Fu Qing's words were concise and rough, summarizing the purpose of his visit in just four words.
The middle-aged man glanced at him and continued to ask, "Who are you looking for?"
Li Xu took out a cigarette case with a smile on his face, then took out a cigarette and handed it over. "Uncle, we are here to find an old man named Wu Qingfeng. He and my grandfather have been friends for decades, and my grandfather asked us to come and see him."
The middle-aged man looked at the cigarette, reached out to take it, and smiled. "Neither of you is telling the truth."
Li Xu quickly explained, "What we both said is true, this time..."
Before she could finish her words, the man waved his hand and interrupted her, "Alright, alright, I know what you're here for without you having to tell me."
Then he pointed and said, "Walk in this direction and stop when you see three trees. There are several houses behind the trees. That's where Mr. Wu lives."
Li Xu and the other man looked at each other, and then Fu Qing asked doubtfully, "Uncle, there are trees everywhere on the roadside. Can you be more specific?"
"Those three trees are tangled together. You'll understand when you see them."
After saying that, the middle-aged man continued to do farm work.
Li Xu and the other man had no choice but to thank him and then walked in the direction he pointed.
As they walked along the road, Fu Qing whispered, "Old Li, did you notice that the man just now seemed to respect the person we're looking for very much?"
"Nonsense, how can you call him Mr. Wu if he's disrespectful?"
In fact, Li Xu was also a little strange.
The middle-aged man didn't believe what the two said at all and simply assumed that they were here to ask Wu Qingfeng for help.
This shows that he is already used to this kind of thing.
Are there really so many people looking for Wu Qingfeng in this day and age?
Fu Qing suddenly showed an excited expression, "Does this mean that Mr. Wu is very capable, so he is respected so much?"
"That's fine if you understand it that way."
While the two were walking and chatting, they were also carefully observing the trees on the side of the road.
I was afraid of accidentally missing it and taking a detour.
As they walked, Fu Qing's eyes suddenly widened. He pointed to the side of the road and asked, "Old Li, take a quick look. Are those three trees tangled together?"
Li Xu quickly turned his head to look.
He looked at it carefully, then hesitantly said, "Is it tangled? Isn't this just a crooked tree?"
That’s right, these three trees are not literally entangled.
It's that two of the three trees planted together are leaning, and their branches are falling on the middle tree...
Fu Qing scratched his head, "So, do you think we've found the right place?"
"I don't know." Li Xu then pointed to the houses behind the tree and said, "Let's go ask."
"OK."
The two of them arrived in front of the courtyard wall. Li Xu stepped forward and knocked twice on the gate, shouting, "Is anyone there?"
Just after I finished shouting, I heard an old voice coming from inside, "The door is not locked, just come in."
The two looked at each other and then pushed open the gate.
Then I saw several children playing in the yard, and an old man with white hair and beard sitting on a bench under the eaves.
Seeing them, the old man asked, "What do you want to see me about?"
Li Xu's face was full of smiles, and his tone was extremely respectful. "Grandpa, we came here to look for Mr. Wu Qingfeng. We don't know how to get here. I wonder if you could point us in the right direction?"
Before the old man could say anything, the children in the yard gathered around and looked at them in surprise.
One of the little boys wiped his nose and said, "My great-grandfather is the one you are looking for."
Li Xu and the other two were startled. They looked up and found that the old man was looking at them with a smile.
Now the two understood, so Li Xu took Fu Qing and quickly walked up to Wu Qingfeng, saying in a more respectful tone, "Grandpa Wu, my name is Li Xu, and I'm Li Shan's grandson. I wonder how you are doing recently?"
Li Shan is the name of Mr. Li. To take good care of him, I naturally have to say his real name.
Hearing the greeting, Wu Qingfeng looked at him with a smile, "So you're Xiao Li's grandson. Why isn't your grandfather here this time?"
Li Xu: ...
It's no wonder, based on his visual observation, Li Xu felt that considering his age, there was absolutely no problem in calling Mr. Li "Little Li".
Without thinking too much, Li Xu responded, "Grandpa Wu, this isn't my family's problem. Something happened at my friend's family. I've always heard from grandpa that you're very capable, so I brought him to see you."
"Go back and tell your grandfather that I can eat and drink well and am in good health." Wu Qingfeng then looked at Li Xu carefully for a moment and asked with a smile, "When you came to see me, didn't you ask for my address?"
"Don't worry, I'll definitely tell him what you said." After answering, Li Xu showed an embarrassed expression. "After we arrived at the Xiawan Brigade, we specifically asked someone. That person said there were three trees entangled in front of your house. But we thought the trees were crooked and didn't match the description, so we didn't dare to confirm that it was your house."
Hearing this, Wu Qingfeng burst into laughter.
He laughed and said, "You two guys are really interesting. After all these years, you are the only ones who think those three trees are wrong."
Li Xu and the other man didn't know what to say, so they just stood aside and waited quietly.
After a while, Wu Qingfeng stopped laughing and looked at Fu Qing who was standing beside him. "Boy, what happened at your home?"
Fu Qing handed over the two oil-paper bags and said respectfully, "Grandpa Wu, this is a gift for you. Please accept it. My family has had many children die young for three generations, so I'd like you to take a look and see if there's anything wrong with our ancestral tomb."
As soon as these words came out, Wu Qingfeng fell into deep thought.
After a long while, he asked, "Is your last name Fu?"
Not to mention paying it back, even Li Xu looked stunned.
Yesterday Li Xu told Fu Qing Wu Qingfeng's name, and Fu Qing will definitely tell his parents when he returns.
If the Fu family had consulted the other party for feng shui before, they would not have asked them to make another trip.
This shows that Wu Qingfeng has never had any dealings with the Fu family.
But how did he guess Fu Qing's identity with just one sentence?
Fu Qing quickly asked, "How did you know?"
"Over the years, your family has frequently sought advice from people regarding the feng shui of your ancestral grave. Word of your family's story has long been circulated in our circle. Seven years ago, your family approached my nephew to consult their feng shui, and he later told me about it. Because it was so bizarre, I've always kept it in mind."
Now Li Xu understood.
The Feng Shui masters that the Fu family had hired before probably used this incident as a topic of conversation and spread it among their peers.
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