Chapter 71: Chinese New Year
What can impress Lan Daoxing, it turns out that Tang Yi asked his father to help with the operation, and bought the abandoned Chaoxia Temple located outside the city, along with the surrounding five acres of land, and gave it to Lan Daoxing as a gift.
Don't look at it as a small abandoned temple, but it has a name in the Sanghan Gang Division, and it is a Taoist temple recognized by the imperial court. In the Ming Dynasty, palaces and temples that were not recognized by the imperial court could all be turned into obscenity, and destroying obscenity was still a major source of political achievements for local officials.
Rather be a chicken than a cow, guarding the morning glow view, Lan Daoxing has a place to settle down, and he has the final say. It's much more affordable than giving a lot of gold and silver.
Tang Yi was still insufficient, and said with a smile: "Brother Lan, after the New Year, I will pay another two hundred taels to rebuild the Taoist temple." ”
"That's not necessary!" Lan Daoxing shook his head like a rattle, patted his chest and smiled confidently: "What kind of person am I now, the Blue Immortal with magical powers, it is not easy to get some money for the Taoist Temple." By the way, when will the Chaoxia Temple belong to the poor road! ”
"Now." Tang Yi said and gave him the title deed of Chaoxia Temple, as well as the official document appointing the owner of the Lan Dao Behavior View. Lan Daoxing trembled his hands, took the paperwork, and looked at it, the bright red seal was not wrong at all!
A large string of saliva flowed down, "Haha, the lord of one view, I also have such a day!" "Look up to the sky and laugh and go out, scattering his legs like flying, like madness. Looking at Lan Daoxing's appearance, Wu Tiancheng pursed his lips disdainfully.
"It's a shame to be a fairy like this!"
"Okay, you go and take a look, if you lack firewood, rice, oil, salt or something, help him buy it, your master owes a lot of favors!"
Master didn't dare not listen to his words, Wu Tiancheng nodded hurriedly, turned around and chased out.
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Tang Yi stood in the courtyard, looking at the grass and trees, the memories of the past kept pouring out, everything was so familiar. Under the huge grape trellis, run and fall, the family eats in the cool and listens to the grandfather's story, the persimmon tree next to the wall, every autumn will be full of red fruits, bright and attractive, the glazed well under the tree, clear and sweet, buy a watermelon and put it in the well water, take it out is the best enjoyment in summer...... Born in Si, grew up in Si, lost it, and took it back, it is especially cherished. No wonder Dad is so persistent, people just need a root, and the old house is the root of the Tang family!
Tang Yi slowly walked to his father's side and stretched out his hand to help Tang Xiucai up.
"Dad, it's cold outside, let's go inside!"
"Hmm." Tang Xiucai stood up, swayed his body, firmly grasped his son's arm, and the two of them crossed the threshold and walked into the main hall. Tang Xiucai raised his eyes and looked around, and suddenly frowned.
"Yi'er, what do you think of this house?"
"Chele, cheesy!"
Tang Yi said with disdain, although Shen Liang is vassally elegant, but it is difficult to change the nature of a businessman, the decoration is made of top materials, what furniture is red sandalwood except for Jin Sinan, and the paintings on the walls are also the works of famous Song and Yuan dynasty artists, carved beams and paintings, which look low-key and luxurious and have connotation, but in fact, it should be a sentence, beauty is beauty and evil, it is excessive, but it seems depressing and vulgar.
"Just let Shen Liang move all these things, and keep them to occupy space." Tang Xiucai couldn't help complaining, Tang Yi was speechless for a while, two days ago, Shen Liang found Tang Xiucai and asked him to buy the house back, and Tang Xiucai also played a beautiful game of wanting to catch the old man. There are too many sad things in the old house, and I want to change to a new place to live.
In the end, Shen Liang had no choice but to give all the furniture, as well as the purchased wood and bricks to the Tang family, Tang Xiucai "reluctantly" agreed and accepted the old house, and Shen Liang left Taicang with people on the same day, and he was unwilling to stay more than one night.
"Let's deal with it first, and when the first month comes, let's renovate and restore the original appearance of the old house."
"Okay, that's it!" Tang Xiucai said happily: "However, there is one place that can't wait. Saying that, Tang Xiucai pulled Tang Yi through the two-story courtyard and arrived in front of the three houses in the east courtyard.
Generally, big families will have an ancestral ancestral hall, every festival to sacrifice the ancestors, there are weddings and funerals, and major events related to the family will be handled in the ancestral ancestral hall in front of the ancestors.
The Tang family has only moved to Taicang for three generations, and the people are not prosperous, so there is no ancestral hall, but there is still a place to worship the ancestors, which is the small courtyard in front of them.
When he arrived at the front of the courtyard, Tang Xiucai suddenly became solemn, shook his clothes, gently pushed open the door, looked at it in a flash, and was stunned for a moment.
In the center, there is the spirit card of the old man and his wife, and there is also his wife Wang's below, with cigarettes and fruit snacks on the table, just like before, Shen Liang will not be so kind, and he still retains the spiritual position of the Tang family!
Tang Yi explained: "Dad, I asked Uncle Zhu to get it yesterday, are you still satisfied?" ”
"Satisfied, of course satisfied!"
The son's arrangement was so intimate, Tang Xiucai really wanted to laugh out loud, but he felt that it was inappropriate, turned his head to look at the spiritual position of his parents and wife, and cried with joy, tears rolling down like pearls.
"Daddy, Jun'er, I'm here to see you, our family can finally have a reunion!"
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Reunion, reunion, not only Tang Yi, but also many people in Taicang are crying at this moment, and the so-called expropriation of fields is finally gone. Lord Zhizhou personally came forward and met with thousands of people who came to petition, telling everyone that the previous rumors were all false. also specially gave everyone ten catties of white noodles, so that everyone could celebrate the New Year with peace of mind.
The common people are the easiest group of people to be satisfied, they don't care about Chen Menghe's silence for several days in a row, they don't care about the numb legs that kneel, and they don't even care about the white noodles that are enough to make two dumplings. As long as there is a field, and there are hands and feet, you can't go hungry!
Thousands of people returned to their homes with smiles on their faces, helping the old and the young. This is the end of a crisis.
After Lao Tan Tou heard about it, regardless of his physical weakness, accompanied by Shen Lin, he ran back to the village and told the big guy the news. The excited people helped Lao Tantou rebuild and repair the ancestral tomb, and when they left, everyone took chicken and duck bacon, and stuffed it into the arms of Lao Tantou and Shen Lin without saying a word.
The good people didn't know what was happening, but they knew that someone was there to help them!
"No one asks, God knows. After helping so many people, God will remember it. Wei Liangfu drank the wine and said with a smile.
"Master, why are you talking about it, have you been infected by Lan Daoxing?" Tang Yi smiled as he picked up the wine jug and filled a glass for the teacher.
The dark red wine swayed in the white glass, and the intoxicating aroma wafted out. Tang Yi poured the wine for the teacher, ordinary people like to use white sugar to make wine, Tang Yi used potpourri nectar, plus ripe purple and red grapes, after grinding, sealed, after a month and a half of fermentation, filter out impurities, and the rest is a ruddy color, rich wine aroma. Wine softens blood vessels and is best consumed by the elderly.
Wei Liang took a sip and couldn't help but admire.
"The grape wine really lives up to its reputation, it's just a luminous cup, apprentice, shouldn't you honor your master."
"No problem!" Tang Yi agreed happily, but Wei Liangfu became worried, and said suspiciously: "You kid won't perfunctory old man, right?" ”
Tang Yi smiled: "Give me a hundred dares, I don't dare!" ”
"You kid has 10,000 guts!" Wei Liangfu didn't believe Tang Yi's words.
"Master, that's right, I'm going to open a winery and specialize in making wine. The disciple had already asked Lei Qi to contact Xiyi, and when he bought mahogany, he would buy some oak barrels by the way. The wine is stored in oak barrels, and after fermentation, it turns a sparkling amber color. Drinking wine requires a crystal clear glass glass, a double enjoyment of sight and taste, and I bet that the Ming scholars will soon accept wine. By the way, I still have to burn transparent glass, which will definitely sell well when the time comes, how do I feel that my eyes are shining with gold! Tang Yi drooled and looked forward to the future.
As a traverser, Tang also thought about making glass to make money, and after inquiring, he learned that there was glass for a long time, but due to process limitations, he couldn't make completely transparent glass, and he could only burn translucent.
Although Tang Yi knew that the glass was made of quartz sand, limestone, and feldspar put together and calcined, he could only hire craftsmen to keep trying, but with his own guidance, it shouldn't take too long.
"Hmph, I don't change my dead nature!" Tang Shunzhi, who had not made a sound, snorted, he had had enough of this kid, he thought that he had tried his best to get rid of Shen Liang for the sake of those people, but now it seems that it is mostly for their family's old mansion. Now I'm thinking about making money, how did I teach such a thing that doesn't grow!
Seeing Tang Shunzhi's face full of disappointment, Tang Yi was not convinced.
"Mr. Jing Chuan, you are very knowledgeable, but you may not know the use of transparent glass."
"You know what you say."
"For example, it can be made into a beaker, and it can be made into a thermometer."
"What can I do with it?"
Tang Yi blinked, and suddenly smiled: "You can dedicate it to Your Majesty, and you can make scientific alchemy!" ”
Alchemy!
Tang Shunzhi suddenly had a haircut, picked up a feather duster, and hit Tang Yi.
"I have to save Daming except you, a little minister!"
Tang Yi is so shrewd, seeing that the situation is not good, he turns around and runs, Tang Shunzhi does not give up, these two chase in the yard, it is more lively than a cat and a mouse.
Just when Tang Yi was sweating all over and his legs were weak, Aunt Zhu shouted at the top of her voice: "Ladies and gentlemen, it's time to invite the Great Bodhisattva!" ”