The rich and noble peasant daughter
Chapter 264 The Scarlet Letter Society, the Fraudulent Donation Gate
Chapter 264 Red Letter Cross, Fraudulent Donation Gate
Dong Qinglian left without leaving any shadow in Yun Xi's heart.In her eyes, Dong Qinglian played really well. Given her age and status, being able to play at such a level shows her outstanding talent.
But because she didn't like her in her heart, Yun Xi never cared no matter how well she played.
Yunyao and Douduo came back from Cuju training outside, and Yunyao was still walking with a limp.The two little girls were used to playing with Zhuzhu after they changed into clothes that had caught the cold outside.Yunyao's biggest goal now is to let Zhuzhu learn to call her aunt as soon as possible.
Seeing her walking, Yun Xi frowned, "What happened to your feet?"
Yun Yao didn't care and said: "I accidentally fell during training today." Then asked: "Sister, do you want to eat small hot pot tonight?"
Before winter came, Yun Yao had a soft spot for hot pot.Boiling some green vegetables to eat in cold weather is simply the enjoyment of life.
Yun Xi said: "Well, I asked the kitchen to prepare frozen tofu and shrimp paste." In this era without a refrigerator freezer, only when it snows in winter can you have the opportunity to taste the deliciousness of frozen tofu.The method is also very simple, just put the fresh tofu outside and freeze it overnight, and then use it after thawing.Although the method is simple, if you don't talk about it, you can't imagine how to do it.
Yunxi's hot pot restaurant also added frozen tofu and shrimp paste, which became very popular once they were launched.In order to maintain the brand of the hot pot restaurant, she will figure out new hot pot ingredients every year, so that diners always maintain a sense of freshness.
Yun Yao also likes to eat these two things very much, so she immediately smiled.
Yun Xi asked her to sit down and asked He Su, the nurse at home, to look at her feet.He Su is Yun Qi's disciple and has studied with him for several years.Although Yun Qi's medical skills are better, but if you want to look at your feet, you have to take off your shoes, and if it is spread, it will not be good for Yun Yao's reputation.The existence of a medical woman would be much more convenient.
In fact, He Su was ready to leave the teacher half a year ago, but Yun Xi wanted her to form a medical team to deal with the next natural disaster, and she didn't have enough training until November.This medical team is all made up of women, some are taught in white clothes, and some are from the hidden door.He Su mainly taught them some wound treatment and bandaging, as well as how to deal with some minor diseases.
When people talk about disaster relief, they usually only think of supplies, but they don't think that the victims need medical treatment.
He Su was dressed in light Tsing Yi, her hair was simply tied up with no makeup applied.She took off Yun Yao's feet, and Yun Xi saw that Yun Yao's feet were swollen.
Yun Yao received Yun Xi's reproachful look, she couldn't help shrinking her neck, and said, "Actually, it doesn't hurt... ah! Take it easy!" The next second, after He Su pinched the swollen place, Yun Yao couldn't help it. Live screamed.
Fortunately, Yun Xi covered her daughter's ears first to prevent her from being disturbed by the magic sound.
He Su squeezed it for a while, checked it and said, "It's not a serious injury, just apply the plaster after applying a cold compress."
Duoduo put her hands directly on Yunyao's feet, and a chill came out from her palms—the effect of Xue Ninggong's cold compress is not so good.
Yun Xi asked someone to bring a bottle of Qianhe Ointment and put it on Yun Yao.
By the next day, Yun Yao was alive and kicking again.
At the same time, the first issue of the ball under the feet was officially published before the tenth.The first issue of Yunxi directly printed [-] copies, which is neither too much nor too little.If it is kapok, [-] copies can be sold in the capital and nearby counties alone, and about [-] copies can be sold in the whole Dazhou.Among them, there are many idiot fans like Lu Yiran who buy a bunch of them every time they buy them to collect.Not to mention that Kapok is issued once a month, which is barely affordable for women from ordinary families.
As for the ball at your feet... Yun Xi originally planned to print [-] copies directly. After all, cuju has a wider audience, especially since cuju on ice is a hot topic recently, so there is no need to worry about the sales.After reading this issue of the newspaper, Yun Xi was very satisfied and confident that she would become a hit.But the others were obviously frightened by the last failure, and one by one euphemistically said that it would be good to print a thousand or two thousand copies first, as a test of the bottom of the market.
It made Yun Xi very speechless, how unconfident these people really are!Even if they don't have confidence in themselves, at least they have some confidence in her.She has never failed in what she has done seriously.
In the end, a compromise was made and [-] copies were printed.Yun Xi didn't forget to use public service for personal gain in this job, and advertised for big sister Yun Xia and Du's Chuan Chuan Xiang shop.As for those of hers, with their reputation, they have become famous shops that foreigners who come to Beijing have to go to, and there is really no need to advertise.
It's just that the bookstores we usually cooperate with seem to be afraid that the newspaper will not sell well, so they refuse to buy too much, and each store only buys a dozen copies.
Yun Xi was too lazy to talk nonsense with these people, let alone begging them, and put the newspapers in her paper shop for sale.Anyway, the employees of the paper store were always idle, so they just happened to find something to do for them.
The aroma of wine is not afraid of the depth of the alley.The topic of the article on the ball under the feet is unique, the language is humorous, and it quickly became a hit as Yun Xi expected.Five thousand copies of the newspaper were sold out in one day.
Those bookstores that had been waiting and watching were now regretful, and wanted to come to buy goods one by one.
When Li Qiu told her about this, he was very relieved, "Those people are begging us to buy goods now, how can there be such a good thing, if we just wave it and recruit it, it won't work?" They have their own sales channels, and there is no such thing as I don't need them, and I just wanted to save some effort by cooperating with them before.
Li Qiu said happily, "Girl, do we want to print another [-] copies? I don't think it's a problem to sell [-] copies in the next five days. Today, the storytellers in teahouses and restaurants don't tell stories about gifted scholars and beautiful ladies. Read the article about the ball under your feet."
Many people talked about the above articles very much. What surprised Yun Xi was that the most popular article was the own goal article. It can be seen that ordinary people are very happy to see other people's embarrassment.The top ten goals are equally popular, with some agreeing and some questioning.After these games, many teams have their own crowds. In the eyes of these fans, of course, their own team's goals are the most beautiful.
Controversy is good, and controversy is popular.Because of these controversies and the current upsurge of Cuju on Ice, it was sold out in one day.
Yun Xi shook her head and rejected the proposal, "No, only [-] copies will be printed for the first issue, and there will be no more." Her tone was firm.
"Know what a hunger sale is?"
The occasional hunger sale can catch the eye and evoke the greatest anticipation.
Li Qiu was thoughtful, she knew very well in her heart that in terms of business, it was hard for her to flatter her own lady, so there was no need to raise doubts, just trust the lady's decision like countless times in the past.
The next day, many people really came to buy this issue of the newspaper. Under Yun Xi's instruction, the staff of the paper store told everyone that it was sold out and they could look forward to the second issue of the newspaper.
Unlike Kapok's unstoppable January [-], the ball is more casual at the feet, basically following the game time.
Tired of talking later, they simply posted a sticker at the gate, telling everyone that the first issue would not be reprinted.
Those who couldn't buy it wanted to read it, so they had to borrow it from others, and copied a copy with great pains. Suddenly, copying books became popular in the capital.Some business-minded people even copied articles to make a small fortune.
Although it can't reach the level of "the capital is expensive" as Yun Xi imagined, it is still quite good.
The newspaper is popular, and Yang Xin and others are full of motivation after seeing the results.Different from the previous Beijing Daily organized by He Jian, even if they wrote articles at that time, in order not to be retaliated by sacks, they could not write their names openly. After all, what they wrote was not good.
But now it is different, they can sign their names with dignity and pride, and accept the appreciation of those around them.Coupled with Yunxi's very generous treatment, this group of people was motivated and ready for the next issue.Seeing that they performed well and they won the first battle, Yun Xi simply distributed bonuses to each of them, which could be regarded as year-end bonuses.
At the same time, Yunxi bought them tickets for each game, so that they could collect materials on the spot so that they could write better articles.
The ball got off to a good start at the feet and looked about to be on track.At the same time, Yunxia also benefited.Her fast food restaurant became famous because of its advertisement in the newspaper.There are even some people who come here especially to make the business of Yunxia shop to a higher level.
Time slipped by unhurriedly, and soon it was number ten.The match between Yun Yao and Ji was in the afternoon, and Yun Xi didn't go there until after lunch.She also put 2000 taels of silver on Yun Yao.
People from the two teams are friends who come and go frequently on weekdays, so there was no smell of gunpowder before the game.
Ji Zhi Zhi even said directly to Yun Yao: "Don't cry when you lose later."
Yun Yaoheng hummed, and said, "I should tell you this."
No matter which side it is, the most indispensable thing is confidence in oneself.
And this game did not live up to everyone's expectations. It can be said to be evenly matched and very exciting.The Tianyi team has good footwork, while the Dugu Qiubai team has agility and superb tactics. It can be said that the fight is evenly matched.
It's just that the Dugu Qiubai team finally defeated the Tianyi team and advanced to the top eight by virtue of various tactics that emerged one after another. This undoubtedly caught the attention of the whole world.After all, before the game, everyone was more optimistic about the Tianyi team.
It's just that the scores of the two teams are very close, 23 to 21, and a slight slack in the process may lead to a comeback.
Yun Xi watched with great interest.The Tianyi team performed very well, but the Dugu Qiubai team performed better.
After the Tianyi team lost this game, they were all young boys after all, and the city was not deep.They put in no less effort than Yunyao and the others, and now they stop here, all of them downcast, as listless as frost-beaten eggplants.
Yun Xi felt that Jizhizhi was also quite unlucky. With their strength, if they hadn't been unlucky and bumped into Yunyao and the others, they would at least be able to enter the top four.
Yun Yao walked to Ji Zhizhi's side and tilted her head, "Are you okay?"
Ji Zhi Zhi lowered his head, subconsciously he didn't want Yun Yao to see his current expression, but his voice was still muffled, "Fortunately... losing to you is better than losing to others." Ji Zhi Zhi didn't think losing It's embarrassing for a girl, but he himself admires Yunyao's strength.
Yun Yao said seriously: "You are just unlucky to meet us earlier. We will definitely make it to the end!" She assured him.At the beginning, Yunyao may have come to participate in the competition for fun, but later on, she really devoted herself to it.
Cuju is really fun!
Ji Zhi raised his head and said, "Since you have won against us, then you are not allowed to lose to others."
Yun Yao noticed that his eyes were a little red, she didn't say anything, but nodded solemnly.
The 11-to-12 competition will be decided on the [-]th, the NO.[-] will be [-]-to-[-], and the NO.[-] will determine the champion.The schedule of this game is very tight, and the tickets for each game are sold at ten cents, and it is hard to find a ticket.
Tickets for the finals were more expensive, and became fifty cents each, and more people followed.Even Yun Xi only managed to buy five.
In the end, Lonely Seeking Defeat, the women's army team, under the circumstances that everyone was not optimistic about, insisted on resisting the pressure, went to the end, and won the championship.The opponent in the final was very dramatic and happened to be the unique team.
It's just that after watching it, Yun Xi had to admit that Deng Changming definitely let the water go.Although he released the water so quietly that no one could see it, Yun Xi could feel that their strength should be more than that.
It was not only her who saw this, but also Yun Yao.Perhaps because of this, even if she got her wish and took off the laurel crown, Yunyao didn't look so happy, in stark contrast to the excited companions around her, and during the process, she didn't forget to cast a few glances at him.
Yun Xi looked around at the people around her, and many of them looked as if they were in mourning, which made her want to laugh.It is estimated that [-]% of the people present placed their bets on Deng Changming's team.As for the excited people, they were either fans of the Dugu Qiubai team, or they were crushed.Most of them are girls.
Yun Xi touched her nose, and couldn't help showing a pleasant smile on the corner of her mouth. No matter what, she was really happy that Lu Yiran and the others were able to win.
Chu Xiyuan also personally came over to present them with the championship trophy. The trophy was very delicate and small, made of pure gold.Chu Xiyuan awarded the trophy to them, along with a trophy of 5000 taels of silver.
This scene made everyone more excited.
Chu Xiyuan praised them for their heroines, and awarded captain Lu Yiran a seventh-rank school lieutenant in charge of an army of 500 people.
This reward was like a drop of water falling into a frying pan, causing everyone's ears to ring.Many people didn't expect to be awarded an official position after winning the championship, and there was a faint regret on their faces, regretting that they could not work harder, and maybe they could get an official position.For ordinary people, this is equivalent to reaching the sky in one step.
Yun Xi took the eyes of the people around her into her eyes, and she guessed that next year, inspired by this, more people would sign up for the Cuju competition.
There are about two cuju competitions a year, one in spring and one in winter on ice.
She knew in her heart that Chu Xiyuan was just letting the Detachment of Women in Lu Yiran's hand appear in front of others.
Lu Yiran was obviously mentally prepared. Even after receiving the good news, he still had a calm expression on his face.
Chu Xiyuan, as the emperor with a rich body, it is not good to stay here for too long.He left after the award was over.
Lu Yiran came down from the stage and raised his eyebrows at Yun Xi, "Look, I told you, I will definitely show you the number one."
Seeing her beaming face, Yun Xi couldn't help laughing, "Yes, you are awesome! You really did it!" Along the way, the sweat these girls put in was invisible to others.All the other men in the capital were defeated by them, holding their breath and preparing to regain the championship next year.
Lu Yiran smiled brightly, and the corners of his eyes and brows were full of pride, "Since we are so good, don't you have to reward us too?"
Yun Xi understood, the people who ate food came again.
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Yun Xi asked Lu Yiran and the others how to distribute the 5000 taels of silver. For 5000 taels of silver, everyone can get a few hundred taels of silver. Money is in the eye.
The girls obviously thought about this issue long ago, and said without hesitation that they could use the money to do good deeds.Can't let a whore go ahead of them.
When Yun Xi heard this, she understood that they looked down on Dong Qinglian. It wasn't that they didn't look down on her identity. To make a comparison, it means that a brothel woman has such a compassionate heart, but these ladies don't show it at all, and they are not as good as a brothel woman.
It made all the ladies in the capital feel ashamed when they heard Dong Qinglian's name.Is it true that these ladies should learn from Dong Qinglian and sell themselves?
Yun Xi felt that this was a bit of a moral kidnapping. Every time she heard similar words, she would go back on the spot and directly ask the other party how much money they donated, which would also open her eyes.After that, no one said such things in front of her.
Yun Xi pondered for a while, and said, "I plan to form the Red Cross Society, and the money in it will be used for disaster relief. What do you think?"
There are a lot of rich people in the capital, and she can organize everyone to donate together, so that if you gather together, you can make a lot of money. When the time comes, the money will be used to help those victims, which is considered a good deed.As the wife of the eldest son, Yun Xi is confident that if she organizes herself, many people will respond.
Yun Xi spoke out her plan, and everyone nodded in admiration for the plan.This is tantamount to gathering the strength of the girls in the capital.
Lu Yiran made a final decision, "Then the 5000 taels of silver can be donated in our name."
Yun Xi nodded in agreement, she planned to donate 1 taels of silver and that would be enough.Although she has more than 50 cash in hand, if she donates so much alone, wouldn't it set off the lack of other people's money.No matter how much you donate, it's everyone's will, and she doesn't want to create a trend of comparison.
"I will also donate 1 taels then."
After watching the game, Dai Yanling also came to Yun Xi's house for a meal, and she said directly, "Then I'll donate 2000 taels." She is not as rich as Yun Xi, so she has to do what she can.
"I also have 1 taels." Lu Yiran lazily said, now she has to raise a 500-strong women's army and build weapons for them. All these require a lot of expenses, and she can't be as extravagant as before.
Everyone glanced at me and said one after another that they wanted to donate money.
After everyone discussed their respective departures, Lu Yiran chose to stay.Yun Xi had asked her to help organize the event just now, and with the two of them suppressing it, nothing would happen.The two began to write posts, intending to invite all the ladies in the capital to come and talk about this matter.
Regardless of whether they knew each other or not, both of them posted invitations.The Grand View Garden on Yunxi's side has not been completed yet, and cannot entertain so many guests, so Lu Yiran directly contributed her Liuli Pavilion.
In order to show their sincerity, both of them invited them personally.As Yun Xi's intelligence leader, Li Qiu directly took out the list. In the list, all the officials and ladies above the seventh rank in the capital are on the list.
Yunyao and Duo Duo were in charge of grinding and laying the groundwork. It took Yun Xi and Lu Yiran two hours to finish writing all the posts, and there were five or six hundred girls in total who invited them.
After writing the post, she asked Li Qiu and the others to send it out.She and Lu Yiran offered personal invitations, and almost no one refused.Even those who originally had invitations rejected their original plans.Just kidding, that was a joint invitation from the two princesses.Many of them may not have the opportunity to cling to them all their lives.
Yun Xi thought about it, and decided to join the eldest princess and the second princess in the palace together. As for the third princess, she was too young and didn't need it.
This can also be regarded as an action in the circle of ladies in the capital.
Yun Xi remembered the Daughter League she had established in Chuzhou before, and when she and Dai Yanling returned to the capital, they gave up the status of the president and vice president to other people who were still in Chuzhou.Maybe they can also emulate what they did in Chuzhou at that time?
In order to facilitate this before the snow disaster, Yun Xi and Lu Yiran set the time at No. 17. Fortunately, the Liuli Garden is big enough, even if seven or eight hundred girls come, it will not be too crowded.Although the number of people invited by Yun Xixia's post was more than 500, some girls also brought their sisters together, so the number was more than expected.After all, this behavior is uninvited, and it is only a part of it.
Yun Xi didn't particularly care about this, more people equaled more donations, which was considered a good thing.She also saw Ruan Wenshan and Ruan Wenxiang in it.What happened in the Third Prince's Mansion was temporarily suppressed, so everyone didn't know about the sisters, and treated them affectionately.
In fact, Yun Xi really didn't invite them.
These girls found that there were also two princesses from the palace who came today, and they all felt that their trip was worthwhile.
Yun Xi didn't bother to waste time, and after exchanging glances with Lu Yiran, she told about their establishment of the Red Cross Society.
Whether it was for the sake of fame, or to curry favor with Yun Xi, Lu Yiran and the others, everyone admired this method one after another, expressing their willingness to donate their usual money.
Yun Xi also said that the money donated by everyone will be recorded in the book, and every income and expenditure details will be clearly recorded, and every money will never be wasted.
In the next two days, those who were invited donated money one after another, and some girls who were not invited also expressed their willingness to donate money.Yun Xi naturally accepted their kindness.By December 50th, the girls in the capital alone had prepared 2000 taels of silver, and more than 1 people participated in the donation.Yun Xi, Lu Yiran, and the two princesses all donated 1 taels of silver. Apart from them, Ruan Wenshan also donated 3000 taels of silver, making her quite a hit.Some princesses and nobles of the nobles donated money one after another. These people donated at least [-] taels of silver. Adding in other people, the amount was beyond Yun Xi's expectation. It can only be said that there are many people and great power.
The generosity of this group of girls had no intention of scaring the people of the capital, and no one thought that they could donate so much money together.You know, even if the disaster relief money allocated by the treasury is 40 taels-and the money is distributed to each affected state city, they add up to more than 50 taels.
The common people naturally greatly appreciated their actions.
Yun Xi didn't hand over the money to the household department for disaster relief. She understood the unspoken rules of the officialdom. If she handed it over to them, some of it would definitely be stolen by the officials, and it would not be possible to send all of it to the victims.It's better for these girls to deal with it themselves.
She and Lu Yiran didn't do everything, but selected about twenty or so suitable women to help run the Red Cross Society. The chosen ones were naturally flattered, and since they were still girls who hadn't left the cabinet, they were not as utilitarian as they were. In the future, everyone will work with 12 points of energy.With them supervising each other, Yun Xi directly became the hands-off shopkeeper.
In the past, there was Dong Qinglian who sold her body for disaster relief, and later there were noble girls from the capital who established the Red Cross Society. The men in the capital were all overshadowed by the light of these girls, and all of them were ashamed, and they were used for comparison.
Who says women are inferior to men!
They felt depressed, but they couldn't say anything.
When everyone is doing charity work in full swing, the snow in the capital is getting bigger and bigger. By the time of No. 20, the snow on the ground is five feet thick. I can imagine how much snow fell outside last night.
Zhuzhu is still a little girl under one year old, she doesn't have internal strength like Yun Xi, and she is more afraid of the cold.Therefore, several pots of charcoal were placed in her house, and two nannies hugged her to sleep, so as not to be accidentally frozen in the middle of the night.
The snow at the door was so thick that it even blocked the door.The guards of the princess mansion had to get up early in the morning to shovel snow.When Yun Shen went to the morning court, he also didn't go through the main entrance.
Yun Xi woke up later than usual, she was fine when she was inside the house, but when she went out, she was almost frozen in place by the cold air that rushed towards her face.She estimated that based on the temperature in her previous life, the current temperature is estimated to be more than minus 20 degrees.
Yun Xi frowned slightly, even though she had been mentally prepared before, but when it really came, it was still beyond her expectation.She shivered, retreated into the room, and added another piece of clothing to herself.
The temperature dropped by more than ten degrees overnight, causing some of the weaker servants to get sick early in the morning.Yun Xi had already made preparations. Everyone shared a few catties of extra charcoal and went down with a bowl of hot ginger soup, and most of the diseased seedlings that had just emerged were pinched.Coupled with the fact that there are still several doctors in the mansion, the number of sick people is still within expectations.
The government also responded to the snowstorm, and each household distributed a few catties of charcoal and cotton-padded jackets per person.Even so, according to statistics in one day, six or seven people in the capital still froze to death.However, compared to the historical records of hundreds of people a day, these six or seven people can be ignored.Fortunately, the yamen allowed the beggars in the ruined temple to live in unoccupied houses in the city, and distributed them cotton clothes, charcoal and food, otherwise more people would freeze to death.
Yun Xi knew that some people with frostbite may not have the money to see a doctor, so she directly changed the empty pharmacy under her name into a pharmacy temporarily, and asked Yun Qi to lead a few doctors to sit there and distribute free of charge to the common people. For Ni Tang, every pack of medicine is packed in advance, and put there, if you have frostbite at home, you can take a few packs directly.
She didn't do this to win the hearts of the people, she just did it if she wanted to.
The weather was too cold, and the common people were reluctant to come out unless they had something important to do. The originally bustling capital suddenly became quiet, only the sound of snowflakes falling.
Yun Xi went out to look around and then went back.In the evening, Li Qiu said to her: "Miss Dong started delivering charcoal for free this morning, and each person can receive up to five catties of charcoal. She even delivered the charcoal herself in the wind and snow."
Yun Xi raised her eyebrows to express her understanding, "She really has a heart. In such a cold weather, she has to stand on the platform herself."
Like Yun Xi, even if she does good deeds, she doesn't show up in person, at most she just acts as a hands-off shopkeeper.
"The servants also admire her deeply, but those who received the charcoal were very moved."
"Miss Dong said that within the next three days, she will distribute charcoal here, and tomorrow she will also start distributing food. Within these three days, all the supplies will be sent out."
Yun Xi smiled softly, "No wonder I haven't heard much about her these days. She should prepare these things. But she can buy a full 15 supplies, and her connections are not weak."
Speaking of this, Yun Xi couldn't help feeling a little suspicious.It was not even half a month since Dong Qinglian sold Chuye at a sky-high price, and Dong Qinglian was able to prepare 15 supplies.Yun Xi was able to do it because she had the influence of Yinmen and Wanshiwu in her hands, but Dong Qinglian herself was just a brothel girl. When such supplies were in short supply, it was not bad to be able to buy 15 to [-], let alone [-].
There must be someone behind her helping her, and there are more than one or two.
Yun Xi quickly came to this conclusion.
A trace of thought flashed through her clear eyes, Yun Xi instructed Li Qiu, "Let someone keep an eye on Dong Qinglian."
Li Qiu nodded to express her understanding. She coughed and added a piece of news: "Girl, I also asked someone to check the supplies Dong Qinglian bought today."
Yun Xi looked at her with great interest, "Oh, what did you find out?"
Li Qiu said seriously: "The sum of those supplies is almost worth 5 taels of silver, definitely not 15 taels."
The imperial court has also been selling cheap charcoal, cotton, and grain recently, so the prices of these items have always been suppressed, and the prices have not been driven up because of the snowstorm.
Yun Xi understood what Li Qiu meant. Dong Qinglian said that she would spend all 15 taels on the common people, but she didn't do that in action, that is, she gave away 5 taels. [-] taels is already a lot of supplies, and ordinary people would not seriously calculate how many things she sent out.
That is to say, Li Qiu didn't like Dong Qinglian himself, and subconsciously wanted to find fault, so he did a serious calculation, and finally found out the problem.
Even though she only sent 15 yuan, she insisted that it was 15 yuan, so that everyone could praise her as a saint, try to gain fame, and practice fraud.Sending [-] things to win the hearts of [-] people, how can there be such a good thing in the world.
Seeing Li Qiu's expression, Yun Xi couldn't help laughing, "You really don't seem to like her very much."
Li Qiu blinked, "I don't like her stepping on Miss to make her famous, and I don't like what she did with that Mrs. Zhang." Anyway, she is such a narrow-minded person.
Yun Xi thought about it, and an idea flashed in her mind, "I have an idea."
She spoke her method in a calm tone, Li Qiu's eyes brightened the more she listened.
When Dong Qinglian continued to be her living Bodhisattva the next day and distributed supplies to everyone in person, she found five officials not far away watching from afar.
Dong Qinglian didn't take it to heart, she just thought she was here to watch.She was wearing a down jacket bought from other sources, a crimson skirt, and a moon-white cloak outside. Her face was paler by the wind, and she looked pitiful. Among the ashen-faced people It is so eye-catching, the white snow all over the sky has been reduced to Beijing, like a landscape painting.
Therefore, even in such a cold weather, there are some people who ran over to enjoy the rare gloomy scenery at the risk of getting frostbite.
Her hands-on attitude has undoubtedly attracted the favor of many people, making her popularity reach the highest point. Many people are full of admiration when they mention Dong Qinglian, and they also feel pity for her life experience in the world. Some young masters expressed their willingness Accept her as a concubine, and many of them are from the Duke of Houmen.
Dong Qinglian was very moved by the admiration and praise of these people, but she still refused.
Three days later, Dong Qinglian sent out all the supplies she had bought, and won a lot of praise.
After all the things were delivered, many ordinary people were very grateful to her, and some even knelt down directly.
Dong Qinglian quickly helped them up and said: "This is what I should do." She sighed and said: "It's a pity that my status is low, and that's all I can do."
Seeing the sadness of the beauty, the others hurriedly said: "Ms. Dong, you have done better. Not everyone can be like you. You took out 15 taels of silver and used it on us without blinking."
"Yes, yes, ordinary people can spend tens of thousands of taels of silver at most, but like Miss Dong, they regard money as dung."
"If it were me, I would at least leave some money for myself. I can't be as selfless as Miss Dong."
Miss Dong's sentence is full of respect for Dong Qinglian from the bottom of her heart.Because Yun Xi and the others had prepared 50 taels earlier, there were no cheap people using them to lift Dong Qinglian.
Miss Dong lowered her head, as if everyone loved her too much.
At this time, two members of the household department, Uwai Lang, came over. Everyone recognized the official uniforms on them, and quickly stepped back a few steps.
The two Yuanwailang bowed their hands to the people around them, then turned to Dong Qinglian and said, "Miss Dong has really worked hard these past few days."
The corners of Dong Qinglian's lips were slightly raised, and there was a smile in her eyes, and her eyes were full of charming charm, "Where, I just did something within my power."
"Miss Dong, your words like this really make us ashamed." Tong Zhong sighed and said: "Miss Dong is a woman in a brothel, but she has such noble green grass. Tong admires it very much. Your Majesty was also very moved when he heard about it." The Ministry of Industry built a stone tablet on the moat in the past two days, intending to engrave those who made great contributions during the snow disaster on it."
The common people were amazed and shocked after hearing this, which is equivalent to leaving a name in history.But thinking about Dong Qinglian's donation of 15 taels, everyone took it for granted.
Tong Zhong continued: "Miss Dong, you donated 5 taels of supplies this time, and your name must be recorded on it."
Dong Qinglian was very proud of Tong Zhong's praise at first, but when she heard 5 taels, the smile on her face froze.
Someone directly put forward the will, "My lords, Miss Dong contributed 15 yuan, not just [-] yuan."
Tong Zhong was surprised and said: "Really? In the past two days, people from the household department have come to count the supplies sent by Miss Dong. Calculated according to the market price, it is 5 to [-] taels of silver."
He even made up a round number for her, pretending to be [-], which can be regarded as the utmost benevolence.
The crowd was in an uproar.
(End of this chapter)
Dong Qinglian left without leaving any shadow in Yun Xi's heart.In her eyes, Dong Qinglian played really well. Given her age and status, being able to play at such a level shows her outstanding talent.
But because she didn't like her in her heart, Yun Xi never cared no matter how well she played.
Yunyao and Douduo came back from Cuju training outside, and Yunyao was still walking with a limp.The two little girls were used to playing with Zhuzhu after they changed into clothes that had caught the cold outside.Yunyao's biggest goal now is to let Zhuzhu learn to call her aunt as soon as possible.
Seeing her walking, Yun Xi frowned, "What happened to your feet?"
Yun Yao didn't care and said: "I accidentally fell during training today." Then asked: "Sister, do you want to eat small hot pot tonight?"
Before winter came, Yun Yao had a soft spot for hot pot.Boiling some green vegetables to eat in cold weather is simply the enjoyment of life.
Yun Xi said: "Well, I asked the kitchen to prepare frozen tofu and shrimp paste." In this era without a refrigerator freezer, only when it snows in winter can you have the opportunity to taste the deliciousness of frozen tofu.The method is also very simple, just put the fresh tofu outside and freeze it overnight, and then use it after thawing.Although the method is simple, if you don't talk about it, you can't imagine how to do it.
Yunxi's hot pot restaurant also added frozen tofu and shrimp paste, which became very popular once they were launched.In order to maintain the brand of the hot pot restaurant, she will figure out new hot pot ingredients every year, so that diners always maintain a sense of freshness.
Yun Yao also likes to eat these two things very much, so she immediately smiled.
Yun Xi asked her to sit down and asked He Su, the nurse at home, to look at her feet.He Su is Yun Qi's disciple and has studied with him for several years.Although Yun Qi's medical skills are better, but if you want to look at your feet, you have to take off your shoes, and if it is spread, it will not be good for Yun Yao's reputation.The existence of a medical woman would be much more convenient.
In fact, He Su was ready to leave the teacher half a year ago, but Yun Xi wanted her to form a medical team to deal with the next natural disaster, and she didn't have enough training until November.This medical team is all made up of women, some are taught in white clothes, and some are from the hidden door.He Su mainly taught them some wound treatment and bandaging, as well as how to deal with some minor diseases.
When people talk about disaster relief, they usually only think of supplies, but they don't think that the victims need medical treatment.
He Su was dressed in light Tsing Yi, her hair was simply tied up with no makeup applied.She took off Yun Yao's feet, and Yun Xi saw that Yun Yao's feet were swollen.
Yun Yao received Yun Xi's reproachful look, she couldn't help shrinking her neck, and said, "Actually, it doesn't hurt... ah! Take it easy!" The next second, after He Su pinched the swollen place, Yun Yao couldn't help it. Live screamed.
Fortunately, Yun Xi covered her daughter's ears first to prevent her from being disturbed by the magic sound.
He Su squeezed it for a while, checked it and said, "It's not a serious injury, just apply the plaster after applying a cold compress."
Duoduo put her hands directly on Yunyao's feet, and a chill came out from her palms—the effect of Xue Ninggong's cold compress is not so good.
Yun Xi asked someone to bring a bottle of Qianhe Ointment and put it on Yun Yao.
By the next day, Yun Yao was alive and kicking again.
At the same time, the first issue of the ball under the feet was officially published before the tenth.The first issue of Yunxi directly printed [-] copies, which is neither too much nor too little.If it is kapok, [-] copies can be sold in the capital and nearby counties alone, and about [-] copies can be sold in the whole Dazhou.Among them, there are many idiot fans like Lu Yiran who buy a bunch of them every time they buy them to collect.Not to mention that Kapok is issued once a month, which is barely affordable for women from ordinary families.
As for the ball at your feet... Yun Xi originally planned to print [-] copies directly. After all, cuju has a wider audience, especially since cuju on ice is a hot topic recently, so there is no need to worry about the sales.After reading this issue of the newspaper, Yun Xi was very satisfied and confident that she would become a hit.But the others were obviously frightened by the last failure, and one by one euphemistically said that it would be good to print a thousand or two thousand copies first, as a test of the bottom of the market.
It made Yun Xi very speechless, how unconfident these people really are!Even if they don't have confidence in themselves, at least they have some confidence in her.She has never failed in what she has done seriously.
In the end, a compromise was made and [-] copies were printed.Yun Xi didn't forget to use public service for personal gain in this job, and advertised for big sister Yun Xia and Du's Chuan Chuan Xiang shop.As for those of hers, with their reputation, they have become famous shops that foreigners who come to Beijing have to go to, and there is really no need to advertise.
It's just that the bookstores we usually cooperate with seem to be afraid that the newspaper will not sell well, so they refuse to buy too much, and each store only buys a dozen copies.
Yun Xi was too lazy to talk nonsense with these people, let alone begging them, and put the newspapers in her paper shop for sale.Anyway, the employees of the paper store were always idle, so they just happened to find something to do for them.
The aroma of wine is not afraid of the depth of the alley.The topic of the article on the ball under the feet is unique, the language is humorous, and it quickly became a hit as Yun Xi expected.Five thousand copies of the newspaper were sold out in one day.
Those bookstores that had been waiting and watching were now regretful, and wanted to come to buy goods one by one.
When Li Qiu told her about this, he was very relieved, "Those people are begging us to buy goods now, how can there be such a good thing, if we just wave it and recruit it, it won't work?" They have their own sales channels, and there is no such thing as I don't need them, and I just wanted to save some effort by cooperating with them before.
Li Qiu said happily, "Girl, do we want to print another [-] copies? I don't think it's a problem to sell [-] copies in the next five days. Today, the storytellers in teahouses and restaurants don't tell stories about gifted scholars and beautiful ladies. Read the article about the ball under your feet."
Many people talked about the above articles very much. What surprised Yun Xi was that the most popular article was the own goal article. It can be seen that ordinary people are very happy to see other people's embarrassment.The top ten goals are equally popular, with some agreeing and some questioning.After these games, many teams have their own crowds. In the eyes of these fans, of course, their own team's goals are the most beautiful.
Controversy is good, and controversy is popular.Because of these controversies and the current upsurge of Cuju on Ice, it was sold out in one day.
Yun Xi shook her head and rejected the proposal, "No, only [-] copies will be printed for the first issue, and there will be no more." Her tone was firm.
"Know what a hunger sale is?"
The occasional hunger sale can catch the eye and evoke the greatest anticipation.
Li Qiu was thoughtful, she knew very well in her heart that in terms of business, it was hard for her to flatter her own lady, so there was no need to raise doubts, just trust the lady's decision like countless times in the past.
The next day, many people really came to buy this issue of the newspaper. Under Yun Xi's instruction, the staff of the paper store told everyone that it was sold out and they could look forward to the second issue of the newspaper.
Unlike Kapok's unstoppable January [-], the ball is more casual at the feet, basically following the game time.
Tired of talking later, they simply posted a sticker at the gate, telling everyone that the first issue would not be reprinted.
Those who couldn't buy it wanted to read it, so they had to borrow it from others, and copied a copy with great pains. Suddenly, copying books became popular in the capital.Some business-minded people even copied articles to make a small fortune.
Although it can't reach the level of "the capital is expensive" as Yun Xi imagined, it is still quite good.
The newspaper is popular, and Yang Xin and others are full of motivation after seeing the results.Different from the previous Beijing Daily organized by He Jian, even if they wrote articles at that time, in order not to be retaliated by sacks, they could not write their names openly. After all, what they wrote was not good.
But now it is different, they can sign their names with dignity and pride, and accept the appreciation of those around them.Coupled with Yunxi's very generous treatment, this group of people was motivated and ready for the next issue.Seeing that they performed well and they won the first battle, Yun Xi simply distributed bonuses to each of them, which could be regarded as year-end bonuses.
At the same time, Yunxi bought them tickets for each game, so that they could collect materials on the spot so that they could write better articles.
The ball got off to a good start at the feet and looked about to be on track.At the same time, Yunxia also benefited.Her fast food restaurant became famous because of its advertisement in the newspaper.There are even some people who come here especially to make the business of Yunxia shop to a higher level.
Time slipped by unhurriedly, and soon it was number ten.The match between Yun Yao and Ji was in the afternoon, and Yun Xi didn't go there until after lunch.She also put 2000 taels of silver on Yun Yao.
People from the two teams are friends who come and go frequently on weekdays, so there was no smell of gunpowder before the game.
Ji Zhi Zhi even said directly to Yun Yao: "Don't cry when you lose later."
Yun Yaoheng hummed, and said, "I should tell you this."
No matter which side it is, the most indispensable thing is confidence in oneself.
And this game did not live up to everyone's expectations. It can be said to be evenly matched and very exciting.The Tianyi team has good footwork, while the Dugu Qiubai team has agility and superb tactics. It can be said that the fight is evenly matched.
It's just that the Dugu Qiubai team finally defeated the Tianyi team and advanced to the top eight by virtue of various tactics that emerged one after another. This undoubtedly caught the attention of the whole world.After all, before the game, everyone was more optimistic about the Tianyi team.
It's just that the scores of the two teams are very close, 23 to 21, and a slight slack in the process may lead to a comeback.
Yun Xi watched with great interest.The Tianyi team performed very well, but the Dugu Qiubai team performed better.
After the Tianyi team lost this game, they were all young boys after all, and the city was not deep.They put in no less effort than Yunyao and the others, and now they stop here, all of them downcast, as listless as frost-beaten eggplants.
Yun Xi felt that Jizhizhi was also quite unlucky. With their strength, if they hadn't been unlucky and bumped into Yunyao and the others, they would at least be able to enter the top four.
Yun Yao walked to Ji Zhizhi's side and tilted her head, "Are you okay?"
Ji Zhi Zhi lowered his head, subconsciously he didn't want Yun Yao to see his current expression, but his voice was still muffled, "Fortunately... losing to you is better than losing to others." Ji Zhi Zhi didn't think losing It's embarrassing for a girl, but he himself admires Yunyao's strength.
Yun Yao said seriously: "You are just unlucky to meet us earlier. We will definitely make it to the end!" She assured him.At the beginning, Yunyao may have come to participate in the competition for fun, but later on, she really devoted herself to it.
Cuju is really fun!
Ji Zhi raised his head and said, "Since you have won against us, then you are not allowed to lose to others."
Yun Yao noticed that his eyes were a little red, she didn't say anything, but nodded solemnly.
The 11-to-12 competition will be decided on the [-]th, the NO.[-] will be [-]-to-[-], and the NO.[-] will determine the champion.The schedule of this game is very tight, and the tickets for each game are sold at ten cents, and it is hard to find a ticket.
Tickets for the finals were more expensive, and became fifty cents each, and more people followed.Even Yun Xi only managed to buy five.
In the end, Lonely Seeking Defeat, the women's army team, under the circumstances that everyone was not optimistic about, insisted on resisting the pressure, went to the end, and won the championship.The opponent in the final was very dramatic and happened to be the unique team.
It's just that after watching it, Yun Xi had to admit that Deng Changming definitely let the water go.Although he released the water so quietly that no one could see it, Yun Xi could feel that their strength should be more than that.
It was not only her who saw this, but also Yun Yao.Perhaps because of this, even if she got her wish and took off the laurel crown, Yunyao didn't look so happy, in stark contrast to the excited companions around her, and during the process, she didn't forget to cast a few glances at him.
Yun Xi looked around at the people around her, and many of them looked as if they were in mourning, which made her want to laugh.It is estimated that [-]% of the people present placed their bets on Deng Changming's team.As for the excited people, they were either fans of the Dugu Qiubai team, or they were crushed.Most of them are girls.
Yun Xi touched her nose, and couldn't help showing a pleasant smile on the corner of her mouth. No matter what, she was really happy that Lu Yiran and the others were able to win.
Chu Xiyuan also personally came over to present them with the championship trophy. The trophy was very delicate and small, made of pure gold.Chu Xiyuan awarded the trophy to them, along with a trophy of 5000 taels of silver.
This scene made everyone more excited.
Chu Xiyuan praised them for their heroines, and awarded captain Lu Yiran a seventh-rank school lieutenant in charge of an army of 500 people.
This reward was like a drop of water falling into a frying pan, causing everyone's ears to ring.Many people didn't expect to be awarded an official position after winning the championship, and there was a faint regret on their faces, regretting that they could not work harder, and maybe they could get an official position.For ordinary people, this is equivalent to reaching the sky in one step.
Yun Xi took the eyes of the people around her into her eyes, and she guessed that next year, inspired by this, more people would sign up for the Cuju competition.
There are about two cuju competitions a year, one in spring and one in winter on ice.
She knew in her heart that Chu Xiyuan was just letting the Detachment of Women in Lu Yiran's hand appear in front of others.
Lu Yiran was obviously mentally prepared. Even after receiving the good news, he still had a calm expression on his face.
Chu Xiyuan, as the emperor with a rich body, it is not good to stay here for too long.He left after the award was over.
Lu Yiran came down from the stage and raised his eyebrows at Yun Xi, "Look, I told you, I will definitely show you the number one."
Seeing her beaming face, Yun Xi couldn't help laughing, "Yes, you are awesome! You really did it!" Along the way, the sweat these girls put in was invisible to others.All the other men in the capital were defeated by them, holding their breath and preparing to regain the championship next year.
Lu Yiran smiled brightly, and the corners of his eyes and brows were full of pride, "Since we are so good, don't you have to reward us too?"
Yun Xi understood, the people who ate food came again.
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Yun Xi asked Lu Yiran and the others how to distribute the 5000 taels of silver. For 5000 taels of silver, everyone can get a few hundred taels of silver. Money is in the eye.
The girls obviously thought about this issue long ago, and said without hesitation that they could use the money to do good deeds.Can't let a whore go ahead of them.
When Yun Xi heard this, she understood that they looked down on Dong Qinglian. It wasn't that they didn't look down on her identity. To make a comparison, it means that a brothel woman has such a compassionate heart, but these ladies don't show it at all, and they are not as good as a brothel woman.
It made all the ladies in the capital feel ashamed when they heard Dong Qinglian's name.Is it true that these ladies should learn from Dong Qinglian and sell themselves?
Yun Xi felt that this was a bit of a moral kidnapping. Every time she heard similar words, she would go back on the spot and directly ask the other party how much money they donated, which would also open her eyes.After that, no one said such things in front of her.
Yun Xi pondered for a while, and said, "I plan to form the Red Cross Society, and the money in it will be used for disaster relief. What do you think?"
There are a lot of rich people in the capital, and she can organize everyone to donate together, so that if you gather together, you can make a lot of money. When the time comes, the money will be used to help those victims, which is considered a good deed.As the wife of the eldest son, Yun Xi is confident that if she organizes herself, many people will respond.
Yun Xi spoke out her plan, and everyone nodded in admiration for the plan.This is tantamount to gathering the strength of the girls in the capital.
Lu Yiran made a final decision, "Then the 5000 taels of silver can be donated in our name."
Yun Xi nodded in agreement, she planned to donate 1 taels of silver and that would be enough.Although she has more than 50 cash in hand, if she donates so much alone, wouldn't it set off the lack of other people's money.No matter how much you donate, it's everyone's will, and she doesn't want to create a trend of comparison.
"I will also donate 1 taels then."
After watching the game, Dai Yanling also came to Yun Xi's house for a meal, and she said directly, "Then I'll donate 2000 taels." She is not as rich as Yun Xi, so she has to do what she can.
"I also have 1 taels." Lu Yiran lazily said, now she has to raise a 500-strong women's army and build weapons for them. All these require a lot of expenses, and she can't be as extravagant as before.
Everyone glanced at me and said one after another that they wanted to donate money.
After everyone discussed their respective departures, Lu Yiran chose to stay.Yun Xi had asked her to help organize the event just now, and with the two of them suppressing it, nothing would happen.The two began to write posts, intending to invite all the ladies in the capital to come and talk about this matter.
Regardless of whether they knew each other or not, both of them posted invitations.The Grand View Garden on Yunxi's side has not been completed yet, and cannot entertain so many guests, so Lu Yiran directly contributed her Liuli Pavilion.
In order to show their sincerity, both of them invited them personally.As Yun Xi's intelligence leader, Li Qiu directly took out the list. In the list, all the officials and ladies above the seventh rank in the capital are on the list.
Yunyao and Duo Duo were in charge of grinding and laying the groundwork. It took Yun Xi and Lu Yiran two hours to finish writing all the posts, and there were five or six hundred girls in total who invited them.
After writing the post, she asked Li Qiu and the others to send it out.She and Lu Yiran offered personal invitations, and almost no one refused.Even those who originally had invitations rejected their original plans.Just kidding, that was a joint invitation from the two princesses.Many of them may not have the opportunity to cling to them all their lives.
Yun Xi thought about it, and decided to join the eldest princess and the second princess in the palace together. As for the third princess, she was too young and didn't need it.
This can also be regarded as an action in the circle of ladies in the capital.
Yun Xi remembered the Daughter League she had established in Chuzhou before, and when she and Dai Yanling returned to the capital, they gave up the status of the president and vice president to other people who were still in Chuzhou.Maybe they can also emulate what they did in Chuzhou at that time?
In order to facilitate this before the snow disaster, Yun Xi and Lu Yiran set the time at No. 17. Fortunately, the Liuli Garden is big enough, even if seven or eight hundred girls come, it will not be too crowded.Although the number of people invited by Yun Xixia's post was more than 500, some girls also brought their sisters together, so the number was more than expected.After all, this behavior is uninvited, and it is only a part of it.
Yun Xi didn't particularly care about this, more people equaled more donations, which was considered a good thing.She also saw Ruan Wenshan and Ruan Wenxiang in it.What happened in the Third Prince's Mansion was temporarily suppressed, so everyone didn't know about the sisters, and treated them affectionately.
In fact, Yun Xi really didn't invite them.
These girls found that there were also two princesses from the palace who came today, and they all felt that their trip was worthwhile.
Yun Xi didn't bother to waste time, and after exchanging glances with Lu Yiran, she told about their establishment of the Red Cross Society.
Whether it was for the sake of fame, or to curry favor with Yun Xi, Lu Yiran and the others, everyone admired this method one after another, expressing their willingness to donate their usual money.
Yun Xi also said that the money donated by everyone will be recorded in the book, and every income and expenditure details will be clearly recorded, and every money will never be wasted.
In the next two days, those who were invited donated money one after another, and some girls who were not invited also expressed their willingness to donate money.Yun Xi naturally accepted their kindness.By December 50th, the girls in the capital alone had prepared 2000 taels of silver, and more than 1 people participated in the donation.Yun Xi, Lu Yiran, and the two princesses all donated 1 taels of silver. Apart from them, Ruan Wenshan also donated 3000 taels of silver, making her quite a hit.Some princesses and nobles of the nobles donated money one after another. These people donated at least [-] taels of silver. Adding in other people, the amount was beyond Yun Xi's expectation. It can only be said that there are many people and great power.
The generosity of this group of girls had no intention of scaring the people of the capital, and no one thought that they could donate so much money together.You know, even if the disaster relief money allocated by the treasury is 40 taels-and the money is distributed to each affected state city, they add up to more than 50 taels.
The common people naturally greatly appreciated their actions.
Yun Xi didn't hand over the money to the household department for disaster relief. She understood the unspoken rules of the officialdom. If she handed it over to them, some of it would definitely be stolen by the officials, and it would not be possible to send all of it to the victims.It's better for these girls to deal with it themselves.
She and Lu Yiran didn't do everything, but selected about twenty or so suitable women to help run the Red Cross Society. The chosen ones were naturally flattered, and since they were still girls who hadn't left the cabinet, they were not as utilitarian as they were. In the future, everyone will work with 12 points of energy.With them supervising each other, Yun Xi directly became the hands-off shopkeeper.
In the past, there was Dong Qinglian who sold her body for disaster relief, and later there were noble girls from the capital who established the Red Cross Society. The men in the capital were all overshadowed by the light of these girls, and all of them were ashamed, and they were used for comparison.
Who says women are inferior to men!
They felt depressed, but they couldn't say anything.
When everyone is doing charity work in full swing, the snow in the capital is getting bigger and bigger. By the time of No. 20, the snow on the ground is five feet thick. I can imagine how much snow fell outside last night.
Zhuzhu is still a little girl under one year old, she doesn't have internal strength like Yun Xi, and she is more afraid of the cold.Therefore, several pots of charcoal were placed in her house, and two nannies hugged her to sleep, so as not to be accidentally frozen in the middle of the night.
The snow at the door was so thick that it even blocked the door.The guards of the princess mansion had to get up early in the morning to shovel snow.When Yun Shen went to the morning court, he also didn't go through the main entrance.
Yun Xi woke up later than usual, she was fine when she was inside the house, but when she went out, she was almost frozen in place by the cold air that rushed towards her face.She estimated that based on the temperature in her previous life, the current temperature is estimated to be more than minus 20 degrees.
Yun Xi frowned slightly, even though she had been mentally prepared before, but when it really came, it was still beyond her expectation.She shivered, retreated into the room, and added another piece of clothing to herself.
The temperature dropped by more than ten degrees overnight, causing some of the weaker servants to get sick early in the morning.Yun Xi had already made preparations. Everyone shared a few catties of extra charcoal and went down with a bowl of hot ginger soup, and most of the diseased seedlings that had just emerged were pinched.Coupled with the fact that there are still several doctors in the mansion, the number of sick people is still within expectations.
The government also responded to the snowstorm, and each household distributed a few catties of charcoal and cotton-padded jackets per person.Even so, according to statistics in one day, six or seven people in the capital still froze to death.However, compared to the historical records of hundreds of people a day, these six or seven people can be ignored.Fortunately, the yamen allowed the beggars in the ruined temple to live in unoccupied houses in the city, and distributed them cotton clothes, charcoal and food, otherwise more people would freeze to death.
Yun Xi knew that some people with frostbite may not have the money to see a doctor, so she directly changed the empty pharmacy under her name into a pharmacy temporarily, and asked Yun Qi to lead a few doctors to sit there and distribute free of charge to the common people. For Ni Tang, every pack of medicine is packed in advance, and put there, if you have frostbite at home, you can take a few packs directly.
She didn't do this to win the hearts of the people, she just did it if she wanted to.
The weather was too cold, and the common people were reluctant to come out unless they had something important to do. The originally bustling capital suddenly became quiet, only the sound of snowflakes falling.
Yun Xi went out to look around and then went back.In the evening, Li Qiu said to her: "Miss Dong started delivering charcoal for free this morning, and each person can receive up to five catties of charcoal. She even delivered the charcoal herself in the wind and snow."
Yun Xi raised her eyebrows to express her understanding, "She really has a heart. In such a cold weather, she has to stand on the platform herself."
Like Yun Xi, even if she does good deeds, she doesn't show up in person, at most she just acts as a hands-off shopkeeper.
"The servants also admire her deeply, but those who received the charcoal were very moved."
"Miss Dong said that within the next three days, she will distribute charcoal here, and tomorrow she will also start distributing food. Within these three days, all the supplies will be sent out."
Yun Xi smiled softly, "No wonder I haven't heard much about her these days. She should prepare these things. But she can buy a full 15 supplies, and her connections are not weak."
Speaking of this, Yun Xi couldn't help feeling a little suspicious.It was not even half a month since Dong Qinglian sold Chuye at a sky-high price, and Dong Qinglian was able to prepare 15 supplies.Yun Xi was able to do it because she had the influence of Yinmen and Wanshiwu in her hands, but Dong Qinglian herself was just a brothel girl. When such supplies were in short supply, it was not bad to be able to buy 15 to [-], let alone [-].
There must be someone behind her helping her, and there are more than one or two.
Yun Xi quickly came to this conclusion.
A trace of thought flashed through her clear eyes, Yun Xi instructed Li Qiu, "Let someone keep an eye on Dong Qinglian."
Li Qiu nodded to express her understanding. She coughed and added a piece of news: "Girl, I also asked someone to check the supplies Dong Qinglian bought today."
Yun Xi looked at her with great interest, "Oh, what did you find out?"
Li Qiu said seriously: "The sum of those supplies is almost worth 5 taels of silver, definitely not 15 taels."
The imperial court has also been selling cheap charcoal, cotton, and grain recently, so the prices of these items have always been suppressed, and the prices have not been driven up because of the snowstorm.
Yun Xi understood what Li Qiu meant. Dong Qinglian said that she would spend all 15 taels on the common people, but she didn't do that in action, that is, she gave away 5 taels. [-] taels is already a lot of supplies, and ordinary people would not seriously calculate how many things she sent out.
That is to say, Li Qiu didn't like Dong Qinglian himself, and subconsciously wanted to find fault, so he did a serious calculation, and finally found out the problem.
Even though she only sent 15 yuan, she insisted that it was 15 yuan, so that everyone could praise her as a saint, try to gain fame, and practice fraud.Sending [-] things to win the hearts of [-] people, how can there be such a good thing in the world.
Seeing Li Qiu's expression, Yun Xi couldn't help laughing, "You really don't seem to like her very much."
Li Qiu blinked, "I don't like her stepping on Miss to make her famous, and I don't like what she did with that Mrs. Zhang." Anyway, she is such a narrow-minded person.
Yun Xi thought about it, and an idea flashed in her mind, "I have an idea."
She spoke her method in a calm tone, Li Qiu's eyes brightened the more she listened.
When Dong Qinglian continued to be her living Bodhisattva the next day and distributed supplies to everyone in person, she found five officials not far away watching from afar.
Dong Qinglian didn't take it to heart, she just thought she was here to watch.She was wearing a down jacket bought from other sources, a crimson skirt, and a moon-white cloak outside. Her face was paler by the wind, and she looked pitiful. Among the ashen-faced people It is so eye-catching, the white snow all over the sky has been reduced to Beijing, like a landscape painting.
Therefore, even in such a cold weather, there are some people who ran over to enjoy the rare gloomy scenery at the risk of getting frostbite.
Her hands-on attitude has undoubtedly attracted the favor of many people, making her popularity reach the highest point. Many people are full of admiration when they mention Dong Qinglian, and they also feel pity for her life experience in the world. Some young masters expressed their willingness Accept her as a concubine, and many of them are from the Duke of Houmen.
Dong Qinglian was very moved by the admiration and praise of these people, but she still refused.
Three days later, Dong Qinglian sent out all the supplies she had bought, and won a lot of praise.
After all the things were delivered, many ordinary people were very grateful to her, and some even knelt down directly.
Dong Qinglian quickly helped them up and said: "This is what I should do." She sighed and said: "It's a pity that my status is low, and that's all I can do."
Seeing the sadness of the beauty, the others hurriedly said: "Ms. Dong, you have done better. Not everyone can be like you. You took out 15 taels of silver and used it on us without blinking."
"Yes, yes, ordinary people can spend tens of thousands of taels of silver at most, but like Miss Dong, they regard money as dung."
"If it were me, I would at least leave some money for myself. I can't be as selfless as Miss Dong."
Miss Dong's sentence is full of respect for Dong Qinglian from the bottom of her heart.Because Yun Xi and the others had prepared 50 taels earlier, there were no cheap people using them to lift Dong Qinglian.
Miss Dong lowered her head, as if everyone loved her too much.
At this time, two members of the household department, Uwai Lang, came over. Everyone recognized the official uniforms on them, and quickly stepped back a few steps.
The two Yuanwailang bowed their hands to the people around them, then turned to Dong Qinglian and said, "Miss Dong has really worked hard these past few days."
The corners of Dong Qinglian's lips were slightly raised, and there was a smile in her eyes, and her eyes were full of charming charm, "Where, I just did something within my power."
"Miss Dong, your words like this really make us ashamed." Tong Zhong sighed and said: "Miss Dong is a woman in a brothel, but she has such noble green grass. Tong admires it very much. Your Majesty was also very moved when he heard about it." The Ministry of Industry built a stone tablet on the moat in the past two days, intending to engrave those who made great contributions during the snow disaster on it."
The common people were amazed and shocked after hearing this, which is equivalent to leaving a name in history.But thinking about Dong Qinglian's donation of 15 taels, everyone took it for granted.
Tong Zhong continued: "Miss Dong, you donated 5 taels of supplies this time, and your name must be recorded on it."
Dong Qinglian was very proud of Tong Zhong's praise at first, but when she heard 5 taels, the smile on her face froze.
Someone directly put forward the will, "My lords, Miss Dong contributed 15 yuan, not just [-] yuan."
Tong Zhong was surprised and said: "Really? In the past two days, people from the household department have come to count the supplies sent by Miss Dong. Calculated according to the market price, it is 5 to [-] taels of silver."
He even made up a round number for her, pretending to be [-], which can be regarded as the utmost benevolence.
The crowd was in an uproar.
(End of this chapter)
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