Eavesdropping on Fu Bao's inner thoughts, emptying the stored grain and fleeing the famine

This was the first time Lian's mother had heard Fu Bao's voice, even though she had known for a long time that her daughter, daughter-in-law, and husband could all hear the little guy's thoughts.

But when Lian's mother actually heard her grandson's adorable voice, she couldn't help but feel a sense of surprise.

"Fu Bao? What did you just say?" Looking at Fu Bao in her arms, the gloom in Lian's heart seemed to dissipate a lot.

Fu Bao turned his head, his chubby little face still covered in drool. He blinked his big eyes at his maternal grandmother, and then his mother heard Fu Bao's voice again.

[Hmm? Grandma can hear Fu Bao's voice now?]

This time, Lian's mother was finally certain that she could communicate with her beloved grandson without any problems. Overjoyed, she carried Fu Bao back to her daughter's room.

"Rongrong, Rongrong, I can hear Fubao talking." Mother Lian lowered her voice. She knew that Fubao's matter was a secret and must not be known to anyone.

Lian Rongrong was also pleasantly surprised upon hearing this. She took Fu Bao and then asked:

"Really? What did Fu Bao say to you? Did she say that her grandmother is too beautiful?"

"You silly girl, you're never serious all day long, you even make fun of your mother."

Although the mother scolded her daughter, she was secretly overjoyed. But the next second, her joy vanished.

She was so excited that she forgot what Fu Bao had just said.

"What did Fu Bao say again?" Mother Lian tried hard to recall.

But the little one in Lian Rongrong's arms couldn't hold back any longer.

[Oh dear, Grandma, Fu Bao said Uncle Ruan is a royal physician!]

"Imperial Physician?" Lian Rongrong exclaimed in surprise, her eyes immediately turning to Fu Bao.

"Not yet." Fu Bao seemed to sense her mother's confusion and immediately explained:

Uncle Ruan was a highly skilled physician, eventually becoming the Imperial Physician of the Shang Kingdom. However, he apparently committed some heinous crime and was ultimately torn apart by five horses by Princess Zhaoyang.

"Torn apart by five horses? Why? And who is Princess Zhaoyang?"

Lian Rongrong asked three questions in a row, she really couldn't understand why someone as good as Ruan Nianzhi would have such a tragic end.

Fu Bao's big eyes darted around before she gave an ambiguous answer:

It seems to be a charge of treason, but Fu Bao doesn't know the specifics.

I've only met Uncle Ruan once, and I'm not exactly close to him. As for that Princess Zhaoyang…

She was the eldest princess of the Shang Kingdom, and the only child of its king. That woman, tsk tsk, was terrifying.

She eventually became the queen of the Shang Kingdom, and her methods were even more ruthless than her father's; she was not someone to be trifled with.

Lian Rongrong's brows furrowed slightly involuntarily; she hadn't listened to much about Princess Zhaoyang at all.

What bothered her was that Ruan Nianzhi had died so tragically. Ruan Nianzhi was their family's savior, and now that she knew the ending, Lian Rongrong wanted to change it.

However, Xiao Fubao knew very little information, which left Lian Rongrong at a loss as to what to do.

Just as Lian Rongrong was worrying about Ruan Nianzhi's fate, Brother Wang's voice suddenly came from outside the courtyard.

"Dr. Ruan, you should go to the fields and take a look. Strange insects have appeared in your rice paddies too."

Lian Rongrong carried Fu Bao to the door and saw Ruan Nianzhi hurriedly putting on her shoes and running outside.

He kept muttering, "What should I do? What should I do?"

"What's going on?" Lin Chuyue, who had also heard the commotion, walked over to Lian Rongrong.

"I don't know, it sounds like some kind of strange insect?"

【Oh no, it looks like we've run into the great insect plague of the Shang Kingdom.】

I thought to myself, "Does God think we're too hard to kill? Why is this going on and on?"

"A massive insect plague?" Lin Chuyue looked at Fu Bao with surprise.

"Yes, the insect plague in the Kingdom of Shang is quite severe. It has caused almost a complete crop failure in the country's rice harvest."

That year, the Kingdom of Shang suffered from continuous famine, with corpses littering the fields. It was even said that some people exchanged their own children to eat.

Anyway, it was a terrible situation. However, due to the great disaster, the Shang Kingdom's national strength was weakened, which gave the Da Sheng Kingdom an opportunity.

At the urging of the King of Yi, Da Sheng launched a military campaign against the Kingdom of Shang, capturing ten cities in succession, but this also forged an irreconcilable enmity between them.

"Taking advantage of famine to attack others? This county lord is being rather unethical."

[More than that! The two countries had an agreement that neither side in a war should harm civilians.]

King Keyi, fearing that the prisoners from Shang Kingdom would consume Dasheng's grain reserves, actually ordered a massacre of the city.

The people of the ten cities suffered horrific bloodshed; for a whole month, the air in the cities reeked of cruel bloodshed.

"What a bastard!" Lian Rongrong clenched her fists and cursed, while Lin Chuyue gritted her teeth in hatred.

If it weren't for that scoundrel Li Yuanyi, how could their Lian family have fallen into such a state of ruin?

Although Lian Rongrong was very annoyed, those things hadn't happened yet. Lian Rongrong sighed and then said to Lin Chuyue:

"We'll talk about the future later. Right now, let's help Dr. Ruan get through this difficult time."

"Sister-in-law, let's go take a look too, maybe we can help in some way!"

“Okay, let’s go take a look.” Lin Chuyue readily agreed.

The two women handed the child over to Lian's mother and then hurriedly followed Ruan Nian to the rice paddies.

The rice paddies were some distance from Ruan Nianzhi's courtyard. It took them about the time it takes for two incense sticks to burn before they reached the edge of the paddies.

The rice paddies here are roughly divided into four large sections, which are spaced some distance from each other. Each large rice paddy belongs to six to ten families.

Ruan Nianzhi's rice paddy was located in the far northwest corner, right next to Brother Wang's. Therefore, as soon as the strange insects appeared in the paddy, Brother Wang immediately notified Ruan Nianzhi.

When Lian Rongrong and Lin Chuyue arrived at the edge of the field, there was already a large crowd of onlookers. The sounds of conversation rose and fell among them.

"It's over. It seems we can't even save this last piece of land."

"Who says it isn't? That thing is too eerie."

"That was terrifying!"

"This year is going to be tough."

Although the crowd expressed concern, they did not seem to fully realize the seriousness of the situation.

Remembering what Fu Bao had said before they left, Lian Rongrong and Lin Chuyue pushed through the crowd and walked to the front of the group.

Ruan Nianzhi looked at her family's rice paddy with a troubled expression, while Brother Wang squatted by the field sighing.

"What kind of strange insect is it?" Lian Rongrong walked between Ruan Nianzhi and Brother Wang, but the two of them shook their heads in unison and replied, "We don't know."

"Don't know?" Lian Rongrong looked into the rice paddy. She had come from a wealthy family since childhood, and neither the modern Lian Rongrong nor the Lian Rong of Dasheng had ever seen what a rice paddy looked like.

She knew nothing about the pests in the fields. She thought this strange insect must be some rare species she had never seen before, but when Lian Rongrong saw what was in the field, she almost burst out laughing.

Lian Rongrong tugged at her skirt and then tentatively walked towards the rice paddy.

Ruan Nianzhi grabbed Lian Rongrong and asked nervously, "What are you going to do?"

"I'll help you catch the bugs!"

"Nonsense! Nobody has ever seen this thing before. It's terrifying! What if something happens to it?"

Seeing Ruan Nianzhi's unusually serious expression, and considering that he was so serious about such a thing, Lian Rongrong couldn't help but laugh.

However, it's never good to laugh at your savior, so Lian Rongrong sighed softly and then assured her:

"Don't worry, I've seen this before, it's not dangerous!"

Lian Rongrong lifted her skirt and walked towards the field. Everyone held their breath and watched her intently, but she casually picked up a strange insect, turned around and looked at the crowd by the field with a grin, and said nonchalantly, "That's it?"