Chapter 9: Li Rui is Back

The three aunts and their cousins were busy leaving, leaving only four uncles and nephews in the main room.

“Tell me, what’s the matter?” the uncle said.

“Is your mother being bullied by that family?” the uncle asked anxiously.

Su Yin hurriedly spoke to prevent the uncles from thinking too much, “No. Uncle, second uncle, and younger uncle, I went to the county town the day before yesterday and met a businessman from Yuzhou.

I heard that the businessman said that in the Yunzhou area, There has been chaos, and many refugees have come to our Meizhou.

These refugees are robbing and killing people whenever they see them. Those people are already going crazy with hunger. I heard that several villages have been massacred. “

” According to the businessman, I’m afraid it will happen soon. It’s coming to Dongtu County. We have to make plans early.”

“What do you think?” Uncle Yang Dashan asked.

Su Yin lowered her head in despair, “Grandpa and grandma don’t believe it. They never believe my words.”

When the three uncles thought about the virtues of the Su family, they had no doubts at all.

“Mom was afraid that the uncles wouldn’t know, so I asked you to inform you and make plans in advance.”

The incident was so sudden that the three uncles were a little overwhelmed.

Su Yin continued: “This matter is too important, and I can’t guarantee that what the merchant said is true. Uncle, if you have time, you can go to the town and ask the merchants walking around, and you may be able to find out more clearly. “

This incident was too sudden, and we didn’t hear anything about it.” The second uncle looked solemn.

“Yeah, it’s too sudden.”

The eldest uncle said, “What did your mother say?”

“She depends on the uncles’ own wishes.” Su Yin added, “The refugees haven’t come yet, we still have time. In seven days No matter what my uncle decides, he must send someone to inform him. “

The purpose of coming here today is to let my uncle’s family digest the news and slowly accept it.

When Li Rui’s family comes back and with his evidence, I believe my uncle’s family will make a decision.

“Um.”

The third aunt asked Su Yin to stay at home for dinner, but Su Yin refused and she had to rush back.

As soon as she left, the three uncles came to find their aunt and mentioned what she had said before.

The expressions of the three aunts changed drastically.

“It’s not that serious! Maybe Xiaoyin heard it wrong.”

If it was as the niece said, they would have to leave.

In this era, no one is willing to leave their hometown unless they are forced to do so.

“Yes! If the refugees are really so violent, why haven’t you heard anything outside?”

No one in the hall wants to believe that your news is true.

The second aunt said, “Even if the refugees come, our village should be more united and block people out. I don’t think those people would dare to break in.”

The eldest uncle disagreed. He had heard of the cruelty of some extremely hungry people. That means anything can be done.

On the way back from my uncle’s house, I took a trip to town while it was still early and went straight to the pork stall.

I couldn’t afford meat that day, but now I have money to buy it.

Su Yin felt happy.

The stall owner didn’t recognize Su Yin that day and asked as usual, “Girl, would you like some meat? Our pork meat prices are the most reasonable in town.”

Su Yin looked at the meat on the chopping board. Most of them were thin, very little fat. In this era, fat meat is the most popular, but not many people like lean meat.

“Uncle, how do you sell it?”

“Thirty-five cents per catty.”

“Want some?”

“I want all of these, can it be cheaper?”

The stall owner was surprised, “You said you want all of these?”

“Yes.”

“If you want them all, I’ll give you two cents per catty. Money.”

“Everything.”

The stall owner weighed it happily, “Fifty-six pounds, a total of one to two dollars and forty-eight yuan.”

Su Yin paid the money neatly and put the things on the cart.

“Uncle, I still need two pieces of front leg meat and thirty pounds of fat.”

“I’ll keep it for you. Just come and pick it up tomorrow. But I’ll keep this meat for you. You have to pay a deposit first. Not much, just two or three dollars,” the stall owner said cautiously, as if he was afraid that she would mind.

“No problem.” Su Yin gave a deposit of two yuan and went back with the pork.

Early the next morning, Su Yin carried a basket on her back and the chopped silver, and headed to the town early.

When the stall owner saw her coming, he greeted her with a smile.

“The meat is reserved for you, two front legs and good fat.”

The stall owner took the meat out of the basket at the back of the stall and put it neatly into the basket on her back.

Su Yin paid the money and as soon as she turned around, she saw her uncle Su Xiaoyong and her mother-in-law Lu standing across the street.

She hurriedly hid behind the camphor tree behind the stall owner to avoid the two men.

Su Xiaoyong noticed his wife’s gaze and asked casually, “What are you looking at?”

Mrs. Lu leaned towards the alley across the street, “Why did I seem to have seen that girl Su Yin just now?”

Su Xiaoyong heard this and looked along her line of sight, but saw nothing.

“I’m afraid you’ve read it wrong. That girl is still raising her legs at her uncle’s house, so she won’t show up at the market.

Stop inking and buy things quickly. It depends on whether you can be admitted to the scholar’s examination this time.”

As soon as it was mentioned. With top priority, Lu left the person suspected of Su Yin behind.

After the uncle and his wife left, Su Yin came out from behind the tree and left the market quickly. It would be bad if he met the Su family again.

After returning to the mountain, Su Yin immediately refined the oil. After cutting thirty kilograms of fat meat into well-proportioned pieces, she began to boil the oil.

After a while, the forest was filled with the scent of lard.

After all the fat was boiled, she divided it into two clay pots and sprinkled a little salt inside so that the lard would not spoil easily.

Su Yin would not have eaten the oily residue left over from boiling lard, but this body had no resistance at all to the oily residue.

At noon, she ate green vegetables fried in oil, paired with a bowl of rice. Not to mention how fragrant it was, Su Yin was very satisfied.

This is the first time Su Yin has been so satisfied after being reincarnated in the Yong Dynasty for fifteen years.

In the afternoon, Su Yin was not free and started making dried meat.

Cut the meat into uniform finger-sized strips, blanch it in water for the first time to remove blood foam and impurities, then pass it through water to further remove blood water, then apply salt and other seasonings and marinate for an hour.

The next step is frying and air-drying. With deep-frying, she doesn’t have so much oil.

Oil is very valuable. Even though she unexpectedly got two hundred taels of silver, she spent a lot of money buying supplies in the past few days. She only had sixty taels left in her pocket as a reserve just in case.

There is no need to fry it, it can only be air-dried, but her time is limited, so she can only air-dry it manually and smoke it with fire.

In two days’ time, it will be the day when Li Rui returns to the village to report the news.

Su Yin started making pancakes. Making pancakes is very simple. Just knead the dough, sprinkle some salt inside, spread the pancakes, and bake them to dry. A pancake is ready.

Such noodles are easy to eat and durable.

In the Yong Dynasty, this kind of noodle pancakes were often eaten by passers-by, but everyone used different ingredients and flour to make the noodles.

Su Yin found a piece of wild onion at a back, washed the wild onion, chopped it into pieces and kneaded it into the dough, turning it into onion-flavored pancakes.

Under the cover of Su’s mother, Su Baozhu often went up the mountain to help.

That day Su Baozhu went up the mountain and brought news.

Li Rui is back!