Chapter 38

Chapter 38

"Fish dead fall? Uh... is that a kind of snack?"

"No."

"What is it then?"

"Just the literal meaning."

"Literal meaning?"

"Someone died, fell into the water, then, we fish them out."

Tan Wenbin: "..."

In the past, Tan Wenbin would have definitely thought this boy was talking nonsense, but now, he felt this was very likely true.

"Xiao Yuan bro, is fishing dead fall fun?"

"Fun."

"How much fun?"

"More fun than studying."

Two images appeared in Tan Wenbin's mind: one was burying his head writing an exam paper in a classroom, the other was standing by a river holding a large net scooping out a dead person.

Although the latter was scary, it was indeed more fun than studying!

"Xiao Yuan bro, do you often fish?"

"Not that many people fall into the river and drown every day, and even if they do, only a very small probability will become dead fall."

"Aren't all drowned people called dead fall?"

"We generally specifically refer to those who can still move after drowning."

"Still can move after dying?" Tan Wenbin's face became complex. "Is it moved by the water current?"

"It moves by itself, and can even go ashore and walk."

"This..." This time, Tan Wenbin finally couldn't help but start questioning, "Xiao Yuan bro, are you deliberately telling me stories to scare me?"

"No."

"But what you just said, I don't believe it."

"Okay."

"Unless, you take me to see one, that kind of dead fall that can move."

"No."

"Why?" Tan Wenbin couldn't understand. When someone doesn't believe your words, shouldn't your first reaction be to eagerly prove it?

"Fishing dead fall is very dangerous."

"Doesn't matter, I'm not afraid of danger."

"Binbin bro, you can't do anything. Taking you would just be a burden, which would put me in danger."

"Uh..."

After a short silence, Tan Wenbin immediately leaned forward and grabbed Li Zhuiyuan's hand: "But, the more you say that, the more I want to go see."

Li Zhuiyuan shook his head.

"Please, Xiao Yuan bro, bro, bro!"

"Impossible."

"Xiao Yuan bro, as long as you truly take me to see a dead fall, I'll do whatever you ask afterward!"

"Binbin bro."

"You promise?"

"What can you help me do?"

Tan Wenbin fell into silence.

Tan Yunlong's shout came from the living room: "Binbin, bring Xiao Yuan out to eat."

Dinner was very rich, mainly with many dishes. Some dishes were clearly just made by pouring out and mixing ingredients after opening cans.

Zheng Fang apologized, saying: "Xiao Yuan, next time you come we'll eat out. Your Auntie, I'm really not very good at cooking."

"Auntie, you worked hard, there are already many dishes, we can't finish them."

Tan Yunlong poured soda into the cup in front of Li Zhuiyuan while saying: "Doesn't matter, Binbin can slowly eat the leftover dishes."

The dinner atmosphere was very warm and harmonious, typical of a family of three, plus Tan Wenbin visiting.

As dinner was nearing its end, everyone's main energy started to shift to chatting. Tan Yunlong's pager rang. He looked down at it, then immediately stood up.

Zheng Fang was already used to this rhythm of life. She immediately went to get a coat for her husband and said: "Xiao Yuan will just sleep at our place tonight?"

After putting on his clothes, Tan Yunlong shook his head: "When he came, I didn't tell his family he would sleep here. His family will worry if he doesn't go back at night. Come, Xiao Yuan, follow Uncle."

"Don't you have something to do at the police station?"

"It's on the way, I'll send the child back."

"Okay then, be careful on the road. The wind is strong tonight, don't let the child catch a cold."

Li Zhuiyuan left the table and walked to Tan Yunlong's side. Zheng Fang took out a red envelope she had already prepared from her pocket and put it in his hand.

"Xiao Yuan, first time at home, go buy some candy to eat."

"Thank you, Auntie."

Li Zhuiyuan took the red envelope and put it into his pocket. He knew Tan Yunlong was in a hurry to leave, so he didn't decline.

As they went downstairs and out the door, Tan Yunlong said: "The hospital guards called and said someone came to visit those two people. They've been caught now."

"How many?"

"Just one."

"That shouldn't be the only one."

Water monkeys are used to operating in groups. The two pretending to be foreign bosses who came to contract fish ponds definitely have more people behind them.

"Mainly, those two injured are still in a coma and can't be questioned. Now we've caught a tongue, we can expect to pry open his mouth."

Tan Yunlong got on his motorcycle. After Li Zhuiyuan got on, he handed him a helmet.

The previous conversation was more like an exchange between colleagues. Tan Yunlong didn't feel there was anything wrong with it. The clue for this case was given to him by the boy.

Amidst the wild roar of the motorcycle, they arrived at the health center.

Tan Yunlong didn't avoid anything and brought Li Zhuiyuan into the inpatient building.

Sihai's father and son's ward and that of the pair of bosses were both on the first floor, although one was at the east end and the other at the west end.

There was a long chair area in the center of the first floor, and there were quite a few people there. Because ward beds were scarce, many patients' families chose to stay here overnight.

The security office was the first room on the west side. After pushing the door open, there were three people inside: two plainclothes officers standing and one person wearing handcuffs sitting.

"Captain Tan."

"Captain Tan."

"Have you got a result from questioning?"

"He denies it, saying he was just entrusted by someone to deliver fruit baskets and milk to those two in the sickbeds."

Tan Yunlong frowned and said: "How could this be a mistake?"

"This boy has a history of theft. When we went up to ask him to come in for questioning, he immediately tried to run and we caught him. Just now, he confessed to two theft cases he recently did, but he firmly denies knowing those two in a coma."

"Police comrades, I truly don't know those two people! Someone just gave me money and asked me to help send some things to that room."

Tan Yunlong asked: "Who gave you the money?"

"Just a woman, wearing a mask, short hair, wrapped very tightly in the summer."

Tan Yunlong said to the colleague next to him: "It should be a mistake. He's speaking Nantong dialect. That gang is from out of town."

Tomb-robbing gangs are generally based on relatives, and rarely involve outsiders, especially not people from other provinces. Wealth moves people, and when dealing with the wealth of the deceased, the biggest fear is not the deceased, but being double-crossed.

"Captain Tan, were we discovered then?"

"Probably. You didn't do your job carefully enough. They might have been observing for a long time but just didn't get caught. However, it's also possible they're just testing the waters."

Tan Yunlong suddenly thought of something. When testing the waters, you should at least be on the side and watch the splash.

He immediately pushed open the door and walked out of the security office, coming to the long chair area. There were many people here, and his gaze quickly swept over them.

"Uncle Tan."

Li Zhuiyuan's voice came. Tan Yunlong just realized the boy had gone out by himself just now.

He looked at him first, then followed the direction the boy secretly pointed to. In the corridor leading to the boiling water room on the east side, someone was leaving. From the back, it was a woman.

Tan Yunlong immediately leaped over the long chairs in front and chased after her quickly.

Seemingly hearing urgent footsteps behind her, the woman immediately changed from walking to running. The two people thus began a chase.

When several police officers came over from behind, they didn't see Captain Tan and didn't know which direction he had gone. Li Zhuiyuan walked over to remind them:

"Uncle Tan went in that direction, chasing a female suspect."

Several police officers then ran over to provide backup.

Li Zhuiyuan didn't follow to join the fun, but walked back to the security office. Inside, there was still one plainclothes officer watching that pickpocket.

Pouring himself a cup of water, Li Zhuiyuan sat in the chair and waited slowly.

After hearing the pickpocket speaking in Nantong dialect earlier, he went out. There were indeed many people in the central long chair area, but it wasn't difficult to find them.

The wards of those two water monkeys were at the westernmost end. This only connected the ward and the security office into a line, and then did a projection on the long chair area. The range suddenly shrunk because only in this small area could one observe both the ward and the security office.

When Li Zhuiyuan went to observe, the woman happened to stand up. Li Zhuiyuan immediately noticed her because she was empty-handed.

After about a quarter of an hour, the security office door was pushed open again. Tan Yunlong was supported as he walked in, along with a doctor.

Tan Yunlong's upper clothing was undone. There was a diagonal long bruise on his left chest, which should have been a kick.

Li Zhuiyuan tilted his head in the direction of the bruise, trying to imagine the force and posture of the kick, feeling a bit awkward.

As the doctor applied medicinal oil, Tan Yunlong also told his colleague: "I originally chased after her and caught her, but she immediately threw me out, then stood up again and kicked me again."

"Captain Tan, is that person's skill so powerful?"

"Not powerful, I'm just not going to lie to myself. It's embarrassing to not catch someone and still get injured.

Just when I got close to her, whether she threw me or kicked me, I was actually prepared and planned to counter-control and catch her.

But her strength was very strange, I completely didn't expect it, and my whole body was just thrown out at once."

After listening, Li Zhuiyuan inwardly understood, because the opponent used a move to deal with dead fall.

This move might not work on a living person, but Tan Yunlong intended to control the person without leaving his hands. For a moment, he didn't pay attention and suffered an unfamiliar loss.

Before long, several more police officers came back, all somewhat dejected. Obviously, they didn't keep up with the person and let her escape.

"Add a few more people to guard here. Didn't the doctor say those two people will wake up soon?" By then, we can also dig out clues from those two people's mouths."

After giving instructions, Tan Yunlong put on his clothes and led Li Zhuiyuan out by the hand.

"Uncle Tan, can you still drive?"

Li Zhuiyuan saw Tan Yunlong constantly covering his chest with his hand and couldn't help but ask with worry.

"Not a big problem, get on."

This time, Tan Yunlong drove the motorcycle very slowly.

"Xiao Yuan, next time you go out, you have to tell me in advance."

"Okay."

"I find you quite suitable to be a police officer. Have you ever thought about taking the police academy exam?"

"No."

"What university do you plan to test into then?"

"Haihe University."

Hearing this answer, Tan Yunlong's mouth twitched because he seemed to guess the reason why the boy wanted to report to this university.

After being sent home, Tan Yunlong handed Li Zhuiyuan a slip of paper: "Xiao Yuan, if you need anything, just call me."

"Okay, Uncle Tan."

Watching the back of the motorcycle drive away, Li Zhuiyuan's gaze shifted back to the direction of the big beard's home.

Someone who specifically practices moves to deal with dead fall is no longer just a simple water monkey.

However, since they can be lured into a trap, this branch of water monkeys, even if complex, is very limited in its complexity.

Then, for safety, should he make some preparations in advance?

The book tells all sorts of methods to eliminate dead fall, but it won't teach you how to help them. However, the book also lists many taboos when dealing with dead fall...

So, by taking these taboos and using them in reverse, that would work.

This way, even if there are tough characters among that branch of water monkeys, he can still lay a trap.

Clenching his fist and gently knocking on his forehead, Li Zhuiyuan suddenly realized:

What kind of evil thoughts are these?

But he quickly relieved himself. He had been in contact with archaeology since he was young and had seen many national treasure cultural relics destroyed by tomb robbers. He had also witnessed the heartbreak of many old archaeology experts.

Between two evils, choose the lesser one. He might not be helping the dead fall and assisting tyranny, but clearly protecting national property.

Turning around and entering the house, the television was off. Runsheng wasn't watching television, but he could vaguely hear 'ding dong' sounds from the back wall, which meant Runsheng was still staying up late working.

Not wanting to disturb him, Li Zhuiyuan went upstairs and saw his great-grandfather still lying on the rattan chair on the balcony.

"Great-grandfather, why aren't you sleeping yet?"

"Waiting for you," Li Sanjiang moved a bit, then yawned again, "What did Officer Tan say?"

"He promised."

"Really promised?"

"Yes, after a month, before school starts, he will personally take me to handle the enrollment procedures. Great-grandfather, just rest assured."

"That's good, that's good. Is it going up to Shigang?"

"Yes."

"What grade?"

"Sixth grade."

Li Sanjiang stretched out his finger and calculated Yingzi, Panzi, and their ages and grades, asking: "You're just starting primary sixth grade now, is that too fast?"

"Doesn't matter, Great-grandfather. I'm young. Even if I can't keep up with the progress, I can repeat a year. I can learn for another year."

"That's right," Li Sanjiang nodded, "That counts."

"Great-grandfather, you should go to sleep quickly, it's very late."

"Yes, it's time to sleep. Gotta get up early tomorrow, we're having guests."

"Who is it?"

"It's a comrade-in-arms of mine from before."

"Your comrade-in-arms..."

"Also a fellow villager, from the same village before."

"Taiwanese businessman?"

"No, he was quite unlucky. Initially, he and I were caught as strong men together. I escaped, he didn't. He just muddled his way all the way to Yunnan and Guizhou, and finally retreated to Myanmar.

They say life was okay at first, then we sent troops here again and defeated them.

After that, he just wandered in Southeast Asia. They say he made a little money. Now that he's old, he wants to come back to his hometown to invest."

"Great-grandfather, did he call you?"

"Yes."

"What about the village head?"

"What does the village head have to do with it?"

"Generally, when overseas Chinese return to invest, the town head will accompany them."

A look of 'so that's it' immediately appeared on Li Sanjiang's face, and he even smiled:

"Hey hey, so this old boy is coming back home to put on a show and cheat money?"

"Great-grandfather, I'm just guessing."

"Okay, okay, sleep, sleep. You should also wash up and sleep early." Li Sanjiang walked towards the room while waving a palm-leaf fan, still smiling, "When the summer vacation is over, our Xiao Yuan Hou will also be in sixth grade, that's really good."

Li Zhuiyuan took a bath. After returning to his room, he sat at his desk and wrote his experience notes.

When he went to school before, he didn't have the habit of taking notes or keeping a wrong question set because it didn't matter even if he handed in a blank exam paper. Now, it might not be the same. One wrong step could lead to death.

He quite liked this feeling. Exams should have some psychological pressure.

As for whether he was going to middle school sixth grade or primary sixth grade, Li Zhuiyuan felt that his great-grandfather would find out by himself when school started.

It was indeed not easy to explain his age and the youth class to outsiders. However, the high school side should know, and transferring schools and skipping grades like this could also reduce a lot of trouble.

Opening the stacks of books in front of him, and according to his memory, turning to which volume and which page, Li Zhuiyuan selectively excerpted ten 'taboos' for dealing with dead fall.

These ten were definitely not all useful, at most, he would only take two. Therefore, he still had to consider practicality and controllability and continue to carefully select. After finishing this, he went to bed and slept.

Waking up after sleeping, he felt his spirit was much better than the previous few times. It seemed the overdraft problem had improved, but he still needed to pay more attention to eating things that replenished blood and qi. He had to talk to Aunt Liu about this.

There was no one on the chair by the door because the girl was sitting at the desk, holding a small carving knife and carving wood flower rolls.

Li Zhuiyuan was a bit confused. All the materials in his room had been moved to the workshop by Runsheng, and all tool making was done there. Where did A Li get the raw materials from?

Walking closer to look, he found it was still the same kind of black sunken texture emitting sandalwood.

"A Li, are you splitting your family's tablet again?"

A Li shook her head.

It wasn't that she split it, it was her grandma who split it.

Liu Yumei was very happy splitting it, afraid that if she split it late, her granddaughter's illness would relapse.

Li Zhuiyuan took three more bottles of Jianlibao. They were the last three bottles, and he had to ask Aunt Liu to stock up again.

He opened two bottles, one for each person.

The girl liked drinking it at first because she hadn't come across carbonated drinks before, but in fact, she didn't like drinking sweet things in the morning. However, she liked clinking glasses with the boy.

Besides, she wanted to fill the 'first sip' collection box early.

After breakfast, Li Zhuiyuan went back to the second-floor balcony to read, and A Li sat beside him carving.

From time to time, several unused wood flower rolls were blown up by the wind and floated down, flashing in the sunlight. That was the ancestors' gratified smile.

The guests arrived earlier than expected. A black sedan drove on the distant village road. From the sedan, an old man wearing a black suit got out. The old man leaned on a cane with his right hand and was supported by a young blonde woman with his left hand.

The two walked over the small path and came to the embankment.

"Yo, is it you, Lin Hou?"

"Hehe, it's me, Sanjiang Hou!"

The two old men shook hands excitedly.

Immediately, the two sat down, and Aunt Liu brought tea.

Li Zhuiyuan said something to A Li and went downstairs.

"Is she your granddaughter?" Li Sanjiang asked.

"No, she's my secretary, surname Jin."

"Oh, that's good." Li Sanjiang immediately turned his head and waved his hand, "Come, Lin Hou, this is my great-grandson, Xiao Yuan. Xiao Yuan Hou, come, see your Grandpa Ding."

"Hello, Grandpa Ding."

"Very smart child."

"Maybe not, he is a child of my Li family after all. This child is just with me now." Li Sanjiang continued to stroke Li Zhuiyuan's head, not meaning to let the child retreat.

This meaning was very obvious.

Ding Dalin smiled awkwardly, touched his suit pocket, and said awkwardly: "Look, I've been outside for a long time, I've forgotten all these customs."

The young woman beside him took out some money and handed it to Ding Dalin. Ding Dalin then handed it to Li Zhuiyuan:

"Come, Grandpa will buy you candy to eat."

"Thank you, Grandpa."

Li Zhuiyuan took the money, which was quite thick.

However, he also noticed Ding Dalin's words just now. Clearly, the Chinese circles outside pay more attention to these old rituals. How could he say he would forget these customs, unless he didn't always live in normal society.

In addition, the suit on Ding Dalin's body was not a foreign brand. Although the label was English, one look told it was southern goods. Although also quite expensive, it was definitely not brought back when he returned to the country.

As for the blonde hair of this female secretary, it should just be dyed. The method was relatively rough, and there were still dye marks on the collar and shoulders of her clothes.

Looking at this woman's figure again, it seemed a bit familiar.

"Great-grandfather, I'll go help Aunt Liu bring the melon seeds." Li Zhuiyuan used the excuse to walk around and came behind the woman, looking at her back.

Confirmed, it was the woman who escaped from the hospital last night.

The woman also twisted her head at this time and looked at Li Zhuiyuan from the corner of her eye.

Huh? You also recognize me?

When he came out of the security office, the woman just stood up and walked away with her back to him. But when he was with Tan Yunlong in the inpatient building at the beginning, the woman should have seen him.

Then, Ding Dalin's identity is also easy to guess.

They are water monkeys!

Li Zhuiyuan put the melon seeds down, then found another excuse to go to the toilet and went back into the house.

Opening the workshop door, Runsheng was still humming and working.

"Runsheng bro, stop for a moment, there are two guests outside. Go stand by Great-grandfather."

"Okay!"

Runsheng picked up the black and white towel hanging beside him and wiped his sweat.

He immediately put on a short-sleeved shirt and went out.

He didn't directly tell Runsheng the identity of those two people for fear that Runsheng wouldn't act well and wouldn't be able to keep them calm.

Li Zhuiyuan then came back from the house, walked around a bit, and planned to go through the fields to Aunt Zhang's small store to call Tan Yunlong.

But as he walked, Li Zhuiyuan suddenly realized something was wrong. At the entrance of the field path ahead, someone was squatting and smoking.

That person was standing on tiptoe, leaning to the side, smoking while also observing the surroundings.

This was a collective action of water monkeys. There were people on sentry here.

He couldn't go out, so Li Zhuiyuan could only silently return through the rice fields.

The distance between self-built houses in the countryside is relatively large. Great-grandfather's place is just without neighbors in front and back. Since there was one person at this entrance, there must be one at the other entrance as well.

It's safer to stay at home, after all, Runsheng is at home.

By the way, he prayed a little, hoping Aunt Liu was another hidden expert like Uncle Qin, but Li Zhuiyuan was very doubtful. Aunt Liu was good at cooking and medical skills.

Grandma Liu was old and couldn't be counted on.

When Li Zhuiyuan returned, Li Sanjiang on the embankment was just patting Runsheng's arm and saying to Ding Dalin:

"This is also my grandson, Runsheng Hou. Come, see your Grandpa Dalin. Be sweet-mouthed, your Grandpa Dalin just gave Xiao Yuan Hou a very thick red envelope."

"Hey hey, Grandpa Dalin."

Li Zhuiyuan didn't go forward to join them, but walked into the kitchen. Aunt Liu was cooking. Since guests had come, they would definitely stay for lunch.

"Aunt Liu."

"What is it, Xiao Yuan?"

"Do you have poison?"

"What poison?"

"Two dirty people came from outside."

Liu Ting's heart trembled. This child was actually thinking of directly poisoning people.

She immediately kept a calm expression and said:

"Don't worry, Xiao Yuan. Since the dirty people are wearing clean clothes, they didn't come to do dirty things."

These words sounded very reasonable, but the problem was, that Secretary Jin recognized him.

Although some raw materials in his workshop were toxic, that thing could be obviously tasted.

"Then, Aunt Liu, will you also go back to look after the sick big uncle like Uncle Qin?"

Aunt Liu was stunned for a moment, then nodded.

A smile appeared on Li Zhuiyuan's face. Then he was relieved.

Although it would be a problem to eat without Aunt Liu at home, it was better than not needing to eat at all afterward.

Li Zhuiyuan walked out of the kitchen and stood beside Runsheng. He wanted to hear the purpose of Ding Dalin's visit today.

Noticing Runsheng poking him with his hand, Li Zhuiyuan turned his head and saw Runsheng handing him the red envelope money he just got.

"Runsheng bro, keep it for yourself. You don't need to give it to me."

"Tool material fee."

"Keep it there."

"Okay."

At this time, Li Zhuiyuan saw Secretary Jin taking the initiative to face him. She took out a foil-wrapped chocolate from her pocket, walked over, and handed it to him.

"Little brother, have some."

"Thank you, Sister."

Li Zhuiyuan reached out to take it. It was a bit sticky at first. The chocolate inside should have melted long ago.

"Why aren't you eating it, little brother?"

"I don't want to eat it now. I want to slowly savor it when I sleep at night."

"Hehe, it's okay. Sister still has many. Next time I have a chance, I'll send you more."

Saying that, Secretary Jin reached out and touched Li Zhuiyuan's face.

Li Zhuiyuan felt the bulges on the woman's fingertips and the deep, thick calluses on her palm.

The boy's face showed a shy smile, and he stepped back half a step.

Then, Li Zhuiyuan reached out and pulled Runsheng closer. Runsheng bent down, allowing the boy to lean close to his ear and whisper:

"Runsheng bro, it's a good thing you left me at the town fair yesterday. I was then sent to the police station. The uncles and aunts at the police station gave me many snacks, and finally, one uncle rode a motorcycle and sent me back home, hehe."

Runsheng's mind was blank after listening,

But he still instinctively replied:

"Mm, yes."

Secretary Jin covered her mouth and laughed. A hint of mockery and relief appeared in her eyes.

Hmm, she thought she was very clever and also confirmed that the boy didn't recognize her. After all, she was also wearing a mask last night.

Li Zhuiyuan waited on the side to hear Ding Dalin's purpose, but the two old men had yet to begin reminiscing about their past wartime friendship.

Mainly, these two old men were caught as strong men after the Japanese surrender. There really wasn't any dramatic story to tell.

His great-grandfather fought all the way from the Northeast through the customs, took Beiping and Tianjin, and broke through Huaihai.

Ding Dalin, on the other hand, went all the way west, finally occupying Southeast Asia like a tiger. However, he actually put on a high hat for himself, claiming to be an old soldier of the expeditionary force.

One could see that his great-grandfather was very interested in chatting. After all, his peers in the village were either dead or their reactions were not agile. It was rare to meet a clear-minded old immortal again.

But Ding Dalin was obviously not very interested. Li Zhuiyuan noticed that the opponent tried to change the topic several times but was pulled back by the enthusiastic great-grandfather.

Finally, seeing that lunchtime was approaching, Ding Dalin couldn't help but reveal his true intention:

"I heard that someone died at the big beard's house before, two people died?"

Li Sanjiang immediately frowned and asked: "Why are you asking this?"

Ding Dalin saw Li Sanjiang's reaction, turned his face and exchanged a quick glance with Secretary Jin, and immediately continued to ask:

"Sanjiang Hou, tell me, how did those two people die?"

The death of the big beard's father and son was a taboo for Li Sanjiang. He was immediately a bit annoyed and waved his hand to prevaricate:

"They say the father and son drank wine at night, boasting about who was better at swimming, and just went into the fish pond to compete, and drowned."

"Really?" "I heard that their two corpses were fished out by you, Sanjiang Hou?"

"Ah, yes, why?"

"I also heard that when the two corpses were fished out, they were very swollen, is that true?"

"Corpses will swell after being soaked in water."

"But it was only one night, how could they swell up? They weren't dried fungus."

"This... I just don't know."

"Then think about it more specifically."

"It's almost lunchtime. What are you thinking about those things for? Don't mention it either. We don't want to have an upset stomach when we eat."

"It doesn't matter."

"How can it not matter? How long have you not been back home? Let's have a good drink at noon today, and you can taste our hometown dishes again."

"Actually, Sanjiang Hou, I'm asking you this for a reason. I'm old and want to return to my roots, so I plan to buy a house in the village.

Isn't the big beard's house for sale? I think the price is quite suitable."

"That's not easy to handle. Although you were a villager before, your household registration isn't here. The homestead belongs to the village collective, and only villagers can buy and sell it."

"That's simple. I'll give you the money, you buy it, and I'll just live in it."

"How can that be?"

"It's okay. How much longer do I have to live anyway? Money is just an external thing. I saw through it early. After I die, that house will just be left to your great-grandson."

Li Sanjiang deliberately turned his head to look at Li Zhuiyuan standing beside him. To be honest, his heart was moved.

Ever since Xiao Yuan Hou's household registration was moved to Beijing, he had always felt guilty. Wouldn't it be good to prepare more property for Xiao Yuan Hou? Even if the village house wasn't valuable, it was still a piece of land.

"If you trust me, I can help you handle it, but you'd better buy a different house."

"How?" Ding Dalin's tone seemed excited as he asked, "Is there something wrong with that house of the big beard's?"

"Well, it's a bit unclean."

Li Sanjiang personally saw the little yellow warbler walk into the fish pond. When he finally fished out the corpse, he didn't dare to go too deep, afraid that a hand would reach out from below and drag him down.

After this, if the house is passed to Xiao Yuan Hou, wouldn't he be neighbors with that dead fall?

"Unclean? Tell me specifically. Is it the house that has a problem or something else? Sanjiang Hou, don't blame me for asking too much. After all, I'm buying a house for retirement, so I definitely need to be careful.

I've been in Southeast Asia for a long time, and people there are actually more superstitious and particular about taboos than we are here."

"That pool where people died, you think, if you live there, and walk to the embankment every day, you'll face that pool. How unsettling is that?"

"That's not a big deal, unless that pool really has a big problem. Give me a definite answer. If you say it does, I won't buy it, I'll change to another one."

"It does!"

"Okay, then I'll change to another one!"

"Alright."

"Then I'll use your name and ask the village head to see which family in our village still intends to sell a house?"

"No problem."

"Alright, I'll be leaving."

"Hey, stay for a meal." Li Sanjiang was absolutely sincere in saying this sentence. After all, people had given money to the juniors twice, so they should be invited to eat.

"No, I have a meal arrangement at noon. I'm going to eat with the town head."

"Okay then, I won't keep you. Come again another day."

"Definitely, definitely."

Secretary Jin supported Ding Dalin down the embankment. After getting into the car, Ding Dalin's expression became gloomy:

"Looks like there's no mistake. The pool in front of the big beard's house is the main hole."

"Boss, that boy called Xiao Yuan..."

"What about that boy?"

"Nothing, just quite good-looking."

Since she already understood the reason the boy was with the police last night, Secretary Jin was too lazy to mention this matter again.

"Heh, what are you paying attention to someone else's child for? You could be his mother.

Okay, let's talk business.

The next step is to buy the big beard's house, then have our people pretend to be an opera troupe setting up a stage and singing opera to celebrate moving into a new house, and then dig at night.

Even if the bait holes were all used up, the person buried in this main hole must be extraordinary, and there must be good things inside the tomb.

Once this is done,

I can truly retire and live off my pension."

...

Li Zhuiyuan held a coin in his hand, stood on the embankment, and watched the car drive away in the distance.

This group of water monkeys actually found the location of the main hole. Ding Dalin and his group came for the pool at the big beard's house.

Then, should he report to the police now or help the little yellow warbler a bit?

Li Zhuiyuan looked down at the coin in his hand and said softly: "Heads, report to the police. Tails, help the little yellow warbler."

"Clang!"

The coin was thrown out, landed on the ground, and finally stopped.

It was heads.

Li Zhuiyuan nodded, picked up the coin, blew on it,

Said: "It's heaven's will, help the little yellow warbler first, then report to the police."

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