After hearing what Luo Tianbao said, I was so dumbfounded I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "So, I was right to call you?"

"Yes, if you don't make this call, you will have to report to my brother tomorrow." Luo Tianbao said half-jokingly.

I guess I am one of the lucky ones. I managed to solve this "test question" by accident. Could there be a more perfect life than this?

We soon found the sycamore tree and were about to dig when my uncle said, "Alright, today's test isn't about whether you can find the coffin , but about what choices you'll make when faced with difficulties. Remember, there are no lone heroes in our business. Everything must be accomplished with the help of your companions."

"Is the Umbrella Fairy considered a lone ranger?" Chu Sen asked.

"I'm talking about earthwork, not umbrella fairy. These are two different professions," the uncle corrected.

Anyway, today's assessment is finally completed, and I immediately relaxed the breath I had been holding. We walked home chatting and laughing. It was just lunch time in the cafeteria, so we went directly to the cafeteria. While we were eating, Aunt Wu, who was in charge of serving the food, smiled and said, "You two boys performed well today. I will reward each of you with a chicken leg." After that, she put two big yellow chicken legs in our bowls.

From today on we are real earthworkers.

It’s exciting to think about it. What I’ve been dreaming of has finally come true. I’m about to make a lot of money.

The next thing you learn is the flying star layout technique, which is the ability to arrange the Feng Shui pattern according to the direction and sequence of the stars in the sky. In short, this is a very practical method and not complicated, because except for shooting stars, the positions of most stars are fixed, so the means of operation are also fixed.

The Flying Star Layout Technique is also called the Urban Feng Shui Technique. To put it bluntly, Bai Yezi uses this method to make money. Because there are only high-rise buildings in the city, but no mountains, rivers, or sand dunes, if someone wants to get some temporary changes by changing the layout of the room, they must use the Flying Star Layout. Because this layout is based on the flying stars, even if there are no mountains or waters, it can create a simple "Feng Shui pattern". Although the effect is far from comparable to a truly naturally formed Feng Shui treasure land, the "emergency" effect is definitely better than the latter.

Uncle told us that after learning this skill, you can make money, and if you know how to fool people, you can make a lot of money. Bai Yezi was an extra-curricular disciple of Longhua Village. After learning a few styles of Flying Star Layout, he spent his whole life in chaos. The reason why he had this opportunity was not because he was gifted, or like Chu Sen, he had a strong determination to enter Longhua Village. Bai Yezi was actually the adopted son of the fifth old man. At that time, the fifth old man had no children in his prime, so he asked his cousins to adopt a son to take care of him, so Bai Yezi's actual identity was the eldest son of the fifth room.

Of course, it is also for this reason that the resources of Longhua Village are fully tilted towards him. Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to get to where he is today with his mediocre skills.

After learning the Flying Star Layout Technique, I understood a truth: many people tend to ignore the impact of urban Feng Shui patterns on fortune. They always think that high-rise buildings are man-made and have no Feng Shui purpose. In fact, this is wrong. Feng Shui exists in every corner of the world. The so-called one inch higher is a mountain and one inch lower is water. It means that the place higher than your forehead is a mountain, and the place lower than your forehead is water. Since there are mountains and water, there is naturally Feng Shui.

The Flying Star Layout is not complicated. This theory regards all overhead coverings as the sky. If the items within the coverings are to have the greatest effect, they must be placed according to the positions of the star palaces.

To give the simplest example, if you are sitting on the street drinking coffee with a parasol above your head, then the round canvas of the parasol is the sky, which is also divided into east, south, west and north. If you place the coffee in the "Mercury Palace", the taste will be mellower when you drink it. And if you are a killer and want to kill the prey opposite you, if the location where the weapon is hidden is facing the "Tai Sui Palace", the chances of success will be higher.

If you ask me if this method is 100% effective, I can only say I don't know. However, I did once accidentally see a beautiful woman wearing only her underwear drying clothes downstairs from the "Fairy Palace" in my room. It was around one or two in the morning. She must have just taken a shower and was rubbing her underwear. She thought it was "safe" because everyone was asleep at that time, but she didn't expect that I would have caught her.

Of course I have never done this kind of thing on my own initiative, it happened just by coincidence.

I have said so much just to bring out one point: at this point, the skills we have learned have become practical, can really be used to do things, and are indeed effective.

But my uncle also warned us that if it was not for business, we must never abuse the methods we learned, otherwise he would drive us away immediately if he found out.

But what puzzles me is that the Flying Star Layout isn't complicated, and Luo Tianbao must have learned it. Why does he act like he knows nothing about Feng Shui? Does he really not understand, or is he just pretending?

A few days later, Luo Tianbao returned. This time, he had been busy outside for nearly a month. This must be a big deal, so when Chu Sen and I were having dinner in the cafeteria that night, we went over to him and asked, "Brother, what big project have you been working on these days?"

"Big project? Who told you that I'm busy with big projects?" Luo Tianbao said with a smile while drinking beer.

There is a welcome dinner for those who come back from working on projects outside. The kitchen will prepare a special meal and in addition to delicious food, there is also wine. This is the tradition of Longhua Village.

I asked, "Why are you staying out here for so long if you're not busy with a major project?"

"A long time doesn't necessarily mean a big project. These days I 've traveled almost all over the rural areas of Shandong and Sichuan. It's not that the work is big, but it's too time-consuming."

"So many business deals to discuss?" I said in surprise.

"Talking business is my brother's job. I'm here to do some work. A big boss in Shanghai who collects crickets offered us a large sum of money to help him get a coffin lid. I'm out looking for insects."

"Ah, we also catch insects?"

"Coffin Board" is a kind of cricket. Unlike top-level play insects such as "General" and "Marshal", "Coffin Board" does not have a particularly distinctive and majestic appearance. This insect is very small, with a dull gray body and no obvious features, but it is an extremely powerful cricket. Not to mention fighting with its own kind, it will rush forward when it sees an old rooster and fight to the death.

Although I don't gamble with insects, Shanghai is the largest cricket gambling site in the country. Even if a small boss like me who runs a decoration business has never gambled, I must have seen it. This is because wealthy and powerful insect gamblers from all over China will organize large and small gambling games in Shanghai every spring to autumn, using insects found in the wild to gamble huge amounts of money. Among all types of crickets, the most popular one is the "coffin board".

Three years ago, a small boss who made special products went to the countryside to collect dried goods. He saw a rooster in a farmer's house jumping up and down, and the farmer followed behind with a fly swatter. Then he saw a small cricket lying on the rooster's comb, and the comb had been bitten and was bleeding. The man knew that the insect must be a "coffin lid". He reacted quickly and immediately spent a hundred yuan to buy the rooster, then cut off the comb and took the cricket away.

Afterwards, he confiscated his local products and immediately rushed back to Shanghai. He borrowed a capital of 100,000 yuan and added all his own property to enter the insect gambling market. The result can be imagined. The fight between cockfighting insects was equivalent to Bruce Lee fighting with kindergarten children. He defeated all the big players' insects effortlessly and knocked them over into the clay pots. In one season of insect gambling, he won hundreds of millions of dollars.

The man then stopped and bought several storefronts and a villa in the city center and lived a life of financial freedom.

"Coffin Board" is the top fighting insect among crickets. It is not only extremely ferocious but also very vicious. It is said that this insect grows in the coffin of a young girl who died suddenly , so it is also called "Coffin Board".

But this kind of insect is very rare. Some cricket enthusiasts have never seen a "coffin lid" in their entire lives. To put it bluntly, this is like buying a lottery ticket. It is something that can only be achieved by luck.

Thinking of this, I asked Luo Tianbao, "Second brother, catching the coffin board is not an easy task. Don't do it in vain."