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

Next, Old Lady Liu watched Guoan more and more closely, wishing she could tie him up and watch him.

Old Lady Liu thought that Guoan's current condition was not a big deal. It was useless to watch him every day. She had to find a way to divert his attention.

Then Old Lady Liu went out to ask Mrs. Lin for a few baskets of corn and asked Guoan to sit there and slowly corn the corn. He was not allowed to play until he finished corning.

Guoan raised his round face and blinked his big eyes. The face of Old Lady Liu was reflected in his clear eyes. He pursed his lips in grievance, but because of the burning pain on his butt, he had to run to the corn pile and pick the corn kernels.

Its tiny body was buried in the corn husks, and it looked very pitiful.

The poor guy fell asleep on the pile of corn while harvesting. Old Mrs. Liu sighed, carried him into the house and placed him next to Yaoyao.

Soon it was afternoon.

The three boys who were attending school at the Lu Mansion came back with Nanny Nan and Xiao Ci.

Xiao Ci saw Yaoyao lying on the ground playing with a puppet toy. With a smile in his eyes, he walked over quickly and picked Yaoyao up.

The three boys behind him curled their lips in anger, very dissatisfied that Xiao Ci got ahead of them in hugging Yaoyao.

That's their sister.

Yaoyao was very excited when she saw her handsome brother hugging her. She immediately grabbed Xiao Ci's collar and spit on him.

It’s been a long time since I saw my handsome brother!

Nanny Nan was wearing a dark blue gown with a pink undershirt embroidered with blooming rich flowers underneath. She had a hairpin with two crabapple flowers on the stem inserted in her hair, and she exuded a dignified and solemn temperament.

This twin-petal crabapple hairpin was bought by Old Lady Liu and Shen Chulan at Liumei Pavilion in town last time and given to Nanny Nan. At that time, Zhang Lai Di, who was still the third son's wife, made a big fuss about it.

Su Bai was holding a box in her hand and placed it on the table. Inside was two plates of exquisite snacks.

"I made this snack myself, Auntie, please try it."

Nanny Nan took out two plates of exquisite snacks from the lunch box one by one, one plate was osmanthus cake and the other was red date cake.

The osmanthus cake is dotted with fresh osmanthus flowers, and you can taste the sweet fragrance of the osmanthus cake before you even taste it.

The other plate of red date cake was made with the red dates that Old Lady Liu brought over last time. It was soft and fluffy, with some walnuts in it.

"Oh my, these are so beautifully made, I don't know how to start eating them." Old Mrs. Liu looked at the two plates of exquisite dim sum and didn't know where to start.

Nan Ma smiled and said, "No matter how beautiful it is, it's still for eating."

After hearing this, Old Lady Liu carefully picked up a piece of red date cake and put it into her mouth to take a bite. It was soft in the mouth, the red dates were sweet but not greasy, and the dried walnuts inside enhanced the taste.

"good to eat."

"Try the osmanthus cake again." Nanny Nan said with a smile.

After finishing the red date cake, Old Lady Liu picked up a piece of osmanthus cake. It had a gritty texture when she put it in her mouth, was sweet, and had a fresh fragrance of osmanthus.

“This one is delicious too.”

Nan Ma pursed her lips and smiled, "As long as Auntie likes it, it's fine."

Just then, Yaoyao's attention was attracted by the two plates of exquisite snacks on the table. She babbled and wanted to reach out to grab them. Xiao Ci was so scared that he quickly held her hand down.

When Yaoyao saw that her hand was being held down, she looked up and glared at Xiao Ci in dissatisfaction.

"Sister Yaoyao, you can't eat this. You can eat it when you grow up." Xiao Ci coaxed Yaoyao in a low voice.

Yaoyao showed her pink gums and frowned slightly, "Ahhhhhh!"

I can’t eat rice, I can’t eat vegetables, I can’t eat cakes, I’m so angry!

Father Tiandao must have done it on purpose!

She was deliberately made into a baby who couldn't even walk, for fear that she would go around eating the treasures of heaven and earth, gold and jewels!

"Yaoyao, you will be able to eat egg custard in more than three months, so wait a little longer." Old Mrs. Liu came over and coaxed Yaoyao.

"what!"

Yaoyao put away her fierce expression and showed a sweet smile. The little dimples at the corners of her mouth melted the hearts of everyone present.

Nan Ma smiled and said, "Yaoyao looks so excited when she sees us eating. She will definitely be a big foodie when she grows up."

"Yes, when Yaoyao was not even a month old, she would drool whenever she saw us eating, looking like a greedy little cat." Old Mrs. Liu replied with a smile.

Mrs. Liu suddenly remembered that she hadn't seen Mr. Lu for a long time and asked, "Hey, it seems like I haven't seen Mr. Lu for a long time. The last time I went to the Lu Mansion, I didn't see Mr. Lu either. Is Mr. Lu busy recently?"

"Well, recently the master has been out early and back late because of the family business, and even I find it difficult to see him."

Nanny Nan's expression was unnatural for a moment, but she quickly concealed it.

Speaking of this, Old Lady Liu was very concerned about the situation in the north. "Oh, I don't know what's going on in the north now. Have the barbarians on the border been repelled? I don't know if it's raining over there. If it doesn't rain, the people in the north will have no way to survive."

"The north has been suffering from a severe drought for three years now, and the crops have all but vanished. Only the south has remained relatively unaffected, enjoying favorable weather and abundant harvests every year."

"If the imperial court had used the grain collected in the south to provide disaster relief to the north, so many people in the north wouldn't have starved to death."

Old Mrs. Liu felt sad when she talked about this.

During the three years of the disaster, the imperial court was only concerned with fighting the barbarians and did not care about the lives of the people in the north.

"Grandma Liu means that the imperial court didn't provide you with food relief?"

Xiao Ci, who was teasing Yaoyao on the side, suddenly looked up and asked, a hint of coldness flashing in his ink-black pupils.

Old Lady Liu didn't notice anything unusual. "Of course, if there was relief grain, we wouldn't have to flee. If we hadn't heard that the border was about to collapse, we wouldn't have fled here!"

That is the root of our ancestors! Our hearts ached as if being stabbed when we suddenly left the place where our ancestors had lived for generations."

Although there were other hidden reasons why they chose to flee famine, it was a fact that the imperial court did not care about the north. It was a pity that the northerners paid so much grain tax every year, but at the critical moment, the imperial court did not even care about them.

Yaoyao blinked and laughed a few times.

It’s raining in the north. It’s raining. The last time it rained, it rained all over the country. It was really heavy.

However, no one present noticed Yaoyao.

Xiao Ci and Nanny Nan looked at each other.

Xiao Ci then handed Yaoyao to Guo Ping, who had been looking at him, and said, "Grandma Liu, Mammy and I remembered that we have something else to do at home, so we'll go back first."

Guoping was very happy holding Yaoyao. Guoxing and Guowang were also very happy. Each of them held one of Yaoyao's feet and kissed it again and again.

Sure enough, Yaoyao's feet smell delicious.

"Okay, I'll see you off." Old Mrs. Liu stood up and saw them out of the yard.

County magistrate's residence.

When County Magistrate Huang received the reply letter from the prefect, his expression changed from gloomy to happy when he read the contents of the letter.

Zhao Shiye's face was filled with anxiety. "Master, what did the prefect say?"