This is the first time Shangguan Wan Ning has traveled far away. In her last life, she was so well protected by her parents that she had no idea about the dangers of the world and people's hearts. Now...
She prayed and worshiped Buddha along the way and visited many places.
After traveling intermittently for a month, she arrived at the hometown of Imperial Doctor Qin. After asking for medicine for her mother, she sent someone back and found an excuse to stay and learn medical skills from Doctor Qin.
"Miss, this servant has heard about it."
After dinner in the evening, Shangguan Wan Ning had just returned to the room when Lu Tong came in excitedly, with a smiling face full of excitement.
"I heard that Zhang Yuanwai's mother is also a kind-hearted person who worships Buddha sincerely. Tomorrow is the fifteenth day, and she will go to the temple to offer incense."
Shangguan Wan Ning sat in front of the dressing mirror and nodded slightly, then took off the hairpin from her hair.
"Go down and prepare a simple sedan for me tomorrow. Let's also go to the temple to buy some sesame oil money."
"Yes. But..." Lu Tong walked up behind Shangguan Wan Ning and picked up a comb to comb her long hair, "Miss, I don't understand why you are so careful to get close to an old folk lady? You and her
There is no intersection at all.”
Shangguan Wan Ning smiled sweetly. She didn't know how to explain it to Lu Tong.
This old lady may save many lives in the future.
"When the time comes, you will naturally understand."
Lu Tong didn't ask any more questions and served Shangguan Wan Ning to sleep.
A night of silence.
Early the next morning, Shangguan Wan Ning came to the temple outside the town with only two bearers and Lu Tong.
The incense in this temple is not very prosperous. Even on the fifteenth day, there are only a few people who come to offer incense.
Shangguan Wan Ning immediately saw the old lady kneeling in front of the Buddha and chanting sutras devoutly.
She walked over silently and started chanting.
About an hour later, the old lady stood up with the help of the maid. She looked at Shangguan Wan Ning, who was wearing a veil, and walked away.
When the old lady walked out of the temple, the already gloomy sky suddenly blew up with strong winds, gusts of which were as biting as steel knives.
"Old madam, please wait a moment again. I'll ask the bearers to bring the sedan over." The maid said and hurried out.
The old lady seemed to have something on her mind. She looked at the gray sky in the distance and took a step forward absentmindedly. Unexpectedly, she missed the step and fell to the ground.
"Old lady, are you okay?"
This scene happened to be seen by Shangguan Wan Ning who came out. She quickly stepped forward and helped the old lady up.
The old lady's face turned pale with pain from the fall.
Shangguan Wan Ning took out a handkerchief and spread it on the steps, and helped the old lady sit down. When she saw the old lady trembling, she took off her cloak and put it on the old lady.
"Little girl, thank you." The old lady looked at Shangguan Wan Ning with a smile, "You look unfamiliar, you don't seem to be from our town?"
Shangguan Wan Ning lowered her eyes and smiled lightly, and her thin veil could not conceal her stunning beauty.
"I came here to study medicine, and I want to go back and help my mother take care of her body."
The old lady's favorable impression of Chu Xueying increased a little, and she nodded with a smile. "A filial and sensible child will have a good destiny. Besides, I think you are so sincere in worshiping Buddha."
Shangguan Wan Ning sat down next to the old lady. She secretly rejoiced. She didn't expect that even God was helping her and getting close to the old lady would be so smooth.
The old man and the young man chatted for a while and were very sympathetic, until the old lady's maid came with the bearer.
The old lady invited Shangguan Wan Ning to visit her home the next day, and Shangguan Wan Ning happily agreed.
The next day, Shangguan Wan Ning came to Zhang Mansion with the ointment prepared by Qin Imperial Physician.
Madam Zhang had already arranged for her servants to wait outside the door.
The Zhang Mansion is built in the center of the town. It is just a house with two entrances and two exits. It looks very low-key.
However, Shangguan Wan Ning could tell that every piece of furniture in the room was priceless.
After all, Mrs. Zhang's son is the largest rice merchant in the country, and the Zhang family is in charge of almost half of the rice grain in the Central Plains.
In the following days, Shangguan Wan Ning stayed with Mrs. Zhang while staying with Mrs. Qin.
The weather was getting colder and colder, and her heart was slowly sinking.
The first heavy snow of winter finally came. Shangguan Wan Ning looked at the falling snow and couldn't help but frown in pain.
The snow disaster came as promised, just like in the memory.
The blizzard continues, and the entire northwest region is shrouded in ice and snow.
This year, the autumn harvest was not ideal, and people were short of food at home. In the past, you could go into the mountains to find some game to satisfy your hunger, but now, it is difficult to even go up the mountains or go out.
Continuous blizzards trampled the houses, causing numerous casualties and displacement of the people. They were forced to leave their homes and wander around, and countless people froze to death and starved to death.
"Miss," Lutong had never experienced such a severe cold before. She wrapped herself into a rice dumpling and was still shivering from the cold. "How about... let's go back to the capital."
Shangguan Wan Ning couldn't bear to see Lu Tong's hands covered with frostbite.
She took Lutong's hand and wrapped it in her palm, rubbed it gently, and comforted: "I'm sorry for bringing you here to endure hardships with me. But... you can't go back now. I promise you, after the snow disaster is over, I will
Take you home."
"Yeah." Lutong nodded with tears in his eyes.
With a young lady who treats me so kindly, I would be willing to die here.
Shangguan Wan Ning saw countless victims pouring into the city, hoping to get help from the government.
She counted the days until Xiao Yujue was ordered to provide disaster relief.
"Physician Qin, please use this money to buy some rice and noodles for me. I want to set up a tent at the entrance of the town and give out porridge."
Shangguan Wan Ning took out her personal money and gave it to Qin Taiyi.
Doctor Qin secretly took a breath of cold air, pondered for a long time, and then persuaded: "Miss, I know you have good intentions. But the current situation is that there are too many monks and too little rice, and the price of rice has risen sharply. I'm worried..."
"I understand. I have already written to my father. I think he will report the disaster here to the emperor as soon as possible. As for anything else..."
Shangguan Wan Ning walked to the window, looked at the silver-covered outside, and said seriously: "If you can save one... count it as one."
Imperial Physician Qin took Shangguan Wan Ning's money to buy rice. The shopkeeper of the rice shop heard that it was used for disaster relief, so he sold it to her at the original price.
Soon, a shed was erected at the entrance of the town and began to provide porridge. People queued up to receive the porridge in an endless stream every day, without stopping from morning to night.
Just as the Qin Imperial Physician said, this small amount of food is simply a drop in the bucket.
"Why didn't the government open the warehouse?"
After the disaster started, Shangguan Wanning didn't see anything done by the government and couldn't help but feel strange.
Doctor Qin stroked his beard and said calmly: "Miss, you don't know something. The situation here in the northwest is different from other places."