Exile at the start? Milkball filming, hoarding billions of resources

Because the price of grain here has not increased, everyone is frantically hoarding grain, and many people are transporting the grain they bought out of northern Xinjiang to sell at higher prices elsewhere.

Those grain merchants also took the opportunity to leave northern Xinjiang, and now there is no grain to buy in northern Xinjiang.

The intention to prevent grain merchants from driving up grain prices was good, but now, due to public panic and the greed of some people, large-scale hoarding of grain has occurred, leaving people with no grain to buy.

Many people attributed their inability to buy grain to the incompetence of officials, and many people blocked the gates of government offices, demanding that the imperial court take responsibility.

Hua Zhuyue sighed.

"The northern frontier is about to descend into chaos."

Shen Zhaoning didn't understand.

"Preventing food prices from rising should have been a good thing, so how did it turn out like this?"

Hua Zhuyue slowly sat down.

"If there were enough grain, it would be a good thing, but right now the grain supply is already insufficient to meet the demand, and the government does not allow grain prices to rise. These grain merchants will naturally have to find ways to survive. Since the northern border does not allow price increases, they will go to places outside the northern border to sell their grain."

"Merchants are driven by profit; they don't care about the lives of ordinary people."

Yes, who would pass up a chance to make money?

Shen Zhaoning nestled into Hua Zhuyue's arms, softly comforting her.

"Grandma, don't worry, Tuantuan can get food, you won't go hungry."

Hua Zhuyue gently patted Shen Zhaoning's back, her eyes filled with sorrow.

If the famine in northern Xinjiang worsens while they have food to eat every day, it will surely attract everyone's attention.

Even with the Zhou family following them now, they can hardly withstand the onslaught of the masses.

There was a sudden knock on the gate of the house.

Qin Su and Hua Zhuyue exchanged a glance. She drew the baton from her waist, slowly opened the door, and saw Shen Yingying's thin figure.

Shen Yingying timidly handed a roast chicken to Qin Su.

"Second Aunt, Grandfather's men have come to pick us up, I have to go now."

"Here you go. I also brought a bag of rice, which should be enough for you to eat for a while."

Seeing Shen Yingying's uneasy expression and then looking at the roast chicken in her hand, Qin Su sighed and took the roast chicken.

Thanks.

She didn't get along with Wan Zhenzhen, so she wasn't close to Shen Yingying either.

Moreover, she was not good at socializing and for a moment she didn't know how to get along with this junior.

She was silent for a moment, then stepped aside, revealing the path behind her.

"Would you like to come in and sit for a while?"

Shen Yingying slowly shook her head, clutching the hem of her clothes as she whispered.

"Second Aunt, please apologize to Grandma and Tuantuan for me. I was really scared at the time, so I talked nonsense. I really didn't mean to hurt them."

Qin Su couldn't help but laugh.

"Didn't you already apologize when you were at the inn?"

Shen Yingying crumpled the corner of her clothes into a ball.

"Not enough."

She knew that the harm she had caused could not be erased with a simple apology.

But there was nothing else she could do.

"Second Aunt, I'm leaving now... I'll come back to see you when I have the chance."

Only a child like Shen Yingying would think that they would meet again in the future.

Qin Su knew very well that the chances of them meeting again after today were extremely slim.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, Shen Yingying will get married and have children in Kyoto, and be bound to Kyoto for the rest of her life.

The Shen family was exiled to the northern frontier. Unless they received a special pardon from His Majesty, the Shen family would have almost no chance of returning, and they wouldn't even be qualified to participate in the imperial examinations.

Qin Su did not tell Shen Yingying these things, but only spoke gently to Shen Yingying.

"No matter what happens, you can come back. The Shen family will always be your home."

Shen Yingying smiled and left the Shen family with her guards.

Shen Zhaoning quietly peeked out.

"Is my cousin really leaving?"

Qin Su responded in a muffled voice.

"Hmm... he probably won't be coming back."

"Aren't you going to see her off?"

Shen Zhaoning hesitated.

"I'm afraid I'll burst into tears if I see my cousin."

"Although my cousin is very rude, spoiled, has a bad temper, and is selfish..."

Qin Su listened as Shen Zhaoning listed Shen Yingying's shortcomings and nodded in agreement.

The little guy is quite observant.

However, there should be a compliment to Shen Yingying after that.

She was quite curious about what the little guy thought were Shen Yingying's strengths.

"but……"

"But she's still my cousin! I'm really reluctant to part with her."

The sadness in Qin Su's heart was instantly washed away.

Her lips twitched slightly.

"Didn't you notice any good qualities in her?"

Shen Zhaoning looked at Qin Su with a puzzled expression.

"No, did Auntie find out? Auntie, tell me quickly!"

Looking into Shen Zhaoning's eager eyes, Qin Su was speechless.

She...she doesn't know either.

She just couldn't figure it out, which is why she was hoping for Shen Zhaoning's answer.

Qin Su stammered and couldn't get the answer out.

Thanks to Shen Yu who came to the rescue in time.

"Should we talk about this after we finish eating? Auntie has prepared the food, let's go eat first."

Zhu Jingxian's cooking was already delicious, and now, with the addition of ingredients and seasonings brought back from modern times by Shen Zhaoning, the food became even more delicious.

Right now, what everyone is most looking forward to is eating.

Xiaoman wished she could bury her head in the bowl.

He ate while mumbling something indistinctly.

"Auntie, your cooking is so delicious! If you opened a restaurant, it would definitely be a huge success."

Zhu Jingxian smiled.

"I'd like to, but there's a famine right now. We're already grateful to have people giving us food and assistance. How can we justify using food given to us by others to do business?"

"Even if I'm shameless, if I opened a restaurant, the disaster victims would probably rob it all."

When the topic of famine came up, everyone fell silent.

They were lucky; they encountered famine just before they reached the northern border.

If they had set off from Kyoto and encountered famine, they probably wouldn't have made it to the northern frontier alive.

Qin Su couldn't help but curse.

"Damn you, God! Why can't you stand to see others doing well?!"

"If there hadn't been a famine, we would all have been ordinary people, but now people are no longer human; they've all turned into beasts."

If there had been no famine, the Zhou clan would not have become highway robbers.

Those disaster victims wouldn't want to eat people.

Shen Zhaoning's round cheeks suddenly stopped moving.

The feeling of being hungry is really awful.

If only everyone could have enough to eat.

As Shen Zhaoning was thinking, someone suddenly poked her cheek.

She looked up and met Xiaoman's bright green eyes.

"Are you full? If you can't finish, give it to me."

Shen Zhaoning slowly chewed the food in her mouth.

"No, I can still eat."

Xiaoman sat back down in her seat in disappointment.

He looked at the roast chicken on the table but didn't pick it up. He felt a sense of emptiness and unease.