Inheriting a Taoist temple, the story begins with Wu Zetian offering incense.

Chapter 219 Granny Gongsun Wants to Repair the One-Yuan Bridge! [Seeking Monthly Tickets]

Inside the Hunyuan Palace, Zhou Yi used damp sand to cover the potato sprouts to prevent them from growing too long and affecting the planting.

After finishing these tasks, he climbed onto the gable wall of the God of Wealth Temple and began designing the steps and procedures for raising the main beam. He would first set up several pillars, then erect the three main beams, followed by various smaller short pillars and purlins.

Zhou Yi felt that the number of participants was a bit small, and the merits were also a bit low. If they could quickly increase the merits, then the raising of the roof beam would be a sure thing.

Well, if the success rate is less than 90%, it's no different from failure, so you have to play it safe and not rush.

After designing the process for raising the roof beam, he checked the quantity of glazed tiles again. His grandfather had left a mobile phone number, saying that if they didn't have enough tiles, they should call to order more, and that they should be polite when speaking to him.

Back then, I thought he was just an ordinary building materials supplier. Now that I've been in this industry for a while, I realize it's not that simple. He must be a craftsman who makes magical artifacts related to building materials.

Grandpa gave many instructions, but he specifically told this building materials contractor to be polite.

Zhou Yi really wanted to call and see who the other party was, but he was worried that it would be too abrupt, so he decided to wait until he ran out of glazed tiles.

In the evening, he drove down the mountain, intending to grab a quick bite in town, but Big Head Yang insisted on treating him and invited Zhao Weiwang, Wang Shuangqing, and a few others over as well.

After all the dishes were served, Big Head Yang finally explained why he had invited everyone:
"Xiao Yi, do you think my shop still needs an upgrade?"

Zhao Wei chuckled:
"Are you also interested in Uncle Zhicai's shop upgrade?"

Big Head Yang really did have this idea. Of course, the main thing was to ask Zhou Yi to help him check his fortune. If he had good fortune, he would take a chance; if not, he would continue to live day to day.

The Book of Changes says:

"Your fortune can change. Once I've looked into it for you, some variables will become fixed. Are you sure you want to do this?"

Big-Headed Yang slapped his thigh:
"Come on, if just treating you to a meal isn't enough, I'll add two boxes of frozen ribbonfish for you."

After carefully observing Da Tou Yang's face, Zhou Yi discovered that this guy not only had no good fortune recently, but would also suffer financial losses.

He took out some copper coins to divine the future, and feeling that Big Head Yang's fortune was being interfered with by metaphysics, he said:

"Come to Hunyuan Palace to find me tomorrow morning. Draw a fortune stick in the God of Wealth Hall and see what's going on."

Big Head Yang's smile froze instantly:
"I hope nothing bad is going to happen to me."

Zhou Yi shook his head:

"No, even if I did, I could handle it for you. I don't have the right tools on hand right now, so I'm not sure. I'll find out when I get there tomorrow morning. It shouldn't be a big problem."

Upon hearing this, Big Head Yang quickly offered a toast, and the meal didn't end until eight or nine o'clock.

After the meal, Jin Anchao, the owner of the Mountain Residence Restaurant, personally drove Zhou Yi up the mountain, and then slowly rode down the mountain on a small electric scooter that was placed in the trunk.

Zhou Yi believes that the ancient world would also be suitable to buy some electric vehicles, along with some wind power or photovoltaic equipment.

With electricity, feudal society could leapfrog into the information age.

The next morning, Da Tou Yang drove his Wuling Rongguang delivery van up the mountain and brought Zhou Yi several boxes of frozen ribbonfish, frozen shrimp, and various meatballs.

His shop has a wide variety of frozen products; you can buy all sorts of frozen foods.

The two moved all the frozen food to the God of Wealth Temple, placed it on the offering table, lit incense, and the frozen food became offerings to the God of Wealth.

Big Head Yang was a little embarrassed:
"I just brought you some. If I give this to the God of Wealth, will he be unhappy?"

"No, the gods don't care about the price of the offerings; they're happy as long as you're sincere."

Upon hearing this, Big Head Yang knelt down on the prayer mat with a thud, earnestly prayed to the God of Wealth, and kowtowed several times before starting to draw lots.

Zhou Yi took out all the bamboo tubes and bamboo sticks hidden in the cabinet under the offering table, shuffled all the money slips, and had Da Tou Yang hold them in his hands and start bouncing them up and down.

When a bamboo stick flew out, Zhou Yi picked it up and saw that it was a very auspicious stick. The interpretation was very simple: it only contained the four words "turning misfortune into good fortune".

Further analysis of Da Tou Yang's horoscope revealed that his financial misfortune had disappeared, but the possibility of a recurrence in the future could not be ruled out.
"Your fate took a turn yesterday, but it seems that it's not a big problem now."

Big Head Yang couldn't understand it:
"Why are there any setbacks? Who did I offend?"

Zhou Yi was also very curious:

"Have you come into contact with any strange people while you've been delivering goods these past few days?"

Big Head Yang thought for a moment and said:

“A few days ago, I was driving back to Yunwu Town from Lushan County next door. A big, burly man on the side of the road stopped my car. He was shirtless and had a long scar on his neck. He didn’t look like a good person. I ignored him and drove past him… Xiao Yi, do you think this is related to this?”

Upon hearing the phrase "scar on the neck," Zhou Yi suddenly thought of the tomb raider the blind man had mentioned, "with a mole on his earlobe and a scar on his neck," which seemed quite similar to the person Big Head Yang had encountered.

Could the blind man's prediction of overlapping life trajectories be related to Big Head Yang?

To prevent Big Head Yang from being affected, Zhou Yi said:

"Here's what we'll do. Starting tomorrow, bring several boxes of frozen goods to the God of Wealth Temple every day for nine consecutive days. All your problems will then be gone. The God of Wealth can help you resolve any setbacks in your fate." Big-Headed Yang hadn't expected it to be so simple.
"Anything is fine?"

"It's best not to repeat the same thing; let the God of Wealth taste different delicacies every day."

Although there is only one God of Wealth in China, there are actually nine. Big Head Yang worships all nine Gods of Wealth for nine consecutive days. His own turbulent fate is not even worth Old Guan's attention.

Big Head Yang readily agreed, planning to come every morning, but he felt that this alone wasn't enough:

"Xiao Yi, how about I just get a statue of the God of Wealth to take home? What do you think?"

The Book of Changes says:

"You can hire them when your new store opens. There's no need for now... Your financial luck is good for the foreseeable future, so you can upgrade your store."

Without the setbacks in his life, Big Head Yang's fortunes began to improve again.

After he left, Zhou Yi put ingredients like ribbonfish and frozen shrimp into the freezer, planning to cook a spicy hot pot for everyone when they arrived the next morning.

On the other side, in the Kaiyuan world of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Chengyi, who had noticeably lost weight recently, brought breakfast and asked Li Bai:

"True Master Qinglian, why didn't you go to the Immortal Master's place?"

Li Bai said:

"We missed the day we destroyed the Persian temple, and then we were busy suppressing other sects, so my sister Gongsun and I decided not to go back for the time being. We'll go tomorrow, and then we can get together with everyone."

Li Chengyi patted his stomach and said:

"I've been doing that fat-burning aerobics every day lately, and I've also been doing weightlifting and running. I've already lost some weight, and I'm aiming to lose 100 pounds by the end of the year."

Princess Taiping found this nephew quite interesting; he used to indulge in gluttony when he was young, but now he was paying attention to his health.

"Don't set such high goals. If you don't achieve them, you'll feel very frustrated. Set a fixed amount of time for exercise, but don't set a fixed amount for the goal. That way, no matter how much weight you lose, it will be a pleasant surprise."

Upon hearing this, Li Chengyi quickly thanked his aunt for her guidance.

After breakfast, Gongsun Da Niang's two younger brothers and two younger sisters, Xue Chongjian's two children, and Li Chengyi's daughter came to Hunyuan Palace together to attend classes with Princess Taiping.

Granny Gongsun slung her backpack over her shoulder, rode her bicycle away from Yiyuan Temple, and arrived at a jewelry store in the East Market. She took out six or seven plastic combs and several bottles of floral water from her backpack and said to the shopkeeper:
“Name your price. These combs are indestructible and made of celestial materials. If the price is too low, I’ll just take them to Chang Le Fang to sell.”

The shop owner picked it up and tested its feel, then readily pulled out a palm-sized gold ingot.

After receiving the money, Granny Gongsun gave her a lollipop as a bonus, then rode her bicycle into the imperial city. Soon, Li Bai arrived from another direction on his bicycle. The two combined the money they had raised and went together to the palace to find Li Longji, where they made a request:
"We plan to build a bridge outside Chunming Gate for the people to cross. Do you agree, grandson?"

Li Longji found it somewhat strange:
Why the sudden urge to build a bridge?

Li Bai said:

“There are many refugees in the south of the city. We plan to provide them with work relief so that they can earn a living by working. Also, the bridge outside Chunming Gate is too narrow. Even heavy carriages dare not pass through it. It needs to be repaired.”

Outside Chunming Gate is the Longshou Canal, whose upstream is in the imperial palace. Therefore, there are small bridges over the canal to prevent the real dragon from being locked up.

However, Gongsun Da Niang and Li Bai felt that this was just making trouble out of nothing, and that all the bridges around Chang'an should be built into large bridges to improve traffic flow.

Li Longji never expected that his two elders would come to the palace to do good for the people:
"If you two want to repair the bridge, just let me know; there's no need to spend any money."

Gongsun Da Niang waved her hand and said:

“Everything we brought was a gift from the Immortal. Now that we have exchanged the items he gave us for money, we should use it on him. So we have decided to build a bridge in the name of the Immortal so that people can stop and walk across it.”

Li Longji tentatively asked:

"What's the name of the newly built bridge? One Yuan Bridge?"

“Yes, let’s call it Yiyuan Bridge. In the future, we will also raise funds to build a clinic to treat the poor, and we will call it Yiyuan Charity Hospital… Anyway, whatever we fund to build will have the words ‘one yuan’ in it, so that it will be convenient for the immortal to increase his merits.”

Emperor Xuanzong (Li Longji) readily approved the application to build the bridge and even personally issued an edict ordering that all the necessary building materials be obtained from the Daming Palace, which was under construction at the time.

Thus, while other worlds had not even completed the construction of their Zhouyi (Book of Changes) temples, the Kaiyuan World had already begun undertaking public works projects.

After leaving the palace, Gongsun Da Niang and Li Bai rode their bicycles across the imperial city along Zhuque Avenue, intending to check out the location of the bridge construction outside Chunming Gate and take some photos. They planned to ask Zhou Yi to help them find some blueprints for the bridge construction the next day.

At the same time, in the Southern Song Dynasty, the open space outside the Xin Clan Ancestral Hall was piled with various kinds of grains and supplies.

Xin Qiji looked at the stacked walls and said:

"That's about enough. Any more and the Wu Cheng King's Palace won't be able to hold it all. Load the rest of the supplies onto the trucks. I also have a lighter, which I'll use to exchange for some livestock later. Once everything is ready, we'll set off to build our new home!"

(End of this chapter)