Chapter 220

The tea was very hot.

Lin Lin Shu You sat upright, trying his best not to look at his master's and grandfather's faces, because their faces were now hotter than the tea in their hands.

Lin Fu'an tried to put down the teacup several times, but picked it up again.

Chen Shoumen held the cup lid, scraping it around the edge of the cup again and again.

Who would have thought, they had finished the whole process, only to be told by their own grandson (apprentice) that they had overthought it.

They now had a sense of shame at having their underwear seen through by their grandson (apprentice), and it was one they had taken off voluntarily.

Lin Lin Shu You was the first to break the gloom: "Master, Grandfather, we are currently walking..."

Lin Lin Shu You got stuck, starting to scratch his head vigorously.

No, he couldn't say it so bluntly, otherwise his grandfather and master wouldn't be able to handle it.

"It's okay, a little karmic backlash, we have ways to resolve it, just speak freely." Lin Fu'an looked at his apprentice Chen Shoumen, "Hehe, I have also seen the world and understand some things."

Lin Lin Shu You: "But the world you've seen, Grandfather, is too small."

Lin Fu'an: "..."

Lin Lin Shu You remembered that every time Brother Bin went to tell stories to the old lady before, he had to prepare a draft with citations in advance. Brother Bin said if he spoke too bluntly, the old lady's health would be affected after hearing it.

The karma that even the old lady of the Liu family had to avoid, Lin Lin Shu You didn't think his grandfather had the fate to bear.

"Grandfather, Master, Brother Yuan is taking us rowing. The waves are very urgent, and we are rowing very fast. At this time, getting on the boat is easy to be slapped to death by the waves.

So, future matters can only be left for the future."

Lin Fu'an nodded.

Chen Shoumen: "It was our abruptness."

Everyone in the team had to read every issue of the "Li Zhuiyuan Secret Scroll" and "Code of Conduct for Walking the River," and Lin Lin Shu You also understood some truths.

If they were to incorporate their own temple into the team's power at this time, then the starting point of the next wave would very likely happen in their own temple.

With their current intensity of walking the river, their own temple would likely find it hard to survive and catch this wave.

Lin Lin Shu You: "Grandfather, Master, then I..."

Lin Fu'an said to Chen Shoumen: "Organize the people in the temple and hold a branch-building ceremony for our A You."

Chen Shoumen stood up immediately: "Alright, I'll go arrange it right now."

With his grandfather's and master's approval and help, Lin Lin Shu You's process of building a small branch went very smoothly.

Lin Shu You was very happy.

Everyone else in the temple was also very happy.

Although they didn't understand why Lin Lin Shu You, as the direct descendant of the Lin family, wanted to go through the process of building a branch and splitting the temple, this at least meant that the temple master of this temple in the future might fall to them.

A narrow side hall was partitioned off in the main hall. At the end was an offering table. The upper layer held Lin Lin Shu You's master's lineage and ancestors, while the lower layer held only Lin Lin Shu You's own name tablet and long lamp.

The name tablet originally placed on the large offering table in the temple and the name in the temple register were also crossed out.

Lin Lin Shu You looked at the brand-new yellow temple register in his hand. Only the first page had words, and it only had his own name and an introduction to his birth date and ancestral home.

This was no different from opening a separate genealogy.

Fragments peeled off from the Master Master Tongzi's body, drifting down, bypassing Lin Lin Shu You's head, and falling one after another onto Lin Lin Shu You's shoulders.

Lin Lin Shu You's lips could no longer be suppressed, and he smiled.

A sense of responsibility and pride welled up spontaneously.

From now on, he would take the Master Master Tongzi and split out to live on his own. In the future, he must make a big name for himself!

The Master Master Tongzi thought the same.

During the ceremony earlier, He had received the book transmitted by burning paper and knew what had happened.

Although that youth's methods were a bit cruel and he often didn't give Him face, and would even use Him as a mule... but when it came to giving things, he was truly generous and kept his promises.

However, the Master Master Tongzi's happiness didn't last long.

Because He, who was in the statue, discovered that Lin Lin Shu You had burned two more transmitted books in succession.

A group of disciples in the temple carried the statues of General Zeng and General Sun in and placed them behind Him.

Placing Himself in front of the two generals of increase and decrease, the Master Master Tongzi was very satisfied.

But having to be placed together with Them, the Master Master Tongzi was very unhappy.

Lin Lin Shu You reached out and touched the foot of the Master Master Tongzi's statue, and patted the foot.

The Master Master Tongzi's statue trembled slightly.

Lin Lin Shu You could only lower his head. When he raised his eyes again, his vertical pupils opened.

After a brief internal exchange, the vertical pupils dissipated, Lin Lin Shu You yawned, and went out.

With this matter settled, after eating the family banquet later, he would have to return to Nantong.

The banquet table had already been prepared, with three tables, all Jitong from the temple.

At the head of the main table, Lin Fu'an had already sat down.

Chen Shoumen pointed to the seat level with himself for Lin Lin Shu You, and sat down with Lin Lin Shu You.

As the person in charge of the small branch, Lin Lin Shu You now had the legal qualification to sit on equal footing with his master, who was the person in charge of the large branch.

Chen Shoumen signaled Lin Lin Shu You to raise his wine glass, and the two of them toasted Lin Fu'an together first.

Lin Lin Shu You raised his wine glass. Suddenly, he felt his pupils shake, knowing it should be that the Master Master Tongzi and the two generals of increase and decrease were having a conflict in the main hall.

In this moment of losing his composure, his arm swayed, and most of the wine in the cup spilled onto the ground.

Lin Lin Shu You was about to apologize, but saw Lin Fu'an and Chen Shoumen also spill the wine in their cups onto the ground together.

Lin Lin Shu You didn't understand why.

Lin Fu'an looked at Chen Shoumen, thinking: A You did the right thing, the first cup of wine must be toasted to that Dragon King's family first.

For the second cup of wine, Chen Shoumen and Lin Lin Shu You toasted Lin Fu'an together.

For the third cup of wine, Chen Shoumen took the initiative to clink glasses with Lin Lin Shu You. Lin Lin Shu You lowered the rim of his cup, but was lifted by Chen Shoumen's little finger, clinking a level cup.

"A You has grown up, you focus on doing your things, your grandfather and I are here at home, no need to worry."

In the small compartment of the main hall.

The statues of General Zeng and General Sun both began to tremble.

General Zeng almost turned to the side, showing an obvious sense of being desecrated and unaccepted.

General Sun was also trembling, and also turned to the side, but didn't tremble as intensely as General Zeng, and the angle he turned wasn't as large as Him either.

A bit of light flashed in the eyes of the White Crane Master Master Tongzi's statue.

After Lin Lin Shu You's Jitong exchange, His anger had subsided.

After all, He would soon be placed into that youth's Nantong Daoist temple. The reason He brought the two of you along was purely for the convenience of possessing puppets in the future.

General Zeng was still getting angry, and General Sun was cooperating mildly.

Cracks appeared at the corners of the Master Master Tongzi's statue's mouth, splitting open.

He was looking forward to it, and at the same time, He remembered the unruly appearance of these two right now.

The next day, Li Li Zhuiyuan, with A Li's help, continued to pinch and calculate with his right hand, his left hand covering the wordless book.

When opening the book today, the painting didn't change. In the prison cage in the painting, it was still a pile of minced meat topped with a head.

This was the "Evil Book" telling the youth that it hadn't recovered yet and needed time.

Li Li Zhuiyuan ignored it and, according to yesterday's quota, carried out ruthless exploitation on it.

The head in the painting exploded again and again, and was restored again and again.

This guy was like water in a sponge; if you squeeze it, there's always some left.

Today's deduction ended, and Li Li Zhuiyuan closed the wordless book.

Because he was very satisfied with the current progress, the youth didn't take the initiative to increase the daily quota.

His right hand spread open, blood mist permeated his palm, but within it, one could see a solid deep red, like a small loach, swimming in the blood mist.

This was Li Li Zhuiyuan's deduction goal. When this little loach became a "thread" long enough one day, he could pull all his partners in, and the team's coordination would have a qualitative improvement, and the overall strength would also welcome a leap.

"Brother Yuan Hou, Sister A Li!"

Cui Cui's shout came from the dam downstairs.

Li Li Zhuiyuan held A Li's hand and went downstairs.

Cui Cui was carrying a large bag in her hand, filled with various snacks.

Today they had agreed to go fishing by boat together.

Because deducing that thing was mentally exhausting, the daily work was completed very quickly. In the remaining time, Li Li Zhuiyuan didn't want to read books anymore, so it was better to move around more.

A small boat was moored in the small river next to Great-grandfather's house. In the past, Great-grandfather would also pole it out into the river to fish for corpses.

Li Li Zhuiyuan personally took the bamboo pole and poled the small boat away from the shore, first going out along the small river. After reaching a larger river surface, he put away the bamboo pole, and the three on the boat each took a fishing rod and began to fish.

Spring had arrived, summer hadn't yet, and this was the most comfortable and pleasant time of the year. The scenery that met the eyes was also dyed with a layer of new green.

After Cui Cui fixed her fishing rod, she began to distribute snacks.

Li Li Zhuiyuan took them all and ate selectively.

For example, these hard fried broad beans, he still couldn't understand why the locals liked to eat this so much, but Cui Cui's mouth kept making "crunch crunch" sounds, eating very happily.

Li Li Zhuiyuan peeled peanuts. After gathering a handful, he first shared some with Cui Cui, gave the rest to A Li, and then A Li also handed him a handful of sunflower seeds she had just peeled.

Li Li Zhuiyuan shared a little sunflower seeds with Cui Cui, and Cui Cui shouted happily: "Thank you, Sister A Li."

A Li didn't respond, sending a peanut into her mouth.

Li Li Zhuiyuan knew that A Li accepted Cui Cui.

Although when he wasn't home, Cui Cui came to find A Li to play, it was always Cui Cui talking and A Li not responding.

But the fact that Cui Cui could keep "chattering" beside A Li was already a special treatment that ordinary people could never possess.

On the bridge ahead, several familiar figures appeared: Sister Yingzi, Pan Zi, and Lei Zi.

Today was the weekend. After the mock exam in the morning, the teachers had to grade the papers centrally in the afternoon, so they simply gave the senior year a half-day off.

The three obviously also discovered Li Li Zhuiyuan and began to wave and shout happily.

Li Li Zhuiyuan picked up the bamboo pole and brought the boat to the shore.

Pan Zi and Lei Zi ran over first and said: "We're going back to get the fishing net."

Then, without waiting for Li Li Zhuiyuan's response, the two flew home.

Yingzi squatted on the shore, looking at the sparkling river surface, and said gloomily:

"Little Yuan Hou, you say, what if I can't get into university?"

Her mother nagged at home every day, saying whose daughter had already entered the factory, whose daughter had already given birth to a child, and you, still studying, let's see what kind of success you can study out. If you can't, not only you, but even your father and I will be laughed at by others.

Yingzi could only listen, unable to refute, because of Aunt Lan Hou, her parents were considered the most supportive of their daughter's education among families with equivalent conditions in the village.

Li Li Zhuiyuan: "Just try your best."

Yingzi nodded and smiled: "Mm, just try my best."

After saying this, Yingzi took two pieces of sesame candy from her pocket and handed them to Li Li Zhuiyuan. Li Li Zhuiyuan reached out and took them.

Cui Cui handed over her snacks.

Yingzi waved her hands: "I won't eat, I'm going back to review, you guys play."

Watching Yingzi's departing back, Cui Cui asked suspiciously: "Sister Yingzi looks like she's under a lot of pressure."

Li Li Zhuiyuan replied simply: "Mm."

He couldn't help Yingzi like he had helped Tan Tan Wenbin in the past, not only because he didn't have this time now, but mainly because Yingzi's talent wasn't as high as Tan Tan Wenbin's.

Tan Tan Wenbin was overly rebellious at the beginning, wasting his studies. After seeing the dead-walkers and life-death, he calmed down, which was how he achieved a grade turnaround, but the same method didn't apply to different people.

Every issue of the "Li Zhuiyuan Secret Scroll" would have several copies sent to Great-grandfather's house. Great-grandfather would hand them to Yingzi, Lei Zi, and the others. After all, Great-grandfather only had a bad face for those four uncles, and wouldn't be like that to the children of the next generation.

Lei Zi and Pan Zi brought the fishing net back and helped to cast the net to catch fish together.

As the tail-enders of the class, they had no study pressure, just waiting to find a job with a high school diploma after graduation.

Li Li Zhuiyuan observed the water patterns, pointed to a casting spot, and after two consecutive casts, he really caught quite a few fish.

Pan Zi and Lei Zi waved their hands and dumped all the fish onto Li Li Zhuiyuan's boat, saying they were just playing and didn't want the fish.

The two brothers were still very competent in being "brothers."

Li Li Zhuiyuan insisted on sharing the fish with them. They didn't continue to decline, carrying the fish and returning, saying that there would be a movie in town tonight, and they would go to save a seat for Li Li Zhuiyuan then.

The youth poled the boat back and handed the fish to Liu Yi.

Liu Yi smiled: "I already stewed trotter soup at noon, these fish will be braised and made into fish jelly."

Cui Cui stayed home for lunch.

At mealtime, Aunt Auntie Xiang Hou rode a tricycle to pick up Cui Cui for lunch. She didn't come up to the dam, deliberately shouting across the wheat field.

Cui Cui shouted back that she was eating here.

Li Sanjiang raised his chopsticks and shouted for Auntie Xiang Hou to come over for lunch.

Auntie Xiang Hou scolded Cui Cui for being thick-skinned a few times, then rode the tricycle back.

After the meal, Cui Cui suggested jumping rubber bands.

Two long benches were placed horizontally, and the rubber band was tied. Cui Cui jumped first, then as usual, called Sister A Li to come, although Sister A Li would never come every time.

Li Li Zhuiyuan looked at A Li: "Want to jump?"

A Li held the youth's hand, looking at the youth.

Li Li Zhuiyuan perceived that the girl's hand had a light force moving forward.

She was willing to jump, but wanted him to jump with her.

Then... jump if you want to jump.

Currently on campus, the game of jumping rubber bands wasn't a girl's patent; boys also jumped this, and many boys jumped better than girls.

Li Li Zhuiyuan held A Li's hand. He jumped one step first, A Li followed, and the two began to play according to the rhythm.

Although A Li wouldn't laugh out loud as openly as Cui Cui, the girl's eyes always shone brightly.

Li Sanjiang had a cigarette in his mouth, looking at the children playing with love.

He remembered the first time he saw Little Yuan Hou, the boy was running around the whole village with Pan Zi, Lei Zi, and the others.

He was quite surprised that this child from the city didn't feel like a stranger after arriving in the countryside and still played openly.

Later, after he brought the boy to his own house, the boy suddenly stopped making a fuss, didn't go out to find people to play with, but just liked to sit there alone and read books.

He felt strange at the time, how this child had changed like a different person.

Fortunately, now the vitality in the child was getting more and more, and along with that girl A Li, she was also becoming more and more human.

Li Sanjiang exhaled a smoke ring, his gaze secretly glancing at that worldly old lady.

Liu Liu Yumei was clapping the rhythm for them with a smile, looking at A Li's jumping figure, wiping the corners of her eyes from time to time.

Many scenes now were things her past self wouldn't have dared to dream of.

Liu Yi also joined in to play. She jumped very well, and the patterns were exceptionally many. Her hands were stretched to both sides, her feet flipped, and even though she was wearing an apron, she jumped out the agility belonging to a young girl, drawing Cui Cui to clap and cheer constantly.

Because they were going to watch a movie, dinner was earlier than usual.

Cui Cui went home before dinner.

After dinner, Pan Zi and Lei Zi carried benches and brought Shitou and Hu Zi and the others to call them. Li Li Zhuiyuan and A Li went, followed by Lu Runsheng and Yin Meng.

Tonight they were showing a martial arts movie. Li Li Zhuiyuan sat in a corner far from the crowd as usual with A Li, next to the small vendors selling things.

What was sold was still the classic old style. Li Li Zhuiyuan bought two bubble wands and started blowing bubbles with A Li.

On the screen, they were fighting, the light and shadow changing, wrapping more splendor onto these floating bubbles.

After flying to a certain height, "pop pop pop," the bubbles all burst.

Just like a childhood destined to go far away.

The movie ended, and everyone picked up their benches and left the venue, still wanting more.

Shitou and Hu Zi were still exchanging martial arts moves, arguing about which unique skill was stronger, and invited the older Pan Zi and Lei Zi to judge.

As a result, Pan Zi and Lei Zi also held their own opinions, and both sides soon developed into a brawl, a punch here and a kick there, not a real fight, but it was truly lively, and they ran home happily like this.

Li Li Zhuiyuan and A Li walked in front.

Lu Runsheng and Yin Meng walked behind.

After the four arrived home, it was already late, so A Li returned to the east room first.

Li Li Zhuiyuan went upstairs. Passing by Great-grandfather's room door, he heard Great-grandfather's snoring.

But after he finished bathing and passed by again, the snoring disappeared. Listening quietly outside the door, Li Li Zhuiyuan heard Great-grandfather's rapid breathing.

The youth pushed open the door and walked in. On the bed, the sleeping Great-grandfather was frowning, as if having a nightmare.

Moreover, Great-grandfather's hands were raised from time to time, and his feet were also kicking unconsciously.

Li Li Zhuiyuan sat down by the bed.

If he used the black leather book secret art, he could peek into Great-grandfather's dream, but it would also cause great trauma to Great-grandfather's spirit.

The youth sat for nearly forty minutes, until Great-grandfather's breathing was steady and the snoring started again, only then did he stand up and intend to leave.

But just halfway, Li Li Zhuiyuan stopped and looked down at the floor tiles.

Once, in this area, Great-grandfather had set up a fortune-turning formation for him.

Li Li Zhuiyuan's right palm spread open, blood mist permeated. The youth squatted down, placed his palm on the tile, the blood mist spread, and lines of formation patterns reappeared.

"It... why is it still here?"

Early the next morning, Li Sanjiang walked out of the room and stretched.

On the terrace, his Little Yuan Hou and that girl A Li were sitting there, pointing and gesturing across the air.

Although Li Sanjiang didn't know what game they were playing, he had long been used to seeing it.

"Great-grandfather."

"What's up?"

"Did you sleep well last night?"

"Ah, mm, not bad."

How could he have slept well? These days he had started doing that leading-exercise dream again, making him feel back pain after waking up.

"Great-grandfather, did you have a nightmare?"

"No, what's up, Little Yuan Hou?"

"What nightmare did you have, tell me."

"Heh." Li Sanjiang laughed, "Great-grandfather dreamed of a large group of zombies, wa!"

Li Sanjiang deliberately teased the child.

Li Li Zhuiyuan: "How scary."

Li Sanjiang smacked his lips. He felt he was like a child.

When washing up by the water vat, Little Yuan Hou followed again, continuing to ask: "Great-grandfather, tell me more specifically about your dream."

"What's there to talk about dreams."

"I want to hear."

"It was just in the Forbidden City, I was followed by a group of zombies, and I was leading them to run. Damn it, I don't even know which ghost movie I saw before, I remembered it until now."

"Is the frequency high? Is it the first time you've had this dream recently?"

"Mm."

"When was the first time you had this dream recently?"

"It started after you went out last time, and I've been having it every few days."

"Great-grandfather, have you met any strangers recently, made any new frien..."

"Crack!"

While they were talking, the water vat suddenly cracked and shattered all over the floor, along with the water inside, wetting Li Sanjiang's and Li Li Zhuiyuan's clothes.

"Ouch, bad luck, ptoo ptoo ptoo. Not bad luck, broken pieces mean peace, broken pieces mean peace."

Things that are broken are already broken, might as well maximize their benefit.

Li Li Zhuiyuan looked at the broken vat pieces on the ground, his gaze fixed.

"Little Yuan Hou, come change your clothes, don't catch a cold early in the morning."

"Alright, Great-grandfather."

After changing clothes, they went downstairs for breakfast.

After Li Sanjiang finished eating early, he lit a cigarette and was going out for a stroll.

Li Li Zhuiyuan stood up and followed.

Great-grandfather's stroll was just a pure stroll, the route was different every day.

Li Li Zhuiyuan looked up at Great-grandfather from time to time, his fingers hidden in his sleeves, calculating.

Soon, his calculation encountered a mass of miasma.

"Achoo! Achoo! Achoo!"

Li Sanjiang sneezed three times in a row and said: "Ouch, who is thinking of me."

Li Li Zhuiyuan knew that this miasma was the fortune on Great-grandfather.

Now he had the ability to break this miasma, but the problem was... he couldn't disrupt the fortune on Great-grandfather just to care about him.

The calculation naturally stopped immediately.

However, he urgently wanted to know, the reason Great-grandfather had that dream again, was it because of himself, or because of Great-grandfather?

If it was because of himself, this shouldn't be... his household register only had Great-grandfather alone now. Reasonably speaking, his river-walking merit should definitely be shared with Great-grandfather, and Great-grandfather's fortune should only be more concentrated.

But if it was because of Great-grandfather, what factor caused it? Could the fortune on Great-grandfather block this unknown influence by itself?

"Tsk, looking at the sky today, it's likely going to rain. Must let Li Hou and Shan Hou send the goods out early."

This morning's stroll ended early.

When Li Sanjiang returned home, Qin Shu and Xiong Shan were already loading goods. Their perception of weather changes was naturally sharper.

"Come, I'll go with you to deliver. Old Man Park's place in Xigou Village, they have few people. When they came to place the order, they asked me to find someone to help set up the venue."

Few people wasn't the main reason, but the Park family had long since moved to Shanghai to live. On weekdays, they didn't participate in weddings or funerals in the village, and didn't send human favors.

This time, Old Man Park died, and his remains were sent home for the funeral. His son went to the village to ask for help, but no one was willing to help.

This kind of thing is mutual. Everyone is afraid of trouble, but if you avoid trouble, you won't be able to trouble others in the future.

However, Li Sanjiang's family had sufficient manpower now and could undertake the entire funeral process. As long as you were willing to pay, they could still help you hold a grand funeral.

Lu Runsheng and Yin Meng were also appointed, including Lihua, who was also asked to help cook together.

As for Liu Yi, Li Sanjiang didn't call her, because he knew clearly that if Liu Yi wasn't home, that old lady would likely not even be able to light the pot.

To be fair, this daughter-in-law was truly impeccable. In other people's homes, the mother-in-law wouldn't do any housework and would rely on being served, and the daughter-in-law would have long since made a scene.

It's a pity Brother Zhuangzhuang and A You weren't home. If they were, he could even replace the funeral band. A You performing in costume would be more realistic than the local old Daoist priest.

When the large cart was pushed out, Li Sanjiang was a bit surprised: "Little Yuan Hou, why did you follow?"

Li Li Zhuiyuan: "Bored staying at home, I'm going too."

Not figuring out what change had happened to Great-grandfather, Li Li Zhuiyuan didn't feel at ease.

Li Sanjiang: "Then don't push the cart, sit on the cart."

After saying this, without waiting for Li Li Zhuiyuan to react, Li Sanjiang picked up the youth and placed him on the front of the cart.

Xigou Village wasn't far or near, but the speed of pushing the cart was slow after all. About an hour later, they arrived.

The Park family's house was a small earth house. The dam not only didn't have cement, but even gravel wasn't filled.

It wasn't that they didn't have money to repair it, but people hadn't returned for a long time, so they were too lazy to fix it.

At this time, the earth house door was open, an ice coffin was parked inside, and a long wire connected by several power strips led to the neighbor's house.

This was because the electricity at home had long been cut off, and the circuit had long since aged. Even if they paid, they couldn't use it. To provide power for the ice coffin, they could only borrow and buy from the neighbor.

The wife and daughter of the filial son Park Xingsheng were sitting on benches. The wife was feeding her daughter eight-treasure porridge. The daughter was the same age as Li Li Zhuiyuan and was wearing a princess dress, looking very stylish.

Park Xingsheng was standing by the courtyard, talking to the neighbor on the other side.

That neighbor was leaning on a hoe, picking his earwax from time to time, with an attitude of "you say yours, I don't care."

Park Xingsheng got angrier the more he spoke, his face turning bright red.

It turned out that the Park family's land had long been contracted to the neighbor to farm, with a long-term contract. Now crops were planted on the land, and to set up a shed for the funeral, a piece of ground had to be leveled first, but the neighbor wouldn't allow it.

Park Xingsheng offered money as compensation, and the neighbor was willing, but later simply quoted a sky-high price, which made Park Xingsheng extremely angry.

Originally, under normal rural relationships, if your family wanted to hold a funeral, you could borrow a piece of land without compensation, at most just give a red envelope to show meaning, after all, the funeral was the most important thing.

But when the neighbor was rebuilding his house last year, he wanted to discuss with the Park family to swap a small piece of homestead land to make it convenient to open a road to the village road, so that both families could conveniently enter and exit.

As a result, he asked someone to pass the message, but Old Man Park called the village directly and sternly refused, saying even if he died, he wouldn't agree.

You didn't give others convenience before, so naturally, others wouldn't give you convenience now. Although the land was yours, the contract was in the village. If he didn't agree, you really couldn't level the ground.

Finally, Li Sanjiang went down to distribute cigarettes to each, pulled the neighbor to the side, cursed the Park family with the neighbor behind Park Xingsheng's back, and finally used the reason "the dead are the most important" to hope he would suffer a loss and take a step back.

The neighbor looked at the ice coffin parked in the house and nodded, allocating a piece of land to the Park family at a normal price.

Li Sanjiang also kept an eye out, going to settle the money with Park Xingsheng first, and then letting Lu Runsheng, Xiong Shan, and the others work.

Treating particular people naturally had particular methods; treating those who weren't particular, there was no way.

Hearing this, Park Xingsheng immediately showed displeasure, but if Li Sanjiang didn't help, his father's funeral really couldn't be held, so he could only pay the money first, and repeatedly urged that the work must be done well, he would be watching carefully.

For the sake of money, Li Sanjiang didn't argue with him about anything, directing Xiong Shan and the others to start setting up the stage.

Originally thinking Lihua was responsible for cooking alone and couldn't handle it, and would have to hire more people, now it seemed it wasn't needed. Apart from the funeral band that would come later, there wouldn't be many guests coming to mourn, and Lihua could handle it alone completely.

Li Li Zhuiyuan also helped as much as he could. He still had strength, and moving things was no problem.

But Great-grandfather was truly precious about this great-grandson, not only pulling him away but also stuffing him with some money, telling him to go to the small shop at the village entrance to buy snacks.

Sometimes, Great-grandfather would forget that his great-grandson was already a university student, and one who was interning at that, only subconsciously treating his great-grandson as a child.

Li Li Zhuiyuan put the money in his pocket and found a rock to sit on.

Park Xingsheng's daughter Park Meina had noticed this youth a long time ago. When the youth first appeared, he gave her a feeling of brightness.

Those who look good, regardless of gender, can attract the attention of the opposite sex.

Park Meina walked to Li Li Zhuiyuan, took a chocolate ball wrapped in gold paper from her pocket, and said to Li Li Zhuiyuan: "Do you know what this is?"

Li Li Zhuiyuan glanced at her, then withdrew his gaze, ignoring her.

Park Meina suddenly got angry, pointing her finger at Li Li Zhuiyuan and shouting angrily: "Heh, I'm talking to you, Subei bumpkin!"

Li Li Zhuiyuan didn't react.

Children's catchphrases are often learned from their parents, especially this kind.

The more bottom-level a place is, the more they like to engage in this kind of regional discrimination, because they can only see a sky the size of a palm, and they really don't have anything else to be proud of on weekdays.

Like the Park family, they also carried an extra bit of fanatical conversion.

"Hey, are you deaf, Subei bumpkin!"

The commotion here also attracted the attention of people over there.

Lu Runsheng, Yin Meng, Xiong Shan, Lihua, including Qin Shu, all cast their gazes over.

Park Xingsheng and his wife also noticed the situation here, and both were still laughing, feeling that their daughter's ferocity was quite good, so she wouldn't be easily bullied or suffer losses in the future.

Park Xingsheng even greeted others to hurry up and set up the stage: "Children's business, what's there to look at."

Seeing Li Li Zhuiyuan still ignoring her and treating her as air, a nameless fire rose up in Park Meina. Perhaps, being ignored like this by a good-looking boy made her even more unable to adapt.

"I told you not to ignore me!"

Park Meina reached out to push Li Li Zhuiyuan.

Li Li Zhuiyuan stood up and walked forward a few steps, leaving his position.

Park Meina failed to push anyone, lost her center of gravity, and smashed face-first toward the rock Li Li Zhuiyuan had been sitting on earlier.

"Bang!"

"Wuwuwuwuwu!"

Not only were several teeth broken, but several cuts were made on her face, and blood flowed continuously.

Li Li Zhuiyuan really hadn't done anything. He wasn't bored enough to get angry and make a move against an ill-bred child.

Park Meina falling like this was purely her own bad luck.

Park Xingsheng and his wife immediately ran over with heartache. During this time, Park Xingsheng also stared at Li Li Zhuiyuan with a fierce gaze.

Li Li Zhuiyuan noticed that he hesitated under his feet, wanting to lift his leg to kick himself, but finally withdrew his leg.

Because Lu Runsheng had already appeared by his side. Why was it by his side? Because the position in front had been preemptively occupied by Xiong Shan.

The weather was warming up, the clothes were thin, and the scars on Xiong Shan's face and body couldn't be hidden at all.

Especially with his undisguised gloomy gaze, it was enough to make ordinary people feel terrified.

Xiong Shan actually hoped Park Xingsheng would make a move, so he could take the opportunity to cripple him and perform in front of the youth.

Li Sanjiang shouted: "Hurry up and work, children's business, what's there to look at."

Under the gaze of everyone, everyone saw it was the girl who fell herself.

Park Xingsheng took a deep breath and shouted to Li Sanjiang: "You guys work, I'm taking the child to the hospital."

After saying this, he left with his wife holding the child.

Li Sanjiang let out a "Heh" and waved his hands: "Alright, work, once the stage is set up, wait for the funeral band to come, and after the knocking and beating is over, we'll go back."

Everyone returned to their positions and got busy.

Not long after, the funeral band also arrived. This group of people was arranged by Li Sanjiang, and he also settled the money with the other party very simply.

The leader of the funeral band asked curiously: "Where is the host family? The one who died."

Li Sanjiang: "Went out for something, never mind him. One session before the meal and one session after, you guys finish early and we can leave early."

The stage was set up, the funeral band played, and they even sang songs, which attracted many villagers to come and watch, suddenly becoming much more lively.

Of course, everyone just watched and no one gave money. Even if you didn't hold a grudge for the past, if you gave it now, when they returned to the city tomorrow, they wouldn't pay it back.

Lihua started cooking, and the fragrance began to permeate.

Liu Yi's cooking style suited the old lady's taste, focusing on refinement and lightness. Lihua's cooking style focused more on flavor, so it was more popular with the masses.

Many villagers came forward to ask whose family she was from, so they could hire her as a chef when they held events in the future.

Li Sanjiang recited scriptures in the house, holding a tattered book without a cover in his hand. The words on it were very sloppy, but also had a sense of solemnity.

On weekdays, Li Sanjiang loved to bring this book when sitting for fasts. It didn't matter if he couldn't understand it; anyway, others couldn't understand it either.

Li Li Zhuiyuan knew that this was a health-preserving scripture, mainly introducing room-cultivation techniques.

Great-grandfather sat beside the ice coffin, humming while leaning his head to look toward Lihua's side, likely hungry, thinking about when to eat.

Li Li Zhuiyuan walked in, wanting to chat with Great-grandfather about the dream again.

But after entering, the youth's gaze was immediately attracted by the remains in the ice coffin.

Earlier outside, he hadn't noticed anything wrong with the remains, and neither had anyone else.

But upon closer inspection, he could detect some impropriety.

Old Man Park's eyes were slightly open, which wasn't rare, but what was rare was that the old man's feet were one facing out and one facing in, and at the same time, the thumbs of the hands placed on the abdomen were both raised, one pointing up and one pointing down.

"Great-grandfather, did you change his burial clothes?"

"Right, what's wrong?"

"Why are his hands and feet like this?"

"They were like this before changing. After changing, I even specially pressed them, but it didn't work. Can't tie him up, so just leave it like this."

Li Li Zhuiyuan tilted his head, continuing to examine the remains. The feet turned outward practiced a non-walking style, and the thumbs of the hands pointing up and down represented the isolation of yin and yang, combined with the eyes left a slit, meaning not entering the gate of hell.

The old man was dead, but he had been specially arranged after death. The earth method used was extremely stable and effective. The purpose wasn't just to let the old man "not die well," but also to make his soul restless, always following his kin and ruining the family's fortune.

After Old Man Park was buried, Park Xingsheng would likely dream of his father often, and Park Meina would also often dream of her grandfather, and then experience a series of bad luck.

This kind of earth method was quite high-end, because it wasn't affected by acupuncture points and dharma rituals, and the more auspicious the grave and the more useful the dharma ritual, the further it could enhance its influence.

Because Old Man Park couldn't be saved and couldn't rest in peace, the more he was tossed, the fiercer he would be, and the greater the influence on his direct bloodline would be next.

If it were under normal circumstances, facing a normal host family, Li Li Zhuiyuan would ask if there were any special grudges. If the matter wasn't big, he would just resolve it.

But this family, Li Li Zhuiyuan really didn't have the leisure. It wasn't that he was still angry at Park Meina, but given this family's style, perhaps they really offended someone and formed a grudge. Someone was carrying out revenge, and he wouldn't break it for others without asking right from wrong, which wasn't good.

However, since such an arrangement was made for Old Man Park's remains, Li Li Zhuiyuan felt that the other party should rush to the funeral to "mourn."

After all, only in this way could they have the pleasure of revenge.

Lihua finished cooking, and Li Sanjiang stood up and said: "Go, Little Yuan Hou, let's eat!"

The villagers watching the performance also returned home to eat.

Park Xingsheng and the others hadn't returned yet, so this lunch was divided into two tables.

One table was eaten by Li Sanjiang and the others, and one table was eaten by the funeral band, the two tables a bit far apart.

Lu Runsheng was gnawing on incense while shoveling rice.

In the gap between clinking glasses with Xiong Shan, Li Sanjiang lowered his head and asked Lu Runsheng: "Is the food Lihua Hou made more fragrant than Ting Hou's?"

Lu Runsheng nodded: "Mm, more appetizing."

"Haha!" Li Sanjiang laughed out loud, "Lu Runsheng Hou, you've become picky too."

Lu Runsheng raised his head embarrassedly, sending the rice grains from the corner of his mouth into his mouth.

Li Sanjiang sipped yellow wine again: "Little Yuan Hou, do you still remember the first time you saw Lu Runsheng Hou? He was like a mountain cannon, his belt was loose, and he came over with his stomach deliberately hungry, hahahaha!"

"Hehehe." Lu Runsheng bit the incense and laughed along.

He didn't feel this was embarrassing, because he really couldn't get enough to eat at home, and since coming to Grandpa Li's house, not only did he eat dry food every meal, but there were also vegetables and meat. He was happy to let Grandpa Li tease him, because Grandpa Li was truly good to him.

Li Li Zhuiyuan: "Brother Lu Runsheng has great strength, so he naturally eats a lot."

Li Sanjiang nodded: "That's not bad. It doesn't matter if a mule eats a lot, as long as it pulls the mill fast."

As he spoke, Li Sanjiang shoveled all the remaining potato-braised meat in front of him into Lu Runsheng's rice basin.

Lu Runsheng raised his head to look at everyone, scratching his head a bit awkwardly.

Li Sanjiang: "Eat yours, we're all family, why be polite."

"Hey." Lu Runsheng lowered his head and continued to shovel rice.

At this time, Li Li Zhuiyuan noticed that the frequency of Qin Shu's chewing and swallowing slowed down.

The youth raised his head and looked toward the village road in the distance. A woman wearing casual clothes and a duck-billed cap was walking toward here.

What made Li Li Zhuiyuan interested was the woman's pace when walking, how it was a bit like Lin Lin Shu You's three-step praise.

Gradually, after Xiong Shan clinked glasses with Li Sanjiang, he also turned to the side and looked at the woman.

Then it was Lihua.

Then Yin Meng, because the Gu worms in her sleeves emitted a warning.

She immediately reached out and poked Lu Runsheng, who was still shoveling rice beside her. Lu Runsheng also raised his head and looked over there.

For a time, at the entire dining table, only Li Sanjiang was still eating and drinking on his own.

The woman came. She wanted to witness the burial of that old beast with her own eyes. She was here to watch the execution, and also to ensure that no one could come to destroy her business.

The next moment, the woman closed her eyes, then opened them fiercely. Her originally black pupils were flushed with red, able to detect evil spirits and anomalies!

At first, she saw that the old beast's funeral was so deserted, and there were only two tables at noon, she was very satisfied.

Her gaze first swept over the funeral band's table.

Although they had already changed into Daoist robes, preparing for the ritual performance in the afternoon, people without cultivation had no meaning no matter how many Daoist robes or monk clothes they wrapped themselves in.

Immediately, her gaze fell on Li Sanjiang's table.

An old guy had one leg propped on a stool, eating happily. Hmm, just an ordinary old man.

She also saw a youth with a clear face, looking quite handsome, but also unremarkable.

Immediately following, she saw Lihua, eh?

Then, she saw Yin Meng, this?

Subsequently, she saw Xiong Shan, hmm?

After that, she saw Lu Runsheng, ah?

Finally, she saw Qin Li.

"Hiss..."

She let out a cry of pain, her red pupils forced to close, blood flowing from the corners of her eyes.

The woman reached out to cover her eyes, shocked in her heart:

"What the hell!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 221 =====