The fourth girl made the whole family cry again

At Zhou Xixi's side, any trouble can't be solved by a hot pot meal.

But for Princess Jianing, who was involved in this matter, after the happiness was over, the cloud of worry still existed.

The maid brought a tea set and informed them that there were snowflakes falling outside.

Most of the snowflakes in the winter moon come down together with the ice particles and turn into water when they fall to the ground.

The three of them looked outside through the window for a while, and then went back when there was nothing to see.

There are two charcoal basins in the room. It can't be deserted when there are guests.

Fortunately, Zhou Xixi has endless Yinshuang charcoal, so the house doesn't smell like soot.

"Tell me, you didn't want the fourth girl to give you an idea, so why didn't you say anything?"

Cheng Yuan couldn't see Jia Ning, who had always been so quiet, so silent at this time.

Zhou Xixi is not in a hurry. She has recently learned to make tea. She puts a small clay pot on the charcoal fire and waits for the water to boil.

Jianing glanced at Zhou Xixi and saw that she was not looking at him, but was staring at the tea set with gentle eyebrows.

"As you know, the Emperor has decreed that I should be married to the North. It's always cold there and there's almost no grass growing. There's not even a decent house, I have to live in shacks. And I'm afraid of the customs there. It won’t be like what your book says. I don’t want to be Wang Zhaojun!

My father, the princess, and my concubine didn’t even say a word of rejection. When the imperial edict came down, they just pressured me not to make a fuss!

I really doubt whether I am the biological daughter of my father, the queen, and my concubine! "

Zhou Xixi scalded the tea set with boiling water, washed it with the first wave of tea, and waited for the second wave of water before pouring it into the teacup.

"Taste it!"

Zhou Xixi is absolutely confident in her craft.

The two of them tasted the tea and didn't feel there was any difference, but they still praised it a few times.

Zhou Xixi drank a round of tea and looked at Princess Jianing.

"Isn't it a bit unnecessary for you to ask me? The eldest princess is over there. Can you just beg her?"

Zhou Xixi benefited a lot from the eldest princess and felt that she was an omnipotent being.

Princess Jianing shook her head and shed tears from her eyes.

"It's useless. The imperial edict has been issued. What can my cousin do?"

The person who had always been flamboyant and domineering suddenly became as soft as a little sheep, and she was quite fond of him. To be honest, she didn't want Princess Jianing to marry the Northern Territory.

The environment there is even worse than Inner Mongolia. It is deserted everywhere, and even a large area is barren of grass. If it were not difficult to survive, how could they find ways to migrate to the south? They are fighting all year round just to survive better!

A princess who was raised in fine clothes and fine food in the capital, with a fragile body, could not withstand such a cold environment.

In ancient times, the marriage was under the banner of friendship between the two parties and advocated peace.

How can true peace be brought by a woman!

Sometimes the status of a royal family is not as comfortable as that of an ordinary official woman.

Zhou Xixi's eyes moved, and she thought for a while, but she found that she could not break the inherent tradition of marriage.

"Didn't you say that Man Di returned to the Northern Dynasty? Why did you come to marry me? It should be the princess's wedding!

Since the princess is getting married, there should be a palace in the capital.

Also, since Man Di has submitted to me, the Northern Dynasty, he must show some sincerity. If Prince Man Di comes to the capital, it will be over. He said that after getting married, he will live in both places. If you want to go there then, you can go there. If you don’t want to go, just use the excuse to stay in the capital.

However, there is one thing you may only be able to marry Prince Mandi, unless you are dead or become a nun! "

Zhou Xixi's words made Princess Jianing's eyes brighter and brighter.

Cheng Yuan also clapped her hands and laughed. "Look, let me tell you, you must be right to find Miss Thursday!"

Compared to marrying in the north, marrying later in the capital is the best outcome.

Princess Jianing couldn't care less about the snow falling more and more, she couldn't wait to go back and let Prince Yu go to the palace to find out the news.

After seeing off the two of them, Zhou Xixi asked someone to move the charcoal pot to the outhouse and went to bed herself.

As December approaches, it snows in Beijing for three consecutive days.

Snowflakes fell and piled up on the ground.

There are refugees coming from everywhere in the capital.

Every winter, refugees from various provinces will flock to the capital. This year, some simple places will be built to accommodate the refugees, and porridge will be given to these refugees every day.

Zhou Xixi came to Wutong Garden and saw Liu Jiaojiao packing some clothes and food that could be stored.

These things are to be sent to refugee shelters.

Businessmen value profits and sometimes reputation.

Zhou Xixi watched her mother-in-law carry out the large and small bags of things, and she walked to Liu Jiaojiao's side.

When she had nothing to do in winter, she would come to Wutong Garden every day to learn how to read the account books from her mother.

"Mom, why can't these refugees live by working here? We can take in the old, young, sick and disabled, but many young people have to wait for charity to eat and drink even though they can obviously make money. Isn't this wrong?"

Two days ago, when Zhou Xixi came back from the princess's mansion, she saw many people waiting in line for porridge. In fact, they could all be strong laborers.

Liu Jiaojiao took out the account book that she wanted to verify today. She didn't rush to look through it. She thought about Zhou Xixi's words carefully.

"The refugees who come to the capital are actually villagers from nearby villages. In recent years, the imperial court has fought wars and the taxes collected have increased. The food grown by these people is not enough to eat, and there is no such thing as porridge, so they will save the food until then. Eat, and when there is a soup kitchen, they come here to beg.”

Zhou Xixi nodded.

"Business is not so good in winter. The Chinese New Year is coming soon. There is a shortage of New Year's goods and lanterns everywhere. There is also a shortage of porters at the dock. Large families still have people who need to be cleaned. They can use their identity documents to get a short job. Then you can keep your stomach full and earn some money!"

Liu Jiaojiao looked at Zhou Xixi quietly for a while.

"Have I found that you have a business acumen? Your method is not impossible. The rice shop near Xuanwu Street and the fresh market are short of manpower to purchase goods. I asked the shopkeeper to find some reliable people in nearby villages. First If we hire part-time workers, if we do well, we can reserve workers for the coming year.”

"Mother, this is a good idea, but you are the first to do it, and I am afraid that some people will object. I will write a letter to the eldest princess to let her see if it is feasible. When the time comes, Zhuque Street and Xuanwu Street will be opened at the same time, and no one will He’s going to look for trouble!”

Zhou Xixi was really idle these days, so she just did what she said.

Within a few days, with the eldest princess taking the lead, shops all over the capital put up signs recruiting workers, and the porridge shops also came as usual, but gradually the only people begging for porridge were the elderly and young and weak children.

As December enters the last ten days, the flavor of the New Year is getting stronger and stronger.

This is Zhou Xixi’s first year here.

All the new clothes for the Chinese New Year were sent over. Xi Zhi said that in previous years there were two sets, but this year the girls all had sex and were getting married, so they made four sets.

Murong Bo also asked someone to bring Zhou Xixi a snow fox cloak, pure white fox fur, cyan silk, and croissant horn boots.

Zhou Xixi likes it very much.

In return, since he didn't know how to make clothes or shoes, he drew him a picture of wintersweet in the snow.

Good news also came from Princess Jianing. After the year, Prince Mandi came to Beijing to discuss marriage with Princess Jianing of Prince Yi's Mansion.

It's about discussing marriage, but it doesn't mean it's finalized yet.