Taking away my family's luck? I won't stand it!

Unexpectedly, Yaoyao quickly picked up the sweet potato and threw it into the cold water.

Frightened, Guo Ping quickly checked Yaoyao's hand, "Yaoyao, brother, how can you hold such a hot sweet potato?"

However, there was no red mark on Yaoyao's hand.

It was as if the person who just reached out to grab the sweet potato was not her.

"Excited!"

Aren’t you too!

Yaoyao pouted, frowned, pulled Guoping's hand and put it into the cold water.

She is different from her stupid brother.

"So the younger sister feels sorry for her brother?" Guo Ping looked at Yaoyao's actions and smiled happily.

My sister's hands are so soft and tender, and it feels so comfortable when she holds his hands.

Guowang came over and said, "Sister, I've roasted some sweet potatoes for you, can you please take care of me?"

"Ah!" Yaoyao looked at him, pinched Guowang's hand and put it in cold water, and the freezing Guowang screamed.

"Sister, it's so cold." Guowang had a sad face.

Yaoyao tilted her head and looked at Guowang. Didn’t her brother ask her to care about him?

“Brother deserves it.” Guoan teased Guowang.

Guoxing was also smiling.

Guowang was a little sad at first, but when he saw their gloating eyes, Guowang suddenly became proud.

"Humph, Yaoyao held my hand, you guys didn't!"

This sentence broke the defenses of several children, they also wanted it!

Guoxing and Guoan moved over to surround Yaoyao, asking for concern.

The children from the Shen family and the Ye family also moved over to surround Yaoyao, asking for her care.

Yaoyao was eating the sweet potato that Guoping fed her, and she was holding her brother and sister's hands and putting them in cold water, which made the group of children giggle.

When Old Lady Liu and Mrs. Lin came in, they saw Yaoyao eating something, and her two chubby hands put Shen Lingling and Guowang's hands into the basin of water.

A group of children surrounded Yaoyao, laughing and talking happily.

Old Mrs. Liu was very pleased.

However, although she was relieved, Yaoyao never stopped talking. Her mouth was full and her stomach was round from eating too much.

"Guoping, Yaoyao can't eat too much." Old Mrs. Liu said to Guoping.

"The doctor said that Yaoyao is overnourished and can't eat too much, otherwise she will be unhealthy."

Guoping quickly stopped and didn't dare to feed the baby anymore.

You have to listen to the doctor.

Mrs. Lin looked at Yaoyao with a kind look in her eyes and held her in her arms.

"Yaoyao is really good-looking, strong, tall, and good-looking."

Old Lady Liu: "Last time, Yaoyao suddenly refused to eat. We were so anxious that we took her to Lanzhitang to see a doctor. The doctor said that Yaoyao was now overnourished and had to control her diet."

Speaking of this, Old Lady Liu feels distressed. The child is hungry and you don't let her eat enough, so she will starve. But she has no choice but to reduce the amount of food at each meal. After all, the doctor will not lie.

I felt sorry for Yaoyao but I could only harden my heart and help her lose weight.

The two talked for a while, and the topic turned to the court's increase in grain taxes yesterday.

"They don't want us to live. Last time they forced conscription, and now they're increasing the grain tax. They're taking the able-bodied people from our families to serve in the army, leaving the elderly in their seventies and eighties to farm at home. We can't grow this much food even if we work ourselves to death!"

"Our family's eight mu of land is already the limit, and now the grain tax has been increased. I think we will have to go hungry this year."

Old Lady Liu sighed, "That's right. We've had drought in the north for three years, and there hasn't been a single grain of relief grain. The grain taxes we paid didn't save us in this critical moment. If this continues, sooner or later, something terrible will happen in the world."

Yaoyao sucked her fingers and listened carefully to what Old Lady Liu and Mrs. Lin were saying.

She knew where the relief grain had gone; it had all been sold for silver by court officials.

Boxes of gold are piled up in the warehouse.

But now it’s all in my space.

"Alas, if a riot really breaks out, there's nothing we can do. The emperor's increase in grain taxes means he's not giving the people a chance to live. We ordinary people can't even get enough to eat, so we'll definitely rebel. I just hope this doesn't happen. There's a war going on on the border, and if there's another riot inside, our country will be finished!"

Mrs. Lin's old face was full of vicissitudes, her back was bent, and she looked at the rice seedlings that had just been planted in the field. Her eyes seemed to say, "Seedlings, grow well, and let every grain of rice be piled on the branches."

Old Mrs. Liu sighed and said nothing. She followed Mrs. Lin's gaze towards the green rice seedlings. She understood Mrs. Lin's concerns.

She hoped that there was someone who could break through the darkness and bring light to this dark and cannibalistic world.

The people have a way to live...

Yaoyao looked at Old Lady Liu and Mrs. Lin with her big round eyes, following their gaze.

That is the fear and longing for the future.

A flash of golden light flashed across Yaoyao's eyes and disappeared.

The next moment, a drizzle began to fall from the sky. The sky had been gloomy and dark just a moment ago, but a ray of sunlight penetrated the dark clouds, inexplicably bringing a sense of hope to people.

The dark clouds will eventually be unable to withstand the strong sunlight and turn into rain and dissipate under the sun.

The rain has a sweet smell that makes people feel comfortable and refreshed.

Walking in the rain, I didn’t feel the coldness brought by the rain, but instead felt warm all over.

All things come back to life.

"It's really strange how the rain falls. It's sunny and raining at the same time." Mrs. Lin looked at the strange sky in surprise.

Old Lady Liu nodded. "It's indeed strange, but it's good that it rains. We don't have to fetch water for the fields every day."

"That's true. It's good to have rain. The rice seedlings will grow well after the rain. The summer harvest will definitely be heavier than in previous years." Mrs. Lin showed a relieved smile on her face.

"Wow, grandma, there's a rainbow. There are two rainbows!" Guowang pointed at the two-color rainbow in the sky and jumped on the spot excitedly.

Old Lady Liu carried Yaoyao out to see the rainbow. "Yaoyao, this is your first time seeing a rainbow. Look, do you see that over there? That's a rainbow, two-colored."

"hold head high!"

Yaoyao responded and smiled. This rainbow was given to her by Father Tiandao. Father Tiandao must be rewarding her for sending down a spiritual spring rain to the world just now.

......

A small village two hundred miles away.

"Lists? Do these lists record the corruption and bribery of officials in the court and the private resale of disaster relief grain sent by the court to the north?" Lu Jiu held a letter in his hand and pointed at the table.

Ali nodded, "Yes, that's what I heard from those people, but the list is nowhere to be found."

"Go check where the list went." Lu Jiu pinched the jade pendant in his arms while thinking, and said thoughtfully.

"Yes." Ali responded and turned to leave.

Lu Jiu looked at A Li's departing back, then turned to look at Xiao Ci who was staring at the cracked jade pendant in a trance.

"Missing Yaoyao?"

Xiao Ci's gaze lingered on the cracked jade pendant, and he pursed his lips and nodded, "Yeah."

"Speaking of which, we were able to be safe and sound along the way thanks to the jade pendant given by the Yuan family. It's normal for you to miss Yaoyao, and I also miss the Yuan family's food." Lu Jiu took out the jade pendant in his arms, and there was a broken line on it.