Nangong Yue casually threw her purse on the desk, and said with a smile, "Whoever sees it has a share, you can buy some snacks with it."
Huamei thanked her jokingly: "Those servants are all in the honor of Shi Zifei and Sister Baihui."
While speaking, she opened her purse, weighed the broken silver, and said with a smile: "Shizifei, sister Baihui, that Boss Jin is quite generous, there is at least two taels of silver, right?" Some people have been eating it for a year.
Que'er smiled and said, "Our sister Baihui is the number one person next to Shi Zifei, so what is two taels of silver?" Hsu Mei and Ying'er both laughed.
The maids were laughing and making a fuss.
Huamei ran out excitedly to buy some snacks, and all the maids in the yard had their share. Nangong Yue also rewarded them with a few boxes of snacks, and it was as lively as a festival.
Baihui has always done things properly, and after only two days, she brought some news about Qianjintang.
The owner of Qianjintang, surnamed Jin, opened this medicine shop in Luoyue City five years ago.
Because he has a skilled pharmacist and an old doctor with superb medical skills, he soon gained a firm foothold in Luoyue City. Boss Jin is kind and generous. He donates medicine and medicine every year, and has helped many old people and children. He has a good reputation. When the neighbors mention Qianjintang, they are full of praise.
"That means Boss Jin is a kind person?" Nangong Yue asked.
"Yes. Shizifei." Baihui replied, and then said, "What do you think is wrong?"
"It doesn't look abnormal for the time being." Nangong Yue said thoughtfully, "It's just that the matter of pharmaceuticals is very important, not to mention..." She lowered her eyes slightly, changed the subject, and said, "Baihui, you will go to Qianjin again tomorrow. Don, give me a breath and go out..."
Baihui memorized it carefully.
The three-day deadline passed in a hurry, and because it was an urgent order, Lijia Pharmacy, Huichuntang and Dejitang did not dare to neglect, and rushed to work day and night, and finally made more than 3,000 pills each. After Baihui brought back the pills, Nangong Yue checked them carefully one by one, and asked Zhu Xing and Zhou Dacheng to take them to the camp of Luoyue City and hand them over to Tian He. As before, they would be sent to the front of the battle in the name of Tian He.
After instructing the three pharmacies to continue making the rest of the pills, Nangong Yue finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then it was the day when she made an appointment with Xiao Fei to go to the Shantang.
"Madam, girl, please come inside."
The person in charge of the Shantang is an old woman surnamed Fu in her fifties. She wears a half-worn maroon gown, her gray hair is neatly combed into a bun, and she has a round face. It is kind.
Nangong Yue and Xiao Fei followed this nun into the charity hall.
This shantang is a courtyard with two entrances, the place is quite big, but the location is a bit remote. After the old Zhennan King drove the Nanmans out of the country, he built this shantang to house some orphans without parents or relatives.
These orphans will learn some crafts to make a living in the shantang. When they reach the age of fifteen, they have to leave the shantang to make a living on their own. Of course, some orphans simply stay in the shantang to do odd jobs.
Over the past few decades, the number of orphans in the shantang has been reduced by half compared to that of the past. Most of the orphans in the shantang are abandoned girl babies and some disabled children.
At that time, there were many sons over daughters. Even if rich and noble families had more daughters, they would just raise a few more people in the family, which was not bad for the food, but ordinary people barely had food and clothing. Therefore, some people often drowned and abandoned female babies. After the establishment of the shantang, from time to time, some people threw baby girls at the door, but they saved their lives...
The Shantang has been supported for so many years mainly by the Luoyue city government's annual allocation of money. On weekdays, from time to time, some wealthy people will come to donate some property, clothing, food and so on.
This nun has been in charge of the Shantang for many years, and she is very used to receiving wives and girls from various prefectures. While showing the environment of the Shantang with Nan Gongyue and the two, she talked about the situation of these children and answered questions from time to time. Nangong Yue and Xiao Fei's question.
The empty yard looked old and dilapidated because it hadn't been properly repaired for many years. The sound of children reading aloud from the front added a bit of vitality to the originally quiet hall.
"Mrs. Xiao, Miss Xiao, the children will read for an hour every morning and afternoon. The girls will learn some women's red and cooking skills in the afternoon, and the boys will learn some carpentry and arithmetic. It can be regarded as giving them a skill in the future." Fu Nam Mammy led the two of them to the school.
Xiao Fei agreed, "Teaching a man to fish is worse than giving him a fish."
Nanny Fu smiled: "That's what the old prince said when he built the Shantang. He said that every child should at least learn the "Three Character Classic". It doesn't matter, as long as others recognize it..."
Of course, this is not the first time that Xiao Fei mentioned her deceased grandfather from others, but the respect in Madam Fu's words comes from the heart, which is particularly touching.
The school is transformed from a hall, with open doors on all sides, and the inside is clear at a glance. The children shook their heads one by one and recited: "...One becomes ten, ten becomes hundreds. Hundreds become thousands, thousands become thousands. Three talents, heaven, earth and man .Three lights, the sun, the moon and the stars..."
Judging by their concentration, they seem to be no different from ordinary children.
Xiao Fei stared at them intently for a while, then turned to face Nanny and said, "Namma Fu, my sister-in-law and I specially brought some books, pens, inks, papers and inkstones today, and want to donate them to the charity hall..."
When Nanny Fu heard this, she was overjoyed.
The price of books is very expensive. A place like Shantang can barely take care of children's food and clothing, but books, pens, ink, paper and inkstones are relatively extravagant things, and they can only be given by some kind-hearted people occasionally. Use branches to draw on the sand, or use charcoal as a pen to write on wood chips...
"Thank you Miss Xiao." Nanny Fu thanked Xiao Fei repeatedly. Seeing her sincere expression, it was obvious that she really cared about the children here.
"Nurse Fu, is there a study room here? Can you take me there to have a look?" Xiao Fei said again, thinking to herself, it's best to see what the study room here is still lacking, and then consider whether she can do her best to let the child The environment in which they study has become better.
Nanny Fu was naturally in a hurry to respond, and bowed to make a request: "Miss Xiao, Mrs. Xiao, please go this way..."
Led by Nanny Fu, the group continued to walk forward, when they heard a commotion coming from a side hall in front, following the sound, through the open window sash, they could see that there were quite a few people inside. There are several children, most of whom are only about three or four years old.
Nanny Fu hurriedly explained: "Boss Jin from the Qianjin Hall in the city specially brought a doctor here to provide free medical treatment for the children." As she said this, Nanny Fu stopped by a window in the side hall, and looked at the hall with a smile. He said, "Boss Jin and the others came early in the morning and have been busy all morning. They also said that they will come every month to help the child see a doctor and administer medicine. They are really kind people."
Qianjintang? Nangong Yue looked in that direction.
In the side hall, an old lady with gray hair and beard was feeling the pulse of a boy about three years old. The boy was held in the arms of a woman, and she was a little disturbed. The woman comforted him softly.
The other children lined up side by side in a crooked line. A middle-aged man in brocade robes was distributing sesame candies to the children. The sweet sesame candies made the children smile happily, with bright black eyes Laughing into a crescent.
The children's laughter had an infectious power, Nangong Yue and Xiao Fei could not help but curl their mouths slightly.
Baihui walked to Nangong Yue's side and whispered something in her ear.
This person is the golden boss of Qianjintang!
Nangong Yue nodded calmly, her eyes were on the children in the side hall, and she heard Madam Fu sigh with emotion: "... I heard that Qianjintang used to help the poor people reduce or exempt their medicine fees. It is a blessing for us people to donate medicine and dispense medicine, and to have a few more drug dealers like Boss Jin."
Before she finished speaking, there was a sudden sound of messy footsteps in front of her, and a woman in Tsing Yi hurried over, shouting out of breath, "Mother, can Shantang accept children? There is a child injured!"
Behind the old woman, a middle-aged man in a coarse cloth bunt is holding a five or six-year-old girl. The little girl has yellow and thin hair, ragged clothes, a small face, hands and feet are gray and dirty She looks like a little beggar, her hands and legs are twisted at a strange angle.
Nangong Yue's eyebrows were tightly locked, and it was obvious at a glance that the bones of the child's hands and feet were broken. What happened to cause such injuries? Her gaze continued to move up and landed on the little girl's dirty cheeks. She was breathing weakly, her lips were so white that there was no trace of blood, and she seemed to be dying.
Nanny Fu didn't even bother to greet Nangong Yue and the others, she hurried up to greet her, and said worriedly, "What's wrong with this baby girl?"
The middle-aged man hurriedly explained: "Madam, I picked up this girl doll in a small forest outside Luoyue City. At that time, there was no one around... I don't have money to send her to see a doctor..."
The mother-in-law couldn't wait to interject: "I think Ren Yazi must have abducted the child, knocked off his hands and feet to beg, and saw that the child was sick and didn't want to be treated, so he threw it away. What a crime!" indignantly.
Xiao Fei on the side shrank her pupils in disbelief, and also showed an indignation.
"Nurse Fu, let me..."
Nangong Yue was about to step forward to check the little girl's injuries when a figure suddenly strode out of the side hall and rushed straight to the little girl.
"What's wrong with this child? Is it okay?" The other party looked at the weak little girl worriedly, and then said to the middle-aged man, "Hurry up, come with me! I have a doctor here." He greeted eagerly The middle-aged man entered the side hall, and Nanny Fu and the mother-in-law hurriedly followed.
Through the open window sash, you can see that they are carefully placing the little girl on a long table. In contrast to the red lacquered wooden table, the child is obviously so weak and petite, as fragile as a pitiful bird. Xixi like a kitten.
"Long Lang Qiankun, there is such a thing!" Xiao Fei said indignantly from the side, staring at the little girl worriedly, "Sister-in-law, will the child be okay?"
Nangong Yue's expression was a bit inexplicable, and she said, "Sister Fei, she will be fine... This child suffered a traumatic injury and was discovered in time. Although it will take several months to raise her, she is still young after all, as long as she If you raise it well, it won’t affect the future.”
The gray-haired and bearded old doctor Yu was carefully examining the little girl's hands and feet... When she touched the sore spot, a lot of cold sweat oozed from the little girl's forehead, and she groaned in pain.
The old doctor's hands and feet were very fast, and he skillfully connected the little girl's bones, cleaned the skin of the broken bones, then applied medicine, and fixed the broken bones with wooden boards and white cloth strips.
Nangong Yue watched carefully, and was relieved to see his skillful way of setting bones.
Xiao Fei said with righteous indignation: "Sister-in-law, these kidnappers are really hateful! If this child's biological parents knew that she had suffered such a great crime, they would feel sorry for her. Thanks to the good luck of this child, she met a kind-hearted person... "Finally recovered a life.
At this time, the old doctor Yu treated the little girl's wound, turned around and said a few words to Boss Jin and Nanny Fu, followed by Nanny Fu, led Boss Jin and old doctor Yu out of the side hall .
As the old doctor walked, he said to the nanny: "Don't move the child for the time being, if the injury gets worse, it will be troublesome. There is no need to change the medicine tonight. I will come to see her tomorrow."
Nanny Fu hurriedly responded.
Boss Jin followed up and said, "Nurse Fu, don't worry, I will bring old doctor Yu here every day for follow-up visits on this child in the next few days. The child is still young, and the wound will heal."
"It's really hard work, Boss Jin." Nanny Fu thanked her repeatedly, and sighed emotionally, "Boss Jin is really a kind person."
"Nurse Fu is an honor, I'm just doing my best." Boss Jin smiled, "Nurse Fu, you still have guests, so there's no need to send them off."
He politely cupped his fists at Nanny Fu, and then left with Old Doctor Yu.
Nanny Fu watched the two of them go away, then she remembered Nangong Yue and Xiao Fei, turned around apologetically and said: "Mrs. Xiao, Miss Xiao, I really neglected you just now. I hope you two will not be surprised."
"Nurse Fu, you're being polite. Since you have something to do, we won't bother you." Nangong Yue bid farewell tactfully.
Nanny Fu said no again, and personally sent the two of them to the gate of Shantang.
After getting into the carriage, the smile on Nangong Yue's face faded.
Earlier, she had asked Baihui to deliberately release the rumor that she would come to Shantang today. Regardless of whether the boss of Qianjintang really wanted to do business with her or had other purposes, she would probably come over to meet her by chance, and she also wanted to take this opportunity to take a closer look.
Boss Kim did come.
But, is the girl with broken arms and legs a coincidence, or...
It's nothing more than a coincidence, but if it was deliberately arranged to show kindness, then Boss Jin's intention may not be as simple as doing business.
Nangong Yue's eyes drooped slightly, and she said in thought, "Baihui, after you return home, arrange for a clever little maid to take care of the girl in the Shantang. Send some more rice noodles over there."
Baihui responded, "Yes, Shizifei."
Xiao Fei then asked: "Sister-in-law, can I go and have a look tomorrow?" As a girl who has not left the cabinet, she needs the permission of her elders to go out.
Nangong Yue nodded, "Of course."
Xiao Fei smiled, frowned slightly and muttered to herself: "What should I bring there? I don't know if she likes eating snowflake candies..."
The carriage entered Bixiaotang from the gate of the East Street all the way, Huamei greeted her, and said: "Shizi Concubine, Mrs. Zhou is here. The servant girl told her that you are not in the mansion, but she wants to wait in the gatehouse, no Ken leaves."
Nangong Yue raised her eyebrows slightly, thinking: "Madam Zhou, please go to the main room, I will go there later."
Huamei Fushen took the order and left, Xiao Fei and Nangong Yue bid farewell and returned to Yuebiju.
Nangong Yue went to the room to change her clothes, redressed her makeup, and then went to the main room.
Mrs. Zhou Madam Wang sat there uneasily, looking a little absent-minded, when she saw Nangong Yue coming in, she quickly stood up, greeted her politely, and said, "I have seen the concubine."
Nangong Yue raised her hand, "Mrs. Zhou is excused, please sit down."
Nangong Yue sat on the main seat and said bluntly, "I don't know why Mrs. Zhou is here today?"
"Shizi Concubine." Wang clasped the handkerchief with both hands, hesitant to speak.
After Shi Zifei left that day, she passed away, and when she woke up, the second sibling, mother and daughter had already gone back, and only sister Jia stayed by her side to take care of her. Wang felt that she was really sorry for her daughter. Not only did she make her follow her back again and again, but now she couldn't even keep her daughter's marriage. A mother like her is simply a drag on Sister Jia.
Mrs. Wang could tell that even though Sister Jia acted nonchalantly, she still used a thick layer of makeup to cover up the haggardness on her face.
The more Sister Jia was like this, the more Wang hated herself, so she finally mustered up the courage to come to Bixiaotang.
Wang gritted her teeth, and said bravely, "That day, when you came here, Shizifei, you asked about the little girl, but was interrupted at that time, so... the little girl hasn't asked anyone yet."
After Wang finished speaking, she looked at Nangong Yue eagerly.
Nangong Yue was taken aback for a moment, she hadn't seen such a... uh, such a "simple" person like Wang Shi for a long time.
No matter if it is Wangdu or Southern Xinjiang, any wife from any mansion can reveal three or four meanings in a single sentence, unlike the Wang family. Wang's trip was clearly intended to test whether the Zhennan Prince's Mansion still intends to marry Zhou Roujia, but the words of "testing" were too "direct".
Nangong Yue slowly used the tea lid to skim off the tea foam. After a while, she put down the teacup and met Wang's nervous eyes.
"Miss Zhou." Nangong Yue said in a clear voice, "Forgive me, when it comes to family background, the Zhou family is not a good match for the Zhennan Palace. But Miss Zhou has a firm and gentle temperament, and she advances and retreats properly. I still like to act rationally and restrainedly.”
There was a trace of surprise on Wang's face, and he hurriedly said: "The concubine..."
Nangong Yue raised her hand and interrupted her, "It's just that I'm satisfied with Miss Zhou, not the Zhou family. But getting married is a good relationship between the two families. The Zhou family's family style is not upright, and the family style is not strict. The Nanwang Mansion really dare not bear it."
Wang Shi hurriedly argued: "Prince Princess, what happened that day has nothing to do with Sister Jia!"
"Indeed, it has nothing to do with Miss Zhou. It's fine if it's another mansion, but the Zhou family is different..." Nangong Yue said sharply, "How can Madam convince me that once the Zhou family becomes the in-laws of the Zhennan Prince's Mansion, they will not act because of their actions in the future?" Wuji will implicate our Zhennan Palace."
Nangong Yue didn't make any detours, and said bluntly: "Madam can't guarantee that, although Madam has the name of Mrs. Zhou family, she can't be any master of Zhou family."
Wang's face was pale, and Nangong Yue's words were like a slap in the face.
yes!
If it is another mansion, no matter how close the relationship is, sooner or later each house will be separated.
But the Zhou family is different. Although there is a distinction between the long house and the second house, Wang knows in her heart that the long house is just a vassal and foil for the second house, and the second sibling, Lu, is the head of the Zhou family. As a matter of course, he barged in when he was seeing guests, and turned black and white in front of the princess in front of him. Perhaps in their hearts, there is no such thing as a long house, and in their eyes, he is just a humble concubine.
The only blame is to blame myself for being too cowardly, for not being able to support the long house and a world for my daughter all these years.
Now, let her daughter waste her life because of her cowardice...
"... Shi Zifei." Wang's voice could not help but add a touch of crying, "What should I do."
Nangong Yue sighed. Although she could appreciate Wang's motherly love, she had no right to comment on the Zhou family's private affairs.
It's just that she does like Miss Zhou a little bit, and she does have pity for Mrs. Wang.
Nangong Yue was silent for a while, then she opened her mouth, and said a little bit: "The so-called conjoining the two houses is to inherit the incense of the two houses at the same time, to continue the foundation of the two houses, not to combine the two houses into one house. The second house of the Zhennan Prince's Mansion The son's wife's family may not have a high family background, but it must be upright."
After finishing speaking, Nangong Yue served tea to see off the guests.
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