Chapter 877 Digging a Well
Chu Kuang came over, bent her knees slightly, and asked, "Master, I asked the cook to prepare a few banquets for you to enjoy. Will the banquets be placed in the lobby or in the flower hall?"
"Let's put it in the lobby. Prepare a few more bottles of wine for Fox and the others." He turned to Chu Jingqi and asked, "Aqi, what kind of wine do you want to drink?"
"As long as the bamboo leaves are green in twenty years."
"Go down and get ready." Xia Zihan nodded to Chu Chuan.
Chu Kuang said yes and went down.
In the evening, after dinner, Xia Zihan and Chu Jingqi returned to their room.
After the couple took a quick bath and exercised twice, when Chu Jingqi was about to come for the third time, Xia Zihan stopped him and said feebly, "No, I have to prepare to pay homage to my grandfather tomorrow." Thing, you can’t keep me from getting out of bed.”
The reason why they chose to pass through Yi'an City was that they came specifically to pay homage to Mr. Chu Ge, and that she had notified Chu Kui in a letter a month ago that she would sell off all the items in all the shops in Jiangnan, and then Bring everyone back to the capital.
None of the servants and maids in her current shop are outsiders. They are all hers. They are all people that Fox and Chu Lin have worked hard for several years to cultivate. She does not want them to suffer from the drought in Jiangnan. .
Chu Jingqi rolled off her body, holding her tightly with his arms like iron clamps, and holding her legs between her legs. He said in a hoarse voice, "Go to sleep. I won't move you. I'll stay with you tomorrow." You go together to buy things belonging to the priest’s grandfather.”
After a pause, he added, "This is my first time coming to worship my grandfather. I have to behave well and let my grandfather appreciate me."
"Grandpa will definitely like you, and eldest brother. It is also the first time for eldest brother to pay homage to grandpa. Grandpa will definitely be very happy to see eldest brother."
When Xia Zihan came to Yi'an City this time, he specially brought Chu Yuexi and Chu Jingqi to pay homage to Mr. Chu Ge.
These two people, one is the heir and grandson of Mr. Chu Ge, and the other is the nephew and son-in-law of Mr. Chu Ge. They are both very close to Mr. Chu Ge. When they pass by Jiangnan, they must come to pay homage to Mr. Chu Ge.
Otherwise, Mrs. Chu would feel uncomfortable.
……
The next day, Chu Yuexi and Xia Zihan took a large group of maids and servants to the market and personally selected items belonging to the priest Chu Ge Lao.
In the afternoon, Chu Jingqi and Chu Yuexi went to make arrangements for worshiping. Chu Kuang took the opportunity to report the accounts of the stores in Jiangnan to Xia Zihan.
All the shops in Jiangnan were closed three days ago, and the prices of the items in the shops were reduced. Dozens of shop-building treasures were left behind, which were collected by Chu Kuang into the warehouse.
Chu Kui placed several thick account books in front of Xia Zihan, and then reported the affairs in the shop, and then said, "The people and servants below have made arrangements. They will gather in Yi'an City in three days. Set off back to Beijing with the princess.”
"Well, prepare a few more carriages and take away everything in the warehouse without leaving anything behind." Xia Zihan ordered.
She stood up and walked to the door, reluctant to look at the house.
A month after the chaos in Jiangnan, the plague spread. Within three days, corpses were everywhere, and the whole air was filled with the smell of rotting corpses.
The bark of trees, grass, and even the soil on the walls have been dug up and eaten up. In some places, people have even gone so far as to eat people.
Soon after the plague occurred, several cities became dead cities.
Yi'an City was not the center of the plague, but if the victims were in chaos, it would be difficult to save this house.
But...you can't take it away, let alone leave people to guard it. Not to mention the plague, even if the drought comes, no one can escape. If you leave people here, it will be a dead end. Xia Zihan thought for a while and then ordered Chu Kui, "Pack all the valuable things in the house and take them away. If there are not enough carriages, we will rent them. If we don't have enough manpower, we will ask people from the escort agency to help. We can't bring furniture or anything else." Go ahead and put them all in the warehouse and lock them with a few more locks.”
That's all she can do.
After Chu Kui retreated, Xia Zihan wrote a letter and called Chu Lin to tell her something, "I remember that Zheng Wenting's family is in Yi'an City. You can go to Zheng's house and take a look around quietly. See if Zheng Wenting is here. If so, give him this letter.”
The letter stated that the Qintian Supervisor had calculated that there would be a drought in Jiangnan this year and asked him to make preparations in advance.
For the sake of her friends, she took the risk to give Zheng Wenting a warning.
After Chu Lin left with the letter, she came back less than an hour later, "Princess, the letter has been given to the young master of the Zheng family."
"Yeah, I understand." As a friend, this was the only thing she could do for him.
The next day, Chu Yuexi and Chu Jingqi wore plain clothes and left the city early to worship at Mr. Chu Ge's grave.
After the worship, it was already noon, and Chu Jingqi returned to the city with Xia Zihan and Chu Yuexi, who were crying and with red eyes.
The fox stayed and asked his mother-in-law to prepare a banquet for several people who were guarding the cemetery. During the meal, the fox suddenly asked, "How deep is the well in the small yard where you live?"
The fox suddenly asked about this, which surprised the three people who were enjoying their meal, but still told him, "The terrain here is high, and the well is dug quite deep, more than fifty meters."
There is a lot of rain in Jiangnan and there are few droughts. Therefore, the wells dug by every household are not very deep, only twenty or thirty meters.
Fifty meters is considered deep.
The fox said, "Fifty meters, I'm afraid it's not deep enough. This is a drought. I'm afraid it will take a hundred meters to get water."
Then, without waiting for the three people to react, they decided to hire someone to deepen the well. And, as promised, the well diggers came the next day and drained the well water without saying a word. , the well was deepened fifty meters.
The three of them all felt that the fox was inexplicable, but they didn't need to pay for it even if they paid for it. Moreover, the deeper the well was dug, the more delicious the water would be.
Therefore, although the three of them were very confused, they didn't say much.
However, a few months later, when the drought in the south of the Yangtze River came and the city of Yi'an was in chaos due to lack of water and food, their well was still leaking water. Although there was not much water, it was still muddy when it was pumped up. After one night, there would be half a bucket of clean water, enough for the three of them to drink.
Therefore, with this little water, the three of them managed to save their lives in a drought that only happened once in a century. For this reason, the three of them were very grateful to Xia Zihan and the others.
……
Chu Jingqi hugged Xia Zihan and saw Zheng Wenting as soon as she got off the carriage.
When Zheng Wenting saw them, he came over and said, "Master Chu, Princess..."
Just when I was about to say hello, I saw Xia Zihan's eyes were red and swollen, and she looked like she had cried.
(End of chapter)