Since Liu Er is the organizer of this fundraiser, she naturally has to donate money and materials.

Yuxi looked at the list given by Liu Er, and said with a smile: "You want to donate two thousand taels?" In Yuxi's eyes, sons and daughters are the same. So there are the same number of monthly cases for six children, all of which are twenty taels per month. Two thousand taels of silver is Liu'er's monthly silver for nearly ten years.

Liu Er nodded and said, "Yes." ”

Brother You said with some surprise: "Second sister, if you donate two thousand taels, won't you empty out your private house?"

Yunqing and Yuxi will seal a big red envelope during the New Year, and Huo Changqing, Xu Wu and others also give a lot, and it is also a considerable amount of money to save.

Liu Er didn't deny it, but said with a smile: "I don't have much money on weekdays, and now I can use this money to help those victims, I think it's good." ”

Brother Xuan was the most compassionate: "Second sister, I don't have as much money as you, so let's donate two hundred taels!" The triplets often go out and like to buy gifts for Yuxi, so they spend more than Liu'er.

The triplets are one, and Brother Rui and Brother You immediately said that they were also willing to donate two hundred taels of silver.

After finishing the expression, Brother Rui asked Yuxi: "Mother, how much do you plan to donate?"

Yuxi smiled and said, "Mother doesn't donate." ”

Brother Rui looked at Yuxi and said, "Mother, if you don't donate, will others know that they won't donate in the future?"

Yuxi laughed.

Brother You couldn't bear to look at it directly, and said, "Second brother, even if my mother doesn't donate, the money will be used on the victims." "So whether his mother donates or not, it's all the same.

"Oh......" Brother Rui has been despised by Brother You'er, and there is nothing to be unhappy about.

Brother You said: "Mother, raising funds is not a trivial matter, do you want us to help the second sister." ”

Liu Er looked at the triplets and said, "The fourth brother has this heart, and the second sister is very happy." But I will take care of this matter, fourth brother, you can learn things from Mr. with peace of mind. "She'd rather be tired herself than have triplets help. If such an important matter is disturbed, she will not be able to find it crying.

How could Brother You not hear Liu'er's insincere words! He immediately pouted, but he didn't say anything.

After dinner, Yuxi left Liu'er behind and asked the triplets to go back to their yard.

Entering the bedroom, Yuxi handed a yellow rosewood box to Liu'er. This box is not painted, but it is carved with begonia flowers, and the edge is also engraved with auspicious cloud patterns.

Liu Er took the box and asked, "Mother, is this jewelry for me?"

Yuxi smiled and said, "It's jewelry here, but it's not for you." ”

Liu Er opened the box suspiciously, and the room was suddenly filled with golden light. This box is a complete set of ruby jewelry, hairpins, hairpins, step rocks, earrings, bracelets, rings, very complete. Among them, the phoenix hairpin is carved vividly, and the ruby on the phoenix's mouth is the size of a thumb nail.

This set of jewelry is very valuable, and the price is certainly not low. But such ostentatious jewelry is not Liu Er's dish. Liu Er looked at the jewelry in the box and asked, "Mother, it's not for me, so what are you giving it to me for?"

Yuxi smiled and said, "When the time comes, if you take out this set of jewelry for auction, there will be many people vying to buy it." ”

Liu Er doesn't like to wear jewelry that others have worn, so she doesn't wear the jewelry that Yuxi gave her unless it is made of gold: "Mother, not only to raise funds, but also to auction things?"

"Well, one more link. "It's something she only thought about in the past two days. It's just fundraising, and it's a little less fun.

Liu Er said, "Mother, but we didn't inform them. Besides, isn't it too monotonous to auction just one set of jewelry?"

Yuxi smiled and said, "It's simple, as long as the news is released, it won't take half a day for them to know." If they are willing to donate, they will send them to register in the next two days. However, if you are afraid that you will not be able to catch up, you can postpone it for a few days. That way, you won't be in a hurry. "If you let Yuxi deal with it, three days is enough.

Liu Er hesitated and said, "Mother, let's postpone it for a few days!" Three days is too rushed, and she is afraid of making mistakes. It was the first time to do such a big thing, and she wanted to do it well and didn't want to make mistakes.

With Liu'er's consent, the fundraising date was postponed by five days. Four days were spent collecting the donated items and then sending them out as a booklet for the auction. In this way, everyone has a number of items to be auctioned, and what they want to buy, they will also choose in advance.

After listening to Yuxi's words, Liu Er said with some shame: "My mother is really thoughtful, compared to my mother, I am far behind." ”

Yuxi laughed and said, "How old are you? When you reach your mother's age, you will definitely do better than your mother." ”

Seeing that Yuxi was about to go to the front yard, Mama Quan said, "Princess, you better rest first! No matter how anxious you are, it won't be a quarter of an hour." "During this time, Yuxi was so tired that she lost a lot of weight.

Yuxi was also a little tired and said, "I'll squint." "It's too much trouble to sleep, it takes a lot of time to get dressed and undressed, and you have to freshen up when you wake up. It would take half an hour to toss, so Yuxi decided to take a nap.

Before squinting, Yuxi said to Meilan, "Call me in a quarter of an hour." With that, he leaned against the head of the bed.

A quarter of an hour later, Meilan wanted to wake up Yuxi, but was stopped by Grandma Quan. Mama Quan said: "If there is really an emergency, someone will come to pass it." "If no one comes, it means that things are not too urgent, so you can let Yuxi sleep peacefully.

Meilan said: "Mama, this is not good, when the princess wakes up, she will scold me." ”

Beat the snake and hit seven inches, and Quan Mama still doesn't know Meilan's weakness. Quan Mama said: "Just because you were punished, you put the princess's body aside?"

Although Meilan was trained by Mama Quan, she was only loyal to Yuxi. If it was anything else, she would definitely not listen to Mama Quan. But when it came to Yuxi's health, she had to think about it more, and after a while, Meilan said, "Listen to Mama." ”

Two quarters of an hour later, someone in the front yard came to say that Lord Hubu Shangshushen asked to see him, and Meilan woke Yuxi up.

Yuxi didn't punish Meilan, washed her cold water face to dispel the sleepiness, and immediately rushed to the front yard.

In the afternoon of the same day, the ladies got the news that there would be an auction in addition to donations on the fundraising day.

Ling Ruoyun got Xu Wu's words, revealed the news to Mrs. Feng and Mrs. Cui, and then sent someone to send a white jade bowl to the palace early the next morning. This white jade bowl is still the trophy that Xu Wu shared, this bowl is carved from a whole piece of Hetian jade, and it is very valuable.

The donations sent by Mrs. Feng and others are also valuable things. At this time, no one will be stingy. Otherwise, it will be the face of your own man.

In four days, Liu Er received hundreds of donations, all of which were of great value.

Liu Er spent a day printing these things into a booklet, and then sent them to the ladies. Of course, the things that can be compiled into the booklet are estimated to be more than 1,000 taels.

Tong was illiterate when he was in Yucheng, and after Cui Mo's career, she found that there were many inconveniences in not being literate, so she worked hard to learn to read. Now, she can read letters and ledgers, but she can't write.

After reading this booklet, Tong said to the housekeeper's mother-in-law, Mother Qian: "The second county lord is really capable. "There are fifty-four items in this booklet, and each one has a detailed description and price, so even if you don't look at the actual thing, you can get a rough idea of what it looks like just by looking at the description.

Mother Qian said with a smile: "Who in this pickaxe city doesn't know that the female directors of the second county are outstanding in all aspects of red needlework. "Liu'er's reputation is excellent in Pickaxe City. Not only is he both talented and beautiful, but he is also very capable.

Tong said in a low voice: "I just don't know if Weiqi has this blessing." ”

Mother Qian said with a smile: "Uncle is excellent, and he is the companion of the prince, I think the prince and the princess will definitely be willing." "Parents want to marry their daughters to someone who knows the roots. The Cui family has a simple family background, and his wife is a cool person, so there is nothing bad about marrying. The prince and the princess really love the second county lord, so they will definitely agree to this marriage.

Tong shook his head and said, "It's not certain. The second county lord is talented, capable, and valuable, and I don't know how many people beat her idea. Although Qi'er is not bad, the sons and daughters of other families are also very good, and the princess and the county lord may not be able to take a fancy to him. It was also because of this concern that the Tong family did not dare to tell his son, for fear that the marriage would not be completed and the son would fall.

Mother Qian said with a smile: "This marriage is all destined by God, and Mrs. doesn't need to worry." "Whether this marriage can be completed or not depends on whether the master can give it or not.

A thunderclap frightened Yuxi, who was reviewing the excerpts, into a shock.

Putting down the brush in his hand, Yuxi walked out. I saw dark clouds gathering together from all directions as if they had heard an assembly order. At this time, the wind was strong, and the locust trees in the yard were blown to pieces.

Xu Wu saw Yuxi standing in the courtyard, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Princess, it's about to rain heavily, you should hurry up and enter the house!" This bunch of things can't be separated from the princess.

Yuxi walked to the corridor and said with a smile: "Liu'er is afraid that she is in a hurry!" Originally, Liu Er was nervous, but now she can't rush into a fire when it rains heavily.

Xu Wu said: "The summer rain comes and goes quickly. But if the princess is not at ease, go over and take a look!" "Let the second county lord handle such a big matter with a child, Xu Wu feels that it is not safe. It's just that this is what Yuxi approves, and it belongs to the inner house, so he didn't mention it.

Yuxi smiled and said, "When the meeting is gathered, it's not too late for me to show up again." "Since the fundraising is held in the palace, she, the hostess, must show up, otherwise she can't say it!

......The heavy rain poured down from the sky as if the sky had collapsed, and the raindrops were connected like a waterfall. The raindrops the size of beans fell on the ground and splashed like small fountains.

After staying outside for a few minutes, Yuxi turned back to the study. Recently, there have been nearly twice as many excerpts as usual, which is one of the reasons why Yuxi is busy until midnight every day.

The rain stopped after a quarter of an hour. Liu Er let out a sigh: "It's good to stop, I'm still worried that it will be the next whole day!"

Lu Xiu said the same thing as Xu Wu: "The summer rain comes and goes quickly." "In fact, even if it rains, they are not afraid, they have already made two preparations.

Not long after, I heard my mother-in-law come over and say, "The second county lord, Mrs. uncle, Mrs. Xu is here." "Ling Ruoyun had already been instructed by Xu Wu so early. Because Xu Wu was worried that Liu Er would not be able to cope with it, he asked Ling Ruoyun to come over early to help Liu Er. However, Xu Wu's worries were obviously unnecessary. With the assistance of Lu Xiu and Qu's mother, Liu Er arranged everything in an orderly manner, even if there was an accident like rain, there was no chaos.

Half an hour later, the invitees were almost finished. Some of the ladies brought the girls of the family with them, so that the total number of them was nearly a hundred. This amount is still in their expectations.

It was the first time for Liu Er to host such a big banquet, and it was so important, it was inevitable that she was a little bottomless.

Mrs. Feng is so shrewd, you can see it at a glance. Mrs. Feng smiled and grabbed Liu Er's hand and patted it, and said with a smile: "The second county lord is really capable, if my family's Lianwu has half of yours, then I don't have to worry about it anymore." "Although Feng Dajun is not at home, in fact, the major affairs of the Feng family are decided by Feng Dajun. Feng Dajun wanted his youngest son to marry Liu'er, and Mrs. Feng knew about it. She is happy to see this marriage come to fruition. Because whether it is family background or Liu Er's personal conditions, there is no choice. However, Mrs. Feng's Chang family also has the same worries as the Tong family, that is, she is afraid that Yuxi and Liu Er will not look down on her son.

Liu Er was still very able to stand up in front of the outside, and immediately said generously: "Aunt Feng praised it falsely, who doesn't know that Sister Lianwu is smart and capable." ”

Tong said with a smile: "If you want me to say, the princess will train the child." You look at them one by one, and I want to take one home. ”

In the midst of everyone's laughter, Liu Er unconsciously relaxed.

Not far away, Xiao Fang's family watched Liu Er talking and laughing with the ladies, and couldn't help but say to Mother He beside him: "The second county lord is dignified and generous, and the same mother is born, how can the big county lord be so different from the second county lord?"

Mother He scanned the surroundings and found that no one cared about their side, so she was relieved. Mother He said: "Grandma, this is the palace, you must be cautious." Originally, the Fang clan was going to come by herself, but she couldn't come before she was cured. This dragged the sick body over, in case it was infected to others, wouldn't it be a revenge. In desperation, Xiao Fang's family could only come. In order to prevent Xiao Fang's mistakes, Fang's asked He's mother to follow.

Xiao Fang's clan didn't say anything more.