A world of glory

In the middle of the banquet, another little maid came in with two dishes, and said with a smile: "The second lady ordered someone to deliver two dishes." The old lady ordered someone to serve them, and saw that one was shrimp and orange, and the other was Xuexia. Then he smiled and said: "This dish is suitable for the scene, it is fresh and delicious when you look at it." Mrs. Gu smiled and said: "This is the filial piety of the second lady, and the old lady will not like it." The old lady nodded and smiled: "Speaking of filial piety, your elder sister is not bad. Just looking at Brother Xian, I should love her." The lady said with a smile: "The old lady loves to joke, and Brother Xian is the most mischievous, and he only wins the eyes of the old lady." Fate. In front of me, it will be quiet for a while, and after a while, you will make troubles, begging for that, and the noisy people will just chant Buddha."

The old lady smiled again: "You can't do it if you are troublesome. I only heard people think that they are introverted, but I have never seen people who think that they are extroverted. It's really not noisy, and you think it's too clean." After hearing what the old lady said, the lady just laughed Without saying a word, the old lady said again: "Brother Xian is having a whole birthday this year. In previous years, that's all. We don't care about anything. We just give and receive gifts, and we all have another meal, and that's it. It's commonplace, so it's time to find a new way to make it more lively."

The second wife came into the room with a red sandalwood glazed lamp, and said with a smile: "What is the old lady thinking of, I won't mess with things today, it's time to start messing with other things." The old lady laughed when she saw the second wife, Pointing and saying: "I know you're a monkey pretending to be a monster, but you're picking on me here, and I don't know where you stole oil earlier."

The second wife said: "It's the old lady who dislikes me. She ordered me to give money, but she had a banquet herself, but she was afraid that I would eat the old lady's meal." The old lady laughed and scolded: "What a fool Gluttonous monkey, the table is full of dishes that can’t fill your mouth, if you don’t sit down, why don’t you just wait for another table.” The second wife Fang handed the lantern to the maid beside her, sat down and took tea , smiled and said: "I don't think there are too many dishes, I'm afraid the old lady will feel sorry for the silver and will talk about it again later."

The lady got up and took the food for the second lady, and said with a smile: "Let's not say a few words, don't get too excited." Then she turned to the old lady with a smile and asked: "The old lady just said that it is lively, but I don't know if there is any new way The old lady said with a smile: "The girls have grown up too. People like us, although they don't point out any talented women, but they should know how to be a housekeeper. It is said that I learned it from a young age, but there are also people with high eyesight and low hands. Brother Xian's birthday, it's time to ask them to help out, to be a director, and it's considered a gift."

After hearing this, the lady just said: "The old lady has always been thoughtful, and she can do whatever she wants." The old lady laughed again after hearing this, and said, "You can't ignore the brothers, just let it go in previous years, and this year too." Send some fresh and fun gifts, and you can't be lazy." Seeing that the grandchildren and granddaughters who sat down had agreed, she became happy again, and hurriedly ordered the maid to go out to pass on the house tricks, singing and dancing on the other side, and the moon was in the sky, Let go of the banquet.

However, on this day, Qin Yi got the news from the village, and was ready to help the villagers and recruit farmers.Besides, even though he stopped the medicine, his body was wasted a lot, if he moved for a while, he would be out of breath and sweat profusely.After this incident, the old lady persuaded me, and because the weather was hot and dry, I didn't want to stay in the house for a long time.I got the news today, it's good to go out to relax and take a few steps.

Looking at the scorching sun, Qin Yi ordered the servant to prepare a carriage and headed straight to the village outside the city.This time I went out, the scenery I saw was unusual. Last time I went to the village, although I saw people giving porridge, but most of the porridge recipients were beggars and beggars, with refugees mixed in, not many.Today, when I went out to the inner city, I saw not only the old and the weak, but also crowds of hungry people crowded together, waiting for porridge to save their lives.Fortunately, there was a lot of noise in the court, and finally a regulation came out, and a porridge factory was set up near the four gates, and a register was set up, and porridge tickets were issued.There are kind-hearted people who give away porridge in private and ignore it, probably because the porridge factory supplies it, but only one porridge a day.It's not that the imperial court was stingy, but because the official warehouses in the capital had stored grain, they had already allocated it to the two prefectures of Lin and Gao, and there was nothing left.

Qin Yi saw that there were many abandoned children and orphans among the starving people, and they only huddled on the street, and had no relatives or parents to look after them. If they asked for a bowl of porridge, they would be snatched away. It was really pitiful.I also thought of the historical materials of the famine at the end of the Ming Dynasty that I had read in my previous life. Flesh and flesh ate each other, orphans abandoned land, and old wives died.For a while, he sighed in his heart: "This scene is not a living picture of refugees. If I am powerless, I have already started, so I might as well continue this merit. It is not for anything else, just for peace of mind." After thinking about it, he made up his mind, and saw the chariots and horses leaving the city, heading straight for the outside of the city.

After arriving in the village, I saw two porridge sheds standing on the left and right sides of the bluestone stone bridge in front of the village, and many farmers fleeing from famine lined up with the old and the young.This porridge shed donated not only porridge, but also steamed buns. Because the people who came were the victims from nearby disasters, when the farmers in the village donated porridge, they couldn't help but chat with these people about farming, and talk about the coming year, which relieved a lot. Dismay of victims.

Seeing Qin Yi arrived at the village, Li Zhuangtou, who was busy serving porridge, hurriedly handed the porridge spoon to the villager next to him, came over to salute, and said, "My lord, why are you here? It's so messy and busy here." , if it hinders the son, it is the crime of the little ones." Qin Yi sighed slightly in his heart, no matter when, in prosperous times and chaotic times, these people will always suffer from hunger and cold.Then he said: "Since learning the books of sages and sages, you must also sympathize with the suffering of the people. There is nothing wrong with it." Li Ye nodded hurriedly and said, "Of course you can. The son sets up a shed and sheds porridge. Living people's lives is naturally like the one in the book." It is said, if you accumulate virtue and do good deeds, heaven will reward you with blessings, and external difficulties will not invade you." Qin Yi only smiled when he heard this, and joked: "Which 'Thousand-Character Master' was invited today, did you give it to Shu Xiu? "

Li Ye stroked the back of his head honestly, and said with a shy smile: "After the young master laughed last time, he didn't dare to speak indiscriminately. He only read a few more pages of the book, but picked up some words and came back, just a few rough words. After hearing this, Qin Yi took a look at Li Ye, and said with a smile: "You are willing to make progress, it seems that this village is still clean, and people can read books." Looking at the porridge shed again, He only asked: "The last time I came here, I looked at the lotus pond on the village. There was no embankment. In previous years, there was a shortage of manpower. This year, there was a drought. Why don't we invite some refugees to build embankments and pave the way. One thought that people were hungry and cold, Give enough wages, help one person, and live a family; two, severe drought and severe floods, this year's drought, there is no guarantee of next year's floods, planning for rainy days is better than netting in the abyss."

Hearing Qin Yi's words, Li Ye pondered for a while, and said: "My lord is right. Giving porridge can only save people for a while now. Why don't you find these people to repair embankments and pave roads? No matter what, you can suffer twice." In three months, I will also make a strategy." As he said, he wanted to find someone to handle the matter, Qin Yi said with a smile: "Don't worry, I still have something to ask, why is this porridge shed set up? It's time to find a doctor, tidy up a few empty rooms, and take care of these people, so that people don't get too sick." Li Ye said hurriedly: "You guys have also thought about inviting a doctor, but it happens that Xi Qi Shusheng, who was on the slope, was also moved by kindness after hearing this, and donated medicines to the hospital at the stage that turned in front of him. Zhuangshang also vacated a few storerooms behind the stage for relief purposes." Qin Yi Hearing Li Ye's talk about Qi Xuan's gift of medicine, he couldn't help but sigh, Qi Xuan is really a rare person, and he is ashamed of many descendants of aristocratic families.For a while, his mind was touched again, and he just said: "You go to work, I will go to the front and have a look." Li Ye took his order and went.

Qin Yiping retreated to the left and right, crossed the stone bridge, entered the village, and went straight to the stage by himself.Before I got to the stage, I could hear coughing and moaning endlessly.After waiting for a few more steps, he saw a lot of people in front of the stage, not only the victims of the famine, but also the farmers in the village. He thought in his heart that in the past, when he interacted with Qi Xuan, he was not discussing politics or playing chess. Some exchanges are shallow and deep, but in the end it is only a few acquaintances.It would be better to stand in line here for a while today, to scare Qi Xuan once, to play tricks on him.

Thinking of this, although Qin Yi laughed a little, he just endured it and stood behind the crowd.Fortunately, these desolate peasants often work hard, and their health is not bad, and they also suffer from some common minor ailments.It's really a serious illness, and it's nothing more than the village people. These desolate people will never survive the capital.After a while, Qin Yi looked up, and there were only one or two people in front of him. Qi Xuan lowered his head, felt his pulse, or asked a few words, raised his head to inspect the doctor, and only wrote a prescription after careful consideration.Qin Yi just looked over, and saw Qi Xuan was upright and serious, he was not as gentle as usual, but he had his own bearing.

I also saw a young man in front of the line accepting the prescription, and listening to Qi Xuan's instructions: "Just remember, don't eat cold food, just take two doses." The young man took the prescription and walked towards the front of the house When I went, the two children were busy taking medicine according to the prescription.When Qin Yi arrived, Qin Yi stretched out his left hand and put it on the desk pillow, just smiled without speaking.Qi Xuan Xu had been in the clinic for a long time, so he didn't raise his head, he just stretched out his hand to feel the pulse, frowned slightly, and murmured: "The pulse is weak, and the cold is born from it, so the qi must be weak." Suddenly, he looked at Qin Yi in a daze.Qin Yi first smiled and said: "Brother Qi, my illness is serious, what should I do?" Seeing that Qi Xuan didn't answer, he only saw that he was silent, but felt his cheeks were slightly hot, so he asked: "Brother Qi, but If you were fooled by me, you should come back with your soul."

Qi Xuan came back to his senses, and said with a smile: "I never got caught off guard, but was stumped by brother Qin's illness for a while." Qin Yi was startled when he heard this, frowned, and said with a smile: "I didn't suffer from the heat a few days ago. Although I took medicine for a few days, I haven't recovered yet. Brother Qi, do you think there is something wrong?"