Everyone could see that Xiao Yunying's expression was not good, and dared not say anything more.
After all, her current status is that of a county princess, someone who has been to the palace and met the emperor.
There were rumors a while ago that she was the daughter of some high-ranking official, and that she was taken in and raised by the Xiao family.
Regardless of their identities, they are not people that ordinary citizens like them can afford to offend.
Several families thought it over and decided not to buy the expensive grain, so they quietly withdrew from the crowd and left.
Nowadays, most farming families have stored grain, or at the very least, they have crops like sweet potatoes and potatoes that can fill their stomachs, so it's understandable that they are reluctant to buy expensive grain.
Xiao Yunying knew that just because she was doing well didn't mean everyone was doing well. Not every family could eat refined rice and flour as their staple food and have meat at every meal like hers.
She didn't say anything more, whispered a few words to Xiao Shan Hai, then handed the matter over to her family and went home.
Before noon, it started snowing again. This time, it wasn't the kind of sleet that fell last night, but large flakes of snow. Before long, the ground was covered with a white layer.
Xiao Yunying leaned against the door and watched the snow fall for a while. Zheng Yunwan brought over a cup of hot tea: "Sister Yunying, don't stand in the cold wind here. Have a cup of tea to warm yourself up."
She took the teacup to warm her hands and let Zheng Yunwan into the house: "I've been thinking about the grain distribution, but I haven't had a chance to ask you how things went yesterday."
Zheng Yunwan said, "I took the shopkeeper directly to the government office to report them for causing trouble in the shop without cause and delaying the shop's business."
I made sure to tell Brother Liu beforehand, and besides, the trouble was a fact. Brother Liu threatened them, saying that each of them would get twenty lashes and then be locked up in jail for a few days.
I told them that if they were willing to sign a letter severing ties, I would ask the shopkeeper to drop the matter. They were afraid and had no choice but to sign.
But they'd already sold the hairpin, and we couldn't get it back.
Xiao Yunying said slowly, "It's good that it's over. There will be no future troubles, and you won't have to worry about them threatening you with blood ties anymore. You can live a good life from now on."
Zheng Yunwan said, "I still want to thank Sister Yunying for taking me in. The county government is so concerned because they know that Shijinfang is Sister Yunying's shop. Brother Liu is also willing to help me because of Sister Yunying."
Xiao Yunying smiled and said, "As long as things are done well, there's no need to think about anything else. You're my sister now, so let's not be so formal with family."
Zheng Yunwan hummed in agreement and nodded emphatically.
Luo Sheng returned from outside at that moment. Zheng Yunwan saw that he was carrying a bundle and said to Xiao Yunying, "Sister Yunying, I'm going back to my room first."
"Go."
Luo Sheng walked to the door, and Xiao Yunying put down her cup and brushed the snowflakes off him: "Where have you been? Why are you only coming back now?"
He brushed the snow off himself before entering the house, holding up the bundle in his hand and saying, "I've prepared a gift for you."
Xiao Yunying became interested: "What is it?"
Luo Sheng brushed the snow off the bundle before handing it to her. Xiao Yunying excitedly took the bundle, went into the house, placed it on the table, and opened it.
When he saw what was inside the bundle, the smile on his face froze instantly.
Luo Yong, suppressing his excitement, eagerly awaited the happy expression on his wife's face.
After noticing her expression freeze for a moment, he hesitated and asked, "What's wrong? Don't you like it?"
Xiao Yunying was still struggling with whether she should pretend to be happy and accept it, or tell him the truth and that she didn't like fur.
Luo Ying saw her hesitation: "If you don't like it, you can say so directly, Yun Ying. You don't need to hide your true feelings and thoughts from me."
Xiao Yunying explained the reason in a low voice: "I'm sorry, I don't like clothing made of animal fur. I've heard that in order to maintain the luster of the fur, many animals are skinned alive, which I think is too cruel..."
Luo Sheng asked, "Then why did you like the cloak Chen Yuancheng gave you so much because it had a white fox fur collar?"
Xiao Yunying looked at him in confusion: "No, the cloak Yuan Cheng gave me was just made of silk brocade, not white fox fur. Are you sure you didn't see wrong?"
"But he clearly said that day..."
He suddenly stopped and thought carefully about the cloaks he had seen yesterday. Whether it was the one Chen Yuanyao was wearing, the two in the box, or the one Luo Xin was wearing, none of them seemed to have a fur collar made of white fox fur.
But he clearly heard what he said that day, and he was sure he hadn't misheard.
A guess suddenly popped into Luo Sheng's mind.
"Yun Ying, does Chen Yuancheng know that you dislike animal fur?"
Xiao Yunying nodded: "He knows. He gave me a white fox fur cloak last year, but I refused it and told him why I don't like animal fur."
She doesn't care what others think; she just can't accept it.
She had only guessed before, but neither Chen Yuancheng nor Luo Sheng denied the claim, which meant she was right. Some people do indeed skin animals alive to ensure the quality of the fur.
This isn't primitive society. Cloth and cotton are enough to wrap around and keep warm, and fine clothes are exquisite and gorgeous enough. Whether it's for survival or as decoration, there's no need to use such cruel methods to keep warm or adorn oneself.
Even primitive people, who were mostly animalistic, would skin animals after killing them to keep warm.
Luo Sheng gritted his teeth in anger and muttered under his breath, "Just as I thought."
Chen Yuancheng deliberately dug a hole for himself.
Fortunately, the cloak arrived a day late. If it had arrived yesterday and Yun Ying had refused it in front of him, who knows how that kid would have been laughing at him.
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