Chapter 36
"Marquis Runsheng, stop at the entrance in front."
Runsheng stopped the tricycle, bent down and reached out to lift the brake handle.
Li Sanjiang took out the money from his pocket, stopped counting it, and handed it to Runsheng: "Go over there and buy some steamed buns, and then go to the store next door and buy me a bottle of wine."
"What, drinking so early in the morning?"
"Just go if I tell you to, there's so much nonsense."
"Okay."
Runsheng bought the buns and wine.
Li Sanjiang bit open the bottle cap with his teeth, spit it out while shaking his head, then picked up the bottle and took a big sip.
"Uh...uh...huh..."
This morning's bite was so overwhelming that he had to take several bites of the bun before he swallowed it.
"Why don't you eat?"
"Uncle, I left in a hurry this morning and I didn't bring any incense."
"Then you buy so many steamed buns that they will be cold when you take them back."
"It's delicious even when it's cold. These are meat buns!"
"Go, go, go home, go home."
"Then sit tight and don't get drunk and fall down."
Li Sanjiang rolled his eyes at him, then raised the bottle and took a sip.
When he wanted to take another bite of the steamed bun, he let out a wine burp. Then his expression suddenly became lonely, and there were tears in his eyes. He had no choice but to turn his head, reach out and pull Runsheng's vest, and wipe it away.
Runsheng looked back and asked: "Uncle, shouldn't you be happy? Why are you crying again?"
"Happy, I'm so happy."
"Xiaoyuan has lost your household registration, uncle. Isn't this happy?"
"My hukou is useless. Can it be compared to a hukou in the city or a hukou in Beijing?"
"What happened to the Jingli household registration?"
"What's wrong? It's like a carp finally jumped over the dragon gate, but then he jumped off the dragon gate and turned back into a carp."
"It's good to be a carp, so Xiaoyuan doesn't have to leave."
Li Sanjiang sighed, raised his hand, and slapped himself twice.
I was called to the Civil Affairs Bureau by the village chief early in the morning. As soon as I entered, I was surrounded by several staff members. Documents were placed in front of me, saying that it was Xiao Yuanhou's mother who requested that the child's household registration be transferred to him.
At the time, I just felt baffled. Although he really liked this child, there was absolutely no way he would do something like this that would ruin the child's future!
But what they mean is that something seems to have happened to Xiao Yuanhou's mother, and the child's household registration issue must be resolved. If he doesn't sign today and the document is returned, Xiao Yuanhou will be a black householder and will not be able to go to school in the future.
The red-faced and white-faced man was anxious, and Li Sanjiang signed the words in a daze.
Even though I drank a lot, my brain became clearer after the wind blowing. Even if Grandpa Bei didn't want the child, he would have to leave it with Li Weihan. What's the big deal if he leaves it here?
Although the child now lives in his own place, what does it have to do with him?
But now it matters.
Li Sanjiang looked down at the bag at his feet, which contained household registration books and other documents.
"Damn it, why is the work efficiency of the public sector so high today?"
He took out his household registration book, opened it, and looked at the extra name under his account.
Li Sanjiang felt mixed emotions in his heart. The old Li family finally gave birth to a golden phoenix, flew to Beijing, and laid an egg, but the egg was lost to his hometown again:
"Alas, after decades of hard work, I returned to before liberation overnight."
……
"Well, it's only been one night, why are you all going back?"
Liu Yumei held the tea cup in her hand. The tea was cold and she didn't drink it.
Looking at her granddaughter sitting motionless behind the threshold, she felt her mouth taste bitter, and it became even more bitter after drinking the tea.
She was crying with joy last night. She had known she would have shed some tears, but now she couldn't even cry even if she wanted to.
Looking up to the terrace on the second floor, the boy was sitting on a wicker chair, reading the book seriously. He only occasionally glanced down at Ali while turning pages.
Liu Yumei wanted to curse: You kid, don't just watch!
If ordinary children have a quarrel, they shout to each other: "Humph, I will never play with you again!"
Then they just ignore each other as if they were angry, which is quite common and normal.
But Liu Yumei knew that this kind of thing would not happen to her granddaughter, let alone that boy. The child was smart and calm, and could not do such a childish thing.
So, what happened to the two of them?
After much hesitation, Liu Yumei stood up and walked into the main room.
Normally, she would not enter here, let alone go to the second floor, but today, she had to make an exception.
Watching Ali's everything steadily improving, she suddenly returned to the original state. Her heart was like a stone that had been burned hot and then poured a basin of water on it, and it was about to burst in pain.
She had to ask what happened. She didn't favor one over the other. When something happened, she had to ask the boy. If she could get the question out of Ali's mouth, why would she have to live here?
As she approached, the boy stood up with his book in hand.
"Xiaoyuan, grandma came to talk to you."
"Grandma, sit down."
Liu Yumei sat down on the wicker chair that used to be Ali's. She glanced at the book in the boy's hand from the corner of her eye, and felt that it was filled with ghostly symbols, and she couldn't understand what was written on it.
"Reading a book?"
"Yeah."
Li Zhuiyuan politely placed the book beside him and turned half sideways towards Liu Yumei as if he was listening attentively. Well, what he just read was "Liu's Qi-Wang Jue".
"What happened to you and Ali?"
"Grandma, it's my fault."
He was hit hard last night because of what Li Lan said on the phone.
Li Zhuiyuan lowered his head and looked at his bandaged palm.
She was Ali's balcony. She mustered up the courage to walk out of the darkness, came to the balcony, and began to carefully observe and contact the world.
Just yesterday, Ali discovered that there were bricks on the balcony, which meant that the balcony might be sealed.
It's hard to imagine how desperate the girl was when she saw the self-inflicted wound on her palm last night.
She had imprisoned herself under the dark dry well. One day, a rope was lowered from the top, and there was a man who kept talking to her at the mouth of the well. Just when she was about to climb up the rope, she found that above her head, the man had been chatting with her. The person who encouraged her grabbed the rope and came down.
Li Zhuiyuan knew that because the girl had only ever seen him, his fall would hurt her even more.
No, she came here last night. She wanted to accompany her. She was not afraid of being depressed, but she couldn't accept giving up.
Like Li Lan, give up struggling and give up on yourself.
The light in her eyes was herself, but she put it out last night.
"Hey, now it's more serious about who is right and who is wrong. Grandma wants to ask you, Xiaoyuan, is there anything else you can do to make Ali change back to what she was like a few days ago?"
"Yes."
Liu Yumei looked excited: "Really? What should we do?"
"I can't do it now, grandma, I need some time."
"You need time...well, what exactly do you do?"
"Read a book."
"Reading a book?"
Liu Yumei frowned slightly. She suspected that the boy in front of her was entertaining her, but when she thought about it, she suddenly felt that it made sense. In her impression, it seemed that the boy was reading on the second floor. As she watched, Ali He took the initiative to walk towards him.
Could it be that my granddaughter likes the scholarly atmosphere?
Liu Yumei thought about it, is it because she likes Ali to wear ancient costumes and she also likes to read story books like "The Romance of the West Chamber"?
"Grandma, Ali has returned to the house."
"What?" Liu Yumei looked down and found that Ali was still sitting behind the threshold, not moving at all, "Aren't you still there?"
"I have to find a way to call Ali out again so that I can apologize to her in person."
Liu Yumei couldn't understand, but seeing that the boy spoke very logically, she felt inexplicably relieved.
"Then you, read the book carefully."
"Okay, Grandma."
Liu Yumei went down.
Li Zhuiyuan picked up "Liu's Qi-Wang Jue" again. The characters were like ghostly drawings. If he moved his eyes away for a while, he would have to find the feeling again, otherwise he would not be able to understand them at all.
After reading another page, Li Zhuiyuan looked at the girl downstairs as he turned the page.
He was not dissatisfied at all with the girl's sudden "leaving". He liked this feeling of being needed very much.
I finally have a mask that I can't take off.
Li Lan, I found what you were looking for but failed.
When Liu Yumei returned downstairs, her expression became more relaxed and she made herself another pot of tea.
Just at this time, Runsheng rode a tricycle onto Bazi.
"Uncle, we're home, we're home, uncle, wake up, wake up."
Liu Yumei stepped forward and asked: "What's wrong?"
"Master is drunk."
"Hey, are you going out for a morning drink?"
"I'm getting drunk as I drink." Runsheng took out the empty wine bottle from the car, with the mouth of the bottle facing down. There was really no drop left.
"You carry him up."
"Hey."
Runsheng grabbed Li Sanjiang's shoulder with his left hand, followed the trend with his right hand, and his whole body shook, and Li Sanjiang got on his back.
Liu Yumei asked: "Who taught you to memorize like this?"
"Ah, no one teaches you? You'll get used to it if you carry too many corpses."
"Don't remember to carry it like this next time, it's bad luck."
"Hey, I got it."
Liu Yumei waved her hand to dispel the smell of alcohol in front of her, and at the same time signaled Runsheng to carry the person away quickly.
Runsheng ran into the house and climbed to the second floor in one breath.
Liu Yumei walked back to her coffee table and picked up the tea cup with her index finger and ring finger as a habit.
When it was lifted into the air, the cup shook suddenly, but not a trace of the tea soup inside was spilled.
Liu Yumei said in surprise:
"Is this, filled again?"
……
"Xiaoyuan, open the door for me, your master is drunk."
Li Zhuiyuan opened the screen door and accompanied Runsheng to place Li Sanjiang on the bed. Li Sanjiang blushed and looked like he was drunk and unconscious.
Immediately, Li Zhuiyuan and Runsheng walked out of the room and outside.
"What's going on?"
My grandpa likes to drink, but he doesn’t drink in the morning.
Runsheng scratched his head and said: "Xiaoyuan, your household registration has been moved to the uncle's place. It seems that all your student status and such have been transferred."
Li Zhuiyuan was stunned for a moment, so fast?
On the phone last night, when Li Lan said that he wanted to transfer his household registration, he deliberately hinted that he was now living in Li Sanjiang's house. Obviously, Li Lan understood.
Of course, it would be strange if she didn't understand. Both mother and son recognized each other's brains.
However, not only is the efficiency high this time, but the student status can also be transferred. It seems that the project Li Lan is participating in this time is indeed very important. The family placement has been specially handled, and even the old professors can't stop it.
"Xiaoyuan, I'm going to go down and eat steamed buns first."
"Well, go ahead, Brother Runsheng."
After Runsheng was born, Li Zhuiyuan took a washbasin and washed a towel, then opened Li Sanjiang's door again and walked in.
Li Sanjiang was lying on the bed, with his left arm across his forehead and his legs spread apart.
Li Zhuiyuan squeezed the towel dry and handed it to Li Sanjiang.
"Master, wipe your face."
Li Sanjiang didn't move.
"My grandpa has a good drinking capacity, but he is not drunk yet. He will snore even when he is asleep."
"Ahem..." Li Sanjiang opened his eyes and looked at Li Zhuiyuan beside the bed, "Xiao Yuanhou, my master did something wrong."
"No, it was my grandpa who took me in."
"You are still young and may not know what the capital registered residence means."
"Master, that's not that important."
"What do you know, you little kid? When you grow up in the future, you will definitely be angry and regret it to death. Listen to my grandpa and find a way to find your grandpa Bei and ask them to get it back for you."
"Master, my current surname is Li."
"Hey, tell me, what is this thing your mother did? Don't you feel bad? I feel sorry for you, Grandpa. I feel sorry for you. I'm really sorry for you. My little boy's future has been ruined like this. ”
"Master, it's okay. The worst thing is that Li and I... will just be admitted to a university in a big city just like my mother."
"By the way, I almost forgot about school!"
Li Sanjiang got out of bed in a hurry, then quickly ran to the stool and opened the bag containing the household registration book, file bag and other things.
"My grandpa has to ask someone to find a school for you. Is Shinan Elementary School okay? Forget it, Shigang is bigger. Let's go to Shigang Elementary School."
"Elementary school..."
"Let me tell you, Xiao Yuanhou, you can do whatever you want during the summer vacation, but when the school officially starts, you must not fall behind. You have to focus on your studies."
"Master, do you know anyone in school?"
"Can't you find someone you don't know? Even if you can't find someone directly, just find someone who can indirectly send money safely.
I heard that schools are also divided into good classes and bad classes. I'll try my best to get you into a good class no matter what.
By the way, Xiaoyuan, what grade are you in? ”
"Master, that uncle Tan from last time was quite nice."
"Uncle Tan, which Uncle Tan?"
"That's Captain Tan from the police station."
"I've only met him twice, so I'm not familiar with him. Besides, he's not from the school."
"Shigang Town is such a big place, it will definitely be more convenient for him to come forward. He invited me to his home last time. I will take the files there in a while and ask him."
"Okay, sir, I will go with you then."
"No, if he can't do it, it will be embarrassing if you go again. It's better for me, a kid, to speak."
"Then let's do this for now. You can ask when you go to his house. I'll also look for someone here."
Seeing that Li Sanjiang agreed, Li Zhuiyuan breathed a sigh of relief.
He couldn't bear to leave here now, but he also didn't want to be sent to elementary school all at once by his master.
Although Captain Tan has not had many contacts, he owed me a favor last time and should be able to help. The main purpose is to help him skip a grade, preferably to the third year of high school.
In this way, one year later, I can take the college entrance examination.
If you want to shorten the time, you can also participate in the National Mathematical Olympiad held every winter to get a spot.
But where to go to college?
Since Li Lan didn't want to see him, he wouldn't go where she was.
Li Zhuiyuan suddenly thought of a school. From its name to its major, this school was very suitable for him... Haihe University.
At this thought, Li Zhuiyuan couldn't help but smile in his heart:
Brother Liangliang, it seems that we will really become alumni in the future.
The grandfather scratched his head and thought about his network of relationships, while Li Zhuiyuan walked out and continued reading.
When Aunt Liu called for dinner at noon, she put down her book and went downstairs to eat.
Sitting on my little bench, looking at the empty space beside me and the girl's small plate on the table, I really felt empty in my heart.
Turning around, she saw that Ali's small dining table had been brought into the east room. Liu Yumei was sorting the dishes for her while persuading her.
Finally, Ali picked up the chopsticks and started eating.
Liu Yumei nodded happily, and when she stood up again, she felt a little sore in her back. In the past, Ali ate it with just one word from the boy, so there was no need for her to persuade her for so long.
For a moment, she suddenly felt a sense of urgency in her heart. She was getting older and older. If Ah Li's illness was not cured by the time she left, then who would take care of Ah Li?
Li Sanjiang also came down to eat. After sitting down, he saw Li Zhuiyuan sitting there alone. He looked around again and found that the girl was sitting in the room. He immediately threw his chopsticks and said dissatisfied:
"I said, do you want to be so realistic? Doesn't our Xiao Yuanhou just lose his registered residence in the capital? My dear, are you not willing to eat at the same table?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Pan Zi and Lei Zi running over sweating profusely.
"Master, Master, it's not good. Something happened to Sihaizi's fish pond. When we first got up from the pond, a lot of red water suddenly came out of it, just like blood. Sihaizi and the few who set up nets in the fish pond were all rotten. ”
"Master, the people over there asked us to come over and ask you to take a look."
"What?" Li Sanjiang stood up suddenly, "Runsheng, let's go and have a look!"
After Li Zhuiyuan heard the description, he thought silently in his heart: Is the Earth Yin red?
Liu Yumei stroked her temples and was also confused, how could there be Earth Yin Red Evil in this world?
Runsheng reluctantly put down his rice bowl and followed Li Sanjiang.
Li Zhuiyuan has not gone. He will not go to the waterside until he confirms that his luck problem has been solved.
Returning to the second floor, Li Zhuiyuan opened the book again and continued reading.
But as for the Diyin Red Evil, there should be no danger on the Taiye's side, because the pattern of the Diyin Red Evil will only appear in the bait hole.
Throughout the ages, things can be buried not only in famous mountains and rivers with auspicious veins. In fact, many ancient people would choose to bury things in rivers, such as tombs, temples, treasures, etc.
Sedimentation and changes in river channels make it easier to quickly create "changes in the sea", making it more difficult to find.
The Diyin Hongsha is a relatively traditional Feng Shui mechanism layout. Once it is breached, the contents inside it will quickly scatter with the water, causing harm to those who watch.
But they are basically used in bait holes, which are traps deliberately arranged to catch water monkeys.
However, this also shows that there is probably a main cave nearby, but we don't know what is buried in it.
Li Zhuiyuan was not interested in looking for it, because if he had the conditions to arrange the Yinhongsha, the ones built back then must have been "buried alive", which did not mean burying living people alive, but meant that the underwater buildings he built could follow the hydrology. Pattern changes create movement.
Therefore, maybe when it was built, the distance between several bait holes and the main hole was standard, but now, it’s unknown where the mess has gone. Even if you know a bait hole, you can’t deduce the location of the main hole.
The Sihai family is also unlucky. It is not known whether his fish pond happened to be dug on the bait hole, or whether the bait hole moved under his fish pond on its own.
Of course, if the above two situations were not the case, the nature of the matter might have changed, and a water monkey might actually have been hooked.
Li Zhuiyuan was reading all afternoon, and Taiye and Runsheng didn't come back until dinner.
During the meal, Li Sanjiang talked about what happened in Sihai's family.
Two foreigners wanted to contract Sihai's fish pond to raise turtles at a high price, so although it was not time to build the pond yet, Sihai decided to clear the pond and rent it out.
As a result, something happened when Sihai and his son went down to the pond to set up a net at noon. The two people who were in the accident together with them, as well as the two outsiders who were helping in the pond at the time, all four of them had their bodies burned as if they had been rolled over by lime water. There was a large area. Although the person was not dead and was sent to the hospital, the appearance was really scary.
The nearby villagers were so frightened that Li Sanjiang performed rituals there in the afternoon. As soon as the rituals were completed, the red water in the pond went down. The villagers said that Uncle Sanjiang suppressed the evil spirit.
When he said this, Li Sanjiang felt good about himself and touched his chin, taking a sip of wine.
Li Zhuiyuan guessed that after the Diyin Red Devil was touched and released, the bait hole opened, and the water in the pond finally poured into the bait hole.
In addition, the two outsiders were really kind-hearted. Not only did they contract the fish pond at a high price, they also helped clean the fish pond.
After dinner, Li Zhuiyuan was about to go upstairs to take a walk, but was mysteriously stopped by Runsheng.
"Xiaoyuan, come here."
Li Zhuiyuan followed Runsheng to the tricycle. Runsheng lifted the white plastic sheet on it and found an old shovel lying inside.
"Xiaoyuan, look, does this shovel look a bit like our Yellow River shovel? But it's just a bit similar, but not as good as ours."
Li Zhuiyuan took the shovel and tried folding and deforming it a few times. The core structure was indeed the same as the Yellow River shovel, but the detailed design was very different.
However, this thing is indeed old and has many signs of repairs. It is considered an old item.
"Brother Runsheng, did you pick this up by the fish pond today?"
"Well, I didn't dare tell the uncle that I picked it up secretly because I smelled the smell of corpse."
Li Zhuiyuan went over and took a sniff. He couldn't smell it, but he trusted Runsheng's judgment, because professional corpse collectors often have a sensitivity to the smell of corpses in water that is difficult for ordinary people to understand. "Are they from those two foreigners?"
"I don't know. When we went there, all four of us were seriously injured, and this thing was left by the pond."
"You did a good job, Brother Runsheng."
"Ah... I thought Xiaoyuan you would blame me for stealing things."
"This is no ordinary thing."
The ancient imitation Yellow River shovel still had the smell of water corpses on it, which almost made it clear that it must have been used by those water monkeys.
Water monkeys refer to underwater thieves. If they are noticed by people on the shore when they are stealing, they will often drag people into the water and kill them. Therefore, there are rumors and stories about water monkeys looking for scapegoats.
"Xiaoyuan, is it useful?"
"It works, Brother Runsheng. If you smell something like this again in the future, remember to remind me in time."
"Okay, no problem."
"Oh, by the way, Brother Runsheng, play cards with me for a while."
"What, playing cards with you?" Runsheng thought of the scene of Xiao Yuan killing everyone in the hall that day. In his eyes, Xiao Yuan was simply another gambling god Gao Jin.
"Play a few games, but you won't get any money."
There were already opened playing cards in the drawer. Li Zhuiyuan and Runsheng sat opposite each other. Runsheng shuffled and dealt the cards. It was very simple. They were all three golden flowers. After they were dealt, they directly opened the cards and compared them.
Twenty hands were dealt, and Runsheng won eight, and he won twelve.
Li Zhuiyuan switched to shuffling and dealing the cards himself. After twenty hands, he won nine hands and Runsheng won eleven hands.
It seems that the special luck in me has disappeared?
But, what price did he pay?
Li Zhuiyuan sat there, continuing to play playing cards in his hands. He had been waiting for a big one to come, but the big one never came.
Forget it, don't think about it anymore, I'll play cards with Runsheng tomorrow morning to compare the odds. If the winning and losing ratio is still the same, then I can go out.
East room.
Aunt Liu was combing Liu Yumei's hair and sighed: "Then Xiaoyuan's household registration is here. This child is really unlucky. He has suffered such a big fall."
"A big fall? Maybe the kid himself didn't feel anything."
"That's because he's still young, doesn't he understand?"
"Ating, it's not like you haven't had any contact with him. Do you really think he is just a child?"
"It's not like that."
"For ordinary people, when encountering something like this, they are afraid that their lifelong luck will be ruined and they will be unable to recover.
But this ladder of rules is only built for ordinary people, and it is nothing to real geniuses.
In a peaceful world, they can go up if they want, and there are many methods that ordinary people can't envy. ”
"You are right, it is true."
"But this is good. I was worried before that he would leave after the summer vacation. Now it seems that he will continue to live here for a while."
"Does Xiaoyuan have an explanation for Ali's illness?"
"He said there is a way, but he has to read a book."
"What method is this?"
"Just wait and see what happens. We are old and we can no longer understand the things of young people."
……
The next morning, when Li Zhuiyuan woke up, he habitually looked sideways. There was still no one on the chair at the door.
"Alas..."
After Li Zhuiyuan got up and washed up, he read outside for a while. When he went down to have breakfast, there was still no Ali around.
After the meal, Li Zhuiyuan took Runsheng and continued to play cards to compare the odds like last night. The winning and losing ratio was very healthy.
Now, I finally felt relieved and could go out.
……
"Team Tan, morning."
"Good morning, Team Tan."
"Well, morning you guys."
Tan Yunlong rode a motorcycle into the institute wearing casual clothes and greeted colleagues passing by.
It was actually late now and it was already morning, and he had taken leave to be late because he had gone to his son's school to meet the teacher early in the morning.
The former sophomore in high school who will be promoted to senior in the next semester during the summer vacation has a short vacation and has already returned to school to start classes. His son got into a fight outside the school last night, which made a lot of noise and almost caused a group fight.
But he didn't blame his son, because his son was trying to protect his classmates who were being bullied.
Tan Yunlong has always been very open-minded about his son's studies. If his grades are not top-notch, he will not be top-notch. If he cannot get into a good university in the college entrance examination, he will not be able to get into it. As long as his character and outlook on life are upright, it will be fine.
This was also the reason why when he was transferred at work, he had to transfer his son to a school near his workplace even if he quarreled with his wife. He had to keep an eye on this kid.
He has been a policeman for a long time and has seen too many evils of all kinds. He knows that if the child's character is not controlled well, then it will be meaningless no matter how he cultivates him.
When he walked into the office building, the colleagues he met along the way continued to greet him warmly. Although a vicious case occurred in his jurisdiction, he was solved quickly, and he was rewarded for this.
Even the director hinted that he should take this opportunity to run around more. After all, the old relationship was still there, and he could be transferred back after he had performed meritorious service. However, Tan Yunlong did not do much. He felt that it was good to be at the township police station.
After pushing open the office door, Tan Yunlong was startled for a moment, then closed the door with a smile on his lips.
He picked up the hot water kettle, made a cup of tea, and handed it to the boy.
The boy took out an object wrapped in newspaper from his feet and opened it in front of him. It was a shovel.
The cultural relics unearthed underground belong to the state. Stealing them privately is a crime, and the channels for selling stolen goods are often abroad, so you should call the police in time.
After listening to the boy's concise story, Tan Yunlong got up and walked out of the office first, and arranged for people to go to the ward of the health center for control. Then he closed the door and sat back. He saw Li Zhuiyuan holding the tea cup and taking several sips of hot tea. Didn't put it down.
"It seems that you have asked me for help this time."
"Well, Uncle Tan, I would like to ask you to help me arrange admission. This is my file."
Tan Yunlong looked through these documents, and then he couldn't understand: "What kind of operation is this?"
"I want to go to school."
"Okay, I'll contact the town primary school for you. What grade did you go to before?" Tan Yunlong took the student status certificate and looked at it carefully, "Is the junior class a primary school? The name of this university, tsk tsk, you went to this school before. A primary school affiliated with a university?”
"I want to skip a grade."
"Jumping to sixth grade? I know that the educational resources in Jingli are good, but the competition among students here is also fierce. In terms of test ability, Jingli is not necessarily better than here."
"Senior year of high school."
"Well, senior year...what?" Tan Yunlong raised his head and stared at the boy, "Are you sure you're not joking?"
"Uncle Tan, just help me arrange the grade-skipping process. I have done the exams myself."
Li Zhuiyuan knew that various places had policies to skip grades, and many of his classmates at that time jumped up in this way.
"Really or not?" Tan Yunlong became interested, "From your tone, it means that the college entrance examination is over now, otherwise, you can directly prepare for the college entrance examination."
"No, I want to stay here for a while. I can't bear to leave."
"Well, I can help you, but in order to prevent me from making a big fool of myself, you have to go to my house for dinner tonight. My son is about to be in his senior year of high school."
"Not tonight, but tomorrow and the day after tomorrow."
Seeing that the boy was so calm and composed, Tan Yunlong couldn't help but believe it and asked: "Are you that kind of genius child?"
Li Zhuiyuan hesitated for a moment, and a more appropriate description seemed to be that of a sick child.
"Then why did you run away to do that?" Tan Yunlong waved his hand, pointing to fishing for corpses.
This time Li Zhuiyuan’s answer was firm:
"Fun, interesting."
"If you are really this kind of person, you should still study hard and serve the country."
"Isn't that what I'm doing?"
"That's not what I meant. Okay, then tomorrow night, I will pick you up at your house. I remember where you live."
"Okay." Li Zhuiyuan stood up and bowed to Tan Yunlong, "Thank you, uncle."
Tan Yunlong also stood up, walked sideways to the boy, and touched his head: "Uncle, thank you."
Before noon, Li Zhuiyuan returned home on Runsheng's tricycle.
Some bricklayers came to the house and were building a house in the back room.
Aunt Liu walked over with a smile and said to Li Zhuiyuan:
"Your grandfather asked what was wrong just now. I said you asked to build a craft room for yourself. Your grandfather actually nodded and didn't ask any more questions. He turned around and went into the house and gave me the money. I pushed him back and said money. Enough.
He asked me where I got the money, and I said it was from Runsheng playing cards. ”
"Hey."
Runsheng parked next to him with a silly smile on his face.
Li Zhuiyuan turned his head and reminded: "Brother Runsheng, run away quickly."
"What?"
In the main house, a figure suddenly appeared, holding a rattan for tying paper, and headed straight for Runsheng:
"I told you if you don't learn well, who can't learn from your mountain cannon, play cards and gamble for money, see if I don't beat you to death, I will beat you to death!"
Runsheng ran away and Taiye chased him.
The two men circled around the field in front of the dam.
Li Zhuiyuan sighed in his heart, the master is in good health.
My cold is getting better, and I haven't caught any bird poop recently. It seems that after my luck problem has been resolved, my grandfather has returned to normal.
Immediately, Li Zhuiyuan looked towards the east room. Ali was still sitting behind the threshold, motionless, like a delicate sculpture.
These days, without the company of girls, reading is really just reading.
Liu Yumei winked at Li Zhuiyuan and signaled him to come forward and try to touch Ah Li again.
Li Zhuiyuan didn't go, but walked straight into the house and went up to the second floor, almost finishing "Liu's Qi-Wang Jue".
He stayed up late every day watching it and forcibly improved his progress.
Liu Yumei sat on a chair and looked at the second floor. An uncontrollable feeling of annoyance arose in her heart. In the past, she was upset because her granddaughter was so close to the boy. Now she wished that her granddaughter could play with the boy as she did in the past.
But this boy is really just reading a book every day. Why don't you come over and try it? If you don't try it, how will you know if it works? Girls need to be coaxed.
Ali had been her only playmate since she was little, and Liu Yumei didn't believe that her granddaughter had no feelings for the boy at all.
After lunch, Li Zhuiyuan continued to read. In the afternoon, Li Zhuiyuan finally finished reading the book.
He leaned back, lying on the wicker chair, and was seizing the time to organize and sublimate the contents of the book.
Although his eyes were closed, the weather and pictures recorded in the book emerged in his mind. His left and right hands kept making irregular gestures. To outsiders, this was the boy closing his eyes and imagining that he was a music conductor. Home, but in Li Zhuiyuan's perception, he was playing with different water environments.
For this kind of book, rote memorization has limited effect. It must be based on a deep understanding and achieve a mysticism similar to art appreciation before it can be truly mastered.
There were thin beads of sweat on his face, and his brows were sometimes tight and sometimes sparse.
After finishing everything, the boy opened his eyes, his eyes full of exhaustion.
When I sat up, I realized that my face was sticky. It turned out that I had a nosebleed. There was a lot of blood, and my clothes were stained red.
Li Zhuiyuan knew that this was a warning from his body due to overuse of his brain.
In just a few days, he thoroughly understood "Liu's Qi-Wang Jue". Even for him, it was a huge challenge. Fortunately, he completed it, but he could not continue to do this kind of thing in the future.
Otherwise, he would be worried that if the mental problem didn't come, he would have a physical problem first.
After taking a shower, changing clothes, and washing the bloody clothes himself, Li Zhuiyuan went downstairs and told Aunt Liu that he was sleepy and would not eat dinner, and then walked to the back of the house.
Li Sanjiang and Runsheng are helping the master bricklayers. The workshop is built against the back wall of the main house and can be completed before nightfall.
Li Zhuiyuan told Li Sanjiang that he would not eat dinner. He read and studied too late last night and couldn't stay up any longer. He wanted to go to bed first.
Originally, I was just worried that my grandpa would be worried, and I was even more worried that my grandpa would come to check on me at night and disturb my rest, so I came here to say this.
But after hearing what he said, Li Sanjiang's eyes immediately turned red, and he hurriedly waved his hand to signal Li Zhuiyuan to go back to sleep.
After Li Zhuiyuan left, Li Sanjiang wiped his eyes with the back of his hand:
"You say you don't care just to make me feel better, but Xiao Yuanhou is also anxious in his heart. Listen, he didn't focus on studying at all before. When did he study hard late at night?"
When returning to the front of the house from the back, Li Zhuiyuan could only walk close to the wall and keep a sufficient distance, otherwise Ah Li would get stressed.
At a safe distance, Li Zhuiyuan stood there and looked at the girl for a long time.
He had worried before that he would not be able to adapt to the fact that he would not be able to see Ah Li when he returned to Beijing.
There was no need to worry now, he knew he wouldn't be able to adapt at all.
Just as Ali was used to darkness, he himself was also used to various masks.
If you haven't experienced it before, you can just go back to business as usual, but just because you have experienced it... you can't go back.
"Xiao Yuan, come and drink tea with grandma."
"No, grandma, I'm tired. I went back to the house to sleep."
Back in the room, Li Zhuiyuan lay down on the bed and started to sleep. He was really tired.
He slept until late at night. When he woke up, he got out of bed and went to his grandpa's house to get some things. The grandpa was sleeping soundly and couldn't wake up despite the thunder.
Then I came downstairs, the TV was on, with a fixed color screen.
Runsheng was lying on the floor of the table, sleeping soundly with the little black dog in his arms.
This little black dog is now being raised by Runsheng. Of course, it doesn’t need to be raised, because it sleeps in its own kennel most of the time. It took several days for the grandfather to find out that there was an extra dog in the house.
"Brother Runsheng, wake up."
"Um...what's wrong, Xiaoyuan?"
"Brother Runsheng, come out with me and put on all the equipment."
"Okay!"
Li Zhuiyuan went to get some incense candles and some ingredients from the kitchen. When he came out, he saw Runsheng preparing to push a tricycle:
"Brother Runsheng, it's not far. Let's walk there."
"Okay." Runsheng followed up with a large sack on his back and asked in a low voice, "Xiaoyuan, are we going to kill them?"
"Who?"
"Just the guys who contracted the fish ponds."
"They have police control."
"Then what are we going to do?"
"Ask for help."
Runsheng turned his head and looked at the sack he was carrying, and then at the incense and candle offering in Li Zhuiyuan's hand:
"Please help me bring this with me?"
Li Zhuiyuan led Runsheng to a fish pond. Directly opposite the fish pond was Big Beard's house.
The bearded wife has already gone there with her eldest son. This house is currently planned to be sold, but firstly, it is not easy to sell the homestead to outsiders. Secondly, someone drowned in front of this door, and the news is very strange. Even if The price was set so low that no one dared to take it for the time being.
Therefore, this place is currently one of the most secluded places in the village.
Li Zhuiyuan stood in front of the fish pond. He closed his eyes first and then slowly opened them. The contents of "Liu Shi Wang Qi Jue" came to his mind.
He was the one who brought the little yellow warbler here in the first place. Now, he had to confirm whether the little yellow warbler was still there.
The color of the water patterns, the state of the water plants, the shore, including the wind blowing through it, all these tiny details made up the scene in Li Zhuiyuan's mind.
Li Zhuiyuan walked slowly along the edge of the fish pond and observed carefully. Finally, he determined that there was something dead hiding in this fish pond.
Little Yellow Warbler is still here.
"Brother Runsheng, dig a small hole here, here, and there, and put incense in it."
"Yeah." Runsheng picked up the Yellow River shovel and started working.
Li Zhuiyuan threw the sacrifices he brought to a specific direction in the pond, then placed two candles at the reception position on the southwest side of the pond and lit them.
After doing this, Li Zhuiyuan picked up a stack of yellow paper and lit it with a candle.
"Brother Runsheng, don't do anything unless I call you later. Stay away now and follow us later."
Runsheng stood far away obediently, and then asked doubtfully: "Come with us?"
Li Zhuiyuan waved the burning yellow paper and chanted:
"Young man Li Zhuiyuan, please come out of the water and do three sacrifices in return."
"Crack!"
The yellow paper was slapped into the soil and extinguished.
Li Zhuiyuan turned around with his back to the pond, holding the incense burner in his left hand and holding a bell in his right hand.
Although Runsheng stood far away, he could still see clearly. He saw ripples suddenly appearing on the pond surface behind Li Zhuiyuan, and then the figure of a long-haired woman slowly came ashore.
Fall to death!
Runsheng's breathing immediately became rapid. He wanted to call Xiao Yuan in danger, but then he thought about it and realized that Xiao Yuan himself was responsible for this death.
Immediately afterwards, his mind turned another corner: Oh my god, Xiaoyuan can actually attract death!
He has followed his grandfather to retrieve corpses since he was a child, always reacting passively, but he has never seen it before, let alone thought about it, that such a proactive method can be used!
How did Xiaoyuan do it?
Two cold hands fell on his shoulders. Li Zhuiyuan felt his body sink, and then wet water stained his clothes.
This familiar feeling is back again.
But this time, he didn't feel much fear in his heart, but to be on the safe side, he still called Runsheng.
"Ding ding ding... ding ding ding... ding ding ding..."
The crisp bell rang, and Li Zhuiyuan began to move forward, and the figure behind him also followed him.
Under the moonlight,
Two figures, one tall and one short, were cast.
……
East bedroom.
Liu Yumei was holding a cattail leaf fan and fanning Ah Li. Ah Li had her eyes open and was still awake.
In the past, the boy would put him to sleep every night. When Ah Li returned home, he would close his eyes obediently and try his best to fall asleep so that he could get up early to dress up and go see him.
Suddenly, Liu Yumei seemed to feel something. She stood up and walked to the window to take a look outside. Then she looked at Ah Li on the bed and saw that Ah Li's eyes, which were originally open, slowly closed at this time.
"This...this is...this..."
Even Liu Yumei, who had seen strong winds and waves, was speechless due to shock. For a long time, she thought of what the boy said to her the day before yesterday:
"Grandma, Ali has returned to the house. I have to find a way to call Ali out again so that I can apologize to her in person."
Liu Yumei showed a dumbfounding smile:
"No, are young people starting to use this method when meeting at night?"
……
Li Zhuiyuan rang the bell and carried the incense burner, walked to the dam, and then stopped.
Immediately, Li Zhuiyuan closed his eyes.
Although he was wet, cold and uncomfortable, he still forced himself to sleep.
In fact, there is no need to really sleep, as long as you reach a half-dream and half-awake trance state, you can successfully escape from the yin.
When he slowly opened his eyes, he first looked behind him. The long-haired cheongsam figure was still there. When he looked further away, Runsheng could not be seen.
Well, this is a successful dream.
"Please wait a moment, I will take you back in a while."
After saying that, Li Zhuiyuan put down the bell and incense burner in his hands, and then walked forward.
He was freed from the restraints of his hands, but the cheongsam figure still kept his hands raised, motionless.
Li Zhuiyuan walked to the east room and stopped.
Soon,
The figure of the girl appears.
This time, she finally no longer ignored herself completely like she did during the day, but instead focused her gaze on herself.
Late at night,
Pitch black,
On the dam, there were a boy, a girl, and a dead one.
The boy looked at the girl and said sincerely:
"Ali, can you forgive me?"
(End of chapter)