In the evening, Wang Shuangxi and Azhi, who went out to inquire about the news, came back.

Boss Lao of the Alao dry goods store is his father's ancestors from Songjiang, but Boss Lao is not a native of the south. Boss Lao's father's surname is Guo. Forty years ago, Master Guo came to Xi'an from Songjiang to do business. By chance, he married into the Lao family in Xi'an. Boss Lao followed the surname of his family.

Boss Lao has a wife and a family, with a man and three women under his knees. His wife and children have never lived in the shop. However, his family is his family. He usually eats and lives in the shop. He has to serve Boss Lao and helps to manage the shop. He is both pissy and capable, and everyone in Nanweifang knows her.

She is neither a wife nor a concubine, but only a family member, so people in Nanweifang call her Miss Mei.

"Miss Mei? Her surname is Mei?" Chen Tong was shocked.

"No, her surname is not Mei. She was originally Mrs. Lao's maid, named Chunmei." Wang Shuangxi was also surprised when he heard the three words "Miss Mei". Therefore, he found the boss who had business dealings with his shop and asked in detail. The boss had a semicolon in Nanweifang and knew a lot about what happened in Boss Lao's shop.

"When I went to Nanweifang, I happened to see this girl Mei. She was working in the shop. She was twenty-three or four years old. She looked very cheerful and spoke in the northwest accent."

Chen Tong was silent for a moment and suddenly asked: "Does there be many people in the southern city of Xi'an? Are there any officials or wealthy families from the south?"

Wang Shuangxi said: "There are too many people. There are countless talents in the four major academies in Jiangnan, and there are countless people who have won the honors in the Cicada Palace. In addition to Jiangnan, there are also famous academies in Lianghu, Guangdong and Sichuan. Among the civil servants who entered the imperial examination, seven or eight out of ten are southerners. Whether in the capital or the northwest, as long as there are civil servants, there must be southerners. As far as I know, even the chief of the Qin Palace is also southerners. It is precisely because of these southern officials who are officials in various places that southern merchants can do business in various places. You can only know when you look at the Nanweifang in Xi'an. There is only supply when you need it. It is precisely because there are many southerners living in Xi'an that Nanweifang's business is so good."

If you investigate from the clue of southerners, it would be more difficult than climbing to the sky.

Chen Tong thought for a while and said, "Then we can only use the stupidest method."

The stupidest method is sometimes the most effective.

The stupidest way Chen Tong said was to wait for the rabbit.

Xu An said to Wang Shuangxi and Azhi: "Azhi has met Mei Shengxue, and Shuangxi has also been to Nanweifang. You two will not show up in Nanweifang for the time being, so I will go and guard it with my friends."

"Miss, I'll go to Nanweifang to guard it too. Besides, I discovered it today." Fangfei is not bothered to go to Nanweifang every day.

"We have something else tomorrow." Chen Tong smiled and patted her little head.

Tomorrow is the first day of the New Year, and someone at home will go to burn incense every day.

This good habit was not available before, at least before Shen Tong went to Yulin.

Chen Tong asked Azhi and the others to follow him several times, but even Azhi, who had received special training, did not see the clues. Without wanting to alert the snake, Chen Tong did not ask someone to follow him again.

But today, the cinnabar on Orange's feet made her suspicious again.

Orange is very well-behaved and usually only plays in the two yards of the Shen family and the Xu family. There is no cinnabar in these two families, but Orange just stepped on it.

Cinnabar is expensive and many masters of painting are reluctant to use it. Taoist priests use cinnabar to draw talismans, and a talisman can sell dozens or hundreds of taels of silver.

In fact, the answer is not necessarily to find the cinnabar where oranges step on.

But for Chen Tong, if there is Xinwu at home, she must not take it lightly.

So the next day, Chen Tong skipped school.

It is undeniable that after living for two lives, Chen Tong was not a seed of reading. She had no talent for studying. When Mr. Chi asked her to recite the book, she memorized the book as if she had learned the contents of the book. However, Mr. Chi asked her, but Chen Tong mostly shook her head, didn't understand, and recited it hard.

Despite this, Chen Tong is a rare good student. In addition to being pulled to Ci'an Village by Princess Yining, Chen Tong would go to class early no matter it was windy or rainy. She never took a lazy job assigning homework by Mr. Chi.

Therefore, Chen Tong never skipped school unless he had no choice.

In the morning, Xinwu took a willow basket and left the house like every 15th day of the lunar month.

The wicker basket was covered with a piece of blue cloth and there was no way to see what was inside, but Chen Tong knew that it was not a Buddha-scented candle.

Deyin Temple is located in a prosperous place in Xi'an City. There are many people selling Buddhist incense outside the temple, and there are also places to invite incense in Deyin Temple. Therefore, most of the pilgrims who come to Deyin Temple only invite incense when they arrive at Deyin Temple.

Xinwu's basket contains fruit snacks, no incense and candles.

Xinwu always invites incense outside the temple, and the vendors she finds are different every time.

Today she was inviting to the sweet spot from a child of seven or eight years old.

The child's clothes were worn out, but they were washed cleanly. There were many such children outside Deyin Temple. Most of their families were near Deyin Temple. Every day on the first and fifteenth day of the day, they would come outside the temple to make some money.

Xinwu invited the incense to the temple. Fangfei also walked to the child and said, "What kind of incense did the sister who just brought the basket invite? It's the same as mine."

The child was very happy and handed a pack of Xiang and two candles to Fangfei. Fangfei asked, "Your business is very good. I will ask Xiang for you next time."

The child was a little embarrassed and said with a red face: "Thank you sister, but I may not be able to come next time. My grandmother usually comes here to sell incense. Today, my grandmother is sick, so I came for her."

I see.

It turns out that I didn't come specifically to find this kid to treat you.

Compared with the famous temples outside the city, Deyin Temple seems narrow and crowded, with pilgrims shoulder to shoulder in the temple, and they have to queue up if they want to kowtow in front of the hall.

Chen Tong had already changed into a servant's clothes, while Fangfei stayed outside the temple. Chen Tong was mixed among a group of pilgrims and saw Xinwu talking to a monk from afar.

Then she handed the willow basket in her hand to the monk. The monk took the basket and turned around and walked into the hall. After a while, the monk came out of the hall and handed the basket to Xinwu. The same basket looked light and obviously the basket was empty.

Xinwu thanked her respectfully, and she could see that she was very happy.

At this time, an old lady with gray hair came over and handed a food box in her hand to the monk. The monk took the food box and walked into the hall again. After a while, he came out and returned the food box to the old lady. The old lady bent down to salute and she burst into tears of gratitude.

Chen Tong understood that there were too many pilgrims in the temple. The vegetarian fruits and other things brought by the pilgrims need to be handed over to the monks in the temple first, and then the monks worshipped in front of the Buddha.

Chen Tong's eyes lit up.
Chapter completed!