Chapter 1219: 1219. An Ancient Alley in a Small Town (3/5)

Chapter 1219 1219. Ancient Alleys in Small Towns (35)

The villa was messed up, and Li Du definitely couldn't live in it, so he decided to live in the old house temporarily, since there was enough space there anyway.

Regardless of the soft company's retention, he left with a cold face.

Du Yun enthusiastically shouted from behind: "Brother Li, you're holding back, Brother Li, take your time, Brother Li, we'll clean your house right away, and we will definitely give you a cleaner environment than before..."

Driving the car, Du Hang asked helplessly, "Boss Li, what shall we do?"

Li Du said: "Take it slowly, don't worry, I'll go back to accompany my parents first."

As soon as he came home, Li's mother asked anxiously: "How to deal with our villa? Tell them to clean it up quickly. What a nice house, it's turned into this."

Li Du said, "Dad, let's live here first, and I'll take care of the villa's affairs."

Father Li waved his hand and said, "Okay, you've dealt with it, and it's good for us to live here. This old house is our ancestral house, and our ancestors are all here. Let them see the first foreign daughter-in-law in our family history. Chinese New Year is also very good here.”

Li Du rubbed his arms and said, "Dad, can you stop being so scary? It's just our family here, how can anyone else be here?"

"The person is not here, but the soul is still there." Father Li laughed, "Sophie likes our Chinese culture, right? Has she ever understood our Chinese ghost culture?"

Li Du quickly waved his hands: "Don't make such a mess, I'm most afraid of such unnecessary things."

Father Li's laughter grew louder, and Mother Li said, "Oh, this old man is not serious. He always told ghost stories to scare you when he was a child, and now he still wants to scare Sophie?"

This is quite strange, other people’s parents told their children fairy tales since they were young, and Li’s father did not follow the usual path. The bedtime stories he told Li Du when he was a child were all ghost stories.

Going around, from the villa to the United States and back to the old house, Father Li seemed a little excited.

After everyone entered the house, Li's mother started to tidy up. The pots, pots, bedding and sheets were all cleaned up. Their house is a small building in the suburbs, with many rooms, and there is no pressure for a group of people to live in.

Seeing that all the appliances and furniture are here, Li Du asked, "Did you move into the villa?"

Li's mother said while talking: "I moved there, and then I came back again. It's too scary for such a big house to be empty."

Li Du thinks about it too. For the elderly of his parents' generation, living in a villa or a castle is not as comfortable as living in the old house he is used to.

Li's father would not scare Sophie with ghost stories. Sophie and her parents' love for Chinese culture mainly lies in traditional culture and folk customs.

Mrs. Martin decided to use this opportunity to make a special report, which she would show to the students after returning to school. She was going to study the history of the small county, from the aspects of architecture, customs and humanities.

Mr. Martin encouraged her to proceed and promised to be her deputy to take some photos for her reference. He said, "In addition to the project, you can also write a paper. I think the school will be very interested in this."

There were too many people, and the traffic problem was difficult to solve, so Li Du adopted the method he used in the United States, renting a car.

He took brother wolf and others to the city, and then rented some cars and came back.

Brother Wolf and Sissy drove away a low-key Volkswagen Passat. They drove the car with a camera to investigate the soft company. Li Du didn't believe that there was nothing wrong with this company. He must teach the other party a lesson.

The Martins drove away in a jeep, and Li Du and Sophie accompanied them. After all, they did not understand Chinese, and there may be quite a few people in the county who know some English, but there may be too few who can communicate proficiently.

Even though Li and Du's county is small, it has many valuable ancient buildings.

They first went to the ancient city wall in the southern part of the county. This section of the ancient city wall is more than 500 meters away.

"This wall used to be quite long. When I was in primary school, it could still stretch across the entire southern part of the county." Li Du stroked the city wall, feeling a little sad.

Sophie asked: "Then why is there only such a period left now? Was it destroyed by the wind and rain and time?"

Li Du shook his head: "No, the development of our county needs to expand to all directions, and the city wall becomes an obstacle. The government decided to demolish it to make way for the large-scale economic construction."

Mrs. Martin said regretfully: "It's a pity. Their history is longer than our country. If they can be preserved for future generations, it will be a precious asset."

Li Du smiled, and now many people say the same.

In addition to the ancient city wall, there are still several ancient alleys in their county. The path paved with bluestone slabs is no longer smooth, and the alley is very narrow. After the jeep drove in, another car came from the opposite side. It just won't work.

On both sides of the ancient alley are ancient houses, which are the same as the bricks used in the city wall, with blue bricks and tiles, and the materials are simple.

Mrs. Martin took a few photos and found that some bricks had images on them, so she stepped forward to take a close-up and asked curiously, "What do these images mean?"

Li Dudao: "I'm not too sure. I heard from the elders that our county town used to be a strategic location, and the construction of the city wall required high quality, so we bought city wall bricks from many brick and stone yards."

"In order to prevent these masonry yards from being shoddy, the rulers require the masonry yards to print unique signs on the bricks and stones during production. Once problems are found, their responsibilities can be pursued..."

Speaking of this, Li Du suddenly had an idea in his heart, which could be used to deal with soft companies.

The Martins didn't know what he was thinking. After hearing what he said, they both laughed at the same time and said, "It's a smart way."

"It could be written into a paper."

Li Du also laughed, he thought about it in his heart, and felt that his idea was quite reliable.

The appearance of three foreigners in these quaint alleys is somewhat attractive to the surrounding residents.

Many people appeared at the door, looking at the three of them curiously while basking in the sun, and some knew Li Du and asked, "Xiao Du, who are these three? I heard that you found a foreign wife, and this is your foreign wife." ? Pretty handsome."

Sophie responded with a smile in more standard Mandarin than he did: "You're pretty handsome, sir, and you're also very well-informed."

Hearing Sophie's answer in Chinese, which can be said to be well-spoken, several people who watched the fun burst into laughter, and some even joked: "Hey, Xiao Liao, silence is golden, your father didn't teach you to be less messy outside. ?”

"Go to hell!"

Li Du greeted everyone with a smile, briefly introduced Sophie's family, and said that they wanted to inspect the ancient buildings here and make a project report for American students.

A middle-aged man asked hopefully: "What is the influence of their report?"

Li Du said helplessly: "If you want to develop the tourism industry through one of their reports, that's not possible."

"No, no, it's not to develop tourism, but can the government pay attention to it and demolish this place earlier?" asked the middle-aged man.