Chapter 28
It is very common for newlyweds to be busy during a wedding and after entertaining relatives and friends, to be so hungry that they sit down at the pew to grab a bite to eat.
But I have never heard that the rightful owner of a family's affairs can personally go to the banquet.
Only then did Li Zhuiyuan notice that when he and Runsheng were walking this way, Runsheng shouted from far away: "Uncle, everyone has closed the table, let's go home too!"
At that time, I only felt that there was something incongruous, but I didn't think deeply about it. It was only now that I realized it.
Under normal circumstances, if you see your elders drinking with others at the table, you have to walk up to say hello to the others at the table before taking your elders home, and shouting from a long distance away, which is a bit embarrassing. It means not taking the people at the same table seriously.
Although Brother Runsheng has a more straightforward personality, he also understands etiquette and rules. So the reason why he does this is because in his eyes, Li Sanjiang is the only one drinking at the table?
Li Zhuiyuan looked at Runsheng aside and saw that Runsheng had turned his back to Li Sanjiang and crouched down, ready to carry Li Sanjiang home.
Yes, it's confirmed, Runsheng couldn't see those two people.
According to his past habits, Li Zhuiyuan subconsciously wanted to pretend not to see it, but this path dependence was quickly rejected by himself.
Although he did not have a direct conversation with the other party, his posture when he walked all the way to the table, and after standing next to the master, turning sideways and facing the direction of the two people at the same table... were actually silently revealing that he had "seen" it. them.
Pretending to be stupid at this time will only make you look like a fool.
Li Sanjiang took the initiative to hold Li Zhuiyuan's hand and said with a smile to the two people at the same table:
"Look, my eldest great-grandson is so fair and fair. He is a seed that can learn and will be successful in the future."
Runsheng was somewhat used to it. Uncle Li himself had to praise Xiaoyuan many times every day, and now that he was drinking, he kept praising him even more.
Brother Bao nodded and said meaningfully: "This kid looks really smart."
Today's host, the late Zhao Xing, also echoed: "Anyway, you can see smarter than I did when I was a child, but I couldn't study well."
Li Sanjiang was happy to hear such praise and said with a smile: "Ha, did you hear that? Xiao Yuanhou, I am praising you!"
Li Zhuiyuan felt helpless in his heart. He was just thinking about how to get out of the situation in front of him, but he didn't expect that his master would immediately drag him into a drinking game.
At the moment, Li Zhuiyuan could only pretend to be shy and lower his head, showing shyness.
"Come, Marquis Xiaoyuan, sit down and have some more."
Although Li Sanjiang was old, he was still very strong. Otherwise, he would not be able to retrieve the body, let alone carry it ashore. In addition, he was already drunk. Li Zhuiyuan could not resist his strength and was forced to pull him. And sat down.
"Come, Xiao Yuanhou, I will give you some pork ribs. This is what you like."
Li Sanjiang picked up several pieces of sweet and sour pork ribs and put them on the plate in front of Li Zhuiyuan.
Runsheng, who was waiting next to him, turned around and scratched his head in confusion. Didn't Xiaoyuan say he was going to carry the uncle home? Why did Xiaoyuan sit down at the table and eat it himself?
If you want to have a midnight snack, tell me early. You can bring some incense from home and have it on the table before taking a few bites.
"Xiaoyuan..."
"Brother Runsheng, please wait for us for a while."
"Okay, Xiaoyuan."
Uncle Shan had told him that Xiaoyuan was smart and told him to listen to him more. Runsheng felt the same way, so he simply turned his back to Li Sanjiang and Li Zhuiyuan, squatted on the ground, rubbed his eyes and started typing. Yawned.
Li Zhuiyuan was relieved in his heart. As long as there was room for things to turn smoothly, he was not willing to take the risk of breaking up.
Forget it if you really die, with Brother Runsheng's brute strength and experience, it's not like he can't go up and give it a try.
But the problem now is very complicated. The two people in front of him are not dead. At least, they have no bodies here, and Runsheng can't see them at all.
Then how to fight, with ghosts?
Pick up the chopsticks, pick up a piece of sweet and sour pork ribs, and put it into your mouth.
After all, it was a real banquet. Unlike the paper figurine banquet hosted by the cat-faced old lady, Li Zhuiyuan dared to eat it and chewed it in his mouth.
However, in this environment, no matter how delicious the food is, it tastes like chewing wax.
He was very worried at this time whether Brother Bao would still remember him.
"Xiaoyuan, right? Have we met somewhere?"
Li Zhuiyuan looked at Brother Bao with some doubts: "Is there any?"
Li Sanjiang said: "I'm afraid I haven't seen you before. This is your first time back to your hometown. You haven't been there for long, so you don't recognize many people."
Brother Bao continued: "Really, if you look closely, it looks familiar. You went to the town market yesterday, right?"
Li Zhuiyuan nodded: "Well, I went to the canteen to buy snacks and stationery."
"Oh, which canteen?"
"The one next door to the firecracker shop, I sat there drinking soda and watching people playing billiards for a long time."
Next door to the canteen is a firecracker shop, and next door to the east is Sister Mei's video parlor.
Li Zhuiyuan deliberately avoided mentioning the video room, firstly because he was afraid of irritating Li Sanjiang. After all, Li Sanjiang knew what happened in the video room yesterday, and he was drunk now, so he might start talking accidentally.
The second is that Li Zhuiyuan was betting that when Brother Bao had sex with the woman yesterday, he could only control her movements and could not know her memory. He was also betting that when the canteen owner entered the video room to report the news, he did not have time to explain clearly what happened. , just get high.
Li Zhuiyuan felt that winning the bet was very successful, because if Brother Bao knew that he was the one who called the police yesterday, his attitude towards him would never be so calm now.
After a pause, Li Zhuiyuan continued: "Hey, there was an aunt yesterday who wanted to invite me to sit next door, but I prefer watching billiards. Moreover, Brother Runsheng sent the proprietress next door to the health center at that time. Let me wait for him to come back and then take me back with him. I have to obey my brother
Right, Brother Runsheng? ”
"Ah?" Runsheng was cleaning the nails of his left hand with the nails of his right hand, "Yeah, that's right."
He vaguely felt that these words sounded a little off. When he and Xiao Yuan were together, even though he was older, Xiao Yuan always made the decision. Why did Xiao Yuan's words sound like he was the one who spoke? A useful big brother?
Hey, no, who is Xiaoyuan talking to?
"Xiaoyuan, you..."
"Brother Runsheng, please be quiet for a while. We will go home after sitting for a while. Don't make any noise or talk."
"Oh, okay."
Runsheng obediently continued to pick his nails and stopped talking.
Brother Bao said: "That's right, I bought a pack of cigarettes in that canteen yesterday. I should have met you then, but you probably don't remember me."
"Well..." Li Zhuiyuan lowered his head slightly and said apologetically, "I should have been fascinated by watching billiards at that time."
It seemed that Brother Bao did not know that he had called the police, and looking at him like this, it seemed that he did not remember Runsheng who sent him to the health center.
Is it because he was still unconscious at that time and not dead?
But after Brother Bao died in the health center, the ghost came out of the health center and walked to the video room. He didn't see Runsheng in the health center?
Li Zhuiyuan recalled that Runsheng said that when he wanted to walk, he was stopped by the health center staff and asked him to pay for the medical expenses. Later, he had no choice but to go outside Sister Mei's ward to wait for Sister Mei to wake up, so this Just missed it?
Brother Bao asked again: "I just heard you say that you sent her to the hospital. How is she?"
"The doctor said it's okay, just rest and you'll be fine."
"Oh."
Li Zhuiyuan noticed that Brother Bao's eyes became softer when he looked at him.
This was also the reason why he deliberately mentioned Runsheng sending Sister Mei to the hospital.
In fact, there is another problem at the moment, that is, I can see them now, which is a huge flaw.
But at the same time, this flaw seemed to be covered up because Li Sanjiang was here, because it was Li Sanjiang who saw them first and started drinking with them.
And Li Sanjiang's identity is a bit special. He is a corpse collector and a ferryman between yin and yang. He has some special characteristics. Not only the living people will seek help from the corpse collectors, but also the dead.
There are similar records in "Jianghu Zhiguailu".
At least, so far, neither Brother Bao nor Zhao Xing has expressed surprise that they can see them.
Even Runsheng was in a state of "seeing" under his own cover.
"Hiss... tut!"
Li Sanjiang poured another glass of wine into his throat, wiped his mouth, picked up a mouthful of food with chopsticks and pressed it.
Li Zhuiyuan sighed silently. He was sewing and mending carefully and painstakingly, but his grandfather was eating and drinking enthusiastically.
Zhao Xing asked: "How was today's food? Are you satisfied or not?"
Li Zhuiyuan lowered his head and continued to eat the ribs: "It's delicious."
Li Sanjiang nodded and said: "You old Zhao family are kind people, and the food on this table is really good."
Li Zhuiyuan guessed that the grandpa regarded Zhao Xing as a nephew of the Zhao family.
"That's good. As long as everyone can eat and drink well, I'm afraid it won't be done well and I'll neglect everyone."
A smile appeared on Zhao Xing's face, but his face was already pale, and paired with the smile, it made people even more frightened.
Li Zhuiyuan picked up another piece of bacon, dipped it on the plate and put it in his mouth.
Only the cold dishes on the table are still edible, while other dishes are cold.
However, this host really cares about the evaluation in person.
In fact, at the banquet served by Bai Shier, if the host who was supposed to be lying there got up and asked in person, no one would dare to say that the banquet was not delicious.
Brother Bao said: "If I hadn't known that you had a good meal here, could I have come to eat quickly?"
Zhao Xing smiled and said: "Okay, don't I have to go to your place for dinner in two days?"
Brother Bao responded: "Yes, but the food at my house is definitely not as good as yours. Your old Zhao family does big business, while mine is just a small business. After excluding expenses, there is not much left over. But now that you are here, I I will definitely accompany you as well as you do today.”
Zhao Xing waved his hand: "Eating, drinking, etc. are secondary. The main thing is this atmosphere. With our relationship, we don't need to pay attention to those polite things."
Li Zhuiyuan picked up another chopstick of cold spinach. This kind of exchange of inviting each other to eat at their own table after death was really novel.
However, how should I end this drinking game in a more natural way?
In addition, the two of them showed up to drink with the grandfather. Is it because they were lonely or because they had something to do?
Li Sanjiang looked at Brother Bao: "What's wrong? Your family has something to do?"
"Well, it's almost time. When my wife gets better, we will start the process."
"Then you can't do this. My wife is sick, and you stay here drinking so late. Shouldn't you go back to take care of others? It's so irresponsible.
Besides, hosting a banquet is very troublesome. Since your wife is sick, you must be in charge, and you won’t have time to hide. ”
Li Zhuiyuan immediately nodded in agreement: "When I am sick, I always hope that someone will accompany me."
Brother Bao shook his head helplessly: "I have done something sorry for my wife, and I am also angry with her for her illness, so it is not appropriate for me to go home now. Counting today, I will hide outside for another six days and wait. Go back on the seventh day. By then, she should have calmed down."
"Haha." Li Sanjiang pointed at Brother Bao with his chopsticks, "It's true that you young people should either don't get married or stop messing around after you get married."
"Uncle taught me a lesson." Brother Bao picked up the chopsticks and turned them over in his hands.
Li Zhuiyuan noticed that Brother Bao was angry.
As a gangster in the town, how can you allow others to teach you by pointing your nose like this? In the past, regardless of whether you were old or young, you would have taught you a lesson directly.
But now, he is enduring it.
Zhao Xing took the initiative to take over the conversation: "I said uncle..."
"Bah, how old are you? You look like you're only twenty at most. Why don't you call me uncle?" Li Sanjiang pointed to the mourning hall, "This old Zhao can only call me uncle. I don't think so." To argue with him, you are probably about the same age as the one who is walking today.”
Seeing Li Sanjiang turn his head to look at the photo of the deceased in the mourning hall, Li Zhuiyuan was afraid that when the dazed master saw it, he would realize who the dark person under the lamp on the table was.
He quickly picked up the wine bottle and poured wine for his uncle, and deliberately filled the wine to the top and then overflowed.
"Hey, hey, that's enough, that's a pity, it's a waste of wine." Li Sanjiang's eyes were quickly pulled back. While holding the bottle, he lowered his head and looked at the puddle of wine overflowing from the plastic paper on the wine table. "One mouthful.
"My hands are shaking, Master."
Zhao Xing and Brother Bao looked at each other and changed their words: "Uncle, we two brothers want to ask you something."
"Let's talk about it first."
"Old Chiang in Shigang Town owes us brothers a debt and has been delaying repaying it."
"Old Chiang?" Li Sanjiang patted his forehead, trying to recall through the alcohol, "It sounds a bit familiar, ah, is it the old Chiang who opened the singing room and bathroom in Shigang Town? This guy He has always been famous in that area. I heard that he started in the earthmoving business in his early years.”
"Yes, that's him."
"That's difficult to deal with. He owes you money. Why don't you ask him for it yourself? Is there an IOU?"
"Aren't we being held by him? It's really inconvenient to see him."
"Hey, I can't take care of this kind of thing." Li Sanjiang shook his head quickly, "We are not big shots, we are just fishing for drifters in the river, how can we do this kind of thing. If I have this ability, as for now Are you still out to pick up the work? Why don’t you just lie down and enjoy yourself at home?”
"There is a tank in the middle of the pond at his house. There is a piece of Tai Sui in the tank. He fished it out of the river many years ago. Because he deceived us into eating that thing, we two brothers are now very uncomfortable.
If you don't dare to go to him and don't tell him, you have to continue working under him. ”
"What's Tai Sui?" Li Sanjiang was confused. "Is it poison? Did he give you two medicine?"
"All we ask is that you can help us destroy the tank of Tai Sui in his house. It doesn't matter whether we burn it, take it, bury it or throw it away. As long as we don't let the tank of contents stay in his house."
"I said, what on earth are you talking about? Aren't you asking me to steal something? I am already a lot of age, how can I do such a thing? You are finding fault..."
Zhao Xing took out the Tuan Tuan one by one from under the table, taking out nine stacks in total.
Every wad of money is brand new and tied with white paper.
Li Sanjiang swallowed and his breathing became rapid.
"Uncle Li, as long as you agree to help, the money will be yours."
Li Sanjiang's hand holding the wine glass was already trembling. You must know that he went there for money even though he knew there was something dirty in Niu's house but still dragged his injured body.
Only this time, even though he was drunk, Li Sanjiang still lowered his head forcibly, knocked the wine glass in his hand heavily on the table, and said loudly:
"Don't do it!"
Immediately afterwards, Li Sanjiang slapped the table with his hands and cursed:
"You two blind little bastards, do you think your grandpa is the kind of person who is willing to do dirty things for money? Bah!"
Brother Bao and Zhao Xing were both stunned, and then a green color began to appear on their faces, which was a sign of anger.
The surrounding air also cooled down.
Even Runsheng, who was squatting next to him and almost asleep, couldn't help but shiver.
Li Zhuiyuan asked: "Lao Chiang, has he committed anything?"
Seeing the two people turning their attention to him, Li Zhuiyuan explained: "I just want to help my grandfather and ask him clearly."
Zhao Xing shook his head, he didn't know.
Brother Bao said: "I have seen a person buried in the mud of the pond under the jar. He is an enemy of Chiang Kai-shek and his surname is Zhou."
"What, you're killing people?" When Li Sanjiang heard this, his drunkenness immediately disappeared, but his first reaction was, "You fucking want me to steal things from a murderer's house?"
Zhao Xing looked at Brother Bao and asked, "When did you see him?"
Brother Bao replied: "Because I helped him bury it. Old Chiang Kai-shek said that the body buried there can nourish Tai Sui."
Zhao Xing said in surprise: "It turns out that you have been helping him a long time ago. If you didn't tell me earlier, I wouldn't be so miserable."
Brother Bao sneered: "Have you forgotten, we walk forward and backward."
"Yes, I really forgot about this. It's a pity, I have such a fortune."
Zhao Xing looked around with regret. His family was in good condition and his father had the ability to make money, so he could have continued to enjoy life. One day he had enough fun and wanted to get a serious wife. There was really no one in eight villages within ten miles. A marriage that his father couldn't afford to pay for.
However, what he didn't know was that it was precisely because his father was so good at making money that he, a poor man, could not bear it too early.
Li Sanjiang was about to say something more, but suddenly his stomach churned and he started to vomit.
Li Zhuiyuan patted him on the back, while he continued to pay attention to Brother Zaibao and Zhao Xing from the corner of his eye.
Brother Bao urged: "If you don't agree, please tell me quickly. For the sake of my wife, I don't want to make you look too ugly."
Li Sanjiang had just finished vomiting and was resting his breath. When he heard this, he asked in confusion: "What does your wife and I have to do with each other?"
After asking, Li Sanjiang began to vomit again, this time more violently than before. He was hunched over and lying on his side on the bench.
Li Zhuiyuan continued to pat Li Sanjiang on the back and said, "If you can help us, please help us as much as possible. We won't give up the money. If you can't do it, it's not our fault, okay?"
At this time, the two people who were barely human-like at first suddenly sat upright in their seats.
His face was ashen, with patches of corpses showing on his skin, and his eyes were completely filled with white.
Their lips opened and closed quickly, as if they were talking, but the sound could not be heard clearly.
Li Zhuiyuan tried hard to hear some more useful information, even threatening words, but it backfired. He really couldn't understand any of it. He just felt like there were countless flies "buzzing" in his ears.
What's going on?
Didn't you just communicate well?
Is there something wrong with them, or is there something wrong with me?
"Pop!" "Pap!"
Two pairs of chopsticks were placed neatly on the rice bowls in front of them.
Their mouths were still shaking rapidly, and they still couldn't hear anything clearly.
But in the blink of an eye, the two of them stood up;
In the blink of an eye, the two of them left their seats;
In the third blink of an eye, the two left the shed.
When Li Zhuiyuan looked again, he found that the two of them had appeared in the fields in the distance, their figures very blurry.
Then, the two disappeared completely. However, in the end, Li Zhuiyuan still failed to understand whether the two people recognized the plan he mentioned?
However, there is a high probability that they would deny it, otherwise they would not have said so many words before leaving. Although they did not understand a word, the number of words was quite large.
At least, it won't be a simple "Okay, bye."
Li Zhuiyuan looked at Li Sanjiang, only to find that Li Sanjiang was already lying on the bench and asleep.
When did you go to bed?
It seemed like those two guys couldn't hear clearly what they were saying.
"Brother Runsheng." Li Zhuiyuan pushed Runsheng.
"Ah, are you ready?"
Runsheng stretched. He just fell asleep, and suddenly felt a little cold in his dream.
"Well, the master is drunk. Brother Runsheng, please carry the master on his back."
"Okay."
Runsheng stood up, first grabbed Li Sanjiang's arm, and then flicked him, and Li Sanjiang was carried on his back in a very standard posture.
It's really standard, a standard posture for carrying a corpse.
Li Zhuiyuan looked at the nine wads of money in the center of the table, reached for it, and shined a flashlight on it.
What was originally a great unity turned into an underworld at this time.
"Are you leaving, Xiaoyuan?" Runsheng asked.
"Wait a little longer."
Li Zhuiyuan took out the match from Li Sanjiang's pocket, then picked up the money on the table and came to the front of the mourning hall, where there was a brazier that had long been extinguished.
After putting the money into it, Li Zhuiyuan lit it, picked up the half-burnt wooden stick next to it, turned it over to ensure it was fully burned, and then said to the photo of the deceased:
"All the money you left behind will be returned to you."
No matter what happens in the end, it will never go wrong to cut off the relationship with this dirty thing as much as possible.
After doing this, Li Zhuiyuan walked back. When he passed the wine table, the flashlight scanned the place where Brother Bao and Zhao Xing were sitting, and a strange reflection immediately appeared.
He stepped forward and took a closer look. It was water stains.
Ignoring the nausea, I touched it with my fingers. It was very greasy.
I shined the flashlight under the chair again and found that there was a pool of water stains under the chair, as if it had just rained lightly.
Because the terrain here is uneven, the previous water stains did not flow to where he and his grandfather were sitting.
"Wet, so much water..."
Li Zhuiyuan immediately followed his memory to explore where the two people had been in the blink of an eye a few times before.
A pool of water,
A pool of water,
Two pairs had water stains where footprints could be seen.
The fourth place was in the field, so Li Zhuiyuan didn't go to the field to look for it anymore.
At this moment, I thought of what those two people said. The tank for raising Tai Sui was placed in a pond, and there was a corpse buried under the pond.
And, the two people were obviously controlled by the fear of Tai Sui in the water tank.
Li Zhuiyuan's eyes gradually darkened:
"You two have nothing to do with death, right?"
Runsheng turned around and was about to urge him again, but when he saw Li Zhuiyuan standing there with a flashlight, for some reason, his words got stuck in his mouth and he did not dare to say them out.
Because he suddenly felt that the Xiaoyuan in front of him was so strange and scary.
The more pure and simple a person is, the more sensitive they are to the outside world. Obviously, people around him think that Li Zhuiyuan is very well-behaved and sensible, and they all praise him for liking him. However, since the first time he came to Li Sanjiang's house, Runsheng took the initiative to come to Li Sanjiang's house. I went to the second floor once and never went up there again.
The rest of the family thought it was because the girl was there and the girl didn't like to be around outsiders.
But only Runsheng knew that he was more afraid of Xiao Yuan than the girl. He didn't dare to disturb her unless he took the initiative to find him.
Li Zhuiyuan raised his head, and Runsheng immediately turned back, not daring to look at him.
"Let's go, Brother Runsheng, let's go home."
"Yeah."
On the field road late at night, Runsheng was walking in front with Li Sanjiang on his back, followed by a boy.
The boy's eyes were half-closed, his head lowered, and his hands were lightly clasped as he walked.
Li Zhuiyuan is very angry now.
Because once again, he felt this sense of powerlessness.
Before, he had wondered whether the frequency with which he encountered this kind of thing was a bit too high.
But look at the grandpa again. He can sit at the same table with two dirty guys even if he drinks.
I feel that my frequency is still normal.
Moreover, although many people died in these incidents, in the eyes of ordinary people, those people all died of accidents or diseases.
Indeed, it is difficult for an ordinary person to encounter or hear such a thing; but if it is replaced by various accidents, it suddenly becomes very common.
It's just because of some special changes that I can see through the accidents in the eyes of ordinary people and know what I have encountered.
Just like in real life, bacteria are obviously everywhere, but just because they are invisible to the human eye, they feel normal. If you look at them with a microscope, they are everywhere.
Li Zhuiyuan actually enjoys this change and likes to explore and learn this path, but he resents this suddenness and is even more disgusted with his own weakness again and again.
He can admit that he is a poor student, but it does not mean that he can accept the practice of being reminded to report his grades every now and then.
Poor students also have dignity.
After returning home and placing Li Sanjiang on the bed, Li Zhuiyuan walked into his bedroom and turned on the lamp.
The fatigue he felt when he went out before was now stimulated and disappeared. He held a pen in his hand and scratched quickly on the drawing.
Under the desk lamp, the boy's eyes were full of determination.
It's like a student who doesn't usually study hard, making the last effort before the exam.
In Li Zhuiyuan's life experience, he has never entered such a hard and focused state of study.
Finally, when the clock reached five o'clock in the morning, Li Zhuiyuan finished the drawing in his hand.
He stood up to tidy up, but found that he had lost feeling in both shoulders and legs. His whole body tilted. If his hands hadn't been able to support the table in time, he might have fallen down.
It took a while before he recovered from his numb state.
Without taking any extra rest, Li Zhuiyuan summarized and sorted out the drawings. Of course, this was not everything in "The Record of the Righteous Way to Conquer Demons". In fact, these drawings were just the tip of the iceberg in the book.
But this is what Li Zhuiyuan selected for himself. It is now the most convenient and practical set of utensils to make.
Some of the raw materials prepared yesterday were also sorted and sorted by Li Zhuiyuan again.
The next step is to assemble them.
At this moment, the door was gently pushed open, and Ali walked in.
Normally at this time, when she came in, Li Zhuiyuan would be sleeping in bed.
The girl walked up to the boy, squatted down, looked at the boy, stretched out her hand and touched his forehead.
Her grandmother had done this to her more than once, and in her mind, it meant caring.
"Ali, you're here. I'm fine. But today, I have to continue to work hard for you. Let me tell you about the drawing process."
Yesterday, Ah Li showed great talent in craftsmanship. Li Zhuiyuan only needed to explain the drawing to her and she could make it using existing materials.
Today, Ah Li was wearing black tight-fitting training clothes. Li Zhuiyuan suspected that Liu Yumei had learned from yesterday's lesson and felt that black was more resistant to stains.
After telling Ah Li, Li Zhuiyuan and Ah Li worked together, and soon it was daybreak.
"Ali, you do it first, I'll go out first."
After saying that, Li Zhuiyuan came downstairs with a stack of drawings and a prescription.
"Xiaoyuan, it's time for breakfast." Aunt Liu happened to come out of the kitchen.
"Aunt Liu, can you help me fry this medicine?"
Aunt Liu took the prescription and glanced at it, then looked at Li Zhuiyuan.
"Please, Aunt Liu, this is what the master wants to drink. The master has been weak recently and he said he needs to take a supplement. This is... your job."
"Okay, I know, I'll fry it for you."
Decocting medicine is a troublesome job, and it is also a technical job. If Li Zhuiyuan cooked it himself, it would be time-consuming and labor-intensive and the properties of the medicine could not be guaranteed, so he had to turn to Aunt Liu for help.
Although it is inappropriate to semi-force others in this way, Li Zhuiyuan is short of time now, and the two guys can only give them three days at most. When they see that they have not completed their work, they will probably come back again. .
"Thank you, Aunt Liu."
"Hey, it's time to have breakfast. Where are you going?"
"I'm going out."
Li Zhuiyuan ran to the old carpenter's house in the village. The carpenter's house was a two-story building and was quite impressive.
Because the other party was originally a regular employee at Xingren Machinery Factory. Although he is now retired at home, he still takes some jobs on weekdays. In addition, his two sons also work in the machine factory, so the family conditions are considered to be comparable to those in the village. Good one.
When Li Zhuiyuan came in, the old carpenter was eating breakfast.
"Are you the grandson of the Li Weihan family?"
"It's me, grandpa. My name is Li Zhuiyuan. My great-grandfather Li Sanjiang asked me to come this time. He said that he has a batch of tools and needs your help to make them as soon as possible. The sooner the better."
The old carpenter took the drawings, looked at several in succession, and asked in surprise: "Who drew these drawings?"
This handmade drawing is very detailed and professional, and it is also very considerate to the manufacturer.
In fact, Li Zhuiyuan didn't learn the ability to draw now. There used to be these drawings on the table and floor in his mother's study room. He started crawling on these drawings when he was very young.
"I don't know. My great-grandfather gave it to me. He said it was urgently needed and that he owed you a big favor."
Li Sanjiang's favor is still very useful in the village, especially for the elderly.
Because in this life, a person can never escape his destiny, and in the end he will have to invite Li Sanjiang to sit at his funeral.
Li Zhuiyuan didn't feel that he was abusing his favor. After all, the two guys were looking for him this time. By quickly making these things, he was also helping him.
"Sure, leave it to me, no problem. I'll get to work right away. I still have the materials at home, and they're all ready-made. However, there are some parts on your drawing that need to be machined...
I'll ask my son to take it to the factory and borrow the factory's machine tools to help you do it. ”
"Thank you so much. How long will it take for you to finish?"
"So urgent?"
"Yeah!"
"You come and get it tomorrow morning. I'll call my two apprentices over to help. We'll do it quickly."
"Thank you for your hard work, I'll pick it up tomorrow morning."
After Li Zhuiyuan thanked him, he ran home. Just as he was about to go upstairs, Liu Yumei called out: "Xiaoyuan, call Ali down for breakfast. We can't call her."
"It's okay, don't eat anymore, we have snacks."
Eat snacks while working without delaying your progress.
Seeing Li Zhuiyuan running up to the second floor, Aunt Liu was a little surprised and said: "Xiao Yuan has been in a hurry since he got up early in the morning. What's going on?"
Liu Yumei, who was sitting next to her drinking porridge, snorted:
"Who knows, maybe it's a ghost."
"Do you want to call Ali down?"
"If that kid doesn't say anything, who can persuade Ali to come down to eat?"
"That's right." Aunt Liu just called out, but Ah Li didn't respond at all, "I don't know what Ah Li is doing in the house."
Liu Yumei sighed:
"What are you doing? I'm working for that guy."
……
Back in the bedroom, Li Zhuiyuan opened the snacks and placed them in front of himself and Ah Li. The two continued to work while eating.
Ah Li didn't speak at all, and Li Zhuiyuan didn't care to speak today. Only the sound of pounding and banging could be heard in the room.
Various materials were processed in an orderly manner in the hands of boys and girls, and small parts were produced one by one.
During lunch, the two of them didn't go out to eat. They just ate snacks when they were hungry.
By the evening, all the work on hand was almost completed.
Li Zhuiyuan sat slumped on the ground, while Ah Li looked at the achievements of herself and the boy in the past two days. She didn't seem tired, and she even felt a little unfinished.
At this time, Aunt Liu shouted from below: "Xiaoyuan, it's ready."
Aunt Liu didn't ask Grandpa to drink medicine.
Li Zhuiyuan walked out of the room. He hadn't slept all night. He was now a little top-heavy and had to hold on to the wall when going down the stairs.
Tomorrow morning, all you have to do is take back the tools you have built, and do the final assembly with the various materials you have on hand, and you will be completely finished.
Today, there is only one last step left. Once it is done, you can have a good sleep.
Downstairs, Li Sanjiang was sitting there watching TV with Runsheng. Seeing Li Zhuiyuan coming down, Li Sanjiang asked:
"Xiao Yuanhou, what are you doing in the house today? You don't even come down to eat?"
"Master, at the wine table last night..."
"I drank too much last night and had a dream. In the dream, someone gave me a lot of money and asked me to do illegal things, but I refused.
Oops, I still feel distressed. This dream was so real that I almost thought it was not a dream. Fortunately, I asked Marquis Runsheng, and Marquis Runsheng said that when he picked me up last night, I was the only one. People are drinking. ”
Li Zhuiyuan: "..."
At this moment, Li Zhuiyuan suddenly felt empathy for Uncle Shan.
Li Zhuiyuan went to get the medicine.
Li Sanjiang sniffed and asked, "Is this traditional Chinese medicine? What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"
Li Zhuiyuan took a sip from the bowl and said, "No, Aunt Liu was afraid that I would study too hard, so she made me some brain-boosting soup."
"Oh, then drink more."
Li Zhuiyuan returned to the room with the medicine. As soon as he put down the bowl, the little black dog ran over and started drinking.
The taste of this medicine was not unpleasant, but it was not pleasant either. Li Zhuiyuan originally thought about drinking it.
The little black dog drank all the medicine and then walked back to the cage on his own. He was swaying and seemed to have stretched his belly.
Li Zhuiyuan took out a small syringe, walked to the cage and waved.
The little black dog sat with its belly facing the cage, holding the cage with one paw, and stretched out the other paw from the gap in the cage and handed it to Li Zhuiyuan.
Li Zhuiyuan had seen this posture before. When his parents took him to the zoo when he was a child, he saw a giant panda undergoing a physical examination.
Li Zhuiyuan held the dog's paw, inserted the needle and drew back a little blood.
Then wipe it with a cotton ball.
The little black dog didn't bark or make any fuss, and waited quietly for Li Zhuiyuan to finish. After confirming that he was fine, he fell back and started to sleep.
"Why are you so good..."
Li Zhuiyuan felt that if Wei Zhengdao came back to life and saw such a sensible black dog, he would probably drool with envy.
After dripping the black dog blood into each prepared accessories in proportion, the last step of the production process was quickly completed.
All that's left is the final assembly step tomorrow morning, which is simple.
"Ali, thank you."
Ah Li walked up to Li Zhuiyuan, reached out and touched Li Zhuiyuan's head, and then pointed to the wooden bed in the room.
Li Zhuiyuan used to coax her back to the house to sleep.
"Okay, I'll sleep."
Li Zhuiyuan really couldn't stand it anymore. He wanted to wash up after waking up. He lay down on the bed. It was obvious that there was a hard mat under him, but his whole body felt as comfortable as if he had sunk into cotton.
Before closing his eyes, Li Zhuiyuan looked at the top of the bed above and thought silently:
"Counterattack, from now on..."
(End of chapter)