How long has Luo Xiyu not paid attention to "Duck Egg Magnolia"

It seems that since I left the East Prison, I have been in a mess all day long, except for the mechanical extraction of magnolia flowers and magnolia fruits every day, I have not paid attention to the content of white mango in the "duck eggs" for nearly two months.

At this time, she was under the "chuckle" of her heart, and she hurriedly looked at it, only to find that Zhiyi was sending cotton clothes and quilts in the East Prison, repairing the house, and slowly remembering about a ball of thumbs, at this time only the size of a grain of rice remained.

Fortunately, I accumulated a lot at the beginning, so in the past two months, I have not suffered any more heartache.

After being frightened, she was glad again, and at this time, how could Yulan react again, she couldn't help but look at a group of beggars basking at the bottom of the wall, there were about eight or nine little beggars inside, drooping their heads and looking at the ground, their bodies were dirty, and it seemed that the oldest was no more than eight years old, and the youngest was only four or five years old.

Luo Xiyu couldn't help but stop, every time this magnolia flower grows a branch, it consumes a lot of merit Baimang, and there is no regularity in sending new branches, but after a few times, she still found a clue, that is, every time a new branch is born, she will encounter some people or things with high merit and who are in great need of help.

Could it be that the magnolia needs to touch certain white mangs in advance before the number and conditions of the new branches are activated before the warning starts?

Luo Xiyu has no way of knowing.

It's just that her eyes fell on the group of beggars.

As the name suggests, beggars just want food, but this food is also divided into black and white, good and bad, Luo Xiyu gave up the money for so long, and found that many beggars did not have Bai Mang at all, that is to say, they did not need her help, but more ordinary passers-by.

So later, she also paid more attention to the beggars for a long time, and at this time she carefully measured those people, and couldn't help but be a little disappointed.

This time, there is no dazzling white light on the chest like the woman who gave the Bodhi beads, or the old man Cheng.

Luo Xiyu looked around a little unwillingly, but there was still no, and even the most was only the size of a grain of millet.

At this time, Aunt Liu, who was following next to her, saw how Old Man Cheng's daughter-in-law stopped at the door, didn't go forward, and kept looking at the little beggars in the corner.

She didn't accept the urging: "Young lady, there are many people in the cloth shop, and if you go late, you are afraid that people will be crowded, and it will be inconvenient to enter and exit." "Now the young lady is more than three months pregnant, can't stand the push, fortunately the cloth shop is close, next to the preserved fruit shop, can buy a little bit of nuts, this year, there are a lot of people, a delay in the good will not be grabbed.

Now Mr. Cheng says that he is his daughter-in-law, after all, when he left the old house, his son did not marry, and as a result, he had an accident when he returned to the ancestral house for the first time.

The neighbors were broken, and the matter of the old man Cheng's family spread quickly, and they all guessed that the son of the grandfather of the Cheng family found a concubine in the capital, and the daughter-in-law came back with a pregnant woman, otherwise why didn't the son come back with him, but only the daughter-in-law?

And Old Man Cheng's mouth was tight, and he couldn't ask anything easily, and for a while, various versions were also spreading.

Luo Xiyu said "um", raised her feet and prepared to go to the cloth shop first, and wanted to pull some satin clothes for Old Man Cheng and Bao'er, and buy some preserved fruits to feed Bao'er by the way, and the matter of Baimang, you have to think about it in the long run, you have to think of a way, now you have to rely on yourself for everything, and she is pregnant, many things are inconvenient, you have to think of a way.

Thinking like this, he and Aunt Liu turned their heads and walked towards the cloth shop on West Street.

Aunt Liu glanced at the beggars and said casually: "Alas, it's strange and pitiful, looking at these children, I think of the eldest girl in the family......

"Why are there so many children lately?" Luo Xiyu couldn't help asking.

"It's not a wilderness, I heard that a lot of people died, the hole was trampled, even people were stoned to death and buried in it, the corpses couldn't be found, the jade dug out was broken, it's not a good sign, no, how many orphans and widows were left, some have four or five children in the family, how can a woman raise it, it's not sold and thrown away, there have been a lot of people in the city recently, alas, pitiful ......"

Luo Xiyu's hesitant steps suddenly stopped, as if thinking of something, and suddenly looked back at the bottom of the wall where there was a dirty sitting, large and small, and every child had a little white light on his chest.

The reason why Luo Xiyu ignored it was because there were very few white mangs, smaller than a grain of rice, and the one with the most was only half a grain of rice, so she only remembered to find more white mangs, but she ignored this.

But now that she looked at it, there were every child, and she turned her gaze elsewhere, as long as it was a beggar, as long as it was a child, it was all on her chest.

Luo Xiyu's eyes moved slightly, and her mind suddenly brightened, she only knew that she was looking for the most white mangs, but she didn't know that the so-called small amount adds up, and countless rice grains can be gathered into a big white mang.

And these people are children, children, the future is a dragon or a worm is all based on shaping, the future is broader, more plastic, if it can lead him to the right path, there is a moral character, then in the future he will make a merit, there will be his own share, this will be the most valuable investment, is the future of Bai Mang's guarantee.

"Young lady, what's wrong with you?" Aunt Liu looked at Luo Xiyu standing in place again, she didn't know what she was thinking, she was a little distracted, and thought that something was wrong, so she hurriedly said, "Is your body uncomfortable again?" Why don't you go to this cloth shop today? ”

Luo Xiyu came back to his senses and immediately shook his head, "Buy the cloth first, it's not easy to come out once." But this time she chose the cloth quickly, almost did not compare and look closely, felt that the feel and material was good, so she hurriedly bought it, and even she only bought two kinds, did not choose more, and came back with some preserved fruits from the cloth shop.

As soon as I went back, I saw Bao'er first, he was being coaxed by Master Cheng, Luo Xiyu hurriedly went back to the house, closed the door with his backhand, and then took out the key to open the cabinet next to the bed, and took out all the belongings inside.

At the beginning, she gave Mr. Cheng six hundred taels, Mr. Cheng spent nearly one hundred taels to repair the old house, and there were about five hundred taels left, and he brought four hundred taels of silver tickets with him, and the golden beans weighed that there were seventeen taels of gold, and six taels of gold were used to repair the room, and it cost some, Luo Xiyu counted three times repeatedly, and there were about nearly a thousand taels of silver in his hand.

If it weren't for "Duck Egg Magnolia", she and Mr. Cheng would save some money, which would be enough, and even raise Bao'er safely and safely, and raise two children, but there is no if in this world.

Bai Mang urged her behind and chased her, forcing her to have to scatter her wealth and accumulate merit, accumulating merit is a good thing, Luo Xiyu did not reject it in her heart, but she was not short of money with those people before, and she gave up her wealth easily and frequently, and she was not distressed at all.

But now that he is in charge of firewood and rice, and uses money in everything, Luo Xiyu knows that in his bottomless pit, how much money is not enough, let alone a mere 1,000 taels, it is 10,000 taels...... It's just a few shadows.

For a while, she frowned, rubbed her forehead, and then received the silver ticket into the cabinet, leaned on the pillow and closed her eyes, at this time her mind was full of how to help those children, and receive their white mangs to help Magnolia open.

On the one hand, I have to think about it, how can I change one thousand taels into two thousand taels and two thousand taels into twenty thousand taels, and only in this way can I afford her to squander her merits, otherwise there is no silver, and it will be even more difficult to do some good things in the future.

Luo Xiyu thought about it, and couldn't help but call Aunt Liu to come in, and ask if there were any houses sold around, this Aunt Liu knew a little better, after all, she had been in Jiumu City, if she hadn't been sold by her husband, she wouldn't have been reduced to the point of being a slave and a maid.

"Then I'll find someone to inquire about it, madam, in the past few years, many people in Jiumu City have sold their houses to the capital, I heard that there are still big families who want houses recently, I don't know how much the price is, and then tell Mrs. when I inquire."

Luo Xiyu thought about it and nodded, this matter is not in a hurry for the time being, the New Year will be in a few days, and it is not easy to make a big show, but I want to help those little beggars, the family is not manpowered, and the Spring Festival is approaching.

I had to let Aunt Liu steam more steamed buns, take pickle gnocchi to send to those children, at least one meal a day for them, in winter, the cold is uncomfortable enough, but you can't be hungry anymore, the child is not an adult, he is not tolerant of cold or cold, and he starved to death when he said he was starving.

A heavy snowfall in one winter can freeze many beggars to death, and six out of ten of them are children.

Thinking about it, she can't bear it, she doesn't know if she doesn't care, if she cares, she feels that she doesn't do it, and her conscience is uneasy.

After thinking about it, she asked Aunt Liu to make the broken yard on the east side of the house simple and thorough with stones, and set up a shed to block the wind, which made a few meters long bed with some broken wooden boards, bought some cheap old quilts and cotton clothes, and also made a pot table, bought pots and pans, and then let those children go in to cover the wind and rain or something, so that they could have a place to stay.

Old man Cheng looked at it like this, when he was a dead old woman before, he separated the yard where pigs and chickens were raised, and at this time he was cleaned up by Luo Xiyu, and many little beggars went in, and Old Man Cheng was still a little puzzled at first, but soon, he saw that those children looked pitiful one by one, although the clothes on their bodies were torn and old, and their hair was messy, but their eyes were black and clean, and a small one called grandpa, probably looking at Old Man Cheng like his grandfather.

Mr. Cheng was wrong at that time, he went to see it at two ends in three days, and bought cotton clothes for the children with his teaching salary, the little beggars were abandoned by their families, or their parents died, they tasted the warmth and coldness of people prematurely, and they were more sensible than children of the same age, they were never noisy, and the big and the young would listen to the words of an eight-year-old little beggar, quite united.

During the day, he put on ragged clothes and went out to beg for food and rice, and at night, he wore new cotton clothes and leaned back against each other, fell asleep in the cold, hid the new cotton clothes when he got up, and went out to bask in the sun in rags, never causing any trouble for the Cheng family.

It was Luo Xiyu, who was also worried that taking them in would bring some trouble, but he didn't expect that these children didn't bring them a little trouble, and even the noise was very small every day, they all spoke in a low voice, and they never cried, even the youngest children rarely cried, and they only sucked and bit their fingers when they were hungry.

This is even more popular, even Aunt Liu often goes over to send some leftovers, the milk sheep at home, in addition to Luo Xiyu and Bao'er to drink, the old man also drinks for one night, the ewes are well raised, the milk will be left, sometimes Luo Xiyu will make some pastries, sometimes it is wasted, but since there are these little beggars in the yard next door, these goat milk let Aunt Liu often enter the noodles, steam some milk steamed buns, milk cakes to them.

Every time it's the eldest one, the eight-year-old child takes it over, and every time he says thank you, and then cuts it into pieces, and one person divides some, and the average is not much for anyone, and no one is a lot, which is very fair, so there has never been a child making trouble.

Old man Cheng looked at the eight-year-old child, with a righteous face, both stable and sensible, a group of little beggars were willing to listen to him, and he never bullied anyone, like the boss with them, Old Man Cheng liked it abnormally.

I also asked someone to inquire, this child has no father and no mother, and there is a grandfather who wrote a letter to someone, and he also died the year before last, and there are no relatives at home, so he became a beggar.

Poor child, not to mention Old Man Cheng, even Luo Xiyu felt pity, she had an idea in her head, and on this day, she saw Old Man Cheng come back and hugged Bao'er and went next door.

In the winter, they are not afraid of any disease, these children have suffered, although they are all yellow and thin, but they are all healthy, Aunt Liu also got a bath bucket a few days ago and poured hot water on them, so that the two of them went in to take a bath.

The clothes are washed, but when I go out to ask for food, I still squat on the pit and smear some black ash on my face, so it is said that I can get food.

The rice they want will not eat by themselves, but take it back, and then pour it into the pot and fill it with water to heat it, and then share it with a bowl of one person, and some of the lucky ones can also ask for some pastries and dried fruits, these older children can only watch dry, they are all for four or five years old to eat, if they can get rice, everyone can drink a meal of rice porridge to fill their stomachs, the same as the New Year.

Since I came to Cheng Mansion to settle down, the food is much better, no matter whether I can get it in the morning or noon, whether I can eat it or not, there will be sweet milk steamed buns to eat in the evening, as well as pickled crispy pickles, it is fragrant to eat, it is better than the New Year, and I slowly treat this place as a home, especially care, and clean up every day.

For fear that the Cheng family would think they were dirty and drive them away.

Sometimes I ask for some good things, such as walnuts and melon seeds and good pastries that I am reluctant to eat, and give them to Aunt Liu, so that he can bring them to Bao'er to eat, a very sensible child.

Seeing that Old Man Cheng brought Bao'er in, Luo Xiyu took Bao'er over, at this time Bao'er was wearing a festive red cotton coat, navy blue cotton pants, and red tiger head shoes.

"Ouch...... "My good baby, Luo Xiyu likes a kiss."

Old man Cheng found a stool and sat down, also with a smile on his face, since Luo Xiyu came, he felt that the old mansion was finally a little popular, not that the front room was deserted, full of Bao'er's crying, which made people feel depressed and at a loss.

Nowadays, when I go home, there is hot water, hot rice to eat, every day's meals, changing patterns, clean clothes, the house is often the laughter of children, and there are also people to buy things during the New Year, Mr. Cheng feels that this day is also content.

Luo Xiyu kissed Bao'er, made him laugh for a while, and then coaxed it to sleep, and when he turned around, he saw that Old Man Cheng was taking out a book from his arms and drinking tea while reading, he couldn't help but shake his head, he was an old pedant, and he didn't forget to read wherever he went.

But what she wants to talk about today is also related to books.

couldn't help coughing lightly, and then said, "Old man Cheng, excuse me, I'm about to discuss something with you." ”

"Miss Luo, don't see it like this, others say that you are my daughter-in-law, although this is inconsistent with the facts, but the old man is really cheeky to treat the girl as his own daughter, the old man now has no children and no daughters, the evening scene is bleak, I know that Gao Pan girl can't afford it, but this house is waiting for me to die, except for you, I can't give it to others, it's all you and Bao'er's, if Miss Luo doesn't dislike it, just recognize me as a father, even if it's just a face......"

Luo Xiyu still complains about Old Man Cheng, if Bao'er is not careless, how can he bear that kind of acupuncture sin, adults can't stand it, let alone children, so he has always been quite cold to Old Man Luo, but now that he says this, he feels that the old man who is half buried in the soil can care about him.

Although she couldn't change his name at once and call him father, her tone softened, and she said: "You are only in your sixties, take care of your body more, and I will let people prepare some healthy meals, and it is not surprising to live for more than 100 years.

I don't want to mention it.

Today I want to say something to the old man. ”

"What's the matter? The girl said. ”

"Did the old man ever think about opening a academy by himself?" Luo Xiyu hugged Bao'er, who was already asleep, and said.

"Academy?" Old Man Cheng hesitated slightly, "I never thought about it, but a friend of mine opened a bookstore in Beijing, and I heard that it was quite complicated, and the money spent was not a small amount, and he couldn't make much money in a short time, and finally lost money......

Luo Xiyu couldn't help but say: "I also just came up with this idea, the old man has been teaching for more than 20 years, he is young and tested for talent, his knowledge and knowledge are not worse than those of the teachers in the capital, and he is also very popular in Jiumu, otherwise there will be no school to come to invite him, and he will give five taels of silver in January."

But this is not a long-term solution after all, although the school is complicated, but in the end it is a quiet school, and some of them are trivial things in life, just find some people to take care of it.

Silver, I have some on hand, in addition to the silver, there are a few pieces of jewelry, can sell some silver, it is enough to open a school, and I also heard that there are two houses to sell nearby, one is southern, the location is good and quiet, and the perennial sunshine is enough, the house is large, there are many rooms, it is very easy to buy and change it into a school, and there is no need to knock down and then install it, saving a lot of trouble. ”

"However, buying a house is different from running a college." Old Man Cheng was worried: "Buying a house, the house is there, it is not a loss, but if there are no students coming, or if there are few students, the cost of buying slaves, the cost of device modification, or the cost of daily food and clothing, if you lose money, if you lose money......"

"What's the worry about, I have some silver on hand, and I can't spend it left and right, Mr. Cheng doesn't have to worry about money, he may lose some in the early stage, but the old man's reputation is there, and sooner or later he will earn it back, and I didn't open the academy for money, but for the children next door......"

At the mention of those children, Old Man Cheng couldn't bear it, and sighed slightly.

"The slave can buy two to take care of the academy, but it doesn't have to be much, what I think is that let the children enter the academy, live in the academy every day, provide food and clothing, and let him help take care of the yard, so that Cheng Lao can rest assured, and he is not afraid of no students, and he will teach them the principles of life in his spare time, and it is better to be literate than to be a beggar from a young age and a bandit to take an evil path and take a detour.

If you are lucky, some of these children may be able to get ahead, and it is not a ...... for Old Man Cheng to teach in vain" Luo Xiyu held Bao'er's hand a little sore, so he carefully put the child on the kang on the side.

Old Man Cheng's eyes lit up at this time: "Miss Luo is really a good idea." He couldn't help but get up excitedly, and then walked around the house, the more excited he became, and he couldn't help but turn around and say: "This is good, this is really good, it can not only give the children a place to live, but also lead them to the right path, I will also teach well, even if the academy loses money, it is worth it, no, no, the value of these children is far from being measured by silver......

Old Man Cheng and Luo Xiyu's thoughts coincide.

"Okay, I'm going to quit the school to teach Mr. Errand, Miss Luo will buy the house, my old man swears, for the rest of his life, I will teach those children well, even if I can't be a great writer, but also a person who is literate, hyphenation, upright, and courteous......"

When Old Man Cheng went out, his eyebrows fluttered, and in a blink of an eye, he went to the children next door.

Soon, Luo Xiyu heard a children's cry, but then it stopped abruptly, she shook her head again, old children, old children, nothing can be hidden.

What Mr. Cheng didn't know was that Luo Xiyu not only bought a big mansion, but also bought a shop with a good customer base on another street and made other plans.

This year was more lively and joyful than any other year, those children had changed into new clothes, and Bao'er was also dressed in red, wearing a yellow tiger skin hat, extremely pleasing, and seemed to feel a joyful atmosphere, Luo Xiyu laughed so much that he couldn't see his face.

Aunt Liu couldn't be busy alone, Luo Xiyu bought two more girls, a janitor, two small maids, and for a while the house was very lively, Aunt Liu made a lot of big steamed buns, three cages of meat buns, and two large pots of braised pork.

The whole yard was full of fragrance, and then it was carried to the next door.

When Aunt Liu came back, Luo Xiyu was a little puzzled, it was quiet over there, there was no movement at all, how could the child bear it when he saw the meat?

"The kids aren't there?"

Aunt Liu wiped her tears: "Alas, when the meat was carried over, they all cried, and the little ones cried while swallowing the meat, and they didn't dare to cry loudly, and they were glared at by the big ones, saying that their tears would rush the joy of the master's family today, and they all grinned, alas, they were all crying and laughing, they were all good children, blame the poor ......"

Probably took them in, decided to build a military academy to let them live and study, or let them eat meat and eat a full meal for the New Year, or let him be full of hope for the future.

On the day of Luo Xiyu's New Year, he finally received the white mangs one after another, although they were only the size of glowworms, but one two or three, when he woke up one night, he found that there was already half a fingernail in the duck egg, plus the original point, although it was still not enough, but as long as he made up some more, he could get through the hurdle in front of him.

As soon as the year is over, let people rectify the house, plant trees and flowers, build a book pavilion, change reading room, tables and benches, and buy books, pens, ink, paper and inkstones.

But she has another medicinal herb shop without a device, and she has to bring in some medicinal materials, and she has to invite a few famous doctors to sit in the hall, all of which require a lot of silver, Luo Xiyu thought about it, took out a handkerchief from the cabinet, opened the handkerchief, and there were several pieces of jewelry inside, all of which were priceless treasures, baby pink quartz, floral Fulu Shoucai bracelet, and eight pieces of red citrine inlaid with fine silver waist chains, which were the one given to her by the Holy Lord at the beginning.

She sat and watched for a long time before finally reaching out and picking up the chain.