The Unruly Princess: Regent, please hug me

Chapter 519
Shen Qiqi remembered seeing a small steamed bun shop before coming to the grilled chicken shop. There were indeed many people there. According to her memory, she returned to the steamed bun shop with Qi Zhao who was carrying the roast chicken. Sure enough, there was a line in front of the shop just now. There are still people in line.

Two steamed buns cost a penny.

This kind of price is considered very cheap, everyone is carrying food boxes in their hands, or else they are carrying a bag made of basket cloth, carrying a lot of steamed buns to go back, Shen Qiqi stands aside, feeling unsure why It became heavy, and she saw an old woman, pulling a child, in the middle of the queue, holding a piece of basket cloth in her hand, and she decided to wait for the old woman to finish buying the steamed buns.

Although the steamed bun shop is small, there are only three people in business, but because of the simple operation, it is steamed buns. One person makes steamed buns and steamed buns in the shop, one is responsible for collecting money, and the other is responsible for picking up and tidying up the steamed buns for customers. , People who line up can get steamed buns in less than a while, and the team moves very fast.

Soon it was the old woman's turn. The old woman took out five copper coins from her belt and handed them to the person inside. The person inside took the money and quickly handed out ten steamed buns. But she saw that the man handed the old woman not only ten steamed buns, but twelve. The old woman took the steamed buns and took the child away.

"Grandma, I want to eat meat. We haven't eaten meat for a long time." The child took two steps, biting his finger and sucking his saliva. He stared at the steamed bun in the old woman's hand, reluctant to leave it.

"We don't have the money to buy meat. We can only eat one of these steamed buns per person per day. You have to eat one before you get home. Don't tell your parents when you get back, so as not to scold you again." Grandson, take out a steamed bun from the cage and give it to the child. The child puts it in his mouth and eats it up within a short while.

At the same time as the old granny opened the cage cloth, Shen Qiqi counted, the man gave the old granny twelve steamed buns, it should be because the old granny was pitiful, so he gave two more steamed buns.

"You, you have to eat slowly. Eat so fast, you swallow it before the taste comes out. What a pity." The old grandma nodded her grandson's forehead, and was already reluctant to take out another one for her grandson.

"Anyway, they're all steamed buns, they're all tasteless, not like meat, they smell delicious." After eating the steamed buns, the child was still drooling all over the place. He hasn't eaten meat for a long time.

"It's not the smell of steamed buns, it's this fragrance, right?" Shen Qiqi put the roast chicken in front of the child, the child's eyes widened, and the saliva couldn't stop streaming down. Seeing this, he hurriedly wanted to stop his grandson, and gave the roast chicken back to Shen Qiqi, and Shen Qiqi shook the roast chicken in his hand to the grandmother.

"Grandma, I still have a roast chicken. It just so happens that my friend can't come. If there is an extra one, I can give it to the child." Shen Qiqi smiled at the grandma, and picked up another roast chicken in his hand.

"Oh, this is the roasted chicken from Saixianglou. This roasted chicken is very precious. I don't have any money to give it to you. Hurry up and give it back to someone else. Grandma has no money to give it to others." The old grandma wanted to take the roasted chicken back to Shen Qiqi, Helpless, the child didn't want to let go of the roast chicken, and hugged the roast chicken tightly in his arms.

"Grandma, forget it, I can't eat that much, if left unattended, it will be spoiled, I'll treat it as a gift for you, don't need money, don't embarrass the children." Shen Qiqi waved her hand, she saw that even if the old lady wanted to give money, She couldn't give it either, she fumbled for money from her belt for a long time, but she didn't have any extra money on her body.

When the old grandma heard that she didn't want money, she stopped her hands, and her nostrils twitched several times. It must have been a long time since she had eaten meat, Shen Qiqi secretly thought that she had found the right person.

"Grandma, how many people in your family bought so many steamed buns?" Shen Qiqi hurriedly asked after seeing the time came.

"There are five people in my family. Each person eats one steamed bun every day, and the rest eats miscellaneous grains. Not to mention roast chicken, he rarely even eats meat. His parents go out to work every day, before dawn. I only come back when it’s dark, and as an old man, I have to look after my children, so I can only come out to buy steamed buns the next day.”

The old grandma sighed while speaking, Shen Qiqi noticed that the clothes on the old grandma were ragged, it seemed that the old grandma was not doing well.

"Grandma, the two of your family are making money, so they should be living a good life, why do you have to work so hard?" Shen Qiqi felt strange, two adults making money, how could they have no money to sell meat?
"Well, a few days ago, it was said that there was too much money to be handed over to the government. If we don't pay it, we have to hand over the house. We have no property, only a small house. In order to keep the house, we can only work hard. I I can't do the work anymore, and I take the child to lighten the burden on his parents. Today's life is getting worse day by day, and we have to pay money every time. How can we ordinary people have so much money, oh..."

The old grandma sighed as she spoke, she guessed what Shen Qiqi said when she contacted the person from the roast chicken shop just now. I ate meat.During the conversation, the children on one side couldn't hold it anymore, and wanted to take grandma home to eat roast chicken, Shen Qiqi also took the opportunity to escape and leave.

"Princess, it seems that taxes have been increased a lot nowadays. The virtuous king's ability to manage the government is limited. He can't give the people a stable life. He will only blindly extort the people's blood and sweat. If things go on like this, it will not be of any help to Tianyue's rule." Qi Zhao walked behind Shen Qiqi. While Shen Qiqi was talking with the grandmother, he observed the surrounding situation. It was different from what he had seen before. Many teahouses and taverns were deserted. It was unimaginable that there were so many people in the past. up.

"I want to see the imperial uncle's memorial, Qi Zhao." Shen Qiqi looked at the backs of the grandmother and the child. The child put the roast chicken under the nose through the oil paper, and even stuck out his tongue to lick it. I hit the grandson, presumably to ask the grandson to stay home and eat together when the parents come back.

Bai Hua had already asked for leave at home, saying that she was unwell and did not want to go to court. Madam Bai thought that Bai Hua was really unwell, and ordered someone to hire the best doctor in the capital to treat Bai Hua, but Bai Hua kicked him out. Madam can't disturb Bai Hua.

After Bai Hua came back from the palace, she had to bathe three times a day, but she still felt that her body was dirty. The first time, with the help of Ting Yu, he escaped from the ravages of Su Qinxue. The second time, he couldn't escape. Su Qin Xue wants to act in a sober state, Bai Hua feels that his whole body is dirty, and he feels like vomiting when he sees himself. He knows that Su Qinxue is already the side concubine of the virtuous king, not a perfect body, but he never thought that Su Qinxue is so powerful , For an hour, he almost couldn't get out of bed.

Su Qinxue was as ferocious as a beast descending a mountain.

(End of this chapter)