Others are fleeing famine, but I am a salted fish

After tidying themselves up, the little girls here held hands and happily strolled around Yongzhou City.

Looking at the passers-by coming and going, I saw a few little girls looking around on the street. Although they were clean and decent, they looked curious about everything and never satisfied with anything. Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that they were from other places.

During this period, those who came from other places were refugees. No matter how clean they were, they were inferior to most local people in Yongzhou City. Seeing this, most people looked at them with disdain and quickly walked away from them as if they were avoiding the plague. Some idle people pointed at them and commented on them.

The young girls around him were thin-skinned and would blush when they were embarrassed by what people said to them. They were totally different from Lin Zhaodi and Lin Xiaoyue who were as steady as old dogs and seemed to be able to remain strong no matter how many blows the winds came from.

Seeing the little girls' faces flushed with anxiety, those who were spitting followed them all the way and talked more and more excitedly, and their voices became louder and louder, attracting many onlookers to follow behind and watch the show.

Several little girls were pointed at and talked about by a group of people, and they couldn't even raise their heads. There was a braised meat shop, a pastry shop, a dried fruit shop... Looking all the way around, Lin Xiaoyue turned and entered the dried fruit shop.

He looked around and before the waiter came over to chase him away, he pointed at the walnuts piled half a person high by the door and asked the price.

The waiter also heard the people outside talking about the girls. He took a look at their clothes, which were brand new but without any decoration on their heads. He immediately looked down on the girls in his heart.

But after all, there was business coming to his store, and he couldn't just chase the person away, so he casually quoted a price and thought about getting the person out of the store quickly to avoid affecting the business. It was really unlucky.

Lin Xiaoyue knew that the other party's quotation was obviously untrue and that it was a rip-off, but she did not refute it. She repeated the waiter's words loudly, confirmed the price of the walnuts again and again, and then threw a silver coin to him.

Then, in the waiter's puzzled look, he casually grabbed a handful of walnuts and smiled at the gossipers who had followed him all the way. His smile was gentle and appropriate, and harmless to both humans and animals.

The next moment, a handful of walnuts with hard shells began to break under the weight in Lin Xiaoyue's gradually tightening fists. After a moment, the little girl happily spread out her small palms, and a pile of crumbs mixed with oil fell to the ground in front of everyone.

Silence fell.

Shocked and stunned, the chattering old women who were still chattering a moment ago were now all silent, like ducks with their necks strangled, unable to utter a single sound.

Three seconds later, there was a bang, and the crowd exploded. Everyone fled in all directions in fear, fearing that if they were a second slower, their fate would be like that walnut, and be crushed to pieces.

The waiter felt helpless too. He also wanted to run, but where could he run to?

Lin Xiaoyue scared away a group of busybodies who were bored and turned around and said to the second brother with a smile, "You just mentioned the price of these walnuts. Should we go and have a good talk with your boss?"

The second brother felt the despair coming towards him and really wanted to faint, but he didn't dare to faint, for fear that if he fainted, the master's family would find out that he had arbitrarily raised prices, and that would be the end of him.

The government office had just issued a notice a while ago, stating that any unscrupulous merchants who took advantage of the chaos to hoard goods, drive up prices, and profit from the national disaster would be fined 10,000 taels of silver and given 50 strokes of the cane as a warning to others.

"Miss...Miss, that was a slip of the tongue. I'll give you the money right away..."

"No, ask your boss to come over and have a chat to see if it's a public or private matter."

"No, no, girl, we can talk it over. We can talk it over."

"I just want to talk to your boss."

"Miss, can't I return your money? It's better to leave a way out for others and stop when it's enough." Seeing that Lin Xiaoyue was not willing to change her mind and was clearly looking for trouble, the waiter glared at her fiercely and said, "Miss, you are unfamiliar with this place and no one can testify for you. If you make a big deal out of this, I guarantee you won't be able to leave Yongzhou City."

Lin Xiaoyue laughed, "Those people have all run away, but the shops around you just heard me confirm the price with you again and again. Are you sure they don't want to squeeze out your shop and lose a business competitor?"

The second brother was so angry that he gritted his teeth and asked in a low voice, "What do you want?"

"Call your boss over and discuss whether to settle the matter publicly or privately."

The waiter was so angry that he was about to freak out. He had never seen such a difficult girl before. In the end, he could only go to the backyard in shame to call the boss.

The boss was also caught in an unexpected disaster. He had only taken a nap, and when he woke up he was faced with such a huge pot that had fallen from the sky. He was so angry that he wanted to beat to death this waiter who was his relative.

He was so confused that he allowed his concubine to let his distant relative work in the store. As a result, he was not good at work and was the first to get into trouble. Look, this time he actually got into such a big trouble. What sin did he commit?

Lin Xiaoyue didn't care about the disputes between the master and the servant. She just insisted that it was a public or private matter. She also moved out of the government office with reason and evidence. The notice posted on the notice board hammered the two people who still wanted to argue.

The boss was so angry that his heart ached, but after some bargaining, he reluctantly paid eight hundred taels of silver, rather than a fine of ten thousand taels of silver and fifty strokes of the cane. He also allowed the group of them to enter the store and buy things for free, which made Lin Xiaoyue agree to "make a big deal out of a small matter."

So, the group of people who were planning to spend money saw Lin Xiaoyue walking around easily and smilingly accepting the silver bills handed to her by the host with both hands.

My god, this money came so easily, everyone was amazed.

Holding an arm full of food purchased with zero dollars, my steps were unsteady and I felt like I was daydreaming.

Lin Xiaoyue walked without any image, chewing the preserved fruit, touching the silver note she had just received, in a good mood. When she turned the corner, she gave everyone a silver note of 100 taels, and everyone who saw it had a share, and no one would be left without it.

The extra money will be considered as her hard work fee.

This is... really hard work.

Everyone:...

How could they accept her money? She earned it with her own "ability". They didn't play any role in the whole process, so how could they take advantage of her? As a result, Lin Xiaoyue changed her face in front of everyone and said that if she didn't accept it, she would not take them to play next time.

Everyone choked and thought, is this what you call playing? ? ? After thinking about it, forget it, and don't say it, lest I really don't take them with me next time.

To be honest, everyone felt a little excited and secretly happy in their hearts, and that feeling was really... high.

The group ate and shopped, and finally returned to the inn before dark with their bags. Not only did they not spend a penny, they also made a fortune. They were in a great mood.

However, all the good mood came to an abrupt end the moment I opened the door.