Chapter 1721 Cold Winter (1)
Fu Ran went to Fu Mansion early the next morning.
Qingshu asked, "Teacher, can the matter be resolved?"
Fu Ran briefly explained the matter and said, "After the beginning of spring, I will send those two bad things back to Pingzhou, and they will not dare to come to Beijing again in the future."
After pausing, Fu Ran said what he had prepared to give Fu Hanming the calligraphy and painting shop again.
Qingshu smiled and said, "Teacher, you should discuss this with me first?"
Fu Ran knew it was inappropriate as soon as she heard it, otherwise Qingshu would not have said such words: "But I think there is nothing wrong with it."
Qingshu nodded and said, "Teacher, you will live well for another twenty years. If you ask others to wait for twenty years, do you think they will have no idea? Moreover, their family only makes money, and the salary of twenty taels of silver per month is not enough. Now they don't have to worry about the food, clothing and children's schooling costs. When the master moves out a hundred years later, will you use the money to subsidize them?"
"The words have been said, but it's not easy to change them."
Qingshu smiled and said, "It's not impossible. You can share the shares first so that you can get money every year. In this way, he is very motivated to do things, and his sister-in-law will not have any objections."
"Then how much do you think it's appropriate to give?"
Qingshu said: "Give 30% to 40% of the stocks! Brother Hanming and his sister-in-law are both sensible people. If you give them stocks, they will hand over the big head to the public center if they live together."
Fu Hanming pays 20 taels a month, and he pays 15 taels a month to Gongzhong. Although this amount of money is far from enough for the family to spend, it feels enough to have this kind of heart.
Fu Ran thought for a while and said, "Then give him 30% of the stocks next year!"
This time, she bought a betrothal gift for Jingze and almost empty her bottom. She had to hold a banquet after the wedding, which was another big expense. Therefore, it was impossible for her to give Fu Hanming the calligraphy and painting shop now. Otherwise, she would have no money in the future.
With Qingshu in the rest of her life, she will not have to worry about food and clothing. But she likes to buy books, calligraphy and paintings, so she is not good to ask Qingshu for this. Besides, she will take her children out to play and buy a food that you can have money at hand.
Qingshu nodded and said, "Teacher, if you have a tight hand, tell me."
Fu Ran smiled and said, "I have a shop and farm. What do you want your money to do? You should use the money in your business."
After pausing, Fu Ran asked, "Would the Queen ask the Imperial Heaven to calculate the day?"
Qingshu smiled and shook his head and said, "No. The Empress said that it would be better to wait until the first month of this matter was before asking the imperial divine day to calculate the day. Otherwise, the Empress Dowager would know that she would blame her again."
"The Queen is such a good-nature, why doesn't she look down on me?"
Qingshu said: "Like Mrs. Guan, she wants a daughter-in-law who listens to her in everything. Unfortunately, she can't do it accurately."
"Listen to her everything? That's not a human, it's a puppet."
This is the final say. Some mother-in-law hope that their daughter-in-law will be at their mercy like puppets, but this is just their wishful thinking. Besides, it really looks like they are at their mercy and will dislike the other party for no use.
Honggu walked in and said, "Madam, the carriage is ready."
"where are you going?"
Qingshu said, "I want to go to the girls' school to have a look."
The two days suddenly became very cold, especially last night when it became colder. After practicing in the evening, she went back to the room and was so cold that she was trembling a few steps away. Because the two children's bedrooms were covered with floor heating, she was not worried about the children being frozen. However, the girl did not have floor heating, so the bedding and cotton coats and pants she prepared for the female students were probably not enough.
Fu Ran nodded and asked, "Where is Yu Huan?"
"I went out with Uncle Miao early in the morning."
When she went out, Qingshu wore a thick white tiger skin cloak, otherwise she would not be able to withstand it. Even people like her who are not afraid of the cold are dressed like rice dumplings, let alone others.
When he arrived at Qingshan Girls' School, Qingshu went to the student's house to check it out.
The bedding was newly built and very thick, but at night, the wind was biting cold and Qingshu felt that the bedding was not enough. Qingshu asked Su Pei: "Does the students say it was cold to sleep at night?"
Madam Fei pushed Su Pei out and asked her to answer this question.
Su Pei mustered up the courage and said, "Yes. The day before yesterday, a student told me that his hands and feet were still cold after sleeping for a night, so I let the two of them sleep together last night, so it would be much warmer."
Qingshu said: "It's such a cold day now, it's not too warm to sleep with two people."
Su Pei didn't say anything anymore.
"From today, I'll put two basins of charcoal fires in each room at night. I've already taken someone to buy charcoal and I'll send it back later."
Su Pei was silent and said, "If you put two basins of charcoal fires in a room, it will cost a lot of money."
Qingshu said: "If everyone feels cold after burning the charcoal fire, it will cost even more money."
At the beginning, I also considered the problem that children could not bear the cold weather, but the weather was not so cold in the past two years. After training, these students were not so afraid of the cold. But this year was colder than in previous years, and even Qingshu couldn't hold on, let alone them.
Yuxia said, "The mountain leader, it is really expensive to put two basins of charcoal fires in one house. Otherwise, let twenty people live in one house, which can save some money."
Qingshu thinks this suggestion is very good: "The doors and windows of charcoal burning fire should not be closed tightly, so there must be gaps. Otherwise, it will be bad for the health."
"Yes, the mountain leader."
Qingshu ate lunch in the canteen where the girl school was. She was not sure when she came to the school and she would go to the canteen to have dinner every time she came. So the manager and the chef dared not slacken off, otherwise they would be shameless.
After lunch, Qingshu went back.
Not long after entering the city, the carriage suddenly stopped. Hong Gu asked, "What's going on?"
Jianmu said, "Madam, there are corpses in front of you, so they have to pass first."
Usually, when you encounter someone else's funeral, you will stop waiting for them to pass, otherwise it will make people feel that it is unlucky to compete with the dead.
Qingshu didn't hear the wailing sounds or the sound of suona, so he couldn't help but push open the window of the carriage. A carriage happened to pass by them, and there were three children's bodies on the carriage.
Qingshu took a breath of air conditioning, then pushed the carriage away. The bitter wind blew on her body, making Qingshu shudder.
The old yamen runner who was pulling the body was called out and was not happy, but when he saw Qingshu wearing a tiger skin cloak, he quickly gave a gift: "This lady, I wonder what's wrong with calling the little brother?"
Qingshu pointed to the three frozen bodies on the cart and asked, "What's going on with these three children?"
The old man quickly explained: "These three are beggars. They were frozen to death last night."
These three bodies were found at noon and reported to the officials, and then he was instructed to pull the person out and buried.
"Where did you freeze to death?"
"It's in a broken house on North Street."
Qingshu said to Honggu, "Give him a golden leaf."
Hong Gu handed a piece of golden leaves one or two to the old yamen runner.
The old yamen runner dared not accept the money.
Qingshu said, "This is not for you. You use this money to buy three coffins to bury the three children, and then buy some paper money to burn them."
The old yamen runner knelt on the ground and said, "Madam, I am grateful to you, these three children, for your help."
Chapter completed!