Lu Qingqing was sitting in Yunzheng's study, immersed in handling the account books. There were six maids standing around, each holding an account book in their hands. As long as Lu Qingqing read a number from his mouth, there would be a big
The maid recorded it in the account book with a pen. It seemed that it had been going on for a long time. The frustrated Yun Luoluo sat on the swing. Her younger brother Yun Ting put his head on his sister's waist and pushed her up again and again and ran away.
Watching her sister wandering around, she grinned sillyly at the side.
After finally waiting for his sister to get off the swing, Yun Ting quickly climbed onto the swing and said hurriedly: "It's my turn, it's my turn!"
Yun Luoluo pushed Yun Ting casually, walked into the room, and said softly: "Mother!"
Lu Qingqing put down the pen in his hand, pinched his Jingming point with his hand and said, "If you don't play well with your brother, what's the point of coming in?"
Seeing her mother stop, Yun Luoluo wrapped herself around her body and said sweetly: "Mom, the day after tomorrow is Laba. There is Laba porridge for charity in Xiangguo Temple. I heard that eating Laba porridge can bring you good luck and longevity. Dad is not here, and my daughter wants to go.
Please give me a bowl."
Lu Qingqing smiled and said: "Xiangguo Temple gives porridge to the poor who don't have enough food and clothing. Our family hasn't reached that point yet, right?"
Seeing that her mother seemed to disagree, Yun Luoluo said anxiously: "That's not the case. My child heard that the founder of Buddhism, Sakyamuni, was originally the son of King Suddhodana of Kapilavastu. He saw all living beings suffering from birth, old age, illness and death, and was dissatisfied.
At that time, the Brahman theocracy ruled, so he gave up his throne and became a monk to practice Taoism.
There was no harvest at first, but after six years of asceticism, on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, he enlightened and became a Buddha under the bodhi tree.
During these six years of asceticism, he only ate one hemp and one meter a day. Later generations will not forget his suffering and eat porridge on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month as a commemoration.
Aunt He said that "Laba" is a grand festival of Buddhism. Buddhist temples in various places hold Buddha bathing ceremonies, chant sutras, and imitate the legend of the shepherds who offered milk to Sakyamuni before he became enlightened, and cooked porridge with fragrant grains, fruits, etc.
Buddha, called "Laba porridge".
It is said that before the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, monks in some temples would hold alms bowls and go alms along the streets to cook Laba porridge from the collected rice, chestnuts, dates, nuts and other materials.
Distributed to the poor. Legend has it that after eating it, you can get blessings from the Buddha, so the poor call it "Buddha porridge".
Even rich people are proud to get a bowl of Laba porridge. Mother, please allow your child to go to Xiangguo Temple, it’s a very lively day.”
Lu Qingqing touched her daughter's hair and said: "You can go to other people's homes, but not to ours. When your uncle Liang Ji went south to Dali, he killed many monks and snatched back the Garuda. Your father
In order to protect you, Uncle Liang, I have offended all the monks in the temple. Our family members will not be received when they go to Xiangguo Temple."
"Xiangguo Temple has taken away our Dapeng Garuda, why are you still so stingy?"
"Nonsense!" Lu Qingqing doted on his daughter's forehead and said, "That was given to the Daxiangguo Temple by His Majesty, not from our family to others, and the favor does not belong to our family.
Huh! If you hadn't jumped onto the table, how could the Garuda fall off the table and break it? If it hadn't broken, why would you have recast it so much?
Be obedient, we won’t go out, your father is not here, we have to be careful about our behavior.”
After hearing this, Yun Luoluo stomped her feet in disbelief and said, "No, my father is the most powerful general in the world, and I am the daughter of a general, so why should I stay at home?"
Lu Qingqing burst out laughing and looked at her daughter and said, "The tiger girl? That's right. Your father is so bold and fearless. As his daughter, you really need to be bolder."
Yun Luoluo immediately put on a smiling face and said, "Do you agree that the child can go out?"
Lu Qingqing said: "Since you are a tiger girl, then use the skills of a tiger girl to go out. As long as you can beat your second mother, my mother will go out with you!"
Feeling bored, Yun Luoluo muttered and left her mother: "If you don't want to go out, just tell me, why bother using Er Niang to argue? Er Niang can run a horse on her arm, who can beat her."
Before he finished speaking, his ears tightened, and then Ge Qiuyan's voice came over: "Whose arms can race horses? You are the second mother and I am one of those fancy arms on the street?"
Seeing that she couldn't escape, Yun Luoluo simply said loudly: "I can't even beat you with my fancy arms!"
Ge Qiuyan naturally knew the ins and outs of the matter. After knowing this child, he wanted to go to Daxiangguo Temple to watch the excitement, but he really couldn't agree to it. The Yun family and Buddhism were incompatible, and he would not be welcomed by others if he went there.
Said, there may be danger.
However, this child has never gone out since her husband went off to war. It is not a problem to be kept at home like this all the time. The child still has to go out and see the world.
The Yun family's farm outside the city has almost turned into a military camp. Yun Zheng's old subordinates from various places heard that Peng Jiu said that the marshal was leaving the Song Dynasty to go to the sea, and he asked them if they would go.
People have given birth to children a long time ago. Many people are born with more than one or two children. As the family grows, the career becomes smaller. As an old man, I would be derelict in my duty if I don’t seek eternal wealth for my descendants.
The idea of eating meat came to Tokyo from all directions, and they were sharpening their knives and preparing to follow the second young master to go to sea to become a pirate and make a fortune. As for the small issue of separation between husband and wife, they never considered it.
Because many people can't swim at all and get seasick when taking a boat, they must undergo rigorous retraining before going to sea. So before going to Tengzhou, Tokyo City now has to survive the winter.
Their arrival made Pang Ji very worried, but his worries were relieved as groups of people who had arrived earlier set off from Tokyo to Dengzhou.
The farm is the safest place for the Yun family. Because they have to leave, the Yun family's money can no longer be stored in the bank. All of it was converted into gold and silver by Lu Qingqing, and was resmelted in the farm into ten kilograms.
Gold nuggets and silver ingots, Ge Qiuyan has been focusing on this matter these days.
"It's okay to go out, but we can't go to Daxiangguo Temple. We can go to our farm. There is a hill next to the farm. Fortunately, there are no wild beasts there. You can go to the mountain to catch rabbits, lasso pheasants, and hunt pheasants.
wild boar.
If you want to eat Laba porridge, my second wife will cook it for you."
"Can I ride a horse?"
"That's natural, but you can only ride sideways now. It's not good for girls to ride with their legs crossed. They will become bow-legged, which will make it difficult to find a husband in the future!"
Seeing Yun Luoluo dragging his younger brother to his room to prepare for the trip, Ge Qiuyan smiled bitterly and walked into Lu Qingqing's room.
Lu Qingqing raised his head and looked at Ge Qiuyan and said: "Since we want to take them all, then bring more maids and servants. The farm is full of murderous talents who value profit over separation. Those who are rough and rough cannot take care of them."
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"Sister, why don't you turn all the gold and silver into helpless gold and silver balls, but instead cast them into gold and silver ingots weighing ten kilograms? This is still very inconvenient."
After Lu Qingqing waved all the maids to go down, he said: "Qianzhuang and some large businesses need to cast gold and silver balls of five hundred pounds each, mainly for the convenience of transportation. After these gold and silver balls are returned to the main office, they will not be moved again, and
It is used as a kind of money reserve, which means that these gold and silver balls are actually the total profit of the company.
Our family is different. We have been spending money like water in the past two years. My second uncle has been earning a lot at sea, but he still cannot make up for the huge expenses. He has no choice but to use his family wealth to supplement it.
Gold and silver ingots weighing a kilogram are the best, as they are easy to transport. If you need to purchase supplies in large quantities, these special gold and silver ingots can ensure a smooth transaction. What the Yun family needs now is credibility, so they can't afford to make mistakes."
Lu Qingqing said a lot of words, but there was no response from Ge Qiuyan. Seeing her lying on the soft couch, she seemed to be in low spirits. In the early years, this woman could not see gold and silver. What happened now? She even did what she liked most.
Nothing seems interesting at all.
"Don't even think about going to find a husband outside the Great Wall. Now is not the time for you to be willful. The children at home are the most important thing. Are you unable to live without a man or something? Can't we live without our husband?"
Lu Qingqing's words were so vicious that Ge Qiuyan raised her head unconvinced, but Lu Qingqing's sharp eyes made her lower her head again, muttering: "What's wrong with me that I just can't live without my husband? Talk to the sky.
I make sense."
Lu Qingqing reached out and slapped Ge Qiuyan's plump ass and said, "With this look, no wonder I can't sleep at night. They say beautiful women are so naughty. Is that true?"
Ge Qiuyan hugged Lu Qingqing and said with a sneer: "You are also one of the most beautiful women from thousands of miles away. Could it be that your heart is as calm as water?"
Lu Qingqing hugged Ge Qiuyan and sighed: "I am different from you. I am a big woman. When the man is not at home, I have to be the man's boss. Our whole life's hard work has been here, whether it is children or property.
Nothing can go wrong.
Even if you successfully cast all the gold and silver, how to transport it out is still a problem. Empress Cao took over Chen Lin's secret espionage department and monitored our family even more strictly."
The topic became serious, so Ge Qiuyan let go of Lu Qingqing. Although sometimes the two of them had some boudoir games when their husband was away, it was obvious that now was not the right time.
"Lanlan is really a waste. We have given her so much support, but she still can't really help us. There are some sounds when the materials and money are thrown into the water..."
"Shut up! Is this something you can control? Whether the Yun family can escape completely depends on whether Lan Lan can defeat Empress Cao. Now the emperor's life is at stake. I believe that once Lan Lan escapes Emperor Long Yubin,
This disaster will definitely give us all a surprise!" (To be continued)