When Lu Zhong came back, in addition to Lu Shouzeng, there was also a white-haired old man sitting on the donkey cart, this was Mr. Zhou, the god stick in Lu Pozi's mouth.

Lu Shouzeng was very respectful to this person and had been carefully supporting him. Lu Zhong hurriedly ordered Xiao Yi to pour tea, Lu Xiaoyi was very embarrassed, she didn't have time to hide, why did she have to go to the old gentleman, so she begged Xiao Ding to help her run.

Yulan was also curious about what kind of character this old Mr. Zhou was, and called out to Xiao Ding, "Don't go, I'll take a look." ”

Mrs. Lu also hurriedly followed, and the rest of the sister-in-law Hua and Wang Dongmei chatted about the magical rumors of Mr. Feng Shui again, while Xiaoyi Xiaoding and Su Qing listened silently.

After about two cups of tea, Yulan and Lu Pozi returned to the backyard, Yulan didn't speak, but Lu Pozi kept complaining.

"Phew! Old god stick, when our silver is blown by the wind? Drink our two good teas and get paid one or two silver, his nails are too long, right? "The people of Xiaxi Village like to use the term 'long nails' to describe someone who is greedy and ruthless when receiving payment.

Yulan persuaded with good words: "Mother, you should be less angry when you are angry and hurt your body, didn't Mr. Zhou say it just now?" He only ran away because he had some relatives with him at the Lu family, otherwise, no matter how much he was paid by a white-haired old man who was about to enter the ground, he just let him run in vain. ”

Mrs. Lu pursed her mouth: "What you said is good, since the two families are related, why do you want to collect cash?" ”

Yulan said with a smile: "He also said, each line has its own rules, he charges according to the land boundary, the good feng shui is more, the poor feng shui is less, our homestead feng shui is good." He also received a tael of silver to please a good fortune. ”

Mrs. Lu didn't argue with Yulan, but her face was full of unhappiness, and she stood for a moment before she said painlessly: "Forget it, what the hell am I doing with this, anyway, I didn't earn the money, and it wasn't in my pocket, and I couldn't be the master if I paid more or less." ”

Lu Xiaoyi saw that Mrs. Lu had another seizure, so she hurriedly interjected: "Grandmother, in my opinion, we have very little silver or two. Those feng shui treasures of wealth and prosperity. It's not something that can be rewarded with a tael of silver. ”

Sister-in-law Hua smiled and testified, "No, I said earlier that Mr. Feng Shui of the Ten Mile Shop mentioned a few words in order to repay the grace of a bowl of sugar water." Later, the family added a male child. I specially came to the door to thank people for ten taels of silver! ”

Sister-in-law Hua is telling a lie. But this white lie made Mrs. Lu's face soften a lot.

Mrs. Lu's eyes widened and she looked at Sister-in-law Hua in disbelief, "Ten taels of silver?" So Mr. Feng Shui really took it? ”

Sister-in-law Hua said: "I must accept it, this is the value." And those who will ask for him in the future will give him money according to this amount. ”

Mrs. Lu smacked her tongue, and then snorted: "What bullshit Mr. Feng Shui, I think this one in Shilidian is also a magic stick." ”

Obviously, not long ago, she still admired the feng shui gentleman of Shilidian, but now she scoffed again.

Lu Xiaoyi smiled helplessly at Mrs. Lu's impermanence, and concluded: "So, the old Mr. Zhou invited by our family is already very kind, and the price given to our family is also a family price, grandmother, don't mind too much." ”

Mrs. Lu snorted: "In this way, the person surnamed Zhou is a little conscientious. ”

Lu Xiaoyi asked Yulan: "Mother, what did the old gentleman say?" ”

Yulan was a little disappointed, and said lightly: "Mr. Zhou calculated your father's New Year's tour to change into a house, and combined with the eight characters of the birthday to see the five elements of the taboo, saying that there is no auspicious day this year, and there will be no auspicious day until after the Duanyang Festival next year, and finally picked the day of June 6." ”

"Construction won't start until June 6 next year?" Lu Xiaoyi was as disappointed as Yulan, originally thought that a new yard would be built after the autumn, but who knew that Mr. Feng Shui's words would have to be postponed for more than half a year.

Wang Dongmei persuaded: "Sister-in-law, let's listen to the old man, he does this business, and the day he picks out can't be wrong." ”

Sister-in-law Hua also said: "It is a trivial matter to push back half a year, the tranquility of the house is a big thing, and the groundbreaking is to frighten the ghosts and gods, without Mr. Feng Shui to help choose the foundation of the house, and there is no master stonemason to help chant the foundation stone, not only is it easy to have an accident, but the new house will not be peaceful!" ”

Yulan's face changed when she remembered something, and said mysteriously: "I remember one thing, when my mother's family built a new house, the owner was reluctant to pay for Mr. Feng Shui, so he picked a day to start construction, who wanted the foundation to just dig and tamp, and a dog died in it that night, and then a turtle dove flew in, and it happened to fly over his homestead and suddenly fell down and died, the family felt unlucky, hesitated to find Mr. Feng Shui to see, was hesitating, and the helper dug out a dead snake from the foundation, We have a saying, saying that the snake under the foundation is the incarnation of the ancestors, is the patron saint of the house, and it must not be hurt, the family was frightened stupid at the time, and quickly paid for Mr. Feng Shui to come and see, and the practice of burning paper and incense was resolved. ”

Sister-in-law Hua and the others listened with a pious and convincing face, and Lu Xiaoyi only listened to the story.

Mrs. Lu hurriedly said: "Are there still those strange things after the resolution?" ”

"You say it's strange, after Mr. Feng Shui's practice, strange things never happened again, and nothing strange happened after the new house was built."

Lu Pozi slapped her leg and shouted: "One or two pieces of silver can send those gods and ghosts away, it's really worth it!" ”

Lu Xiaoyi said: "Mother, what if Mr. Feng Shui deliberately makes it bad, and no one throws dead cats, dead dogs, dead snakes, and dead turtledoves into the homestead at night to scare people!" ”

Yulan was convinced of what she had seen and heard in her childhood, and was dissatisfied with Lu Xiaoyi's questioning: "What do you know, this is all something I experienced when I was a child, if you don't believe it, ask your brother-in-law, he took the dead snake out with a few young teenagers to play for a long time!" ”

Lu Xiaoyi refuted: "Aren't the young men who played with the snake with my uncle all good? It shows that the snake is not some incarnation and guardian spirit! ”

Yulan glanced at her, "Don't talk, just listen." ”

Lu Xiaoyi hung his head and was silent.

Wang Dongmei also provided a strange story about the homestead in Shangxi Village, saying that there was a family member who did not believe in evil and built a house at will, and accidentally committed five yellow evils when breaking ground, and later three people, a pig and a chicken died in the family, and the lives of the people were not enough for the top of the livestock, so they had to make up enough for five lives.

Shangxi Village is close to Xiaxi Village, and this matter was also rumored at that time. As soon as Wang Dongmei brought it up, she was immediately echoed by Mrs. Lu, Yulan and Sister-in-law Hua, and several people started a heated discussion.

Lu Xiaoyi didn't know about this, it was probably an old thing a few years ago, and the more I listened to a few women, the more evil they became, and the more outrageous they said, I felt that this was a serious scone making scene! Purely a den for the spread of feudal superstitions!

Xiao Ding leaned over to Lu Xiaoyi's side and whispered: "Sister, I'm a little scared, I didn't expect to be so particular about building a new house." ”

Lu Xiaoyi said: "It's okay. You just listen to the story. Our grandfather and father are in charge of building a new house, and they just do it according to the custom. ”

Xiao Ding nodded.

After the women finished talking about the homestead, they finally returned to the topic.

Yulan said: "So, listening to Mr. Feng Shui's right, he said that June 6 next year is a good day." Let's just wait. Anyway, it takes time to buy bricks and tiles and hire craftsmen. There is no hurry for this moment. ”

As he was talking, Lu Zhong led Mr. Zhou to the backyard, and Lu Xiaoyi hurriedly hid in the stove room. It wasn't until Mr. Zhou looked around that he left. After a while, the voices of Lu Zhong and Lu Shouzeng came from outside the courtyard wall, and they went to the back of the house to listen to the movement.

Sister-in-law Hua said: "Look at the mountains, look at the water, look at the people, the old gentleman has already seen the birthday of the Lu Zhong brothers before, and now he is looking at the feng shui around your yard!" ”

Although the courtyard of the second room of the Lu family is not big, there is a lot of open space in front of the house and behind the house, including the camphor tree in front of the courtyard is the second room of the Lu family, and there is a small forest behind the house, which was encircled by Lu Shouzeng as a chicken farm.

Yulan thought about the distance between the front and back of her house, and was a little worried that the area was not enough, so she explained a few words to Sister-in-law Hua and others, and hurried out of the backyard.

When she came back, she was frowning and worried.

Mrs. Lu said, "What's wrong?" ”

"Mother, my husband and my father discussed, originally I didn't plan to demolish the three old houses in the east, but to build a new set next to it, but Mr. Zhou measured it with a compass, saying that if our family wants to put the homestead in the best position, we must go to the east, so that we will occupy other people's vegetable fields."

Mrs. Lu squinted her eyes and pondered, "How is it possible?" Our yard is far away from the neighbors, and the open space in front of and behind the house is not small, how can it occupy the vegetable fields at the east end? ”

Yulan explained: "The old gentleman said that the yard that entered one was more than enough, and the yard that entered the two entrances was obviously insufficient, and he either demolished the old house or exchanged vegetable plots with others. ”

"What? Want to build a two-entry yard? How much money does that cost? You don't care about Xiao Geng Xiaorui's daughter-in-law's money? Mrs. Lu shouted angrily.

Yulan didn't compete with Mrs. Lu for money, but said cleverly: "Mother, how good it is for two sons to enter the yard twice, in the future, Xiao Geng Xiaorui will marry a daughter-in-law and give birth to a group of fat great-grandchildren, you and your father will also move here to live, how good it is for the family to live in a big house!" ”

Mrs. Lu's puffed face immediately burst into laughter, "Okay! Two into the yard good! I'll make two repairs when I'm in charge! ”

Mrs. Lu was happy, and the sorrow in Yulan's heart was incomprehensible.

Sister-in-law Hua said: "You see whose vegetable plot it is, you exchange your own with her, it's all from the same village, and it's not uncommon to repair a house and build a house to change the land. ”

Yulan smiled bitterly: "Zhang Gaoming's family." ”

Lu Xiaoyi complained bitterly in his heart, how could it be the vegetable field of that ruffian's family, it is good to say it in other people's homes, but it is difficult to say in such a family, Lu Xiaoyi estimated that it was impossible to change the vegetable plot, maybe Zhang Gaoming would sit on the ground and ask for the price to sell that vegetable plot to her family.

Even if it is not Zhang Gaoming's family, it is not very easy to change other people's homes and vegetable plots, after all, the villagers regard land as important as life, and a ridge, a ditch, a piece of land and a slope are all sacred and inviolable private property. Some people like to dig some soil from adjacent fields into their own fields. Some people are good at invading into the adjacent land little by little, regardless of the boundary stones; Some people work roughly, always pull out the weeds in their own fields and throw them into the adjacent fields, or the weeds in their own fields are not clean, and the grass seeds are blown into the adjacent fields by the wind after they are ripe, and some people rush to plough cattle in the spring ploughing season, grab water in the seedling planting season, grab the sun field in the autumn harvest season, and wander around the front and back of the house in the winter leisure.

In short, the reason why the villagers quarrel the most is still about land, so when it comes to land exchange, we have to be cautious. (To be continued.) )