Eternal madness

Chapter 34 Opening the Bowl

The old master's judgment is most likely correct; snuff is indeed the correct type of clay, and this time the opening of the bowl will most likely be successful.

Once the bowl is opened, the old leader will target Zhang Laifu. If Zhang Laifu fails to bring down the old leader this time, his own situation will be in danger.

Thinking of this, Zhang Laifu shuddered.

He was afraid, but he didn't hesitate; he had to get the bowl back.

To get the bowl back, we have to fool the old helmsman!
Zhang Laifu bought eight ounces of jasmine snuff and another eight ounces of double-flower snuff. Although these two types of snuff were of eighth and ninth grade, the two bags of snuff together cost two and a half silver dollars.

Can this quality snuff be considered top-grade?
Zhang Laifu thought it counted.

First of all, jasmine dew and double flower snuff are not the worst quality snuff. The worst quality snuff is called "raw snuff," which has no added fragrance and you have to mix it yourself after buying it.

Jasmine Dew and Double Flower Scent are at least complete finished products. Old Master can neither see nor smell them, so he shouldn't be able to distinguish their grades. The only possible impact is that it slows down the opening process.

Zhang Laifu was hoping for a slower pace; the longer it took to open the bowl, the more time he would have to dig up the bones, and the higher his chances of winning would be.

Old Master was focused on opening the bowl, while Zhang Laifu secretly took matters into his own hands, directly dissolving Old Master's bones and leaving the hat and the craftsmanship to Zhang Laifu.

With bowls and seeds in hand, the skills will come naturally. Just thinking about this makes Zhang Laifu feel like he's walking on air!
After eating two baskets of xiaolongbao and half a jin of pig's head meat on Zhuzi Street, Zhang Laifu asked the young man selling steamed buns to introduce him to a blacksmith shop.

This blacksmith shop was no ordinary place; it had skilled craftsmen inside. Zhang Laifu spent three silver dollars to buy a good shovel and ran back to his old house.

The bodies had all been cleaned up, leaving not a trace of blood. Zhang Laifu couldn't recall where Lao Yu had left the Destruction Curse.

He fell down to the right of the well, near the woodshed. There seemed to be a plant of grass where the talisman was drawn, but what kind of grass was it...?

"Laifu, did you buy the snuff?" Old Tuozi suddenly appeared in front of Zhang Laifu.

Zhang Laifu handed a bag of double-flower smoked tea to the old boatman.

He didn't speak, but just watched the old helmsman's reaction.

"It's good that you bought it!" The old helmsman held the snuff in his hand. He knew nothing about the size and weight, and at the moment he had no hearing.

He took the alarm clock out of his pocket and started winding it up.

"Two o'clock, it has to be two o'clock."

Two o'clock is very important to him.

Chuck, chuck, chuck…

The clockwork was fully wound, and the hour and minute hands spun rapidly. When the second and minute hands reached the twelve o'clock position simultaneously, the hour hand stopped at the two o'clock position.

Old Tuozi could hear him. He shook the snuff in his hand and smiled at Zhang Laifu, "Good boy, it's not for nothing that I've been so good to you. Once I've grown the seedlings, I'll save all the good bowls for you next time I come across them."

"Thank you, senior."

He wants to plant a body.

What kind of seeds are suitable for growing plants?

Zhang Laifu had a premonition that even after successfully opening the bowl, he would still have a high value.

The old helmsman returned to the ancestral hall with snuff, took out his top hat, determined the position of the brim by sound, and poured a whole bag of snuff into the hat.

"This isn't top-quality snuff!" the old helmsman said with some dissatisfaction. Even though he couldn't see or smell it, he could tell from the sound of the snuff falling into his hat that the particles weren't fine enough, which proved that the snuff wasn't ground very well.

"Not enough!" Old Helmsman judged by the sound. "This snuff is definitely not enough for a pound. Zhang Laifu, how much money did you embezzle from me?"

Although there were many grievances against Zhang Laifu, the hat reacted, and reacted very strongly!
The brim extends in all directions, making the entire hat grow larger and larger.

The old helmsman trembled uncontrollably upon hearing the sound.

"That's it! The clay needed for this bowl is snuff! This bowl is about to be opened!"

……

That's it! That's the foxtail grass! Old Yu drew the talisman right next to the foxtail grass!

Zhang Laifu dug the soil with all his might. These days it was cold and the soil was frozen. Thanks to his good shovel, Zhang Laifu finally dug a deep pit after a lot of effort.

It's hard down there, could it be that they've already dug up a coffin?

Zhang Laifu pried hard and dug a rock out of the pit.

This is useless.

Zhang Laifu continued digging and this time he found wood.

The wood must be the coffin!

Zhang Laifu was very excited. He pried the log up and saw that it was a palm-sized wooden box containing a lot of silver dollars.

This is not needed for now!

Zhang Laifu put the box aside and continued digging. He unearthed a porcelain jar, quite large indeed. This one was still useless!

Zhang Laifu continued digging, and after a while, he looked at the porcelain jar.

This jar looks familiar; I feel like I've seen it somewhere before.

I remember now, I've seen this at the funeral home before, it's an urn!
Zhang Laifu had been trying to find the body, but he never considered that the old helmsman might not have a complete body.

This urn belongs to Lao Duozi!

Can Li Yunsheng's medicine destroy these ashes?
It should be possible!

Zhang Laifu took a shovel and tried to pry open the urn. Although the shovel was well-made, he pried for a long time but the lid wouldn't budge.

Try the clay knife that Lin Shao Cong gave him!
Zhang Laifu pried it open with a knife for a long time, but to no avail.

In desperation, he considered smashing the jar, but if the old helmsman had regained his hearing, such a commotion would surely alert him.

"Good! Good!" Old Tuozi's laughter came from the main courtyard. Judging from his pleasant laughter, the bowl must have been opened successfully!

With the old master successfully cracking the bowl, Zhang Laifu's time is running out.

Zhang Laifu lifted the jar and smashed it hard on the ground.

If we disturb him, we can't worry about that now. We'll smash it first, then spray the poison. The key is to see who moves faster.

boom!
The jar hit the stone slab, but didn't break.

The old boatman's voice came from the main courtyard: "Laifu! We're out of snuff, do you have any more?"

Zhang Laifu shouted, "Yes! I'll send it over right away!"

He picked up the jar and smashed it again.

The jar was still intact, without even a crack.

The old helmsman shouted, "Hurry up and bring it over!"

"Come right away!"

Just as Zhang Laifu raised the jar, the old helmsman suddenly appeared in front of him.

"Laifu, what are you busy with here? You've been digging for ages, what are you digging for?"

Old Tuozi heard it as soon as Zhang Laifu started digging, and he heard it clearly.

Zhang Laifu picked up the wooden box from the ground and handed it to the old helmsman.

The old helmsman held the wooden box and shook it near his ear.

Wow! Wow!
It was full of silver dollars.

"Hidden money?" Old Helmsman laughed. "You're quite thrifty!"

Zhang Laifu chuckled dryly, "I just want to save some money..."

Old Tuozi kicked Zhang Laifu to the ground: "I told you, don't lie to me. People who lie to me get thrown into the Canghan River to feed the fish!"

He regained his hearing, and Zhang Laifu could no longer lie to him.

How to do?
The old helmsman shook the wooden box again: "Did you collect this? This box is mine, this money is mine, this is all embezzled from me!"

Zhang Laifu pursed his lips; the two had different focuses.

and many more!

He said the box was his; did he bury the money?
The money was buried here, so close to the urn, how could he still not find his own remains?
This is what Li Yunsheng meant when he said, "Even if it's right in front of you, you wouldn't know?"
The old boatman angrily said, "It's one thing if you're greedy, but you've embezzled so much! The bowl is about to be opened, but you haven't bought enough snuff or enough clay, so the bowl is going to be ruined. What are we going to do?"

The bowl is about to be opened.

Zhang Laifu said, "I still have snuff here."

This is the truth!

"Where is he?" The old helmsman's eyes were bloodshot, and his veins were bulging, as if he was about to kill Zhang Laifu at any moment.

Zhang Laifu still has a bag of snuff, the key question is whether he can hand it over to the old helmsman.

If Zhang Laifu were to hand over the snuff to the old helmsman now, and they had enough snuff to successfully open the bowl, Zhang Laifu would be dead.

But if he didn't hand over the snuff and the attempt to open the bowl failed, the old helmsman might kill him now.

After a moment of silence, Zhang Laifu picked up the urn and handed it to the old helmsman.

"Senior, there's definitely enough snuff!"

(End of this chapter)