Chapter 303

Ancestral graves, such a place, if it were just purely burying the deceased ancestors, that would be fine. But those old immortals of the Zhao family, except for one in the treasure house, the rest basically lay in the ancestral graves.

Even if Li Zhuiyuan didn't mention it, once they arrived at the Zhao family and finished counting the treasure house, Zhao Yi would find a way to invite the one surnamed Li to stroll around his own grave, preferably letting the one surnamed Li personally insert incense and worship.

He, Young Master Zhao, was just going to do this act of opening the door to invite thieves!

"The one surnamed Li, you called me here, it must not be just for this."

"Hmm." Li Zhuiyuan took a step back and pointed to the ink lines intersecting on Runsheng's body, "Use the Life and Death Gate seam to help me take a look."

Zhao Yi walked up, looked at Runsheng, his gaze slightly condensed.

He didn't believe the one surnamed Li just simply let him look at the ink marks. Soon, he saw the deep-seated laws and true intentions from the changes in the depth of the ink marks and the tiny ink dots splashed on both sides.

Zhao Yi looked up, incredulous:

"The one surnamed Li, are you going to dig the Grand Canal on Runsheng's body?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "My university major was this."

Zhao Yi: "Are you bullying me for not having gone to university?"

Li Zhuiyuan reached out and patted Runsheng's arm: "Brother Runsheng, you can get up now, wash off the ink marks."

"Okay."

Runsheng got up and got off the table. A group of old ladies was playing cards on the dam, so he didn't go to the well to fetch water to wash, but went directly to the small river next to his house.

Li Zhuiyuan walked to the well and pressed for water. There was laundry detergent residue at the edge of the well, which had solidified into a block. After wetting his hands, he could grab a handful there to scrub.

Zhao Yi followed out, bent down, and lowered his voice:

"I don't believe you couldn't think of a safer way to solve the problem on Runsheng. I see that the problems on A You and Zhuangzhuang have already been well solved by you, right?"

Li Zhuiyuan shook the water droplets off his hands: "The risk is indeed very great, so I specially invited you to come and take a look."

Zhao Yi: "It's already not a very big problem. Just a rough look, I've already spotted thirty-six death acupuncture points."

Li Zhuiyuan: "Thirty-six places?"

Zhao Yi: "Why, do you know fear now?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "I saw forty-two places."

Zhao Yi: "I just took a glance."

Li Zhuiyuan: "The ink marks are all recorded in your brain, so you'll have to work hard, first do a good job of sorting, the death acupuncture points discovered must be at least more than forty-two, and then make a set of solutions, hand it to me as soon as possible."

Zhao Yi: "Hey hey hey, no avoiding people, right? Really treating me as the extra-budget captain in Tan Wenbin's mouth?"

Li Zhuiyuan nodded while standing up: "Aren't you one of our own?"

Zhao Yi pursed his lips: "The one surnamed Li, you are treating me like the one under the peach forest."

But unexpectedly, after hearing this sentence, Zhao Yi felt quite satisfied in his heart, having a very comfortable and slightly floating feeling.

Li Zhuiyuan: "Time is limited, hurry up. Once the problem on Runsheng is handled, I have to return to Jin Ling."

Zhao Yi: "What major event is going to happen in Jin Ling?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "I, Brother Binbin, and A You have to return to school to take the final exam."

Zhao Yi's mouth twitched: "That really is a huge event."

Pausing, Zhao Yi asked again: "The one surnamed Li, are you going to dig it yourself?"

Li Zhuiyuan shook his head: "No, I don't have that carving level."

Zhao Yi: "Rare that there's something you can't do."

Li Zhuiyuan: "Time and energy are limited. Who can finish learning everything? Barely enough is fine."

Zhao Yi: "Then I'm very curious, who do you plan to find to help you carve? This carving is not just the body, it has to touch the soul. Even if the death acupuncture points are all found and solved in the plan, when it comes to moving your hands, you don't even need to shake your hands; just a simple distraction can make Runsheng's soul shatter and die instantly."

Li Zhuiyuan: "When the time comes, you will naturally know."

Zhao Yi: "I really don't understand, you are so ruthless to your subordinates, why are they still so loyal to you?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "I didn't intend to do this at the beginning."

Zhao Yi: "Uh-huh?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "Brother Runsheng has talked much less since he came back from Fengdou."

Zhao Yi was stunned upon hearing this.

By the time he came back to his senses, the youth had already returned to the house and gone upstairs.

Zhao Yi rubbed his chin with his hand and turned to walk out.

He happened to run into Runsheng, who had just come up from washing in the river, wet all over, leaving a footprint with every step.

Zhao Yi: "Thanks for last time, you saved their lives."

Runsheng: "Still now."

Zhao Yi: "I will."

Returning to the bearded man's house, Xiao Yingying sat on the dam making paper offerings.

Zhao Yi squatted down next to her, taking materials on the spot, his fingertips sliding rapidly, and a paper person began to take shape.

Xiao Yingying stopped what she was doing and watched seriously.

A very tall paper puppet was "pinched" out by Zhao Yi. Even without coloring or painting, just this body shape gave Xiao Yingying a feeling of deja vu.

Zhao Yi: "Want to learn?"

Xiao Yingying: "I can't learn it."

Zhao Yi stood up, carried the "blank Runsheng" on his shoulder, went into the house and upstairs, and came to the room he was assigned.

The paper person was placed in front of him, white paper was spread out in front, and Zhao Yi held a brush, drawing on the paper person while making records on the paper.

Old Man Tian came in with a plate of cut fruit, with toothpicks inserted.

"Young Master, eat some fruit."

"Put it there."

"Young Master, what are you doing?"

"Accompanying the one surnamed Li to go crazy, doing something almost impossible to succeed."

"Hehe, Young Master, you say that, but in my eyes, that person and you, Young Master, joining forces, there seems to be nothing in this world that can't be done."

"Remove the latter, and this statement also holds. The one surnamed Li just has too many things on his hands, so he threw this time-consuming and laborious preliminary work to me."

"Young Master..."

"What's wrong?" Zhao Yi stopped his brush and looked at Old Man Tian.

"There is one thing, Young Master, you might not know."

"You say."

"It's that Liu Jinxia, the village rumors say her fate is hard, she kills her husband."

"No, Old Tian, do you really want to find a partner?"

"Ah? No no no, of course not." Old Man Tian waved his hands in a panic, "It's just that you, Young Master, mentioned it casually before, and I happened to hear it again outside, so I just mentioned it to you, Young Master."

Zhao Yi lowered his head, saying while writing things:

"Old Tian, you have to let me slow down."

"Young Master, I really don't have that intention, don't overthink it."

"It's very hard for anyone to quickly accept that they will have a stepmother."

Old Man Tian's nose suddenly felt sour, and tears were about to flow down. He hurriedly reached out to wipe them away.

"Young Master, you stay busy, I'll go cook."

"Hmm."

After Old Man Tian left the room, Zhao Yi raised his head again, looked at the door, shrugged his shoulders, and sighed:

"This village is really nourishing."

Putting down his fountain pen, Li Zhuiyuan rubbed his slightly sore wrist.

He had just finished writing the latest two chapters of "Code of Conduct for River Travel."

The first chapter was a complete record of the last wave, with his thoughts on every choice he made mixed in at the end, as well as his new understanding of "godly existences" like the Great Emperor and Bodhisattva.

The second chapter was straightforward, all about what he saw and heard, without any thoughts, like a travelogue written by an elementary school student after a spring outing as required by the teacher.

The places he visited weren't remote; anyone was qualified to go, so it counted as a popular tourist attraction.

Getting up, stretching, he walked to A Li's side.

The girl's painting was already finished. After all, the blank space was relatively large, so it didn't take much effort.

At this moment, A Li placed a whetstone with a jade-like texture in front of her and sharpened her carving tools.

A breeze blew in from outside the screen door, shaking the dark hair on the girl's face. The youth heard the crisp sound of wind chimes in his ears.

Just looking and listening like this, Li Zhuiyuan supported his head with his hand and slowly closed his eyes.

The girl observed the carving knife in front of her carefully, then turned her head and looked at Li Zhuiyuan, who had already fallen asleep.

The summer was hot, and leaning on that stolen breeze was the best sleep.

A Li put down the thing in her hand, learned the youth's posture, also supported her head with her hand, faced the youth, examined him, and from time to time, faint dimples would appear on the corners of her mouth.

In the hall on the first floor, Tan Wenbin sat on the coffin lid, legs crossed, holding half a watermelon in his arms, eating with a spoon while watching TV.

Just as he was watching with great interest, the TV suddenly flashed and went out.

Tan Wenbin reached out and pressed the light switch, but there was no reaction.

Walking to the dam, Tan Wenbin looked around. It was daytime now, no family would turn on the lights, and not every family had a color TV and faced the window.

Tan Wenbin's ears moved slightly, hearing the radio hanging on the wall of a family far away broadcasting news.

So it wasn't a power outage.

Tan Wenbin walked behind the house, and just at this time, Lin Shu You walked out of the workshop hut.

"Brother Bin, did the breaker trip?"

"A You, did you do it?"

Lin Shu You scratched his head a bit embarrassedly, apologizing: "I accidentally pressed the switch of the grinder while reading in the workshop just now, and then the light went out."

"I'll go see if the breaker tripped."

"I'll go, I did it."

Lin Shu You ran over to check immediately, and after a while, he ran back: "Brother Bin, it didn't trip, it seems to be burnt out there, there's a burnt smell."

Tan Wenbin: "I'll go find the village electrician."

Lin Shu You: "There are ready-made tools at home, I'll go fix it."

Tan Wenbin: "Can you fix it?"

Lin Shu You: "What's difficult about this? Besides, the electrician is at work. By the time he gets off work and returns to the village, it will be dark."

Tan Wenbin: "Then go try it."

Lin Shu You: "Brother, just watch."

Tan Wenbin went back and continued eating watermelon.

Liu Jinxia had a vacancy this time, so she left the table and went to the porcelain vat. When she came out, she saw Lin Shu You climbing on the wall and repairing.

"Is it burnt?"

Liu Jinxia was playing cards outside the house, so she really didn't know if the power was out or not.

Lin Shu You: "Hmm."

Liu Jinxia: "Are you repairing it?"

Lin Shu You: "Yes, almost fixed."

Liu Jinxia: "Hehe, worthy of being a college student, can do any work."

Done.

Lin Shu You pushed the breaker up, but he forgot to turn off the grinder after the power went out. As soon as he pushed it up, there was a flash of "crackle."

"Uh uh uh uh uh uh!"

Lin Shu You's body also trembled with it, and his vertical pupils were opened by the electricity.

"Slap!"

It burnt out again.

After the power was cut off, Lin Shu You breathed a sigh of relief, reached out to press down his hair that had been stood up by the electricity, and repaired it again.

Liu Jinxia was startled by that scene just now. Seeing this young man was electrocuted, but after being electrocuted, he was like a person who was fine, so she could only sigh:

"Worthy of being a college student, can even endure electricity."

"Liu Blind, it's your turn, get to the table!"

"Coming, coming!"

After fixing it this time, Lin Shu You didn't push the breaker, but went down to the wooden house to turn off the machine and unplug the power, then came back and pushed the breaker up, and the power was restored.

Walking to the living room, Lin Shu You saw Tan Wenbin watching TV again, so he leaned over and picked up a spoon to dig watermelon to eat.

Tan Wenbin moved his attention away from the TV, scanned Lin Shu You, and asked suspiciously:

"Did you spray mousse?"

Lin Shu You: "No, I was sleepy from reading, got electrocuted, and feel much more energetic."

Tan Wenbin didn't expose him: "I'm full, you eat the rest. If it's not enough, there's still some in the well, you go open it."

"I'm enough, enough for me to eat. Sigh, Brother Bin, I found that reading in the school classroom is the most feeling, and the efficiency of reading in other places is so low."

"If you miss Chen Lin, just say it."

"Who is Chen Lin?"

Lin Shu You was stunned for a moment before overlapping the name with the person.

Mainly because the last experience was too fast, coming in a hurry and leaving in a hurry, so he really wasn't familiar with this name.

Tan Wenbin: "Continue pretending."

Lin Shu You: "I didn't."

Tan Wenbin patted Lin Shu You on the shoulder: "Don't worry, A You, I understand you. You miss her, right? Want to use this as an excuse to go to Jin Ling to find her early, right?"

Lin Shu You: "I... did I?"

Tan Wenbin: "I will mention it to Brother Xiao Yuan, but looking at the situation, Brother Xiao Yuan intends to solve Runsheng's problem before going to Jin Ling. It should be soon."

Lin Shu You: "Oh."

In fact, whether Lin Shu You missed Chen Lin, Tan Wenbin didn't know, but he missed Zhou Yunyun.

At this time, the pager on Tan Wenbin's waist rang. He picked up the big brother phone, pretended to find a place with a good signal, and walked out of the living room. The number belonged to Jin Ling.

Hey, it really is speak of Cao Cao and Cao Cao arrives.

After the call was connected, Tan Wenbin said to the microphone:

"Hello, darling."

The other side of the phone was silent for a while, and responded:

"Should call me daddy."

"Yo, Director Tan, how did you have time to call your son who has been wandering outside for many years?"

"Where are you?"

"In Nantong."

"I have a colleague who was injured on duty recently and is hospitalized in the Municipal People's Hospital. You go visit on my behalf. I have a case on hand and can't get away."

"Okay, no problem."

Tan Yunlong said the other party's name. The specific ward number had to be asked by Tan Wenbin himself when he arrived.