Su's mother was puzzled, but when she saw Su Xiaozhong's look of understanding, she understood.
"Yinyin, take Xiangling with you." Su's mother said.
Nangong Jingzhi was a stranger after all, and a girl would feel uneasy about going out alone with him.
"OK."
In such small matters, Su Yin followed her mother's arrangements.
Su Yin took Xiang Ling out of the house and got directly into Nangong Jingzhi's carriage. As soon as they got into the carriage, they looked at the decoration inside the carriage, which had a small coffee table, soft cushions, and everything else.
"Your carriage is really comfortable. It would be even more perfect if the wheels were replaced with rubber ones." Su Yin looked around and exclaimed sincerely.
"Rubber? It's from the Far South."
"Um."
"You say I enjoy it, but you actually enjoy it more than I do. Rubber is very expensive when shipped from the southernmost land to the capital. It is really a luxury to make wheels."
"If one day, it only takes seven days to travel from Shangjing City to the southernmost land, then it won't be expensive."
"Haha, unless humans can fly. By that time, this world will be in trouble."
Su Yin smiled and stopped talking, changing the subject, "Do you still remember the plague in Baiji County?"
One thing I didn't forget was the plague and the fact that Nangong Jing died of the plague in his previous life.
“Remember.” Nangong Jingzhi stopped joking and became serious.
"If an unprecedented flood breaks out in the Jiangnan area as I predicted, I am afraid that the plague will spread all the way to Shangjing City along with the refugees from the flood, and all the people will suffer."
This matter is of great importance.
"If the flood in the south of the Yangtze River had not occurred, the plague might have spread in the area around Baiji County, but the court would have controlled it in time and it would not have spread to the north."
Nangong Jingzhi nodded in agreement. "You are right. I have explained the matter of Baiji County to the head of the family earlier. He has reported the matter to His Majesty, and His Majesty has sent officials to Meizhou. The officials sent this time are very good at controlling the plague, and His Majesty has also assigned several imperial doctors to go with them."
"They would have set out seven days ago, so I think we can contain them. But..."
His voice paused. "As you said, if there had been no flood in Jiangnan, the plague could have been contained to Meizhou and Linzhou. But once a flood broke out, the local government would certainly not be able to contain the tens of thousands of victims. I'm afraid that by then, there would be infected people among these refugees, and the disease would spread from one person to ten, and from ten to a hundred, and then spread to all the prefectures along with the flow of people."
"If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have ignored it. When I return today, I will explain this to my master."
Su Yin nodded. "If the plague really breaks out, don't take any risks. From your face, I can see that there might be a bloody disaster this year."
Nangong Jingzhi smiled, "How come I didn't realize you can read faces?"
"There are still many things you don't know!"
The two chatted along the way, and the carriage arrived at Pingjie Lane.
After getting off the car and following Nangong Jingzhi, a large group of poor people and beggars appeared in front of them. These people were holding bowls and chopsticks in their hands, and there were also quite a few ruffians among them.
When the team from the Marquis' Mansion appeared, everyone immediately formed a long line in front of the straw hut.
Heng Youyi was wearing a veil, standing in the middle, distributing porridge to people together with the maid. The porridge scooped up with a spoon was not watery at all, but thick, which showed that the ingredients were of real quality.
Su Yin and Nangong Jingzhi stood at the corner fifty meters away, quietly watching Heng Youyi distribute porridge.
"You're just going to watch?"
“No hurry.”
As time went by, more and more people came to the streets and alleys, and shops opened one after another.
Nangong Jingzhi had no idea what Su Yin was going to do next. As she watched her leave, she still did nothing, which made her curious.
"I really can't figure out what you're thinking today."
Su Yin pointed to a tea stall not far away and said, "Let's go sit at the tea stall over there."
It's so tiring to stand and watch all the time.
The two ordered a pot of tea, then sat quietly at the tea stall, silently watching the group of people serving porridge in front of them.
"Xiangling, buy some steamed buns."
"good."
Seeing that the stall owner was free, Su Yin asked casually, "Boss, who is distributing porridge over there?"
The stall owner immediately became interested, walked to their table, and said with a smile: "Young lady, have you just arrived in the capital?"
"yes!"
"No wonder." The stall owner smiled and explained, "That person is a good person. She is the wife of the marquis. She comes here every first and fifteenth day of the month to give out porridge to help the poor people."
"Why do I see a lot of hooligans in the team? They are well-dressed, why are they queuing up? Why doesn't the Marquis drive them away?"
The stall owner smiled and said, "Someone once told the Marquis' wife to drive those people away. Guess what the Marquis' wife said?"
"How do you say it?"
"She said frankly that they are also human beings and have their own difficulties. If we drive them away at this time, they will cause trouble to weaker people, and then others will suffer. If this bowl of porridge can prevent them from causing trouble to others, then it is helping others."
After hearing these words, the people at the tea stall had different expressions.
"This Marquis is really interesting."
Su Yin agreed. It was not only interesting, but its thoughts and ideas were somewhat different from others.
"Let's go over there and take a look."
Su Yin took Nangong Jingzhi towards a pair of grandparents and grandchildren who were squatting in the corner drinking porridge.
The grandfather and grandson were dressed in rags. When they saw them coming, they suddenly became uneasy and afraid of their approach.
"Don't be afraid, we don't mean any harm."
As soon as Su Yin raised her hand, Xiangling immediately understood, took out a bun from the oil paper bag and put it in Su Yin's hand.
She handed the bun to the thin boy, but he didn't dare to take it. He subconsciously looked up at his grandfather. Only after seeing his grandfather's agreement did he dare to take it.
"Miss, just ask whatever you want to ask." The old man is a man who understands the ways of the world.
"I just saw someone distributing porridge here. Who is that person?"
When Heng Youyi was mentioned, the old man's eyes were full of gratitude, and his expression relaxed. "She is the wife of Shunyi Marquis. She is a good person. She comes here every first and fifteenth day of the month to give porridge to us poor people. This bowl of porridge has saved many people. She is a good person, and good people are rare in Shangjing City."
Whether from the old man's words or from his expression, it can be seen that he is grateful to Heng Youyi from the bottom of his heart.
After Su Yin asked what she wanted to know, she gave the grandparents and grandchildren a few steamed buns and turned to leave.
This time, Nangong Jingzhi didn't ask any more questions and just followed her.
He probably understood what she was going to do.
This time Su Yin went to a grain store and asked for a few buckets of fine white flour. Many people were queuing outside to get porridge, and the business in the store was not very good. Only a few old men were selecting grain.
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