"Are you really dedicating your love to the disaster-stricken people in China by collecting donations?" Li Ling asked as he backed up his car.

"Of course! Is there anything doubtful about this?" The girl shrugged and looked at her companions behind her, "The new semester is about to start, but our charity group only raised more than two thousand US dollars in donations throughout the summer...

...This makes me feel a little depressed." After the girl finished speaking, she spread her hands.

"Well, actually, I want to buy some tents and cans to send to my compatriots. In that case, I don't think I have to drive twenty miles to go to the trouble. I will leave my two thousand dollars to you. Please help me.

Buy it and send it to China, thank you."

Li Ling handed the money in his wallet to the girl, which was two thousand U.S. dollars for materials that his mother had asked him to give to his third senior brother.

Li Ling once again offered his love to his compatriots and indirectly supported the work of his alumni. Li Ling did not feel that he had suffered much loss.

It is true that the United States does not like the use of cash, but among the Chinese circles in the Punal Valley, the Lever Wood Factory purchases wood, various hardware and paint, but the Chinese, Vietnamese and Mexicans only accept cash.

"Ah?!" The girl looked at the thick stack of dollars, then looked at Li Ling, her blue eyes rounded, completely disbelieving what was happening in front of her.

Of course she would not have the thought of "rich man" and then have little stars in her eyes. It is understandable that a Westerner who has no habit of using cash suddenly sees so many U.S. dollars. The surprise.

"What, do you think I will ask you for a hug or even a kiss?" Li Ling shrugged and looked at her.

"Haha, you are so funny, um, and very generous. You are indeed a kind person." The girl took the money and said, "I don't mind giving you a hug!"

"You are also a good girl, even though your dimples look very... dangerous." Ling smiled sharply, released the clutch, and started the car slowly.

"Oh, why do you say that?" The girl's smile is heart-wrenching, especially when she stares straight at someone.

"There is a rumor that a girl with two dimples will have a man hidden in each dimple." Li Ling waved to her, and the car had already driven a few meters away, "Do you know why? Because men love to drink...

"

"You mean, I will have two men? Hey! I really think you are like a psychic!" The girl slowly lowered her voice, "Maybe there is a man hidden in one dimple, and there is a man hidden in the other dimple.

Where’s a woman?”

Seeing that Li Ling's car had already driven out, she immediately shouted: "Hey! What's your name? I want to register it! By the way, we will also give you another love medal..."

"Just write 'alumni'." Li Ling waved back.

"Alumni... OK, I am Betty Stewart. Thank you, alumni! We will definitely use this money to buy enough tents and cans to send to your compatriots. God will bless you and your motherland!

"By the way, alumni! I feel like you are a psychic. The trouble in my ancestral home -" At this point, Betty realized that it was inappropriate to shout so loudly outdoors. After all, the Chinese boy had already driven out.

Very far away.

"Alumni, alumni..." Betty muttered to herself for a while, then suddenly realized, "Alumni?! Is he also a student of Columbia University?"

"Hey, Betty, what's going on?" At this time, a tall blond white boy came over, "Yelling outside, wow, this is not the style of a Columbia University belle!"

Betty still looked at Li Ling's car that had driven away, and sighed: "That Chinese boy donated two thousand US dollars. You know we can only raise this amount this summer."

"Oh? Haven't you heard that these people are morons, and they didn't earn the money anyway. These idiots came to our country just to show off how good they are at bullying their people, and how good they are at taking advantage of their people.

Take money out of your pocket and spend it on us." The white boy said with a contemptuous smile.

"Hey, Daniel, how can you talk like this? This is his love and kindness! 'We must not judge the words and deeds of others with the worst intentions.' Haven't you heard of this famous quote from Columbia?

Betty said, glaring at him and walking back to her seat.

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The car drove out of the community and soon got onto the East Coast Expressway. At a fork in the road, Li Ling was about to turn right towards the Punar Town Police Station when his cell phone rang.

At this time in 1998, in countries with developed communication technologies such as Europe and the United States, relatively compact mobile phones had begun to become popular, although Big Brother had not yet withdrawn from the stage of history.

Moreover, mobile network operators in the United States had already launched the text messaging function. About a year later, this function exploded and spread around the world.

"Xiao Ling, Sister Ying is back, something really happened to Song Guo and Feng Tiao!" Tong Zi's tone on the other end of the phone was very urgent.

"Why are the police arresting them?" Li Ling slammed on the brakes.

"Ah, Sister Ying has already told you? No, she doesn't have a mobile phone. How did you know that they were caught by the police?"

"Why were you arrested? Don't be nagging!"

"Well, you can talk about it when you get here. Sister Ying is feeling uncomfortable on the side. She only listens to you..."

Li Ling immediately turned left and drove towards the Punar Valley Lihua Wood Factory.

There are numerous Punal Valley lumber mills, wood processing plants, and hardware, paint, home improvement and other building materials stores, most of which are run by Chinese. This small mountain town has also become the Chinese lumber management and processing and manufacturing center on the east coast of North America.

Chinese people usually come here to buy Chinese furniture.

Lever Wood Processing Factory is one of the oldest among these wood factories. Its founder was Li Ling's great-grandfather Li Weihua, a Chinese laborer who came to the United States to prospect for gold in the late 19th century.

The noise of the roaring electric drills and cutting machines in the factory was much reduced. When Li Ling came to the workshop, a big yellow dog rushed over to play with him affectionately, "Hey! Ah Huang, you've grown taller again!"

Li Ling touched Huang Gou's head and saw that Tongzi was immersed in sawing wooden boards, while the third senior brother was painting a finished Taishi chair.

Two Mexicans, one middle-aged and one young, were carrying wood to the workshop. Two high-power blowing fans were blowing at them, making the workshop cool.

In the 1960s and 1970s, when the U.S. economy was developing rapidly, Leverwood Factory once had more than 60 employees, including more than 20 carpenters.

Now, there are more woodworking factories in the Punal Valley, the market competition is more intense, and Lever's manpower is also much smaller. However, Lever's woodworking and furniture are now taking the purely handmade and high-quality route.

In the entire carpentry circle on the east coast of North America, as well as in the Chinese furniture manufacturing industry, few people are familiar with Lever and Qin Carpenters.

"Third senior brother, Tongzi." Li Ling walked in and called.

"Xiao Ling, Sister Ying is in the office." Tongzi raised her head and said, then winked at Li Ling.

Li Ling naturally understood what this look meant and ignored him. He only listened to Qin Shaonan scold him: "Lao San, how many times have I told you to call me 'little master uncle'! Do you have a long memory? Your master's name is Xiao Ling."

, your name is also Xiaoling, why, you and the master are the same generation, right?"

Tongzi hurriedly immersed himself in his work without saying a word. Qin Shaonan then said to Li Ling: "Xiao Ling, the eldest and second eldest brother had a fight with the policemen at the police station and were detained because those policemen bullied Xiaoying first! What are the details?

Yes, you can ask Sakura."

"Bullying Brother Ying?" Li Ling was startled. Has this Lihua tigress ever been bullied? He couldn't help but picture the scene of Brother Ying being bullied. Brother Ying never suffered a loss. How could she?

Being bullied, how could this happen...

"I don't understand the legal procedures either. I'll leave it to my aunt and you to handle this matter. If it doesn't work out through the obvious way, then I can only take the shady way."

Although Qin Shaonan is nearly seventy years old, his big rough hands resting on the wooden bench do not look like the hands of an old man.

The only way people who came from his era could think of to solve problems was to speak with fists and strength. Although this is the United States and fists cannot withstand the law, but... he still has Luban Shu.

Perhaps the only thing in this world that can escape the law and the public eye is this kind of supernatural power.

"Third Senior Brother, let's take the clear path as much as possible." Li Ling glanced at Tongzi who was making faces at him, "This is the United States. Since Pinecone and Fengzhi acted bravely, the path of law should be taken.

The only solution is to hire a lawyer, so don’t worry."

Li Ling said this just to tell him not to worry too much. In any case, he would not let an old man in his seventies come forward, even if he knew Lu Ban Shu.

No matter how high the Third Brother's Luban Technique is, using the Luban Technique of Shenzou Tianxin Position System, reciting incantations and casting spells, he cannot escape the counter-curse of the Grandmaster. At this time, how can Li Ling let the Third Senior Brother use Luban Technique?

Technique to solve this matter?

Li Ling now knows that the third senior brother abides by the teachings of his master Ma Lu Zong, and Ma Lu Zong's carpentry skills and Lu Ban techniques are inherited from his ancestors. Therefore, the third senior brother has followed the first iron motto of the Li family ancestors throughout his life:

Never take the initiative to harm others.

With the Luban Technique mastered by the third senior brother, it is natural that he cannot escape the curse imposed by his ancestor - the curse is that anyone who learns Luban Technique but does not use it will have to practice Luban Technique endlessly throughout his life.

Therefore, when the third brother built a house, he would use Luban's Liang Liang technique to bring them luck. Li Ling had no doubt that he also used Luban's technique when making furniture.

Otherwise, some carpentry work requires two or three carpenters to do it for a month or two, but the third brother can do it alone in half a month.

It is said that when carpenters build a house, they will split a large number of wooden wedges before making furniture, and they will be used for patching seams or padding during construction.

Li Ling had seen it with his own eyes when he was a child. Other carpenters could only chop out dozens of wooden wedges for a whole morning, but the third senior brother carried the wood and ran to the backyard alone. In less than a pack of cigarettes, he hugged

Out came hundreds of wooden wedges!

When Li Ling was a child, he only thought that the third brother must have already chopped it in the backyard, but now, he finally understood that this is called the "Golden Knife Sharp Cutting Technique", a Luban magic that saves time and effort.

The third senior brother likes dogs very much, and some ethnic Chinese in Punar Valley like to eat dog meat. Li Ling remembers that once, a group of Chinese killed several stray dogs and ate dog meat. The third senior brother walked over and took advantage of them when they were not paying attention.

, in the pot where they cooked the dog meat, they stirred it with a straw.

As a result, the group of people boiled water for a day and burned bundles of firewood, but the pot of water could not be boiled. The group of people had to take out the dog meat and prepare to roast it on the fire. Then, the third brother took the initiative to help them.

Set up dog meat.

However, after roasting all night, the dog meat was still raw... Many people in the Punar Valley knew about this, and it was spread widely, but no one noticed that the third senior brother had tampered with it.

Li Ling now understands that the third senior brother used two spells here. The first one is called "Snow Mountain Water", no matter how hard you boil the water, it will not boil; the latter one is called "Uncooked Meat", no matter how you cook it, the meat will not boil.

Not bad or overcooked.

Luban Shu is like a double-edged sword, or like a pistol, especially in the United States, a country that allows private ownership of guns.

Good people hold this pistol to protect their homes and private property from infringement, and defend justice; while madmen and gangsters hold it and go to campus to commit school shootings, rob banks, and kill innocent people.

In the same way, Lu Ban's magic can do good things in the hands of good people, such as the third brother, who can cast spells to quickly build furniture and bring luck to people when building houses, and this counter-spell has the least impact on him.

But in the hands of certain people, Luban Shu can only do bad things and harm others throughout their lives, such as the trickster who caused misfortune to the Grant family.

Li Ling knew that although the third senior brother had continued to perform Luban Technique throughout his life, he had never used Luban Technique to persecute or harm anyone.

But this time, if the troubles of Song Guo and Feng Tiao cannot be solved by taking a clear path, it is obvious that the third senior brother will be ready to take action.

But Li Ling would never let an old man do these things.

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Chapter completed!