"Tell the people in the city about the situation in the city, and then reduce the food distribution for the ordinary people, I think the people can understand it, but the soldiers in the city must maintain enough supplies, and in addition, the food in my house will be reduced by half!" Su Mian spoke again at this time, and he didn't know when the Jiaozhi people would retreat, so he could only find a way to save food.

"Yes, my subordinates will do it!" Tang Zizheng also wanted to ask Su Mian's consent, after all, he didn't dare to call the shots on such a big matter, and if he didn't do it well, there would be chaos, but now Su Mian has established great prestige by resisting the Jiaozhi people, so as long as he speaks, he should be able to convince most of the people in the city.

Seeing Tang Zi leaving, Su Mian did not go down to the city, because he was worried that the Jiaozhi people would come again, after all, these days he had learned the cunning of the Jiaozhi generals on the opposite side, and sometimes the other party would even attack the city in the early morning, so he could not relax at any time, so he waited at the head of the city until it was completely dark, and then returned to the city to rest with confidence, after all, he could not see at night, and the Jiaozhi people would definitely not be able to attack the city.

The Su family is a big family in Jiangdong, in fact, Su Mian has just been separated from his family, and nearly 40 people from top to bottom of the family live in Yongzhou City with him, it can be said that Yongzhou City is not only related to the safety of the people, but also related to the lives of Su Mian's whole family. In fact, as early as the beginning of the siege of the Jiaozhi people, someone once persuaded Su Mian to send his relatives outside the city, after all, with his identity, it is easy to do this, but Su Mian took into account the stability of the city, and resolutely refused to send away a relative, and the people in the city knew that the whole family in Zhizhou was in the city, and they were all stable in their hearts, even if they were besieged by the Jiaozhi people for nearly a month, the order in the city was still not chaotic.

It was already late when Su Mian returned home, but everyone in the family was waiting for him to come back for dinner. After all, they all know that Su Mian is very hard in the city, and he is also responsible for the life and death of tens of thousands of people in the city, and their family members can't help Su Mian share this pressure, so they can only accompany Su Mian as much as possible, Su Mian is also very moved by this, and has asked his wife many times not to wait for him to eat. Unfortunately, it didn't work.

It is precisely because of this that as soon as Su Mian returned home, he immediately gathered the family to eat together, Su Mian had four brothers, three of whom were not at home, only the youngest brother was left to take care of his seventy-year-old mother with him, and a large number of nephews and nephews, as well as children of grandchildren, who also saluted when they saw Su Mian come back. Su Mian was also very happy, and he also saluted his old mother, and then immediately beckoned everyone to eat, after all, it was so late, and the family must be hungry.

The officials of the Great Song Dynasty are notoriously rich, so don't look at Su Lu as just a Zhizhou, but relying only on his own Yulu is enough to support this big family, and even save a lot of family property. Originally, people like the Su family had a lot of grain stored in the house. However, when Yongzhou City was besieged early, Su Mian handed over all the food stored at home, and the family only received rations according to the population every day, so his life as a governor was also very hard, such as the current dinner, which is actually a bowl of clear rice porridge per person. There is also a corn dough, plus leftover pickles from the house, and it is a dinner.

"Lu'er, I've heard that the city will reduce the ration supply from tomorrow, is it true?" At this time. Su Yan's mother, Jiang Shi, suddenly asked, this old lady Jiang is also from a big family, although she is seventy years old, she is not deaf or blind, and her spirit is quite good.

"Qiyu mother, the city does want to reduce the rations, this matter is still the son's personal order, after all, Yongzhou City has been besieged for nearly a month, the food consumption in the city is huge, if it is at this rate of consumption, I am afraid that there will be no food to eat in a few days, and the Jiaozhi army outside the city has been refusing to retreat, and the reinforcements are even more far away, so the son can only find a way to save some food." Su Mian replied very honestly, he also has a lot of respect for his mother, because he knows that his mother is knowledgeable and courteous, and he will definitely support him after knowing the reason.

Sure enough, after listening to Su Mian's words, Old Madam Jiang also nodded and said, "I see, the rations in the family should also be reduced together, so as not to be scolded by the people in the city behind our backs!" ”

"Mother rest assured, her son has already been ordered, and everything in the house is the same as the people!" Su Mian said immediately.

Hearing her son say this, Mrs. Jiang also nodded with satisfaction, and then handed the corn dumplings in her hand to Su Mian and said: "Xuan'er, you are responsible for the safety of the people in the city, and it is very hard to guard the city every day, so you must eat enough, it just so happens that I am old and can't eat so much, so you help me eat it." ”

"Mother, this is not going to work, you ......"

Su Mian was also startled when she saw this, and hurriedly wanted to excuse herself, but Old Madam Jiang said with a blank face at this time: "If you want to eat, you will eat, where is there so much nonsense?" ”

Seeing that her mother was a little angry, Su Mian didn't dare to say anything, so she could only take the corn dumplings and eat them in small bites, but there was a warm current in her heart. But at this moment, Su Xuan's wife Hu Shi said in a low voice: "Husband, the daily rations that the family receives are not much, if the food is reduced again, the adults can still stand up, but Guangyuan and Zhiwen These children are still young, how have you lost weight these days?" ”

Hearing Mrs. 's words, Su Mian also looked at the few children next to him who were eating with some guilt, Guangyuan and Zhiwen were his grandchildren, the youngest of them was only three years old, and the eldest was only ten years old, these children were raised by their wives before, but it was less than a month, and they all lost weight a few times, which made people feel distressed when they looked at it.

However, what Su Mu and the others didn't expect was that after the eldest Guangyuan heard his grandmother's words, he stopped eating and looked up and said: "Grandmother, there are eggs under the nest, although the grandson doesn't eat well these days, but he knows that his grandfather and the soldiers at the head of the city are working hard for us every day, so the grandmother doesn't have to worry about the grandchildren, not to mention that in the grandson's opinion, it is impossible for the Jiaozhi people to always surround Yongzhou City without retreating, maybe tomorrow morning, the Jiaozhi people will have already withdrawn, and the grandchildren will not have to be hungry anymore!" ”

"Haha~, good! is worthy of my Su Mian's grandson, ambitious! Su Mian heard that the eldest grandson actually said a great truth, and he was very relieved at the moment, and even Mrs. Jiang couldn't help but praise a few words with joy when she heard the words of her great-grandson, at her age, she had already seen through the world, and it was nothing for the children in the family to suffer a little, as long as they could make a difference, this was better than anything else.

After dinner, Su Mian was still relieved not to go down the city defense, and then went to the city again, and when he came back, it was already the third watch, and his wife Hu saw him come back so late, and couldn't help complaining: "You are so old, you have to be careful in the future, in case you are tired, our whole city will suffer." ”

"Hehe, don't worry, madam, my body knows it in my heart, and I will never be tired of myself!" Su Mian opened his mouth and said with a smile, although he is an old husband and wife, but the relationship between him and his wife is very good, although it is inevitable that there will be some noise, but every time there is a quarrel, the relationship between the two will be increased by a point.

"You go wash your face first, I'll make you something to eat!" When Mrs. Hu heard her husband's words, she gave him a blank look, then stood up and left. Su Mian wanted to ask where there was food at home, but he didn't expect that Mrs. Hu had already left the door of the room, so he had to do it, fetch water and start washing his face.

After a while, Mrs. Hu walked in with a tray, and there was a bowl of fragrant porridge on the tray, which made Su Mian stunned, and then her face became a little ugly: "Madam, why are you so confused, how much private food is still in the house, and you don't give it to me!" ”

Mrs. Hu walked in with a happy face, but she didn't expect to hear her husband's reprimand, which made her also aggrieved and said: "Husband doesn't even look at what kind of porridge this is?" ”

Su Mian was stunned at first when he saw his wife's aggrieved expression, and then he looked down, but found that there was corn porridge in the bowl, which made him stunned, because these cornmeal were all transported from the northern Tuntian, and they were all in the treasury, and they couldn't eat at all, only these days there was a lack of food, so he used the cornmeal in the treasury to make corn dumplings, and he had eaten a lot these days, although it was a little rough, but at least he could satisfy his hunger.

"This is Ziming and Zizheng, in addition to the corn dumplings I secretly saved, we all know that you run around very hard every day, husband, and you can't hold it up at all just by eating that little ration, so I specially prepared this meal for you!" Mrs. Hu said with an aggrieved face at this time, Ziming and Zizi are their second and third sons, and the eldest son Su Ziyuan is an official in other places and is not in Yongzhou City.

Hearing that these bowls of porridge were made of corn dumplings saved by his wife and son, Su Mian couldn't help but be moved in his heart, and hurriedly apologized to his wife at the moment, Hu naturally didn't take it to heart, but just urged Su Mian to eat it while it was hot, and Su Mian was not polite to this, and immediately picked up the bowl and drank it all.

In the next few days, Yongzhou City did not riot because of the reduction of rations, and the Jiaozhi people outside the city still attacked the city unhurriedly every day, as long as the offensive was frustrated, they would retreat, and then the whole army would fight again the next day, but as time went by, Su Mian's brows were wrinkled more and more, because the firearms and food in Yongzhou City were getting less and less, and it was about to bottom out. How will they resist then? (To be continued......)