Lu Lingxi and Yan Yue took Dahei to the flower garden again. Although Uncle Li said everything was fine, Lu Lingxi was still a little worried and wanted to go see what was going on.
Hearing that Lu Lingxi was coming over in the evening, Grandpa Li was very warm-hearted. After finishing his work in the flower garden, he hurried back to ask Aunt Li to cook more in the evening for Lu Lingxi and Yan Yue. As soon as Lu Lingxi and Yan Yue entered the village, they were blocked at the door by Grandpa Li.
"The meal is ready, we're just waiting for you."
Lu Lingxi felt a little embarrassed that he had to trouble Grandpa Li again. Grandpa Li didn't think it was a bother. When people get old, they are afraid of nothing but loneliness. He and Aunt Li's children are all in other places. They can only come back to see each other during the Chinese New Year. They are too busy to even make a phone call to say a few words. Although Grandpa Li understands that it is not easy to work hard outside, he sometimes really misses his children. Fortunately, there was a Du Lin who came to the flower garden from time to time. Grandpa Li also regarded Du Lin as his own daughter. Now that Du Lin has returned to her hometown, the flower garden has been handed over to Lu Lingxi, and Grandpa Li is even happier. The child is good and obedient. In his eyes, Lu Lingxi is almost like his grandson. He can't wait for Lu Lingxi to come to the flower garden every day.
When they got home, Aunt Li smiled at Lu Lingxi from a distance. She remembered that Lu Lingxi liked to eat oat noodle rolls, so she took the time to prepare another steamer in the afternoon. This time, it was not served with mushroom and diced meat stew, but with a pot of stewed mutton, which made it more delicious.
"Eat more, Xiaoxi." Aunt Li lovingly served Lu Lingxi a large bowl of food, and said distressedly: "Look how skinny the little kid is."
Lu Lingxi smiled shyly, and took the bowl while secretly glancing at Yan Yue, knowing that Yan Yue must have heard it, and would probably force him to eat again when he got home. He actually didn't think he was thin at all. Yi Hang had laughed at him last time for having so much fat on his face that it was almost pinchable. He didn't understand why everyone thought he was thin, as if he didn't eat well every day.
Uncle Li also nodded and agreed: "It's a bit thin, it would be better if it were a little fatter."
Lu Lingxi stopped talking and started eating.
Yan Yue chuckled, looked at Lu Lingxi lovingly, and helped him pick up another piece of food with his chopsticks.
When everyone had almost finished eating, Uncle Li began to talk about what happened in the afternoon. It was nothing special, the director of the Songjiazhuang Plastic Factory encouraged several children working in the village to come to Lingshui Village to seek justice. These young people didn't care that the older people in the village were unwilling to come forward, and they ran over after being instigated. As a result, they were seen by Xu San as soon as they arrived at the flower garden.
At this point, Grandpa Li looked at Yan Yue meaningfully. As for Xu San, Grandpa Li felt strange at first. Why did Xu San still hang around the flower garden every day after being beaten? Was he waiting for revenge? But after watching for a few days, he realized something was wrong. Xu San didn't seem to be doing anything bad. Instead, he was very nervous about the flower garden. If there was any disturbance in the flower garden, he would react faster than anyone else. Grandpa Li thought about it and understood a little, so he stopped caring about Xu San.
Xu San's appearance today immediately alarmed Uncle Li. Uncle Li thought that those young men were coming to the flower garden to cause trouble, so he called out through a loud speaker, and half of the village came out. As a result, after a conversation between the two sides, they found out that they were from Songjiazhuang and came to seek justice. The people in Lingshui Village were furious. It turned out that Songjiazhuang discharged wastewater into Lingshui River every day, making them unable to stand the smell and had to walk around the river from a distance. And the other party was so confident that they didn't feel guilty at all?
Uncle Li couldn't help laughing when he talked about this. Lu Lingxi had never seen villagers quarreling, especially women quarreling, which was really fierce. A group of old ladies led by Aunt Li surrounded those young men and lectured them for two hours, talking about their great grandfathers and scolding them like grandchildren. Whenever they had a bad attitude, the men in the village would take action. Although the villagers left behind in Lingshui Village were old, they were all born to do farm work, especially recently they were in good health, so it was absolutely no problem to scare those little brats.
In the end, it was not until Song Wancai came over and apologized that the matter was resolved.
Lu Lingxi also laughed when he heard this. Although he had not experienced it personally, from Uncle Li's tone, he knew that those people must have returned home in disgrace. No one in the village suffered any loss, so he felt relieved.
At the end, Uncle Li did not forget to praise Xu San. "As the old saying goes, a prodigal son who returns is worth more than gold. I don't know if Xu San can be considered a prodigal son who returns, but he performed well today and did not bring shame to Lingshui Village."
He said this specifically for Yan Yue to hear. The old man was soft-hearted. Even if Xu San was a good-for-nothing, he had watched him grow up. He used to be disappointed with Xu San, but now that he saw that Xu San was getting better, he hurried to help him. No matter what Yan Yue did, it was a good thing for Xu San. Uncle Li secretly hoped that Yan Yue could pay more attention to it and not let Xu San go back to his old ways.
Yan Yue understood what Uncle Li meant, but he smiled and said nothing. He was actually a little surprised. He didn't care about Xu San, a scoundrel, but he didn't expect that the other party cared about him. It would be good to use such a person well. Yan Yue felt that he needed to talk to Xu San again.
After they finished their meal and helped Aunt Li clean up, Uncle Li urged Lu Lingxi to go back and rest. "It's cold, go back to bed early."
It was already the end of October, and the temperature was indeed a bit low. Lu Lingxi agreed and went out with Yan Yue and Dahei. As they were about to return to the flower garden, Dahei sniffed and suddenly called in the direction of Lingshui River.
Lu Lingxi frowned, as if something happened in Lingshui River. Yan Yue made a prompt decision, "Let's go and take a look."
"good."
The two did not return to the flower garden, but took Dahei directly to Lingshui River. It was already completely dark at this time in October, but the moon was nice tonight, and the moonlight was as bright as water, so there was no need to worry about not being able to see the road clearly. Yan Yue led Lu Lingxi and walked slowly. Lu Lingxi thought of something and said with a hint of regret: "I should have gone back to the flower garden to get a small bucket, and I could have brought back a bucket of water."
Yan Yue's eyes were full of smiles, and he nodded in agreement, "Xiao Xi is right, it's us who didn't plan well."
Yan Yue clearly agreed with him, but Lu Lingxi just felt that something was wrong. He looked at Yan Yue suspiciously, and Yan Yue couldn't help laughing out loud, reaching out and rubbing his hair indulgently.
Lu Lingxi turned his head away slightly, but Yan Yue didn't care. He quickly came over, pinched his chin and kissed him, coaxing him: "Xiaoxi is right."
Lu Lingxi: “…”
Yan Yue laughed even louder.
The two of them strolled all the way to the Lingshui River. Under the night, the "Black Water River" in the daytime was still flowing slowly. Lu Lingxi looked for a long time but couldn't see anything, and looked at Dahei hesitantly. Dahei barked softly, biting Yan Yue's trouser leg and dragging him forward. Yan Yue followed him for a few steps, walked to the river, leaned over to take a closer look, and frowned tightly.
"What's wrong?" Seeing his reaction, Lu Lingxi also wanted to move forward.
Yan Yue quickly stopped him. The smell by the river was really bad. He whispered, "The upstream is probably still discharging wastewater." Facing the boy's puzzled eyes, Yan Yue explained, "This is a common old trick. Once these small factories encounter inspections and reports, they pretend to stop work during the day and resume work at night. Others can't catch anything."
"What should I do?" Lu Lingxi was a little anxious. He could imagine that if he reported it again, the other party would definitely not admit it. Besides, even if he reported it, the people from the Environmental Protection Bureau would not come to check in the middle of the night.
Yan Yue's expression was slightly gloomy, and he rubbed Lu Lingxi's hair soothingly, "Don't worry, I'll think of a way." His voice was steady and confident, with a soothing power, and Lu Lingxi felt relieved.
For Yan Yue, economic development or environmental protection, he didn't care much about these things. It was only because of Lu Lingxi that he was concerned about the Lingshui River. In his opinion, Ye Cheng's order and Lu Lingxi's report were enough to close the plastic factory. He didn't expect the other party to be so bold and dare to commit crimes against the wind. Yan Yue thought about how to solve this problem. But before he could speak, Dahei had already shouted "woooo" at the village.
Yan Yue had heard Dahei's various barks, but this was the first time he had heard "Awooo", which sounded a bit like a wolf's howl. As Dahei's bark spread, the whole village immediately became excited. Dogs barked one after another from everywhere, as if responding to Dahei's call. There were stray dogs on the other side of the river joining in the fun and howled along.
Dahei glanced calmly across the river, raised his head and whimpered again. Then he trotted to Lu Lingxi's side, rubbed his legs affectionately, whimpered softly, and seemed to be saying something. After saying it, he glanced at Lu Lingxi and ran along the Lingshui River towards Songjiazhuang upstream.
Lu Lingxi guessed what Dahei meant, and was a little surprised. While he was still confused, he saw dogs running out of the village one after another, chasing after Dahei. Even a group of wild dogs on the other side of the river did not fall behind, and followed Dahei closely.
In rural China, almost every household is willing to keep a dog to guard the house. In the past, most families kept local dogs, but later, as everyone became richer, they also started to keep pet dogs like the people in the city. Lu Lingxi watched as several pugs rushed out of the village, waving their short legs vigorously to chase the big dog in front.
Yan Yue: “…”
This time it was his turn to lose his composure.
Lu Lingxi didn't know what to say, and after a while he responded, "Brother Yan, do we want to go and take a look?"
Yan Yue looked a little helpless, but he had great confidence in Dahei. "Don't worry, Dahei knows his limits, nothing will happen."
"But Dahei..." Lu Lingxi was a little worried about Dahei.
Yan Yue laughed and said with certainty: "Dahei will be fine. Xiaoxi has forgotten how powerful Dahei is."
Lu Lingxi thought about it and reluctantly let go of his worries.
Seeing that he was still worried, Yan Yue patiently explained, "Dahei and the others are out to cause trouble. No one knows what's going on in the dark. If we follow them, we will definitely be seen by the people over there. Songjiazhuang already suspects that it was someone from Lingshui Village who reported us. If they see us making trouble, it will be troublesome."
This explanation convinced Lu Lingxi. He looked at Yan Yue hesitantly and asked, "Brother Yan, should we wait for Dahei here?"
Yan Yue did not answer immediately, but touched Lu Lingxi's face first. The wind was a little cold, and he said decisively: "Go back, Dahei knows the way."
Lu Lingxi nodded obediently.
The two of them walked slowly back to the village, and the whole village was in chaos. Someone recognized Lu Lingxi and Yan Yue and shouted, "Are you out looking for a dog too?"
Lu Lingxi nodded with a guilty conscience.
The other man looked puzzled and chatted with her, "I don't know what's going on. The dogs at home are running out like crazy. If you're not paying attention, you can't see them. Even with the door closed, they will still sneak out through the dog hole. You can't stop them." He tried to comfort Lu Lingxi, "Don't worry, little kid. I've seen your dog. If I see it, I'll catch it for you."
"..." Lu Lingxi: "Trouble."
The other party said a few words and then went to look for the dog. Lu Lingxi followed Yan Yue and walked back slowly. After walking a few steps, he heard a puppy scratching the door of a yard on the side of the road frantically.
A man's voice came out: "If it wants to go out, just let it go. Our dog knows the way and can't get lost."
The woman retorted loudly: "What nonsense are you talking about? Didn't you hear people outside shouting that all the dogs ran away? They were all big dogs. Our dog is only four months old. What if it doesn't come back?"
Lu Lingxi looked at Yan Yue in embarrassment. Yan Yue held back his laughter and took two quick steps with Lu Lingxi, whispering to comfort him: "It's okay, the dogs will probably be back soon."
Having said that, Lu Lingxi somehow thought of those short-legged pugs. While he found it funny, he couldn't help but worry about them. Maybe they didn't have the energy to run back after running over there?
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