The next morning, the late autumn was cold.
The river channel was covered with thick fog. If the ship had not stopped at the Tianjin Wharf before it fog, it would have been trapped on the river channel now.
However, because the morning fog is too heavy, I have not been able to get off the boat yet.
But the dock was already crowded with people, and there were hawkers carrying breakfast selling everywhere.
The Lifu came early in the morning and spent two cents to buy a pancake. If you were greedy, you would buy a fried cake and mozzarella, and add a bowl of noodle tea. The noodle tea fried with sorghum noodles, millet noodles, sesame seeds, sesame sauce and lard are also very watery, which is enough to make you hungry.
Of course, there are also more refined ones. There are many door shops on both sides of the dock to make a living by making food.
Tianjin is the place where the canal is located in front of the Beijing city. Most people will stop here to rectify and then go north. Therefore, the shops on the wharf are not short of business.
Although Jia Qiang was not familiar with these things, fortunately there was an old world around her. Li Jing, who was dressed as a man, suggested that Jia Qiang and Xiangling get off the boat with her and go to eat some Tianjin breakfast while the fog had not yet dissipated.
So the three of them, Tietou, Zhuzi and two good players of the Jinsha Gang got off the boat early in the morning and went to a food shop called Lao Guixiang to the east of the dock to use morning.
The door shop opened early, but there were no customers in the store.
The old shopkeeper was busy in front of the counter. The two women seemed to be mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, cutting something in the small inner room, dinging.
Seeing Jia Qiang and his group enter, the shopkeeper obviously didn't expect that someone would come to have dinner before the fog was dissipated. He was a little panicked and a little surprised. After all, it was opened, so he hurried to go out to welcome guests.
Jia Qiang, Li Jing and Xiangling had a table, Tietou and the other table, and Li Jing was the host, ordered five or six dishes. After ordering, she was about to ask Tietou and the others to order, but she saw Zhuzi and a Jinsha Gang gang who had already bought a large portion of noodles tea and oil-cooked sesame cakes outside.
Jia Qiang looked back at Zhuzi and said strangely: You have even been to Zuixianlou with me, are you here to learn how to be frugal?
Tietou hurriedly said: No, no, uncle, don’t get me wrong.It is precisely because I am becoming more and more comfortable with the old man that I am no longer pretending to be fake now.We really can't get used to those good ones. Not only does it have a small amount, but the taste is not as good as our taste.The noodles and pastry cakes on Tianjin Wharf are our favorite food.
Jia Qiang was too lazy to persuade him anymore, and just said: As long as you can eat it yourself.After a pause, he said: By the way, don’t forget to give each person a few cents of money to the store after eating. People also need to work hard to wipe the table.
The shopkeeper who came back from the kitchen looked over and said with a smile: I was going to collect it, but I couldn't help it.Now that I have received your words from the guest, I can’t accept them.Either scholars should be respected, and what they say will be helpful.
Jia Qiang smiled and said, "You don't have to take the businessman too seriously, let alone opening a door shop on a dock mixed with dragons and snakes...
When he talks about the important matters: This shopkeeper, you can see that he is an old Tianjin family, and you must be familiar with all the affairs of Tianjin.I would like to ask for some advice if I have something to do, and I hope the shopkeeper will give me some advice.
Ouch!
The old shopkeeper bowed and smiled: Although I am indeed an old Tianjin, I dare not say anything or not. But the guest officials just ask if they have any questions. Judging from the appearance, is the guest official from the noble person from Beijing?
Jia Qiang smiled, but did not follow this incident, but asked: I heard in Beijing that the Taoist priests in Tianjin churches have Western medicine, although they are different from the Chinese and earth medical skills, but they also have some miraculous effects. Is this true or false?
The shopkeeper changed his expression when he heard this, and he looked at Fan Jia Qiang carefully. After that, he looked out and saw that the fog had not yet dissipated and the guests had not come to him. He sighed and said: The guest officer is asking the right person. If you talk about something else, I am short-sighted and may not know.But I know a lot about that foreign teaching.
Jia Qiang raised his eyebrows lightly and said: Can you tell from the shopkeeper that there is really a doctor in the foreign sect who is very capable?
The shopkeeper nodded and said: Of course, there is one, otherwise the Renci Hall would not have saved so many people and accepted so many believers.Not to mention others, even the old man and the woman were saved by Father Andrew of Renci Hall, so our family is all believers of Renci Hall...
Li Jing was happy when she heard this and asked with a smile: If this is the case, that would be a good thing. Why is the shopkeeper so worried?
The shopkeeper shook his head and said: I thought it was a good thing, but I heard that the Renci Hall was short of staff, so I sent my eldest son to help, just to thank him for his life-saving grace.But who would have thought that Father Andrew was a good person, but the pastors below him might not be all good people.Some pastors were very bad, and used gold, silver and means to gather a lot of green thugs to be thugs for him, and they did some bad things.It is easy for my eldest son to get in, but it is difficult to think of it.Look, something happened to that Renci Hall recently.
Jia Qiang concentrated his mind and asked: What happened?
The old shopkeeper hesitated and said: Shandong has a severe drought this year. Although there are not many refugees and not many starves to death, there are many families who cannot afford to raise children. It is better for boys to pass on their family line and can be a laborer when they grow up.But many of the girls were thrown to mass graves as soon as they were born.After Rencitang learned about this, he sent someone to Shandong to adopt these abandoned babies...
Li Jing raised her eyebrows and said: Isn’t this a matter of immeasurable merit?
The old shopkeeper sighed and said: It turns out that it is indeed a matter of great merit. My family also donated five hangs of money. But who would have thought that after the autumn, the Renci Hall had somehow been infected with the cold of the 200 children. They could not be treated and could only watch as most of them died.Renci Hall buried two or three of the babies in a coffin and buried them in a cemetery outside the city. But the entrusted people were not careful and buried too shallowly, so the baby's body was actually taken out by a wild dog... Alas, when it was discovered, it was like hell on earth.
Tietou, Zhuzi and two Jinsha Gang put down the noodle tea and sauté cakes expressionlessly, and they wanted to disgust.
Jia Qiang looked much calmer than the others. He said: This matter is indeed hateful. Could it be that the government could not bear it and sent someone to arrest the pastor of Renci Hall?
The old shopkeeper said with a serious expression: If you are not here, although the people are in a heavy mood, they will not vent their anger.If those girls from Shandong were not rescued from Tianjin, they would have disappeared.The key is that not only the children collected from Shandong, but some of them are local foster care in Tianjin.In addition, there have always been cases of losing children in Tianjin in the past two years. The day before yesterday, a thief who stole the child was caught, but the person who instructed him to steal the child was the Western Taoist priest in Renci Hall!It is also said that this is because Western Taoist priests collect more babies to promote their good deeds in order to preach their Taoism.If all the children die and they cannot explain, others will not believe in their Lord.There are a few local big households in Tianjin who lost their children, so how can they rely on them?The trouble has been very big these days, and Renci Hall has also closed the door and dared not receive believers anymore.Just like that, only those bastards have implicated Father Andrew.
When Jia Qiang heard this, he frowned and said: This Renci Hall deserves to die!The way of heaven is easy to repay. If these bastards do such great evil, they will definitely suffer the consequences in the future.But, there is still a good one.The shopkeeper, this is true. My family has suffered from serious diseases. Many famous doctors in Beijing have seen it, but they all said that they are medicine and stones without a doctor.I was unwilling to give up. I heard that Western arts are unique in medical skills, so I came to Tianjin from the capital to seek medical treatment.The shopkeeper just now said that the son-in-law is now in the church, and Father Andrew saved Mrs. Ling's life.So can the shopkeeper help recommend the wise Father Andrew, who is skilled in medical skills?And it's best now, because the condition does not wait for anyone.Of course, I won't let the shopkeeper get in vain.
After saying that, he stretched out his hand to Li Jing. Li Jing flipped her slender hand and two ingots of silver appeared in her hand.
After Jia Qiang took it, he placed it on the table, and then whispered: If this matter is done, there will be a thank you again afterwards.
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The river channel was covered with thick fog. If the ship had not stopped at the Tianjin Wharf before it fog, it would have been trapped on the river channel now.
However, because the morning fog is too heavy, I have not been able to get off the boat yet.
But the dock was already crowded with people, and there were hawkers carrying breakfast selling everywhere.
The Lifu came early in the morning and spent two cents to buy a pancake. If you were greedy, you would buy a fried cake and mozzarella, and add a bowl of noodle tea. The noodle tea fried with sorghum noodles, millet noodles, sesame seeds, sesame sauce and lard are also very watery, which is enough to make you hungry.
Of course, there are also more refined ones. There are many door shops on both sides of the dock to make a living by making food.
Tianjin is the place where the canal is located in front of the Beijing city. Most people will stop here to rectify and then go north. Therefore, the shops on the wharf are not short of business.
Although Jia Qiang was not familiar with these things, fortunately there was an old world around her. Li Jing, who was dressed as a man, suggested that Jia Qiang and Xiangling get off the boat with her and go to eat some Tianjin breakfast while the fog had not yet dissipated.
So the three of them, Tietou, Zhuzi and two good players of the Jinsha Gang got off the boat early in the morning and went to a food shop called Lao Guixiang to the east of the dock to use morning.
The door shop opened early, but there were no customers in the store.
The old shopkeeper was busy in front of the counter. The two women seemed to be mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, cutting something in the small inner room, dinging.
Seeing Jia Qiang and his group enter, the shopkeeper obviously didn't expect that someone would come to have dinner before the fog was dissipated. He was a little panicked and a little surprised. After all, it was opened, so he hurried to go out to welcome guests.
Jia Qiang, Li Jing and Xiangling had a table, Tietou and the other table, and Li Jing was the host, ordered five or six dishes. After ordering, she was about to ask Tietou and the others to order, but she saw Zhuzi and a Jinsha Gang gang who had already bought a large portion of noodles tea and oil-cooked sesame cakes outside.
Jia Qiang looked back at Zhuzi and said strangely: You have even been to Zuixianlou with me, are you here to learn how to be frugal?
Tietou hurriedly said: No, no, uncle, don’t get me wrong.It is precisely because I am becoming more and more comfortable with the old man that I am no longer pretending to be fake now.We really can't get used to those good ones. Not only does it have a small amount, but the taste is not as good as our taste.The noodles and pastry cakes on Tianjin Wharf are our favorite food.
Jia Qiang was too lazy to persuade him anymore, and just said: As long as you can eat it yourself.After a pause, he said: By the way, don’t forget to give each person a few cents of money to the store after eating. People also need to work hard to wipe the table.
The shopkeeper who came back from the kitchen looked over and said with a smile: I was going to collect it, but I couldn't help it.Now that I have received your words from the guest, I can’t accept them.Either scholars should be respected, and what they say will be helpful.
Jia Qiang smiled and said, "You don't have to take the businessman too seriously, let alone opening a door shop on a dock mixed with dragons and snakes...
When he talks about the important matters: This shopkeeper, you can see that he is an old Tianjin family, and you must be familiar with all the affairs of Tianjin.I would like to ask for some advice if I have something to do, and I hope the shopkeeper will give me some advice.
Ouch!
The old shopkeeper bowed and smiled: Although I am indeed an old Tianjin, I dare not say anything or not. But the guest officials just ask if they have any questions. Judging from the appearance, is the guest official from the noble person from Beijing?
Jia Qiang smiled, but did not follow this incident, but asked: I heard in Beijing that the Taoist priests in Tianjin churches have Western medicine, although they are different from the Chinese and earth medical skills, but they also have some miraculous effects. Is this true or false?
The shopkeeper changed his expression when he heard this, and he looked at Fan Jia Qiang carefully. After that, he looked out and saw that the fog had not yet dissipated and the guests had not come to him. He sighed and said: The guest officer is asking the right person. If you talk about something else, I am short-sighted and may not know.But I know a lot about that foreign teaching.
Jia Qiang raised his eyebrows lightly and said: Can you tell from the shopkeeper that there is really a doctor in the foreign sect who is very capable?
The shopkeeper nodded and said: Of course, there is one, otherwise the Renci Hall would not have saved so many people and accepted so many believers.Not to mention others, even the old man and the woman were saved by Father Andrew of Renci Hall, so our family is all believers of Renci Hall...
Li Jing was happy when she heard this and asked with a smile: If this is the case, that would be a good thing. Why is the shopkeeper so worried?
The shopkeeper shook his head and said: I thought it was a good thing, but I heard that the Renci Hall was short of staff, so I sent my eldest son to help, just to thank him for his life-saving grace.But who would have thought that Father Andrew was a good person, but the pastors below him might not be all good people.Some pastors were very bad, and used gold, silver and means to gather a lot of green thugs to be thugs for him, and they did some bad things.It is easy for my eldest son to get in, but it is difficult to think of it.Look, something happened to that Renci Hall recently.
Jia Qiang concentrated his mind and asked: What happened?
The old shopkeeper hesitated and said: Shandong has a severe drought this year. Although there are not many refugees and not many starves to death, there are many families who cannot afford to raise children. It is better for boys to pass on their family line and can be a laborer when they grow up.But many of the girls were thrown to mass graves as soon as they were born.After Rencitang learned about this, he sent someone to Shandong to adopt these abandoned babies...
Li Jing raised her eyebrows and said: Isn’t this a matter of immeasurable merit?
The old shopkeeper sighed and said: It turns out that it is indeed a matter of great merit. My family also donated five hangs of money. But who would have thought that after the autumn, the Renci Hall had somehow been infected with the cold of the 200 children. They could not be treated and could only watch as most of them died.Renci Hall buried two or three of the babies in a coffin and buried them in a cemetery outside the city. But the entrusted people were not careful and buried too shallowly, so the baby's body was actually taken out by a wild dog... Alas, when it was discovered, it was like hell on earth.
Tietou, Zhuzi and two Jinsha Gang put down the noodle tea and sauté cakes expressionlessly, and they wanted to disgust.
Jia Qiang looked much calmer than the others. He said: This matter is indeed hateful. Could it be that the government could not bear it and sent someone to arrest the pastor of Renci Hall?
The old shopkeeper said with a serious expression: If you are not here, although the people are in a heavy mood, they will not vent their anger.If those girls from Shandong were not rescued from Tianjin, they would have disappeared.The key is that not only the children collected from Shandong, but some of them are local foster care in Tianjin.In addition, there have always been cases of losing children in Tianjin in the past two years. The day before yesterday, a thief who stole the child was caught, but the person who instructed him to steal the child was the Western Taoist priest in Renci Hall!It is also said that this is because Western Taoist priests collect more babies to promote their good deeds in order to preach their Taoism.If all the children die and they cannot explain, others will not believe in their Lord.There are a few local big households in Tianjin who lost their children, so how can they rely on them?The trouble has been very big these days, and Renci Hall has also closed the door and dared not receive believers anymore.Just like that, only those bastards have implicated Father Andrew.
When Jia Qiang heard this, he frowned and said: This Renci Hall deserves to die!The way of heaven is easy to repay. If these bastards do such great evil, they will definitely suffer the consequences in the future.But, there is still a good one.The shopkeeper, this is true. My family has suffered from serious diseases. Many famous doctors in Beijing have seen it, but they all said that they are medicine and stones without a doctor.I was unwilling to give up. I heard that Western arts are unique in medical skills, so I came to Tianjin from the capital to seek medical treatment.The shopkeeper just now said that the son-in-law is now in the church, and Father Andrew saved Mrs. Ling's life.So can the shopkeeper help recommend the wise Father Andrew, who is skilled in medical skills?And it's best now, because the condition does not wait for anyone.Of course, I won't let the shopkeeper get in vain.
After saying that, he stretched out his hand to Li Jing. Li Jing flipped her slender hand and two ingots of silver appeared in her hand.
After Jia Qiang took it, he placed it on the table, and then whispered: If this matter is done, there will be a thank you again afterwards.
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