"Mom, aunt, the food is getting cold, let's eat first," Liu Doukou reminded.

Zhizi Moruo's mother, Zichuan's mother felt relieved when she saw Mu Zichuan's appearance.

"Okay, let's eat first," she said.

After dinner, Liu Doukou went to the kitchen to clean up the dishes, and the eldest aunt of the Mu family went to the kitchen to help and talk to her.

Here, Mu Zichuan helped his mother back to the west room, "Mom, my aunt and cousin will sleep in my room. If there is nothing else, my son will go to the Luo family's old house first."

Zichuan's mother sat down beside the bed, "Zichuan, mother has something to say to you."

Mu Zichuan's eyebrows moved slightly, "Mom, it's getting late today, or another day..."

"no!"

Zichuan Niang lowered her face and said coldly.

Muzichuan stood there, silent.

Seeing this, Zichuan's mother couldn't bear it, her face softened a bit, she stretched out her hand to take Mu Zichuan's hand, and said in a deep voice, "Zichuan, my good son, my mother is not afraid of death, she is afraid of death."

After you die, you will be all alone in this world, with no one around you who knows how to feel about warmth and coldness."

"Mom, stop saying these things, my son doesn't want to hear it," Mu Zichuan said.

"You have to listen even if you don't want to hear it, and you have to face things you don't want to face." Zichuan Niang said sharply again.

"I won't follow you around anymore. This time your cousin came to take care of you. It was mother and your uncle's idea."

"The real purpose is to bring you and Dou Kao together..."

"This is impossible." Mu Zichuan interrupted the woman.

"I'm fifteen years older than Doujiao. I gave her the name Doujiao, and in my heart, I have always regarded her as my youngest sister. How could I marry her?" Muzichuan kept saying.

Shake his head.

Zichuan Niang said: "What does it mean for a man to be fifteen years older than a woman? When you were in the capital, your mentor Mr. Zhang was already over fifty years old. Didn't he take a sixteen-year-old woman as a concubine?

"

"My mentor is my mentor, I am me, I can't do it!" Mu Zichuan said.

"Furthermore, Cardamom is in her prime, and she is born like a flower. She deserves to have her own place, and it should not be left to you elders to arrange it at will." He said again.

Zichuan Niang said: "My silly son, are you really stupid or are you just pretending to be confused? Do you really have no idea what Daukou thinks about you?"

Muzichuan was stunned.

Zichuan Niang continued: "Doujiao, I have been interested in you since I was a child. If she hadn't nodded her head, how could such a delicate girl like her give up her life as a young lady and only come to this village to take care of a patient of mine?

"

"Doujiao is sincere to you. Mom is someone who has been through this and can see it clearly."

"Kujiao is my biological niece, and she has no extraneous feelings for me. Mom is gone, and you two live together. Mom can feel at ease lying on the door board. If you don't agree to Mom, she will die in peace!" said the woman.

Mu Zichuan struggled to speak: "Mom, why do you have to..."

The woman raised her hand and interrupted Mu Zichuan: "Okay, I have made it clear to you what needs to be said. You should think about it carefully. Your aunt will stay at our house for three days during this trip."

"In these three days, you must give me a clear answer so that I can give your aunt an accurate letter."

"Don't forget what you told me on the way back from the capital. You said that after you come back, I will make the final decision on your marriage!"

"If you still have me as a mother in your heart, you will fulfill your promise. If you don't want to fulfill your promise, I won't force you. After all, I am a dying person, so just pretend that I never gave birth to you!"

…

Mu Zichuan left home with a few books and went to Lao Mu's house.

At night, he sat in front of the table, flipping through the books as he habitually did before going to bed, but he couldn't read a single column of words.

His mother's words kept echoing in his ears, which made him upset. Finally, he simply closed the book and got up and stood by the window, staring at the night outside in a daze, for a long, long time...

…

At Lao Mu's house, Liu Doukou and her mother also finished washing and sat on the bed.

"This is my cousin's bed. It's great. I finally have a chance to sleep on this bed. It's great!"

Liu Doukou stroked the sheets under her body inch by inch with her fingers, her eyes filled with joy.

Her mother came over and said to her: "You silly girl, why are you so excited about sleeping in this bed with your mother? If you were sleeping openly in this bed with your cousin Zichuan, then that would be

I’m really excited and happy!”

"Mom, you are not ashamed to say such things!" Liu Doukou glared at her mother, pretending to be angry, but a hint of shy sweetness appeared on her pretty face.

The woman gently stroked Liu Doukou's hair and asked in a low voice: "How are you getting along with your cousin at your aunt's house these days? Is your cousin treating you well?"

Liu Doukou nodded: "That's good, but he is polite to me like a relative."

"I wash clothes, he helps me fetch water, I cook, and he helps me stuff firewood. He seems to be attentive and friendly, but I always feel that something is missing, and I can't put it into words." She said.

The woman was surprised and said: "Zichuan used to be a very clean person. Now that he can help you with so many things, it shows that he has changed a lot."

"Really?" Liu Doukou asked.

The woman said: "Mom, no one will lie to you. Doudou, you have to work harder to let your cousin and your aunt see your hard work and virtuousness, and let your aunt believe that you are the best of their old Mu family."

A suitable daughter-in-law."

Liu Doukou nodded lightly: "Don't worry, Mom, I will do it."

"However, there is one person who I don't like very much."

"Which one?"

"My aunt's goddaughter, Yang Ruoqing."

"Her?" The woman raised her eyebrows, "Why did she hit you? Did she bully you?"

Liu Doukou shook his head: "No, not only did she not bully me, but she also took good care of me. I originally regarded her as a big sister, but I felt that when my cousin looked at her, the look in his eyes was the same as when he looked at me.

no the same."

"I can't tell you exactly what the difference is. Anyway, I feel that when my cousin looks at her, he is really looking at her."

"But when my cousin looked at me, I felt like he wasn't looking at me."

"Then are you looking at you or not? What you said has confused my mother!"

Liu Doukou shook his head, "I can't tell. Anyway, I feel that my cousin seems to regard her as one of his own. It's my cousin's bed. I helped him change the sheets that day. He seemed a little annoyed and told me not to move in the future."

"Later I found out that Yang Ruoqing had put the sheets on him."
Chapter completed!