Corpse Recovery Diver
Chapter 416 - 74 (End of this Volume)_9

Chapter 416: Chapter 74 (End of this Volume)_9

Li Zhiyuan asked about the accommodation situation there, and Xue Liangliang readily assured that there were no problems, as everything had been arranged.

Once the date for early school entry was confirmed by both parties, Xue Liangliang volunteered, considering that everyone had a lot of luggage, to drive a truck from Jinling to pick everyone up.

During the phone call, Mr. Luo’s questioning voice came from the background, to which Xue Liangliang replied: "Teacher, in a while I’ll drive a truck to pick up my junior brother. He has lots of luggage, a pile of books and design drafts. It’s inconvenient by train or long-distance bus, and he’s still young.

No problem, it’s not troublesome, my junior brother is important. I have that driving license, got it so construction can be easier, hehe, when the time comes, help me borrow a truck, hey, alright alright."

Li Zhiyuan knew that Brother Liang’s enthusiasm to drive over himself was certainly not just for the sake of fraternity between senior and junior brothers—he was eager for the opportunity to ask Mr. Luo for leave.

Now thinking about it, luckily Uncle Qin had been a step too slow and hadn’t managed to get through the Bai family town in time.

After hanging up the phone and returning home, Li Zhiyuan told Aunt Liu about the school entry date, who was in the kitchen.

Aunt Liu said with some surprise: "Isn’t there still a long time left in the summer vacation? Why rush to start school?"

"Yeah, can’t wait to get into the university campus."

"That’s fine, when your Grandmaster sobers up from his drink, I’ll go talk to him."

"Okay, thank you Aunt Liu."

"This little thing, what’s there to thank, it’s just a handy matter."

After Li Zhiyuan went upstairs, Aunt Liu wiped her hands on her apron and walked out of the kitchen towards the east room to tell Liu Yumei about the date.

"So early? Have we settled on the house?"

"It’s been settled long ago."

"Then okay, you should also pack up, mainly Alii’s clothes and the designs I’ve drawn, don’t leave anything behind."

"Don’t worry about that."

"Oh, right, there’s also Alii’s collection box. Number everything for them, don’t knock or bump them; those are all her treasures."

"I understand."

The east room was a single-story east wing flat, for it does not use a stove; the kitchen isn’t there, so it has a layout of one living room and two bedrooms. Liu Yumei and Alii slept together in the north bedroom.

Aunt Liu approached the door to the south bedroom, opened it, and was immediately taken aback; the trunks, stacked high, were piled all the way to the bedroom doorway.

"Wow, there’s so much?"

Liu Yumei sighed helplessly: "You don’t know how much space those design drafts take up. Also, that son-in-law of the Bai family who came knocking sure brought a lot regularly."

"Don’t worry, I will arrange for someone to move them. There’s a basement in the Jinling house; they can be stored there. Now, about these ancestral tablets..."

Liu Yumei’s gaze turned towards the altar. Initially, the tablets were from older years, but gradually, old and new alternated. Now, they were all brand new.

"After going to Jinling, buy some Thunderstroke Wood, and carve a set. No, make two sets, we can’t let Alii’s crafting materials run out."

"Wouldn’t it be more convenient to directly give Alii the Thunderstroke Wood?"

Liu Yumei shook her head, stood up, went to the table, opened a drawer, took out a drawing and slowly unfurled it: "This is Alii’s drawing."

Liu Ting came over and saw that the drawing depicted a house with a high threshold; outside the door was a thicket of monsters, while inside the oil had run out in the lamps on the altar, and all the tablets were cracked.

"They are willing to do so. When Alii stops rooting them out one day, it will prove that she no longer blames them in her heart."

...

Xue Liangliang drove over with a truck to pick people up. To avoid blocking the village road, he simply veered into the fields, after all, it was Grandmaster’s land; no one would say anything.

Run Sheng and others began moving luggage; indeed, there was a lot, not even a regular pickup could carry it all.

Li Zhiyuan and Alii had already said their goodbyes in the room; both boy and girl had an unspoken understanding, showing no sorrow about parting.

But once they came downstairs together, in front of Liu Yumei, the boy showed reluctance, while the girl lowered her eyes in dejection.

After Li Zhiyuan got on the truck, he asked Xue Liangliang with some concern:

"Brother Liang, can you still drive?"

"Just sit tight." Xue Liangliang started the truck, and while turning the steering wheel to turn around, he said, "Xiao Yuan, hand me that cushion on your side, I’ll put it behind my back."

...

A few days after Li Zhiyuan and others went to school, Aunt Liu formally submitted her resignation to Li Sanjiang.

Li Sanjiang had anticipated this, and everyone had a simple farewell meal. When it came time to settle the wages, Li Sanjiang handed out two additional red envelopes.

"One is for you, and the other is for Ali."

Aunt Liu looked at Liu Yumei, uncertain whether to accept it or not.

Liu Yumei nodded: "Take it, it’s your Uncle Sanjiang’s heartfelt gesture."

Then, Li Sanjiang took out an even thicker red envelope and carefully handed it to Alii.

Although Li Sanjiang had seen the changes in the girl over the year, he was still a bit wary of her, especially when Little Yuanhou wasn’t by her side.

Liu Yumei’s gaze sharpened and she asked: "Old man, what are you thinking?"

"This is for the child, our Little Yuanhou is pitiful, his parents divorced, leaving him here alone. Luckily, there’s a girl here to keep him company."

Seeing that Li Sanjiang didn’t say something like "for the great-granddaughter-in-law," Liu Yumei felt warmth in her heart.

She reached out and took it:

"I’ll keep it for Alii, after going to Jinling and seeing Xiao Yuan, I’ll give him an even bigger one."

...

After Liu Yumei’s family moved out, Li Weihan and Cui Guiying immediately moved in.

With Li Weihan to drink and chat with, Li Sanjiang didn’t feel lonely.

For Li Weihan, this was already beginning to fulfill his promise, taking care of Uncle Sanjiang, although Uncle Sanjiang was still very robust.

However, he still used this pretext to send for his four sons to take all the grandchildren back home with them, prioritizing the elderly over the young; Li Weihan knew how to differentiate.

Soon, someone came looking for a job doing paper crafts.

It was a woman, looking to be in her thirties, simple and honest, from Shigang, her husband had died, she had no children, left her in-laws’ home, her own family had brothers who didn’t hold her in great regard, she thought of working here with room and board.

Li Sanjiang had her make a paper model first, and surprisingly the woman’s hands were quite skilled; very quickly, she made one, with the paper figure coming to life.

"Alright, you’re in, stay here, wait, you only mentioned your surname as Ying Hou, what’s your full name again?"

"Xiao Yingying."

(The end of this volume)