The little one's purse connects the two worlds, turning a desolate village into a paradise.

"Oh my, there's even toon sprouts! That's a real treat!"

"What is Chinese toon?" Ya Ya asked curiously when she heard the words "good stuff".

"Look, this is it. It has red tips and a flavor. It looks a bit like a wild thorn sprout, but it doesn't have any thorns." Cao Xiulian picked up the bunch of toon leaves and showed them to Ya Ya.

"Eek..." Little Sprout frowned, "Why does this stinky leaf say it smells good?"

Cao Xiulian looked at her scrunched-up face and didn't explain. This dish is just like that; it has a strong flavor. Some people love it, while others can't stand the smell.

Ya Ya cupped the bracken in her little hands and handed it to Cao Xiulian, saying crisply, "Auntie, take this back for you to eat!" Then, pointing to the remaining wild vegetables, she said, "Grandpa Village Chief said we should sell the rest to make money, to pay back the money Auntie gave Ya Ya for the things she bought yesterday."

Cao Xiulian smiled and pinched Ya Ya's rosy cheeks, pushing the bracken back into her arms and tucking her clothes in: "Silly girl, Auntie doesn't need you to make up for that little bit of money! These wild vegetables are all good stuff, there's no worry about selling them. Auntie will help you check them out and get a good price!"

She quickly found a clean plastic sheet and laid it out next to her. She carefully sorted out the wild vegetables, aralia shoots, bracken, and shepherd's purse, and placed the toon leaves aside, afraid that they would spoil.

Cao Xiulian, who grew up in the countryside, could tell at a glance that these were genuine wild products from the deep mountains, which had not been treated with any pesticides and had grown naturally in the mountains.

Unlike those on the market that claim to be wild but are actually grown in greenhouses and fertilized with artificial fertilizers, which look tender but taste bland and tasteless.

These wild vegetables smell so fresh!

Especially the toon leaves, the flavor is so authentic, the aroma is so pure! With this quality, I bet people would be scrambling to buy it even if it sold for over a hundred.

Looking at the shepherd's purse, it was all tender shoots, each one juicy and fresh. You could tell at a glance that the people in Ya Ya's village were particular about their plants, leaving the roots to grow again, rather than harvesting them all at once for the sake of weight. How honest and kind they were.

It was almost six in the morning, and the morning market was gradually getting busier. People were buying vegetables or taking a stroll, all breathing out warm air and carrying their pockets, wandering from stall to stall picking and choosing.

Cao Xiulian was just wondering whether she should call out to the vendor when she saw the woman who had bought the prickly ash sprouts yesterday hurrying over. Her eyes lit up at the sight of the vegetables on the ground, and she slapped her thigh, exclaiming, "Wow! So many prickly ash sprouts! They look exactly the same as the ones I bought yesterday!"

The older sister leaned over and carefully picked at the vegetables, beaming from ear to ear: "Little sister, these wild vegetables of yours are amazing! I stir-fried some with eggs yesterday, and they were so fresh! They were so tender that they were juicy when you pinched them, with no astringency at all. The whole family fought over them and kept urging me to come over today to buy more, saying that these wild vegetables are only available for a couple of days, and once they're gone, the only 'wild vegetables' you can eat are from greenhouses."

As he spoke, his eyes lit up when he spotted the small bunch of toon leaves: "Wow! There are toon leaves too! These are the first harvest of toon leaves from the deep mountains!"

She had originally planned to buy more wild prickly ash shoots, but seeing the Chinese toon sprouts, she couldn't bear to part with them. Although both Chinese toon sprouts and wild prickly ash shoots have a slightly pungent taste, these high-quality wild delicacies are truly rare and highly sought after. So, she simply made a bold purchase:

"Give me two pounds of wild prickly ash shoots, and I'll take all the toon leaves!"

Turning my head, I spotted some vibrant green shepherd's purse. Oh my! Oh my! This shepherd's purse is a wild vegetable! So tender! If we can't finish it, we can make dumplings, or freeze it and eat it for a long time!

"Weigh out all the shepherd's purse for me too!"

The older sister was incredibly generous; she didn't even ask the price, and basically bought up everything at Ya Ya's wild vegetable stall.

The people who had gathered around were unhappy and quickly chimed in, "Old lady, don't buy it all! Such good quality wild game is a rare find. Let everyone have a taste, leave some for us!"

"Exactly! If you buy all this good food, what are we going to do?"

The older woman, being quite honest, scratched her head a little embarrassedly and looked at Cao Xiulian: "Sister, are you coming to sell these vegetables again tomorrow? It's not that I'm greedy, it's just that these vegetables are so good. If we can't find them in the mountains anymore, I'll definitely regret not buying more today!"

Cao Xiulian smiled and pointed to Ya Ya sitting on a small stool: "These are all the dishes this young boss orders. I'm just helping out to sell them. I can't answer your question, sister!"

"Oh dear, such a little kid selling vegetables so early in the morning! Kid, will you be coming back tomorrow?"

Ya Ya blinked her big eyes and whispered, "I don't know, let's see if we can still find them in the mountains after we pick more."

Upon hearing this, the crowd became even more anxious, immediately shouting, "We can't buy it all! Everyone should share some and try it out. There are quite a few of us waiting to buy!"

"Tell me the price quickly! If it's right, let's pick one out before they're gone!"

Ya Ya looked up at Cao Xiulian, her eyes filled with dependence: "Auntie, what price should the vegetables cost?"

Cao Xiulian pondered for a moment: "The price of the tender shoots of the prickly ash is still the same as yesterday, 60 yuan per jin. Shepherd's purse and bracken are both 25 yuan per jin. As for the toon sprouts, everyone can see their quality, they're 110 yuan per jin! If you think it's worth it, buy some and try them. I guarantee you'll be so fresh you'll want more!"

As soon as she finished speaking, everyone immediately started taking turns weighing the vegetables for Cao Xiulian. This price would be really expensive if it were from an ordinary shed or from those unrefined old vegetables covered in mud, but compared to what was in front of them, it was simply affordable and practical!

The eldest sister readily agreed, seeing that everyone wanted some, and said, "Okay, I won't take it all. I'll share some with everyone. Two pounds of wild aralia shoots, one pound of shepherd's purse, and half a pound of toon leaves."

Cao Xiulian helped weigh the items and collect the money, while Ya Ya sat beside her. She couldn't count or recognize the money on this side. Being small and short-armed, she could only watch Cao Xiulian work.

The toon leaves didn't look like much, but when weighed, they amounted to 1.6 jin (approximately 0.8 kg). After deducting the half jin (approximately 250g) that the older sister wanted, everyone at the stall weighed an ounce (approximately 300g) to try at home.

These days, everyone pays by scanning QR codes. Cao Xiulian's QR code kept beeping and announcing payments: "WeChat payment received 11 yuan, WeChat payment received 96 yuan..."

After working for half an hour, all the wild vegetables were sold except for the bracken that Ya Ya quickly grabbed and brought back. She even remembered to save some bracken for her aunt.

Cao Xiulian took a breath, carefully noted down the money collected from the QR code, then gathered it up and held it up to Ya Ya. "Ya Ya, look, we sold a total of 1268 yuan!"

Before coming here, Ya Ya learned to count from Grandpa Fang for a while, and she could only barely learn from 10 to 20. Now, she was completely confused by 1268, but she roughly knew that it was a very, very big number because it was longer than the most valuable 500 from yesterday!

Her little face was full of joy, and then she remembered what Grandpa Fang had said about still owing Auntie over a hundred yuan, and said earnestly, "Auntie, remember to deduct the money you spent on Ya Ya's things yesterday!"

Cao Xiulian had no choice but to nod and say, "Auntie remembers everything. You stay here, and I'll go get you some cash. You probably don't have a phone. Nowadays, everyone uses mobile payments, and very few people use cash."

What is a hand chicken? What is cash? Is Auntie going to withdraw money?

Ya Ya's little head was full of question marks, but she still obediently waited in the same spot.