Chapter 207 Soft Rice is Delicious and Loves to Eat
After being married for many years, Song Yi knew what Li Mu wanted just by hearing his deep voice.
Her pretty face flushed instantly, and she gave him a shy, reproachful look.
"Didn't the miracle doctor say that your antidote would take three months to take effect? You've only been taking it for half a month."
Li Mu hugged her, clinging to her affectionately, his voice somewhat muffled.
"It's not just about having kids... I miss you, I miss you so much!"
Song Yi's heart pounded like a drum, and she leaned softly against Li Mu's chest, the two of them getting closer and closer.
Just then, Li Nanke's voice suddenly rang out from outside.
"Father, Mother."
Before he could finish speaking, the door was pushed open with a bang, and Li Nanke came running in.
Song Yi was startled and instinctively pushed Li Mu away forcefully.
Caught off guard, Li Mu stumbled backward, his waist hitting the table behind him.
Hiss~
Li Nanke stood at the door, her grape-like eyes wide open.
"Father, Mother, you..."
She thought she just saw her father and mother hugging each other.
She was trapped in a brothel for seven years in her dream, and learned everything she was supposed to learn.
In an instant, she realized that she had come at the wrong time.
Li Nanke stood at the door, her little hands twisted into a pretzel behind her back, her face slightly flushed, but she dared not show it at all.
She's only eight years old; she's too young to understand these things.
Little did they know that Song Yi was even more flustered than Li Nanke at this moment. What could be more embarrassing than having a child witness a couple's intimacy?
Her face turned almost as red as a shrimp as Song Yi hurriedly explained.
"Father got some sand in his eye just now, and Mother is blowing it out for him."
As she spoke, she secretly glared at Li Mu, signaling him to cooperate quickly.
People tend to be extra busy when they feel awkward.
Li Mu rubbed his lower back with one hand and his eyes with the other, nodding his head repeatedly.
"Yes, yes, Mother is helping Father blow sand. Ke'er, why are you back again?"
Fearing her daughter would keep pressing for answers, Li Mu cleverly changed the subject.
Li Nanke breathed a sigh of relief. If her father didn't change the subject, she would have to find a way to do so.
"I suddenly remembered something I wanted to tell my father."
"What is it? Sit down and tell your father."
Li Mu pulled her to sit on the chair next to him and rubbed her head.
"Father wants to see what's on my mind that makes my Ke'er so concerned. It's so late, why aren't you going to sleep?"
Most importantly, it interrupted his intimacy with his wife...
Li Mu harbored a slight resentment.
Waaah, it has to be something really important!
Li Nanke, unaware of his father's resentment, said, "When I left the palace today, Prince Xuan told me that the Ministry of Works was going to formally establish the Directorate of Water Conservancy."
Officials should be selected to serve as water conservancy envoys, overseeing matters related to waterways and dikes.
Li Mu looked bewildered.
"That's it? That's all?"
Li Nanke nodded, "That's all!"
Li Mu slumped back in the armchair, patting his forehead.
I thought it was something important, but it turned out to be...
Thinking of their interrupted intimacy, Li Mu felt even more resentful, but his daughter was his own flesh and blood, and he couldn't bear to complain.
He could only slump in the chair, unable to utter five words.
"What does this have to do with me?"
Song Yi noticed her husband's resentment and gently pinched the soft flesh on his waist.
"Ke'er is talking about serious matters, so speak properly."
Li Mu gasped, reached out and grasped Song Yi's hand, holding it tightly.
He sat up straight and looked at Li Nanke.
Li Nanke lay on the small table, her hands supporting her cheeks, her fingers unconsciously tapping her fair face.
“Father, Prince Xuan wouldn’t tell me about the selection of officials in the court for no reason. After thinking it over, I think he only has one purpose in telling me this.”
Li Mu lazily raised an eyebrow. "What's your purpose?"
"I want Father to participate in the selection of officials and strive to become the Water Envoy!"
This is what Li Nanke figured out on his way back.
Li Mu sat up abruptly, his voice rising two octaves.
"You want me to choose the Water Envoy? Daughter, do you even know what the Water Envoy does?"
Li Nanke nodded, then shook his head.
"I only know that the Water Envoy is responsible for supervising the waterways and dikes, but I don't know exactly what he does."
Li Mu's eyes widened.
"You dared to sell your father without knowing anything about him? The Water Envoy makes it sound nice, but he's really just repairing river channels and dikes."
Not only do we need to repair it, but we also need to supervise the transport boats on the waterway.
In short, it meant working alongside the craftsmen on the river every day, moving stones and carrying sand, exposed to the wind and sun.
After repairing the dikes, I still need to inspect the canal boats, which means I'll be spending all day on the waterway!
Li Mu stood up excitedly and pointed to the tip of his nose.
"My dear daughter, look at your father, he can't carry anything, he's just a refined scholar. How can you bear to let your cold-blooded father go out to the river every day to be exposed to the wind and sun?"
Li Nanke...
Li Mu then turned to look at Song Yi.
"Madam, are you really willing to let your handsome husband get tanned darker than a bear?"
Song Yi was naturally reluctant to part with him. She opened her mouth, then subconsciously looked at Li Nanke.
What Kerr asks you to do must be useful.
"Husband, why don't we listen to what Ke'er has to say first?"
Li Mu, unable to secure his wife's support, sat down with a sense of grievance.
"Ke'er, this is a task that your father really can't handle. You know what your father longs for most is a life of tranquility and freedom."
Half a scroll of poetry, painting by the window, burning incense and sipping tea—this is the life Father desires.
Li Nanke blinked.
"But Father needs money to appreciate poetry, paint, and travel every day. You don't have an official position or a salary, so how will you buy paints and writing implements?"
Li Mu chuckled.
"Although I, the heir of the Marquis's mansion, do not hold any official position, I do have a title and therefore a salary."
“But the prince’s salary isn’t much at the end of the year; it’ll be gone if you buy two or three famous paintings.”
Li Mu disagreed.
"Isn't your mother still there?"
He turned and looked at Song Yi pitifully.
"My dear wife, you will take care of your husband, won't you? I'm not picky about food, and I eat little. I'm easy to take care of."
Song Yi couldn't help but laugh.
“I’m now asking for my mother’s dowry back: ten shops and two hundred acres of fertile land, which is enough for my family of three to live on.”
A happy smile appeared on Li Mujun's handsome face, but he turned his head and looked at Li Nanke with a sullen face.
“My dear daughter, you heard it all. Your mother can support both of us.”
"Besides, the Ministry of Revenue requires daily roll call, and even Father doesn't want to go. Going to the river would be even more tiring than being an ox or a horse."
Dad thinks our life is good enough now and doesn't want to make things difficult for himself.
Li Nanke was helpless.
What if others laugh at my father for being a kept man?
Li Muhun scoffed indifferently.
"Eating a woman's rice? Eating a woman's rice is delicious. Daddy loves eating a woman's rice. Some people want to eat it but don't even have the right to."
"Don't you think so, Madam?"
Song Yi pursed her lips, looking helpless.
She knew her husband disliked social engagements and couldn't bear to see him suffer.
But what her daughter wanted to do made a lot of sense, and Song Yi was caught in the middle, not knowing who to advise.
Before Li Nanke could say anything more, Li Mu suddenly stood up and waved his hand.
"Let's not talk about this anymore. Father's mind is made up, and I will not go to apply for officialdom no matter what!"
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