Quickly wear it with your skills

But everyone carried water to irrigate the fields, and they did manage to harvest some crops. However, some areas were completely barren. So after the new year, more and more people began to flee the famine.

That was the most difficult time. Immediately after the internal troubles, war broke out on the border of Daxia Kingdom. Due to the drought, the soldiers were unable to resist the attack.

After losing two cities in succession and suffering countless casualties, Lou Xiao was invited back to take command, mainly because the other members of the Lou family army who were truly capable of fighting were unable to command, and the other armies were not strong enough.

To be honest, Lou Xiao is also quite miserable. The emotional matter is secondary. The main reason is that in his previous life, he never got the trust of the emperor until his death.

I believe the days ahead will not be easy, having earned the suspicion of an emperor. Oh, how can I allow others to sleep peacefully under my bed? The consequences are self-evident.

But speaking of Lan Hanlu's understanding of him, he is a very loyal person and does have some talent in leading troops in battle, so he was also quite wronged.

She worried about him when she liked him, but now this has nothing to do with Lan Hanlu. She plans to go to a reservoir on the mountain after the heavy rain to collect some water and put it into the space.

Whether she could use water freely in the next two years depended on this collection. In fact, there was also a river running through the village at the foot of the mountain, but Lan Hanlu didn't want to compete with the villagers for water.

A few days before spring planting, the village chief's donkey cart went to the city every day. Lan Hanlu picked a better day and also took the donkey cart to the city.

She first went to the carpenter's shop to pick up the things she bought, then ordered 30 large bath tubs, and went to the embroidery shop to deliver the embroidery works she had saved up during the winter, as well as some small dolls for Fang Yue's children.

Not only did Fang Yue warmly welcome her, but she also received a subtle reminder. "Sister, you've made a lot of money selling embroidery, but money isn't enough to feed you. You should prepare more food while you can."

"Sister, why do you say that? It makes me panic." She seemed frightened.

Fang Yue patted her hands and said, "After all, you are young and live in the village, so you don't know. My wife told me that it hasn't rained there since the beginning of autumn last year.

We haven't been able to plant crops since the beginning of spring this year, and the weather here has been unusual, but we can still make ends meet, so we should make some preparations early."

Lan Hanlu quickly stood up and bowed to her. "Thank you for reminding me, sister. I will definitely keep your words in mind."

Fang Yue helped her up. "That's enough, as long as you don't think I'm talking nonsense."

Lan Hanlu pretended to be angry and said, "Sister, what are you talking about? Am I that kind of person? I am very grateful to you."

Her words made Fang Yue burst out laughing. "You have such a mouth...Okay, okay, I have one more piece of good news to tell you."

After saying this, she turned around and took out a tray from the cabinet, "This is a reward from the master. Your embroidery not only caught the master's eye, but also won the master's favor after it was brought in.

This reward is really generous, and I am jealous of it even if I put it here. Thanks for coming here, take it quickly and don't let me be jealous of it. "

As she spoke, she placed the tray on the table and removed the red cloth on it, revealing a set of six-piece headpieces with red gold lace and plum blossom patterns.

Lan Hanlu was a discerning person, and she could tell at a glance that this headdress was made by the imperial court. It was obvious that her embroidery must have been brought to the palace.

She showed a look of surprise and copied it with her hands. "This is so beautiful! What great craftsmanship!"

Fang Yue covered her mouth with a handkerchief and smiled, "It's great that my sister likes it. This is where it came from. I heard it's not... But this is also a blessing that most people can't get."

"Yes, yes, this is a great blessing, something that can become a family heirloom." She agreed.

Fang Yue took out another tray and said, "This is a gift from the noble. You can keep these for your own use. Listen to my sister and prepare some food."

Lan Hanlu moved away from this tray and looked at that one. On it was a ten-liang gold ingot, placed in two rows, a total of 10.

Lan Hanlu narrowed her eyes, which also looks good.

Fang Yue took two boxes, put the jewelry and gold in them, and put them in the backpack for him. "Do you want me to send a servant to deliver it to you?"

"Don't bother me, sister. Who would have thought that I would be carrying such precious things?" Another round of polite refusal.

After leaving the embroidery building, she packed up her things as she walked, and when she got to the grain store, she found that the price of grain had risen again. She weighed some and found that there were 50 kilograms of grain.

I carried it out of the store in a backpack and went to a pastry shop. The price of this thing had also increased, and it had increased a lot. But in order to save myself the trouble, I ordered a lot of two or three pounds of it.

When I went to the pork shop, I not only bought pork offal, but also a lot of pork. I could go home and braise it or make it into jerky and store it.

When she returned to the donkey cart, the storage space was full again. Most of the villagers had bought some food, though some had more and some had less.

A group of people rode their donkey carts slowly back home, the atmosphere subdued. There was no noise or chatter like last time; the villagers simply didn't have access to the current situation, but seeing the rising prices of food and daily necessities, they knew it wasn't a good thing.

Instead of having the village chief escort her home, she slowly returned home carrying half a basket of pig offal and pork.

Lou Xiao was not at home, so Lan Hanlu quickly washed her hands and changed her clothes. She looked back at the things in the basket and decided to wait for him to come back and clean them up.

It was a good opportunity to take advantage of the fact that no one was around to pack the twenty or so boxes first, otherwise there would be no room in the grid space. All the items were packed into boxes according to their types, and then a note was attached to the box and it was stored in the storage space.

After this tidying up, there were 16 more compartments, which were enough for the time being, but she didn't dare to order boxes from that carpenter's shop anymore.

But the space was really not enough, so she had to make do with it. She even left a space for her jewelry and silver.

Oh, I feel so happy when I see these little cuties. This is definitely not greed for money, it’s just a hobby. Everyone in the world has some hobbies.

After Lou Xiao returned, he automatically took the basket outside and fetched water to wash it. The disaster had already begun, and the family had to hide some food, so Lou Xiao went to the trouble of fetching water from the river to clean up.

Following Lan Hanlu's previous method of packing, she cleaned up and packed the things.

"Cook the ribs first and stew some to eat." Lan Hanlu shouted and turned back to get some dried vegetables and put some in when stewing later.

Spring plowing began in a few days. It was not as vigorous as in previous years. People came back from the fields sighing, and the land was dry and sandy.

(Thank you all for your support. Just like the previous book, if you want to read any kind of story, please tell me. I will arrange the future stories accordingly.)