But books are precious things, especially those collections, and now the road is not easy to walk, Shi Xian is sure, but it will take some time for the Shi family to send them.

Because of the cold weather, the number of people who went upstairs to copy books has decreased slightly, and because Lin Wen has expanded the scope of borrowing books to copy books again, when Lin Qingwan went again, most of the people sitting in the building were reading books.

Put your hands in your sleeves, occasionally pull them out and jot down a few points, and then continue to hold them in your arms.

The wealthier ones hold a hand stove in their sleeves, and they have to shake it when they pull it out occasionally.

Lin Qingwan looked at it and smiled slightly, and said to Lin Wen: "If the hot soup at the door is not enough, go and tell the restaurant to let them boil a few more pots." ”

Lin Wen said: "The people in the building drink less now, and most of them are drinking outside." ”

Beggars, coolies passing by, or small traders who toiled in the streets, the soup at the door was supplied to them.

Lin Qingwan bowed slightly, "Add one more pot, the weather is getting colder and colder." ”

She glanced at the group of children writing around the stove behind the counter, and asked in a low voice, "How are they?" ”

"The qualifications are different, but there are a few good seedlings among them, and it's a pity to let them go in Yushantang."

"I'll find a way to settle them, you can take care of them more this winter."

Lin Wen responded in a low voice.

The Lin family has always had the habit of adopting orphans,

Even if you can't train talents, it's not bad to raise people and give them some fields to plant, which can not only cultivate labor, but also do good deeds and accumulate virtue.

Recently, there has been some turmoil in Yushantang, and most of these children have been staying in the reading building recently, and breakfast, lunch and dinner are covered by the reading building.

Of course, they are also very well-behaved, and they actively help clean the building every day and do what they can.

Most of the time, he stayed behind the counter and read in the small Hanmo studio.

Now there is very little business in Hanmozhai here, after all, there are not many book prints, and the reading building is still close to the reading building, so it is still in a loss-making state, but my aunt and grandmother are rich and rich, and they are not in a hurry at all.

Instead, they found a bunch of children for them to bring.

Yushan Hall is being overhauled, and most of the personnel have been replaced from top to bottom, Zhou Tingshi was angry and personally investigated thoroughly, and now everyone is in danger, so naturally no one pays attention to the whereabouts of a few children.

Yushantang has always had a hard time, except for a few large families who would donate something for good deeds on big festivals, most of them were maintained by the imperial court.

However, in addition to raising abandoned orphans under the age of 14, Yushantang sometimes had to support some lonely and widowed elderly people at the request of the yamen.

It can be said that Yushantang has always been in a state of making ends meet, which makes the people who manage Yushantang have the intention to be corrupt, and the amount of greed is limited.

Most of the time, he just found some work for the people in Yushantang, and was just greedy for their money.

Or take some things from the donated things back to the family for use, because there are not many things, and the people above will know and close their eyes and let them go.

But this time things were a bit bigger.

In the past two years, because of the generosity of the lord of Lin, the big families in Suzhou have also competed to be generous, in addition to donating food to the victims, they will occasionally think of Yushantang.

Especially the Mid-Autumn Festival and Chongyang Festival, which have just passed, everyone loves to do charity during these two major festivals, even if Lord Lin is not in Suzhou, the Lin family and the Lin family have also donated a lot of things.

So Yushantang was rarely abundant, most of which was food, but because of the fact that winter was coming, each family donated a lot of cloth, and the Shang family and the Qian family even donated a lot of cotton.

Lin Qingwan didn't know about these things at first, but she knew how much fabric her family had donated, so she was so surprised when she saw the little beggars begging for soup at the door of the reading building.

The weather had begun to turn cold, but they were still dressed in ragged clothes, so she left the old beggar.

Sometimes it's hard to find out things from formal channels, but it's easy to ask the right people, such as the old beggars who have been with this group of Yushantang children, and even took them to beg together.

Sure enough, not only did he know that someone had taken the items, but he also knew everything about how they had done it.

Because those people are not shy about the children in the good hall, they will ask them to help carry things when the car comes.

But not all children are confused and will only listen to orders, they also have eyes and eyes, and they will secretly pay attention and ask.

Therefore, the matter is only hidden from the superiors, and it cannot be hidden from the people in the Yushan Hall.

However, no one dared to sue Yushantang, which was an ornament more than ten years ago, because of the war, Yushantang was useless.

Even in the past few years, there have been many children who can't survive and have to leave Yushantang to go out to beg by themselves, so even if life is sad, at least now Yushantang can provide them with two meals of gruel a day, which can allow them to live in this world.

But once the complaint is filed, Yushantang is gone, and they are afraid that they will not survive this winter.

Lin Qingwan didn't go to Yushantang, but directly found Zhou Tingshi.

It seems that he was afraid that the people in Yushantang would be retaliated against, so Zhou Tingshi directly allocated a batch of food to Yushantang, and then collected all the account books of Yushantang in the name of auditing, and then found out the matter.

Although it was a little troublesome and took a long time, those people didn't know that it was the old beggar and the little beggar who showed their mouths before they were exposed, and they only thought that they were unlucky and happened to hit the knife edge of Zhou Tingshi.

The merchants who cooperated with them also suffered heavy losses, and Zhou Tingshi directly ordered them to return their things without asking the reason, and the silver found from the manager's house was directly confiscated into the treasury, and Yushantang would be useful for spending in the future.

And the announcement was out, saying that in the future, if any merchants buy materials from Yushantang at a low price, they will be punished as the same stream.

When the materials came back, Zhou Tingshi began to let people make clothes for the children, and by the way, he allocated a sum of money to repair Yushan Hall, so recently, there has been a lot of commotion over there, those older children are okay, they can help on the construction site, and the younger ones are a little too much to take care of, and the newly sent people are not skilled, and they don't even know if they have lost their children.

It's also a shame that they have been reading in the library recently, and they will go back to sleep together at night, otherwise it will be even more chaotic.

After the Yushan Hall was repaired, it snowed in Suzhou, and the air was humid and heavy, and the wind was not strong, but the cold would still pierce the bones through the clothes, as if no amount of clothes could keep warm.

The windows of the reading building are half closed, and there are fewer and fewer people staying in the building copying books, but there are more and more people standing between the bookshelves and reading hard.

Because of the cold, Lin Qingwan hadn't been to the reading building for two days, she pushed open the window and looked out, and saw the thin layer of white snow covering the yard, so she retracted her hand, "What about the eldest sister?" ”

"The eldest lady is still in the study."

Lin Qingwan gathered the clothes on her body and said, "Go and tell her, we will eat the pot at night, ask her what dishes she wants to eat, and let the kitchen prepare it." ”

Bai Feng responded with a smile, turned around and ordered someone to go to the study to inform Lin Yubin, and before he turned around and went back to the house, he saw the startled sting trotting in.

Bai Feng was startled, and was stunned that he was now following his aunt and grandmother, although he didn't say it explicitly, but he was obviously trained as a big housekeeper, and he was only afraid that he would take over Steward Lin in the future.

Seeing him come in person, she knew that she was only afraid of something big in front of her, and she didn't want to turn around and went in to find her aunt, "Grandma, the sting is coming." ”

Lin Qingwan was slightly surprised, pulled his clothes and walked out of the inner room, he was standing at the door, he stomped his feet, dropped the snow rudder on his feet, and reported through the curtain: "Auntie, there is a distinguished guest coming in front, go and take a look." ”

Bai Feng immediately turned around and found a cloak to put on Lin Qingwan, in this Jiangnan, there is no distinguished guest who can make a stunned person come in and report without going through the report.

Lin Qingwan put on a cloak and went out with him, and asked in a low voice, "Who is it?" ”

The stunned eyes were clear, and the face that was red from the cold was full of excitement, "It's Mr. Ji's disciples, aunt and grandmother, they brought seven carriages with them." ”

Lin Qingwan's eyes lit up, and her feet couldn't help but speed up.

Steward Lin was arranging people to sit down in the flower hall, and ordered people to serve hot tea and hot soup in a stack, "The sons use some hot ones first, and my aunt and grandmother will come soon." ”

The young man standing on the side had put down the teacup and looked at the middle-aged man who was the leader.

The middle-aged man knew that the person had arrived, and couldn't help but look at the door.

Lin Qingwan hurriedly walked in, and when she saw more than two dozen young adults sitting or standing in the room, she couldn't help but smile widely, and her eyes locked on the middle-aged man led by her.

She hurried forward and saluted, "But Mr. Yao? ”

Mr. Yao got up and saluted back, "I don't dare to be the county lord, it's Yao Shi." ”

Lin Qingwan breathed a sigh of relief and asked with concern: "Is the journey still smooth, but someone is injured and sick?" ”

Lin Qingwan's care made Yao Shi's face soothe slightly, and he smiled: "Everything is going well, but a few junior disciples are weak, so they are a little cold." Fortunately, Senior Brother Cui knows some medical skills, and now there is no big problem. ”

Lin Qingwan followed his gaze, and a young man in a green shirt saluted her slightly, "Under Cui Ling." ”

Lin Qingwan's eyes flashed, and her surname was Cui, or the name of Two Points of Water, she asked with a smile, "Mr. Cui is from Cui's family?" ”

Cui Ling raised his eyes and glanced at her, and responded with a smile.

Everyone looked at Lin Qingwan, but she turned to smile and said, "There is a doctor in my house, why don't you let him show the patient?" ”

You said: "It's dark, it's better to stay here tonight and make plans when it's dawn." ”

The crowd hesitated.

Everyone knows that Lin Qingwan is widowed, and she keeps dozens of them to live here for fear that it will hinder her reputation.

But when I looked outside, there were snowflakes floating outside again, and several people gathered their clothes, feeling that Jiangnan was colder than the north.

Lin Qingwan only agreed with their silence, and directly asked Steward Lin to arrange the guest house.

Yao Shi was embarrassed and said, "County Lord, there are a lot of people coming here. ”

In addition to the more than 20 of them, there were still seven juniors guarding the carriage outside, as well as a large group of subordinates and guards.

Lin Qingwan said with a smile: "Mr. Yao, don't worry, my courtyard is very big, and the accommodation can still be arranged." ”

She asked Bai Feng to go to the kitchen to order dinner to be prepared, and after inviting him to sit down, she said, "If Mr. Yao feels inconvenient, how about entering the city after dawn tomorrow?" My family also has a house in the city, and it's spacious, and I don't live there on weekdays, so you can settle there for a while. ”

When Mr. Yao heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief, nodded and said, "Okay, so I will bother Lord Lin." ”

"Where, if you are running around for the reading building, I should be grateful to you.