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Grave Relocation
Da Zhuang and Fang Zhiyuan played for a while, and agreed to go up the mountain to find fruits in a few days. When his father called him, he went home with his father. Fang Zeng came to the big room soon, and his face looked a little bad. It seemed that he was thinking of Fang Sheng.
Fang Zeng led Fang Zhiyuan to the west wing. The things were prepared when Fang Sheng was there. There was a kang in the big room. In summer, they all slept in the next room, where there was a bed. It was still so cold now, so Fang Zeng spread a layer of straw mat and a layer of quilt on the kang, and put a five-jin quilt on it for Fang Zhiyuan to cover.
Fang Zhiyuan got up early in the morning. He was tired from being busy until now, and his eyelids began to droop. Fang Zeng saw it, boiled hot water, and found a basin for Fang Zhiyuan, asking him to wash his face and feet and rest early.
Fang Zhiyuan thought about it and asked Fang Zeng: “Uncle, are you going to move my mother’s grave tomorrow?”
Fang Zeng looked at Fang Zhiyuan, touched his head, and sighed: “Yes, your mother has worked hard for the Li family for half his life, but he can’t even stay in the ancestral grave. The Li family is really too much.” Fang Zeng wanted to move his brother to the Fang family’s ancestral grave since he knew that his brother was angered to death by the two bitches Li Fu, but facing Fang Zhiyuan, he would never miss the opportunity to attack and destroy Li Fu’s image in front of him.
If Fang Zhiyuan knew his uncle’s little thoughts, he would definitely tell his uncle clearly that Li Fu was nothing in his heart and he didn’t care at all. Unfortunately, he didn’t know, and Fang Zeng wanted Li Fu to die in his heart, but he could only show indifference in front of Fang Zhiyuan. After all, he was Fang Zhiyuan’s biological father, and Fang Zeng didn’t want to embarrass Fang Zhiyuan.
Fang Zhiyuan said to Fang Zeng: “Uncle, take me there tomorrow. I will be obedient. There are no good people in the Li family. My mother will not be happy staying there. I want to pick him up and take him back to the Fang family tomorrow, and tell him that I will live with uncle so that he can rest assured.”
Fang Zeng had other plans in mind. He hesitated, but he thought that he had to do it anyway. Even if his nephew didn’t go tomorrow, he would still know about it in the future. So he said: “Huzi, you also know that your mother was angered to death by Feng Mei, and tomorrow is the day when your father will marry Feng Mei. Uncle is so angry that he is going to make a scene tomorrow. You go…”
Fang Zhiyuan said coldly: “Uncle, that is not my father. You are my only father in the future. He is the culprit who killed my mother. If he hadn’t been sorry for my mother and helped outsiders to embarrass my mother, my mother would not have gone. I will have nothing to do with him in the future. I will never forget my mother’s hatred. In the future, if he gets his comeuppance, I will be righteous if I don’t add insult to injury. Whether he lives or dies, I won’t even look at him. “
Fang Zeng realized at this time that it was not himself who hated Li Fu the most, but his nephew. He felt sorry for Fang Zhiyuan. In the past, Fang Zhiyuan was very filial to Li Fu. Whenever he brought game to Fang Zhiyuan, Fang Zhiyuan would take it back to eat with his father. But now he is so disgusted and even hates him. Li Fu, Li Fu! You killed my brother and chilled my nephew’s heart. In the future, you will know what kind of comeuppance you have suffered.
Since Fang Zhiyuan said so, Fang Zeng agreed for Fang Zhiyuan to come along tomorrow.
Fang Zhiyuan slept alone in bed, his heart churning. He thought of his past life. At that time, his parents died unexpectedly. He was still in junior high school. Although his grades were not good, he was an obedient student. But those relatives who had never appeared before suddenly showed up, took his parents’ pension and took his custody.
He could tolerate them bullying him and mistreating him, but they gloated over his parents’ death and even cursed them for not having an accident earlier so that they could get these benefits a few years earlier. He was furious. Once they got into a fight, although he was the one who was beaten and chased away, he absolutely could not tolerate anyone saying anything about his parents.
When he moved out, he had not yet graduated from junior high school and was a minor. He could only use the New Year’s money he hid to rent a house for a few dozen yuan a month in a place like a village in the city. At that time, he worked for those who were doing small business in the back street every day. Those who were conscientious gave him ten or eight yuan, and those who were stingy only gave him a meal. Anyway, they were all cooks and had no shortage of food.
That’s how he lived, working everywhere to earn a living, but because of that, he ate all the snacks on that little street. Of course, he also knew roughly how to cook them. Then, he met a gangster named Ah Nan and followed him to make a living.
At that time, he told himself not to be soft-hearted, not to have extra sympathy and kindness. Only be good to those who are good to you, and be ten times worse to those who are bad to you. In this way, he started as a thug, asking for usury, and becoming a gangster who lived on the edge. He didn’t kill or commit arson, but he helped people teach them a lesson and collect usury.
He was good at fighting and had some ideas. He was popular among the gangsters and was valued by the leaders. So when those relatives came to him to ask him to do something, he just smiled. He didn’t come to them, but they came to him. He set up a trap and made the family owe a large amount of high-interest loans. Not only did he take back his house, but also mortgaged their own house and savings to him.
Finally, the old house was demolished, and he took two houses and some money to open an Internet cafe to make a living. At that time, Internet cafes had just become popular, and he opened several in a row. The family business was doing well, and he had more money. Life was better, but he felt boring.
Because of his life at the bottom, he especially hoped to find someone who understood his feelings and married a good woman. But that kind of good woman might not necessarily look down on him. Later, when he had money, some wanted to be with him, and he foolishly thought that they looked down on him. They ended up cheating on him for his money.
He was heartbroken. At this time, Ah Nan, who had always been his best friend, said that he liked him and wanted to live a good life with him. He was shocked. He knew about gays, but he never thought it would happen to him. His first reaction was to avoid it.
Ah Nan was big and strong, but he was very considerate. He didn’t say much, but he cared about him as always. Fang Zhiyuan treated Ah Nan as a good brother. He didn’t want to drag Ah Nan down, so he directly refused. Ah Nan was sad for a while, and finally found a small employee to live with.
After a few years, he had a surrogate child. The day he passed was the second birthday of Ah Nan’s child. He looked at Ah Nan’s family of three living in harmony and envied him. When he went back, he felt more and more uncomfortable. He was too obsessed with the gender of the person. If he had accepted Ah Nan at the beginning, he would be that happy man now.
Looking at the empty house and thinking about Ah Nan’s happy silly smile, he was a little jealous and drank a few more glasses, and then came here. Fortunately, with the experience of his parents, he left a will with half of the money given to several good brothers and half to Ah Nan, so that those so-called relatives would not be given any advantage.
Thinking about himself, he was really tragic. He was just jealous and reflected on himself. How could he end up in such a shabby place and meet such a scumbag father? His life was so miserable. No matter what, he had no worries about food and drink in modern times, unlike now when eating a piece of meat is like celebrating the New Year.
However, thinking about Fang Zeng’s own uncle, he was very much like his father, caring about him and loving him in the same way. Thinking of this, Fang Zhiyuan felt warm in his heart. There are gains and losses. It is right to live a good life in the present. No matter how hard he struggled, could he still go back?
He calculated to see if there was anything he could do to help his family earn some money. Now that there was an extra mouth to feed, it would not be a big deal for his uncle to go hunting. Besides, he wanted to start his own business in a few years, so he had to have some property. So making money was the bottom line.
Fang Zhiyuan fell asleep in a daze.
On the first day, early in the morning, Fang Zhiyuan heard a noise in the main room. He thought it must be his uncle getting up. Thinking that he would move his mother’s grave today, he quickly got up and put on his clothes.
When he went to the kitchen, his uncle fried the white rice from last night and added eggs. The uncle and nephew ate their meal and then walked to the village entrance. His uncle had a mule cart, but it was not suitable to drive today so the two walked there.
Lin Xin was waiting with a Feng Shui master and eight men. They were specially invited to dig graves. They were all wearing white clothes and holding paper money. When Fang Zhiyuan and his uncle and nephew came, everyone left together. The grave had to be dug at noon, when the Yang energy was the heaviest.
When they arrived at the grave site, the Feng Shui master first counted with his fingers, then used a compass, and finally decided where to start digging and how to dig it. It took a long time. Fang Zhiyuan was arranged to scatter paper money, and waited until noon. After a while of hard work, he finally finished digging the coffin.
Fang Zeng greeted the eight men and promised to give each of them an extra 40 coins, asking them to walk around Li Village, especially to walk around Li Fu’s house, to call for his brother’s soul and help him find his way home.
With money, things can be done easily. Everyone carried the coffin and walked around Li Village, and Fang Zeng scattered paper money while walking. Some people in Li Village saw it and quickly avoided it from a distance, but they gossiped and their faces were not good.
Today is the day when Li Fu is the groom, and Feng Mei is married. It is a happy time. He invited most of the people in the village to have a drink. However, after the incident a few days ago, everyone still remembers Fang Zhiyuan’s childish words. Fearing that Fang Sheng would show his spirit, no one is willing to come to bring bad luck.
Only a few families could not refuse Li Fu, and those who like to take advantage of others, came with their families. Even so, only five tables were filled, and the Feng family accounted for the majority. Compared with other people who often have 10 to 20 tables, it seems deserted.
Li Fu was in high spirits because of the happy event. He invited everyone to eat and drink. This time, he killed half of his pig, sold it, and kept the other half for the banquet. Therefore, today’s dishes have fish and meat and are very decent. Everyone ate and drank, and the atmosphere was good.
At this time, Fang Zeng took Fang Sheng’s coffin and passed by their door, which seemed a bit sudden. Some of the paper money that Fang Zeng threw floated to Li Fu’s door. As a result, the scene was extremely awkward. Fang Zeng was still shouting, “Brother, you are following me home! Brother, have a safe journey!”
One after another, the guests who came to the wedding banquet were frightened, as if they saw Fang Sheng looking at them viciously in the corner. Some timid gers were almost scared to tears. Some children were suppressed by the atmosphere and cried directly.
The suspicious married gers thought that the children had clean eyes and were afraid that they had seen something unclean. They didn’t dare to stay here, and left with their children. After leaving, there were still some men left at the table, but they were no longer in the mood to drink and talk.
Li Fu was so angry that his liver ached, but he didn’t dare to go forward. He had been hit by Fang Zeng before, and today there was also the men carrying the coffin. If he rushed forward, he would definitely be beaten. He was so angry that his teeth itched, but there was nothing he could do.
Feng Mei was originally sitting on the bed waiting for Li Fu shyly, but he heard Fang Zeng’s voice. He looked out the window and saw Fang Sheng’s dark coffin. He was immediately angry, and soon, his stomach ached.
Li Fu only heard Feng Mei’s shouting, and immediately rushed into the wedding hall, only to see Feng Mei holding his stomach in pain.
He hurriedly asked for a midwife, and finally saved the child, but the wedding banquet was ruined.
Fang Zeng and the others buried Fang Sheng.
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