Of course, the laws of this dynasty also have regulations on land purchase targets. Merchants, officials, and common people have different land purchase targets, and anyone who exceeds the target will be punished.
So even if many people have money, they are not eligible to buy courtyards and land.
However, Mingyue and Feng Lingling had not met the land purchase targets, so it was enough to buy just a courtyard.
After hitting it off with Uncle Chen, Mingyue and Feng Lingling took Uncle Chen to Jingzhao Prefecture that day and changed the deed of the courtyard in the west of the city to Feng Lingling's name.
Uncle Chen then quickly packed up his things and moved the wine from the wine shop in front. Then he gave the key to Feng Lingling and said that he was going back to his hometown too.
Before leaving, he looked at the yard for a long time with reluctance, and finally left wiping away tears.
Mingyue thanked Huo Sanlang again and said that she would ask for a drink at his wedding the next time. However, this really hurt him and he left with a cold face.
Then Mingyue and Feng Lingling were the only ones left in the yard. The current specifications of the yard were pretty good and there were not many places that needed to be renovated, but some things had to be made clear.
Feng Lingling did things on impulse. She had no plan at all for the future arrangements of the charity hall. She just thought that everything would work out when the time came, as if it would be enough to just open the charity hall.
Mingyue heard Feng Lingling say that a few days ago she brought all the children she brought from the countryside back to the Feng Mansion and was severely scolded by her family. This also aroused her rebellious psychology, making her feel that she must do a good job of charity and let her family take a good look at her and see if she was messing around.
However, even Mingyue felt that she was messing around after hearing what she did...
So Mingyue planned to have a good talk with Feng Lingling, at least to sort out the affairs of the charity hall. After all, it was she who proposed this matter first, and it would not be good for her to just sit back and do nothing.
But when Mingyue said that they would hire someone to take care of the children's daily lives, and also hire a teacher to teach them knowledge, or a master to teach them things they are interested in, Feng Lingling's eyes widened and blurted out: "Why is it so troublesome? Can't you just give them food and shelter?"
Mingyue glared at her and said, "Of course not. It is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish. We want to help them, not harm them, so we can't turn them into waste. We want them to become useful people, whether it is useful to themselves, the people, or the court. Their lives must be meaningful."
Feng Lingling looked at Mingyue and bit her lip before saying, "Yun Mingyue, do you know what I was thinking just now? After hearing you say that, my first thought was that they are so lucky to have met you."
Mingyue pulled the corner of her mouth and raised her chin slightly: "It's not me, it's us."
Feng Lingling's eyes lit up: "Yes, it's us."
She is also actively participating in this matter.
No matter what those people achieve in the future, she has contributed to it in some small way.
Thinking of this, Feng Lingling felt full of energy.
Even later, when she heard Mingyue talking about those complicated plans and tedious things, she no longer felt it was troublesome.
Although Mingyue and Feng Lingling did not plan to renovate the courtyard, the wine shop in front still had to be renovated and the plaque on the door had to be replaced.
Fortunately, the renovation of the shop in front did not affect the living in the back yard, so the children who had entered the Feng family before were all sent to live in this yard by Feng Lingling. She also specially found a diligent aunt to take care of the children, and was busy looking for a master and teacher for the children. At that time, Feng Lingling also asked if Hu Niu should also live in
But Mingyue rejected it.
Mingyue also explained: "Now Huniu has been adopted by me. She is my adopted sister. From now on, her name will be Yun Zhao, and she will naturally live in the Prime Minister's Mansion."
Feng Lingling was stunned when she heard this. She asked how the Prime Minister's wife and the Prime Minister agreed to this. She also asked if Mingyue was serious.
In this dynasty, it was not so simple to adopt a godparent. After all, adopting a godparent was like forming a covenant. It would naturally make the relationship closer, and some rituals and activities had to be done, and some obligations had to be fulfilled.
In fact, logically speaking, if Mingyue really recognized Huniu as her sister, she should at least hold a banquet and announce Huniu's existence to the public.
But now Madam Yun and the Prime Minister all think that Mingyue is joking, and Mingyue does not want to challenge their bottom line, so this matter has been delayed for the time being.
But there was no need for Mingyue to explain so much to Feng Lingling. She fooled her with just a few words and then started talking about the charity hall.
After all the children that Feng Lingling had found moved into the charity hall, Mingyue found some time and took Yun Zhao to visit the villages under Huaijing.
This time, in addition to finding several orphans and beggars, Mingyue also found several girls who were not valued by their families, and several boys who were severely neglected because there were too many children in their families.
For this purpose, Mingyue spent a sum of money and bought those children amid the happy and excited looks of the villagers.
Although those children knew that they were not valued, they still couldn't help feeling sad when they saw their parents selling them for money. But even when they begged their parents, their parents were not moved at all, and in the end they were still sold to Mingyue.
Mingyue, who acted as a human trafficker, took the children to a charity house and settled them down.
However, as the number of children increased, that small courtyard could no longer accommodate so many people. In the end, Mingyue spent a large amount of money to buy the two courtyards on the side and broke up the two walls inside. Finally, the courtyard could accommodate everyone.
As time passed, it was soon time for Feng Lingling to get married.
It was almost beyond everyone's expectations that on the day Feng Lingling entered the Eastern Palace, she actually specially invited Mingyue to come and marry her.
You have to know that in everyone's eyes, the two of them have always been incompatible, and whenever they get together, they can't help but quarrel.
It was not until this time that everyone realized that the two of them were actually very close friends. Those young ladies who had scolded Mingyue in front of Feng Lingling almost all blushed and felt extremely embarrassed, thinking that they were just clowns.
Of course, Feng Lingling never mentioned these things, and Mingyue didn't know about them either.
After Feng Lingling entered the Eastern Palace, the affairs of the Charity Hall basically fell on Mingyue's head.
(End of this chapter)