Because he was walking with Bai Ze..,
It seemed that doing anything was interesting..,
The treetops walked around in a circle.
He finally knew why there were so many people here.
A commercial square had been opened nearby, and a bridge and road had been built some time ago,
Connecting this park with the amusement park across the river,
The traffic had improved,
That was why there were so many people here,
But this was a good thing for Lin Shao,
After he had enough fun in the park, he dragged Bai Ze to the amusement park.
But Lin Shao hadn't started playing yet,
He finally caught a doll at the entrance,
His cell phone rang.
He opened it and took a look,
It was Chen Yuankai.
"Ah Mao, I'm back. I just got off the plane." Chen Yuankai's voice sounded a little tired. "Come to my dad's shop for a gathering tonight. Everyone will come."
"Eh?" Lin Shao was puzzled. "Isn't it a winter solstice gathering?
Why is it early? "
"Well,
Let's talk when we get there, "Chen Yuankai said." I'll go take a taxi,
We'll talk when you get there. "
Lin Shao wanted to say something else,
But the other side hung up.
It was so strange..,
Lin Shao frowned.
Chen Yuankai wasn't like this either,
Every time he came back from a business trip, he would take the initiative to talk to Lin Shao excitedly for a long time, complaining about how bad the hotels outside were, and then call him out for dinner. Although he might not be in good spirits because he was tired, his tone still sounded normal, but this time, he felt a little depressed.
Chen Yuankai's father ran a restaurant, an old shop. Their hometown was on the other side of the willow alley that was to be demolished, but their main shop was at the other end of Huaili City. It took more than two hours to drive. Lin Shao looked at the time. He didn't have time to play, so he had to go now.
Bai Ze saw that he didn't look well and asked, "What's wrong?"
"I don't know either." Lin Shao was a little worried. He told Bai Ze about the call just now. "Could something have happened?"
"Don't overthink it," Bai Ze comforted her. "It won't happen."
Lin Shao looked at him and subconsciously grabbed Bai Ze's sleeve. "Bai Ze, come with me. Anyway, we'll have to meet them sooner or later."
This was his social circle. He had always been close to his family and friends. With the system, it would not change. When the relocation house was built, he planned to move back. With such good neighbors, he was already used to such a life.
"Okay." Bai Ze thought for a while and finally nodded. "I'll go with you."
Chen Yuan's store wasn't considered luxurious because it had been open for a long time. Many places were old. Lin Shao had been here a few times before, and the business was very good. After all, it was an old shop.
Today, because of the party, the store was closed. When Lin Shao arrived, it was already late. The hall was almost full. When he walked in with Bai Ze, everyone turned to look at him.
There was a strange silence in the hall for a while, and then someone broke the silence with a sentence.
"Xiao Lin … Your leg, when did it recover?"
After this sentence, the hall suddenly became crowded. The person sitting near the door quickly walked over to him. This person was Uncle Chen, Chen Yuankai's father, who was close to him.
"Oh my god." Chen Yuankai's father looked exactly like him. He was a middle-aged version of Chen Yuankai. When he saw Lin Shao walk in, he subconsciously reached out to help him. However, this time, Bai Ze was standing next to Lin Shao, so he didn't know where to put his hand. Only then did he realize that Lin Shao's leg had recovered, and he didn't need to go forward to help him.
"When did your leg recover?" he asked, a very happy smile appeared on his face. "Why didn't you tell us?"
"I just came back from the provincial capital a few days ago. I planned to give everyone a surprise at the party," Lin Shao explained according to the excuse he had thought of before. "Some time ago, I went for surgery. My former college classmate helped me and invited a very famous specialist. Now, I've recovered very well.
This is the classmate who helped me a lot. We have a very good relationship. "
Lin Shao pointed at Bai Ze. Bai Ze listened to his nonsense and didn't refute. He even nodded and greeted the person standing in front of him. "Hello, my name is Bai Ze."
"Take a seat, take a seat," Uncle Chen hurriedly greeted him. "Oh, young people are so kind. You've really helped Xiao Lin a lot."
Lin Shao sat down with Bai Ze at the table and asked, "Is Yuankai not back yet?"
"He's in a taxi. He'll be here soon."
After sitting down, people kept coming over to ask about the condition of Lin Shao's leg. After knowing that it was cured, they were very happy. They were like their own children and thanked Bai Zedao, making Lin Shao feel very embarrassed.
"They all mean well." He was afraid that Bai Ze couldn't stand the enthusiasm of so many people. "Well, if you don't like this kind of environment, you can go back to the system. I'll explain to them that the dinner party is very casual. They won't mind."
"No," Bai Ze shook his head. "I think it's good."
He didn't feel uncomfortable accepting kindness for no reason.
He glanced at Lin Shao. His round face looked very obedient, and he did look very likable to the elders.
After a while, Chen Yuankai came, looking travel-worn. As soon as he came in, he greeted everyone and then turned to Lin Shao. As he walked, he asked, "Ah Shao, what's wrong?
I heard from my dad on the phone that your leg has recovered? "
"It just happened not long ago," Lin Shaodao said. "I wanted to tell you, but you hung up before I could."
Chen Yuankai, who had heard the good news, suddenly laughed. "That's all my fault. I hung up on you. Oh, that's great …"
He sighed a few times in a row, as if he couldn't find the right words to describe his happiness. He sat down next to Lin Shao and said, "This is really the best news I've heard in a while."
Lin Shao was a little sensitive when he heard this. When he heard Chen Yuankai's tone on the phone, he felt that something had happened. He thought so and asked naturally.
"You went out to treat your leg before, so you might not know." When Chen Yuankai heard his question, he first sighed and then continued, "It's not very good. Something happened in the demolition."
"Ah?
I know that. "Lin Shao had been doing missions during this time, so he spent most of his time in the Mountain and Sea Realm. However, he had seen the news several times when he came back." But we can't do anything about it.
Although it's a demolition household, it's useless for us to worry about something happening at the construction site. "
Chen Yuankai sighed and said, "That's the truth, but there's a suspension of work there, which has an impact."
Suspension of work?
Lin Shao was a little surprised. He knew the cause of the accident, but it was the first time he heard about the suspension of work.
"There were safety accidents one after another. Later, a few people were seriously injured and are still in the hospital. Did you know that?"
Chen Yuankai picked up his chopsticks and took a few bites of food. He continued, "Now that the work has stopped, more than half of the house has been demolished. We only received a little settlement fee, and we don't know when they will resume work. For us, the demolition households, it's like our hearts are hanging in the air. My family is fine, and we don't rely on that house to survive.
There are a few old people here who rely on that house for their retirement. "
"But it's useless for us to worry about it." Lin Tuo frowned. "We've already signed the contract, so we can't leave it unfinished. If the developer is unscrupulous, we shouldn't be the ones to bear the loss."
"That's the truth. I also advised them not to worry, but they seem to be more worried about something else."
Chen Yuankai paused for a moment. When he spoke again, he lowered his voice slightly. "It's the rumor that there's a ghost."
"Huh?"
Why is it getting more and more mysterious?
Lin Shao remembered that the shop assistant in Boss Pang's shop had also told him about the ghost at the construction site. However, he didn't take it seriously at that time. He didn't expect the rumor to become so serious that it made everyone worried.
"The first time an accident happened in public in the media, it was in the old ancestral hall.
Since then, something would happen every few days. If it wasn't a migrant worker who was injured, then it was a person who was passing by the construction site who was hit in the shoulder by a brick that fell from the sky. The most bizarre incident was when the cook in charge of the food at the construction site suddenly went crazy. In the middle of the night, he used a kitchen knife to chop two people. In the end, he was seriously injured and had yet to wake up.
In a month, the ambulance went to the construction site five or six times. Although no one died, the impact was too bad, so the construction site was closed. After that, some people said that they heard children and women crying in the old ancestral hall. Some people said that they saw ghosts at the construction site. Anyway, there are all kinds of rumors. "
Chen Yuankai said, "But it's strange. It's really hard to explain the continuous accidents. The Kunlun Property in charge is not a small company. It's too strange."
"But you can't blame everything on ghosts." Lin Shao listened to a long paragraph, but his frown was still not relaxed. "Do you believe it?"
"I don't," Chen Yuankai said. "But I don't know why, but the older people here believe it. Even my father believes it. He insists that the old ancestral hall can't be demolished, and the gods are angry, so the accident happened."
"…"
Regarding the old ancestral hall, Lin Shao remembered that there was a long argument before the demolition. In the end, both sides agreed to move the old ancestral hall on the grounds of protecting the local culture and people's feelings. They chose a site nearby to build a new ancestral hall according to its original appearance. In the ancestral hall, there were only some old memorial tablets and statues of the gods.
Lin Shao had been to the old ancestral hall many times. Before it was demolished, he had participated in the ceremony to invite the gods and helped. The young people of his generation did not believe in any gods or Buddhas, but that did not prevent them from being in awe of the old ancestral hall.
Willow Lane used to be Willow Village by the river a long time ago. They relied on the river to make a living. Most of the people here had the surname Chen. It was said that it had been passed down from generation to generation for hundreds of years. The ancestral hall was dedicated to the ancestors and the gods who had to pray for peace before fishing. Even if they stopped fishing later, the people living in Willow Lane would go to the old ancestral hall to pray.
Lin Shao and his grandfather also moved in later. Although their surname was not Chen, the people in Willow Lane still accepted them and got along with them like a big family.
The old ancestral hall had been renovated many times over the years. This time, there was no way to repair it. It was too old, so it could only be demolished.