Corpse Retriever.

Chapter 168

Through the handwriting, Li Zhuiyuan can feel the emotions of the diary owner when he wrote these words.

The boy raised his head and looked towards the window in front of him.

The old-fashioned wooden windows are a bit worn out and have obvious gaps.

The owner of the diary must have been squatting behind this window, looking down cautiously through the gap.

The courtyard of the earth building is very large, with a bonfire trough in the middle, where a group of people would probably sit around during meetings.

The owner of the diary saw himself among that group of people.

I think he must have been extremely frightened at that moment.

Li Zhuiyuan opened the front of the diary. A diary is not a homework book. Many people would not write their names on the opening page, and the content of the diary is basically described from the perspective of the first person "I".

However, Li Zhuiyuan was luckier and he quickly found the name of the diary owner.

[When Mr. Zhao called out "Cui Hao" and "Li Ren", I turned my head and looked at Li Ren. In his eyes, I saw helplessness and dissatisfaction. I guess I had the same emotion in my eyes at that time.

This was probably the price we paid for not paying our share of the money when Mr. Zhao announced the birth of his son and invited everyone to a dinner.

Alas, I really don’t understand. His son was born in his hometown, but he could still hold a banquet on the construction site remotely, and he even had the nerve to accept gifts.

If I had known earlier, I should have given it.

Now, I am arranged to stay behind and cannot even go home for the New Year. 】

The owner of the diary was Cui Hao, and the person who stayed with him was Li Ren.

Ran Dacheng originally wanted to invite the two of them to his home to celebrate the New Year, but he found out that the two of them had disappeared before the New Year.

He suspected that the two men had deserted their mission.

People miss their families more during the holidays. The local conditions are difficult, so it is understandable that they secretly give up their work and go home to reunite for the New Year.

But now according to the contents of the diary, things are not that simple.

The question now is:

Cui Hao and Li Ren, where are they now?

Even if he was scared and went home, he shouldn't have been without any news. At least Xue Liangliang should have been informed in advance.

The people who live here are not ordinary workers, they are technicians or managers. If they are deserting, then they are deserting. Can they just change their names and even give up their company identities?
This is a construction team, not a military unit.

Therefore, it is most likely that these two people have really lost contact.

Li Zhuiyuan quickly flipped through the contents of his diary from the period before the New Year.

Cui Hao's diary is filled with various complaints about his leaders and colleagues, and he even named more than a dozen of them.

However, amidst all the complaints and criticisms, there is also a lot of work to be done.

One of the main reasons why the construction progress has been slowed down is the frequent accidents on the construction site.

Today one person broke his leg, tomorrow another person had his hand amputated, and someone else fell into a blender and lost his life.

Generally speaking, there were more than a dozen people seriously injured in the accident, and three people lost their lives.

Considering the scale of this project, it is already quite exaggerated.

Under this background, it would be truly incredible if the construction progress could still be guaranteed.

Moreover, there is another incident recorded in Cui Hao's diary.

That is, the construction team absorbed a lot of local young and strong laborers. There is a Miao village nearby, and many people from the Miao village also came here to work and earn money. In an accident, one person from the Miao village was seriously injured and two died.

Later, people from the Miao village came together to seek an explanation, causing the project to be suspended for half a month.

This is a labor protection dispute and is not Li Zhuiyuan's focus for the time being.

What Li Zhuiyuan noticed was the description in Cui Hao's diary:
It rained heavily today and the construction site was shut down. For some reason, a group of people from the Miao village came to the site at night, singing and dancing with torches, making quite a noise. Then they fell off the scaffolding at the construction site, resulting in two deaths and one injury.

Cui Hao said that they must have been drunk that night.

It is no wonder that the two sides have been arguing over this for so long. The Miao village feels that their people were killed on the construction site, and the construction company also feels that they were wronged.

Moreover, this matter had not been completely resolved until the New Year, and the two sides would still confront each other from time to time.

Li Zhuiyuan couldn't help but suspect that this application was not for technical support, but the construction unit wanted to find someone to dump the burden on. Maybe they didn't expect Xue Liangliang to solve it, but hoped that Xue Liangliang would continue to call for someone to come forward if he couldn't solve it.

As for the reasons for the frequent accidents, I haven't had time to visit the construction site, so I don't know whether it is caused by objective construction conditions or non-standard construction.

Of course, it is also possible that it is neither of the two, but another special kind of trouble.

Li Zhuiyuan took the diary, went downstairs and called everyone over. He gave the diary to Xue Liangliang and Tan Wenbin to read together, and he also gave a brief oral introduction.

Everyone sat in the yard on the first floor, a fire was lit in the middle, and food was cooked in the pot.

Ran Dacheng brought some cured pork ribs and fruits and vegetables. There was already rice and flour in the house, so Runsheng simply processed them and cooked a pot of soup and rice.

Xue Liangliang picked up the key points in the diary and read it, then handed the diary to Tan Wenbin. He picked up the spoon and said to Li Zhuiyuan while serving rice to everyone:
"Xiao Yuan, if this kind of thing really happens, then I will have no choice but to follow your instructions."

Li Zhuiyuan: “We need to find Cui Hao and Li Ren. We need to find out what happened before the New Year.

In addition, we also need to explore the Miao village line. I suspect that the three Miao people were not drunk on the night of the accident.

We haven't been to the construction site yet, so we have to go and investigate it in person.

However, the first thing we need to do now is to ensure the safety of our "nest".

You guys eat first."

Li Zhuiyuan stood up and walked into an office on the first floor. He took out a pen and paper and began to draw a formation layout on the desk.

The formation had to be adapted to local conditions, especially now that Li Zhuiyuan's understanding of the formation had deepened. He wanted to take Feng Shui into account so that the formation could achieve a higher effect.

After the design is completed, it must be broken down into fool-proof steps to simplify the complex things before being handed over to the next level of "contractor".

When he finished drawing the picture, Tan Wenbin and his friends had just finished their meal.

Li Zhuiyuan handed the formation diagram to Tan Wenbin, who flipped through it page by page and then subcontracted it to his next level.

Everyone in the team is familiar with this process.

Soon, Tan Wenbin, Runsheng, Yin Meng and Lin Shuyou all took the battle flags and other materials and went to arrange them according to the markings on the blueprint.

At night, crisp sounds similar to multiplication formulas could be heard from the earthen building.

If an old man from the village passed by and heard the noise, it would probably bring back memories of the literacy classes he had attended.

Xue Liangliang felt that it was inappropriate for him to just sit there and do nothing, so he moved closer to the boy.

"Xiaoyuan, find me some work too."

Li Zhuiyuan took out a stack of "test paper symbols" he had drawn from his pocket and handed them to Xue Liangliang:
"Brother Liangliang, please find these talismans and stick them on the ground."

“Where exactly should I post it?”

"up to you."

"Okay, then you eat slowly."

Li Zhuiyuan picked up the lunch box. The soup and rice had already cooled down, so he added some hot water into it. Then he started to eat it along with the pickles and sausages he had brought from home.

Everyone worked until late at night before the formation was finally set up. At the center of the formation, Li Zhuiyuan lit three candles and signaled everyone to rest.

When you first arrive in an unfamiliar environment, don't run around at night. It's better to conserve your energy and wait for dawn.

Six people were all sleeping on the floor in sleeping bags in an office on the first floor. Even though there were ready-made berths on the second floor, no one went to sleep there.

The door of the office on the first floor is open, facing the yard, and there is a lot of space. No matter what happens, there will always be more room for maneuver.

Tan Wenbin arranged the night watch shifts, and the next step was sleep.

A peaceful night and the rooster crowed at dawn.

After everyone washed up and had a simple meal, Li Zhuiyuan assigned the daytime tasks.

Tan Wenbin and Yin Meng stayed in the village to inquire.

Ran Dacheng has a tractor and he doesn't stay in the village all the time. Cui Hao and Li Ren may have contact with other people in the village, so these clues need to be collected.

Furthermore, since the diary records such a strange scene, it is also necessary to have a basic understanding of the local customs, background, stories and legends.

Anyway, Li Zhuiyuan was very confident that Tan Wenbin was doing this kind of work and didn't need to say much.

Xue Liangliang and Lin Shuyou went to the construction site to inspect.

Li Zhuiyuan and Runsheng went to investigate the Miao village together.

By asking around in the village, we found Ran Dacheng's home.

There are a lot of bacon drying on the dam next to his house, and his living conditions are obviously much better than those of other villagers.

Ran Dacheng was having breakfast and did not expect Xue Liangliang and the others to come so early. After eating a few bites quickly, he drove his tractor and took the four of them to the construction site.

The road to the construction site has been simply renovated and is easier to walk on than the road into the village, but it is still very bumpy.

During the journey, Li Zhuiyuan asked Ran Dacheng about the location of the Miao village.

Ran Dacheng said that the road there was even more difficult to travel, and he could take them there tomorrow, but Li Zhuiyuan refused.

Acting separately means increased risk. Now that this decision has been made, we naturally have to maximize efficiency.

When they were almost at the construction site, Li Zhuiyuan and Runsheng got off the tractor. There was a fork road from here, and they could go over the mountain to the Miao village.

Ran Dacheng said that he would wait here to pick them up on their return trip, and then continued to drive Xue Liangliang and Lin Shuyou to the construction site.

Li Zhuiyuan did not rush to the fork in the road, but stood where he was, looking down at the hydropower station construction site diagonally below, and took out his compass.

It is a standard pattern of gathering yin and gathering evil. Generally speaking, hydropower stations are really suitable for construction on this kind of terrain. Although it is not standard, in many cases the water is yin.

But what surprised Li Zhuiyuan was that under the situation of gathering evil spirits, there should have been depressions caused by the tides, but the mountains on both sides of the hydropower station were bare and desolate.

Either the interruption of flow and the construction of the website destroyed the Feng Shui pattern here, or the Yin tide that was supposed to gather was neutralized by other things... or absorbed.

If it is the latter, it means that there is something special at the construction site. If it is not settled, accidents may easily occur during construction.

Fortunately, Xue Liangliang was protected by Lin Shuyou, and when Li Zhuiyuan went out to assign tasks in the morning, he also instructed them to only observe and not take any specific measures, meaning that they should run away as soon as they saw something bad.

"Brother Runsheng, let's go."

"okay."

Runsheng bent down, Li Zhuiyuan climbed on his back, and Runsheng started running.

The mountain road is rugged, but Runsheng still walks briskly.

In the eyes of people in the plains, crossing mountains and ridges is an adjective describing difficulty, but in the eyes of people in mountainous areas, this is their daily routine.

When Ran Dacheng said climbing over a mountain, he didn't mean just one hillside. This mountain had several stretches.

Even at Runsheng's speed, it still took him nearly an hour to see the buildings of the Miao village on the opposite slope.

This is a Miao village that has been in contact with the outside world but has not yet been truly developed. The closer you get to it, the more you can feel its ancient atmosphere.

Brother Liangliang said that places like this will become tourist attractions in the future.

But that is later. At least now, when a stranger suddenly enters their world, in addition to curiosity and exploration, they still remain vigilant towards each other.

Before they reached the entrance of the village, someone came to ask Li Zhuiyuan and the other man the purpose of their visit. The other party spoke Chinese with a heavy accent.

However, Li Zhuiyuan could understand it, after all, he had been honed in Nantong dialect.

Li Zhuiyuan told them that he was a new investigator at the construction site and came to inquire about the circumstances of the accident last year.

After hearing this self-introduction, the people around showed clear hostility in their eyes, but an elderly man dispersed the young people and motioned for them to follow him.

Young people are easily guided by emotions in their behavior logic, but older people understand that fighting is not the real way to solve problems.

The environment inside the Miao village is filled with a wild beauty.

However, it is not so primitive. Things of modern life that are available outside can also be found here.

Especially when I saw two children sitting on small stools in a yard, doing their homework with pencils in their hands, the wind in the village seemed to become lighter after blowing through the illustrations in their Chinese textbooks.

The middle-aged man led Li Zhuiyuan and the other man to an old house where an old man was sitting, smoking a bamboo cigarette with his head down.

After a brief exchange, the old man nodded to indicate that he understood, and the middle-aged man left.

The old man let out a long sigh, raised his head, and when he saw Li Zhuiyuan, there was a hint of surprise in his eyes, and he asked:
"Why is there a doll here?"

The old man speaks standard Chinese fluently.

Li Zhuiyuan took out his ID, which included his student ID and internship certificate issued by his workplace.

The old man took it and looked at it carefully. When he handed the document back to Li Zhuiyuan, he turned around and shouted into the house:
"Sister, bring me some food."

A pleasant response came from inside: "A visitor is here?"

Generally, Grandpa would only speak Chinese when there were outsiders.

"Well, you are amazing, you are a smart kid."

A-mei came out with food. She was about the same age as Yin Meng, with bright eyes and a crescent-shaped smile.

After seeing Li Zhuiyuan, Ah Mei couldn't help but reach out and touch the boy's face:
"He's so handsome."

"Ahem..." The old man coughed, interrupting his granddaughter's actions and reminding her, "Although the child is young, she is also a public servant now."

"Oh, this is really scary." A-mei withdrew her hand and covered her mouth to express her surprise.

The old man handed the bamboo tube to Li Zhuiyuan.

Li Zhuiyuan shook his head, indicating that he didn't smoke.

Runsheng's eyes lit up beside him.

The old man smiled and handed the bamboo tube to Runsheng.

Runsheng brought the bamboo tube over, and the old man taught him how to inhale. After Runsheng took one puff, he still felt unsatisfied, so he took out an iron box from his bag, opened it, took out a thick incense stick from it, lit it, and put it into the bamboo tube.

After another deep breath, a comfortable and relaxed expression appeared on Runsheng's face.

The old man was very curious.

Runsheng took out a thick incense stick and handed it to him.

The old man did not try to light it up and take a puff, but instead put it in front of his nose and sniffed it, then stood up abruptly and looked at Li Zhuiyuan and Runsheng with a different look:
"Who are you two?"

Being able to see another identity of the two people from a stick of incense proves that the old man is not an ordinary person either.

The sister looked nervous and walked to her grandfather's side.

The old man patted the back of his granddaughter's hand, and asked in a more gentle tone:
"You two, are you here to deal with that thing?"

Li Zhuiyuan said, "Grandpa, can we sit down and have a good chat?"

"Please take a seat."

Once they were out of the ordinary world, chatting became easier and simpler, which was a situation that Li Zhuiyuan was happy to see.

Traditional Miao people generally have two surnames, one is Miao and the other is Han. The old man’s Han surname is Wen, and his Chinese name is Wen Xiushan.

Just by hearing the name, you can tell that the old man had a good family background in the past. Of course, he now has a very high status in the Miao village, a bit like the clan leader in the southern region. He is not only in charge of the secular affairs of the clan, but also in charge of sacrifices.

This sacrifice obviously has something to it. Old Master Wen is not just curious about Runsheng's eating incense, but he sees the hidden magic in the incense.

Back then in the general's tomb, Tan Wenbin used these incenses to establish connections with those ghosts and get in through the back door.

Li Zhuiyuan's self-introduction was relatively simple, saying that someone in his family studied Xuanmen, and he learned a little bit from them. The old man obviously didn't believe this, but it was common sense not to expose your family too much when you go out, so he didn't find it strange.

The two sides soon started chatting about things on the construction site.

The old man said that it was only after people from the village went to work there that he realized there was a problem at the construction site.

The three people who got into trouble were also his apprentices in the village. His original intention was to help them and let them solve the problem so as not to affect the construction.

After all, he could tell good from bad and knew the benefits that the hydropower station would bring to the local area.

But who would have thought that instead of solving the problem, the problem was solved by itself.

When he said this, the old man's face showed helplessness and depression.

Before Li Zhuiyuan could speak, the old man asked, "Do you think we should take the compensation?"

Li Zhuiyuan nodded: "Yes."

It's just that the way of asking is a bit wrong. It's not uncommon to ask "capable people" to perform rituals to exorcise evil spirits and ensure safety on construction sites, but you really can't write this part of the expenditure in black and white, and no one dares to write it down.

Moreover, if such things are not made clear in advance, it will be even more difficult to sort out afterwards.

The old man underestimated the enemy at first.

Li Zhuiyuan: "If what you said is true, I will help you get compensation."

The old man waved his hand and said, "It's not just about the compensation. There are problems at that place. If we don't solve the problems and continue the construction, more problems will only occur. Even if the hydropower station is finally built, it will cause a greater disaster."

Li Zhuiyuan: "Is this also the reason why you went to stop the construction?"

The old man said: "Half and half. I need compensation, but I am also afraid that this problem will become bigger. You build the hydropower station and then you can just walk away. If there is any disaster here in the future, we locals will have to bear it.

It’s not that I don’t know how to adapt, nor am I unreasonable, but if some things are not handled properly, people will continue to die.”

Li Zhuiyuan: "Can you describe that question in more detail?"

The old man stood up and said, "I'll take you to see someone."

Under the guidance of Mr. Wen, Li Zhuiyuan and Runsheng walked into the home of another family in the village.

At the door, an old couple was sitting. When they saw the stranger, they immediately widened their eyes with anger in their eyes.

Old Man Wen scolded them a few words in Miao language, and the old couple turned their heads away and stopped trying to stop them.

I walked into the house and opened the door of a room. The room seemed a little small and the wooden walls seemed to be newly installed.

There was a water tank inside, and a young man was soaking in the tank.

The young man looked listless. He opened his eyes when he heard the noise, but his eyes were white and it was obvious that he had little self-awareness left.

There were herbs soaking in the jar, and a few snakes swimming around in it.

But dense gray pili have grown on the outer wall of the cylinder.

"I only have three disciples, and he was the only one who survived that night. Now, we can only barely hold on like this."

Li Zhuiyuan asked, "Can he speak now?"

"Occasionally he would be lucid and talk nonsense." The old man reached his hand into the water tank, pulled out a snake, and then pressed his thumb on the snake's belly.

The cloudiness in the young man's eyes receded slightly, and his body began to flutter in the tank. He kept shouting, his expression changing from frightened to flattering.

Li Zhuiyuan didn't understand what he said, but there was one pronunciation that kept repeating itself - old woman.

The old man translated, "He was begging for mercy, asking her not to eat him. He also said that his brother had washed himself clean, and if she ate his brother, she shouldn't eat him."

Li Zhuiyuan asked: "The old man he called..."

The young man noticed the old man's expression change, and immediately changed the topic and asked, "You can't even tell me your name?"

The old man nodded: "If you tell her, she will hear it and will come looking for you."

After saying that, the old man reached out and grabbed the side of the wall and removed it.

It turned out that the reason why the room seemed smaller when I opened the door was that a new layer of wooden boards had been added all around the room, including the floor and ceiling.

When the new boards were taken down, the walls of the original room were covered with claw marks.

She had been here more than once and seen this prey.

She deliberately didn't kill him, deliberately made him live a life worse than death, and even deliberately left traces of her presence.

Ordinary evil spirits do not act in such an arrogant manner. They rarely appear in places where people gather, and that is only when there are obviously capable people in the village.

The old man took Li Zhuiyuan and Runsheng out of the house.

There is a sentence that Li Zhuiyuan knows is useless, but he still has to say it:

"Maybe I have a way to make him return to normal."

"Thank you." The old man nodded, "But can you save our entire village?"

Li Zhuiyuan knew this would be the answer.

The old man sighed and said, "This was her warning. She left traces in the house the night the people were rescued."

Li Zhuiyuan: "I will try to deal with her."

Old man: "I won't help you."

Li Zhuiyuan: "I understand, but can you give me a little more information?"

The old man hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded.

He took Li Zhuiyuan back to his home and sat down where they had chatted before.

The old man asked his granddaughter to take out a pen and paper and wrote a few lines on it, which were:

The tooth becomes a woman.

Bear Ga Po.

Old woman.

The old man covered the words with his hand and pushed the paper in front of the young man, letting him take a look. Then he immediately folded the paper and burned it.

"Different places have different names for her, and her story is spread throughout Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan.

When I was very young, my grandfather told me her story, and when my younger sister was little, I also told her her story.

But I really didn’t expect that she would actually show up near my house.”

When he said this, the old man smiled bitterly.

This is a horror story that elders use to trick children into being good and going to bed early.

It's just like "If you don't behave, I'll call the police to arrest you."

Adults only find it fun and interesting to see children being scared.

However, when I discovered that the background of this horror story was right at my doorstep, I could no longer laugh.

The expression on Li Zhuiyuan's face was also slightly solemn.

For an evil spirit to become a legendary figure in a large area, it has two characteristics: one is that it has existed for a long time; the other is that it was once very active.

And this can be understood as... difficult to deal with.

“When I was young, I traveled a lot and heard many versions of her story. She could be one or a combination of two.

Some say that she was a corpse demon born from the resentment of a woman who was wronged during her lifetime. This type of person is collectively referred to as "her".

Some say that she was once a noble lady, but after her family and village were destroyed, she became a slave and suffered torture all the time. In the end, she was dragged to be buried alive, and finally she dug out the grave with her own hands, becoming half-human, half-ghost.

Some say that she was originally a saint, but she went astray and tried to conceive a ghost fetus with herself. Eventually, the ghost backfired, and the mother and child became one, born with resentment and a bloodthirsty nature.

There are so many stories about her that I don't know which one is correct.

However, there is one thing in common.

she,
Likes to eat children. "

As he said this, the old man looked at Li Zhuiyuan with a slight gleam in his eyes.

"Especially children like you who look clean and gentle. They are her favorites."

Li Zhuiyuan smiled politely.

The old man pursed his lips. The young man's spirit and courage really impressed him.

But soon, the young man's next words raised the old man's inner evaluation of him:
"That's good. I was worried she wouldn't come."

The old man nodded somewhat stiffly.

Next, the old man said a few more things.

First, when his three disciples were preparing to deal with her, they took with them several artifacts that had been worshipped for generations in the village. As a result, not only did they suffer heavy casualties, but all the artifacts were also destroyed.

Ordinary mountain spirits and ghosts couldn't even get close to that object, but it seemed to have no effect on her at all.

Second, one night after the accident, the old man personally stayed at the injured apprentice's home, trying to wait for her arrival.

She came quietly and left traces in the house.

During the whole process, the old man was completely unaware, which meant that if she wanted to kill him, it would be easy.

The third is that when a villager from the village went down the mountain to the town to purchase goods, he would come back at night and take the tractor of a nearby villager.

An old woman waved on the road and wanted to hitchhike, so the villagers let her get in.

The old lady had disheveled hair and tattered clothes. She looked very hungry after getting on the bus. She was gnawing on something and eating with relish.

When asked what she was eating, she said she was eating chicken feet. She gave two to the tribesman. The tribesman ate one first and thought it tasted good. He put the other one in his pocket, intending to take it back for his children. However, after getting off the tractor and walking back to the village on the mountain road, he took a look under the light and realized that they were not chicken feet at all, but bloody fingers connected together.

Li Zhuiyuan asked how the tribe member who ate the "chicken feet" was doing now.

The old man replied: He died after a serious illness, and the funeral was held just before the New Year.

Li Zhuiyuan asked again, who is the villager driving the tractor?

The old man said his surname was "Ran". Every once in a while, he would drive a tractor and bring some goods to the Miao village to sell. He would also collect some mountain products to sell in the town.

Li Zhuiyuan felt that the person driving the tractor was most likely Ran Dacheng.

However, from their contact, Li Zhuiyuan did not notice anything wrong with him. He had been to his home and found that everything was quite normal there.

Generally, if one has been in contact with evil spirits for a long time, there will be some traces left on himself or his residence.

But he had none of that.

Therefore, it is not necessarily that Ran Dacheng and the old witch are in cahoots. It is most likely that he is just lucky. Although he has come into contact with the old witch, he did not ask her for food out of greed.

At the end of the conversation, the old man really had no clues to provide.

Li Zhuiyuan stood up and prepared to leave.

The old man said, "I'm sorry, kid."

In order to save the village, he chose to bow his head and avoid direct conflict, which is understandable.

Because the old witch obviously has the ability to destroy the village.

Li Zhuiyuan smiled and said, "You have tried your best. Let me handle the rest."

The old man said: "If it can be solved, after it is done, my Miao village will have..."

Li Zhuiyuan raised his hand and interrupted the old man.

"I'm not here for this."

The old man: "I know, but this is a small token of our appreciation from our village."

"I'm not doing this for you either."

The old man was silent.

Ah Mei asked, "Young man from another place, what are you doing here for?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "I did it for myself."

Ah Mei asked in confusion: "But you are not from here."

The old man reached out and gently pulled his granddaughter, saying:
“When I was young, I met some people who liked to say a sentence, and every time they said that sentence, their expressions were very solemn.

Mr,

Is it for the right path?"

This time it was Li Zhuiyuan's turn to remain silent, but he didn't say anything like that.

The old man sighed and said, "Sir, please come to my village often. I don't want to express my gratitude, but just ask for your presence."

"Ok."

Li Zhuiyuan turned around, and Runsheng beside him squatted down, picked up the boy on his back, and walked out of the Miao village.

The old man stood there and watched their backs disappear.

"Grandpa, everyone has left, but you are still watching."

The old man sat back and held the bamboo cigarette in front of him.

My sister smiled and said, "Grandma always said that Grandpa was very handsome when he was young. Grandma fell in love with you at first sight. Is it the same as the young man before?"

The old man smiled, then shook his head, exhaled a puff of smoke, and said slowly:
"I was far inferior to him when I was young."

……

Li Zhuiyuan lay on Runsheng's broad back.

When Runsheng was running, he would deliberately maintain the balance of his upper body to reduce the bumps on the boy's body. Li Zhuiyuan could even take this time to take a nap on Runsheng's back.

He was indeed asleep.

Because he had a feeling that this old witch would be difficult to deal with, and he had to make sure he was in good condition at all times.

To a certain extent, evil spirits that only know how to kill people are actually easier to deal with.

However, those who are powerful and know how to restrain themselves are more dangerous.

Because it means she has brains.

"Xiaoyuan, look quickly."

Runsheng's voice woke Li Zhuiyuan up, and the boy opened his eyes.

The two of them were standing on the top of a mountain, and further down was the fork in the road where they had separated from Liangliang's brother Ran Dacheng and the others.

It was originally agreed that whoever finished first would wait here, and then ride the tractor back to the village together.

Now, standing on the hillside, they could see a tractor passing by on the road far below.

The one driving the tractor is Ran Dacheng.

There were four people in the back, Xue Liangliang, Lin Shuyou...

As well as Runsheng and myself.

(End of this chapter)