Corpse Recovery Diver-Chapter 1310 - 238: Family Decisions (Part 4)

Wang Lian: "They say they want to help us because our family is struggling, and they plan to adopt a child."

Granny Hua: "Isn't it because their own family can't have children?"

Liu Jinxia: "If they thought your family was in trouble, where were they when your family had issues before?"

Granny Hua: "No, Lian Hou, you won't really send the child away, will you?"

Liu Yumei took a sip of tea and asked, "Can't afford to raise them now?"

Wang Lian hurriedly said, "We can afford to, definitely can. Just thinking that conditions over there might be better, and the kids could..."

Liu Yumei: "Do the children want to go?"

Wang Lian: "The two kids overheard me talking to their grandpa, and that night they cried and screamed not wanting to be given away."

Liu Yumei: "Then don't send them away."

Liu Jinxia: "Exactly, life is getting better day by day, and no one's starving. Isn't it good for the family to be together? Besides, with your husband bedridden, if you send a child away, what happens when you and your spouse are gone? Leave a disabled one for the remaining child to take care of?"

Liu Jinxia's words were harsh, but the reasoning behind them was sound.

Wang Lian nodded emphatically: "Then we won't send them away, won't send them."

Granny Hua: "If you're really planning to give them away, why not send them to me directly? They'll take my son's last name and stay in the village."

Liu Jinxia curiously asked: "Why, can adopted children under this policy also benefit?"

Granny Hua laughed: "I don't know, at worst, I'll make a fuss."

Liu Jinxia: "That's true."

At this moment, Li Sanjiang returned with a cigarette in his mouth, hands behind his back.

Granny Hua rolled her eyes and said: "Oh, speaking of luck, who can compare to him? All his parents and grandparents with the same last name are around, all could be brought back home.

Just bring them back, and in a year, win first place."

Li Sanjiang sniffed and shouted towards the kitchen: "Ting Hou!"

Aunt Liu: "What's up, Uncle Sanjiang?"

Li Sanjiang: "Is the vinegar jar leaking at home or something? Why do I smell sour everywhere?"

Granny Hua's lips trembled, silently cursed a few words, and then she laughed too.

After the gathering, everyone else left, but Wang Lian stayed behind to clean up.

Liu Yumei sat nearby, spreading out dress design paper.

After cleaning, Wang Lian leaned towards Liu Yumei and whispered: "Sister Liu..."

Liu Yumei didn't respond, just continued sketching.

Wang Lian: "Sister Liu, do you think when the kids grow up, will they blame us for not sending them to a better family to enjoy life?"

Liu Yumei: "That's indeed your fault."

Wang Lian: "Yeah, my spouse and I are most worried about that."

Liu Yumei: "Blame you for not raising them well, that's why they'd have such thoughts."

Wang Lian was taken aback.

Liu Yumei: "As long as the family is together, there's no real obstacle in this world that can't be overcome."

"I understand now, Sister Liu."

Not long after the gathering ended, Aunt Liu's voice rang:

"Dinner time!"

In the room upstairs, Li Zhiyuan held the newly drawn version of the Evil-breaking Talisman by Alii.

Though there were still materials left, the new talisman's requirements were more demanding, making it more difficult and costly to draw, so even Alii couldn't draw many talismans at once like before.

However, even though talismans were precious, experiments were necessary; not because he was afraid they wouldn't work, but because sometimes the effects were too intense and uncontrollable, which could cause issues.

But since Aunt Liu was already calling for dinner, Li Zhiyuan didn't bother looking for other test subjects and simply opened the wordless book.

He hadn't pressed the evil book today, and turning to the second page, he found the monkeys gone, the entire page blank.

The first page of the evil book showed a wretched young woman sitting on a prison bed, who indeed looked like a pitiful girl.

Her hair, though messy, had strands falling perfectly over her face, evoking a sense of sympathy.

Li Zhiyuan knew this was the evil book deliberately catering to his tastes.

But it forgot, or subconsciously ignored, that he played with Alii because he was also a child, the same age as Alii.

Li Zhiyuan directly stuck the new Evil-breaking Talisman on the first page.

"Crack..."

A crisp sound echoed, and the talisman paper shattered and scattered.

The wordless book, capable of being used as a weapon against zombies, remained intact and unharmed.

But the "girl" on the first page was blown to dust.

The effect was quite good.

Li Zhiyuan closed the book and, holding Alii's hand, went downstairs for dinner.

Over the next several days, Li Zhiyuan spent time with Alii making talismans. Though he couldn't draw them himself, he could understand and study them, and together they increased Alii's drawing speed.

A new batch of inscriptions arrived just in time, solving the material issue. Next was mass production and upgrading the team's talisman supplies.

Every day, Li Zhiyuan would visit Big Beard's house to check the progress of Run Sheng's wild instincts and Yin Meng's learning progress.

Run Sheng's instincts were almost fully awakened now; he truly acted like a beast, constantly pounding on the array, forcing Yin Meng and others to check every couple of hours, lest in a moment of neglect Run Sheng escaped in his frenzied state.

Yin Meng was clearly progressing; she could now sacrifice fresh meat to hatch and control a swarm of insects.

Next was figuring out how to extend the insects' lifespan and envenom them, enhancing this secret technique's power.

Additionally, Yin Meng followed Brother Xiao Yuan's advice, setting up an altar after each practice to apologize to her ancestors.