Chapter 28

Chapter 28

It's common after handling happy events, when the newcomers are busy, to eat hastily in the final seats, having been ravenously hungry after entertaining relatives and friends.

But I've never heard of the main person handling a sad event personally going down to join a meal.

Li Zhuiyuan only realized at this point that when he and Runsheng walked over earlier, Runsheng had shouted from a distance: "Big Uncle, everyone's already seated, let's go home!"

At that moment, he just felt something was off, but didn't think deeply. Now he finally understood.

Normally, seeing his elder at a table drinking with others, he would at least walk closer and greet the others at the table before taking his elder home. Shouting from a distance seemed disrespectful to the people at the table.

Runsheng brother, though a bit straightforward, understands etiquette and rules. Why would he do that? Was it because, in his eyes, only Li Sanjiang was drinking at the table?

Li Zhuiyuan looked at Runsheng, who was already facing away from Li Sanjiang, squatting down, ready to carry Li Sanjiang home.

Yes, it was confirmed, Runsheng couldn't see those two people.

According to his usual habit, Li Zhuiyuan would have instinctively pretended not to see them. But he quickly dismissed this habit.

Although he hadn't spoken directly to the other two, his posture walking to the table earlier, and then standing firmly beside his great-uncle, facing the direction of the two people at the same table... all silently revealed that he "saw" them.

To pretend ignorance again now would just make him look like a real fool.

Li Sanjiang then actively held Li Zhuiyuan's hand again, smiling at the two people at the same table:

"Look, look how fair and clean my great-great-grandson is. Just one look tells you he's a seed who'll study well and have a future."

Runsheng was already used to his Uncle Li praising Xiao Yuan many times a day. Now that he had been drinking, he was even more effusive in his praise.

Leopard brother nodded, saying meaningfully: "This child, does look very smart."

Zhao Xing, the main host today and the deceased, also chimed in: "Anyway, much smarter than I was when I was young. I wasn't good at studying."

Li Sanjiang was happy to hear such praise, and laughed: "Ha, did you hear that, Xiao Yuan Hou, they're praising you!"

Li Zhuiyuan felt a wave of helplessness inside. He was just thinking about how to get out of the current situation, but his great-uncle had directly pulled him into the drinking party.

At this point, Li Zhuiyuan could only pretend to be shy and lower his head, showing a bashful expression.

"Come, Xiao Yuan Hou, sit down and eat more."

Although Li Sanjiang was old, he was still strong, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to retrieve and carry corpses ashore. Plus, he was already drunk. Li Zhuiyuan couldn't resist his grip and was forcefully pulled down to sit.

"Come, Xiao Yuan Hou, great-uncle will give you some ribs, these are your favorite."

Li Sanjiang consecutively put several pieces of sweet and sour ribs onto Li Zhuiyuan's plate.

Runsheng, waiting on the side, turned around in confusion and scratched his head. Didn't Xiao Yuan say he wanted to carry Big Uncle home? Why was Xiao Yuan sitting at the table eating?

If he wanted to eat a late-night snack, he should have said earlier. He could have brought some incense from home and eaten a few more sticks at the table.

"Xiao Yuan..."

"Runsheng brother, wait for us on the side for a while."

"Okay, Xiao Yuan."

Mountain Big Uncle had told him that Xiao Yuan was smart and he should listen to his words more. Runsheng also thought so, so he simply turned his back to Li Sanjiang and Li Zhuiyuan, squatted on the ground, rubbing his eyes and yawning.

Li Zhuiyuan also breathed a sigh of relief. As long as there was still room for a smooth turnaround, he was unwilling to risk a direct confrontation.

If they were truly dead, then so be it. With Runsheng brother's brute force and experience, it wouldn't be impossible to fight a bit.

But the problem was very complicated now. The two in front weren't dead. At least, their bodies weren't here, and Runsheng couldn't see them at all.

So how could he fight? Fight with ghosts?

He picked up his chopsticks, picked up a piece of sweet and sour rib, and put it in his mouth.

After all, it was a genuine celebratory feast, unlike the paper figure banquet hosted by the Cat-faced old lady. Li Zhuiyuan dared to eat and chewed.

However, in this environment, no matter how delicious the food was, it tasted like chewing wax.

He was very worried at this time that Leopard brother would still remember him.

"Xiao Yuan, is it? Haven't we met somewhere before?"

Li Zhuiyuan looked at Leopard brother in confusion: "Have we?"

Li Sanjiang said: "Probably not. The kid's back in his hometown for the first time and isn't staying long, doesn't recognize many people."

Leopard brother continued: "It's just me. Just looking closely, it feels a bit familiar. You went to the town market yesterday, right?"

Li Zhuiyuan nodded: "Yes, I went to the small shop to buy snacks and stationery."

"Oh, which small shop?"

"The one next to the firecracker shop. I even sat there drinking soda and watching people play billiards for a long time."

The small shop to the west was the firecracker shop, and the one to the east was Sister Mei's video hall.

Li Zhuiyuan deliberately avoided mentioning the video hall. One reason was the fear of upsetting Li Sanjiang, since Li Sanjiang knew what happened at the video hall yesterday, and now he was drunk. One careless word could open a can of worms.

Another reason was Li Zhuiyuan was gambling. He was gambling that when Leopard brother was on that woman's body yesterday, he could only control her actions and couldn't access her other memories. At the same time, he was also gambling that the small shop owner, when reporting to the video hall, didn't explain things clearly, just went straight there.

Li Zhuiyuan felt he had a good chance of winning this gamble, because if Leopard brother knew it was him who reported the police yesterday, his attitude towards him now would definitely not be so calm.

He paused, then Li Zhuiyuan continued: "Hey, hey, yesterday there was also an aunt who wanted to invite me to sit next door, but I liked watching billiards more. Besides, Runsheng brother had sent the boss lady next door to the hospital at that time, and told me to wait for him there. Then he would take me back together. I have to be obedient and listen to my brother's words.

Right, Runsheng brother?"

"Huh?" Runsheng was using his right fingernail to clean his left fingernail. "Um, right."

He vaguely felt that these words sounded a bit off. When he and Xiao Yuan were together, although he was older, every decision was made with Xiao Yuan as the leader. Why did Xiao Yuan's words make it sound like he was the older brother who spoke with authority?

Wait, that's not right. Who exactly is Xiao Yuan talking to?

"Xiao Yuan, you..."

"Runsheng brother, be quiet for a while. We'll go home after sitting for a bit, don't make noise or talk."

"Oh, okay."

Runsheng obediently continued to dig his nails and didn't speak anymore.

Leopard brother said: "Then that's right. I bought a pack of cigarettes in that small shop yesterday. I should have seen you at that time, but you probably don't remember me."

"Uh..." Li Zhuiyuan slightly lowered his head and said apologetically, "I was probably engrossed in watching billiards at that time."

Look, Leopard brother indeed didn't know it was him who reported the police. And looking at his appearance, he didn't seem to remember Runsheng who sent him to the hospital.

Was it because he was still in a coma at that time and not dead yet?

But Leopard brother should have died in the hospital and his ghost walked out of the hospital to the video hall. Didn't he see Runsheng in the hospital?

Li Zhuiyuan recalled what Runsheng said. He wanted to leave at that time, but was stopped by the hospital staff who wanted him to pay the medical fee. He really had no choice but to wait outside Sister Mei's ward for Sister Mei to wake up. Was that why he missed seeing him?

Leopard brother asked again: "I just heard you say that someone was sent to the hospital. How is she?"

"The doctor said she's fine, just needs some rest."

"Oh."

Li Zhuiyuan noticed that Leopard brother's gaze towards him had become somewhat gentler.

This was also the purpose of his deliberately mentioning Runsheng sending Sister Mei to the hospital earlier.

Actually, there was still a problem, which was that he could see them now. This was a huge flaw.

But at the same time, this flaw seemed to be covered up because of Li Sanjiang's presence, as Li Sanjiang was the first to see them and drink with them.

And Li Sanjiang's identity was also somewhat special. As a corpse retriever, a ferryman between Yin and Yang, he was already special. Not only living people would seek help from corpse retrievers, but also dead people.

There were similar records in the *Jianghu Strange Records*.

At least, so far, neither Leopard brother nor Zhao Xing had shown surprise at him being able to see them.

Even Runsheng, under his cover, was in a state of 'as if seeing'.

"Hiss... Tsk!"

Li Sanjiang took another sip of wine, wiped his mouth, and then picked up a mouthful of food with his chopsticks to calm his stomach.

Li Zhuiyuan silently sighed. While he was carefully racking his brain to stitch things up, his great-uncle was enjoying himself, eating and drinking heartily.

Zhao Xing asked: "How are the dishes today? Are you satisfied?"

Li Zhuiyuan lowered his head and continued eating ribs: "They're good."

Li Sanjiang nodded and said: "Your Old Zhao family are honest people. The dishes at this feast are truly not bad."

Li Zhuiyuan guessed that his great-uncle was treating Zhao Xing as some nephew of the Zhao family.

"That's good, as long as everyone eats and drinks well, that's what matters. I just worry about not doing a good job and neglecting everyone."

Zhao Xing's face showed a smile, but his face was already pale, and combined with the smile, it made people even creepier.

Li Zhuiyuan picked up another piece of preserved meat, dipped it in the sauce, and put it in his mouth.

Only the cold dishes at the table were still edible, all the other dishes were cold.

However, this host really cared about the evaluation of the feast.

Actually, at a funeral banquet, as long as the host, who should have been lying there, personally climbed up and asked, probably no one would dare to say the food was bad.

Leopard brother said: "It's not because I know the food here is good that I hurried over to eat."

Zhao Xing laughed: "Okay, in a couple of days I still have to go to your place to eat."

Leopard brother replied: "Well, but the food at my place is definitely not as good as yours. Your Old Zhao family does big business, mine is just a small business. Usually, after covering expenses, there's not much left. But you come, I will definitely be as good a host as you are today."

Zhao Xing waved his hand: "Eating and drinking are secondary, the main thing is the atmosphere. With our relationship, there's no need to mind those formalities."

Li Zhuiyuan picked up a chopstick of cold mixed spinach. This kind of mutual invitation to eat at each other's family's feast after death was really quite novel.

However, how could he end this drinking party in a relatively natural way?

Also, did these two appear and drink with his great-uncle because they were lonely, or because they had something to ask?

Li Sanjiang looked at Leopard brother: "What, your family is also going to handle a funeral?"

"Yes, soon. Just wait until my wife's body is better, then we'll handle it."

"Then you're not doing it right. Your wife is sick, and you're still here drinking wine so late. Shouldn't you go back and take care of her? You're too irresponsible.

Besides, handling a feast is very troublesome. Since your wife is sick, you definitely have to be the main person in charge, you can't be idle."

Li Zhuiyuan immediately nodded in agreement: "When I'm sick, I always hope someone will stay with me."

Leopard brother shook his head helplessly: "I did something wrong to my wife, and she got sick because of me. So, it's not suitable for me to go home now. Counting today, I'll hide outside for another six days and go back on the seventh day. By then, she should have calmed down."

"Hehe." Li Sanjiang pointed at Leopard brother with his chopsticks. "You young people are really something. Either don't get married, or if you do, don't mess around outside."

"Uncle is right." Leopard brother picked up his chopsticks and twirled them in his hand.

Li Zhuiyuan noticed that Leopard brother was angry.

As a town hoodlum, how could he allow others to lecture him like this? In the past, no matter your age, he would have immediately resorted to violence.

But now, he was enduring it.

Zhao Xing actively took over the conversation: "I say, Uncle..."

"Bah, how old are you, kid? At most you're just twenty. You also call me Uncle?" Li Sanjiang pointed at the mourning hall. "This Old Zhao is only just old enough to call me Uncle, and that's still me not minding it. Your age is almost the same as the main character who passed away today."

Seeing Li Sanjiang turn his head to look at the photo in the mourning hall, Li Zhuiyuan was afraid that his dizzy great-uncle would realize who the person at the table under the lamp was after seeing it.

He quickly picked up the wine bottle to pour wine for his great-uncle, and deliberately let the wine overflow after pouring it full.

"Ai ai ai, enough, enough, what a waste of wine." Li Sanjiang's gaze was quickly pulled back. While steadying the wine bottle, he lowered his head and slurped up the pool of wine on the plastic sheet on the table.

"It was my hand shaking, Great-uncle."

After exchanging glances, Zhao Xing and Leopard brother rephrased: "Big Uncle, our two brothers have something to ask of you."

"First tell me what it is."

"Old Jiang in Shigang Town owes our two brothers a debt and keeps delaying repayment."

"Old Jiang?" Li Sanjiang lightly patted his forehead, trying to use the alcohol to help him recall. "Sounds a bit familiar. Ah, isn't it Old Jiang who runs a karaoke bar and bathhouse in Shigang Town? This guy is quite famous in that area. I heard he started out in the earthwork business years ago."

"Right, it's him."

"Then it might be difficult to handle. He owes you money, why don't you go and ask for it yourself? Do you have an IOU?"

"We're being held back by him. It's really inconvenient to go see him."

"Ai, I might not be able to handle this kind of thing." Li Sanjiang quickly shook his head. "We're not some big figures, just salvaging floating corpses in the river. How can we get involved in this kind of thing? If I had that ability, why would I still be out doing odd jobs? I'd be lying at home enjoying myself."

"There's a jar in the pond in his yard. Inside the jar is a large Taisui. He salvaged it from the river many years ago. It's because he tricked us into eating that thing that our two brothers are very uncomfortable now.

Not only do we dare not go find him, we also have to continue working for him."

"What kind of Taisui?" Li Sanjiang listened in confusion. "Is it poison? Did he feed you two some medicine?"

"We only ask you to help us destroy the jar of Taisui in his house. You can burn it, take it, bury it, or throw it away. Anything is fine, as long as that thing in the jar doesn't continue to stay in his house."

"I say, what are you two talking about? Aren't you telling me to go steal something? I'm already this old, how can I do this kind of thing? You've come to the wrong..."

Zhao Xing took out stacks of large bills from under the table, a total of nine stacks.

Each stack of money was brand new, tied with white paper.

Li Sanjiang swallowed a mouthful of saliva, his breathing also quickened.

"Big Uncle Li, as long as you promise to help, this money is all yours."

Li Sanjiang's hand holding the wine cup was already trembling. You know, he had gone to the Niu family's place with an injured body initially just for money, even though he knew there were dirty things there.

But this time, even though he was drunk, Li Sanjiang still forcibly lowered his head and at the same time slammed the wine cup in his hand heavily onto the table, dropping it with a sound and saying:

"Not doing it!"

Then, Li Sanjiang kept slapping the table and scolded: "You two blind little bastards, you just think your grandfather is the kind of person who would do chicken-stealing and dog-sneaking things for money, bah!"

Leopard brother and Zhao Xing were both stunned, and immediately their faces began to turn green. This was a sign of anger.

The air around them also turned cold.

Even Runsheng, who was squatting on the side and almost asleep, involuntarily shivered.

Li Zhuiyuan opened his mouth and asked: "What crime did that Old Jiang commit?"

Seeing the two people's gazes turn towards him, Li Zhuiyuan explained: "I want to help my great-uncle, so I'm asking for clarification."

Zhao Xing shook his head, he didn't know.

Leopard brother said: "I saw it before. Under the mud in the pond in his yard, a person is buried. It's Old Jiang's enemy, surnamed Zhou."

"What, he even killed people?" Li Sanjiang heard these words, and some of his drunkenness immediately subsided. But his first reaction was, "Are you telling me to go steal things from a murderer's house?"

Zhao Xing looked at Leopard brother and asked: "When did you see it?"

Leopard brother replied: "Because I helped him bury it. Old Jiang said that burying the corpse there can nourish the Taisui."

Zhao Xing said in surprise: "Originally, you helped him do things so early. Why didn't you tell me earlier? Otherwise, I wouldn't have been so miserable."

Leopard brother let out a cold laugh: "You forgot about me. We left one after another."

"That's true, I really forgot about that. What a pity, my family's fortune."

Zhao Xing looked around with great regret. His family was well-off, his dad was capable of earning money, so he could have continued to enjoy life. When he had played enough, he could have properly married a wife. There was no marriage in the ten li and eight villages that his dad couldn't secure with money.

However, he didn't know that it was precisely because his dad was too good at earning money that this person with thin blessings couldn't enjoy it for long and died too early.

Li Sanjiang was about to say something, but suddenly felt a wave of nausea in his stomach and began to vomit to the side.

Li Zhuiyuan helped him pat his back, while his spare light continued to pay attention to Leopard brother and Zhao Xing.

Leopard brother urged: "Answer or not? Quickly give a definite answer. For the sake of my wife, I don't want to make you look too bad."

Li Sanjiang had just finished vomiting and was out of breath. Hearing these words, he asked in confusion: "What relationship do I have with your wife?"

After asking, Li Sanjiang began to vomit again. This time it was more severe than before. He bent over completely, lying on the long bench.

Li Zhuiyuan continued to pat Li Sanjiang's back and said: "We'll try our best to help if we can. We don't want the money. If it doesn't work out, you don't blame us, okay?"

At this moment, the two people who were barely human-shaped suddenly sat up straight in their seats.

Their faces were ashen, with patches of corpse spots appearing on their skin. Their eyes were completely filled with white.

Their lips were moving rapidly, as if speaking, but no clear sound could be heard.

Li Zhuiyuan tried hard to listen for more useful information, even if it was a threat, but things didn't go as he wished. He really didn't understand a single word, only feeling like countless flies were buzzing in his ears.

What was going on?

Didn't they just communicate quite well?

Did they have a problem, or did he have a problem?

"Pa!""Pa!"

Two pairs of chopsticks were neatly inserted into the rice bowls in front of the two people.

Their mouths were still moving rapidly, still incomprehensible.

But in a blink of an eye, the two people stood up;

In another blink of an eye, the two people left their seats;

By the third blink of an eye, the two people had left the tent.

When Li Zhuiyuan looked again, he found that the two people were already in the field in the distance, their figures very blurry.

Then, the two people completely disappeared. But in the end, Li Zhuiyuan still couldn't understand if the two people understood the plan he said or not.

However, it was very likely that they didn't understand, otherwise they wouldn't have said so many words before leaving, although he didn't understand a single word, the word count was quite large.

At least, it wouldn't be a simple "Okay, goodbye."

Li Zhuiyuan looked at Li Sanjiang, but found that Li Sanjiang had unexpectedly fallen asleep on the long bench.

When did he fall asleep?

It seemed to be when those two guys were saying something he couldn't understand.

"Runsheng brother." Li Zhuiyuan went to push Runsheng.

"Ah, have you eaten well?"

Runsheng stretched lazily. He had indeed fallen asleep just now. In his dream, he suddenly felt a little cold.

"Um, Great-uncle is drunk, Runsheng brother, you carry Great-uncle up."

"Okay."

Runsheng got up, first grasped Li Sanjiang's arm, then flung it, and Li Sanjiang was carried up by him in a very standard posture.

It was indeed very standard, the standard posture for carrying a corpse.

Li Zhuiyuan then looked at the nine stacks of money in the center of the table, reached out and took them, and shone his flashlight on them.

The original large bills had unexpectedly turned into hell money at this moment.

"Are we leaving, Xiao Yuan?" Runsheng asked.

"Wait a moment." Li Zhuiyuan took out a match from Li Sanjiang's pocket, then took the hell money on the table, came to the front of the mourning hall, where there was an extinguished fire basin.

After putting the hell money inside, Li Zhuiyuan lit it, picked up a half-burned wooden stick from the side, flipped it over to ensure it burned completely, and then said to the photo:

"The money you dropped, I'm returning it all to you."

No matter how things ended up, it was always right to break off relations with this kind of dirty thing as much as possible.

After finishing these things, Li Zhuiyuan walked back. When passing the wine table, the flashlight swept over the positions where Leopard brother and Zhao Xing had sat, and immediately a strange reflection appeared.

He went forward and looked carefully. It was water stains.

He didn't mind being disgusted and touched it with his finger. It was very greasy.

He shone the flashlight under the chairs again and found that under the chairs, water stains had accumulated in a pool, like after a small rain.

Because the terrain here was not flat, the water stains didn't flow towards the positions where he and his great-uncle sat.

"It's wet, so much water..."

Li Zhuiyuan immediately followed his memory and went to explore the positions where the two people had stayed during his previous blinks.

A pool of water,

A pool of water,

Two pairs of visible footprint water stains.

He didn't go down to search in the fourth place in the field.

At this moment, connected with what those two people said, the jar of Taisui being raised was placed in a pond, and there was also a corpse buried under the pond.

And the two people's fear of that water jar of Taisui was clearly like being controlled.

Li Zhuiyuan's gaze gradually sank:

"You two, could you be related to the dead?"

Runsheng turned his head, just about to urge him, but after seeing Li Zhuiyuan standing in his original spot holding a flashlight at this moment, for some reason, his words were stuck in his mouth and he didn't dare to say them.

Because he suddenly felt that Xiao Yuan in his eyes was so strange and so scary.

The more pure and simple a person's heart was, the more sensitive they were to the outside world. Clearly, everyone around felt that Li Zhuiyuan was very well-behaved and sensible, and they all praised and liked him, but Runsheng, ever since he first came to Li Sanjiang's house, had only gone up to the second floor once actively, and never went up again after that.

The other people in the family all thought it was because the girl was there and the girl didn't like contact with outsiders.

But only Runsheng knew that compared to that girl, he was more afraid of Xiao Yuan. He didn't dare to disturb him, unless he actively sought him out.

Li Zhuiyuan lifted his head, and Runsheng immediately turned his head back, not daring to make eye contact.

"Let's go, Runsheng brother, let's go home."

"Um."

On the small road in the late-night field, Runsheng carried Li Sanjiang and walked in front, followed by a boy behind.

The boy narrowed his eyes slightly, lowered his head, and when walking, his hands were lightly clenched.

Li Zhuiyuan was very angry now.

Because he once again felt this kind of powerlessness.

Before, he hadn't doubted whether the frequency of encountering this kind of thing was a bit too high?

But looking at his great-uncle again, he could drink wine and sit at the same table with two dirty things.

He felt that his frequency was still normal.

Moreover, although there were quite a few dead people in these incidents, in the eyes of ordinary people, those people all died in accidents or illnesses.

Indeed, it would be very difficult for a normal ordinary person to encounter or hear about one such matter; but if it changed to various accidents, it would immediately become very common.

He, nothing more than because of some special change, was led to be able to see through some accidents in the eyes of ordinary people and know what things he encountered.

Just like in real life, bacteria are clearly everywhere, but precisely because people's eyes cannot see them, they all feel normal. If you look through a microscope, they are everywhere.

Li Zhuiyuan actually quite enjoyed this kind of change and also liked to explore and learn this path, but he disliked this kind of sudden occurrence one after another, and even more hated his own paleness and powerlessness time and time again.

He could admit that he was a poor student, but it didn't mean he could accept this practice of coming to remind him of his score every now and then.

A poor student also has dignity.

Back home, after arranging Li Sanjiang on the bed in the bedroom, Li Zhuiyuan walked into his own bedroom and turned on the desk lamp.

The fatigue from going out earlier had been stimulated away at this moment. He held a pen in his hand and quickly drew on the drawing paper.

Under the desk lamp, the boy's eyes were full of determination.

Like a student who usually didn't study hard, making a final struggle before an exam.

In Li Zhuiyuan's life experience, he had never entered a state of hard study like he was now.

Finally, when the clock struck five in the morning, Li Zhuiyuan finished drawing the drawing paper in his hand.

He got up to get ready, but found that both his shoulders and legs had lost feeling. His whole body was crooked, and if he hadn't supported himself on the table in time, he would have probably fallen down long ago.

After a long time, he finally recovered from the numb state.

Not caring much about resting, Li Zhuiyuan tidied up the drawing paper. This was of course not all of the content in the *Zhengdao Fumo Lu*. In fact, these drawing papers were just the tip of the iceberg of the book.

But this was the set of tools that Li Zhuiyuan had chosen for himself, which was the most convenient and relatively practical to make at present.

Some raw materials that had been prepared yesterday were also re-sorted and classified by Li Zhuiyuan.

Next, it was time to assemble them.

At this moment, the door was lightly pushed open, and A Li walked in.

Generally at this time when she came in, Li Zhuiyuan should have been sleeping in bed.

The girl walked to the boy, squatted down, looked at the boy, reached out, and touched his forehead.

Her grandma had done this action to her before, and in her understanding, this represented care.

"A Li, you're here. I'm fine, but today, I still have to trouble you. I'll explain the process on this drawing paper to you."

Yesterday, A Li had shown extremely strong manual talent. Li Zhuiyuan only needed to explain the drawing paper to her once, and she could make it out of the available materials.

Today, A Li was wearing black tight training clothes. Li Zhuiyuan suspected that Liu Yumei had learned her lesson from yesterday and felt that black was durable and not easily stained.

After explaining to A Li, Li Zhuiyuan and A Li worked together. Before long, the sky was completely bright.

"A Li, you work on this first. I'll go out for a trip first."

After saying that, Li Zhuiyuan took a stack of drawing paper and a prescription and went downstairs.

"Xiao Yuan, hurry and eat breakfast." Aunt Liu had just come out of the kitchen.

"Aunt Liu, can you help me boil this medicine?"

Aunt Liu took the prescription and glanced at it, then looked at Li Zhuiyuan.

"Please, Aunt Liu, this is for Great-uncle to drink. Great-uncle has been weak recently, and he said he wants to supplement a bit. This is... your job."

"Okay, Aunt knows. I'll boil it for you."

Boiling medicine was a troublesome job, and even more so, it was a technical job. If Li Zhuiyuan boiled it himself, it would take time and effort, and he couldn't guarantee the medicinal properties. He could only ask Aunt Liu for help.

Although it was a bit inappropriate to force someone in this way, Li Zhuiyuan was very short on time now. Those two guys would give him at most three days. By that time, if they saw that things were not completed on his side, they would probably come back to find him.

"Thank you, Aunt Liu."

"Ai, you should eat breakfast. Where are you going?"

"I'm going out for a trip."

Li Zhuiyuan ran to the old carpenter's house in the village. The carpenter's house was a two-story building, quite grand.

Because the other party was originally a formal worker at the Xingren Machinery Factory, now although he was retired at home, he would also take on some work in his spare time. Plus, his two sons also worked in the machinery factory, so his family's condition was considered good in the village.

When Li Zhuiyuan arrived, the old carpenter was just eating breakfast.

"Are you, that grandson from Li Weihan's family?"

"It's me, Grandpa. My name is Li Zhuiyuan. This time, my great-uncle Li Sanjiang asked me to come. He said he has a batch of tools that need you to help make quickly, as soon as possible."

The old carpenter took the drawing paper and looked at several sheets continuously, and asked in surprise: "Who drew this drawing paper?"

This hand-drawn drawing paper was very fine and professional, and for the purpose of making, it was also very considerate.

Actually, Li Zhuiyuan's drawing ability was not something he learned recently. In his mom's study room before, the table and floor were all these drawing papers, and he used to crawl on these drawing papers when he was very young.

"I don't know, my great-uncle gave it to me. Great-uncle said it's urgently needed and said he owes you a big favor."

Li Sanjiang's favor was still very useful in the village, especially to the elderly.

Because everyone's life, in the end, cannot escape that one destination. In the end, they all want to invite Li Sanjiang to their funeral to sit and eat.

Li Zhuiyuan also didn't feel that he was abusing his great-uncle's favor. After all, those two guys found his great-uncle this time. By making these things quickly, he was also helping his great-uncle.

"Okay, I'll take care of it, no problem. I'll start working right away. There are still materials at home, they're all ready-made. However, some parts on your drawing paper need to be turned out on a lathe...

I'll let my son take them to the factory and borrow the factory's lathe to help you do it."

"Thank you so much. How long do you think it will take to complete?"

"So urgent?"

"Yes!"

"You can come and get them tomorrow morning. I'll call my two apprentices over to help together, and it will be done very quickly."

"Thank you for your trouble. I'll come and get them tomorrow morning."

After thanking him, Li Zhuiyuan ran back home. Just as he was about to go upstairs, Aunt Liu Yumei called out: "Xiao Yuan, call A Li down for breakfast. We can't get her to come down."

"It's okay, she won't eat. We have snacks."

Working while eating snacks didn't delay progress.

Seeing Li Zhuiyuan run up to the second floor, Aunt Liu said in surprise: "Xiao Yuan was in such a hurry early this morning. What's going on?"

Liu Yumei, who was sitting on the side drinking porridge, let out a light hum:

"Who knows, maybe he encountered a ghost."

"Shouldn't we call A Li down?"

"That kid doesn't say anything, who can call A Li down to eat?"

"That's true." Aunt Liu had just gone to call, but A Li didn't respond at all. "I also don't know what A Li is doing in the room."

Liu Yumei sighed:

"What is she doing? She's working for that kid."

......

Back in the bedroom, Li Zhuiyuan opened the snacks and placed them in front of himself and A Li. The two of them ate while continuing to work.

A Li was originally quiet, and Li Zhuiyuan also had no time to speak today. Only the sound of hammering and knocking kept coming from the room.

Various materials were processed in an orderly manner in the hands of the boy and girl, and one by one small parts were made.

They didn't go down to eat lunch either. Anyway, if they were hungry, they just ate snacks.

By evening, everything on hand was almost complete.

Li Zhuiyuan slumped down on the ground. A Li then looked at the results of his and the boy's work over the past two days. She didn't seem tired, and even seemed a bit unfulfilled.

At this time, Aunt Liu shouted from downstairs: "Xiao Yuan, it's boiled."

Aunt Liu didn't call Great-uncle to drink the medicine.

Li Zhuiyuan walked out of the room. After not sleeping all night, he was now feeling a bit lightheaded and had to hold the wall when going downstairs.

Tomorrow morning, as long as he went to get the finished tools back and carried out the final assembly of the various materials prepared on hand, it would be completely completed.

Today, only the last step was left. After finishing it, he could sleep soundly.

Downstairs, Li Sanjiang was sitting there watching TV with Runsheng. Seeing Li Zhuiyuan come down, Li Sanjiang asked: "Xiao Yuan Hou, what were you doing in the room today? You didn't come down to eat?"

"Great-uncle, last night at the wine table..."

"Last night I drank too much and had a dream. In the dream, someone sent me a lot of money and told me to do illegal things, but I refused.

Ai yo, I'm still heartbroken now. This dream was too real, making me almost mistakenly think it wasn't a dream. Fortunately, I asked Runsheng Hou. Runsheng Hou said that when he came to pick me up last night, I was the only one drinking wine."

Li Zhuiyuan: "......"

At this moment, Li Zhuiyuan suddenly empathized with Mountain Big Uncle.

Li Zhuiyuan went to get the medicine.

Li Sanjiang sniffed a bit and asked: "Is this Chinese medicine? What's wrong, are you not feeling well?"

Li Zhuiyuan took a sip from the edge of the bowl and said: "No, Aunt Liu was afraid that I was studying too hard, so she stewed some brain-boosting soup for me."

"Oh, then you must drink more."

Li Zhuiyuan took the medicine back to his room. Just as he put the bowl down, the little black dog unexpectedly ran over by itself and drank it up with a "bar ji bar ji" sound.

The taste of this medicine was not difficult to drink, but it was not good to drink either. Li Zhuiyuan originally thought of pouring it away.

The little black dog drank all the medicine, then walked back to its cage by itself, staggering a bit, seeming to have a full belly.

Li Zhuiyuan took out a small syringe, walked to the front of the cage, and waved his hand.

The little black dog sat with its belly towards the cage, grasping the cage with one paw and stretching out the other paw through the gap in the cage, giving it to Li Zhuiyuan.

Li Zhuiyuan had seen this posture before. When he was still young, his dad and mom took him to the zoo, and he saw a giant panda accepting a checkup.

Li Zhuiyuan held its dog paw, inserted the needle, and drew a little blood.

Then he used a cotton ball to wipe it.

The little black dog didn't bark or make noise, it just waited very quietly for Li Zhuiyuan to finish, and after confirming there was nothing else for it, it fell back and began to sleep.

"How are you so obedient..."

Li Zhuiyuan felt that if Wei Zhengdao were to revive and see such an obedient black dog, he would probably be so envious that he would drool.

After dripping the black dog's blood into each of the prepared parts according to the proportion, the last link of the making process was completed very quickly.

Only the final assembly link was left for tomorrow morning, which was simple.

"A Li, thank you."

A Li walked to Li Zhuiyuan and reached out to touch Li Zhuiyuan's head, then pointed to the wooden bed in the room.

Before, it was always Li Zhuiyuan who coaxed her back to the room to sleep like this.

"Okay, I'll sleep."

Li Zhuiyuan really couldn't hold on anymore. He would wash when he woke up. He lay down on the bed. Although it was a hard, cool mat underneath him, his whole body felt comfortable as if sinking into cotton.

Before closing his eyes, Li Zhuiyuan looked at the top of the bed and silently recited in his heart:

"Counterattack, start from now..."

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