Chapter 266 The final contest
"Poor mouth."
Jiang Anning snorted and glared angrily.
What is it about her that predicts things like a god?
It was clear that these things were done by the people she arranged.
"In this case, I am afraid that if the Yamen wants to move the Salesian Hall to the area near Yizhuang, it is unlikely to be possible."
Jiang Anning smiled: "Forget about other things, I'm afraid no one will dare to demolish that ruined temple for a while."
"My lord, you really know things like a god."
Duan Qingshan flattered him again and was not annoyed by Jiang Anning's glare. Instead, he seemed to enjoy it very much.
Jiang Anning snorted, ignored the people's flattery, and sighed happily: "But it won't work if I don't move there. The land in the city is really tight. If I don't move there, I'm afraid there won't be any place to settle in the city."
Duan Qingshan bowed slightly: "The Yamen said the same thing."
He smiled and said: "However, considering that the place has not been repaired yet, the Yamen discussed it with the Salesian Church and agreed that only the new arrivals would be sent to the new location for the time being."
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As for who the new guy is?
Besides Zhang, who else could there be?
After all, these days, everyone values the word filial piety!
Even if he didn't want to or was unwilling to do so, he would not really send his own mother and father to the Salesian Church.
That's going to be a stab in the spine!
Even though he was unhappy in his heart and unwilling to serve his parents sincerely, he even locked the old man in a cowshed, cellar, or woodshed, without giving him anything to eat or drink. It would be better if you die early, have a good time, eat and drink, and don't drag down the whole family.
But they will not send people to the Salesian Church.
I am afraid that I will be criticized and said that I am not filial.
It is even rarer in childhood.
In Dajing, abandoning a young son was a serious crime!
If you are caught committing crimes, you will be punished by being exiled.
"Now I am going to the capital. I don't know when I will be able to come back."
There's no telling if he won't come back.
Jiang Anning showed a satisfied look, looking at a very clever white cloth shop made of paper-cut figures, and said with a smile: "I'm afraid I won't be able to come back and burn it for my grandma and daddy's tenth anniversary. A thick wad of paper money.”
“So for the anniversary sacrifice, I’m afraid it’s best to prepare early.”
"I'm thinking about this, why not burn more for them before leaving."
Jiang Anning said, pointing to the white goods shop where the paper figures were made vividly, and whispered softly: "I looked at the paper figures in that shop, and they were very good."
"Go and buy a few more for me."
"When the time comes, burn them all together."
"It also saves them from being too lonely down there with no one to accompany them."
Duan Qingshan smiled and responded yes.
Then he added: "The people in the village have always been very jealous of you and don't want to see you. Now they are causing troubles of arson, which is scary enough to hear."
"Fortunately, the government helped to intervene, otherwise, I really don't know what the trouble would be like."
"But I'm afraid that the quiet now is just the calm before the storm. Those people are no longer making trouble, but they are just afraid to cause trouble again."
"If you were to burn paper and offer sacrifices to the old lady in a big way at this time, I'm afraid they would use this excuse to attack you again."
"It's better to burn it outside the city."
Duan Qingshan made a serious suggestion: "Now, there is a very standardized place of worship outside the city! Not only those who fled the famine last year will burn paper sacrifices outside the city to commemorate the land of their hometown. Many people from the city and outside the city come to burn their loved ones who have passed away.”
Jiang Anning said "hmm": "I don't worry about you doing the work, just go ahead and make arrangements."
The master and the servant talked plausibly about the matter of burning paper for sacrifices. No matter who passed by at this time and listened, they would not think there was any problem.
Duan Qingshan went to the shop that Jiang Anning said made good paper figurines, bought sixteen paper figurines, and agreed with the store to send them to a ruined temple outside the city.
It's near a mass grave.
On weekdays, there are indeed many wealthy people who go over there and burn paper for the lonely ghosts, hoping that they can all rest in peace.
Think of it as "accumulating virtue and doing good deeds."
There are also many people who will send some boys and girls wrapped in paper and put them in nearby charity villages or ruined temples.
It's not like those people really have no taboos and are not afraid of being haunted by those lonely ghosts.
But it was because half a year ago, an elusive Taoist named Qingqing suddenly came to Jiang'an County.
This person is good at fortune telling.
Almost everything he said came true.
So gradually, he became famous in Jiang'an County.
Many wealthy families are thinking about inviting people to come to their homes to assess their feng shui, hoping to use it to continue the family's wealth.
However, this Qingqing Taoist is really too effective.
Almost everyone wants to ask for help in reading Feng Shui.
It’s really a bit too busy.
Later, I don’t know where it came from. It is said that it was said by this Qingqing Taoist himself. As long as you can appease the lonely ghosts wandering in the mass graves outside the city, save them and give them some money underground. Having no worries about food and clothing will create countless meritorious deeds.
So, for a while, almost all the white-collar shops in the city were trampled to the ground.
Those paper money and gold ingots were pulled out of the city in horse-drawn carriages by the servants of the wealthy families.
Burning them all day and night to those lonely souls and wild ghosts. If the yamen hadn't intervened and regulated the time and quantity of paper burning, the entire area would have been completely burned.
Today, everyone's enthusiasm for burning paper is not as high as it was at the beginning.
But from time to time, someone would go over and burn some paper money.
Especially...
Those little guys who did something bad.
Even the people in Jiangjiacun have burned it several times.
I just don’t know why those people in Jiangjiacun feel so bad.
Jiang Anning looked at Duan Qingshan's arrangements and felt that he was no longer as depressed as before.
He returned to the carriage and ordered people: "Let's go to the Taotie Tower. I'm a little hungry. Let's go have a meal."
Duan Qingshan said "Hey", turned the direction of the carriage again, and drove towards the Taotie Tower.
Taotie Restaurant is a restaurant that has sprung up in Jiang'an County in recent times.
It was originally a time-honored brand, but later, I don’t know whether it changed owners or something, but suddenly changed its name.
But after changing the name, business has indeed boomed.
At the beginning, people were just curious about what kind of restaurant it was that dared to be so bold and take such a name.
Especially students from nearby colleges who like delicious food came here to taste it.
I didn’t expect that when I tasted it like this, I was really shocked!
It offended a few students and immediately recited a few poems.
Because of this, Taotie Tower became famous.
Attracting more and more people, they began to come to Taotie House to taste the delicious food.
When Jiang Anning left, it was not yet dinner time.
But inside the Taotie Building, it was already overcrowded.
"Hey, sir, you are really a rare visitor. Please come in quickly. The private room you reserved early in the morning has been cleaned for you and your favorite spices have been ordered."
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Jiang Anning was not polite and followed the waiter directly to the best private room on the second floor.
As soon as he entered the door, the owner of Taotie Restaurant came in after hearing the news.
"Now that you're here, I thought you never wanted to see me again in this life!"
Just as Jiang Anning was about to sit down, a gust of fragrant wind hit her nostrils. She was so frightened that she hurriedly took a few steps away from the person.
Because of the person's avoidance, she almost pounced on the late wife who was chewing mud in her mouth. She suddenly had a look of resentment on her face.
Jiang Anning's mouth twitched slightly, and she coughed awkwardly: "I'm sorry, it was a subconscious reaction."
The late mother pursed her lips and looked aggrieved.
"Okay, why are you thinking about opening a restaurant?"
This is Jiang Anning's first time here.
However, in the past six months, I have often heard Duan Qingshan mention it.
I know this is a joint venture between Wan Niang and Jiang Qingqing.
When I first met Jiang Qingqing, I really didn't expect that she was really the daughter of a big shipping merchant in Fujian.
The late wife snorted: "When you came here, you didn't say you cared about me. You were just curious about why I opened this restaurant."
Jiang Anning:......
She hadn't seen the late mother in many days, and she felt that she was radiant, rosy, and even plump.
I think I had a pretty good life.
"If you don't want to say it, then I won't ask."
Jiang Anning walked around the crowd, picked a place to sit, and picked up the handwritten menu as if nothing had happened.
It seems that she is really not very curious about why Wan Niang opened this restaurant.
The late wife was a little stunned, and her expression was even more resentful.
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The small courtyard opposite the restaurant.
Jiao Niang was a little anxious: "Jiang Anning went to the Taotie Tower...she won't find anything, right?"
Wang Shang slowly poured a cup of tea and drank it with a relaxed expression.
"What did you find?"
"It's just an ordinary restaurant, what's there to discover?"
Jiao Niang was still anxious: "But it's obviously you in that restaurant..."
"Me what?"
Wang Shang put down his tea cup and glanced at the person casually: "The former owner of Taotie House decided to move his family south to Yuhang due to poor management and the success of their son."
"So I gave the idle assets to Yaren to help sell them..."
"What a coincidence. Wan Niang made some money by selling spices. Not only did she buy a painting boat, she also used the remaining money to buy the Taotie Building, renovated it, and opened it grandly."
"Because the two cooks from the Fujian ship merchants' families in Taotie House are good at cooking, they gradually became famous and became popular."
"This is all due to my wife's good management."
"Why are you so worried?"
Wang Shang's tone was relaxed, as if he couldn't understand Jiao Niang's expression that the emperor was not anxious while the eunuch was.