Chapter 39: Scattering flowers around the coffin (Part 3)

June 20, 2023Ai Hrist

They believe that the more money they spent, the better their luck. Those uncles put a lot of money in the “golden pot”.

Some of them spent 6,000 or 10,000 or 20,000 yuan.

Based on such a rough estimate, the Taoist Master can get 10,000 to 20,000 yuan for one ritual!

The surrounding villagers were all smacking their tongues and thought that the younger generation of this family was rich and filial, but Xiao Cheng was very uncomfortable listening to it.

As the representative of his father’s lineage, he must stand at the forefront.

When the Taoist Master in front beat the gongs and drums and circled the coffin, he felt that this so-called ceremony was ridiculous and stupid.

Out of the corner of Xiao Cheng’s eye, he could see the cousins and sisters behind him also smiling, running, and splashing, the bright red banknotes in their hands flying all over the ground, surrounded by the noise of villagers and uncles.

He looked at those faces and suddenly felt very unfair.

Why do he and his sister have to work so hard every day just to survive, while the money his parents earned with their lives was squandered by these so-called relatives to build a house for enjoyment?

When they were working hard for their next year’s tuition fees, these people would send tens of thousands of yuan to the Taoist Master for a trivial matter.

The anger in Xiao Cheng’s heart became more and more intense, and at that moment he had an idea.

“I took the money in that golden pot.”

After Xiao Cheng said it, the big rock that had been pressing down on his heart relaxed instead.

He smiled wryly and said, “I know it’s stealing and shameless, but I don’t think I did anything wrong. Those are my parents’ life money! I deserve it.”

The money in the ‘Golden Basin’ should be placed upside down on the ground behind the coffin. One night, around two o’clock in the morning that day, Xiao Cheng got up and went to the mourning hall.

The mourning hall was pitch-black, and the coffin in the center was particularly gloomy. He was a little scared, but he still gritted his teeth and got behind the coffin.

Xiaoxi: “!!!”

“How can you do such a thing?! Are you trying to piss me off?”

Xiao Xi burst into tears with anger, hating iron but not steel.

When she asked how much money her younger brother took, she cried even harder.

Facing the tens of thousands of yuan in the golden pot, Xiao Cheng only took 3,800 yuan.

 His grades were not particularly good. In addition, he always wanted to work part-time to relieve his sister’s burden during high school, so he didn’t focus on his studies. In the end, he was only admitted to an ordinary secondary school.

Hearing that the tuition fee was more than 7,000 a year and the accommodation fee, he immediately gave up studying and wanted to go out to work directly.

Because Xiao Xi has to pay their tuition fees, living expenses, and rent for the two of them, even with his part-time job money, there was still a difference of about 4,000 yuan.

But Xiao Xi disagreed and insisted that he had to go to school.

A few days ago, she had been worrying about how to make up the money.

Because of his tuition fees, Xiao Cheng lies on the bed after work every day, thinking about how to make up as soon as he closes his eyes.

That’s why he moved the golden pot by mistake that night.

He thought to himself:

Grandfather said before that he would keep the money for the tuition of their siblings, but Grandfather broke his promise.

Now I am only fulfilling your promise back then.

So Xiao Cheng didn’t take more but also didn’t think he was squandering it.

It was precisely because he didn’t take too much, the next day those relatives and the Taoist Master while carrying the coffin for burial, didn’t notice that some money was missing at all.

After crying, Xiao Xi said with red eyes: “It’s me, the older sister, who didn’t educate you well. Let’s go and pay back the money tomorrow. We can solve it as we want. I’ll apologize to them.”

“I’m the one who should apologize. I was obsessed with ghosts at the time.”

Xiao Xi was still worried because the amount was neither too big nor too small, but if those relatives become angry after watching the show and sued Xiao Cheng, his life will be over.

At this moment Gu Zhisang said slowly: “When you want to solve this matter, don’t forget to call the police.”

“If I remember correctly, the law of the Xia Country does not allow private affairs in major accidents, right? As long as someone dies, they must be sentenced, not to mention that you two are the immediate relatives of the victim, and those relatives agreed without your consent. This is not a private settlement, but a bribe to cover up a crime.”

“If you want to settle the accounts, you have to settle the accounts from more than ten years ago together.”

The Brother and Sister: “?!!”

The Audience: “?!!”

[That’s right, the anchor is right, criminal cases are not allowed to be settled in private! Those relatives broke the law too!]

[Ahhh, Sister Sang, I love you to death! I almost thought that the younger brother is going to die, and those relatives who had this crop would probably ask them to ‘solve it in private’.]

[Too ruthless, these relatives, how can they do that to their brothers’ children? Are you not afraid of retribution?]

[2000,000 ten years ago is equivalent to millions now!]

After realizing this, Xiao Xi felt a little relieved, but she was still very angry: “I said that a poor man can’t be short-sighted, you let me down.”

Xiao Cheng apologized repeatedly, and sincerely apologized to the camera, saying that he was willing to bear the consequences for his actions and that the audience in front of the camera should not learn from himself.

Xiao Xi asked again: “Master Gu, is it because he took the money from the back of the coffin and disrespected grandfather that he made him angry?”

Gu Zhisang looked a little weird: “That’s indeed the reason, that night happened to be its first seven nights, and it hit your brother right when it returned to the funeral, but your grandfather didn’t seem very angry, on the contrary, it feels guilty. His feelings are quite complicated.”

“The reason why it makes your younger brother’s luck lower is probably because he thinks it’s not good for the younger generation to do such a thing. He wants to teach your younger brother a lesson and scare him.”

The siblings were stunned, “He is… guilty?”

When people get old, they always think about the past.

Their grandfather has always remembered the situation of the two children back then, and he also knew that they felt wronged in their hearts, and always felt ashamed of his son and daughter-in-law who died early.

He wanted to apologize to the two juniors, but it was too late, after all, the damage had been done, and he couldn’t open his mouth.

This guilt lasted until he closed his eyes and brought it into the coffin.

As a result, in the first seven nights, he ran into his grandson head-on and saw him sneaking behind the coffin to touch the money.

Gu Zhisang laughed and said: “When you were haunted by the water ghost, the reason why you were only injured and left the village safe and sound is because your grandfather has been protecting you and preventing that water ghost from harming you.”

“This old man is quite contradictory.”

Xiao Cheng said, sometimes when he sleeps, he always feels someone was looking at him. It may not be the water ghost, but it may also be the ghost of his grandfather who was with him.

Hearing this, the siblings felt even more complicated.

Gu Zhisang asked:

“He should be trying to compensate you in this way, or trying to alleviate his guilt. Do you want to see him?”