Corpse Retriever.

Chapter 214

The tea is very hot.

Lin Shuyou sat upright, trying his best not to look at his master and grandfather's faces, because their faces were now hotter than the tea in his hands.

Lin Fuan wanted to put down the teacup several times, but picked it up again.

Chen Shoumen held the cup lid and scraped the edge of the cup around and around.

Who would have thought that after they had completed the entire process, they were told by their grandson (apprentice) that they were overthinking it.

They now feel ashamed that their underwear is clearly seen by their grandchildren (apprentices), and they took them off on their own initiative.

Lin Shuyou was the first to break the silence: "Master, Grandpa, we are leaving..."

Lin Shuyou got stuck and started scratching his head hard.

No, I can’t say it so bluntly, otherwise my grandfather and master will be in trouble.

"It's okay. We have ways to resolve some of the backlash. Just tell me." Lin Fuan looked at his apprentice Chen Shoumen, "Haha, I've also seen the world and understand some things."

Lin Shuyou: "But Grandpa, you have seen too little of the world."

Lin Fuan: “…”

Lin Shuyou remembered that every time Brother Bin was going to tell a story to the old lady, he had to prepare a draft of quotations in advance. Brother Bin said that if the story was told too bluntly, the old lady's health would be affected.

Even the old lady of the Liu family had to avoid the cause and effect, Lin Shuyou didn’t think his grandfather was destined to bear it.

"Grandpa, Master, Brother Xiaoyuan is rowing with us. The waves are very strong and we are rowing very fast. If we get on the boat at this time, we will be easily killed by the waves.

Therefore, we can only leave the future for later."

Lin Fuan nodded.

Chen Shoumen: "We were too abrupt."

Everyone in the team has to read every issue of "The Secret Scroll of the Ancestors" and "Code of Conduct for Walking Along the River", and Lin Shuyou also understood some truths.

If we take our own temple into the team force now, then the starting point of the next wave may very likely occur in our own temple.

With their current strength in crossing the river, it would be difficult for their own temple to survive and catch the waves.

Lin Shuyou: "Grandpa, Master, then I..."

Lin Fuan said to Chen Shoumen, "Organize the people in the temple to hold a ceremony to build a small branch for our Ah You."

Chen Shoumen stood up immediately: "Okay, I'll arrange it right away."

With the approval and help of his grandfather and master, Lin Shuyou's process of building a small branch went smoothly.

The book friends are very happy.

Other people in the temple were also very happy.

Although they did not understand why Lin Shuyou, the direct descendant of the Lin family, had to go through the process of building a branch temple, this at least meant that the future owner of the temple might fall on them.

A narrow side hall was separated from the main hall, with an altar table at the end. The upper layer displayed Lin Shuyou's teachers and ancestors, while the lower layer only displayed Lin Shuyou's life tablet and long lamp.

The name tablets originally placed on the large altar in the temple and the names written in the temple books were also crossed out.

Lin Shuyou looked at the brand new yellow temple book in his hand. There was only writing on the first page, and it only contained his name, date of birth and place of origin.

This is no different from just opening a family tree.

Pieces of debris fell off the boy's body, floated down, passed over Lin Shuyou's head, and fell on Lin Shuyou's shoulders.

Lin Shuyou couldn't hold back his smile any longer and smiled.

A sense of responsibility and pride arises spontaneously.

From now on, I will take the boy and live on my own, and I will make a name for myself in the future!

The boy thought so too.

At the previous ceremony, He received the burning paper letter and knew what had happened.

Although the young man's methods were somewhat cruel, he often did not give him face and even treated him like a mule...but when it came time to give something, he was really willing to give and he kept his promises.

However, the boy's happiness did not last long.

Because He was in the statue, He discovered that Lin Shuyou had burned two letters in a row.

A group of disciples in the temple carried in the statues of General Zeng and General Sun and placed them behind them.

The boy was very satisfied with placing himself in front of the two generals Zeng and Sun.

But the boy was not happy to be placed together with them.

Lin Shuyou reached out and touched the feet of the boy statue, then patted the soles of its feet.

The boy statue trembled slightly.

Lin Shuyou had no choice but to lower his head, and when he raised his eyes again, his vertical pupils opened.

After a brief inner communication, the vertical pupils disappeared, Lin Shuyou yawned, and went out.

Now that the matter here is settled, he will have to return to Nantong after having the family dinner.

The feast has been prepared. There are three tables, all occupied by the temple's mediums.

Lin Fuan had already sat down at the head seat of the main table.

Chen Shoumen pointed to the seat next to his own and sat down with Lin Shuyou.

As the leader of a small branch, Lin Shuyou now has the legal qualifications to be on an equal footing with his master, who is the leader of a large branch.

Chen Shoumen motioned to Lin Shuyou to raise his glass, and the two of them toasted Lin Fuan together first.

Lin Shuyou picked up the wine glass, and suddenly, he felt his pupils tremble. He knew that there must be a conflict between the boy in the main hall and the two generals Zengshen.

Just as his mind lost control, his arm shook and most of the wine in the glass spilled onto the ground.

Lin Shuyou was about to apologize when he saw Lin Fuan and Chen Shoumen also spilling the wine in their glasses onto the ground.

Lin Shuyou didn't understand.

Lin Fuan and Chen Shoumen exchanged a glance and thought: Ah You is right, the first glass of wine should be toasted to the one from the Dragon King's family.

For the second glass of wine, Chen Shoumen and Lin Shuyou toasted Lin Fuan together.

For the third glass of wine, Chen Shoumen took the initiative to clink glasses with Lin Shuyou. Lin Shuyou put the cup down, but Chen Shoumen raised his little finger and clinked the cup together.

"Ayou, you have grown up. Just focus on your work. Your grandfather and I are at home. Don't worry."

In the small compartment of the main hall.

The statues of General Zeng and General Sun began to tremble.

General Zeng almost turned half sideways, showing an obvious sense of being insulted and rejected.

General Sun was also trembling and also leaning sideways, but his trembling was not as strong as General Zeng's, and his amplitude of leaning was not as great as his.

A hint of light flashed in the eyes of the White Crane Boy statue.

After communicating with Lin Shuyou through spirit possession, his mood has calmed down.

After all, I will soon be placed in the young man's Nantong arena, and the reason I brought you two along is purely to make it easier for me to possess the puppet in the future.

General Zeng was still angry, and General Sun was cooperating slightly.

Cracks and splits appeared at the corners of the boy statue's mouth.

He was looking forward to it, and at the same time, he also remembered how unruly these two were now.

……

The next day, with the help of A'li, Li Zhuiyuan continued to pinch with his right hand and covered the wordless book with his left hand.

When I opened the book today, the painting had not changed. In the cage, there was still a pile of minced meat with a head on top.

This is "The Evil Book" telling the boy that it has not yet recovered and it needs time.

Li Zhuiyuan ignored it and continued to squeeze it ruthlessly according to yesterday's quantity.

The head in the painting exploded again and again, and restored itself again and again.

This guy is like water in a sponge. If you squeeze it, there will always be some.

Today's deduction ended, and Li Zhuiyuan closed the wordless book.

Since he was satisfied with his current progress, the boy did not take the initiative to increase his daily intake.

His right hand was spread out, and the palm was filled with blood mist, but in it, one could see a solid deep red color, like a small loach, swimming in the blood mist.

This is the goal that Li Zhuiyuan has deduced. When this little loach becomes a long enough "silk thread" one day, he can involve all his partners. The coordination in team battles will be qualitatively improved, and the overall strength will also usher in a leap.

"Brother Yuanhou, Sister Ali!"

Cuicui's voice came from the dam downstairs.

Li Zhuiyuan took A-Li's hand and went downstairs.

Cui Cui was holding a big bag filled with various snacks.

We made an appointment today to go fishing together by boat.

Because deduction is quite mentally taxing, Li Zhuiyuan completes the daily work very quickly. In the rest of the time, he doesn't want to read any more books and would rather do more exercises.

There was a small boat parked in the creek next to my great grandfather's house, and in the past my great grandfather would paddle it out to the river to retrieve corpses.

Li Zhuiyuan personally took the bamboo pole and pushed the boat away from the shore, first going out along the small river. When he reached a larger river, he put away the bamboo pole. The three people on the boat each had a fishing rod and started fishing.

Spring has arrived and summer is yet to come. This is the time of the year when the climate is the most comfortable and pleasant, and the scenery is also dyed with a layer of fresh green.

After Cuicui fixed the fishing rod, she started distributing snacks.

Li Zhuiyuan accepted them all and ate them selectively.

For example, the hard fried broad beans. He still can't understand why the locals like to eat them so much, but Cuicui makes a constant "crunching" sound in her mouth and enjoys eating them very much.

Li Zhuiyuan started peeling peanuts. After collecting a handful, he gave some to Cuicui first and the rest to A'li. Then A'li handed him a handful of melon seeds that she had just peeled.

Li Zhuiyuan gave some melon seeds to Cuicui, who smiled and shouted, "Thank you, Sister A-li."

A-Li didn't respond and put a peanut into his mouth.

Li Zhuiyuan knew that A'li accepted Cuicui.

Although Cuicui came to play with A'li when he was not at home, it was Cuicui who talked and A'li did not reply.

But the fact that Cuicui can keep "chirping" beside A'li is a special treatment that ordinary people can never have.

Several familiar figures appeared on the bridge ahead, they were Sister Yingzi, Panzi and Leizi.

Today is the weekend. After the mock exam in the morning, the teacher has to concentrate on grading test papers in the afternoon, so he simply gave the senior class half a day off.

The three of them apparently also noticed Li Zhuiyuan and began to wave and shout happily.

Li Zhuiyuan picked up the bamboo pole and brought the boat to the shore.

Pan Zi and Lei Zi ran over first and said, "Let's go back and get the fishing nets."

Then, without waiting for Li Zhuiyuan's response, the two of them immediately ran home.

Yingzi squatted on the bank, looking at the sparkling river surface, and said quietly:
"Xiao Yuanhou, what do you think I'll do if I fail to get into university?"

Her mother keeps complaining at home every day, saying that other people's daughters have already gone to work in factories, and other people's daughters have already given birth to children, but you are still studying. Let's see what you can come up with from studying. If you can't, not only you, but also your father and I will be laughed at.

Yingzi could only listen and could not refute, because because of her aunt Lanhou, her parents were among the most supportive of their daughter's education among families with similar conditions in the village.

Li Zhuiyuan: “Just do your best.”

Yingzi nodded and smiled: "Well, just do your best."

After saying that, Yingzi took out two pieces of sesame candy from her pocket and handed them to Li Zhuiyuan, who reached out to take them.

Cuicui handed over her snack.

Yingzi waved her hand: "I don't want to eat anymore. I'm going back to review. You guys can have fun."

Looking at Yingzi's departing back, Cuicui asked in confusion, "Sister Yingzi looks very stressed."

Li Zhuiyuan simply responded, "Yeah."

It was impossible for him to help Yingzi like he did to Tan Wenbin in the past, not only because he didn't have the time now, but mainly because Yingzi's talent was not as high as Tan Wenbin's.

Tan Wenbin was overly rebellious in the beginning and neglected his studies. After experiencing death and falling, he calmed down and was able to reverse his academic performance. However, the same method may not work for different people.

Several sets of each issue of "Zhuiyuan Secret Scroll" would be sent to my great-grandfather's house, and he would give them to Yingzi, Leizi and others. After all, my great-grandfather was only unkind to those four uncles, and he would not be like that to the next generation of children.

Lei Zi and Pan Zi came back with fishing nets and helped to fish.

As the last ones in the class, they had no academic pressure and just waited to find a job after graduation with their high school diploma.

Li Zhuiyuan looked at the water patterns and pointed to a spot to cast the net. He cast the net twice in a row and indeed caught a lot of fish.

Pan Zi and Lei Zi waved their hands and poured all the fish onto Li Zhuiyuan's boat, saying that they were just having fun and didn't want the fish.

The two older brothers are quite competent in being “brothers”.

Li Zhuiyuan still insisted on sharing the fish with them. They did not continue to refuse and went back with the fish, saying that there would be a movie in the town that evening and they would go to save a seat for Li Zhuiyuan.

The boy rowed the boat back and handed the fish to Aunt Liu.

Aunt Liu smiled and said, "We've already made pig's trotter soup at noon, so let's braise the fish and make fish jelly."

Cuicui stayed at home for lunch.

At dinner time, Aunt Xianghou came on her tricycle to pick up Cuicui to take her home for dinner. She didn't go up to the dam, but deliberately shouted across the wheat field.

Cuicui shouted back that she was eating here.

Li Sanjiang raised his chopsticks and called Xianghou to come and eat together.

Xiang Hou laughed and scolded Cuicui for being shameless, then rode his tricycle back.

After dinner, Cuicui suggested playing rubber band jumping.

Two benches were placed horizontally and tied with rubber bands. Cuicui jumped up first, and then called Sister A'li to come along as usual, although Sister A'li never came.

Li Zhuiyuan looked at Ah Li and asked, "Do you want to dance?"

A Li held the boy's hand and looked at him.

Li Zhuiyuan felt that the girl's hand had a slight force pushing forward.

She was willing to dance, but wanted someone to dance with her.

Well... just jump.

Nowadays in schools, skipping rubber rope is not just for girls. Boys also play it, and many boys are better at it than girls.

Li Zhuiyuan held A'li's hand, he jumped first, and A'li followed, and the two of them started playing according to the rhythm.

Although A'li doesn't laugh out loud like Cuicui, the girl's eyes are always bright.

Li Sanjiang held a cigarette in his mouth and watched the children playing with loving eyes.

He remembered the first time he saw Xiao Yuanhou, the boy was running around the village with Pan Zilei and the others.

He was quite surprised that this kid from the city was not shy after arriving in the countryside and still had a lot of fun.

Later, after he took the boy to his home, the boy suddenly stopped making noise and went out to play with others. He just liked to sit there and read books by himself.

He was surprised at the time that the child seemed like a different person.

Fortunately, the child is now more and more lively, and the girl A'li is also becoming more humane.

Li Sanjiang blew out a smoke ring and glanced secretly at the mercenary old lady.

Liu Yumei clapped the rhythm for them with a smile, watching A'li's dancing figure and wiping her eyes from time to time.

There are many scenes now that I would never have dared to imagine in my dreams.

Aunt Liu also joined in. She danced very well with many different moves. She supported herself with her hands on both sides and flipped her feet. Even though she was wearing an apron, she danced with the agility of a young girl, which made Cuicui applaud and cheer continuously.

Because we were going to the movies, dinner started earlier than usual.

Cuicui went home before dinner.

After dinner, Pan Zi and Lei Zi carried benches and went with Shi Tou, Hu Zi and others to call for help. Li Zhuiyuan and A Li went, followed by Run Sheng and Yin Meng.

A martial arts film was playing tonight, and as usual, Li Zhuiyuan and A'li sat in a corner away from the crowd, next to them were small vendors selling things.

What they sell are still the classic old styles. Li Zhuiyuan bought two bubble pots and blew bubbles with A'li.

There is a fight going on on the screen, and the changing light and shadows add even more splendor to these floating bubbles.

After flying to a certain height, "pop, pop, pop", all the bubbles burst again.

It's just like a childhood that is destined to fade away.

After the movie ended, everyone picked up their seats and left, feeling unsatisfied.

Shitou, Huzi and others were still exchanging martial arts moves, arguing about which unique skill was more powerful, and invited the older Panzi and Leizi to judge.

As a result, Pan Zi and Lei Zi each held their own opinions, and the two sides soon developed into a fight, with punches and kicks. It was not a real fight, but it was quite lively. They ran back home in a playful manner.

Li Zhuiyuan and A'li walked in front.

Runsheng and Yin Meng walked behind.

When the four of them got home, it was already late, so A'li went back to the east room first.

Li Zhuiyuan went upstairs and heard his great-grandfather snoring when he passed by the door of his room.

But when he finished taking a shower and passed by again, the snoring disappeared. After listening quietly through the door, Li Zhuiyuan heard the grandfather's rapid breathing.

The young man pushed open the door and walked in. On the bed, the old man was sleeping with a frown on his face, as if he was having a nightmare.

Moreover, the grandfather's hands were raised from time to time, and his feet were kicking unconsciously.

Li Zhuiyuan sat down beside the bed.

If the Black Book secret technique is used, it would be possible to spy on the Grandpa's dreams, but it would also cause great trauma to his spirit.

The young man sat there for nearly forty minutes, until the grandfather's breathing became steady and his snoring gradually became louder, then he stood up and prepared to leave.

But halfway through his walk, Li Zhuiyuan stopped and looked down at the floor tiles.

Once upon a time, in this area, Grandpa set up a fortune-changing formation for himself.

Li Zhuiyuan spread out his right palm, and blood mist filled the air. The young man squatted down and placed his palm on the tile. The blood mist dissipated, and the lines of the formation reappeared.

"Why is it still there?"

……

The next morning, Li Sanjiang walked out of the room and stretched.

On the terrace, Xiao Yuanhou and the girl A'li were sitting there, pointing and talking from a distance.

Although Li Sanjiang didn't know what game they were playing, he was used to it.

"Master."

"What's wrong?"

"Did you sleep well last night?"

"Oh, um, not bad." How could I sleep well? I started having the dream of leading the exercises again these days. After waking up, I always feel sore in my waist and back.

"Grandpa, are you having a nightmare?"

"No, what's the matter, Xiao Yuanhou?"

"Master, what nightmare did you have? Tell me."

"Ha." Li Sanjiang laughed. "Grandpa, I dreamed of a large group of zombies. Wow!"

Li Sanjiang deliberately frightened the child.

Li Zhuiyuan: “How terrible.”

Li Sanjiang smacked his lips and felt like a child.

When he went to the water tank to wash, Xiao Yuanhou followed him again and continued to ask, "Grandpa, can you tell me more about your dream?"

"What's the point of dream?"

"I want to hear it."

"It was in the Forbidden City. There was a group of zombies following me and I was running with them. Damn it, I don't know where I saw this horror movie before, but I still remember it."

"Is it frequent? Did you start having this dream again recently?"

"Ah."

"When was the first time you had this dream recently?"

"It's been since you left last time that we've started doing it every now and then."

"Grandpa, what strangers have you met recently, what new friends have you made..."

"Crack!"

As they were talking, the water jar suddenly cracked and shattered onto the ground, bringing with it the water inside and soaking the clothes of Li Sanjiang and Li Zhuiyuan.

"Oh, what bad luck! Bah! Bah! Bah! It's not bad luck! Everything is fine! Everything is fine."

What is broken is already broken, so why not maximize its benefits?

Li Zhuiyuan looked at the broken pieces of the cylinder on the ground, his eyes slightly fixed.

"Xiao Yuanhou, come and change your clothes. Don't catch a cold so early in the morning."

"Okay, Master."

After changing clothes, I went downstairs to have breakfast.

After Li Sanjiang finished his meal early, he lit a cigarette and went out for a walk.

Li Zhuiyuan stood up and followed him.

My grandfather’s walks are just pure walking, and his route is different every day.

Li Zhuiyuan looked up at his grandfather from time to time, calculating with his fingers hidden in his sleeves.

Soon, his calculations ran into a miasma.

"Ahei! Ahei! Ahei!"

Li Sanjiang sneezed three times and said, "Oh, who is thinking about me?"

Li Zhuiyuan knew that this miasma was the good fortune for his grandfather.

Now he has the ability to break through this miasma, but the problem is... he can't disrupt the good fortune of his grandfather just for the sake of caring about him.

After calculating, it will naturally stop.

However, he was eager to know the reason why his grandfather had that dream again. Was it because of himself or his grandfather?
If it happened to me, it shouldn't be like this... Now my great-grandfather is the only one registered in my household register. Logically, the merits of my crossing the river will definitely be shared with my great-grandfather, and his fortune will only be greater.

But if it happened to Grandpa, what exactly caused it? Can Grandpa's good fortune block this unknown influence?

"Tsk, it looks like it's going to rain today. We need to ask Marquis Li and Marquis Shan to deliver the goods as soon as possible."

This morning's walk ended early.

When Li Sanjiang returned home, Uncle Qin and Xiong Shan were already loading the goods. Naturally, they were more sensitive to weather changes.

"Come, I'll go with you. The old Pu family in Xigou Village has few people. When they placed the order, they asked me to find someone to help set up the place."

The small population was not the main reason, but the fact that the Pu family had long since moved to Shanghai. They usually did not attend weddings or funerals in the village, nor did they send gifts.

This time, Old Pu died and his body was sent back home for funeral. His son went to the village to ask for help, but no one was willing to go and help.

This kind of thing is mutual. Everyone is afraid of trouble, but if you avoid trouble, you won't be able to trouble others in the future.

However, Li Sanjiang's family now has enough staff to handle the funeral. As long as you are willing to pay, they can still help you hold a grand funeral.

Runsheng and Yin Meng were also called upon, and Lihua was also asked to help with cooking.

As for Aunt Liu, Li Sanjiang did not shout, because he knew that if Aunt Liu was not at home, the old lady would probably not even be able to boil the pot.

To be honest, there is really nothing to say about the daughter-in-law here. In other people's homes, if the mother-in-law doesn't do any housework every day and just expects to be served, the daughter-in-law would have made a fuss long ago.

It's a pity that Zhuangzhuang and Ayou are not at home. If they were, I could even replace the funeral troupe. Ayou's performance in costume would be more realistic than that of the local old Taoist priest.

When the cart was pushed out, Li Sanjiang asked in surprise, "Xiao Yuanhou, how did you catch up?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "I'm bored staying at home, so I'll go too."

Li Zhuiyuan felt uneasy until he found out what had happened to his great-grandfather.

Li Sanjiang: "Then stop pushing the cart and get in."

After saying that, without waiting for Li Zhuiyuan's reaction, Li Sanjiang picked up the boy and put him on the front of the car.

Xigou Village was neither far nor near, but the cart was pushed slowly, and it took about an hour to arrive at the destination.

Lao Pu's house was a small mud house. Not only was there no cement on the dam, there wasn't even any gravel.

It’s not that there’s no money to repair it, but the people haven’t come back for a long time, so we’re too lazy to do it.

At this time, the door of the earthen house was open, and an ice coffin was placed inside. Long electric wires connected by several power strips led to the neighbor's house next door.

The electricity at home had been cut off a long time ago, and the circuit had aged a long time ago, so it couldn't be used even after paying for it. In order to power the ice coffin, I had to borrow some from my neighbor.

The wife and daughter of filial son Park Heung-seong were sitting on a bench. His wife was feeding his daughter eight-treasure porridge. The daughter was about the same age as Lee Joo-won and was wearing a princess dress, looking very Western.

Park Heung-sung stood at the edge of the yard, talking with the neighbors on the other side.

The neighbor was leaning on a hoe and picking his earwax from time to time, with an attitude of "what you say is yours, I don't care."

Park Heung-sung became angrier as he spoke, his face turning red.

It turned out that the old Pu family's land had been subcontracted to a neighbor for farming under a long-term contract. Now crops were planted on the land. If they wanted to set up a shed for the funeral, they had to level out a piece of land first, but the neighbor would not allow it.

Park Heung-sung offered to pay compensation, and the neighbor was happy to do so. Later, he even offered an exorbitant sum, which made Park Heung-sung very angry.

Originally, under normal rural relations, if your family wants to hold a funeral, you can borrow a piece of land without compensation. At most, you can just give a red envelope as a token of your gratitude. After all, funerals are the most important things.

But when the neighbors renovated their house last year, they thought of discussing with the Park family about exchanging a small piece of residential land so that they could build a road leading to the village road, so that both families could have convenient access.

As a result, when he asked someone to pass on the message, Old Pu called the village directly and sternly refused, saying that he would not agree even if he died.

Since you didn't give them convenience in the beginning, they naturally won't give you convenience now. Although the land belongs to you, the subcontracting contract is in the village. If he doesn't agree, you really can't level the field.

In the end, it was Li Sanjiang who gave each of them a cigarette, pulled the neighbors aside, and behind Park Xingsheng's back, he and the neighbors cursed the Park family. Finally, he used the reason that "death is the greatest thing" to hope that he would suffer a loss and give in.

The neighbor took one look at the ice coffin parked in the house, nodded, and allocated a piece of land to the Park family at a normal price.

Li Sanjiang was also careful. He went to settle the money with Pu Xingsheng first, and then let Runsheng, Xiong Shan and others do the work.

There are ways to treat people who are particular, but there is no way to treat those who are not particular.

Upon hearing this, Pu Xingsheng looked unhappy immediately, but if Li Sanjiang didn't help, his father's funeral would really not be able to be held. He could only give him the money first and repeatedly reminded him to make sure the job was done well, and he would keep a close eye on it.

For the sake of money, Li Sanjiang didn't argue with him and ordered Xiong Shan and others to start setting up the stage.

Originally I thought that Lihua would be too busy to handle the cooking by herself and would have to hire someone else. But now it seems that there is no need for that. Probably apart from the funeral team that will come later, there won't be many guests coming to pay their respects. Lihua can handle it all by herself.

Li Zhuiyuan also helped to the best of his ability. He still had some strength, so carrying some things was no problem for him.

But the grandfather really doted on this great-grandson. Not only did he pull him away, he also stuffed some money into his pocket and asked him to buy snacks at the store at the entrance of the village.

Sometimes, the great grandfather would forget that his great-grandson is already a college student, and is doing an internship, and would subconsciously treat him as a child.

Li Zhuiyuan put the money in his pocket and found a stone to sit on.

Park Heung-sung's daughter, Park Mina, had noticed this young man a long time ago. When he first appeared, she felt his eyes brighten.

Good-looking people, whether men or women, can attract the attention of the opposite sex.

Park Mina walked up to Lee Joo-won, took out a chocolate ball wrapped in gold paper from her pocket, and said to Lee Joo-won, "Do you know what this is?"

Li Zhuiyuan glanced at her, then looked away and ignored her.

Pu Mina suddenly got angry and pointed at Li Zhuiyuan and said angrily: "Hey, I'm talking to you, Su Bei guy!"

Li Zhuiyuan did not respond.

Children often learn their catchphrases from their parents, especially this kind of ones.

The lower the social class in a place, the more they like to engage in this kind of regional discrimination, because they can only see a sky as big as the palm of their hand, and they really have nothing else to be proud of in their daily lives.

People like the old Pu family have an extra bit of convert fanaticism.

"Hey, you're deaf, Subei guy!"

The movement here also attracted the attention of people over there.

Runsheng, Yin Meng, Xiong Shan, Lihua, and even Uncle Qin all turned their eyes over.

Park Heung-seong and his wife also noticed the situation here. They were laughing and thought it was a good thing that their daughter was so fierce, so that she would not be easily bullied in the future.

Park Xingsheng also called on others to quickly set up the stage: "It's just a child's business, what's so interesting about it."

Seeing that Lee Joo-won still ignored her and treated her as air, Park Mina became furious. Perhaps being ignored by a good-looking boy made her even more uncomfortable.

"I told you to ignore me!"

Park Mina stretched out her hand and pushed Li Zhuiyuan.

Li Zhuiyuan stood up, took a few steps forward and left his position.

Park Mina failed to push anyone, and her center of gravity was lost, so she fell directly towards the rock where Li Zhuiyuan was sitting before.

"boom!"

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!"

Not only were several teeth broken, but there were also several cuts on his face, and blood was flowing out.

Li Zhuiyuan really did nothing. He was not bored enough to get angry with an uneducated child.

It was purely Park Mina's bad luck that she fell like this.

Park Heung-seong and his wife immediately ran over with concern. During this time, Park Heung-seong stared at Li Zhuiyuan with vicious eyes.

Li Zhuiyuan noticed that he seemed to hesitate again and wanted to raise his leg to kick him, but finally retracted his leg.

Because Runsheng had already appeared beside him. Why beside him? Because the position in front of him had already been occupied by Xiong Shan.

The weather was getting warmer and the clothes were thinner, so the scars on Xiong Shan's face and body could not be covered at all.

Especially with his undisguised gloomy gaze, it was enough to scare ordinary people.

Xiong Shan actually hoped that Park Xingsheng would take action, so that he could take the opportunity to cripple him and also show off in front of the boy.

Li Sanjiang shouted, "Come and get busy. This is just a child's business. What's so interesting about it?"

In full view of everyone, it was clear that the girl fell by herself.

Park Xingsheng took a deep breath and shouted to Li Sanjiang: "You guys are busy, I'll take the child to the hospital."

After saying this, he and his wife left with the child.

Li Sanjiang chuckled and waved his hands: "Okay, let's get to work. Set up the stage. When the funeral team arrives and the banging is done, we'll go back."

Everyone returned to their seats and got busy.

Not long after, the funeral team also arrived. This group of people was invited by Li Sanjiang, and he simply paid them first.

The leader of the funeral team asked curiously, "Where is the head of the family, the one who died?"

Li Sanjiang: "He went out for something. Who cares? There's one before and one after dinner. The sooner you finish, the sooner we can leave."

The stage was set up, and the funeral troupe started playing music and singing. This attracted many villagers to watch the performance, and the place became much more lively.

Of course, everyone is just watching and no one wants to take part. Even if you forgive the past, if you take part now, the person will go back to the city tomorrow and will not come back.

Lihua started cooking and the aroma began to fill the air.

Aunt Liu's cooking is in line with the old lady's taste, emphasizing delicateness and lightness. Lihua's cooking is more flavorful and is therefore more popular with the public.

Many villagers came forward to ask who she belonged to and hoped to invite her to be their chef in the future.

Li Sanjiang was chanting sutras in the house, holding a tattered book without a cover in his hand. The words on the book were very sloppy, yet very solemn.

On weekdays, Li Sanjiang likes to bring this book with him when he sits in meditation. It doesn’t matter if he can’t understand it, because no one else can understand it anyway.

Li Zhuiyuan knew that this was a book on health preservation, which mainly introduced the techniques of sexual cultivation.

The old man sat beside the ice coffin, humming and looking towards Lihua. He must be hungry and was wondering when dinner would be served.

Li Zhuiyuan walked in and wanted to talk to the grandfather about his dream again.

But after entering, the boy's attention was immediately attracted by the body in the ice coffin.

When he was outside before, he didn't notice anything wrong with the body, and neither did he nor anyone else.

But upon closer inspection, you can detect something wrong.

Old man Park's eyes opened slightly, which was not uncommon. But what was rare was that the old man's feet were one facing outwards and the other facing inwards. At the same time, the thumbs of his hands placed on his abdomen were raised, one facing up and the other facing down.

"Grandpa, did you change his burial clothes?"

"Yeah, what's wrong?"

"What's wrong with his hands and feet?"

"It was like this before the change. After the change, I pressed it down on purpose, but it didn't work. I can't tie him up, so let's just leave it like this."

Li Zhuiyuan tilted his head and continued to look at the body. The feet were turned outward, which meant he could not walk. The upper and lower thumbs of both hands indicated the separation of yin and yang, and the eyes left a line, which meant he could not enter the ghost gate.

The old man was dead, but someone had specially arranged something for him after his death, using a folk remedy. However, folk remedies are often extremely stable and effective. The purpose was not only to make the old man "die an unhappy death", but also to make his soul restless, so that it would always follow his relatives and ruin the fortunes of his descendants.

After old man Park is buried, Park Heung-seong will probably often dream about his father, and Park Mina will also often dream about her grandfather, and then experience a series of misfortunes.

This folk remedy is of a very high quality because it is not affected by acupuncture points and rituals. In addition, the more auspicious the acupuncture points and the more useful the rituals, the more its influence can be enhanced.

Because Old Man Park cannot be liberated or rest in peace, the more he is tortured, the more ferocious he becomes, and the greater the impact on his own bloodline will be.

If it were a normal situation, facing a normal host, Li Zhuiyuan would ask whether there were any special grudges, and if the matter was not serious, he would resolve it.

But Li Zhuiyuan really didn't have the time to think about this family. It wasn't that he was still angry with Park Mina, but with the family tradition, maybe he really offended someone and made some enemy, and that person wanted to take revenge on him. It wouldn't be good for him to expose it without knowing the truth.

However, since this arrangement had been made for Old Pu's body, Li Zhuiyuan felt that the other party should come to the funeral to offer "condolences".

After all, only in this way can you feel the pleasure of revenge.

Lihua finished cooking, and Li Sanjiang stood up and said, "Let's go, Xiaoyuanhou, let's go eat!"

The villagers who watched the performance also went back home to eat.

Park Heung-sung and his friends haven't come back yet, so lunch will be divided into two tables.

Li Sanjiang and others were eating at one table, and the funeral team was eating at another table. The two tables were a bit far apart.

Runsheng was eating the delicious food while nibbling on the rice.

While Li Sanjiang and Xiong Shan were toasting, he lowered his head and asked Runsheng, "Is the food cooked by Lihua Hou more delicious than that cooked by Ting Hou?"

Runsheng nodded: "Yeah, it goes better with rice."

"Haha!" Li Sanjiang laughed out loud, "Marquis Runsheng, you've also been chosen."

Runsheng looked up embarrassedly and put the rice grains from the corner of his mouth into his mouth.

Li Sanjiang took another sip of rice wine and said, "Little Marquis Yuan, do you still remember the first time you met Marquis Runsheng? He and that mountain gun had their belts loose and their stomachs were deliberately deflated. Hahaha!"

"Hehehe." Runsheng took a bite of the incense and started laughing along.

He did not find it embarrassing because he really did not have enough to eat at home in the beginning. But since he came to Uncle Li's house, he not only ate dry food every meal, but also had vegetables and meat. He was happy to be teased by Uncle Li because Uncle Li was really good to him.

Li Zhuiyuan: "Brother Runsheng is very strong, so he naturally eats a lot."

Li Sanjiang nodded and said, "That's true. It doesn't matter if the mule eats a lot, as long as it grinds the millstone fast."

As he spoke, Li Sanjiang emptied the remaining bowl of braised pork and potatoes in front of him into Runsheng's rice bowl.

Runsheng looked up at the big guy and scratched his head in embarrassment.

Li Sanjiang: "Eat yours, we are all family, why be polite?"

"Oh." Runsheng lowered his head and continued eating.

At this time, Li Zhuiyuan noticed that Uncle Qin's chewing and swallowing frequency had slowed down.

The boy raised his head and looked towards the village road in the distance. A woman in casual clothes and a baseball cap was walking towards him.

What interested Li Zhuiyuan was the pace of the woman's walking, which was a bit like Lin Shuyou's three-step praise.

Gradually, after Xiong Shan and Li Sanjiang clinked their glasses, they turned sideways and looked at the woman.

Then there are pear blossoms.

Next was Yin Meng, because the insect in her sleeve sent out a warning.

She immediately reached out and poked Runsheng, who was still eating beside her, and Runsheng also raised his head and looked over there.

For a moment, Li Sanjiang was the only one eating and drinking by himself at the table.

The woman came. She wanted to witness the burial of the old beast with her own eyes. She came to watch the execution and to make sure that no one could ruin her business.

The next moment, the woman closed her eyes, then suddenly opened them. Her originally black eyes turned red, able to detect evil and heresy!
At first, she was very satisfied to see that the old beast's funeral was so deserted, with only two tables open at noon.

Her eyes first swept over the table of the funeral team.

Although they had already changed into Taoist robes in advance and prepared for the ritual performance after lunch in the afternoon, it was meaningless for those who had no Taoist skills to wear more Taoist robes or monk's robes.

Then, her eyes fell on Li Sanjiang's table.

An old guy was eating happily with one leg resting on a stool. Well, he was just an ordinary old guy.

She saw another young man with a delicate face. He was handsome, but just average.

Then she saw pear blossoms, huh?
Then, she saw Yin Meng, this?
Then, she saw Xiong Shan, huh?
Then, she saw Runsheng, huh?

Finally, she saw Qin Li.

"hiss……"

She let out a cry of pain, her red pupils were forced closed, and blood flowed from the corners of her eyes.

The woman covered her eyes with her hands, horrified:
"What the hell!"

(End of this chapter)