Chapter 172

People before the New Year are like salmon swimming against the current, returning to their birthplace with great difficulty.

People after the New Year are like dandelions blown by the wind, lightly and aimlessly drifting toward the four directions again.

Reunion and warmth are like a piece of candy held in the mouth that melts quickly, savoring and recalling the faint sweetness remaining between the lips and teeth for the entire year to come.

Every morning after the New Year, Li Sanjiang changed his habit of sitting on the second-floor terrace in the past, changing to sitting on the dam.

Whenever people in the village carried luggage or rode motorcycles, passing through this village road in front to go on a long journey in various ways, they would specifically walk inward, coming to Li Sanjiang's house to stay for a while.

Some would bring a simple gift, not valuable, just to make it a pair.

Some would just give a cigarette, accompany Li Sanjiang to finish smoking, then give another one for Li Sanjiang to tuck behind his ear, and then leave.

Many people didn't even come up to the dam, just stood below, chatting a few sentences with Li Sanjiang across the steps about where they were going, talking about this year's vision, and pulling some idle chatter.

Actually, there was nothing at all; they were just leaving home for a long journey, fearing that it would be difficult to return in the middle of the year, and there were elderly people at home, so they had to make a special trip to Li Sanjiang's place to warm their faces.

Some were urged by the elderly at home to come, some knew to come themselves.

Life's major events are nothing more than the two words life and death; life can be predicted, but death always comes suddenly.

If something happens at home, they can't rush back in time; with Li Sanjiang there, at least the family won't be in a panic, and there will be that sense of security in their hearts.

Lin Shu You finished the New Year here and set off to return to his hometown in Fujian.

Carrying the team's unified mountaineering bag, wearing a dark cyan tight-fitting suit.

Walking to the front of Temple Street, he specifically stopped at the alley entrance for a moment to adjust his expression.

He couldn't be as cautious as in the past, but he couldn't appear too arrogant either.

After thinking about it, a shy smile appeared on his face.

No wonder Brother Xiaoyuan likes to use this expression.

When your status and self-confidence are sufficient, appropriate shyness can help you avoid a lot of trouble.

There were already people standing at the temple entrance; after seeing Lin Shu You, they immediately reported inside.

Soon, his grandfather and master came out to welcome him.

One on each side, reaching out to gently pat Lin Shu You's two shoulders.

Lin Shu You's chest, in this patting, unconsciously stood higher and higher.

It was dusk when he returned home; it was time for dinner.

The elders and fellow disciples in the temple gathered very neatly; logically speaking, this was the busiest time in the temple, with activities like deity processions, prayers, and exorcisms almost fully scheduled.

But even so, his master specifically cleared the temple's schedule, just to welcome his disciple home.

The scale and posture of today's reunion meal even exceeded the New Year's Eve dinner that had just passed.

Others in the temple felt inexplicable about this, and while unable to understand, they had to follow the arrangement, because his master and grandfather kept their mouths shut.

And because of this, the treatment of opening a single page in the genealogy and sitting in the seat of honor at the reunion meal was not enjoyed by Lin Shu You.

But when offering incense to the Lord Lord Yin Shen adults, Lin Shu You was required to stand between his grandfather and master.

When sitting down to eat, before sitting in the seat of honor, his grandfather first raised his hand to signal Lin Shu You, who was beside him, to sit first.

At the dinner table, a group of elders wanted to inquire about Lin Shu You's stories from the past half year, but Lin Shu You only talked about university life.

Occasionally, elders who wanted to deliberately probe would be actively diverted by his master and grandfather, ensuring that A You wouldn't get hot-headed and say things he shouldn't.

After the meal, everyone dispersed.

Lin Shu You was invited to sit down and drink tea with his master and grandfather.

But this private chat behind closed doors was only about study and life.

Lin Shu You said that his study was very diligent and he had made significant progress, but the exam results couldn't be announced yet.

Regarding this, his master and grandfather both expressed great recognition; even if some new inheritances couldn't be announced now, no matter what, the child had learned them, so the meat would be considered rotten in the pot anyway.

Life aspects were about the problem of getting along with classmates.

From Lin Shu You's perspective, he had indeed made a lot of efforts to integrate into the small group, although he often made mistakes.

But in the ears of his master and grandfather, it had another meaning; this was truly being able to become partners and friends with the one from the Long Wang family?

They had been scared into fleeing Jin Ling back then, leaving A You behind, thinking that being a cow or horse for the Long Wang family was also a great future.

They really didn't expect that A You would be so enterprising and forge ahead with determination.

The night talk ended shallowly.

Early the next morning, the temple became busy.

"Dong dong dong! Dong dong dong! Dong dong dong."

In this hometown area, there was no shortage of people, but a shortage of gods.

Lin Shu You's return made up for this vacancy.

Before the deity procession started, the temple staff lined up in the courtyard.

Lin Shu You was arranged in the first position; after all, he was a young man, and it was difficult to hide the desire to show off in his bones.

No face painting, no burning incense, not even kneeling to kowtow or speak; he just stood straight in front of the main temple, facing the people in the temple, with his back to the crowd of god statues;

Hands behind his back, while his chin was gently raised, his vertical pupils opened!

Laymen watch the excitement, experts watch the doorway.

The whole scene was in an uproar, and even his master and grandfather couldn't help but widen their eyes, showing astonishment.

Because only a very small number of such prestigious old spirit mediums could invite the Lord Lord Yin Shen to possess them in such a concise way, and that had to be under the premise of a real crisis where etiquette couldn't be cared about, and they still had to apologize and explain afterwards.

But this kid... just for this bit of showing off.

As it happened, the White Crane Child really gave him face.

Besides inviting gods, in the state of spirit writing after successful invitation, the charm and divine power were also a major standard for judging the strength of a spirit medium.

Vertical pupils with red, aura gathered and spirit condensed; under careful observation, one could even see faint yin energy circulating around him.

This was by no means as simple as a successful spirit-medium ritual; rather, it was a very clear sign that the Bai He Tongzi was leaning in to pay attention, descending upon his body to a much greater degree.

Lin Shu You sat on the chair, looked at his master and grandfather, and said:

"Face painting."

His master and grandfather looked at each other and stepped forward silently.

One was the person in charge of the temple, the other was the highest in seniority; they hadn't done such miscellaneous work themselves for a long time, but today one took the pigment tray and the other took the paintbrush, starting to paint the face for this young man.

After face painting, then change makeup and clothes.

This job is not something an ordinary person can truly handle, because as soon as you get close, you can feel the immense pressure radiating from the Tongzi.

After everything was handled, when the trident was presented to the child's hand, the child grabbed it, stood up, and held the trident high.

In an instant, the temple doors opened wide, incense burned spontaneously, and inside and outside were murderous!

The deity procession began.

The White Crane Child, who originally served as the leading child, led the team; in the past, when meeting other deity procession teams or passing by other temples or halls, there was a set of rules to deal with them.

But today, the White Crane Child led the charge; all the deity procession teams on the opposite side felt the induction and took the initiative to avoid, and whenever passing by a temple hall, the temple doors closed automatically.

To put it bluntly, the deity procession is to clear away evil spirits and protect one side's peace, not to fight one-on-one with specific evil spirits, so it is a small job.

But it couldn't be helped that there was one who treated a small job as a big job, and did it so vigorously and seriously.

Those in the same sequence would naturally give you this face, and those not in the same sequence wouldn't want to pick a fight with you over this bit of matter.

Today's activity, the temple could be said to have stolen the limelight; even the onlookers on both sides of the road felt that today's deity procession team was very different; that spirit was surging and surging, as if no matter what evil spirits dared to appear and block the front, they would be crushed and torn to pieces in an instant.

The onlookers voted with their own senses; whoever's deity procession team is strong, then if there is something in the future, they will go to whose temple.

After all, the vast majority of people don't encounter dirty things; what they seek is emotional comfort.

Collecting the team and returning to the temple, thanking the Lord Lord Yin Shen adults.

It was still Lin Shu You first.

He didn't take the incense, but closed his eyes, toward the White Crane Child god statue above, and said:

"Thanks, worked hard."

Then he turned around on his own, going to remove makeup and clothes.

His master was instinctively angry, wanting to stand up and criticize, but was grabbed by his grandfather.

Ordinary spirit mediums daring to be disrespectful to Lord Lord Yin Shen adults would almost cut off their path of spirit possession; A You wouldn't not understand this principle.

He dared to do this, then naturally he had his confidence.

The old man was truly far-sighted; this favorite disciple of his, who was Lin Shu You's master, was still thinking about how to maintain the temple inheritance, but the old man saw the true future of the official generals.

After Lin Shu You removed his makeup, he smiled and took a piece of rice cake from his mother's hand, taking a big bite; it was soft, sticky, and delicious.

His mother smiled and scolded him: "Look at how majestic you were today."

Lin Shu You just smiled and didn't speak.

Ever since that day at the General Temple, Brother Xiaoyuan made a vow, directly telling the child to roll down, the filter of the Lord Lord Yin Shen being sacred and inviolable in his heart shattered.

He began to gradually view the child as a partner fighting side by side, not a god high above.

If the child didn't want this equal relationship...

Then he would go tell Brother Xiaoyuan!

Brother Xiaoyuan would teach him what true inequality is.

Next, others in the temple went to thank one by one, with complete etiquette and sufficient ceremony.

His grandfather walked over and handed Lin Shu You a towel.

"Thanks, Grandpa."

Lin Shu You wiped his face with the towel.

"Our A You has grown up, and changed."

The last two words were bitten very heavily.

If Brother Xiaoyuan were here, he would certainly be able to savor the meaning of his mentality from this sentence of the old man, but Lin Shu You was Lin Shu You after all.

Letting him solve this riddle was really too difficult for him.

Only seeing him smile and say to his grandfather:

"Grandpa, isn't this very normal? You are all old, but I am still young."

This response made his grandfather fall into deep thought.

Thinking if this was the meaning of that one from the Long Wang family, wanting to let himself and his disciple retire quickly and let A You take over?

But looking at this guy turning his head and going to ask his mother for rice cake to eat again, his grandfather felt he might have thought too much.

He suddenly felt that being able to endure A You until now, that one from the Long Wang family was truly good-tempered.

The night was quiet.

Lin Shu You couldn't sleep, wearing pajamas alone, he came to the main temple, looking at these rows of god statues inside.

He touched the toes of the Zeng General, and patted the instep of the Sun General.

As a spirit medium, he actually really wanted to experience the feeling of inviting the Zeng and Sun generals to possess him.

"Clang..."

A trembling sound came from the god statue at the end.

The one standing in the last row was the White Crane Child.

Lin Shu You hurriedly ran over, stood on tiptoe, and patted the calf of the Child god statue:

"Don't be angry, don't be angry, my fault, shouldn't have been half-hearted."

Xue Liangliang had to go to Jin Ling to do a work handover, and Xue Dad and Xue Ma naturally left on the same day as their son, returning to their hometown in Anhui.

Before the two old people left, they were very reluctant, constantly saying they had caused trouble for everyone, and invited everyone to visit them when they had time.

In their lives, they had never stayed at someone else's house for so long.

Tan Yunlong got leave after the New Year and drove back to Nantong to enjoy his "old age".

Tan Wenbin went back to his hometown in Shigang to accompany his parents; the North and South grandparents and Zhou Yunyun's family side also needed to be entertained.

After all, Tan Yunlong was the head of the Tan family, at least in name.

So all activities had to revolve around Tan Yunlong as the core.

Grandfather Shan calmed down on the second day of the New Year.

Except for being active during meals, he spent the rest of the time lying on the straw pile, sunbathing to pass the time.

No way, the bullets were lost, couldn't go to the battlefield.

He was an old gambling dog; Runsheng in his childhood didn't suffer less hunger and lack of food following him.

But he had a good habit, which was that he calmed down after losing everything, and never borrowed money to play cards.

So, you say he is hateful, that is indeed hateful.

But to say hate to the point of grinding teeth, it really didn't reach that level.

Because normal gambling dogs, the most terrible thing is their ability to raise and borrow money.

They can, after repeatedly slapping themselves and confessing and swearing, firmly drag the whole family into the abyss of sinking step by step.

However, after calming down, Grandfather Shan's mood was not very beautiful either.

Li Sanjiang's mouth was idle, so he used him to moisten his lips, asking him how he was free today, how he wasn't the dealer today.

Facing this old thing, Grandfather Shan really had no temper; clearly his age was much older than his own, but his own was clearly already a small old man, but this old thing was still ruddy and full of energy.

Previously, he felt his life was good, but after all, it was a lonely life, and he at least had Runsheng accompanying him.

As a result, this old thing, dashing and nourishing for a lifetime, could even pick up a provincial top-scorer great-grandson in his old age.

Others have to work hard to save money for their son to marry a daughter-in-law, then work hard for their grandson to marry a granddaughter-in-law, coaxing to pass on the family line; he was good, skipping all the twists and turns, one step in place, as if falling from the sky, adding one directly to the household register.

Comparing people, it really makes one angry to death.

Grandfather Shan felt that after knowing Li Sanjiang in his life, suffering so much anger, and still being able to live now, was already quite not easy.

Liu Yumei was now truly increasingly integrating into the life of a rural old lady.

Gossip is just a seasoning; if you pull too much at once, even if the gossip basket hasn't hit the bottom, your teeth will start to ache because of eating too many melon seeds.

She simply set up a small card table at home; Nantong doesn't favor playing mahjong, so she played long cards with Liu Jinxia, Xue Ma, and the others.

At first, when there weren't enough people, Li Zhuiyuan was also pulled to the card table to make up the numbers.

After playing for a while, they didn't let Li Zhuiyuan on the table anymore.

Playing cards, having wins and losses is interesting; becoming one person always winning money, just like the other three families rushing to offer sacrifices, that's playing a fart.

Most importantly, Liu Yumei knew that with Xiaoyuan's brain, he could control wins and losses, and could control it very naturally and in place.

But this kid just wouldn't.

Because when he played cards, A Li would sit beside him, helping him count money and organize, stacking it high.

This kid was for A Li to be happy, completely ignoring the feelings of the three old ladies.

Li Zhuiyuan, who didn't need to be on the card table today, let Xiong Shan ride the tricycle, carrying himself to Shigang.

Not to shop for things, but to come to a graveyard.

That copper coin, it was finally time to be solved.

In the past, it made him extremely wary, even not daring to take it away, only able to bury it deep on the spot.

Now, he could treat it normally.

Runsheng and Yin Meng went to Xiting Town to repair the dilapidated house walls for Grandfather Shan, and by the way, prepare some rice, flour, grain, and oil.

Lihua had to be on the card table, accompanying Liu Yumei to play cards.

The manpower he could extract was just Xiong Shan.

After receiving his prior warning, Xiong Shan was very careful when digging, specifically sticking several Chenzhou talismans on his body and shovel for protection.

The copper coin was still in place and was dug out.

Li Zhuiyuan signaled Xiong Shan to walk further away, while he himself rolled up his sleeves and started waving his hands toward the surroundings, changing and guiding the feng shui pattern.

Xiong Shan, standing in the distance, watched this scene and swallowed hard.

The youth had told him before that he wouldn't use talismans, and he hadn't believed it; now looking at it, sure enough... a person who could manually guide the feng shui pattern, how could he not know how to use talismans?

This was simply a master of talisman dao, not needing talisman paper as a medium, directly drawing talismans in the void.

Li Zhuiyuan had no mind to care about what Xiong Shan was thinking; his entire attention was on that copper coin.

From the perspective of evil nature, this copper coin was far inferior to his own dying "Evil Book".

But its power was more direct.

It didn't bother to manipulate your spirit, just buried its head in changing your body.

The place where it was dug out also dug out several lingzhi of different sizes.

They should have been transformed from earthworms or mice underground; one could see clues from the luster and fur.

It's just that these lingzhi not only had no nourishing effect, but after eating them, the body would also have big problems.

After combing through the surrounding feng shui pattern, Li Zhuiyuan took out the formation flags and started setting up the formation.

After the formation was set up, Li Zhuiyuan breathed a sigh of relief.

Next, it was the critical moment.

Whether he could turn this copper coin to his own use depended on whether this seal could be perfectly applied.

If the seal wasn't applied well, he would never risk carrying it, only choosing another place to seal it into the ground again, waiting for his next strength improvement to return.

If the seal was applied well, it could be embedded into his newly made compass, acting as the compass core.

The operating principle of the copper coin itself is that it carries an yin-sha feng shui bureau; any flesh and blood object close to it will be yin-born and scattered under this pattern.

Using it as the compass core, then encountering special environments in the future will greatly reduce the probability of the compass failing.

Many miasmas or formations, the first step is to confuse your perception of direction; having it in hand is equivalent to being able to brainlessly shave off most low-to-medium level miasmas or formations.

Li Zhuiyuan took out red mud, drew spells on his palm, back of his hand, and wrist, finally gathered and formed seals; when he pressed down with his thumb, the feng shui pattern and formation were triggered simultaneously.

Xiong Shan only felt that in his field of vision, the position where the youth was became extremely blurry.

But he didn't dare to step forward to help; if he accidentally broke the formation or interfered with the feng shui pattern, that would be helping with a busybody.

Finally, the blurriness dissipated, and the youth's figure became clear again.

That copper coin also fell into the youth's hand, being tossed up and down very casually by the youth.

Perfect seal.

Li Zhuiyuan enjoyed this feeling of problems that used to trouble him being easily solved by himself looking back.

This is his growth.

Of course, if it weren't for getting Wei Zhengdao's further inheritance in the Dream Ghost's dream, he still wouldn't have a better method for this copper coin now.

Another thing is, although Wei Zhengdao's name has the two words "Righteous Dao", the things he taught are often more effective against evil objects.

Taking out a small compass from his bag, it was only the size of the youth's palm.

Inside, there was only a scale table and a needle head.

Because Li Zhuiyuan omitted a lot of useless things that could be calculated by his own brain, creating a concentrated essence version only suitable for himself to use.

The small workshop behind Great-Grandfather's house was still there; during the period before and after the New Year, Li Zhuiyuan and A Li often stayed inside; he was responsible for design, and A Li was responsible for production.

The two worked together to build it.

Originally Li Zhuiyuan thought that if he didn't actually do it himself, he could ensure there would be no errors, but this thing seemed to really have a fixed number; even if it was just designed by himself, when testing after finishing, he found there was still a fixed error value.

This kind of error value is like him not being able to draw talismans; it's too smooth and too perfect, always leaving you some flaws.

Flaws here are instead a good thing; if the flaws were in other aspects, it would instead be a big trouble.

A fixed error doesn't count as an error; anyway, using it relies on his own brain to calculate, at most calculating one more step, a small problem.

And because of this, it also has an anti-theft effect; even if it is lost or stolen, others can't use it.

There was a small groove in the middle of the compass; Li Zhuiyuan stuffed the copper coin into it, fitting perfectly.

"Our A Li's craftsmanship is really nothing to say."

Trying to use the compass again, forming seals and triggering, the compass needle fluctuated continuously; Li Zhuiyuan looked at it while calculating in his brain, and in just an instant, he deduced the feng shui pattern here once.

At the same time, the copper coin inside would also emit a trembling sound, which was captured by Li Zhuiyuan's ears; inside, there was actually a layer of new information: the situation is auspicious.

Even graves in villages and towns are looked at by feng shui masters before; auspicious grave holes are considered not bad in the countryside.

If it were really measured as very auspicious or a better hole, then one could call the Nantong Cultural Relics Protection Unit.

Don't think that such a good place would be empty and wait for your turn; the ancients weren't fools.

This new compass can calculate feng shui and also comes with auspicious and ominous divination effects; currently, it can be called a piece of equipment with the most practicality in his hands.

This also added a big help for him to go out with Brother Liangliang next.

Getting on the tricycle, going home.

Just riding into the Siyuan Village road, he saw Auntie Zhang running toward this side.

"Xiaoyuan, looking for you, Brother Liang's phone call."

Auntie Zhang likes to come to Li Sanjiang's house to call people; she runs diligently, and the volume is also loud, because whether it is Li Zhuiyuan or Tan Wenbin and the others, they are all very polite, every time they answer or make a call, they will buy a lot of things, unlike some people in the village, who play games with you after using the phone, wishing they could even account for the phone bill.

Li Zhuiyuan came to the small store, too lazy to wait, and dialed the phone back.

"Hello, Xiaoyuan, is that you?"

"It's me, Brother Liangliang."

"There is a job, if you have time..."

"I have time."

Calculating the time, although it is still a bit early, it can also enter the right track.

Most importantly, everyone's injuries have recovered seven or eight out of ten; it is time to explore the next wave.

Compared to passive waiting, Li Zhuiyuan still prefers active attack.

"Need to go on a long journey, it's a county under Guizhou; a hydroelectric station under construction there had some problems, we have to go over to assist in troubleshooting, the sooner the better, so as not to delay the construction period after the New Year."

"Okay, when to set off?"

"The day after tomorrow, we meet in Jin Ling?"

"Okay."

"By the way, I'll help you handle the procedures at school; do Tan Wenbin and Lin Shu You need to handle them together?"

"Yes."

"That's fine, anyway, I'm responsible for getting things done at school; I'll also handle train tickets and such; we'll have lunch together the day after tomorrow at noon, and officially set off in the afternoon."

"No problem."

"Thank you for your hard work, Xiaoyuan."

"This is your work, and also my work."

"Heh heh, with you here, I feel steady in my heart, really. They all say I'm taking care of you, actually I know in my heart, it's always you taking care of me."

"Brother Liangliang, you are indispensable; you might not know how important you are."

Just as important as the sign at the entrance of the police station.

"Haha, you make me embarrassed. By the way, can your car fit so many people?"

Our car is a small pickup truck.

"It can't fit, so I have to trouble Brother Liangliang to work hard, drive to Nantong to pick us up to Jin Ling."

"Not hard, this is what I should do."

Hanging up the phone, Li Zhuiyuan finally knew how Brother Liangliang was able to return to Nantong frequently in such busy work in the past; it was simply inserting needles in the gaps, and if there were no gaps, he would insert them hard.

Li Zhuiyuan dialed the phone again, dialing to the flat-price store.

The person answering the phone was Lu Yi.

He went home for the New Year this year, and because he became a "second-generation factory", the blind date sessions arranged for him this year were too many; Lu Yi couldn't stand it, so he took the train back to school early.

He preferred to be in the store, familiarizing himself with and busy with his own career.

Li Zhuiyuan was too lazy to call the paging station and then call one by one; anyway, their team had their own "headquarters".

"Auntie Zhang, I want this, this, this..."

Li Zhuiyuan chose a lot of snacks, paid the money, and said: "Put it here with you, Auntie; when Hu Zi and the others come over, give it to them."

"Little Yuan Hou, you really have the look of an older brother."

Li Zhuiyuan smiled shyly.

Mainly, the variety of goods in Auntie Zhang's small store was not much; during the New Year period, Tan Wenbin and the others called frequently, and had already taken a lot of small snacks and small goods home; those things were not eaten by anyone at home, so he was too lazy to take them home again.

Returning home, Liu Yumei and the others were still playing cards.

Even after getting along for so many days, Lihua's hand holding the cards was still trembling.

The couple was still considered good; Xiao Yingying had stayed at the Big Beard's house ever since Liu Yumei and the others returned, and hadn't shown her face here again.

Paper figures were all made by her there, and then transported back by Xiong Shan using a trailer.

"Hu!"

Liu Yumei clapped her hands and started calculating the points.

Li Zhuiyuan walked to Liu Yumei's side and whispered: "Grandma, I'm going out the day after tomorrow."

"Back to school?"

"Not back to school."

"Then next semester, you won't be staying at school much?"

"Should be."

Liu Yumei sighed: "Pity the vegetables I planted in the courtyard."

"Can let Uncle Qin take time to go to Jin Ling to collect vegetables."

"Heh." Liu Yumei was amused, "Forget it, there are more fields here."

"Are you planning to continue living here?"

"Otherwise, run around everywhere following you?"

"I didn't mean that."

"Anyway, living anywhere is living." This round was Liu Yumei's turn to be empty; she stood up, led Li Zhuiyuan to the edge of the dam, "Need to let your Great-Grandfather pack more fields, otherwise it won't be enough for A Li and that bear to plant together."

"Thank you, Grandma."

"Grandma also often blames herself, wanting to do something for you, but doesn't know where to start; in the end, it's still that you, Xiaoyuan, have too much ability.

Actually, I was also quite curious in the past; people sailing, it's all thousands of sails racing, Jianghu wandering; how did you manage to stay at school waiting for jobs for the past half year?

It's just that these, it's not convenient to ask now; I know you have things deliberately hiding from me; every time Zhuangzhuang chats with me, I can also hear that he has reservations.

We are old after all, and you are young; this Jianghu, the future belongs to you.

Mm, one more point, since you are running with that kid Liangliang, I believe the frequency of that kid returning; when he wants to find a way to return to Nantong, you won't not follow.

No matter how busy you are outside, remember to come home and see more.

A Li misses you."

"I will, Grandma."

Therefore, I really did benefit from Brother Liangliang's good fortune this time.

Li Zhuiyuan went to tell Li Sanjiang again; Li Sanjiang asked after listening: "Outside, the expenses will be bigger, right?"

"The unit will reimburse, Great-Grandfather."

"Can't reimburse everything, right? Poor family, rich road; you are still at the age of growing body, don't treat your body badly because of saving."

"Won't, anyway there is Great-Grandfather you sending me money every month."

"That's right!"

Li Sanjiang touched Li Zhuiyuan's head, both sighing and proud: "Our family's Xiaoyuan, is also going out to do business, heh heh."

"By the way, Great-Grandfather, Grandmother Liu and the others should be continuing to live here."

"Then Li Hou and Ting Hou, don't they also have to stay here?"

"Mm."

"Hey, that's just right, I'll prepare some more tables, chairs, benches, pots, bowls, and basins, and use them at the Big Beard's house too, doubling the business."

Good mules suddenly became many, and the millstone wasn't enough to pull.

Originally Li Zhuiyuan let Lu Yi convey the meaning to Lin Shu You that he could go to Guizhou from Fujian first; Lin Shu You cautiously asked if this was an order or a suggestion, and after learning it was the latter, he firmly expressed that he still wanted to act with the main force, and he would go to Jin Ling to wait for everyone to gather.

The pressure of being a vanguard is very great; if one is not careful, if something happens to oneself, it is easy to bring the team's rhythm down, becoming a rescue Lin Shu You action.

On the night before departure, everyone ate a meal together.

At night, Li Zhuiyuan went to the Big Beard's house for a walk; before leaving home and after returning, according to the rules, he had to greet the one guarding the gate.

The Xiong Shan couple set up a cradle in the peach forest, with a windmill on the cradle; as long as the weather was sunny, they would put Benben in the cradle, letting the wind in the peach forest help it sway gently.

This way of pulling strings is really hard enough.

But it also quite fits the consistent level of their couple.

After burning a few sheets of paper and saying he was going on a long journey, Li Zhuiyuan went back to sleep.

Early the next morning, waking up from the bed, turning his head.

By the door chair, sat an exquisite beautiful shadow.

On the terrace in the morning, Li Zhuiyuan and A Li played chess.

Played until the call came from Auntie Liu downstairs: "Eat breakfast!"

In a trance, it was as if time flowed backward, he seemed to have returned to the past, everything hadn't changed.

But the girl in front of him had grown taller, growing more exquisite and dignified.

Back then, she sat in the east room, with her feet on the threshold, still retaining that touch of girlish cuteness.

And now, he himself was gradually reaching the threshold where he could no longer pretend to be cute in a boy's image.

Life is also a river; when young, one paddles desperately, and later, crying and shouting to want to return, but unable to get it.

On this river, the happiest are instead those who are muddled; understanding too early will instead lead to being unhappy too early.

Two square wooden stools were spliced into a small breakfast table; Li Zhuiyuan helped A Li distribute small pickles, A Li helped Li Zhuiyuan peel salted duck eggs.

Just after breakfast, Xue Liangliang's car arrived.

This meant that he actually arrived in Nantong last night, staying in the river for a whole night.

It should be the stimulation of riding a tricycle to the riverside every day during the New Year period; after the New Year, he went to pick up a brand new Santana.

But this sedan couldn't fit people after loading things, so that small pickup truck still had to be driven to Jin Ling.

Because they were going on a long journey directly after going to Jin Ling, this time Li Sanjiang didn't stuff too many things, only money.

Liu Yumei stood on the dam, looking at the group of children about to leave.

Her gaze seemed to pass through the years, returning to her childhood, standing at the ancestral gate, watching her uncle leave home.

Her uncle was her elder, but his age was very young; when she was a child, he liked to carry her on his back to play, and also spoiled her the most; the adults in the family often said that her bad temper was half spoiled by this uncle.

When her uncle took people around him to walk the river, it was also such a scene.

Rather than saying it was to face those dangerous waves, it was better to say it was to welcome the wonderful scenery in life.

The elders of the Liu family in the past could say to her uncle: If tired, light a lamp and go home.

The same words, she had also said to Xiaoyuan.

But when she said it, she actually didn't have that confidence, and she felt she was farting herself.

At the moment, the only thing she could do was to merge the two homes of this child into one place, letting this child return when he had a gap in walking the river, and be able to return to a good home safely.

Cracking melon seeds and chatting about gossip, playing cards seriously, were also deliberately laid out in advance for this.

In her bones, she was still that noble Miss Liu, but the child was going out to walk the river and wander the Jianghu at a young age; what change could she, this old thing, not make?

When the two cars drove away, Li Zhuiyuan first waved goodbye to the crowd nearby, then moved his gaze upward.

He saw that on the second-floor terrace, that red color was seeing him off.

A Li was deliberately wearing red clothes today, so that even if separated by a long distance, he could see her figure.

Li Zhuiyuan just kept looking, until that red became smaller and smaller and more and more blurry, finally merging with the fiery red sun in the sky.

"My tailbone, feels like the old injury is about to recur from the bumping."

Tan Wenbin supported the edge of the tractor with both hands, letting his butt hang in the air.

He had also been to many places, walked mountain roads, but this stretch of mountain road was bumpy and rugged beyond his imagination.

The first reaction was, there is such a difficult road in this world.

The second reaction was, behind such a difficult road, people could actually still live?

Xue Liangliang smiled and said: "You people who grew up on the big plains since childhood are just so delicate."

Yin Meng: "Exactly."

Lin Shu You echoed in a low voice: "Exactly, exactly."

Tan Wenbin: "I fuck, heard of regional discrimination, first time discovering there is also terrain discrimination!"

Xue Liangliang: "Actually, people who grew up in mountainous areas will also be unaccustomed when going to your plains, right, A You?"

Lin Shu You nodded: "When I first came out, seeing the ground so flat, I really felt uneasy in my heart."

Xue Liangliang: "Slowly you get used to it; in the future, wherever human feet can walk, they can all be repaired into smooth roads."

Tan Wenbin: "You tell me, how to repair roads here?"

Xue Liangliang pointed to the top of his head, where it happened to be between two mountains: "Repair in the sky."

Tan Wenbin: "You made money, you are right."

The uncle driving the tractor said apologetically: "Sorry, let you suffer."

Xue Liangliang: "Master Ran, we are just chatting blindly, don't take it to heart."

Master Ran: "Almost there, tonight you will stay in our village; the construction team also rented civilian houses in our village before, you rest there; food and drink, I will send them to you when the time comes."

"Trouble you."

"What trouble, I'm just a purchaser for the construction team, heh heh."

Arriving at the village, Ran Dacheng took out the key to unlock the door, leading everyone into an earthen building.

Inside, the space was very large, and the room looked like a construction site office layout.

Xue Liangliang asked: "Even if it's New Year, didn't you arrange for people to stay behind?"

Ran Dacheng replied: "Originally, two people were left here, but they disappeared before the New Year; I originally planned to call them to my house for the New Year, but I guess they must have secretly gone home."

Xue Liangliang shook his head, thinking this was too irresponsible.

Ran Dacheng sent some food again, said he would take them to the construction site tomorrow, and then went home.

Everyone tidied up the earthen house; the first floor was all temporary offices, while the second floor was accommodation rooms, all turned into large kang beds.

Because the handover personnel left behind were not there, it caused everyone's work to be very difficult to unfold, because many practical problems are very difficult to present in the form of written or telephone reports.

Li Zhuiyuan was helping to tidy up everyone's bedroom tonight on the second floor when he found a blue hard-covered diary, with a fountain pen clipped to the cover.

The thick diary had already used three-quarters of the pages, enough to see how much the original owner loved writing diaries.

But such a cherished thing was actually left behind when leaving.

However, after the construction team returns, the original owner should also be able to retrieve it.

Peeking at someone else's diary is a very immoral thing.

Li Zhuiyuan opened the diary.

Flipping to the last page, the words were written very sloppily, and the date marked on it showed it was the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, two days away from the New Year.

Weather: Cloudy.

Content:

"Didn't they all already go back for the New Year? Then who exactly is the group of people currently having a meeting on the first floor?

Why,

I saw from the crack in the second-floor window that 'myself' is also sitting below having a meeting?"

(End of this chapter) ===== CHAPTER 173 =====