I'm wearing it, but I'm still suffering.

"Have other grains increased in price? How much have they increased?" Grandpa Liu asked hurriedly after hearing what his eldest grandson said.

"Everything has gone up. I asked around, and almost everything has gone up by three cents per pound, except for coarse flour, which has only gone up by two cents per pound."

"Dad, should we stock up?" It was my aunt who asked the question.

It was she who went to the town with Liu Kun to shop today, and she also heard what the shopkeeper said. She found it unbelievable at the time!

"Let me think about it! If we buy now, we will lose money when the crops in the fields mature. But if we don't buy, the price will inevitably rise if the market continues to be hot. The shopkeeper didn't say anything wrong." Grandpa Liu said with a dilemma.

Knowing the drought would continue, Liu Xiaoxiao said, "Grandpa, why don't we buy less and store it now? I think the weather will probably continue to get hot. Even if we harvest the crops later, they will still be much less than in previous years. I'm afraid it will be difficult to make it through to next year."

After listening to Liu Xiaoxiao's analysis, Grandpa Liu thought her method was feasible and asked, "Old lady, do you have any extra money at home? I plan to buy some old rice and coarse noodles as a backup."

"Master, it's up to you. I still have over twenty taels of silver. If it doesn't work out, I'll give you my allowance first." Grandma Liu was afraid that Grandpa Liu would buy too much, so she planned to use her own allowance as well. After all, she didn't have any support from her parents at the moment.

"Okay, then you give the eldest son eight taels tomorrow." After saying this to his wife, he called the eldest and second sons over.

"Mao'er, Jing'er, take Kun'er with you tomorrow. The three of you should go to the grain store together and buy 200 kilograms each of coarse flour and aged rice."

"Okay, Dad, Grandpa," the three replied in unison.

Seeing that her grandfather didn't plan to buy more, Liu Xiaoxiao wanted to buy it herself.

"Grandpa, I want to go and see it tomorrow too. My uncles need to go buy food, but they can't do it without a car. So I might as well go back home and ask Uncle Wang to take the trouble to help us deliver the food."

"Okay, thank you Uncle Wang for your hard work. Come back early after buying breakfast. We will prepare dinner for you at home. We will treat Uncle Wang well when the time comes. After dinner, you can go back."

"Okay, I'll listen to Grandpa. Cui'er, do you want to go back tomorrow?"

"Will Sister Xiaoxiao come back tomorrow? If so, I won't go back."

"Of course I'm coming back. Do you have anything you want me to bring back?"

"If possible, could you bring two fish home for me?" As she said that, she looked at the bucket they had just brought back. There were two fish in the bucket that she had caught today.

It was her first time fishing today and she wanted to share her catch with her family.

Liu Xiaoxiao also saw through her little thought, but did not say it out loud. She said, "Of course, we caught so many today. Let's take two more so that your mother and my parents can eat the fish caught by their daughter."

She said she caught a lot of fish today, so the family members gathered around to see. The bucket was still the same one from yesterday, but today's fish were all big. The smallest one was the size of a palm, and the largest one weighed about three pounds.

"We didn't go fishing in the river today, but we caught all of these. Isn't that amazing!" Liu Xiaoxiao had an expression as if waiting for praise, which made everyone instantly forget that they were still worried about the rising food prices.

They all praised: "Amazing, of course it's amazing, our Xiaoxiao is the best."