Chapter 157: A Dangerous Step (I)

Rong Hua could hear the sound of rain gear outside, and the old lady said: "Steward Yu is what our family often uses to run outside, and he is familiar with all the yamen in Beijing, and he knows which master he knows very well." (Niu Wen ~ Net)"

The old lady seemed to be deliberately talking to her, and Rong Hua nodded.

The old lady glanced at Mother Li, "There's no need to cover the screen, let him come in and reply." ”

Li's mother answered, and went outside to call Steward Yu into the house.

Although the clothes on the body of the steward were still half wet by the rain, he was worried about replying to the old lady, only changed his coat and mud-stained shoes in a hurry and came to the old lady's house, and heard Mother Li say that the young lady was also there, and couldn't help but lower her head a little more than usual, and then saluted forward, and said: "The Hou Ye is on the embankment, I'm afraid the rain will not stop coming back, the embankment has been fortified, and the water below has risen very high, although it has not exceeded the highest mark in recent years, but the rain has only started after all, I don't know when it will stop. ”

Rong Hua looked at the steward carefully, after all, he came back on the embankment, and he had witnessed the truth with his own eyes, but he only heard his tone a little faster, his eyebrows furrowed, and the whole person was tense, thinking that the situation above was very bad. Seeing that although his clothes outside were dry, water stains were leaking through the inside, knowing that he must be afraid of missing an errand to be in such a hurry, such a person, no wonder the old lady would use him so much.

"When it doesn't rain in the capital, the water level is already not low," Steward Yu then said, "The Shen family that the old lady asked me to pay attention to, when I came back, the third master of the Shen family had already gone to see the Hou Ye." ”

Hearing this, the old lady had a smile on her face, "The Shen family really does what they say." Saying that, he went to see Rong Hua, and Rong Hua also pursed his lips and smiled.

The old lady turned her head and instructed Steward Yu, "You should pay more attention outside, and if you have any news, you must go back to the house and tell me immediately." ”

Steward Yu hurriedly responded, bent down and said, "There is another thing, which Master Hou ordered me to come back and tell the young lady." ”

Rong Hua was slightly stunned, but she didn't expect Xue Mingrui to give her a message, "What did Master Hou say?" ”

Steward Yu said: "Master Hou said, let the young lady wrap the pair of boots made of thick bottoms and let me take them." ”

In this kind of weather, even if you make boots with thick soles, you have to step on the water, Xue Mingrui is reminding her about making boots last time? Or did he take her advice to heart, or let Steward Yu find an excuse to go to her yard to reply, at least bring a message, but he didn't want to be in time for her in the old lady's room.

What kind of person is the old lady, and she can't see through such a thing?

Rong Hua's face suddenly turned red when he thought about it.

Steward Yu is a person who can see the eyes, and after replying, he hurriedly withdrew and waited outside.

The room was quiet, and the old lady smiled, "Mingrui, this kid, is also more sensible." The whole person seemed to be very happy.

Hearing the old lady's words, Rong Hua's cheeks seemed to burn.

The old lady smiled: "I was going to keep you for a while, since you have to prepare something, you can go back, I will ask someone to inform you of anything, your small kitchen at night does not often cook, see what you want to eat in a while, arrange for the kitchen to send some dishes for them to make for you to eat." ”

Rong Hua smiled slightly and said, "Master Hou is not at home, I will still go to Mrs. to accompany Mrs. at night." ”

The old lady nodded and smiled: "That's fine, with you by your side, there are many reliefs." ”

Rong Hua got up and poured a cup of tea for the old lady, "I don't know how many days this rain will be, whether the things at home are enough, the terrain in our house is high, but the place where we buy is low, I am afraid that there will be water, in case the outside things can't be transported into the city......"

The old lady said: "This rain is coming urgently, there are many things below that are not prepared, you say this I remember, there was a heavy rain a few decades ago, the food is fine, but the vegetables have been broken for several days, there are always some food in the house of people like us, and the poor ones are those who are not prepared at home." Although the imperial court will come to give relief, it can't take care of so many people at once, and many people starve to death, such a disaster year is always inevitable. Speaking of this, he seemed to think of something, and raised his head to look at Rong Hua.

Rong Hua lowered his head slightly, "Master Hou is on the embankment, other people's families won't talk about it, our family always knows some things, I just think it's ......" Speaking of this, he looked at the old lady.

The old lady bowed slightly, "Don't you say that I didn't expect this," and thought about it carefully, "I want you to take the lead in doing this matter, and I will let people go down to arrange it in a while, and take advantage of the fact that the rain is not too much, and the bullet train that can still be carried out, see if the Zhuangzi on it can still send some rice and grain down." ”

Rong Hua smiled, a little embarrassed, "Thank you, old lady." ”

The old lady smiled kindly, "Silly boy, what's the thanks, others don't know, it's not all for this family, and you don't get any benefits." ”

Rong Hua still bowed respectfully, "It still depends on the old lady." ”

The old lady smiled, "You kid." ”

Rong Hua said again: "There is something I have always wanted to tell the old lady. ”

Mother Li happened to enter the house to serve the old lady a decoction, Rong Hua served the old lady with the medicine, and did not shy away from Mother Li's side, "The two Zhuangzi that the old lady gave me, the first vegetable ......"

Mother Li's eyes flashed suddenly, she looked at the old lady, and just thought about the young lady's words in her mind, and the second half of Rong Hua's sentence had already been said, "If you grow a little slower, I didn't let the deacon of Zhuangzi send the dishes to the house, and I didn't sell how much to go to the market. ”

The old lady took the silk handed by Rong Hua and dipped it in her mouth, and when she heard Rong Hua say this, her eyes became softer, and she smiled kindly: "This is natural, you can arrange it yourself, just tell them to be careful." ”

Rong Hua nodded, came out of the old lady's room, returned to the room and found the pair of boots specially made for Xue Mingrui to wear on the embankment, wrapped them in green cloth before Jinxiu handed them to Steward Yu.

Steward Yu said, "Don't worry, young lady," and asked, "Is there anything you want to bring to Master Hou, and the little one will take it with you." ”

Rong Hua listened to the sound of the rain falling outside, and had never commanded such words in front of people, especially such a subtle action between Xue Mingrui and her, how could others not see it, and it was still difficult to feel at ease if he didn't ask anything, and said: "Tell Master Hou to be more careful outside, don't worry about the house." ”

Steward Yu bowed down and slowly retreated.

The rain came into the house with the door curtain, and the water stains at the door became bigger and bigger, Hongyu took the little maids to wipe the rain on the ground, and Rong Hua called Feng Lichang over to tell Zhuangzi to transport vegetables.

Because Xue Mingrui always mentioned that there would be heavy rain in the next few days, she also prepared a little, and the first vegetables on the Zhuangzi were all sold and still couldn't make up the money, so it was better to keep some for the time being.

I didn't expect to explain it, and the rain came. She told Gao Jinrui that as long as the heavy rain really fell, she would immediately collect the dishes and load them in the car, wait for her to have someone write to him, and then send the dishes to the house, I don't know if Gao Jinrui was ready in just a few days.

Feng Lichang listened to Rong Hua's instructions, "Now that the city is full of water, you should be careful when transporting it." ”

Rong Hua glanced sideways at Jinxiu, who hurriedly handed the silver money to Feng Lichang.

Rong Hua said: "In such weather, it must not be easy to transport the vegetables down, whether it is to use long-term workers or family members, they cannot be lost." ”

Feng Lichang agreed, took the money and went on.

Feng Lichang left, Rong Hua got up and stood in front of the window, and the heavy rain fell in the yard.

Jinxiu took a newly installed cloth bag from the kitchen and entered the house, only to see that the young lady frowned slightly, I don't know what she was thinking, the young lady's mind is always difficult to guess, what they told them on weekdays, they had to understand what the young lady meant when they were in front of them, the master and servant stood for a while, Jinxiu was afraid that Ronghua would get cold, and then said: "The young lady will change the cloth bag of the hot compress and rest for a while."

Rong Hua turned around at this time, still thinking a lot in his heart, and he didn't know how Xue Mingrui discussed with Shen Rantian. In case of a really heavy rain, what will happen to Xue Mingrui? It will definitely be played as it is...... However, the old lady and Chen's mother both said that there was a heavy rain in the capital, and the embankment was intact...... But after all, this is not what it used to be.

Does the Holy One really trust the officials in charge of defense? Rong Hua shook his head, then he would not let Xue Mingrui, who had handled Su Xiyao's case, supervise the defense, and the court was reluctant to mention this matter inside and outside, and the Holy Lord would not insist on going his own way in front of the ministers, so there would inevitably be someone who would shoulder this matter.

She just felt that the Holy Lord would definitely protect Xue Mingrui, and she would definitely listen to Xue Mingrui and Shen Rantian's advice.

As for her, she doesn't know how to defend, but she is willing to stand with Xue Mingrui, maybe the rice and grain in the Hou Mansion are nothing. She didn't have any other ideas, as long as she could save people as much as possible, even if it only saved one person...... Xue Mingrui is on the embankment in front, the Xue family is in the back, and the whole family is dedicated to this disaster, and nothing else.

In the evening, the rain was a little lighter, Xue Chongyi, Xue Mingbai, and Xue Mingwei, the second master of Xue, returned to the house one after another, and the kitchen was suddenly busy boiling hot water, and Xue Chongyi took a bath and changed into clean clothes, and then sighed.

Mrs. Xue Er hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "How happened to the impeachment before?" What does the Ministry of Industry say? Will it help you cover up the past? ”

Xue Chongyi frowned and said, "I'm doing things as usual, and besides, it's only been how long I've been in the Ministry of Industry, how can I find out here?" I think eighty percent of it was Ming Rui who offended people in the foreign office, so it burned me, what did I say before? Let him not take this errand? Will he listen? Now that I'm in the Ministry of Industry, I don't know anything about it? It's all a confused account, there are so many appropriations for defense every year, and the money will be washed away with the flood after the flood season, he thinks that if he handles Su Xiyao's case, he can find out what can be found on it? When the yellow-haired boy got the title, he didn't take his second uncle seriously. ”

Second Mrs. Xue sneered when she heard this: "I said, how can it get to us for no reason, but what can we do, and I haven't divided the family, I can't write two Xue in one stroke, who can I find if I don't look for you to be angry?" I see that you have never received any benefits from the Xue family, but you have suffered a lot with the big house, so that outsiders still think that it is a good thing to be born in the noble family. ”

Xue Chongyi sneered, "The saint has appointed a noble to supervise defense every year, and this year it is on his head, and it is just a matter of going through the motions after getting this errand, but he wants to listen to the nonsense of those people from the Qin Heavenly Prison, and somehow invited someone from the Shen family to come." When I heard the rumors, the Shen family said that they should be prepared, because if the water level keeps rising, they will blow up the new embankment built by the imperial court upstream to discharge the floodwater, and all the villages upstream and downstream will be temporarily relocated. ”

Second Mrs. Xue was stunned when she heard this.

Xue Chongyi said again: "Don't say that this year's water level has not exceeded the highest mark of previous years, even if it does, who would dare to say this easily?" ”

Second Mrs. Xue said, "What if it's wrong?" ”

"Alarmist, untrue, disturbing the people's minds, just one crime down."

Xue Chongyi was talking, and Second Mrs. Xue was thinking about another thing, Liu Ye raised her eyebrows, "I don't know if Ming Rui will write a fold and submit it." ”

Xue Chongyi sneered: "The others are on the embankment, and if they can't say it, they will be frightened by the heavy rain. ”

The second wife's eyes jumped, as long as their second room is far away, it is best to care whether the big room is alive or dead, it is best if something really happens, the title of their second room will be borrowed, if Ming Rui is not careful...... Rong Hua hasn't had time to conceive a descendant of the Xue family, so this title is borrowed and not returned.

The two of them were talking, and there was a person in the old lady's room: "The old lady asked the second master to go for a trip."

Xue Chongyi's face was cold.

The second wife said in a low voice: "The old lady wants you to help Mingrui speak, see what you do?" ”

Xue Chongyi didn't know what to do.

The second lady winked and walked out by herself.

The second lady opened the curtain of the inner room and saw that it was Xiangyu, so she lowered her face and said worriedly: "The second master is in the rain, and he just lay down, and I was about to ask Lang Zhong to come over," paused, "You go back to the old lady first." ”

Xiangyu heard this, so she went back to the old lady.

The old lady nodded and instructed Mother Li, "Go and bring some of the pills in my cabinet to the second master, some of them are the most effective in dispelling wind and cold." ”

Li's mother responded, took the medicine and sent it to the second room, and when she came back, she saw that the old lady had made up the bed and was about to lie down. Mother Li sent the maid in the house down, and she went to the old lady to serve, the old lady sneered and asked Mother Li, "How is the old 2?" ”

Li's mother said truthfully: "The second wife said that she had fallen asleep, and the slave maid did not enter the house." ”

The old lady immediately threw the tea bowl in her hand on the table, frowned, and showed anger on her face, "But whenever there is something at home, he hides faster than anyone else, far inferior to a teenage girl." ”

Mother Li bent down to listen to the side, before the young lady talked about the first crop of vegetables, she thought that the young lady was going to sue while the old lady was happy, but she didn't think that what the young lady said was not ...... Just thinking about it, the old lady's voice suddenly sounded in her ears, "In the future, no one can underestimate her." ”

Write more, so it's late. I'm sorry everyone.