Reborn under the White Mountain

Chapter 257 Letter from the Capital
October is the catastrophe day for the animals raised by the Tong family, because the fur of the animals is at its best at this time.Yun Song led the family, first went to the surrounding villages, and took back the foxes, raccoon dogs, sables, otters and other animals that had been distributed to some villagers, and those that had grown up enough were all taken back.When they were given to them at the beginning, they all signed the paperwork, and they had to be sold to the Tong family after they were raised. The price given by the Tong family was more than [-]% higher than that of others, so the villagers were of course willing to sell it.

Yun Song and Jun Ye took people down to buy them respectively, and after four or five days of busy work, they took them all back.The recovered animals will be killed, their furs will be peeled off, and then they will be sent to the capital after they are dried and tanned. Tong's family can earn a lot of money every year just for this item.When Yuxian was at home, he had done the breeding of high-quality provenance. Yunsong and the others would go to the mountains to hunt some wild animals every year to prevent the degeneration of species.

If the recovered ones are handled well, they should be raised by their own family, and the best ones will be kept for breeding, and the rest will be killed.In this way, I have been busy for more than ten days, and I have dealt with almost all the animals.

Those medicinal animals are not sent outside for raising, but are managed by Tong's family.Tong’s family now has more than 500 deer. Every year, a lot of antler alone can be produced. In addition, there are deer fetuses. This deer is an extremely timid animal and is very easy to be frightened, so some female deer even If you are pregnant, you will easily miscarry, so there are many deer fetuses produced every year.Yuxian had taught her father how to deal with the deer fetus, and now the deer fetus ointment is also a major product of Tongrentang.

In addition, there are fragrant deer and black bears, etc., and there are also a lot of them. The fragrant deer can also be picked at this time.Yuxian adopted a method that was often used in her previous life, which is called extracting incense from live musk, and what is extracted in this way is called loose incense, also known as Dangmenzi.But it can keep the life of the musk deer, and won't kill it.

Yuxian, who came back home, was busy with this and that every day, living a busy and fulfilling life.Although she had already thought about it, she still demanded that her family absolutely not tell Haoyu about her return, even Junwei and the others were not allowed to inform, so Haoyu thought that she was still outside.It's not that there is a test or something, but they are still too young to talk about these feelings or anything now.If there is no strength, then everything is just nonsense.

It was snowing outside again, and the fluttering snowflakes swayed in the sky in a beautiful dance, and then quietly fell to the ground, forming a thick layer.Yuxian finally finished her work at home and went out to find Xiaomei and Xiaofeng.Bai Lu and Huang Ying wanted to follow, but Yuxian refused to let her go, "You two's marriage is also settled, why don't you hurry up and make your wedding dress? You're going to get married in the twelfth lunar month, so don't wait until the wedding dress is embroidered. "

Bai Lu is sixteen this year, and Huang Ying is seventeen, and they are both promised to be in charge of the family.Now the Tong family has shops and workshops in the county and the prefectural city, all of them are young people, there are many good boys, how can there be any cheaper outsiders?Now the Tong family has the title of Duke at any rate, and the emperor made a new decree that the Duke's mansion is still reserved in the capital, and all the awards of the Tong family have not changed.Therefore, the current stewards of the Tong Mansion are said to be the stewards of the Duke's Mansion. Naturally, the tide has risen and the value has doubled. Many people want to marry their daughters to those stewards.

Fortunately, the Tong family is used to being strict with their servants, so none of the servants of the Tong family went out to bully the people.For this point, Yun Song and his men pay the most attention, and they will beat them from time to time.

Yuxian left the two girls at home, and walked on the snow by herself wearing a cloak and boots.The Zhao family was the closest to Tong's house, so of course they went to find Xiaomei first. When they arrived at Zhao's house, they happened to see Xiaomei's father sweeping the snow there. "Uncle Zhao, is Miss Xiaomei at home?"

Xiaomei's father looked up and saw Yuxian, "Yo, it's Yuxian, Xiaomei is at home, you can go in and find her."

Yuxian walked to the west wing by herself, and now Xiaomei also has her own room.I happened to see Xiaomei sitting there embroidering. "Miss Mei, what are you doing?"

Xiaomei raised her head, "Yuxian, when did you come back? Come and sit on the kang." Xiaomei has become more and more quiet in recent years.

Yuxian sat on the kang and looked at what Xiaomei embroidered, "Sister, is this the wedding dress you embroidered?"

Xiaomei blushed and nodded. "Well, I'm engaged, my mother said let me do it slowly, so I won't be too busy then." The little face was filled with a feeling of happiness.

God, Xiaomei is only one year older than herself, why did she get engaged so quickly?It is too early? "Sister, where is the man? How is the family?"

"It's in the town. There is a shop at home. There is only one son and two sisters who are already married. I went to see each other in August, and it was settled when I came back. They said they would get married in the winter of next year, Yu Xian, you have to come then." Xiaomei's face was still red, but she looked very satisfied.

"That's good, as long as the family conditions are good, at least you won't be troubled when you marry. I didn't expect my sister to be engaged. What about Xiaofeng?" I remember that Xiaofeng didn't want to marry too early.

"She's also engaged, and she's the matchmaker your mother told her about. She's a doctor in Jishitang." Xiaomei said a news that shocked Yuxian.

After Yuxian heard this, she felt incredible. Xiaofeng was only a few months older than herself, and she was also engaged.I have always said that I am too young, so I have reached the age where I can get married?It seems that the ancient tradition of early marriage should not be changed. "Sister, let's go and see if Sister Xiaofeng is successful? We really don't have many days to be together after this, and you are all about to get married."

Xiaomei put down the needle and thread in her hand, "Okay, let's go find Xiaofeng, I've been at home for several days, go out for a walk." As Xiaomei said, she put on a big jacket and put on a He put on a cloak, and walked to Xiaofeng's house with Yuxian.

The two girls were both wearing thick clothes and cloaks, walking on the road, they didn't feel cold.The two walked together arm in arm, but Yuxian was slightly taller than Xiaomei.When I came to Xiaofeng's house, the gate was open, and Xiaofeng's father was also pushing the snow outside. Today's snow fell quite heavily, if I didn't push it outside, it would be too deep in a while.

"Uncle Song, is sister Xiaofeng at home?" Yu Xian asked.

"It's Yuxian and Meizi. Xiaofeng is not at home today and has gone to his aunt's house. Come and sit in the room for a while?" Xiaofeng's father hurriedly let the two into the room.

"No, when sister Xiaofeng comes back someday, let her come to my house to play with me." When they heard that Xiaofeng was not there, they stopped entering the house, turned around and walked out.

Xiaofeng's father sent it out, "Yuxian, Meizi, come and play when you have time."

The two waved their hands and walked away.Xiaofeng was not at home, so the two of them went back to Xiaomei's house, nestled on the kang, chatting.

While chatting, someone came in from outside, "Miss, you are really here, there is a letter from the capital, go back and have a look."

Yuxian hurriedly got off the ground, put on her boots, and Bailu put on a cloak, "Sister Xiaomei, I'm going back first, I don't know what's going on. I'll come to play with you another day." After saying that, she led Bailu home.

When I got home, I saw Yun Song and Yuan Qingyun were there, "Father, what's going on? Is there a letter from the capital?"

"Sit down first, we have something to discuss." Yun Song said. "The earthquake in Huazhou, Haoyu was ordered to go to Huazhou to check the disaster situation. Your second brother and fifth brother were also traveling together. Before your second brother left Beijing, he sent a letter to his family, saying that your elder brother should also go to help. I heard that this time The earthquake was very severe, and Huaxian, Tongguan, and Huayin were all severely affected. The imperial court allocated a large amount of food, quilts and other materials, but it was not enough. It has mobilized various places to donate items there to help the victims. Yu Xian, what do you think should be done about this?"

earthquake?This is a catastrophe, especially in this era, there are no advanced rescue methods at all, and the chance of death is very high.Furthermore, it is winter now, and the rescued people also need to be resettled, which is a very difficult thing to do. "Father, prepare all the medicinal materials that our family can use immediately, and I will go to Huazhou with my eldest brother immediately." This kind of life-or-death matter cannot consider the love of those young children. "Well, when you go out this time, there is nothing at home that can help you, so I will bring you some money and go. Find a way to get some things to send there together. How can people live in this winter? There are about 20 taels of bank notes, you take all of them, this is all we can help Haoyu. Let your mother get it for you later, but our family alone is useless, too few." Yun Song doesn't care about money, but feels that there is too little to help.

"Father, let's split up quickly and let the servants of the family go to the town to find Uncle Han. I need their help. Our wine shop has stopped producing wine, and all the food is ready. Go to the disaster area. I will leave immediately, and go to the capital first. Normally, we should just donate some things for this kind of thing, but after all, this is related to the lives of many people. Isn’t God taking care of our family to be like this today? We can't just watch this kind of thing." Yuxian couldn't think of what to do for a while, so she could only think about it and do it.

"I'm going to pack up now, and then we'll go." Jun Ye stood up and went back to his room to pack up.

Yuxian also returned to her room, took out all the bank notes she had saved over the years, and put them in her purse.Then I packed up some clothes and so on, made a bundle, and came out.It just so happened that Jun Ye had also packed up, and the two of them went to the front together.Fang took out all the bank notes from the family, "Yuxian, this is all our family can use, you can take it all, saving people is the most important thing."

Yuxian took out 10 taels, "Mom, take these first, I still have them here. In fact, the money is mainly for buying food and warm things from the south, as well as medicinal materials. My eldest brother and I will go there first." Now that the capital is here, you and daddy have prepared all the food at home, and then Uncle Han and the others can help transport it directly to Huazhou, and Haoyu will be there, so there will be no problem."

　Cough cough cough, let me tell you first, I wrote this before, definitely not just today.I have archives.I didn't want to say it at first, but I was afraid that my friends would think that I wrote this after hearing the earthquake in Ya'an, so I said it in advance.Also, pray here for the earthquake-stricken areas.

　　
　
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