He was betrayed at the beginning, from a cake seller to a wealthy person

A few days later, the village chief asked someone to bring a letter asking Boss Lu to go home. The Lu family didn't know what happened. Boss Lu drove a donkey cart back the next day and didn't come back until evening. My face looked a little bad when I came back.

Mrs. Xu asked him: "What's wrong? Why did the village chief ask you to go back?"

Boss Lu frowned: "This winter, there was a snowstorm in the north, and a wave of refugees came from Youzhou. The cold weather was pitiful, and there were many who suffered from frostbite. The village chief is looking for villagers to discuss how to resettle them. , I couldn’t let them roam around outside, so they came to me and asked me if we could free up the yard now that our family no longer lives there.”

Lu Yan's heart skipped a beat: "Did you agree?"

Boss Lu shook his head: "I don't agree. We haven't got out a lot of things at home and they are still sitting in the old house. I don't know how I can safely let them go home. And we have to go back and burn them every few months." Cizhi, if they live here, how can we live there when we go back? I don’t agree."

Lu Yan breathed a sigh of relief: "It's okay if I didn't agree."

Mrs. Xu asked again: "Then what are you busy talking about today?"

"It was inspired by the small wooden house Yan'er built next to Cuihe River. I told the village chief to build a big house by the river first for them to have a temporary residence, and let them build their own house while they lived there. There is so much wasteland in the village." Boss Lu said: "All the young and middle-aged people in the village came out, and together with the victims, they built the houses in a day."

Several people nodded and understood. Lu Yan felt terrified when she heard Boss Lu say that some of the victims who had fled were suffering from frostbite. I don’t know if she is sensitive, but she always feels bad when she hears these two words. It's winter again now. Lu Yan has experienced several epidemics in modern times. Each time it started in winter, it's hard to comment. But you can't just talk about this kind of unfounded speculation, it will make you look neurotic.

This matter is over. The next day, Lu Yan found Liu Qingyan and told her a lot about the victims who came from the north and how some of them were sick. She specifically asked her to tell her father to pay attention.

A few days later, Zhang Chang and the others came again. This time, they were a caravan of more than [-] people and asked for several baskets of bread, sauce and powder packets from last time. Especially the pink packets are much needed. Lu Yan knew they were coming soon and had been preparing, so she was not caught off guard.

Captain Yang sighed with emotion: "Oh, last time I was trapped in the temple during the snow, thanks to the food provided by shopkeeper Lu, we were able to eat hot food every meal. The biscuits are much more delicious than dry cakes made with hot water before."

"Yes, yes, yes." A bodyguard responded: "Please order more powder this time. The powder played a big role last time. The game we caught was roasted and eaten and sprinkled with powder. Zhang Chang also thought of a way to cook dry biscuits, so he used a packet of powder to boil a pot of soup, then poured in the broken cake pieces and cooked it, which is much more delicious than eating it dry."

Lu Yan thought to herself, good guys, now you can learn how to eat steamed buns!

"We also got a customer for you." Zhang Chang said: "The Ji family in Qiushan County is in the medicinal materials business. If they pass by here this year as businessmen, they will probably come to buy some."

Lu Yan touched her chin: Medicinal materials business, eh, the Liu family is also in the medicinal materials business, is there any way...

Lu Yan asked them whether they would be able to pass through the capital this time on a business trip, and learned that they would pass by the capital. She quickly gave them the things she wanted to give to Jian Hongling, and charged a lot of money for the less food as errand fees.

Zhang Chang and the others walked on the road for almost ten days before they arrived in the capital. Fortunately, the things were not easy to break, and the temperature was low now, so watermelons and muskmelons could be stored for a month without any problem.

Jian Hongling was still surprised when she received it. She heard that something had been delivered when she first came to Honglingfang that day. She thought that she and Lu Yan would only exchange letters from now on, but she didn't expect that Lu Yan would send something.

She learned from the prince that Lu Yan was very capable and had a good life. But she didn't expect that Lu Yan was living so well. You should know that a watermelon in Dongzi in the capital has been sold for fifty taels, and a small melon costs ten taels of silver. Lu Yan was rich and sent a basket of them.

Jian Hongling opened the letter from Lu Yan and roughly understood Lu Yan's plan. She took a basket with two watermelons and three melons and prepared to go to the door of Duke Cheng'en's mansion. Cheng'en Palace is the prince's ancestral home. To put it simply, Cheng'en Palace is the prince's territory. The two of them met to discuss matters in Cheng'en Palace.

Jian Hongling's stepmother is a fool, who only knows how to suppress her and plot her mother's dowry. As soon as Jian Hongling returned to the capital, her stepmother spread the rumors, saying that she had been missing for several months before returning, and secretly said that she was unclean. . Jian Hongling simply added fuel to the fire, and now the whole capital knew that Jian Hongling had been deliberately misled by her stepmother for several months. This rumor spread to her father's ears. Her father was furious, came back to question his step-sister, and then put her in solitary confinement for three months.

When this rumor spread, Jian Hongling spread another rumor, saying that the housekeeper of Chengen Palace accidentally saw her in the ruined temple when he went to Hengzhou to visit relatives and rescued her back to the capital. I don't know how many people believe it, but Jian Hongling took advantage of this opportunity to recognize the benefactor of Cheng'en Palace, and in the future she often used this reason to visit Cheng'en Palace. Every time she went to Duke Chengen's Mansion, she would sit down and wait for a while, and a servant would pass the news to the prince, who would then come to see her.

Today is no exception. In fact, the two of them had not seen each other for a long time. When Qi Yuan heard that she was coming, he immediately put down what he was doing and rushed back to Duke Chengen's Mansion.

Jian Hongling was sitting in the pavilion in the garden. When she heard Qi Yuan coming, she turned to look at him and smiled at him. Qi Yuan couldn't help but be startled when he saw Jian Hongling's smile. After such a long time, he still can't get used to this girl's amazing appearance. She seems to be beautiful again after not seeing each other for a few months...

Qi Yuan approached and asked, "Why are you here today? What happened?"

Jian Hongling pointed to the fruit basket on the table: "I have regained contact with Miss Lu. She sent me some good things. I brought some for you to try."

Qi Yuan thought for a while before realizing who Miss Lu Jian Hongling was talking about. He took a few steps forward, looked down at the melon and fruit basket, and was instantly shocked: "This! She gave you a lot? Does she have something to ask of you? Is this thing considered valuable?"

Jian Hongling smiled: "It's priceless in the capital, but it's just a fruit in Miss Lu's hands. She grew it herself."

Qi Yuan's pupils were shaking and he looked at Jian Hongling in shock.

"I really don't mean anything else, I just want to give you some to try." Jian Hongling chuckled: "You said she was capable and I had no idea at the time. I didn't expect her to be so powerful."

Qi Yuan was silent for a moment, and then chuckled: "Miss Lu and Mr. Lu are both very capable. I'm looking forward to the day when they come to the capital."