The first thing her father thought when he saw her was whether or not she lacked food to eat. He even took out a large amount of grain from his own family to give to her. How was she supposed to hold back her tears of gratitude?

Xiaocao’s maternal grandmother, Madam Yao, immediately became anxious when she saw her daughter cry silently, “What’s wrong? What’s going on? Tell us ah! No matter what it is, as long as we work together, we can all survive these hard times!”

Madam Liu’s older sister-in-law, Madam Han, also came over and looked at her with concern. Madam Liu wiped her eyes and a smile crept out as she laughed, “It’s nothing, I just missed all of you. I came over to see how you were all doing and if you needed any grain!”

When Liu Cunjin heard that his daughter was doing fine, he immediately relaxed a lot. He chuckled, “We’re fine, we’re fine! We got your message and managed to hastily harvest a lot of green wheat. We got around a few dozen catties of grain from each mu. Added on to the disaster relief grain that the court sent over, we have enough to last us a few months. How’s your family? Did the corn and other crops get ruined by the locusts ah?”

Madam Yao gave her husband an exasperated look and said, “Do the two of you just plan on chatting here the entire time? Stop blocking the gate ah and let our daughter come sit inside!”

“Grandmother,...