in the sound of swallows

Chapter 33

When the four eyes met, Yuwen Changqing was amazed for a moment.I don't know if it's because he sees fewer women, but the woman in front of him has slender eyebrows and almond eyes, as gentle as a warm jade in her hand, making him feel comfortable when he sees it.

But he didn't use any disguise now, it would be a disaster if his face was seen by other people.Yuwen Changqing came back to his senses, and was about to find something to cover his face when Shen Guiyan lowered his eyes.

"Did you go to the wrong place?"

The voice was like a yellow oriole coming out of the valley, not shrill or flattering, another small light lit up in Yuwen Changqing's heart, and it was rare that he cupped his hands in embarrassment: "By mistake, please forgive me for breaking into the lady's boudoir."

Shen Guiyan was very curious about what this person was doing and why he suddenly appeared in the Swallow Tower.Just when I was about to ask, there was a struggling voice from the window: "Yan'er, give me a hand."

Gu Chaobei?Shen Guiyan was taken aback, and hurried over to look.I don't know what kind of nerve this person is, he didn't leave the door, but turned in from the window?
After turning into the room, Gu Chaobei winked at Yuwen Changqing, then pulled Shen Guiyan and said, "My waist flashed!"

"What?" The corner of Shen Guiyan's mouth twitched, and she quickly lowered her head to rub it for him: "Come here and lie on your stomach, I'll ask Baoshan to bring the medicinal wine."

"Okay." Gu Chaobei grinned and grabbed Shen Guiyan's arm and led her to the bed, giving Yuwen Changqing a chance to turn over the window.

But this guy didn't know what was going on, he stared blankly for a while, until Gu Chaobei coughed lightly, then he realized and walked away step by step.

What's there to see?Gu Chaobei cursed in a low voice.

Shen Guiyan pretended not to see his eyes, and just rubbed his waist for him: "Why did you climb over the wall when you are so good?"

Gu Chaobei paused, and said seriously: "It's been too long since I've been active, let's practice."

Shen Guiyan: "..."

Just now that person looked unusual, and Gu Chaobei's friends are all dudes, so who is that person?

If you ask Gu Chaobei, this person will definitely not say anything.Shen Guiyan was bored in her heart and became curious.

After staying in Shen's residence for most of the day, he finally felt bored in the evening, Gu Chaobei said he wanted to go out for a walk, Shen Guiyan nodded, and after serving refreshments at Master Shen's place, he followed him out of the residence.

Gu Chaobei was going to have fun, so they naturally went on different paths.Shen Guiyan went to the food store, and asked about the current price of food.

"What is Miss going to do?" Bao Shan asked curiously.

Shen Guiyan calculated the price, and said, "Isn't there still some money in my place? There are so many refugees in the capital now, thinking about keeping the money, it's okay to put it aside. Except for the school, the rest of the money will be used to help some people. .”

Bao Shan opened his eyes wide: "Miss, do you want some porridge?"

"Yeah." Shen Guiyan looked up at the refugees on the street: "It's better to be able to do something than to wither in the bustling pile day by day."

"But..." Baoshan frowned: "That's what the yamen should do."

yamen?Shen Guiyan chuckled lightly: "Look at the world, the yamen is a place for the officials to have fun. Who cares about the lives of the refugees? Although I can't save everyone, it's good if I can save some. Just treat it as a reserve for yourself." blessing."

Baoshan thought for a while, then sighed and said: "After all, Miss is kind-hearted, so the servant girl went to find someone to help with things."

"Okay." Shen Guiyan nodded.

With money and official background, it is very easy to do these small things. On the next day, a cloth porridge shop was set up on a street near Shen's residence, and it was distributed for one hour in the morning and two hours around noon. The porridge is specially for the nearby refugees.The refugees who were full were organized to clean the two dirty alleys and spread mats and mattresses so that they could sleep temporarily.

Shen Guiyan was in a good mood watching Baoshan busy on the other side of the street. Gu Chaobei stood beside her and hummed softly, "Women are easy to soften their hearts. How many people do you think you can save?"

"How much can be saved." Shen Guiyan shrugged: "At least I feel at ease, and they can also have food. What's wrong?"

"People who are too kind can't survive in this world, don't you know?" Gu Chaobei looked at the refugee receiving porridge, and said with deep eyes, "If you help these people, you will get nothing."

Why do you have to get something to do good deeds?Shen Guiyan didn't recognize it, let alone feel that she was kind.It's not that she is unconditionally good to everyone, she just looks at the refugees with pity, and it's just a matter of little effort.If you can't even move the minimum sympathy, it will be terrible.

But for other people, she remembers all the grievances and grievances very clearly, and she will not miss anyone.

The refugees lined up according to the rules, carrying bowls to get the porridge, which attracted many people to watch.People passing by asked curiously: "Whose porridge shed is this?"

According to what Shen Guiyan said, Baoshan replied softly, "Your Nameless."

"This is really a good man." The refugee who received the porridge sighed as he walked: "If the current emperor has such a thought for the people, we don't have to be displaced."

The voice gradually dissipated in the air. The man in the fancy dress on the street listened to this sentence, and looked at the porridge shed in the distance with deep eyes.

You will be in a good mood if you do something good, it is rare for Shen Guiyan to hold Gu Chaobei's hand all the way home.

Gu Chaobei did not approve of her behavior in his heart, but seeing her so happy, he let it go with a sigh.

Good things are not so easy to do, some people will be grateful, but some people will only make progress.On the second day of distributing the porridge, many refugees came to receive the porridge after hearing the news, but there was not enough porridge in the end.The refugees who had been waiting in line for a long time didn't get the porridge, so they became angry and threw the porridge shed up. Bao slapped his face pale in fright, and hurriedly led the people back to the mansion.

"Those people don't know what to do." Baoshan said with lingering fear, "Almost hurt someone."

Shen Guiyan frowned, she thought it would be a simple matter to make porridge, but she didn't expect such a thing to happen.

"I told you earlier, why bother to sympathize with them." Gu Chaobei crossed his legs and said sarcasticly beside him: "Just live your own life well, what do you care about them?"

Shen Guiyan said sullenly: "It's because I didn't think it through."

"Just figure it out." Gu Chaobei clicked twice: "Go back to the Prime Minister's Mansion honestly tomorrow."

She lowered her eyes and didn't answer, Shen Guiyan looked at the sachet in her hand in a daze, Gu Chaobei thought that she really figured it out, and sat on the chair with peace of mind to think about her own affairs.

General Yuwen should return to Beijing tomorrow, followed by two major events in Beijing and China, the scientific research and the empress dowager's birthday.It's okay to take the scientific examination, anyway, my eldest brother will have the upper hand.He had to go to the palace before the birthday banquet.

But, how to enter the palace?In what name do you enter the palace?This is a real headache.

The headache lasted until dawn the next day, but Shen Guiyan had disappeared.

"Where are people?" He asked Zhuiyun.

Zhuiyun said helplessly: "Young Madam went out early this morning, and she went to the food store."

Gu Chaobei covered his face, why did he marry a wife who worried about the country and the people?
What Shen Guiyan said yesterday was ill-considered, not about the distribution of porridge, but the quantity of porridge.There are more and more refugees receiving porridge, so rice should naturally be bought more, anyway, it is not expensive, and her monthly routine alone can provide a large number of victims with porridge for half a month.

So early this morning, she went out to buy porridge first, and at noon she went back to pack her things, say goodbye, and go back to the Prime Minister's Mansion.

"Madam Gu still wants rice?" The storekeeper of the food store was a little surprised: "What happened yesterday, everyone is saying that they won't be able to distribute porridge today."

Shen Guiyan smiled and handed over the bank note: "As much as can be clothed."

The shopkeeper of the food store sighed: "You are really a bodhisattva."

Then they weighed the rice according to the silver.

A man in ordinary clothes next to him couldn't help but glance at Shen Guiyan: "The cloth porridge has caused a riot, why do you still want to do it?"

Shen Guiyan was taken aback, then turned to look at him.This man was a kind-hearted uncle, looking at her curiously.

"The reason for the riots was that there was not enough porridge. The porridge was not the fault." Shen Guiyan said, "There is nothing wrong with the porridge, so why not increase the quantity and continue to do it?"

The uncle disapproved and said: "How much silver do you have, and how long will the porridge be?"

"This little girl has already figured it out." Shen Guiyan smiled slightly: "With part of the dowry, I can use 30 taels of silver, enough to buy three hundred shi of grain, enough for them to eat for three months. It's time to settle down in the capital or somewhere else, and live on your own labor."

"If after three months you are still counting on the little girl to make porridge to make a living, except for the old, weak, sick and disabled, the rest of the little girls will not continue to help them."

There has to be a degree of sympathy.

The uncle gave her a deep look, turned and left.Shen Guiyan looked at the poorly fitting civilian clothes on the man, and only thought about it for a while, but didn't delve into it.

After arranging the process of distributing porridge, Shen Guiyan rushed back to Shen's mansion to prepare to say goodbye.Before Master Shen arrived in the main hall, Mrs. Shen sat on top of her and looked at her, smilingly said: "Master praised you for being sensible, so I did something that will definitely make you happy."

Shen Guiyan raised her head in a daze.

Mrs. Shen said with a fake smile: "Aunt Qin has been serving the master for so long. There is no credit but hard work. I asked someone to put her spiritual tablet in the Shen family's ancestral hall."

Aunt Qin's spiritual tablet was originally enshrined upstairs in the Swallow Tower, and Shen Guiyan even offered incense when she went out as early as possible.

Mrs. Shen, what does this mean?
"Are you unhappy?" Mrs. Shen raised her eyebrows: "This is a great honor, she is a lowly concubine, she has no chance to enter the ancestral hall."

"Since there is no chance, mother still gave Aunt Qin's spiritual seat to Yan'er, and Yan'er can take it with her." Shen Guiyan frowned: "Auntie can't afford a place with too much blessing."

"Presumptuous!" Mrs. Shen patted the tea table loudly: "I only let the Qin family enter the ancestral hall for your sake. How can I take it away? Besides, if you go back to your in-law's house with the spiritual tablet, what are you talking about?" ?”

Shen Guiyan knelt down with an ugly expression on her face. Once Aunt Qin died, she would have nothing to worry about here, and she could come and go freely.

Who ever thought that they wouldn't even let go of the spirit seats of the dead?
(End of this chapter)