Chapter 373 - Mom, Im Back (1/2)

After Qin Sheng’s mother had passed away, the Zhu Family and the Qin Family had a quarrel over the location of her grave. The Zhu Family thought she should rest in the Mountain Babao Cemetery since her parents, who were the Zhus, were going to rest there after they died. They hoped that they could rest in a place close to their daughter.

However, the Qin Family hadn’t agreed. Old Master Qin was a master of feng shui theory. According to feng shui, the location of one’s grave would influence one’s other families and even the future generation. Old Master Qin had insisted that he must find an appropriate grave location for his daughter-in-law mostly for the benefit of the Qin Family. Thus, he had been fiercely against the Zhus and looked throughout Beijing, finally finding a suitable location at the foot of the Great Wall near Huairou.

Old Master Qin believed that the nice grave he had found would guarantee that the dead would lead a better life in the heaven and bless the families alive with more benefits and luck. This had also been a reason why Qin Changan, his son, had a soaring career. Unsurprisingly, the feng shui might sometimes change, for which Old Master Qin had taken Qin Sheng away 20 years ago. However, nobody had known the exact reasons except for Old Master Qin.

Old Master Qin was a Tiger Man living in a low profile. He was destined to live a hard life, wandering a long way to overcome all kinds of difficulties and ending up with dying in a remote place. For Old Master Qin, he had led a worthwhile life, during which time he hadn’t cared for the length of life, but the quality, in other words, the experience. Throughout his life, he had witnessed the ups and downs of the Chinese nation, big families, and a mass of common people.

Fate was always filled with changes. One who used to be at high a position might end up with being nobody. One who used to be a nobody might gain great success one day. Old Master Qin had witnessed and experienced so many stories. He was grateful to the God for his length of life.

He had lived a meaningful life and others’ comments were none of his business.

The grave location Old Master Qin had chosen was so remote that even his son Qin Changan had been against with his decision. Unfortunately, Qin Changan had been unable to persuade his father. The Zhus had eventually compromised with him, for they trusted Old Master Qin’s ability and his knowledge of feng shui.

Over 20 years later, great changes had happened. The remote place was now close to a large-scaled cemetery. But as for the feng shui in this area, thanks to Old Master Qin’s feng shui ability, Qin Sheng’s mother’s tomb had taken a point which was much better than the cemetery.

When Qin Ran and Qin Sheng arrived at the foot of the mountain, Gongsun had been waiting there and had gotten everything needed prepared. He had done these for several years and was familiar with the preparation work.

But except for Gongsun, there was another car. A middle-aged couple got off the car when Qin Ran parked their car. The couple was Qin Sheng and Qin Ran’s uncle and auntie.

Qin Ran had called their uncle last night, telling him that the next day would be their mother’s death anniversary, and she would be going to take Qin Sheng to their mother’s grave. She had never expected that her uncle would come as he hadn’t told her that yesterday.

“Uncle, auntie, why did you come?” Qin Ran got off the car and walked toward them excitedly.

Zhu Weiguo, their uncle, wore casual garments with a black coat. He smiled and said, “Today’s your mother’s death anniversary. You came instead of Qin Changan. He didn’t come, but I had to come. I haven’t seen her for a long time. I’d better come to tell her what happened in the Zhu Family recently, or she might worry in the heaven.”

“Ranran, I didn’t intend to come. But in the morning, your uncle said he dreamed about your mother. In the dream, she said she hoped us to take care of you and your brother. So I came to see you two,” said Wu Yajun, Zhu Weiguo’s wife. She had the typical look of an upper-class lady, but she also looked kind and friendly. Wu Yajun was that kind of person who had been born to live a smooth and wealthy life.

Qin Ran laughed out loud happily, like a child, before their uncle and auntie, who had been treating her very well. She poked Qin Sheng and said to introduce, “Qin Sheng, this is our auntie. She bought you a lot of new clothes when you were a kid.”

Wu Yajun stared at Qin Sheng, having a mix of feelings. However, she hid her emotions and kept calm. The other reason she had come today was to meet Qin Sheng. Wu Yajun had wanted to meet him the day Qin Sheng had returned but hadn’t done so as she had heard that Qin Sheng had not been not in a good condition.

“Auntie.” Qin Sheng greeted Wu Yajun. He was getting used to quickly accepting that a stranger was his relative these days. They must have had a very close relationship, but with the passage of time, he had lost too many memories.

Wu Yajun gave Qin Sheng a hug and touched his hair. She smiled and said, “You’re a grown-up now. I thought I would never meet you again. Thanks God. He was not cruel to me.”

Qin Sheng comforted his auntie and said, “Auntie, it’s all right now. I’ll never leave, and I’ll never let you worry about me anymore.”

“Good boy, good boy.” Wu Yajun was moved by Qin Sheng’s words. Since Qin Sheng had been found, a long-term knot in the Zhu Family had been undone.

Zhu Weiguo checked the time and said, “Let’s go. When we finish with the tomb visit, you can talk more during the lunch time.”

Wu Yajun touched Qin Sheng’s face before she let him go. Qin Sheng felt a little bit awkward as many people still treated him like a kid.

They walked for over 10 minutes from the highway to the tomb. A few years ago, some land agent had wanted to develop this area. However, Qin Changan had gotten the information and bought the land making use of his social relationships to prevent his wife’s tomb from being disturbed. Nominally, this land was a forestry station, but actually, nobody else was working there except for a tomb watcher.

The tomb watcher was an elderly person living in a village nearby. He lived alone and had no work, so Qin Changan had chosen him to be the watcher, living beside the tomb. The watcher didn’t have to do anything else other than wandering around in case of others coming to disturb.

The elderly man knew that it was the date when some people would come to visit the woman’s tomb, so he had been waiting at the graveyard gate early. He almost knew every one of the Zhu and Qin Family, and the date each of them would come.