Qiao Yi

"That's right, it's time to call this aunt." Xie Rong looked away, with a smile on her face, sat down on the main seat, let people take a seat, and said with a smile: "Sit down quickly!" Sit down and make two cups of Longjing tea."

"Yes, the servant will go here."

Qiao Yi sat down on the seat below.The serving maid quickly put the tea in his hand, and he nodded

The little maid smiled and went to the side to wait.

"I don't usually see you coming to my place if you have nothing to do. Tell me, you are here today, but what do you need to see me for?" Hearing that the housekeeper said that Qiao Yi came to see her, Xie Rong still felt a little strange.

But since people came to her, she guessed that there must be something to come.

As early as Qiao Yi saved her son's life, she became a nobleman of their son-in-law's mansion.Not to mention that he helped the Zhang family's main house last time and saved the lives of adults and children. Isn't he the great benefactor of the Zhang family?

Since what happened to her son, Xie Rong and Concubine Xiao had officially tore up their faces. When she thought that the murderer who almost killed her son could still live freely, Xie Rong couldn't swallow that breath.

Xie Rong now understands that it is impossible for their son-in-law's mansion and the Zhang family to stay out of this battle for succession.But if Xie An and Xie Yin were to choose one to support, they would definitely support the Ming King born by the former emperor, not the son born by Concubine Xiao Gui.

Now their Zhang family and the Xiao family have torn skins, if Wang An is allowed to sit in that position, the first thing to do is to turn around and clean up their Zhang family, I am afraid that their son-in-law's house will not be spared.So after thinking about this point, the attitudes of Xie Rong and the Zhang family were very clear, they were all on King Ming's side.

Therefore, Xie Rong showed her attitude when receiving the boys who came, and she was more enthusiastic than before.

Usually nothing happened, Xie Rong had never seen Qiao Yi come to his place, this child came to her today, presumably he wanted to find her for something.There is also her nephew, who has never been to her place after returning to Beijing. Thinking about it, the child blamed her aunt for not helping him back then, and he still hates her aunt. Thinking of this, Xie Rong felt a little bit sigh.

Qiao Yi didn't understand the twists and turns in it.

"Well, there is something that I want my aunt to come forward to help with." Qiao Yi mentioned the refugees outside the city, and then mentioned the current situation of these refugees, and said, "I went outside the city to see them in the past two days. There are quite a few old people and children, and most of these refugees are suffering from diseases, so the doctors in our capital discussed it together and decided to give these refugees a free consultation..." Of course, there are some cost issues involved , he also mentioned it a little bit.

"Also, it's already August now, and it will be winter soon after October, so I came to see you today, aunt, to discuss with you how to relieve and help these refugees."

"Oh, that's it, I should help them." Xie Rong knew that there were many refugees coming from outside the city, but she hadn't gone out of the city to see it herself, but from Qiao Yi's words, she could imagine those refugees. Poor look.

Xie Rong also understood Qiao Yi's purpose for coming to her today.

"How about this, although our son-in-law's mansion is not very rich, we still have some silver. Let me decide to donate [-] taels of silver to them."

"No, what I mean is that I want my aunt to come forward to organize and unite with the wives in Beijing to help these old people and children. No matter how powerful one person is, it is limited. There is a saying that everyone gathers firewood Gao, if we all do it together, won't it be more powerful?" Qiao Yi said.

Xie Rong nodded with a smile, thinking that the words made sense, "Hehe, you're right."

In this era, there are no such institutions as orphanages and adoption houses. Qiao Yi casually mentioned an orphanage, "As the name suggests, an orphanage is a place to house babies and children whose parents are absent or who have been abandoned."

"Oh." Xie Rong did understand that Qiao Yi didn't ask her to donate money today, but wanted her to take the lead and join hands with the wives in the capital to raise money to help these refugees. Upon hearing this, she was very interested in what Qiao Yi mentioned, "Tell me in detail what this charity hall is about."

Qiao Yi explained to Xie Rong in detail, "At that time, you can set up a charity organization, and all the donated money will be deposited in the charity organization, and it can also be used to help these needy women, children, and elderly people in the future. .

Charity is a lifetime thing, not a temporary thing.If you just do it on a whim, if you don't persist, it won't make much sense. Those who give flowers to others will have a lingering fragrance in their hands. "

"Who gives flowers, does the hand have a lingering fragrance?" Xie Rong savored these words carefully, deeply rooted in her heart, and felt that it made sense, and said: "Well, what you said is right, we should do our best to Help those in need."

In the past, on the first and fifteenth day of each month, their old house would set up a shed outside to give out steamed buns, porridge and water to the poor. She had always known about such a thing, but she never went to see it in person. did it.

But now hearing Qiao Yi's words, her heart suddenly opened up a lot, and she felt that if she could help those in need with her own hands, it would be a very happy thing for her.

On this day, Qiao Yi sat in the son-in-law's mansion for a while, and talked in detail with the third princess, Xie Rong, about the charity and the establishment of the orphanage, etc., and made a rough plan and plan, and the rest Just leave it to the three princesses.

Qiao Yi got up, said goodbye and left.

After Qiao Yi left, Xie Rong posted a post, inviting the wives of the couples she had been friends with to come to her house to get together.

Although these wives have lived in the back house for many years, it doesn't mean that they don't understand anything. On the contrary, these wives are all from great families, and they have read poetry and books since they were young.It's just that they are women, since they got married, they lived in the back house to care for their husbands and children, and at most they went out a few times a month to other houses to participate in flower viewing parties and tea parties, and to meet their acquainted girlfriends and friends. talk talk talk talk.

Most of them are clear about what happened in the capital, but no one has ever told them that they can organize together to help those in need.

So now the three princesses posted a post, asking them to come to the house for a gathering, and mentioned the establishment of a charity organization to help refugees outside the city, help the elderly and children, etc., and everyone immediately became interested.

So in the next few days, the third princess Xie Rong and these wives posted widely and held a tea party. In just a few days, tens of thousands of taels of donations were received.

It has to be said that the diplomacy of these ladies is very powerful, and they can easily accomplish some things that men can't do.

Before the imperial court officially released official documents on how to resettle the refugees outside the city, these ladies used the money they raised to set up a stall outside the city, and gave these refugees two meals of porridge and steamed buns every day. Yes, so that those refugees who have been hungry for several days have a bite to eat and can continue to live.

Afterwards, they used the donations to establish an orphanage in the south of the city to adopt children whose parents died or abandoned babies.

Although the imperial court now prohibits the abandonment of baby girls, many people still throw away the baby girls who were born, and they specifically take these baby girls back and put them in orphanages to raise them.

Some of these wives were particularly good at arithmetic, so they brought someone to record the accounts, and recorded the details of the accounts and receipts clearly.Then these registered accounts were made into booklets and sent to those wives who donated money to read and check.

Within a few days, these officials who were officials in the court got the pamphlet jointly produced by the wives in Beijing.I don't know if I don't look at it, after looking at it, these adults were secretly surprised, only to realize that their wives have done so many things behind their backs.

But because this is a good deed, if it is done well, it can add some good reputation to their family, so these adults still support their wife to do it very much, and some even donated money to it.

These ladies all know how to calculate, and they took a pamphlet to find their master, of course, to make their master pay for it and donate more money.

The charity work of the ladies is in full swing...

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After leaving the concubine's mansion that day, Qiao Yi asked someone to invite Boss Hu Binghu over, and discussed with Boss Hu about purchasing medicinal materials.He has a lot of medicinal materials in his hands now, but if he continues to use them like this, he will definitely run out of them one day.

It will be winter soon, and at most they can go outside to get a batch of medicinal materials during this time.Once winter comes and the snowy roads are difficult, the caravan can only go out to collect medicinal materials in the spring of next year.

The wife of the family successfully gave birth to a big fat boy last month. Boss Hu now walks with wind on his feet, with a murmured look on his face, so it is difficult for everyone not to know that his family has a happy event.On the day Mrs. Hu gave birth, Boss Hu personally invited him to come over to sit in town. Qiao Yi definitely wanted to give this drug supplier a little face, but he didn't need his help when he went, and he got a big red envelope for nothing when he left.

The cooperative relationship between the two has always been very good, and they trust each other. There is no barrier because of their age, but it seems a bit forgetful.

"You also know that with the current situation outside, it's a bit difficult to go down to collect the medicine." Hearing that Qiao Yi wanted the medicine, Boss Hu thought for a while and said, "Well, I still have some in stock. As for the price, I don’t want to set you higher, so I’ll give you the usual price.”

He knew what Qiao Yi used these herbs for. The three generations of the Hu family were all in the medicine business, and they didn't make money from dead people.Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to hold a big fat son when he was over forty. This is still the virtue accumulated by his ancestors!

However, in this business, you still need to return your love to your love and return your debt to your account. You can earn less money, but you must get your money back.

"I'll arrange some people to go down to collect the medicinal materials, but you also know on this day of this year, whether you can receive the medicinal materials and how many medicinal materials you can receive back, I can't guarantee you for the time being."

This drought has been going on for so long, many places should be the same as here in the capital, and it is not much better.

In the south, just after the flood, there are refugees everywhere. It is too dangerous for them to go there to collect medicinal materials, but there are no medicinal materials there. There are medicinal materials collected!

Therefore, we can only collect medicinal materials from Beidi, and Hu Bing cannot guarantee how much he can receive.

"Okay, Boss Hu is righteous. If you need manpower here, just tell me, and I will arrange a few people to escort you to go together." They have been in business for so long, and Boss Hu's price has always been fair. Qiao Yi He is not stupid, ordinary people can't fool him.

However, the fact that Boss Hu didn't take the opportunity to increase the price at this time and made a fortune, Qiao Yi still admired him very much.The reason why he asked Hu Bing to cooperate at the beginning was also because of this point of him.

Yihao is Hu Bing's personality that makes him willing to make friends.

"Okay, I will tell you if I need it at that time." Boss Hu knew the situation outside, so he didn't refuse

Absolutely.

Later, Qiao Yi mentioned some things about the medicine field. If it wasn't for the people at Zhuangzi who took care of them carefully, and there was water in Zhuangzi to irrigate, he would go there from time to time to use supernatural powers to warm the herbs.Otherwise, that large medicine field would have been almost dead.

Fortunately, their hard work has paid off, and the medicine field has not been greatly affected. When these medicinal materials are put away, they can be used in a timely manner.Qiao Yi intends to expand the planting of the medicine field, but it is definitely unrealistic to expand the planting of the medicine field this year. They can only focus on next spring.

Boss Hu also invested in the medicine field and took a share.

Boss Hu has money in his hands, so he is naturally reluctant to spend it. With Doctor Qiao around, their business will only make money and not lose money.

It's already August now, half a month later, the herbs over there will be gradually collected, taking advantage of the good weather, they will be dried in the sun for winter use.

The two of them discussed this matter. He couldn't leave the capital side, and Qiao Yi entrusted Boss Hu to do many things on the Yaotian side.As long as there is money to be made, Boss Hu will work hard without complaining, and he doesn't say a word. Compared to collecting medicinal materials outside, managing a medicinal field is just an easy job.

"All right, I'll go back first, and I'll have someone sort out the medicinal materials and send them to you later." After staying here for a while, Boss Hu is going back, and there are still many things waiting for him. Yes, he has to go back and get busy.

"Okay, let's go slowly."

Qiao Yi got up and sent Boss Hu to the door. Seeing that Boss Hu led the people away, he turned back.