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Chapter 91 Big Block

Qiu Huoming coughed lightly, "Um, do you know the historical allusion of this bridge?"

This sentence really attracted Gu Xiaoran's attention.

Even Li Ming looked at him with interest.

Only Ding Yu glanced at the side of the arch at the bottom of the bridge and saw the line of scribbles he had carved. No one appreciated them, and he felt very nervous for a moment.

"Legend has it that there were originally 18 wealthy families here. One year, the road was blocked by heavy snow, and a sick beggar came. The first 17 families refused to take her in, but the 18th family, a woman named Xi, not only took her in, but also hired a doctor to cure her illness..."

"After the old lady recovered from her illness, she was about to leave. She told Miss Xi that there would be a flood here. When the words on the pavilion opposite suddenly changed color, it meant that a flood was coming. Remember not to stay at home and hide on the hillside nearby."

Ding Yu was a little absent-minded at first, but when he heard this, he was fully focused.

"After a few days, the words on the pavilion opposite really changed color. It rained heavily that day, so she took her family to higher ground and reminded the other 17 households to flee together. But she was laughed at and told that she was a fool for listening to the beggar's words..."

"Good words can't persuade a damned ghost. Miss Xi had no choice but to take her family and leave."

"That night a flood came, and this place instantly became a swamp. When the flood receded, except for the Xi family's house, the rest of the houses sank into the ground and turned into a lake. When this story spread, this lake was called Xitang. In order to commemorate this story, people in later generations built a bridge in the lake, which was called the "Bridge of Questioning the Heart."

As they were talking, the boat slowly drifted out of the bridge hole and headed south.

Qiu Huoming breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that his wish had been fulfilled.

The boat floated freely along the water. The weather was just right, neither too cold nor too hot. The people were sitting more and more relaxed. Qiu Huoming looked up at the clouds in the sky.

I listened to them chatting, and the topic almost all revolved around the preliminary exam. They were going back to school on Monday, and I wondered how many familiar faces would disappear.

The young man on the shore suddenly shouted at the top of his voice: "Number 3, your time is up."

"Li Ming was about to set off on his boat when he suddenly heard singing on the shore..." Qiu Huoming said jokingly while rowing the boat hard.

Li Ming was lying in the simple cabin and replied: "What a good poem! If Li Bai heard it, he would jump out of his coffin to praise you..."

The boat was drifting with the waves and was already quite far away. Ding Yu was having a hard time rowing with his backhand.

"Huozi, turn the boat around. I want to be the stern..."

"Okay, don't move your hands."

Qiu Huoming rowed a few times, and the boat naturally turned around, with the stern facing forward.

"Okay, row up..."

The boats in the park don't have a clear distinction between the bow and stern, so you can face forward in either direction.

After getting ashore, Li Ming took a look at the stone arch bridge in the distance and suddenly found that the words "Ming Yue" were written on the bridge.

He pointed at the two words and asked, "Bridge of the Heart?"

Ding Yu finally realized, "It turns out that the story you just told was nonsense."

Gu Xiaoran understood. She put her hands in her pockets and walked along the path along the bank of the creek to the side of the bicycle. "Next time we go into the bridge hole and take a good look for his inscriptions. They must be extraordinary..."

"So, you don't care about the things around you at all. This is the first day you know the name of this bridge? Why do you believe it as soon as I tell you?" Qiu Huoming sneered, feeling the urge to beat him up.

Li Ming thought about it carefully and found that this made sense.

"Classmate Qiu Huoming always uses twisted theories and heresies. If we continue talking, you will be confused again." Gu Xiaoran sighed.

The group of people were pushing the cart and chatting, and they had already arrived at the entrance of the park.

"Shall we go sit in the pavilion for a while?" Ding Yu always liked lively occasions, and seeing that everyone was about to leave, he quickly suggested.

Li Ming shook his head. "My dad is still waiting for my news at home."

"Well, let's go our separate ways. I want to brag to my mom too. My brother has nothing to say now." Ding Yu became excited when he thought of his eldest brother's deflated face.

He pushed his bicycle and walked out the door first.

The crowd went their separate ways at the park entrance.

As soon as Qiu Huoming rode to the downhill road of the compound, he saw a three-wheeled motorcycle with police lights on parked at the intersection. The side seat was usually used by arrested criminals. This style of motorcycle has almost disappeared in later generations, so he took a curious look.

Not far away, a man in a peaked hat was standing at the door and asking questions to a neighbor.

At this time, the big hat still has a white top, red floss, and the national emblem is inlaid on the black brim. The top is also white, and the two red collar badges look particularly majestic. This is the summer style of clothes, and the winter one is navy blue.

He was a little surprised and slowly stopped his bike.

The man in the peaked hat waved at him with a kind expression, "I'm here to ask you questions. Don't stay here."

The little yellow dog on the other side had been hiding in the doghouse for a long time and didn't dare to come out. When he saw Qiu Huoming approaching, he hid in the doghouse and wagged his tail desperately.

Qiu Huoming glanced at it and thought that relying on this little guy to guard the house might not be enough.

As soon as I reached the entrance of the alley, I found that Chen Suniang had returned and was busy in the kitchen.

Qiu Huoming parked the car at the door and said, "Mom, I'm back."

Upon hearing this, Chen Suniang immediately stopped what she was doing, stood by the sink, leaned her head out of the window and asked, "Have you checked the list? How did you do in the exam?"

"Passed, first in the grade." Qiu Huoming grinned, revealing eight neatly arranged white, shining teeth.

In the living room, the screen door was pushed open a crack, and the little sister's head popped out, "Wow, brother is first!"

The eldest sister was sitting on a chair in the living room, flipping through the world classics that her eldest sister had given Qiu Huoming. She chose Wuthering Heights, but before she had read a few pages, she heard the conversation at the door and immediately laughed, looking proud of it.

Chen Suniang turned around in front of the sink and wiped the corners of her eyes with the corner of her sleeve. Just now, her eyes felt sore.

She was afraid that her son would see her looking strange, so she quickly turned her back.

Qiu Huoming knew it clearly in his heart, "Mom, I'm going back to my room. Call me for dinner."

"Hmm." The voice was unclear.

During lunch, Qiu Huoming mentioned in passing that he had seen the big-capped man when he came back.

Unexpectedly, Qiu Jianshe knew about this. "Yougen from Director Zhang's family got into trouble, hurt someone, and ran away. Now we are looking for him all over the city."

Qiu Huoming was stunned. "Is the other party seriously injured?"

"He's still in the hospital, but he won't die. I just have to pay him some money."

Qiu Huoming finally felt relieved. It was not the time to crack down severely now. Generally, such fights, as long as they were not serious, would be settled by paying money.

When I meet him, I will tell him that I must be careful in the next year and seek peace. Otherwise, I will run into trouble and be dead.

I don’t know if his girlfriend Sister Hong can subdue him.

Qiu Huoming sighed in his heart.

After dinner, Chen Suniang put an extra single bed in the rooms of her eldest and youngest sisters and moved the writing desk to the living room.

The living room suddenly seemed a little smaller.

Qiu Huoming glanced at the clock and it was already one o'clock.

Chen Suniang and Qiu Jianshe both had to go to work in the afternoon. After reminding him to remember to pick someone up, they hurried out.

Qiu Huoming rode his bike towards the South City Bus Station. He didn't remember what time the bus left, so it would be safer to go earlier.

The car passed by Fang Jun's electrical appliance store. There was still a lot of traffic in front of the store. The loudspeaker was playing a song towards the street. It sounded familiar. It was a song from his previous tape.

Not seeing Fang Jun at the door, Qiu Huoming looked away and rode his bike past quickly.

After a while, we saw the South City Ring Road and the bus station was nearby.

After turning a corner, the concrete gate pillars of the bus station appeared in front of us. The big iron door of the station was half open. A staff member slowly closed it and then put an iron chain around it.

Qiu Huoming parked his bicycle and went into the ticket hall next to it. He found the train number from Jiangkou County to Wucheng County on the bulletin board on the wall. The train departed at 12:15 p.m. and would arrive at Chengnan Station at 2:45 p.m.