After being stunned for a moment, Fourth Brother Hai looked at the temporary worker Xiao Li as if waking up from a dream.
Xiao Li looked at him with burning eyes, and silently and exaggeratedly said "Wow" with his mouth wide open.
Fourth Brother Hai suddenly felt dry in the mouth and breathed heavily. He was about to speak when he heard Madam Qu's low voice ask, "...So, two years ago, when my eldest brother was leaving for Chengdu, he renovated the courtyard. Did you do the same? I remember the Chen family paid nearly three hundred taels... Fifth Brother told me that the wood and bricks you used were similar to those used in temples, and the wood for the crossbeams was sent to the Wanfo Temple for blessing, which can ensure that the eldest brother will have smooth sailing and everything will be safe."
Xianjin looked at Fourth Brother Hai.
Madam Qu seemed to feel a little suffocated. "During that renovation, Lao Wu personally worked from morning till night and completed the work overtime... Tell me, how much money did Lao Wu spend on that job?"
Fourth Brother Hai didn’t dare to look up.
Xianjin scolded, "If you don't bite others, the dog will bite you!"
Fourth Brother Hai simply lowered his head, "One hundred taels... plus the first night of the thirteen-year-old girl Lede from Tianxianglou."
nausea.
It's really disgusting.
Xianjin closed his eyes, and from then on he could no longer look at the sight of a pear tree overshadowing a crabapple tree.
Madam Qu's eyes were deep. "So, the beam in the Boss's courtyard has never been blessed?"
Madam Qu's voice was very low, and there was even a tremor at the end.
Xianjin lowered his head and took a step back.
Fourth Brother Hai raised his eyes quickly, "It has been opened before! But it was not opened by the monks of Wanfo Temple..."
Madam Qu pressed on, "Where did that come from?"
"It was me... I couldn't sleep in the middle of the night, so I read two pages of scriptures to that piece of wood..." Fourth Brother Hai was embarrassed for no reason and murmured to explain, "Think about it yourself, how could such a big and heavy piece of wood be transported to Jingting Mountain and asked the monks of Wanfo Temple to read scriptures to it?! Three hundred taels of silver is not a lot, but it is not a small amount either. What can you do with it? What's more, your Fifth Master also took so much money from it... I read some scriptures to that piece of wood myself, which is enough to repay your Chen family!"
Old Madam Qu's body shook, her expression did not change, but Xianjin could feel the overflowing sadness.
The original intention was to pray for the safety of the eldest son, but he was fooled. The eldest son died suddenly in a foreign land after traveling, and even the body was unrecognizable when it was brought back - the beam had never been blessed, so it naturally could not protect the eldest son!
Madam Qu gave Fourth Brother Hai a deep look and said, "Get lost—"
Fourth Brother Hai was still thinking about the three hundred taels of silver he would get for completing the project, so he was procrastinating.
"Get out! Get out!"
Old Madam Qu shouted angrily and walked away in a huff, wearing her long gown and jacket.
The two of them were silent on the mule cart until they reached West City Avenue. Old Madam Qu got off the mule cart and said with a sullen face, "Where is the Fifth Master?"
The concierge shrugged and said, "Just...just got back..."
Madam Qu said sternly, "Tell him to come to the small hall to see me immediately!"
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