Xiaoju quickly took Zhou Yanyan's valuable hairpin to the pawnshop.
Zhou Yanyan quickly bought a lot of rice with a thousand taels of silver.
Truckloads of rice were delivered one after another.
Zhou Yanyan deliberately said in front of Ye Chen
"With this rice, the people can finally have enough to eat."
"Also, I thought it would be good for these poor people to have some meat during the Chinese New Year, so I bought some pork."
Ye Chen nodded.
"You did a great job."
"You've thought of everything very carefully, but it must have cost you quite a bit, right?"
Upon hearing this, Zhou Yanyan...
Isn't this just perfect?
{Hmph! I'm afraid the Third Prince won't ask me this question!}
Since you've asked, I'll definitely have to do a good job of marketing my persona here!
{By the way, let these people know how difficult it was for me, Zhou Yanyan, to help them; I even pawned my most precious possession!}
Once I've established this image of a kind person, my life will be much easier from now on!
"I've gone to such lengths; I refuse to believe I can't win over the Third Prince!"
Zhou Yanyan immediately said.
"Yes, silver is indeed difficult to obtain!"
"However, for the sake of the people, I am willing to sacrifice myself."
"It's just that I pawned my favorite hairpin. I'll redeem it when I have the money."
So, now you understand what I mean, right?
Third Prince, if you were sensible, you should have offered to help me redeem the hairpin.
{So, I got everything I wanted without spending a single penny!}
{That kind of cunning is pretty impressive, even to me!}
Ye Qianqian pouted.
[Alright, she was even thinking of getting her third brother to redeem her hairpin. How could her third brother possibly do such a thing?!]
Do you really think your third brother is an idiot? He's already seen through your scheme, so naturally he won't play along. In fact, he'll make you sell as much of your stuff as possible for money, giving you a good, deep financial blow!
Finally, they just pack their bags and leave, leaving you helpless!
Ye Chen said.
"Miss Zhou is indeed a person of great spirit."
I admire your vision.
So I decided—
Could you please help me redeem my hairpin?
However.
Ye Chen said something else.
“I’ve decided to help you here, to work with you to distribute porridge to the people, to lighten your burden so you don’t have to worry about a shortage of manpower.”
Zhou Yanyan was stunned when she heard this.
"Your Highness, Third Prince, would you like to hear what you're saying?"
{Did I hear that right? You actually said you'd come here and help me.}
{This isn't what I wanted! The help I expected from you was to get the hairpin back for me!}
What's the point of all this talk?!
Why don't you mention money at all?
{Aren't you a prince? And a very favored one at that? You should have a lot of money, so why won't you take it out?}
{What should I do? Should I give a hint? But wouldn't that be too obvious? What if the Third Prince thinks I'm being stingy and has his eye on him? Then all my hard work and effort in building this up would be for nothing!}
Okay, then I'll just pretend I didn't lose anything!
{Just keep doing what I'm doing!}
Zhou Yanyan immediately said.
"Then I'll have to trouble you, Your Highness the Third Prince."
Hahaha, this is hilarious!
Zhou Yanyan's expression is so funny!
[Third brother is here, but he has ulterior motives!]
[If Third Brother stays like this, and once he runs out of things again, Zhou Yanyan will have no choice but to continue selling her belongings!]
[A mere thousand taels of silver is far from Zhou Yanyan's bottom line!]
[This is just asking her to take out a tiny bit!]
This isn't the end of the road yet!
Just wait and see, I also want to see how Third Brother plans to act next!
After the braised pork is cooked.
The people who had been queuing up were soon able to eat meat.
Sai Zhuo looked at these people and sighed.
"They all look like orphans and widows with no one to rely on."
"If there were a place to accommodate them, they wouldn't have to live here, exposed to the elements, sometimes going without a meal."
After hearing Sai Zhuo's words, Ye Qianqian suddenly thought of something.
"Yes, how come I didn't think of that?"
Sai Zhuo was taken aback.
What came to mind?
Ye Qianqian said immediately.
“I just looked at some of them, and many of these people are families where the breadwinner has disappeared.”
They were either orphans, women unable to work, or elderly people.
"Although we are giving alms here now, this cold winter is not over yet. Even if it is over, there will be another cold winter. How will they survive then?"
Sai Zhuo asked immediately.
"So, have you come up with a solution?"
Ye Qianqian nodded
"I've come up with a solution, but I'd like to ask first, what would you do in a similar situation on your grasslands?"
Sai Zhuo said, "Then the Great Turks will definitely take care of them, providing them with food and lodging."
Ye Qianqian nodded.
"But this is not a long-term solution."
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