Corpse Retriever.

Chapter 378

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

But the brightness we see now has already exceeded the limits that paragraphs can measure and express.

at last,

As the radiance faded, the temperature on the flute returned to normal.

Chen Xiyuan stood on the dam, lost in thought.

In a daze, she felt like she had just had a dream, but she was also very clear that this was reality.

I looked up and gazed again at the door to Grandpa Li's bedroom on the second floor.

Next, his gaze shifted to the room of the little boy next door, and then moved down to sweep over the west and east rooms respectively.

At this moment, Chen Xiyuan finally understood why the old lady had chosen to live in seclusion here instead of staying in the two ancestral homes.

Chen Xiyuan raised her flute and tapped her forehead.

At this moment, instead of wondering why Grandpa Li had such a "strange sight," she was filled with regret and self-blame.

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

Having an elder in the family is like having a treasure; Mr. Li's extraordinary situation can be described as a human-shaped auspicious omen.

What's the difference between my previous invitations and poaching someone's valuable resources right in front of them?

If you get bumped or knocked over along the way...

wrong.

Chen Xiyuan stared at the flute in front of her again, recalling the terrifying brightness she had just witnessed.

Under normal circumstances, it would be quite difficult for Grandpa Li to bump or bruise himself.

But what if I invite Grandpa Li to my Chen family home, and then my grandfather gets the wrong idea and detains Grandpa Li?
No, no, just to be on the safe side, I can't invite Grandpa Li to my house anymore. This matter has to be put on hold.

Shaking her head, Chen Xiyuan went into the east room, took a bath, changed her clothes, lay down on the bed, and crossed her legs.

Moonlight shone through the gauze window onto her face. Miss Chen's brows were slightly furrowed as she remained deep in thought.

As she pondered, she fell asleep.

……

Early in the 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's very busy right now, with a lot of things to organize and plan, and he also has to start "teaching" Zhao Yi's subordinates today.

But the boy still chose to sit on the rattan chair on the terrace with the girl and play chess in the morning light before Aunt Liu called him to breakfast.

"Time for breakfast!"

The official day began with Aunt Liu's call.

"Squeak~"

The door to the east room was pushed open, and Chen Xiyuan stepped out, stretching.

Aunt Liu was wondering why this girl hadn't come out to eat sunflower seeds with her this morning.

"Were you too tired yesterday?"

"I was thinking too much and didn't sleep well."

What are you thinking?

"I just can't figure out what I'm thinking."

"Hehe, shall we eat our fill today?"

"Yes! Hehe, I haven't slept well, so I definitely need to eat well!"

"Okay, everything's ready for you. The fire in my stove isn't even out yet. I'll make it for you right away."

"Thank you for your hard work, sister. You're so kind."

Li Sanjiang came down for breakfast. Although he had been drunk for two nights in a row, he was still in good spirits this morning.

Li Sanjiang picked up the bowl, took a sip of porridge, and asked Uncle Qin:
"Lord Li, have the paper offerings from the Marquis Lu's family in the west been delivered?"

"I delivered them all yesterday afternoon."

Li Sanjiang turned around again and called out to Aunt Liu in the kitchen:

"Tinghou, did the convenience store call this morning?"

"No."

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

"Then that's not possible."

Today, Li Sanjiang has to go to a family surnamed Lu in a village to the west to hold a vegetarian feast. That family is very stingy and asked him to help find a funeral troupe to play music and sing, but they asked for a very low price.

Yesterday I contacted a funeral service company myself. As soon as they heard the price, they said they would call me back tomorrow morning if they could come.

I haven't received a call yet, so they definitely can't come.

Li Sanjiang looked at Lin Shuyou: "Youhou, are you coming with me to a vegetarian retreat today?"

Lin Shuyou nodded: "Okay."

The performance is ready.

Then, Li Sanjiang looked at Chen Xiyuan:

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

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

"How about you come with me today to earn some extra money? You can play the flute while Youhou is performing."

Chen Xiyuan swallowed the food in her mouth and replied:

"Okay!"

Li Sanjiang smiled.

With that little money, we definitely couldn't hire a full funeral procession. Two people would suffice. Besides, he had witnessed Youhou's impressive stage presence after he put on makeup.

Aunt Liu came out of the kitchen with a tray of wontons, a smile on her lips. Sure enough, everyone who came to this house had to be used like a mule by Uncle Sanjiang.

After the meal, Li Sanjiang had Lin Shuyou ride a tricycle, carrying him and Chen Xiyuan, and they set off.

Tan Wenbin went to Big Beard's house to inform Zhao Yi's people to come to class; Runsheng rode a tricycle to Xiting Town to visit Grandpa Shan; Aunt Liu went to town to buy groceries; A Li went upstairs to her room to repair her talisman armor.

Li Zhuiyuan sat alone on the dam, waiting for class to begin.

At this moment, Uncle Qin came out of the west room, went to the well, drew a basin of water, washed his feet, then pulled over a stool and sat down in front of the boy.

In the past, unless it was mealtime, you could hardly see Uncle Qin at home. He always had endless work to do and would never let himself rest during the day.

Li Zhuiyuan took the initiative to ask, "Uncle Qin, is there something you need?"

Uncle Qin lowered his head, rubbing his hands together in front of him. After hesitating for a moment, he spoke:

"Xiao Yuan, don't overwork yourself."

"Uncle Qin, I'm not tired."

“You’re not the only one in the family. I know you’re under a lot of rules right now, but things can be broken down.”

"Ah."

“Those things are not directly your responsibility, nor are they directly Uncle Sanjiang’s responsibility. You can assign them to your Aunt Liu, and yes, I will too.”

"I understand, Uncle Qin, I will."

Uncle Qin asked with a smile, "Is there something you need?"

"Uncle Qin, I'm free for now. How about next time?"

Uncle Qin nodded somewhat disappointedly.

At this moment, Li Zhuiyuan saw Zhao Yi and his men appear on the path, walking towards him.

Uncle Qin glanced in that direction, stood up, and said:
"Xiao Yuan, actually, I'm still somewhat useful."

"Uncle Qin, I know."

"You might not know..." Uncle Qin seemed to be trying to explain, "You've never actually seen it..."

Uncle Qin was waiting for the boy to answer that he had seen it before, so that he could continue explaining.

But the boy simply nodded and said:
“I have never seen it, but I know it because I have been teaching Runsheng.”

Uncle Qin's words, which were stuck in his throat, were choked back.

Finally, he could only sigh, turn around, pick up his hoe, and go to work in the field.

When they encountered Zhao Yi and his group, Zhao Yi immediately signaled his men to stand on both sides of the road to make way for Uncle Qin.

As he walked through them, Uncle Qin's gaze lingered on Chen Jing for a while longer.

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

"Hmm, that's impressive, although I've never seen it before."

"Forehead……"

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

After making a self-deprecating joke, Zhao Yi raised his arm to greet Li Zhuiyuan:
Good morning, Teacher Li!

……

Sitting on the tricycle, with a gentle breeze blowing, Li Sanjiang habitually reached into his pocket and took out his cigarette case, but when he saw Chen Xiyuan sitting opposite him, he put the cigarette case back in.

"Little girl, is it always hot where you are?"

"Actually, summer is not too bad, not necessarily hotter than inland areas, but winter is indeed warm and very comfortable."

"Oh, you have coconuts to eat there, right?"

"Yeah, they grow right by the roadside, lots of them." "Does your grandfather like to drink? What's his drinking behavior like?"

"In my memory, my grandfather never got drunk."

"You're just bragging?"

"Not really."

"Heh, I don't know what happened, but I had a dream last night. I was drinking with an old man with a white beard. We drank for a long time. It was like he had an endless supply of wine. He would finish one jar and then take out another, and none of them tasted the same."

"It's all your fault! You kept telling me your grandpa had a lot of wine stored up, and it even made me dream about him, haha."

"Hehe." Chen Xiyuan simply smiled.

Yesterday, she would definitely have said that this meant that Grandpa Li and my grandfather were destined to meet, and then continued to suggest that Grandpa Li go to Hainan.

"In my dream, I saw my little Yuanhou standing alone on the beach. A huge typhoon was blowing around him, the trees were falling down, and the waves on the sea were terrifyingly big."

I called out to Xiao Yuanhou, "Come back quickly, or you'll get blown into the sea by the wind!" Just then, I heard Tinghou calling me for breakfast.

"Actually, the wind isn't that strong where we live, it's not that scary. Besides, the little boy is very obedient and careful, he definitely won't go to the beach in that kind of weather, so you can rest assured, Uncle Li."

"Too."

Lin Shuyou, who was pedaling a tricycle, said: "Uncle Li, they've started another lottery up ahead, blocking the road."

Chen Xiyuan was immediately startled: a lottery?

The words Grandpa Li uttered while drunk last night echoed in her mind.

Li Sanjiang: "Then let's get off the bus and walk there slowly."

Lin Shuyou: "Uncle Li, would you like to touch one?"

Li Sanjiang licked his lips, shook his head, and said, "I'm too embarrassed to touch them anymore. Let's not touch them anymore. It's not easy for the organizers to make money."

Upon hearing this, Chen Xiyuan breathed a sigh of relief.

On the high platform for the lottery, there was a black sedan with a red ball hanging on it, belonging to a veteran actor.

Outside, staff members wearing banners were distributing prize slips. Because there were so many people, in order to improve efficiency, they would just stuff one slip into someone's pocket as soon as they saw it. Lin Shuyou was given one.

However, since Grandpa Li said he didn't want to try his luck with the lottery, he was too lazy to take it out and look at it.

As soon as the three entered the crowd, a bald, fat man in a suit led two staff members through the crowd to get closer.

"Grandpa, grandpa, come on, have a smoke, have a smoke!"

He had spotted Li Sanjiang earlier on stage; they were old acquaintances. He quickly came down to stop him.

"Manager Liu, it's been a long time."

"Yes, sir, it's been a long time! You're here to try your luck at the lottery again?"

"I won't touch it, I'm just passing by."

"There are a lot of people here, it's not easy to walk. Come on, let me clear the way for you."

"Thank you, Manager Liu."

"you are welcome."

Manager Liu slipped two packs of cigarettes into Li Sanjiang's pocket.

Li Sanjiang: "How can I accept this? I can't accept it, I can't accept it!"

"Grandpa, you're like family to me, it's only right that I offer you two packs of cigarettes!"

Immediately, Manager Liu gave a wink, signaling his two staff members to flank Li Sanjiang from both sides.

These days, few people running lottery schemes in rural towns don't engage in underhanded practices to control costs, but several accidents have happened at this old man's place.

People who often do bad things are often the most superstitious and believe in ghosts and gods. He felt that this old man was really strange and that he had to get rid of him as soon as possible.

Because of the several mishaps that have happened here in the past, the big boss came here today specifically to check on things.

"Hahaha, I won! I won! I finally won!"

At that moment, someone in the crowd shouted while holding up a lottery ticket.

The crowd nearby immediately moved toward him, forming a small throng.

Manager Liu, who was walking in front, was so focused on looking back at Li Sanjiang that he was jostled by the crowd and lost his balance. If he had fallen, he might have been trampled on several times.

Li Sanjiang: "Little girl, quickly help her up, help her up!"

Chen Xiyuan nudged Manager Liu with her flute, altering his fall path, and he ended up sprawled out in the tricycle that Lin Shuyou was pushing.

Although I was a bit disheveled, I was fine.

Manager Liu is a bit overweight, so it wasn't easy for him to get off the tricycle in that position. He tried several times but failed, and only managed to get off with the help of the staff he brought.

His fuss caused a white lottery ticket, which was originally kept separately in the inner pocket of his suit jacket, to slip out and fall onto the white costume that Lin Shuyou had placed in the tricycle.

At this moment, the person who had just been shouting that he had won suddenly burst into tears again:

"All my annual salary was won as a bar of soap!"

For a moment, everyone around laughed, some even laughing very loudly.

Manager Liu finally saw Li Sanjiang out of the crowd. He and two staff members remained standing there, ready to watch Li Sanjiang leave.

Li Sanjiang waved goodbye to him, and Manager Liu waved back with a warm smile, but his lips twitched as he muttered something in a voice "only he and the two people beside him could hear":

"Damn it, why isn't that old bastard dead yet? I wish everyone in this room would fall into the latrine and die a neat and tidy death!"

Li Sanjiang didn't hear him and was about to get on the bus.

Chen Xiyuan, who was already sitting in the car, frowned.

Lin Shuyou, who was tidying up his costume that had been messed up by the fat manager, glanced in his direction and heard it too.

Then, a lottery ticket fell out of his costume.

Lin Shuyou picked it up with one hand and found that it hadn't been scratched open. He rubbed it with his fingertip and the red words "winning" appeared inside.

Once in the car, Li Sanjiang asked curiously, "Hey, Youhou, when did you buy the lottery tickets?"

Lin Shuyou glanced at it and said, "Uncle Li, we've won the lottery! First prize!"

Li Sanjiang touched the two packs of cigarettes in his pocket, waved his hand, and said, "Never mind, we didn't buy them, and we don't know who left them behind. You can ask them and return them to them."

At this moment, the man who had previously claimed that his entire year's salary had only bought him a bar of soap suddenly rushed out of the crowd, pulled a knife from his pocket, and charged towards Manager Liu.

There was nothing he could do; all the other people in suits were on stage, while Manager Liu was not only down there, but also closest to him.

"Liars, liars, you bunch of liars, you cheated me out of my money, you cheated me out of my money!"

Manager Liu only had time to turn his head before he saw the man rushing towards him. A chill ran down his spine, and before he could even process what was happening, the man pulled out the knife again and continued stabbing wildly.

The two staff members next to Manager Liu were terrified and did not dare to step forward to stop him. Only Manager Liu was left. He ran forward, but fell to the ground after only a few steps. The man rushed up and stabbed him twice more, this time in the chest.

Li Sanjiang instinctively shouted, "Someone's going to die! Help!"

After shouting, Li Sanjiang immediately reached out and grabbed Chen Xiyuan and Lin Shuyou in front of him:

"Murder! Get out of the way! Don't go near him!"

Their first instinct was to save the person, but their second instinct was to prevent the two young people from acting recklessly and getting hurt while trying to save the person.

Grandpa Li truly lives up to his reputation as a corpse retriever; his strength is immense, so much so that Chen Xiyuan and Lin Shuyou couldn't break free to rescue him.

After stabbing Manager Liu until he was too weak to continue, the man threw down the blood-soaked knife, covered his face, and burst into tears.

Someone died. Police from the town's police station arrived quickly and brought the scene under control.

Because Manager Liu had been in close contact with Li Sanjiang before his death, and because he died not far from Li Sanjiang and the other two, the three were taken back to the police station to give statements.

The case is clear, but this kind of lottery is currently in a gray area. For the real person in charge of organizing this lottery, Manager Liu's death is just that, but if the murderer is really accused of being a fraudster... then the others will also be implicated. After all, someone has died, and the impact is different.

Therefore, when Lin Shuyou said he had won the prize and took out the lottery ticket, the person in charge of the lottery at the police station seemed to see a savior and immediately patted his chest and promised that no matter what, they would arrange for their prize to be redeemed immediately.

Furthermore, in the presence of the police officers, the person in charge disregarded Li Sanjiang's refusal and practically knelt down before him, leaving behind Li Sanjiang's contact information.

It was just past noon when they left the police station. The vegetarian feast wouldn't start until the afternoon, so Lin Shuyou pedaled his tricycle very fast.

Li Sanjiang couldn't care less about Chen Xiyuan anymore. He was smoking, frowning, still lamenting how someone had died. He felt sorry for the deceased Manager Liu, and even more so for the impulsive killer.

Chen Xiyuan didn't mind the smell of smoke blowing over from Grandpa Li's side; all she felt was awe at how terrifying Grandpa Li's fortune was.

Upon arriving at Lu Hou's house, Li Sanjiang got out of the car first to explain to the host and arrange the afternoon's work, while Chen Xiyuan and Lin Shuyou waited in the back for the instructions to enter and perform.

Chen Xiyuan looked at Lin Shuyou: "Uncle Li's luck is frighteningly good."

Lin Shuyou: "Huh?"

Chen Xiyuan: "Isn't that right?"

Lin Shuyou touched his nose. He would have thought it was fine if others said it, but when Chen Xiyuan said it, it gave him the feeling that a crow doesn't know it's black.

Chen Xiyuan: "Ayou, don't tell me you didn't realize before that Grandpa Li was very lucky."

Lin Shuyou: "Grandpa Li has always been very lucky, but this time he didn't win the lottery."

Chen Xiyuan: "Isn't this just a stroke of luck that you can't stop? By the way, the first prize is a car?"

"No, the one at the top should be the grand prize, which is a car. The first prize is usually a travel package. Oh, right, I have the prize list in my pocket."

Lin Shuyou pulled the sheet out of his pocket, glanced at it, and then immediately looked up at Chen Wuya.

"what happened?"

"Are you sure you didn't sneak this prize?"

"Of course not, uh, could it be..."

"A luxurious seven-day family trip to Sanya".

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Sorry, I wasn't feeling well today, so I wrote very slowly.

I still need 2.5 words to reach the target for this month. I'm going to bed early and I'll start writing tomorrow morning. If I don't finish the task by tomorrow, I won't mention monthly votes next month.

(End of this chapter)