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Chapter 378

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The flute has four sections, with different sections corresponding to different levels.

But the brightness at this moment had long exceeded the limit that the sections could measure and express.

Finally,

The radiance receded, and the temperature on the flute also tended to be normal.

Chen Xiyuan stood on the dam in a daze.

In a trance, she felt she had just had a dream, but she was also incomparably clear that this was reality.

Lifting her head, she looked again at the bedroom door of Grandpa Li on the second floor.

Following that, her gaze moved to the little brother's room next door, and then her gaze moved downward, scanning the west room and the east room respectively.

At this moment, Chen Xiyuan finally understood why the old madam lived in seclusion here instead of living in the two ancestral homes.

Chen Xiyuan raised the flute and tapped her forehead.

At this moment, she didn't go to wonder and ponder why there would be such a "miracle" on Grandpa Li, but instead her heart was filled with regret and self-reproach.

"Sigh... I shouldn't have invited Grandpa Li to play at my house."

An old person in the house is like a treasure; Grandpa Li's unbelievable situation could even be called a human-shaped auspicious sign.

What was the difference between her previous invitations and poaching someone's treasure mountain in front of them?

If he bumped into something on the way...

No.

Chen Xiyuan stared at the flute in front of her again, savoring the terrifying brightness just now.

Under normal circumstances, it was really quite difficult for Grandpa Li to bump into something.

But what if I invited Grandpa Li to my Chen house, and my grandfather saw him and took a fancy to him, and detained Grandpa Li?

No, no, for the sake of insurance, I cannot invite Grandpa Li to my house again; this matter must stop here.

Shaking her head, Chen Xiyuan walked into the east room, took a bath, changed into a set of clothes, and lay on the bed, her feet crossed.

The moonlight shone on her face through the gauze window; Miss Chen's brows were slightly furrowed, still deep in thought.

Thinking and thinking, she fell asleep.

In the early morning, Li Zhuiyuan woke up a quarter of an hour earlier than usual; after washing up, he went to Cui Cui's house and brought A Li back.

He was very busy now, with many things to organize and plan on hand, and today he also had to start "giving lessons" to Zhao Yi's subordinates.

But the youth still chose to sit on the terrace rattan chair with the girl and play chess in the morning light before Liu Yi called for breakfast.

"Breakfast time!"

A formal day began under this shout from Liu Yi.

"Creak~"

The east room door was pushed open, Chen Xiyuan stepped out and stretched.

Liu Yi was still wondering why this girl didn't come out to crack melon seeds with her this morning.

"Too tired yesterday?"

"Thinking about things, didn't sleep well."

"What things are you thinking about?"

"Just didn't figure out what I was thinking about."

"Hehe, then are you going to eat with an open stomach today?"

"Yes. Hehe, I didn't sleep well, so I must eat well!"

"Alright, it's all prepared for you; the fire in my stove hasn't gone out yet, I'll go make it for you right now."

"Thank you for your hard work, Sister, you are truly good."

Li Sanjiang came down for breakfast; although he had been drunk for two nights in a row, his spirit was still very good this morning.

Picking up the bowl and shoveling a mouthful of porridge, Li Sanjiang asked Qin Shu:

"Brother Li, has the paper offering for Brother Lu's house in the west been sent?"

"I sent it all over yesterday afternoon."

Li Sanjiang turned his head again and shouted to Liu Yi in the kitchen:

"Sister Ting, did the convenience store call this morning?"

"No."

Li Sanjiang tapped the edge of the bowl with his chopsticks and shook his head:

"Then it's gone."

Today Li Sanjiang had to go to a family surnamed Lu in the village to the west to sit for a funeral; that family was very stingy and asked him to help find a funeral band to play and sing, but the price was pressed too low.

Yesterday he contacted a funeral band, and when they heard the price, they said if they could come, they would call him back tomorrow morning.

There had been no call until now, so they definitely couldn't come.

Li Sanjiang looked at Lin Shu You: "Brother You, are you going to sit for the funeral with me today?"

Lin Shu You nodded: "Good."

The performance, it was there.

Immediately, Li Sanjiang looked at Chen Xiyuan again:

"Little girl, you can play the flute, right?"

Chen Xiyuan put down her chopsticks, nodded while quickly chewing the food in her mouth.

"Then will you accompany me to earn some extra money today? It's just that when Brother You is performing, you play the flute on the side."

Chen Xiyuan swallowed what she was eating and answered:

"Okay!"

Li Sanjiang smiled.

With that little money, a complete funeral band definitely couldn't be invited; two people were enough. Besides, he had witnessed the performance aura of Brother You after he put on makeup.

Liu Yi came out of the kitchen with a tray of small wontons, a smile on the corner of her mouth; sure enough, everyone who came to this house had to be used as a mule by Uncle Sanjiang.

After the meal, Li Sanjiang let Lin Shu You ride the tricycle, carrying him and Chen Xiyuan, and set off.

Tan Wenbin went to Hu Zi's house to notify Zhao Yi's people to come for lessons; Runsheng rode a tricycle to Xiting Town to visit Uncle Shan; Liu Yi went to town to buy groceries; A Li went upstairs to her room to repair the talisman armor.

Li Zhuiyuan sat on the dam alone, waiting for the lesson.

At this time, Qin Shu walked out of the west room, came to the well, drew a basin of water, rinsed his feet, then pulled over a stool and sat down in front of the youth.

In the past, unless it was mealtime, one almost never saw Qin Shu at home; he always had endless work to do and wouldn't let himself stop during the day.

Li Zhuiyuan took the initiative to ask: "Uncle Qin, is something the matter?"

Qin Shu lowered his head, rubbed his hands together in front of his chest, and after hesitating for a moment, said:

"Xiao Yuan, don't be too tired."

"Uncle Qin, I'm not tired."

"You are not the only one in this house. I know you have great rules on you now, but things can be subdivided."

"Mm."

"Those things that aren't directly your business, and aren't directly Uncle Sanjiang's business, you can assign to your Aunt Liu to do, mm, and there's me too."

"I understand, Uncle Qin, I will."

Qin Shu asked with a smile: "Then is there anything?"

"Uncle Qin, I have nothing for now, let's wait until next time, okay?"

Qin Shu nodded with some disappointment.

At this time, Li Zhuiyuan saw Zhao Yi bringing his subordinates, appearing on the path, and walking toward here.

Qin Shu glanced over there, stood up, and said:

"Xiao Yuan, actually, I'm still a bit useful."

"Uncle Qin, I know."

"You might not know..." Qin Shu seemed to want to make some kind of explanation, "You haven't really seen..."

Qin Shu was waiting for the youth to answer that he had seen it, so he could continue explaining.

But the youth just nodded and said:

"I indeed haven't seen it, but I can know, because I have been teaching Runsheng."

The words stuck in Qin Shu's throat were choked off.

Finally, he could only sigh, turn around, pick up the hoe, and go to the fields.

When meeting Zhao Yi's group, Zhao Yi immediately signaled his subordinates to stand on both sides of the road to make way for Qin Shu.

When passing through them, Qin Shu's gaze lingered on Chen Jing for a while.

Chen Jing looked at Zhao Yi and asked: "Brother Yi, is he very powerful?"

"Mm, very powerful, although I haven't witnessed it."

"Uh..."

"If I had witnessed it, I wouldn't be able to see you."

After Zhao Yi mocked himself, he raised his arm to greet Li Zhuiyuan:

"Good morning, Teacher Li!"

Sitting on the tricycle, blowing the small breeze, Li Sanjiang habitually touched his pocket and took out a cigarette case, but looking at Chen Xiyuan sitting opposite him, he pushed the cigarette case back in.

"Little girl, is the weather where you are always very hot?"

"Actually, summer is okay, not necessarily hotter than the inland, but winter is indeed warm and very comfortable."

"Oh, are there coconuts to eat where you are?"

"Mm, they grow on the roadside, there are many."

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