An old lady's life

A few days ago, snowflakes drifted along with the rain, but the snowflakes fell and melted, but the drizzle continued for several days, and the weather became colder, and large groups of snow really fell.

By mid-November, a thick layer of snow had covered the entire Jingzhong streets.

Due to the weather, Jia Hu's homework was changed to only one class a day, and he himself was wrapped into a ball, wearing a thick robe, and his hands and feet were still relatively cold.

Of course, this level is much better than before. In the past, he couldn't go out at all in winter and could only stay in the house. Grandma and parents could only come to his house if they wanted to see him.

Jia Hu stretched out his hand to catch a snowflake, and the servant immediately felt like he was facing a formidable enemy, "Master, your body is weak." The two servants looked at him eagerly, Jia Hu retracted his hand, pursed his lips and said: "Understood." Another servant immediately stuffed the stove into his robe, and Jia Hu suddenly laughed a little.

He has no willful capital. Patients are most eager to be healthy, and he will not make fun of his body.Every courtyard in the Rong Mansion is connected by winding corridors. Jia Hu walked slowly in the nine-curved corridors, and before reaching the Rongxi Hall, he heard laughter coming from inside.

Jia Hu paused and couldn't help smiling, Zhu'er was teasing Lian'er again.Ever since the snow fell, the imperial physician advised him to go to sleep until the hour of the morning before getting up. His grandmother, parents, and strict follow the imperial physician's instructions to take care of his body. , later than the family members.

When Hongye saw Jia Hu coming in, she immediately turned her head to glance at Liuli, "Liuli, Hu'er is here, bring over the warm breakfast from the small kitchen, and eat it while it's hot."

Jia Hu entered the room, and as soon as he greeted the elder, Mrs. Zhang pulled him up, stretched out his hand to flick the moisture from his coat, covered his son's hand, and found that his hand was warm, so he was satisfied.

Jia Hu grinned: "Mother, don't worry, my son won't let me get sick." But he was still a child, and his eyes still fell on Nuan Tiao's two younger brothers. Jia Lian is now seven months old and likes to roll around. And Jia Zhu likes to tease him the most, and the two brothers also compete in tumbling.

The little maid brought Jia Hu's breakfast in, and Hong Ye and Mrs. Zhang urged him to have breakfast first, probably because the aroma of porridge diffused out, smelling this aroma, his mouth felt greedy, and Jia Zhu yelled for porridge.

This trip was busy, Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Wang went to work, and the children stayed in Rongxi Hall. Hongye urged the two children to do their homework. As for Jia Lian, who was full and sleepy, he could already sleep on the warm couch.

As the end of the new year was approaching, it was snowing again during this period. Jia She and Jia Zheng inspected the Zhuangzi around the capital.Let's see what difficulties Zhuangzi has in being tenants or servants. If the situation is true, the Rong Mansion will be lenient.

The winter night came very early. After Jia She and Jia Zheng visited several Zhuangzi, it was already dark when they rushed back to Rongfu.The adults can bear the hunger, but the children can't, so they arranged for the three children to have dinner as early as it was dark, and the three children had already fallen asleep. After Zhang and Wang settled their sons, they came together Go to Rongxi Hall to accompany my mother-in-law and wait for the men in the mansion to come back.

After entering the house, a gust of hot air rushed in, and the two brothers immediately felt their hearts warm up.

Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Wang stepped forward to serve their husband-in-law respectively. Jia Amnesty enjoys the care of his wife extraordinarily, but Jia Zheng's prudence makes him feel a little uncomfortable. She didn't take it seriously, anyway, she just got a benefit.

Taking advantage of the time when the maids were serving the dishes, the two talked about the situation of going out today, and finally Jia She said first: "Mother, I think this year's snow is enough."

Jia Zheng also nodded: "Brother and I have ordered the villages to repair the houses so that the heavy snow does not crush the houses."

Hongye couldn't help saying seriously: "You guys are doing a good job, send people to watch, don't make any mistakes." The mansion has been stable for a few months, but the people are not strong enough, there are policies at the top and countermeasures at the bottom, and they are afraid of being bullied Hidden from top to bottom to make disaster fortune.

After all, the food has been set, and the family has a good dinner together.The night was dark, the cold wind was howling, and in the darkness, there were only white things floating in the sky.

It snowed all night, and the snow layer on the ground was thicker.After dawn, the snow was a little lighter, but the wind was still howling.This season is the most prone to cold and fever.

In the palace, the imperial hospital was busy. Many concubines in the harem were sick, and the children had weak resistance. The four-year-old eleventh prince and twelve princes fell ill one after another. Emperor Changping visited it several times in one day.

Hao Ding's ten people have less time to be on duty in the palace these days, and they are all on the go. Lou Gao and Ji Yang are here in exchange. Sometimes they are on duty in the palace and sometimes they are outside the palace.

The sky is snowing heavily, and the emperor must care about how the poor people can survive this winter safely, so Lou Gao and the others have a heavy task.

In the middle of the afternoon, Lou Gao came back from the suburbs, thinking about the people he met just now, several horse-drawn carts and ox carts, especially the things loaded on the ox carts were not light and heavy, which made people suspicious.

Shaking his head, Lou Gao entered the city gate, thinking that there was still a while before Li You, so he rode his horse and headed in another direction.

In heavy snow days, there are a lot of sick people, and the business of pharmacies in Beijing is not very good.Lou Gao came to the street where Lin's pharmacy was located, and saw all the passers-by on the street covered tightly, walking past in a hurry.

Only Lin's pharmacy is considered crowded.Lin Nuan was the only doctor in the pharmacy. In the past few months, Lin's pharmacy had earned a good reputation nearby, and Lin Nuan's prescriptions were not expensive, but the right medicine could be said to be a life-saving bodhisattva for the poor people.

After two days like this, under the order of Emperor Changping, the local yamen went to every household to investigate the facts, and each household in poverty and difficulty was distributed cotton-padded clothes, cotton-padded clothes and rations according to the population.And the rich and wealthy households in central Beijing, led by several county princes, began to donate at the gates of the four cities in central Beijing. Some gave porridge and some gave goods.

The Lin family did not donate alone, but donated money, clothes, and quilts when the government raised money, and handed it over to the government for unified execution.On the Rongfu side, the government also donated a sum of money when raising money, but Hongye ordered Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Wang to give porridge in front of two temples, Huayan Temple and Huiqing Temple in the suburbs of Beijing, and sent two brothers to make inspections on the first day. , Naturally, Jia Zhen is indispensable.

As night fell, the three came back from the outside, each with serious expressions, especially Jia She and Jia Zhen, who were usually joking and joking, but when they were serious, they were very different.

"What's the matter?" Seeing this, Hongye asked, without waiting for their reply, she looked at Jia Zhen and said, "Zhen'er, let's go back, your mother and your daughter-in-law have sent people to inquire several times."

Jia Zhen nodded sullenly, and did not leave immediately, but slumped to the side.He and his two uncles couldn't control their expressions since they got on the carriage back to Beijing.

Jia She sighed deeply: "Mother, we are fine. Just, just..." He hesitated for a long time before saying, "Suddenly found that our life is very good."

Many of the people in front of the temple were wearing coarse linen clothes, shivering in the cold wind, and many parents begged their grandpa to tell their grandma to sell their sons and daughters, hoping that a rich man would buy her children so that they would be fed, clothed and able to live. go down.

Hongye raised her eyebrows in surprise, it turned out she was stimulated!

It's not that they didn't know it before, but what they heard was very different from what they saw with their own eyes, which greatly impacted their thinking.

Hongye looked at the expressions of the three of them carefully, and said, "I am very happy to know how to reflect. Now that you know what the outside world is like, you should cherish your own lives. I don't ask you to be slaughtered by officials, but you don't want to be defeated." If you lose your family business, otherwise you will not be able to lift your shoulders and hands, and once your huge family business is gone, you may live worse than beggars."

A picture immediately appeared in the minds of the three of them. They were wearing tattered clothes and carrying a bowl to beg in the streets and alleys. The sky was still snowing heavily and the cold wind was blowing. The walking dead.

Jia Amnesty and Jia Zhen were so startled that they quickly shook their heads, shaking this terrible picture out of their minds, it was too scary!Jia Zheng lowered his eyes, there is no comparison without comparison, they are indeed living in a honeypot.

The Rong Mansion has done a real good thing, it has not publicized it, and it is not in the middle of the capital. The monks in the temples have solved some minor troubles.

Some people sincerely help others to overcome difficulties, but some people just want to take this matter as a political achievement, especially the four princes, who came to give alms in person, cared for anyone who was suffering, and attracted praise from the people.

I don't know if it was guided by someone secretly, anyway, the following rumors in Beijing praised the four princes one by one. Send the old man who suddenly fell ill to the pharmacy to see a doctor...

Hongye felt blushed and embarrassed when she heard this, but the eyes of the maid who conveyed the news seemed to be shining, presumably she had already sketched a very remarkable picture in her mind.

In this way, at the end of November, which will soon be December, the court received memorials from various places in Dafeng, and Emperor Changping also had a secret report. .Of course, it is possible that such a disaster is happening in some remote places, but it cannot be conveyed to the emperor.

December, this is the end of the year, both the court and the government are making year-end summaries, and the always quiet Rong Mansion is inevitably a bit lively, because the stewards and heads of Zhuangzi from all over the village have come to the mansion to hand over their accounts , Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Wang were so busy that they kept walking.

Two days before the Laba Festival, Jia Xinyao, the married second daughter of the Rong Mansion, and her husband Zhang Shuo came to Beijing with their three children. The Zhang family and the Rong family informed them that they would rest at home for a day or two before visiting.

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