It is difficult for the farmer's sister

Chapter 427 The County Lord Has Arrangements
Su Zheng walked from behind the crowd to the front of thief A, lowered his head seriously, "Tell me, are there any other accomplices?"

Thief A was stupefied with pain, "No, no more."

Su Zheng stared at him for a while, making sure that he was not lying, then nodded, and told the young people behind him to tie them up and lock them in the old ancestral hall. They will be guarded in shifts, and there will be no mistakes. They will be sent to the county government office tomorrow morning.

The thieves were dumbfounded when they heard that they were going to be sent to the Yamen. They thought they would be released after a beating, and immediately begged for mercy and let them go.

Su Changquan looked at Su Zheng nervously when he heard it, but Su Zheng didn't even look at them, and waved his hand to take them away.

By the time Su Rui knew that there were thieves who were going to rob Sujia Village, several days had passed.

"What? Is it true or not? Why don't I know anything about it?"

Looking at the surprised expression on Su Rui's face, Hua knew that she really didn't know. After thinking for a while, she said, "Maybe the patriarch saw that your family is full of children, and he was afraid that you would be afraid, so he didn't tell you?"

"possible."

Su Rui nodded on her face, but she didn't think so in her heart. The patriarch would never tell her that a thief was coming just because she was a child. There are other roads leading to the outside of the village from her home.

"What about the result? What about those thieves? How did you deal with it?"

Mrs. Hua sighed, "It was supposed to be sent to the county government, but I went to Lizheng and others, and they said that the gate of the county is in chaos now, so it's not suitable to go, so I'll send it later."

Su Rui blinked, "Oh, what do they eat? They can't be raised by our Su clan, right?"

Mrs. Hua shook her head, "How could it be possible for us to support them? The people of the tribe knew that they had robbed food from other villages, so they sent people to go to the place where the food was stored and brought it back. Recently, they only gave them one meal a day. The rice is just a cornbread the size of a baby's fist, so it's enough if you don't starve to death..."

"..."

Su Rui thought to herself, this is really ruthless, they can neither eat nor starve to death, and they don't have the energy to toss!
Looking at the heavy rain outside, Hua was in a bad mood, "Hey..."

Su Rui came back to her senses and heard a sigh, "Aunt Hua? What's wrong with you?"

Hua's face was sad, "It has been raining for more than 20 days... I heard that, except for our Sujia Village, there are no nearby villages that are not flooded, more or less flooded."

"Hey, and ah, I also heard that many people's food has been washed away..."

"Hey······"

"・・・"

Su Ruixin said, you have heard a lot, but she is also very sad to hear this. She can help the tribe, but she is not a saint, so she can't help them all, right?If she could come up with a steady stream of food, wouldn't she be burned to death as a witch?
Thinking of this, she trembled all over, forget it, forget it, she'd better live her own life!
In fact, Hua was just complaining, and then said, "By the way, I don't know what happened to the "Su Ji" in the county..."

Su Rui thought that Hua was worried that there were no materials in the shop, so she comforted her without thinking.

"When it first rained, I had already sent a lot of flour and eggs to the county. As long as it didn't break, it would be enough for a month or two. Well, I also bought a lot of sugar and other ingredients, Aunt Hua , you can rest assured."

Hua shook her head, "No, I'm not worried about the lack of ingredients, I'm worried that no one will buy them in the shop..."

Su Rui, "... Well, the business is good or bad. No one can say for sure. Well, we must have a good attitude."

"Well, besides, our "Su Ji" business has been very good since we opened the store, and it doesn't matter if it goes bad for a few days..."

Hua clutched her heart and sighed, "I, I can't be as open-minded as you are. Recently, whenever I think about earning a lot less money, I feel very uncomfortable."

"Your Uncle Chang Le told me the same thing at home, but I'm just a dead end. I can't think about it, and I'm stuck in my heart every day. It's better to talk to you about it."

After finishing speaking, she smiled embarrassingly, "Girl Rui, don't make fun of my aunt's shallow eyelids."

Su Rui smiled, "Aunt Hua, what are you talking about? I think it's very good, what's wrong with liking silver? I also like it very much. I not only like silver but also gold and gemstones..."

"..."

The corner of Meng Mingzhou's mouth turned upwards, thinking, Su Rui is the only young girl who can be so frank about her superficiality and money-loving young girl?

Su Rui is not coaxing Hua Shi, she really thinks Hua Shi is so good, her shallow eyelids are so cute and true.

Yang Shi and Su Changyong were in the backyard of the "Su Ji" shop in Beicheng. Yang Shi took a sip of ginger tea and sighed heavily.

"There are more and more people on this street, it looks scary..."

Su Changyong frowned, "Yes, but the situation is actually better since the shops are located in the north and south of the city. After all, the people living in the north of the city are mostly petty officials, and the people living in the south of the city are all relatively well-off families. There aren’t many refugees yet.”

"Go to Chengdong Street and the city gate to the east of the city. There are more refugees there than the other three gates combined..."

Mrs. Yang became nervous, "Ah, so many? What should I do then? What if refugees come to the south of the city en masse and rob the north of the city?"

Su Changyong hurriedly comforted, "Don't worry, this is not something we worry about. The county magistrate has already made preparations. Only those with household registration, real estate in the county, or family guarantee can enter, and the rest cannot enter."

Yang breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good, that's good."

"But how many more days will it rain?"

Su Changyong frowned, "If you ask me, I don't know."

"By the way, our Pingyang County belongs to the northeast boundary. Although there were times of heavy rain for several days in a row in previous years, it was always dry. It has never rained for more than [-] days?"

After thinking about it, the brows stretched again, "But no one thought that our shop's business would be so good under so many consecutive days of rain? It's no different from the past, um, it should be said that it seems to be better than the past Two points..."

Thinking of the good business in the shop, Yang's nervous mood improved a lot, "It's not bad."

Then I thought that the remaining ingredients were wilting again, "Hey...there are still a lot of flour and sugar left, even if they are gone, don't be afraid, the shops outside sell them."

"But there are not many eggs left, and they will be gone in ten days at most. If there are some for sale, I am not afraid, but the most important thing is that there is no money to buy eggs outside, so what should I do... ···”

Su Changyong was also worried, "Now the road to the city is flooded, and I can't even go back to the village to get it. Hey... I just hope that the rain will stop soon."

In the county yamen, the Grand Master of Lu County, who was newly appointed last year, was very worried. He stood in the lobby of the yamen office and walked back and forth. When he saw Steward Ma came back, he hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "How is it? How is it? Did they agree?"

Steward Ma replied, "I agree. The Chen family, the Li family, and the Liu family, the richest in the county, are all willing to contribute a thousand catties of grain, a hundred bedding and 100 taels of silver."

"It has been agreed that tomorrow we will send grain, bedding and money to the county government. The rest of the wealthy households also donated grain ranging from 50 catties to [-] catties. There are a few pairs."

"Well, let's do the math, there are more than 5000 catties of grain, more than 800 quilts, and more than 500 taels of silver."

Grandpa Lu County is satisfied. He is still young and only took office this year, last autumn. His family said that he should train hard in Pingyang County for a few years, and when the time comes, he will be able to be promoted smoothly.

But!Who knew that such a big natural disaster would happen in less than a year, and he could think about what would happen to him if he didn't deal with the victims properly. No, he didn't even dare to think about it.

Of course, it's not that he's afraid of being dismissed from office. He doesn't care much about a seventh-rank official. What he's afraid of is being punished by his old man!
Hey, it's so difficult!
(End of this chapter)