After entering the house, Mrs. Cui said that she would enter the palace early in the morning to discuss with the emperor to discuss the snow clearing in the capital and send people from the yamen to keep an eye on the cold and keep warm in every household.

"Lan'er stay, let's go rest and rest, it's not a big deal. If the food is not enough, there is no hurry, there are still some in our village, and every household will be involved immediately, so there is no hurry. ”

Charity such as porridge in winter is generally a fixed program for nobles and officials, and no matter who it is made for, some will be made regularly.

Now that it is snowing heavily, as long as the emperor shows worry or other actions, every household does not need to be reminded, and will immediately follow the trend, and they can do it more carefully than in previous years.

"Yes."

Jiang led his son and daughter-in-law and retreated.

Old lady Cui stared at Zilan and didn't speak, pulling her face and looking unhappy.

Zilan lowered her head and sincerely apologized, "Grandfather, I was wrong, I didn't have a bald mouth for a while." ”

"Don't take it as an example, don't say these things when you go out in the future, in case someone with a heart finds out, it will be troublesome."

"I remember, but there is indeed a lot of food at the end of the Huangzhuang, I do the porridge every year, and the stewards will leave me some food, not all of it will be used to make wine, there must be preparations."

The stewards are used to Zilan's style of acting, this is still very easy to guess, if they want to please her, this must be predicted.

"Well, Ming'er, I asked Cui Hao to get food, I don't know how long it will take this heavy snowfall, our family will have to do it for some more time, it may be March or April next year."

"Okay, it's not enough to go somewhere else."

"Well, Brother Hao mentioned the medicinal materials you said to me, I can't count on you alone, that's not good. I asked people to go to the mountains to buy it, and it snowed again, and it was estimated that it would be next year. ”

"I'll prepare less, prepare first, these medicinal materials will definitely be usable, if not, I will send them to my grandfather in the northwest to use them, and how can cotton be useful."

"Well, don't be too tired, it's a little earlier this time, you don't have to prepare too much food, you are counting on you to die of exhaustion alone, you can't do that kind of thing a second time, everything must have a degree."

"Yes, I see."

Zilan understood, the example of the Song family cannot be copied, because the Song family has made a lot of money from Xianglou, so they need to scatter money, but the Cui family has no such concerns and does not make so much money.

Therefore, the Cui family can no longer use the act of bankrupting the family to do charity to support the children, this will not work, and the elders need to plan again and again, and it can be stopped.

"You have a keen and long-term vision, and you are also decisive and quick-witted, I don't worry about anything else, but don't take too much responsibility for yourself, you must know that people's hearts are raised, and the same is true of the Cui family.

Relying on your own hard-earned and others give it, the taste is also different, which you should pay special attention to in the future.

If there is a war in Tibet this time, let the whole Cui family participate, not you alone in the hard work, so those who don't know will not remember your hard work. ”

Old lady Cui does not approve of the whole clan using Zilan's hard work in exchange for credit, which is not right.

We have to seize the opportunity, but there are many ways, he is more willing to let all the children of the Cui Mansion taste the hardships together and twist into a rope to create opportunities for himself and the future of the Cui family, this is the right way.

Zilan lowered her head and pondered for a moment, then nodded convincingly, "I remember, then I will prepare less, or let people buy medicinal herbs, and cotton should also be bought." ”

"Yes, you can."

Old lady Cui smiled kindly.

Back in her yard, Zilan sat there and thought about it carefully, and admitted that what the old lady said was right. After all, the things in the space can't stand scrutiny, and they can't do this for a long time.

In this case, she will come less, worried that if she can't buy so many medicinal materials, she won't do so much of the rest, and more than eighty percent will go to various channels outside to buy it.

I was relieved to set the policy, and I seemed to be more down-to-earth than before.

Cui Hao came back a little late today, maybe it was snowing and there were a lot of things outside.

Zilan was not very relieved, and kept lingering at the door of the house.

"Agarwood, let people boil the hot soup, don't remove the fire, warm the food, and let people boil some ginger soup to prepare.

I guess I can use it, boil more, go out for a day with my predecessors, and have to drink a bowl to go cold. ”

"Grandma, go back to the house, the wind at this door, Sister Muxiang has already made proper arrangements for people, and there are also large vats of ginger soup outside for porridge, which everyone can drink. Don't worry about that, don't catch a cold. ”

Agarwood persuaded and led people into the house.

"I don't know if there's something stumbling outside, I don't know if I've eaten or not."

It was dark and didn't come back, Zilan was very worried but could only wait patiently.

Cui Hao never came back, she was hungry and could only eat a little casually by herself, and she couldn't stand the hunger if she didn't eat the child in her belly.

As soon as I finished eating, I heard a voice in the yard, "The second master is back, let people go to the kitchen to get food, ginger soup and hot soup are also sent to the people below, go and tell the old lady, the second master is back." ”

A series of commands were assigned.

Zilan stood at the door of the house to greet Cui Hao and raised a big smile at him.

"I'm back, it's cold outside, I'm hungry, let's drink the soup first to warm up.

Ruxiang, don't forget to take care of Mo Ding and the guards, the ginger soup should be hot, the food should be prepared, and a pot of hot wine should be scalded. ”

"Got it, I'll send it to someone."

"Why are you standing here, don't blow you in the wind, have you eaten? There was something in the ministry today that was delayed for a while. ”

Cui Hao entered the door and rubbed his hands, and then helped Zilan to walk into the house. 、

"I just ate for a while, is it going well outside, is the snow too big, is there trouble?"

"Well, there is a point, it has been a day, the heavy snow has crushed the houses of some farmers in the suburbs, and the yamen is not manpowered.

I'm afraid that it will be cold at night, so I let someone send some quilts over, so I'll be late to come back, so I'm in a hurry. ”

When I saw her, I knew that I must have been waiting for myself, very anxious and not good to ask more about outside things, afraid that asking too much would make me more annoyed.

"I'm just wandering around the house with nothing to do. My grandfather came back, and he told me today, don't let me prepare so many medicinal materials, I should stop in moderation, I pondered that eighty percent of them will be bought from outside, and two percent of them will be made by me? ”

"Yes, that's the best."

"The silver money is also ready for you, if you want to use it, you can just take it, but I can only get it in the spring when I look at it coldly."

"No, there's no hurry, it's snowing that has collapsed the house, and if the snow continues to fall, there will be more victims."

"Oh, I still have some food in Huangzhuang, and I also have some, how do you think it's better to deal with it."

"This family will not do anything, as long as they can persist until the beginning of spring. Soon someone from above will be doing this. ”

"Oh, that's good."