I was killed by domestic violence, and I went crazy with barrage

Chapter 266 The final contest

"Poor mouth."

Jiang Anning snorted and glared at the man unhappily.

How can she be so predictable?

It was clear that all these things were done by people she arranged, according to her instructions.

"In this case, I'm afraid that even if the government wants to move the Salesian Hall to the area near the charity cemetery, it won't be possible."

Jiang An Ning showed a very satisfied smile about his plan: "Let's not talk about other things. Just the dilapidated temple, I'm afraid no one will dare to demolish it for a while, right?"

I guess no one would be willing to demolish it!
"My Lord, you are truly a prophet."

Duan Qingshan gave the man a thumbs up, and once again, with a fawning and servile look on his face, he flattered him.

He didn't feel angry or embarrassed when Jiang Anning glared at him. Instead, he seemed to enjoy it very much.

Damn masochist!

Jiang Anning snorted, ignoring the flattery, but couldn't suppress his joy. The corners of his mouth rose quietly, and he sighed: "But we have to move over there. There are so many people waiting to be resettled!"

"Unfortunately, the land in the city is really tight. If we don't move outside the city, I'm afraid there will be no place to settle in the city."

Duan Qingshan bowed slightly and said, "That's what the government said."

He smiled and said, "However, considering that the place has not been repaired yet, the government office discussed with the Salesian Church and agreed to send only the newcomers to the new location for the time being."

As for who the newcomer is?

Apart from Zhang, who else could it be?

After all, these days, everyone attaches great importance to filial piety!
Even if he didn't want to and was unwilling to do so, he would not really send his own parents to the Salesian Church.

That will get you stabbed in the spine!
Even if they are unhappy in their hearts and unwilling to serve their parents sincerely, some even go worse, and lock the elderly in places like cow sheds, cellars, and broken woodsheds, without giving them food or water, hoping that the elderly will die soon so that they can have a happy funeral and eat and drink, and stop them from being a burden to the whole family.

But they would not easily send people to the Salesian Church.

I am afraid that people will blame me and say I am unfilial.

It is even rarer when young.

In Dajing, abandoning a young child is a serious crime!

If you are caught in the act, you will be beaten and exiled.

"Now, I am going to the capital. I don't know when I will be able to come back."

Maybe I won’t be able to come back.

Jiang Anning showed a satisfied look as he looked at the very lively paper figurines made by the shop across the street, with the words "Chou Tao Funeral Shop" written on top in large crooked characters. He smiled and said:

"This funeral shop has a very interesting name."

Duan Qingshan followed the man's line of sight and looked over.

Thoughtful funeral shop...

He looked at Jiang Anning's expression again, and for a moment, he really didn't know what this sudden sentence meant.

Doesn’t the master know who owns this funeral shop?
But it shouldn't be.

"My Lord, you are right."

Duan Qingshan was unsure of what the other person meant, so he could only respond in a polite and flattering manner.

Jiang Anning glanced at him.

Then I felt emotional.

A lot of things have happened in the past six months.

The people and things around me have undergone almost earth-shaking changes.

Duan Qingshan is a good example.

Look, isn't he much more mellow now than that young and reckless person half a year ago?
"It's the tenth anniversary of my mother and father's funeral. I'm afraid I won't be able to come back and burn a thick stack of paper money for them."

"So, for the anniversary sacrifice, I think we should start preparing early."

"I thought, why not burn some more for them before I leave."

Jiang Anning explained in detail what he was planning.

Then he pointed to the shop that made lifelike paper figurines and whispered, "I think the paper figurines there are really good."

"Please buy me a few more."

"When the time comes, burn them all together."

"It also saves them from being alone down there and feeling lonely."

Duan Qingshan smiled and said yes.

Then he added: "The villagers have always been very jealous of you and have always disliked you. Now there is even an arson incident. It's scary enough to hear."

"Fortunately, the government intervened to help, otherwise, I don't know how big the incident would have been."

"But I'm afraid that the current silence is just the calm before the storm. Those people are not making trouble now, but they are afraid to cause trouble again."

"If you burn paper and offer sacrifices to the old lady at this time, I'm afraid they will use this as an excuse to attack you again."

Duan Qingshan said seriously, "Other matters may be minor or major, but... if this disturbs the peace of the old lady and the master in the afterlife, it would be a great sin."

"I'm afraid you'll be heartbroken by then."

Jiang Anning raised her eyebrows slightly: "So what do you mean?"

"It would be better to burn it outside the city."

Duan Qingshan proposed seriously: "Now, there is a very standardized place for sacrifice outside the city! Not only those who escaped from famine last year will burn paper outside the city to commemorate their deceased relatives in their hometown, but also many people in the city will burn paper outside the city."

He explained with a smile: "Nowadays, that place is regarded as a blessed land by many people."

"People who usually come here to burn paper and worship do so in remembrance of their ancestors, and also to pray for blessings, asking the ancestors in the underworld to bless them with safety, success, and prosperity."

"It wouldn't be out of place for you to burn it there."

Duan Qingshan looked more respectful: "Let's not go back to the village to burn paper and offer sacrifices. There are other benefits."

"Oh?"

Jiang Anning looked at him with a smile.

"What's the benefit?"

She seemed very interested and started talking, asking and answering questions.

"First of all, the first benefit is that it won't draw the attention of the villagers to the graves of the old lady and the master."

Duan Qingshan said in a slightly exaggerated manner, as if he was still frightened: "Just look at the people who went to the Zhao family to set fire, and you will know how unreasonable they are!"

"When the scholar met the soldier, he couldn't explain himself clearly."

"Not to mention meeting such an ignorant person."

"Even if it's unreasonable, they will definitely come up with a lot of twisted ideas and bully you recklessly and unscrupulously."

"They are not afraid of those who wear shoes when they are barefoot. What if they really do something unkind and unjust and dig up your mother and father's..."

Duan Qingshan stopped there and did not mention the word grave.

Jiang Anning really understood.

If the villagers really went to the graves of her mother and father to destroy them, whether it would be offensive or not was not the point. Once the graves were dug up, the fact that there was no one inside the coffins buried underneath would be exposed.

By then, who knows if there will be complications, many more things and troubles?

"Another thing is that the villagers already have a history of arson. Who knows if they will commit the crime again?"

"Who knows if they came to set the fire because they were really jealous of the money you made from raising silkworms, or if they had some other purpose?"

Jiang Anning frowned slightly: "What do you mean?"

"If those people really have other purposes and have other dirty calculations in their hearts, as long as you go back to the village to burn paper, even if you pay attention to every aspect and put out and clean up all the ashes and sparks left by the burning of paper, they can still use this as an excuse to slander you for making a comeback."

"At that time, maybe they would set a fire themselves, burning houses, villages, mountains, forests, or even leading the fire to other nearby villages."

"When the government sent people to investigate, they pushed all the responsibility onto you."

"Wouldn't you be speechless at that time?"

Jiang Anning was surprised. She had never expected that Duan Qingshan would be so thoughtful.

Even if they are just pretending and playing along, this man's analysis makes a lot of sense.

"So I suggest you not to go back to the village to burn paper."

Duan Qingshan said boldly: "I even dare to think that the old lady and the master may not be willing to return to that filthy place of Jiangjia Village."

Jiang Anning frowned and thought for a while, as if he was thinking seriously, then he said "hmm" softly: "I'm at ease with you doing it, just go ahead and make the arrangements."

The master and servant talked about sacrifices and burning paper in a vague manner. No matter who passed by and heard it, they would not think there was anything wrong with it.

Duan Qingshan went to the shop that Jiang Anning said made good paper figurines, bought sixteen of them, and made an agreement with the owner to deliver them to the dilapidated temple outside the city.

It was near a mass grave.

On weekdays, there are indeed many wealthy families who would go there to burn paper for those wandering ghosts, hoping that they can rest in peace.

Just think of it as “doing good deeds and accumulating virtue”.

There are also many people who would send some paper-made boys and girls over and place them in a nearby charity cemetery or dilapidated temple.

It’s not that those people really have no taboos and are not afraid of being haunted by those wandering ghosts.

It was because half a year ago, a mysterious Taoist priest named Qingqing suddenly appeared in Jiang'an County.

This person is very good at fortune-telling.

Almost every word he said came true.

Gradually, it became famous in Jiang'an County.

Many wealthy families are thinking of inviting people to come to their home to read their fortunes and feng shui, hoping to use it to continue the family's wealth.

But this Taoist Qingqing is too effective.

Almost everyone wants to ask him for help in fortune-telling and feng shui.

I'm really too busy.

Later, no one knew where the rumor came from, but it was said that it was said by the Taoist Qingqing himself, that as long as one could appease those wandering ghosts in the mass graves outside the city, convert them, and give them some food and clothing to ensure they would have no worries in the underworld, it would be better than creating countless merits.

As a result, for a while, all the funeral shops in the city were almost crowded with people.

Those paper money and gold ingots were pulled out of the city in horse-drawn carriages by the servants of the wealthy families.

Burning it for those wandering ghosts all day and all night long.

If the government had not intervened and regulated the time and amount of paper burning, I'm afraid the surrounding area would have been burned to ashes.

Nowadays, people's enthusiasm for burning paper is not as high as it was at the beginning.

But from time to time, people would go there to burn some paper money.

especially……

Those scoundrels who have done something wrong.

Even the people from Jiangjia Village had burned it several times there.

I just don’t know why those people in Jiangjia Village feel guilty.

Jiang Anning watched Duan Qingshan make all the arrangements and felt less upset than before.

He got back on the carriage and told people, "Let's go to Taotie Tower. I'm a little hungry. Let's go have a meal."

Duan Qingshan said "Hey", turned the carriage around and drove towards Taotie Tower.

Taotielou is a restaurant that has emerged in Jiang'an County in recent times.

Originally it was an old brand, but later I don’t know if it changed owners or what, but it suddenly changed its name.

But after the name change, business has indeed become booming.

At the beginning, people were just curious about what kind of restaurant it was that dared to be so arrogant and have such a name.

Especially the students from the nearby academy who love food came here specially to taste it.

I didn't expect that the taste would be so amazing!
This attracted several students, who immediately recited a few poems.

Because of this, Taotie Tower became famous.

More and more people began to come to Taotie Tower to taste the food.

When Jiang Anning arrived, it was not yet time for dinner.

But the Taotie Building was already looking crowded.

"Hey, sir, you are a rare guest. Please come in quickly. The private room you reserved early in the morning has been cleaned for you and your favorite spices have been lit."

Jiang Anning didn't hesitate and followed the waiter to the best private room on the second floor.

As soon as I entered the door, the owner of Taotielou, who had heard the news, followed in sobbing.

"You're finally here. I thought you didn't want to see me again in this life!"

Jiang An Ning was just about to sit down when a fragrant breeze blew towards her. She was so frightened that she quickly took a few steps back and moved a little further away from the crowd.

The stepmother, who was almost falling to the ground because of people's avoidance, suddenly had a look of resentment on her face.

Jiang Anning's mouth twitched slightly, and he coughed awkwardly: "Sorry, it was a subconscious reaction."

Wanniang pursed her lips, looking aggrieved.

"Why are you thinking of opening a restaurant out of nowhere?"

This is Jiang Anning's first time here.

However, in the past six months, I have often heard Duan Qingshan mention it.

I know that this is a joint venture between Wanniang and Jiang Qingqing.

When I first found Jiang Qingqing, I really didn't expect that she was actually the daughter of a big ship merchant in Fujian.

Wanniang snorted: "When you came, you didn't even bother to show concern for me, but were just curious about why I opened this restaurant."

Jiang Anning:...

She hadn't seen her stepmother for a long time. She felt that she looked radiant and rosy-faced, and even seemed to be plumper.

I think life is pretty good.