13. Jiaotian Fu (the seventh day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar)
Not long after the end of the autumn harvest, the officials who collected the fields entered the village.
The village chief of Sujia Village, Su Changsheng welcomed the officials into the courtyard, "Lord Guancha, isn't it time to harvest the land yet?" ”
The official took a sip of tea before saying. "This year, because of the drought in the north, the heavenly family is sympathetic to the people's feelings and has decided to reduce the land endowment by half this year. I'm just waiting for today's notice, and we will take it away in seven days. ”
Su Changsheng was overjoyed, in the past, one acre of land needed to harvest two percent of the harvest, and one hundred catties of grain were needed, but this year, one percent only needs fifty catties.
Su Changsheng thought to himself, "This year, the big guy will save some food, which is enough to harvest next summer." ”
In this dynasty, the fields produced very little. Think about an acre of land in modern times, there are thousands of catties casually, in this dynasty, an acre can exceed 500 catties of fertile land.
Sending off the servants, Su Changsheng hurriedly notified each family member to prepare food and hand over the field seven days later.
There are no adults in Su Rui's family, and Su Changsheng came to the door in person, "Rui girl, prepare 100 catties of wheat and 50 catties of rice, and gather at the door of the ancestral hall in the village seven days later." ”
"Thank you village chief for telling us, we will be there on time," Su Rui thanked.
"You should call me uncle, although I am not from the same clan as your father, and there is a lot of age difference. But the relationship has always been good, and if there is anything that can't be solved, you can come to the village to find me. After Su Changsheng finished speaking, he was ready to leave, there were many things in the village, and in the early years, he came from the south to settle a lot of victims, and there were even more things.
"Thank you, Uncle"
"Hmm" Su Changsheng waved his hand and left...
Su Rui's family, three acres of land did not harvest much grain, because during the drought, there was no irrigation a few times, so the harvest was only about 40% of previous years......
In Su Rui's limited memory, in previous years, the official mission was very strict in collecting fields, and the grain had a little stone in it, or it had to be beaten back and replaced if it was not dry.
Therefore, Su Rui decided to replace all the crops in the field with those grown in space. If those officials don't look down on space production, then according to this dynasty, they really can't find a better one.
With the help of her younger siblings, Su Rui packed two bags of 50 catties of wheat and a bag of 50 catties of rice and put them in the corner of the wall.
The rest of the grain was put into the granary and sealed, but the grain in the secret room was not taken out, and the cellar was eaten first.
In the middle of the night, I suddenly heard the sound of gongs and drums outside, and the sleeping Xiaoliu trembled and cried.
Su Rui hurriedly picked up Su Chenrui and coaxed. "I can't be scared by touching my hair, but I am scared by touching my ears for a while. Chen Rui is fine, sleep, sleep. ”
"Eldest sister, what's wrong?" Su Ying rubbed her eyes.
Su Rui got up, put on her coat and said, "It's okay, you can sleep." The eldest sister went to take a look. ”
Su Chenrui, as a man in the family, immediately got up, "Eldest sister, I'll accompany you." ”
"Okay, you accompany the eldest sister." Su Rui was pleased.
There was a horse lantern at home, and the Su family sisters and brothers carried it up to the village.
I saw that the entrance of the ancestral hall was brightly lit and there was a shout.
Su Rui saw Aunt Hua and Aunt Lin standing together, and hurriedly walked over.
"Auntie, what's going on?"
"Why are you two kids here? Hurry back, that's not something you should know! Aunt Lin changed her usual gentleness and drove Su Rui's sister and brother home.
Su Rui was full of question marks: "??? ”
"Chang Ying's daughter-in-law, it's okay to tell them, now that you know, it won't hurt them." Aunt Hua said lightly.
"Oh, that's dirty. I'm embarrassed to say..."Aunt Lin was very embarrassed.
"Your uncle, who got involved with Widow Liu in the east of the village, was arrested by his brother-in-law."
Su Rui and Su Chenrui were stunned. "W-How is this possible?"
In her impression, Su Changan usually pretends to be serious, not like a person who can steal people. It's really unseemly...
Aunt Hua looked disdainful, "I can't see it, I've been caught in bed." Li was still shouting that he had been framed. ”
"Alright, you know what's going on, hurry back." Aunt Lin began to drive Su Rui's sister and brother home.
On the way back, Su Rui suddenly burst into a sentence. "Eldest brother, when you grow up in the future, the eldest sister will find you someone who is in love with you."
"Eldest sister, what do you say? How old am I? Su Chenrui was embarrassed.
"Hehe, it's almost a few years, and it's time to show you your daughter-in-law." Su Rui touched Su Chenrui's head.
Early the next morning, Su Qiang came to play with Su Chenrui and brought a follow-up.
"The widow of the Liu family hanged herself last night, and Uncle Chang An was beaten violently by the uncle of the Liu family and Liu Ping, the son of the widow Liu, and paid five taels of silver before it was resolved." Su Qiang said with a sugar cube in his mouth.
Su Rui sighed, what kind of hanging. Obviously she was strangled to death by Uncle Liu and her son Liu Ping......
The status of women in ancient times was really low, and those who stole people were directly killed by the clan, and they were not reported to the government.
The seventh day came quickly, early in the morning. Su Ruibel and her siblings carried the bags of wheat onto the wheelbarrow and staggered towards the village.
At this time, the entrance of the ancestral hall was already full of people.
"No, no, the quality of your grain is too poor, and you won't accept it when the official comes." Su Changsheng shouted.
"Village chief, that's all I have in my family."
"Old man Lin, it's not that I don't accept it. It's the government that doesn't want to come. "Su Changsheng can't help it...
Old man Lin's family and Su Rui's family are still a little different, in the early years, because it was an outsider, the family had too little land, the son of the Lin family went up the mountain to open up the wasteland, and accidentally fell down the hillside and died in heavy rain, their family this time because of the drought, the family ran out of food, and starved to death of the daughter-in-law and eldest grandson, and the family was left with the little granddaughter Lin Lijun and him, and the already poor family was even worse.
Su Rui couldn't bear it, and told her brothers and sisters to line up. followed behind the Lin family's grandson, and only when he saw that there was no one did he step forward.
"Grandpa Lin, sister Lijun."
The Lin family looked back at a strange girl and asked strangely. "Girl, are you?"
Su Rui smiled, "I am the boss of Su Changming's family, Su Rui." ”
Old Man Lin suddenly realized that this is also a poor person. "Miss Su, what's the matter?"
"Grandpa Lin, I'm fine, I just see that you are worried about food, and I still have some better quality food at home, which can be lent to you. I'll pay it back to us next year. "Since Su Rui chased it out, she just wants to make a good fate.
Old Man Lin was surprised. "Why do you want to help us?"
Su Rui paused for a moment, and then said, "Because when I saw Sister Lijun, I thought of our sister and brother." If it weren't for the help of well-wishers, we probably wouldn't have survived. So..."
Old Man Lin understood Su Rui's unfinished words. "The old man has thanked Miss Su here."
"Grandpa Lin sent the food home, take the bag and follow me home to get the food."
When she got home, Su Rui told Old Man Lin to wait in the yard for a while, she went into the space to pack the food, took it out, and then asked Old Man Lin to come in and move the food.
When she returned to the door of the Su family's ancestral hall, Su Rui whispered to Old Man Lin, "Grandpa Lin, don't tell anyone that it was the food that my family borrowed."
Even the old man nodded, "Well, the old man remembers." ”
"Eldest sister, what are you doing? It's coming to us soon," Su Ying finally saw the eldest sister come back.
"It's not yet there." Su Rui saw that there were still five more families to her house.
Lin Lijun waited for Su Rui to walk away, and then pulled her grandfather's sleeve and whispered, "Grandpa, Sister Su Rui is a good person." ”
Old Man Lin watched the interaction between Su Rui's sister and brother from afar.
"Yes, you must remember that the grace of a drop of water should be reciprocated by a spring."
"Hmm" Lin Lijun understands, it is not difficult to add icing on the cake, and sending carbon in the snow is the most precious.