Chapter 163

Li Zhuiyuan hung up the phone.

Lu Yi next to him asked with concern: "What happened to the village leader?"

"His wife won't let him in."

Lu Yi looked solemn and said, "This is a big deal in our Northeast China, especially in this weather. Since childhood, I have heard several drunk husbands knocking on the door in winter when they came home, but my wife was angry and refused to give him a blow. Open, and when the door opened the next morning, I found that the person was frozen to death while asleep."

"He's not that serious."

Lu Yi: "I still have to persuade you."

"Um."

Leaving the store, Li Zhuiyuan walked towards Grandma Liu's house.

Aunt Liu is not at home recently. It's too early now. The breakfast in the cafeteria is not available yet. Li Zhuiyuan plans to go to the cafeteria to buy breakfast after walking with Ali's playground later, and buy the old lady's portion together. .

As a result, as soon as I walked to the gate of the yard, I smelled a scent before I opened the gate.

In the yard, many small stoves were raised, and an old man with white hair and beards were busy quietly inside with two older women and two young women.

This is preparing food.

The ingredients are all prepared in advance, but to ensure the taste, they are specially brought here to cook on site.

While busy himself, the old man supervised his two daughters-in-law and two granddaughter-in-law. Seeing that he had done something inadequately, he did not dare to scold him, but he also stared at him hard.

Seeing Li Zhuiyuan coming in, the old man was suspicious at first, then he immediately pulled the spoon with his left hand and gave a greeting with his right hand.

"Brother, who are you?"

"I'm at home."

The old man immediately turned off the engine, put down the matter in his hand, and saluted Li Zhuiyuan seriously.

He performed the outer ceremony of the Liu family, which means the famous Liu family, and does not pass on their skills.

Seeing this, the four women next to him stopped their work and saluted Li Zhuiyuan. The two daughters-in-law were doing well, so the two granddaughters could only imitate them.

Li Zhuiyuan avoided the rituals and said, "The old lady said that there is no need for rituals at home."

"The old lady is considerate to our people below, but we must not be polite."

"Thank you for your hard work."

"Don't dare, it's our blessing to be able to get the opportunity to serve the old lady."

Li Zhuiyuan walked into the house.

The old man immediately urged his children and grandchildren to continue working hard as soon as possible.

His family opened a restaurant in Jinling, which is not famous in ordinary markets, because those who can book a meal at his house are either rich or noble.

This restaurant was the property of the Liu family in its early years, and only hosted the Liu family members and distinguished guests holding the Liu family invitation.

Qin and Liu's two families were in decline, and the old lady dispersed most of the industries of the two families. There were countless mansions just donated to cultural relics protection units. Some mansions had their surnames and other people's deeds. But in fact, the original owner was either Qin or Liu.

The same is true for this restaurant, but the old lady was too generous and too lazy to invest in and get profits. She thought of her past love, and she really gave it to her directly.

No one is a fool, and no one is born to like to serve others with servitude, but there is no way. The old lady gives too many, so many that they don’t continue to feel embarrassed to be the current people.

Of course, the old man also knows that profit is second-rate. It is more important for some people to be able to curry favor with the incense.

If he had to choose, he would really wish to continue to work on the kitchen stove of the Liu family like he did when he was a child.

Liu Yumei was combing A Li's hair. Seeing that Li Zhuiyuan was coming, she simply handed the comb to the boy:

"Come on, I'll go up and let them be quiet."

"Okay, grandma."

Li Zhuiyuan took the comb and helped Ali comb his hair.

In the mirror, Ali smiled.

Liu Yumei saw it and just smiled. She no longer tasted it.

She couldn't help but think of the old guy named Li in Nantong, who always liked to mutter that she was a "busy-family old lady".

That guy Li Sanjiang seems to be right.

To put it bluntly, the status and treatment of the son-in-law in the daughter's family are achieved through his own abilities and abilities.

This principle is not immune to the vulgarity even in the Dragon King family.

Liu Yumei went upstairs. When she got down again, Li Zhuiyuan had already helped Ali comb her hair.

Then, the boy held Ali's hand and went for a walk on the playground.

When they came back, breakfast began.

They are all simple side dishes for breakfast, and the staple food is nothing more than porridge, noodles, and wontons, but each one is carefully used and extremely attentive.

It is no exaggeration to say that cooking skills are much better than Aunt Liu. After all, Aunt Liu is just alone, and it is impossible for her to just cook around the clock.

The children, grandchildren and daughter-in-law came in one by one with small dishes, and it was the old man who deliberately made them show their faces.

At the end, the old man bent down and stood quietly beside him, waiting for the people on the table to give instructions.

The old lady is different from before. She has taken off the burden on her shoulders, and her life at home has become more successful than before, and she has become more easy-going.

She picked up the chopsticks, picked up a soup bag and sent it to Li Zhuiyuan's bowl: "The pastry skills of the Ma family are the best in Jinling, you can try it."

After Li Zhuiyuan bit one side, he sucked the soup, and nodded after eating one:

"Well, it's very delicious."

The old man next to him was relieved and smiled.

Liu Yumei smiled and said, "Yes, but her skills have not fallen behind."

The old man replied, "I dare not leave it behind. I can't guarantee that the old lady suddenly remembers this bite again one day. If you fail to taste the taste of the past, it will be my sin."

Liu Yumei grabbed a handful of golden seeds from her pocket and placed them on the table.

"Distribute to the wives."

The old man waved his hand and said, "Old lady, this is impossible, it is impossible."

Liu Yumei: "It seems that my family is a big business and I look down on this."

"How dare you forget your roots, how dare you forget your roots, you will be struck by lightning." The old man immediately put the golden gourd into his hand carefully.

Just by weight, these golden seeds are nothing, but each one is exquisitely shaped and the craftsmanship price even exceeds the gold price itself.

"We're waiting outside, you can give me any instructions."

The old man knew the etiquette and walked back out of the restaurant with his hands holding golden seeds.

Liu Yumei took a sip of porridge and said, "I know you don't like this set of things, but I think A Ting has also reminded him that he is low-key enough, but the situation is still a little higher."

Li Zhuiyuan smiled and said, "I can understand."

"If you like it, let him continue to deliver food in the future. How about it?"

"I still like Aunt Liu's work more, and she feels like home."

"Haha, in fact, A Ting's cooking skills were also learned from others. In this lineage, she used to specialize in the stove in my hometown. His craftsmanship was the taste of my Liu family."

"I see."

"Alas, it's not only the stove, but also the opera troupe, tailoring team, gardener gardening, etc. They were all house-raising and were exclusively provided for their own homes.

This was a common example in the past, but now it is not practical. ”

When the old lady said this, she had no loneliness in her tone, only memories, as if she was telling stories from the past to the younger generation.

Li Zhuiyuan asked, "Where is the third floor..."

The old lady said bluntly: "I was prepared for you. After Ali Ating and the others came back from plowing the fields, they would ask Ali to send those things back to the old house."

"I have written down your love."

"Is there another sentence?"

"No."

"You boy." Liu Yumei shook her head, "Sometimes I wonder why they left me alone, they all died by themselves."

"grandmother……"

"Later, I gradually figured out the taste. They felt that I had not yet gotten rid of the low-level fun, so I could keep me and stay at home better.

There are some things that they cannot do, but they know that if I can do them, I am not a reasonable person.

It's so impatient. At worst, I can drag everyone to death and fight to the death. I don't want to keep my reputation for being bullshit rules and moral.

I'm afraid that because of this, those families are really afraid of our dilapidated family and dare not really fight the generals to come and eat the worst because they know that there is an old lady in this family who will go crazy if she is forced to get mad. ”

Li Zhuiyuan smiled calmly and said, "I think there is nothing wrong with you doing this."

Liu Yumei talked: "This is not like what they can say."

Li Zhuiyuan: "Because I believe you can manage the scope well and you won't hurt innocent people when you retaliate."

Liu Yumei sighed, "Ha, this taste is matched again, boring."

"Grandma, I'm going back to Nantong today."

"School winter vacation is so fast?"

"There is some conflict at my friend's house, please let me deal with it."

"Martial conflict?"

"Um."

"Interesting." Liu Yumei's eyes showed playfulness, "Please go and mediate the conflict between husband and wife?"

The old lady really couldn't imagine this scene.

If this child had been like a slight orifice-like heart, it would be fine.

But she had long seen that from now on, the child no longer maintained a cheerful and bright attitude towards anyone.

"It's the Bai family's business."

"Oh, is that guy's business?"

"Um."

"Is this necessary for you to go there? Seeing that the Chinese New Year is coming, let that kid send a message to him, and let Ali bring gifts to their town for the New Year."

"He is afraid he doesn't want to."

"Yo, is this really affection?"

"It should be."

"That kid is also an interesting silly guy."

"The main reason is that he can't get in now, and he can't even pass the message."

"Then you just send someone to travel."

“Most of my people are lying down now.”

Liu Yumei looked at her home. The two people at home are not at home now.

Li Zhuiyuan: "Anyway, I'm empty now, so I'll just go there myself."

"I know what you mean. You really treat that kid as a friend, but the one who can make you fall in love with you will not be an ordinary person. That kid should be very arrogant."

"I didn't think so much."

"Only you can only create shade without intention of planting willows."

After dinner, Li Zhuiyuan and A Li entered the study. He told A Li about his experience and also expressed his guess about Wei Zhengdao.

After hearing this, Ali picked up the brush and casually drew a few strokes on a piece of white paper. This was a draft.

On the draft, a young man stood there, with an adult shadow behind him.

"I think it's very good, so I chose this design."

A Li nodded and looked around the draft picture. The difficulty of this painting lies in how to deal with the blank space in this large area.

It is not impossible to draw a painting that highlights the artistic conception, but if used as a record, it still requires enough details to fill it.

"I will come back after dealing with Nantong's affairs. If it is delayed for a long time, I may not come back. At that time, I beg the old lady to take you back to Nantong and let's celebrate the New Year together?"

Although Li Zhuiyuan has not taken classes according to the course schedule of this class, he still took a lot of elective college courses.

However, it is approaching the end of the semester, and many classes have been completed, especially the classes he likes, which basically have no classes.

Since that's the case, it's not very meaningful to continue to stay in school, and he doesn't have to take the final exam.

Because of Luo Gong, the school is very tolerant of him in this regard, but it may not be ruled out that he has to represent the school in some competitions next semester.

Ali smiled and she agreed.

Over the past period of time, she has long been used to where the boy is, her home is.

When Li Zhuiyuan walked out of the yard, he saw the old man leading his children and grandchildren to move the ingredients for noon. The ingredients should be given by his sons or grandchildren, but except him, it is not suitable for males to enter the yard.

"Brother, what do you want to eat at noon?"

"You don't have to worry about me. Just prepare as the old lady likes. I want to go out and I won't eat at home soon."

"Brother is a big deal, you are busy."

After Li Zhuiyuan left with him by mistake, the old man turned around and bent down and said to the boy's back:

"Qinhuai Songxiang Building, I have some time to have free time, so I'll come in to have tea with you. I'll show my filial piety to you."

"I've written it down."

Only after Li Zhui walked away did the old man straighten his waist.

The children, grandchildren and daughter-in-law looked at each other. The old man was a person at home, with skills and status, and the restaurant was still in his hands, so he had a very high status at home on weekdays and looked serious.

Since I came here today, the old man seemed to have become a different person. It would be fine if he was just so respectful to the old lady. After all, he was a master-servant relationship before liberation. Could it be that he would be so humble to this young man?

The old man touched his beard, and naturally he saw the confusion in his eyes of his children, grandchildren and daughter-in-law, but he was too lazy to explain.

The old lady had breakfast, and there were three people on the table, one was the old lady's granddaughter, and the other was the young man.

Such a family, not to mention that they had the incense before, even if it didn't matter, they had to work hard to serve them.

How many people in the world are busy all their lives, just for the few taels of silver. But even if such a person is just a little flowing from his fingers, as long as you catch him, you may not be able to get a safe house immediately.

"Take your brother in mind. One day, I really come. Even if I am gone, you have to accompany you men and serve me well."

The wives immediately said yes.

The old man looked at the yard of the old lady's house in front of him. It was not convenient to have an attack here, and it was not noisy. But he had made up his mind that he would have to let his children and grandchildren take their wives and kneel in front of him after he went back, and he would give him some harsh advice.

On weekdays, people pay attention to the incense in the temple, and they can spare no expense to fight for the incense. They think about their children and grandchildren's future and their illness without any disasters. But how can they worship the mud-fetal wax figure be useful for worshiping the real dragon in this world?

"Remember, just work and don't talk, keep your mouth shut, don't talk, don't talk about right and wrong. If anyone makes a mistake in me these days, I will remove you from the will!"

He knew how idle these wives were in their daily life. They could chatter constantly, but don’t really talk about what happened at home, so that the old lady could listen to it and think she was asking for revenge for cooking.

There are some things that the superiors can give you, but you cannot take the initiative to ask for.

Hearing the will, the wives nodded immediately, and this time they pressed much harder than before.

However, what the old man did not expect was that as soon as they entered the yard, they saw the old lady walking out of the house, sitting on the stone bench in the yard, and pointing to the inner room:

"Go and get some melon seeds and fruits to tell me the right and wrong."

The wives looked at each other first, and then looked at the old man together.

The old man waved his hand and said, "Why don't you go quickly and chat with the old lady to relieve boredom. Are you not very shattered on weekdays? This is not useful."

The melon seeds and fruit plate was taken out. Seeing that the wives couldn't let go, Liu Yumei said while knocking the melon seeds:

"Let me go and say something. I like to listen to the twists and turns of the family. Whoever says more is better? I will give you extra points in Xiaoma'er's will."

When the old man heard this, he smiled first, then waved his hand quickly and urged:

"Hurry up, take out your personal skills and chew the root of your tongue for me."

Inside the house.

Ali walked up the second floor and came to the room where Liu Yumei often stayed.

She opened the cabinet, took out an envelope from it, walked downstairs, and returned to her study.

In front of the desk, there was a blank piece of painting paper.

The girl sat down and opened the envelope. There were thick photos inside, all of which were tragic and bloody.

Ali looked at it one by one, took out photos from time to time, and gestured at the corner of the scroll.

Of course she was not afraid of the tragic scenes on it. After all, what she witnessed since childhood were countless times more terrifying than in this photo.

But she is serious about creating her own picture frame.

She felt that the scenes in these photos were very suitable for painting this painting, just filling the large area of ​​white space.

However, it is not appropriate to just follow the paintings in the photos.

We have to pick out the people from each family from the photos and make them return to the current painting more harmoniously and neatly, so that the overall composition will look good.

When the girl thought about the layout of one photo after another, the heavy fog in her "dream" began to become more and more intense and retreat.

…

Shop basement.

Just after hearing Brother Xiaoyuan say that he wanted to go back to Nantong, Tan Wenbin couldn't help laughing:

"Haha, my brother Liang is getting addicted!"

After a pause, Tan Wenbin teased again:

"Remember the treaty that was signed at the beginning, saying that he would go there every few years? It turns out that this treaty protects the Bai family's queen."

Yin Meng glared at Tan Wenbin and said, "How can you be so jealous of others."

Tan Wenbin said indifferently, "I didn't say it to her face, so what's wrong with quibbling behind her back."

Lin Shuyou, who was sitting by the bed, said, "I'll go back with Brother Xiaoyuan."

Tan Wenbin raised three fingers to Lin Shuyou and asked, "What's that?"

Lin Shuyou: "Three."

Tan Wenbin: "I'll give you another chance."

Lin Shuyou: "Four!"

Tan Wenbin: "Go to hell, your eyes haven't recovered yet, and you let Brother Xiaoyuan use you as a blind stick?"

Runsheng is still in a coma. Even if he wakes up, he will be paralyzed for a long time and can't get out of bed.

Yin Meng said, "Actually, I am the only one who can go with Brother Xiaoyuan now, but Brother Xiaoyuan asked me to stay and take care of you sick and injured people. Otherwise, I will talk to Brother Xiaoyuan again?"

When talking about this matter here before, Li Zhuiyuan said frankly that he would go home alone this time.

First, this wave has just passed, and the limit has been advanced twice in a row. Unless he takes the initiative to catch the evil spirit again, the next wave will not come quickly no matter what.

Besides, Nantong is safer with the one under the peach tree.

Tan Wenbin shook his head: "If you don't stay, Brother Xiaoyuan is not very confident about us sick and injured people."

Lin Shuyou: "But Brother Xiaoyuan has no one to use, so it's not appropriate."

Tan Wenbin: "It's really not appropriate, but who told us that we don't have anything to do now..."

"Beep... Beep... Beep..."

The pager rang.

Tan Wenbin looked at the pager and smiled: "Well, it's better to come at the right time than to come early. People are delivered to the door by themselves."

...

Xiong Shan has lost a lot of weight and is still wearing the same clothes as before. When the wind blows, they swing a little.

Lihua has gained a lot of weight, not only her face is rounder, but also her chest is more bulging than before.

Both of them are dressed very simply, squatting by the flower bed at the school gate.

Lihua turned sideways, using her husband's body to shield her, and fed her child.

All the people coming in and out are college students, and everyone has the manners to look away and not look here.

Xiong Shan took out his pipe from his pocket and began to stuff tobacco into it.

Lihua gently bumped into him and reminded him: "Be patient, don't smell later."

Xiong Shan nodded and put away his pipe.

He is old.

This was Li Zhuiyuan's first feeling when he saw Xiong Shan at the school gate.

When they first met, Xiong Shan was still full of wildness, with a kind of arrogance that he was second to the boss.

This spirit had actually been dispersed in the Taohua Village incident, and now it is completely lost.

This means that he has lit the lamp twice.

Admitting defeat is also accepting fate.

Once people accept fate, they will naturally become depressed.

Things that used to be serious, now they are open-minded, things that used to make them angry, now they have learned to be indifferent.

Li Zhuiyuan can also see some similar feelings in Uncle Qin.

When Uncle Qin fled to the Yangtze River, he shouldered the hope of the Qin family's revival, and he must have been aggressive and vigorous.

Therefore, many people who fled to the Yangtze River cannot accept failure. They would rather die than let go of that breath.

The confrontation between the Dragon King family who fled to the Yangtze River in successive generations is even more so, which has caused blood debts from generation to generation.

Moreover, looking at the mental state of Xiong Shan and his wife who have completely let go, it seems that the revenge against the three families should have been carried out very thoroughly.

The three families of the old Tianmen who lost their core members of the family could not stop the revenge of this couple.

After the couple had taken revenge, they contacted Tan Wenbin as agreed.

When Li Zhuiyuan walked out of the school gate, Xiong Shan and Lihua saw him and immediately stood up to greet him. When they were about to salute, they were stopped by Li Zhuiyuan:

"Don't worry about these things. I'll take you back to Nantong."

"Okay, okay." Xiong Shan nodded hurriedly.

Lihua was a little flattered. She didn't expect that Li Zhuiyuan would personally receive and settle them.

The car that Tan Wenbin called for herself was already waiting in front. It was a taxi.

The driver's name was Liu Changping. He knew Tan Wenbin. It was said that he met his young nurse because Tan Wenbin took his car.

The price of the chartered vehicle would naturally not be low, but the amount of money was secondary. The main thing was that the driver had to be reliable.

As the head of the Dragon King, Tan Wenbin was responsible for shouting and arranging these things.

Taxi drivers were good at chatting, and Xiong Shan was well-informed. The two of them soon chatted very enthusiastically.

Li Zhuiyuan rarely interrupted, and most of the time he just quietly looked at the scenery, thinking about the affairs of Baijia Town.

This time he went back to his hometown, not only because of the personal relationship between him and Xue Liangliang, but also because he was worried that if something really happened in Baijia Town, it might lead to a rotten situation.

As the corpse-recovering Li in Nantong, he had to go back to take a look.

Liu Changping: "This child is so well-behaved, he doesn't cry or make a fuss."

Lihua: "That's right, my son has been well-behaved since he was young."

As if he heard someone mention him, the child laughed "giggle".

In the car, except Li Zhuiyuan, everyone else laughed.

It's hard for anyone to refuse such a child who can adapt to the situation and cooperate.

Li Zhuiyuan also noticed that there was a sealed aura on the child. Xiong Shan followed his advice and sealed the child's spiritual perception.

The car arrived at the border of Nantong and came to Shinan Town.

Li Zhuiyuan raised his hand to signal Liu Changping, and continued to go north to Shigang Town, where there were many shops.

Entering the clothing store, Li Zhuiyuan began to choose clothes. He bought them very quickly because he remembered the size of his grandfather's body. He could directly match the styles of clothes in the store in his mind. Whether they fit or not was clear at a glance.

This was not the first time he returned to his hometown from Jinling. Last time, Tan Wenbin brought Zhou Yunyun back alone, so there was no need to bring Jinling specialties.

He chose two formal suits for his grandfather and two pairs of shoes.

Fortunately, Yin Meng was not here, otherwise she would have witnessed what real bargaining was.

Li Zhuiyuan doesn't care about this little money, but that doesn't mean he likes being taken advantage of. After the boss reminisced about him in the store, he still cursed him as a bastard.

The main reason is that the clothing market of this era is exaggerated, and the price tags are like a joke.

Only inexperienced people cut the price in half, while experienced people first erase the last "0" and then cut it in half.

The store owner also knows that you want to bargain, so he deliberately writes the price on the label high, which not only raises his own profit margin, but also satisfies the emotional value needs of customers to bargain.

However, Li Zhuiyuan can tell the purchase price after a few conversations based on physiognomy, and then directly say the purchase price and add a little hard-earned money.

Because what he said was so accurate, the store owner was stunned and embarrassed to show "Oh, this price is too low, it can't even catch up with my purchase price", just thinking that this kid's family is also in the service trade business, and even wants to build a relationship.

Xiong Shan and Lihua followed the boy to buy clothes. This scene had a huge impact on them.

The future Dragon King, buying clothes in person and bargaining?

If this is said out, people in the world will never believe it.

Li Zhuiyuan believes it, and Li Lan will not believe it either.

In fact, he still rejects doing these things in his bones, but it is in the stage of being overcome.

After experiencing the dream ghost incident, Li Zhuiyuan felt that his condition has been further stabilized.

After buying clothes and shoes, Li Zhuiyuan went to buy some cigarettes and alcohol that his grandfather usually liked.

Without asking Xiong Shan to help carry, Li Zhuiyuan walked out of the door of the department store with his things. When he stood on the steps and faced the sunlight outside, he couldn't help feeling a little dizzy.

He was still not suitable for doing this kind of thing, but he had to do it.

Li Zhuiyuan thought about whether to buy clothes for Li Weihan and Cui Guiying as well. The result of thinking was that he couldn't buy them.

Although it was a bit heartless to say so, the fact was that he could overcome the pain of buying things for his grandfather.

But when buying things for grandpa and grandma, I thought of their happy expressions when I gave them the gifts, and I began to sweat.

If I acted the whole time, it really didn't matter. The problem is that he tried not to act now.

In fact, he could try to overcome this kind of pain.

But in the eyes of the grandfather, all his money was given by him. Even if he didn't say it, he would feel uncomfortable if he used his money to buy things for others.

However, since I have thought about this level, it is not appropriate not to buy it.

Otherwise, I am not as good as Li Lan. Li Lan knows that she should pay living expenses every month and send gifts during festivals, although it must be arranged by her secretary.

Li Zhuiyuan pursed his lips and went back to the grandfather's house first, then asked the grandfather for permission, and then went to buy clothes for grandpa and grandma.

Once the order is changed, the grandfather will not have any grudges in his heart, but will only feel that he is sensible and filial.

Anyway, things must be handled by oneself. This kind of pain must be experienced by oneself and cannot be avoided.

Sitting in the car, Li Zhuiyuan lowered his head and stretched out his hand to rub his eyebrows.

He found that thinking about the relationship between these relatives and gifts was more difficult than thinking about how to deal with the waves of the river.

Liu Changping started the car and drove back to Shinan Town and entered Siyuan Village.

The road in the village has been widened. The original gravel road has now become a two-way cement road, and the road from the village road to the grandfather's house has also been rebuilt. Now there is no need to park the car in the field, and you can drive directly to the dam in front of the grandfather's house.

Xiong Shan and Lihua came here with an extremely excited and nervous pilgrimage mood.

Seeing that the car really drove into a residential house in the village, both of them showed astonishment in their eyes, and after the astonishment, they became more solemn.

This is the real background, not hidden, but calm and natural.

If it was really a secret place in the ancestral home, it would be a loss.

Li Zhuiyuan got off the car, feeling a little surprised that he could not hear the call from his grandfather.

Before he came back, Tan Wenbin called Aunt Zhang's store. His grandfather knew that he would be back today and would definitely wait for him at home.

On the first floor, Xiao Yingying was sitting inside coloring paper figures.

Since she came, Li Sanjiang's paper-making business has been extremely prosperous, because the paper figures here are more realistic and delicate.

Xiao Yingying put down the brush, turned her head and looked over.

Her attention was immediately attracted by Xiong Shan and Lihua.

The couple recognized it at a glance. This was a dead head!

Even though he had retired from the world twice, he was still a walker in the world, and his instinctive reaction was still there.

Xiao Yingying's expression was also stagnant. She stood up and quickly retreated to the corner of the wall, then dodged and climbed up to the corner above.

Li Zhuiyuan asked, "Where is my grandfather?"

Xiong Shan and Lihua immediately restrained their breath and looked embarrassed.

Xiao Yingying also came down from the beam, returned to the bench where she sat before, picked up the paintbrush, and continued to color the paper man while answering:

"He is drunk and asleep."

Li Zhuiyuan went upstairs, Xiong Shan and Lihua stayed downstairs, and Liu Changping squatted on the dam smoking.

Pushing open the bedroom door, Li Zhuiyuan saw Li Sanjiang lying on the bed snoring loudly.

Although snoring when sleeping is not a good thing, listening to this strong snoring, the grandfather's body is still very strong.

Walked to the bedside and covered the quilt for the grandfather.

The grandfather opened his drunken eyes and smiled at Li Zhuiyuan: "Little Yuanhou~"

Then, he tilted his head and fell asleep again, probably thinking that he was drunk and dreaming.

Li Zhuiyuan walked out of the grandfather's bedroom and came to the next door, which was his own bedroom.

The door was open, and Li Zhuiyuan saw Xue Liangliang sitting on a chair, holding a bottle of white wine in his left hand and a wine glass in his right hand, still drinking by himself.

"Xiaoyuan, you are finally back, Xiaoyuan!"

Xue Liangliang was obviously drunk. Seeing Li Zhuiyuan coming back, he put down the bottle and the wine glass, stood up, and then felt dizzy and could not stand steadily.

Li Zhuiyuan pushed him to the bed, and Xue Liangliang staggered to the bed, fell on the bed with a "bang", and fell asleep directly on his stomach.

There was no way, Li Zhuiyuan could only cover him with a quilt.

After answering Xue Liangliang's call for help, Li Zhuiyuan promised that he would come back and asked him to wait for him at the grandfather's house first.

Who would have thought that the grandfather saw Xue Liangliang coming and had a drink with him at noon.

Wine and stories, the more you drink, the more you drink, plus Xue Liangliang has just been hurt by love, the two of them got drunk.

Okay, let's do it this way first.

Li Zhuiyuan went downstairs, pointed at the child in Lihua's arms, and then pointed at Xiao Yingying.

"Leave the child to her."

Lihua swallowed her saliva. What, leave the child to a dead end?

Let it go. Whoever dares to say such a thing in front of me, I will definitely think that person is crazy, and then twist his head off!

But since it was Li Zhuiyuan who spoke, Lihua had to obey.

Seeing that his wife was slow, Xiong Shan pushed her and urged her: "Hurry up, what are you doing, get down to business."

He saw more clearly.

Silly wife, are you still afraid that someone will take advantage of your son? Isn't this what you want!

Lihua realized and put the child on the stool beside Xiao Yingying.

Xiao Yingying didn't even look at it, and continued to concentrate on coloring the paper man.

Li Zhuiyuan then signaled Liu Changping to drive himself and Xiong Shan and his wife to the big bearded man's house.

The four of them had lunch on the way, and it was not time for lunch yet, so they were not hungry.

In addition, if they wanted to place Xiong Shan and his wife at the grandfather's place, it would not be a problem for the grandfather, who would only be happy that he had two more capable mules.

But this land temple must be worshipped.

The two of them had just retired from the underworld, and it would take some time for their habits and instincts to fade away. They might have a collision here, and inexplicably become two shelled boiled shrimps.

After the four of them left in the car, Xiao Yingying put down the paintbrush in her hand.

She turned her head and looked at the child beside her.

The child was sucking his fingers and grinning at her.

Xiao Yingying reached out and picked up the child, then slowly rocked him in her arms.

The child laughed even happier, and then habitually reached out to grab Xiao Yingying's chest, asking for milk.

Xiao Yingying could only grab the child's hand again and again and put it back, but the child was persistent, so Xiao Yingying could only keep dealing with it.

Finally, Xiao Yingying got angry, glared, and her originally pale face turned blue in an instant, her hair began to grow longer, and wet water vapor filled the air.

The child was stunned for a moment, and then laughed even louder, thinking that he was playing a trick on him.

Xiao Yingying's body collapsed, her face and hair all recovered, she looked at him helplessly, and then continued to shake.

Liu Changping stayed beside the car and smoked, and Li Zhuiyuan led Xiong Shan and his wife to the dam of the big bearded man's house, facing the peach forest.

Li Zhuiyuan: "There is a senior buried here."

Xiong Shan and his wife immediately began to salute, but they did not naively ask whether the buried senior was dead or alive.

Because if he was dead, there was no need to bring them here specially.

The peach forest was silent.

Li Zhuiyuan reminded: "After you settle down here, take some time to make a sacrifice here, and then you can also come to burn paper and worship during festivals or when you have nothing to do. The more courtesy, the less blame.

Because it is here, it can protect the safety of the house."

Xiong Shan and Lihua: "We will remember it."

Although it was not said directly, the fact that the Dragon King's family said "The more courtesy, the less blame", it is enough to show that the weight of the person buried below is definitely not lower than that general.

Perhaps, the so-called predecessor buried here is not a human at all, but a terrible beast guarding the house!

Li Zhuiyuan: "Let's go to the riverside."

Liu Changping drove the car and took everyone to the riverside road according to the boy's instructions.

After arriving at the destination, Li Zhuiyuan signaled Liu Changping to drive the car farther. Liu Changping was very curious, but he still did it.

Li Zhuiyuan took Xiong Shan and Lihua to the riverside. It was almost dusk at this time. The river began to hit the shore wave by wave, splashing pieces of white foam.

Once, it was here that Li Zhuiyuan witnessed Uncle Qin taking off his clothes and jumping into the river.

At that time, I could only stay on the shore and guard my clothes.

Now, when I revisit the old place, I really feel that things have changed.

I remember that I set up a small altar at home with Brother Liangliang, just to settle the cause and effect with a certain lady from the Bai family and ask her not to entangle.

But this time, there was no altar, no candles, and no offerings.

Li Zhuiyuan took out a piece of yellow paper in front of him, and the yellow paper caught fire.

The young man said in a deep voice:

"Bai family, come out to see me immediately!"

After the words fell, he threw the yellow paper, and the yellow paper floated into the river. It did not extinguish, but sank quickly to the bottom. Even on the shore, you can see the light that continues to radiate and descend.

It didn't take long before bubbles emerged on the surface of the river, and then continued to surge up, standing up like a fountain. Gradually, you can see that there seems to be a woman wearing a red wedding dress and a phoenix crown inside.

"I'm here to ask you something, Xue Liangliang, why can't you come down?"

"Because I'm pregnant."