When the old man on the bed heard Wei Mingyan's words, great hope burst out in his eyes. Those cloudy eyes seemed brighter than those of the young man.
"It can't be demolished, village chief, did you hear, he Qiu Wu is neither the owner of this mountain nor has he given me money, so he can't be demolished!!"
After saying this, Grandma Xuan coughed and fell down in a daze.
Her life was too hard, and the relatives who passed away successively weighed on her heart like a huge rock, so Grandma Xuan didn't show her face a few times in the second half of her life.
Going up the mountain every day to take care of the fields and visit the deceased relatives by the way is already the only way for the elderly to relax.
She has no education, and grew up in bitter water since she was a child. She didn't even know that the so-called ghost reincarnation is a feudal superstition.
Now knowing that the tomb cannot be demolished, I relaxed and fell asleep in a drowsy state.
Xuan Lele sniffed her nervously, and was relieved when she noticed the faintness, and the tears she had been trying to suppress couldn't stop falling down.
She turned her head to look at the village head, crying with anger, "My father fell into the river at the beginning because Qiu Wu dug a hole there and didn't fence it up. Now that my parents have passed away for so many years, he still doesn't Let them go!"
"Do they have to force us to death so that they can rest assured!"
"If something really happens to grandma, I'll never let them go!"
When she tremblingly shouted the last sentence, her whole body seemed to be ignited by anger. She gently put down the old man's hand that was still in her hand, stood up and walked out.
"Lele, Lele..."
The village chief hurriedly stopped, "Don't go there, there are many of them, you are a little girl's family..."
"Can you bully people with too many people!!"
"Since childhood, haven't they bullied enough!"
Xuan Lele is really a good-tempered and soft-tempered person, but this time, she really touched her bottom line.
Her grandmother always said that people who are alive should live well, so they can remember hatred, but don't trap yourself.
But even now, those people still refuse to let them go.
"Lele!"
A nice male voice sounded, her mind went blank, she was hugged in a daze, and the man's gentle coaxing voice was next to her ear, "Be good, take care of grandma first, and I will deal with this matter."
"Trust me, okay?"
Only then did Xuan Lele regain consciousness, sobbing, she grasped the man's hand tightly, "Mingyan, Mingyan..."
She had a lot to say, but when the words came to her lips, she turned into calling her lover's name aggrievedly.
It was the first time that Xuan Lele relied on someone so much. When she was young, even younger, she knew that she was dependent on her grandma, and she had to take good care of her.
She is used to the role of caregiver, this is the first time someone told her to let him come.
She was gently pressed on the edge of the bed and sat down. Wei Mingyan patted her head and said in a gentle voice, "You should have a good rest first. I'll go out and ask the village chief about the situation. My dear, this is a society ruled by law. If they really forcibly demolish Grave, we will sue."
He said these words more to the village chief, and sure enough, the village chief's expression changed, as if he wanted to say something, but dared not say it.
After leaving the low house, Wei Mingyan let go of the tenderness, and looked at the old man who was slightly bent over because of his age, "Village chief, please tell me the situation, I have decided to Don't sue Qiu Wu."
"They're all from the village. If you really put Qiu Wu in jail, the Xuan family will have a hard time living in the village..."
The village chief obviously wanted to calm things down and rubbed his hands together to force out such a sentence.
"But I think now, the Xuan family doesn't have much status in the village, does it?"
"Grave-digging, village head, if it weren't for some life-and-death enmity, there really isn't anyone who would do such a thing."
Wei Mingyan's attitude towards the village head is not as gentle as that towards his lover, which is also normal, after all, anyone who sees his girlfriend being bullied will not look any better.
Seeing that he looked like he was going to investigate to the end, the village chief sighed and told the whole story.
It turned out that the reason why Xuan's father fell into the river at the beginning was because Qiu Wu was digging ice to fish. There is still enough weight to sink in.
They said it was a river, but it was actually similar to a reservoir, but everyone was used to calling it that name, and it was covered with ice and a thick layer. Children like to play on the river.
There is also an unwritten rule in the village. Anyone who has cut ice must place something around it to indicate that the ice has been cut here, and it is dangerous to stay away.
There were some stones on the side, but Qiu Wu thought it was troublesome at the time, and the weather was too cold recently, so the parents circled the children to prevent them from coming out, so they didn't mark them.
It turned out to be such a coincidence that Xuan's father stepped on the ground, and the surrounding ice cubes were already fragile, and fell into it directly.
Among the crowd watching the fun at that time was Qiu Wu, who was also the most water-savvy person in the village other than Xuan's father, and he didn't even pass a pole from the beginning to the end.
There were few people in the village. After the death of the Xuan family and his wife, some people soon said that they had seen Qiu Wu digging ice and fishing there, but because he killed him and refused to admit it, and grandma Xuan was too excited at the time, this incident He was gradually forgotten by the villagers.
It was mentioned for the first time later that when Qiu Wu was cutting a tree by the river, his leg was hit by a tree. Although he was picked up later, he always walked with a limp.
People in the village rumored that Father Xuan, who was killed by him at the beginning, was not reconciled and came to seek revenge on him.
Even though five years had passed, no one cared why it took five years for revenge. At that time, Qiu Wu felt guilty and didn't dare to say anything.
Later, his eldest son fell into the river and died, and there was another wave of rumors in the village. Qiu Wu, who lost his child, ran to Grandma Xuan's house to make trouble. At that time, Xuan Lele was going to school in the town, and Grandma Xuan calmly called the police, which scared people go back.
The reason why he was clamoring to demolish the grave this time was because his youngest son skipped class to go swimming with his classmates, almost drowned in it and was rescued again. Qiu Wu felt guilty and spent money to find a master to resolve it.
In the end, the master took the money, performed a ritual and said it was all right, but Qiu Wu didn't believe it.
That night, I had a nightmare, dreaming that the Xuan family and his wife came to seek revenge from him, and I was so scared that I went to the master again.
The master pinched his fingers and pointed to the grave of the Xuan family couple and said, if you are still worried, move the grave.
His original intention was to say that Qiu Wu was guilty in his heart, and he would think about it when he looked at the Xuan family's grave every day. As a result, Qiu Wu made up his mind that the grave was facing his home. Look at him, waiting to kill him!
When he went back to the village, he saw that others didn't believe him, so he said it cruelly. At the beginning, everyone watched them die. If they want to take revenge, they can't just find me.
Although some people thought that they were just watching the excitement and it was nothing, but they couldn't help feeling guilty. Soon, this group of people decided to demolish the grave, and they didn't forget to inform Grandma Xuan. Of course, when the bones were dug up, how and where were they buried , Whoever goes to bury it, no one will say anything.
"Where is there such a thing that the graves are facing Qiu Wu's family? That mountain is the mountain where people have been buried in the village. Everyone's graves are on it, even Qiu Wu's eldest son. If it is true as he said , then the ancestors of the whole village are watching him."
The village chief sighed again, his expression was full of exhaustion. As he was old, he always wanted to make everyone peaceful, but this time, he was really deceiving people too much.
There has always been a rumor in their village that when a person dies and is buried, the grave cannot be moved, otherwise the soul will be wiped out directly and cannot be reincarnated again.
The old people especially believed in this. The village head strongly opposed the move of the Xuan family's grave this time, but those people didn't listen to him at all. The old lady of the Xuan family fainted when she heard it. .
Wei Mingyan listened, tapping lightly on the door frame on one side, his eyes thoughtful.
"Village Chief, I want to trouble you with one thing..."
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"They have harmed my family for so long. If my family collapses now, no one else in the village will be able to escape. They can kill my son. This is a ghost!"
A shirtless black and thin middle-aged man was excitedly spitting in the middle of the yard, "What are you afraid of? If you talk about it and don't blame the public, a group of us will go up together. Is it possible that the police will arrest all of us in the village?" ? Last time the truck fell over, we went up to grab the chicks on it together, didn’t we all be fine in the end!”
Qiu Wu's wife also said together.
"That's right, it's my son who has an accident now, and it may be your child in the future, the third child. Isn't your child just drowned for three years? Are you not afraid that the newborn in the family will also have an accident?"
The person who was named was also a middle-aged woman. She held the baby tightly in her arms and said hesitantly, "But my child is in another place..."
"That's why it's a ghost! It's very capable. I remember that you followed along to watch the excitement. The Xuan family and his wife might hold a grudge against you."
"If everyone doesn't move them out today, we won't be able to save our own lives tomorrow!"
"What time is it now? If you move your grave, you can't be reincarnated. That's all feudal superstition! Didn't the country say that we can't believe in these feudal superstitions!"
The expressions of the group of people gradually agreed, and the heart of the old lady of the Xuan family who was timid after being dizzy became firm again.
Yes, they are for their own children anyway.
Besides, what's the matter, isn't Qiu Wu watching
Just as he was talking about going directly over the consent of the village head and the Xuan family to dig the grave, the village head coughed from behind.
Qiu Wu's expression turned cold, "Village chief, don't talk about it, we will be killed when the time comes, will you help us collect the corpses!"
"Shut up!"
The village chief yelled, coughed again, and introduced to the villagers standing opposite, "This is Mr. Wei. This time, he is here to buy a mountain."
Wei Mingyan, who had just stood not far away and listened to Qiu Wu's words clearly, his eyes turned cold, and he stepped forward with a calm expression, putting on an air of aloofness.
"Although this mountain belongs to the country, according to the regulations, I still have to compensate the villagers appropriately. According to calculations, because there are few people in the village, each household should be able to get 20,000 yuan."
"Twenty thousand!!!"
"so much!!!"
The expressions of the villagers who were puzzled just now suddenly changed. They are notoriously poor and remote, and the crops are not growing well, so they may not be able to earn 20,000 yuan a year.
Everyone became excited, including Qiu Wu and his wife who were encouraging everyone just now.
"Village chief, when will this money be sent to us?"
"Boss, do you only buy one mountain? We have many mountains here."
Wei Mingyan looked at the greedy faces in front of him, the corners of his lips curled up slightly.
"I've already explored that mountain, and there's a grave blocking the way, which needs to be removed."
The village chief also coughed, "Qiu Wu, your child's grave is blocking the way, don't we want to negotiate with you now? Mr. Wei is willing to give you an extra 10,000 for moving the grave."
"When this matter is negotiated, you can buy Shanfa money."
Wei Mingyan's eyes fell on the faces of Qiu Wu and his wife, who turned pale in an instant, and smiled lightly, "I heard it just now, you two don't believe in feudal superstition, it's good, I don't believe it either, then you shouldn't Do you mind moving the grave?"
"no!!!"
Qiu Wu completely lost the excitement just now, and shouted angrily, "That's my son's grave, if it's moved, what if he can't be reincarnated!"
"Yes!! Absolutely not! Even if you give us a hundred thousand, you can't move it!"
"If you dare to move my son's grave, I will crash and die here!"
The husband and wife looked at Wei Mingyan vigilantly with pale faces, as if they were about to bite off a piece of his flesh.
The people in the village just looked at the thin skin and tender meat, and at first glance, the young master from the big city took a step back in fear.
"Village chief, I think it's better to forget it. Since your village doesn't agree with me buying the mountain, it's the same if I buy the mountain next door."
Seeing that the 20,000 yuan that was about to be handed flew away like this, the excitement of the villagers just disappeared in an instant.
"Boss, don't, we all agree, don't worry about Qiu Wu, just move it."
"Yes, boss, we all agree, the 20,000 yuan is cash, right?"
"Village chief, tell the boss quickly."
They chattered, and Wei Mingyan showed some hesitation on his face, "Actually, if the purchase of the mountain is successful, because it is a graveyard, I will give each household 5,000 yuan. That one."
Five thousand dollars! That adds up to twenty-five thousand!
The smiles on the faces of the villagers didn't last for a second, when the young boss said, "But if I don't move the grave, I won't buy it."
"Don't move! Get out, get out of our village, we won't move!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Qiu Wu's wife's shrill voice sounded.
For a moment, she felt cold all over her body, and when she turned her head, it was the people in the village who were staring at her, and everyone's eyes were full of resentment and annoyance.
"Didn't you say you are not superstitious? You are not superstitious anymore, so what if you move the grave! Don't worry, your child may have been reincarnated a long time ago."
"Didn't you also make a fuss about moving the Xuan family's grave? Anyway, it's just a change of place. At worst, we'll move it for you."
"Twenty-five thousand is not a small sum, aren't you blocking us all from getting rich!"
"I said Lao Qiu, what you are doing is not authentic."
Wei Mingyan condescendingly looked at the couple who were besieged by the villagers and insisted on gritting their teeth and refusing to move the grave with white faces. He sneered and raised his voice, "I'm staying at the village chief's house tonight. If your village hasn't discussed it tomorrow If there is a charter, I will buy the one from the next village."
Immediately someone responded to him, "Boss, don't worry, we will definitely move the grave."
As for Qiu Wu's desperate "we won't move", the villagers who had united with them just now thought they didn't hear it.