Chapter 65: The Society of Benevolence

The two of them went to the side courtyard. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

When I entered the side courtyard, Senior Brother Bingde was cleaning the yard, and I was a little surprised to see them come in together.

Xu Lan spoke their thoughts and asked Bingde's opinion.

Senior Brother Bingde was silent for a moment and said: "The abbot is actually very worried about the current situation, so he will send monks to give porridge outside the county seat, although this can only relieve temporary worries." Just let the abbot write a book, but it may not work. ”

Lin Rusong was a little anxious when he heard this, thinking that it would be better to go directly to the abbot.

Xu Lan looked at his face and gave him a look not to worry.

Xu Lan looked at Senior Brother Bingde and said, "Senior Brother Bingde, I have an idea to tell you, see if it's feasible?"

When Lin Rusong and Bingde heard him say this, they both looked at him.

Xu Lan drew up last night's thoughts and said: "I think I can let the abbot take the lead and set up a charity association, and go to the western capital, oh, no, it should be the rich businessmen and officials of the entire Jiangzhi Mansion, anyway, as long as they are capable, they can join the association, and they can donate money and materials." Then ask some credible people to manage and distribute the money to help these displaced people. ”

Bingde was very excited when he heard it, he has been thinking about how to save these people who have fallen into hunger and poverty these days, after all, the temple soup kitchen can only last for a period of time, and there are more and more displaced people, and the temple is also limited in capacity, so he thought of asking the pilgrims of Qinghua Temple to donate, but he didn't expect Xu Lan to think more deeply and completely than him.

Lin Rusong was also stunned, he didn't expect Xu Song to think of this.

Xu Lan saw their expressions and knew that this method might work, so she continued: "I think it is best for these housewives of the Gongxin family to come forward, one is that the housewives are more free in time, and the other is that if there is any criticism in the future, it is just a group of women and monks." In addition, I think that the wasteland and hillsides outside the county can be cleared for these people, so that they can have some labor, reduce fights, and secondly, there will be grain for next year's harvest. What do you think? ”

After Xu Lan finished speaking, Lin Rusong and Bingde both looked at him with appreciation.

Bingde nodded again and again: "You think very thoughtfully, and it is also very long-term." This matter of opening up the wasteland must be approved by the government, but this benevolent association is very promising, and it is also in line with our temple. Bingde thought that Xu Song's failure to take the imperial examination was really a loss for the court.

"In this case, let's go to the abbot together, and listen to the abbot's opinion." Bingde gestured as he walked and walked out.

"Do you want to discuss it with the abbot of the hospital?" Xu Lan is not very confident.

Bingde shook his head and said, "The abbot of the hospital doesn't care about mundane things, so don't bother him." ”

Xu Lan smiled apologetically, and Bingde didn't care.

The three of them walked towards the abbot's room.

There were people in the abbot's room who were now recovering from the matter, and the three of them waited for a while, and after a while, someone led them in.

Bingde said a little bit about it, and then said Xu Lan's thoughts.

The abbot nodded when he heard this, and looked at Xu Song with deep eyes, Xu Song had left a deep impression on him before, and naturally he had not forgotten him, such a precocious person was extraordinary.

"What you say is very reasonable, but you still have to formulate a detailed charter, in this way, Bingde, you take them to make a charter overnight, as for the book, let me think about it again, and this book comes and goes for more than half a month, far water can't save the near fire, but this matter of clearing the wasteland must also be agreed by the government, and these two things can be together. You first set out the constitution and handle the affairs of the Charity Society first. The abbot immediately clapped his head.

Xu Lan listened to the Charity Association and turned into the Charity Association, which is not bad, and the Charity Association is more appropriate.

Bingde took Xu Song and Lin Rusong back to the side courtyard together, and arranged a wing room for them, ready to draft overnight. Xu Song and Lin Rusong naturally won't refuse, after all, they have come to this point, and they can't take care of the fatigue of a day's travel.

The three of them also ate dinner in the study, and the president of the benevolent society must be the abbot of Tsinghua Temple, and with the name of Tsinghua Temple, it will have appeal. Next, how to elect the associate of the Benevolent Society, each county has a vice president to specifically manage the affairs of the county Benevolent Society, the vice president has an associate under the vice president, and how to collect money, how to distribute money, etc., what major things need to be written to the president's consent before they can be handled, and so on, all the three of them can think of are listed in the charter.

Early in the morning of the second day, Bingde presented it to the abbot, and the abbot nodded and said: "Bingde, the vice president of Huaiyang County will be the vice president of Huaiyang County, and in these two days, let the temple first convene the more famous pilgrims in Huaiyang County to join the association first, and then drive other counties to develop members, and the specific things will be presided over by you. ”

Since Bingde has already done it, he naturally will not refuse, so he agreed.

Xu Lan and Lin Rusong were naturally very happy to see that Bingde came back and brought back the abbot's affirmation. Everyone hadn't slept all night, Xu Lan felt extremely tired, and Lin Rusong was better. The rest of the things will be done by Bingde, Bingde summoned the people in the temple to discuss things, and the two went back to the wing room and fell asleep, and slept until dusk, Xu Lan woke up leisurely.

When she opened her eyes, she saw Lin Rusong sleeping next to her, and she sat up in a startled way, obviously the two of them slept in separate rooms, how could he run to his bed to sleep? I looked at my clothes again and relaxed.

Xu Lan sat up and woke up Lin Rusong, who was already asleep.

"You're awake," Lin Rusong said as if nothing had happened.

Xu Lan nodded, got up and got dressed, and found that her clothes hadn't been changed for several days, so she thought about going home and taking a shower.

"Are you going back to Xijing or staying in the temple?" Xu Lan asked.

"Am I naturally going back to Xijing? Why don't you stay at your house for a few days? Lin Rusong said suddenly.

Xu Lan was startled and looked at Lin Rusong with her eyes.

"I'm kidding you, I'll go back to Xijing tomorrow." Lin Rusong looked at Xu Lan's frightened expression and was slightly displeased.

"Oh, that yard of my house is small, it's really not convenient, I'll go home first today, I haven't changed my clothes for a few days." Xu Lan was relieved.

"Then I won't live in the temple either, let's go to Cheng Yan's house for a night." Lin Rusong said.

Xu Lan was noncommittal.

The two went to resign from Bingde, Bingde hoped that they could stay and help, Xu Lan's family was too busy to resign, but promised to actively join the club to support Bingde, Lin Rusong also said that he couldn't help much, and it was right to go home early to persuade his grandmother to join the club and donate more money.

Bingde did not force them, and let them do their own thing.

Lin Rusong walked to the gate of the courtyard, and said that it was not good to disturb Cheng Yan temporarily, after all, he had already married a wife, so he said that it was better to stay in the temple for one night. Lin Rusong thought that it was difficult to say anything when he arrived at Cheng Mansion, so it would be better to wait for Bingde to send a message and go out.

Xu Lan saw that he changed his mind and didn't force it, so she took the martial artist home by herself.

It was already night when she got home, Xu Lan first went to see Wang and Xu Yiliang and told them about the matter in Xijing, and told the story of the Qinghua Temple to hold a benevolent society, of course, she would not say that it was her own idea, but only that she heard the news.

Wang recited a Buddha and said: "The Buddha has appeared, and this Tsinghua Temple has saved the suffering." "Discussed with Xu Yiliang how much money to donate? Xu Lan went back to wash up first, and ate something hastily, but she woke up. Thinking that he had slept enough during the day, he lay down in bed and thought carefully about what had happened in the past two days. Thinking about it, I fell asleep before I knew it.

On the third day, news of the Society of Charity came out. Banners were also put up in the soup kitchens outside the county town with the name of Tsinghua Temple-Renshan Society. In addition, notices calling on everyone to join the charity association were posted at the city gate and in conspicuous places in the county seat. The name of the president abbot, the name of the vice president Bingde, the name of the assistant Chen County Ling's wife is impressively listed, as well as the third Mrs. Cheng Ge's hometown, and there are three assistants, and the names of some members have been announced, it is estimated that the pilgrims who often go to Tsinghua Temple in the county town have been ten, and the members have not only announced their names, but also announced the names of some stores, and listed the wooden cards that will be issued to members at that time.

Two points were also set up in the county town to receive money, and it was specified in detail that only clothing, food, and money would be accepted, and other things would not be accepted for the time being.

When he went home in the evening, the Wang family had already gotten the news, so he called Xu Lan to discuss the matter of the curtain donation with Xu Yiliang. Xu Lan naturally didn't speak well, so she only said how much money the store still had. Wang and Xu Yiliang set a number and donated one hundred taels! Xu Lan knew that this number was naturally nothing to those wealthy families, but for her family, it was two months' turnover, and she had recently opened a new shop, and she hadn't started making money yet. One hundred taels is already a lot.

Wang has no opinion when he sees it, and tomorrow he will ask Xu Yiliang to go to the fundraising point to donate money.

Xu Lan also wanted to see how they operated, so she followed Xu Yiliang together.

And I saw a great crowd gathered around in the distance, some with clothes and some with rice.