I glanced at the contractor, and the accent seemed to be local.

But I've been away for too long, so naturally he can't recognize me.

"This eldest brother, I am a relative of Li Guangping's family."

Sure enough, the contractor's face softened a lot after hearing the third uncle's name.

"Oh! Why are the relatives of Uncle Guangping's family coming here to play?"

I rolled my eyes without directly revealing my purpose.

"I was wandering by the river just now, and when I heard something moving here, I ran over to take a look. Brother, are you from Xiaolinhe Village too?"

I tried to get close to the foreman in front of me to see if I could get some useful information.

"Yes, my name is Li Damao. My father is the village party secretary of Xiaolinhe. Uncle Guangping and we are still the same family."

After what Li Damao said, I probably had some impressions of him.

He is much older than me. When we were in Xiaolinhe, people in the village avoided our house like the god of plague, so Li Damao and I were not very familiar with each other.

Li Damao's tone softened significantly after he heard that I was a relative of the third uncle's family.

I quickly took out a pack of cigarettes from my pocket and gave Li Damao one.

"Oh... that's a coincidence. Come on, Brother Damao, take a smoke."

Originally I didn't smoke, but Zhao Dong bought this cigarette for me before I got in the car, and it was always in my pocket.

If you want to get some information, you can't do it with just one cigarette. If you still can't get it out, just light another one.

Sure enough, after Li Damao lit a cigarette, he started to get acquainted with me, and the two of them chatted beside the construction site for about ten minutes.

I learned a lot of news from Li Damao.

The reason why the village built a road to Daxigou was because a businessman from out of town wanted to purchase wild mushrooms in Daxigou. In short, it meant that it was convenient to transport wild mushrooms.

Most of the construction team were from nearby villages. Li Damao worked as a contractor here because of his father's relationship. The road construction boss also specifically asked Li Damao not to let strangers enter the construction site.

I was a bit scornful of Li Damao's explanation.

The economy has developed rapidly in recent years, and these wild mountain products are often worth a lot of money when sold in the city.ωωw..net

But I don't believe the reason for building a road just for picking mushrooms. There must be other things involved.

I just don’t know if Li Damao really doesn’t know, or if he is deliberately hiding it.

After smoking a few cigarettes, I saw that the sun was almost setting and the workers at the construction site were going home one after another from get off work.

Only Li Damao and a few young people from the village were left to look at the construction site.

I borrowed an ax from Li Damao, but Li Damao was very forthcoming and gave me a chainsaw directly.

"Brother Damao, are you staying here at night?"

"No, with so many machines and equipment, we can't let Boss Bai take good care of them."

I nodded slightly, took out an amulet from my pocket and handed it to Li Damao's hand.

"What are you doing?"

"Brother Damao, just keep it. If something strange happens at night, you can come to Uncle Guangping's house to find me."

After that, I didn’t explain much and turned around and walked out of the construction site.

"Strange thing?"

Li Damao frowned and called me quickly.

"Brother, what do you mean by the strange thing you just said?"

I squinted my eyes and saw Li Damao became interested, so I pointed at the protruding mountain ridge not far away.

"To be honest, the mountain ridge you are digging now is a bit weird. There are some things I shouldn't say originally. Anyway, if you keep this talisman, it may save your life at a critical moment."

After that, I patted Li Damao on the shoulder and turned to leave.

"What a weirdo! When did Uncle Guangping's family have such a famous relative?"

Li Damao glanced at the mountain ridge not far away, hesitated for a moment and put the amulet into his pocket.

After understanding the whole story, I did not choose to tell Li Damao directly.

After all, this is just what my family says, and no one may believe it if I say it.

It’s impossible for people to stop digging just because of my words, right?

If I directly reveal my identity, I am afraid that Li Damao will not believe me and will only think that I am deliberately cutting off their financial path.

The best way is to let Li Damao prove it himself. Only in this way will he believe my words.

Now that this mountain ridge has been damaged, there is still a way to remedy it.

I just saw Li Damao's hall turned black and his face looked shabby. If I didn't save him, he might not survive more than seven days.

But what can I do now to convince Li Damao and make him believe in me?

I touched the jade pendant around my waist, and the corners of my mouth curved in a strange way.

"Hong Gu, human lives are at stake. It seems that you are the only one to scare them tonight..."

I don’t know if it was Hong Gu’s response to me, but a faint light shone on the jade pendant.

After leaving the construction site, I returned to the graveyard of Lao Chen's family and cut down the wild mulberry tree next to Uncle Da Kuan's grave.

By the time I returned to Aunt Yanyan's house, the sky had darkened.

From time to time there was a muffled thunder in the sky, and it looked like there would be thunderstorms at night.

I saw that Uncle Guangping had also arrived, and the table was filled with delicious dishes. Uncle Guangping also specially bought a box of beer.

After seeing me back again, Aunt Yanyan couldn't help but ask: "Shouyi, how are you?"

"It's nothing. There is a wild mulberry tree blocking my Uncle Da Kuan's grave. I have cut down the tree. I believe Uncle Da Kuan will not give you dreams anymore."

After hearing what I said, Aunt Yanyan felt relieved.

Uncle Guangping looked at the chainsaw I placed on the threshold and couldn't help but frown.

"Where did your kid come back with a chain saw?"

"I borrowed it from the Daxigou construction site. Isn't that Brother Damao who is looking at the construction site a member of your family?"

Uncle Guangping nodded and couldn't help but snort.

"Hmph! What kind of family does not belong to the same family? Since his father became the branch secretary, how can that brat still take me as his cousin seriously?

They say they want to build a road to Daxigou to make the villagers rich, but so far they haven't seen any money."

It is not difficult to tell from Uncle Guangping's tone that he seems to be very dissatisfied with Li Damao.

But I wasn't very concerned about these things in the village, so I didn't ask much.

After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food.

I just followed Uncle Guangping to his house. No one has lived in my house for so many years, and I am afraid that the mice in the house have long since become sperm.

There are two widows in Aunt Yanyan's family. Naturally, I can't stay at her house. After all, it will be bad news if word spreads.

I just wanted to ask Uncle Guangping what the second master did after returning to Xiaolinhe. Maybe Uncle Guangping will know some clues that I don't know.

Rumble…
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