By Jia Xiuzhen

Although the snow had stopped, the sun had not yet been seen, and the cold wind finally caught up, blowing the floating snow into the sky and falling again.The house of Mrs. Qiao's house really collapsed, the couple took Da Niu and Xiao Er back, picked up some important things and carried them out.There is a saying that a broken house is worth tens of thousands of yuan, but the two opposite walls of the middle room collapsed, and most of the household belongings were under the pressure. Fortunately, the sleeping man's east room only collapsed at one end, and a person had to get in.Nanny Xu made the decision and arranged for several households whose houses were damaged to live temporarily in the village. The workshops on the left and right were constantly burning day and night, so it would be good for people to live there.

Heavy snow fell on the city, and the guards were busy sweeping snow and filling the official roads. Although it was not yet dark, the emperor led all the civil and military officials to the Temple of Heaven to "sacrifice to the sky and thank the snow". I don't know if I heard it that day, but the snow stopped, but The cold wind howled.

It was cold and snowy, so Li Wan added another spirit-limiting formation outside the Yangchun formations, trapping the warmth of Yangchun in the room.Fortunately, I noticed it early, otherwise, there would be heavy snow all around, and there would be a strange scene where there was no snow left on those few houses.At night, the women kept vigil, and besides drinking and gambling, they had to express a few more words: "This winter is really sad."

During the day, when everyone was talking, Mrs. Wang and Jiamu talked about giving porridge and medicine, and said: "The monks in the temples in the mountains in the east usually rely on alms for their lives. The mountain has been blocked by heavy snow for several days. I starved to death." Jia Mu frowned and said, "Where did this word come from?"

Mrs. Wang said: "Yesterday, those gentlemen outside said that charcoal regulations have been added in the lord's yamen these days. They said that it was because there was no charcoal stove in the main hall during the last dynasty, and an old man was frozen. Now the meeting hall They have all set up charcoal stoves." Jia Mu said, "There has never been such a thing before."

Mrs. Wang said again: "If you want to say it, you shouldn't. Those who go to court are high enough to wear sable foxes, but this lord can't even afford a sable fur, and it's just that it has been snowing heavily for the past two days. There are so many children, and I fainted from the cold." Jiamu sighed and shook her head, while Mrs. Xing said from the side: "This old man is a clean official."

Jia Mu glanced at her, turned to Mrs. Wang and said, "Let's start giving porridge at home too. Don't wait until the twelfth lunar month. There are porridge factories in every city, so just find a place around there." Mrs. Wang nodded and said: " I heard that many houses collapsed this time, and apart from opening a porridge factory, we are still looking for land to house the hungry people.”

Mother Jia frowned and thought for a while, then asked, "Do we have any other vacant houses in Chang'an City?" Mrs. Wang shook her head and said, "All the houses in the city have been rented out, but there are still a few villas outside that are free. House."

Mother Jia asked Sister Feng to come and ask her about it. After listening to it, Sister Feng thought for a while and said, "This house is easy to say. If it is according to the wishes of our ancestors and wives, our house will be handed over to the Yamen." , Let the Yamen resettle the hungry people, or should our family come forward to take in the victims? If it is handed over to the Yamen, it is simple. We just leave some people there to help out, and when the matter is over, we can take it back and clean it up.

If you want to come out on your own, you'll just have to worry about the rest of the matter, not to mention how much rice, how much charcoal, and how long you need to raise it, all of which have to be explained.Although it is a compassionate heart, it must be guarded against that it is easy to ask God and send God away. "

Mother Jia nodded after hearing this, and said to Mrs. Wang: "I think Feng girl is very worried. Is there anyone out there who takes in the victims?"

Mrs. Wang shook her head, and Sister Feng said from the side: "Old Ancestor, of course there are, but it's not like ours. Nowadays, most of them take it away and put it on their own Zhuangzi, or they simply sign the contract."

Mother Jia shook her head and said, "This is not good. This is to buy people for myself. I'm afraid there is no shortage in our family. Besides, we are doing good deeds to share the worries of the superiors. If we bring private goods, it will be disgusting."

Sister Feng said: "If it's according to the old ancestors, I think it's better for us to have an empty village to accommodate the victims. If we hand it over to the Yamen, it won't show us." Jia Mu thought for a moment, shook her head and said, "This matter It's too obvious for us to do it. So, let's come out with an empty house, prepare rice, grain and charcoal in it, keep a count of it, pack it up and wait." Sister Feng asked, "What are you waiting for?"

Jia's mother said: "When the prince's mansion starts to give porridge to relieve the disaster, I will find the steward's office to give the house and everything to others, and pay all the bills. It depends on the size of the house and leave some people to help." Sister Feng hurriedly agreed. , and asked some details before going to arrange it.

The lamp shone on the curtain, and the cold wind hit the door. Sister Feng has been busy all day, and now she is leaning on the couch and letting Pinger beat her legs, thinking about it.Originally thought that if it was the host of the family, the daily rice, grain and charcoal would be a big deal, but now it is like this, there is nowhere to go.Even if someone is left to help, it is natural that the yamen has the final say. Fortunately, there are tens of thousands of catties of coal in hand, which is a small fortune.

Where did Jia Lian come to drink, lifted the curtain and looked at the beautiful wife and concubine in the room, couldn't help laughing, grabbed Sister Feng's hand and said: "Whose little lady is this, she was born so provocative." Ping'er couldn't help laughing out loud, Sister Feng slightly opened her eyes, and said to him, "Where is the funerary soup, you are disgusting with your clumsy tongue!"

Jia Lian's wine was on the top, and when she heard Ping'er's smile, she stretched out her hand to tease her, and when she saw what Sister Feng said, she lazily withdrew her hand and said, "Who would like to drink their wine! Isn't it impossible to push it away? It's so cold. It’s not dark yet, what can you do without drinking.”

Speaking of kneading Sister Feng's fingers, Sister Feng and him came closer and smelled the smell of powder, and couldn't help but frowned and said, "I don't feel well today, don't bother me!" Then he said to Ping'er, "Serve you." Take a rest at the other end of the family's second master."

Jia Lian only thought that Sister Feng was jealous, so she salivated and bowed and said, "Where am I wrong, grandma will let me this time, don't drive me out." He would never take a bath in this weather, and he didn't bother to bother with him, so he just said to Ping'er: "Didn't you hear what I said?! Help your second master to sleep on the other side, you go and serve."

Hearing Sister Feng's tone like this, Ping'er saw that she was impatient and didn't dare to joke, so she had to help Jia Lian out of the room in a coaxed and deceitful manner.Jia Lian staggered out of the door, looked back at the red silk soft curtain, smiled suddenly, bent down, picked up Ping'er, and carried her to the west room.Startled, Ping'er quickly covered his mouth with his hand, twisted his body a few times, but in the end he couldn't be more stubborn than Jia Lian, so he had to let him.

Li Wan was worrying about Nanny Xu, and regretted letting her run around alone. Nanny Xu is also a bit old. Look at Nanny Chang, she is full of children and grandchildren, and she is the only one who is single-minded. I'm busy working for myself, but I really don't need these, but it's hard to say.After sitting in a daze for a while, Suyun asked Suyun to pack some clothes, and said, "Remember to remind me when Madam Xu comes next time." He also took a few boxes of medicine and packed them together.

Suyun agreed, and then said: "Grandma, Madam Xu is sure to be fine in the Zhuangzi. Think about it, the houses with glazed windows are all newly built, and grandma asked me to prepare so many coals and charcoal early in the morning. Yes, where can it be frozen? Don’t worry too much, what good is it.” Li Wan nodded and smiled: “I was thinking about it, Biyue, why don’t you see anyone? It's not as warm here."

Suyun said: "There's something going on outside, she should go out and have a look." Li Wan said: "What should she go out to see?" Suyun sighed and said: "She just can't tell, she always thinks about the thickness of her clothes, I'm not afraid of the cold, but I don't like to ask little girls and women to do things, saying that they will suffer from the cold instead." Nanny Chang was listening, and just in time to see Biyue coming in, she asked, "What are you doing here? Biyue said: "The charcoal in our house is gone, I went to the storehouse to get some."

Nanny Chang said: "Why is this your job? Isn't it the little girls and women who should go and get it?" Bi Yue laughed and said, "Hey, it's so cold today, they are all frozen like that, anyway. I wear thick clothes, so I should go for a lunch."

After hearing this, Nanny Chang straightened her face, called her to her and said, "You really think so?" Bi Yue couldn't figure it out, and said, "Yes." Nanny Chang snorted coldly and said, "It's your heart." Executionable."

Biyue was dumbfounded, and Suyun's face changed when she heard it. Nanny Chang continued: "Who should do what work, this is the rule, and it's decided by the superiors. It's not an obligation for you to help others with other people's work." No, it’s just what is your reason? You wear thick clothes and they wear thin clothes, so you don’t want them to be cold, so you do their work.

In this way, one is that our mansion is mean, the servants don’t have enough clothes, and they are all suffering from the cold, but the masters in this mansion are all cruel, and they need you as a girl to show this kindness; the other is based on this theory, It is the old lady who should do the most work. Who can have a higher role than the old lady, right?

With this analogy, it can be seen that you are the only good person in the co-author's mansion, and the masters are all bad-hearted, and Suyun and the others are even more damned. They are not bad when they get rich rewards and gifts but don't know how to pity the poor and the weak. A clear conscience? "

Biyue almost shed tears when she heard this, she looked at Nanny Chang with red eyes, then at Suyun and Li Wan, choked up and said, "I, I, I didn't..."

Madam Yan sighed, but did not speak.Nanny Chang continued: "Don't say that you don't have the intention. Do you have the intention to mean it? If you have done this way, you already have the intention. The masters may not see it. Well, if you have been in close contact with the subordinates a lot and know that this year is too cold, the usual clothes and charcoal fires are not enough to keep out the cold, you can report to the master and let the master decide.

What are you doing?The subordinate accepts your love, that is, admits the master's meanness, this is called Yue master's grace to buy people's hearts!If the people below don't accept your affection, you are just meddling in your own business like a dog and a mouse!These people can't accept your love, you just put Suyun primroses on the fire and roasted them! "

Bi Yueyue still wanted to argue when she heard it, but her expression became more and more ugly as she listened to it. After hearing what Nanny Chang said, she fell to her knees in front of Li Wan. Li Wan couldn't bear it, but she also knew that she couldn't speak at this time.Nanny Chang is usually smiling, kind-hearted, and has a non-compassionate personality, and she has always loved Biyue, so it is hard for Nanny Suyun Yan to intercede for this outbreak.

Nanny Chang breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Biyue and said, "Don't be full of grievances, all you think about is whether you have this intention, whether you have this intention. I just ask you,'those women and girls , Are you freezing?' Think about it carefully!"

Biyue was really full of grievances, it was obviously a matter of helping others, why she was so horribly said by Nanny Chang, and she wanted to defend herself but couldn't explain it, now she heard Nanny Chang's question, so she stopped thinking carefully Thinking of it: "I saw that they were shivering in thick jackets. It must be cold."

Nanny Chang asked again: "Then how much can you do for them?" Biyue muttered: "Just, what you can do..." Nanny Chang asked again: "Then you serve grandma very well. Are you ready?" Bi Yue took a quick look at Li Wan and said, "This... I don't know either."

Nanny Chang sighed and said, "You said that those people you want to come here are cold, that is to say, this is what you thought. No one told you that they were very cold and asked you to help with things. You don't know how to serve yourself. How is grandma serving, then let me tell you, if the master will ask where you have been, it means you haven't served well enough, when do you think grandma will look for Suyun?

Whenever grandma wants to use Suyun, she is always there, so grandma doesn't need to look for her.You haven’t done well in what you’re supposed to do, but you’ve put your mind and energy into doing things that no one asks you to do. Ask your heart, why are you doing this? "

All the people were silent, and after a while, Nanny Chang said again: "There is another level, those women and girls are just like everyone, even if they are colder, now you jump out and let them see you You don't need to go out into the wind and rain, but you are not afraid of the wind and cold, but you really can't help them with all the work, and they will eventually go into the wind and rain, but they know in your heart that you are wearing clothes that are not afraid of the wind and rain, but you are falling on the ground. Kang enjoys happiness in a house with a brazier on.

And you are just a girl, what do you think when you ask them to look at you again?What do you think when you look at Suyun Primrose and the others?

How much right and wrong is caused by jealousy and hatred. Although the jealous person has the fault of not nourishing his heart, what kind of karma will those who want to show off in front of the poor have to bear?No one knows about it.In the end, Biyue, why are you doing this? "

As soon as Nanny Chang got off the phone, Suyun was also smacking the smell carefully, Li Wan saw that Biyue couldn't recover for a while, and said, "Okay, I'll be the master, Biyue, you go back to yourself first Go in the room and think about what Mammy said, don’t wait here for now.” Then she said to Suyun, “Go down too, you don’t have to go to bed tonight.” Suyun agreed, helped Biyue up and saluted They went to their own house.

When the two of them walked away, Yan Momo smiled and said to Chang Momo: "You, you really value this girl Biyue. It's normal to see who you have been in such a way!"

Nanny Chang smiled and said: "This girl is simple-minded, and her brain is far less good than Suyun's. If it were us before, it would be fine. Although grandma doesn't say anything, we know that our life is very different from the past. But it's a normal situation. If there is a letter from the palace, it's fine. If not, I'm afraid it will be worse every year. It's not easy to say what will happen in the future.

There really is going to be a day when we can't escape, and people miss us, Biyue's temperament and actions are just a target.Although grandma is kind-hearted, she treats the people around her with kindness. Yunqiu Moyu has become a mother like this, and grandma is worried that they will be frozen and hurt, let alone Biyue who is in front of her eyes.If there is something wrong, I will really have to beat the mouse at that time for fear of hurting Yu Ping'er.It's better to clear her mind as early as possible. "

Yan Momo nodded and said: "It's still your long-term thinking, this Biyue loves to be with this little girl like Miaoer, but she can't learn to be smart."

Nanny Chang sighed and said, "Who's to say otherwise? That little girl is very clever. She usually likes to tell a little bit of news. Now you see, she's willing to talk too much. She's sure to be a nanny! These few days I don't think Biyue is doing things right, but this little girl is helping to get in the way, and she won't push back any work that should be done by them, but Biyue's thoughts have gone astray, she only wants to pity the poor and pity the weak and be a good old man, see I don't understand the slightest wink."

He glanced at Li Wan again and said, "It's what grandma is used to!" Li Wan smiled embarrassedly and said, "I only care about myself. I really haven't thought about what they will do. Fortunately, there are nuns watching. Otherwise, my lazy temper will harm people." Chang Nai smiled and said, "Is it so harmful, I just used words to scare her! How can it be so easy to straighten out the human heart? I am so good at cultivating the mind. Years later, I dare not say that I have thought clearly."

Yan Momo scolded and said: "You are talking so lightly now, I was scared by the battle just now, that girl Biyue may not be able to sleep at night." Chang Momo smiled and said: "This is not idle. It's also idle, the little girl is frightening and frightening."