Chapter 1167

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Wang Xiaohua and Wang Erhai went to town and bought a Bagua mirror, then returned to Shanggou Village.

Back in Shanggou Village, Wang Zhanggen had already called Wang Zhangtian to confirm, and they picked the day two days later for the grave relocation.

Wang Zhanggen then called Wu Banxian again, told him the relocation date, and asked on the side whether the date for transcending the evil ghost had been chosen.

Wu Banxian said he had also chosen it; the evening of the relocation day would work for transcending the evil ghost.

Hearing this, Wang Xiaohua couldn't help but feel both amused and exasperated; this Wu Banxian is a bit lazy — to avoid making an extra trip, he actually picked the same day as the relocation; doesn't he know that might cause a clash?

But as long as Wang Zhanggen thinks it's fine, Wang Xiaohua won't say anything more.

After all, whether it's the grave relocation or transcending the evil ghost, both are just to give Wang Zhanggen psychological comfort.

Transcending the evil ghost requires going to the haunted house; that haunted house no longer belongs to the Wang Family — it has been transferred to Liang Xinghua.

Liang Xinghua made some money while working at Liguo Mountain and had doors and windows installed on that raw house, but the inside is still unrenovated.

So to go inside that haunted house to transcend the evil ghost, they not only need to give Liang Xinghua a heads-up, but also need to borrow the house key from him.

Wang Zhanggen felt this wasn't a big deal; as long as he explained the situation, Liang Xinghua would certainly agree.

First, because Liang Xinghua has always been honest, simple, and reasonable.

Second, the house belongs to him now; if the evil ghost isn't transcended, he and his wife and children won't be able to move in conveniently later.

Third, that evil ghost is Liang Xinghua's mother; transcending his mother would also let her reincarnate sooner.

So he didn't take it too seriously, saying they'd just go find Liang Xinghua in town that day — Liang Xinghua is currently running the New Era Restaurant in town, very close.

Wang Erhai, however, felt a bit uneasy, because earlier when he went to ask Liang Xinghua to help supervise the high-standard farmland rice transplanting, Liang Xinghua actually refused, using busy business as an excuse.

Wang Erhai felt Liang Xinghua had changed; he'd seen the New Era Restaurant's business — it had long been ruined by Liang Xinghua and his wife, there wasn't much business left — yet Liang Xinghua still claimed he was too busy to come.

From this one could see Liang Xinghua's mindset had quietly shifted.

Since he could refuse Wang Erhai's request last time, this time he'd likely be able to refuse Wang Erhai's request just the same.

So Wang Erhai felt it was better to go give Liang Xinghua advance notice; otherwise, if they only communicated at the last minute and Liang Xinghua refused to let them exorcise the ghost, things would get troublesome.

With advance notice, even if Liang Xinghua disagrees, there'd still be enough time to persuade him.

This afternoon Wang Erhai had nothing to do, so he drove to town.

He arrived at the New Era Restaurant entrance, but was surprised to find the shop door tightly shut, with a "Prime Shop for Lease" sign pasted on it.

Wang Erhai immediately called Liang Xinghua.

At first he couldn't get through; he dialed three times before it finally connected.

"Hello, Xiong Hua Shu!"

"Erhai, what's up?"

Liang Xinghua on the other end sounded somewhat weary.

"Xiong Hua Shu, I just passed by the New Era Restaurant and saw you posted a lease sign — why are you transferring it out without even giving me a heads-up?"

Wang Erhai felt that since this restaurant was originally transferred to Liang Xinghua for free by him, Liang Xinghua should at least tell him, emotionally and logically.

Unexpectedly, Liang Xinghua said:

"Didn't you give this restaurant to me? Whether I transfer it out or not doesn't have much to do with you anymore, right?"

Those words were a bit grating, catching Wang Erhai off guard.

Wang Erhai's expression froze, and he hurriedly said:

"I didn't mean to blame you; it's just that if you're transferring it out, maybe I can help advertise it — might get it transferred faster."

Liang Xinghua gave a dry chuckle, his tone somewhat sarcastic:

"If it could really be transferred easily, you wouldn't have had me take it over back then."

Hearing this, Wang Erhai felt very uncomfortable.

Back then he had transferred the New Era Restaurant to Liang Xinghua out of goodwill.

Besides, at that time the New Era Restaurant's business wasn't great, but at least it could break even, sometimes even turn a small profit.

The restaurant was ruined after it got into Liang Xinghua's hands, yet now Liang Xinghua clearly resents him.

"Xiong Hua Shu, are you blaming me? I sincerely advised you back then not to quit your Liguo Mountain job, just run the New Era Restaurant part-time — you refused to listen, so how can this be blamed on me?"

"Erhai, I don't mean to blame you. Anything else? If not, I'm hanging up." Liang Xinghua's tone was cold.

"Don't hang up yet!" Wang Erhai hurriedly stopped him: "I still have one more thing to tell you!"

"Go ahead, I'm listening."

Wang Erhai said:

"That raw house my family built earlier — wasn't it transferred to you? Wu Banxian says your mother has become an evil ghost and needs transcending, so I want to ask you for the house key so we can get in when the time comes."

Liang Xinghua was stunned, looking rather unwilling.

Anyway, right now he feels that whatever Wang Erhai does seems like he's scheming against him.

Wang Erhai hurriedly added:

"Xiong Hua Shu, you must not refuse this — lately nothing's going right for you, you lost your Liguo Mountain job, the New Era Restaurant is ruined; it might well be related to your mother. Let Wu Banxian come transcend her so she can reincarnate quickly; it's good for you and for her."

Hearing this, Liang Xinghua finally said:

"Then come to the street corner; I'll bring you the key in a bit."

Liang Xinghua hung up, sat on the sofa in the rental house, and sighed.

Beside him, Lan Menglian was packing luggage.

This is a house they rented near the New Era Restaurant.

Now the New Era Restaurant can no longer stay in business, so they have to find another way out, and thus plan to give up this rental and go to the County Town to find a new residence.

Liang Xinghua sat for a little while, then stood up to get the keys, preparing to go to the street corner and hand them to Wang Erhai.

At this moment, Lan Menglian, who was packing luggage, loudly stopped him:

"Don't you go, and you don't even think — that's your mother, not his mother, why would he be so kind as to invite someone to perform transcendence for your mother?"

Liang Xinghua was stunned; his mind is rather straightforward, so he indeed had never thought of this layer.

"What do you mean by that?"

Lan Menglian had just heard the conversation between Wang Erhai and Liang Xinghua with her own ears, and she said:

"I see that Wang Erhai simply harbors ill intentions, just like when he initially transferred the New Era Restaurant to you! In my opinion, even if your mother really turned into an evil ghost needing transcendence, it should be you who performs the transcendence — how could it be an outsider like Wang Erhai's turn to meddle?"

Hearing this, Liang Xinghua also felt it was reasonable.

Lan Menglian spoke again:

"As I see it, Wang Erhai is just a weasel paying New Year's greetings to a chicken — harboring no good intentions!"