Unlimited Resources: Raising a Minister with a Space Supermarket-Chapter 418 - 389: The Three Pure Ones

Sun Shi told Yu Changhe to stand guard at the door, then began to distract her young children.

"A bad person came just now. I was afraid they would hurt you, so I prayed to the True Master of the Three Pure Ones..."

Yu Ziqian and Yu Zixuan naively believed Sun Shi’s words, because they knew their mother prayed daily to the True Master of the Three Pure Ones, lighting incense and kneeling to kowtow.

However, they still had questions. "But there were candies there. Why were there candies?" Yu Ziqian asked.

Sun Shi was at a loss for words. "Well... you like eating candies, and so does the True Master of the Three Pure Ones! Who doesn’t like something as delicious as candy?"

"Isn’t the True Master of the Three Pure Ones an Immortal? So immortals like candies too!" Yu Zixuan clapped her little hands, smiling brightly. "Mom, then why don’t you offer candies when you make offerings to the True Master of the Three Pure Ones?"

Her mother always offered buns and peaches, but she had never seen her mother offer candies.

"I’ll offer them next time!" Sun Shi replied awkwardly.

"Mom, let’s go and put some candies on the altar now?" Yu Zixuan said, tugging at Sun Shi’s hand.

Sun Shi squatted down conveniently, "Let me tell you, it’s not just our family in the village that offers to the True Master of the Three Pure Ones. Other families do as well, but the True Master of the Three Pure Ones only helps our family, so..."

"So, the secret of the True Master of the Three Pure Ones being partial must not be told to others!" Yu Ziqian quickly interrupted.

"That’s right, that’s exactly it. We can’t let others know, or else the True Master of the Three Pure Ones will be angry. And children who gossip? The True Master of the Three Pure Ones gets angry and will turn them into fools." Sun Shi’s story became more outrageous.

However, the thought of becoming fools did indeed scare the two little ones. They both covered their mouths and shook their heads, promising they wouldn’t say a word.

Seeing that the two little ones were scared, Sun Shi breathed a sigh of relief.

After washing up, Yu Xiaolian swore she would never go up to the rooftop again.

For no other reason, she just had a simple belief that the rooftop was against her.

After going up to the second floor of the bamboo building, Yu Xiaolian took out her telescope and looked towards the Wang Family’s direction from the window.

Her home was just below the cliff at the village entrance. Originally it was a rocky area with high elevation, so she could see the entire Taohua Village from the second-floor window. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

With the aid of the telescope, she could clearly see Jiang Han’s facial expressions, although she couldn’t hear what Jiang Han and the others were saying.

Everyone from the Wang Family was tied up by Jiang Han and taken away. As they passed by the Yu Family’s door, Yu Xiaolian heard Wang Zhanming’s wife shout, "Officer, just arrest him! Why arrest us too? We didn’t know anything about that worthless jade pendant he sold!"

Jiang Han replied coldly, "Looting a Royal Family’s tomb is a crime that implicates nine generations of your family. None of you can escape, whether you knew or not, we must arrest you according to the law."

Ever since selling the jade pendant and getting rich, Wang Zhanming had been feasting daily, gaining a noticeable amount of weight. He never expected that even after half a year’s hiding, it would still draw attention.

Why did his good days end so quickly?

"Officer, I found that jade pendant when I was on my way to attend my sister’s funeral at Mang Mountain! I really didn’t loot the old prince’s tomb. I’m innocent!"

Jiang Han sneered, knowing full well it was found, since his nephew, Li Ermonkey, had confessed to everything. But now the old prince’s tomb case needed an end, and the Wang Family had to serve as scapegoats.

"Take your grievances to the County Magistrate, not me. I’m only responsible for arrests!"

And so, Jiang Han captured the newly prosperous Wang Family entirely.

Old Madam Wang’s corpse lay in the street, ignored and unattended, until finally Village Chief Qi ordered his son to wrap it in a makeshift straw mat and bury it near the Wang Family tomb.

After this incident with the Wang Family, the hearts of everyone in the village changed. Sun Sillin wanted to delay Sun Manxia’s marriage, but after checking the calendar, there weren’t any auspicious days in the coming months, and delaying it might push it to post-autumn.

The pigs and sheep had already been bought, and the dowry was prepared. Marrying after autumn would only complicate things and incur more expenses.

Finally, Fourth Uncle Sun spoke up, questioning the need to delay—other families’ troubles were none of their business, and the date had long been set and couldn’t be easily changed; the wedding should proceed as planned.

The next day, Sun Manxia got up early, dressed in her red wedding garment, and was taken away on a bullock cart by Jiang Haiqiu. Yu Changhe sent four workers over to help carry the dowry chests, new red quilts, and large bundles of new clothes. Sun Manyu, holding a heavy makeup box under her red cover, carried the betrothal Silver Tael given by the Jiang Family and the dowry Silver from her maternal family, along with the jewelry from her sisters.

"Girls born into the Sun Family are really lucky. They take all the betrothal gifts back without leaving a penny, and even receive lots of dowries. That Jiang boy is lucky for marrying a wife without spending a cent!"

"Anyone marrying a girl from the Sun Family won’t lose out. Didn’t Sun Manyu take all the betrothal gifts back to the Li Family too? The Sun Family really knows how to spend money to boost these girls’ statuses!"

"Hey, the eldest of the fifth house of the Sun Family, Sun Manyun, seems to have come of age. But no marriage plans yet? Your son and she are about the same age. Shouldn’t you hurry and send a matchmaker to the Sun Family?"

"What same age? My son is only twelve this year!"

"Oh come on, marry a girl three years older and it’s like hugging a gold brick. I’m telling you, if you miss this chance, there won’t be another!"

"No rush, no rush. The Sun Family still has several girls around ten years old. In a couple more years, I’ll get one for my son too!"

"Aunt Jiang, when will your Haifu get married? Haiqiu is only two years older than Haifu, right? If I’m not mistaken, Haifu is about eighteen or nineteen now?" someone asked Lu Shi, eager for gossip.

Lu Shi was also anxious. Her family’s circumstances weren’t poor, but not particularly good either. Her son had high standards, rejecting all proposed matches from matchmakers. When asked about his choice, he boldly said he liked Yu Xiaolian.

Yu Xiaolian was out of his league. Besides, she was already engaged. Even if she weren’t, she wouldn’t be interested in him.

Lu Shi had a clear understanding of her son’s prospects and directly told Jiang Haifu to forget about Yu Xiaolian and focus on more realistic and reliable options.

"Oh, my Haifu is straightforward, just focused on studying. He’ll be taking the county examination soon. Once that’s done, we’ll arrange a marriage. It’ll be in time!" Despite her inner anxiety, Lu Shi maintained a calm facade.

Sun Shi couldn’t stand Lu Shi’s pretentiousness and couldn’t help but retort, "Over ten years and still not even a county-level pass, why waste money on that?"