Zhaojia rice shop has been passed down for several generations in Lushi County, from the beginning of this rice shop here, until now it has a history of more than 70 years, but it is still selling rice. Blind Langzhong said yesterday that every time he came to deliver plasters to the old man of the Zhao family, it was only twenty yuan that time, and a bag of rice was only a few dollars? How much rice do they have to sell in the granary to make so much money that can be squandered? If you want to say that it only sells rice in this place, it is impossible for this palm-sized rice shop to make so much money. But everyone knows what is going on, and Pu Wei knows it in his heart.

It is said that it has not been so cool for many days, but it is a pity that the grave team has no work to move the grave now, one group of people went to dig the ancient tomb, and the other group went to follow Pu Wei to do white things. The rainy day is gloomy and depressing, and after a long time of rain, the ground will naturally accumulate water, and even water mist will rise, not only the body but also the heart will have a trace of coolness.

Pu Wei was wearing a pair of small white shoes, his toes were squeezed into the shoes, and his face was wrinkled with every step along the steps on the roadside. Hu Dawei stood in the rain, watched Pu Wei's strange behavior, scratched the back of his head and asked Lao Wu: "What kind of foreign appearance is this guy doing?" If you don't wear good shoes, you have to squeeze small shoes, why is this? ”

Lao Wu didn't understand, except for the funeral of others in the village when he was young, the burial in the countryside, the ritual process was not exquisite, and the deacon didn't make it good or killed pigs nearby, shouting and making strange noises, it was just blind. But Pu Wei's family is a three-generation professional who has done white things, and he must be particular about what he does, and it is not easy to ask blindly when he arrives at the door of the house, so he takes off his raincoat, steps on the water on his shoes, and then wants to enter the door.

There was a tall and thin man about thirty years old standing in front of the counter of the rice shop, and when he saw Pu Wei, he hurriedly walked over and said, "You are finally here, let's see how many days my father has left!" ”

Pu Wei tilted his head and whispered to the brothers behind him: "This is Zhao Qing, the second son of the Zhao family, and now he is the shopkeeper of the rice shop." After hearing this, Lao Wu nodded at Zhao Lao and Zhao Qing, and Zhao Qing looked at them strangely and asked Pu Wei, "Hey? These aren't the ones you usually bring? Who are these? ”

Pu Wei explained with a smile: "Originally, those brothers went their separate ways because of not much oil and water, and I was still alone a few days ago. Then he raised his hand and pointed at Lao Wu and said: "This Brother Wu, the sturdy man behind him and the little brother, that is our Lushi County grave team, Brother Wu is still the captain, they are here to help me temporarily, and they also give us a lot of face." ”

I don't know why Pu Wei always carried Lao Wu when he spoke, and he was quite happy to say it, so he quickly nodded and said yes, they are the grave team.

Zhao Qing blinked his eyes and suddenly realized: "Oh! Rush and rush the grave team? Yes, the county grave relocation team, right? I've heard of it, Angkor, I guess it's been hard for you these days! ”

Lao Wu hurriedly said: "It's okay, we are following Brother Pu Wei to work, needless to say so politely, you can tell you if there is something in the past few days." ”

After greeting each other, I began to prepare for business.

Zhao Qing led the way, and directly entered the courtyard behind through the rice shop. After entering the courtyard, Lao Wu found that this was actually an inner courtyard, and the area was not small, and there was even a small pond, which was similar to a garden. Surrounded by many large mansions with green tiles on the roof, which is really not visible from the outside, it is simply the courtyard of the official master's house, which is luxurious enough.

Lao Wu looked back at the dilapidated back door of the rice shop, and the clean backyard separated by a wall, there were carp swimming in the pond, and the house was painted with vermilion lacquer. But he was praised quite high just now, and he was still the captain of the grave team, so wouldn't it be clear that he was a dirt bun by looking around. So he just secretly glanced at it a few times, and followed Pu Wei to the east wing.

He can still pretend to be a little leisurely, but Hu Da is dumbfounded, turning his big head and looking around, and saying loudly to Xiao Qi: "Oh, I said Xiao Qi!" You look at the place, it's so beautiful, look at the house, oops! And the pond, I say! When will we be able to live in such a nice place? ”

After Hu Dabao finished speaking, Pu Wei and Zhao Qing walked in front, they didn't pay attention, but Lao Wu's face instantly turned red to his neck, and he gritted his teeth and wanted to hammer the shameful Hu Dabian to death. So he secretly turned his head and glanced at Xiao Qi, asking Xiao Qi to remind Hu Dafang not to be ashamed anymore.

Xiao Qi didn't understand what Lao Wu meant, but instead took Hu Dabao's words and said, "Yes, second brother, this place is so good!" ”

Lao Wu also felt embarrassed because Hu Da and Xiao Qi talked nonsense, and Zhang Qing pushed open the door of the east wing, made a gesture of please, and let Pu Wei and Lao Wu enter the house. Pu Wei waved his hand, asking Lao Wu and Zhang Qing to wait for a while, then picked up the wooden ruler, wiped off the water traces on it, pressed the door frame with his heel, and then took another foot, and put his heel on the toe of that foot, and kept exchanging toes to walk forward step by step.

The people have a lot of attention to the people who are about to die, and they should make a mistake in their lives, and the yin people should find out and come again, and the old people must also have time to tell the future. So what exactly is this time, how many days? How many hours? What moment? I don't know that, so I have to measure the lives of people who are about to die.

When the elderly in the family are about to go, there are two ways to measure their lives or rescue them. One is called a bridge, a wine glass full of wine, take two chopsticks usually used by the old man and put them on the edge of the cup to form a triangle, there is only one chance, such as the success, the bull head and horse face no longer lock the soul, the old man has a year of life, and the bridge holder reduces the life expectancy. There is another kind of what Pu Wei is doing now, measuring footprints. As for whether these methods are accurate, I can't say, at most it is a psychological comfort, praying that the deceased can stay for a few more days.

The deacon knows a lot about this, and Lao Wu is not stupid, and he basically understands what is going on when he sees it now. He could only stand outside and look into the house, his eyes slowly moving to the door of the house with Pu Wei's footsteps.

Pu Wei stopped when he approached the door, kept his posture unchanged, took out a wooden ruler and put it on the surface of his feet, slowly stretched out to the side of the door, and carefully looked down at the ruler. But then I gasped, and there were not only scales on the ruler, but also many small characters, and the toes were aligned with the four or four scales, which meant that he was dead. It seems that it is also in vain, the old man of the Zhao family has already left, and then Pu Wei relaxed, put away the ruler and slowly raised his waist, but there was a person standing straight in the room in front of him, I don't know when he has been watching Pu Wei's movements there.

Pu Wei was startled at first because there was a person standing in front of him, but when he saw who that person was, his face turned green, and he couldn't help but shout: "Old man Zhao Zhao!" ”

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The second more haunted~