Ning You had many vague guesses about Li Mu.

Maybe his career is not going well and his business is failing, so he wants to retreat to the mountains and forests.

Or maybe he was emotionally frustrated, his wife and estranged, so he wanted to escape from the world.

But all these speculations could not stand up to scrutiny, because Li Mu used a La Marzocco coffee machine and drove hundreds of thousands of Ford Raptors, no matter how he looked at it, he didn't look like a loser.

The vague guesses gradually became concrete. When Ning You ruled out all the impossible, there was only one possibility left - Li Mu's family was rich, and the reason why he came to be a forest ranger was purely because he was happy.

Originally, Ning You didn't expect Li Mu to answer personal questions, but unexpectedly Li Mu opened his mouth and said, "For environmental protection, do you believe it?"

The tone of his words didn't sound like a joke, and the logic of his answer couldn't be faulted, but the question at the end of the sentence made Ning You very puzzled.

"Why don't you believe it?" Ning You asked strangely.

"Because it's ridiculous." Li Mu looked straight ahead of the road, "Environmental protection is just a slogan in the eyes of most people."

Ning You slowly pondered and understood the meaning of Li Mu's words.

When a person does something, its purpose often carries the universal value of social recognition. When one's motive is "for mission" or "for glory," it can seem ridiculous, because society does not recognize either value.

Li Mu said that environmental protection is just a slogan, just like an empty mission and glory. Most people do not take the concept of environmental protection to heart in their daily life, let alone protect the forest in remote border areas for environmental protection. .

"I don't think it's funny." Ning You looked at Li Mu seriously and said, "I think you are very powerful."

Li Mu did not answer.

Ning You continued: "Our family also donates to the Environmental Protection Foundation every year."

As soon as the words fell, Li Mu laughed, and Ning You was slightly taken aback, and asked, "What's so funny?"

"That's why I said that environmental protection is just a slogan in the eyes of most people." Li Mu glanced at Ning You lightly, "As long as human beings continue to develop, it is impossible to live in harmony with nature."

Ning You could hear the subtext in Li Mu's words - donating money doesn't mean being friendly to the environment.

He argued reluctantly: "Of course humans can live in harmony with nature."

"Then I'll ask you—" Li Mu said.

Hearing this sentence, Ning You tensed his back unconsciously, because Li Mu also said the same line in the last discussion about civilization, and he was speechless when asked.

"How can human beings develop without exploiting natural resources?" Li Mu asked.

"We can develop to a limited extent." Ning You said.

"It's a joke to have a limit, isn't it going to pollute the environment within the limit?"

"It won't pollute so badly..."

"So the premise of environmental protection is not to hinder the development of human beings." Li Mu said, "As long as interests are involved, who cares about environmental protection."

Ning You found that he really couldn't win against Li Mu.

This person is too transparent. Whether it's social norms or human development, he can always point directly to the essence of things, so choked that Ning You can't refute it.

"So you are an environmentalist," Ning You concluded.

"No." Li Mu said, "I can still drive when I need to drive, and I won't stop you from using plastic bags in the supermarket. Like I said, the premise of environmental protection is not to conflict with the interests of human beings, so I will not stop you. The premise of doing environmental protection is not to make me too inconvenient."

"...I understand." Ning You looked at Li Mu thoughtfully, "You are making some contributions to environmental protection, but if environmental protection conflicts with your needs, you will still put your own needs in the first place. first."

In short, a radical environmentalist, not bound by dogmatism, can do whatever he wants.

"That's right." Li Mu glanced at Ning You in surprise. He didn't expect Ning You to understand so quickly.

"But why?" Ning You said again, "You must have an opportunity to do this."

Li Mu didn't want to talk deeply at first, and he didn't know how to talk to this level. Speaking of which, he has been away from home for so long and has never met anyone who can share his insights, so he said to Ning You for the first time, "Because the business at home is very unfriendly to the environment."

"Ah?" This answer was beyond Ning You's expectations, "Then have you thought about making some changes?"

"How?" Li Mu said, "It's not me who has the final say in the company."

Ning You had a deep understanding of this, and he had to obey his parents' arrangements in the company. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but ask Li Mu, "What does your family do?"

This time, Li Mu did not answer.

Ning You knew that Li Mu didn't like to talk about his own private affairs, so he didn't ask any more questions, but his understanding of Li Mu had deepened a little - this person is not only transparent, but also very free and easy, and he couldn't understand what his family was doing. , he ran out on his own and did his environmental protection career as he wanted.

I have to say, it's kinda cool.

Back on the mountain, Li Mu didn't go out again. He took out a long-handled axe from the place where the farm utensils were kept, and chopped firewood in a corner of the courtyard.

At first, Ning You thought it was strange that the cabin used an induction cooker and an electric water heater, and there was no place to use firewood. He secretly observed for a while and found that Li Mu was comparing the length of the wood, and then he realized that the wood was. Used to build a shower room.

Obviously, work is a good way to vent your emotions. Ning Youguang felt very relieved when he watched Li Mu chopping wood with axe.

It didn't take long for Li Mu to take off his plaid shirt, leaving only a white vest on his upper body.

Every time he swung the axe, the muscles in his back twitched; every time he slashed, his strong arms swelled and relaxed.

Fine sweat trickled down his neck, and a heavy breath escaped from his lips.

Ning You pretended to come to the kitchen to wash the cups, stuck out half of his head and peeked at Li Mu, the scene in front of him overlapped with his initial guess - there is a dirty and sexy lumberjack here.

No no no.

Ning You quickly shook off the unrealistic imagination in her mind.

Li Mu is just dirty, how can he be sexy?

After chopping wood, Li Mu returned to the cabin and took his towel.

Ning You looked at the shiny cup in his hand, and suddenly felt that he had not washed it, so he came to the kitchen again and looked out the window intentionally or unintentionally.

However, the expected picture did not appear. Li Mu didn't take a shower, but simply scrubbed with a towel.

An inexplicable disappointment came to her heart, Ning You took advantage of the opportunity to return to the living room before Li Mu entered the room.

Dinner is still a simple home-cooked meal, Li Mu cooks and Ning You washes the dishes.

The temperature in Xinjiang dropped very quickly at night. Ning You brought the clothes that had been drying outside the house into the house, put them on a small bench and baked them by the heater. The panties and short sleeves were almost dry, except for the trousers, which were still a bit wet.

Li Mu was leaning on the lazy sofa in the living room, holding a copy of "Postpartum Care of Cows" in his hand.

He didn't reject another breathing creature in his home, because Ning You was very quiet and would not chat awkwardly with him, but just lay down and write and draw attentively.

only……

The two calves were dangling back and forth, which was really distracting.

After a while, Li Mu put down the book in his hand, looked at Ning You and asked, "What are you painting?"

"The circuit diagram of your house." Ning You raised her head and looked at Li Mu, "I can help you optimize it."

"Really?" Li Mu casually glanced at Ning You's manuscript, but didn't take it seriously.

"By the way." Ning You said again, "Can I have a glass of milk before going to bed later?"

Drinking milk before going to bed can help you sleep. Ning You remembered that in the morning, Li Mu brought back a large bottle of processed fresh milk from elementary school.

"Are you a child?" Li Mu looked at the book in his hand and said casually, "Go and warm yourself up."

After he finished speaking, he paused and added: "Don't heat it directly with the pot, pour it into a cup and heat it with water."

Before going to bed, Ning You drank a glass of mellow and rich hot milk.

Xinjiang's milk is really delicious, with a strong milk flavor, and it is full of happiness when you drink it in your mouth. It tastes better than any milk Ning You has ever drank in other countries.

After finally washing a cup seriously, Ning You put on her dry underwear, turned off the lights in the room at the entrance, and then trotted into the bed.

He wrapped the quilts on the left and right sides and said to Li Mu in the dark, "Good night, Li Mu."

The cabin was completely quiet, and after a while, Li Mu's response sounded: "Good night."

Ning You quickly fell asleep, not tossing and turning like last night. But after an unknown period of time, a colic woke him up from his sleep.

Holding his stomach and shrinking into a ball, he felt an ominous premonition in his heart. After gritting his teeth and persevering for a while, he couldn't bear it any longer, got up from the bed, and shook Li Mu's arm vigorously.

"Li Mu, wake up quickly."

Li Mu was sleeping soundly on the bed. He opened his eyes half asleep and asked in a hoarse voice, "What's wrong?"

"My stomach hurts." Ning You said, "It should be milk."

Ning You has a mild lactose intolerance. His symptoms are amazing. If he drinks milk every day, his stomach will be fine, but if he doesn't drink it after a period of time, he is likely to have diarrhea when he drinks it again.

This time, he didn't drink it for only one day. After thinking about it, it should be that the nutrients of fresh milk are very high, which caused his stomach to feel uncomfortable.

"Let's go outside and solve it." Li Mu thought it was an urgent matter, and then closed his eyes again, "I don't know anything."

"No!" Ning You shook Li Mu's arm desperately, "Will you take me to the bathroom at the foot of the mountain?"

No one likes to be disturbed to sleep, Li Mu frowned and propped up his upper body, and said to Ning You: "Essentially, there is no difference between human feces and animal feces. By the next morning, your feces will be covered with leaves. Cover, you don't even remember where you pulled it—"

"shut up!!!"

What shit is not shit, Ning You is about to go crazy.

Li Mu was stunned by the yelling, but he woke up a lot. He didn't expect the white swan to be murderous even when he was angry, just like the big white goose with outstanding combat effectiveness.

But after Ning You shouted this sentence, her tone softened again, and she said with a crying voice: "Li Mu, I beg you, take me down the mountain, okay? If you want me to relieve my hand in the wild, you might as well let me die. ."

Li Mu simply found it unbelievable, as for dying for a piece of shit?

Five minutes later, a pickup truck galloped through the woods in the dark night, and the two lights were particularly abrupt under the starry sky.

Li Mu was really depressed. This was the most inexplicable use of his precious gasoline - sending the little fairy to the village to poop in the middle of the night.