It took some time to clean the house inside and out, and after checking that everything was in order, they invited Zhao Qianci and Master Yunyou into the living room.

After traveling this far, Zhao Qingyan was too lazy to cook.

Although there was still a lot of packaged food in the room, there were still a few people at home who needed to be taken care of.

Zhao Qingyan went out carrying an empty basket.

They went straight to Wangyue Tower, paid for a table of food and wine, and had it prepared and delivered to their home.

The innkeeper personally escorted Zhao Qingyan out of the restaurant.

Upon reaching the last step, Zhao Qingyan lightly jumped down.

Her impulsive leap was seen as improper by passersby and drew a lot of criticism.

"Look at her, she's obviously from a poor family, she has no manners at all, and she's crazy. Who would dare to marry a wife like that?"

Mei'er, let me tell you, don't learn from people like that, understand?

A plump woman pointed at Zhao Qingyan and lectured her daughter.

The girl looked at Zhao Qingyan with disdain and nodded in agreement.

“This is improper, improper…” a middle-aged man who was about to enter Wangyue Tower said to his friend.

The shopkeeper naturally overheard this and was about to say something when he saw Zhao Qingyan stop.

"Shopkeeper, go back. Some people live by the sea and think the whole sea belongs to them. They don't even know who they are."

It was just an abalone on the rocks. Alright, don't bother seeing it off anymore, go home.

Manager Han smiled and nodded in agreement, "Miss Zhao is right."

He turned and entered the Moon Gazing Tower. As for the people who had given Zhao Qingyan advice earlier, their faces were now a mixture of red and green.

I don't know if it was anger or embarrassment.

However, the food and drinks served on the table of the middle-aged man who had previously been accused of being improper towards Zhao Qingyan were served at the slowest pace in history.

Even so, none of them dared to say anything, after all, they couldn't afford to offend the master behind Wangyue Tower.

On my way home, I noticed a shop by the roadside with a lot of colorful umbrellas displayed at the entrance; they were quite pretty.

Zhao Qingyan carefully selected more than ten.

Upon entering the shop, I discovered that it was also selling all sorts of beautiful lanterns.

The umbrella is easy to carry; you can just stand it upright in the basket. But carrying the lantern is not so convenient.

I really liked them, so I picked out two that I thought were pretty and took them home.

Once inside his own house, he transferred the umbrella from his basket to his spatial storage. Instantly, two large fish, a rack of spare ribs, several pounds of lean meat, and some green vegetables appeared in the basket.

The kitchen had been cleaned up by Zhao Minggeng, and Zhao Qingyan took the vegetables out of the basket and put them away.

The takeout from Wangyuelou has also arrived.

Zhao Qingyan was quite surprised by the speed of food delivery at Wangyuekoulou.

The deliveryman seemed to understand the confusion in Zhao Qingyan's eyes and said, "I came to deliver the goods by horse-drawn carriage."

Okay, Zhao Qingyan understood.

After the meal, everyone went back to their rooms to rest.

In the afternoon, the family went to the government office to complete the procedures for taking the provincial examination. After wandering around the study for a while, they decided to go home.

The wanderer, who had planned to enjoy a leisurely stroll around the prefectural city, was now filled with resentment.

Seeing that Zhao Qingyan didn't say anything, Zhao Qingyan immediately understood.

"Alright, alright, stop looking at me. What's so interesting about this prefectural city?"

The architecture is nothing special, just a few restaurants that look alright. What else? People.

There aren't any pretty girls either, and none of them are as good-looking as me.

What's up, old man? You want to take a stroll around the red-light district?

"If you want to try something new, I don't object. Here, this is a hundred taels of silver, enough for you to spend the night in a brothel."

Before Zhao Qingyan could continue speaking, Yunyou reached out and slapped her on the forehead.

"You brat, you can't keep your mouth shut. When did I say I was going to the red-light district?"

"I just want to go to that Liu family's garden and catch a couple of fish to eat."

Zhao Qingyan was dumbfounded.

"No, my goodness, you really are my goodness. Everyone in the whole city knows that the fish in Master Liu's house are golden dragon and silver dragon, and they are very precious to him."

Do you know that one of their fish died from overfeeding? Their most pampered grandson even got a beating. Are you sure they'll give it to us if we go and ask for it back?

Zhao Qingyan felt like her brain wasn't working properly; this ancestor really knew how to give her difficult questions.

Yunyou slapped Zhao Qingyan's forehead again, "Am I that stupid? Of course I won't go in through the main gate."

Zhao Qingyan short-circuited for two seconds.

"Ancestor, you're not going to become a thief, are you?"

You're a monk, a highly virtuous master! How could you do such a thing? If you get caught, where will you put your face?

After traveling around and experiencing the effects of the wind, he calmed down.

“Last night I dreamed that two fish asked me for help, hoping to be free. I am going to perform a ritual to help them pass on to the afterlife.”

This will make it easier for them to be reincarnated.

Zhao Qingyan didn't believe a single word.

"Keep making things up, keep making things up. You really go to great lengths for food."

Why don't you say now that heavenly secrets cannot be revealed?

You say I have so much delicious food here, isn't that enough to satisfy your bottomless pit?

I'll buy it at the market or find it in the river for you, okay? Don't do anything so despicable.

Yunyou was like a child throwing a tantrum, stubbornly standing there and refusing to budge, which made Zhao Qingyan angry too.

"Who isn't a baby at heart? If you don't want to leave, fine, I'm leaving."

He abandoned Yunyou and took several steps forward, then stopped and turned around, only to find Yunyou standing there, refusing to move.

"Sigh, I give up. Tonight I'll go with you to sneak into the Liu family's back garden, okay?"

Yunyou shook his head. Zhao Qingyan's eyes widened. Just as she was about to speak, she heard Yunyou say...

"No, we have to go now."

Seeing Yunyou's serious expression, Zhao Qingyan thought that Yunyou wasn't unreliable after all.

"Alright, my dear, I'll go with you. Shouldn't we both get dressed up a bit?"

"Doesn't this face suit me?"

After saying goodbye to the Zhao family, the two headed straight for the Liu family's residence.

Fortunately, the Liu family's garden was in the last courtyard. If it had been designed in the middle of the house, it would have been troublesome, as it would have required avoiding so many people.

Having located the Liu family garden and surveyed the surroundings, finding no one, the two leaped up into a tree.

Under the cover of the tree's dense foliage, they entered the space together and changed into clothes that Zhao Qingyan had bought in the modern world.

"It's more convenient to wear these clothes. They're wide and have long sleeves. Besides wasting fabric, the only other purpose is to make you look like a superior person."

Look, doesn't that kick look like it's carrying a gust of wind?

While Yunyou was still reminiscing, Zhao Qingyan handed him a pair of black sneakers.

"Try them on and see if they fit. The shoes you're wearing are the kind only monks wear, they're not suitable for doing bad things. We're going to perform a ritual to help the deceased, not to corrupt Buddhism."