Chapter 467 - 6 Tomb Sweeping
"Can you explain in detail what’s going on?" Lin Xiaoguai looked at Lin Xiaoxi and Tang Hanfang and asked.
"A couple of years ago, didn’t we tell you? We’re not allowed to have graves on our own land anymore. The old cemetery plots that weren’t bought by the developer were fine, but if they were sold, the graves had to be relocated. Long before that news came out, our Lin Family had already pooled money to buy a large public cemetery for our ancestral graves, and had hired a Geomancy Master to help choose an auspicious time for relocation. Gradually, the only one left in our branch of the family who hadn’t been relocated was our father. We weren’t in a hurry originally because the land where the ancestral graves were located was still owned by the government. But recently, this Mr. Yuan bought the land with the intention of building a factory..." Without Tang Hanfang having to finish, Lin Xiaoguai already understood the situation.
Usually, developers are willing to make concessions in such cases since not many wealthy people are non-superstitious. They’d rather make less profit than risk bad luck. If some mystical reason were to impact the new factory’s performance, the loss would be far greater than the gain.
And this Yuan Wantong, for some reason, didn’t care at all about this and repeatedly caused trouble by coming to our doors. Today he even brought people with the intention of excavating the graves; had someone from the clan not seen it and stopped them, bringing them here instead, the consequences would’ve been unimaginable.
That’s also why Lin Xiaoxi was especially upset.
Who would remain calm and composed when their own father’s grave was almost dug up?
Lin Xiaoguai frowned, "Then why didn’t you just use your own money to buy the land for the ancestral graves before?"
"How could we buy it?" Tang Hanfang sighed, "That land was being sold for development. If we bought it and did nothing with it, the government would not be happy. But to build a factory on top of the ancestral graves...we couldn’t get past that emotional barrier."
"Oh... I remember now, you are Chairman Lin!" Yuan Wantong suddenly jumped up, pointing at Lin Xiaoguai, "The Chairman of the Si Yuan Charity Foundation!"
Lin Xiaoguai was stunned for a moment, then nodded, "That’s me, but could you please stop pointing your finger?"
Yuan Wantong suddenly realized that his behavior was impolite and quickly withdrew his hand, saying with an eager face, "I’ve heard so much about you, Chairman. You might not remember me, but I once attended a fundraising event in Shanghai with our boss, and I had the privilege of seeing you."
"Is that so? And your boss is?" Lin Xiaoguai had managed to discern that Yuan Wantong was just a subordinate, not the top boss.
"Our boss’s last name is Lu, and his given name is Xin," Yuan Wantong said with a beaming smile.