Chapter 80 Selling Stone Tablets
A large tomb was discovered in the town, but this incident had almost no impact on Xiaoshi Village. After all, they didn't live in the town and were just there to watch the fun.
After hearing that they could not go to watch, their enthusiasm for the discussion dropped rapidly.
The impact of this incident was not as great as the impact on them of the elementary school principal's habit of peeping at others when they were using the toilet.
After knowing this, the men in Xiaoshi Village were in a bad mood. They had to look left and right when going to the toilet, for fear that there was a pervert squatting over there trying to peek at them.
Lu Zhengde was quite happy because for some reason the atmosphere in the village had improved a lot recently and there were fewer people fighting and gambling.
It was a rare opportunity for Bai Lu to take a long vacation at home. The two of them had always had a good relationship, but they were both very busy with work and didn't see each other very often throughout the year.
He thought that since both of them were at home this time, they should have time to spend with the children and get along well with them.
Unexpectedly, Bai Lu couldn't stay idle even during her vacation. She set up a small blackboard at the entrance of the village, gathered the children together, and taught them pinyin at the entrance.
After teaching the kids in the morning, she would join Lu Xing and her group of friends in the afternoon to chat. She didn't know why, but she seemed to have suddenly fallen in love with gossip.
To be precise, she was not interested in gossip, but in Lu Xing. Whenever she got the chance, she wanted to ask her how she got that ability.
Lu Xing had no way of answering this question. She couldn't say that she encountered it after her death.
She could only divert Bai Lu's attention. "Have you heard? It seems Lu Dazhuang's family is planning to go to town to sell stone tablets and do business with the dead."
"Ah?" Bai Lu didn't know how the topic turned to this.
But Lu Xing had already taken advantage of her moment of distraction and called Lian Hua over, asking her, "Why did Da Zhuang want to get into the corpse business again? Isn't he doing pretty well working outside?"
When Lian Hua heard her ask this, she ignored the crowd and spoke directly, "Didn't Wang Fang find a job out of town? Da Zhuang's job was unstable, so he just quit and came back. He can do this business and take care of the kids at home."
There were people watching the fun nearby, pouring cold water on the situation, saying, "This business of dealing in dead bodies is unlucky. There's a man named He who does this business in our town, and he's still unmarried. Be careful, your daughter-in-law might be scared away again."
"How do you know? Did someone in your family become this daughter-in-law and run away?"
She was originally just watching the fun, but now she was being watched by others. People around her laughed at her for being too talkative. She was speechless because of so many people laughing at her.
Lian Hua didn't take the words of someone who couldn't win an argument with her seriously. "Where was I just now? Oh yeah, Da Zhuang is planning to come back and do this, but he hasn't contacted anyone yet. I don't know when he can start."
Hong Xiahua really thought this was a bad idea and wanted to persuade Lianhua, "Why don't you ask Dazhuang to reconsider this matter?"
After all, they are in the business of death, and they have to find out the taboos in all aspects. Moreover, this business may not make money. Their town is not big, and not many people die in a year. How many stone tablets can they sell?
"You won't make much money from this business. You might even lose money."
After the last lesson, Lian Hua was not ready to speak out her inner thoughts. Facing these advices, she just looked like she was supporting her son. "Well, Dazhuang is my only son. Let him do whatever he wants."
"Besides, it's close to home and convenient for stargazing."
Since she said so, it was difficult for others to say anything more. They could only say a few polite words to say that her son loved his wife and was filial.
After everyone had left, she pulled Lu Xing aside and started chatting quietly.
As for Bai Lu, Lianhua thought that Liu Hehua was her old sister, and her sister's daughter-in-law was also her own family member, so she did not avoid her.
Lu Xing was curious about why she changed her mind so quickly when she was talking about raising rabbits a few days ago. "Was this idea Dazhuang's or yours?"
"We both thought of this together."
Lian Hua was a bit proud when talking about this. "This is also a lucky coincidence. Da Zhuang was working outside when the owner of the quarry he worked for ran away, leaving a mess for his employees. He also owed them a lot of wages. They had no choice but to sell the stones at a low price and use the profits to pay their wages."
"Is that why you want to do this business?"
Bai Lu also thought this was a no-go. "There's already someone in our town who does this. Even if the stone is cheap, it costs money to ship it here and process it. If few people buy it, won't Brother Dazhuang lose money?"
"I'm not that stupid. It's definitely not just because of this."
"A few days ago, I went to town to buy vegetables. At the vegetable stall, I heard a lot of people talking about the ancient tomb that was being excavated. I heard that many people wanted to move their graves nearby to get some of the dragon's energy."
"I went home and thought about it. That place is unlucky for the living, but it's perfect for the dead! Someone must be trying to take advantage of the good feng shui there. To move the grave, tombstones must be selling well these days."
It seems that it is not impossible?
"However, there is one more thing I need your help with."
"What is it?"
This matter mainly depends on Bai Lu, but Lian Hua and Bai Lu are not very familiar with each other, so she feels a little embarrassed to say it. "Just help me promote the business in the town."
"Promote your family's stone tablet?"
"That's not the case. I just want to publicize how well the location of this emperor's tomb was chosen, and how it will make future generations rich."
There was no problem in helping with publicity, but Bai Lu was a little hesitant about the content. "The Yellow Emperor's Tomb doesn't seem to have this effect?"
"Why is it gone? If you think about it this way, the location of the emperor's tomb must have been checked by a great feng shui master. It must be a good spot."
"Then you see, the emperor's son is also an emperor, right? Doesn't this tomb make his descendants rich?"
"These are all true, how can it be considered a lie."
Lu Xing looked at her nonsense, wondering where she learned it from. "We are not as good as you at talking. Why don't you go by yourself?"
"That's right. Then you guys can come and support me from behind."
Just do it.
The next day, she took the two of them to town.
Because of the news of the tomb being dug up, there were many more people in the town than usual. And because the area was blocked off and people were not allowed to see it, the people who came to the town to watch the excitement gathered at the vegetable stall.
A group of people were chatting animatedly at the vegetable stall. Although no one had seen what the tomb looked like, they could all say something.
Lu Xing had only been listening for a while when he heard no less than five versions of how the tomb was discovered.
The most outrageous version is that when the emperor was buried, he buried a dragon with him. Now the dragon ran out and the tomb was discovered.
The reason was that when she heard the news, she felt the ground shaking, and it must have been the earthquake caused by the dragon turning over.
Of course, what Lian Hua said was quite outrageous. She got together with a group of gossipers and said that the tomb could be discovered because of the blessing of the ancestors.
Her ancestors told her in a dream that this piece of land was a good place. Moving the ancestral grave here would not only protect herself, but also bring good luck and wealth to her descendants.
The group of old ladies didn't know why, but they were really fooled by her. "Could it be that the ancestors really appeared in spirit?"
"Of course. Think about it, the emperor would be buried here. Why would he choose to be buried here? Doesn't that mean our feng shui is the best? Even the emperor wants to be buried here."
"That makes sense. The feng shui of this place must be good, otherwise the emperor wouldn't have chosen this place, and the landlord wouldn't have built his ancestral hall here."
People who gossip here all believe in something to some degree. After hearing Lianhua's words, they thought more and more that it made sense. "Maybe it really is a miracle that led us to discover this wonderful place."
"Of course not!"
"Then why did this ancestor appear? Just to tell us there's a good piece of land here? But isn't it forbidden to buy land now?"
"Isn't this ancestor notified too late?"
Lian Hua gave an expression that said, "You guys don't understand, right?" and said, "It's not late at all, now is the perfect time!"
"The feng shui of that cemetery is so bad that a living person can't live there. Besides, the emperor's fate is so precious. If ordinary people like us were buried there, we would be crushed to death."
"The feng shui was too good before, and the fate of ordinary people like us couldn't suppress it. Now it's different. The blessing of the person inside has been almost used up, and ordinary people like us can also be buried there."
She pointed at the woman who mentioned the dragon and said, "Otherwise, how could you feel the dragon turning over? That was your ancestors reminding you!"
The woman who was pointed at was confused.
Is that so? Wasn't that something she made up?
But she couldn't admit in public that what she just said was a lie, so she could only nod and say, "Yes."
Seeing her nod, the others became more convinced of Lianhua's words.
【Author has something to say】
When Lianhua is fooling people
I always feel like we are family. Our ancestors are giving us benefits, so hurry up and grab them!
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