Settling down was no small matter for Lu Liangsheng. After lunch, he waited for the subordinates sent by Gao Tianqiu, who said that a house had been found and asked him to come over and take a look.
He asked the old donkey to carry the bookshelf over. The old donkey blinked his eyes and trotted over, licking his tongue and raising his nose and mouth towards the sofa behind. The small bookshelf stood on the sofa with the small door on the lower level open. The Toad Taoist pushed a dozen bags of snacks and Coke, turning around from time to time, leaning against it with his back and kicking the sofa with his webbed feet before he stuffed all the things in.
The Taoist took out a yellow cloth bag and blew away the dust on it, then asked him to put the things in it. The Toad Taoist opened the bag with his webbed feet, stretched out his arms to protect him, and called an old donkey to carry the things. Only then did he feel relieved.
Master is a man of great fortune. He can find food he likes wherever he goes.
Lu Liangsheng smiled, went over to put away Hong Lian's scroll, put the writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone on the imaginary desk onto the bookshelf, and said goodbye to Lu Jun who was wearing an apron. Since he called him cousin and had the kindness to take him in for two days, he had to thank him.
"I'll stay here for two days. Now I have a place to live. When you have time, you can come to my place to play or stay for a few days."
"Really? Then I will come over when I am free." Lu Jun wiped the grease on his hands on his apron, ran to the refrigerator, took out a few bags of bread and jam and put them on the bookshelf, "My cousin likes to eat these, and we still have some at home. We have just moved to a new house and I am sure we didn't prepare any food, so take it here first for emergency use."
After saying a few words, Lu Jun walked them to the door. Standing behind the guardrail, he waved at the two men and the donkey as they headed toward the street, “Uncle, cousin, come over to our house when you have time!”
The shouting made the pedestrians on the street look up. The young man who was playing billiards looked at the street with his pool cue, then looked at Lu Jun waving at him from the third floor, and laughed with his companion beside him.
"This guy must be acting stuntman. There are no relatives of his on the street..."
The companion beside him laughed and nodded in agreement: "He was too immersed in the role, he probably hasn't recovered yet."
In the noisy and dirty streets, Lu Liangsheng, who had disappeared, held the reins and looked back at the young man who was still waving. He nodded at him and said to the Z6 member who was waving in front of passers-by in surprise and curiosity, "Let's go over there. Don't let your team leader wait anxiously."
My team leader
Why does this sound weird
The Z6 member forced a smile and walked aside to provide a foil. The ancients spoke differently. Looking at the man leading the donkey through the noisy streets and talking to Taoist Sun beside him in a free and easy manner, he was completely different from those flying fairies we see on TV every day.
… Well, more like those who play role-playing games.
However, he knew that both of them could be gods... or the ancestors of Z6 and Z9, so he immediately replied, "The team leader won't be in a hurry." He moved his feet towards Lu Liangsheng, held his head high and strode forward. Regardless of whether they were gods or not, if he couldn't get some of their immortal energy by getting closer, he could at least get some of their longevity energy.
After leaving the urban village, the roads became clean, with traffic interweaving and horns honking everywhere. The shops on both sides of the plane trees on the street were no longer like they were in the Sui and Tang dynasties, with hawking sounds everywhere. The signs of each shop were posted above the door frame or across the side of the shop door. The woman with her husband saw the handbag in the window, pouted her lips and pulled the man inside coquettishly; in the electrical store next door, there was a huge TV in the window, and several children were sitting cross-legged on the tiled floor, wiping their noses and laughing as they watched the cartoons playing inside. Soon, a woman from another cosmetics store came out and shouted twice, and one of the children said hello to her friend dejectedly and left.
The clean and bustling streets, the dazzling array of goods, the pedestrians coming and going in different clothes, everything is full of novelty, making Lu Liangsheng feel the atmosphere of the world again.
"How far is it?"
The scholar held onto the Taoist priest and wanted to go to the store where a mannequin was placed, with only a few pieces of cloth covering its chest and lower body. He tilted his head and asked the figure leading the way. The Z6 member pointed ahead and said, "We are almost there. It's not too far from here. There is a middle school nearby. It's a good location."
"Middle school?"
Lu Liangsheng was puzzled for a moment. Old Sun, who was being held by him, broke free and glanced at the woman in a short skirt who was walking by. He explained casually, "It was the private school you opened in the village back then."
"I see. This place is pretty good then."
Lu Liangsheng was naturally satisfied as he had a place to study. The scholarly atmosphere suited his style. Even though the place he lived in was not very good, it didn't matter. He could use magic to decorate it and still do what he wanted.
I asked the guide about some new and interesting things I saw. After turning the corner ahead, behind the tall buildings, there were towering locust trees, old alleys made of red bricks, a sewage ditch beside the concrete road, tall electric lights, and messy wires leading to the courtyards of detached houses. Some of the houses we passed by had worn-out iron door rings with a thick layer of rust, yellowed New Year pictures on the doors, and a few potted plants with golden fruits hanging on them at the door.
"Mr. Lu, it's just in front."
On the way here, the Z6 member already knew Lu Liangsheng's last name, so he called him respectfully and pointed to the intersection ahead, where Gao Tianqiu and two others were talking to a young man in a suit and tie. He then shook hands with the man and took a bunch of keys from him.
Ding ding dong…
"Team leader, Mr. Lu and Taoist Sun are here."
Hearing the sound of the bell and the voices of his team members calling him, but seeing no one in sight, Gao Tianqiu immediately understood something and sent the middleman away. In the direction where the voices came from, a scholar, a Taoist priest, and an old donkey with a bookshelf appeared.
Having seen some people with the ability to become invisible, Gao Tianqiu and others did not seem surprised. They were just shocked that there were so many people who could do this in the Taoist field. It was probably that one person could take on the power of dozens of people with special abilities.
"Mr. Lu, Taoist Sun, this way please!"
Slightly shocked by Dao Fa's changeable mood, Gao Tianqiu held the key chain and made a gesture of invitation. Lu Liangsheng nodded, walked with him, smiled gently, and spread out his hands.
"Team Leader Gao, please come along."
Face and dignity are given to each other. It would seem a bit exaggerated to act like a god in front of ordinary people. Gao Tianqiu, who was walking on the side, was also stunned. When he saw Lu Liangsheng, who had a gentle face and polite words, he immediately smiled and slowed down his pace. He took half a step back, like an entourage, and followed the scholar to the small courtyard they had seen before.
"Mr. Lu, it's hard to find quietness in the city, especially in small cities. There's construction going on everywhere. This place is not bad, but the living environment is a little worse."
"No problem, just remodel the inside."
Lu Liangsheng replied with a smile, looking ahead, he saw a girl holding a pole with a small object on the top facing him.
"My dears, I just showed you an old house that no one lives in. Unfortunately, there is a ditch at the door so we can't get in. Next time, I will be prepared and take you to find out what's going on. Now, we have to go back to the busy streets outside. I know there is a delicious soup dumpling restaurant nearby. It's really fresh. I'll take you to see it now."
The girl made a few cute gestures towards the camera, glanced at a group of people coming from the other side, but didn't pay much attention to them. She walked while talking to the camera on the mobile phone pole, then turned the corner and left.
"That's something that's popular among young people nowadays. If Mr. Lu is interested in it in the future, he can also make one for fun."
Gao Tianqiu explained the girl's behavior just now with a smile, and told Lu Liangsheng and the Taoist the general meaning of the live broadcast. Sun Yingxian touched the short beard on his chin, and his eyes suddenly lit up.
"That's good. I can live stream catching ghosts..."
"Oh, Taoist Sun, you can't do that!" Gao Tianqiu waved his hands quickly. Seeing the puzzled look on the Taoist's face, he leaned in and whispered, "That's feudal superstition... You can't do that."
“There are so many rules.”
The Taoist's interest suddenly disappeared. Lu Liangsheng didn't have much to say. He looked at the shabby door of the courtyard in front of him. Someone came over and prepared to open the door. He casually raised his sleeves, and the door lock with an iron chain on it opened with a click, and fell to the ground dragging the iron chain.
"Excuse me, this house god!"
Before entering, Lu Liangsheng bowed and said something, then he stepped closer. Without pushing the door, the courtyard door slowly opened with a slight creaking sound. Dust fell from the door that had not been opened for a long time. The Taoist flicked his sleeves and blew out a breath, and the dense smoke and dust suddenly flew away in one direction.
Three people and a donkey walked into the courtyard, and the towering locust trees covered half of the courtyard.
The courtyard wall was not high, and was covered with moss and dead vines. Weeds grew in the cracks of the concrete floor. Half of the green tiles were broken in the grass, and the house looked desolate together with the dilapidated and dusty doors and windows of my ex-husband's house.
When the wind blew, the lush locust leaves in the yard rustled slightly.
Lu Liangsheng rolled up his sleeves, looked at the desolate scenery around him, and nodded.
“Great place!”