Murong Lin was annoyed when he saw her, and hugged Feng Xiaoyue's shoulders strongly, "My relationship with Xiaoyue has always been good, and I have never had any suspicions, I don't know why, I actually made Miss Ge have such an opinion." ”

"The attack on the spirit is just speculation, cousin, don't blame." Ge Xianling said, showing him the cloth in his hand, "Cousin, you see, this is the cloth I just picked, what do you think of this color, does it match your robe?" ”

As soon as Murong Lin saw this color, he knew that it couldn't be chosen by Ge Xiling, such a quiet color was more like Feng Xiaoyue's favorite, so it was no wonder that she came out so quickly.

"The colors match, but the people don't." Saying that, he took Feng Xiaoyue and left, regardless of how sad his expression was in the back.

"Don't you still want to see Rouge, it's not too early, I'll go to the nearby Drunken Immortal Building to book a private room first, and I'll pick you up for dinner when you're done."

Murong Lin's words were straightforward, but when dealing with someone like Ge Xiling, Feng Xiaoyue felt very relieved. "Okay, you don't have to come here, I know the place, I'll go up to you when I'm done picking."

The two scattered, and Feng Xiaoyue directly became the best rouge shop. There is a water red rouge in the store, which is very popular in the city, and Feng Xiaoyue also likes this color very much. It's just that the rouge in this store is expensive, and the price is never negotiated, which makes the business look a little cold.

Feng Xiaoyue is usually busy, and almost all the disposable silver money in her hand is used to invest in the greenhouse, it is rare to approach the New Year, and she has more money in her hands, so she thought about buying this rouge, which can be regarded as a little reward for herself.

Coincidentally, there was only the last box of water red rouge left in the store, and Feng Xiaoyue was just about to take it out, but Ge Xiling arrived and grabbed it in front of her, holding the rouge in his hand.

Xiaoyun has been following Feng Xiaoyue for so long, so she naturally knows that she is rarely interested in one thing. Now that this rouge has been robbed, Feng Xiaoyue has not yet attacked, she is already furious.

"Miss Ge, this is what our young lady likes first."

Ge Xiling opened the box, picked a little with his fingernail very defiantly and wiped it on the back of his hand, and sniffed the rouge again. "It's just a box of rouge, and Miss Ben has a lot of it at home."

"Since Miss Ge is not lacking, then let it be given to Miss We." Xiaoyun was indignant.

"Miss Ben's rouge just ran out, so I just took this box on top." Ge Xianling glanced at Feng Xiaoyue, "It's just that your movements are too slow, and you can rob people of what you have." ”

"Xiaoyun, let's go." Feng Xiaoyue had a gloomy face, and walked forward around the triumphant Ge Xiling. asked Huan'er to pay the money, and Ge Xiling followed Feng Xiaoyue with a dead face to see where she was going.

Feng Xiaoyue was unhappy in her heart, and she didn't notice that someone was following behind her, so she closed the door after she entered the private room. Murong Lin, who had just finished ordering, saw that he was unhappy on his face, so he asked Xiaoyun. "What happened, why is your master like this?"

"Lord Shizi, my young lady finally fell in love with a box of rouge, but she was snatched by Miss Ge, and she also-" Before Xiaoyun finished speaking, she was pulled by Feng Xiaoyue.

Just then, the door to the private room opened.

"It turns out that my cousin is also eating here, what a coincidence. That's right," Ge Xiling raised the rouge to Murong Lin's eyes as if showing off. "Cousin, you see this is the most popular rouge in the city, doesn't it look good when I apply it?"

Maybe it was because Murong Lin was too cold to him, but it made Ge Xianling's mind have more illusions, which made her recent behavior start to intensify.

"Miss Ge, my lady and I are going to have dinner, please leave." Murong Lin was polite enough.

"Why? Cousin, can we eat together? Ge Xiling also tried to persuade him to let him stay, but Murong Lin did not let go at all.

"I have a lot to say to Xiaoyue, if you are here, it is very inconvenient." This is a very clear eviction.

Rao is no matter how cheeky she is, she is embarrassed to rely on it at the moment. As if he had done something sorry for himself, Ge Xiling looked at Murong Lin with wide eyes, glared at Feng Xiaoyue again, and then stomped away.

Xiao Er put all the dishes on it, but no one moved the chopsticks. Feng Xiaoyue took a deep breath, wanting not to be angry with this kind of person, Murong Lin beckoned Xiaoyun to wait outside the door, and came over to hold Feng Xiaoyue's shoulder.

"I know you've been wronged, if you really like that kind of rouge, I'll buy it for you myself next time."

Feng Xiaoyue looked at him a little confused, "Why are you so good to me sometimes, and sometimes you like to say something to anger me." ”

"I'm mad at you because I care about you. This feeling overflowed in my chest, and it was difficult to suppress myself. As he spoke, Murong Lin slowly approached her face, and on Feng Xiaoyue's lips, he imprinted deep memories.

A few more days have passed, and it is the official day of the New Year. The things in the small courtyard have been almost prepared, and the people are also happily waiting for the host's family to send red envelopes for the New Year.

"Let's go back to the palace for the New Year this year, my father and mother miss us very much." Murong Lin took Feng Xiaoyue around the courtyard, "I have already arranged for the people in the courtyard, let them stay and watch the house, each of them has a red envelope, let's go back to the palace." ”

"Your mother will only miss you alone, I went, maybe it will make her angry, it is better to stay here and be clean." Feng Xiaoyue listened to his words, and her joy when she felt this joyful festive atmosphere was also diluted by the cold wind.

"I know that the mother concubine has an insoluble misunderstanding with you." Murong Lin looked at her cold side face, "Then forget it, except for going to the New Year during the day, if you refuse to go back to the palace, I will accompany you." ”

Feng Xiaoyue stared at him, noncommittal to his words.

Although the Chinese New Year makes people very happy, it is torture for some poor families. In the last locust plague, many peasants had not yet recovered from the blow, and there was not much grain left at home, so they had to sell their property, thinking that they would buy some grain and come back to survive this year.

There were quite a few black and thin peasants with bags in their hands and a few pennies in their hands, and they wanted to come back in exchange for some rice and noodles, but as soon as they arrived at the grain store, they couldn't even enter the door, so they were driven out.

"Let's go, just a little money enough to buy something, don't delay our business." The men in the grain shop were as strong as oxen, and against these emaciated peasants, they could lift their collars with one hand.

The peasants were driven away and came back to the store, knelt down and pleaded: "Please, our family is poor and can't open the pot, and the children are crying with hunger." I beg you to be merciful, I only have such a small amount of money in my hand, can you give me a few catties of rice and noodles on credit first? ”

"Get out, we opened the door for business, not charity, and wanted to ask people to go to the temple to ask the Bodhisattva." There was a big man standing at the door of the shop and no one was allowed to enter, and the peasants did not dare to fight him, so they could only try their luck in other shops.

But this is the case with almost all the grain shops in the city, and there is no hope in sight.

When Feng Xiaoyue came down from the teahouse, she saw many such peasants carrying empty bags, walking into the city with anticipation and leaving in despair. He couldn't bear it, and wanted to go to the grain store to see what the situation was.

The peasants at the door of the grain shop had already been driven away, and when Feng Xiaoyue stepped into the threshold, a thin shopkeeper ran up to him and flattered: "This lady, look at what you need?" ”

Feng Xiaoyue looked at the price sign inserted in this grain hopper, and couldn't help frowning: "Shopkeeper, why did the price of these grains become so expensive." ”

"Look at what you're talking about, how can you be so expensive at this price according to what you're wearing?" The shopkeeper rubbed his hands, and looked again to judge whether Feng Xiaoyue was really rich, "It's not that there is a disaster this year, so many people can't eat, and the price of natural food should be higher, otherwise how can I get back to my roots?" ”

"If I'm not mistaken, most of this grain is shipped from other places, but how can it be so expensive with a little more transportation costs?" Feng Xiaoyue glanced at him.

"This is God's beauty, to reward us with these business meals, if you don't take it, wouldn't it be against the principles of heaven." The shopkeeper saw that he didn't seem to want to buy food, and he began to speak politely.

As a professional woman who has been in business for so long, Feng Xiaoyue still rarely hears such a fresh and refined talk about robbery while the fire is hot. She sneered: "Ask the shopkeeper about something, who is your owner?" ”

In fact, she already had the answer in her heart, but she was not sure.

The shopkeeper suddenly began to be proud, raised his thumb and said, "Have you heard of the newly moved Qi Yuanwai outside the city?" It's not me and my wife who blow it, most of these many grain shops in our city are from outside the staff, and even the other remaining grain shops are just outside the staff. ”

"If they want to receive the outside of the company, they can only follow the price of our shops." Feng Xiaoyue quietly clenched her fists when she heard this, it turned out that the starting price of sitting on the ground was like this, premeditated and organized, they set the price like this, there is no humanity at all, and I don't know how many people will die on this land.

And the Qi family does things, I am afraid that it will not be able to do anything with Murong Yin, and it is also a good prince like a poor king who loves the people like a son, and he actually has such a son.

The shopkeeper saw that she had been silent and did not speak, and suddenly became a little impatient. "I said, madam, do you want to buy food when you ask so many things?" This is dressed quite luxuriously, but I didn't expect it to be a poor ghost, maybe he really looked away.

Feng Xiaoyue raised her head, sneered in her heart, and pursed the corners of her lips slightly, "If you don't buy anything from the grain store, what else can you do?" ”