Corpse Retriever.

Chapter 167

People of the past were like salmon swimming upstream, returning to their birthplace with great difficulty.

People after the New Year are like dandelions blown by the wind, gently swaying in all directions.

Reunion and warmth are like a piece of candy that quickly melts in your mouth. For the next year, you will savor the memories of the faint sweetness that remains between your lips and teeth.

Every morning after the New Year, Li Sanjiang would change his habit of sitting on the second-floor terrace and sit on the dam instead.

Whenever villagers were about to go on a long journey with luggage on their backs or on motorcycles and passed by the village road in front, they would deliberately walk inward and stop at Li Sanjiang's house.

Some people would offer a simple gift, not worth much, just to make the couple even.

Some of them would give Li Sanjiang a cigarette, smoke it with him, then give him another one and ask him to put it on his ear, and then leave.

Many people did not even come up to the dam, but just stood below and chatted with Li Sanjiang across the steps, talking about where they were going, their vision for this year, and just chatting about some random things.

In fact, there was nothing wrong at all. I just had to go on a long trip away from home. I was afraid it would be difficult for me to come back in the middle of the year. There were elderly people at home, so I had to make a special trip to come to Li Sanjiang to show my respect.

Some were urged to come by their elders at home, while others knew they had to come on their own.

The most important things in life are life and death. Life can be predicted, but death always comes suddenly.

If something happens at home and they can't get back in time, with Li Sanjiang there, at least the family won't be in a panic and they will have peace of mind.

After spending the New Year here, Lin Shuyou set off to return to his hometown in Fujian.

He was carrying the team's uniform mountaineering bag and wearing a dark blue close-fitting suit.

When he reached Temple Street, he stopped at the entrance of the alley for a moment to adjust his expression.

I can't be as cautious as I was in the past, but I can't be too arrogant either.

After thinking about it, a shy smile appeared on his face.

No wonder Brother Xiaoyuan likes to use this expression.

When you have enough status and self-confidence, being appropriately shy can help you avoid a lot of trouble.

There was already someone standing at the temple gate, and when he saw Lin Shuyou, he immediately reported inside.

Soon, Grandpa and Master came out to greet us.

One of them stood on each side and patted Lin Shuyou's shoulders.

Lin Shuyou's chest unconsciously rose higher and higher as he was slapped.

It was already dusk when I got home and time for dinner.

The elders and fellow disciples in the temple gathered in an orderly manner. Logically speaking, this was the busiest time in the temple, with activities such as parading gods, praying for blessings, and exorcising evil spirits almost all scheduled.

But even so, the master deliberately cleared out his time in the temple just to welcome his disciple home.

The scale and scale of today's reunion dinner even exceeded the New Year's Eve dinner just past.

Other people in the temple were puzzled by this. They couldn't understand it, but they had to follow the arrangement because the master and grandfather kept their mouths shut.

Therefore, Lin Shuyou did not enjoy the privilege of having a separate page in the family tree or sitting in the first seat at the reunion dinner.

But when offering incense to the Yin gods, Lin Shuyou was asked to stand between his grandfather and master.

When sitting down to eat, before grandpa sat down at the first seat, he raised his hand and motioned Lin Shuyou next to him to sit first.

At the dinner table, all the elders wanted to know about Lin Shuyou's stories over the past six months, but he only talked about his college life.

Occasionally, when elders tried to ask tricks, Master and Grandpa would take the initiative to change the subject, to ensure that Ah You would not get carried away and say something he shouldn't.

After the meal, everyone dispersed.

Lin Shuyou was invited to sit down and drink tea with his master and grandfather.

But even when we had a closed-door chat, we only talked about study and life.

Lin Shuyou said that he studied very hard and had made great progress, but his test results could not be announced yet.

The master and grandfather both expressed their approval of this. Even if some of the new inheritances cannot be announced now, no matter what, once the children have learned them, the meat will be rotten in the pot.

In terms of life, we talked about how to get along with classmates.

From Lin Shuyou's perspective, he did make a lot of efforts to integrate into the small group, although he often made mistakes.

But in the ears of Master and Grandpa, it had another meaning: could he really become a partner and friend with the one from the Dragon King's family?
They were so scared that they fled Jinling in the first place, and left Ah You behind, thinking that working as a slave for the Dragon King's family would be a great future for him.

They really didn't expect that Ayou would be so hardworking and enterprising.

The night talk was brief and brief.

The next morning, the temple was busy.

"Boom boom boom! Boom boom boom! Boom boom boom."

At this moment, there is no shortage of people in my hometown, but there is a shortage of gods.

Lin Shuyou's return home filled this gap.

Before the parade began, everyone in the temple lined up in the courtyard.

Lin Shuyou was arranged to be the first one. After all, he is a young man and he still couldn't hide his desire to show off.

He did not open his face, burn incense, or even kneel down to kowtow or speak. He just stood in front of the main temple, facing the people in the temple and with his back to the statues.
With his hands behind his back and his chin slightly raised, his vertical pupils opened!
The layman looks at the excitement and the insider looks at the doorway.

The whole audience was in an uproar; even Master and Grandpa couldn't help but stare with their eyes wide open in astonishment.

Because only a very small number of respected old mediums can invite evil spirits to possess them in such a simple way, and that can only be done in a truly critical moment when they really cannot care about etiquette, and they still have to apologize and explain afterwards.

But this kid... just shows off for this.

But the White Crane Boy actually gave him face.

In addition to inviting gods, the spirit and power of the medium after successfully inviting the gods are also important criteria for judging the medium's ability.

His vertical pupils are red, his energy is concentrated and his spirit is focused. Upon careful observation, one can even see a faint negative energy flowing around him.

This is definitely not as simple as the success of the spirit possession, but the White Crane Boy's care is very obvious, and he descended upon her to a greater extent.

Lin Shuyou sat down on the chair, looked at his master and grandfather, and said:
"Open your face."

Master and Grandpa looked at each other and walked forward silently.

One of them was the boss of the temple, and the other was the most senior. They no longer had to do the odd jobs themselves, but today, one of them took the paint tray and the other took the paintbrush and started to paint the young man's face.

After opening the face, change makeup and clothes.

Most people can't do this job, because as soon as they get close, they can feel the tremendous pressure emanating from the boy.

When everything was done and the trident was handed to the boy, the boy grabbed it, stood up and held the trident high.

In an instant, the temple gate opened wide, incense burned spontaneously, and there was a solemn atmosphere inside and outside!

The parade begins.

The White Crane Boy, who was originally the guide boy, was the leader of the whole team. In the past, when he met other procession teams or passed by other temples, he had his own set of rules to deal with them.

But today, with the White Crane Boy taking the lead, all the opposing parade teams sensed the situation and took the initiative to give way. Whenever they passed the temple entrance, the door closed automatically.

To put it bluntly, the purpose of the parade is to eliminate evil spirits and keep the area safe, not to fight against specific evil spirits one-on-one, so it is a small job.

But there is one person who treats the small job as a big one and does it so hard and seriously.

Those who are in the same sequence will naturally give you this face, and those who are not in the same sequence will not be willing to argue with you over this matter.

The temple was in the spotlight during today's event. Even the onlookers on both sides of the road felt that today's procession was very different. The spirit was so surging that it seemed that no matter what evil dared to appear in their way, it would be crushed and torn to pieces in an instant.

The onlookers vote based on their senses. Whichever temple has the strongest procession team will be the one they go to next when they have something to do.

After all, most people will never encounter dirty things, and all they want is emotional comfort.

The team returned to the temple to thank the Lord Yin Shen.

Lin Shuyou is still the first one.

He did not take the incense, but closed his eyes and said to the statue of the White Crane Boy above:

"Thank you for your hard work."

Then she turned around and went to remove her makeup and get dressed.

The master was instinctively angry and wanted to stand up and criticize, but grandpa grabbed his hand.

If an ordinary medium dares to be disrespectful to the Lord of the Yin God, his path to becoming a medium will almost certainly be cut off. Ah You would understand this truth.

If he dares to do this, then he must have the confidence.

The old man was indeed a man of far-sighted vision. His favorite disciple, who was also Lin Shuyou's master, was still thinking about how to maintain the temple's heritage, but what the old man saw was the true future of Guan Jiangshou.

After removing her makeup, Lin Shuyou smiled and took a piece of rice cake from her mother. She took a big bite and it was soft and delicious.

The mother smiled and scolded him: "Look how proud you are today."

Lin Shuyou just smiled and said nothing.

Ever since that day in the General Temple when Brother Xiao Yuan swore to tell the boy to get off, the sacred and inviolable filter of the Yin God in his heart was shattered.

He gradually began to regard the boy as a partner fighting alongside him rather than a high and mighty god.

If the boy doesn't want this equal relationship...

Then he will go and tell Brother Xiaoyuan about it!

Brother Xiaoyuan will teach him what true inequality is.

Next, other people in the temple went to pay their respects in turn, with complete etiquette and sufficient ceremony.

Grandpa came over and handed Lin Shuyou a towel.

"Thank you, grandpa."

Lin Shuyou wiped his face with a towel.

"Our Ah You has grown up and changed."

The last two words were spoken with great emphasis.

If Brother Xiaoyuan were here, he would definitely be able to understand the old man's mentality from his words, but Lin Shuyou is Lin Shuyou after all.

Asking it to solve this riddle is really too difficult for it.

He smiled and said to Grandpa:

"Grandpa, isn't this normal? You are all old, but I am still young."

This response made Grandpa fall into deep thought.

I wonder if this is the intention of the one from the Dragon King's family. He wants me and my disciple to abdicate quickly and let Ayou take over?
But when he saw this guy turned around and asked his mother for rice cakes to eat, grandpa thought he might be overthinking.

He suddenly felt that the man from the Dragon King's family really had a good temper, as he had been able to tolerate Ayou until now.

It's quiet at night.

Lin Shuyou couldn't sleep, so he came to the main temple alone in his pajamas and looked at the rows of statues inside.

He touched General Zeng's toes and patted General Sun's instep.

As a medium, he actually wanted to experience the feeling of asking the two generals of increase and loss to possess his body.

"Bangdang..."

A trembling sound came from the statue at the tail.

The one standing in the last row is the White Crane Boy.

Lin Shuyou hurried over, stood on tiptoe, and patted the calf of the boy statue:
"Don't be angry, don't be angry. Blame me. I shouldn't be indecisive."

……

Xue Liangliang was going to Jinling to hand over his work, so Xue's father and mother naturally left on the same day as their son and returned to their hometown in Anhui.

Before the two old people left, they were very reluctant to leave. They kept saying that they had caused trouble for everyone and invited everyone to visit them when they had time in the future.

They had never stayed in someone else's home for so long in their lives.

After the New Year, Tan Yunlong got a holiday and drove back to Nantong to enjoy his "old age".

Tan Wenbin went back to his hometown in Shigang to accompany his parents. He also needed to entertain his grandparents, Nanbei, and Zhou Yunyun's family.

After all, Tan Yunlong is the head of the Tan family, at least in name.

Therefore, all activities must revolve around Tan Yunlong as the core.

Uncle Shan became quiet on the second day of the Chinese New Year.

Except for being active when eating, he spent the rest of his time lying on the haystack and basking in the sun.

There is no way, we have run out of bullets and cannot go to the battlefield.

He is an old gambler, and Runsheng often went hungry when he was young.

But he has a good habit, which is to stop playing after losing all the money and never borrow money to play cards.

So, if you say he is hateful, then he is indeed hateful.

But to say that I am so angry that my teeth are itching, it's not really to that extent.

Because the most terrifying thing about normal gamblers is their ability to raise money and borrow money.

After slapping themselves in the face and swearing confessions over and over again, they can firmly drag their entire family into the abyss step by step.

However, after calming down, Uncle Shan was not in a very good mood.

Li Sanjiang was talking nonsense, so he used it to moisten his lips and asked him how he got free time today and why he was not the banker today.

Facing this old guy, Uncle Shan really had no temper. He was obviously much older than himself, and he himself looked like an old man, but this old guy still had a ruddy complexion and was full of energy.

I used to think he lived a good life, but he was destined to be a widower after all, and at least I had Runsheng to accompany me.

As a result, this old man lived a carefree and comfortable life all his life, and when he was old he even picked up a great-grandson who was the provincial top scholar.

Others have to work hard to save money for their son to marry a daughter-in-law, and then work hard to marry their grandson a granddaughter-in-law, and coax them to carry on the family line. But he skipped all the twists and turns and got it done in one step. It was like something fell from the sky, and a child was directly added to the household registration book.

Comparing yourself to others will really make you angry.

Uncle Shan felt that after meeting Li Sanjiang in his life, he had suffered so much and it was not easy for him to be alive now.

Liu Yumei is now really becoming more and more integrated into the life of an old rural lady.

Gossip is just a way to spice things up. If you talk too much at once, even if the basket of gossip is not empty yet, your teeth will start to feel sore from eating too many melon seeds.

She simply set up a small card table at home. Mahjong was not popular in Nantong, so she played long cards with Liu Jinxia, ​​Xue Ma and others.

When there were not enough people at the beginning, Li Zhuiyuan was also pulled to the table to make up the number.

As the fight went on, they stopped allowing Li Zhuiyuan to sit at the table.

Playing cards is fun only when there are wins and losses. If one person wins all the time, it's like the other three players are trying to pay tribute. What's the point of playing?

The most important thing is that Liu Yumei knows that with Xiaoyuan's brain, he can control his wins and losses, and he can control it very naturally.

But this kid doesn't.

Because when he played cards, A-li would sit next to him and help him count the money, organize it, and stack it up high.

This kid just wanted to make A'li happy and completely disregarded the feelings of the three old ladies.

Li Zhuiyuan, who didn't have to play cards today, asked Xiong Shan to ride a tricycle to take him to Shigang.

The purpose was not to go shopping, but to come to a cemetery.

The time has finally come to deal with that copper coin.

It once made him so fearful that he didn't even dare to take it away and could only bury it deep in the ground.

Now, I can view it normally.

Runsheng and Yin Meng went to Xiting Town to repair the dilapidated walls of Uncle Shan's house and to buy some rice, flour, grain and oil.

Lihua had to go to the card table and play cards with Liu Yumei.

The only manpower he could spare was Xiong Shanliao.

After getting his own advance warning, Xiong Shan was very careful when digging, and deliberately pasted several Chenzhou talismans on himself and the shovel for protection.

The copper coin was still there, having been dug out.

Li Zhuiyuan signaled Xiong Shan to move away, and he rolled up his sleeves and began waving his hands around to change and guide the Feng Shui pattern.

Xiong Shan, who was standing in the distance, watched this scene and swallowed hard.

The young man had told him before that he couldn’t use talismans, but he didn’t believe it. But now, it turned out to be true... How could a person who could control the Feng Shui pattern with his bare hands not know how to use talismans?

This person is simply a master of talismans. He does not need talisman paper as a medium and can directly draw talismans in the air.

Li Zhuiyuan didn't care what Xiong Shan was thinking at the moment. All his attention was on the copper coin.

From the perspective of evil, this copper coin is far inferior to his dying "Evil Book".

But its power is more direct.

People don't bother to manipulate your mind, they just focus on changing your body.

Where it was dug out, several Ganoderma lucidum of different sizes were also dug out.

It should have transformed from an earthworm or mouse underground, which can be seen from its color and hair.

However, this kind of Ganoderma lucidum not only has no nourishing effect, but also can cause serious problems to the body after eating it.

After sorting out the surrounding Feng Shui pattern, Li Zhuiyuan took out the formation flags and began to set up the formation.

After the formation was set up, Li Zhuiyuan breathed a sigh of relief.

Next, it’s the critical moment.

Whether he could make use of this copper coin depended on whether he could seal it perfectly.

If the seal fails, he will never take the risk of carrying it. He will just choose another place and seal it into the ground again, waiting to come back when his strength improves next time.

If the seal is successful, it can be embedded in his new compass and serve as the core of the compass.

The operating principle of the copper coin itself is that it comes with a yin evil feng shui layout. Any flesh and blood objects that are close to it will be affected by this layout.

Using it as the core of the compass, the probability of the compass failing when encountering special environments in the future will be greatly reduced.

For many miasma or formations, the first step is to confuse your perception of direction. With it in hand, it is equivalent to most of the low- and medium-level miasma or formations, which can be eliminated without any brains.

Li Zhuiyuan took out red mud and drew spells on his palms, backs of hands and wrists, and finally put them together to form a seal. When he pressed down with his thumb, the feng shui pattern and formation were activated at the same time.

Xiong Shan only felt that the young man's position in his field of vision suddenly became very blurry.

But he didn't dare to go forward to help. If he accidentally broke through the formation or interfered with the feng shui structure, he would be doing more harm than good.

Finally, the blurriness dissipated and the boy's figure became clear again.

The copper coin also fell into the boy's hands, and he tossed it up and down casually.

Perfect seal. Li Zhuiyuan enjoyed the feeling of being able to easily solve the problem that had troubled him in the past.

This is your own growth.

Of course, if he had not received further inheritance from Wei Zhengdao in Meng Gui’s dream, he would still have no better way to deal with this copper coin.

In addition, although Wei Zhengdao's name contains the word "Zhengdao", what he teaches is often more effective against evil things.

He took out a small compass from his bag, which was the size of the boy's palm.

There is only a scale and a needle inside.

Because Li Zhuiyuan omitted a lot of useless things that could be calculated by his own brain power, and produced a condensed version that was only suitable for his own use.

The small workshop behind my great-grandfather's house is still there. During the period around the New Year, Li Zhuiyuan and A'li often stayed in it. He was responsible for design and A'li was responsible for production.

The two of them worked together to build it.

Originally, Li Zhuiyuan thought that if he didn't actually try it out, he could ensure there would be no errors, but this thing seemed to have a fixed value. Even though it was just designed by himself, when he tested it after it was completed, he found that there was still a fixed error value.

This kind of error value is just like you cannot draw a talisman by yourself. If it is too smooth and perfect, there will always be some imperfections left for you.

If it is lacking here, it is actually a good thing. If it is lacking in other aspects, it will be a big trouble.

Fixed error is not considered an error. Anyway, you have to rely on your brain to calculate when using it. It is nothing more than one more calculation, a small problem.

It also has an anti-theft effect. If it is lost or stolen, others cannot use it.

There was a small groove in the middle of the compass, and Li Zhuiyuan stuffed the copper coin into it, fitting perfectly.

"Our Ah Li's cooking skills are really beyond reproach."

He tried to use the compass again, pinching his fingers to activate it. The compass needle fluctuated continuously. Li Zhuiyuan looked at it and calculated with his brain. In just a moment, he had deduced the Feng Shui pattern of the place.

At the same time, the copper coin would make a trembling sound inside, which was caught by Li Zhuiyuan's ears. There was actually a new layer of information here: the situation was auspicious.

Even the graves in villages and towns have been checked by Feng Shui masters in the past. A lucky grave is considered a good one in the countryside.

If you can really find a good acupuncture point, Shangji or higher, you can call the Nantong Cultural Relics Protection Unit.

Don't think that such a good place will be vacant until it's your turn. The ancients were not fools.

This new compass can not only calculate Feng Shui but also predict good and bad luck. At present, it can be said to be the most practical tool I have on hand.

This also added a great help when I followed Brother Liangliang out later.

Get on the tricycle and go home.

As soon as I rode into the village road of Siyuan Village, I saw Aunt Zhang running towards us.

"Xiaoyuan, this is Liang Hou's phone number."

Aunt Zhang likes to come to Li Sanjiang's house to call people to answer the phone. She runs around frequently and speaks loudly, because both Li Zhuiyuan and Tan Wenbin are very polite. Every time they answer a phone call, they will buy a lot of things. They are not like some people in the village who will just laugh with you after using the phone and wish they could put all the phone bills on your account.

Li Zhuiyuan came to the store and, not wanting to wait, called back.

"Hello, Xiaoyuan, is that you?"

"It's me, Brother Liangliang."

"There's a job for you, if you're free..."

"free."

Calculating the time, although it is still a bit early, we can get on the right track.

The most important thing is that everyone’s injuries have almost recovered, and it’s time to explore the next wave.

Rather than passively waiting, Li Zhuiyuan prefers to take the initiative.

"We have to go on a long journey to a county in Guizhou. There was a problem with a hydroelectric power station under construction there. We have to go there to assist in the investigation. The sooner we go, the better, so as not to delay the construction period after the New Year."

"Okay, when do we leave?"

"The day after tomorrow, we will meet in Jinling?"

"Ok."

"Well, I'll help you go to the school to handle the formalities. Do you want to do it together with Tan Wenbin and Lin Shuyou?"

"need."

"That's fine. Anyway, I'll take care of the school matters. I'll also take care of the train tickets and other things. We'll have lunch together the day after tomorrow at noon and officially set off in the afternoon."

"no problem."

"Thank you for your hard work, Xiaoyuan."

“This is your job, and it’s my job as well.”

"Haha, I feel at ease with you around, really. They all say that I am the one who takes care of you, but in fact, I know in my heart that it is you who has always been taking care of me."

"Brother Liangliang, you are indispensable. You may not know how important you are."

It’s as important as the sign at the entrance of the police station.

"Haha, you make me feel embarrassed. By the way, can your car accommodate so many people?"

Our car is a small pickup truck.

"There's no room, so we have to trouble Brother Liangliang to drive to Nantong to pick us up and take us to Jinling."

"It's not hard, this is what I should do."

After hanging up the phone, Li Zhuiyuan finally understood how Brother Liangliang could return to Nantong frequently despite his busy work. He was simply squeezing in whenever he could.

Li Zhuiyuan called again and called the discount store.

The person who answered the phone was Lu Yi.

He went home for the New Year this year. Because he was a "second-generation factory worker", there were too many blind dates arranged for him this year. Lu Yi couldn't stand it anymore, so he took the train back to school early.

He prefers to be in the store, familiar with and busy with his business.

Li Zhuiyuan was too lazy to call the paging station and ask for answers one by one. Anyway, their team had its own "main station".

"Aunt Zhang, I want this, this, this..."

Li Zhuiyuan selected a lot of snacks, gave the money and said, "Put them here with you, Auntie. When Hu Zi and the others come over, give them to them."

"Little Yuan Hou, you really act like a brother."

Li Zhuiyuan smiled shyly.

The main reason was that there were not many types of goods in Aunt Zhang's store. During the Chinese New Year period, Tan Wenbin and his family called frequently and brought home a lot of snacks and small commodities. However, not many people ate those things at home, so he was too lazy to bring home more.

When I got home, Liu Yumei and the others were still playing cards.

Even after being together for so many days, Lihua's hands were still shaking as she held the cards.

The situation is still good for the couple. Xiao Yingying has been staying at Big Beard's house since Liu Yumei and the others came back, and has never shown up here again.

She made all the paper figures there and then had Xiong Shan transport them back using a trailer.

"Bullshit!"

Liu Yumei clapped her hands and began to count.

Li Zhuiyuan walked up to Liu Yumei and whispered, "Grandma, I'm going out the day after tomorrow."

"Back to school?"

“Not going back to school.”

"So you won't be in school much next semester?"

"should be."

Liu Yumei sighed: "What a pity for the vegetables grown in my yard."

"You can ask Uncle Qin to take some time to go to Jinling to pick vegetables."

"Heh." Liu Yumei was amused. "Forget it. There are more fields here."

"Are you planning to continue living here?"

"What else, follow you around everywhere?"

"That was not what I meant."

"It doesn't matter where we live." It was Liu Yumei's turn. She stood up and led Li Zhuiyuan to the edge of the dam. "We need to ask your grandfather to rent more land, otherwise it won't be enough for Ali and the bear to farm together."

"Thank you grandma."

"Grandma often blames herself. She wants to do something for you, but she doesn't know where to start. In the final analysis, it's because you are too capable, Xiaoyuan.

In fact, I was quite curious in the past. Other people were sailing on ships, with thousands of boats competing and traveling around the world. How did you manage to stay in school waiting for work for the past six months?

It’s just that it’s not convenient to ask now. I know you are hiding something from me. Every time when Zhuangzhuang talks to me, I can tell that he is holding back.

After all, we are old, and you are young. The future of this world belongs to you.

Well, there is one more thing. Since you are following Liangliang, I believe that he will come back frequently. When he tries to find a way to come back to Nantong, you will definitely follow him.

No matter how busy you are outside, remember to go home more often.

Ah Li misses you."

"I will, Grandma."

So, this time, I really benefited from Brother Liangliang.

Li Zhuiyuan went to talk to Li Sanjiang again. After listening, Li Sanjiang asked, "Will the expenses be greater outside?"

"The company will reimburse you, Grandpa."

"You can't reimburse everything. You're still growing up, so don't treat your body badly by saving money."

"No, I have you, Grandpa, who gives me money every month."

"That is!"

Li Sanjiang touched Li Zhuiyuan's head and said with a sigh and pride: "Our Xiaoyuan is also going out to pursue a career, haha."

"By the way, Grandpa, Grandma Liu and the others should continue to live here."

"Then don't Li Hou and Ting Hou have to stay here too?"

"Ah."

"Hey, that's perfect. I'll buy some tables, chairs, benches, pots, pans, and other utensils and use them at the bearded man's place. I can double my business."

There were so many good mules all of a sudden that they were not enough to pull the millstones.

Originally, Li Zhuiyuan asked Lu Yi to convey to Lin Shuyou that he could go to Guizhou from Fujian first. Lin Shuyou carefully asked whether this was an order or a suggestion. After learning that it was the latter, he firmly stated that he would still move with the main force and he would go to Nanjing to wait for everyone to gather.

Being a pioneer and a path-breaker is very stressful. If something happens to you accidentally, it is easy to disrupt the team's rhythm and turn it into an operation to rescue Shu Lin.

The night before departure, we had dinner together.

In the evening, Li Zhuiyuan went to Big Beard's house for a while. According to the rules, he had to say hello to the gatekeeper after returning home and before leaving.

Xiong Shan and his wife built a cradle in the peach forest and placed a windmill on the cradle. Whenever the weather was sunny, they would put Benben in the cradle and let the wind from the peach forest gently rock it.

This way of building relationships is really tough.

But it is also in line with the usual level of the couple.

After burning a few pieces of paper and announcing that he was going on a long journey, Li Zhuiyuan went back to sleep.

The next morning, I woke up in bed and turned my head to the side.

There was an exquisite figure sitting on a chair by the door.

On the terrace in the early morning, Li Zhuiyuan and A'li played chess.

Aunt Liu, who had been coming downstairs, called out, "It's time for breakfast!"

In a trance, it was as if time had gone back and I seemed to have returned to the past, and nothing had changed.

But the girl in front of him has grown taller and become more delicate and dignified.

At that time, when she was sitting in the east room with her feet on the doorstep, she still retained the naivety of a young girl.

And now I have gradually reached the point where I can no longer act cute by portraying a boy.

Life is also a river. When you are young, you paddle hard. Later, you cry and shout to come back, but you can’t get it.

On this river, the happiest thing is to be in a state of confusion. If you understand things too early, you will become unhappy too early.

Two square wooden stools were joined together to form a small breakfast table. Li Zhuiyuan helped A'li distribute the pickled vegetables, and A'li helped Li Zhuiyuan peel the salted duck eggs.

Just after finishing breakfast, Xue Liangliang's car arrived.

This means that he actually arrived in Nantong last night and stayed in the river all night.

Probably inspired by the experience of riding his tricycle to the riverside every day during the Chinese New Year, he went to pick up a brand new Santana after the New Year.

But after the sedan was loaded with stuff, there was no room for people, so the small pickup truck still had to drive to Jinling.

Since he was going on a long journey directly after arriving in Jinling, Li Sanjiang did not pack too many things this time, only money.

Liu Yumei stood on the dam and looked at the group of children who were about to leave.

His eyes seemed to travel through time and return to his childhood, standing at the door of the ancestral home, looking at his uncle who had left home.

My uncle is my elder, but he is very young. When I was a child, he liked to carry me on his back to play, and he was the one who doted on me the most. The adults in the family often said that half of my bad temper was caused by my uncle.

The same scene occurred when my uncle took the people around him to walk on the river.

Rather than facing the dangerous waves, it is better to say that it is to embrace the wonderful scenery in life.

In the past, the elders of the Liu family could say to their uncle: If you are tired, light a lamp and go home.

She also said the same thing to Xiaoyuan.

But when she talked about it, she actually didn't have the confidence, and she even felt like she was talking nonsense.

Right now, the only thing I can do is to merge the child’s two homes into one place, so that when the child comes back from his trip across the river, he can return to a good home safely.

Eating melon seeds and chatting about gossip, playing cards seriously, are also deliberate preparations for this in advance.

Deep down, she is still the noble eldest daughter of the Liu family, but her child has gone out to travel the world at such a young age. As an old thing, is there anything she can't change?

When the two cars drove away, Li Zhuiyuan first waved goodbye to the crowd in front of him, then looked up.

He saw the red light on the second-floor terrace, seeing him off.

A'li deliberately wore red clothes today so that she could be seen even from a distance.

Li Zhuiyuan just kept watching until the red color became smaller and more blurred, and finally merged with the fiery red sun in the sky.

……

"My tailbone feels like it's about to get a relapse from an old injury."

Tan Wenbin supported himself on the edge of the tractor with both hands so that his buttocks were suspended in the air.

He had been to many places and walked on mountain roads, but this section of mountain road was so bumpy and rugged that it was beyond his imagination.

My first reaction was that there are such difficult roads in this world.

My second reaction was, how could there be people living behind such a difficult road?
Xue Liangliang laughed and said, "You people who grew up on the plains are just so delicate."

Yin Meng: “That’s it.”

Lin Shuyou echoed in a low voice: "That's right."

Tan Wenbin: "Fuck, I've heard of regional discrimination, but this is the first time I've discovered that there is also terrain discrimination!"

Xue Liangliang: "In fact, people who grew up in the mountains would not be able to adapt to your plains, right, Ayou?"

Lin Shuyou nodded: "When I first came out, I saw that the ground was so flat, and I felt a little uneasy."

Xue Liangliang: "I'll get used to it slowly. From now on, wherever a person can walk, I can build a smooth road."

Tan Wenbin: "Tell me, how do we build a road here?"

Xue Liangliang pointed to the top of his head, which happened to be between two mountains: "Heavenly cultivation."

Tan Wenbin: "You made money, you are right."

The uncle driving the tractor said apologetically: "I'm sorry to make you suffer."

Xue Liangliang: "Master Ran, we are just chatting casually, don't take it seriously."

Master Ran: "We are almost there. You can stay in our village tonight. The construction team has also rented a house in our village. You can rest there. I will bring you food and drinks when the time comes."

"sorry to bother you."

"What's the trouble? I'm just doing purchasing for the construction team, haha."

When they arrived at the village, Ran Dacheng took out the key, unlocked the door, and led everyone into a earthen building.

There is a lot of space inside, and the room is arranged like a construction site office.

Xue Liangliang asked: "Even if it's the New Year, don't you have anyone to stay behind?"

Ran Dacheng replied: "Originally, we left two people here, but they disappeared before the New Year. I was planning to invite them to my house for the New Year, but I guess they went home secretly."

Xue Liangliang shook his head, thinking that this was too irresponsible.

Ran Dacheng brought some more food and said that he would take them to the construction site that day and then go home.

Everyone was tidying up the mud house. The first floor was full of temporary offices, and the second floor was the accommodation rooms, all of which were converted into large bunk beds.

Because the handover personnel were absent, it was difficult for everyone to carry out their work, because many real-life problems were difficult to present in the form of written or telephone reports.

When Li Zhuiyuan was helping to tidy up everyone's bedroom on the second floor for the night, he found a blue hard-cover diary with a pen clipped on the cover.

Three quarters of the thick diary has been used, which shows how much the original owner loves writing a diary.

But such a precious thing was left here when I left.

However, once the construction team returns, the original owner should be able to retrieve it.

It is extremely immoral to read other people's diaries without permission.

Li Zhuiyuan opened his diary.

Turning to the last page, the handwriting was very sloppily written. The date marked on it showed that it was the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, two days before the Chinese New Year.

Weather: overcast.

Contents:

"Haven't they all gone back to celebrate the New Year? Then who are the people who are having a meeting on the first floor now?

why,
I saw through the gap in the second-floor window that I was also sitting downstairs holding a meeting?"

(End of this chapter)