Chapter 61 Origin of Ba Jiao Village ———But the new house was still humid. Moreover, the new year was rapidly approaching, and Grandpa wanted to move back as soon as possible.
"Second Uncle, we are one family, why are you treating us like outsiders? Seventh Elder Brother and Sister-in-law.
Grandpa cared a lot about his face, and he feared that spending the Chinese New Year at another person"s house would lead to a lot of people gossiping. So he was adamant in his stance.
"Second Uncle, although the construction on the new house is complete, it"s still quite humid. Living there would make you p.r.o.ne to sickness." Huang Kui said somewhat anxiously.
Listening to Huang Kui"s words, I suddenly had an idea. I said to Grandpa: "Grandpa, you settle down our belongings for now. Leave the house to me. I guarantee you would be able to move in tomorrow. Moreover, you wouldn"t need to worry about the humidity."
"YangYang, you must listen to your Uncle regarding this matter. That new house has just been completed. Without two-three months of ventilation, it won"t get dry. It would be very easy to fall sick while living in such a house. Living in that environment would be very bad for the body. You must let Grandpa live at my house for a few days." Huang Kui was not able to convince Grandpa, so he tried convincing me.
"Don"t worry, I have thought of an idea that I want to try. You"ll know when you see it." I said.
I went back into the house. It was really humid inside. I condensed an Oracle Bone Script Fire Character, and directly pushed it into the wall.
"d.a.m.n!" Only after pushing it into the wall I suddenly recalled that if this Oracle Bone Script 火 (Fire) Character were to burn everything up, then it would certainly be a disaster for me.
However, after the 火 character activated, though there were indeed ethereal flames that arose which covered each and every point in the house, there was no actual fire as such resulting from these ethereal flames. Although, after these ethereal flames went away, the house didn"t look any different, I could feel that the house had indeed changed. There was no feeling of dampness in the house, and instead, I felt incomparably refreshed.
I finally let out a sigh of relief. This Primordial Qi cannot be used indiscriminately. If there was any mistake in its use, the savings of more than half a year would have gone up in flames. Moreover, there would be the debt owed to Huang Shulang and even the villagers.
The house was very stylish. There were three and a half floors, as only a large room was built on the fourth floor while keeping the remaining portion as viewing balcony. The location of my house was originally high, and standing on the balcony one can see the entire Ba Jiao Village. Standing on the top, I realized the reason why Ba (Eight) Jiao (Corners) Village is called so, is because the whole village is an octagon. Huh? No, wait, why does it look similar to the bronze medal around my neck? I quickly took out the bronze medal. Sure enough, the shape of the village is very similar to the octagon in the middle of the bronze medal. It"s just that the location of the Yin and Yang fish is where the fish pond of my house is located.
Why would Ba Jiao village be like this? Is there really no relation between Ba Jiao Village and that old tomb?
"Master! What are you doing upstairs?" Huang Shulang said while panting heavily as came over. He was too lazy to come upstairs so he was shouting from downstairs.
"I was looking at the view from this place." I said.
"Is there anything to look really, it"s just a barren mountain. Only the big cities have interesting places. I heard that there are my high-rise buildings in the city, and the peak of those buildings is even higher than the peak of Ba Jiao Mountain. My dad said that if I go to college in the future, then I would be able to live in those high rise buildings." Huang Shulang spoke of his dreams.
"You would still need to take the test to enter college. If you don"t do well in the end of term exams, then you would just end up being first from the last position." I said unhappily. This fellow has decent intelligence, and he can definitely take the second and third place in the cla.s.s. Naturally, I would be the one in the first place. However, this guy is lazy, and last time he managed to beat Li Lijuan by luck. However, this time, he would probably not get the opportunity. Li Lijuan has drawn bravery from her shame and studied very hard. Even Ma Jindong won"t be able to compete with Li Lijuan.
Huang Shulang smiled and said: "Master, whether you believe or not, I would definitely be able to achieve top three this time."
I came downstairs, "There"s no use in you talking so big. Use these days and work hard to ensure that you are not left behind. Teacher Lin has written a letter to the Headmaster, and I can skip the term-end exams. If you don"t work hard, then it would be very hard to follow me."
"Master, you must not abandon us." Huang Shulang immediately started crying.
I also felt somewhat sad.
Black Bean looked at us bewilderedly, it couldn"t understand what had happened. Why the pleasant atmosphere from just now had changed in a moment to a sentimental one.
"Don"t worry, later on, wherever I go, I will take you all along with me." I promised Huang Shulang.
"Master, are you telling the truth." Huang Shulang said while wiping his tears with his sleeves.
"It is final." I nodded in affirmation.
Huang Kui saw that Huang Shulang was crying and thought that I had beaten him up, so he laughingly said: "My son, what mistake did you make today for which you were beaten up by your Master?"
"My Master didn"t beat me." Huang Shulang said while pouting.
"You were not beaten, and you still ended crying so badly, this is strange." Huang Kui said while laughing. Clearly, he was not convinced of Huang Shulang"s words.
"I really didn"t get beaten up. Master said that he is skipping this year"s exam to go directly to college, and will not remain in my cla.s.s." Huang Shulang after remembering this fact again started crying loudly once more.
"Ah?" Huang Kui was also gobsmacked.
"It"s all because of Teacher Lin, she wrote a letter to Headmaster Han to allow Master to skip, otherwise Master and I would remain in the same cla.s.s!" Huang Shulang after thinking of this fact felt even more aggrieved.
Huang Kui sighed and said: "Son, don"t be disheartened. You should also start putting in some effort. Your Master"s grades are so high that he can directly jump to Junior High School. If you don"t work hard, then how can you follow after your Master in the future? Your Master will certainly test into College in the future. If you are not able to enter College, then you would have to do part-time jobs, and certainly, you won"t get a chance to follow after your Master."
Huang Kui took this opportunity to rouse Huang Shulang, and it was very effective. Huang Shulang said determinedly: "I will definitely catch up with Master in the future. Master whichever college you go, I will also follow after you. Next year, I will also skip a year."
Huang Shulang wiped his tears and shouted: "Today, I will eat two chicken legs. If I don"t eat this much, how would I have the energy to study?"
Everyone started laughing. I resolutely kicked Huang Shulang and said: "Only know how to eat, the only thing you know is eating." He threw away all the face of his Master.
Huang Kui looked at my house while eating, and when he returned, he didn"t try to persuade Grandpa to not stay at our house. He is a wise man, naturally, he knew that I had done something in the house. Now it was completely dry, rather, it was even more comfortable than other houses. This kind of a thing, he knew not to ask about.
The next day, we moved into our new house.
Huang Shulang shamelessly said, "Master, how about I live in your house. You can see that you have such a big house, especially that brand new mattress on that bed of yours, it can even have three-four people sleeping on it at once."