The next morning, it was cold in late autumn.

The river was covered with thick fog. If the boat had not docked at Jinmen Pier before the fog started, it would probably be stuck on the river now.

However, because the morning fog was too heavy, we were not able to disembark yet.

But the pier was already bustling with people, and there were vendors selling breakfast items everywhere.

The laborers came early in the morning and spent two pennies to buy a fried pancake. Those who were greedy could buy a fried cake, twists, and a bowl of noodles, sorghum noodles, millet noodles, sesame seeds, sesame paste, and lard.

The fried noodles are also very oily and watery, making you very full and very hungry.

Of course, there are also more sophisticated ones. On both sides of the pier, there are many shops that make a living from eating.

Jinmen is a transit place for the canal before heading north to the capital. Most people will stop here for a moment or two before heading north, so the shops on the pier are not lacking in business.

Although Jia Qiang was not familiar with this, fortunately, there was an old Jianghu by her side. Li Jing, who was disguised as a man, suggested early on that Jia Qiang and Xiang Ling get off the boat with her and go eat some Jinmen breakfast while the fog was still lingering.

So the three of them got off the boat early in the morning and went to a restaurant called Lao Guixiang on the east side of the pier to have breakfast.

The shop opened early, but there were not many customers inside.

The old shopkeeper was busy in front of the counter, and the two women, who seemed to be mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, were chopping and clinking in the small room.

Seeing Jia Qiang and his entourage enter, the shopkeeper obviously didn't expect that someone would come to eat before the fog cleared. He was a little panicked, but also a little surprised. After all, it was open, so he hurriedly went out of the counter to greet the guests.

Jia Qiang, Li Jing, and Xiang Ling were at one table, and Tietou and the others were at another table. Li Jing acted as the host and ordered five or six dishes.

A member of the Jinsha gang had already gone out to buy a large portion of noodles, tea and pastry biscuits.

Jia Qiang turned back to look at Zhu Zhu and asked curiously: "You have even been to Zuixian Tower with me, and come here to learn frugality?"

Tietou said hurriedly: "No, no, please don't misunderstand me. It is precisely because I am becoming more and more comfortable with you that I don't pretend to be fake now. We are really not used to eating those good ones. Not to mention the small quantity, the taste is not to our liking."

What a taste. The noodle tea and pancakes at Jinmen Pier are our favorites."

Jia Qiang was too lazy to persuade her, so she just said: "Okay, you can just enjoy it by yourself." After a pause, she added: "By the way, after eating, don't forget to give the store a few cents per person for the table. They also have to clean the table.

Contributing."

The shopkeeper who came back from the kitchen looked over and said with a smile: "Originally I was going to accept it, but I can't even give it to you. Now that I've heard your words, sir, I can't accept it even if I give it to you. Either way, scholars should be respected.

, the words you say will make people feel happy."

Jia Qiang laughed. You don't need to take the words of a businessman too seriously, let alone opening a shop on a wharf where dragons and snakes are mixed...

He got down to business: "This shopkeeper, you can see that he is an old Jinmen man. He must be familiar with everything in Jinmen. I would like to ask you something, and I hope that the shopkeeper will give you some advice."

"Ouch!"

The old shopkeeper bowed his hands and said with a smile: "Although I am indeed an old Jinmen, I dare not say anything about giving advice or not, but if you have any questions, just ask. From the looks of it, the guest is from Beijing.

noble person?"

Jia Qiang smiled, but did not answer the question, but asked: "I heard in Beijing that the Taoist priests in Jinmen Church are familiar with Western medical skills. Although they are different from Chinese medical skills, they are also somewhat miraculous.

, is this true or false?”

The shopkeeper's expression changed after hearing this, and he looked at Fan Jiaqiang carefully. After that, he looked outside and saw that the fog had not cleared away and no guests had come to the door.

You asked the right person. If you want to talk about other things, I am short-sighted and may not know. But I know a lot about foreign religions."

Jia Qiang raised her eyebrows slightly and said, "Does the shopkeeper know that there are really good doctors in Western religions?"

The shopkeeper nodded and said: "Of course there is, otherwise the Mercy Church would not have saved so many people and received so many believers. Not to mention, even the old man's wife was revived by Father Andrew of the Mercy Church.

Yes, so our family is a believer in the Hall of Mercy..."

Li Jing felt happy when she heard this and asked with a smile: "If so, that's a good thing. Why is there such a worried look on the shopkeeper's face?"

The shopkeeper shook his head and said: "I thought it was a good thing. I heard that the Mercy Church was short of manpower, and I sent my eldest son to help. I just wanted to thank him for his life-saving grace. But who would have thought that Father Andrew is a good man?

But the pastors under him may not all be good people. Some pastors are very bad. They use gold, silver and tricks to gather many green-skinned gangsters to serve as his thugs, and they do some bad things. It is easy for the young man in my family to get in, but if you think about it,

But it's difficult. No, something happened to the Mercy Hall recently."

Jia Qiang concentrated and asked: "What happened?"

The old shopkeeper hesitated for a moment, and then said: "There is a severe drought in Shandong this year. Although there are not many refugees and not many starve to death, there are many more families who cannot afford to raise children. The male children are better, and they can continue the family line and grow up."

When they are older, they can be used as laborers. But many of the female babies were thrown into mass graves as soon as they were born. After the Mercy Hall found out about this, they specially sent people 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 turned out to be a great meritorious deed. My family also donated five ounces of money. But who would have thought that after autumn, for some reason, many of the two hundred children in the Mercy Hall were infected with the cold, and they needed to be treated."

However, I could only watch most of them dead. The Mercy Church put two or three of the babies into a coffin and buried them in a cemetery outside the city. Unfortunately, the people who entrusted them were not careful and buried them too shallowly, resulting in the babies’ death.

The body was actually dug out by wild dogs... Well, when it was discovered, it was like hell on earth."

Tietou, Zhuzhu and the Liangjinsha Gang put down the noodle tea and pastry biscuits with expressionless expressions, feeling vaguely nauseous.

Jia Qiang looked much calmer than the others. He said: "This matter is indeed hateful. Could it be that the government couldn't stand it and sent people to arrest the pastor of the Mercy Church?"

The old shopkeeper said with a solemn expression: "It's not here. Although the people are heavy-hearted, they will not express their anger indiscriminately. If those girls from Shandong were not rescued from Jinmen, they would be dead. The key is that the ones who died were not just those from Shandong.

Some of the children were fostered locally in Jinmen. In addition, children have been lost in Jinmen in the past two years. The day before yesterday, the thief who stole the children was caught, but it was revealed that the person who ordered him to steal the children was the Mercy House.

The Western Taoist priests there! They also said that this is because the Western Taoist priests will take in more babies in order to spread their Taoism and publicize their good deeds. If all the children die, they will have no way to explain and others will not believe it.

Their master. Those who lost their children include several big local households in Jinmen. How can they be willing to obey? There has been a lot of trouble in the past few days. The Mercy Hall has also closed its doors and no longer dares to receive believers. Nothing else.

, I just feel sorry for those bastards who got into trouble with Father Andrew."

Hearing this, Jia Qiang frowned and said: "This Hall of Mercy deserves to die! God's way, these bastards have done such great evil, and they will reap the consequences in the future. However, there is finally a good one. Shopkeeper, that's it, I have

My family is suffering from a serious disease. Many famous doctors in Beijing have seen it, but they all say that there is no cure. I am not willing to accept it. I heard that Western Buddhists have unique medical skills, so I specially came to Tianmen from the capital to seek medical treatment.

The shopkeeper said that my son is in the church now, and that Father Andrew also saved Mrs. Ling's life. So, can the shopkeeper help recommend that Father Andrew, who is a skilled doctor? And it is best now, because the disease waits for no one. Of course.

, I won’t let the shopkeeper’s work go in vain.”

After saying that, he stretched out his hand towards Li Jing. Li Jing turned her slender hand over, and two ingots and ten taels of silver appeared in her hand.

After Jia Qiang took it, she put it on the table and said softly: "If this happens, I will thank you very much afterwards."
Chapter completed!