#chinese canadians

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

"CONSTABLE DISMISSED," Ottawa Citizen. October 15, 1913. Page 1. ---- Use of Revolver Not Justified by Circumstances. ---- Arthur Ainscough, the police constable who fired three shots at a man in front of Wah Lee's laundry, corner of St. Patrick street and King Edward avenue, about 2.30 last Monday morning, was today dismissed from force. His use of the weapon was reckless, since he says that the man had not entered the laundry. There was not sufficient provocation to warrant the use of a revolver. Ainscough came here three weeks ago from New Bedford, Mass., where he was employed for some time on the police force. He will leave for New Bedford today. He has lost his taste for police experience and intends to try some other line. The man at whom the constable fired got away and the police have not any good clue as to who he is.

#ottawa #police shooting #use of force #shots fired #shooting incident #chinese laundry #chinese canadians #racism in canada #police racism #crime and punishment in canada #history of crime and punishment in canada

[bubblyernie]

Had a dream I had to write a Chinese character so complex the “prefix” had five different rows like an ikea shelf with symbols ON them, like 禾 but with 5 rows and 玉 was one of them like some kinda decorative plant. The main part of it though was a sin against god, I had to draw an entire mahjong set within the word, I didn’t even get to that part before I woke up.

Chinese school does something to your brain but it won’t kick in until 7 years later

Artist rendition

#Chinese #Chinese calligraphy #asian american #chinese american #chinese canadians #I’m technically Canadian so #cbc lets gooo

[newsbites]

News from Western and Central Canada, 16 June

While rain and cooler weather have helped improve the fire situation in some parts of Canada, hot, dry, and windy conditions are exacerbating the situation in Western Canada and Ontario.

As of Thursday afternoon, there are 446 active fires, with 217 of them out of control.

An evacuation alert status remains in place in Edson, Alberta, and residents should be ready to leave with four hours' notice.

2. Hate incidents have risen during the COVID-19 pandemic, with fear, isolation, loneliness, anxiety, and increased time spent online being contributing factors.

Gender-based violence is often not included in hate crime statistics, but it went up significantly during the pandemic.

The report recommends reforming education with an anti-hate curriculum, strengthening the criminal justice response to hate, and better understanding these issues during emergency response management.

3. The expansion of Ecole Hammond Bay school in Nanaimo, BC, which was originally scheduled to open for the 2021/22 school year, is now well behind schedule due to delays in obtaining building permits for the relocation of portables.

4. The "white people food" movement is catching on among younger Chinese Canadians.

5. Federal Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino has been unable to explain why he wasn't informed about child killer and serial rapist Paul Bernardo's prison transfer and faces calls for resignation.

The mishandling of the Paul Bernardo file has led to questions of government competence, with several ministers claiming ignorance of key facts when contentious files landed on their plate.

The broader risk to the government is the questions of competence stemming from the multiple cases of communication failures within the top levels of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's cabinet.

6. A bus carrying mostly seniors crashed with a semi-trailer near Carberry, leaving 15 people dead and 10 others injured.

The group was on their way to a casino when the accident happened, and authorities are working to identify the victims and notify their families.

Residents of Dauphin, Manitoba are awaiting news of the victims' identities and mourning the tragic loss of life.

#wildfire #update #covid19 #hate crimes #GBV #stats #french immersion #school #white food #Chinese Canadians #killer #prison transfer #public safety #bus crash #truck #seniors #passengers #Canada

[juneberrie]

HANDS

SUMMARY - literally just a brain dump of hcs about their hands <3

CHARACTERS - percy jackson , jason grace , leo valdez , frank zhang

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PERCY JACKSON

percy wears rings ; specifically silver rings. i feel like he also wears bracelets, specifically silver chain bracelets or anything matching with you. also always has a hair tie or scrunchie on his wrist for u. his hands aren't super veiny - they're kinda smooth ?? idk how to describe them but theyre just veiny enough that 😵‍💫. his nails r pretty short i feel - his mom made sure he regularly cut them and never bit them. he does wear nail polish sometimes but half the time it gets chipped.

JASON GRACE

zoo wee mama this bitch has veiny hands <3 they go well w his BEEFY ASS forearms n biceps !! jason is so yummy ugh but anyways. he rarely ever wears jewlery i feel. only ever one ring on his middle finger and its just a plain band, silver with no engravings. his nails r kinda long-ish, bc he grew up with wolves and like he used to scratch people as a child i just know it. he can't stand if his nails are super long but he doesn't keep them as short as frank. his nails are actually really well kept ??? he only ever wears clear nail polish on them. also i feel like he uses hand lotion n shit ?? fancy ass

LEO VALDEZ

aughhhhhh he also doesn't have super veiny hands ?? theyre like just veiny enough tee hee. his hands + fingers r very calloused from all the work he does ( yk he's good w his hands 🤭 ) so they're kinda rough. his nails are short bitch. like short short. he grew up biting them so like. theyre short. i feel like he would only ever wear rings on super special occasions because he doesn't want them to get messed up while he's working. he definitely has a couple of scars on his hands from accidents he's had while working or just when he's being clumsy asf. he paints his nails a lot but it always chips after like twenty minutes.

FRANK ZHANG

this. mf. has big hands. theyre real veiny and they're BIG. they're really soft n always warm <3 he won't wear any other ring except for one his mother left him, its gold and it has his last name engraved on it. his nails r pretty short, thats just how he likes to keep them. i personally can't see frank ever painting his nails but maybe he'll let you do it just once, because it makes you happy. he'll take it off like an hour after but only because he doesn't like the way it feels on his nails.

#brick lover (liz's version) #all da ladies luv leo (liz's version) #chinese canadian baby man (liz's version) #seaweed brain (liz's version) #liz’s writing ♡ #pjo x reader #pjo x you #pjo headcanon #pjo imagine #percy jackson imagine #leo valdez imagine #frank zhang imagine #jason grace imagine #jason grace x reader #jason grace x you #jason grace x y/n #percy jackson x reader #percy jackson x y/n #percy jackson x you #leo valdez x reader #leo valdez x y/n #leo valdez x you #frank zhang x reader #frank zhang x you #frank zhang x y/n #hoo x reader #heroes of olympus x reader

[myfairynuffstuff]

Tin Yan Chan (b.1942) - Rhythm of Winter. Oil on canvas.

#Tin Yan Chan #Chinese-Canadian #Winter #Landscape #Snow #Trees

[psitrend]

History of Chinese Diaspora in America

New Post has been published on https://china-underground.com/2016/10/30/history-chinese-diaspora/

History of Chinese Diaspora in America

Chinese Diaspora: Chinese people usually identify a person by ethnic origin instead of nationality.

A Short History of Chinese Diaspora in America: As long as the person is of Chinese descent, that person is considered Chinese, and if that person lives outside of China, that person is overseas Chinese.

Overseas Chinese (海外华人) are people of Chinese birth or descent who live outside China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau. Overseas Chinese can be of the Han Chinese ethnic majority, or from any of the other ethnic groups in China. Different waves of immigration led to subgroups among overseas Chinese such as the new and old immigrants in Southeast Asia, North America, Oceania, the Caribbean, Latin America, South Africa, and Russia. In the 19th century, during the Qing dynasty, the age of colonialism was at its height and the great Chinese diaspora began.

Many colonies lacked a large pool of laborers. Meanwhile, in the provinces of Fujian and Guangdong in China, there was a surge in emigration as a result of the poverty and ruin caused by the Taiping rebellion. The Qing Empire was forced to allow its subjects to work overseas under colonial powers. Many of these migrants who entered Western countries were themselves overseas Chinese, particularly from the 1950s to the 1980s, a period during which the PRC placed severe restrictions on the movement of its citizens. In 1984, Britain agreed to transfer the sovereignty of Hong Kong to the PRC; this triggered another wave of migration to the United Kingdom (mainly England), Australia, Canada, USA, Latin America, and other parts of the world. The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 further accelerated the migration. The wave calmed after Hong Kong’s transfer of sovereignty in 1997. In addition, many citizens of Hong Kong hold citizenship or have current visas in other countries so if the need arises, they can leave Hong Kong at short notice. In fact, after the Tiananmen Square incident, the lines for immigration visas increased at every consulate in Hong Kong.

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Chinese Caribbeans

Chinese Caribbeans (加勒比华人) are people of Chinese ethnic origin living in the Caribbean. There are small but significant populations of Chinese and their descendants in all countries of the Greater Antilles. They are all part of the large Chinese diaspora known as Overseas Chinese. Between 1853 and 1879, 14,000 Chinese laborers were imported to the British Caribbean as part of a larger system of contract labor bound for the sugar plantations. Imported as a contract labor force from China, the Chinese settled in three main locations: Jamaica, Trinidad, and British Guiana (now Guyana), initially working on the sugar plantations.

Most of the Chinese laborers initially went to British Guiana; however when importation ended in 1879, and the population declined steadily, mostly due to emigration to Trinidad and Suriname. Chinese immigration to Cuba started in 1847 when Cantonese contract workers were brought to work in the sugar fields, bringing the religion of Buddhism with them. Hundreds of thousands of Chinese workers were brought in from Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan during the following decades to replace and / or work alongside African slaves. After completing 8-year contracts or otherwise obtaining their freedom, some Chinese immigrants settled permanently in Cuba, although most longed for repatriation to their homeland. When the United States enacted the Chinese Exclusion Act on May 6, 1882, many Chinese in the United States fled to Puerto Rico, Cuba, and other Latin American nations. They established small niches and worked in restaurants and laundries.

Chinese Canadians

Chinese Canadians (华裔加拿大人) are Canadians of full or partial Chinese ancestry. The Chinese community in Canada is one of the largest overseas Chinese communities and is the second-largest in North America after the United States, and also the seventh-largest in the Chinese diaspora. The first record of Chinese in Canada can be dated back to 1788. A group of roughly 70 Chinese carpenters from Macau hired by the renegade British Captain John Meares. When British Columbia agreed to join Confederation in 1871, one of the conditions was that the Dominion government build a railway linking British Columbia with Eastern Canada within 10 years. British Columbia politicians and their electorate insisted the project cut costs by employing the Chinese to build the railway.

Originally, in 1880 Andrew Onderdonk, one of the main Canadian Pacific Railway construction contractors, enlisted Chinese laborers from California. When most of these deserted the railway workings for the goldfields, Onderdonk and his agents signed several agreements with Chinese contractors in Guangdong, Taiwan and also via Chinese companies in Victoria. Through those contracts, more than 5,000 laborers were sent from China by ship. He also recruited over 7,000 Chinese railway workers from California.

Chinese working on the Canadian Pacific Railway.

These two groups of workers were the main force for the building of Onderdonk’s seven percent of the railway’s mileage. By the end of 1881, the first group of Chinese laborers had less than 1,500, Onderdonk needed more workers, so he directly contracted Chinese businessmen in Victoria, California, and China to send many more workers to Canada. From the passage of the Chinese Immigration Act in 1885, the Canadian government began to charge a substantial head tax for each Chinese person trying to immigrate to Canada. The Chinese were the only ethnic group that had to pay such a tax.

In 1923, the federal Liberal government of William Lyon Mackenzie King banned Chinese immigration with the passage of the Chinese Immigration Act of 1923, although numerous exemptions for businessmen, clergy, students and others did not end immigration entirely. Some of those Chinese Canadian workers settled in Canada after the railway was constructed. Most could not bring the rest of their families, including immediate relatives, due to government restrictions and enormous processing fees. They established Chinatown in the cities. During the Great Depression, life was even tougher for the Chinese than it was for other Canadians. When Canada signed the United Nations Charter of Human Rights at the conclusion of the Second World War, the Canadian government had to repeal the Chinese Exclusion Act. Some educated Chinese arrived in Canada during the war as refugees. From 1947 to the early 1970s, Chinese immigrants to Canada came mostly from Hong Kong, Taiwan, or Southeast Asia. Chinese from the mainland who were eligible for the family reunification program had to visit the Canadian High Commission in Hong Kong since Canada and the PRC did not have diplomatic relations until 1970. After 1997, a significant portion of Chinese immigrants chose to move back to Hong Kong.

In the 21st century, Chinese immigration from Hong Kong has dropped sharply and the largest source of Chinese immigration is from mainland China. A smaller number have arrived from Taiwan. Today, mainland China has taken over from Hong Kong and Taiwan as the largest source of Chinese immigration. In 2010, when Mainland China became the second-largest economy in the world after the United States, its economic growth sparked even greater immigration opportunities to mainland Chinese. A 2011 survey shown that 60% of Chinese millionaires plan to emigrate, where 37% of the respondents wanted to migrate to Canada. Many foreign countries such as Canada hold a very large attraction for rich Chinese, because of their better social welfare system, higher quality of education, and a greater opportunity for investment. The main reasons Chinese business people want to move abroad was for some educational opportunities for their children, advanced medical treatment, worsening pollution in China mainland.

A 2011 survey shown that 60% of Chinese millionaires plan to emigrate, where 37% of the respondents wanted to migrate to Canada

Chinese American

The Chinese American (美籍华人) community is the largest overseas Chinese community outside of Asia. The first Chinese immigrants arrived in 1820. According to U.S. government records, 325 men are known to have arrived before 1849, when the California Golden Rush drew the first significant number of laborers from China who mined for gold and performed menial labor. There were 25,000 immigrants by 1852, and 105,465 by 1880. As the numbers of Chinese laborers increased, so did the strength of anti-Chinese sentiment among other workers. This finally resulted in legislation that aimed to limit the immigration of Chinese workers to the United States. In order not to create diplomatic clashes between the US and China, the latter agreed to limit immigration to the United States. The Chinese Exclusion Acts were not repealed until 1943, and then only in the interests, as the United States allied with China against the Japanese, during World War II.

The initial immigration group may have been as high as 90% male due to the Chinese Exclusion Act, resulting in most immigrants coming with the thought of earning money, and then returning to China to start a family. Those that stayed in America faced a lack of suitable Chinese brides because Chinese women were not allowed to immigrate to the US in significant numbers after 1872. Later, as a result of the Fourteenth Amendment and the 1898 United States v. Wong Kim Ark Supreme Court decision, ethnic Chinese born in the United States became American citizens. In the mid-1850s, 70 to 150 Chinese were living in New York City and 11 of them married Irish women. In 1906, The New York Times (6 August) reported that 300 Irish Americans were married to Chinese men in New York, with much more cohabited. Originally at the start of the 20th century, there was a 55% rate of Chinese men in New York engaging in interracial marriage which was maintained in the 1920s but in the 1930s it slid to 20%.

by Dominique MusorrafitiSources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiracial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overseas_Chinese https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Caribbean https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Canadians https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Americans https://www.collinsdictionary.com/submission/395/Blasian

#ChineseAmerican, #ChineseCanadians, #ChineseCaribbeans, #ChineseDiaspora, #ChineseImmigrants, #ChineseImmigration, #OverseasChinese, #Chinatown

#chinese american #Chinese Canadians #Chinese Caribbeans #Chinese Diaspora #chinese immigrants #Chinese immigration #overseas chinese #“chinatown

[il-predestinato]

The fact that Chinese GP organizers are like we gotta respect his French Monégasque heritage and painstakingly transliterated his name to best resemble “Sharl Leclair” while that little menace is happily prancing around introducing himself to the world as “Ch-charles LeKLeRK” is just killing me. 😭

#charles leclerc #chinese gp 2024 #the french canadian in me is sobbing #the way he pronounces his own name #😭 #laugh tag

[quotidianish]

More antics of the blu mercs! Didn’t expect such a warm reception to these silly little headcanons at first, and I’m working up the motivation to finish the rest of the team (failing)

some sillies..

#tf2 #team fortress 2 #Chinese ppl are fond of Mexican mariachi music but know fuck all about Latinamerica as a whole.. #Hence me so pls tell me if anything’s awry here #Anyway #blu soldier and blu demo have an odd North American thing going on. #North American bonding ritual where they have gay sex #Also Canadians from Nova Scotia have an irish/Scottish esque accent #tf2 fanart #tf2 soldier #tf2 sniper #tf2 spy #tf2 demoman #quotidianish #tf2 au #art

[theworldofwars]

Celebration of Chinese New Year's Day at the Chinese Labour Corps camp at Noyelles, 11 February 1918. The men, known as the Chinese Labour Corps, had been recruited to support British troops in the First World War, and they worked behind the lines in northern France and Belgium, digging trenches, repairing roads, delivering supplies, and cleaning up the bloody battlefields.

#history #historical photos #world war 1 #1917 #canadian history #Chinese Labour Corps #chinese history #china #world history #Chinese new year #world war 1 stories #ww1 #ww1 poetry #ww1 stories #ww1 art #ww1 history #wwi #world war one #The Great War #The First World War

[gennsoup]

"Love doesn't solve problems . . . Solving problems solves problems."

Xiran Jay Zhao, Iron Widow

#Xiran Jay Zhao #Iron Widow #solving problems #problem solver #problems #solutions #Chinese Canadian literature #fantasy book #fantasy literature #quotes #quotes blog #literary quotes #literature quotes #literature #book quotes

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

"CHINESE SHOPLIFTER IS SENT TO PRISON," Victoria Daily Times. December 23, 1913. Page 18. ---- Stole Bottle of Perfume From Spencer Store and Gets Two Months ---- There have been some complaints made to the police about petty pilfering in the stores during the Christmas rush, but nothing very extensive is being done, and there do not appear to be any professional shop-lifters at work.

Acting on information the police had received in regard to a Chinese, Detective Macdonald arrested So Kee as he came out of Spencer's about eight o'clock last night, following him across View street and arresting him on the other side. So Kee had in his hand a small parcel wrapped up, but a casual feeling of his clothes failed to reveal anything concealed.

Macdonald took his prisoner to the detective-office for more careful search. The door was locked and he had to reach for his keys. When the Chinese heard the keys jingle he began to struggle with the officer and proved to be a husky individual. Macdonald had to call in the assistance of a passing citizen to open the door for him.

In the struggle a bottle fell from the clothes of the man and broke on the pavement. When he had the man secured inside, Macdonald went out and found a twelve-ounce bottle which had contained perfume. In falling the corner had been knocked off the bottom and the contents had vanished, but the air carried scents of new-mown hay such as even the market building never knew before. The bottle was unwrapped and there was everything to indicate that it had not left Spencer's as a purchase.

Inquiry there showed that no sale had been made of the bottle, and today So Kee was accused of stealing it from David Spencer, Limited, pleading not guilty and being defended by J. S. Brandon.

Miss Mary Bell, assistant manager of the drug department, identified the bottle and her marks on it. The bottle was one from which perfume was retailed, and none of the clerks would have been able to sell it either whole or part filled without obtaining a price on it from the manager or herself. She was certain that the bottle had not been sold, as under the office system it would be impossible for this to take place without her knowledge, and a record being in existence.

There was nothing to be said for the defence, and So was sent to jail for two months.

#victoria #police court #shoplifter #shoplifting #stolen perfume #department store #chinese canadians #chinese immigration to canada #sentenced to prison #saanich jail #crime and punishment in canada #history of crime and punishment in canada

[museeeuuuum]

Hey... psst... hey you... do you like museum tours? Walk-throughs? Well, you're gonna love this new video I made. Yeah, it's pretty good. I mean, the video quality is shit when it's trained on me, but the footage of the museum is good, and I think my commentary is interesting. Yeah, I think you'd enjoy it, make a cup of tea, and grab a snack for while you watch it. Great, thanks!

#history #museum #archaeology #youtube #chinese history #canadian history #american history #museums #art history #dark academia

[queenbellamour]

#me #mine #filipina #chinese #canadian #g #o #<3 #all his #personal

[yourdailyqueer]

Nathan Fong (deceased)

Gender: Male

Sexuality: Gay

DOB: 16 March 1959  

RIP: 30 March 2020

Ethnicity: Chinese

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Chef, activist, reality star, entrepreneur

Note: Had HIV but died with unrelated causes 

#Nathan Fong #lgbt history #qpoc #bipoc #lgbtq #male #gay #1959 #rip #historical #asian #poc #chinese #canadian #chef #activist #Reality Star #entrepreneur #hiv

[greentrickster]

For the Great God Airplane AU, was thinking about the first (mortal) person to find the God of the Ninth Road (formerly known as Shen Qingqiu), because thought exercises are fun, and here's what I came up with:

The first person to find the Ninth Road is a girl, just on the verge of becoming a woman, with blood on her shirt and a gash on her left cheek that's going to heal poorly, and which is the source of part of the blood.

Only part though, because the Mistress miscalculated with her. She'd been sloppy, smiled when the Mistress was looking, accidentally revealed that she's growing up pretty. And the Mistress can't stand girls who grow up pretty in her household, always makes sure those beautiful, sharp rings she always wears cut enough of the prettiness away that no one ever notices again. But the Mistress is growing old and misjudged her aim, cut her own knuckles on Fenhua's teeth.

And it wasn't her fault (it's never the fault of the girls), but Fenhua knew enough to know that the Mistress would make it her fault, so she did what she'd never dared to do before.

She ran.

She ran and she didn't stop, not for anything, not for anyone, she doesn't know how she made it through the house and the estate and the town without being grabbed, it's all a blur, but she did. She did, because anywhere was better than there, and now she's in the mountains, far and high enough up that she can see the town below her in the distance from where she stands at the road's fork. It's cool and misty for this time of year, and it's growing dark. Her cheek is on fire, her feet are blistered, she doesn't know what she's going to do next.

Or, she knows what she should do next, but... she can't.

She should go back, because she's seen open wounds like hers go bad, she's seen what happens, but she can't- she can't go back, she can't she can't she can't, please, someone, anyone, help her, help her escape, she can't go back-

And almost without thinking, she turns her back on the town, approaches the fork in the road, and takes the branching path, the one further into the mountains, further away from town.

There is a man standing there.

He is tall, with fine silk robes of white and grey that almost trail into the mist at their edges, with ink black hair and eyes green as the envy in his heart for all those born to better lives than him. She's never seen anything so beautiful, so dangerous, and she stops well out of arm's reach (as if that would stop him, cultivator or ghost or spirit that he probably is)-

...she gets the feeling he approves of her caution. Caution that somehow doesn't stop her reaching back when he offers her his hand. Because he is great and he is terrible and she knows, knows, in the marrow of her bones that he will not hurt her.

So she ignores the warning signs, and she takes his hand. Follows as he leads her further down the road, deeper into the misty darkness of the bamboo on the mountain, away from everything she's ever been or known.

"Who are you?" she asks eventually.

"A little late to be asking."

"Late is better than never."

He makes an inelegant sound, like she's been amusing and it annoys him. "I am the God of the Ninth Road."

"...I've never heard of you."

"I'm new," he sniffs.

It occurs to her, then, that while talking feels different than it ever has before, and while itchy, her face is no longer on fire. Her free hand discovers dried blood and a thick scar when it quests up, and the God of the Ninth Road suddenly seems to be actively not looking at her, instead of merely looking to the path ahead.

"I'm no doctor. If you had wanted it pretty, you should have called a healing god instead."

His curt tone annoys her, enough that she stops walking to glare. "I didn't call any gods."

Instead of continuing and dragging her with him (as she had half thought he would, as any other she has ever seen dressed as finely as him would have), he stops and turns to look at her. "You called me when you stepped onto the ninth road, begging for someone to take you away." he starts walking again, and she goes with him, "So here I am, taking you away."

"Oh." they continue in their former silence. Her feet don't hurt anymore, and somewhere along the way the mist in the bamboo turned to sunlight, and the god's silks from tatter-coloured grey-white to pale green accented with gold. It occurs to her that, wherever they are going, they're probably getting close, and there are things she still has to say before they do. "Thank-you."

"For what?"

"Healing my face."

He's purposefully not looking at her again. "Why? It's ugly."

"Ugly's better than bleeding, or rotting."

"Hmph."

"And thank-you for taking me away."

This time he's the one to stop, brows furrowed. "You don't even know where I'm taking you. It could be someplace worse, you weren't specific in your prayers."

"It could..." she replies slowly, tasting the words as she says them, "But... I don't think it will be. I don't think you'll take me to someone like the Mistress, because," and the curl of his lip at mention of the woman who scarred her gives her the certainty to finish, "Because you hate them. You hate people like her."

"...more than you will ever know." he admits after a moment's silence. Then, as they begin to walk again, "You should have been given 'min' [敏] instead of 'fen' [芬]."

The bamboo ends before she can reply. They're in the mouth of an alleyway, facing a laundry house, and the God of the Ninth Road turns to her with great seriousness.

"Before the end of the next sichen, a man will come out of that building. If you want a better life, offer your services to him and work hard. In three days, you will be given a stained robe of red silk to wash with a torn seam. Clean the stain then, when everyone is sleeping that night, get up and mend the tear. When the owner asks who did it, confess."

He lets go of her hand before she can respond, and she is alone in the alleyway, dressed as a relatively respectable street girl rather than in her maid's uniform. The God of the Ninth Road has taken his leave of her.

When a man emerges from the laundry house, cursing all the gods in the heavens for leaving him short-handed on such a busy day, she steps forward and offers to wash in exchange for food and a place to sleep that night. The laundry man is apparently too desperate to question his luck, and in three days, she washes and then mends a red silk robe as the god had instructed. And when the robe's owner bursts into the laundry, face as red as his robe, demanding to know who dared to ply their needle to his clothes, she dries her hands on her thighs and stands. "This one did."

He scowls, squinting at her. "And who are you?"

"This one is known as Minhua." Maybe it's a strange name, but she'd rather be a clever flower than a fragrant one anyway.

"Minhua, eh? You're wasted here. Come work for me instead."

The man is Master Zhang, the finest tailor in the city, and she has impressed him with her stitching.

In ten years' time, as a creator-god is being cried on by one of his Heavenly Officials, Minhua will have become Master Zhang's top apprentice. By the time twenty have passed, she will be a master in her own right, able to choose her own clients. The first coin she receives for her work goes to incense, offered in thanks to the God of the Ninth Road, and hers is the first story in his tale.

The first, but oh, dear listener, far, far from the last...

#svsss #scum villian self saving system #great god airplane #shen jiu #fanfiction #me doing my Canadian best to come up with good setting-appropriate Chinese names #long post

[nepobabyeurydice]

Esperanza must’ve been so afraid for Leo if she let Hera in. Like imagine letting in the person your boyfriend warned you not to trust because you’re more afraid about your son dying that what she’s done.

#heroes of olympus #leo valdez #esperanza valdez #hera #im back on my parents of demigods bullshit #if anyone’s curious i have beryl sally and tristan #i’m aiming for marie maria and fredrick after esperanza #and then emily since i want to do more research into chinese canadian