Chapter 13
Why does this towel look familiar?
Liu Yumei thought about it, wasn't this the one the boy from the Li family wore on his shoulders today?
"What's going on?"
Liu Yumei wanted to take off the towel, but stopped just as her hand was about to touch it.
She turned to look at the back room, and there was a girl standing at the door.
"Ali, didn't you already lie down? Why did you get up again?"
The girl said nothing.
"Ali, did you put this towel away?"
The girl didn't answer.
"Ali, this is the place where the memorial tablet is placed. It is the most precious place of worship. You can't just put things there casually. The towel should be put where it should be. Grandma can help you collect it and wash it, okay?"
The girl's eyelashes began to flutter.
"Then leave it, leave it, it's good to put it here, haha, it's good."
The girl regained her composure.
"Ali, go to bed. Grandma won't touch it anymore. Grandma promises that you can still see it here when you wake up tomorrow."
The girl turned around and went in.
Liu Yumei sighed, and then a smile appeared on her face. She just noticed that when Ali was about to get angry this time, her eyelids only twitched slightly, but her body did not tremble. This was also an improvement.
Over the years, they have been trying to prevent Ah Li from getting sick, not only because she would cause harm to herself and those around her when she was in a rage, but also because every time she got sick, her condition would become more serious.
At the moment, the most important thing is the treatment of Ali's condition, and everything else is secondary.
Liu Yumei finally found her husband behind the memorial tablets of her two brothers.
"After all, I have wronged you. After working together with our two brothers for a while, you didn't fight, right?"
At that time, the old man pursued him shamelessly, but he was often punished by his brothers. Even after he married him, he and his brothers would always yell and want to fight every time they drank.
The difference is that before getting married, it was his brothers who found trouble with him, but after getting married, it was he who teased his brothers through drunkenness again and again, and shamelessly shouted:
"Come on, beat me. If you can, just beat me to death. If you beat me to death, your sister will have to be a widow for me!"
The brothers were so angry that they kept scolding themselves for being blind, as if they were fooled by him.
Actually, apart from being petty and vindictive, the old guy is really good to himself.
She gently wiped her husband's memorial tablet with a handkerchief: "Old man, this is your granddaughter's wish for you to make room for her things. Please feel aggrieved."
After saying that, Liu Yumei made room for the tablets and placed her husband's and her father's tablets close to each other.
"Talk to my father more, my son-in-law is half a son-in-law."
Although the dirty towel placed in the middle is a bit unsightly, Liu Yumei still said with joy in her voice:
"You guys, don't get angry with Ah Li. It's all your fault that Ah Li is like this. Who told you to die so boldly and heroically all those years without leaving any incense and support to your descendants?
This boy from the Li family is called Li Zhuiyuan. He has a nice name and a very interesting person, but he is extremely precocious.
I've seen a lot of smart kids, but this is the first time I've seen one like him in my life.
This kid gave me the feeling that, except for the childishness that remained, he seemed to be deliberately acting like a child.
It's a pity that such people often don't live long.
But I can't say for sure, he lives here now with Li Sanjiang, and he is still a relative of Li Sanjiang. It should be much easier than us to share the wealth and fortune.
However, it doesn't matter anymore.
I just hope that he can help our Ali recover from the disease slowly. Our Ali has suffered too much and suffered too much. This is not what she deserves.
You guys, Shen Jiang shouted for a new world when he died.
The world is too big for me, a woman with shallow eye sockets, to tolerate it. I can only look at my daughter and granddaughter, hoping that she can smile happily and speak openly like other little girls.
If you have spirits in heaven..."
Having said this, Liu Yumei couldn't help but roll her eyes at the tablets, and her tone turned into sullen and complaining:
"As long as you follow the old rules and leave some spirit behind before you die, why would you let my granddaughter become like this!"
……
After taking a shower, Li Zhuiyuan found another towel, washed it carefully with soap, and hung it on the clothesline.
Passing by Li Sanjiang's bedroom door, he hesitated for a moment, but finally pushed the door open and entered.
On the bed, Li Sanjiang was holding a cigarette and crossing his legs, humming a little tune, trying to make himself sleepy.
"Master, I have thought about something, and I still have to talk to you again."
"Oh? Tell me what's going on."
"Last night Niu Fu's mother came to our house and held a birthday party for herself using the tables, chairs, bowls, chopsticks and paper figurines on the first floor. It was very lively, and I was invited to participate."
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Li Sanjiang frowned slightly and subconsciously leaned up: "Continue talking."
"At the end of the birthday party, a zombie appeared and had a fight with Niu Fu's mother. Niu Fu's mother couldn't beat her, so she sent me away at the last moment."
"Sent you away? Where?"
"I woke up."
"Oh." Li Sanjiang nodded. Thinking of being chased by a group of zombies in his dream, he understood. Yao'er must have had the same dream about zombies as him. He comforted, "Xiao Yuanhou, just treat it as a dream." It was just a dream, don’t worry, nothing will happen tonight.”
I can sleep well if I don't do the transfer ritual tonight.
"But, Master..."
"It's okay, don't take it too seriously, I understand everything."
Li Zhuiyuan nodded. Sure enough, the master understood.
"Master, there is one more thing. Do you realize that Grandma Liu and the others are living here and working for you?"
"Of course I've noticed it a long time ago, haha."
Li Zhuiyuan nodded again. Sure enough, the master knew.
Li Sanjiang laughed secretly in his heart: This family helped him farm the land, made paper for him, brought tables, chairs and dishes to the banquet, and even provided cooking and cleaning... but they only needed so little. wages.
Hehe, isn't this a mental problem?
These days, it’s hard to find long-term workers with brain problems who take less and do more, so you have to cherish them.
"Is there anything else, Xiao Yuanhou? If nothing happens, go back to sleep. I'm sleepy too."
"The last thing is that I am actually helping Sister Yingzi with her homework every time. Sister Yingzi's understanding ability is average and she learns slowly."
Li Zhuiyuan found that after he finished speaking, Li Sanjiang's lips pursed, and the sides of his face became more and more bulging, as if he was feeling uncomfortable.
After ten seconds of silence, finally:
"Hahahahahahahahahaha!"
Li Sanjiang laughed so much that his wounds were hurt, and he kept gasping for air, but he still couldn't help laughing and cursing:
"You little naughty boy, if you don't want to learn, just say so, and you still find such lame excuses, do you think your grandfather is a fool?
Okay, okay, stop talking nonsense, go back to bed quickly, Yinghou will definitely come over tomorrow, no matter how playful you are, you can't avoid studying! ”
"Good night, Master."
Li Zhuiyuan stopped arguing. Even the master is not omniscient and omnipotent. There are always some things that he can't understand. This is normal.
Returning to his bedroom, lying on the bed and covering himself with a quilt, Li Zhuiyuan closed his eyes and slept.
It was a peaceful sleep, no dreams.
At dawn, Li Zhuiyuan woke up, sat by the bed for a while, felt it, and found that the quality of his sleep was far worse than when he was dreaming.
I got out of bed and picked up the washbasin, ready to wash up. As soon as I opened the door, I saw a girl standing at the door, Qin Li.
She had her hair styled today, with a wooden hairpin inserted into her hair. She wore a white dress on the upper body and a black horse skirt on the lower body. She looked exquisite and elegant.
Good-looking people also need good-looking clothes to complement each other.
Li Zhuiyuan knew that Qin Li's daily clothes could not be bought in stores. Firstly, foreign fashionable clothing styles were popular nowadays, and the traditional retro style was already declining and was considered too tacky. Secondly, Qin Li's clothes had never been worn on the market. The design and workmanship are all very fine. I'm afraid it can only be made in a small clothing workshop with a heritage, and the price is quite high.
However, judging from Grandma Liu's style of casually giving a jade ring worth a three-bedroom apartment in Beijing as a greeting gift, her family must not be short of money.
There was dew on the girl's hair. Li Zhuiyuan couldn't help but reach out and touch her hair, feeling a little moisture.
"Have you been waiting here for a long time?"
The girl didn't speak, just looked at Li Zhuiyuan.
"Next time when I get up, I'll go to the east room and ask you to come and read together, so you don't have to stand here waiting, okay?"
The light in the girl's eyes dimmed a little.
"Then I will try to get up as early as possible from now on. If you come and I haven't gotten up yet, you can just go in and sit on a chair. This door is not locked anyway."
The brightness in the girl's eyes returned again.
Li Zhuiyuan walked to the clothesline and took off the towel he washed last night. It was dried at night. It was not completely dry, but it was usable.
He walked to yesterday's bench, wiped it on it, and then put the towel on the wooden bench: "You sit down first, I will wash up first."
Qin Li sat down.
Li Zhuiyuan went to wash up.
Qin Li, who was sitting on the bench, looked at the still clean towel. She reached out to grab it, but after thinking about it, she took her hand back.
After brushing his teeth, he was wiping his face. As soon as he put down the washcloth, he saw Grandma Liu standing in front of him, which startled Li Zhuiyuan.
"Xiaoyuan, haha, I'm so sorry for causing you trouble."
This was the first time that Li Zhuiyuan saw Grandma Liu enter the main house and go up to the second floor. He thought how long Qin Li had been waiting for him when he got up and came here, and how long Grandma Liu had been here with her.
"Grandma, I like to play with Ali."
"Then you just have fun. If you need anything, just call grandma." Grandma Liu went downstairs with a smile.
Li Zhuiyuan put the washbasin back into the room. It was too early now, the sun hadn't risen yet, and he didn't want to read.
After wandering around the room for a moment, he picked up a small wooden box and walked out.
"Ali, shall I teach you how to play chess?"
Qin Li didn't speak, just stared at the small wooden box.
Li Zhuiyuan opened the small wooden box. Uncle Qin bought it together when his grandfather asked Uncle Qin to buy snacks and school supplies for him.
It is a Go game. The board is printed on a piece of translucent oil paper, and the chess pieces are plastic circles the size of ladybugs. In short, it is very small and crude.
But the advantage is that the cost is low and the price is low. The stationery store in Heather Town will definitely not buy those regular Go sets. Who will buy them.
"Let me tell you the rules of Go first..."
Before Li Zhuiyuan finished speaking, Ah Li picked up a sunspot with his hand and placed it on the chessboard.
Li Zhuiyuan stopped talking and made a move on the white chess piece.
After several moves in a row, Li Zhuiyuan confirmed that the girl could play Go.
He couldn't help but smile and devoted himself to the game.
The two of them played fast chess without thinking much.
Gradually, Li Zhuiyuan began to feel unsatisfied, and finally...
"I lost."
Li Zhuiyuan didn't give in, he really lost.
Although he has never seriously studied chess, he has a good brain and is very good at Go. Therefore, he does not compare himself with national players, but simply considers his chess skills to be quite good among civilian enthusiasts.
But the girl is obviously more powerful. She must have learned it formally. She plays not only fast but also very methodical.
In this regard, Li Zhuiyuan did not feel any frustration. He knew that he learned things quickly, but it was impossible to skip the "learning" process.
In many fields, just having a good brain is not enough. It also requires a lot of accumulation and precipitation, and it also requires the blessing of a platform.
"Ali is so awesome, do you still want to play?"
The girl held the chess pieces in circles with her fingertips and looked up at Li Zhuiyuan. It was obvious that she still wanted to play.
After Li Zhuiyuan put away the chessboard, he saw that there seemed to be a morning breeze, so he found four broken pieces of cement from the west corner of the terrace and pressed them against the chess paper.
The second round of chess begins.
The speed of the move was still very fast, but Li Zhuiyuan moved lower and lower, and the corners of his mouth could not help but curl up slightly.
He felt that the girl was giving way to him.
Instead of feeling humiliated, he felt happy, and then he began to deliberately make bad moves.
At this moment, the girl's moves began to slow down, and her brows gradually furrowed.
Li Zhuiyuan couldn't bear to tease him any more and still won.
The girl raised her head and looked at Li Zhuiyuan.
There was a faint pout at the corners of her mouth, which was not obvious. She must be angry.
But her eyelashes didn't flutter, and her body didn't tremble.
"Okay, okay, it's my fault, I was wrong." Looking up, he saw that it was already dawn, and below, Aunt Liu's voice calling for breakfast came.
Li Zhuiyuan put away the chessboard and brought Qin Li down for breakfast.
With a tacit understanding, the original breakfast for one person was transformed into a small table with two wooden stools.
As usual, Li Zhuiyuan distributed the pickles to the girl on a small plate. After the girl started eating, he followed his custom and pried the duck egg shells, peeled off the head, and ate them with chopsticks.
Suddenly, he noticed that the girl beside him stopped eating. Li Zhuiyuan looked over and found that she was looking at the duck eggs in his hand.
"Shall I prescribe one for you? But it will be inconvenient to control the portion."
Qin Li still stared.
Li Zhuiyuan could only crack a duck egg for her, carefully peel off a bit of the shell, and hand it to her.
Qin Li caught it with both hands, held it in her arms, and looked down at the broken duck egg seriously.
At this time, Li Sanjiang wandered downstairs.
After looking at the two-person table for Xiao Yuanhou and the girl, and then at the family table for Liu Yumei, Qin Li, and Liu Ting, he silently walked towards his small table for the lonely elderly.
Just as we were about to start, we saw a figure appearing on the path in front of the dam.
A dark-skinned boy about fourteen or fifteen years old was pushing a wheelbarrow with an old man sitting on it.
The boy only wore a pair of patched blue pants, his upper body was bare, and his feet were obviously ill-fitting plastic liberation shoes.
The old man was a mangy man whose figure had obviously shrunk with age. He was wearing a pair of plastic slippers and holding a hookah in his hand.
Seeing this, Li Sanjiang put down his chopsticks helplessly and said: "Okay, the beggar is here."
When the grandfather and grandson got on the dam, Li Sanjiang came forward to greet him enthusiastically: "Oh, I knew you would come here today, but I didn't expect you to come so early."
The old man took a puff of his cigarette and said, "I'm on my way in the dark, so I can save myself a breakfast when I come here."
"Tinghou, is there any porridge in the pot?" Li Sanjiang asked.
The old man snorted coldly and said disdainfully: "It's not in vain that I'm still drunk when I come to your place. We want to eat dry."
"Chengchengcheng, Tinghou, go cook."
"Okay."
Aunt Liu went to the kitchen to cook.
"Xiao Yuanhou, come here." Li Sanjiang called Li Zhuiyuan and pointed at the old man and introduced him, "This is your Uncle Laoshan."
"You fart, why should I make you shorter for a lifetime!"
"Okay, let's call him Grandpa Shan."
"Hello, Grandpa Shan."
"Hey, okay, you're a pretty handsome girl, with tender skin and tender flesh. She's so good."
Li Sanjiang smiled and touched Li Zhuiyuan's head and said, "Hou Xiaoyuan."
"Master?"
When the old man heard this, he immediately blushed and said angrily: "Well, Li Sanjiang, you still deliberately take advantage of me!"
"Ha, I'm too lazy to take advantage of you. Aren't you about the same age as Yi'er's grandfather, Marquis of Han."
Li Zhuiyuan was a little surprised. In other words, this old man was so much younger than his grandfather, but it seemed that his grandfather was actually younger than him.
In the distance, Liu Yumei, who was drinking porridge, put down her bowl and chopsticks and picked up a handkerchief to lightly cover her nose.
The old man smelled like corpses in the water, which was really off-putting. Looking at his appearance, he looks like a corpse hunter. On the other hand, Li Sanjiang... well-fed and well-fed is a special case among special cases.
To put it bluntly, as long as there is a decent background and a decent business, who is willing to choose the business of fishing for corpses? This innately determines the economic status of the corpse collector in the village, and considering the various taboos on corpse harvesting... there is rarely peace of mind in old age.
Liu Yumei didn't plan to continue eating, and saw her granddaughter leaving the table. Maybe Xiaoyuan was called over to recognize someone, but her granddaughter didn't go to the second floor to wait to read with her, but walked straight back to the east room.
Um?
Liu Yumei slowly walked back to the east room with some curiosity. When she was about to cross the threshold and go in, she saw her granddaughter coming out again.
"Should we go find Xiaoyuan?"
The girl didn't say anything, walked through the dam, went up to the second floor, and sat in the northeast corner, waiting for Li Zhuiyuan to finish reading.
Although she was delighted with her granddaughter's change and improvement, as the surprise gradually wore off yesterday, Liu Yumei's heart gradually began to sour.
She was obviously the little girl that she had worked so hard and carefully to raise, but now she only saw Xiao Yuan in her eyes.
Fortunately, the two of them were still young and didn't have that kind of worry.
But then I thought about it, it was like this when I was a child, so what happens when I grow up?
Fortunately, Xiaoyuan is going back to Beijing after the summer vacation.
But, what if he leaves before his granddaughter is cured?
Walking into the east room, Liu Yumei was going to light a few sticks of incense to drive away the smell. At the same time, she calmed down her chaotic mind, and her eyes naturally swept over the tablet table.
Then, she immediately looked back.
"This..."
I saw that the tablet where my father originally placed it disappeared and became...
A cracked salted duck egg.
……
The old man's surname is Lu, and his name is Lu Shan. He is from Xiting Town and is also the corpse collector in the village.
The boy's name was Lu Runsheng, and Lu Shan picked him up by the river. Although he was an adopted son, the age difference was too big after all, so he asked the boy to call him grandpa.
"Xiao Yuanhou, your great master, me and your uncle Shan, our friendship is life-changing."
Lu Shan sneered: "Oh, yes, every time I take risks and sacrifice my life, you pay for it."
"Hey, don't I believe in your ability? Besides, that little bit of work is nothing to you, so there's no need for me to do anything."
"You old thing, the older you get, the thicker your skin becomes."
Some jobs are more complicated than one person can handle, so they will call on their friends to do it together. Lu Shan is Li Sanjiang's familiar partner.
The relationship between the two is extremely good, and Li Sanjiang will think of him immediately whenever there is a dangerous job.
Just like this time the Niu family's Mingshou.
Li Zhuiyuan also felt it. Uncle Shan was very dissatisfied with his great-grandfather, but this was normal. Looking at the clothes of Uncle Shan's grandpa and grandson, it was clear that their lives were relatively tight, and his great-grandfather... I'm afraid he was the village chief. The daily food at home is not as good as his.
They all work in the same profession, and if they live their lives one day at a time, they will definitely feel unbalanced.
Aunt Liu brought the dishes. Time was tight, and she only had time to stir-fry two dishes, one was stir-fried sausages with garlic sprouts, and the other was roasted bacon with eggplants. The portions were large and contained more meat and less vegetables.
The freshly steamed rice is placed in an aluminum basin and is steaming hot.
After Runsheng saw the meat, he began to swallow saliva unconsciously.
What surprised Li Zhuiyuan was that Aunt Liu who brought the food also brought a handful of incense.
"Sister, bring me another rice bowl."
"Okay, I forgot."
Obviously, this is not the first time that the grandfather and grandson have come to the grandfather's house, and Aunt Liu has hosted them before.
Aunt Liu brought another large bowl, and Uncle Shan scooped the rice into it, then put vegetables on top.
Then, he lit the incense and put it in the rice and vegetables on the table.
After doing this, he started to eat the rice bowl in front of him.
Li Sanjiang took out the liquor and poured a glass for Uncle Shan. He took a sip during the meal, then looked at the table and signaled Li Sanjiang to continue pouring.
Runsheng, on the other hand, kept sitting there, looking at the still burning incense without moving his chopsticks.
But he was obviously very hungry and impatient.
Aunt Liu brought over the soup, tomato and egg drop soup, with a lot of balsamic vinegar added.
Uncle Shan picked up the soup bowl, poured it directly into his basin, and then continued to scoop.
Li Sanjiang took out the cigarette case, pulled out two cigarettes, flicked one to him and lit it himself, cursing: "Damn it, did you come here hungry because you didn't eat yesterday?"
Uncle Shan continued to swallow, and finally picked up the basin and took all the soup into his mouth. Then he wiped his mouth with the back of his hand and put it down with satisfaction, picked up the cigarette, knocked it on the table, and said:
"When I received your letter, I stopped eating. I have been hungry for almost three days."
"I said that if you starve to death, you can just wrap yourself up in a straw mat and bury me. You still have to suffer this crime if you follow me. It's really a crime."
Uncle Shan lit up the cigarette and said in a neutral tone: "If I pick him up, he will have to suffer with me. This is what he should do. I also told Marquis Runsheng that when I die, he will come to find him." You, he does things for you, and you take care of the food for him.”
"Don't talk nonsense. I'm older than you, so I will definitely go ahead of you."
Uncle Shan blew out a smoke ring, wrapped his tongue around his teeth, spat under the table, and said: "Forget it, you have caused harm to my legacy for thousands of years. I have no confidence that I can outlive you. I feel guilty even if I am longer than you." Taboo.”
Finally, the incense on the food was burned out, and a lot of incense ash fell on the food and rice.
But Runsheng didn't care at all. He brought the aluminum basin of rice in front of him and started eating.
Li Zhuiyuan was a little confused, but he didn't have the nerve to ask.
Uncle Shan, who was sitting opposite, saw it and said with a smile: "Run Shenghou ate dirty meat when he was a child, which makes people vomit after eating clean food. On weekdays, even if you drink a bowl of stick porridge, you have to put an incense stick first. ”
As he said that, Uncle Shan suddenly pressed his body towards Li Zhuiyuan like a mischief, and asked teasingly:
"Xiao Yuanhou, right? Do you know what dirty meat is?"
Li Zhuiyuan: "Dead human flesh?"
Uncle Shan's face was stagnant. He really didn't expect that Xi Yao'er could answer the question with a calm face. He originally wanted to tease the child and not tell the answer, but now he was teased by Xi Yao'er and was a little confused.
Li Sanjiang said dissatisfied: "What's going on with the old guy and the little boy?"
Uncle Shan pointed at Li Zhuiyuan: "Sanjiang, your great-grandson is quite interesting. He is a good candidate for our profession."
"Fuck you, my great-grandson will have to go back to Beijing to take the college entrance examination. There is no way he could take this bad path."
"Li Sanjiang, I despise you the most. You look down on our industry and still make money by fishing for corpses. I'm so blind. Why don't I let you die?"
"Oh, not convinced? Hold it in."
"Master, I'm going to read a book."
"Go, go."
Li Zhuiyuan got off the table and came to the second floor. The morning sun was shining brightly, shining on Qin Li's hair and horse skirt, like a beautiful sculpture.
Taking out the book and sitting down, Li Zhuiyuan said apologetically: "We have a guest. I'll keep you company for a while. I kept you waiting for a long time."
Qin Li said nothing.
Li Zhuiyuan opened the book and began to enjoy today's wonderful reading time.
After finishing the volume in his hand and preparing to change the book, Qin Li suddenly stood up and looked behind him.
Li Zhuiyuan also looked over and found Runsheng standing there a little shy.
He was very embarrassed because he was only wearing a pair of underpants. Logically speaking, this kind of dress was normal in the village. In the summer, there were shirtless boys and men everywhere in the village fields and dams.
But this outfit seemed too contrasting in front of the boy and girl in front of him.
Li Zhuiyuan's clothes and shoes were sent from Jingli. Although he didn't pay attention to food and clothing, he wasn't used to going shirtless. As for Qin Li, she didn't even mention it.
Although Runsheng was older than them, when facing them, he felt inferior and wanted to come over and play with them.
Li Zhuiyuan held Qin Li's hand: "Brother Runsheng is a guest at home, it's okay."
Qin Li listened and stopped looking at him.
Li Zhuiyuan was not surprised that Qin Li would take the initiative to see Runsheng. The girl seemed to have the ability to see dirty things. The way Runsheng was eating... was not strange at all.
"Brother Runsheng, we are reading a book. Come and sit with us."
"Ah, is this good?" He wanted to sit down, but he just smiled and scratched his head.
Li Zhuiyuan took the initiative to walk over and grabbed his wrist.
His body felt so cold.
It was obviously summer, and he had just eaten so much. He should have been sweating and feverish, but he felt very dry and cool.
Runsheng followed Li Zhuiyuan over and sat down on the small bench.
Qin Li's eyelashes began to beat, and her body gradually trembled.
Li Zhuiyuan had no choice but to hold her hand again to see if he could calm her down. If not, he could only ask Runsheng to sit further away.
Fortunately, after holding her hand, she became quiet, so she could only keep holding it.
When Runsheng saw this, he seemed to be getting ready to stand up with some embarrassment. He could see that this ridiculously beautiful girl was repelling him.
"Brother Runsheng, please don't see outsiders. Ali is born to be afraid of outsiders, and it's not against you. In this family, Grandma Liu and I are the only ones who can get close to her. Now that she's fine, you can continue to sit.
By the way, Brother Runsheng, do you and Uncle Shan often go fishing for death together? ”
Sure enough, when it came to fishing for dead, Runsheng immediately became much more natural and confident. He said: "Yes, now my father is basically setting up the altar table on the shore, and I am responsible for fishing.
Let me tell you, just three months ago, I just fished out a dead baby. It was a dead baby. That guy was really evil. Seriously, don’t believe it. ”
"Did you meet Xuan'er?"
Runsheng was stunned for a moment: "What is Xuan'er?"
"It's a river section, a section of the river where it's easy to fall into or out of the vortex."
Runsheng slapped his thigh excitedly and asked loudly: "How do you know?"
Immediately, he seemed to understand and smiled: "Did your grandfather tell you?"
"I saw it in the book."
"Book?" Runsheng looked at the book placed on the wooden bench in front of him, stretched out his hand to open the page, "This word gives me a headache, is it written in this book?"
"Well, yes, there are many books in this set."
"Jianghu Zhiguailu" focuses on recording the death of infants. Since ancient times, there has been a bad habit of drowning infants in many places, so infant deaths occur one after another.
One characteristic of this kind of death is that they generally have extremely malicious intent.
Most of the time, you'll be fine if you just happen to bump into the other dead ones, or if you run away quickly after seeing them, the baby dead ones will deliberately wander around in a specific water area, actively looking for people.
The most commonly used method is to lure people to dangerous places in the river basin and use terrain pits to kill people.
Even ordinary small rivers are dangerous. If you don't do it right, veteran fishermen will lose their lives, and they will also use some special methods, such as tying your feet with water plants when you are swimming, so that you can lose your strength and drown. .
Many of these babies die before being born or just after birth. They have strong unwillingness and anger, but their own strength is weak. Unlike other kinds of babies that have many special methods, they can only use terrain methods to retaliate against the living.
Runsheng was very surprised and said: "In our industry, we can actually publish books?"
Li Zhuiyuan nodded: "No."
Runsheng: "Who is so free to write about our recovery of corpses?"
Li Zhuiyuan didn't know how to answer. He didn't know who the author of the book was, but he had a vague guess. The ending of each chapter was "destroyed by the righteous way." Could it be that the author had "righteous way" in his name?
Runsheng added: "What's even more strange is that the book was written for people to read, but there are actually people who will read the story of fishing for corpses."
Li Zhuiyuan: "..."
At present, "Jianghu Zhiguailu" is full of useful information.
"Brother Runsheng, let's talk about that incident in detail."
"Oh, yes, I encountered an eddy that day. The boat capsized and I got stuck in the sand. I had to hold my breath and pull up as hard as I could, and I was able to overcome it. Otherwise, I will be buried alive in the river.”
"It's so dangerous." Li Zhuiyuan added, "Brother Runsheng, you are so powerful."
Fortunately, Xiao Huangying just wanted to lead the way at that time. If she encountered a dead baby, she would be over seven years old now.
"Hehe, it's okay. Mainly because I wanted to have a good meal at the master's house after finishing my work that day, so I went there without lunch. If I had food in my stomach, I wouldn't have been killed by that. It’s so embarrassing.”
"Then this time, I have to eat well before going."
"Of course, I like your great-grandfather's house. Every time I come to your great-grandfather's house, I always feel full and eat well!"
"Was the baby finally fished out dead?"
"It must have been caught. It was very cunning. When it failed to kill me, it wanted to hide in the aquatic plants, so I pulled it along the aquatic plants at the bottom of the water.
Seeing that it couldn't hide there anymore, it wanted to get under the river bed. I dug it out like a potato. Not to mention, it looked white, tender and swollen after being soaked in water, and it really looked like it had been cooked and peeled. Skin of taro.
Just pour a bowl of soy sauce and add some minced garlic. ”
Li Zhuiyuan noticed that when he said this, Runsheng licked his lips.
Li Zhuiyuan didn't want to think too much about other aspects. He could only think that he was really hungry at that time.
"Marquis Runsheng, Marquis Runsheng!" Uncle Shan's voice came from downstairs, "Come down and make the bed for me. I will take a nap before lunch."
"Here we come, Master."
Runsheng got up and ran down.
Qin Li took the initiative to open the book on the wooden bench.
Li Zhuiyuan understood what she meant. She wanted to read a book with him and she didn't want to be disturbed.
"Brother Runsheng is a guest. Tomorrow, Master and the others will have to count on Brother Runsheng."
Think about the combination that will go to the Niu family tomorrow to celebrate their birthdays. One is injured, one is too old to walk, and the other is blind...
Only Runsheng can be counted on.
Qin Li raised her head and looked at Li Zhuiyuan, her eyes dim.
She seemed to be expressing her grievances.
Li Zhuiyuan squeezed her hand: "Okay, be good, let's continue reading."
But after Runsheng went down to make the bed, he didn't come back up.
During lunch, Li Zhuiyuan took Qin Li downstairs and saw the two of them sleeping on the first floor with a bed made of a round table. They also got up and had lunch.
The amount of breakfast is indeed just breakfast, and lunch has been carefully prepared by Aunt Liu, so it can be regarded as a small banquet.
After the grandfather and grandson had a full stomach, they lay down on the round table bed and slept in the morning. Then they slept until dinner time. After dinner, they fell asleep directly, snoring loudly.
One has to suspect that they have a special way to save energy in advance for tomorrow.
Li Zhuiyuan was able to read almost a whole day like yesterday. Today he was more efficient and read twenty-four volumes.
Because of the foundation and accumulation in the past, you only need to remember their names and characteristics later.
Li Zhuiyuan felt that he would be able to finish reading "The Legend of Jianghu" in just one more day, and he was looking forward to the next episode.
What's a little strange is that Sister Yingzi hasn't come yet today, and Li Sanjiang muttered, but he has something to do tomorrow, so he can only wait until tomorrow to talk to the Marquis of Han.
This night was dreamless again.
In the morning, Li Zhuiyuan deliberately woke up earlier than yesterday, lay in bed and felt it. Well, he began to miss the energy of waking up after dreaming.
Sitting up from the bed, Li Zhuiyuan was startled, and then he found Qin Li sitting on the chair in his bedroom.
The girl seemed to realize that she had scared someone. She stood up and lowered her head.
It can be felt that she is anxious and uneasy.
Li Zhuiyuan got out of bed, walked up to her, and held her hand: "It's so nice, I can see you as soon as I open my eyes."
The girl raised her head and her eyes lit up.
She was wearing a white cheongsam today and a hairpin on her hair. She was very elegant and noble, and she also exuded the fragrance of orchid.
Li Zhuiyuan washed up first, and then played three more games of chess with her, which he happily lost.
When she came down to have breakfast, Aunt Liu pointed to the two wooden stools next to her: "Xiaoyuan, you and Ali are eating here."
Li Zhuiyuan saw a table next to him that was filled with wine and meat early in the morning. In order to take care of Runsheng, he thoughtfully put incense on it in advance.
At this time, the incense is burning;
It looks like a table of sacrificial rice.
Liu Jinxia was brought here in a tricycle by Li Juxiang. When she saw Li Sanjiang, who was covered with wound bandages, Liu Jinxia almost cried out of fright, pointed at him and cursed:
"Li Sanjiang, you old beast, you are not a human being! You are not a human being!"
Liu Jinxia cried and fussed for a long time, but in the end she was not willing to give up. Instead, she persuaded her daughter to go back first.
Li Zhuiyuan and Qin Li first sat in their seats and had breakfast.
After a while, Li Sanjiang invited Uncle Qishan, Runsheng and Liu Jinxia to eat:
"Come, come, everyone is here, let's go to the altar table!"
(End of chapter)