An Qien calmly took the check in her hand, and said politely: "Thank you Miss Lin for your donation."

"It is also my duty to do what I can for the people of Jingyang, and the prince will bother Mrs. An with these tedious little things."

An Qien was quite surprised by Lin Yanyun, this is an attitude in the morning and an attitude in the afternoon, it is simply a judgment of the two, presumably they have been educated by the Zhu family.

She smiled faintly: "This is also my duty." ”

Lin Yanyun also pursed her lips and said goodbye with a light smile, she is a rare look like a lady.

An Qien returned home with Qingbi, and Qingbi couldn't help laughing at Lin Yanyun: "This Lin Xiao's pretending is hard enough, and her singing face is not as fast as her." ”

"She's a doctrinal too." An Qien followed and chatted.

Qingbi sneered at Lin Yanyun: "She's only three minutes hot like that, which family's daughter is as scorching as her." ”

An Qien suddenly felt funny, couldn't help but smile and looked at the check in his hand and shook it and said, "It's a good thing that someone pays for the children." ”

.......

Since An Shi'an didn't let An Qien send food, she hasn't delivered it again, and her usual time is used to busy with the affairs of the bereaved children's home or the pharmacy.

There is basically nothing to do in the bereaved children's home, the steward will handle everything well, and the place where the silver is needed will be given to her in detail, and An Qien only needs to give him the silver.

She basically went to see it once every two or three days, and when she was free, she wanted to get the shop done as soon as possible.

After looking at the shop for a few days, I finally found a suitable shop, and today I made an appointment to talk to the store about signing the lease deed.

She took the three maids out when they had nothing to do, and there was nothing to do in the house, so they didn't have to panic in the house.

When he came to the shop, the man in charge said, "Madam, let's sit down first, I've already gone to invite the eldest young master over." ”

An Qien nodded and smiled slightly, and sat on the chair and waited.

This shop is not big or small, the layout is very suitable for a pharmacy, and the rent has been negotiated.

didn't wait for a while, after Zhao Yanshan belatedly saw that the person renting the shop was An Qien, both sides were taken aback.

The two have never seen each other since they picked up An Shi'an that day, but he deliberately went to the children's home a few times to see An Qien, but he didn't meet once, and he usually has no time when he is busy with official business.

An Qien didn't expect that this shop belonged to the Zhao family, so he got up and greeted with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "Zhao Gongzi." ”

Zhao Yan looked excited: "I didn't expect you to be the one who rented the shop, it's really fate." ”

If he had known that she was the one who rented the shop, he would not have collected the rent at all.

"I wanted to rent a shop to pass the time when I had nothing to do, but I didn't expect to rent it to Zhao Gongzi."

Zhao Yan: "Sit down, sit down." ”

He turned his head and instructed the steward: "Uncle Xiang, make tea quickly." ”

Uncle Xiang immediately went to the next door to prepare tea, and the inn next door was from Zhao's house, so Uncle Xiang soon came back with a teapot.

After pouring tea for the two, Uncle Xiang withdrew.

Zhao Yan politely made a gesture to invite tea: "Lady An, please." ”

An Qien raised the tea cup with a slight bow, opened the tea leaves with the tea lid, and took a sip of tea.

Zhao Yan drank the tea and put down the teacup and said, "An Niangzi, you can use this shop, you don't need to pay rent." ”

An Qien put down the teacup and said unhurriedly: "Zhao Gongzi can't do this, you will get as much silver as you want, if you use your shop in vain, I don't want to go, and there will be criticism when it is passed out, your shop is good, I am very satisfied with it, just sign it according to what I talked to Uncle Xiang." ”

Although the rent is expensive for ordinary people, it is not much silver for her, because this bit of silver takes advantage of others, not only owes favors, but also has a bad reputation for her.

It's good for everyone to do things properly.

Zhao Yan saw that she had made up her mind, and she didn't want to say anything: "Okay, if you need help in the future, just ask." ”

"Okay."

Zhao Yan asked Uncle Xiang to bring over the pen and ink of the lease deed, and after the two signed, Qingbi handed over the silver to Uncle Xiang, and this matter was done!

Zhao Yan asked, "I heard that you plan to make a pharmacy, right?" ”

"Yes."

Zhao Yan thought for a while and said, "My grandmother may know some herbal wholesalers, does An Niangzi need grandmother's help to introduce her?" ”

An Qien smiled gently: "Then thank you Mrs. Zhao, I'll go to see her old man in a few days, and I won't be free these days." ”

Zhao Yan pursed his lips and nodded, and at this time, the street outside suddenly swarmed forward, and someone in the crowd shouted: "Hurry up, hurry up, it's too late." ”

Everyone was holding a bowl in their hands, and Zhao Yan asked suspiciously, "Is this who made the porridge shed?" ”

"It should be the prince, there are many old, weak, sick, disabled women and children in Jingyang, and everyone has had a very difficult time in the past few years, and now only the rich can help those who can't eat."

An Qien looked at the women and children who were asking for food outside, and she had mixed feelings in her heart, she had no land and no food in Jingyang, and it was extremely difficult to buy food at this time.

After the drought, the newly planted crops are not yet ripe, and generally only large families have abundant grain, Lu Bochu has already written back to Beijing, even if His Majesty agrees to allocate grain, it will take at least one month before and after.

Lu Bochu is in a high position, and he naturally has to bear the brunt of it, depending on whether the big families behind him will follow.

Zhao Yan thought to himself that the prince had made a porridge shed, and the Zhao family was not a small household in Jingyang, so it would not be good to pretend to be blind at this time.

He immediately said: "Yes, everyone is having a hard time, if you can help, you can help, although the Zhao Mansion does not have much food, it is also willing to solve the urgent needs of the people of Jingyang." ”

An Qien smiled slightly: "Zhao Gongzi is benevolent!" ”

She suddenly thought of something and said: "In this way, I will buy a pig with money, and there is no nutrition just by drinking white porridge, it is better to give them meat porridge, so that it is nutritious." ”

Zhao Yan's eyes were ambiguous and adoring: "An Niangzi is thoughtful, I just happen to know the butcher who sells pigs, it is better for the two of us to cooperate, I will produce Mi'an Niangzi out of meat, I heard that An Niangzi is very skilled, this time the big guy has a mouthful." ”

An Qien felt that this was a good idea, and the two hit it off: "Okay, listen to Zhao Gongzi." ”

Immediately, the two went to buy pigs, and when they came to the butcher's house, An Qien chose the fattest and largest pig.

After giving the silver, An Qien and Zhao Yan went outside to wait, the butcher was a veteran who killed pigs very quickly, and there was no movement after a few screams, and then they heard a crackling sound like chopping bones.

Later, Zhao Yan asked An Qien to wait in the carriage, and he came to order someone to transport the killed pork back.

After buying pork, the two returned to the market, and the Zhao family had already built a shed, a boiler, prepared firewood, and wrote a notice.

"I'll have lean porridge to eat tomorrow."

Some people see that there is meat to eat, so they don't go home directly, for fear that they won't be able to grab it tomorrow, so they will stay here and line up today, and there are not one or two, and the queue is getting longer and longer.

Although they were told that tomorrow everyone would have it and that they would not be left without food, they would rather wait here for the night.

Zhao Yan took people to get the pork back to the house to be cleaned, and An Qien came over first to see how the porridge shed was built, but he didn't expect to see this long queue.

She has really lived too many good days, and there are so many people in Jingyang, who seem to be prosperous, who can't eat.

An Qien looked at everything and was almost ready, these people were as if they hadn't eaten enough, although they had eaten in Lu Bochu's porridge shed, but the porridge was too easy to digest, and they would be hungry after a while.

She thought to herself that it was okay to help every day, but she would definitely not be able to help every day, because there was so much food, and if she wanted to fundamentally solve this problem, she had to be rich first!

Sometimes she thinks about why she cares so much, she is just an ordinary woman, but looking at the children waiting to be fed, the helpless eyes of one woman after another, she can't bear it after all, maybe she was born a person with the world in mind.

Zhao Yan came over and was shocked to see this scene, he said with a heavy face: "This is not a way after all, if you want the people to be full, you have to solve the problem fundamentally." ”

"The key is that this fundamental problem is not easy to solve, the crops in the field will not be harvested until April or May, and even if the imperial court allocates grain, it cannot guarantee that every household will have food to eat."

When the words fell, she couldn't help laughing at herself: "The civil and military officials are not in a hurry, what do you say I am in a hurry for a woman from other places?" ”

Zhao Yan knew that she was deeply disappointed in these officials, otherwise she would not have said such a thing.

.....

Lu Bochu was also anxious here, he was discussing the matter with An Shi'an: "This situation can't wait, we have to find a way to get enough food first." ”

An Shi analyzed and said: "Lord Wang, now there is a shortage of food in the whole country, and the food in the treasury is not sufficient. ”

Lu Bochu was surprised: "What method?" ”

An Shi'an clenched his fists: "You can use sweet potatoes, potatoes, and taro as staple foods, but it takes a certain amount of time from planting to growing." ”

Lu Bochu frowned, this method could not solve the current urgent need, he suddenly thought of the neighboring country at the junction - Qi country!

Although Qi is a small country, there should be plenty of food in the plains without drought and floods.

But Qi is not friendly with other countries, although it has never been at war, it has always been in a-for-tat situation.

It is not easy to buy food from the strange country.

Lu Bochu muttered: "If Qiguo is willing to sell us food right now, this is the fastest way to solve the urgent need!" ”

An Shi'an said: "I'm afraid this is a difficult thing, but I am willing to give it a try, and I will go and talk to Qiguo first." ”

Lu Bochu took a sip of tea from the teacup, and nodded heavily: "You come out and try it first, if you can't do it, the king will go to talk in person." ”

An Shi'an clenched his fists: "Yes." ”

It was already dark when he returned from King Xian's mansion, and when he returned to the mansion, An Qien had already slept, and Bai Lu said that Ming'er was going to get up early in the morning to cook porridge for the people, so he went to bed early.

An Shi'an wanted to discuss with her about how to make Qiguo sell food quickly, but when she saw that she was asleep, she didn't say anything.