Chapter 373

The Daoist arena of Nantong's Corpse-Fishing Li was personally designed by Li Zhuiyuan and built with the sponsored destruction of Zhao Yi's family.

Although the sparrow was small, it had all the internal organs, and the quality of the details was extremely high, worthy of being called a small golden sparrow.

But even so, some movements still couldn't be covered up.

The function of the arena was only to make the specific source blurry and unknowable, but people with keen perception nearby could still be certain at the first moment that some kind of ominous event had occurred right around them.

In the northwest corner of the first floor, three coffins were placed neatly.

Runsheng's snoring was still steady and loud.

In Tan Wenbin's coffin, it flickered, and from time to time, a wisp of white smoke overflowed.

Next door, Lin Shu You suddenly sat up from the coffin, his eyes opened, and his vertical pupils were about to rise.

Tan Wenbin: "It's fine, keep sleeping."

Lin Shu You lay back down.

West room.

Qin Shu got out of bed, and while walking toward the door, he spoke:

"I'll go take a look."

Liu Yi, who was originally sleeping on her side on the bed next door, turned her body straight and said faintly:

"No need for you to look."

Qin Shu's hand, which was about to open the door, stopped.

Although he couldn't discern the specific location, in this vicinity, there was only one person who could make and would make this kind of movement.

Qin Shu took a breath and still pulled out the door bolt.

Liu Yi's voice came again:

"No need for you to care?"

Qin Shu's hand grabbed the door panel, about to open it, his eyes revealing firmness.

Liu Yi:

"No need for you to teach?"

Qin Shu finally inserted the door bolt back, turned around, and sat back on the edge of his bed.

The simple Jianghu moral view in his heart was colliding with reality.

Liu Yi turned to the wall again, closed her eyes, and before falling back asleep, said another sentence:

"Think about the Yu family."

Qin Shu took off his shoes, lay back on the bed, and clenched his fists tightly.

For a long time,

He closed his eyes, and his fists relaxed.

Liu Yumei's fingertips were gently helping Chen Xiyuan tidy up her scattered hair.

She now had the feeling of a child from a friend's family coming to visit her.

Before, she would have been indifferent to this emotion; now, she found that she was actually quite happy.

Suddenly, the domain on Chen Xiyuan's body rioted again; clearly, it was because she had sensed that ominous aura.

Liu Yumei's fingertips pressed against Chen Xiyuan's brow, once again suppressing the domain on the girl's body.

From beginning to end, the smile at the corner of Liu Yumei's mouth had never faded.

She didn't care.

She turned around, walked to the offering table, and inserted three sticks of incense into the incense burner.

These guys on the offering table were the most selfless and fearless, so when they collectively went out back then, they didn't hesitate or waver at all.

But they were also the most selfish; they knew what the consequences would be after they left, so they left her behind.

It wasn't just the old dog of the Qin family who was hiding it from her; during that time, even the spirits in the house didn't have any extra movement; clearly, they were all hiding it from her.

Heh.

Leaving her alone, wasn't it because her bad temper was known to everyone in the Jianghu?

Some things, others would still consider the overall situation when pushed to the limit, but if she had no way out, she would really spare no cost to perish together with the other party.

Only a self like this could support the crumbling family gate.

"You chose me to watch the house, and I, I chose Little Yuan."

"This child gave me hope, allowing me to unload the burden and live this life with flavor again."

"Anyway, this thing I've unloaded, I won't carry it back again."

"I will always support him,"

"No matter what he does."

Deep in the peach forest in front of the bearded man's house.

Qing'an, still in the aftertaste of the zither and flute duet, put down the wine jar in his hand and laughed to himself:

"This child, he walks faster than you."

Li Zhuiyuan walked out of the Daoist arena, and A-Li had been waiting outside in the rice field.

The youth seemed to have discovered a new game and couldn't wait to share it with the girl.

"A-Li, I've confirmed it; from now on, we can play together."

A smile appeared on the girl's face.

Holding A-Li's hand, he sent her back to the door of the east room; the door wasn't closed, A-Li pushed the door and walked in, and when the girl turned to close the door, her gaze met the youth's.

Walking to the bedroom, several chairs beside the bed were put together, and a quilt and a bamboo mat were spread on top.

Chen Xiyuan, who was drunk, had occupied the bed.

"A-Li, you sleep here."

A-Li shook her head, pulled up a small stool, retreated outside the bedroom, and after sitting down on the stool, the girl stepped her feet on the threshold and closed her eyes.

The door frame was like a scroll, like an exquisite painting.

She had long been used to this posture.

It was just that, unlike the past when she would sit in this posture for a whole day almost without moving, now, her expression was soft; falling asleep for her was no longer a torment, but a way to quickly reach tomorrow.

Liu Yumei was slightly stunned; although her granddaughter couldn't speak, she had just felt the care for her from her granddaughter.

Not deliberate, not forced; the granddaughter who once needed her bitter persuasion even to eat was becoming more and more adapted to her role in real life.

Liu Yumei spread her hands, the sword box under the bed opened, a sword flew out, and she grabbed it.

Streamlined jade spread across the entire scabbard, great skill without craft, interpreting the transformation of pythons, flood dragons, and dragons in the wind and rain.

Liu Yumei placed this sword beside Chen Xiyuan's pillow.

The sleeping posture of the old friend's granddaughter was extremely poor; if she wasn't careful, she would collapse the bed and break the windows.

With this sword here, it could keep her domain suppressed within her body.

Liu Yumei let down her cloud shoulders and lay down on the temporary bed her granddaughter had given her.

Turning her head, she prepared to flick her finger to turn off the light.

A-Li, sitting at the door, closed her eyes, raised her hand, grabbed the switch cord, and pulled it down gently.

"Pa-da!"

The light went out.

People in the village got up early.

Especially Li Sanjiang's family, because they still had to do business, so they had to squeeze time for field work from the morning and evening.

Qin Shu walked out of the west room, first looked up at the sky, and then looked around.

The thick ominousness of last night had no trace this morning, as if everything was just a dream of his own.

Liu Yi followed him out, looked at Qin Shu who was standing there in a daze, and deliberately repeated the words from last night in a teasing way:

"No need for you to look, no need for you to care, no need for you to teach?"

Qin Shu nodded.

Then, he picked up the hoe and carried it on his shoulder.

Runsheng walked out at this time and squatted by the well to wash up.

Qin Shu picked up another hoe and walked down the flat ground.

After Runsheng finished brushing his teeth, he cupped water in his hands and slapped it on his face, rubbing it, then got up and chased after Qin Shu's back.

Liu Yi imitated Qin Shu's previous movements, looked up, and looked at the sky.

Clean, very clean.

Clean just like the habit of her own Little Yuan walking the river.

She didn't know how that child did it, and she didn't need to know.

She and A-Li, although they had been brought up by the old lady since they were young, were like mother and son, mother and daughter, but whether it was her or A-Li, they were actually more adapted to the status of "house-born servants."

She was told by the old lady that her eyes were shallow and there was a ruthlessness in her bones, so the old lady wasn't at ease letting her go out and had to keep her "tied" by her side;

And A-Li was also evaluated by the old lady as being too pedantic, not born in the peak Qin family but having the same stubbornness inherited from the Qin family ancestors, and his river walking also failed.

The two of them, neither was suitable to be on their own; they needed a "master" to give them orders.

Now, she and A-Li were actually waiting, waiting for that youth to finish walking the river, waiting for that youth to grow up; when that time came, she could untie her apron, A-Li could put down the hoe, and the two could completely return to the position most suitable for them.

When Liu Yi lowered her head, she saw Lin Shu You standing in front of her, also looking up at the sky.

Liu Yi: "It rained last night; I didn't expect it to be a sunny day this morning."

Lin Shu You: "Yeah, the sky is very blue."

Liu Yi: "How much for breakfast?"

Lin Shu You: "A bowl of noodles with a poached egg, hehe."

Liu Yi reached out and gently patted A-You's back of the head.

Lin Shu You: "Liu Yi, I'll come help you."

Liu Yi: "No need to help; after the mule plague, I don't have much work left; if you lend a hand, I'm afraid Grandpa Li will fire me tomorrow."

Lin Shu You scratched his head, and after washing up, he carried his simple electrician tool box and went out.

When eating dinner yesterday, Grandpa Li asked him to go to Li Weihan's house today; Pan Zi and Lei Zi pooled their subsidies and this month's salary to add a refrigerator to Grandpa and Grandma's house.

As a result, when it was turned on, with a "Pa" sound, the circuit at Grandpa and Grandma's house was burned out.

When you possess a practical skill, you naturally take on the role of a firefighter among relatives and friends; Master Lin was no exception.

Just as Lin Shu You left, Tan Wenbin walked out while yawning and answering the big brother phone.

The caller was Xue Liangliang.

Approaching the start of school, he was notifying them to find time to return to school for a meeting.

The reason he called early in the morning was because Xue Liangliang was so busy there that his days and nights were reversed, and only after finishing the call could he go take a nap.

"Brother Liang, although work is important, you don't have to push yourself so hard; you still have to pay attention to your health and strengthen your exercise, like diving or something."

"You brat."

"I'll discuss it with Brother Yuan; after the return time is confirmed, I'll notify you in advance; by the way, I still have to go to the riverside to take some landscape photos."

"Come to Jin Ling, I'll treat you to a meal."

"Brother Liang, there's no need to be so polite between us; just treat me to a house."

"Next to your partner's school?"

"Yeah, she has a lot of things after the new semester, and it's not very convenient to live in the dormitory."

"Then I'll buy a few sets first; after you return to school, you can come and choose a suitable one yourself, and by the way, handle the transfer."

"Put it in your name, I'll rent it."

"Done, as you wish."

"Thanks, Brother Liang."

"Just take more photos of the riverside scenery for me."

After hanging up the phone, Tan Wenbin was about to light a cigarette.

The east room door was opened, and A-Li walked out.

The girl was wearing a light blue smoke-gauze dress today; looking from afar, it seemed as if clouds and mist followed her steps, and in the haziness, there was a dignified artistic conception.

Tan Wenbin smiled and nodded at A-Li.

When A-Li passed by Tan Wenbin, she paused slightly as a response, and then went upstairs.

When she arrived at the second-floor room, Li Zhuiyuan was already awake.

The youth took out some "figures" he had obtained in the previous wave and gave them to A-Li.

A-Li originally intended to find a piece of cloth to wrap things like brushes for collection.

Li Zhuiyuan: "If you don't use them, then I won't bring them for you in the future."

A-Li looked at the youth, and after a while, she placed these things on her drawing table, ready to use them.

Next, Li Zhuiyuan spread out the three sets of damaged talisman armor on the ground, among which was Feng Lushan's "tendon."

A-Li first checked the degree of damage to the talisman armor, then took her carving knife and tried to cut and pull the "tendon" of Feng Lushan with her fingertips.

The girl smiled and nodded at the youth.

Clearly, not only was the repair not a big problem, but with the connection of this precious "tendon," the load-bearing capacity of the talisman armor could be further improved, which meant letting the two generals of increase and loss exert stronger combat power.

A-Li picked up a broken piece of metal and made a grabbing motion with her fingertips on it.

Li Zhuiyuan: "Blood porcelain as bone, and now there's tendon; add some monster skin and fur on top?"

A-Li drew a circle on the metal piece with her fingertips.

Indicating it wouldn't be very thick, similar to putting a shell on a deck of cards.

The raw materials weren't a worry; although some were used for the evil art experiment last night, Zhao Yi had given a sack of monster essence items last time.

But this required tedious extraction first, and then fine bonding; it was definitely a big project that was time-consuming and labor-intensive.

The increase to the two generals of increase and loss wasn't big, but it had a significant improvement on the temperament and image of the two generals of increase and loss the next time they descended.

Li Zhuiyuan: "Don't be too tired."

A-Li shook her head; she liked doing these things.

Li Zhuiyuan: "We have to make a set for White Crane Tongzi too, to drape over His statue."

A-Li nodded.

Li Zhuiyuan took out the gourd and handed it to A-Li.

A-Li picked up the gourd and examined it carefully.

Then, she pointed diagonally downward.

"You need to choose the required materials from the spirit tablets to rebuild your own tools? Fine, I'll help you make the tools."

A-Li shook her head and pointed to the youth's desk.

"I'm not busy."

The girl looked at the youth.

"Fine, I'll do my work, you do yours."

The girl smiled.

She first gathered the "figures" she couldn't use directly together and wrapped them in cloth; these "figures" could be used for material decomposition.

After picking up the cloth bundle, A-Li held the gourd in her arms, walked out of the room, and went downstairs.

The girl's inheritance in manual work partly came from "The Record of Righteous Path Subduing Demons" she read with Li Zhuiyuan, and partly came from her own exploration and insight, so she had to take these things and find the corresponding materials from one spirit tablet to another.

Watching the girl's departing figure, Li Zhuiyuan's gaze fell on the drawing table.

A-Li didn't draw the picture of her previous wave first as she used to.

It should be because... there were too many things in her hands right now, and she was too busy.

After combing her granddaughter's hair, Liu Yumei sat in front of the dressing table and began to comb her own hair.

Chen Xiyuan on the bed was still sleeping sweetly; she didn't drink ordinary wine last night, and her mental exhaustion was severe; without external stimulation, she would have to continue sleeping for a few more days.

Liu Yumei decided to let her continue sleeping until she woke up naturally; this cycle of exhaustion and replenishment was of great benefit to her; as an elder, she had to help her guard the law.

At this time, A-Li walked in.

The girl placed the things in the bundle and the gourd on the offering table, then brought a stool herself, stepped on it to get onto the offering table, and kept touching the spirit tablets on the offering table with her hands, choosing the corresponding materials.

From Liu Yumei's perspective, A-Li looked like she was being cared for in the middle by a group of ancestors, like stars surrounding the moon.

But when Liu Yumei's gaze moved down, looking at the pile of "good objects" placed on the offering table, including that gourd, Liu Yumei's brows furrowed slightly, her eyes revealing guilt and heartache:

"Sigh, the children's lives are truly difficult; they treat these scraps that can't be brought to the table as treasures."

Outside, Liu Yi's voice came:

"Breakfast is ready."

Runsheng and Qin Shu had returned, and after breakfast, they still had to go deliver a load of goods.

Lin Shu You also returned with his tool box; the circuit problem at Li Weihan's house had been perfectly solved, and his hair was standing high, as if he had used an excessive amount of mousse.

Tan Wenbin said that after breakfast, he was going to the train station to pick someone up.

When he returned yesterday and told Liu Yumei the "story," Tan Wenbin had informed Liu Yumei about Grandma Yao.

Grandma Yao could undertake the work of making clothes for A-Li, was gifted the hairpin A-Li had worn, and could communicate frequently with Liu Yumei, clearly holding a position of no small weight in Liu Yumei's heart.

It was just that in the past, Liu Yumei's thoughts about seeing the old people from her family were very faint, and she couldn't raise any interest; now, her state of mind was clearly different.

Tan Wenbin called Yao Nian'en's hotel.

When Li Zhuiyuan issued the invitation, Grandma Yao had let her son buy the train and bus tickets for the next few days in advance, just waiting for the notification.

If it was too late or didn't catch up by then, she would let her son arrange a car for her, send her to a city near Nantong first, and then she would take public transportation to Nantong.

In short, she didn't allow her son or other family members to step into Nantong territory with her.

Coming in without visiting the young lady was not knowing etiquette; bringing them to visit the young lady was her being insatiable.

Fortunately, when the notification was received, it just happened to catch the train.

Yao Nian'en sent his own mother to the train station, his heart was a hundred times uneasy, and he kept giving instructions to his own mother.

Finally, he annoyed Grandma Yao, who kicked her son and cursed:

"When your mother was walking the Jianghu back then, you brat hadn't even been born yet!"

It was expected to arrive at the station at noon; Tan Wenbin planned to set off early, and on the way, he could go to the riverside first to take some photos for Brother Liang.

Li Sanjiang had no appetite for the bowl of porridge in front of him; he put his chopsticks in his mouth, staring at the three children over there, who had each eaten a bowl of noodles with eggs and then put down their empty bowls.

"What a sin, eating so little, how can their bodies hold up!"

Next, Runsheng and Qin Shu pulled the cart to deliver goods, Tan Wenbin drove out to pick someone up, and even Lin Shu You had to accompany him to perform a show at the funeral feast today.

Logically speaking, mules eating less and still being able to do work should be something to be happy about, but Li Sanjiang's brows had never been able to relax.

After breakfast, Li Zhuiyuan first accompanied A-Li to take away the spirit tablets selected by A-Li from the east room.

Liu Yumei gave Liu Yi a look, and Liu Yi immediately went to replenish the goods on the shelf.

After checking Chen Xiyuan's situation, Liu Yi walked to Liu Yumei's side and asked:

"This girl, she got good fortune; I'm afraid she'll have to sleep for another three days; it's truly enviable."

Liu Yumei picked up the tea, took a sip, and said:

"The Chen family is like this; either they don't produce talent, or once they do, they are outstanding people favored by the Heavenly Dao."

Liu Yi: "Then..."

Liu Yumei smiled and looked at Liu Yi: "Look, being small-minded again, aren't you?"

Liu Yi: "You're not worried?"

Liu Yumei: "She was transported back by Little Yuan in a tricycle; do you think Little Yuan has the confidence to suppress her?"

Liu Yi teased deliberately: "I'm not referring to this; a big girl, she secretly sneaked into our house; do you really believe it's to visit you?"

Liu Yumei: "I don't believe it."

Liu Yi: "That's for sure."

Liu Yumei: "A-Ting, I think you're truly idle."

Liu Yi: "Should I clear a space for A-Li's things in the south room of your house? Or should A-Li and I clear out the west room; she's occupying your bed, and Grandma Yao is arriving today too; your room isn't spacious."

Liu Yumei: "Too lazy to toss about; I'll just take A-Li and Shan'er and change to another place to sleep for a few days."

Liu Yi: "Change to another place to sleep? Where do you plan to change to..."

"Sister Liu! Sister Liu!"

Liu Jinxia led Grandma Hua and Wang Lian over.

Yesterday, she went to sit for the funeral feast and couldn't play cards, so she came extra early today.

With everyone here, the card table was immediately set up, and tea and snacks were also laid out.

Grandma Hua spoke first, saying she went to the city yesterday to participate in the consolation activity, watched a performance, ate a meal, and even shook hands and talked with which leader.

She said it very meticulously, and Liu Jinxia kept asking specific questions, making her say it even more meticulously.

Even Liu Yumei asked a few questions.

Wang Lian listened very attentively on the side, and everyone even slowed down their card-playing movements.

Many times, Grandma Hua had to feel her son was still by her side through this way.

After Grandma Hua talked until her mouth was dry, she drank a cup of tea first and changed the subject to Liu Jinxia:

"Someone in the village saw it yesterday; your Xia Hou returned to the village sitting in Old Man Tian's tricycle."

Between old sisters, there was nothing to hide; Liu Jinxia told the story of how she let Old Man Tian send her because Auntie Xiang Hou sprained her ankle, and when she returned home, she saw Auntie Xiang Hou and her granddaughter jumping rope.

Grandma Hua: "Hahahahaha!" ===== CHAPTER 374 =====