Chapter 10: Inheritance of the Villa
Granny Luo said, "Then I can open it." â
As soon as Lu Ying heard this, he stepped aside and said, "Zhuoyang, you come and open it." â
Zhuo Yang was stunned for a moment, looked at Granny Luo, and Granny Luo smiled: "Well, Zhuo Yang come on, this iron plate can be heavy." â
Zhuo Yang, who was called as a coolie, didn't complain, stepped forward, parted his legs, and bent down to move the iron plate. The iron plate is firmly stuck in the grooves, except that there are two grooves above that allow the hand to reach in. Zhuo Yang took a deep breath, and with a strong force, the muscles of his arms, back, and legs bulged together, accompanied by the sound of slight debris sliding down, and the heavy iron plate was really lifted by him, floating out little by little, until it was finally completely removed, and a musty smell of old sealing immediately permeated it.
Granny Luo shook her wheelchair and wanted to step forward, but Hu Bowen had already rushed through the crowd. He regrets it so much now, he knew that there was such a large amount of money under the Rose Villa, and he would not agree to Liu Wenjun to give him Zhuangzi, but unfortunately it was too late to regret it now.
Hu Bowen stood at the entrance of the underground vault, looked down with his probe, and saw that it was an eye in the form of a shaft, about two meters and a half deep, and a wooden box lying quietly underneath. The box was securely tied with iron chains, and an iron ring with a hanging rope was left on it. Liu Wenjun pushed Hu Bowen to the side, glanced at it and said, "Go and get the hook and hang it out!" Several younger brothers immediately responded and left.
Granny Luo silently stepped aside, watching the people go in and out of the house, taking the tool for a while, changing the person for a while, until twenty minutes later, the box was finally lifted out and placed on the ground.
Due to the perennial sealing of the zĂ i underground, the air is not circulating, and the color of the box still maintains the bright crimson color of the year, but Granny Luo looked at the box as if she remembered something, and a sad look instantly appeared on her old face.
"Unpack!" With Liu Wenjun's order, this old wooden box, which should also have a certain value in itself, was smashed in an instant, revealing the contents inside.
"This is ......" Liu Wenjun's face changed, and he saw that the first thing that slipped out of the broken wood were a large pile of iron waist cards, tattered dart flags, books, and clothes, and then there were small boxes one by one, where was the whereabouts of any gold! He rushed up to open those boxes like crazy, but saw that there was only a yellowed hard piece in each box.
"This is the patella of the person, which is the kneecap. Granny Luo said lightly.
Many patellas, like an exclamation point, lie quietly in the box paved with red silk, through a hundred years, and have a cold face to face with this young generation of green forests countless years later. That cool, quiet glance made this man who couldn't blink an eye when he killed people feel a chill from his back vest, and his whole body was completely frozen.
"What is this?ah!" He threw a box in front of Granny Luo, and the box fell to the ground and shattered, and the human bones inside also fell out and broke in two on the ground.
Granny Luo gently shook the wheelchair over, bent down, picked up the box and looked at it, and then said, "This is Xiao Wu's bones." â
Liu Wenjun's anger did not shake her, and the old man slowly bent down again, trying to pick up all the bone fragments little by little. Her hands trembled, cold sweat broke out on her forehead, Lu Ying wanted to help her, but she reached out to stop her. Little by little, she slowly gathered the debris back into the box, panting and putting it back into the box.
"300,000 taels of gold? She sneered, "I did have 300,000 taels of gold in the Qiangwei Dart Bureau, but when the Japanese came in, all the money used to help the poor and fund military expenses was distributed, not to mention the money, all the people in the Qiangwei Dart Bureau except for the old and weak women and children have also gone to the battlefield! A piece of patella. A man has gold under his knees, he would rather die standing than live on his knees, this is the greatest wealth of my Qiangwei Villa, and it is also the only inheritance that my Luo Wanling has guarded for a hundred years!"
Liu Wenjun's face suddenly turned pale, and he muttered, "No, it's impossible." â
"Nothing is impossible!" Granny Luo seemed to pity Liu Wenjun, and laughed mockingly, "Liu Da is in charge, the note was set up by you yourself, and the vault was only opened after you inspected it, all the people in this room are witnesses, you have already obtained the treasure of my strong dart game that you want, now, can I ask you to leave?"
"You, you crazy old woman!" Liu Wenjun stretched out his hand to pull Granny Luo out of her wheelchair. Lu Ying was startled, and was about to step forward to stop him, but someone was faster than him, Zhuo Yang blocked in front of Granny Luo, and hit Liu Wenjun in the face with a punch, that Liu Wenjun is also a practitioner, he let go with a flash, and then Zhuo Yang quickly passed the move, only listening to the fist wind whistling, the leg shadow flickered, after a few moves, with a loud "snap", Liu Wenjun took a few steps back, and the corners of his mouth were already oozing blood.
"Skee!" Liu Wenjun spat out, blood mixed with half of the broken tooth and fell to the ground, flicking.
Granny Luo's eyes lit up in an instant, and she looked at Zhuo Yang and then at Lu Yingyi, this old man, finally showed a reassuring smile on her face.
"Liu Da is in charge and concedes. Zhuo Yang hugged his fists and saluted, but he did not retreat, and firmly stopped in front of Granny Luo.
Liu Wenjun's younger brother and bodyguards saw that he was at a loss, and finally reacted, and immediately rushed up, wanting to surround Zhuoyang. However, at this time, Liu Wenjun shouted: "Stand down!"
The younger brothers were stunned and let go of the way at a loss.
Liu Wenjun took a breath and said, "Good kung fu!"
Zhuo Yang nodded slightly, but he didn't interface.
Lu Ying was afraid that the boss of the underworld would be angry all her life, so she hurriedly came out to play a round and said: "Boss Liu, you see that you have also checked this thing, Granny Luo really has no money, if she has money, how can she still live in this area, why don't you move to a small villa earlier?" Besides, this house is an old building, I consulted an expert, and said that it can be listed as an ancient building to be protected, and it would be a pity to demolish it. Alas, do you hurt, or I'll find you an ice pack to compress, I know a great dentist who can make you a beautiful braces at a discount......"
Perhaps because he was annoyed by Lu Yingyi, Liu Wenjun turned around and left with a gloomy face, but when he walked to the door, he suddenly turned around, and then bowed deeply to Granny Luo in front of everyone. After straightening up, he turned and walked away, never looking back. Hu Bowen stood in place and looked left and right, not knowing whether to follow for a while.
Granny Luo suddenly said, "Hu Bowen." â
Hu Bowen shuddered and said, "Grandma." â
Granny Luo said, "Bring the passbook." "Li Yanyan" handed over a passbook, and Granny Luo said, "There are 50,000 yuan here, just when I give you the last living expenses, from now on, you are no longer a child of our Hu family, you can do it yourself." â
Hu Bowen was very happy to get the passbook at first, but his face changed when he heard it, he said with a hippie smile: "Grandma......" but listened to the "whoosh" twice, and shot out of nowhere two stones, hitting his left face and right shoulder respectively, hitting him unsteadily, taking a few steps backwards, and falling straight out of the threshold.
Granny Luo said: "Get out, get out of Qiangwei Villa!" She sank her face, as if she had changed in an instant, and her whole body exuded a compelling momentum, so frightened that Hu Bowen didn't dare to make a sound anymore, and ran away with her passbook.
It wasn't until Hu Bowen's figure disappeared outside the doorway that Granny Luo seemed to finally breathe a sigh of relief, she looked at Lu Yingyi and said, "Lu ......" However, after only saying one word, she suddenly stepped forward and fainted to the ground amid the exclamations of everyone.
Doctor Wang walked out of Granny Luo's room and shook his head at Lu Yingyi and the others: "Back to the light, you two can go in and see her for the last time." â
Lu Yingyi's face changed, and after a while, he responded softly: "Okay." He pushed open the door and went in with Zhuoyang.
Granny Luo's house was very small, but there were a lot of photos hanging on it, Lu Yingyi didn't dare to come in before, only to find that the walls were full of images of the powerful dart bureau back then. Doorways, huss flags, horses, gold-lettered plaques, dart carts with dart lanterns, and many heroic young people's faces, dressed in uniform and crowded in front of the camera, showing a restrained and simple smile to him, a young man a hundred years later.
Granny Luo leaned against the bed, and Lawyer Zheng stood beside her. Seeing the two enter, the latter nodded at them, picked up a piece of paper, stuffed it into a briefcase and left.
"Granny Luo. Zhuo Yang only let out a low hoarse call and couldn't speak, his throat rolling, obviously trying to suppress his feelings.
Granny Luo smiled at the two of them, and said, "It's almost a hundred years, and it's time for them to pick me up." â
Lu Yingyi stepped forward, put the old man's hand in his palm, and asked, "Granny Luo, do you have any other orders?"
Granny Luo seemed to be slightly distracted, and only after a while did she whisper: "My grandson is not angry, I thought that the Qiangwei Villa would be cut off in my hands, but I didn't expect to let me meet Zhuo Yang and you, so I decided to give you this Zhuangzi and all the belongings in it, I hope you can accept it." â
Lu Ying was shocked, he looked at Granny Luo in embarrassment and said, "Mother-in-law, I can't ......"
Granny Luo smiled: "Mother-in-law knows that you must also have your own family history...... she paused, and then said, "Your surname is Lu, do our business, your surname is Lu, and now you can understand so many descendants, I can only think of one, I guess you are ......"
Lu Ying's face changed, and she was about to stop it, but Granny Luo had already changed the topic and said, "Although I don't know why you wander alone, you must have your reasons." Zhuangzi is the best choice for the two of you, and I don't think you can bear to see me, a poor old woman, die without turning a blind eye. â
Lu Yingyi's expression really softened. Granny Luo gently patted Lu Yingyi's palm and said, "Don't worry, I said that it was for you to inherit, but my mother-in-law is not trying to force you to revive Qiangwei Villa, I know very well that Qiangwei Villa will no longer exist until I leave, I just hope that this house and the memories in the house will survive." Alas, in the early years, the situation was chaotic, and I was afraid that the house would be smashed, so I specially found someone to secretly rebuild it, but in fact, this is no longer the strong power of the past. In short, if the old woman begs you, you can take it, and it won't take long, three or five years, if you really don't want to keep it at that time, then sell this house, and then the books upstairs of the house and the powerful dart records and the roster of dart masters, you will donate them to the National Library for me, hoping that they will be willing to collect. â
Lu Ying thought for a moment, and finally nodded and said, "Okay, I promise you." â
Granny Luo was relieved at this time, and beckoned again, "Zhuoyang, come here." â
Zhuo Yang stepped forward, but Granny Luo looked at Lu Yingyi and said, "Lu Housheng, please go out first." â
Lu Yingyi stood up, and when he staggered past Zhuo Yang, he subconsciously glanced at him, I don't know why, at that moment he had a strange feeling, feeling that this man might have a long, deep fate with him.
Lu Yingyi didn't know what Granny Luo talked about with Zhuo Yang later, but he knew that they talked for a long, long time, until Zhuo Yang came out, it was already night. Zhuo Yang's face was not very good, but when he saw Lu Yingyi and the food on the table, he closed his eyes slightly and adjusted his expression.
"Eat. He said.
That night, the city had its first thunderstorm since the beginning of summer, and Granny Luo passed away quietly in that thunderstorm. Lu Yingyi was sitting in the living room reading a book at the time, and suddenly heard a "creak" sound from the courtyard door, and for a moment in the wind and thunder, he seemed to hear the sound of horses' hooves, the sound of wheels and the shouts of "Hewu, Hehewu", but when he wanted to listen carefully, there was only the sound of "whooshing" rain.
Zhuo Yang came out of Granny Luo's room and said to Lu Yingyi, "Granny is gone." â
"Oh. Lu Ying thought about it, it was the dart masters of the Qiangwei Dart Bureau who came to pick up Granny Luo.
Soon after, Granny Luo's funeral was held in a low-key funeral home in this city, Hu Bowen did not come to attend, but Liu Wenjun came with a group of younger brothers, he lit three incense sticks in front of Granny Luo's spirit, bowed deeply three times, and then left, kept his promise, and did not trouble Zhuo Yang and Lu Ying. Lu Ying knew that Qiangwei Villa was really preserved.
After coming back, Zhuo Yang was busy cleaning and sorting out Granny Luo's relics, while Lu Ying sat in the living room full of sunlight in a daze, and when he looked up, he found "Li Yanyan" standing in front of him with luggage.
In the past, Li Yanyan's dress was always simple and inconspicuous, just like her appearance and personality, ordinary and introverted, and she could hardly be found in the crowd, however, the current "Li Yanyan" is completely different. At this time, she was wearing a deep V-neck bright red bodycon dress, with long, wavy hair dyed burgundyed, and the black-rimmed glasses that had been used to block her vision had been removed, revealing a pair of slightly green seductive eyes. She just stood casually like that, but it was like a painting, so beautiful that people couldn't help but hold their breath, even Lu Ying was a bent, and she couldn't help but be stunned.
"Li Yanyan" laughed and said, "What, handsome guy, are you interested in me?"
Lu Yingyi hurriedly shook his head: "No, no, no, I'm only interested in men." "This kind of hormonal beauty, he can't afford to provoke.
"Li Yanyan" sighed regretfully, walked over, and between the slender jade fingers with her nails cut short was a beige business card with gold edges, she said: "The task is complete, I should also go, but you and Ah Yang can contact me if you need anything in the future." She bent down and leaned into Lu Yingyi's ear and said, "For the sake of us being old friends, I can give you a discount." After speaking, she stuffed the business card into Lu Yingyi's waistband, smiled and waved her hand, and left with her luggage.
Lu Ying waited for her to leave one by one, immediately jumped up, fished out the business card that was stuffed out of the waistband of his pants, and looked closely, only to see two rows of words written on it in a very coquettish font, the top is "private custom actor", and the bottom is the word "Lou Yan", which is as big as a flame, and the contact information is printed on the back.
As soon as Lu Ying raised his head, the sun was shining outside, and the roses in the courtyard were in full bloom, for a moment, he didn't know whether he should continue to stay here, and how he should go down in the future, he had even walked towards the staircase, intending to carry his bags on his back and continue the next journey, but at this moment he heard Zhuo Yang shouting in the kitchen: "Xiao Lu!"
Lu Ying was stunned for a moment, and Zhuo Yang, who was covered in sweat, walked out of the kitchen curtain and said to him, "I've called you a few times, why are you in a daze?"
Lu Yingyi said, "What?"
Zhuo Yang said: "I'm going out to buy groceries, and I asked if you want to go with me." â
In an instant, the soul that seemed to be floating in the air fell back into the body again, and Lu Ying's whole person seemed to wake up from a dream, and stepped on the ground again.
Zhuo Yang said: "Do you want to go, didn't you say last time that you wanted to teach me how to make soup?"
Lu Ying thought for a while and said, "Well, go." â
When he closed the door, he glanced back, and the sunlight filled the living room, and he seemed to see the old lady with a girlish temperament sitting in the sunlight and smiling at him.
Okay, three or five years, anyway, I don't have any money on me, so let's continue to stay here for the time being! Lu Ying thought about it, and Jiao'er Lang kept up with Zhuo Yang's pace!