Xia Qingyun talked about what happened to the Hua family's sisters and brothers when they were wandering, they practiced martial arts since they were children, they were bold, and they were clever, so they escaped. If you are an ordinary child, you may have been coerced and instigated by bad people to become a habitual thief, and if you grow up in that environment, it is unknown whether you will kill people and set fires in the future.

Tian Zhenyu originally thought that the Xia family and the Hua family were world friends, so they partnered to do business, and when she said this, he knew that there was such a relationship, and he couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "No wonder Miss has a smooth business, and she can turn evil into good fortune in case of trouble, she is a good person, and God also knows how to protect her!" ”

"If Uncle Tian and Aunt Tian meet them, they will definitely reach out, and they can't say anything good." Xia Qingyun smiled modestly.

In her previous life, she was born with a golden key and lived a rich life that the world envied, but she didn't feel any happiness and affection.

Fate made her reborn in the Xia family, who couldn't even drink a bowl of gruel, and the sincere love between her family members gradually awakened her frozen inner emotions.

Getting is not necessarily happiness, giving is the only way to experience happiness.

"No matter how much money you make, no matter how big the house is, you may not be happy every day. At the beginning, my family was poor, and I planted tea and made tea just to improve the life of my family, and I didn't expect it to be so big all at once. Now that you have money, you should do what you can to help those in need. ”

Her words evoked memories of her mother, and she shed tears while reminiscing about the hard days of the past. Jiang's eyes were red when he heard this, and Chu Qichuyou's nose was sour. Unexpectedly, Xia Qingyun looked like a young lady from a big family on weekdays, and she had suffered more than them. I have more and more respect in my heart.

"Mother, look at you, talk about this again." Xia Qingyun took out a handkerchief to help her mother wipe her tears, "Our family is living a good life now, and there is still money left to help those children from poor families, so my mother should be happy." ”

"That's right!" The mother took her hand and sighed: "Those children are pitiful, their parents are gone, and they can't even eat a full mouthful, who doesn't feel distressed when they see it!" Want me to say. We can help as much as we can. ”

Xia Qingyun smiled: "Who said no." was about to discuss this matter, but it was bittersweet to remember by my mother. ”

Jiang said: "The owner has a good heart, and he will be rewarded in the future." It's just that there are more than a few children begging in the south city. If you bring them all back. So many children. What is the resettlement method? Someone has to discipline them. ”

Xia Qingyun had already had a plan in his heart, and when he saw that everyone agreed, he said, "Uncle Tian and Aunt Tian." Don't you have thirty acres of orchards on the left bank, and I want to buy them. To take these children in, you must not only provide them with food and clothing, but also give them the opportunity to support themselves. The orchard is large, and the children are not bored where they live, and they can learn to take care of the fruit trees. How about selling the orchard to me at the market price? ”

"That's not going to work!" Tian Zhenyu waved his hand again and again when he heard it.

Jiang Shi hurriedly tugged at his sleeve and said angrily: "What's not going on, are you still reluctant to have that garden?" ”

Chu Qi and Chu You also looked at their father with confused faces, not knowing why he objected.

"Hey! It's not reluctant! Tian Zhenyu scratched his head and explained: "You can't sell it!" Our Miss Domeng takes care of it, and the salary alone is enough for us to chew the grain, what else do we sell? Give it directly to Miss, and it can be regarded as a part of our Tian family! “

Chu You teased on the side: "Dad is used to telling stories, and he has learned to sell guanzi!" It scared us off. ”

Everyone laughed.

Xia Qingyun insisted on paying the Tian family, and after the dispute, it was finally agreed that one hundred taels of silver would be sold, but the Tian family did not want this money, but donated it to the children to buy paper and pens.

The next day, she told Chuqi to go back to the orchard and find a mason and a carpenter to rebuild the house. He also asked Zhou to buy some clothes, shoes and daily necessities to prepare. Tian Zhenyu took the transfer documents and the title deed to the yamen to handle the documents.

Led by a few children from Hualing Huashu, Xia Qingyun took his mother and Hua Da and others to Nancheng.

However, they are separated by more than ten miles, but Nancheng and the right bank where they live are simply two worlds.

There are hardly any decent houses, and they are a family with thick wooden sticks supporting them against the earthen walls. The clothes on the people's bodies were also made of coarse cloth, with many patches falling on them. Men, women, and children all had sad faces on their faces, only some children playing with mud at the door, and some innocent smiles.

In fact, before the flood, the situation in Nancheng was not so bad. There are also many well-fed families like the Hualing family.

However, a flood washed away almost all the houses, and the imperial court's disaster relief funds were embezzled by the former officials. After the prefect Kong Xiaoqing took office, he only cared about looting the merchants, and had no intention of appeasing the people affected by the disaster, and the life of Nancheng became more and more difficult.

Hua Ling led them to a collapsed ancestral hall, and from the dilapidated ruins, the traces of the flood could still be faintly seen.

The ancestral hall was covered with dark yellow broken mats, and twenty or thirty ragged children sat around in a pile in the east and west, most of them about the same age as Hua Ling, and seven or eight looked like Xiao Hua Rong, only four or five years old.

Seeing a group of strangers standing in the doorway, the children stared warily and leaned together. There was a sharp-eyed one who saw the child standing next to Hua Ling who walked from here yesterday, but today he was wearing clean clothes, as if he was a different person, and muttered to the little friend next to him in a low voice.

Xia Qingyun whispered a few words in Hua Ling's ear, Hua Ling nodded, and walked in with a few children.

She found a clean place and helped her sit down, "Mother, the flowers are big, we are waiting outside." The children don't know us, so I'm afraid they won't follow us lightly. Let Hualing ask them. ”

There was a commotion in the ancestral hall, and then, Hua Ling was heard shouting: "Silence! All silent! Listen, if you want to be fed and clothed, follow me, but there is one thing, you must be obedient! Don't do bad things! Otherwise, Miss Xia won't take you in! ”

The children cheered in unison.

I heard Hua Ling say loudly: "Also, you have to promise to sign a long contract with Miss Xia in the future!" No run-around guaranteed! If you don't agree, don't go, and if you can't do it, I won't spare him with my fists! ”

Hearing this, Xia Qingyun couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Why are you teaching Hua Ling to talk about this!" The mother complained a little, "After all, they are still children." is young and ignorant, and you can't let them sell themselves to us in a daze just because they are given food. ”

"Mother, you wronged me, I didn't teach her."

Hua Da interjected: "Mrs. Dong, if you want me to say, since the young lady saved them, it is like regenerating parents, not to mention the long deed, even if the deed of sale is signed!" ”

"We'll talk about it later." Xia Qingyun smiled and glanced at Hua Da.

I have been in Qi for more than a year. She has also gradually adapted to the customs of the place. I don't feel as disgusted with signing a deed of sale as I used to be, anyway, I'm not trying to exploit these children, and it's not a good thing for the children to have a contract constraint.

On that day, they brought back a total of 32 children. I can't live at home. followed Hua Daxian to temporarily live in Hua Sedum's house.

Evening. Tian Zhenyu came to the study and handed the replaced title deed to Xia Qingyun, "Miss." Do you want to put a notice outside the teahouse and find two gentlemen? Just use the new textbooks to enlighten the children? ”

Knowing how to make good use of people, she naturally agreed, "Uncle Tian, you are better at this than me, so I bother you to do it!" Also, how about we also have a name, just call it Fruit Forest Farm? ”

Tian Zhenyu applauded, no matter whether these children will take the test in the future and learn the things in the newly compiled textbooks, at least they will have a skill in the future and can support themselves.

As soon as the notice was posted, the news that Xia Qingyun had set up a fruit forest farm and taken in orphans spread in the literati circle of the Left Bank Painting and Calligraphy Institute. Several deacons approached her, praised her for her good deeds, and said that if the children of the Guolin Farm wanted to study at the academy in the future, they would accept them for free.

Jiang asked Chu Qi to count the children's surnames and ages, and after obtaining their unanimous consent, they all signed the contract. Xia Qingyun added another clause in the contract, if you want to leave after growing up and becoming a family, you can terminate the contract after discussing with the owner.

What she didn't expect was that not only did none of these children propose to redeem themselves, but they became one of her biggest helps.

Ten days later, Hua Da and Hua Er moved to the orchard with all the children.

Tian Zhenyu preached to them the "Code of Conduct of the Agricultural Academy", stipulating the rules of daily living and study and labor, and appointed Hua Ling and Hua Shu as captains. The rest of the ten children are a small team, and the children themselves elect the team leader and accept the management of the team leader.

Hua Ling and Hua Shu don't look old, but they speak loudly. The Hua sisters and brothers have very good living habits and kung fu, so they naturally establish their prestige.

Every morning, as soon as dawn, they run around the orchard with their respective teams. Then I cleaned the house and did my own laundry and cooking. After eating, they lined up, sang songs, and went to the orchard to loosen the soil and weed and water, just like a little 'scout'.

Xia Qingyun has a good reputation in the literati circle and does good deeds, so there are more than a dozen gentlemen who come to apply. Tian Zhenyu picks left and right, the so-called strict teacher produces a high apprentice, and circles a person who is known for his strict and serious teaching.

I picked another person who was good at math, and asked Xia Qingyun to explain the newly compiled arithmetic textbook to him, and after understanding it thoroughly, the two gentlemen took office together.

Hua Yun and Qiu Yun were also sent by their mother to study at the Fruit Forest Farm. At first, the two of them were a little embarrassed, after all, they were surrounded by young children, but after an exam, there were several children whose scores far exceeded them, and the two became serious.

Seeing that the fruits in the orchard were ripening one after another, according to Chu You's method, he taught the Qingmei people in the Ruyi Treasure Pavilion to dry all the fruits of this batch of fruits. Add some sun-dried rose petals and mix them together to make flower and fruit tea.

The flower and fruit tea is colorful, and then added some rock sugar to brew together, sweet and sour, and soon attracted many young ladies and wives from large families, and it was sold out soon after it was listed.

For this reason, she specially sealed a big red envelope for Chu You. But Chu You said that he didn't want anything, and finally donated it all to the Fruit Forest Farm.

Xia Qingyun would prepare hundreds of catties of tea and sugar and send them to the Zhenyuan military camp, and then bring back the letter written to her by Si Hongbowen. It is more appropriate to say that it is a letter than a note.

A plain sign, a few lines of poetry, neither the usual greetings, nor the courteous instructions, but before signing, he will write two words: very much. Every time I see this, I smile knowingly.

It was the height of summer, and the weather was unbearably hot. When the lecture was held in the bookstore, the scattered seats on the first floor were crowded with people, and after sitting for a while, sweat was like rain, and the guests couldn't help but complain. Xiao Er gave each guest a pu fan, but the fan was also hot air.

Yuzhou is geographically southern, and it does not snow and freeze even in winter, so it is impossible to dig ice cellars to store ice like in the north. Xia Qingyun had bought a lot of saltpeter for gunpowder earlier, and there was also a lot of it in the Ruyi Treasure Pavilion, which was now used to make ice.

The prepared ice is placed in copper basins and placed all over the teahouse, and the teahouse quickly cools down. People are sipping fragrant tea, eating refreshments, and listening to fairy scripts, not to mention how comfortable it is!

The upstairs private room is small in size, and there are large ice basins in the four corners, which feel a little cold when you first come in. In the middle of summer, sitting in a cool room drinking tea and chatting, listening to the piano and talking, Qingyunxuan suddenly became the most enthusiastic place for rich people to come and go. (To be continued......)