Chapter 21
"So, Brother Liangliang, does this mean that the statues excavated from the river and the coffins pried open at the breeding farm are at least three hundred years old?"
"Yes, it can be understood this way, but the strange thing is that three hundred years is indeed a long time, but it will not be such that your local customs of worshiping the 'Bai Family Empress' have not been preserved. Even the elderly The old man had no impression of her either.
But the local chronicles clearly remember her, and we also excavated her temple. There are written records and real remains. It is impossible to have no reservations in folk customs. This is too strange. ”
Li Zhuiyuan shook his head and said: "Brother Liangliang, a retired old professor once said to me that existence is not necessarily reasonable, but existence must have a reason."
"Xiaoyuan, you mean, there must be a reason for non-existence?"
"Well, I think that maybe the Bai family empress is not suitable for sacrifice, nor is she suitable for evolving into a custom. Her image, or the image of the Bai family and Baijia Town, may be very different from what we imagined. In and out.
I just read the local chronicle records that you brought back, Brother Liangliang. It does record a lot of deeds about the Bai family. They did a lot of things during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The style of the records is very similar to some stories about ghosts and monsters. But generally something is missing...
At the end of those stories about ghosts and monsters, descriptions such as "the local people are grateful for her kindness, build temples and statues, and the incense continues."
But the records about the Bai family empress in the local chronicles here are really just records. It would be fine if they were ignored once or twice and not written down, but they were not written down in all relevant records.
However, there are many other related temples in the local area. Heroes in real life, Taoist monks in Zhiguai, and even the Dragon King and Prince in East China Sea all have records with the ending I mentioned above.
Even if the incense is good or bad now, at least I can find a temple to worship.
Therefore, I think there is a certain reason for the isolation of the Bai family empress from local folk customs.
Their deeds are to 'slay demons', but the purpose of their actions may not be to 'protect one party'. ”
Xue Liangliang looked at Li Zhuiyuan in surprise again. He had forgotten that this was the first time he had looked at the primary school student like this today.
"Brother Liangliang, do you still remember the appearance of the temple dug out of the river?"
"Remember, it is very small and cramped. If the statue of the god were not placed here, I even doubt that the person who built the temple would have built it according to the specifications of the Tutu Temple next to the village road."
"And there are chains..."
"Yes, chains. The statue of the god is tied up with chains. The other end of the chains is connected to the surroundings of the temple. Without breaking the chains, it will be difficult to push the temple down with human power."
"Then it shouldn't be used for sacrifice, but more like for suppression."
"Suppression?"
Immediately afterwards, Xue Liangliang paced with some excitement:
"The layout of the coffin at the breeding farm and the words on the wood carvings also indicate suppression. Doesn't the logic of these two actions of the Bai family match up?
But why don’t the people appreciate this kind of sacrifice for justice? ”
"What if Baijiazhen only pursues the process and not the results?"
"Xiaoyuan, what you mean is that the ladies of the Bai family just want to suppress evil spirits in their own way. As for whether the ones being suppressed are evil spirits and where they came from, it's worth pondering?
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Ah... If this evil spirit was released by themselves, raised by themselves, and then suppressed by themselves, then the people would not only not think well of them, but would avoid them.
In this way, it completely makes sense. ”
"Yeah."
Li Zhuiyuan nodded. There are many records of the death and death of Xuanmen evil cultivators in "The Chronicles of Jianghu". These guys who pursue raising corpses and ascending to heaven can do anything.
There is a relatively large common understanding among their group, that is:
The lake is the place where corpses are raised, and the river is the ladder to heaven. If the river flows into the sea, then you can climb to the gate of heaven and ascend.
Nantong is located at the estuary of the Yangtze River, and Chongming Island is the gateway to the Yangtze River. From the strange thinking perspective of those people, isn't it the same as Tianmenkou?
The evil Taoist people in the mountain cities upstream would either spend time cultivating their own corpses or occupy other people's coffins. When the time is right, they would go down the river and head straight to the sea, which would definitely take a lot of time and energy to plan.
The Bai family, on the other hand, was more simple and straightforward. They forcibly "suppressed the evil spirits" directly at the Tianmen Gate, and flew up with their left foot stepping on the right foot.
Thinking of this, Li Zhuiyuan couldn't help but stretched out his hand to rub his temples. They were surprised by their thoughts, but they did have a world view that they could incorporate into it, so he did so himself.
"Xiao Yuan, this is why your sister's grandparents died tragically. Although the owner of the breeding farm has not been found yet, he may have been killed.
Logically speaking, it shouldn't be.
If the Bai family empress is the righteous party, and the evil spirit is sealed in the porcelain vase, then why does the evil spirit rush to harm the benefactor who released it, and then attack so ruthlessly without leaving any room for it?
Therefore, the one who really became so angry that she started killing people was the one who seemed to represent justice at first glance, the lady of the Bai family! ”
Li Zhuiyuan also looked at Xue Liangliang with surprise and suspicion.
You know, Xue Liangliang has never read "The Legend of Jianghu", but he can still analyze very in-depth things through conventional clues.
"Then Zhao Hequan..." Xue Liangliang was still concerned about his classmate, "Isn't it possible that the lady from the Bai family on the river was targeted, and all the revenge was focused on him?"
If it's just an offense, then just apologize and say nice things, but if you have ruined someone else's good deeds, you will incur unending revenge from them!
Xue Liangliang wondered: "But why did the Bai family lady forgive you and me? No, this has nothing to do with you. She should have let me go?"
"Maybe, she can only choose one person."
The scene in the dream that night was very clear. A woman could only take one away. For this reason, she hesitated many times between herself and Zhao Hequan. It seemed that she was aware of something special about herself, which made her very entangled for a time. .
"Huh?"
"It says so in the book."
"Oh, and there is this rule, isn't Zhao Hequan doomed?"
"It feels so."
"Then let's..." Xue Liangliang waved to Li Zhuiyuan, "Hurry up and put the altar on the table, and seize the time to completely cut off the relationship with her!"
Xue Liangliang felt the urgency when he thought that the other party did not forgive him generously, but was temporarily unable to take action against him.
"Okay." Li Zhuiyuan felt that what Xue Liangliang said made sense. He pointed to his cabinet, "Brother Liangliang, the snacks are inside, and there are wooden benches outside. You put them away and put them on two tables. Pay attention. Even numbers...let’s put four on each table. I’ll go downstairs to get the incense candles and paper money.”
After assigning the tasks, Li Zhuiyuan went downstairs and got candles and paper money. When he came up, Xue Liangliang had already set up two small altar tables in the bedroom.
The two people immediately started making sacrifices.
……
In the east room, Qin Li, who was sleeping, suddenly opened his eyes.
Liu Yumei, who was holding a cattail leaf fan and lightly fanning her eyes while resting, woke up immediately. She gently covered her granddaughter's face with the cattail leaf fan, blocking her sight, and said softly:
"Be good, it's okay. They are trying to determine the last bit of cause and effect. You have a good rest. You have to go play with Xiaoyuan tomorrow morning."
Qin Li slowly closed her eyes.
Liu Yumei looked at the screen window, through which she could see the night sky outside.
For a long time, she said to herself with a slightly mocking tone:
"What age are you now, are you still dreaming of that kind of dream?"
However, just when she closed her eyes and was about to fall asleep again.
The next moment,
Liu Yumei and Qin Li opened their eyes together.
This time, Qin Li's eyes were deep and rarely focused clearly when he was not looking at Li Zhuiyuan.
Liu Yumei's expression was a little more solemn than last time, but she still held the cattail leaf fan and swung it back and forth above Qin Li, as if she was cutting.
Qin Li looked at her grandmother beside her.
Liu Yumei said: "Hey, I'm not looking for Xiaoyuan. Go to sleep. You can't have fun tonight, otherwise you'll be in low spirits. You don't want to go see Xiaoyuan with two dark circles under your eyes, do you?"
Qin Li closed her eyes again.
Liu Yumei felt a little disappointed. She had gradually gotten used to it. Using Li Zhuiyuan's name to communicate with her granddaughter was very sad, but very useful.
After getting up and getting out of bed, Liu Yumei opened the screen window and closed the outer window, completely blocking out the outside.
"Out of sight, out of mind, sleep."
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After the sacrifice was over, Xue Liangliang was responsible for cleaning up the ashes of the burned paper. He was always very careful in his work.
When he came back, he saw Li Zhuiyuan looking at him: "Brother Liangliang, look at your arms."
When Xue Liangliang heard this, he immediately rolled up his sleeves and took a look. He found that there were no traces at all. He immediately asked excitedly:
"There is no trace at all, Xiaoyuan, what about you?"
"I don't have any anymore."
"Huh..." Xue Liangliang breathed a long sigh of relief, "Then we are done?"
"Well, it should be, brother Liangliang, your classmate..."
Now that the two of them are disconnected, the one who looks like the Bai family can focus all his attention on taking revenge on the other one.
Xue Liangliang was not very sad. Instead, he tapped his forehead and shoulders with his hands and said:
"The Lord will bless him."
The corners of Li Zhuiyuan's mouth tightened, wanting to laugh.
He could feel that Xue Liangliang was sincere when he said he wanted to help his classmates, but this did not prevent him from letting go of helping others after discovering the terrible seriousness of the situation.
Xue Liangliang reached out and rubbed the tip of Li Zhuiyuan's nose and said:
"You have to think broadly about everything. If you want to live a happy life, you have to learn to refuse emotional internal friction."
With that said, Xue Liangliang turned around and asked: "The shower room is at the back, right? I'll take a shower first."
Looking at his back as he went out, Li Zhuiyuan slowly fell into deep thought.
Xue Liangliang's words touched him.
Maybe, just because I keep thinking about how to act myself well, I become less and less like myself.
……
The walls of Li Sanjiang's bedroom are covered with statues of gods.
He bought all of these in one go during the temple fair the year before last, and then threw them in the cupboard without use. Today, he put them all away.
In one of the paintings, Li Sanjiang placed an old man in the center with a kind face and a celestial spirit.
He thought it was Laozi, but actually... it was Confucius.
He was indeed tired after a hard day's work. After finishing the arrangement, he went to bed early.
Then, he dreamed.
It's strange, it seems that since he performed the transfer ceremony with Xiao Yuanhou, he has had more dreams.
Only this time, the dream was not on the roof of the town health center, but on the road.
Turning around and looking to the right, he saw the familiar gate. On the side of the gate was a sign that he had kissed many times during the day.
Behind him, there was the sound of footsteps.
Li Sanjiang looked back and saw a petite figure slowly walking out of the shadows, carrying great resentment.
Without hesitation, Li Sanjiang ran directly into the police station.
The girl stood outside the police station with a vicious look on her face and her mouth opened and closed.
The threats were clearly audible during the first night's dream that she wanted to die; when she was napping on the tractor, her voice was muffled.
And now,
I could only watch her mouth opening and closing continuously. Although I couldn't hear it at all, she must have cursed a lot.
"Hey."
Li Sanjiang smiled and then lay down on his own.
When he meets someone who can reason with him, he doesn't mind showing off his face, begging for soft words, or even asking him to kneel down and kowtow.
But evil spirits come from people after all. Some people can communicate well, but some people just can't communicate.
When you encounter someone like this, it would be a waste of energy to pay any attention to her.
At least in the dream, Li Sanjiang had seen the world. In the dream, he was also the leader leading a group of zombies to perform exercises in the Forbidden City.
Therefore, Li Sanjiang lay down directly, folded his hands and placed them on his belly button.
Tired, I fell asleep.
Outside the house in reality, Xue Liangliang walked out of the shower room while wiping his hair. He looked curiously at the willow tree diagonally opposite the house.
The willow branches kept swaying, as if blown by the wind, but strangely, he didn't feel any wind here.
"It's strange, why can't the wind blow in?"
He didn't think much about it, mainly because his experience today was too bizarre and he didn't have the time to study the direction of the wind.
When he returned to the bedroom, he saw Li Zhuiyuan sitting at the desk, turning on the lamp and reading a book.
When I took a closer look, I found that the characters on it were densely packed and ridiculously small. I couldn’t help but worry:
"Reading such small characters at night can easily lead to myopia."
"No, Brother Liangliang, you are used to it. You can recognize the content just by scanning it."
"So magical?" Xue Liangliang didn't think Li Zhuiyuan was lying and went to bed first.
The characteristic of the old wooden bed is that it is spacious enough.
"Xiao Yuan, do you sleep outside or inside?"
"I can do it."
"Then I'd better sleep outside. Children will feel safe sleeping inside."
"Yeah."
"When do you plan to go to bed?"
"I'll take a shower and go to bed after watching it for a while."
"I think it's okay to treat these as hobbies. You should spend more time on studying."
"Yeah, I know."
In the past, Xue Liangliang would definitely have tried to persuade him a few more times, but today, he couldn't persuade him anymore. Thinking about it carefully, he really relied on these useless books read by Li Zhuiyuan to help him. Very busy.
Therefore, he couldn't help but change his tone and said: "Xiaoyuan, it's really interesting to think about it. Before the day before yesterday, I really didn't expect that these things actually existed in the world, but somehow, I didn't seem to be that scared. It’s not that I’m not afraid, but I’m not that panicked.”
"Fear comes from the unknown. Brother Liangliang, you have found out the Bai family's hometown, what else is there to be afraid of?"
"Indeed. But tell me, do you want me to read some books on this subject? Do you have any recommendations?"
Li Zhuiyuan hesitated for a moment and said: "These books belong to my grandfather. I can't lend them to you. You have to ask my grandfather first."
"Forget it, your grandfather specializes in this business, these books should be his treasures, and he will definitely not lend them to outsiders easily."
Xue Liangliang was wrong about this.
For so many years, Li Sanjiang just put so many boxes of books in the basement to collect dust.
"Xiaoyuan, what is the phone number of your village? Can we leave your contact information?"
Li Zhuiyuan reported the phone number of the village committee, and by the way also reported the phone number of the village canteen.
Generally, when people in the village want to make a call, they go to these two places. When a call comes in from outside, they call here. After saying who they want to call, they hang up, leave time to call the person, and wait a quarter of an hour before calling again.
Li Zhuiyuan memorized this phone number and expected his mother to call him. But his mother did not disappoint his expectations and never called once.
"Forget it, let me write it down." Xue Liangliang got out of bed, walked to the desk, took a pen and paper to write down the number, and then sighed.
Although Li Zhuiyuan was reading without raising his head, he was still able to do two things at once, saying:
"Brother Liangliang, are you saying that there will be a day when every household will be equipped with a telephone?"
"This day will come, do you believe it?" "I believe it, but pagers seem to be popular now."
In the past few years, BP machines began to enter the country and quickly became popular on a large scale. Young people in the city are even proud to have a BP machine tied around their waists.
"I'm planning to get one too, so I'll get it together and give you one as a gift. How about it, Xiaoyuan?"
Li Zhuiyuan shook his head: "I don't need it."
"Oh, by the way." Xue Liangliang slapped his forehead, "I said I would buy you snacks and toys, but I forgot them. I will send them to you after I return to school."
"Thank you, Brother Liangliang."
"Then I'll go to bed first." Xue Liangliang went to bed again, and soon he fell asleep.
After Li Zhuiyuan finished reading the volume in his hand, he went to the shower room to take a bath. When he passed by the master's bedroom, he could clearly hear his snoring through the door panel.
It seems that the grandpa is sleeping soundly.
I went back to my bedroom, put a new toothbrush in the basin, crawled to the inside of the bed, lay down, and went to sleep.
The next day, Xue Liangliang woke up very early.
One characteristic of him is that he has high sleep quality and short sleep periods. He only needs half the sleep time of others to recover his energy better than others.
Opening his eyes and glancing at Li Zhuiyuan who was still awake next to him, Xue Liangliang couldn't help but think that it would be fun if this kid really got admitted to Haihe University and became an alumnus of himself.
He got out of bed gently and saw the new toothbrush in the basin. He picked up the basin and was about to wash up. He just opened the door.
“Oh my god!!!”
Xue Liangliang was so frightened that the washbasin in his hand fell to the ground, and the wash cup, towel and toothbrush were scattered all over the floor.
Anyone who opens the door early in the morning and sees a little girl standing silently at the door will probably be shocked.
Li Zhuiyuan was woken up and quickly got out of bed. He rubbed his eyes and ran over. He held Qin Li's hand with his other hand and urged:
"Brother Liangliang, go and wash up quickly."
"Oh, okay."
Xue Liangliang immediately picked up his things and went out. What he didn't know was that if Li Zhuiyuan got out of bed a moment later, he might be covered in bruises.
Because when Li Zhuiyuan held Ah Li's hand, Ah Li's body was already trembling, which was a sign of an impending explosion.
Originally, according to past habits, Li Zhuiyuan could sleep in. Even if she didn't wake up when Ali came, she would come in quietly and sit and wait for him to wake up.
It's just that Xue Liangliang slept here last night, which interrupted this habit.
Moreover, because of his voice, the breakfast time of everyone in the house was advanced.
After washing up and eating breakfast, Aunt Zhang from the village canteen shouted across the wheat field: "Uncle Sanjiang, phone!"
"Oh, come on!"
Li Sanjiang put some pickles in, then took the porridge bowl with chopsticks and walked out while scooping up the porridge.
When I came to the canteen and waited for a cigarette, the phone rang again. I answered it. It was Yingzi's aunt Chen Xiaoling.
The phone call said that the owner of the farm had been found and died at the house of a widow in the town. The widow was very affectionate and was preparing to hold a funeral for him.
As a result, nothing was found. It was said that the singer had also been here, and the three of them were often together.
The singer was not a local, and I went to the workplace to inquire. She said she stopped coming to work last week without saying hello, and the identity information she registered was also false.
It is currently suspected that the missing jewelry and porcelain bottles are in the hands of the woman, but it is very difficult to find her now.
However, Zhou Hai should be cleared of suspicion and will be released at noon.
Chen Xiaoling anxiously asked the couple what they should do because she had another nightmare last night.
Li Sanjiang patiently comforted her and told her that after Zhou Hai came out, they would go burn incense under the Langshan Zhiyun Pagoda.
Chen Xiaoling asked uneasily if this would be enough?
Li Sanjiang also suggested that they burn the other four mountains today, namely Junshan, Huangnishan, Ma'anshan, and Jianshan.
In fact, Li Sanjiang didn't know whether it was useful or not. He mainly didn't want to continue to interfere in this matter.
Yesterday, I and the Bai family lady were finally done with each other, even if they were evil.
He no longer has to go through this muddy water for Zhou Hai and his wife. They don't charge money, they are not close relatives, and the thing is so vicious, why bother?
Besides, it was their own greed and baseness that caused the matter, and they had already exhausted their benevolence and righteousness.
Thinking about burning incense from five mountains, Chen Xiaoling couldn't help but feel confident. She kept thanking Li Sanjiang on the phone, and then hung up the phone when the seconds were approaching 60.
Aunt Zhang smiled and said: "Uncle Sanjiang has a lot of work now. When I went to Shigang Wholesale Department to purchase goods, I heard someone talking about you."
"It's not all a good thing. Let's just make do with it. Come on, help me cover the front door."
"Okay."
This is a tacit understanding in the village. You can't let people run for you in vain. You have to buy something after answering the phone, even if it's two candies for your children.
I was walking home with my cigarette in my arms, and when I reached the intersection I was about to turn in, I saw Xue Liangliang walking out.
"Uncle, I'm going back to school."
"What, you're leaving now?"
"Well, I just took a day off."
"Then be careful on the road."
"Hey, okay, uncle, I'll come see you later."
"Haha."
Li Sanjiang laughed dryly and waved his hands. He came to his house to sleep and had breakfast before leaving without even giving any extra lessons to his great-grandson. This college student is really good.
Just as he was about to walk in, he saw someone riding a bicycle running toward him in the distance. He looked familiar. After thinking carefully, he remembered that this seemed to be Niu's family, Niu Fu's youngest son.
The man quickly got off the bicycle, pushed it to Li Sanjiang, and said anxiously:
"Uncle Sanjiang, please go see my dad again. Something happened to him."
Li Sanjiang frowned and said directly: "Oh, it still happened, but that's none of my business. It's destiny."
What a joke, Li Sanjiang doesn’t sell TVs in shopping malls, so how can he provide you with after-sales service?
"No, uncle, really, something happened to not only my dad, but also my second uncle and my aunt. Everyone was very panicked. They asked me to come over and beg you to go take a look again."
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"This can't be done, this can't be done. Making an exception once is too much for me. If I continue to make exceptions, I will no longer be able to live my life. My birthday material hasn't been painted yet."
"Uncle, really, please, I can only count on you now." As he said this, he took out a red envelope from his pocket and stuffed it into Li Sanjiang's hand.
Li Sanjiang's attitude was softened by the thickness of the red seal.
"Then... I can only go and take a look. In fact, if something really happened, I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to do anything. What I can do is to pray for you, juniors, to protect and protect you. Clean Feng Shui.”
"That's great, that's it. That's all you can do. Really, we're grateful."
In fact, they, the juniors, were not too concerned about the three elders. They were worried that after the three elders' accidents happened one after another, it would be their turn to be the next group.
"You should go back first. I have to clean up and prepare here. I will go there in the afternoon."
"Okay, okay, uncle, we are waiting for you at home."
After the other party rode away, Li Sanjiang opened the red seal while walking along the rice field path. After confirming that each picture was a unity, a smile appeared on his face.
Hey, it feels so good to have money this morning.
Indeed, how could you keep getting bad jobs?
In fact, as Liu Jinxia said, this industry itself cannot avoid cheating, and many times it is just a joke.
But there are also people to blame. Some guys are shit. If you coax them and make money from them, you will make money. Just think of it as helping them to make money and eliminate disasters, which is considered a help.
When he got home, Li Sanjiang didn't make any preparations. He lay down on a wicker chair on the second floor terrace, turned on the radio, and prepared to sit back until the afternoon before going out.
Just as he was adjusting his posture, Li Sanjiang saw two children lying on a small recliner in the northeast corner, side by side.
Moreover, the recliners were made so that one was missing the right armrest and the other was missing the left armrest. They were stuck together to form a perfect pair, with no gap between them.
"You brat, you really know how to enjoy life."
Near noon, a shirtless young man pushed a cart onto the dam. It was Runsheng.
He accompanied Uncle Shan to get his dentures installed, and waited for two more days to tend to his injuries. After using the Niu family's money he earned last time to buy a batch of rice, flour, grain and oil, he was kicked out of the house by Uncle Shan.
Aunt Liu greeted politely: "Run Sheng is here. Are you hungry? I'll be cooking later, haha."
Runsheng nodded: "I'm very hungry. My father didn't allow me to eat the day before yesterday, so I came here to eat with my belly."
"That's good. I've made a new batch of incense here. You can taste it when the meal starts and see if it's right."
"Okay, I'll wait."
Runsheng said and wiped the corners of his mouth.
Li Sanjiang, who was on the second floor, was so angry when he heard the following conversation. He thought the old guy had forgotten about this, but unexpectedly he drove his mules to his house to eat fodder.
But it was indeed the right time, and I could let him push me there in the afternoon.
Although this bastard can eat, as long as he is full, he is better than an ox.
"Marquis Runsheng, you are here."
Runsheng looked up at Li Sanjiang above and nodded vigorously: "Well, I'm here, uncle, I miss you."
"I miss you too, dear boy. I'll send you to Niu's house for a walk in the afternoon."
"Okay, sir."
Li Zhuiyuan heard the noise and what the master said, and knew that the cat-faced old lady had already done the initial work.
"Brother Runsheng."
"Hey, Xiaoyuan."
Runsheng and Li Zhuiyuan said a simple hello and went to squat in front of the batch of new incense that Aunt Liu was drying. He was so hungry that he couldn't care about anything else for the time being.
Li Zhuiyuan walked up to Li Sanjiang and showed a cute smile: "Master."
"Well, what's wrong?"
"I want to go to Shigang Town to buy some stationery in the afternoon."
"Okay, let's go with my master in the afternoon."
Li Sanjiang readily agreed. He felt that there was no danger to the Niu family. After all, he had already killed him with a peach wood sword.
"Thank you, Master."
Li Zhuiyuan stepped forward, put his arms around Li Sanjiang's neck and pressed his face against his chest for a hug.
Li Sanjiang smiled and patted Li Zhuiyuan's head:
"Yo yo yo, hahaha, little things, I will buy whatever you want, I will buy it for you. I am rich, very rich."
This kind of intimacy from a junior made Li Sanjiang very useful.
However, he also tasted it carefully, and it seemed that he didn't like junior, but just liked Xiao Yuanhou.
Although this child is not interested in studying, he is really lovable.
After making an agreement with his grandfather, Li Zhuiyuan sat back on the armchair and continued reading.
As he looked at it, he suddenly felt two hands coming over him. The movements were very slow and unfamiliar, but they gradually hugged his neck, and then put his face against his chest.
Li Zhuiyuan immediately understood that Ali was imitating his previous actions to please his master.
Immediately, he noticed doubts in the girl's eyes.
Li Zhuiyuan understood, so he could only reach out his hand and pat the girl's head gently:
"I'll buy you whatever you want. I'm rich, very rich."
Satisfied, the girl let go of her hand and returned to her previous normal posture. Her eyes were bright, at least in this corner, covering up the scorching sun.
Downstairs, Liu Yumei was drinking tea by herself, her hand holding the teacup trembled slightly, and she cursed in her heart:
"You have money, you stupid kid has so much money!"
But despite the sourness, there was also great relief, and tears appeared in the corners of my eyes.
How often has your granddaughter done this since she got sick?
Sometimes, the most difficult thing is to break through from zero to one. She is already imagining that one day in the future, her granddaughter will hold her neck like this and let herself pat her head gently.
He lowered his head and continued drinking tea, then frowned slightly.
Are the tea leaves spoiled? Why is it sour and sweet at the same time?
……
After Xue Liangliang left Siyuan Village, he first took a bus to the Municipal People's Hospital to visit Zhao Hequan, who was hospitalized.
Zhao Hequan's condition is very bad. After being sent in, his symptoms have continued to worsen. Now his whole body seems to have been stained from head to toe, showing a purple color.
Luo Tingrui happened to come to visit at this time. After glancing at Zhao Hequan in a routine manner, he motioned for Xue Liangliang and himself to come out.
He really didn't like Zhao Hequan. As the head of the department, he would often take them out of school to arrange on-site internships. Zhao Hequan was a talkative person. Even if he saw a dog urinating on a telephone pole on the roadside while riding in the car, he would I want to express some weirdness.
Luo Tingrui is a practical person. Although he came from his student days and understands that the current social trend is like this, he still looks down on the idle moaning of such people who are out of work, because they can only groan.
On the contrary, Xue Liangliang had always caught his eye. If this kid hadn't seemed determined to go to Southwest China after graduation, he would have introduced his daughter to him.
"Liangliang, are you going back to school?"
"Well, director, we'll go to the station later."
"You come with me. There happen to be comrades coming down from above, including comrades from some places. We are going to the riverside to have a look. When the inspection is over, we will go back to school together."
"Okay, Director."
Although the inspection team was improvised, there were many people.
Three cars and one bus were all full. After leaving the city, we headed south to the Yangtze River, which belongs to the county below Nantong.
After everyone got off the bus, they exchanged pleasantries, which were basically introduced by local comrades, and then everyone would ask Luo Tingrui for his opinions from time to time.
Xue Liangliang, who was following behind, understood that this was planning and conception for the future cross-river bridge. The superiors planned to build a bridge here to connect Nantong and Shanghai.
However, it is still in the planning and conception stage, and the conditions for implementation are not yet available.
But this is enough to make Xue Liangliang excited. After all, any grand project is inseparable from this step.
An arranged boat came over, picked everyone up, and sailed to the river so that everyone could experience it more intuitively.
"Although there are steam ferries that can solve the traffic problem, the lack of a real bridge still seriously hinders the local economic development..."
When the local comrades described the actual situation, Xue Liangliang listened while leaning on the side of the boat, looking towards the river, and marveling in his heart at the vast scenery of the river and the sky.
Immediately, he frowned again, lowered his head, and looked at the river below:
"According to the wrong location marked in the local directory, it seems to be Baijia Town,
At this moment...
Right under your feet. ”
(End of chapter)