his party to dinner, the patriarch's family rarely bought chicken, duck and fish, and cooked ten dishes.

The female dependents were not allowed to go to the main table. Shen Jingli and his birthday celebration took their children and sat up with the patriarch's wife.

The eldest daughter-in-law of the eldest daughter-in-law of the patriarch's wife saw her birthday celebration and said, "my brother-in-law is really blessed."

No idea, but everyone knows that she is saying that she did not come to help cook, but to rub rice. The relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law and sister-in-law seems to be a major historical problem. Shen Jingli is glad that he does not have to live in Zhenyuan Marquis house. Otherwise, it is estimated that his life will be worse than Qingsheng.

"Am, xun'er wants chicken." Xun'er doesn't understand the fight between adults. He only knows that if he doesn't give food, his stomach will be beating. Shen Jingli takes a piece of chicken, takes apart the bone, and feeds it to xun'er, and then he puts some pieces of chicken for Huaixin. Because of xun'er's interruptions, the atmosphere on the table is better. The patriarch's wife cordially greets Shen Jingli to eat food, while the eldest daughter-in-law laughs. Only the father and son of the birthday party bow their heads and eat plain meals. After dinner, Shen Jingli went back with his birthday and asked about his ancestor worship several days later.

The birthday celebration told him that on the day of ancestor worship, he had to get up before dawn to kill chickens and prepare sacrifices. After finishing, he would worship in the ancestral hall, and then go up to the mountain to sweep the tomb.

Instead of going up to the mountain to sweep the tombs, the women's family members stayed in the village to prepare lunch, waiting for the tomb sweepers to come back to eat together.