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Chapter 111 The snow disaster is over
Director Hu nodded, "Mr. Pu, you are right. We adults think so too. When he is done with what he is doing, I think he will re-open the case."

Pu Rui remembered that Magistrate Wu went to his house to look for him before, and looked at Master Hu with a half-smile, "I haven't asked Mr. Wu what business he is busy with recently after talking for so long? But I, Mr. Pu, can A place to help.”

Master Hu was a little confused: "Mr. Pu, you also know that our Lord has always loved the people as our own children."

After Pu Rui nodded, Master Hu continued: "During this period, didn't the county encounter a heavy snowfall that has been rare in more than ten years? The people in the county had no firewood to burn, and many people froze to death in their homes. Although Many wealthy households in the county have donated charcoal, but how can that little thing solve the problem? The two of us, adults, are busy solving this problem."

Pu Rui heard this and said with a smile: "I thought it was a big deal. It happens that our Pu family has a charcoal shop. Our Pu family may not be able to bring out other things, but we can still get charcoal. When I get back, I will ask someone to send all the charcoal in the warehouse to the county government office to solve Mr. Wu's urgent need."

Mr. Hu clapped his hands and shouted: "Oh, Mr. Pu, you have done a great favor to Mr. Wu. I will send someone to inform Mr. Wu and ask him to come back quickly. There is no need to run around for firewood anymore." .”

Nearly two quarters of an hour later, Magistrate Wu walked in from outside with his feet wet and snowflakes still on his body.

Seeing Master Wu like this, Pu Rui felt a little relieved: "Master Wu really loves the people like a son, and he is still running for the people in such weather."

Magistrate Wu waved his hand and said with a smile: "Mr. Pu, you are really kind and generous. I heard that you are willing to donate all the charcoal in your home for the people of the county?"

Pu Rui said with a righteous look on his face: "Magistrate Wu has been commended. I am also a member of Nanxing County. Nanxing County has encountered such a disaster. I should make some contributions to Nanxing County. I will let him go when I go back soon." People sent all the firewood in their warehouses to the county government."

Magistrate Wu shook his head and said, "Mr. Pu has already donated so much charcoal to the county. How can I trouble you anymore? I'll send someone to pull it myself later."

When Pu Rui heard Magistrate Wu's words, he gritted his teeth and said, "That's okay."

Finally, Pu Rui chatted with County Magistrate Wu for a few more words, and stood up to leave without mentioning Pu Xiuhua again.

It's okay not to say goodbye. It was so cold in the hall that his whole body was almost stiff.

After Pu Rui left, Master Hu urged Magistrate Wu to go back to the back of the county office to change into clean shoes and clothes, and then had the charcoal basin brought up.

After Magistrate Wu came out from behind, Chief Hu asked Magistrate Wu: "Should we put Pu Xiuhua back?"

In fact, it was not easy to find reasons and evidence to catch Pu Xiuhua. Chief Hu and County Magistrate Wu did not want to put Pu Xiuhua back at all, but with the help of the county government officials, they did not dare to confront the Pu family head-on. .

Magistrate Wu felt depressed, but he had no choice. His previous letters to the court, requesting the court to send people to Nanxing County to deal with the Pu family's affairs, all came to nothing.

Later, Pu Xiuwen passed the imperial examination and married the concubine of He Hongyi, the Minister of Household Affairs, who was also a disciple of Yao Shoufu.

His second uncle wrote to him, asking him not to mention the matter of sending people to Nanxing County to thoroughly investigate the Pu family, let alone offend the Pu family easily.

Thinking of this, Magistrate Wu finally sighed deeply and said, "Let's lock him up for today and let him back tomorrow."

At that time, all the firewood and other supplies will be brought to the county government.

After saying this, Magistrate Wu asked Master Hu again: "Have the grandparents and grandson settled down?"

Director Hu nodded, "Don't worry, sir. I have sent the grandfather and grandson away from Nanxing County."

"That's fine."

The next day, Pu Xiuhua was released, and soon after came the news that the county government was distributing free charcoal.

Three more days later, the heavy snow that lasted for more than ten days finally stopped. Everyone in Nanxing County breathed a sigh of relief. Although the snow on the road has not gone away, it is still difficult for people to walk, and the weather is still cold, the haze weighing on their hearts is lessened now that they can see the sun.

It has been snowing during this period, and Zhou Ran and Ye Ximing did not return to the village.

After the snow on the road melted and the carriage could pass, the two of them took the time to return to the village as Ye Ximing did not have to go to Mr. Zou's class.

Knowing that everything was fine at home and with the care of the Ye family, even though a house in Da Niu's house collapsed, Da Niu and grandma were both safe, Zhou Ran and Ye Ximing returned to the county seat.

As the days passed, those families whose houses were collapsed by the snow moved into newly built houses with the help of the yamen, and life in the county returned to peace.

However, this year the Liu family's caravan did not come back until the middle of the twelfth lunar month.

On the sixteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, Ye Ximing was obviously in a good mood when he came back from Mr. Zou's house.

Zhou Ran asked him with a smile: "Is there any news about the Liu family's caravan?"

Ye Ximing nodded, "The caravan sent a message to Brother Liu, saying he will be back in three or four days."

After saying this, Ye Ximing hugged Zhou Ran, kissed her, and explained with a smile: "But it's not because of this that I'm in a good mood." At least it's not entirely because of this.

Zhou Ran followed his words and asked, "Why is that?"

Ye Ximing said: "Teacher got the news that the emperor recovered from his illness and went to court."

In the past, the teacher did not approve of him taking the imperial examination and entering the court, and he himself was a little hesitant. However, after the teacher heard that the emperor had recovered from his illness and heard about the emperor's behavior after returning to the court, he became much stricter on him. Obviously, he wanted to Let him continue to take the imperial examination and become an official in the court.

It has been his wish for many years to take the imperial examination and enter the imperial court, so how could he not be happy about it.

Zhou Ran was a little curious, "The emperor has been ill for more than a year, why did he suddenly recover?" She thought the emperor was about to die.

In fact, it's not just Zhou Ran who thinks this way, but also Ye Ximing, Mr. Zou, and many people in the world.

The emperor's recovery was kept secret from the ministers. Even the ministers did not know how the emperor recovered.

It is said that the emperor suddenly appeared in the court that day and announced that he had recovered from his illness.

However, Zhou Ran just asked casually and was not obsessed with the answer.

On the twentieth day of the twelfth lunar month, the Liu family's caravan arrived in Nanxing County.

With last year's experience, the caravan has almost doubled its revenue this year.

When Ye Ximing came back from the Liu family, he brought back 1,800 taels of silver notes, a small box of gems in excellent condition, and four snow fox skins as mentioned before.

He handed the things to Zhou Ran and said with a smile: "Now these leathers should be enough for you to make a cloak."

(End of this chapter)