Back to the 1970s: Building My Fortune Through Time Trading-Chapter 388: Trouble at the Village Cemetery
Liu Cuilan was a thousand times over not convinced. The third daughter had some smarts, but surely she couldn’t have sold everything before even setting out.
That’s three thousand units, not three or five.
She must have been deceiving her to set her mind at ease.
As if she noticed her thinking, Su Xiaoxiao said, "Mom, I’m not lying to you. I’ve only got a dozen or so left, but you can’t tell anyone about this."
After all, her work trip was under the guise of selling these wall clocks.
Once the clocks are gone, what’s the point of her going on a trip?
Seeing Su Xiaoxiao’s confident demeanor, Liu Cuilan couldn’t help but reach out and touch her forehead, whispering, "No fever, how is she talking nonsense?"
Su Xiaoxiao: "..."
"Don’t worry, Mom, I can really do this. When have I ever lied since I was a kid?"
Seeing the third daughter wasn’t lying, Liu Cuilan relaxed a bit.
Indeed, though the child was a bit mischievous growing up, she never was one to make things up.
Su Xiaoxiao went up to hug her mom’s arm, "Mom, I’ll bring you a gift when I come back."
Liu Cuilan poked her on the forehead, "A gift isn’t necessary, just be careful on the road, don’t let anyone trick you."
"Mom, don’t worry. Just look at who your daughter is. If anything, I’m the one who does the tricking."
At this moment, Su Fusheng came up with a grin, "Sister, quick, try on the clothes and scarf big brother and I brought you. You’ll definitely look great in them."
Su Xiaoxiao: "..."
She said tactfully, "Second brother, I’m already a manager, dressing too rosy isn’t very dignified. Next time, can you and big brother get me something in black or blue, more elegant?"
"Why should a young girl dress so dark? Who said leaders can’t dress nicely?"
Su Wenbing nodded along in agreement.
Su Xiaoxiao: "..."
Forget it, her brothers’ straight male aesthetics were hopeless. She really worried for their future wives.
Who knows if their future wives’ tastes would align with their mom’s.
The family had dinner early and were ready to go to bed. But just after washing up and climbing onto the heated bed, dogs barking outside interrupted everything.
Su Xiaoxiao sprang to alert, dogs barking like this in the village at night meant something was certainly amiss.
Her big brother Su Wenbing and Su Fusheng also heard the noises and got up.
Just as they stood up, a "knock knock knock" sounded at the courtyard gate.
The urgent knocking mixed with the barking made the silent night feel particularly eerie.
The brothers exchanged glances, hesitating whether to open the door, when Liu Cuilan came out of her room with a coat.
She raised her voice to shout, "Who’s there?"
Outside came Aunt Chen’s voice from the village, "Cuilan, hurry, something happened at the cemetery. Several graves were dug up, call Wenbing and Fusheng to go check. Everyone in the village is heading there."
Liu Cuilan smacked her thigh, "Oh no, who has no conscience? Big one, second one, hurry and grab the tools to see if our family graves are okay."
Su Wenbing and Su Fusheng panicked too, grabbing shovels and hoes, charged out in a rush.
Su Xiaoxiao went to help close the courtyard door, but her eyelid kept twitching, feeling something was about to happen.
She pressed her left eyelid with her hand, thinking, even if something happens when graves are dug, it wouldn’t be anything good. Why’s her left eyelid twitching?
Turns out, left eyelid twitch means fortune, right means disaster, it’s all superstition.
The barking outside continued, mingling faintly with the sound of footsteps heading toward the village’s northwest.
The northwest corner had a plot of land where the village’s ancestral graves were.
Liu Cuilan sat in the main room waiting for her two sons, casually chatting with Su Xiaoxiao about the cemetery.
Years ago, there was a very wealthy landowner in the village.
Back then, it was customary to be buried with valuables, thinking that after death those items would ensure comfort.
Who’d have thought the landowner’s grave was dug up within days?
The landowner’s body was stripped bare and tossed into a nearby ditch, and everything in the expensive mahogany coffin vanished.
The landowner’s family reported it to the police, but the culprits were so discreet, leaving no evidence and the case went unresolved.
Later, during a turbulent period, families became destitute, able to afford only simple coffins.
Especially in the famine years, some just rolled up in mats to be buried.
Since then, the village cemetery hadn’t had any incidents.
After all, even grave robbers knew this village’s poverty wouldn’t yield treasures even if they dug deep.
Su Xiaoxiao listened attentively to her mom’s story and glanced at the time, nearly ten at night. Why haven’t her brothers returned? Could something have happened?
"Old third, it’s getting late. You go to sleep, Mom will wait here."
The third daughter had to rise early for work, couldn’t be delayed.
Su Xiaoxiao was indeed tired, she’d usually be asleep by this time.
Tonight she insisted on staying up.
Her eyelids were battling, she’s ready to sleep at any moment.
"Okay, Mom. I’ll go to bed first. If anything happens, call me."
She climbed onto the heated bed yawning, but couldn’t relax.
Just as she was ready to drop off, suddenly awake.
Thinking through, she opened the game interface to check around her home.
The map now covered the neighboring yard entirely.
Su Xiaoxiao glanced at the entrance first, finding nothing unusual.
Then she shifted her gaze to the west yard wall.
They were next to a small grove, Su Xiaoxiao inspected closely but saw nothing amiss. She yawned, ready to sleep.
Just as she prepared to close the interface, a sudden shock.
Near her house entrance, two sneaky figures carried something toward the west yard wall.
It seemed to be a stuffed sack, heavy at sight.
They sneaked into the small grove beside her house and bent down to dig a hole.
In no time, the pit was ready, and they jointly lifted the sack in, piled dirt over it, even adding a layer of dry grass for concealment. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦
Su Xiaoxiao stared at the mound, mentally marking out the position.
Right then, footsteps approached urgently from outside, from afar to near, Su Xiaoxiao saw the figures at the entrance in the game interface.
They seemed to be her big brother and second brother returning.
Meanwhile, two men outside the west wall noticed the brothers, sneaking by the wall’s base peering at the entrance.
One of them even pulled out a dagger from his back.
Su Xiaoxiao’s heart jumped to her throat, abruptly jolting up from the bed.
