Corpse Retriever.

Chapter 9

Is it because you dream at night what you think about during the day?

After all, I have been looking at her quite a lot these past two days and I almost used her as a pen washer.

however,
next moment,
Qin Li, who was standing on the dam, raised her head and looked at Li Zhuiyuan who was standing on the terrace.

The two of them made eye contact for the first time.

Li Zhuiyuan understood that she was not dreamed out by him, but she entered his dream. Dreams are projections from reality. He was almost accustomed to the frozen picture of her, and he should not let her make any unnecessary movements in the dream.

wrong……

Li Zhuiyuan frowned slightly.
this time,

Are you sure this is my own dream?
Is it possible that I am a participant just like Qin Li below?
It’s because I dream too infrequently, so I can’t summarize too many rules and experiences; I have just started reading books, and they are entry-level popular science books.

It’s like there is a question in front of you, but you can’t even understand the meaning of the question.

may,

Could Qin Li know something?

She can look at me on her own initiative now, so can I expect her to speak?

However, the first floor is now very busy and noisy, and if you want to go down the stairs by yourself, you have to pass through the middle of the first floor, which is not feasible;
The second-floor terrace wasn’t too high, but it was not realistic for me to jump down directly with my small body.

Because this is most likely not your dream, you lose the qualifications to take risks and make mistakes.

Li Zhuiyuan squatted down and waved to Qin Li below, motioning her to come closer so that he could lower his voice and talk in private.

However, before Qin Li could react, Li Zhuiyuan heard footsteps coming from the stairs behind him.

He looked back and saw four middle-aged women walking towards him. They were wearing brightly colored clothes and had thick powder and blush on their faces.

They also saw Li Zhuiyuan, and it could even be said that they came for Li Zhuiyuan.

"Little boy, why are you here? The feast is about to begin!"

"Hurry up, the feast has begun. Go sit in the first row. The second row will have to wait a long time!"

"Yes, yes, yes. After finishing the first batch, go home and sleep quickly so as not to be late for school tomorrow."

When there are many guests at weddings or funerals and the reception capacity is insufficient, they will eat in batches. After the first group of people have finished eating, the table is cleared and the dishes and cold dishes are rearranged before the second group of guests can take their seats.

"I do not……"

Before he could say no, an old lady reached out and grabbed Li Zhuiyuan's hand.

In an instant, Li Zhuiyuan found that his original clothes were gone, replaced by a blue robe, which looked very old-fashioned, but the color was very new.

The old lady's hands were so strong that Li Zhuiyuan staggered several times. When going down the stairs, Li Zhuiyuan even wanted to pry her hands open.

Her hands were very white, a pale white, and there were no visible lines on them.

As if she sensed the struggle, the old lady suddenly stopped and slowly turned her head:
"Little boy, you are not being obedient, don't you want to go?"

Her voice became slow and eerie, and the bright light in the corridor dimmed, leaving only the little light that remained, all shining on the old lady's face.

Li Zhuiyuan took a deep breath and put a smile on his face:
"Go, have a feast, I want a feast."

"So nice."

As soon as he finished speaking, the light in the corridor was instantly restored.

The old lady continued to hold Li Zhuiyuan's hand and walked downstairs until they reached the first floor.

Originally, the first floor of my great-grandfather's house was used purely as a warehouse. No one was too lazy to paint the four walls, so they were all the original cement color.

But now, the entire first floor is decorated with lights and is very festive.

Tables were set up one after another, each covered with red plastic film and placed with bowls, plates and cold dishes.

There were a lot of people coming and going, men and women, old and young, all wearing overly bright new clothes, with thick powder on their faces and obvious blush.

Li Zhuiyuan probably knew what they were.

Because the tables, chairs, benches and plates on the first floor were all there, but the paper figures that were stockpiled were nowhere to be seen.

After the old lady pulled Li Zhuiyuan to the first floor, she let go of his hand and went about her own business. Li Zhuiyuan turned around, only to find that the stairs he had just come down... were gone.

He didn't stand there stupidly, but walked towards the door. In order to facilitate the shipment of goods, his grandfather's main door had many doors open, and at this time, the door panels were removed and fully opened.

Therefore, the first floor and the outer dam are almost half-connected.

As soon as he reached the door, Li Zhuiyuan saw two young women pulling a little girl in. It was Qin Li.

Unlike me, her clothes did not change. I guess it was because she was already wearing clothes that fit her well here.

At this time, Qin Li's eyelashes began to twitch and her body began to tremble slightly.

Li Zhuiyuan guessed that she might be about to attack and bite someone.

The two young women who were pulling her seemed to have noticed that something was wrong with Qin Li, and they lowered their heads to look at her. At the same time, the lights where the three of them were standing began to dim, and this dark color was gradually spreading. The other people who were included in it also ended their respective exchanges and conversations, and all looked over here with gloomy faces.

Li Zhuiyuan is now certain that this is not his dream.

Of course, it wasn’t Qin Li’s dream either.

I have never heard that anyone who does anything out of line in a dream will suffer backlash from the surrounding environment.

This is clearly someone else's dream. Although no one knows who it is, it is immersed in the dream. The illogical and abnormal behavior in the dream will disturb it and wake it up.

After waking up, it may feel irritable; it may also strangle to death the two small shrimps that should not exist and disturbed its sweet dreams, and then continue to sleep.

But no matter which situation, Li Zhuiyuan felt that it was very disadvantageous to his current self.

So he took the initiative to step forward, stood in front of Qin Li, and said with a smile:
"Sister, I finally found you. You don't know that I have been looking for you for a long time."

Li Zhuiyuan looked at the two women holding Qin Li's hands and said:

"Thank you for helping me find my sister. It's easy for her to wander off on her own. She's not very useful here."

As he spoke, Li Zhuiyuan pointed to his forehead.

"Oh, I see."

"Your sister is here."

The two women had a look of realization on their faces.

The shadow that was spreading previously stopped spreading, but did not retract.

People outside the shadow are still doing what they should be doing, but people inside the shadow continue to look here.

not enough!
Li Zhuiyuan pursed his lips, took the initiative to reach out and grab Qin Li's hand, then reached behind with his other hand and gently patted Qin Li's head:
"Sister, be good, don't be afraid, I'm here, I will take good care of you."

After saying and doing this, Li Zhuiyuan was already waiting for the scratching and biting that was likely to occur next.

But he had to take this gamble. Since Qin Li had taken the initiative to look up at him downstairs before, he might as well bet that she could continue to be patient this time!
The two bodies were very close to each other, and Li Zhuiyuan could feel the girl's hands trembling.

From his unilateral observation over the past two days, Li Zhuiyuan knew clearly that the girl in front of him rejected all contact from the outside world.

Only her grandmother could gently persuade her to eat, but even Grandma Liu didn't dare to be intimate with her.

However, what made Li Zhuiyuan happy was that the girl's trembling gradually weakened and her breathing began to become steady. Not only did she not push him away, she didn't even try to break free of his hand.

Seeing that the girl had finally calmed down, the shadow under her feet began to shrink and finally disappeared.

All the people who had been looking here motionlessly before turned around and did their own things, including the two women.

Phew... safe for now.

Li Zhuiyuan looked at Qin Li and asked in a low voice: "Do you know what to do next?"

Qin Li didn't react, she just looked at him.

Well, she probably doesn't know either.

Li Zhuiyuan felt that he would be very happy if he could hold her hand and let her look at him during the day.

This feeling is like a perfect work of art, interacting and responding to you.

But in the current environment, it is difficult for Li Zhuiyuan to have such a mood.

"Everyone, please take your seats!"

"Okay, sit down, sit down, sit down quickly!"

Someone was arranging for us to sit down.

At this time, the safest choice is to get along with others.

"Let's find a place to sit." Li Zhuiyuan said to Qin Li, then took her hand and walked to a table where only a little boy was sitting.

As soon as he was about to sit down, he saw the little boy bend down, cover the bench, and shout:
"This is the seat I'm covering. This is the seat I'm covering. My dad, mom, grandpa, grandma, uncle and second uncle are coming over soon. You can't sit here!"

This is because someone has reserved their seat in advance.

If it weren't for the thick rouge on the little boy's face that made him look like a paper boy, Li Zhuiyuan would have suspected that he was Hu Zi or Shi Tou.

Last time when they had dinner at Big Beard's house, Hu Zi and Shi Tou also went ahead to save seats for their brothers. Their expressions, tones and gestures were almost exactly the same.

"Hey, hey, there are two empty seats here, please sit here, so that our table will be full." An old man in funeral clothes at the next table took the initiative to greet him.

"Okay, Grandpa."

Li Zhuiyuan immediately pulled Qin Li over here. After he sat down, he saw Qin Li still standing, so he could only remind her quietly: "Sit down."

Qin Li didn't move and still stood there.

Li Zhuiyuan could only reach out, grab her waist, and push down, and she sat down.

However, when he touched her waist, Li Zhuiyuan felt that she began to tremble again.

After she let go of her hand, she calmed down again.

She lowered her head and glanced at the hand she was still holding... Li Zhuiyuan roughly understood that this was probably the maximum she could accept at the moment.

"Child, where are your parents?" asked the old man in shrouds.

His tone was quite kind, but this kind of makeup... even the kindest person would look weird.

Li Zhuiyuan: "My grandparents are helping in the kitchen, so they asked me to bring my sister over to eat first."

"Oh, I see. Haha." Then, the old man in shroud looked at Qin Li again. "This girl is really cute. How old is she?"

Qin Li ignored him.

Li Zhuiyuan knew that even if she was willing to talk to him, she would not be able to answer because she probably could not understand Nantong dialect.

Grandma Liu and her family live with Grandpa. Aunt Liu and Uncle Qin help Grandpa with his work, but they don't communicate with the villagers at all. Even when they talk to them, they use Mandarin, not to mention Qin Li who likes to sit behind the doorstep all day long without moving.

Fortunately, it's good that she doesn't speak. If she starts speaking Mandarin, it will attract more curious inquiries. At this critical juncture, the more she speaks, the more mistakes she will make.

"Grandpa, my sister is ten years old. When she was a child, she had a fever, but she was not sent to the hospital in time. The fever damaged her brain and she can hardly hear or speak."

Li Zhuiyuan deliberately spoke very loudly so that everyone at the table could hear him. No matter what, he had to block Qin Li's loophole first.

"Oh, so that's it. Alas, poor boy, tut, tut, tut."

"Alas, there was one in our team as well. He had a fever when he was a kid, but the adults at home didn't pay attention to it, so his brain got burned out."

"That's right. You have to pay more attention to a child when you raise him. Otherwise, the child will suffer, and the adults will suffer when they raise her in the future."

People at the same table began to communicate with each other.

At this time, the old man in the shroud asked Li Zhuiyuan again: "How old are you?"

"I'm eleven."

Li Zhuiyuan lied about his age by one year. Although Qin Li was actually only one month younger than him, he certainly couldn't say he was ten years old. The two of them didn't look like twins at all, and it was impossible for their "mother" to give birth to two babies in one month.

By then, don't let people bring up a divorcing family where one of the children was brought by a widower father and the other by a widowed mother.

That way, the discussion at the whole table will definitely be more lively, and maybe people at the next table will even join in.

"Have you been to school?"

"Yes, fourth grade."

"Oh, and what about your sister?"

"My sister didn't go to school. She just sat at home all day. I only brought her out today for the banquet."

"Ah."

The old man in shrouds stopped asking questions and went to chat with other people at the table.

Li Zhuiyuan finally got a moment of peace. He looked at Qin Li who was sitting next to him, leaned over and whispered:
"Don't be afraid, I'm here."

This is not a show of courtesy, but a comfort. The implication is that you should stay calm and don't explode.

Qin Li turned around and looked at Li Zhuiyuan.

Li Zhuiyuan could see no emotion in her eyes.

Then, Qin Li turned around and continued to be in a daze.

Li Zhuiyuan felt that she should be able to understand, after all, she could eat by herself...it was not that she was incapable of taking care of herself, and she also had obsessive-compulsive disorder.

After every meal, Grandma Liu would help her wipe it clean.

At this moment, Li Zhuiyuan, who had some free time, began to pay attention to the dishes on the table.

Now there are all cold dishes, spinach salad shaped into cylinders, preserved egg and tofu, fried peanuts, and cut salted duck eggs on the plate...

There were only two pure meat dishes, namely bacon slices and braised spareribs. However, the portions of these two dishes were very small. Fortunately, they were cut into small pieces, enough for everyone at the table to have two chopsticks.

The braised spareribs were placed right in front of him. They were eaten cold and tasted sweet but not greasy. Li Zhuiyuan had been deeply impressed by this dish when he had attended a banquet last time.

But now when he saw this dish, he had no appetite at all. God knows what this thing is.

At this time, the sound of singing was heard.

Everyone at the nearby tables looked over there, and many of them stood up.

Li Zhuiyuan also looked sideways and saw a small open area in the middle of the table. There were a man and a woman standing there, and there was an old man holding a musical instrument next to them.

The man and woman were wearing costumes and had richer makeup on their faces. On top of the thick blush, there was more extension and exaggeration.

With the accompaniment of the instrument played by the old man next to him, the man started singing first, and after some body movements, the woman continued singing.

Li Zhuiyuan knew that this was a local opera in Nantong - Tongzi Opera.

Li Weihan and Cui Guiying once took me to the village dam to watch it. The opera is characterized by its strange and bizarre vocal tunes, high pitch and sorrow, which have a strong impact.

To outsiders, it is... extremely unpleasant to hear.

At that time, Li Zhuiyuan had just arrived in Nantong and was still in the stage of learning and familiarizing himself with the local dialect. Li Weihan and Cui Guiying were fascinated by the music, but Li Zhuiyuan felt it was like a devilish sound and was extremely painful.

This time was the same. Everyone at the table and nearby were listening attentively. Li Zhuiyuan looked at Qin Li again. Fortunately, she didn't react.

As the performance went on, someone started distributing chopsticks to each table with a basket, and another person brought vinegar and soy sauce to pour into the dishes. There were six plates per table, usually shared by two people.

"Come, little boy, eat." Grandpa Shouyi picked up a piece of pork ribs and put it into Li Zhuiyuan's bowl.

"Thank you, grandpa."

"Eat, don't look."

"Okay, Grandpa, you eat too."

"Ah."

“Woof!” “Meow!”

At this time, Li Zhuiyuan found that many cats and dogs were running under the dining table, and there was one not far from his feet.

Li Zhuiyuan picked up the ribs and threw them down when no one was paying attention. The dog below immediately picked them up and started eating.

Next, Li Zhuiyuan threw the dishes that the enthusiastic grandfather in shrouds picked for him under the table. Soon, many cats and dogs gathered here.

Li Zhuiyuan was actually quite familiar with these cats and dogs. He had seen them in the paper-making pile during the day, but they were not as lively and delicious as they are now.

Grandpa Shouyi: "Child, tell your sister to eat, but she just sits there and doesn't eat anything."

Li Zhuiyuan could only turn his head and say, "Sister, eat."

Who would have thought that as soon as she finished speaking, Qin Li picked up the chopsticks and started picking up food. She picked up three pieces of food and put them in the bowl in front of her, then lowered her head and opened her mouth.

No, do you really eat it?
Li Zhuiyuan hurriedly pulled her hand.

Qin Li turned her head and looked at Li Zhuiyuan. This time, there was emotion in her eyes. Although it was very faint, it was real, and it was confusion.

Li Zhuiyuan could only put his mouth close to her ear. Well, it was normal for a brother and sister to whisper to each other:
"Don't eat it, feed it to the animals below."

Qin Li lowered his head, glanced at the group of cats and dogs below, then stood up and picked up a plate of food on the table.

Judging from the look of it, he's planning to just pour it over the plate and feed it to me.

This direct action of carrying the plate immediately caused dissatisfaction and frowns from others at the table.

Li Zhuiyuan had no choice but to stand up, grab the dish, put it back, and taught her with a smile: "Sister, this is for everyone to eat together, don't be greedy, it's not all yours."

After hearing what Li Zhuiyuan said, the adults at the table looked much better, and many of them said:

"Just give it to her if she likes it, it's okay."

"Just put the plate in front of her."

Li Zhuiyuan kept shaking his head and waving his hands: "We can't do this. This is against the rules."

“Bang… bang!”

The sound of firecrackers was heard outside, and the children at the nearby table began to cover their ears and scream.

More than a dozen firecrackers were set off in succession. When the last one ended, the color of the entire venue darkened. The other people at the table suddenly stopped moving, and the people at the next table also stopped moving.

Everyone sat up straight, looking straight ahead.

Although he didn't know what was going on, Li Zhuiyuan hurriedly learned to do it. He glanced at Qin Li beside him and thought, well... she doesn't need to learn, she is a professional.

Outside the door, an old lady walked in, surrounded by a group of boys and girls.

As soon as she appeared, the atmosphere in the entire venue became somewhat stagnant.

Through the gaps between the heads, Li Zhuiyuan recognized her. It was the old lady carried by Niu Fu on his back whom he had seen in his dream at Liu Jinxia's house that day.

Why is she here?

I clearly remember that Niu Fu was hunched over when he left my grandfather's house.

The old lady was a little hunched over, but she was in very good spirits, so good that her eyes were glowing green, and her face was covered with tufts of fine hair.

In addition, there seemed to be a few black threads on her face... or like black beard growing out of thin air.

It looks like... a cat's face.

The old lady walked to the main table under the stage and smiled at the people around her:

"Today is my birthday, please give me some face and come over, but please make sure to eat and drink well, haha."

As soon as she finished speaking, the originally darkened color became bright again.

All the people who had just been sitting upright naturally started to pick up food, eat and chat.

Li Zhuiyuan felt lucky that he and Qin Li were sitting with their backs half facing the old lady, and there were several tables between them. They were small children and should not be seen.

But just as I was congratulating myself, I saw the old lady actually picked up the wine glass and started toasting at each table!

If I recognize her, then she must recognize me too.

This should be her dream... No, Li Zhuiyuan now feels that the environment here can no longer be simply described as a "dream". He and Qin Li are very likely in another special environment.

But no matter what, I can't let her see me.

The old lady toasted very quickly. After saying a few words, she would toast everyone at the table. If she continued like this, it wouldn't be long before it was her table's turn.

Li Zhuiyuan immediately shouted to Qin Li: "What, you missed your grandma?"

Qin Li turned her head and looked at him, her eyes full of confusion again.

Li Zhuiyuan deliberately patted the bottom of the table with his hands, and the entire table shook a few times, and many people's dishes that had just been picked up fell back.

"Hey, sister, stop making trouble. We are eating. If you don't eat, don't disturb others!"

The confusion in Qin Li's eyes deepened.

Li Zhuiyuan turned to the others at the table and apologized, "I'm sorry, my sister..."

He pointed to his forehead again.

Everyone showed an understanding look. They thought that if someone's brain was damaged, it was normal for him to do some irrational things.

Li Zhuiyuan pulled Qin Li up and left the table: "Okay, I'll take you to see grandma. Alas, I really can't stand you. I haven't eaten enough yet!"

Then, Li Zhuiyuan pulled Qin Li towards the door, but as soon as they got closer, they saw a row of men wearing old-style servant uniforms standing outside.

Some of them were chatting, some were tearing the fuse of firecrackers. Although they were all doing something, they controlled all the exits.

It was impossible to leave from here. Moreover, Li Zhuiyuan observed that judging from the old lady's attitude, she didn't seem to intend to just toast once. If he continued to stay here, even if he kept playing hide-and-seek, he would easily be noticed by her.

Looking around, the staircase to the second floor is gone. The only area where I can hide is the northwest corner, which leads to the kitchen.

At this moment, the sound of frying could be heard from there.

Li Zhuiyuan dragged Qin Li to the kitchen. In order not to attract the attention of outsiders, he kept scolding Qin Li:

"Look at you, you insist on asking for grandma."

"I finally got to sit at the second table, but I still haven't had a chance to eat all these delicious dishes."

"Ah, the old hen soup is about to be served, you made me miss the chicken leg!"

Sure enough, as they walked along the way, people at nearby tables were eating and drinking, and there were no shadows under their feet, so everyone thought it was normal.

Finally, Li Zhuiyuan took Qin Li into the kitchen. As soon as they came in, they saw a large plastic basin with many dirty plates piled around it.

Seven or eight old ladies were squatting next to a plastic basin, washing dishes with rags in their hands.

However, the plastic basin was filled with sand instead of water, and they were using sand for cleaning.

Next to the big stove, a fat chef wearing an apron was frying dishes. His movements were very skillful and it was obvious that he was a veteran.

But the food in the baskets around him was all stacks of white paper;

His spice jars were not filled with oil, salt, sauce, or vinegar, but with all kinds of pigments.

There is also a big barrel next to it, which is filled with paste.

I saw him first heat the paste in a pot, then pour a stack of white paper into it and stir-fry it, then continuously add various pigments, and finally cook over high heat until the sauce thickens. When he lifted the pot to serve the dishes, what came out were plates of delicious dishes with good color, aroma and taste.

Moreover, the flames rising from the stove were not of ordinary color, but dark green, like ghost fire.

"If you want to play, go out and don't get in the way here!" the chef urged impatiently.

Li Zhuiyuan said, "Wow, you are amazing, and the dishes you cook are delicious. I want to be a chef when I grow up, and I want to learn from you!"

"Haha." The fat chef put away his previous impatience and laughed, "Go to school and be a shitty cook. It's so hard in this hot summer."

"No, I just want to be a cook. It's so nice to be a cook. I can eat so many delicious foods. Besides, I'm stupid and my grades are poor. I can't concentrate on my studies."

"You are a bad student, so you must learn a skill quickly, otherwise you will starve to death in the future."

"You are really amazing, wow, that's how you do it, you are so amazing, I will just watch from the side and not cause you any trouble."

The fat master didn't agree, but he didn't chase anyone away either.

Li Zhuiyuan stood by, praising him from time to time and helping to pass the plate for more paint.

In fact, this kind of praise is really insincere. After all, no matter what dish this chef cooks, it's all a mixture of paste, white paper and paint.

But watching the finished dishes coming out of the pot like this...it feels really strange.

After standing like this for a long time, someone came from outside and said, "The first batch is over, the second batch is ready to take their seats!"

Next, more dirty plates were brought over, washed with sand by the old ladies, and then placed on the chef's side to be reloaded with dishes.

The first thing to be served was the cold dish, which was prepared by a cold dish chef. The fat chef could take a break. He first took the towel hanging around his neck to wipe the sweat off his face, then picked up two pieces of tiger skin meat from the side, ate one piece himself, and then handed the other piece to Li Zhuiyuan.

"Come, eat."

"No, no, no."

"Eat, you're welcome."

"I've just eaten enough."

Li Zhuiyuan thought that it might be because he had praised the fat master too much before, which led to his over-enthusiasm now.

However, after his second refusal, the fat master's expression suddenly turned cold.

Li Zhuiyuan noticed that a shadow appeared under his feet and gradually spread.

The cold dish chef and the old ladies washing dishes nearby also turned their heads and looked at him.

Obviously...what kid these days can resist a big piece of meat?
Li Zhuiyuan had no choice but to take the piece of meat from the fat master, then put it into his mouth, chewing it with a shy smile, as if his previous refusal was just out of shame:
"It's delicious. It smells really good."

A smile appeared on the fat master's face, the shadow below began to shrink, and the others around him continued to work.

"Ah, sister, why are your shoes broken? How could you be so careless? These are your new shoes, and I don't even have new ones when I want to wear them. I'll beat you when I get back!"

As he said that, Li Zhuiyuan squatted down, pretending to help Qin Li take care of her shoes, but in fact he secretly spit out the piece of meat in his mouth and quietly put it on the ground. Then he reached out and grabbed Qin Li's left ankle, asking her to lift her foot and step on the piece of meat.

It's not that he didn't think about just swallowing the meat. At most, it would be like eating some paper, which is not a big deal. But the problem is that as soon as the meat entered his mouth, a peculiar and indescribable feeling of nausea came over him, rushing straight to his forehead, and his stomach began to cramp.

It was as if I was eating food that definitely did not belong to me.

After standing up, Li Zhuiyuan began to take deep breaths, trying to get rid of the previous strong feeling of discomfort as soon as possible.

Qin Li lowered her head and looked at her feet, and her body began to tremble.

Li Zhuiyuan guessed that she probably felt that her shoes were dirty.

Holding her hand, Li Zhuiyuan leaned towards her and whispered in a tired tone: "Please, bear with it for a while, dear."

Qin Li raised his head and gradually stopped trembling, without moving his shoes away from the dirt.

Seeing her like this, Li Zhuiyuan actually felt a little touched.

But the touching feeling didn’t last long. The fat chef, who was probably really pleased with the praise, actually took out another big chicken drumstick and handed it over:

"Come on, boy, eat chicken legs!"

Li Zhuiyuan: “…”

Without hesitation, Li Zhuiyuan took a big bite and said with a smile: "The chicken leg is so fragrant and delicious."

Fat Master: “Hahahaha!”

"Oh, sister, there's a greasy stain on your skirt. Really, you don't know how to cherish new clothes. No wonder mom says you're a waste of money!"

Li Zhuiyuan hurriedly squatted down again, pretending to help his sister clean the stains on her clothes. He reached out and grabbed Qin Li's right ankle, lifted it up, spit out the remaining chicken leg in his hand and the food in his mouth, and let her step on it with her right shoe.

"what……"

His mouth felt bitter, his head felt dizzy, his stomach was cramping, and the nausea and disgust from his whole body almost made Li Zhuiyuan unable to stand up. If he hadn't quickly supported himself with his hands, he might have fallen to the ground.

But he finally relied on his willpower and stood up reluctantly.

You really can't touch this food. It's not for living people.

Fortunately, the fat chef didn’t continue serving food. He started preparing hot dishes for the second batch of customers.

When the second group finished, the party was over. Li Zhuiyuan felt that if he and Qin Li could hold out until the party was over, they would be able to leave here.

Finally, he saw the fat chef pouring the sweet dumpling soup from the pot.

This is the dessert for the banquet, and it is the ending dish. When this dish is served, it means the banquet is over.

Li Zhuiyuan's heart was lifted and he squeezed Qin Li's hand: Okay, it's almost over.

Who knew, at this moment, the old lady's voice came from the kitchen door:
"Thank you for your hard work, masters. I am really sorry for making you suffer."

Li Zhuiyuan's heart tightened, and he immediately pulled Qin Li to squat behind the stove, using the stove and the fat chef's physique to block the view of the kitchen door.

Fat Master: "Old lady, may you live a hundred years and live as long as the Southern Mountains, hahahaha!"

"Haha, it's not good to live that long. If you live too long, you will cause trouble to your descendants."

"What nonsense! An old person in the family is like a treasure. I wish my mother could live to be a hundred years old."

"Your mother is blessed to have a son like you. Those in my family think that if I live longer, I will absorb the blessings of my children and grandchildren and bring disaster to the family."

"What kind of bullshit is this? How can you talk about your own mother like that? You are such a piece of shit."

"Alas, let's not talk about them. They may not be wrong. I am old and useless now. Keeping me at home will only waste food and make them uncomfortable."

"No wonder I didn't see your two sons today. Didn't your daughter come either?"

"Well, not yet."

"Really? You didn't even come to my mother's birthday party. That's outrageous."

"It's okay, it's okay, I'll go find them in a few days, hehe... hehe... hehehehe."

The old lady's laughter suddenly changed from normal to shrill, and the sound also gradually became vague from outside the stove. In the end, it became closer and clearer, and finally, it seemed to freeze above his head.

Li Zhuiyuan, who was squatting on the ground, slowly raised his head.

Just a few centimeters away from his face was the face of an old lady with a cat face.

I can clearly see the dense hair on her face and count the number of beard hairs on her face. Her teeth are so sharp that they can hardly be covered by her lips, and her green eyes are full of mockery.

"My dear, are you here?"

(End of this chapter)