"Mother, don't worry!

I heard my father mention that when Miss was born, the lord and his wife had invited the master of Dafu Temple to show Miss her life, and Miss had a life of five catties and two taels! Miss Fu has a great life, and she has survived many hardships over the years, and she will definitely be safe this time! ”

"Alas, Bodhisattva bless, so that the young lady can get better. The old lady is a good person who does good deeds and accumulates virtues, but in heaven, you must bless the young master and Miss safe and sound!

By the way, before leaving, I told my dad to let him go to the grain store to buy more food, how about it, how much did he buy back? ”

"My mother also knows that this summer, Yanbei has generally been dry for two months, and not a drop of rain has fallen, and the harvest of crops in the field is naturally not very good. This year's food prices are more than twice as high as they were at this time last year!

Although we have rented 100 acres of land to these villagers for farming, it is said that the tenant grain collected is enough for us to eat.

But the young master is kind-hearted, seeing that these tenants are living a difficult life, their own families are almost not enough to eat, and they are all villagers, so he made the decision to exempt them from half of the tenant grain this year, so now we don't have much grain in our own warehouse.

There are more than a dozen people in the family who open their mouths to eat, if it weren't for your mother's foresight, you would have asked your father and Uncle Tan to buy a lot of food in batches during the autumn harvest, but I'm afraid that our grain storage will not last until now.

Not to mention that the harvest this summer is not good, it has just entered September, and the weather is frighteningly cold, and most of the crops in the field have frozen to death.

Now it's cloudy every day, and there is no sun in sight, and it looks like there is going to be heavy snow, but I'm afraid that this snow, in winter, the price of food will rise even more!

I heard the big girls say that even the house of Li Zheng and the third old lady is not much food now.

In order to save some food, the third old lady personally made the decision, not only sent away all the helpers hired by the family, but also did all the work by his own family. Nowadays, every meal is also made of fine white/noodles mixed with rough noodles, and the snacks are gone every day in the middle of the afternoon.

The granddaughters-in-law and granddaughters of the third old lady are used to being pampered on weekdays, where can they suffer this kind of hardship, and now they complain at home all day long!

Even the daughters-in-law of the third old lady were bitter when they saw the sky. ”

The hoarse female voice then sighed: "Where is this where I have foresight, or did the eldest lady ask me when she was leaving, and told me that in the autumn of this year, no matter what, I must buy as much food as possible and stock up."

I didn't take it seriously at the time, but I saw that the drought was too severe this year, so I remembered the eldest lady's order, so I discussed it with your father, gritted my teeth and took most of the family's savings to buy food. ”

The female voice paused, and then continued: "If it weren't for the fact that there are only young masters and young ladies in the family now, and there is no adult who is in charge, we wouldn't have to be so worried and afraid to take the silver left by our wife to buy food, but now the grain has doubled compared to the autumn harvest, and we still have to buy it ruthlessly."

Fortunately, the embroidery work and weaving cloth done for a while have sold a lot of silver, and your Uncle Tan has also gained a lot from hunting in the mountains, plus the rent of the shop next year has just been delivered, otherwise I am afraid that we will not even be able to survive this winter! ”

The crisp female voice continued: "Daddy and Uncle Tan went to the grain store to see, and the shopkeeper said that it was difficult to harvest grain this year, and most of the fine white/noodles and rice have been snapped up by the officials and rich families in the county, and the rest of the price is not cheap. He also said that if it weren't for the fact that we were old customers, they wouldn't have sold it to us at this price.

Sorghum, millet, corn, sweet potatoes, beans, and peanuts were left in the store, and although they were not cheap, they were much cheaper than fine grains, and my father bought most of the money he brought with him.

The rest, according to my mother's instructions, went to the vegetable stall, and bought all potatoes, white siads, radishes and tofu.

The elder brother bought a lot of charcoal, and the elder sister went to the cloth village to buy a dozen coarse cloths and cotton cloths, and also bought some supplements for the young master and Miss in the medical hall.

In addition, the mountain goods, eggs and pork bought in this village, we still have several large jars of pickles and sauerkraut at home, and there are also a lot of grains and wild things stored in the cellar. ”

"Today's situation can only be like this. Let's save a little bit and eat more rough noodles and coarse grains, but we can't wronged the young master and young lady.

Although life is not easy now, and it can't be compared with the previous in the capital, our family is always much weaker than those farmers outside?

Look at them, they've been tired for a whole year, but now the family has a large population, and I'm afraid that they won't even have enough to eat.

I lived in a dilapidated thatched house, and there was not even a charcoal fire in the house, and there was less firewood to burn the kang this year.

But this is not bad, your aunt Ma said a few days ago, I heard that the Zhuangzi farther north and the Turkic side next to each other have a worse drought. Fortunately, the king of Yanbei was sympathetic to the people and ordered the officials at this head to open warehouses and release grain and help the victims, so that those victims could have food to eat and not starve to death and freeze to death.

And your Uncle Tan inquired from the county town, saying that the south side was also bad this year.

But the dog emperor not only did not give relief to the victims, but instead wantonly levied forced labor, increased taxes, and collected the hard-earned money of the people for him to squander. Now there are many people in the south who can't live in their hometowns, and they have fled with their families, and it won't be long before there will be another escape to this village.

Hey, look at my memory, just talking patronizingly, I forgot about business!

You go to your aunt's house, bring today's eggs, duck eggs, goose eggs, and eggs, there is still half of the roe deer that your Uncle Tan called in the kitchen, and it's not too early this day, the young master is afraid that he will be hungry, you go to the kitchen to help your Aunt Luo cook. ”

At the same time, Jiang Lanbi tried countless times, and finally could stretch her heavy eyelids open, and the throat was dry, painful and astringent like a fire, so she said with a hoarse voice and all her strength: "Water...... Water ......"

The woman sitting on the black lacquered pestle heard this faint voice like a kitten coming from the kang, and turned around with a surprised face, looked at Jiang Lanbi lying on the kang and said, "Miss, Miss, you're awake!" But I'm scared to death, Yunxing, hurry, go pour water! ”

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