Chapter 77 Thief?
Lu Xing looked at Liu Fangfang running towards him happily with a bottle of pickled radish, and didn't know what to say.
Do you want to tell her that the dormitory was built on top of an ancient tomb?
How do you explain how she knew this?
Moreover, there are so many ancient tombs buried underground, and many buildings are built on top of the ancient tombs. It doesn’t matter if you don’t know about this, but it’s disgusting when you know about it.
In the end, she didn't say it out loud. On the way back from chatting with Liu Fangfang, she asked Lianhua, "Do you think someone would build a house on someone else's grave?"
"What? That's too wicked! I won't be able to sleep well in the middle of the night."
"But houses are being built everywhere now, and there's only so much land. One day they'll end up on top of graves, right?"
Lian Hua shuddered at this speculation, "I dare not live in a house like this."
"What if it's the tomb of an emperor or a prince from ancient times? Maybe it can even offer some good feng shui."
"If it's good feng shui, then why don't I just move my ancestral grave here? Why do I have to build my house on top of someone else's grave?"
Lian Hua's words gave Lu Xing a new question: Did the people who built the school know that it was built on an ancient tomb?
This school has been built in the town for some years. Previously, the land belonged to a landlord. After the landlord was overthrown, the land was temporarily used as a warehouse.
Later, they said they wanted to build a school, so they demolished the warehouse and built a primary school.
The system can't do anything about something that happened so long ago. It can only detect current records. If no one discusses this matter, it has no way of knowing the truth.
If she wanted to know what was going on, she had to ask someone.
Others may not know the answer, but Liu Hehua, who has a daughter-in-law who teaches at a school, must know something.
So after dinner, Lu Xing took the peppers he grew and went to Liu Hehua's house to inquire about the situation.
After school started, Liu Hehua's granddaughter was sent to the town. She lived in the Bailu dormitory after school and only returned to the countryside on weekends.
Lu Zhengde was not at home because he was busy somewhere. Only Liu Hehua was at home, and the little black dog was with her.
When Lu Xing came to her house, she was drying corn.
The corn harvested in July and August is dried, and the kernels are peeled off and ground into powder. It is usually made into corn porridge. When rice cannot be afforded, corn porridge can also be a staple food.
"Why are you still drying corn at this time?"
"The last old corn, all the rotten and shrunken ones, are dried and ground into flour for the chickens to eat."
It was a hot day, and she was sweating after spreading the corn. She sat down and took a big sip of water before she recovered and asked Lu Xing, "What do you want to talk to me about?"
"The peppers I planted grew a bit too much, so I brought some to give to you. I also wanted to ask you about school matters."
Liu Hehua looked at the peppers that Lu Xing brought. They were quite spicy, so she prepared to make some pickled peppers.
"Bai Lu's school? You don't have any grandchildren going to school, so why are you suddenly asking about school? What happened?"
Lu Xing hesitated a bit and said, "Didn't I accompany Lianhua to send her grandson to school a few days ago? I ended up running into that little girl Liu Fangfang."
"Oh, that girl really came back to be a teacher. That's great." Liu Hehua was very happy. With more teachers coming to teach here, her granddaughter could receive better teaching.
"Yes, she saw me and gave me a jar of pickled radishes."
"What happened? Did something happen to that girl?"
"It doesn't count?"
Lu Xing thought about it. The entire school was built on an ancient tomb, so Liu Fangfang couldn't be the only one in trouble. "Is Bai Lu living in the dormitory provided by the school?"
Not knowing why Bai Lu was suddenly mentioned again, Liu Hehua carefully observed the expression on Lu Xing's face. "She lives in the dormitory, what's wrong? Did something big happen at school that makes you have to be so roundabout and ask questions?"
"It's not a good thing anyway."
"What could possibly be happening at school? Did a teacher hit someone? Or is the school dormitory about to collapse?"
"I remember the school was built many years ago, and the teachers are all from here. We know them all very well. What could possibly go wrong?"
Liu Hehua thought about it. If something had happened over the years, it would have been known long ago. "Did you make a mistake? I haven't heard anything about what happened at school before."
For some reason, seeing Lu Xing's attitude, Liu Hehua suddenly thought of her ability, "Could the school be haunted?"
Lu Xing, who was still thinking about how to explain it, was immediately amused by her guess. "Why are you suddenly talking about ghosts again?"
"Then why are you here so mysteriously? That school used to be the land of a landlord. I heard it was used as a memorial tablet for his ancestors. Later, for some reason, a school was built there."
"Could it be that the landlord's ancestors couldn't stand their ancestral hall being occupied, so they appeared in spirit?"
I don't know how she managed to guess so far, but it also happened to be somewhat related.
Lu Xing was afraid that her guesses were getting more outrageous. "It has nothing to do with the landlord. The land where the school was built was the land of the landlord's ancestral hall. There's an ancient tomb buried underground. I don't know what dynasty the deceased belonged to."
"Do you think this is taboo?"
Liu Hehua didn't hesitate at all. "It's definitely a taboo! No matter how many years have passed, it's someone else's grave. The school dormitory is right on someone else's grave. That's a huge taboo."
She suddenly thought of Bai Lu and her granddaughter who lived in the school. "No, my daughter-in-law still lives in the school. I can't let them live there."
"Then the school needs to move to another location, otherwise it will be too intrusive to have classes there."
"Then what are you going to say? How did you know there was an ancient tomb down there? Why should anyone believe you without any evidence?"
Lu Xing asked the system to check and found that the ancient tomb was buried very deep and could not be dug easily.
It is impossible for them to close the school and change the address just because of her words.
Her words calmed Liu Hehua down. Even if she called her daughter-in-law back home now, without a reasonable reason, she still had to teach there.
"So what? Did you sense anything?"
"No, I sensed there was a tomb down there, so I came to you to find out what was going on."
The two of them sat there worrying.
They didn't expect that the clues would come so quickly.
And it was the unlucky Liu Fangfang who encountered it again.
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After Liu Fangfang and Lu Xing met, they went to class.
During class, she paid special attention to see who the grandson of Grandma Lu's friend was.
The children were all very well behaved and no one acted naughty during class.
When Liu Fangfang heard the children say hello to the teacher for the first time, she felt a fresh sense of excitement.
This energy did not dissipate until the get out of class was over. After finishing the report, she could not sit still in the office and wanted to walk around the school to vent her emotions.
This school is not big. The teachers' dormitory is next to the teaching building. During the day, the teachers stay in the office in the teaching building and the dormitory is empty.
After strolling around the playground, she remembered that she had left something in the dormitory, so she thought of going back to get it.
Unexpectedly, as soon as I entered the house, I faintly heard the voice of a strange man, "Boss, it's done."
After hearing this, Liu Fangfang didn't say anything. She followed the sound and found that it came from the toilet behind the dormitory.
She was afraid they were thieves, so she hid in the corner and waited, ready to catch them red-handed.
Not long after, a short man came out of the toilet first. After looking around and seeing no one, he quickly greeted the people behind him.
Immediately behind him, two more men came out, carrying bags that were bulging with stuff. It was unknown what was in the toilet worth stealing.
There was no wall around the school toilet, and they seemed to be heading towards a nearby village with the bags on their shoulders.
In broad daylight, three people went to the toilet to steal things. It didn't seem like the first time they did this. It was a bit strange.
Liu Fangfang subconsciously wanted to find someone to talk to about this.
In addition to the principal and her, there are two other teachers in the school, one is Bai Lu and the other is a male teacher whose name is unknown.
She had just arrived and didn't know anyone. When she encountered such a strange thing, her first reaction was to find the principal.
The principal was a tall, thin, middle-aged man from a nearby village. When the school was built, everyone wanted to choose someone familiar as the principal, so they chose him.
Although his teaching level is average, Principal Wang is very good at managing the staff, so he has not been replaced for many years.
Whenever teachers have any problems, he tries his best to solve them.
After all, it happened during working hours, so Liu Fangfang felt a little guilty when she came to report, "Principal, I want to talk to you about something."
The principal didn't mention the working hours. "What's wrong, Teacher Liu? Is there anything you're not used to?"
"No, no, I just got here and everyone is taking good care of me. It's just that I just went back to the dormitory to get my things and found that there seemed to be a thief in our school."
"Thief?!" Principal Wang stopped drinking his tea. "This is a serious matter. Teacher Liu, did you really see a thief?"
"Did you lose anything? If you did, let's call the police."
The principal was so enthusiastic about helping her come up with ideas, and he didn't blame her. Liu Fangfang also relaxed and talked about what had just happened. "No, no, no, that thief was so weird."
"I didn't go to the dormitory. I went to the toilet behind our dormitory. Principal, what's there to steal in the toilet?"
Hearing that the thief went to the toilet, the principal froze for a moment and immediately asked, "Ah? Did you really see the thief go to the dry toilet at the back?"
"Yeah, I saw it with my own eyes. A short guy was walking in front, and two guys of average height were walking behind carrying a sack that was bulging with stuff. Could they be trying to steal excrement from our toilet?"
The principal gave a stiff smile. "You have a point. It's not impossible. How about I investigate further? Don't tell anyone about this for now. It would be bad if we alerted them."
Liu Fangfang didn't suspect the change in the principal's attitude. After all, if they really were here to steal manure, calling the police would seem like overkill. "Okay, okay, principal, don't worry. I won't tell anyone."
Seeing that she didn't take it seriously, the principal could only emphasize again, "Also, Teacher Liu, it's best not to leave the teaching building during class time in the future. This is mainly for your safety."
"Like what happened this time, what if they found out and beat you up? Our school still relies on Teacher Liu to teach our first and second graders."
"Teacher Liu, please take care to protect yourself."
In the end, she couldn't escape being scolded by the principal. Liu Fangfang listened to it with a guilty conscience, but forgot about it as soon as she left the house.
She also wanted to ask Grandma Lu about the situation.
Even if they are thieves who steal manure, they are still thieves and they must be caught.
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