However, when we got to the mountain, we found that there were eight ancestral tombs of the Zhao family in a row, but only the grave of Zhao Dagen's father had been dug up, and even the coffin boards were broken, with bones exposed, some broken and some missing, which was quite creepy to look at.

Now everyone was scared and talked even more. The old graves were still intact, but Zhao Tianming's grave from the Zhao family was dug up for more than half, revealing a tattered coffin board, a few bones under the coffin board, and a pile of dog feces next to it.

This must be a grave dug by a dog, but the question is, are dogs that powerful?

"This must have been done by tomb robbers." Zhao Guochang said hatefully.

He is going to take the exam next month, but his ancestral grave was dug up this month. It is really bad and not a good sign.

"It doesn't look like it, so it's hard to say." Some villagers denied it. There was a pile of dog hair nearby and on the mud. Some people actually believed it was caused by a dog paddling.

There is also a legend about grave-digging dogs, which are dogs specially trained by tomb robbers to be grave-digging tools. Could it be that the Zhao family encountered a grave dug by this kind of dog?

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Zhao Dagen became worried when he saw the situation, and his hair looked like it would turn white in an instant.

"Plop~" Zhao Dagen knelt down.

"Dad, what happened? Who dug up your grave? I am sorry for you. I am an unfilial son. I didn't even know when the grave was dug. Wuuuu~~~~" He started crying, and his eyes were really red.

The villagers were also deeply saddened after hearing this.

This is really depressing and unlucky.

They forgot that Wang Ronghua had just scolded Zhao Guoguang for selling his niece a few days ago and said that the ancestral graves would be dug up. Didn't this come true?

Soon the village chief came, and this matter naturally alarmed the village chief.

"Brother Dagen, stop crying. You are so old now, crying won't solve the problem. You should find a good day to renovate the grave." After Village Chief Zhao came, he didn't know what to say.

It was really strange that he had never seen such a weird thing. He had lived for most of his life, and this was the first time he saw his ancestral graves being dug up.

"I... I didn't expect this either. When my father was alive, a Taoist priest told him that he would encounter a hurdle when he was 90 years old. I thought my father could live to be 90 years old, but it turned out that his grave was dug up by a dog. According to his age, my father is exactly 90 years old this year. Woo woo woo~~"

After Zhao Dagen finished speaking, he couldn't help but burst into grief and cried uncontrollably, as if his own grave had been dug up.

Village Chief Zhao: “…”

Fellow villagers: “........” This Taoist priest is truly spiritual!

Wang Ronghua: “….” That Taoist priest is really capable!

Fortunately, Zhao Shiying didn’t come today, otherwise her gums would have fallen off with laughter!

After being persuaded by the villagers and the village chief, Zhao Dagen finally wiped away his tears and asked his second son Zhao Guocheng to go to the next village to find a cemetery specialist to choose a date for the reburial.

Zhao Guocheng came back soon, and with him came Mr. Qin, the Feng Shui master from the next village.

Mr. Qin not only looks at funerals, but also looks at auspicious days, fortune telling, and feng shui of houses, etc.

He makes a living by this skill.

After Mr. Qin caught his breath, he took out the compass to measure.

"No wonder this happened. Your tomb is located in the Phoenix position, which should be a good omen. However, it is located in Lonely Mountain. The most feared thing is that it will suck in the air and cannot contain it. Moreover, someone wants to change the Phoenix position of your family, so it brought about the disaster. Has anything big happened in your family recently?" Mr. Qin asked in surprise.

Some villagers said: "It's a big deal. The uncle sold his niece and almost died. Fortunately, she was found and the death was not successful."

"Ahem~~Master, what should we do?" Zhao Dagen coughed twice to stop the villagers from talking.

Master Qin came back to his senses, his mind was in turmoil, he instantly figured out everything, and then looked at Zhao Dagen.

"This bone burial, which is also called second burial, is much more particular. We first have to send someone to pick up the remains of our ancestors and put them into pottery jars, and then choose an auspicious day to rebury them. The place of reburial is also particular, and we must choose a new place for burial..." Mr. Qin said a lot.

Everyone in the Zhao family also knew about it. Some brave and kind-hearted villagers didn't leave and were still watching.

At night, several men from Lao Zhao's family came to the mountain again with torches, incense, candles, paper money and other things. This time their purpose was to collect the bones.

In fact, the second burial, also known as bone-collecting burial or re-burial, requires collecting bones and putting them into pottery jars at night for worship. Of course, it is best to build a simple small shed here to provide shade and prevent it from being exposed to the light.

After the pottery jar is placed under the shed, rituals are performed to comfort the soul of the deceased and let it rest in peace.

On the third day, the body was reburied and the matter was finally settled.

However, a strange thing happened during the burial, and Mr. Qin said it was a good sign.

That is, after the tomb was completed, a puff of green smoke actually came out, which looked like a good sign, as if green smoke was coming out of the ancestral tomb.

Zhao Dagen was not stingy this time and gave Mr. Qin a big red envelope.

***

In mid-April, Zhao Guochang took more than ten taels of silver given by the Zhao family and some money contributed by his father-in-law's family, and went to the provincial capital to take the exam.

This is to go early so that he can review his lessons more. Zhao Yu also goes with him to take care of his daily life.

Zhao Guochang set out carrying the hopes of everyone in the Zhao family.

However, Guxian Village soon returned to peace because it was the Grain in Ear season.

At this time of year, every household was busy planting seeds. Zhao Guocheng's family had no land, and it had only been less than a month since the separation, so there was no one busy like the villagers. All the houses at the end of the village had been tidied up and looked presentable.

However, after such a long period of consumption, there is not much food left, and this is saved by everyone tightening their belts.

The most important thing at the moment is to earn money to buy food.

"Acheng, I'm taking my daughter back to my parents' home today. I haven't been back for a long time. I wanted to go back before, but never found the time." Wang Ronghua looked at Zhao Guocheng.

"I'll go back with you." Zhao Guocheng said and prepared to tell the children about it.

"No, don't go. I'll take Nannan back with me, and you stay at home with the three children." Wang Ronghua said and ran away.

"Hey, wait." Zhao Guocheng quickly grabbed Wang Ronghua's sleeve.

"I know you want to go back to borrow money from your father-in-law, but you'd better not go. I will go to the town to find a job tomorrow. I will work hard to earn money, and naturally I will have money to buy food. Uncle Manfu said that there is no rush to pay the rent for this house, and he will pay it when he has money. We are in this situation now, so it is not easy for me to go to my father-in-law to borrow money, so you don't have to go either." Zhao Guocheng said.

He knew that his wife and children had suffered, but he also knew the situation of his father-in-law's family. He had no money to lend them at all, because his wife's younger brother also had to take the exam this month, and he probably gave any money he had to his brother-in-law as travel expenses.

"Oh, what should I do?" Wang Ronghua was worried. She should have gone back to her parents' home earlier to ask.

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