Under the command of Zhao Xunchang, only the rear of Tang Siping's car was left in the blink of an eye.
Chen Ling felt that the parrot in the back seat had become a statue. It probably didn't expect that the old man who doted on it would abandon it so cruelly.
In order to prevent Xiao Lan from becoming a plucked chicken, Chen Ling took the lead in scolding her: "You are too bold, aren't you? Turn your head away and reflect on your mistakes!"
The big parrot looked timidly at the rearview mirror like a little chick. When it met the man's gloomy eyes, it couldn't help but tremble violently, and shook off two purple-blue feathers.
Chen Ling was not much better off. He could clearly feel the car speed increasing, the temperature in the car dropping sharply, a storm coming, and the air pressure very low.
He was stiff all over, staring at me and urging me: "Hurry up."
Xiao Lan understood and really lowered his head and slowly turned his body around. His beautiful tail feathers slanted down from the seat and hung on the foot mat inside the car.
Chen Ling pretended to be angry and accused, "You have no respect for your elders. Don't learn any of these words from now on, or you won't have any nuts to eat!"
The parrot was completely panicked and hurriedly begged for mercy: "I was wrong, I was wrong, I was so wrong."
Chen Ling made a "tsk" sound and glanced at Jiang Yu from the corner of his eye. He saw that the man's face still didn't improve. He was worried and had a bad temper. He couldn't be appeased by just scolding him.
He sat back up, thought it over, and said softly, "Brother Jiang, it just has a bad mouth and a bad brain. It always likes to imitate other people's words. You should stop arguing with this little guy."
"I don't think it's stupid at all." Jiang Yu sneered, veins bulging on the back of his hand holding the steering wheel.
Before Chen Ling could say anything, Xiao Lan started to act stupidly: "I'm the smartest. I'm the smartest."
Chen Ling: “…” What a clever guy! I’ve never seen anyone so eager to destroy his own career.
He supported the seat with one hand, leaned back, stretched out his arm and poked the parrot's butt hard, "Stop talking."
Xiao Lan: "No, no, I won't tell you."
Chen Ling: “…”
In order to prevent Xiao Lan from continuing the conversation, he tried hard to change the subject.
It is not difficult to guess why our ancestor was so angry. It was all because of that word "old thing".
At Jiang Yu's level, his strength and status have long overshadowed such superficial things as age, but this does not mean that he himself does not care, especially in front of his fiancé.
Chen Ling silently calculated in his mind, but because he couldn't figure out the exact age of his ancestor, he couldn't figure out how many generations older the man was than him.
No, you can’t mention age figures, it’s too hurtful.
It seems the only way is to coax her from other sides.
Chen Ling cleared his throat, held his chin with one hand, and looked intently at the profile of the man driving.
In just a dozen minutes, Jiang Yu's ears began to turn slightly red, and the white side of his neck was not spared and was also dyed red.
Chen Ling estimated that the time was right, and said sincerely: "Brother Jiang, I haven't told you before that you are very handsome. People nowadays are very interested in appearance. As long as the appearance is high, the rest can be discarded."
Jiang Yu's tight lips curled up, and he looked over sideways, "What about you?"
Chen Ling thought the man's light pink ear was particularly interesting. He stared at it intently and said, "Me too, and, and that something."
At this time, the car suddenly turned and arrived at Sifang Mountain, and would soon arrive outside the courtyard.
Jiang Yu curled his lips, tapped his fingertips on the steering wheel a few times, and asked, "And what?"
Chen Ling cleared his throat and sat up straight, "Older ones will hurt you."
Jiang Yu's face could no longer hold back, his eyes and brows were full of smiles. He stopped the car, unbuckled his seat belt, then leaned over to help Chen Ling. His lips brushed across the other's Adam's apple, and his breathing was slightly heavy.
"Yeah." He lowered his eyes to look at the skin so close to him. The dark brown blood vessels were faintly visible under the skin. Because of his closeness, tiny goose bumps appeared on the skin.
The young man is nervous.
The lips parted, and Jiang Yu said, "Sooner or later, I will love you well."
It was ambiguous and controversial. Chen Ling could only shut his mouth and dared not respond.
With a click, the seat belt was unfastened, and Jiang Yu opened the passenger door for the young man. "You get out first, I'll park the car in the back."
Chen Ling's face flushed red, he suspected that he was the listener with intention but the speaker was not.
He rubbed his face with his hands, got out of the car quickly, and rushed into the yard.
Wu Weiwei had arrived home a long time ago. He had finally waited for someone to come back. Just as he was about to go up to report about the new car, he saw his brother Chen quickly walk past him and go straight to the kitchen.
There is frozen mineral water in the big refrigerator in the kitchen.
Chen Ling took out a large bottle, tilted his head back and poured it into his mouth.
Wu Weiwei followed in and asked in surprise, "You're so thirsty, didn't you buy some water outside?"
Chen Ling glanced at him. Although Wu Weiwei had been in society, he was still very pure. He did not see through that he was not thirsty, but was just feeling dry in his heart, so dry that all his internal organs were lacking water.
He put down the mineral water bottle, raised his hand and roughly wiped away the water drops from the corners of his lips with the back of his hand.
He asked, “Have you bought the car?”
Wu Weiwei said hurriedly: "I bought it, I just drove to the school. Shall we go and take a look now?"
Chen Ling felt that he needed to divert his attention, so he nodded and agreed.
In the yard, Zhao Xunchang was inviting Tang Siping to drink tea and showing his hospitality.
Tang Siping was worried about visiting the cemetery and was fidgeting. When he saw Chen Ling coming out, he stood up quickly and asked, "Master Chen, shall we go visit the cemetery now?"
Chen Ling glanced at Wu Weiwei.
Wu Weiwei was stunned for only a second before he understood what his brother Chen meant: "It's on the way. Isn't Jiang's luxury car parked on the east side of the courtyard? I'm afraid of scratching his car, so I parked our car on the west side."
Chen Ling: "Let's go then."
Wu Weiwei greeted Tang Siping, took the car keys out of his pocket, and led the way.
They bought a small family car, which was not expensive, and they still had some money left from what Chen Ling gave them.
In Tang Siping's eyes, this car was not good enough, it was too cheap. He thought that if he had known that Master Chen was so tight on money, he would have given him another car.
But when he thought about Chen Ling's personality, he gave up the idea.
Jiang Yu parked the car and came back with the parrot in one hand. He happened to see the three people going up the mountain. He knew very well how much other meanings were contained in the previous words. He gave the young man some buffer time. It was also a way for him to calm down.
For the first time in many years, he realized that he was also a... He couldn't find a suitable word in the current vocabulary to describe his current state.
Finally, I found a more appropriate one from the ancient sayings, Meng Lang.
Jiang Yu's face changed slightly, his ears turned red, he turned around and quickly entered the courtyard.
Tang Siping went up the mountain. Zhao Xunchang was still sitting in front of the small stone table drinking tea. Hearing footsteps, he subconsciously looked up, his whole body froze, and then his eyes moved down and stopped on the big parrot that was like a wooden chicken.
Zhao Xunchang had no sympathy for Xiao Lan's previous situation. He felt that it deserved it and that it had to learn that sentence instead of anything else.
Jiang Yu walked over, put the parrot on the shelf, and turned into his room.
It took Zhao Xunchang a long time to come back to his senses. He grabbed the parrot to calm himself down, and soon understood that the old ancestor was unwilling to get angry with him because he was Chen Ling's master.
After all, one's own disciple has more face.
Halfway up the mountain, Tang Siping was panting. Chen Ling and Wu Weiwei were used to climbing mountains and didn't feel tired at all. They were standing in front of him reminding him to be careful.
Yuhe Mountain is neither big nor small. There are no other mountains nearby, and it is not connected to the two mountains to the east and west. It rises up alone from the ground.
Tang Siping had rested enough, so he stood up and glanced down casually, and he could see the fortifications behind the courtyard clearly.
The foundation has been mostly laid, and many workers wearing yellow safety helmets are busy, and no one is lazy. In addition, there is another foundation next to it, which is roughly circular in shape.
He was a man who knew how to repay a drop of kindness with a spring of water. He took a deep breath, rushed forward in three or two steps, and asked Chen Ling: "Master Chen, what are our plans for the greening of Yuhe Mountain? Do you have a cooperative company already?"
Chen Ling said, "This place is too far away. The gardening company I contacted doesn't charge much for flowers and trees, but the shipping fee is a bit expensive. I'm still considering it."
Gardening companies used to offer free delivery, but in recent years, the industry has agreed to no longer cover shipping costs in order to reduce some costs.
If only one or two companies do this, customers may refuse to buy it and switch to another company, but if all of them do this, customers will have no choice but to put up with it.
Tang Siping's company also has such a rule. He knew that Chen Ling would definitely not want to take advantage of the free shipping, so he offered a suitable price, "Do you think this price is okay? I will give you the cost price of other green plants, a friendly price."
This way, you can save a lot of expenses.
Chen Ling didn't think much about it and immediately decided: "Then I won't be polite to you."
"We are one family, so we should keep our differences." Tang Siping said, "I will bring the contract sometime and we will sign it. You can make a list of the trees and flowers you need. If Beicheng doesn't have them, I can help you get them from other planting areas."
Tang Siping's landscaping business is very big and is mostly linked to the government. It is different from those small landscaping companies that can only buy and sell flowers and plants.
As long as Chen Ling wants it, as long as it is not a protected plant, he can get it.
Chen Ling was very happy. In addition to the graveyard, the most important thing for a cemetery is greening. If it is bare, it will not only give people a bad visual effect, but also affect the feng shui.
"I'll write it down for you when I get back."
"Okay." Tang Siping pointed ahead, "Let's keep going."
A small part of the project at Yuhe Qianshan has been completed, and the outline of the cemetery has begun to emerge. The stepped tombs are arranged in rows from bottom to top, gradually becoming narrower, half covering the pool of water below.
Tang Siping looked at the dark pool of water and frowned, "Is that stagnant water?"
"Yeah." Chen Ling was also a little distressed. So far, he had not found a way to make stagnant water come alive.
Logically speaking, if the Yuhe Mountain in the past was really lush with vegetation, with pleasant scenery and clear water, there must have been a groundwater spring underneath.
If living water turns into stagnant water, it must be that the spring is blocked.
Chen Ling thought that when he had time he would buy a diving suit, an oxygen cylinder, and a mask, wrap himself tightly and go into the water to see what would happen, otherwise he was afraid that he would be stank to death.
"Mr. Chen!" When contractor Yang saw the young boss coming up, he walked over happily.
He nodded to Wu Weiwei and his eyes fell on Tang Siping. Seeing that he was dressed well, he smiled smartly and asked, "Are you bringing clients here to shop?"
"Well, you go ahead and do your work. I'll come back to you later to discuss something." Chen Ling had become familiar with the contractor and was no longer so polite in his words.
The contractor nodded and said with a smile, "I just happen to have something I want to discuss with you."
Because he forgot to design a double tomb, Chen Ling took Tang Siping on a tour so that he could have a general understanding of the situation of Yuhe Mountain.
He introduced: "After the tomb is dug, the green belt will be completely separated. I will plant rows of evergreen trees and pine trees there. There will be a pagoda mausoleum in the southeast, and a pond in the southwest."
No one wants to lie in the ground after death and face a sea of black water. Tang Siping was worried, but he said, "It's fine if you say so. I believe you."
Knowing what he was thinking, Chen Ling assured him, "Don't worry, the pond water problem will be solved before the cemetery is completed."
With this guarantee, Tang Siping felt much more at ease.
"But Master Chen, I want a double tomb, and your plan looks like a single tomb."
In order to avoid mistakes, the location of the tombs on each step has been marked in advance with lime lines, so that the layout is clear at a glance.
Chen Ling said: "I didn't think of setting up a double tomb at the beginning. You choose the location first, and leave the rest to me."
The locations are all good, it’s just a matter of modifying the arrangement and distribution of the cemeteries, which is a piece of cake.
Tang Siping walked up and down the stairs one step at a time, and finally chose a spot on the third step facing the pond.
"Let's go here." He looked at the green hills in the distance. "My wife likes mountains and lakes. This location has water in front and mountains in the distance. She will definitely like it."
Chen Ling nodded and asked, "When do you plan to bury your wife's clothes and hats?"
"I see that although the cemetery has not been built yet, there are already several tombstones there." Tang Siping asked, "If it is possible to bury her now, I hope it will be as soon as possible. Set up a tombstone for her and engrave her name, burn incense and paper, so that she can live a better life in the afterlife."
Chen Ling took out his phone and checked the time. "Next Saturday is a good day. The next is the 27th, and the 8th of next month."
Tang Siping: "Next Saturday, please."
Chen Ling felt that any day would be fine, it all depended on the client's wishes. He asked Wu Weiwei to stay and talk to Tang Siping about the things needed to prepare for the cenotaph, and then he went to find contractor Yang alone.
The contractor had just scolded a lazy worker and turned around and almost bumped into the young man.
Chen Ling smiled politely at the worker being scolded, then turned his gaze to the contractor, "What do you want to talk to me about, Brother Yang?"
The contractor pulled the man to a corner. Even though the worker had left, he still lowered his voice and said, "There's something going on in our pond. It's gurgling. It's fine during the day, but it gets louder at night. I checked around in the middle of the night, but didn't find anything."
Chen Ling: "In the water?"
The contractor nodded repeatedly: "It should be."
"In fact, the water is much better than before, but it still stinks. Mr. Chen, you have to find a way to filter the water, otherwise the beautiful scenery on the mountain will be useless."
Chen Ling didn't expect that his previous idea would come in handy so soon. He said, "I don't know how deep the lake is. Let's wait until tomorrow. I'll go buy some equipment and go in to take a look."
"Well, there's no need to go through so much trouble." The contractor said, "I have workers here who are good at swimming. If you're really worried about the safety, we can tie a safety rope to them and pull them up if something goes wrong."
Chen Ling was worried, and the contractor said, "I measured the water with a rope, it's more than three meters deep. After you go down, you have to use a flashlight to check around. Ordinary people can't hold their breath for that long."
"I'll buy oxygen cylinders," Chen Ling said. "Even if we ask people to go down, they must be fully equipped. If there is an accident, none of us can take the responsibility."
The contractor thought about it and realized that since he brought the young people from the village out, he must bring them back safely during the New Year.
Seeing that he had no intention of talking again, Chen Ling raised his hand and pressed the shoulder of the man opposite him, "Brother Yang, it's settled. If we buy all the equipment, we'll go into the water this afternoon."
Contractor: "You have the final say."
Chen Ling put aside what had already been said and talked about the double tomb.
Chen Ling asked the contractor to bring the blueprints. He bit the tip of his pen and thought for a moment. Then he took a piece of white paper and wrote and drew on it. Finally, he determined the scope of the double tomb.
As soon as they finished chatting, Wu Weiwei brought Tang Siping over.
Tang Siping was repeatedly checking what he had written down in the notepad on his phone, fearing that he had missed something. After the third check, he said goodbye and left, agreeing to come over before dawn next Saturday.
The two men personally sent the people down the mountain. After they left, Chen Ling asked about Rongshen Middle School.
Wu Weiwei described to Chen Ling everything he had seen since he entered Rongxin Middle School: "The wall should be hollow in the middle. I'm not sure if there is anything hidden, but it feels very weird. Especially the attitude of the security guard, who seemed to be afraid that I would jump in and take a look."
"We'll know tonight if there's anything hidden." Chen Ling said, "Did you read the first post link I sent you?"
"No, it had been deleted when I clicked on it." Wu Weiwei said regretfully.
Chen Ling: "When you contacted your client, did he tell her about his position in the school?"
"No, I forgot to ask." Wu Weiwei took out his cell phone, "How about I ask now?"
Chen Ling raised his chin and said, "Ask, make sure it's not that Teacher Cao." If it was such a coincidence, Wu Weiwei would not be able to come and watch this time.
Wu Weiwei was also a little worried and hurriedly contacted the other party through QQ.
After several attempts, they confirmed that the person who contacted them was the principal.
Probably thinking that Wu Weiwei's proactive contact meant he wanted to agree to take the order, the principal was very enthusiastic and asked several questions in a row when he could come over.
Chen Ling looked at the words that kept popping up on the screen, "He was like this before?"
"No, we were just doing things in a businesslike manner before, not so anxious." Wu Weiwei looked at his brother Chen silently, "Did something happen?"
Chen Ling said seriously, "Maybe. I'll go draw some talismans first."
Drawing talismans requires extreme concentration. From the moment he put out paper and pen, his mind began to empty, with nothing else in it.
Chen Ling was very fast at drawing talismans, perhaps because of practice, or perhaps because of his natural talent. His red wolf-hair brush dipped in cinnabar drew talismans very quickly, with smooth turns and rarely any stagnation.
After drawing more than a dozen talismans in a row, he put down his pen and blew on them one by one.
Everything is ready, just waiting for the night to come.
Around nine o'clock in the evening, Chen Ling turned over and got out of bed. He had already changed his clothes, so he only needed to pick up his bag and leave.
I knocked on Wu Weiwei's door, but Wu Weiwei didn't respond. Instead, Jiang Yu's door opened.
Chen Ling looked over and saw that the man had changed into light casual clothes, a T-shirt and casual pants. His hair was not as neat as it was during the day, but slightly messy, making him look more youthful than usual.
"The color of the new car is too eye-catching. I'll drive you there in my car." Jiang Yu felt uncomfortable being stared at by the young man. His face became more and more tense. He couldn't help but wonder if his outfit tonight was too strange.
Chen Ling did it on purpose, deliberately wanting him to be nervous.
He has been holding a grudge since he was a child. If you take advantage of me, I will give you back ten feet. He has been embarrassed by men before and his face turned red, so he must get back at them.
If you get eaten to death now, you will suffer a lot in the future!
Chen Ling didn't realize there was anything wrong with seeking benefits for himself so early. When the man was about to lose his patience and was about to go back to the house to change clothes, he said softly, "That's a good look."
Jiang Yu realized that he was being teased by the young man, but he didn't get angry. He walked closer, pinched the man's pretty chin, and whispered, "There will be better ones later, don't be impatient."
Chen Ling thought to himself, I'm not in a hurry. Some people are more anxious than me.
As soon as Wu Weiwei opened the door, he saw two people facing each other, very close to each other. He opened his eyes wide in shock: "You..."
"What do you mean by 'you guys'? Let's go." Chen Ling interrupted him neatly and dragged him away.
Wu Weiwei's mind was already fuzzy from sleep, and after being interrupted like this, he forgot everything and was completely led by his brother Chen.
Because Rongxin is a boarding school, all students have to finish their evening self-study at 9:00 p.m. and lights are turned off at 10:20 p.m.
When Chen Ling and his friends arrived, the evening self-study class had been over for more than half an hour. A few students were eating supper in the cafeteria, while most of the other students had returned to the dormitory and were quickly washing up and getting ready for bed.
The black luxury car was too conspicuous, so Jiang Yu parked the car in a supermarket parking lot one street away from the school and walked side by side with Chen Ling towards the school.
Wu Weiwei touched his chin, squinted his eyes, and shifted his gaze between the two of them.
The atmosphere is wrong.
Why is it so sticky
I don’t know since when, the relationship between Brother Chen and Brother Jiang has become closer and closer. Sometimes when he is with the two of them, he always feels like his stomach is bloated and wants to go somewhere else to breathe fresh air.
It's really weird.
During the day, Wu Weiwei had already figured out the surrounding environment and knew where there were blind spots in surveillance.
Afraid that Chen Ling and Jiang Yu had passed by, he quickly stepped forward and pointed to a corner ahead: "Brother Chen, remember to turn right. There is a surveillance camera over there that is not lit. It is broken."
After all, climbing over the wall is not a glorious thing. Chen Ling took Wu Weiwei back a step and turned to look at Jiang Yu.
"Brother Jiang."
Chen Ling would not call him brother easily unless he felt guilty or needed help.
Jiang Yu glanced at him and said, "Speak."
Chen Ling: "You are good at fighting, why don't you climb in first? And help me keep an eye on the wind."
Jiang Yu has a bad temper and a cold personality, but he is very restrained in his behavior and etiquette. This is the education he has received since he can remember, and it is also a framework that cannot be crossed and must be followed.
Climbing over the wall was really beyond his control.
After waiting for a long time without receiving a reply, Chen Ling lowered his eyes in dejection and pushed Wu Weiwei forward.
Arriving at the corner where the blind spot was, Chen Ling looked up at the nearly two-meter-high wall and was in trouble. He had a stack of talismans in his bag, but no climbing rope.
He looked around, aimed at the big tree next to him, and was just about to climb the tree when he saw a figure quickly passing by him, jumping up, grabbing the top of the wall easily, and flipping in with a beautiful posture.
Chen Ling: “…”
Wow, is this the legendary "Zhenxiang" scene
Although his attitude clearly showed that he didn't want it, his body was very honest, and his understanding of his ancestors deepened.