The changes in our family have been significant. With the support of the village committee, we opened a fireworks factory. Thanks to my parents' skillfulness, we produced a wide variety of fireworks with excellent effects, attracting orders from various places and gradually expanding our business. Apart from the hard work of my parents, we also secretly contributed a lot.

Over the past three years, both of us have made rapid progress in our cultivation. Iron Pillar has grown into a young man of about sixteen years old, his body strengthened by Grandpa Li's training, and his kung fu skills remarkable. He has also mastered the usage of thirty-two talismans. After graduating from high school, he has been helping our father manage the fireworks factory. As for me, after graduating from junior high school, I not only mastered the art of Qi Men Dun Jia but also started learning San Yuan Feng Shui and some simple formations, and I have already made some progress.

When the He family renovated their house, I designed almost the entire layout. According to the Xuan Kong Feng Shui, I adjusted the direction of the main gate using a compass, placing it in the direction of the Sub-Wu, ensuring that the whole house is in a position of stability. The left wing of the house represents the Azure Dragon, which symbolizes the male energy, and when it's prosperous, it represents auspiciousness and the power of protection; the right wing represents the White Tiger, symbolizing the female energy, and when it's prosperous, it represents a powerful soft energy. These two energies must be balanced for good Feng Shui; otherwise, there will be imbalance, causing chaos in the energy field and leading to unequal power dynamics between family members, thus harming family harmony. Therefore, I ensured that the left and right wings of the house were built symmetrically.

The courtyard, known as the Ming Tang in Feng Shui, is where wealth gathers, so I made a small pond in the center of the courtyard and planted some lotus flowers in it, enhancing the spiritual energy.

Finally, behind the main gate, I erected a partition wall, on which Grandpa Li personally painted a mural. In fact, it's a warding talisman, but after some embellishment, it's hard for ordinary people to recognize it. This barrier serves to ward off evil spirits and attract blessings.

In addition, the arrangement of items in the house was also carefully arranged by me. For example, I placed my parents' bed in the position of Tian Yi, so their sleep would be very sweet, and their health would improve over time. I intended to place my brother's bed in the Peach Blossom position, but he found out and scolded me fiercely. I adjusted the arrangement of items in each room to the most advantageous state. As a result, our family is becoming more prosperous.

Now, during the summer vacation, after the Zhongkao, I feel particularly relaxed. Even without Qi Men predictions, I know that I'll have no problem getting into a key high school in the area. Because what I learned in junior high school is too simple compared to the calculations taught by Grandpa Li.

One day, my junior high school classmate, * invited me and a few other close friends to his house for a few days to gather. After all, we won't be able to meet often after graduation, so I agreed. The next day, after gathering with a few friends at noon, we headed to *'s house together.

*'s house is located in Huangshandian behind Longgushan, a small mountain village. There are only about a hundred or so households in the whole village, scattered in the mountain valleys. The scenery there is beautiful, with clear mountains and waters. The creek in the mountain stream can be drunk directly, sweet and clear. Due to the abundant rainfall this year, the small and large pits in the mountains have accumulated clear rainwater, adding infinite vitality to the village.

Although I had been there a few times before, I was still deeply attracted by the beautiful scenery here, thinking to myself: if I could cultivate my mind in such a spiritual place, it would definitely be more effective than at home.

In addition to me, there were also Li Bin, Liu, Li Changzheng, and Wu Jianguo. Among them, Liu and Li Changzheng are from Fangshan County Town. It was their first time in the mountains, and they found everything here very interesting.

When everyone arrived at *'s house and took a look, wow, his house was very big. The whole courtyard is located on a platform at the foot of the mountain, with eight main rooms facing east and west, with green bricks and red tiles, very majestic, and four wing rooms on the north and south sides, spacious and bright. Everything in the courtyard was neatly arranged and clean. Behind the house is the mountain, and not far in front is a pond, clear and visible to the bottom, with occasional small fish swimming in it. After seeing this, I thought to myself, what a treasure trove of Feng Shui.

Because *'s house is relatively far from school, he usually lives at school. We often bring him delicious food from home, so his family is very hospitable to classmates who come to his house as guests. This time, in addition to the gathering, there is also a sense of thanking us for taking care of * over the past three years.

That night, the Zhang family prepared a very sumptuous feast to entertain them. It was all wild game, such as wild rabbits and stewed quails. The best dish was the catfish in the pond in front of his house. It tasted smooth and tender, and the various wild vegetables were all natural foods, making it even more enjoyable to eat.

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* looked at everyone very happily and said, "Although we will be separated after graduation and go to different schools... "In our era, after junior high school, most rural children choose to take the entrance exam for vocational high school in order to change their household registration, so after the Zhongkao, classmates will go their separate ways. "... but we can still come to my house often during holidays and have a great time!"

"Yes, yes, the scenery here is good, and there's plenty of good food. Even if you don't say it, we will come often!" Li Changzheng couldn't stop talking about eating.

"Yeah, that's right, we must meet up often in the future to maintain our lasting friendship." After drinking two cups of beer, Liu started to speak boldly.

"It's really nice here. What should we do tomorrow? Is there anything fun to do?" I couldn't wait to go out and explore.

"Of course, there are many fun places in the mountains. Tomorrow, let's go rabbit hunting in the mountains, and then come back in the afternoon to set up a fire by the pond, roast rabbits, and fish. How about that?"

"Great, let's do that. Let's have a competition to see who can catch more fish, hehe."

As soon as fishing was mentioned, Wu Jianguo, an expert, immediately got excited. His father runs a fish pond, and he fishes and releases fish every day at home. The other people were also excited when they heard about it. After all, they were all teenagers of fifteen or sixteen years old, and they all became spirited when it came to playing.

After dinner, everyone played cards

for a while before going to bed early.

The next day, before dawn, I was awakened by a sad cry. I quickly got up and listened carefully. The crying seemed to be coming from the next room, so I hurriedly woke up * who was sleeping beside me.

After * woke up and also heard the crying, he said, "Don't be afraid, maybe it's our neighbor Uncle Zhang who passed away. Since this year, Uncle Zhang's health has been deteriorating after he fell on the mountain. A few days ago, he just came back from the hospital, saying that he wouldn't make it, and asked his family to make preparations. I didn't expect him to pass away today. Let's go out and take a look."

After saying that, the two of us put on our clothes and quietly went out of the house.

As soon as we stepped out of the gate, * saw his parents coming out of Uncle Zhang's house. Upon asking, it turned out that Uncle Zhang had passed away.

"Alas, it's a pity that Uncle Zhang, such a good person, left so suddenly!" * sighed helplessly.

"This is inevitable. After all, he was so old." *'s parents comforted him, "Come on, let's go back. I'll prepare breakfast for you, and you'll have to go up the mountain to play later when it gets bright." After speaking, the four of them returned home.

After breakfast, the six of us took a hunting rifle and an air gun out of the house and walked up the mountain along the small path behind the house. Basically, every mountain villager has a hunting rifle at home.

Although everyone felt a bit down after hearing the news of their neighbor's passing, they were all children after all. Once they started playing, they forgot all their troubles. I felt very good, especially with the air gun, which was more accurate than *'s. In no time, I had already shot three sparrows, small animals resembling squirrels. *'s hunting skills were not to be underestimated either. He had been hunting with the adults since he was a child, from tracking rabbits, setting traps, aiming, to chasing prey, he was quite experienced. The other four were there purely for entertainment, climbing mountains, wading through rivers, picking wild fruits from trees, having a great time.

By noon, they had already caught two rabbits and six sparrows. A few people carried their prey and found a spot by the river to sit down, eat some dry food prepared by Aunt Zhang, and take a break to recuperate.

"How about it, isn't it more fun in the mountains!" * looked at everyone with a smile.

"Yeah, it's really good, just a bit tiring!" Li Changzheng, due to his fat body, was exhausted after playing for a while and sat on a rock without wanting to move.

"By the way, there's an interesting mountain ahead. In the deepest part of the mountain is an underground river. The water flows very fast, and there's an iron boat on the surface of the water. It always floats downstream with the river, and soon after, the boat floats back upstream, as if it's going in circles." * enthusiastically recounted.

"Hmm? Let's go take a look later!" I found it very interesting.

The entrance of the mountain was very low, and everyone had to bend over to get in. It was very deep, and it was very dark inside. * held a torch made of pine branches and led the way. A cold wind blew, giving everyone goosebumps.

Fortunately, the further they went, the larger the space became, and * was quite familiar with the situation inside. Everyone arrived at the bottom smoothly. A wide underground river appeared in front of them. The river water was not very fast, flowing slowly from right to left, with a space of about two meters above the water surface. There seemed to be some stalactites on top, glittering and sparkling in the light of the torch. Although the river was not very wide, from the structure and texture of the top, it seemed that this underground river had a long history.

"Where's the iron boat? Are you just trying to scare us?" Liu held the torch and looked around.

"Hehe, don't worry, look over there, the boat will appear soon." Everyone crowded around the narrow entrance, following *'s direction, staring at the upstream of the river.

Sure enough, not long after, a very old boat slowly appeared from the darkness in the upstream of the river.

The temperature inside was much lower than outside. The walls were mostly reddish-brown limestone, covered with a thick layer of green moss. The feeling of touching it was like touching a piece of rotten skin, slippery and sticky.

The connection between the bottom and the underground river was not very wide, and Li Changzheng was almost squeezed against the wall. The small boat had slowly floated downstream along the river.

The boat wasn't very big, about four meters long and one and a half meters wide, typical of the structure of an ancient cargo boat. The sides and bottom of the boat were covered with a layer of iron, and there was a copper totemic ring under the bow of the boat, covered with green copper rust, but it still looked hideous and made people feel scared.