Corpse Retriever.

Chapter 28

It is very common for the newlyweds to be so busy at a wedding that, after entertaining their friends and relatives, they become so hungry that they sit down at the last table to have a bite to eat.

But I have never heard of anyone's funeral being hosted by someone and personally going to the funeral to sit at the table.

Li Zhuiyuan then noticed that when he and Runsheng were walking towards this place, Runsheng shouted from a distance: "Uncle, everyone has finished their banquet, let's go home too!"

At that time, I just felt that there was something inconsistency, but I didn't think about it deeply. I just realized it now.

Under normal circumstances, if you see your elders drinking with others at the table, you should at least walk over to them and say hello to the other people at the table before taking your elders home. If you shout from a distance, it means you don't take the people at the table seriously.

Although Brother Runsheng is a bit honest and straightforward, he also knows etiquette and rules. So the reason why he did this was because in his eyes, Li Sanjiang was the only one drinking at the table?
Li Zhuiyuan looked at Runsheng beside him and saw that Runsheng had turned his back to Li Sanjiang and squatted down, ready to carry Li Sanjiang home.

Yes, it’s confirmed, Runsheng can’t see those two people.

As usual, Li Zhuiyuan subconsciously wanted to pretend not to see it, but this path dependence was quickly rejected by himself.

Although I didn't talk to them directly, my posture when I walked to the table, and after I stood beside the old man, I turned sideways to face the two people at the same table... In fact, they were all silently revealing that I "saw" them.

If you continue to act stupid at this time, you will only appear to be a fool.

Li Sanjiang took the initiative to shake Li Zhuiyuan's hand and said to the two people at the same table with a smile:

"Look at how fair my great-grandson is. He is a man who can study and will have a bright future."

Runsheng has gotten used to it. He, Uncle Li, praises Xiaoyuan many times every day. Now that he's drunk, he praises her even more non-stop.

Brother Leopard nodded and said meaningfully: "This child does look very smart."

Today's host, the deceased Zhao Xing, also echoed: "Anyway, he is smarter than I was when I was a child. I was not good at studying."

Li Sanjiang was delighted to hear such praise and said with a smile: "Ha, did you hear that, Xiao Yuanhou? I'm praising you!"

Li Zhuiyuan felt helpless. He was just thinking about how to get out of this situation, but he didn't expect that the grandfather would directly drag him into the drinking party.

At that moment, Li Zhuiyuan could only pretend to be shy and lower his head with a timid look on his face.

"Come, Xiao Yuanhou, sit down and eat more."

Although Li Sanjiang was old, he was still very strong, otherwise he would not be able to retrieve the body, let alone carry it ashore. In addition, he was drunk, and Li Zhuiyuan could not get rid of his strength, so he was forced to sit down.

"Come here, Xiao Yuanhou, Grandpa will pick up some ribs for you. This is what you like."

Li Sanjiang picked up several pieces of sweet and sour pork ribs and put them on the plate in front of Li Zhuiyuan.

Runsheng, who was waiting on the side, turned around and scratched his head in confusion. Didn’t Xiaoyuan say that he would carry him home? Why did Xiaoyuan sit at the table and eat by himself?
If you want to have a midnight snack, just tell me early. You can bring some snacks from home and have a few bites at the table.

"Xiaoyuan..."

"Brother Runsheng, wait for us for a while."

"Okay, Xiaoyuan."

Uncle Shan told him that Xiaoyuan was smart and asked him to listen to him more. Runsheng himself felt the same way, so he simply turned his back to Li Sanjiang and Li Zhuiyuan, squatted on the ground, rubbed his eyes and yawned.

Li Zhuiyuan also felt relieved. As long as there was still room for things to turn around smoothly, he was unwilling to take the risk of a fallout.

It would be fine if he really died, but with Brother Runsheng's brute force and experience, he can go up and fight.

But the problem now is very complicated. The two people in front of him are not dead. At least, they don’t have their bodies here, and Runsheng can’t see them at all.

How do we fight? Fight with ghosts?

Pick up the chopsticks, pick up a piece of sweet and sour pork ribs and put it into your mouth.

After all, it was a real banquet, different from the paper figurine banquet hosted by the cat-faced old lady. Li Zhuiyuan dared to eat it, chewing it in his mouth.

However, in this environment, no matter how delicious the food is, it will taste like chewing wax.

At this time, he was very worried whether Brother Leopard would still remember him.

"Xiaoyuan, right? Have we met somewhere before?"

Li Zhuiyuan looked at Brother Bao with some doubt: "Is there?"

Li Sanjiang said, "I'm afraid I haven't seen them before. This is my first time back home, and I haven't been here for long, so I don't recognize many people."

Brother Bao continued, "Really? I just looked at him carefully and he looked familiar. You went to the market yesterday, right?"

Li Zhuiyuan nodded: "Yes, I went to the canteen to buy snacks and stationery."

"Oh, which store?"

"The one next to the firecracker shop. I sat there drinking soda and watching people play billiards for a long time."

To the west of that convenience store is a firecracker shop, and to the east is Sister Mei's video studio.

Li Zhuiyuan deliberately avoided mentioning the video hall. Firstly, he was afraid of irritating Li Sanjiang. After all, Li Sanjiang knew what happened in the video hall yesterday. In addition, Li Sanjiang was drunk now, so he might start talking accidentally.

Secondly, Li Zhuiyuan was betting that when Brother Bao had sex with that woman yesterday, he could only control her movements but could not know her memories. He was also betting that when the owner of the convenience store went into the video hall to tip off, he did not have time to explain the situation clearly and got high directly.

Li Zhuiyuan felt that there was a high chance of winning the bet, because if Brother Bao knew that he was the one who called the police yesterday, he would definitely not be so calm about him now.

After a pause, Li Zhuiyuan continued, "Hey, yesterday there was an auntie who wanted to invite me to sit next door, but I like watching billiards more, and brother Runsheng sent the boss lady next door to the health center at that time, and asked me to wait for him to come back and take me back with him, so I had to listen to my brother.

Right, Brother Runsheng?"

"Ah?" Runsheng was cleaning his left fingernails with his right fingernails, "Yeah, that's right."

He vaguely felt that what he said sounded a little off. When he was with Xiaoyuan, although he was older, he always made decisions based on Xiaoyuan's opinion. Why did Xiaoyuan's words make it sound like he was the big brother whose words had the final say?

Hey, that’s not right. Who is Xiaoyuan talking to?
"Xiao Yuan, you..."

"Brother Runsheng, please be quiet for a while. We will go home after sitting for a while. Don't make any noise or talk."

"okay."

Runsheng obediently continued picking his nails and stopped talking.

Brother Bao said, "That's right. I bought a pack of cigarettes in that store yesterday. I must have seen you then, but you probably don't remember me."

"Hmm..." Li Zhuiyuan lowered his head slightly and said apologetically, "I was probably fascinated by the billiards game at that time."

It seems that Brother Bao really didn't know that he was the one who called the police, and looking at his appearance, he seemed to have forgotten Runsheng who sent him to the health center.

Is it because he was still unconscious at that time and not dead?

But Brother Bao should have died in the health center, and his soul came out of the health center and walked to the video room. He didn’t see Runsheng in the health center?

Li Zhuiyuan recalled that Runsheng said that he wanted to leave at that time, but was stopped by the health center staff and asked to pay for the medical expenses. He later had no choice but to go outside Sister Mei's ward and wait for Sister Mei to wake up, so this is how they missed each other?
Brother Bao asked again: "I just heard you say that she was sent to the hospital. How is she?"

"The doctor said it's okay, just take some rest."

"Oh."

Li Zhuiyuan noticed that Brother Bao's gaze towards him had softened.

This was also the reason why I deliberately mentioned Runsheng to send Sister Mei to the hospital.

In fact, there is another problem at the moment, that is, I can see them now, which is a huge flaw.

But at the same time, this flaw seemed to be covered up because Li Sanjiang was here, because Li Sanjiang was the first to see them and drink with them.

Li Sanjiang's identity is somewhat special. He is a corpse retriever and a ferryman between the Yin and Yang. This is inherently special. Not only the living will ask the corpse retriever for help, but the dead will also do so.

There are similar records in "Jianghu Zhiguai Lu".

At least, so far, neither Brother Bao nor Zhao Xing expressed surprise that they could see them.

Lian Runsheng, under his own cover, was in a state of "as if seeing".

“Hiss…Tsk!”

Li Sanjiang drank another glass of wine, wiped his mouth, and then picked up a piece of food with chopsticks to suppress it.

Li Zhuiyuan sighed silently. He was here carefully sewing and mending with all his might, while his grandfather was eating and drinking heartily.

Zhao Xing asked, "How is today's food? Are you satisfied?"

Li Zhuiyuan lowered his head and continued to eat the ribs: "Delicious."

Li Sanjiang nodded and said, "Your Zhao family is a kind-hearted family. The dishes on the table are really good."

Li Zhuiyuan guessed that his grandfather must have regarded Zhao Xing as a nephew of the Zhao family.

"That's good, as long as everyone can eat and drink well. I'm just worried that it won't be done well and will neglect everyone."

A smile appeared on Zhao Xing's face, but his complexion was already pale, and the smile made him look even more frightening.

Li Zhuiyuan picked up another piece of bacon, dipped it in the dish, and put it in his mouth.

Only the cold dishes on the table are edible now, the other dishes are cold.

However, this host really cares about the evaluation of the guests.

In fact, at a funeral banquet, if the host, who is supposed to be lying there, gets up and asks personally, probably no one would dare to say that the food is not delicious.

Brother Bao said, "If I didn't know that your table is so good, would I have rushed over to eat?"

Zhao Xing smiled and said, "Okay, I have to go to your place for a feast in two days."

Brother Bao responded, "Yes, but my family's banquet is definitely not as good as yours. Your Zhao family is a big business, and mine is just a small business. After deducting the expenses on weekdays, there is not much left. But if you come, I will definitely accompany you well like I did today."

Zhao Xing waved his hand: "Food and drink are secondary. The main thing is the atmosphere. With our relationship, there is no need to pay attention to those polite formalities."

Li Zhuiyuan picked up another piece of cold spinach with chopsticks. This kind of communication after death, inviting each other to a meal at one's home, was really novel.

However, how can I end this drinking party in a more natural way?

In addition, the two of them showed up to drink with Taiye. Was it because they were lonely or was there something going on?

Li Sanjiang looked at Brother Bao and asked, "What's going on? Is your family going to do something too?"

"Well, it's almost done. I'll do it when my wife gets better."

"You can't do this. Your wife is sick and you're still staying here drinking so late. Shouldn't you go back and take care of her? This is really irresponsible.

Besides, organizing a banquet is a very troublesome thing. Since your wife is ill, you must be in charge and you can't avoid being idle."

Li Zhuiyuan immediately nodded and agreed: "When I am sick, I hope someone will accompany me."

Brother Bao shook his head helplessly: "I have done something wrong to my wife, and her illness was caused by my anger, so it is not appropriate for me to go home now. Including today, I will hide outside for another six days, and then go back on the seventh day. By then, she should have calmed down."

"Haha." Li Sanjiang pointed at Brother Bao with his chopsticks, "You young people are such a jerk. Either don't get married, or if you are married, don't go out and fool around."

"Uncle is right." Brother Bao picked up the chopsticks and turned them over in his hands.

Li Zhuiyuan noticed that Brother Bao was angry.

As a gangster in the town, how could I allow others to point at my nose and teach me like this? In the past, no matter whether you were old or young, you would have been taught a lesson directly.

But now, he is enduring.

Zhao Xing took the initiative to take over the conversation: "I say, uncle..."

"Bah, how old are you? You look no more than 20, and you call me uncle?" Li Sanjiang pointed at the mourning hall. "This old Zhao is only old enough to call me uncle, and that's because I don't bother with him. You are about the same age as the leading actor who left today."

Seeing Li Sanjiang turning his head to look at the portrait on the mourning hall, Li Zhuiyuan was afraid that the dizzy grandfather would see it and realize who the person on the table was.

He hurriedly picked up the bottle and poured wine for the grandfather, and deliberately filled it up so that the wine overflowed.

"Hey, hey, hey, enough, enough, what a pity, the wine is wasted." Li Sanjiang's attention was quickly pulled back. While holding the wine bottle, he lowered his head and took a sip of the wine that overflowed from the plastic paper on the table.

"My hands are shaking, Master."

Zhao Xing and Brother Bao looked at each other and changed the topic: "Uncle, we two brothers want to ask you for a favor."

"Let's talk about it first."

"Lao Jiang in Shigang Town owes us two a debt, and he has been dragging his feet on paying it back."

"Old Jiang?" Li Sanjiang tapped his forehead and tried to recall through the alcohol. "It sounds familiar. Ah, is it the Old Jiang who opened a karaoke room and bathhouse in Shigang Town? This guy is very famous in that area. I heard that he started out in the earthwork business in his early years?"

"Yes, that's him."

"That's a difficult matter. He owes you money, why don't you go and ask him for it yourself? Do you have the IOU?"

"He has something against us, so it's really inconvenient for us to go see him."

"Ah, I can't help with such things." Li Sanjiang shook his head. "I'm not a big shot. I'm just fishing for driftwood in the river. How can I help with such things? If I had this ability, why would I come out to take jobs now? I would have been lying at home enjoying my life."

"There is a jar in the middle of the pond in his home. In the jar is a large piece of Tai Sui, which he fished out from the river many years ago. Because he tricked us into eating that thing, my brother and I are feeling very uncomfortable now.

Not only do I not dare to go to him, I also have to continue working under him."

"What do you mean by Tai Sui?" Li Sanjiang was confused. "Is it poison? Did he feed you two the poison?"

"We only ask you to help us destroy the jar of Tai Sui in his house. You can burn it, take it, bury it, or throw it away. It's all fine. Just don't let the jar of things stay in his house any longer."

"I say, what are you talking about? Aren't you asking me to steal something? I'm already an old man, how can I do such a thing? You are looking for the wrong person..."

Zhao Xing took out stacks of Great Unity from under the table, one after another, and took out nine stacks in total.

Each stack of money was brand new and tied with white paper.

Li Sanjiang swallowed and his breathing became rapid.

"Uncle Li, as long as you agree to help, all this money will be yours."

Li Sanjiang's hand holding the wine glass was already shaking. You know, he went there for the money in the first place, even though he knew there were dirty things in the Niu family, he still dragged his injured body there.

But this time, even though he was drunk, Li Sanjiang still forced himself to lower his head, and at the same time, he knocked the wine glass in his hand heavily on the table and said loudly:
"Don't do it!"

Then, Li Sanjiang slapped the table with his hands and cursed:
"You two blind bastards, do you think your grandfather is the kind of person who is willing to do sneaky things for money? Bah!"

Brother Bao and Zhao Xing were both stunned, and then a blue color began to appear on their faces, which was a sign of anger.

The air around also cooled down.

Even Runsheng, who was squatting nearby and almost asleep, couldn't help but shiver.

Li Zhuiyuan asked, "What did Lao Jiang do wrong?"

Seeing the two of them looking at him, Li Zhuiyuan explained, "I want to help my great grandfather and ask for clarification."

Zhao Xing shook his head, he didn't know.

Brother Bao said, "I have seen it. There is a man buried in the mud of the pond under the jar. He is Chiang Kai-shek's enemy. His surname is Zhou."

"What? Murder?" Li Sanjiang's drunkenness subsided a little after hearing this, but his first reaction was, "You want me to steal from a murderer's house?"

Zhao Xing looked at Brother Bao and asked, "When did you meet him?"

Brother Bao replied: "Because I helped him bury it. Lao Jiang said that burying the body there would nourish Tai Sui."

Zhao Xing was surprised and said, "So, you have been helping him for a long time. If you hadn't told me earlier, I wouldn't be so miserable."

Brother Leopard sneered: "Have you forgotten that we left one after the other?"

"Yeah, I really forgot about it. What a pity, my property is gone."

Zhao Xing looked around with regret, his family was well-off and his father was capable of making money, so he could have continued to enjoy his life. When he had enough fun and wanted to marry a wife, there was really no marriage in the surrounding villages that his father could not arrange with money.

However, what he didn't know was that it was precisely because his father was so good at making money that he, a man with little fortune, could not afford it too early.

Li Sanjiang was about to say something else, but suddenly his stomach churned and he turned sideways and began to vomit.

Li Zhuiyuan patted him on the back, while his peripheral vision continued to focus on Brother Bao and Zhao Xing.

Brother Bao urged, "Whether you agree or not, give me a definite answer quickly. For my wife's sake, I don't want to embarrass you."

Li Sanjiang had just finished vomiting and was taking a breath. When he heard this, he asked in confusion, "What is the relationship between me and your wife?"

After the questioning, Li Sanjiang started vomiting again, this time even more violently than before. He was hunched over and lying on his side on the bench.

Li Zhuiyuan continued to pat Li Sanjiang on the back and said, "We will try our best to help you if we can. We don't need any money. If you can't do it, don't blame us. Is that ok?"

At this moment, the two people who had been barely considered human beings suddenly sat upright in their seats.

His face was ashen, with patches of corpse spots on his skin, and his eyes were completely filled with white.

Their lips opened and closed quickly, as if they were talking, but the sound was unclear.

Li Zhuiyuan tried hard to listen to some useful information, even if it was threatening words, but the result was the opposite of what he expected. He really couldn't understand a word at all. He just felt like there were countless flies "buzzing" around his ears.

How is this going?

Didn't we communicate well just now?
Is there something wrong with them, or is there something wrong with me?

"Crack!" "Crack!"

Two pairs of chopsticks were neatly inserted into the rice bowls in front of them.

Their mouths were still shaking rapidly, but they still couldn't hear anything clearly.

But in the blink of an eye, the two stood up;
In the blink of an eye, the two left their seats;
At the third blink, the two left the shed.

When Li Zhuiyuan looked again, he found that the two men had appeared in a field in the distance, and their figures were very blurry.

Then, the two disappeared completely. However, in the end, Li Zhuiyuan still couldn't figure out whether the two agreed to the plan he mentioned.

However, most likely, they didn't recognize me, otherwise they wouldn't have said so many words before they left. Although I didn't understand a single word, there were quite a lot of words.

At least, it won't be a simple "Okay, goodbye."

Li Zhuiyuan looked at Li Sanjiang, only to find that Li Sanjiang had fallen asleep on the bench.

When did you go to bed?
It seemed like those two guys were talking and I couldn't hear them clearly.

"Brother Runsheng." Li Zhuiyuan went over and pushed Runsheng.

"Ah, are you done eating?"

Runsheng stretched. He had just fallen asleep and suddenly felt a little cold in his dream.

"Well, Grandpa is drunk, Brother Runsheng, please carry him on your back."

"okay."

Runsheng stood up, grabbed Li Sanjiang's arm first, then swung him, and Li Sanjiang was carried on his back in a very standard posture.

It is indeed very standard, the standard corpse-carrying posture.

Li Zhuiyuan looked at the nine stacks of money in the middle of the table, reached out to take them, and shone the flashlight on them.

The original great unity turned into ghost money at this time.

"Are you leaving, Xiaoyuan?" Runsheng asked.

"hold on."

Li Zhuiyuan took out a match from Li Sanjiang's pocket, picked up the paper money on the table, and came to the mourning hall, where there was a brazier that had long been extinguished.

After putting the ghost money in, Li Zhuiyuan lit it, picked up the half-burned stick next to it, turned it over to ensure it was fully burned, and said to the portrait:

"I'll return all the money you left behind."

No matter how things turn out in the end, it will never be wrong to cut off ties with such dirty things as much as possible.

After doing all this, Li Zhuiyuan walked back. When he passed the wine table, his flashlight swept over the seats where Brother Bao and Zhao Xing had sat before, and a strange reflection immediately appeared.

He went forward and took a closer look, and saw that it was a water stain.

Despite the nausea, I touched it with my fingers and it was very greasy.

I shone the flashlight under the chair again and found a pool of water underneath it, as if it had just rained a little.

Because the terrain here was uneven, the previous water stains did not flow to where he and his grandfather were sitting.

"Wet, so much water..."

Li Zhuiyuan immediately followed his memory and tried to find the location where the two people had stayed in the previous blinks.

A pool of water,

A pool of water,

Two pairs of water stains with visible footprints.

The fourth place was in the fields, and Li Zhuiyuan didn't go out to look for it again.

At this moment, I thought about what the two men said, that the jar for raising Tai Sui was placed in the pond, and there was a corpse buried under the pond.

Also, the two men's fear of the Tai Sui in the water tank was obviously like they were being controlled.

Li Zhuiyuan's eyes gradually darkened:

"You two, don't you think you have anything to do with death?"

Runsheng turned around and was about to urge her again, but when he saw Li Zhuiyuan standing there with a flashlight in his hand, for some reason, his words got stuck in his mouth and he dared not say them out.

Because he suddenly felt that the Xiaoyuan in front of him was so strange and scary.

The purer and more honest a person's heart is, the more acute his perception of the outside world is. Obviously, everyone around him thought that Li Zhuiyuan was very well-behaved and sensible, and they all praised him and liked him, but Runsheng took the initiative to go upstairs once when he first came to Li Sanjiang's house, and never went upstairs again.

Everyone else in the family thought it was because the girl was there and she didn't like to be around outsiders.

But only Runsheng knew that compared to the girl, he was more afraid of Xiaoyuan. He didn't dare to disturb him unless he took the initiative to find him.

Li Zhuiyuan raised his head, and Runsheng immediately turned his head back, not daring to look at him.

"Let's go, Brother Runsheng, let's go home."

"Ah."

On a small country road late at night, Runsheng was walking in front carrying Li Sanjiang on his back, followed by a boy behind.

The boy half-closed his eyes, lowered his head, and clenched his hands lightly as he walked.

Li Zhuiyuan is very angry now.

Because he once again felt this sense of powerlessness.

Before, he had wondered if the frequency with which he encountered such things was a bit too high.
But look at the grandfather again, he can even drink with two dirty guys at the same table.

But I also feel that my frequency is still normal.

Moreover, although many people died in these incidents, in the eyes of ordinary people, those people died from accidents or illnesses.

Indeed, it is difficult for an ordinary person to encounter or hear of such a thing; but if it is replaced by various accidents, it suddenly becomes very common.

It is simply because of some special changes that I can see through some accidents that ordinary people see, and know what I have encountered.

Just like in real life, bacteria are everywhere, but because we can’t see them with our naked eyes, we think it’s normal. But if you look under a microscope, you can see they are everywhere.

Li Zhuiyuan actually enjoyed this kind of change and liked to explore and learn this path, but he was disgusted by the suddenness of it and even more disgusted by his own powerlessness.

He can admit that he is a poor student, but that doesn't mean he can accept the practice of being reminded to report his grades every now and then.

Poor students also have dignity.

After returning home and putting Li Sanjiang on the bed, Li Zhuiyuan walked into his own bedroom and turned on the desk lamp.

The fatigue he felt when he went out before was now gone due to the stimulation. He took the pen in his hand and quickly drew on the drawing.

Under the desk lamp, the boy's eyes were full of determination.

It's like a student who usually doesn't study hard, making a final struggle before the exam.

In Li Zhuiyuan's life, he had never been in such a hard and focused state of study.

Finally, when the clock struck five in the morning, Li Zhuiyuan finished the drawing in his hand.

He stood up to tidy up, but found that his shoulders and legs had lost feeling. His whole body tilted, and if he had not supported himself on the table in time, he would have fallen down.

It took a long time before I recovered from the numbness.

Without taking much rest, Li Zhuiyuan sorted out the drawings. This is certainly not all that is in "Records of Subduing Demons by the Righteous Path". In fact, these drawings are just the tip of the iceberg of the book.

But this is the set of tools that Li Zhuiyuan chose for himself. It is the most convenient and practical one to make nowadays.

Some of the raw materials prepared yesterday were also sorted and classified again by Li Zhuiyuan.

The next step is to assemble and make them.

At this moment, the door was gently pushed open and A'li walked in.

Normally at this time, when she came in, Li Zhuiyuan should be sleeping in bed.

The girl walked up to the boy, squatted down, looked at the boy, reached out her hand and touched his forehead.

Her grandmother had done this to her more than once, and in her opinion, it meant care.

"Ari, now you're here, I'm fine, but today, I'll have to continue to trouble you. Let me explain these drawing processes to you."

Yesterday, A'li showed great talent for handicrafts. Li Zhuiyuan only needed to explain the drawings to her once and she could make it with the existing materials.

Today, A'li was wearing a black tight training suit. Li Zhuiyuan suspected that Liu Yumei had learned from yesterday's lesson and felt that black was more resistant to stains.

After talking to A'li, Li Zhuiyuan worked with A'li, and soon it was daybreak.

"Ari, you do it first, I'll go out for a while."

After saying that, Li Zhuiyuan came downstairs holding a stack of drawings and a prescription.

"Xiaoyuan, it's time for breakfast." Aunt Liu just came out of the kitchen.

"Aunt Liu, can you help me boil this medicine?"

Aunt Liu took the prescription, glanced at it, and then looked at Li Zhuiyuan.

"Please, Aunt Liu, this is what Grandpa wants to drink. Grandpa has been weak lately and he said he needs to replenish himself. This is...your job."

"Okay, Auntie got it. I'll fry it for you."

Decocting medicine is a troublesome job and also a technical job. If Li Zhuiyuan decocts it himself, it will be time-consuming and laborious and the medicinal properties cannot be guaranteed, so he can only ask Aunt Liu for help.

Although it was somewhat inappropriate to half-force others in this way, Li Zhuiyuan was very short of time now. Those two guys would give him three days at most. By then, if they saw that he had not completed the task, they would probably come back again.

"Thank you, Aunt Liu."

"Hey, it's time for breakfast, where are you going?"

"I'm going out."

Li Zhuiyuan ran to the old carpenter's house in the village. The carpenter's house was a two-story building and was quite impressive.

Because the other party used to be a regular employee in the Xingren Machinery Factory. Although he is retired at home now, he still takes some work on weekdays. In addition, his two sons also work in the machinery factory, so his family conditions are considered good in the village.

When Li Zhuiyuan came in, the old carpenter was eating breakfast.

"Are you the grandson of Li Weihan's family?"

"It's me, Grandpa. My name is Li Zhuiyuan. This time it was my great-grandfather Li Sanjiang who asked me to come. He said that he has a batch of tools and needs your help as soon as possible. The sooner the better."

The old carpenter took the blueprints, looked at a few of them, and asked in surprise, "Who drew this blueprint?"

This hand-drawn drawing is very detailed and professional, and it is also very considerate to the maker.

In fact, Li Zhuiyuan did not learn the ability to draw on the spot. There were drawings on the table and floor in his mother's study. He started crawling on these drawings when he was very young.

"I don't know. My great grandfather gave it to me. He said he needed it urgently and that he owed you a big favor."

Li Sanjiang's connections are still very useful in the village, especially for the elderly.

Because in this life, no one can escape the same fate, and in the end, everyone will have to invite Li Sanjiang to sit and fast at their funeral.

Li Zhuiyuan didn't think that he was abusing his great grandfather's favor. After all, it was his great grandfather that those two guys came to him this time. If he made these things quickly, he would also be helping his great grandfather.

"Okay, leave it to me. No problem. I'll get started right away. I have some ready-made materials at home. But some of the parts on your drawing need to be machined...

I'll ask my son to take it to the factory and borrow their machine tools to help you make it."

"Thank you so much, how long will it take you to finish?"

"So urgent?"

"Ok!"

"Come and get it tomorrow morning. I'll call our two apprentices over to help. It will be done quickly."

"Thank you for your hard work. I'll come and get it tomorrow morning."

After Li Zhuiyuan thanked him, he ran back home. When he was about to go upstairs, Liu Yumei called him, "Xiaoyuan, call Ah Li down to have breakfast. We can't call her."

"It's okay. Don't eat anymore. We have snacks."

Eat snacks while working so as not to delay progress.

Seeing Li Zhuiyuan running upstairs, Aunt Liu was a little surprised and asked, "Little Yuan is in a hurry so early in the morning, what's wrong?"

Liu Yumei, who was sitting next to her drinking porridge, snorted:
"Who knows, maybe it's a ghost."

"Then should we call Ahri down?"

"If that kid doesn't give the order, who can get Ah Li to come down for dinner?"

"That's right." Aunt Liu had just called out, but A-Li didn't respond at all. "I don't know what A-Li is doing in the room."

Liu Yumei sighed:
"What are you doing? I'm working for that guy."

……

Back in the bedroom, Li Zhuiyuan opened the snacks and placed them in front of himself and A'li. The two of them ate while continuing with their work.

A'li was a quiet person, and Li Zhuiyuan didn't bother to talk today either. The only sounds coming from the room were pounding and knocking.

Various materials were processed in an orderly manner in the hands of boys and girls, and small parts were made one by one.

For lunch, the two of them did not go downstairs to eat. They just ate snacks when they were hungry.

By the evening, all the work at hand was almost completed.

Li Zhuiyuan slumped on the ground, while A'li looked at the results of her and the boy's past two days. She didn't seem tired, and even seemed a little unsatisfied.

At this time, Aunt Liu called out from below: "Xiaoyuan, it's done."

Aunt Liu didn't ask Grandpa to take the medicine.

Li Zhuiyuan walked out of the room. He hadn't slept all night and felt a little dizzy. He had to hold on to the wall when going down the stairs.

Tomorrow morning, all I have to do is go get the tools back and assemble them with the various materials I have on hand, and the work will be done.

Today, there is only one last step left. Once I finish it, I can have a good sleep.

Downstairs, Li Sanjiang was sitting there watching TV with Runsheng. Seeing Li Zhuiyuan coming down, Li Sanjiang asked:
"Xiao Yuanhou, what are you doing in the house today? Why don't you come down to eat?"

"Grandpa, at the dinner table last night..."

"I drank too much last night and had a dream. In the dream, someone gave me a lot of money and asked me to do something illegal, but I refused.

Oh, I am still heartbroken. This dream was so real that I almost thought it was not a dream. Fortunately, I asked Run Shenghou and he said that when he came to pick me up last night, I was the only one drinking."

Li Zhuiyuan: “…”

At this moment, Li Zhuiyuan suddenly empathized with Uncle Shan.

Li Zhuiyuan went to get the medicine.

Li Sanjiang sniffed and asked, "Is this Chinese medicine? What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"

Li Zhuiyuan took a sip from the bowl and said, "No, Aunt Liu was worried that I would study too hard, so she made me some soup to nourish my brain."

"Oh, then drink more."

Li Zhuiyuan returned to the room with the medicine. As soon as he put down the bowl, the little black dog actually ran over and started drinking it.

The taste of this medicine was not bad, but it was not pleasant either. Li Zhuiyuan originally wanted to drink it down.

The little black dog drank all the medicine, then walked back to the cage by himself, staggering as if he had a full stomach.

Li Zhuiyuan took out a small syringe, walked to the cage and waved.

The little black dog sat with its belly facing the cage, holding the cage with one paw and sticking the other paw out from the gap in the cage and handing it to Li Zhuiyuan.

Li Zhuiyuan had seen this posture before when his parents took him to the zoo as a child. He saw a giant panda undergoing a physical examination.

Li Zhuiyuan held the dog's paw, inserted the needle into it, and drew out a little blood.

Then use a cotton ball to wipe it.

The little black dog didn't bark or make any noise, but waited quietly for Li Zhuiyuan to finish his work. After making sure that it had nothing to do, it leaned back and began to sleep.

"Why are you so good..."

Li Zhuiyuan felt that if Wei Zhengdao were to be resurrected, he would probably drool with envy when he saw such a sensible black dog.

After dripping the black dog blood into each of the prepared accessories in proportion, the last step of the production process was quickly completed.

All that’s left is the final assembly tomorrow morning, which is easy.

"Ari, thank you."

A Li walked up to Li Zhuiyuan, reached out and touched Li Zhuiyuan's head, then pointed to the wooden bed in the room.

In the past, Li Zhuiyuan always coaxed her to go back to her room to sleep.

"Okay, I'll go to sleep."

Li Zhuiyuan really couldn't bear it any longer. He washed up after waking up and lay down on the bed. Although there was a hard mat under him, he felt so comfortable as if he was sinking into cotton.

Before closing his eyes, Li Zhuiyuan looked at the ceiling above him and silently said to himself:

"Fight back, starting now..."

(End of this chapter)