Corpse Retriever.

Chapter 164

pregnant?

On the way back to his hometown, Li Zhuiyuan had actually imagined this possibility.

Because this is the purpose of the Bai family's recruitment of a son-in-law.

According to the tradition of Baijia Town, when a son-in-law marries a woman from the Bai family, his life will come to an end when the woman he marries becomes pregnant.

If a boy is born, he will be disposed of. Only a girl can become a part of Baijia Town.

So, under normal circumstances, Xue Liangliang should have died by now.

The reason why he could jump into the river again and again was that he couldn't get in, but he didn't encounter any crisis...

First, Uncle Qin had once infiltrated Baijia Town, and it only took him a little while to penetrate the entire town;

The second reason is that the lady of the Bai family might have already sensed her identity and was deeply afraid of it.

Among all the sons-in-law in Baijia Town throughout history, Xue Liangliang's husband's family has the highest status, because he has an extremely powerful mother's family.

Li Zhuiyuan: "So what?"

The bride said, "Please forgive me, our Baijia Town has its own traditions."

Li Zhuiyuan asked back: "Oh, you still plan to kill him?"

Bride: "I have never, and I dare not."

Li Zhuiyuan asked again: "Where has your tradition gone now?"

Bride: "On special occasions, it's time to do the cheapest thing."

Li Zhuiyuan continued to ask: "So, this tradition does not exist at all."

The bride was silent.

Li Zhuiyuan: “Speak back.”

Bride: "My Bai family has shown us enough respect and courtesy."

Li Zhuiyuan: “Not enough!”

The bride fell silent again, her cold eyes looking through the water at the young man standing on the shore.

Xiong Shan immediately stepped forward and shouted, "How dare you!"

Immediately, twelve scarecrows appeared on the surface of the river, all raised their heads and surrounded the bride.

The bride closed her eyes, her tone revealing helplessness: "What do you want?"

Li Zhuiyuan shook his head: "I'm too lazy to think about it."

Bride: "You are forcing me."

Li Zhuiyuan smiled and said, "At the beginning, I didn't see you being very reasonable."

Bride: "We had an agreement."

Li Zhuiyuan: "Did you sign the agreement with me?"

Bride: "If you do this, my Bai family will be at a loss."

Li Zhuiyuan: "Because you haven't positioned yourself correctly yet."

Bride: "Please tell me."

Li Zhuiyuan bent down, picked up a stone, and threw it into the river.

With a "pop", the stone fell into the water, splashing water.

"From the beginning, I didn't like you. I even didn't want you to exist in Nantong.

In front of me, there are two fences.

One fence is that the Bai family once said that all the ladies of the Bai family are not allowed to go ashore again.

The other fence is my friend who likes to go back to Nantong and jump into the river whenever he has free time.

The first fence was tattered and couldn't stop me because I don't like promises from living people. In my eyes, only the dead will keep their promises forever.

The second fence really gave me a hard time.

I would appreciate it if you would help me remove this second fence."

Li Zhuiyuan never forgot the purpose of his coming here.

He came to mediate the conflict between husband and wife.

Conflicts between people need to be resolved through reasoning, but the prerequisite is that both parties are reasonable people.

The Bai family, obviously not.

Since childhood, Li Zhuiyuan has liked observing people and analyzing their behavioral logic in order to understand and imitate them.

He found that in reality, people who don’t like to reason often have low IQs.

But this type of people are often very sensitive to one thing, that is - survival crisis.

When faced with a survival crisis, they will immediately become very smart and alert, and then rely on instinct to make the most correct choice.

In short, there are some people who, if you really treat them as human beings, not only will you feel uncomfortable, but they will also feel uncomfortable.

Just as Liu Yumei called the Bai family: a group of white mice hiding under the river and dreaming of becoming immortals.

The bride digested the boy's words and bowed to him softly:
"Slave, I understand."

Li Zhuiyuan noticed that she called herself "slave" twice.

Once at the beginning, she said she was pregnant.

Once here, I said I knew it.

She said these two sentences in her personal capacity, while the conversation in between was on behalf of the entire Baijia Town.

This made Li Zhuiyuan wonder if she did it on purpose.

She is the highest-ranking lady of the Bai family in Baijia Town. I heard from Brother Liangliang that when he found her, her coffin was placed in the ancestral hall of Baijia Town.

The rest of the ladies of the Bai family were sitting in the houses in the town.

Moreover, she could order all the ladies of the Bai family not to go ashore.

But sometimes, even the one with the highest status cannot help himself.

The legitimacy of her power and status comes from the Bai family tradition, so she cannot take the lead in destroying this tradition.

Unless there is a huge external intervention force that makes both the top and the bottom feel that compromise is a reality that must be accepted.

She could have explained everything to Xue Liangliang in advance, but she chose not to say anything and even refused to meet him.

Isn't this forcing Xue Liangliang to seek external help?

Ah,
If this is true, doesn't it mean that Brother Liangliang really has real feelings for the lady from the Bai family?
If this kind of thing happened to someone else, it would seem unbelievable, but when it happened to Xue Liangliang, it seemed very normal.

Because Li Zhuiyuan himself is definitely one of the most difficult people in the world to get along with.

But even so, when I was camping at the riverbank construction site, I still developed a liking and curiosity for Xue Liangliang because of what he said in his speech: "My future lies in the southwest of my motherland."

At the dinner table in the morning, when the old lady heard that I was coming to mediate the conflict between the couple, her look was full of surprise.

Yes,

If it were anyone else, how could they be willing to come all the way here just to deal with something like this?

All I can say is that some people have this quality and they can emit attractive light wherever they go.

Thinking of this, Li Zhuiyuan suddenly felt a little bored.

Because you are likely to be taken advantage of.

Moreover, you will only know about this kind of exploitation when it ends. You can't detect it in advance. Even if you detect it, you still have to cooperate with it.

In fact, you may not get an accurate answer at all.

Because no matter what "sweet and tender things" the Lady of the Bai family does to Xue Liangliang next, it can be interpreted as submission to the tyranny of the Dragon King's family.

Even if she admitted that she did it on purpose, it would be useless.

Li Zhuiyuan didn't like this feeling, but he could do nothing about it.

At this time, the bride took three steps back, and the water curtain on her body moved with her.

She knelt down with her upper body straight and her hands arched. She first raised them to her forehead, with her right hand outside and her left hand inside, and then lowered her hands to her abdomen. This was a solemn bow.

In ancient times, women wore a lot of jewelry, which they used to pay homage to their elders or respected people.

Li Zhuiyuan waved to her.

The bride's body slowly sank and finally, disappeared into the river, where the water became calm.

"Let's go."

Li Zhuiyuan turned and left. Xiong Shan and Lihua looked at each other and followed him.

After getting in the car, Liu Changping drove everyone back to Li Sanjiang's home.

Liu Changping was asked to drive to Shigang Town to refuel and find a hotel to stay in the town.

Xiong Shan and Lihua were arranged by Li Zhuiyuan to live in the west room.

The east room was where A'li and Liu Yumei used to live, and it was always locked.

My grandfather said that the east room must be kept locked until it is certain that the mercenary old lady will not marry her granddaughter to her own son Xiaoyuanhou.

When he was young, Li Sanjiang not only went to Shanghai, but also participated in three major battles.

It's unlikely that he really couldn't see the meaning behind Liu Yumei's daily attention to detail.

In Li Sanjiang's philosophy of life, there is no point in talking about money with rich people. One should talk more about thoughts and feelings.

As for Xiao Yingying, Li Zhuiyuan originally thought that she would live in the west room, but in fact she did not. She slept in the coffin on the first floor at night.

Because Runsheng and Tan Wenbin used to like sleeping in coffins, which were warm in winter and cool in summer, Li Sanjiang didn't take it seriously.

There was a small twist in the process. Lihua's child was also taken into the coffin by Xiao Yingying.

Lihua pushed open the coffin lid and saw her son sleeping soundly on the dead body inside.

This child was taken around by his parents as soon as he was born, so he has really seen the world.

When Lihua reached out to take her son out, Xiao Yingying suddenly opened her eyes.

However, she did not stop it.

Lihua picked up her son, rocked him, and kissed him.

After playing with her son for a while, Lihua put him back into the coffin.

There seemed to be confusion in Xiao Yingying's eyes.

Lihua smiled and helped them close the coffin lid.

Once you take the first step and accept something new, your acceptance level will increase at an alarming rate.

During the day, Lihua felt it was absurd to let Sidao help her take care of the child, but at night she thought it was pretty good.

If someone helps you take care of the children, you can go to the west room with your husband to enjoy some time alone.

Li Zhuiyuan went up to the second floor and heard his great-grandfather's snoring when he passed by his great-grandfather's door.

I guess the old man will not wake up until dawn.

But there was no snoring in my room.

When I opened the door, I saw Xue Liangliang sitting on the edge of the bed, holding a cup of steaming tea in both hands and sipping it.

"Xiaoyuan? Xiaoyuan! Xiaoyuan..."

From doubt to surprise to sadness.

When Xue Liangliang put down the teacup and wanted to rush over, Li Zhuiyuan raised his hand and made a stop gesture.

"It smells like alcohol, and it stinks."

Xue Liangliang smiled awkwardly, then opened the doors and windows in the room to ventilate and get rid of the smell.

Li Zhuiyuan walked out of the room and sat down on the rattan chair on the terrace.

Xue Liangliang walked out of the room carrying a washbasin and went to take a bath while humming a song.

Communication between smart people is very simple. Xiaoyuan came back late at night, and as soon as he came back he disliked the smell of alcohol on him, which meant that the matter was done.

After taking a shower, Xue Liangliang changed into clean clothes and looked much fresher, except that his beard was a little untidy.

And upon closer inspection, it turns out that for the past six months, he has been following Engineer Luo on various projects, going through wind and rain, and his former naive bookish air has been replaced by vicissitudes and edges.

The only thing that hasn't changed is that there is still light in his eyes.

"Brother Liangliang, you can drink quite well."

"Well, I learned this on the construction site. I used to hear people say that drinking alcohol can relieve fatigue, but I didn't understand it. Now I understand. I'm still relatively good. The front-line construction workers have a harder time."

"not easy."

"Don't be so quick to sympathize with me. You're almost there. A big project will officially begin after the New Year, and the immigration work is already being prepared."

“Do we need to move a lot of people?”

"Well, many people will be forced to leave their homes because of this. Their homes will be submerged under water and will never see the light of day again."

Li Zhuiyuan raised his head and looked at the bright moon in the sky.

Xue Liangliang took out a cigarette from his pocket, took out a cigarette, lit it, took a deep puff, and then slowly exhaled:
“So, we have a heavy responsibility. If we don’t do this project well, we will be sorry for the huge efforts and sacrifices made by everyone.

Those blueprints are the burden on our shoulders, a tangible sense of mission.”

Xue Liangliang shook off the cigarette ash and immersed himself in his own emotions.

When talking about this, he seemed to have forgotten his original purpose, or he was embarrassed to abruptly bring up personal matters in such a serious topic.

"After the next semester starts, you won't have much time in school. Luo Gong will definitely arrest you as a soldier."

"Oh."

Li Zhuiyuan nodded. He had expected this, otherwise there would be no point in applying to this university.

Xue Liangliang smoked three cigarettes in a row. When he put out the third cigarette, the emotion in the air finally faded away.

"Um, Xiaoyuan..."

"You can endure this long."

"There is no contradiction. Personal happiness is integrated into the construction and development of the motherland."

"After daybreak, you can go ahead and jump into the river."

"Did something happen?"

"Good thing."

"Good thing?"

"You're going to be a dad."

Xue Liangliang froze there for a long time, then suddenly covered his mouth. For fear of disturbing others, he could only suppress his laughter and started jumping on the spot.

Li Zhuiyuan leaned his head on the rattan chair, and the chilly evening breeze blew his hair.

Xue Liangliang reached out and grabbed Li Zhuiyuan's arm, shook it, and said, "Xiaoyuan, you know, I'm going to be a father!"

"Oh, really? Congratulations."

"Hahaha!"

Xue Liangliang covered his mouth again and his shoulders twitched with laughter.

Finally, he calmed down completely and began to take deep breaths.

"Xiaoyuan, why?"

"Don't worry about it, the matter has been resolved anyway."

"Okay, I understand." Xue Liangliang nodded.

The two of them sat quietly on the rattan chairs, looking at the moon together.

After a long while, Xue Liangliang asked:
"Xiao Yuan, what do you think my child should be named in the future?"

"Ask Brother Runsheng."

"Let Runsheng pick a name? Well, what I mean is, you help me pick one first. You remember a lot of ancient books in your mind. Help me pick a name with a meaning, one for the boy and one for the girl.

Oh, by the way, the first child’s surname is Xue.”

Xue Liangliang cared a lot about this because it meant that he was not a live-in son-in-law, even though the woman never came out and he was the one who took the initiative to visit her every time.

"Brother, you can get it yourself. I am not suitable for this."

"Oh, okay." Xue Liangliang sighed, "It's so dreamy. I'm going to be a father. If my parents knew about this, would they..."

“Scared to death.”

Xue Liangliang smiled, then nodded helplessly.

Li Zhuiyuan stood up and said, "I'm going to rest now."

"Well, go and have a rest. I'll sit for a while."

Li Zhuiyuan walked into the house.

"Thank you, Xiaoyuan."

……

The next morning, after Li Zhuiyuan got up, he did not see Brother Liangliang in the room.

He believed that Brother Liangliang was definitely not at home now.

I was carrying a plastic basin and preparing to wash up. As soon as I went out, I saw Li Sanjiang sitting on a rattan chair, smoking a cigarette.

It was early in the morning and the wind was chilly. Li Zhuiyuan knew that his grandfather knew he was back, so he deliberately sat there waiting for him to wake up.

"Master."

"Little Marquis Yuan."

Li Sanjiang immediately put out the cigarette he had just lit.

When he picked up the boy, he weighed him:
"Grandpa, I can't hold you anymore."

“You can carry it on your back.”

"Haha." Li Sanjiang put Li Zhuiyuan down and said, "Go wash up."

"Ah."

After Li Zhuiyuan finished brushing his teeth and was pouring hot water to wash his face, he saw his grandfather coming out wearing the formal suit he bought yesterday, holding another suit in his hand.

"It fits, it fits very well. Our little Marquis Yuan knows how to buy things. I like it very much."

Li Sanjiang turned around twice in front of Li Zhuiyuan and said, "Shall I put on this outfit and show it to you?"

"Okay."

"You wait."

Li Sanjiang went into the house, changed into another set and came out.

"This outfit is more stylish. If I wear it outside, people who don't know me will think I am the village chief!"

"Grandpa, there are pens on my desk. You can take one and hang it on your breast pocket. It will look more like the real thing."

"Okay, listen to our Xiaoyuan Hou."

Li Sanjiang really went to the boy's room, picked out the cheapest-looking fountain pen, hung it on his chest pocket, and then walked out with his hands behind his back. Li Zhuiyuan: "Hello, village chief grandpa."

"Hahaha!"

Normally speaking, it should be a happy thing for younger generations to buy gifts for their elders.

But in this world, the proportion of elders who can actively give positive responses and provide emotional value to their younger generations is actually not large.

At this time, most elders will just instinctively spoil the fun.

Li Zhuiyuan and Li Sanjiang went downstairs to have breakfast together.

Lihua made breakfast for everyone, a big bowl of raw beef noodles and a bowl of eggnog.

As for chili, add it according to your taste.

Xiong Shan’s bowl was filled with red chili peppers.

Li Sanjiang got drunk yesterday and went to bed early, so he woke up before dawn.

It was the first day that Mr. and Mrs. Xiong Shan came to someone's home, so in order to make a good impression, they naturally got up early.

Lihua took the initiative to make paper figures.

This craft is considered a basic skill for the couple. The reason why they choose scarecrows as puppets when using Chenzhou talismans is because straw is easy to use.

However, when Xiao Yingying got up on time and came out of the coffin holding the child, she said coldly to Lihua, who had already made a row of lifelike works:

“This style won’t sell.”

Every place has its own folk culture and different styles of paper figurines. No matter how well you make them, people in nearby villages and towns will not buy them.

Lihua could only hold the child and learn from Xiao Yingying while feeding the child.

As for Xiong Shan, he carried a hoe and went to work in the field behind the house early in the morning. After working for a long time, Li Sanjiang told him that the field behind the house belonged to someone else.

To be honest, Li Sanjiang's first impression of the couple was not good. He thought they were stupid.

Fortunately, although it was not done right, at least I had some skills.

Li Sanjiang also knew one thing: a mule cannot be too smart. A mule that is too smart will be lazy and will not work hard.

Since he was introduced by our own Xiaoyuan Hou, we have to accept him.

When negotiating salary, Li Sanjiang deliberately quoted a low price.

The couple agreed immediately!
This made Li Sanjiang feel embarrassed. Shouldn't you negotiate the wages between the two parties? I quoted a low price, and you have to raise it.

But since they had already agreed, it would seem a bit too much for him to raise the wages himself, so he just told them clearly that if they worked hard, they would get red envelopes and interest during festivals. He planned to compensate them for their wages in this way.

Li Zhuiyuan felt relieved when he saw that Xiong Shan and his wife had integrated into the community.

The couple came here to seek shelter and a future for their son.

There is shelter here, buried under the peach forest.

As for the child... Grandma Liu once brought Uncle Qin and Aunt Liu to work here for Grandpa, just to pray for some blessings for A'li. This couple is now enjoying the same treatment as the Dragon King's family, so it's not really unfair to them.

Liu Changping came back here very early in the morning by taxi. Even though he was a chartered driver, he arrived a little too early.

Because he didn't want to spend money to get a room in a hotel in Shigang Town last night, but spent the night in his car. He came here early to save money on breakfast.

Then, Liu Changping was drafted into the army by Xue Liangliang.

He originally did not intend to take Xue Liangliang away because he was taking the job from the young man, but with the help of Xiong Shan and his wife to testify, Liu Changping finally agreed.

According to Xue Liangliang's request, Liu Changping first drove him to South Street in the city.

This is the city center of Nantong, the most prosperous area, with dense flow of people and vehicles, making parking difficult.

After parking the car in a parking lot in the distance, Liu Changping simply followed Xue Liangliang down and walked into the department store with him.

Xue Liangliang bought a lot of clothes, both for adults and children.

I also went to a gold shop and bought three kinds of gold, plus a pair of gold and silver longevity locks.

Seeing these three golds, Liu Changping was somewhat touched and said, "I am also preparing for this right now."

Xue Liangliang: "Are you going to have a relationship with your partner?"

"Yes." Liu Changping gestured, "Her family wants this amount for the bride price, and she has a younger brother."

"Wow, that's a lot."

"I think it's okay, not too much."

“Yeah, you earn a lot.”

"Because my hometown is Jiangxi."

"understand."

"How about you, buddy?"

“I didn’t ask for a dowry when I got married.”

"Oh……"

"Not a live-in son-in-law."

"Um……"

"Yes, it is open-minded. After all, it is a new era now and we don't care about those things."

"you're right."

Afterwards, Liu Changping took Xue Liangliang to the riverside.

It’s the same place I went to yesterday.

"Hey buddy, wait for me here."

"Okay." Liu Changping nodded and lit a cigarette.

Xue Liangliang got off the car holding a bunch of gifts, walked down the slope, and soon he disappeared from sight.

Last night, Liu Changping listened to Li Zhuiyuan and drove far away, but he was very curious in his heart.

What's so special about this riverside? Why do they come here again and again?
Liu Changping, who couldn't suppress his curiosity, got out of the car with a cigarette in his mouth. After going down the hill, he found that he could not see Xue Liangliang.

"Hey, where are the people?"

The landscape here is endless, where can anyone hide?

As he searched, Liu Changping found clothes and shoes pressed by stones on the shore. They belonged to Xue Liangliang.

Oops!

Liu Changping was so scared that the cigarette fell from his mouth.

He began to run and shout towards the river, searching anxiously.

He can swim, but the river is so vast that even if he wants to go down and rescue someone, he must have a target first.

After searching for a long time, Liu Changping became desperate.

He picked up Xue Liangliang's clothes and shoes, returned to the taxi, and sat up blankly.

How should he explain himself after this happened?

He even had the idea of ​​driving back to Jinling as soon as possible and paying for the car fare... You've already dragged someone to commit suicide, and you still have the nerve to ask for money?
But on second thought, if I left in such an unclear manner, people would call the police and think I was trying to kill someone for money.

Just as I was feeling anxious and confused, there was a knock on the car window.

Liu Changping turned his head and was shocked.

Standing outside the car was the naked Xue Liangliang.

After Xue Liangliang got into the car, he said nothing and started to put on his clothes.

Liu Changping noticed that all the gifts Xue Liangliang bought were gone.

"Where's the stuff?"

"I gave it to them and their mother."

"Oh."

Liu Changping sighed and silently lit his cigarette again. He felt very happy, at least his lover was still alive.

Looking at Xue Liangliang again, Liu Changping showed a hint of admiration in his eyes. After all, this is a loving man who still misses his deceased wife and son.

A person who is not affectionate would not be willing to buy so many expensive new clothes and gold jewelry and throw them into the river as a memorial.

On the way back, the pager on Xue Liangliang's waist rang. He asked Liu Changping to find a roadside store and got off the car to return the call.

After returning to the car, Xue Liangliang said, "Drive quickly and go home!"

When the car drove back to Li Sanjiang's home, his family was having lunch.

Xue Liangliang got out of the car, walked quickly to Li Zhuiyuan, and said, "Engineer Luo just called me and asked me to go to Yangzhou Gaoyou right now. He is also on his way there. Xiaoyuan, are you going?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "What happened?"

Xue Liangliang lowered his voice and said, "It is said that something strange happened on Gaoyou Lake."

"Then I'll go." Li Zhuiyuan looked at Li Sanjiang, "Grandpa, my mentor is over there, calling us over."

"Of course, of course." Li Sanjiang immediately nodded in agreement.

Xiong Shan said, "We'll go with you... We'll go with you so we can take care of you."

Li Sanjiang nodded again and said, "Of course, of course."

Lihua packed up the food, and without delay, the five of them got in the car together.

Li Zhuiyuan sat in the co-pilot seat, while Xue Liangliang and the Xiong Shan couple sat in the back seat.

In fact, it would be more appropriate for the boy to sit in the back row, but the problem is that if Li Zhuiyuan sits in the back, Xiong Shan and Lihua will feel uncomfortable, and they would rather squeeze in with Xue Liangliang.

The further we drove towards Yangzhou, the darker the sky became.

Li Zhuiyuan was in a relaxed mood.

However, he saw through the rearview mirror that the Xiong Shan couple sitting in the back seat looked extremely solemn.

From time to time, they looked at each other and held their hands together.

There is a kind of tragic grandeur in facing death calmly.

Only then did Li Zhuiyuan realize that the couple had misunderstood each other.

They thought this was their new wave.

But even so, they, who had already retired from the world twice, still stood up and wanted to go with him.

It seems that they are still thinking about dying quickly so that they can entrust their children to the care of others.

Li Zhuiyuan said, "This is not a wave that hits my boat."

Upon hearing this, the couple looked at each other.

What appeared on each other's faces afterwards was not relief, but disappointment and regret.

Li Zhuiyuan: "Your children prefer to have a complete childhood. What you think is best may not be what they want."

The couple nodded immediately, but it seemed that they did not really listen.

Li Zhuiyuan stopped paying attention to them and asked Xue Liangliang, "Have you been down there?"

Xue Liangliang nodded and said, "Yes, I bought some things and sent them to the mother and daughter."

"You always went empty-handed before?"

"How could that be possible? Every time I come back from a project in another city, I always bring back two local specialties, one for my parents and one for her."

Liu Changping, who was driving, heard this conversation and wiped his eyes silently.

Gaoyou is not far from Nantong, and it only takes more than two hours to drive there.

Xue Liangliang got off the car and made another phone call, then got back on the car and told Liu Changping the specific address.

This is a water conservancy construction site by the lake. It is quite large, but the site, which should be bustling with activity, seems very quiet at this moment.

All the workers stopped working today and stayed in the shed.

Instead, there are various non-construction site vehicles constantly driving in and out here.

You can enter the outer perimeter of the construction site, but there are roadblocks in the inner circle and police are doing security checks.

Xue Liangliang and Li Zhuiyuan got out of the car.

Li Zhuiyuan asked Liu Changping to find a hotel nearby to stay, and ordered Xiong Shan and his wife to go with him.

"But you can't be alone." Xiong Shan was reluctant to leave at this time.

Li Zhuiyuan said: "I am not in any danger here. I will call you when I need you."

Xiong Shan and his wife had no choice but to agree and continue driving with Liu Changping to find a hotel.

After waiting for a while, a middle-aged man trotted out and said, "Liangliang, you're here."

Xue Liangliang introduced Li Zhuiyuan, "Xiaoyuan, this is Senior Brother Sun."

"Hello, Senior Brother Sun."

"Is he Xiaoyuan?" Senior Brother Sun stretched out his hand and shook hands with Li Zhuiyuan. He did not look down on the boy because of his young age. "Engineer Luo often talked about you. He said that if you were here, the progress of the drawings would not be so slow."

Li Zhuiyuan: "Then I have a bad relationship with people."

"Haha." Sun Hongxing took out his ID card, showed it to the police, and walked inside with Xue Liangliang and Li Zhuiyuan.

Xue Liangliang asked curiously: "What happened?"

Sun Hongxing: "A dragon sucking water."

Xue Liangliang: "Isn't it normal for a dragon to suck water?"

Sun Hongxing shook his head: "This time it's different. Anyway, you'll know when you go in and watch the videotape."

There were many work tents set up inside, and the people moving around in them were very messy.

When passing by several people in blue work clothes, Li Zhuiyuan heard the sound of bells coming from under their clothes.

Sun Hongxing: "Engineer Luo is holding an impromptu meeting. It is not chaired by Engineer Luo. It is not convenient for us to go in now. Let's go there and wait for a while. There is a video playing there."

I opened the curtain and walked in. There were quite a few people sitting inside.

Some were holding documents, some were holding blueprints, and there was a group of people standing there with their arms folded, exuding a solemn aura.

There was a TV connected to a VCR in the tent, which was repeatedly playing a news report from a local TV station with the station logo in the upper left corner.

The incident happened yesterday afternoon and this was the news broadcast on TV last night.

In the picture, a dragon sucking water appeared in Gaoyou Lake.

A waterspout is also called a waterspout or a water dragon. It occurs on the sea surface or the water surface. It can be understood as a tornado that appears on the water surface, with one end connected to the water surface and the other end connected to the sky. When it is formed, it will suck the water up.

The water dragon in the picture is over a thousand meters high, which is very spectacular, and its top is immersed in the gray clouds.

This is nothing, it can only be said to be an occasional natural phenomenon.

But as the footage continued to play, soon a long black figure appeared in the grey clouds, dancing inside.

It was certainly not the first time that the people who were inside had seen this, but when the footage was broadcast to this point again, everyone unconsciously craned their necks and opened their eyes wide.

The long black figure did not appear for very long, less than ten seconds at most, and the picture was very blurry, only black could be seen, with no details.

But the problem is that its flight trajectory and movement posture are too relaxed and natural, full of spirituality.

It hardly needs reminding. After seeing this scene, a normal person will only have one word in his mind...dragon.

On TV, the host's voice was also talking about the figure of a "dragon" that suddenly appeared in the clouds, attracting citizens to gather and watch.

Several people in front of him, with murderous auras on their faces, were whispering to each other.

Their voices were very soft, but Li Zhuiyuan had good hearing and still heard them.

indeed:
"How does it feel?"

"It's very similar."

"How does it compare to the one in Qinghai Lake?"

“The one at Qinghai Lake is clearer.”

People kept coming in and out of the tent. Li Zhuiyuan and Xue Liangliang watched it five times before they walked out of the tent.

Xue Liangliang put his mouth close to Li Zhuiyuan's ear and asked softly, "Xiaoyuan, do you think this is true?"

"I do not know."

Xue Liangliang: "If it's true, it's incredible. There are really creatures like dragons in this world?"

Li Zhuiyuan asked back, "Isn't it even more incredible that your daughter can get pregnant?"

"Uh..." Xue Liangliang blinked, "Now that you put it that way, it suddenly makes sense to me."

Mr. Luo came out after the meeting.

"Xiaoyuan."

"teacher."

"Come on, come here, let's check the design again."

Engineer Luo took everyone to another tent.

"Everyone, remember, don't tell anyone about what happened here. Most of you are still very young, and you will inevitably encounter similar things in your future work."

Xue Liangliang joked: "The TV stations have broadcast it..."

Luo Gong: "The TV station is its business, but we can't say it. Even if we want to say it, we have to wait another ten years. Then you can brag as much as you want when we drink wine and tea.

Okay, we were just called in for some consultation. Please help me sort this out first, as a backup."

Everyone started to get busy. In fact, the work was not complicated, but the process was a little longer. It was similar to preparing for the leader's inspection and starting with a general cleaning.

But sometimes, seemingly repetitive and meaningless work cannot be avoided, and it is also a form of preparation.

After working until late at night and finishing the work, Engineer Luo was called to attend a small meeting. When he came back, he announced that everyone should go to the guesthouse to rest.

Xue Liangliang went to explain the situation to Luo Gong, who said, "You guys must be going there since you booked a hotel. The conditions there must be better than in the guesthouse. Remember to issue the invoice and give it to me."

Just like that, Xue Liangliang and Li Zhuiyuan left the construction site.

Liu Changping parked the taxi outside very professionally, and Xiong Shan and Lihua were also standing outside waiting.

When Li Zhuiyuan got into the car, a car happened to drive by. Li Zhuiyuan saw Yu Shu sitting in the passenger seat of the car through the rearview mirror.

The boy immediately shrank down, avoiding the other person's gaze that might be directed at him.

After the car drove in, Liu Changping started a taxi and took everyone to the hotel.

A total of three rooms were booked, one for the Xiong Shan couple, one for Liu Changping, and one for Li Zhuiyuan and Xue Liangliang.

However, Xiong Shan and his wife would keep watch, one inside and one outside the hotel.

In the guest room, Li Zhuiyuan went to take a shower first, while Xue Liangliang turned on the TV.

While washing, Xue Liangliang shouted, "Xiaoyuan, come out and see!"

Li Zhuiyuan walked out while wiping his hair.

The TV was playing the local news, the same footage of the dragon sucking water from yesterday, using exactly the same video footage. At least, it looked the same for now; even the host's introduction voice hadn't changed.

Logically speaking, yesterday's old news should not be replayed again tonight, but if it is big news, it is normal to be played repeatedly.

However, as the video played, the material on the screen was no longer the long, complete black silhouette, but three large birds flying side by side.

The host's voice also changed:
"Dear audience, after the dragon sucking water phenomenon occurred, three large birds appeared in the clouds. This scene attracted many citizens to gather and watch."

(End of this chapter)