HBWnovel Chapter 626 Xia Family Meeting
Chapter 626 Xia Family Meeting
Birds hitting glass is common, but it's rare to see one so badly damaged. This bird is small, with a red beak, black tail, dark brown back, dark yellow belly, and yellowish-white skin around its eyes.
"Uncle Cha, this should be a red-billed leiothrix, which is quite rare in the city."
"Has this ever happened before?" Uncle Cha asked, turning his head.
“No…” Xia Shuishui’s father frowned and said, “Master, I’ve heard people say that birds hitting windows is bad luck. Is there anything wrong with my house, given how suddenly this happened?”
I chimed in, "Yes, a crow crashing into the door means someone in the house has died, a magpie breaking through the window means good things are coming, but what does it mean if a lovebird dies? Does it hint at the arrival of love?"
I looked at Xia Shuishui's father.
He quickly denied it: "I haven't thought about that for a long time."
Uncle Cha said to me, "Where did you hear this from? Don't talk nonsense. It was just an accident. The bird probably mistook the reflection of the tree on the glass for a real tree. The feng shui of Boss Xia's house doesn't seem to be a problem at the moment."
"I'm relieved to hear that, Master. I've been feeling uneasy these past few days. Apart from the few properties in Nanhu that I haven't settled yet, the other assets have been transferred almost completely. I need to speed up the plan."
"Uncle Xia, you're a real hidden talent. You know more than I do. You must know about the Jiang family's inner circle."
“I know, because I am one of the members.”
"The same to you??"
He looked at me and said, “Is it strange, Xiao Xiang? Everything you see here—fishing, tea, real estate, shipyards, hydroelectric power stations, docks, banks—the Li family is involved in everything. In a few years, they’re even going to build a museum, and the artifacts inside will be provided by the Jiang family.”
"Does the Xia family also receive dividends every year?" I asked, frowning.
He replied, “The Xia family’s profit distribution is different from their family-style profit distribution. They are two different concepts. Chun’an is the headquarters of the Lihui. The amount of wealth that the Jiang family truly controls is a mystery. No one can find out. Those core members are all old. They have feelings for this land, which is why they chose to stay here.”
Uncle Xia's words hit the nail on the head. A few years later, a brand-new museum was indeed built in Qiandao Lake. It covered an area of over 6,000 square meters and was very stylish and luxurious. Keep in mind that Qiandao Lake is just a town, yet the museum there was more luxurious than those in many cities.
The Jiang family firmly believes in feng shui, and this remains true even after Jiang Zhaoxue took over as the family head. She can convince herself not to believe in feng shui, but it probably won't affect other family members. You can go and see the new museum coffin; it looks strange, with a semi-circle and a sphere on the outside, and a passageway in the middle.
You might not be able to tell from the front, but if you take a picture from above and then rotate the photo 90 degrees, what does it look like?
"6."
It's not that it looks like a number, but rather that it has the shape of a six.
I don't know if the person behind this was doing it intentionally or unintentionally, and I'm not sure if it was to commemorate Bu Guoliu who died in Qiandao Lake. I hope it wasn't; I hope it was just an accidental coincidence.
I'm a wandering swordsman, from a completely different world than Jiang Zhaoxue. We have different stances, and we only became acquainted after some wit and courage, nothing more. I have no connection to the Li Society, nor to the Wisdom Cult. I've never met the people behind it all.
"By the way, Uncle Xia, there's one more thing. I dreamt about your grandfather a few days ago."
"You dreamed about that old man?"
I nodded: "It's true. It's terrifying to think about. I dreamt that my grandfather was sitting in a coffin, and his expression was one of great pain."
"He deserves it!"
"No, Uncle Xia... I was wondering if it's related to that so-called 'golden cicada jumping out of the coffin'? You handled the entire funeral, you should know that."
He frowned and said, "It was the Jiang family's arrangement, including the funeral director at the time. I was just doing what they said."
Uncle Cha interjected, "That's a kind of feng shui technique that uses the souls of the deceased to help future generations get rich and have good fortune."
Xia Shuishui's father waved his hand, his face gloomy: "It doesn't matter what it is. Don't bring up the old man again. It's all in the past. I've done more than enough by being a dutiful son in front of others for twenty years. If you two have nothing else to say, please see the guests out."
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After leaving the Xia family's house, we walked side by side on the sidewalk.
"Give it to me, Uncle Cha, I'll take it for you."
"No need, I can carry it."
"Look at you, I didn't want your money because I was worried your hands would get tired. Why do you only want 300,000?"
"Isn't this enough?"
"Not much. If it were me, I'd ask for at least a hundred or two. That fat guy just now looked like he had money," I said.
Uncle Cha said, "The amount of money you receive depends on the scale of the event. An ordinary person might not earn that much in their entire life. If things hadn't been tough these past two years, I wouldn't have left my little plot of land to make a living."
"Uncle Cha, is it really impossible to solve the Five Deficiencies and Three Lacks?" I asked.
“It can’t be broken. Fate is like a mirror, revealing cause and effect. Those who reveal heavenly secrets must repay with their own blessings. Whether it’s 300,000 or 3 million, the result is the same. I’ve calculated that this winter, this wealth will flow away from me in another way. Two years ago, you gave me 400,000, but it was later cheated away by a woman. I will never have much wealth in my life. It’s all predetermined.”
"That money was given to you! It was to improve your life! You predicted everything! You're a fortune teller! So why were you scammed by a woman!"
Uncle Cha scratched his head and said, "Actually, divination is just like doing math problems; there will always be omissions and mistakes."
I exclaimed urgently, "What omissions or errors! You're absolutely blinded by lust! Your little head is controlling your big head! Once your big head is under control, you start making nonsensical and illogical calculations!"
"You can't do that, Uncle Cha! That's money you worked so hard to earn! Here's what we'll do: if you encounter something similar again, just call me and I'll tell you what to do!"
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"Teach me? You don't know anything!!"
"I know better than you! I've seen all kinds of women in my life, I won't be fooled!"
He said with a dark face, "I don't need you to lecture me! I see it all clearly. Losing money is better than losing a disaster. That woman cheated me out of all my money, so she will have to take a disaster for me in the future. There are gods watching over us. God keeps track of things and will ask her to pay back the debt sooner or later."
I looked at him and asked, "You said you'd lose money again this winter, is it still related to this woman?"
"You could even guess that?? You can calculate things too?"
I glanced at him sideways.
Uncle Cha seemed a little embarrassed by my gaze, and he coughed twice to cover up his awkwardness.
"I'm impressed, Uncle Cha. You can see through the secrets of heaven, but you can't see through a woman's mind. Why don't you send me a picture of that woman? I'll give you my opinion and see if she's as beautiful as a moon goddess or as stunning as a fish sinking in the water."
He kicked me to shut up.
Having no other option, I asked him again, "But does six also have five drawbacks and three deficiencies?"
“Both of them. I got the money, and he got the widowerhood. He waited for sixty years at Qiandao Lake, exhausting all means to borrow life from the King of Hell, but in the end, he never saw the person he longed for before he died, and he just turned into a handful of ashes.”
Uncle Cha looked up at the sky and said, "It's a pity he went down the wrong path. Putting aside our positions, he was the goal I pursued all my life. He showed me that feng shui could be used in such a way. No more than sixty in a hundred years... truly a fitting name."
"Tell me your story. You came to me wanting a quick way to change your luck, didn't you?"
I nodded frantically.
He looked at me and suddenly smiled.
I laughed along with them.
The next second, he instantly straightened his face and said, "Sorry, no."
My smile came to an abrupt halt.
"To put it bluntly, kid, I have no way to save you! My main job is fortune telling, not exorcising evil spirits and praying for blessings."
“Your nose is now cracked! Your forehead is dark and gloomy! You are surrounded by bad luck! Your shoulders are fiery red! The source of all this is the black light you saw that night in the Jiang family compound. The black light is a reflection of another world. It is no different from a living person seeing a ghost. Moreover, you saw the ghost’s hometown.”
"What the hell is this 'ghost hometown'?! I'm about to die and you're still joking with me! You have to help me think of a way to change my luck!"
As I was talking, I suddenly felt a chill on my head.
When I reached over and touched it, I found a huge pile of bird droppings.
"Damn it!! Ah----"
I frantically grabbed my hair!
As a result, the bird droppings became stickier and stickier the more you scratched them, even foaming up, like you'd applied shampoo.
Seeing my disheveled state, Uncle Cha said helplessly, "Kid, I won't hide anything from you. If I had a way to solve this, I would have told you already. If you want to change your luck quickly, why don't you go to the Northeast?"
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