The legend of ancestral graves
Qing Dynasty. Zhaoyuan area, Shandong Province.
There is a family named Luo in the village. The family has only a few acres of thin farmland and is a poor family.
Luo Dong’s father is nearly seventy years old and suffering from illness. Luo's father's greatest wish in his life was that his children and grandchildren would be prosperous, but he had no good opportunities.
On this day, an old friend came to visit Luo’s father who was sick. Luo's father knew that this old friend knew Feng Shui, so he asked for advice. The old friend just smiled and avoided answering the question of helping with Feng Shui advice.
When saying goodbye, Luo's father personally carried his old friend to the entrance of the village on crutches.
The old friend was very moved, so he pointed to a depression in the distance and whispered to Luo's father: "Did you see the depression next to the big willow tree? This depression is a geomantic treasure. Those who bury their ancestors' coffins here will have great success in the future. If you are not in good health, please go back quickly." After that, my old friend said goodbye...
The next year, Luo's father's condition worsened, so he called Luo Dong to him and told him that the depression under the big willow tree at the entrance of the village was a geomantic treasure.
A few days later, Luo's father died of illness. Luo Dong followed his father's instructions during his lifetime and buried his father's coffin in a depression next to the big willow tree.
Three years passed in the blink of an eye as Luo Dong paid filial piety.
During this period, Luo Dong did not hesitate to incur debts and sent his only son to a private school. My son is very smart and studious, and he got first place in the provincial examination. The private school teacher predicted: In the future, when this boy goes to Beijing to take the exam, he will definitely pass the top three.
A wealthy family in the same village has two sons who are dull by nature and have repeatedly failed the provincial examinations. I was very jealous when I saw that the son of the Luo family was so promising. Later, he discovered that the place Luo Dong chose to bury his father was different, and he suspected that there was a mystery in it.
The wealthy family paid a lot of money to hire a Feng Shui master to come to the village to teach Feng Shui. The Feng Shui master came to the village entrance and saw the depression where Luo's father was buried. He kept nodding and said: This is really a Feng Shui treasure!
A courtyard. If Luo Dong can move the grave, his family is willing to exchange ten acres of fertile land.
Of course Luo Dong did not agree.
The rich man raised the condition to exchange twenty acres of fertile land for that piece of land. Although Luo Dong still shook his head and refused, he thought to himself: My family is already heavily in debt, and my son has already passed the provincial examination. Well, if I exchange that piece of lowland for dozens of acres of fertile land, I can not only pay off the debt, but also help my son go to Beijing to take the exam. This is a good thing.
When the rich man offered thirty acres of fertile land, Luo Dong finally agreed.
In this way, Luo Dong chose an auspicious day to move his father's grave out of the depression, found another place to bury it, and got thirty acres of fertile land in exchange.
As soon as the Luo family’s ancestral graves were moved, the rich man couldn’t wait to move his own ancestral graves into this depression...
In less than a year, Luo Dong’s son was I was preparing to go to Beijing to take the exam, but I got seriously ill for no reason. The Luo family did not hesitate to spend family money to treat their son's illness. In the end, they almost sold out the 30 acres of farmland they exchanged for, but their son's illness was not completely cured.
Luo Dong thought about it and regretted that he should not have traded out that Feng Shui treasure land.
As for the rich family, although they have moved their ancestral graves into a geomantic treasure land, their two sons still have not made progress in their studies. How did this happen? The rich man went to consult the Feng Shui master again...
The Feng Shui master counted his fingers and said regretfully: "Under the depression next to the big willow tree, there was a lotus pond with two pythons coiled in it. , so it is definitely a rare Feng Shui treasure land. But why did these deviations occur? It must be that the Luo family accidentally dug up the earth tools when they moved the tomb, and all the treasures of the Feng Shui treasure land were lost. "
The wealthy family felt sorry for the thirty acres of fertile land they had exchanged for nothing, and could not help but howl...