Chapter 80

Xin Shengyuan didn’t know what agarwood looked like, but he knew that agarwood was expensive. Knowing that Xu Yi sent agarwood to Xing Yuesen, he didn't stay in the eldest lady's house for long, then returned to his yard in a depressed mood.

He entered the room and lay down on the couch without moving, without even taking off his red fox scarf and cloak.

Xue Lian came in with a hollow copper incense burner, hung it on the tent hook, added new incense, walked to his side lightly, took off his cloak, and said with a smile: "Brother Xin is in trouble. What? Why have you been frowning since you came out of the yard?"

Hearing the movement, Xin Shengyuan turned his face.

Seeing Xin Shengyuan's reaction, Xuelian pulled him to sit up and said again. "If you have something on your mind, just tell me. Maybe I can give Brother Xin some advice.

" She listens.

After saying that, he complained in a depressed mood, "Xing Wu is so bad. He doesn't know us when he gives things. It's good now. He got the agarwood gift from Xu Yi, and he still makes sarcastic remarks in front of me."

Thinking about it now, Xing Yuesen already knew that at that time It was agarwood, but I deliberately didn’t say it.

If he hadn't happened to know it, he would still have been kept in the dark.

Xuelian asked: "Brother Xin, what makes you feel bad is that Xing Langjun kept it from you? Or is it that Doctor Xu didn't give you agarwood?"

As the eldest girl in Xin Shengyuan's house, she knows a lot. As soon as I heard it was agarwood, I knew it was expensive rather than cheap, so I said that the agarwood coil I smoked in the eldest lady’s house today was only of medium quality. The best agarwood is hard to find, and is mostly enjoyed by the rich and powerful. The Xin family has a great business, but in the end they are merchants and cannot be compared with officials and officials.

Xin Shengyuan flattened his mouth, thought for a while and said, "Both."

Xuelian: "..."

She covered her mouth and smiled and said, "Since Brother Xin is bothering you, tell Xing Langjun and Dr. Xu, I miss them. I don’t want to keep hiding it from you.”

“I don’t want to lose face!” Xin Shengyuan stared at Xue Lian with his eyes wide open.

Xue Lian was not afraid of him either, and said softly: "Brother Xin wants both, how can there be such a good thing in this world? Besides, you and Doctor Xing, Mr. ?"

"As you said,

Mr. I always treat my husband well and make drinks for you, which will make others jealous."

Xue Lian and Xin Shengyuan said this and gave him advice. If Mr. Compared with Xing Langjun's things.

She really had more ideas than Xin Shengyuan. She counted on her fingers what gifts she could give one by one, which made Xin Shengyuan on the side stunned.

What a great idea, he's going to pick out a gift now.

...

In the early morning of this day, before dawn, snow was falling in the air. At this time, there were still two days before the light snow season.

Xu Yi came out wearing his robe and looked at the hazy sky and the snow falling outside. He raised his hand and touched it, and the cold snow melted in his palm.

When it snowed, people were already standing up on South Street. They were worried that the snow would fall even more, so those who had made preparations laid two more thick layers of straw on the roof. What's more, the bedding that is too old to be used at home is stuffed into the air leakage area in the corner of the house to prevent the wind and snow from pouring in.

Not long after Xu Yi woke up, Xiao Huang also woke up and sat down against his legs.

It whined twice, and when Xu Yi didn't say anything, it happily ran into the yard.

It was a lot of fun stepping on the snow and throwing it at the snow.

Xu Yi laughed dumbly. It was not bad to be a puppy without any worries.

"Xu Xiaolang, you got up so early?"

At this time, a passing neighbor saw him standing in the courtyard watching the snow and shouted.

Xu Yi called "Uncle" and said, "It's snowing. I woke up when I heard the sound. Are you going out of the city so early?"

The neighbor uncle nodded, shrank his neck, and clasped his hands together. He said: "No, the weather is very cold, but the work outside the city cannot stop. Yesterday we heard someone at the city gate saying that many people died in Xichong County, mostly because the snow collapsed their houses. I'm freezing to death."

After he finished speaking, he felt a chill in his body. When he saw the snow falling in the sky, he didn't dare to think about it further.

Xu Yi asked him: "Uncle, do you know anything else that happened in Xichong County?"

The neighbor's uncle shook his head. He also heard about it from the soldiers guarding the city wall.

However, he still told Xu Yi where he could get the news: "If Xu Xiaolang wants to know, maybe he can get the news from the notice wall outside the county government office."

Xu Yi thanked him, and the two chatted for a while, and the neighbor uncle went to Work started outside the city.

The day's plan begins in the morning. Soon, the people in South Street began to go about their daily business.

At this time, A Xu and A Jin also woke up.

Seeing that Xu Yi was awake, they began to prepare for breakfast. They now eat a lot of porridge in the morning, which can warm the body. A Xu also adds various other condiments to the porridge, so that every meal is different. The cooked porridge is paired with one or two side dishes, and this breakfast is enough.

Xu Yi told them to do what they should do at home, and he led Xiao Huang out.

As soon as he left South Street, he headed towards the county government office.

It was snowing, and there were fewer pedestrians on the road than usual. Xu Yi quickly walked through several streets and arrived outside the county government office.

I saw several people gathered in front of the notice wall, all looking at the newly posted notices from the county government.

Xu Yi picked up Xiao Huang and squeezed into the crowd. When he saw clearly what was written on the notice, he was stunned for a moment.

This notice stated that grain shops in the city were not allowed to raise prices by sitting on the ground. If any grain shop raised the price of grain again, they would be punished with a beating and a fine of twenty guan.

Nowadays, the price of grain sold in grain shops in the city is nearly two hundred cents more per stone than in the past. If it goes up further, there will probably be chaos in the county.

The punishment written in this notice is not too severe, but it is not low either. Twenty guan is not much for these big people who have food in their hands. What is terrible is the torture.

How could he survive in Yanting County if he was really punished with a tart?

Xu Yi looked at several other notices. Most of them were about apprehending important fugitives, and some of them had a portrait of Li Ji.

Xu Yi: "..."

He looked around and saw no news about Xichong County, so he withdrew from the crowd.

On the way back, he took a detour to the grain store. The clerk in the grain store was weighing the grain for customers. Looking at the sign hanging above, it said that the prices of various grains today were indeed not increased. Outside the shop, there were still many people queuing up to buy food.

There are more families in the city who are short of food than Xu Yi thought.

Xu Yi didn't get the news he wanted to know, so he planned to go home.

He turned around and walked a few steps when he saw Pang Boyi, wrapped up tightly, sitting and drinking tea in an open tea stall.

Next to Pang Boyi sat County Captain Pan, who was wearing a gray robe and a hat.

Xu Yi raised his eyebrows.

Pang Boyi also saw him, smiled at him, and motioned for Xu Yi to come over.

When Xu Yi saw Captain Pan next to him also looking towards him, he knew that he could not escape.

He walked up to the two of them with steady steps, gave Pan County Captain a junior salute, and shouted: "Pan County Captain."

Then, he shouted to Pang Boyi next to him: "Pang Guanren."

"Doctor Xu, this is Where are you coming back from?" Pang Boyi asked knowingly.

He just saw Xu Yi staying in front of the grain store for a long time, and he was thinking about how long Xu Yi would stay, so the man turned around and came towards him.

Xu Yi replied: "I just came back from the county government office."

Pan Wenji squinted his eyes and said, "What are you doing there?"

Xu Yi met Pan Wenji's gaze and said truthfully: "I heard about Xichong County a few days ago. There has been a lot of news about the disaster in the past two days, saying that the situation there is terrible and many people have died. I thought about going to the notice wall to see if there was any specific news."

Pan Wenji asked him. What do you want to know about Xichong County?"

Xu Yi sighed and said, "Xichong County is not far from Yanting County. If the disaster there is serious, Yanting County will also be affected. If the disaster can be prevented in advance. It would be great to avoid it."

"You have such a strong voice. If this natural disaster could be avoided, the number of people suffering in the world would be reduced by half." Pan Wenji smiled, but his face showed no emotion.

Xu Yi shut up and said no more.

What he just said was beyond the pale in front of Captain Pan.

Pang Boyi's reaction was different from Pan Wenji. He heard that Xu Yi wanted to know the news about Xichong County to avoid disaster, so he asked him.

"When Dr. Xu talked about avoiding disasters, did he have a plan?"

Xu Yi lowered his eyes and said modestly that he was just thinking randomly and couldn't do it seriously.

Pang Boyi said with a smile: "It doesn't matter what you say. I am here, and County Captain Pan will not question you."

Pan Wenji: "..."

Xu Yi: "..."

Both of them were silent, looking at each other delicately. Towards the Pang Game that stood between them.

Pang Boyi didn't seem to notice. He picked up the tea cup in front of him leisurely. Seeing that the tea was getting cold, he called back: "Old man, add a pot of hot tea."

"Okay, your guests, enjoy your drink." Tea stall The master came over with a teapot and refilled hot tea for Pang Boyi's table.

Pang Boyi drank the tea and said with a smile: "Doctor Xu, this hot tea will warm you up, why don't you sit down and have a few words."

On the side, Pan Wenji saw that his friend had a different attitude towards Xu Yi, and he thought deeply, Xu Yi was half way through Qi Literary Medicine has courage, ability, and excellent medical skills. Judging from the news he has received, he has cured many people.

People who have an impression of him include Guan Gou from the Street Department. At that time, Guan Gou knew that they were looking for Dr. Xu, so he told them about Xu Yi's free medical treatment for the people affected by the disaster in South Street.

Each one of these can leave a good impression on people.

It's just that he is still young, and these things alone are not enough to impress Pang Boyi.

But...

Pang Boyi was very fond of Xu Yi.

While Pan Wenji was guessing, Xu Yi sat down without hesitation. Pang Boyi poured tea for him personally while casually chatting about the disaster situation in Xichong County.

"It is true that the disaster there was serious. The government has sent many people to provide disaster relief. However, there was a heavy snowfall and the roads were blocked. The dead and injured were all people from the blocked villages." Pang Boyi said slowly, with a smile on his face. Compassionately, "Giving porridge and handing out warm things are not long-term solutions."

In the final analysis, these things are due to the government's inability to handle things, and it is not good to tell others.

But it was Pang Boyi who said this, and even Pan Wenji, a county captain, couldn't say anything.

Xu Yi didn't feel anything was wrong. He thought about it and said: "Shelters can be built for the people affected by the disaster to live temporarily. If the porridge is not enough, ginger tea should be given to ward off the cold. Young and strong people from the affected people can participate in the disaster relief... ..."

Pang Boyi and Pan Wenji listened with slight shock in their eyes.

Unexpectedly, Xu Yi was asked to come up with some countermeasures that looked good. Pan Wenji felt regretful. If this man continued to study, he would definitely be able to write beautiful strategies.

Pang Yi was very happy and asked Xu Yi to write down these countermeasures on the spot.

At this time, Uncle Pang came out from nowhere and put pen, ink, paper and inkstone in front of Xu Yi.

Xu Yi was silent for a long time, feeling that this was Pang Game's true purpose.

Uncle Pang smiled kindly at Xu Yi and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Doctor Xu."

Xu Yi smacked his tongue. This official Pang was well prepared.

Wait until he finishes writing the disaster relief measures.

Before the ink was dry, Pang Boyi read it carefully. When he saw something he was satisfied with, he would nod his head and point it out to Pan Wenji.

Pan Wenji raised his eyebrows when he saw this slightly elegant writing.

"Very good." He praised.

Then, the article was taken away by Pan Wenji.

Pang Boyi wanted to do it, but Pan Wenji said: "You are naked now, what use is this disaster relief plan? I am the county captain of a county after all, so it is of some use."

Pang Boyi smiled lightly, waved his hand and said Don’t fight with Pan Wenji.

"..." Pan Wenji sighed helplessly and said, "Since you care so much, why don't you go back?"

Pang Boyi didn't hesitate at all: "I won't go back."

Xu Yi, who was confused by what he heard next to him, silently drank the tea in his hand. over.

Then, he said goodbye to the two of them.

Pang Yi and Pan Wenji were still fighting, and neither of them paid attention to Xu Yi.

…

When Xu Yi returned home, not long after finishing lunch, he saw Xin Shengyuan bringing Xuelian and a cart of items looking for him.

There are more than a dozen items in this cart, large and small, including things to eat, use, and play with. Among them, the most valuable one is a box of the Four Treasures of the Study, which is packed in an exquisite red lacquered wooden box. The ink ingots and inkstones are of the highest quality, with verses engraved on them. The paper is made of precious cold gold paper. When the sun shines on it, a faint light can be seen. Glowing with gold powder.

This box of the Four Treasures of the Study, which cost at least ten guan, was carefully held by Xue Lian, and she saluted Xu Yi: "Doctor Xu."

"You're welcome, Miss Xuelian." Xu Yi said lightly.

Xin Shengyuan came into the room and smelled the smell of charcoal floating in the air. He frowned and said, "Didn't Xing Wu give you two baskets of peach charcoal? Why don't you use it?

" It's spacious, just use ordinary charcoal." Xu Yi didn't coddle him and asked A Xu to bring in a pot of hot water.

He made chrysanthemum and tuckahoe tea for Xin Shengyuan, handed it to him, and asked, "Did you not sleep well last night

?

"

He asked Xin Shengyuan why he came suddenly.

Xin Shengyuan muttered: "I can't come to you?" After saying that, he felt that his attitude was bad. He remembered what Xuelian told him, changed his tone and said, "I just came to see you. Last time Xing Wu sent You Tao Charcoal, I thought of bringing you something too."

"The Four Treasures of the Study are pretty good," Xu Yi said in a flattering tone.

Xin Shengyuan became satisfied: "That's right, this set of Four Treasures of the Study was given to me by Aweng when I was thirteen years old. I have never opened it and used it."

He picked over and over again, but he still felt that giving him this set of Four Treasures of the Study could compare. Two baskets of charcoal sent by Xing Yuesen.

He was given a set of the Four Treasures of the Study worth ten guan as a gift, which showed that Xin Shengyuan was used to being wealthy, but when he looked at the car full of dazzling objects, he was dazzled.

Xu Yi raised his eyebrows, took the wooden box, smiled at Xin Shengyuan and said, "I accept your kindness."

After waiting, Xu Yi didn't hear anything more.

Xin Shengyuan couldn't hold his breath at first, his eyes stayed on Xu Yi's body, and he was a little disappointed: "No more?"

When Xu Yi heard this, he smiled and said, "What do you want?"

He asked, but Xin Shengyuan didn't know. How to return. He came today just because he wanted Xu Yi to give him agarwood, but he didn't really want this thing. Even Xing Wuyou, he had to have it.

Xin Shengyuan gritted his teeth: "You don't have anything to give me?"

Like the children of a big family, giving gifts to each other is the default thing, and it is the default thing to return the gift, so there is no need for the person giving the gift to give any advice. When Xin Shengyuan came over, he didn't expect that Xu Yi would say nothing. At least, he should be treated the same as Xing Yuesen!

The result was good, Xu Yi didn't even mention it, and asked him to take the initiative to speak.

Seeing this, there was a smile in Xu Yi's eyes. When A Xu came back from Xing Mansion yesterday and told him that Xin Shengyuan was also present, he was wondering if Xin Shengyuan would be angry when he saw him giving gifts to Xing Yuesen. discuss.

After all, these two people often don't deal with each other, and they always like to compete on certain things, trying to find a winner.

In Xu Yi's eyes, Xing Yuesen still doted on Xin Shengyuan. He could accompany him to such troubles. If it were anyone else, he would be impatient to deal with it.

And Xu Yi treats Xin Shengyuan... like a child who hasn't grown up yet. He doesn't seem to be affected at all when he sees him playing around.

Seeing that Xin Shengyuan was about to cry, he stopped teasing him deliberately and said, "I also have a piece of agarwood here. It's not easy to show this thing to others. I'll give it to you. Don't tell anyone else."

Xin Shengyuan was stunned. Then his eyes trembled slightly and he blurted out without thinking: "Am I, Xin Yao, that kind of person? Although I am not as smart as Xing Wu, I am also a scholar. How could I say it casually?"

Xu Yi smiled and said that he believed him.

He got up and went to the house to get him agarwood.

Xu Yi was not biased, and the cut agarwood was three fingers wide.

This thing given to Xin Shengyuan is like a useless lump of wood.

But Xin Shengyuan wanted to, like a naughty child, he ran over and brought a cart full of carefully selected gifts to exchange.

Just thinking about it, Xu Yi thought it would be interesting to give away the agarwood.

Sure enough, after getting the agarwood that he had longed for, Xin Shengyuan immediately felt better, and he was still interested in asking Xu Yi whether he wanted to climb Jin'e Mountain in a few days.

"We went to the Golden Ear Temple to pray. The incense there is effective and will definitely make the people affected by the disaster safe and sound." Xin Shengyuan said sincerely.

Seeing this, Xu Yi asked him who else would go.

Xin Shengyuan said: "I, Xing Wu, Tao Qinghao are all going, and there are a few classmates. They also want to go up and light the lanterns."

When it comes to lighting lanterns, it is to pray for the deceased. Xu Yi suddenly thought of his original parents.

Since he passed through, he has never prayed for his original parents. Thinking that the original family were all honest and honest people, if it weren't for their legacy, he wouldn't have been able to receive help from his neighbors.

Why not take advantage of this opportunity and go to the temple on Jin'e Mountain to light two everlasting lanterns.

Thinking of this, Xu Yi agreed to Xin Shengyuan's invitation.

When Xin Shengyuan saw that he was going, he was even more overjoyed: "That's great. I'll send a car over in five days. Then you can ride with us."

"Okay." Xu Yi nodded.

...

The days passed quickly. It snowed in the county town that day. Within two days, the snow was like flying goose feathers and the branches of jade trees. The whole county town was immersed in the vast white snow.

Soon, the day came when we agreed to go to Jin'e Mountain.

Before it arrived, the mule cart that Xin Shengyuan was riding slowly stopped outside Xu's house.

He was wearing a thick green brocade robe. In order to make it easier to go up the mountain, he did not wear a windbreaker. Instead, he wore a cotton-padded waistcoat with snow-white rabbit fur sewn at the shoulder, making him more delicate and noble.

Xu Yi, on the other hand, was still wearing an ordinary dark-colored robe. He only put on an extra pair of trousers on his legs to keep warm, and then put on leather boots. He didn't feel cold when walking in the snow.

They went up the mountain to pray for blessings, and today they all made a tacit agreement not to bring any servants with them.

Xu Yi thought for a while and put the medicine box on his back.

A large carriage can accommodate four people. Xu Yi, Xing Yuesen, Xin Shengyuan and Tao Qinghao were in the same car and could talk together on the way.

This car was prepared by the Xin Mansion for Xin Shengyuan. Madam Chu was worried that her son would not be comfortable sitting on the road. The cushions were made of fine materials. The incense burner was lit with smoke and incense. It smelled of sandalwood. Basic incense.

During driving, the car is very stable, with only a slight sway that makes people drowsy.

Especially Xin Shengyuan, who had not slept well. Not long after sitting down, his eyelids became stuck together and he was so sleepy that he could not open his eyes.

Tao Qinghao pushed him and teased him with a smile: "Xinyao, where did you go and steal yesterday? Why are you so sleepy?"

"Bah!"

Xin Shengyuan woke up with a shudder, "You like to say this You know, I never do anything shameful."

Tao Qinghao didn't do anything wrong and deliberately followed his words: "Maybe you just wanted to go back and mentioned this."

"You are the one." Xin Shengyuan refused.

Tao Qinghao smiled, his eyes lit up, and he looked at Xu Yi who was looking out the car window with the curtain raised.

He then said: "Xu Yi, did your former classmate take you to listen to the music?"

Xu Yi looked back at him: "No."

Xing Yuesen opened his eyes and looked at them, and poured a cup of tea leisurely. Drinking.

Xu Yi didn't want to fight with these two people. After replying these two words, he turned his attention back to the car window.

Next to him, Tao Qinghao's voice continued: "The ditty I'm talking about is not Yanyue Workshop or Goulan Courtyard. I haven't been to that place long ago. It's Jinyue Tea House in the city. There is a little guy who sold his body to bury his father. "Ling, I've been singing there for two months."

"Then what?" Xu Yi didn't look back, but answered him.

Someone answered him, and Tao Qinghao's interest became high, and he continued: "I want to buy her and put her on the second floor of my teahouse, and let her sit in the pavilion and play music."

Xin Shengyuan was confused: "Your father Agree?"

The smile on Tao Qinghao's face disappeared: "He doesn't agree, because he thinks I don't want to make progress and only want to have fun."

But he feels that it is not a loss to buy this Xiaoling, and it can bring better things to his restaurant. Business.

He said it now because he wanted Xu Yi and the others to come up with ideas for him and get his father to agree to buy the little actress.

Xu Yi and others: "..."

Xing Yuesen's mouth twitched slightly: "I'm just a little actress. If you want to say a few words, your father will agree."

Xin Shengyuan: "Qing Hao, go tell your father that you are definitely not I fell in love with him."

Tao Qinghao nodded and turned to see what Xu Yi said.

At this time, Xu Yi suddenly said: "Wait, there seems to be someone there."

Hearing this, they crowded towards the car window curiously.

I saw a person lying face down in the grass ahead, motionless.