Ugly peasant girl in space

Chapter 368: Winning Hearts (4)
I went back soon after one night. Under Qingli’s prayers, the nineteenth day of the third month in the lunar calendar was sunny again. The tenants in the village were all working in the fields. No matter how big things happened in Kyoto, everyone had to eat. Farmers face the loess and their backs to the sky, and every full grain is the sweat of hard work.

It had rained two days ago, and the ground beside the field was wet and soft. Qingli took Madam Yu and Dujuan to relax along the edge of the pond. Before Dilong turned over, he could still look at the flowers in the yard, but now It is all a piece of emerald green, which can also make people feel relaxed and happy, and temporarily forget all their troubles.

"Miss, a servant girl sent you a post. She came and went in a hurry, saying that she would send it to the next family, to the two young ladies of the Shui family."

Lianzi took out her handkerchief and wiped her sweat. The farm is really big, and it takes less than half an hour to walk from the yard to this side. She was afraid of something urgent, so tired and out of breath, she really wanted to sit on the ridge of the field for a rest regardless of her image.

"Send it to the water family?"

At first, I thought it was Shui Linghuan who invited her to visit the Shui family's farm. Seeing what Lian Zi said, it was an invitation from another family, but she didn't have any friends in Kyoto.

With doubts, Qing Li took the post and read it carefully. It was written in beautiful regular script, saying that she was participating in a fundraising event on March 21, and she was going to mobilize the officials and ladies in the capital to donate money and jewelry to do their part for the people of the capital. Great Zhou Pingshun and so on.The invitation was very provocative, and there was a small poem at the end, named Ruan Ranran.

The future fourth concubine might still be the crown princess. Who would dare not give face to her posts? Qing Li sighed, feeling more and more that Miss Ruan's family is a smart person, and her father is the servant of the household department. The hook, the emperor has already decreed the marriage, there is no room for repentance, she did this to add points to the fourth prince, at this time, she must take the opportunity to win the hearts of the people.

Walking around Zhuangzi, I felt a little sweat on my forehead. After the rain, the temperature rose. I don’t know how the dead people in Kyoto were treated. They all said that after the disaster, there must be a big epidemic. A little bit of Qingli is also very worried, but to control the capital, a lot of medicinal materials are needed, and she is probably the only one who doesn't have that many in stock.

After finally returning to the house, Qingli drank two cups of tea before starting to quench her thirst. She found that the sudden heat was abnormal. If this happened, the capital would be filled with a stench in two or three days. It was the rotting corpses. the taste of.

Just thinking about how to solve this problem, a woman outside the door came in and answered, saying that the sisters from the Shui family were visiting.

Everyone's family is not peaceful recently, so Qing Li and Shui Ling Li Shui Ling Huan send maids to send messages to each other to greet each other, and then the Shui family also moved to Zhuangzi, which is very close to Qing Li's house, and it only takes a quarter of an hour to take a carriage, because recently They were all in a hurry, so they tacitly agreed with each other and didn't disturb each other.

"Qingli, are you alright?"

Shui Linghuan jumped down from the carriage in an extremely unladylike manner, stepped forward to look at Qing Li, and after a few days of not seeing each other, everyone lost a lot of weight, even Shui Linghuan's slightly round chin was sunken, but she looked pretty Yes, it is still bouncing around, and it has not been greatly affected.

After Shui Lingli got off the car, the three of them went into the house to talk. Shui Linghuan then described how frightened she was that night. She slept soundly and was woken up vigorously by the servant girl. Then, as soon as she stepped out of the door, the house behind her was booming. If everything collapsed with one sound, she would die if she was a step too late.

The Shui family has a large population. There are more than 100 masters, slaves and maidservants. There are only a few buried under the house, so people cry every day, and many people are injured. They cry for their father and mother at night. There are many ponds on the side, and there are many big mosquitoes at night, even if the tent is put up, it will not help. Shui Linghuan pointed to the red bumps on his face and complained, "This dead mosquito really bites, look, on my face, it hurts." I feel itchy and dare not scratch."

"I have ointment here, I'll give you a box."

There are more mosquitoes in the village. Qingli has taken measures in the room. Put this box of ointment on the face, and it will immediately reduce the swelling. The body has the smell of green grass, which mosquitoes don’t like, so it can be kept for a little scratch. a few days.

"Is it really that useful?"

Shui Linghuan rubbed some on her face, and felt her face was cool, and the itching soon stopped, and when she touched it again, the red bumps on it had shrunk.

It may be that such a disaster happened in Kyoto. Everyone unconsciously wore plain clothes, and the jewelry was reduced a lot. Shui Lingli was so simple that he only used a silver hairpin. He said that at this time, he could not be criticized for this.

The situation of porridge distribution is similar in each family, but only twice a day, morning and evening, and some people simply cannot eat enough.Qing Li talked about her own method. If there are no potatoes, sweet potatoes are also available. If the farmers in the suburbs of Beijing have a surplus, it is better to buy some and save some food.

"This method is good, you can try it."

Shui Lingli nodded listlessly, Qingli saw that she was in a bad condition, and her eyes were also black and blue. I heard that she and Bai Ruochen were scheduled to get married in the fifth month of the lunar calendar, and now it seems that the wedding may be postponed.

"Recently, the mansion is busy with things, and I have to take care of everything. If I can't sleep well at night, I'm afraid that Dilong will turn over again."

Shui Lingli covered her mouth with a handkerchief, and yawned gracefully, "Your pastry shop can't open now, and she can't even eat Ling Huan. I've been talking about it for the past two days."

"The cook who knows how to make cakes in the house is not in the village. There is no one in the village who can make cakes. Now there is no need to entertain guests. No matter how full the cakes are, they will be steamed here and sent to Kyoto."

Now basically all the shops in Kyoto are closed. Even if there are no collapsed shops, the doors and windows are closed. If you want to buy something, you may have to wait for a while.

The three of them chatted for a while, and then talked about Ruan Ranran's post, since the future fourth prince and concubine took the initiative to convene, she had to save face anyway, Qing Li was thinking about what would be better to use to raise donations.

"It's better to give money, but I don't have much left. I can donate a few hundred taels at most."

Shui Linghuan only has a small amount of pocket money every month, and the rest is left to her by her mother. Now there is not much left, a few hundred taels is her family property.

"Then I will follow your number."

Qingli now has 3000 taels of cash in hand, this is the money that the Zhao family gave to Hongyu to deceive people, donate part of the accumulated virtues, and the rest is to give red envelopes to the maids, women and guards in the house, if there is any leftover, I will make another plan .

Shui Linghuan was going to chat with Shen Bingyu, and only Shui Lingli was left. The topic between the two was much more advanced, and she brought new news.

Daqin's envoys have already arrived in Ruyang City, and it has only been a few days since they came to the capital. Dazhou still doesn't know how to deal with the sudden crisis. I hope the third prince will be wiser at this time, and don't seek skins from tigers, otherwise the consequences will be even worse. Unbelievable.

In Bai Ruochen's absence, Qing Li instilled the idea that there will be a major epidemic after the catastrophe. These two days have begun to see the heat, and I hope that I can make plans early. If the plague really occurs, it will be difficult to control it.

(End of this chapter)