Chapter 332: Ill-fated

"When I bought this house, I bought it for 6.8 yuan per square meter. The total price was less than 4500 million yuan. The monthly loan repayment was more than 20 yuan, right?" Fang Siyu was very excited when she talked about the house and asked Xiao Jin about the monthly repayment amount.

"Now it has more than doubled in just half a year!" Fang Siyu still couldn't hide his excitement.

"What, you have to pay back more than 20 yuan every month? How many years?!" Father Xiao continued to ask in surprise.

"Twenty years! Right, Xiao Jin?" Fang Siyu was still unsure.

But it was this attitude that made Father Xiao keenly grasp that for such an expensive house, he had to repay more than 20 yuan a month. His daughter-in-law was not sure how many years it would take to repay the mortgage. She must have had to pay off the mortgage every month. As for the kid, how much debt do these two guys have? !Can he catch his breath? !

Of course Xiao Jin can still afford it and can breathe again!It's just that the amount of the mortgage is really shocking, and families with average incomes can't afford it.

In fact, when Xiao Qian talked about the house, he wanted his second son to help his eldest brother buy a house in Shanghai. Although He Xiaoyue had a house there, Xiao Qian could continue to buy it. I heard that Xiao Qian had already moved in and was living with He Xiaoyue and their children. But after all, it was the house of He Xiaoyue and his ex-husband. If Xiao Qian did this, people would always gossip and say that he was a softie.

Buying a house is a big deal everywhere. It's his own brother, but it's also a big expense. If you can't guarantee it, you'll have to bear a lot of debt. But in Shanghai, who can Xiao Qian rely on if he doesn't rely on his own brother? Woolen cloth?

Rely on parents?

Can't help at all!

However, when he heard that his second son had to repay a mortgage of more than 20 yuan every month, besides being shocked, Father Xiao had an idea in his mind. The second son must buy the house for his eldest son!necessary!

It's just that it's hard to say this in front of my daughter-in-law, and I can't say it at the dinner table.

As for the sudden stop of the old father's inquiry about the house, Xiao Jin had a good guess in his mind. Since it was already mentioned for this reason, he would just let it go.

So, Xiao Jin asked his eldest brother: "Brother, when are you and Sister He going to get married?"

"Well, there is no plan yet..."

"Haha, big brother, the obstacle between you and Sister He has been lifted now. Getting married is a matter of course. Let's do it like this. Big brother, after the New Year, you go around Shanghai. Where did you fall in love? Tell me about your house, and I’ll give you one as a wedding gift!”

Xiao Jin said it cheerfully. Xiao's father and Xiao's mother were naturally happy. Their son was really promising and prosperous!

However, Fang Siyu's face immediately showed an unhappy look.

This is a house. Nowadays, the houses in Shanghai start at one million, and a good one will cost several million. This is all money. Xiao Jin actually gave it away with just his mouth. This... and himself Has it been discussed? !

However, in front of the Xiao family, she couldn't say anything.

Logically speaking, Xiao Jin's salary is stuck in her hands. If it is not enough, she can ask Xiao Jin for money at any time. She really doesn't know how much money Xiao Jin has, and Xiao Jin always says that it is all in the stock market. Here, if you don't sell stocks, you don't make money.

This forced her to start researching stocks, but after all this time, she was still confused and couldn't figure it out.

In this way, the family, of course the Xiao family, happily spent the Spring Festival and prepared to visit the Chenghuang Temple the next day according to Shanghai custom.

What are the Spring Festival customs in Shanghai?

Firecrackers are set off when the door is opened. On the morning of the Spring Festival, when the door is opened, firecrackers are set off first, which is called "opening the firecrackers." After the sound of firecrackers, the ground is filled with red, shining like clouds and brocades, which is called "full of red". This is auspicious and joyful.

Eating rice cakes, because of its homophonic pronunciation of "year high" and its varied tastes, has become a must-have food for almost every family. The styles of rice cakes include square yellow and white rice cakes, which symbolize gold and silver. The meaning of getting rich in the new year.

Another one is to visit the City God’s Temple. Every Chinese New Year in Shanghai, you must go to the City God’s Temple to visit, walk on the Jiuqu Bridge there, and take a look at the city’s lantern festival. On this day, the entire City God’s Temple is full of light and brightly lit. of.

The Chenghuang Temple in Shanghai is located at No. 249 Fangbang Middle Road, Huangpu District. It faces south from the north. It has a main gate, a second gate, a theater, a main hall, a dormitory, and east and west corridors, arranged in sequence along the central axis, with a total area of ​​about [-] square meters. square meters.

Legend has it that during the Three Kingdoms period, Sun Hao built a deity in the late Wu Kingdom. Since the Tang Dynasty, the Shanghai area has been called Huating County. In the west of Huating County, there is the City God Temple, which is dedicated to the City God Qin Yubo. The main buildings in the temple include the main hall, Yuanchen Hall, There are 9 halls, including the Parent Hall, Guansheng Hall, and Wenchang Hall. The hall building is a typical Chinese-style building with red walls and mud tiles in the south. The architectural style belongs to the Ming Dynasty pattern. It is well documented that it was expanded into the City God Temple during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty. The overall The upper hall is majestic, with towering eaves, colorful rafters and painted rafters, and green tiles and red eaves.

The City God is the only city-specific deity in China, also known as the City God. It is one of the important gods commonly worshiped in the Han folk and Taoist culture. Taoism calls the City God the god who "cuts off evil and protects the country." He also rules over the dead souls in the underworld and is the protector of the city.

City Gods There are indeed people in history. People who can become City Gods are either local officials with political achievements, national heroes, or upright people who did good deeds during their lifetimes.In short, they all made meritorious deeds for the country and the people, and were enshrined as local city gods.

In many Taoist ritual activities, the City God must be invited to the scene, such as building an altar to "transfer the souls of the dead." Only after the City God's ultimatum is issued to inform the City God, can the dead souls be brought to the altar; when rain-seeking activities are held, the "City God's Letter" must be handed over. Notify the City God to comply with the instructions; after the completion of various rituals, the Taoist priests will also send "ultimatums" to the City God, indicating that the rituals are over, asking him to return to his place, and "rewarding him for his active assistance."Even when a Taoist priest delivers an ultimatum, he must send an ultimatum to inform the city god.

Zhu Yuanzhang briefly determined the Central Plains and granted great titles to the heroes. In addition to conferring different titles on the founding heroes, he also conferred the title of "Uncle Xianyou" on the city gods in various places. The city gods changed from guardian gods to supervisory systems in the underworld, and Taoism became known as this. The duties of the City God Priest are to weed out evil spirits and govern the dead souls.

The Chenghuang Temple is an important Taoist temple in the south of the Yangtze River. It is also known as the "Three Major Temples on the Yangtze River" together with the Dragon King Temple in Wuhan and the Confucius Temple in Nanjing.

In fact, the Chenghuang Temple in Shanghai also had a bad history.

During the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, local gentry raised funds to build the temple, dug ponds and pavilions, stacked rocks, built an inner garden, and incorporated it into the City God's Temple, expanding the temple base to more than 12 acres.

But in the Daoguang period, that is, in 1842, the second year of the Opium War, the British army occupied the Chenghuang Temple for five days and the temple was completely destroyed.

During the Xianfeng period, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom broke out and the Qing army counterattacked. The two sides fought fiercely in the city, and the City God's Temple suffered heavy losses.

During the Second Opium War during the Xianfeng period, foreign troops once again stationed themselves in the West Garden of the Chenghuang Temple, also known as Yu Garden, and completely destroyed the orchid scenery in Yu Garden.

During the Tongzhi period, Wang Zonglian, then the magistrate of Shanghai County, advocated donating money to repair the temple while patrolling Yingbao. After ten months of restoration, the City God's Temple took on a new look and restored its spectacular scenery.

During the Guangxu period, Wang Chengxuan, the then magistrate of Shanghai, raised funds to build the first gate, second gate, Yuanmen hall, theater and drum tower, etc. The City God's Temple finally got better. When the last emperor Xuantong, Li Chaoqiong, the then magistrate, raised funds to rebuild the main hall and bedrooms.

However, in the Republic of China, there was a fire in the Chenghuang Temple and it was rebuilt. But two years later there was another fire and the whole hall was burned down and it was rebuilt again.

After liberation, except for the main hall of the City God's Temple, all the halls were closed one after another, and the statues in each hall were still preserved. However, after the Cultural Revolution, the interior of the City God's Temple suffered devastating damage and all the statues were destroyed.

Finally, in 1994, the City God Temple began to be restored, and it was officially opened to believers the following year. In the new millennium, the first phase of the restoration project was basically completed.

Bad luck!

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