Pray for rain

On the day Xie Wei was born, a light rain came in Yicheng, which is located in the northwest and has been suffering from drought for a long time, which moistened the parched land.The elders in the family all said that this was auspiciousness from heaven and a good omen, so Taiwei Xie named his son Xie Wei.

Taiwei Xie knelt down in front of the Temple of Rain for a long time, he didn't dare to expect abundant rain in Yicheng, he only hoped that like this day, with a few occasional light rains, the lives of thousands of people in the desert could be saved.

Ever since Xie Wei was born, although there was little rain in Yicheng, it has never experienced severe drought again.The people in the city all thought that Xie Wei was a child favored by the Rain God, and they kept sending things to the Taiwei's mansion to express their gratitude, but Taiwei Xie sent them back one by one.

Xie Wei has been as gentle and obedient as his own mother since he was a child. Everyone he met praised Xie Wei for being smart.When he was six years old, Mrs. Xie gave birth to another girl, who was cute as Yuxue.

Xie Wei lay beside Mrs. Xie to look at her younger sister. The younger sister's eyebrows were long and pale, and her mouth was puckered. Xie Wei then reached out to poke her round cheek.Nurse Wen next to Mrs. Xie grabbed his troublesome hand and said softly, "You can't pinch my sister's face, you'll drool."

Xie Wei felt lonely and wanted to withdraw her hand, but Mrs. Xie who was lying on the bed smiled and said, "But we can touch it lightly." His eyes were full of excitement again, and he gently touched the face of his infant sister.

Xie Wei thought, if he could touch the clouds in the sky, those clouds would be as soft as his sister's face.

Taiwei Xie thought of several names for the Pearl of the Palm in his study, but he couldn't decide on them, so he decided to let Madam Xie choose them all.Mrs. Xie looked at it, pointed to one of them and said, "They're all pretty good, but this one sounds the best, and it's called Yuanyuan."

In fact, no matter which Madam Xie chooses, Taiwei Xie will readily agree.He picked up his son, his eyes were full of joy: "Ah, my sister is Yuanyuan, okay?"

Xie Wei looked at Xie Yuan who was sleeping soundly, and said loudly: "When I grow up, I will protect mother and Yuan Yuan!"

Madam Xie laughed and said, "Okay."

Time flies, and Xie Wei is gone in a blink of an eye.Three years ago, for unknown reasons, Yicheng began to experience severe drought again, and the rainfall became less and less.Xie Wei saw that Taiwei Xie was working too hard, so he accompanied him every day to deal with the government affairs of Yicheng.

The sun was shining brightly this day, just as Xie Wei came out of Taiwei Xie's room, Xie Yuan stopped him.Xie Yuan had a pair of beautiful eyes like Xie Wei, and when she smiled, her brows were crooked. She grabbed Xie Wei's sleeve and begged, "Brother! Can you go out riding with Yuan Yuan?"

Seeing that Xie Yuan was full of interest, Xie Wei couldn't refuse her, but today's heat was unbearable and the sun was shining brightly. Xie Wei squatted down and asked, "Is Yuan Yuan not hot?"

"not hot!"

Originally, the daughter of a bureaucrat in Mobei knew how to ride a horse. When Xie Yuan was born, everything was fine. Unexpectedly, she had a serious illness when she was five years old. Since then, she is not only thinner than other girls of the same age, but also unable to learn how to ride a horse.Xie Yuan is so strong, every once in a while he would pester Xie Wei to teach her how to ride a horse.

"Yuanyuan doesn't remember the last time you rode a horse, your legs were worn out?"

Xie Yuan blushed, then tears welled up in his eyes, and he choked up and said, "Does my brother think I'm useless too, unlike the daughter of the Taiwei's family?"

Xie Wei gently wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, and sighed: "How could it be, mother can't ride a horse either?"

Xie Yuan still sobbed and said: "But the daughters of my father's subordinates can ride, but I can't. They all laugh at me."

Seeing her aggrieved appearance, Xie Wei was very distressed, and sighed: "Don't cry, I will accompany you."

Xie Yuan smiled through tears, Xie Wei asked the maid beside her to bring a veil and a veil, and put them on carefully for her.Xie Yuan felt stuffy and wanted to tear off the veil.Xie Wei's complexion darkened: "What should I do if I get sunburned and tanned? People will say that we, Yuan Yuan, are an ugly girl."

After hearing this, Xie Yuan was caught without a fight, and stood there obediently waiting for Xie Wei to put on the veil for her.

After reporting to Mrs. Xie, Xie Wei took Xie Yuan out in a carriage.The person in charge of the Xiejia Racecourse outside the city had already received the news and was waiting for their arrival.

Xie Yuan was very excited looking at the strong horses in the racecourse.Xie Wei picked out a docile mare for her, helped her onto the horse, and led the horse slowly around the racecourse.Xie Yuan knows her body well and doesn't demand too much. It is also very happy to walk her slowly in the racecourse like this.

She raised her voice immediately: "I like my brother the most!"

"Master!"

Captain Xie's servant suddenly stopped him, Xie Wei let go of the reins, and said to Xie Yuan: "Don't move around, wait for me here."

Xie Wei walked up to the servant and asked, "What's the matter?"

The servant replied: "The Taiwei asked you to go back, saying that there is something important to discuss."

Xie Wei looked at Xie Yuan who was smiling happily in the distance, and was a little embarrassed: "What is so important?"

The servant replied in a low voice: "It is said that it is news from the capital in the south that the matter of the South-to-North Water Diversion has begun."

Xie Wei was ecstatic in his heart, this was a big event for Yicheng, he couldn't accompany Xie Yuan today, so he had to change another day.He walked towards Xie Yuan, still thinking about how to tell her, but suddenly he saw Xie Yuan's horse galloping and galloping towards the outside of the racecourse, and the servants couldn't stop it.

"Yuan Yuan!" Xie Wei was so anxious that he got on a horse beside him and chased after Xie Yuan.

Xie Yuan fell on the horse, and was knocked out of order.She held on to the rein tightly, afraid of being thrown off by the horse that suddenly went berserk.She saw Xie Wei chasing behind her on a horse from a distance, and secretly prayed that Xie Wei would catch up with her quickly, so that she would never mess around again.

For some reason, two men suddenly appeared on the empty road ahead. Afraid of bumping into them, Xie Yuan cried loudly: "Get out of the way!"

Unexpectedly, only one man backed away, while the other man was still standing there.When Xie Yuan rushed in front of him on a horse, he suddenly flew on the horse, carried Xie Yuan off, and placed him on the flat ground.Suddenly out of danger, Xie Yuan cried out of breath, only to hear the man say softly: "Don't be afraid, it's okay."

As the horse ran farther and farther, Xie Wei also rushed to Xie Yuan and jumped off the horse.Xie Yuan threw himself into his arms and cried, "Brother, I'm sorry, it's Yuan Yuan's fault, you shouldn't pull the horse's mane just because it won't move..."

The little girl was so frightened, how could Xie Wei be willing to blame her.He just patted her on the back and comforted her: "It's okay, as long as Yuan Yuan is not injured."

In the familiar embrace, the little girl calmed down a little.Xie Wei looked up at the two people in front of her, and said, "Thank you for lending a helping hand to your sisters. I don't know your surnames, where do you live? I will definitely thank you."

The one with a cold face said: "Xia Gengze, this is my master, so there is no need to thank you."

But his master said softly: "We are just travelers passing by, so what's the use of nothing?"

Both of them looked younger than him, Xie Wei couldn't call out his brother, so he could only say: "Thank you very much."

Geng Ze said coldly: "We still have important things to do, so let's take our leave first."

Seeing Geng Ze's attitude was so cold, Xie Wei smiled and said goodbye to the two masters and servants, then helped Xie Yuan back to Taiwei's mansion.

And Geng Ze stood in place, watching Xie Wei and Xie Yuan's leaving figures, and asked the people around him in puzzlement: "Why does the emperor look at this person so differently?"

Pei Xuan smiled and said: "Didn't you see it? There is a celestial destiny in this person. If it is early, it will be in this life, and if it is late, it will be the next life. I don't know when it will be, but he will ascend to the ascension one day."

Geng Ze nodded thoughtfully, only to hear Pei Xuan stretch out his hand to catch a drop of rain falling from the sky, and said: "This Yicheng is really strange. It is true that there is little rain in the northwest area, but since we have had heavy rain, why do we change our minds?" Became Xiaoyu?"

Seeing that Geng Ze was also very puzzled, Pei Yu smiled and said, "I will leave this matter to you."

Geng Ze was startled, and declined, "Dijun, I..."

But Pei Yu couldn't tolerate his refusal: "Turn yourself a little bit." Geng Ze had no choice but to agree, and stayed here intending to investigate why.

Pei Yu entrusted this matter to him and went back to Jiangnan.It is rainy in the south, so he loves the south.It's just that since the rainy season has entered recently, it's not good to have too much rain in the south, so we still have to deal with it.

Back at Taiwei's Mansion, Xie Wei handed Xie Yuan who was sleeping soundly in his arms to Nanny Wen, and said softly: "I was shocked today, Yuan Yuan was a little frightened, and Nanny will coax her later."

Nanny Wen took Xie Yuan and said yes.

Xie Wei rubbed the center of his brows, then went to Taiwei Xie's study.

In the study room, all the adults were talking about it, and they all felt that the South-to-North Water Diversion Project is a great opportunity, which can help Yicheng and even many towns in the northwest to get rid of the pain of water shortage.But to build, it must be a waste of time and money.It's just that the people in the Northwest contribute their efforts, where does the money come from?Is it enough to raid layers of corrupt officials?

Xie Wei sighed: "My lords don't need to worry, the current Holy Majesty is also a diligent and enlightened monarch. He may not be unable to imagine the difficulties and obstacles we can think of."

Taiwei Xie then said: "That's right, since the emperor wants to take this matter as his political achievements, he must not just talk about it. When I go to the capital, I will know the emperor's plan."

Kyoto?It turned out that Taiwei Xie was going to the capital, Xie Wei was a little worried.The south-to-north water diversion project is such a huge project, and it is not known whether it will be completed. There must be many people in the court who disagree with the emperor's opinion.It's just that this matter is so important to Northwest, Taiwei Xie will definitely stick to it.So Xie Wei said: "Father, please allow me to go with you."

Taiwei Xie smiled, and said softly: "If you don't mention it, I will take you there too. Your grandfather misses your mother very much. This time we go back to Kyoto together, so that your mother's homesickness will be relieved."

In this way, he even forgot that Mrs. Xie's hometown is in Kyoto.After all, Jiangnan is too far away. Mrs. Xie hasn't been back to her natal home for almost 20 years, and Xie Wei and Xie Yuan don't even know what their maternal ancestors were like.

It was still raining today, and the good news came one after another, making Xie Wei feel that the South-to-North Water Transfer Project is not difficult at all.So Xie Wei anxiously said to Taiwei Xie: "I'll take my leave first, my boy!"

He wanted to tell Mrs. Xie about this as soon as possible. Mrs. Xie had been in the Northwest for several years, and besides their family, the most precious thing was the box of family letters sent from Jiangnan.

Comparing my heart to my heart, Mrs. Xie must miss her parents very much.

Xie Taiwei smiled and said: "Go!"

Xie Wei saluted all the adults, and then rushed back to Mrs. Xie's yard.In the inner room, Xie Yuan was lying on Mrs. Xie's lap and acting like a baby, and Mrs. Xie was gently admonishing her not to be reckless again.

Seeing Xie Wei, Xie Yuan's eyes lit up: "Brother!"

Xie Wei stepped forward, knelt down beside Mrs. Xie, and said, "Mother, father will take our family to Jiangnan soon!"

Mrs. Xie's expression changed, and it took a long time for tears to fall, and she choked up and said, "What's going on, why are you going to Jiangnan all of a sudden?"

The author has something to say: The South-to-North Water Transfer is the author's nonsense for the plot. After all, it is very hard to complete this task in modern times, let alone in ancient times. Brother Xie is destined to be happy for nothing o(TヘTo)