The wealth of rebirth is deep in the mountains

Chapter 183
"The shopkeeper, the shopkeeper! There seems to be a big fire in the mountains to the south, there's so much smoke!"

The old shopkeeper scolded, "What are you shouting for? How could it be possible to catch fire at a time like this?"

But the boy was not convinced, and shouted, "Really, shopkeeper, the black smoke is billowing, even the blind can see it."

Without waiting for the old shopkeeper to say anything, anyone who had leisure went upstairs first, and shouted instead, "Ah, there's so much smoke, it can't really catch fire!"

The rest of the people also ran up, and then shouted, "It looks like... the direction of Laoxiongling!"

"This old Xiongling is really evil. It was said earlier that how many people were killed by the earthquake and the landslide. Why is it on fire now?"

Soon someone sent a boy to the government office to inquire. After all, if there is a mountain fire, the government office will send someone there.

Soon, the news came back.

"The people in the government office said that it wasn't a wildfire, it was... the people of Zhaojia Village were burning the corpses of the victims, and the ashes were put in jars for burial in spring."

Everyone was silent for a while. They could pretend that the small disturbance in the city didn't happen, but most of Zhaojia Village was killed and injured, and almost all of them were wiped out. No one can turn a blind eye to such a tragedy.

"Hey, it's a bit too miserable!"

"I heard that the place is full of wolves howling at night, I'm afraid that the corpses will be... oh!"

The little servant who was just inquiring just now added another sentence at the right time, "The villain also heard that Mr. Fu Yin has invited many big merchants and plans to donate money and food to Zhaojia Village."

Everyone looked at each other, and I don't know which idler with some conscience asked hesitantly, "If not, let's join in a little bit, as a way to accumulate virtue for future generations?"

"Sure, I'll give you a couple of ounces to add a padded jacket to those people in Zhaojia Village, so you can escape with great difficulty and don't freeze again.

"I also paid two taels to buy some paper money for the dead and burn it. It will be easier to walk on Huangquan Road."

Someone took the lead, and the rest responded one after another, and soon they made up five or sixty taels.Two regular customers who usually hang out in the teahouse took the money and went to the government office on behalf of everyone.

Don't look at Zhao Zhigao being so friendly and close to the people in Laoxiongling, but when he returns to the government office, he is the local emperor of the whole Bei'an Prefecture.

If you recruit a few big merchants, you don't have to hide it. If the truth is thrown away, even if the big merchants don't want it in their hearts, they still have to smile and respond.

But no one's money is brought by the wind, especially merchants are naturally profit-seeking, and no one likes this kind of "investment" that does not see any return.

So, I drank bowl after bowl of tea and talked a lot of flattery, but no one said the specific amount of donation.

Just when Zhao Zhigao was getting impatient, the master came to report, "My lord, the people in the city donated 57 taels of silver spontaneously, and it has just been sent to the government office."

After all, he glanced at several embarrassing big merchants, and said with a smile, "It's really rare for a villain to have such kindness when he sees that they are all dressed in ordinary clothes."

Zhao Zhigao also nodded, "But I asked where they heard the news, who took the lead in donating?"

"I asked carefully. It is said that these people were drinking tea in a teahouse. Seeing the black smoke rising to the sky from the south, they learned that Zhaojia Village was burning the corpses of their relatives. They felt pity, so they donated spontaneously."

"Our folk customs in the Northland are simple and honest, and the people are upright and upright. It is really a blessing for the Great Yuan. It is a great blessing for me to be an official here. How about this? After a while, I will send a handwritten letter to the teahouse in person to encourage the people Do good."

"Yes, my lord."

Zhao Zhigao and the master sang together in such a way that several big businessmen couldn't sit still anymore, and they all said, "It's a blessing for the people of Bei'an that the adults have worked so hard for the people. The villain is grateful for the kindness of the adults and is willing to donate money." 50 taels."

"The villain also donated 50 taels of silver!"

"The villain donated 30 taels of silver, plus [-] bolts of cotton cloth, and [-] catties of cotton to make cotton clothes for the folks in Zhaojia Village to keep out the cold."

"The villain donated twenty loads of food."

Zhao Zhigao secretly calculated that there were 300 taels of silver, and sending it to Lao Xiong Ling was enough to make him gain some face in front of Xiaomi, so the smile on his face was even brighter.

"Okay, everyone's kindness, I would like to thank the folks in Zhaojia Village."

Soon, the news of big merchants donating money and goods, together with the characters written by the governor himself, a big "good" character, were sent to the teahouse.

The crowd felt pity for a moment, but they didn't expect such a good deed, so after thunderous cheers, they automatically initiated a donation of food and materials for the folks in the north of the city.

For a while, the whole Bei'an city was in a good mood.

This was an unexpected joy, of course, when the master personally sent the money and food supplies to Laoxiongling, it comforted the hearts of the surviving Zhaojia Village folks.

Relatives have passed away, homes have been destroyed, and the sadness and despair of living in neighbors' houses is not much easier than death.

At this time, the city sent something.As long as you survive the winter, you will have a new house to live in, work to do, and a new home to build. Each piece is like a powerful hand, pulling everyone out of the abyss of despair.

"Wow, God has opened his eyes!"

"Thank you, Master Qingtian!"

This time, the people of Zhaojia Village knelt and kowtowed in the direction of Fucheng, but they were very sincere.

In front of everyone and the master, Old Master Feng collected the money, counted the amount, and sent the food into the warehouse.After the master was sent away, several elders gathered together to discuss, the cotton cloth let the women sew quilts and jackets, the food was directly cooked in the big pot of the straw shed, and the big pot was eaten every day. Ridge subsidy.

As for the silver, seal it up and buy bricks and stones to build a house in spring.

The people of Zhaojia Village took reassurance and finally stopped crying.The women arranged shifts, took turns cooking or sewing, and took care of the children, while the men went to the mountains to cut firewood, and built big kangs and stoves in the potato workshop.

In a few days, the basic necessities of life were arranged properly.

With a wave of his hand, Old Master Feng arranged several children from Zhaojia Village into the school. Under the grateful eyes of Zhaojia Village people, he easily completed the first step of integration.

These matters were arranged by Old Master Feng and his elders, Xiaomi didn't intervene at all, and she really didn't have the time to intervene.

That day Bi Sanshu prescribed the medicine, and the master and servant drank it twice, that Tieniu got better soon, and Feng Niang also got better obviously, only their master, Mrs. Tie, got worse and worse.

Not only did the high fever not subside, but even added cough and chills.

The Tie Niu nearly hit Uncle Bi's face with his trembling fist, but was kicked back by Gao Ren.

Uncle Bi patiently explained for a while.Everyone knew that Mrs. Tie had a lot of root causes of disease in her body, and this time she had to induce the attack first, so that they could be diagnosed and treated together.

But the truth is understood, but seeing that Mrs. Tie is seriously ill, everyone is still worried.

Feng Niang stayed by her side all the time, and Xiaomi personally prepared three meals a day, all kinds of delicious food, chicken soup, vegetable porridge, custard, bone soup and noodles, almost in a fancy way of cooking.Occasionally, Feng Niang will be replaced to help guard for an hour or two.

As for the two little girls, Aunt Han and Qinghua Qingyu, Feng Niang was worried, which made Aunt Han complain in private that the three masters and servants are so unruly and treat Xiaomi as a servant.

Xiaomi didn't feel that she was looked down upon, it was really pitiful for Mrs. Tie to suffer such a catastrophe.Not only did he encounter an earthquake when he was away from home, he was still so sick.If there are children in the family, knowing that the mother is like this, I am afraid that I don’t know how much distress I have to worry about.

Huangtian paid off, after six or seven days of suffering like this, Iron Lady finally saw her improvement.But at this time, both Fengniang and Xiaomi lost weight.

That's all for Feng Niang, a loyal servant who has followed Mrs. Tie for many years.But Xiaomi is an outsider. When they met by chance, they not only took their master and servant to live in their own house, but also carefully served their meals. This kindness is very rare.

After eating the golden and smooth egg custard, Mrs. Tie felt that she was in good spirits, so she took Xiaomi's hand. She would not say much if she thanked her, but just asked, "Miss Lu, what wish do you have?"

wish?

Xiaomi was stunned when he heard that, and then guessed Madam Tie's intentions, but smiled, "Madam, you don't have to be so polite, and I don't want to help take care of Madam for anything in return. Maybe I was very close to the elderly and children in my previous life, and I will be very close to them in this life." Most of all, I can't see the suffering of the elderly and children. Since you fell ill in our Lu family, you have a destiny with our Lu family, so I should help more."

Mrs. Tie's heart warmed when she heard it, but she insisted on asking, "What do you need, as long as you have something in Dayuan, you can just ask."

Xiaomi couldn't help but smile bitterly, picked up the bowls and chopsticks, and threw a joke, "I'm missing a mother, but unfortunately no one can bring my mother back to life. Ma'am, take a good rest. I'm going down the mountain to have a look. In the evening, I will make rock sugar pear soup for Madam. It moisturizes the lungs very well and can relieve coughing.”

While talking, she went out with a smile. Naturally, she didn't see that Madam Tie, who had cold features, listened to her words, and her expression was full of pain.

"Are you missing a mother?"

Feng Niang cautiously approached her and hurriedly interrupted, "Ma'am, I just went out for a walk and found that there are greenhouses planted in this village, and green vegetables are harvested in winter. No wonder the food brought by Miss Lu earlier was mostly green. When Madam recovers, I'll help you out to see something new."

Mrs. Tie came back to her senses, but shook her head, "I heard in the prefecture that the green vegetables are very expensive, so how can I just go and have a look? What did Tie Niu do?"

Feng Niang was just trying to distract her master. She really wanted to find out the secrets of growing vegetables. After hearing this, she hurriedly said, "Brother Tie feels strong today, so I went down the mountain to help clear the snow. Look at Brother Qing from Uncle Zhao Gen’s family, if this child is willing, Brother Tie wants to take him by his side to teach in the future.”

Mrs. Tie nodded, but did not object.Zhao Gen was the family they stayed in before, and they treated their master and servant very warmly, and specially gave them a main room to stay in, not wanting to suffer such a disaster, the Zhao family only had one young son Qing Geer left.In terms of emotion and reason, they should all arrange this child well, and it is not in vain to get acquainted with the Zhao family.

Just as he was talking, Tieniu actually came back.

Feng Niang hurriedly greeted him and cleaned the snowflakes off his body, and then brought him in to talk to the master.

Tieniu doesn't seem to have a smooth personality, and he has been with his master for many years, saying what he wants.

"Ma'am, the slave asked Brother Qing to talk to him, but he refused to leave with the slave and said he wanted to stay here."

(End of this chapter)