Chapter 369: Drought
"Mama, you can help the county lord." Chu Xinyun said to Mama.
Mama Yu was begging for it, and when she heard Chu Xinyun's words, she came to Chu Ling'er's side and guided her step by step, "County Lord, you have to drag the little prince's * with your right hand, and hold his back with your left hand." ”
"Giggle~" Yan Yunhan just thought that everyone was playing with him, and he couldn't stop laughing.
"I heard Han'er's laughter from afar, why is he so happy?" Yan Qinchang strode into the door, and at a glance saw Chu Xinyun holding the child, and a familiar figure was standing beside her.
Yan Qinchang's face instantly turned cold, "Why are you here?" ”
Yan Yunhan also cried at the right time, perhaps frightened by Yan Qinchang's somewhat cautious tone.
Chu Ling'er was busy coaxing Yan Yunhan in her arms, and she didn't care about answering Yan Qinchang's question, "Be good, don't cry, don't cry." ”
It's a pity that Yan Yunhan let go of his throat and cried, no matter how Chu Ling'er coaxed, it was useless.
In the end, Chu Xinyun couldn't bear it anymore, handed over Yan Yunyao to the nurse, hugged Yan Yunhan himself, and coaxed softly.
Probably smelling a familiar smell, Yan Yunhan soon stopped crying.
Yan Qinchang was afraid that Chu Ling'er would hurt Chu Xinyun and the child, so he looked at her defensively.
Chu Ling'er was so guarded by the person she liked, and naturally her heart would not be much better.
In fact, apart from giving Yan Qinchang a death heart Gu, Chu Ling'er had never done anything to frame Chu Xinyun.
Maybe it was because he was bitten by a snake for ten years and was afraid of the well rope, and Yan Qinchang was an extremely vigilant person, even if he killed a thousand by mistake, he was unwilling to let go of a hundred people, so he treated Chu Ling'er like this.
In Chu Linger's opinion, it really hurt her heart.
She didn't do anything, but she was so misunderstood, and it would be uncomfortable to be replaced by anyone.
In addition, she was already proud, so she only reddened her eyes, and then said to Shuang'er and Xue'er, "Let's go." ”
Chu Xinyun didn't have time to say anything, so he watched Chu Ling'er take people away.
She sighed slightly and explained to Yan Qinchang, "She came here to thank me today, before she used the things sold in Yan Yuefang, she was drugged, and her face was almost disfigured. So I promised her that she would heal her face, and now her face is better, so she brought a thank you gift, you really misunderstood. ”
Yan Qinchang also saw the pile of gifts on the table at this time, his eyelids drooped, and he pursed his lips, "In that case, I misunderstood her, I thought she was going to do something to you, so this is ......"
He didn't say what he said later, but Chu Xinyun also understood it in his heart.
It was really Chu Ling'er's death to Yan Qinchang at the beginning, which made everyone have a pimple in their hearts.
Yan Qinchang was so defensive of her, it was not without reason.
"Well, in fact, there is one more thing I haven't told you, Mama Yu is the maid who carried me away back then, she told me that Chu Ling'er may be my twin sister." Chu Xinyun said.
As soon as these words came out, Yan Qinchang was also a little surprised.
"Twin sister? Why didn't you tell me before? No wonder your attitude towards her has changed a lot. Yan Qinchang seemed to be asking Chu Xinyun what to say, and it seemed to be a bit like talking to himself.
But when it comes to saying this, it all makes sense.
Chu Xinyun explained to him: "You are too busy these days, and you have to deal with the major affairs in the court. I'm thinking left and right that it's just a little thing, so I don't need to tell you more. ”
Yan Qin listened to it, knowing that Chu Xinyun was feeling sorry for him, and he couldn't bear to let him hurt for something else.
Thinking of this, he hugged Chu Xinyun, waved away Ziyue and the others, kissed her on the mouth, and sighed, "If you have a wife like this, what more can a husband ask for." ”
Chu Xinyun was buried in his arms, blushing with shame.
The door is closed, the ears and temples are grinding, and it is another warmth.
Yan Qinchang's face was satisfied, and Chu Xinyun was lying in his arms, his fingers making circles on his chest.
"It seems to be getting hotter these days." Chu Xinyun said.
Yan Qinchang frowned, and also felt that the weather seemed to be a little abnormal, and then he seemed to remember something, "I still remember that I had this kind of weather once when I was a child, and it didn't last long at that time, and the drought began to appear. ”
Chu Xinyun raised his head violently and said worriedly, "What if this time is also a precursor to the drought?" ”
Yan Qinchang patted her on the back and comforted her, "Don't worry, you can find someone to buy more food these days, prepare first, and if you are prepared, I will enter the palace again." ”
After saying that, he got up from the bed, put on his clothes, opened the door and went out.
Chu Xinyun propped himself up, looking at Yan Qinchang's distant back, but the sorrow in his eyebrows and eyes never disappeared.
After lying down for a while, she shouted, "Huanyan." ”
"Here it is, princess."
Then, Huan Yan pushed the door and walked in, she waited for Chu Xinyun to get dressed, and then followed her around.
"By the way, you told Yan An to buy more food and come back." Chu Xinyun commanded again.
Yan An was one of the servants that Yan Qinchang bought back after Chu Xinyun told Yan Qinchang about asking for a few working servants. On weekdays, he is also diligent in doing things, but Chu Xinyun thinks he is quite good, so he tells Yan An to go out to do anything.
Obviously, this time is no exception.
Huan Yan blessed, yes, turned around and went to Yan An.
It's just a cup of tea, and Huanyan is back.
"Princess, Yan An has already set off." Huanyan said.
Chu Xinyun nodded, looking at the sun hanging high outside, dazzling and dazzling. She couldn't help but raise her hand to block out the sun, her eyes narrowing slightly.
Then, Chu Xinyun seemed to remember something, "Prepare the carriage." ”
Chu Xinyun went out from the side door, got into the carriage and rushed to the outskirts of Beijing.
And this scene happened to be seen by Zhao Meiya's personal maidservant calligraphy and painting, and when she returned to Dongyuan, she mentioned this stubble even more.
Zhao Meiya's eyes flashed slightly, and she instructed Zhu Mo, "You send someone to follow her, I want to see what she wants to do?" ”
"Yes." Zhumo responded, turned his head and went out.....
Besides, Chu Xinyun took a carriage to Luohe Village and found Luoli Zheng.
"This weather is really hot, I'm afraid that if it continues to be hot like this, it will affect the herbs and aloe vera, Lori is looking to see if he can find the villagers in the village and harvest the ripe herbs and aloe vera first." Chu Xinyun didn't directly say the drought, everything is uncertain at the moment, if he said it, it would be bad if it caused panic.
"Is the pay still the same?" Lowry asked.
Chu Xinyun nodded, "As usual, it's best to harvest all of them in these two days, and the ones that the villagers in the village planted that can be harvested are also harvested, you just go to Steward Wang, and he will harvest them all." ”
So Lori quickly gathered a group of people and began the burning harvest.
Half a month has passed, and sure enough, as Yan Qinchang said to Chu Xinyun, after so many days, it has never rained, and the weather is still hot.
Many crops in the countryside have been sunburned, and Luohe Village is no exception, and even the aloe vera and those herbs planted by Chu Xinyun have also been affected.
Chu Xinyun simply thought about it comprehensively, and collected everything he could, which also reduced a lot of losses.
In addition, Yan An also stocked up a lot of grain during this month, but Chu Xinyun did not put the grain in the palace for the sake of insurance, but let Yan An store it in batches on the Zhuangzi on the outskirts of Beijing.
There is a huge cellar in Zhuangzi that can store just enough of these grains.
As for Zhao Meiya, she only knew that Chu Xinyun went to the outskirts of Beijing to harvest aloe vera gel and herbs in a big way, but as for the food, she naturally didn't know.
However, Zhao Meiya also had a bit of brains, and from Chu Xinyun's abnormality, she judged that something big was going to happen, so she wrote a letter and sent it back to Zhao's house.
And Zhao's father inferred from the news provided by Zhao Meiya and the extremely abnormal weather in the past few days.
"Not good." Zhao's father's face changed, and he called the housekeeper, "You find some people to go and buy more food and come back." ”
This big action naturally alarmed Mrs. Zhao, she thought that something had happened to Zhao's father, so she ran to Zhao's father's study in a panic, "But what happened?" ”
Father Zhao glanced at him and waved away a group of subordinates.
"I'm afraid the drought is coming again." Father Zhao sat on the chair decadently.
Mrs. Zhao's face also changed, and her body trembled a little, "Drought? Coming again? ”
She will never forget the drought of that year, and how many people of Dawn starved to death.
How many refugees rushed to the capital, when the city gate was closed, and the refugees could only live outside the city gate, and people died every day.
The city gate did not dare to open, and the dead body was left unattended, so he was allowed to rot outside the city gate.
Even because there was nothing to eat, the living began to eat the dead.
At that time, Zhao's father was still a small official, and he needed to guard the city gate. And she felt sorry for Zhao's father's increasingly thin face, so she went to bring him food.
She happened to see the scene of a living person pulling the flesh of a dead person to eat, and she will never forget it in her life, but that scene was too touching and too unacceptable.
So much so that she now trembles just by thinking about it.
"So what to do?" Mrs. Zhao clutched Zhao's father's sleeve tightly, looking dazed.
Father Zhao patted Mrs. Zhao's hand, "Don't be afraid, it's not the same time, and there won't be anything like that again." ”
Mrs. Zhao knew that Father Zhao was referring to the fact that his status was already different from back then, so she would not see the scene back then.
Since the drought has struggled to make ends meet, especially in the north, the most urgent task now is to send food to the north to prevent the refugees from becoming a disaster and causing even greater losses.
It's just that the selection of food delivery has become a problem.
Yan Qinchang's henchmen all perform their duties, and they can't leave at all, and as for himself, he still has to sit in the imperial court, and he can't leave easily.
Every day, he returned to the palace with a sad face, and after entering the palace, he put on another smiling face.
Chu Xinyun had already discovered his abnormality, but he had never pierced him.
Until one day, she went to Chu Mansion to see Bai Rou and them, and it happened that Chu Xin went down to the court, and returned to Chu Mansion with a sad face.