The villa was in a mess, and Li Du certainly could not move in, so he decided to live in the old house for the time being. There was enough space there anyway.
He ignored the company's attempts to keep him and left with a cold face.
Du Yun shouted enthusiastically from behind, "Brother Li, please forgive us. Brother Li, take care. Brother Li, we will clean up the house for you right away. We will definitely give you a cleaner environment than before …"
As they drove, Du Hang asked helplessly, "Boss Li, what should we do?"
Li Du said, "Take your time, don't worry. I'll go back to my parents first."
As soon as he got home, Mother Li asked anxiously, "What about our villa? Get them to clean it up quickly. It was such a good house, but it was ruined like this. "
Li Du said, "Dad, let's stay here first. I'll take care of the villa."
Father Li waved his hand and said, "Okay, you take care of it. It's good for us to stay here. This old house is our ancestral home. Our ancestors are all here. Let them see the first foreign wife in our family history. It's good to spend the New Year here. "
Li Du rubbed his arms and said, "Dad, can you not be so scary? There's only us here. Who else would be here? "
"The person is not here, but the soul is still here." Father Li laughed. "Sophie likes our Chinese culture, right? Does she understand our China's ghost culture? "
Li Du quickly waved his hand. "Don't do this nonsense. I'm most afraid of this kind of nonsense."
Father Li laughed even louder. Mother Li said, "Hey, this old man is not serious. When you were young, he always told you ghost stories to scare you. Now he wants to scare Sophie?"
This was quite strange. Other parents told their children fairy tales from a young age, but Father Li was different. The bedtime stories he told Li Du when he was young were all ghost stories.
After going around and 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, Mother Li began to tidy up. Pots and pans, bedding and sheets were all taken out. Their house was a small building in the suburbs, with many rooms. It was easy for all of them to move in.
Li Du saw that the appliances and furniture were there and asked, "You didn't move into the villa?"
Li Du's mother said, "We moved there, and then we came back. It's such a big house, but there are only two people. It's scary."
Li Du thought about it and agreed. For people of his parents' generation, whether it was a villa or a castle, it was not as comfortable as living in the old house that they were used to.
Li Du's father wouldn't use ghost stories to scare Sophie. Sophie and her parents' love for Chinese culture mainly lay in its traditional culture and folk customs.
Mrs. Martin decided to make use of this opportunity to do a special report for the students when she returned to school. She was going to study the history of the small county from the aspects of architecture, customs, and culture.
Mr. Martin encouraged her to proceed, promising to be her assistant and take some photographs for reference. "In addition to the project," he said, "you can also write a paper. I think the school will be very interested in it."
With so many people, the problem of transportation was not easy to solve. Li Du decided to use the method he used in America, which was to rent a car.
He took Brother Wolf and the others to the city and rented some cars.
Brother Wolf and Feminine drove away in a low-key Volkswagen Passat. They drove with cameras to investigate the Soft Company. Li Du did not believe that there was nothing wrong with the company. He had to teach them a lesson.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin drove away in a Jeep. Li Du and Sophie accompanied them. After all, they did not understand Chinese. There might be many people in the county who knew some English, but not many who could communicate well.
Although Li Du's county was small, there were many valuable ancient buildings.
They first went to the ancient city wall in the south of the county, which was more than five hundred meters long. It was made of green bricks and still stood tall after thousands of years.
"This wall used to be quite long. When I was in primary school, it could stretch across the whole south of the county," Li Du said as he stroked the wall.
Sophie asked, "Then why is there only this section left now? Was it destroyed by the wind and rain? "
Li Du shook his head. "No, the development of our county required expansion, and the city wall became an obstacle. The government decided to demolish it to make way for economic development."
Mrs. Martin said regretfully, "It's a pity. They have a longer history than our country. If they could be preserved for future generations, it would be a valuable asset."
Li Du smiled. Many people said the same thing now.
In addition to the ancient city wall, there were several old alleys in their county. The bluestone path was no longer smooth and the alleys were very narrow. After the Jeep drove in, there was another car coming from the opposite side. Li Du had to back off to make way, otherwise he would not be able to drive through.
On both sides of the old alley were old houses. Like the bricks used in the city wall, they were made of green bricks and green tiles.
Mrs. Martin took a few photos and found that some of the bricks had images on them. She went forward to take a close-up and asked curiously, "What do these images mean?"
Li Du said, "I'm not sure. I heard from the elders that our county used to be a strategic location. The construction of the city wall needed to be of good quality, so we bought the bricks from many masonry shops.
"In order to prevent these masonry shops from producing shoddy goods, the ruler required the masonry shops to print a unique logo on the bricks during production. Once a problem was found, they could be held accountable …"
At this point, Li Du suddenly had an idea, an idea that could be used to deal with Soft Company.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin did not know what he was thinking. After hearing his words, they laughed at the same time and said, "That's a smart idea."
"It can be written in the thesis."
Li Du also smiled. He thought about it in his heart and felt that his idea was quite reliable.
The appearance of three foreigners in these quaint alleys was somewhat attractive to the surrounding residents.
Many people appeared at the entrance, basking in the sun and looking at the three curiously. Some people recognized Li Du and asked, "Xiao Du, who are these three? I heard that you found a foreign wife. Is this your foreign wife? She's quite handsome. "
Sophie responded in Mandarin, which was more fluent than his, with a smile, "You're quite handsome too, sir. You're also very well-informed."
Hearing Sophie's fluent Mandarin reply, a few people who were watching the commotion burst into laughter. Someone even teased, "Hey, Xiao Liao, silence is golden. Didn't your father teach you to talk less outside?"
"F * ck off!"
Li Du smiled and greeted the crowd. He briefly introduced Sophie and her family, saying that they wanted to inspect the ancient buildings here and go back to do a research report for the American students.
A middle-aged man asked hopefully, "How influential is their report?"
Li Du said helplessly, "If you want to develop tourism through their report, that won't work."
"No, no, no, it's not to develop tourism. It's to get the government to pay attention and demolish this place as soon as possible," the middle-aged man asked.
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