Jia's mother recruited Jia Zheng into the back house of Ning'an Hall, which was actually impolite.

Today is the birthday banquet of Ning Guofu, although there is no banquet for foreign guests, but Jia Zheng is a foreign man after all, and he has not reached the advanced age of Liujia and Septuagen.

Most of the women in the back house are the relatives of the clan, and there are many inconveniences.

But, who calls her Mother Jia, the ancestor of the Jia family, and the Duchess of the Super Destiny Country.

She was eager to know the news from Shandong.

In this way, before Jia Zheng came in, the young daughters-in-law in the clan compartment temporarily took refuge behind the screen.

"It's not that you won't be able to come back until at least the next year, why did you come back early?"

Jia Mu watched Jia Zheng enter the door, and asked loudly before he could ask for peace.

Flood control is not as long as disaster control, and the construction period is much longer.

Jia Zheng originally expected to not be able to return home this year.

"My son had seen the old lady because Baoyu had written to me that the garden had been built and that everything was going to be complicated.

In addition, it is only three months before the Shangyuan Festival, and if our family wants to invite the Yuan Concubine Niangniang to come back to save relatives, such a festival is the best.

If you miss it, you have to wait until the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Therefore, I took leave from Da Sikong and came back to prepare for the arrival of my mother's relatives. ”

What Jia Zheng didn't say was that he was originally in charge of the work of a clerk, and he did not lead other work such as repairing canals and building embankments, and once the preliminary work was completed, there was no need to stay in Shandong.

Otherwise, before such a big project, how can you casually ask for leave.

Jia Mu obviously didn't care about these either, she hurriedly said, "How is Baoyu?" Didn't you say that his errand over there was almost over, when will he come back? ”

As soon as he asked this, from Mrs. Wang, Li Kun, Wang Xifeng to Sanchun sisters, they all looked up and waited for Jia Zheng to reply.

Baoyu (second brother) has been gone for a long time

Jia Zheng's mouth twitched.

In the past few months since Jia Baoyu served as a relief envoy, his ears have been destroyed all the time.

In his eyes, he saw the gaze, "What about your son?" ”

Jia Zheng felt that he was happy and had no ego.

He didn't want to admit that he was jealous of his son!

"Baoyu is fine, and she should be back soon. The disaster situation in Shandong has subsided, and he can return next month at the latest. ”

Jia Zheng said, seeing that Jia's mother was a little unhappy, knowing that Jia's mother thought the time was too slow, so he said again: "The old lady should be happy, Baoyu's trip to Shandong has made a meritorious contribution, and after coming back, the court will definitely reward it." ”

Jia Mu said: "What is the reward, is he so big that he will let him go to the court to be an official?" ”

"The resolution of the court has not yet come down, and my son does not dare to make a judgment."

Jia's mother asked Jia Zheng a few more words about Jia Baoyu, and then found that Jia Zheng's face was tired, and his face was much haggard than before he left Beijing in the middle of the year, and finally said with concern:

"Okay, you must be tired when you come back so far, go down and rest early, and push it back if you have any important things to do."

"Yes, thank you for the old lady's compassion, my son is leaving."

After Jia Zheng left, the hall became lively, and all kinds of congratulatory voices surrounded Jia's mother.

What Jia Zhen said before was not really understood by everyone, but Jia Zheng is a decent person, and no one does not believe the news he learned from his mouth.

Yingchun, Tanchun, and Xichun saw their sisters-in-law and uncles all go to congratulate Jia's mother, but they can't interject, so they start a new stove on the side.

Tanchun said: "The second brother came back this time, it must be very different!" ”

Xichun said: "Yes, but I still want to know what gifts the second brother will bring us." Second sister, do you think the second brother forgot to bring us a gift because he was too busy? ”

Yingchun shook her head, and Ying Ying smiled: "The second brother has been gone for so long, he must have lost a lot of weight, but he must be more handsome, hoho." ”

Did Jia Baoyu really get thinner?

Truly.

Over the course of a few months, he had spent much more time on the road than he had in the previous year.

After many nights of rest, there is a faint feeling of exhaustion.

However, in the end, these feelings of exhaustion will turn into a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction.

When I came to this world, I finally did a big thing and a meaningful thing.

As for the few catties of meat that have lost weight, sooner or later, they can grow back, Jia Baoyu doesn't feel pity at all.

The second prince had already decided a few days ago to prepare to leave for Beijing, Jia Baoyu sorted out an important copy at hand and prepared to bring it back to Beijing, and the rest of the ministry was left in the governor's yamen to seal.

For now, there is only one last thing to do.

More than 500 children orphaned by the floods.

Although Jia Baoyu issued a notice a long time ago, asking the parents of the lost children to go to Shangling and Qingzhou to claim their children.

However, natural disasters are natural disasters after all, and even with the help of the government to find their parents, in the end, more than 500 children under the age of 12 are still left.

The cognition of this era, from the age of thirteen onwards, is no longer a pure child, because he can already make a living on his own.

"What, Ziheng wants to bring these children back to the capital?"

Ye Hao was a little surprised by Jia Baoyu's words.

He originally thought that Jia Baoyu would leave these children behind, and eventually disperse them to various local state capitals, so that the prefect and the prefect could settle them.

"The number of people that can be accepted in most prefectures and counties is very limited, and if so many people are handed over to the local government for resettlement, I am not very confident about their behavior.

And the capital is so big, it is not difficult to feed 500 children. ”

Jia Baoyu said this in front of the governor, the prefect, and the governor, which made their faces show a touch of embarrassment.

Wang Zhen shook his head and said, "However, the imperial court will not agree to adopt." Which natural disaster will not cause a group of such orphans, if they are all raised by the imperial court, it will also be a great burden on the imperial court, not to mention the whole world, if it is not the royal land, then the beggars and orphans of the entire Daxuan do not know how many, how to settle them? ”

"I didn't say that the imperial court would be responsible, I am ready to open a health hall in the capital in the name of His Royal Highness, specializing in cultivating these children.

Ten years at most, and the youngest of them will be adults.

And even if each child spends five taels of silver per year, in fact, the sum of the front and back is only about twenty or thirty thousand taels of silver.

Twenty or thirty thousand silver, saving 500 children, and adding 500 young people to my great Xuan, I will not lose. ”

Ye Hao and Wang Zhen were a little embarrassed when they heard this.

Twenty or thirty thousand silver, and only for the Guogong Mansion, which sits on 100,000 acres of fertile land, is a small amount of money.

Especially Wang Zhen, his annual income is only two or three hundred silver, and his family still counts on it to live.

The prefect of Qingzhou hurriedly said: "The suppression makes the lord noble, I believe that His Royal Highness knows, and he will definitely be moved by the loyalty and benevolence of the adult. ”

looked like he was afraid that Jia Baoyu would regret it.

If these people Jia Baoyu don't take them away, they can only fall on his head in the end.

Ye Hao saw it, and had a clear understanding of Jia Baoyu's judgment in his heart.

These officials, if they don't have money, they will still think of making money, they will only think that the silver is too short, and if they want to ask them to pay for the silver to do good deeds, I am afraid that it will be difficult to climb to the sky.

"Okay, since Ziheng has decided so, I will also pay for the cost of opening a health hall."

Ye Hao is colorful.

He is the only heir of the Taishi Mansion, and although he doesn't have much money, he has a lot of good things in the family. He thought that if he sold a few things, he would have silver

Jia Baoyu hugged his fists and saluted, even if this matter was finalized.

In the city, Connaught Place.

A noble carriage stopped in front of the workshop.

The guards with brilliant swords and imposing momentum made people who came to buy joy take a detour.

The old mother came out happily and shouted: "Daughter, it's rare that you are still willing to come back to see me"

But before she could get close to the carriage, she was stopped by the guards on both sides, and she didn't dare to object, so she stopped in a daze.

Before the curtain opened, a beautiful voice familiar to her sounded from inside the car:

"Mother Qiao, I'll come back and clean up the things I used before, and I hope Mother Qiao will allow it."

"Allowed, how not allowed. I'll keep all your things for you, just in case you come back someday. Let's go, I'll take you to get it."

"I won't go in, just let Zi'er go in and get it."

"Yes, yes, look at my memory, with your current identity, naturally you can't enter our place again"

The old mother said cautiously, and then walked in with Xiaozi, the maid who got out of the carriage.

Her groveling appearance was seen by her "daughters" upstairs.

"Mom, what's the matter, who's sitting in there? In the past, the prefect came, and my mother didn't seem to be so cautious. ”

A sister who had just walked over asked.

Kanglefang is one of the best green buildings in Qingzhou, and it really can't be done without a deep background.

They have never seen any characters in Qiao's mother, why do they seem to be so afraid of the people inside.

One said: "Du Qiuniang is back." ”

"Ah, why did she come back? Didn't she follow the relief envoy, and I heard that she was still very favored? Was it abandoned so quickly?

With her appearance, it shouldn't be

Sure enough, the men are all Bo Xinglang, and even heroes like the relief envoy are no exception. ”

The sister, who doesn't seem to have any heads, babbles.

The previous person couldn't help but stretch out his orchid finger and knocked on the door of her head, and said, "Look at this posture, it looks like an abandonment?"

People are returning to their hometowns in fine clothes, showing their majesty! ”

"Wow, really.

I've heard that the adults are so young, and they are also a handsome scholar, Zizi, Sister Du's life is really good. ”

Sisters who don't have long brains and talk a lot, these words have aroused everyone's conversation.

"Yes, I heard that the Qincha team is about to leave Qingzhou, and the relief envoy is also going back to Beijing, and Sister Du is definitely going to follow the relief envoy back to Beijing, so this is the last time to come back to take a look, right?

Woo woo, I'm so envious, I also want to follow the relief envoy to go."

"Giggles, just you, do you have someone who has an outstanding appearance? Do you have a talented Qiu Niang? Qiu Niang is this year's Oiran, what about you, are you in the top ten? ”

"Hmph, I'm just thinking about it? It's really not good, I'm like Xiaozi, can't I serve Sister Du in the future? ”

"I don't think you want to serve Qiu Niang, you want to serve the relief envoy, right?"

"Ah, you guys are so annoying!"

"Hehe, but then again, who of us doesn't envy her? In the past, those sisters who came out of the cabinet, even if they had good luck and met good people, they didn't see any of them have the opportunity to come back and see.

According to such grace, if Sister Du can give birth to a son and a half daughter for the relief of the eldest child, she may be able to become a noble wife in the capital in the future.

If that's the case, if we fall down in the future, maybe we can go to Beijing to join her.

I don't know if she will be able to remember a little friendship from the past when the time comes."