It is difficult for the farmer's sister

Chapter 432 Time spent alone

Hey, the emperor knows that the ministers don't answer why the foreign tribes in the northwest suddenly invaded, isn't it caused by natural disasters!

First came the snow disasters in the east, west and north, and then the drought in the northwest. Yes, the northeast was flooded, and the northwest was drought. There was no rain for several months, and the grass on the ground dried up.

The source of livelihood of the foreigners is mainly nomadic. The grass is dry, and the cattle and sheep have nothing to eat. For the cattle and sheep of the tribe, don’t the people want to enter the country to plunder?
"What can you do, tell me quickly, let me hear!"

The emperor really has no choice. The country has been plagued by natural disasters in recent years, the treasury has been empty, and the granaries in various places have been opened. In the end, the ministers discussed together. In an emergency, it is better to recruit troops from all over the country.

The emperor's order to recruit troops has been issued, but Yuncheng is more than 3000 miles away from Pingyang County, so far away, it will take nearly a month to get there, so Su Rui doesn't know anything about it.

Su Rui picked up a piece of gray rabbit fur, looked at it under the sun, and praised, "This batch of gray rabbit fur is really good. Although we don't have mink fur, it is better to have rabbit fur for clothes in winter." Cotton clothes are much warmer."

Mother Liu nodded with a smile, "Miss is right."

Su Ying's eyes sparkled, "Sister, do you want to make clothes?"

Su Rui laughed, how much does my sister love making clothes?My eyes light up when I hear about making clothes.

"Yes, for Cousin Ming Zhou and Chen Rui, Ming Xu and Chen Nan."

"This color is suitable for them. Your elder brother Mingzhou is always doing business outside, so you should dress warmly in winter. Mingxu and Chen Rui are going to study in the ethnology school. It is colder in the house in winter in the ethnology school, so you should dress warmly."

"Well, as for Chen Nan, he is too naughty and always plays outside in the snow. I'm afraid he'll freeze, so I have to dress warmly."

Su Rui explained the purpose mainly because she was afraid that her sister would be jealous, who knew that she didn't react at all, but hugged the rabbit skin excitedly.

"Sister, shall I do it for Chen Rui and Chen Nan?"

"..."

Well, she was thinking too much.

"Okay, cousin Mingzhou's and Mingxu's mother Liu, you can do it."

"The old slave will do it when he is free."

Mother Liu thought to herself, the second lady is polite and knows that a woman cannot make clothes for a man with a different surname, even for someone she knows well.

Su Cheng stood in the yard and said to Su Rui, "Miss, the wife of the Lu family is here to visit."

Su Rui was a little confused, "The Lu family?"

Mama Liu, "Those houses on the back mountain that just built their houses a while ago..."

"Invite them in quickly."

Su Rui suddenly realized that although she had never met the Lu family, she had heard the Hua family mention it several times, praising their family, saying that although they were poor, they had a good family tradition.

Since Mrs. Lin praised the Lu family's grandson more than five times, she said that if her Min'er was not young and Lu's eldest grandson was four years old, and the Lu family had just moved here and had no foundation, she really wanted to be with her. They became in-laws.

"Xi'er is going to prepare some refreshments."

Xi'er, "Hey, I'm going now, servant girl."

At this time, Mother Liu welcomed the Lu family's wife in person. The housewife of the Lu family's big house, her two daughter-in-laws, and her two granddaughters came.

The people from Lu Zhang's came over before they could hear, "Miss Rui, we've moved here for a while, and we haven't had a chance to come over. It's a few days late, don't mind."

When they met, they first smiled three-pointedly, that is to say, it was the head wife of the Lu family.

Su Rui smiled, "Grandma Lu is polite."

Su Rui felt a toothache after shouting, no matter her seniority or age, she was too young.

Having met each other before, Su Rui invited Lu's family to sit down, and did not enter the main room. Although it is already autumn in August and September, the autumn tiger is also very fierce. Occasionally, there is a small wind blowing in the yard. It's more comfortable to be stuffy.

At this time, Xi'er brought Xiao Shi and Xiao Xiang with tea and snacks, and Su Ying and Mama Liu also put away the rabbit skins spread on the table.

"Try some dim sum, my sister made it herself."

Mrs. Lu Zhang picked up the dim sum and took a sip, "Well, it's delicious."

It was better than all the dim sum she had had, although she hadn't eaten dim sum a few times.

Su Rui saw that the two little girls wanted to eat, but they followed the rules and did not move. She smiled and pushed the dim sum plate in front of the two girls from the Lu family, "You two sisters, you are welcome, try it too."

The two little girls looked at grandma, only to see Mrs. Lu and Zhang nodded slightly, "Since your elder sister Rui asked you to eat, you can eat."

The two little girls looked at Su Rui and said softly, "Thank you, sister Rui."

"You're welcome, eat more."

Su Rui thought that the education was really good, and she really didn't look like the girls educated by rural women.

Although this is what I said, but the two little girls followed the rules and only ate one piece before moving. In fact, they had nothing to say with the Lu family. They were not familiar with each other, so they left after talking for a few words. , and left the sauerkraut made by the second daughter-in-law of the Lu family.

Mother Liu sent the Lu family away, and when she came back, she saw Su Rui opened a small jar of sauerkraut brought by the Lu family, thought for a while and said, "Miss, Liu De went to the county this morning to buy some pork, how about wrapping sauerkraut in the evening?" Stuffed dumplings, right?"

"Okay, put more meat, um, don't be too thin, fat meat with sauerkraut is delicious."

Su Rui's eyes lit up, she was holding the jar just now thinking about what to eat, now that she knows she wants to eat dumplings stuffed with sauerkraut, Su Rui's saliva can't help but flow down, ah, I can't think about it anymore.

Mother Liu smiled and narrowed her eyes, "Okay, this old servant will remember."

After eating dumplings stuffed with sauerkraut at night, Meng Mingzhou stopped Su Rui who was going back to the backyard.

"Sister Rui."

"Ah? What's wrong?"

Su Rui looked at Meng Mingzhou's expression of having something to say, and she was a little confused. It seems that there is nothing wrong with the clan recently?The two "Su Ji" shops in the county are also doing good business, Su Rui frowned, is something going to happen again?
Meng Mingzhou looked down at Su Rui who was thinking hard, and smiled, "Don't worry, it's not a bad thing."

Hearing that it wasn't a bad thing, Su Rui relaxed, motioned Meng Mingzhou to go to the yard and said, "Ah, then go outside the yard and take a walk while talking, I just ate too much, I can't sleep at night if I can't digest it!"

After finishing speaking, he turned his head and said to his younger brothers and sisters who were still standing in the main room, "Chen Rui, Ming Xu, Chen Nan didn't recite his poems today, so you go back to the room and teach him to recite them. Go back to the backyard and wash up."

Su Chenrui, Meng Mingxu, "Sister, Mingxu and I will go back and teach Chen Nan to recite poems."

Su Ying and Su Qiao each held Su Wan's left and right hands, "Sister, we're also going back to the backyard."

Su Rui waved her hand and followed Meng Mingzhou out of the yard.

Meng Mingzhou took the lantern that Liu De handed him, and walked beside Su Rui, lighting the way for her.

After walking for a long time, Meng Mingzhou didn't say a word, he enjoyed the alone time with Su Rui, he felt very warm and peaceful!

Su Rui didn't think about Meng Mingzhou. In her eyes, Meng Mingzhou was still a child. Even if the child was seventeen, he was tall. In this era where the average height was about 1.7 meters, he was already 1.8 meters.

"Cousin Mingzhou, don't you have something to say? Why don't you say it?"

It's a pity that Meng Mingzhou's time alone is too short, "... ah, there's something to do, um, Patriarch Su said that he couldn't let Ge's family go out because they didn't harvest food. I understand, I thought they could come out after the summer harvest, but And because of the heavy rain, the corn income has been reduced a lot, so it is even more inappropriate to come out."

Su Rui nodded, "I told the patriarch grandpa about this earlier, he meant to wait until after the autumn harvest, it's better to be more cautious."

Meng Mingzhou understood Patriarch Su's cautiousness, "I agree with what the patriarch said, but the chickens and rabbits raised in our chicken farm are already crowded. If we don't expand the scope, we won't be able to keep them... It was built by the person who wanted to buy it, but it can’t be done now.”

(End of this chapter)