Corpse Retriever

Although the initiation ceremony was held at noon, Li Zhuiyuan went there early in the morning, followed by Tan Wenbin, Runsheng and Yin Meng.

I wanted to see if I could help with the move, but when I got there, I found that the building was already empty.

Grandma Liu's move really meant that she just moved to a new house, and all the furniture and supplies were left here. Anyway, this building was hers, so it didn't matter where they were placed.

Li Zhuiyuan and others had to go back to school and come to the family area of ​​the old professors. There were townhouses here, but the houses and yards were relatively small.

Tan Wenbin went to find out the original location of Engineer Luo's house. When everyone arrived there, they saw a man in the small yard holding a hammer to reinforce the flower stand.

Li Zhuiyuan shouted, "Uncle Qin, the soy sauce bottle in the kitchen fell over."

"Really? Then I have to go and help it up quickly."

Uncle Qin nailed the nails, turned around, looked at Li Zhuiyuan, and the two smiled at each other.

Li Zhuiyuan still clearly remembered the scene of himself sitting on Uncle Qin's 28-inch bicycle a year ago. At that time, he was so strong that it was terrifying.

Entering the courtyard, you can see the careful design of Luo Gong. Although the place is not as big as the previous one, it is unique.

Liu Yumei can get used to living in the small east room of her grandfather's house, so she can definitely live here.

The most important thing is that this is on campus and very close to her dormitory area, so it will be more convenient for her to come here in the future.

After entering the house, I found that A Li's room was arranged in a sunny position on the first floor, with a floor-to-ceiling window facing the yard.

To enter and exit A Li's room, you don't even have to go through the main door, cross the fence of the small courtyard, walk across the lawn, push open the window, and you can come in.

For ordinary people, it may be a little unsafe, but for this family, the least worrying thing is safety.

However, the room in this house is small and can only fit one bed, so A Li's drawing table and desk were arranged in the second room on the first floor.

As for Liu Yumei and Aunt Liu, their bedrooms can only be arranged upstairs.

Aunt Liu saw Runsheng and Binbin coming, and could only slap her forehead: "Oh, it's true, we have to work hard just after moving."

The big pot of rice was cooked.

Li Zhuiyuan finally recalled the taste of his great grandfather's house.

During the meal, Tan Wenbin asked, "Grandma Liu, which restaurant shall we eat at noon?"

Liu Yumei pointed at the table in front of her with chopsticks: "Let's eat at home."

Tan Wenbin looked up in confusion: "Can we sit down?"

"Aren't we sitting down now?"

Tan Wenbin understood: "No guests?"

"What guests? Aren't all the family members here?"

"Hehe, I thought you would call some old friends to show your support. You are really used to simplicity now, and your realm is high."

"Even in the past, the entry ceremony did not invite outsiders, and it would not be a big deal." Liu Yumei looked at Li Zhuiyuan, and at the same time took up a handkerchief to wipe the corner of her mouth, "After entering the door, if you can walk out of the river, you will know everything you should know; if you can't walk out, and invite outsiders to watch the ceremony, wouldn't it be a joke for others to talk about?"

Uncle Qin, who was eating at the table, put down his chopsticks and lowered his head.

Li Zhuiyuan knew that Uncle Qin had failed to escape from the river, and Grandma Liu blamed her for being too hasty, but Li Zhuiyuan was very curious. With Uncle Qin's strength, what could stop him?

At the same time, when he passed by Uncle Qin when he entered the yard, Li Zhuiyuan also smelled the herbal smell emanating from Uncle Qin, which meant that Uncle Qin came back with injuries, and they were very serious.

Liu Yumei glanced at Uncle Qin and said lightly: "Ali, let's eat."

"Yeah." Uncle Qin picked up the chopsticks again, "Xiaoyuan won't let you down."

"Times are different, and I have let it go a long time ago." After saying this, Liu Yumei, who had just wiped the corners of her mouth, picked up the spoon again and drank a sip of snow pear soup.

Some words can be said verbally, and you can deceive others but not yourself.

The inheritance of the Qin and Liu families' foundations fell on her shoulders.

Saying that she doesn't want to see the glory of the past again is naturally false.

But time has taught her tolerance and patience, and she will no longer put pressure on the boy like she did to Qin Li.

On the contrary, she is more worried about whether the boy's own pace will be too fast, and she may have to slow down the time he takes to open the altar and walk on the river to avoid being too hard and easy to break.

After dinner, there is a period of leisure time, which feels a bit like the New Year. Everyone puts down their work and gathers at home.

In the yard, Uncle Qin is patting Runsheng's muscles.

"Runsheng, you have too much dead meat, and the dead air in your body is too heavy."

Too much dead meat refers to only knowing how to use brute force, and dead air is Runsheng's physical characteristics.

Li Sanjiang said that when Shan Daye picked up Runsheng, he found that the child survived by eating dirty meat.

Therefore, the details of Shan Daye picking up Runsheng from the river are very questionable. Shan Daye is a corpse collector. What did he go to the river for?

However, Uncle Shan really treated Runsheng as his own grandson. He didn't want to talk about the past anymore. In his heart, he hoped that Runsheng could live like a normal person and not regard himself as an alien.

Uncle Qin's evaluation made Runsheng feel ashamed.

He looked uneasily at the boy who was sitting shoulder to shoulder with A Li playing chess by the French window.

Runsheng knew how much the boy expected of him.

Perhaps because he had seen Uncle Qin's strength, the boy always hoped that he could become Uncle Qin in the future, or even surpass Uncle Qin.

But now, it seems that he doesn't have this talent.

When playing chess, you can be distracted. After all, it's just three blind games at the same time.

Therefore, Li Zhuiyuan heard what Uncle Qin said, but he was not worried at all.

If Runsheng really had no talent, Uncle Qin would be too lazy to scold him. The more he belittled him now, the higher his true evaluation in his heart, and he felt that such an excellent seedling should be able to get better development.

Uncle Qin began to gradually adjust Runsheng's muscle strength in detail and taught him a customized breathing method.

From this, we can see the importance of people in the inheritance system.

People are the key to the inheritance bond, and written records can only play an auxiliary role.

In the kitchen, Aunt Liu was making desserts with Yin Meng.

Aunt Liu taught very attentively, and the kitchen was full of whispers, and Yin Meng learned very seriously.

Until the first batch of desserts came out, Li Zhuiyuan smelled a pungent smell, and those who didn't know would think that someone had lit a mosquito fumigation tablet.

Soon, the sound of brushing teeth came from the bathroom on the first floor.

It should be Aunt Liu. Even if it is insecticide tablets, she has to taste it. It is not easy to be a master.

Yin Meng stood at the door of the kitchen, hunched her shoulders, clenched her hands, like a child who had done something wrong.

This is normal. Anyone who almost sent his master away on the first day of learning to cook will be panicked and scared.

Li Zhuiyuan, Runsheng and Tan Wenbin have long understood Yin Meng's cooking skills. The more complicated the dishes are in her hands, the more likely they are to become poison.

It is no wonder that when she was guarding the coffin shop alone, she only ate boiled noodles with plain water, at most adding soy sauce; she didn't even scrape the hair when stewing pig's trotters, but just stewed it to death.

As an authentic Sichuan and Chongqing person, she can only cook plain food for herself at home every day, not because she has a light taste.

However, Aunt Liu is much more kind than Uncle Qin:

"Mengmeng, you have a talent for learning poison."

High-end poisons only require simple ingredients.

This is a talent that others cannot learn, because if Yin Changsheng is really the legendary Fengdu Emperor, he really has someone in the underworld.

Fengdu, Fengdu...

Brother Liangliang told me that if I want to go to Fengdu again, I have to go early.

I just took a quick look at Fengdu last time. Next time, Li Zhuiyuan plans to explore its true secrets.

The scene of Yin Fuhai being carried away by four ghosts after his death is enough to arouse his curiosity.

Maybe I can order a larger coffin and let Yin Meng lie in it with me, and then arrange a sleight of hand in advance to pretend to die. In this way, maybe I can go to the place where the Yin family members passed away.

Maybe, I can see the Fengdu Emperor there.

But the problem is, it's easy to get in, but how can I guarantee that I can get out alive?

Tan Wenbin and Liu Yumei were chatting, and Liu Yumei was a little surprised that she was quite happy chatting with this child, and unconsciously made herself talk more.

Although Tan Wenbin also lived in Li Sanjiang's house before, the two did not have much interaction. First, Liu Yumei looked down on him, and second, Tan Wenbin himself went out early and came back late to go to school and practice martial arts, so he had no extra time at all.

Now, Liu Yumei somewhat understood why Li Sanjiang liked this child so much.

People, that's how it is. After being used to high-end food, they will want to try something down-to-earth. With a child like Xiaoyuan there, it can highlight the preciousness of Zhuangzhuang.

The clock went to eleven o'clock.

"Boom!"

The originally clear sky was covered with dark clouds. Sudden thunderstorms in summer are a normal thing.

Tan Wenbin slapped his thigh: "Tsk tsk, old lady, look, God really gives face."

Liu Yumei glanced at Tan Wenbin and smiled without saying a word.

At this time, Li Zhuiyuan came over and said to Liu Yumei:

"Grandma, the ancestors of the two families reminded us that it is an auspicious time."

Liu Yumei pointed at Li Zhuiyuan and said to Tan Wenbin: "Did you hear that? This is what our new Dragon King should say."

Tan Wenbin smiled bitterly and said: "Grandma, you are making things difficult for me. If I had Brother Xiaoyuan's brain, I would also..."

For a moment, Tan Wenbin couldn't even imagine what he would be like if he had Xiaoyuan's brain.

Liu Yumei reached out and touched Tan Wenbin's forehead: "What's so difficult about this? A small boat with a small sail naturally has to be humble wherever it goes, but when the Dragon King sits on your boat, you who are standing on the bow and shouting, just remember one thing."

"Old lady, please teach me quickly."

"Just pretend to be dead."

After saying that, Liu Yumei turned around and waved to A Li who came in with Xiao Yuan: "Come, let's get ready for business."

There were no guests, no lanterns, no banquets, and even the room for the ceremony was small. One-third of the area was used for ancestral tablets, two chairs at the bottom, and a cushion in the middle.

There were three lamps on the ground in front of the cushion.

One was a deep python opening its eyes, one was a golden dragon raising its head, and one was a phoenix perching on a tree.

They corresponded to entering the door, walking on the river, and returning to the nest.

Only the Dragon King's family dared to have the confidence and confidence to place these three-phase lamps. Other families were not unable to place them, but they were afraid that they could not bear it.

Just like other family disciples going out is called wandering instead of walking on the river, the way of heaven has eyes, the rivers and lakes have spirits, the more you boast, the more pressure it will put on you.

Li Zhuiyuan only needs to light the first lamp today, which means that he has entered the door.

When he is ready to walk on the river, he will open the altar and light the second lamp.

The second lamp means that walking on the river has begun, and the fate and luck have changed. Some things, even if you don't look for them and just hide at home, will be arranged to come to you.

When Aunt Liu introduced him, Li Zhuiyuan sounded strangely familiar.

Li Zhuiyuan also asked in return, whether his family would be implicated when he went to Jiang?

Aunt Liu's answer was that since the family's name had to be used when he went to Jiang, the family would inevitably be implicated. No matter whose family, the disciple would be supported for a while when he went to Jiang, after all, the family had a solid foundation and could withstand it.

But after sending him out on this journey, the next journey still had to be walked by the person himself.

First, whether he could eventually transform into a dragon still depended on himself; second, the further he went, the more involved he would be, and no matter how big his family was, he would not be able to support it.

To put it bluntly, going to Jiang was a gamble for an individual and the family behind him. In essence, it was a small bet for a big win. If he really bet his entire fortune, it would be meaningless.

When Aunt Liu introduced "big family and big business", Li Zhuiyuan subconsciously looked at the tablets on the altar in the room.

If Runsheng, Binbin and Yin Meng hadn't come today, a real "family" might only need a wooden stool to have breakfast.

This is really... a big family.

However, with Uncle Qin, Aunt Liu and Liu Yumei here, I can still help in the early stage of my journey, but after the early stage... I'm afraid that my relationship with Liu Yumei will become the same as when I was at my grandfather's house.

We can eat and live together, but we can't interfere in normal worldly matters.

As for the third lamp, the Phoenix Tree, those who successfully walk the river don't need to light it, and they only need to light it when they temporarily exit and interrupt. Uncle Qin has already lit it.

In this way, it is equivalent to giving up this opportunity.

Liu Yumei sat on the left in a green dress, and on her right sat A'li in a red dress.

In such an occasion today, Liu Yumei represented the Liu family, and A'li's surname was Qin, representing the Qin family. Even though there was a difference in generations, they still had to sit side by side at this time, which was to accept disciples on behalf of their ancestors.

Uncle Qin and Aunt Liu were wearing red and green python training suits, standing on both sides.

Aunt Liu should be surnamed Liu, but when she was at Li Sanjiang's house, she had to change her surname to pretend to be a grandparent.

In fact, from the dragon and phoenix on the lamp and the pythons they wore, we can see how strong such a family must be in ancient times.

The iron-clad Cao Gang and the changing courts, from ancient times to the present, there have been countless chaotic situations in the Cao Gang.

No mistakes, one post, one content, one 6, one 9, one book, one bar, take a look!

Moreover, families like theirs often pay attention to luck and feng shui, and do not show themselves in front of people, which allows them to pass on for a long time in the shadows.

Li Zhuiyuan stood in front of the futon.

Behind him, Yin Meng, Runsheng and Tan Wenbin all held burning incense.

The space was limited, and the three could only stand against the wall.

Liu Yumei said, "The conditions are simple, and I am sorry for neglecting you all."

Li Zhuiyuan: "It doesn't matter how deep the water is, it's magical if there is a dragon."

Liu Yumei smiled and nodded. She had the conditions to hold a grand ceremony. She also had an old house in Jinling, but she deliberately chose this place, this cramped place.

The smaller the place, the stronger the human touch.

"Boom."

The thunder outside the window became stronger, and lightning flashed one after another.

Liu Yumei couldn't help but look out the window. It was a good view today.

On the altar were only some expensive woods, so, are you all watching the ceremony from the window?

Liu Yumei looked at Aunt Liu, and Aunt Liu said, "Salute."

Li Zhuiyuan first performed the Liu family salute to Liu Yumei, and Liu Yumei immediately stood up and returned the salute.

Immediately afterwards, Li Zhuiyuan performed the Qin family salute to A Li.

Uncle Qin stepped forward and stood in front of A Li, ready to return the salute on his behalf.

But A Li took the initiative to stand up.

Uncle Qin could only retreat.

Ah-li returned the greeting to Li Zhuiyuan.

She knew how to do many things, but she just didn't want to do them, because of people.

Aunt Liu laughed in her heart, but in such a serious occasion with thunder rumbling, she could only suppress the corners of her mouth as much as possible.

She remembered that in the Ding family in Shancheng, the old lady asked Xiaoyuan to greet Ah-li on her behalf and took her seat on her behalf.

The old lady's mouth was loosened recently, but her body behavior has been honest for a long time.

Today, seeing the two children greet each other, then next, it's time to look forward to the next round.

This life is really full of expectations.

Anyway, she liked to see the picture of the two children together since Li Zhuiyuan first walked in front of Ah-li and took Ah-li's hand.

Every morning before getting up to make breakfast, she would lean against the kitchen door and watch the two children sitting on the terrace reading books and playing chess for a while, and then go to cook after watching them with sweet mouths.

After the formal ceremony, the next step is to choose the inheritance.

Liu Yumei had made up her mind to let the two children shoulder two tasks, but the necessary procedures had to be followed. Let him choose one first, and then she would persuade him to take on the other one.

There was a rumble of thunder outside, and Liu Yumei couldn't help but glare: Why are you urging them!

Clearing her throat, Liu Yumei asked:

"Li Zhuiyuan, the Qin family and the Liu family came first, which family do you choose to enter?"

Li Zhuiyuan looked at A Li and asked, "Did A Li enter the Qin family?"

Liu Yumei shook her head and said, "Our A Li has not entered yet."

Before entering, they were harassed by those guys so much. When they really enter, I'm afraid that they will harass them even more fiercely.

It was for this reason that Liu Yumei had never held an entry ceremony for A Li.

"Will A Li enter in the future?"

"When A Li recovers from her illness, she will."

"Which family will A Li enter?"

"Whichever you choose, Ah Li will marry the other one in the future."

Liu Yumei is both the young lady of the Liu family and the young lady of the Qin family, so she has to treat them equally.

Li Zhuiyuan can choose one and take the other as a co-sponsor, and then let Ah Li marry the co-sponsor in the future, so that no matter which family, there will be no fault.

"Li Zhuiyuan, have you chosen?"

"I have chosen, I will marry both the Qin and Liu families."

Liu Yumei was stunned for a moment. She didn't expect this kid to be so tactful. She was even ready to bargain with him again when he mentioned taking the co-sponsorship again.

However, combined with what he said before, after careful thinking, she immediately understood his idea.

For a moment, Liu Yumei herself almost couldn't help laughing.

This stinky boy is determined to let Ah Li be his junior sister in the future!

What do you think of the inheritance of the Qin and Liu families? As a toy to make little girls happy?

Fortunately, the little girl being teased was her granddaughter, otherwise, even if the genius stood in front of her, Liu Yumei would have stood up and killed him!

But she was poked in the soft spot, so she couldn't get angry, and she felt it was inappropriate to laugh.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Thunders exploded one after another around. Today, all the TVs, washing machines and electric lights in this family area were probably broken.

With a "swish", the switch was not known whether it was broken or tripped. Every house became dark at noon under the dark clouds.

Only here, because the candles were lit in advance, it was not affected much.

Liu Yumei rolled her eyes at the window: Boo, boo, a bunch of old things, just know how to boo!

At this point, Liu Yumei flicked her fingertips, and the Liu family's door post flew into Li Zhuiyuan's hands.

When Liu Yumei wanted to take the Qin family's door card on A'li's side, she saw A'li doing the same action as she had just done. She put her fingertips on the door card and flicked it lightly, and the Qin family's door card also flew into Li Zhuiyuan's hands.

Li Zhuiyuan stacked the two door cards together, knelt on the futon, and placed the door card on the python head of the first lamp.

The door card ignited by itself, and the flames fell like mercury.

The python lamp was lit, and the python's eyes opened and looked at the boy.

In the dark, Li Zhuiyuan, who was proficient in fortune-telling, seemed to sense that his fate had changed at this moment.

When the door card burned out, Li Zhuiyuan knelt straight and kowtowed to the tablet on the altar.

Every time he kowtowed, the thunder outside the window roared, as if in response.

This scene made Runsheng, Binbin and Yin Meng, who were standing against the wall at the moment, open their eyes wide.

They could tell that Brother Xiaoyuan was not waiting for lightning and thunder to cooperate, but just bowed steadily according to his rhythm.

Even if Brother Xiaoyuan was deliberately coordinating with thunder to create momentum, when have you ever seen thunder strike at the same rhythm for nine consecutive times?

The ceremony was over.

The thunder stopped.

Liu Yumei: "Pray to the Dragon King!"

Li Zhuiyuan turned around and faced Runsheng, Binbin and Yin Meng.

Then the four of them knelt facing each other and kowtowed to each other three times.

Since Liu Yumei said that she didn't care about the rules of empty ceremony, Li Zhuiyuan really followed the process of swearing brotherhood.

After the worship of the Dragon King, Runsheng and the other two were registered disciples of the Qin and Liu families from that moment on.

So many families at the Ding family dinner in Shancheng were passed down in this way a long time ago.

Li Zhuiyuan turned around and faced Liu Yumei again. There was one last step of exhortation, and the entry ceremony was successfully completed.

Liu Yumei said, "Li Zhuiyuan, since you have entered the Qin and Liu families, you should think about making progress and not let down your family. In the future, you will walk on the river..."

The golden dragon on the second lamp suddenly raised its head slowly at this time, opened its mouth and spit out flames.

The golden dragon raised its head, and the journey on the river began!

Liu Yumei widened her eyes, looking in disbelief.

Uncle Qin and Aunt Liu were also shocked. They didn't light the lamp, but the wicks burned by themselves.

Li Zhuiyuan was also surprised, but looking at the burning lamp, he felt relieved.

It turned out that he had already started walking on the river.

But when did it start?

Runsheng and the other two were also full of curiosity. They didn't see Xiaoyuan light the lamp just now.

The only one who didn't change his expression was A Li, because the boy told her all the secrets.

Liu Yumei's expression was extremely solemn. She originally wanted to wait until the boy grew up and made more preparations before opening the altar, lighting the lamp and walking on the river, but now, the lamp has been lit and the matter is settled.

Unless you turn off the light now and light it again, it means giving up and failing to go to the river.

Liu Yumei placed her hands on the armrests of the chair, and the solid wood chair in her palms kept breaking like plastic foam.

Aunt Liu looked at Li Zhuiyuan with great concern. How difficult is it to go to the river at such a young age?

Uncle Qin's eyes were not only worried, but also full of memories and expectations. Deeper, there was also a sense of relief.

He was the loser of the Qin family's going to the river, so he also hoped that someone else would succeed.

Li Zhuiyuan took the lead in adjusting his mentality, pointed to the light of the golden dragon, and said calmly:

"That's great, I don't have to bother looking for it slowly in the future."

That's it.

Liu Yumei looked at the boy: "Xiaoyuan?"

Li Zhuiyuan nodded.

Liu Yumei stood up slowly,

and said:

"With all my sincerity, I announce to the rivers, lakes and seas:

'From today on, the Qin and Liu families will send their descendants to go to the river again!'"