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

She had only ever been in the kitchen to light a fire before, never cooking. She wondered if the dishes she could cook on this earthen stove would be delicious! She was excited just thinking about it.

When they heard that she was going to cook, Zhu Yun and Zhu Fu both thought of last year when Liu Xiaoxiao was bored at home and went to the kitchen to watch her aunt Qiao cook. Then, they didn't know how she got the hang of it. The dishes she cooked were either extremely salty or half-cooked, but she still firmly believed that they were cooked. As a result, the whole family had mild diarrhea after eating the dishes she cooked.

This time when they heard her say she was going to cook, of course both of them spoke out to stop her.

"Xiaoxiao"

"Xiaobao"

After they finished shouting, the two looked at each other again. Finally, Zhu Yun said: "Hey! My daughter, it's been so long since you saw your grandpa. You should stay here and talk to them! Mom will go help your aunt and the others." Then she was about to get up and go out.

"Yes, yes, Xiaoxiao, stay today and chat with me and your grandfather. Let your mother and others do the cooking. You, a kid, shouldn't get involved." Zhufu followed his daughter's words and pulled Liu Xiaoxiao to sit on the stool where Zhu Yun had just sat.

"Okay!" She murmured in her heart, thinking that her mother and grandfather said this because they actually didn't want her to cook!

Seeing her like this, Zhufu knew that she must still be worried in her heart, so he told her what he wanted to say in advance to distract her attention.

"Father-in-law, actually I came here at this time because I have something to discuss with your family." As he said this, he looked in the direction of Liu Yingcai.

Seeing that he suddenly became serious, Grandpa Liu also sat up straight and said seriously: "What's the matter?"

Seeing that everyone was staring at him, Zhufu calmly told them what he had seen outside this time.

"Didn't I go to the capital to pick up some goods this time? I heard something there, so I was delayed for so long before coming back. I also wanted to make sure everything was clear before I come back to make plans."

Hearing what he said, Liu Yingcai immediately had a bad feeling and asked, "I wonder what my in-laws have heard. Is it confirmed now?"

Zhufu knew from Liu Yingcai's question that his relative was a sensitive person. He hadn't said it clearly yet! He just asked and replied: "Yes, it's basically confirmed. It depends on what your plans are now."

"What are you talking about? I don't understand." The uncle asked with a confused look on his face.

"Brother, not only you don't understand, I don't understand either." Liu Mao only knew that they were talking to each other and he heard everything they said, but he just didn't understand what they were expressing?

Liu Xiaoxiao listened for a long time and didn't understand at first, but then she gradually felt that they might be talking about fleeing famine.

This was because she had seen the mural in the space two days ago and made a bold guess.

But she didn't dare to really say it out loud, fearing that they were not talking about this matter. Then how would she explain what she had already said? So she just continued to listen!

Seeing that the children didn't understand unless he explained clearly, Grandpa Liu called his eldest grandson to the door to watch. If their conversation was heard by others, it would not be a good thing, so he said: "Kun'er, go watch the door."

"Okay." Liu Kun roughly guessed that what they were about to say might be somewhat outrageous, so he agreed readily.

After Liu Kun left, Zhufu continued the previous topic and explained to everyone: "Isn't our country's Yellow Emperor quite old? But she refuses to hand over power to the Crown Prince. Moreover, in the past two years, various regions have increased many harsh taxes to varying degrees. Coupled with the continuous famine in recent years, the people have suffered unspeakably. Some have even risen in rebellion."

They knew that a lot of taxes had been increased, and they had heard about the famine, but they had not heard that someone was about to rebel. It seemed that a lot of things were happening in places they didn't know about!

"Even so, it shouldn't have anything to do with us!" Their family doesn't have to pay taxes, and the famine here is not that serious.

Zhufu waved his hand to signal him to be patient and continued, "I only said half of it just now. Besides, I heard a friend of mine casually mention that now even scholars have to pay a 10% tax on the land they own."

"This? Why didn't we receive any notice?" asked Grandpa Liu.

"I also asked around about this matter, and he said that the information would not be announced until the autumn harvest, so it hasn't reached us yet, but it will be soon."

In an instant the whole room fell into silence.

Seeing them blessing me like this, I couldn't bear to continue talking, because the next words were the real cruelty.

But he had to say it, and after they had calmed down for a moment, he added, "Also, quite a number of rebels and refugees have gathered in Lanzhou, and they're heading towards Jingzhou. They're burning, killing, looting, and committing all sorts of atrocities wherever they go. We'd better make plans early. On my way back, I saw a few refugees being chased this way. If we make any plans later, we might lose the opportunity."