Chapter 17: Snow Thousand Birch
Lan Weishu and Gao Jinbai didn't have time to rest, so they quickly rushed to the Lancang River.
At this time, the Lancang River was silent, and occasional winds blew, setting off a circle of ripples.
"Childe, you see, this is here, I think if the groove here is dug a little bigger, so that when there is a lot of rain, the levee will not be broken again, and the crops will not be flooded, but this project is a bit huge, and it is estimated that it will require a lot of manpower, material and financial resources."
Gao Jinbai's face was embarrassed.
"Don't worry about money, as for manpower, aren't there many disaster victims, let's use the food allocated by the imperial court to encourage them to spontaneously participate in this excavation incident, I believe the people should be happy, after all, it's about their own happiness."
Lan Weishu calmly said the solution about manpower, and Gao Jinbai's eyes lit up when he heard it, why didn't he think of this solution?
If it weren't for the necessity, no one would want to leave their native place, especially those who were getting older and in poor health, and they couldn't afford to travel long distances at all, so it was better to settle these people and then mobilize other able-bodied victims to come and reclaim the grooves, so that the speed would be much faster than simply using the soldiers in the yamen.
"Lord Gao, now I will send someone to send a letter back to Kyoto, tell the emperor our plan, let the emperor allocate another sum of money, but now I still need to ask Lord Gao to find a trustworthy gentleman to come over and roughly estimate the amount of money needed for this reclamation."
Lan Weishu looked at the calm river, and his thoughts didn't know where he had flown to.
Gao Jinbai now feels that the long-standing problem has finally been solved, he is naturally radiant, and his action is a little stronger than usual.
The river breeze blew on his face, blowing Lan Weishu's white clothes hunting, maybe he was not very used to the humid air in the south of the Yangtze River, and Lan Weishu lost a lot of weight compared to when he first left Kyoto.
As soon as Xianchen came, what he saw was Lan Weishu's emaciated back, and it seemed that he was about to leave with this Jiang Feng.
"It's coming quickly, Dust." Lan Weishu turned around and saw the person who was thinking about it day and night, and he didn't know that Xianchen had lived in his heart unconsciously.
After coming to Jiangnan, Lan Weishu found that he unexpectedly wanted to see Xianchen.
"You urged me so much in the letter, as soon as I read the letter, I took An An and galloped all the way over." Xianchen teased.
"The little junior brother is here too?!" Lan Weishu couldn't hide the surprise in his eyes.
"Yes, you are urging in a hurry, what about me, I can't tell An An clearly for a while, not to mention that I think this matter is about An An himself, or it is better for him to come by himself, after all, none of us can make decisions for him."
Lan Weishu looked behind Xian Chen, but there was nothing but the road behind him.
"Don't look at it, An An was left in the inn by me, I didn't bring him here, now I'm just looking for you to find out the specific situation, and go to meet that person by the way." The look in Xian Chen's eyes was complicated.
"Thirteen." Lan Weishu shouted into the air, and a figure landed in an instant.
"Childe." Eleven clenched his fists and looked respectful.
"You take the princess to the little pavilion to meet that person."
"Yes."
Thirteen replied respectfully.
"Princess, please follow your subordinates."
Xiaoxie was not far from the Lancang River, and Xian Chen followed the thirteenth road to perform light skills, and it didn't take long to reach the destination.
Xianchen pushed open the door and walked into the small pavilion.
The small pavilion is plain and elegant, except for some vegetation that grows itself, there is nothing.
There was a faint fragrance of flowers in the air, which smelled very good, and when Xianchen smelled this floral fragrance, he couldn't help but relax his mind.
"Who's coming?" A pleasant female voice came from the room.
"Sheng Xianchen is visiting, and I want to discuss something about Yun Chang'an with my wife."
Xue Qianhua opened the door and looked at Xian Chen, although she didn't know who Yun Changan was, but her intuition told her that she was the person she was looking for.
"Girl, please come in, just now you said Yun Chang'an? I don't know what he ......" Xue Qianhua and the others took a sip of tea, and then asked anxiously, their eyes full of excitement.
"Yun Changan is my younger brother, but I brought it back outside Meixiang Building when he was two years old, when he was being bullied by several people because of the peculiar color of his eyes." Xian Chen recalled the scene when she first met Chang'an, the little An An, soft in her arms, almost melted her whole heart, and she didn't dare to hug him vigorously, for fear that she would accidentally hurt him.
Xianchen came back to his senses and looked at the woman's eyes, which were the same violet eyes as An An.
"I don't know what to call Madame? What is the relationship with An An? Xian Chen looked at the eyebrows that were very similar to An An, and already had an answer in his heart, but he still wanted to be sure.
"Concubine Xue Qianhua, if my guess is right, the An An in your mouth should be the child I lost back then, Xue Qianli." Xue Qianhua opened her mouth to reply, although she had tried to stay calm, her trembling voice still betrayed her mood at this time.
"There is a sentence in the dust, I don't know whether to say it or not."
"You just say it."
"Mrs. Gang said of loss? I don't know......" Xianchen paused here as he spoke, frowning as if thinking of words.
"It's that I'm sorry for him, but please forgive me, it's inconvenient for me to say more about other things, what I can say is that I didn't mean to abandon him back then, but a thief took advantage of my inattention and secretly took away Li'er. It just so happened that I had fallen ill in childbirth, and I have been recuperating all these years, and my body is only a little more comfortable today, and someone told me that I had seen a person with purple eyes in the territory of Li, so I thought about coming over to take a look. I don't know the girl...... Where is he now? Can I see him? Xue Qianhua opened her mouth to ask.
"That's right, madam, I wasn't sure about the situation when I came, so I didn't bring An An with me, if you really want to see him now, please move and come with me to the Yunlai Inn."
Xianchen also wanted to quickly determine who An An's parents were, because she was very guilty, over the years, she really never gave him anything except giving An An a place to shelter from the wind and rain and giving him a bite to eat.
Now that his biological mother is here, Xian Chen naturally wants to let the two of them see each other, not to mention that An An has been very good at hiding his feelings since he was a child, but Xian Chen knows that An An wants to see his parents very much, otherwise he would not chat with his shadow alone under the moonlight during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
At that time, An An was the most distressing for Xianchen.
"Okay, okay, let's go now, hurry up to the Yunlai Inn." Xue Qianhua originally thought that this request would be rejected, but she didn't expect Xian Chen to agree, and she was about to see the son she longed for, how could this not make her excited?
Several people immediately rushed to the Yunlai Inn, Yun Changan looked at the window on the second floor early, and he was unfamiliar with the place, which made him feel very insecure. At this time, I saw Xianchen galloping all the way, and immediately ran down from the upstairs.
"Sister, you're back, are things done?" Big sparkling eyes, with an innocence that has never been seen in the world.
"Well, An An, my sister has something to tell you, shall we go into the room first?" Xianchen bent down slightly, put his hand on the top of Chang'an's head, and rubbed it gently.
"Okay~" Chang'an responded obediently, and then turned around and entered the inn.
"Ma'am, let's go in and talk." Xianchen said to Xue Qianhua.
"Hmm." Xue Qianhua bowed her head, and it could be seen that the child just now was full of dependence on Xianchen, and she was also very pleased that he had not been hurt by Li'er's side for many years, but was cared for and pampered like being held in the palm of his hand.
"Sister, what are you going to tell me?" Still with an innocent voice.
"An An, listen carefully to me, this lady is very likely to be your biological mother, and now she wants to bring you back, you should consider whether to go with her. But my sister told you that no matter what your choice is, you are always welcome here. Thinking of the upcoming parting, Xianchen instantly felt that his heart was very sad, but he didn't know how to resolve this feeling.
When Yun Changan heard this, his body trembled uncontrollably, and his sister clearly wanted him to follow this person who was still a stranger to him.
No, he doesn't.
"Li'er, it's really my Li'er, I'm finally seeing you again, come over and let my mother see, come here."
At this time, where did Xue Qianhua have a dignified self-control in front of people, and the current appearance is the most primitive and instinctive reaction of a mother finally seeing her child.
Xianchen closed the door and withdrew, leaving the rest of the time to the two of them to have a good chat.
On the other hand, Lan Weishu was still waiting for Gao Jinbai to come back by the Lancang River, but unfortunately he didn't wait for anyone. The surface of the Lancang River sparkles in the sun, like a beautiful silk ribbon, and like the night sky rendered by fireworks, which is beautiful.
But Lan Weishu's heart was far from being so calm, he always felt that there was something he ignored, but he couldn't remember what it was.
"Lan Weishu, why are you still here? Why, I don't have a clue about what my father arranged, so I plan to commit suicide by jumping into the river? Xianchen pretended to be happy and said.
"Sheng Xianchen, I see that you can't spit out ivory in your dog mouth for a day, can you say something nice, how can I also help the little junior brother find his own mother, if you don't thank me, forget it, why are you still talking so poisonous?" Lan Weishu heard Xian Chen's voice, and the corners of his mouth twitched.
"I'm a human, not a dog, and besides, dogs can't spit out ivory in their mouths, at most they can spit out a few dog teeth!" Slim Dust retorted.
Lan Weishu suddenly had a headache, why hasn't this girl been seen for a few days, and her ability to die without paying for her life has grown again.