Mrs. Gu was so excited because of a dream that most of them laughed when they heard about it. But there are others, especially the elderly, who are convinced of it.

Mrs. Tang looked for Tang Haiwei and said, "Haiwei, you should also quickly send someone to build a few drainage ditches around our ancestral tomb." In this way, even if it rains heavily for several days, it will not wash away the grave of the ancestors. ”

Tang Haiwei glared at the maid next to him, and then smiled: "Mother, don't listen to those rumors, I have sent someone to repair the ancestral tomb every time I think about it." It's going to rain heavily for a few days and it's going to be fine. ”

"It's going to rain heavily for more than a month? Can you handle that? ”

Tang Haiwei said with a smile: "Mother, that's just a rumor. It will rain heavily for more than a month, and Taifeng County will not be flooded. ”

"If it's true, then our ancestral graves are in danger. Haiwei, this kind of thing would rather be credible than credible. ”

Tang Haiwei said helplessly, "It's just a dream, how can my mother take it seriously." ”

Mrs. Tang said angrily: "I just asked you to build a few more drainage ditches, and I didn't let you go up the knife mountain and down the sea of fire, what are you doing to push back and block?" Or is it that you didn't take the ancestors of the Tang family to heart at all. ”

Speaking of this, Mrs. Tang burst into tears: "It's not just your grandfather and uncle buried in the ancestral grave, but also your father!" You unfilial son, do you want to watch your father's grave drowned in water? ”

Tang Haiwei is a filial son, and he had to compromise when he saw his mother crying so sadly: "Okay, okay, okay, mother, don't cry, I'll arrange for someone to repair the ditch now." ”

Mrs. Tang stopped her tears, waved her hand at him and said, "You hurry up and do it!" ”

After thinking about it, Mrs. Tang came to her mother's house again to find her brother. In the same way, she persuaded her brother to repair the ancestral grave.

Old lady Gu did this alone, and everyone laughed about it. But Tang Hai summoned people to start repairing the ditch, and the others suddenly couldn't sit still.

The eldest master of the He family was the first to come, and he asked with some doubts: "Brother-in-law, do you believe that the dream that Old Lady Gu had will come true?" ”

Tang Haiwei said: "I'm not sure, but what if it's true? If it is true, our ancestral grave will not be protected. If this is the case, how to face the ancestors and ancestors after death. ”

He would never say to the public that he was forced by his mother, and it would be shameless to say so.

Master He is right to think about it: "Then I'll go back and discuss with the clan elder." ”

Looking at his back, Tang Haiwei shook his head helplessly.

Seeing his expression, henchman Tang Lin couldn't help asking, "Master, what's wrong, what's wrong?" ”

Tang Haiwei said: "If Old Lady Gu's dream is true, no matter how much he repairs the ancestral tomb, it will be useless. ”

Tang Lin didn't understand.

Tang Haiwei knew that he hadn't turned the corner, and explained: "The ancestral graves of the He family are all on flat ground. If it rains heavily for more than a month, there will definitely be flooding. You say, can the ancestral tomb of the He family be kept? ”

Once there is a flood, the ancestral grave of the He family will definitely be submerged. However, he would not say this to his brother-in-law.

Tang Lin really didn't think about it: "Master, what if there is a flood?" ”

Tang Haiwei said angrily: "What a flood, it's just a dream, you still take it seriously." ”

He was also afraid that the old lady would get angry and fall ill in a hurry, so he agreed to repair the ditch.

However, that night, when he wrote a letter to his brother Tang Haidong, who was an official in Beijing, he also wrote about it.

The Tang family and the He family are both big families in Taifeng County, and these two families follow the trend of cultivating ancestral tombs. The other families muttered in their hearts, and then with the idea that they would rather believe that they had something to believe than not, they all began to repair their own graves. Anyway, it won't cost a few dollars, and it's safe to repair. If something really happens to the province, the ancestors and the ancestors will scold them in their dreams, and it will be miserable.

Old Madam Gu was very happy to know the news. Now these people can follow the grave, and when the heavy rain really comes, everyone knows to take precautions.

What should have been done has been done, and there is no need for her to continue to stay in Taifeng County.

Gu Heping heard that Mrs. Gu was going back to Pingzhou, and said, "Auntie, why do you go back before the project on the mountain is completed?" ”

Old Madam Gu said: "I'll go back to Pingzhou first, and I'll come back when the ditch is repaired, and the matter here will be handed over to you." ”

If it had been before, she would definitely not have been at ease about handing over such an important matter to Gu Heping. But during this time, I found that Gu Heping, the overseer, did a very good job.

"Okay."

Old Mrs. Gu was about to let him go back, when she suddenly remembered something and asked, "Where do you live?" ”

"Live in Xiafang."

Hearing this, the old lady Gu said: "Xiafang is the most terrainous place in the entire county, and it will be the first to be submerged when the flood comes." Don't live in that place, and quickly move to Donggang. ”

Donggang is the highest place in Taifeng County. Unless the entire county is submerged, the flood will not reach that far.

"Floods? Could it be that Dad gave you a dream again? ”

Old Mrs. Gu was a little helpless when she heard this, she looked very clever when she was a child, why is she so stupid now: "Think about it, what will happen to the heavy rain for more than a month?" ”

Gu Heping was stunned.

Mrs. Gu said: "If you want to believe it, go to Donggang to buy a piece of land to build a house, if you don't believe it, I won't say it." ”

Gu Heping came back to his senses and smiled bitterly: "Mother, I believe it." But I have saved more than 20 taels of silver over the years, and I have no money to buy land and build a house. ”

Old Madam Gu gave him a hundred taels of silver: "You can use the rest of the money to stock up on some food." If you can, convince the people around you to stock up on food. ”

"Okay."

Zeng was so happy to get the news that she was worried that she couldn't live in so many houses with so many children. Now, with this hundred taels of silver, I can build a big house.

Gu Heping discussed with her: "I am going to buy two pieces of land, one piece of land to build a house, and we will leave this house to my son in the future." Another piece of land is reserved for the rich. ”

Zeng was silent and asked, "What about Leizi?" Leizi is old, and it will be time to say goodbye in two or three years. ”

Leizi is the son of Zeng's and her ex-husband, who is twelve years old this year, and the children in the county are all fifteen or sixteen years old when they start to discuss marriage.

Gu Heping sighed and said, "Leizi also called me dad for a few years, and I won't care." It's just that this money belongs to the eldest aunt, and I can't use it on him. ”

Zeng's tears fell: "If you are in charge, it won't cost you a lot of money to buy an extra piece of land." ”

Many people say that if you have a stepmother, you will have a stepfather, but this does not apply to Gu Heping. The four children eat and dress the same at home on weekdays, but when it comes to the important thing, the biological and stepson and stepdaughter are separated. Like Fugui, he can go to school, but Leizi can only be an apprentice.

Thinking of Mrs. Gu's words, Gu Heping said: "If you want to buy land, you can't buy it now." After a while, we will buy it when we have a loose hand. ”

Seeing that he was relieved, Zeng also stopped crying: "Listen to the master." ”