These four ghosts were playing mahjong leisurely in the cemetery, with delicious food and drinks nearby. This life was simply too pleasant.
Speaking of this, some people may think that ghosts only come out at night. How can they still run around in broad daylight?
In fact, there are ghosts on the streets in broad daylight.
It's just that there are more ghosts at night and fewer during the day.
It's like there are many people on the street during the day, but there are also people at night, but less. The reason is the same.
Those decent ghosts dare to come out even in the dog days of summer, let alone broad daylight.
However, the amount of activity will be less, or the cat will find a shady place to hang out.
I once met a woman who went to take shelter in the shade of a tree because it was too hot in the summer, but the ghost followed her.
She asked me why the ghost could follow her when it was so hot.
I told her, because you went to the shade of a tree, you are afraid of the heat, and ghosts are even more afraid of the heat. They are hiding in the shade of the tree, and you just happened to pass by. Who else will follow you?
It turned out that it was still a pervert who had been pestering her for more than two months. If it weren't for her belief in Buddhism, the pervert would have succeeded.
We will discuss this matter in detail later.
At that time, several ghosts in Zhao Laowu's family were playing mahjong, and they were just staying in the shade of the trees, so it didn't have any impact.
Seeing us measuring and building a tomb here, one of the ghosts with a long face and a big chin, probably Zhao Laowu, looked over here with a look of gloating on his misfortune, but he knew the rules and didn't come over to start a fight.
On the other side, Uncle Ma quickly finished explaining the matters of repairing the tomb. The three Liang brothers did not dare to neglect and wrote them down one by one.
In fact, Uncle Ma's job is just talking, asking workers to buy materials, but he doesn't care.
According to his instructions, everything was in place in the afternoon. Uncle Ma picked an hour and started construction early the next morning.
Repairing a tomb is much simpler than moving a tomb, and there are not so many taboos.
First of all, the weeds around the grave were cleared, the low branches of the trees were cut down, and some crooked trees were also pulled down and could not be left.
This cemetery is also called the Yin House. In fact, it is the same as living people live. It also pays attention to the clean entrance and tidy courtyard. Therefore, if you have ancestral graves at home, you must regularly repair and maintain them and not be careless.
If the ancestors are not happy, there will be few good things for their descendants.
Especially those weeds, low tree branches, and bushes must be cleared away. These things represent the trivial things at home. If they are tidied up, life will go smoothly and the better.
If there are tall and straight trees next to the grave, the descendants can become talented, and those who are crooked are unworthy descendants.
Of course, these things may not be absolute, but funeral customs have been passed down in our land for thousands of years. You have to listen to the words of your ancestors and believe them, as long as you don't get obsessed.
The next step is to fill the grave with soil.
This is also called earth building, and there are rules. You must first dig a shovel of earth on the original grave and set it aside for later use.
Mr. Liang led people to transport several carts of soil from afar and fill it on the grave. After the grave was built and the grave mound was raised high, he would put the shovel of soil on top and then lay the bricks.
Next, the surrounding ground is also paved and compacted with soil, then red bricks are laid, a layer of cement floor is laid on top, and walls are built to create a yard.
All the specifications were made according to those of Zhao Laowu's house next door, and when the fence was built, it was half a foot higher than Zhao Laowu's house.
The tombstone is also newly carved, made of fine stone, and the calligraphy is beautifully carved.
A circle of pine trees was also planted around the tomb, which makes it even more majestic.
This seems like a lot of work, but it's actually much simpler and rougher than building a house for someone, but it can't be done in one day.
At the request of the Liang family, we stayed here for one night and planned to leave after finishing the work for the old lady’s Baojiatang.
As a result, early the next morning, someone came over and said something strange.
The people who were working on the grave yesterday all lay down. They were either suffering from stomach upset or fever. One of them was so cold that he kept shaking. Someone must have stuffed ice cubes into his neck.
This was really strange. A few of us hurried over and took a look. Those people were really attacked collectively, and no one was spared.
Uncle Ma's expression immediately changed, and he said angrily: "It must have been that Zhao Laowu who did it. He was there when he was repairing the grave yesterday. I was so embarrassed. I was too lazy to pay attention to him, but this guy actually dared to do something evil. Just wait, I will Let’s deal with him now.”
Uncle Ma doesn't get angry easily, but when he gets angry, he takes it seriously. He said he wanted to deal with Zhao Laowu, but he might be in trouble.
However, He Yuchen stopped Uncle Ma and said to him: "Uncle Ma, don't be angry yet. After all, the graves of these two families are next to each other, and they will be neighbors in the future. If you deal with him, their hatred will become deeper in the future."
According to He Yuchen's plan, she wanted her old Monument King to take action and go to Zhao Laowu's place to see the situation and persuade him to make peace first. If he refused to listen, it would not be too late to take action.
But she was also a little worried. The old Monument King also had a bad temper. What if he went there and took action directly?
I thought about it and said, let's try another way. You all have to get started when you go. Why don't I send someone over here to express my attitude first and see what he means.
If it doesn't work, let the old Monument King do it again.
They all agreed, so I asked He Yuchen to write a statement explaining his attitude, and then burned the statement at the door.
The only one who can go and do things here is Wu Xiaoshun.
I saw him show up, take the form and leave. I also told He Yuchen that it was Tongyin Tongzi from my hall who was the sixth eldest boy.
He Yuchen said: "Xiao Liu has worked hard, let's just deliver the letter. If he is willing to obey, put a few workers away. If he doesn't obey, tell us when he comes back."
Wu Xiaoshun curled his lips and said with a look of dissatisfaction: "You juniors have no manners at all. I've been dead for decades, why don't you call me Sixth Master?"
But that's what I knew. After he left, I said to He Yuchen with a wry smile. She was stunned for a moment, and then burst into laughter.
She said: "Your Tongyin boy is quite funny. He was only a teenager when he died, and he wanted to be the sixth master. Let me tell you, my old Monument King used to have a beard and pull Liu Zi. , has shot and killed people, most ghosts would tremble when they see him."
Of course I knew that the old Monument King was very powerful, but I didn’t take it seriously because my old Monument King hadn’t come yet.
The old Monument King was a beard in the human world. My old Monument King led troops in the underworld.
It didn't take much, and Wu Xiaoshun came back.
He told me that the letter had been delivered, but Zhao Laowu said that this matter had nothing to do with him.
He didn't mean to bully the old Liang family, it was Mrs. Old Liang who was arrogant and domineering when she was alive, and he just wanted to teach her a lesson.
The person who caused trouble this time was Mrs. Wang.
Zhao Laowu also said that if Lao Liang's family wants to successfully build the tomb, they must explain clearly to Lao Wang's family an incident that occurred a few years ago.
Otherwise, the feud between the two families cannot be resolved and the matter will never end.
