Chapter 372: There is no gigolo in our Li family
It was almost eight o'clock now. Most people in the village were asleep, but there were still a few families who were still awake. As soon as Luo Xinxin and the others entered the village, several dogs started barking wildly, and then several lights came on, and some people came out.
"What do you do?"
Someone shouted, in a very unfriendly tone.
"I'm looking for my second uncle, his name is Li Huairen, and my grandfather's name is Li Huaici."
Li Rong answered in Miao language.
The person asking the questions was a middle-aged man. He lowered his guard when he heard the Miao language. When he heard Li Rong's name, he became even less wary. He walked closer and saw that there were quite a few people, including the elderly, the weak and the sick.
"Your second uncle is Li Huairen?"
"Yes, my grandfather told me to name him this. I brought the child back specially to worship our ancestors."
The two children Li Rong was carrying on his back had just finished a bottle of milk and were already fast asleep in his arms and on his back.
"who are they?"
The uncle pointed at Mr. Yang and the others.
"My boss has a strange disease that can't be cured in Shanghai, so he wants to try his luck with a Miao doctor. I didn't want to bring him here, but he promised to give me a room and guarantee me a promotion, so I brought him here."
Li Rong showed some of the helplessness of an office worker within the system.
"Come with me!"
The uncle didn't ask any more questions and prepared to take them to see the clan leader, who was Li Rong's second uncle Li Huairen.
A few more people came over, and the uncle explained the identities of Li Rong and the others.
"He's the clan leader's grandnephew? He doesn't look like it!"
Several people looked at Li Rong carefully, trying to find some similarities between his face and the clan leader, but after searching for a long time, they couldn't find any.
The clan leader is as black as charcoal, and this kid is as white as snow. The clan leader has cow eyes, a flat nose and a big mouth, and this kid has phoenix eyes, a high nose and a small mouth. Most importantly, this kid is much better looking than the clan leader.
All the young men in their village combined are not as handsome as this boy.
He doesn't look like a descendant of the Li family at all.
"Could there be a mistake? We in the Li family don't have any gigolos."
Several people spoke loudly, thinking that Li Rong couldn't understand, so they discussed without restraint.
"Stop talking, he understands." The uncle reminded.
Several people were stunned, and then they heard Li Rong say, "My grandmother was beautiful, so I look like her."
Although he had never seen his grandmother, he had seen photos of the old lady when she was young. She was wearing a cheongsam, with picturesque features and a graceful figure. She was indeed a great beauty. It was precisely because he looked like his grandmother that the old man treated him particularly well. The other two grandsons were not in his eyes.
"Li Huairen is really my second great-uncle. My grandfather's name is Li Huaici. Before he died, he repeatedly told me to come back and recognize my ancestors. I brought my wife and children all the way from Lucheng, crossing mountains and rivers. If I were a fake, would I have suffered so much?"
Li Rong's tone was very sincere. Da Mao in his arms and Er Mao on his back were both sleeping soundly and were unaware of the noise outside.
The expressions of several people relaxed a lot, thinking that what he said made sense. They were in a remote area and there was no need for outsiders to pretend to be them. They whispered to each other for a few words and decided to take them to find the patriarch.
The patriarch lived at the end of the village. The corner building looked bigger. There was light in the building and the sound of a door opening.
"What happened at the entrance of the village?"
The door creaked open, a deep voice was heard, and a dark-faced old man walked out. He was of medium height and sturdy build, wearing a coat, and had obviously just gotten out of bed.
"Chief, this young man said he is your nephew and came back to recognize his ancestors." Someone said loudly.
The black-faced old man was stunned for a moment, then he thought of something, his eyes filled with ecstasy, and he walked downstairs excitedly to see more clearly.
Li Rong also took a few steps forward and shouted, "Second Uncle, I'm Li Rong. My grandfather's name is Li Huaici. He said that when you were a child, you loved picking your nose and eating it. Even after being beaten many times, you couldn't change it."
"Nonsense, I never pick my nose!"
Li Huairen was so embarrassed that he refused to admit it with a stern face. In his heart, he blamed his elder brother. He was already so old, but he still ruined his reputation in front of the younger generation. What a shame!
Li Rong smiled. In fact, the old man had said a lot of embarrassing things about his second uncle. In front of so many people, he should give his second uncle some face.
The second uncle came closer and looked her up and down. As he looked, his eyes turned red and he said with emotion: "She looks like your grandmother!"
"My grandfather said the same thing. Second uncle, have you seen my grandmother?" Li Rong asked curiously.
"When your father was a child, your grandfather brought them back home. But they went to war and never saw each other again. However, your grandfather sent a lot of money and tickets home. During the difficult times, thanks to your grandfather's help, the village was able to survive. However, they lost contact in the following years. How are your grandparents doing now? Why didn't they come back together?"
Thinking of the past, my second uncle looked very melancholy. There was a big age difference between him and my eldest brother, because he had two brothers who died at birth. His mother was ill and gave birth to him several years later.
Therefore, he has been the eldest brother's little follower since he was a child. In his impression, the eldest brother is smart and brave, and is the most capable young man in the village. Girls within a ten-mile radius all have a good impression of the eldest brother and even ask matchmakers to come to his house.
But the eldest brother has a girl he likes, from the village next door. She is beautiful, gentle, and has a sweet voice. She is a famous lark far and wide. The eldest brother and her are in love with each other, and both sides' parents have agreed. They just need to wait until they are old enough to get married.
But just after the girl turned sixteen, she was kidnapped by bandits in the mountains. The eldest brother went to negotiate with the bandits, and they asked him to pay five hundred dollars to ransom her. Even if all the money in their village was added together, they could not come up with five hundred dollars.
The eldest brother knelt on the ground and begged them, and his head was broken, but those bandits were heartless and beat him up.
The eldest brother is very popular in the village. A group of young men are very fierce and want to help the eldest brother rescue the girl, but they are stopped by the eldest brother. Those bandits have guns and he cannot harm his brothers of the same tribe.
After the eldest brother recovered from his injuries, he heard that the girl had died. She wanted to die together with the bandits on her wedding night, but failed, so the girl committed suicide.
The girl's body was redeemed by her parents for ten dollars.
The eldest brother sat by the girl's grave all night, and became even more silent after he came back. He went hunting in the mountains every day, and would hunt for the whole day. Later he realized that his eldest brother was preparing for revenge at that time.
They went up the mountain every day not to hunt, but to explore the terrain and develop land mines. The eldest brother prepared for a month. When the bandits came down the mountain to rob, he sneaked into the bandits' lair in the middle of the night and buried a lot of land mines.
The bandits robbed a lot at the foot of the mountain and returned with a lot of loot. They were drinking to celebrate their success in the evening. When they were in high spirits, the eldest brother pulled the fuse, and there was a continuous rumbling sound. People in the surrounding villages thought the mountain had collapsed and ran down the mountain in fear.
Later, when we saw the thick smoke rising from the bandits' hilltop, we realized that the bandits' lair had been blown up.
The explosion lasted for more than half an hour. The bandits on the mountain were howling like ghosts and wolves, and flesh and limbs were flying everywhere. The brave people nearby ran over and saw a mess. There were still a few bandits who were not dead, but they were mutilated and lying on the ground groaning.
These bandits committed many evil deeds. It is said that rabbits don't eat grass near their burrows, but these bandits even ate grass near their burrows and ruined many beautiful girls. The people nearby hated them.
Those bandits who were not killed in the explosion were beaten to death by the angry people. No one knew who did it, but everyone applauded.
It was only after seeing the letter left by the eldest brother that Lijiazhai learned the whole story. After the eldest brother blew up the bandit camp, he went down the mountain alone. In the letter, he said that he wanted to go out and explore the world, and come back after he made a name for himself.
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