Chapter 4 Chapter 3 The Fourth Uncle After Dropping Out of School

After they got out of the ancient tomb, they didn't seal the hole with stones, but left it to the people who dug the river tomorrow to find it.At ten o'clock the next morning, news came from the construction site that a thousand-year-old tomb had been found by the river, and the county cultural bureau had sent people here. However, due to the lack of fingerprint recognition technology at that time, it was impossible to detect who had participated in this tomb robbery.The corpses in the ancient tomb have been burned, but there are many bamboo slips inside, which are all legal documents on the administration of officials during the Southern and Northern Dynasties.However, the cultural bureau's announcement did not mention the pot of gold, only that a pot of wine was found.According to Uncle Si's conjecture, the Cultural Bureau must have concealed the result because they were worried about causing confusion among the local people.

The big green snake in the tomb was taken away by people from the Municipal Animal Protection Association.A month later, the Cultural Affairs Bureau concluded that this was a mausoleum from the Southern and Northern Dynasties. The name of the owner of the tomb was not recorded in detail, but it should be an official at that time, in charge of legal documents and judgments.This mausoleum was built according to the official system level of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and has the style of the Han Dynasty. However, with the change of time, the original shape of the mausoleum can no longer be seen from the surface of the soil layer.However, this ancient tomb has its own characteristics, such as four knives installed in a rectangular array at the four corners of the tomb, which are rare in Han tombs, as if the owner of the tomb had foreseen that others would come to rob the tomb.Although the tomb robbers stole many funerary objects, there are still many gold and silver objects hidden behind the wall of the tomb, especially bronze products with a relatively high level of craftsmanship. It was a more valuable ancient tomb excavated at that time.

Many years have passed, and Grandpa has never had anything to do with the ancient tomb, but he still has a lot of issues related to the ancient tomb that he has not solved.For example, how did Liu Laoba get in, and why did he smile like a mural?Why does that snake live in the tomb? Is it really to protect those bottles and jars?If it is to protect the owner, what does it eat in it?Also, why didn't those first batch of tomb robbers encounter this zombie? Could it be that they have the ability to prevent the ancient corpse from cheating?However, the most puzzling thing is that after all the funerary objects in the mausoleum were stolen by tomb robbers, the funerary objects in the coffin seemed to be still intact.

About this matter, I also asked my grandma later.Grandma said that there were probably three people in the first batch of tomb robbers, some of whom were going to put up murals, and some were carrying funerary objects.But the lid of the coffin was too heavy, and the sealing technology was better, so they couldn't open it, so the first batch of tomb robbers could only carry the funerary objects.And Liu Laoba and Lai Pihan must have seen other people robbing the tomb before being killed in it. As for why they didn't encounter the ancient corpse at that time, it should have something to do with the full moon.Later, it may be that these tomb robbers felt that it was too dangerous to keep Liu Laoba and Lai Pihan inside. Once the corpses were cheated, countless people would be hurt, so they were subdued.

After that incident, grandpa and grandma never mentioned it to outsiders, even at home, they seldom talked about it, they just warned future generations not to rob the tomb. By the end of the 1970s, the situation seemed to be relatively better.There are not many people who survived the age of seventy, and one generation sent another generation away, and the great grandfather and great grandmother passed away one after another at that time.Although the death rate was high at that time, compared with the birth rate, there were still fewer people who died than those who were born. My fourth uncle was born in such an environment.When the fourth uncle was born, he already had an older brother and two older sisters.The fourth uncle is more naughty, loves to fight, and also saves face.When he was in junior high school, he was a famous fighter, and his teacher often punished him for copying homework.Finally, in an incident, the fourth uncle was expelled by the principal.

It was early summer, and it was cloudy and rainy.One night, Fourth Uncle called a few classmates who were in junior high school in the village, and they tied a jute rope on both sides of the road.Although this jute rope is not strong, it is no problem to stop the bicycle that is riding.After the fourth uncle and his classmates tied the rope, they parked the bicycles in the ditch, and then they all lay on their stomachs.The teacher was short-sighted and couldn't see clearly at night. When he encountered the hemp rope, he fell down.Just as the teacher was screaming in pain, Fourth Uncle and the others appeared.While supporting the teacher, the fourth uncle said, which bastard is so bad, tied this piece of jute, and knocked down our beloved teacher.

But this teacher is not a vegetarian either, he called all the students who were present that night to the office, interrogated them one by one, and quickly found out the matter.Knowing that he couldn't escape this time, the fourth uncle took the initiative to take the initiative, saying that it was his own idea, hoping to use this matter to graduate early.But this matter is not enough to cause expulsion, the principal just gave the fourth uncle a major demerit. Obviously, the fourth uncle was very dissatisfied with the result. He took the initiative to find the principal and asked him to be expelled.The headmaster was taken aback by fourth uncle's actions, and when he came back to his senses, he quickly waved his hands and said no.The fourth uncle came out of the principal's office in great disappointment, and returned home angrily, carrying the grass basket, saying that he was going to cut pigweed.

The hogweed was cut all afternoon and came back at night.At that time, my third aunt was also in middle school, and my fourth uncle knew that my grandma and grandpa must have known about him.Ordinarily, our family’s family education is very strict. If something like this happens, the fourth uncle’s butt will definitely be beaten into a cutting board that has been used for five years. Surprisingly, grandpa and grandma didn’t beat him that time, but just let him beat him every day. Cut pigweed and watch melon fields.This time, fourth uncle was overjoyed, thinking he could finally be free. The fourth uncle's greatest hobby is to read some books on Fengshui. He once said to me: "I don't have any skills, but I must find a good grave so that my offspring will flourish." The fourth uncle once told me Well, the tombs of those people in the village were randomly selected, and they can't play the role of the tomb at all, but the feng shui of my ancestor's tomb is very good, and the feng shui of my great-grandfather's grave is also good, and the tombs of the two are in a guarding posture.

I often laugh at my fourth uncle for being stupid, but my fourth uncle doesn't take my contempt for Fengshui, saying that I have a good memory and should use some brain cells in Fengshui.But Fourth Uncle's memory and comprehension is really good. I can't understand those weird symbols at all, but he can tell the shape and where it should be with his eyes closed.Speaking of which, the fourth uncle is indeed not such a material for studying. I have never seen him be patient in doing anything. I heard from my mother that the most patient thing about the fourth uncle is to pursue the fourth aunt. That was the time when his patience was used to the limit.

At that time, few people read books seriously.People of the same age saw that the fourth uncle was living a happy and comfortable life after school, and they all decisively drew a clear line with the school. They didn't even ask for a graduation certificate, so they packed their bags and went home.After everyone dropped out of school, it was indeed crazy for a while, but after the madness, many people began to find a way out for their future livelihood issues. Fourth Uncle originally thought that these people would be like him, fighting every day, but he didn't know that after dropping out of school, all of them married wives and started families.The fourth uncle didn't want to marry a daughter-in-law, and felt that he couldn't afford it.But after a few years, Dahei and Ergouzi were all married, and he was the only one left alone.The most tragic thing is that Er Gouzi is three years younger than himself, but Er Gouzi's children call him uncle (meaning uncle).

The fourth uncle felt that it would be a bit shameful not to find a wife anymore, and now he has become a well-known bachelor in the village, as if he really couldn't find a wife.Although the fourth uncle was only twenty-two or three years old at the time, he was already an older youth in the countryside.However, the old man has always been very confident, thinking that whoever falls in love with a handsome boy like him is his blessing.For the fourth uncle, the greatest decision was to go on a blind date on the street. Speaking of this, fourth uncle did make a lot of ugliness.Once he stared at an elder sister, he thought that this girl was pretty and looked like a good match for him.That girl is in good shape, with big eyes, watery, and very juicy. She is definitely a village flower in our village.After the fourth uncle saw this girl, he was overjoyed, and went to strike up a conversation with her, and asked her address with his three-inch golden tongue, and went happily. After returning home, the fourth uncle told Dahei that he met a very beautiful girl and wanted to borrow the bicycle Dahei had just bought when he got married to go on a blind date.Dahei said no, he wanted to see with his own eyes what this girl looked like, to be able to fascinate him like this.So the fourth uncle went to Ergouzi's house, borrowed Ergouzi's wedding bicycle, and went with Dahei.The two pedaled bicycles for more than an hour, and finally found the house.The two opened the door and called the girl's name, asking if she was at home, but a man came out and said that she was not there, and took the child back to her mother's house. After the news got out, it was laughed at by the whole village for half a year.Fourth Uncle originally planned to take Dahei to embolden him, and more importantly, Fourth Uncle was not white, so he wanted Dahei to be a foil for him.I didn't know that it couldn't set off, and I was laughed at for half a year. The fourth uncle went to the market town every half a month to see if there were any beautiful girls.This spirit moved me quite a bit, and it still inspires me when I think about it.The fourth uncle said that what he pursues is free love, what he wants is love at first sight, and he resolutely does not want an arranged marriage imposed by his parents. But the fourth uncle still regretted finding a wife too late.When I was in college, he taught me earnestly, telling me that I must find a wife as early as possible, otherwise all the beautiful ones will marry other people, and when I want to get married, other people's children will be soy sauce. Ever since he realized that it was necessary to make amends, the fourth uncle has been going to the surrounding villages to find a suitable eldest girl.Since everyone of the same age is married, the fourth uncle can only extend his "magic claws" to the little girl who is four years younger than him.My dad often said that he didn't go on a blind date, but to scare people. One day when he was tired from walking in the market town, he saw a man telling his fortune under the big willow tree by the river ahead.When he met a fortune teller before, he never went there, because he felt that the old man was cheating money.But that day was different, he actually walked over.He walked over definitely not because of a welcome change in his attitude towards fortune-telling, but because there was a young and beautiful girl standing next to the big tree.This girl looked less than twenty, with long hair and shawls, big eyes with twinkling eyelashes, and a very good figure, which was very eye-catching on the street.The fourth uncle thought, no wonder the fortune-teller's business was so good that day. I dare say that everyone didn't come here for fortune-telling, but came to see the girl. Beside the fortune teller are all young men, the old man and children are all squeezed outside, they are listening to the old man's fortune telling on the surface, but in reality all their eyes are on the girl behind the old man.Fourth Uncle knows these young men, they often fight at the street corner, but now they are all serious, listening to the old man's explanation.The fourth uncle said in his heart: "They are all a group of perverts." As he said this in his heart, he stared at the girl without blinking. But the fortune teller didn't seem to speak very well. Almost no one paid attention to his speech, and all their eyes were on the woman.Of course the fourth uncle was the same, his eyes were wide open, and he looked at the girl with a half-smile.Maybe the fourth uncle's bold behavior was seen by others, and the girl smiled at the fourth uncle, not minding the fourth uncle's rude behavior at all.Seeing the girl smiled at him, the fourth uncle suddenly felt embarrassed, so he had to turn his head to listen to the fortune teller's divination. Unexpectedly, after the fourth uncle came back to his senses, he found that the content of the fortune teller had changed. This time it was not about fortune telling, but about Feng Shui.It is not the first time Uncle Fourth has come into contact with Fengshui. When he was in elementary school, his bookcase was full of various Fengshui books.When I was in junior high school, my fourth uncle secretly went to learn the rules of burial from Mrs. Huo, who was in charge of the burial in the village. I just heard that person say: "The division of heaven and earth, the sequence of yin and yang, the appearance of changes, the signs of life and death, the relics are the same without seeking. The way of yin and yang is all taken from Zhouyi. Then why is "Zhouyi" It was created by people in the prison of King Wen of the Western Zhou Dynasty. After the evolution of the world, it was annotated, and in the Tang and Song Dynasties there was a state of contention among a hundred schools of thought, and the big ones were more than ten schools, and the small ones were not famous. This Fengshui is one of the big branches , is also one of the genres, and all Chinese culture draws nourishment from it.” The fourth uncle listened to the fortune-telling ramblings, which seemed to be very reasonable, and they were very good, but they were all classical Chinese, and it was too painful to listen to. It is estimated that even these semi-literate people could not understand them.The fourth uncle said: "Old man, don't use classical Chinese, just speak plain Chinese, or we won't understand you." At this time, a group of young men with bulging eyes responded one after another, saying yes. The fortune teller continued: "The study of Feng Shui is applicable to the yang house, but not to the yin house. The yang house is the residence of the living, and the yin house is the residence of the dead. From the Xia and Shang Dynasties to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the yin and yang houses each occupy the world. The yin house is also divided into building a house and destroying a house. Building a house is to build a tomb and building a tomb, and destroying a house is to..." The fourth uncle went on to say, "It's tomb robbery." The fortune teller paused, looked at fourth uncle, stroked his beard, and smiled with satisfaction.When the other people saw the fortune teller nodding to fourth uncle, they all showed dissatisfaction.The fortune teller continued: "In the hexagram of choosing a place, six strokes are taboo. For those who go away with six strokes, Defu is the owner of the grave, and the flying snake is the cave. Parents are the graveyard. It is advisable to be quiet and not move. If you move, you may hurt your child. If it is moved, it will shade hundreds of thousands of descendants, which is a sign of the prosperity of this family." The fourth uncle took up the conversation again, saying: "In this kind of cemetery, if the descendants farm the land, the descendants will have good weather; if they do business, the family will be rich; if they become officials, the officials will be high-ranking and powerful. Be the Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee.” Everyone looked at fourth uncle, which meant that fourth uncle talked too much.Fourth Uncle didn't care about those potential rivals in love, with a complacent expression on his face.Seeing that beautiful girl also looking at him, the fourth uncle was even more happy, thinking to himself, finally discovered the usefulness of Feng Shui. At this time, the fortune-teller stopped singing one-man shows, looked at Fourth Uncle, and said, "Young man, do you know what Liuchong is?" The fourth uncle said: "Liuchong means that the geomantic omen is not good in those places. Wherever Liuchong is located, there are flying sand and rocks, either floods or yellow sand. If buried in Liuchong, the owner of the tomb will die." The fortune teller is satisfied with the fourth uncle again. He nodded, and then told the girl behind him to call it a day. Hearing that the fortune teller was leaving, these young men were in a hurry.Because they can't see beautiful girls, their good times are gone.The hard-working fourth uncle heard that they were leaving, so he hurriedly helped them pack their things, and actively created a good image of an enthusiastic young man for himself.After cleaning up, they were about to say goodbye. Fourth Uncle was talking about something, but he couldn't find any good reason, so he said goodbye to them. Fourth Uncle turned around and walked home slowly. There was a strong wind on the road that day.The fourth uncle thought, these two people must not be from the local area, and if it rains later, they will be invited to the house. Thinking of this, my fourth uncle sat by the bridge and waited for the rain.It is also heaven fulfilling people's wishes, and the rain comes as soon as it is said.Seeing the raindrops falling, the fourth uncle was overjoyed and walked back bouncing around.Unexpectedly, he hadn't gone far, but the fortune teller and the beautiful girl had already walked towards him, and they were still running towards the fourth uncle.Naturally, the fourth uncle took all their luggage with great enthusiasm and invited them to their home.The fortune teller didn't refuse, and agreed directly.The fourth uncle was delighted, as if this big girl was his wife. On the way, the fourth uncle found out that the girl's name was Xiaodie, that the fortune teller was her adoptive father, and that Xiaodie was picked up by him.The fortune teller's surname is Chen, and his name is Daohe. By the time we got home, it was raining heavily.Meal time was around 7:00 pm. At that time, there were no electric lights, and candles and kerosene lamps were still used in the countryside.Generally speaking, lighting candles is more wasteful than lighting oil lamps. In order to reflect a good atmosphere, the fourth uncle insisted on blowing out the kerosene lamps and lit two candles.My fifth uncle was curious, and asked my fourth uncle why he didn't light the kerosene lamp. The fourth uncle couldn't explain it, so he just made gestures to tell him to shut up. The fourth uncle felt that the wind was very strong that night.At dawn the next day, Chen Daohe and Xiaodie left.The fourth uncle was still sleeping at that time, and when the fourth uncle woke up, it was already past ten o'clock in the morning. The fourth uncle was very sad not to see Xiaodie, and later, whenever there was a market, the fourth uncle went to wait for Xiaodie under the big willow tree by the river, but he never waited. Before Xiaodie could wait, the fourth uncle gradually calmed down. He planned to do some business to make some money, so he couldn't always rely on his parents to support him.But the fourth uncle is not the kind of person who grows vegetables and raises cattle. He can't bear that kind of life. What the fourth uncle wants is a business that can bring in quick money.In the words of my fourth uncle, you will be motivated only when you have money in your hand all the time.But according to the blueprint drawn by the fourth uncle, it seems that only by becoming a robber can he realize his vision.But although the fourth uncle likes to fight, he doesn't want to do that business. In order to temper the fourth uncle's temperament, the grandfather sent the fourth uncle to a friend in Xuzhou.Grandpa's friend is a construction site foreman, responsible for the construction of the construction company, and there is just a shortage of people under him.So the fourth uncle was rushed to the construction site. On the construction site, not working is to be looked down upon.Because the fourth uncle is relatively strong and works harder after arriving at the construction site, and the relationship between the grandfather and the foreman is relatively good, the fourth uncle was quickly promoted to the team leader, responsible for commanding and personnel scheduling.At that time, there were relatively few labor industries, and more and more laborers in the village had nowhere to put them. Most of the rural laborers were sent to construction sites.Some of them formed their own construction teams in the village and contracted their own construction, and some of them went to the construction companies in the city to follow the company. Dahei was very happy when he heard that his fourth uncle had become the squad leader, and he followed him, pretending that he was afraid that his fourth uncle would be bullied outside alone.Dahei burst out laughing when he saw that his fourth uncle was doing so enthusiastically, as if he had finally found his lifelong career.When the fourth uncle saw Dahei coming, he patted Dahei's shoulder like a leader, and said, yes, good body, here will give you a broad world to exercise yourself. Dahei told Sishu that after he left, Chen Daohe and Xiaodie came to him, and after knowing that Sishu was not there, he left again.This news made the fourth uncle excited for a long time, and made him immediately feel disgusted with the construction site. However, the arrival of Dahei has added a lot of fun to the life of the fourth uncle.The fourth uncle always made fun of Dahei, saying that Dahei looked like Zhang Fei.Dahei often ridiculed him, saying that his fourth uncle was an older youth. The fourth uncle knew a man named Shaozi before Dahei came.Shaozi said that the names of their family are quite distinctive, they are all called spoons, pots, and bowls, as if their family was born as a chef.Dahei asked him if his cooking was particularly delicious, and the spoon said no.It turned out that Spoon's father often quarreled with Spoon's mother, but Spoon's father couldn't cook, and every time after the quarrel, Spoon's mother refused to feed Spoon's father, and Spoon's father would wake up all the children in a fit of anger. Names related to tableware. People on the construction site like to talk about women at night, but there are exceptions, that is when they get bored talking about women.Shao Zi stayed at the construction site for a long time. He said that ancient tombs can often be dug up on the construction site.Several people then started to think about the tomb robbery all night, as if they could get rich tomorrow. This time it is a new construction site, where tractors are sold. In order to develop the agricultural economy, some new buildings need to be built as basic service facilities.Fourth uncle's construction company contracted the construction of the business building here. The construction site started on time.Before the start of construction, a groundbreaking ceremony was held on the construction site, and the construction company set off 10,000 firecrackers and a 100-gun salute.There is a saying about this ceremony, one is to express grand celebration, and the other is to tell those invisible friends that newcomers will move in and old ones will leave. But it's strange to say that the fourth uncle had a dream that night, dreaming that someone was sitting on the construction site and was unwilling to leave. They said that they had lived here for more than 1,500 years, and no one was allowed to break ground here, otherwise they would not let go. over him. Fourth Uncle woke up from the dream.The next day he told Dahei about it, and Dahei said, it's broken, don't really have something.Because the two of them are novices, they told the spoon about this dream.Shaozi's house is only four or five miles away from here, while Fourth Uncle and Dahei's hometown is in Anhui, which is at the junction with Xuzhou, which is far away from here.Compared with the fourth uncle, Shaozi is a local, and knows a little more about the situation here.Shaozi said that this place is often haunted by ghosts. In the past, people were always possessed by evil spirits, and people often saw a group of people carrying sedan chairs appearing in the farmland in the south of the local area.