Lu Shanmin heard many familiar voices, including the village party secretary Chen Ming, the village chief Li Dafa, Aunt Wang from the west hilltop, Uncle He from the east hilltop, and Bai Ling. They even heard Xiao Huang's whine.

It is said that when a person is about to die, he can hear his childhood voice and see and hear his most primitive memories. Lu Shanmin wonders if he is about to die.

My eyelids were so heavy that I couldn't open them even with great effort. I went back and forth between being unconscious and half-awake. I don't know how much time passed, and I couldn't remember the year or month.

Finally a ray of light shone in, and Lu Shanmin opened his eyes. He saw the roof paved with black and gray wooden boards, the old wooden window lattice, and the faded carved paper-cuts on the window lattice, which he and Xiao Nizi had together when he was thirteen years old.

Cut, what was cut was a tiger that had descended from the mountain. Directly in front of him was a mottled earth wall, with a row of certificates pasted on the wall. The certificates were already gray and white, as if they would fall off with just one breath. In the corner were his most familiar shotguns and hunting knives.

The shotgun was covered with dust and the hunting knife was rusty.

A low whimper sounded, and Lu Shanmin rolled his eyes. It was Xiao Huang, who was lying on the edge of the bed looking at him, and his long tongue kept licking the back of his hand.

Lu Shanmin sighed and murmured, "I'm really dead."

"You're talking nonsense again."

A familiar voice came from outside the house. Bai Ling came in with a bowl of porridge and sat on the stool in front of the bed.

Lu Shanmin looked at this familiar face calmly, "Bai Ling? Are you dead too?"

Bai Ling blew on the gruel in the spoon and slowly put it into Lu Shanmin's mouth.

"Since you came back, I can't remember how many times you said you were dead."

The gruel was warm in the mouth. Lu Shanmin swallowed it, and a warm current flowed down his throat straight into his stomach.

"It turns out that even dead people can feel the temperature."

Bai Ling burst out laughing. Her smile was still as pretty, and her voice was as sweet as a lark.

Lu Shanmin stared at the ceiling blankly. It was so familiar. Every grain on it was so familiar. When he was bored lying on the bed when he was a child, he had carefully counted the wood grains on it. There were 18,975 in total.

strip.

"It's great. After you die, you can still go home and you won't be a lonely ghost."

Bai Ling reached out and touched Lu Shanmin's forehead and breathed a sigh of relief, "The fever has gone away, but my brain has not recovered yet."

Lu Shanmin subconsciously wanted to turn over and cried out in pain.

"Don't move, your injury hasn't healed yet."

Seeing the sunlight shining in and the shadow cast by Bai Ling on the ground, he wondered: "Even dead people have shadows."

Bai Ling took another mouthful of porridge and said, "You still know how painful it is to die."

Lu Shanmin looked at Bai Ling in surprise, swallowed the porridge with a roar, "I'm not dead"!

Bai Ling smiled and said, "I'm not dead either."

All the memories came into my mind at once, Pingyang County, Xiaonizi, Haidongqing, Jin Buhuan,,,,

"Why am I here"?

"Xiao Nizi brought you back."

"Where is she?"

"I went into the mountains to collect herbs."

"Why are you here"?

A wry smile appeared on Bai Ling's face, "I'm from Mazui Village, why can't I be here?"

"Oh, I mean when did you come back?"

"It's been a few months since I came back."

"Oh, you should come back and see Uncle Bai and Aunt Bai."

Bai Ling smiled and said, "I didn't come back to see them." He looked at Lu Shanmin's confused eyes and continued, "I won't leave when I come back this time."

There was something blank in Lu Shanmin's mind, "I'm not leaving"?

Bai Ling nodded, "Do you still remember the college entrance banquet five years ago?"

"Yeah." Of course Lu Shanmin remembered that it was the most lively time in Mazui Village. He and Xiao Nizi were sitting on the hillside. Below was the village committee. The bumpy basketball court of the village committee was full of people.

Bai Ling smiled, with a hint of vicissitudes and sadness in his smile.

"At that time, I promised in front of the whole village that I would repay my hometown after completing my studies. Now I am back to fulfill my promise." He said with a smile: "I am now the party secretary of the village and your parent official. You have to

Call me Secretary Bai."

Lu Shanmin grinned, feeling sad in his heart. He probably knew about Bai Ling's situation. The last time he went back to Donghai, he heard Xiao Nizi say that she was dumped by her boyfriend in college and had an abortion. After graduation, she hit a wall and became a bastard.

The boss's lover thought that some unfortunate things happened later. But at the same time, he was also sincerely happy. Although these experiences were painful, Bai Ling was able to come out of them, which can be regarded as a phoenix reborn from the ashes.

"Brother Shanmin, sometimes I often think about what it would be like if I didn't go to college. I think I would be much happier than I am now."

Lu Shanmin said calmly: "People go to higher places and water flows to lower places. Of course, if you can go to university, you should go to university."

Bai Ling smiled, his smile full of bitterness, "After all the detours, I'm back, so what's the difference?"

"Of course there is a difference. Every step a person takes is a harvest. No matter whether he experiences joy or sadness, it is a valuable asset. There is a completely different difference between staying in the mountains and going back to the mountains after going out for a while."

He said with a smile: "I'm really happy for you."

"Really? You don't hate me"? Bai Ling asked jokingly.

"Why do I hate you? I have never hated you."

Bai Ling's eyes were slightly red. He turned his back to Lu Shanmin and wiped his eyes. He turned around and said with a smile, "I knew Brother Shanmin was the most broad-minded person."

Lu Shanmin smiled. Some things were wrong when they were wrong, and some people just got over it. Although they can't go back, being able to get along like today is much better than expected.

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Nalan Ziran finally got his wish and sat on the throne he had dreamed of, but he was not comfortable sitting in this position. Although Nalan Zhenshan retired from the position of head of the family, he still controlled the power as an advisor. Any idea he had

All decisions must be made with his consent. There was also Nalan Zijian, who openly flirted with other members of the family. It was obvious to everyone that Sima Zhao was in trouble. The person who made him most angry was Nalan Zhenbang.

When he needed help the most, his biological father stood on the university podium and gave lectures calmly, without giving any help to his biological son.

Sun Ding was hesitant to speak. His family had always been opposed to him placing chips on Nalan Ziran. Until Nalan Ziran suddenly emerged and took the position of the family, the Sun family has now been completely tied to the same boat as the Nalan family.

.In the past, he was just alone and the pressure was not that great. Now that the fate of the entire family has fallen on him, his pressure is much greater than before.

"Nalan Zijian has been in frequent contact with the Chen family, Chu family, and Li family recently. It seems that he has not given up until now."

Zuoqiu flicked the ashes from his cigarette and said, "There is also the Northeast Xiao family, that is his biggest support."

Nalan Ziran rubbed his temples with both hands. The recent news was all about Nalan Zijian's high-profile actions, which gave him a headache.

"These families are not the most critical right now. They don't dare to go against the Nalan family openly. What I'm worried about is causing trouble for Xiao Qiang. Zijian's voice in the family is already very high. His grandfather, Mr. Zhu, has a very strong influence in Tianjing.

I have great prestige. When my grandfather passed away last time, I deliberately disturbed the minds of the family and made them all suspect that they were colluding with him. Now that Zijian is in frequent contact with them, I am worried that they will be shaken. Although I am now the largest share holder in the family

If he unites with all the owners and shareholders, it will really be doomed."

Zuoqiu shook his head, "I don't think you need to worry about this for the time being. He can't win over everyone, at least your dad, Nalan Zhenshan, Nalan Ziya, and Nalan Wenjun's family can't support him. As long as they don't

The support of everyone else combined is negligible. Moreover, the system designed by the old man is perfect. The head of the family will always have the greatest control over the Nalan family. The position of the head of the family is not based on shares, but on the previous family member.

This is the reason why Nalan Zhenshan has not been able to fully control the Nalan family even after being the chairman of Xinghui Group for so many years. Therefore, Nalan Zijian should be smart enough to know that if he cannot become the head of the family, even if he becomes the head of the family,

Chairman Xinghui doesn’t mean much either."

Nalan Ziran patted his head and said, "What should I do now? Let him continue to make trouble and let others laugh at me."

Zuoqiu pondered for a moment and then asked: "Ziran, let's think carefully about what Nalan Zijian hopes to see most now."

"I want to see my jokes, but I can't sleep at night".

"Yes, that's what he really thinks. He wants to mess with your mind and make us mess up." He paused and said, "He also wants us to take action against him."

Nalan Ziran was stunned, "He wants to seek death himself"?

Zuoqiu took a deep breath of cigarette and said, "We might as well think about it from Nalan Zijian's perspective. In fact, everything he is doing now seems to be frequent and intensive, but it actually shows that he has nothing to do. In this case, the only way

The breakthrough is to lure us to strike. It's like two boxers in the ring. When facing an opponent whose defense is impeccable, the only way is to deliberately lure the opponent to punch first. Once the opponent punches, there may be a flaw.

He can seize the opportunity to deliver a fatal blow. His deliberately high-profile actions without concealment are just to induce us to take action."

Zuoqiu put out the cigarette butt, turned his head slightly and looked into Sun Ding's eyes. Sun Ding smiled gratefully and said, "We won't do what the enemy wants, and we will do what the enemy doesn't want."

"Ran, for the sake of the present plan, we can temporarily treat it coldly and pretend that nothing happened. This will not only make Nalan Zijian unable to do anything, but also show your magnanimity."

Nalan Ziran tapped the table with his palms rhythmically. He agreed with Zuoqiu's analysis, but was not satisfied with the countermeasures taken by Sun Ding. After pretending to be a grandson for so many years, he finally became a serf and sang.

The head of the family still has to behave with his tail between his legs, which makes me feel aggrieved no matter how much I think about it.

"Brother Sun, are you afraid of Nalan Zijian?"

Sun Ding frowned, feeling embarrassed. "Ziran, Nalan Zijian is full of tricks, this is the safest way."

Nalan Ziran sighed, feeling an indescribable unwillingness and resentment in his heart, "Does everyone think that I am inferior to Zijian? Even if I hold great power now, I still think that I am not Zijian's opponent. Even you

If you think this way, what should other people think?"

Sun Ding's face became increasingly embarrassed, and he turned to look at Zuoqiu, with a slightly complicated look in his eyes.
To be continued...