Chapter 1: Snowball

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In 394 A.D., King Tuoba of Wei promoted the Xianbei regime into feudal society internally, defeated Helan, Tiefu, Gaoche, Rouran and other grassland tribes externally, and competed with Hou Yan and Hou Qin for hegemony in the Central Plains.

In the first three years of the emperor's reign, Tuoba moved the capital from Shengle City to Pingcheng, and determined the country name as "Wei", that is, the emperor's throne.

The autumn days of the abundant grains were sent away, and the cold wind blew these poor homeless people......

"Hehe, mother! Look at my snowball! Laughing, the little girl threw a small round snowball at the woman.

"If you're naughty again, your hands will freeze like ice for a while, and my mother won't warm you up."

The woman took up the young girl beside her, took out a handkerchief, dried her hands, and warmed them in the palm of her hand.

"Mother, these homeless people are so pitiful, you see it's so cold today, Ran'er's hands are so cold between the sleeves of her mother's clothes, how can these homeless people keep warm?"

The little girl's white face was a little red from the cold winter wind.

The eyes don't know where to look.

"The government will take care of these wandering people, Ran Er doesn't have to worry."

The woman, who was called a mother, straightened the girl's cotton clothes and rubbed her cold little hands.

"Ran Er remembers the homeless people she saw when she was playing in the snow outside the courtyard with her brothers and sisters last year, and they are still here this year, and no one in the government saved their lives?"

Ran Er looked at the thick and beautiful cotton clothes on her body, and her eyes looked back at a little boy among the homeless people.

All she could see was the little boy's figure, emaciated and weak, and at a glance she seemed to see the bones beneath the tattered clothes.

He lay motionless in the middle of a pile of homeless people, the cold wind blew one by one, and the enthusiastic shouting in the street did not stop.

Even in the cold winter, there are small vendors selling breakfast and handicrafts on the streets of Heijo. Winter is coming, it proves that the New Year is almost over, lanterns, loose food, firecrackers are also being enthusiastically sold, if these small merchants and vendors without stores can earn more money, save up years ago, they can guard their wives and children for a good year.

"Madam, the carriage has arrived, and the eldest lady has been waiting for you for a while." Steward Shen shouted as he walked towards his wife.

"Got it, Steward Shen, I'm here." After finishing speaking, the lady asked the maid next to her to go back to the room first, and led Ran Er to the middle door.

The housekeeper took his wife and the second lady to the gate of the middle gate courtyard.

"Madam, it's getting colder and colder, it's so cold, are you still out of the hospital?"

Madame smiled tactfully: "It's not that the weather is getting colder and colder, Wen Jing and Ran Er want two beautiful new cotton clothes, there are too many materials and styles, I am idle today, take them out to have a look, and buy them some favorite gadgets by the way." ”

"My mother treats me and my sister the best!" Ran Er ran and ran, suddenly squatted down and picked up a few plum blossoms on the snow.

The cotton clothes are stained with snow, and the small hands hold beautiful plum blossoms.

"This one is for my mother, this one is for Uncle Shen, and this one is for my sister! Don't rob it, it's all fair! Lou Ran's innocent appearance seems to have added a little powder to this winter day.

"Haha, thank you, Miss! Uncle Shen must not rob with Mrs. Shen! The kind old uncle bent down to play an umbrella and blocked the snow more tightly for Lou Ran.

"Let's go Ran'er, if you don't leave, my sister won't wait for you!" Madame laughed and joked, and pulled Lou Ran away faster.

In the carriage, there was a quiet woman between her eyebrows, with tranquility in her eyes, she was Lou Ran's sister Lou Wenjing.

The snow on Lou Ran's body hadn't been cleared yet, so he hurriedly jumped into the carriage.

"Your sister, who is a year older than you, is a little more stable." Mrs. and Second Miss got into the carriage and looked at Ran Er and Wenjing with a smile.

"Mother, my sister likes snow, how beautiful it is on a snowy day, but I'm afraid of the cold, Ran'er is lively, let her play." Wen Jing is wearing a purple cotton coat, which looks very good with Ran Er's pink cotton clothes!

"I like Sister Jing the most!" Ran Er plunged into Wen Jing's arms.

The carriage slowly moved forward......

"Sister, Ran'er has a beautiful baby in her hand! Sister, close your eyes! "Lou Ran's elf is weird, and rubbing this Wen Jing makes her wait for this gift.

"Okay, my sister is closed, Ran'er quickly take it out, let my sister see what kind of treasure it is?"

Ran Er opened her hand, sorted out a plum, and put it on the palm of her little hand.

"It's time to open your eyes!" A plum blossom is lying in a white little hand, beautiful!

"It's so pretty!"

"Mother, why are there flowers in winter?" Wen Jing took the plum blossom with one hand, pulled Ran Er with the other, and asked in surprise.

"Yes, mother, aren't flowers only available when the weather is warm? It's so cold, where do the flowers come from? ”

"It's plum blossoms. In the severe cold, the plum blossoms are the first to bloom, the world is alone and spring, there are several trees planted in the yard, you are too young, and you have only found out in the past two years. ”

While the lady was relieved, she looked at the childish child whose slap was not much bigger than the flower, the family was complete, and the corners of her eyes and eyebrows were full of love.

The sky was getting darker little by little, and the things that should have been bought were also bought, and the carriage was pulled by the subordinates, and the housekeeper found two or three helpers, and moved all the items purchased in the carriage into a side house in the north courtyard.

After the lady settled the two children, she walked into the north courtyard and saw that the old man was still looking at the use of medicinal materials this year.

"Master, this is freshly boiled ginger soup, drink it to ward off the cold."

"I'm back! Shen Shi I came back with Shixian, Lao Shen said that you took your daughter out to play, I haven't slept yet, thinking that you came back late, I haven't seen you for a few days, I miss you. ”

This is the helmsman of Lou's medicinal materials - Lou Qingyuan.

He is about forty years old, the hair on the sideburns is slightly protruding outward, the eyebrows are thick and black and neat, and a pair of eyes may be a little dull because of the fatigue of the journey, but there is a lot of warmth between the words, looking at the reasonable, gentle and virtuous wife in front of him, he smiled affectionately, revealing a mouthful of neat white teeth, wearing a cyan cotton coat, and holding the hand of his lover with his sleeves.

"Master, the maids just took Wenjing and Ran'er to take a bath, and they fell asleep after a while, so let's see my daughter tomorrow morning. It's been a busy day, and they're all sleepy. ”

The old man sat down, and the lady squeezed the old man's shoulder.

"Okay, Shixian has been thinking about you and his two sisters, hurry back, last night the carriage was bumpy all night, and he was happy, so he didn't sleep all night."

The old man blew the remaining ginger tea, and after drinking, the maid took away the empty cup.

"This time I went to the Xin family in Yunnan, and brought back a lot of precious medicinal materials, and there are many differences in the medicinal properties of the medicinal materials supplied by Heping City all year round. If it is used well in the spring, it can be supplied in Yunnan for a long time, which is simply a great thing, with the medicinal materials of Huangjing, Zang Hong, Gastrodia, Bupleurum, we are in short supply of those medicinal materials can also have better efficacy supplements, it is really good! ”

Lou Qingyuan looked at the list of missing materials in his hand, and his eyebrows were not mixed with ease and joy, not only did he have a good solution to the problem, but he also took a step further than the original, which was really an unexpected good thing!

"Sir, this is a good thing! Let's do something good tomorrow, I saw the wandering people in the back alley today, you see this cold day, my heart is really ...... Ay...... The government has removed those shanties in the past two years, these people are really pitiful! ”

Madame is kind, and when she thinks of those homeless people, she always wants to care for them more.

"I also have this intention, the government has taken in nearly sixty percent of the shantytowns in the past two years, let's do some good deeds, there are always people who are still suffering."

Madame frowned, and whispered, "Yes, no matter how lively this city is, there are still too many poor people suffering. ”

"Tomorrow morning, let the kitchen boil porridge, add some scones, and give it together, and then you can send someone to see what else can be given, tidy up, so that those homeless people can also spend this cold day."

Outside, it was snowing heavily, and it was very lonely.

The lights in the room are warm, quiet and relieved, the snow is going to be the next night, and the people outside have to carry another cold night to see tomorrow's porridge.

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