Chapter 39 She Wants More

Ji Yunshu stayed in the mountains for a few more days and didn't find anything unusual.

She originally thought that those who were secretly targeting the young Taoist Yichen knew that she was going to take him away and might take some action.

But everything was normal on the mountain.

Lu Ningshuang said goodbye to her and left early in the morning on the third day. She left very decisively and seemed to have lost her previous clingy attitude towards her.

After that, no one came to live in the back mountain, and no one left.

Ji Yunshu even had people keep an eye on people going up and down the mountain, but he didn't find anyone sending any messages out.

Ji Yunshu felt that there was no point in staying any longer, so he asked someone to notify Yichen to leave the next day.

Bai Ling went out for a while, and when he came back, Yichen followed him.

Ji Yunshu was a little surprised: "Master, is there anything else?"

Since you had already decided to leave, shouldn't you have been prepared long ago?

Why are you looking for her at this time?

Yichen scratched the back of his head and said a little embarrassedly: "I have something I want to discuss with my wife."

Ji Yunshu nodded and told him to speak up if he had anything to say.

Yichen said, "Over the years, I have adopted many children in the temple. I usually teach them to read and write, and also teach them some medical skills. If I leave now, they..."

Ji Yunshu thought of the children she had seen in the back mountain these days. She thought they were from the nearby mountain families.

Unexpectedly, they were adopted from the Taoist temple. She couldn't help but ask, "Do you want to take them with you?"

Yichen shook his head. "There are too many people. It's not appropriate for me to take them all with me. However, I may not be able to make what Madam wants by myself. Some of the children are quite talented and can help. As for the rest, Madam, can you send someone to take over?"

Ji Yunshu understood immediately after hearing this. This person was not afraid that the children would have no one to take care of them after he left, but was clearly treating her as a sucker who had paid money.

Once she took over, she naturally became responsible for those people's food, clothing, housing and transportation.

But with her current abilities, rescuing some children is not a big deal.

Moreover, she made a profit by bringing Yichen back this time, and now the other party also gave her a team as a gift.

That couldn't be better.

As for the others, Ji Yunshu thought for a moment and asked, "I understand what the Taoist priest means. It's just raising some children, which is not a problem. I wonder how many people there are in total? The Taoist priest said that they are all literate and have learned medicine since childhood. How are their skills?"

"There are probably about 20 or 30 of them, ranging in age from five or six to teenagers. What do you want, madam?"

Ji Yunshu roughly envisioned it. "What I mean is, why not just open a clinic? It only requires a small initial investment, and they can support themselves in the future. It doesn't matter if they're not good at medicine, I can teach them other things. At worst, I have some properties under my name, and I can let them work. That way, I won't have too much pressure to continue adopting homeless children in the future."

It is common practice to adopt children in Taoist temples, but after these children grow up, they either stay in the temple or leave on their own. They do not generate any income, so this is naturally not a long-term solution.

Ji Yunshu had many manors and shops as a dowry, so even if she was not short of people now, she could still train more reserve talents.

This way, we can develop more industries in the future.

No one would complain about having too much money, right?

Yichen's eyes lit up when he heard this. He just wanted Ji Yunshu to raise those children, but he didn't expect that in the blink of an eye, Ji Yunshu had even arranged a way out for them.

There are even plans to continue adopting children.

This lady is really a good person.

Joining her is simply the right choice.

"Two of them do have excellent medical skills, so there's no problem opening a clinic. The younger ones can also serve as apprentices to help out. The rest of the ladies can just make the arrangements as they see fit."

Taiqing Temple is not very popular, so it is actually a bit difficult to raise these children over the years.

The master often tries to make money, but he always spends money and never earns any. No matter how much money he has, he can't stop spending it.

The Crown Prince's wife's method is the long-term solution.

Master would definitely be happy if he knew this.

Yichen quickly asked the children to come and see Ji Yunshu.

Ji Yunshu took a look and found that they were all boys. He knew that this was a Taoist temple and there were no women. It would be inconvenient to take care of girls, so he simply did not adopt any.

But in fact, in this world, there are only more girls who are abandoned.

Ji Yunshu asked Lan Yin and Lu Ru to take care of the children, and said to Yi Chen, "I will have someone clean up a farm. If you meet any girls in the future, please let them stay."

Yichen said, "On behalf of the children, I would like to thank the Madam."

Ji Yunshu shook his head: "Master, there is no need to do this. For me, this is just a piece of cake."

The fact that she could live comfortably and comfortably was simply because she was lucky and dressed like a person of high status.

In her time, people could survive as long as they worked hard.

But it’s different here. These children who have been abandoned since childhood really have a hard time surviving.

When a person comes into this world, he has no control over his life or death. This is the greatest sorrow.

Yichen had been observing her carefully. Hearing the indescribable compassion in her tone, he felt more at ease.

He had seen many noble ladies in the capital who ate vegetarian food and chanted Buddhist scriptures all day long, but turned a blind eye to the suffering of others.

Compared to those people, the person in front of him truly sympathized with these children, and was not just putting on a show or taking advantage of them.

Yichen was happy that he had found a reliable person to rely on.

Ji Yunshu was also happy that he had gained a group of talented people.

Both of them were very satisfied.

Early the next morning, Ji Yunshu had breakfast and set off down the mountain.

Of course, she hadn't packed up the place yet, so she didn't bring the kids with her.

It's a nice day today, and the sun is already overhead early in the morning.

Ji Yunshu still asked the driver to slow down and drive slowly.

There's no way, the road is difficult to walk on. It's less bumpy if you go slower.

She's not in a hurry anyway.

Ji Yunshu sat in the carriage, wondering what Zhao Shen had been busy with these days. She had been staying in the Taoist temple for a few days, but he hadn't even sent her a letter.

Seeing her tilting her head and not looking outside, with lifeless eyes, Lan Yin couldn't help but ask, "Madam, are you thinking about the prince?"

Ji Yunshu glared at her: "He doesn't care about me, why should I miss him? I don't miss him."

Lan Yin knew what she was upset about when she heard this, and said with a smile, "Madam, how do you know that the prince doesn't care about you?"

"How can you call it caring if you didn't care about me for such a long time?"

Nor is he afraid that she would have an affair while staying alone in the Taoist temple.

Ji Yunshu thought bitterly.

Lan Yin said, "The prince sent something up the mountain a few days ago. And yet, you didn't even see him, nor did you bring a word down the mountain. That's what we call indifference. And since you married the prince, he's supported you in everything you did. Isn't that good enough for you?"

Ji Yunshu was stunned. In fact, she knew that some of her behaviors were a bit out of line, but Zhao Shen never criticized her.

He would even quietly help her clean up the mess when she wasn't aware.

Zhao Shen was indeed impeccable towards her.

She thought, people's hearts will become more and more unreasonable.

At first, she approached Zhao Shen just to cooperate with him, but over the past few days, Zhao Shen has done far more than she expected.

But she still wanted more.

Ji Yunshu suddenly came to his senses when he realized what he was thinking. He quickly warned himself in his heart that this was definitely not a good sign.