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

"Apply some more of this sulfur soap."

Ya Ya pointed to the soap next to her with her little finger: "Hold it in my palm and rub it."

Zhao Hu picked up the bar of soap with both hands and rubbed it gently in his palms. After a few rubs, fine white foam appeared.

Zhao Hu was stunned. "This...this is foaming already? So much?"

"Put the soap down and rub it between your hands, making sure to rub between your fingers, on your toes, and under your nails."

He obediently rubbed it vigorously, and his palms, the backs of his hands, and between his fingers were covered in white bubbles.

The black mud accumulated from daily work and hunting, and the dirt between the fingers, were gradually lifted out by the foam, which turned gray.

A murmur of astonishment rippled through the crowd:

"It looks so clean, ten times better than wood ash!"

"I heard there are bath beans and soap balls in the county town, costing over a hundred coins a piece. Could they have the same effect?"

"It smells nice, not overpowering at all!"

When Zhao Hu put his hands into the clean water and rinsed them, the foam was washed away with the water. When he lifted them up, his hands were clean and refreshing, and even the lines were clearly visible. The dark yellow skin even looked a little cool.

He turned it over and over to look at it, and even smelled it.

Seeing the dirt under my fingernails, which didn't look quite right now, I carefully picked it off. "Wow, this is so clean! My hands haven't felt this clean in ages!"

The villagers watched with envy, and one by one they moved forward, wishing they could try it themselves.

Ya Ya picked up the toothpaste and toothbrush again, her little face serious:

"This is for brushing your teeth. My sister says you should brush your teeth in the morning and at night so they won't get sick and your breath will smell nice."

As she spoke, she unscrewed the cap of the toothpaste, gently squeezed a little onto the small brush head, and the white paste had a cool, refreshing scent.

"Come on, Uncle Zhao, open your mouth, I'll brush it for you!"

Ya Ya looked eager to try.

Zhao Hu obediently bent over, opened his mouth wide, and was so nervous that he didn't dare to breathe out, afraid of suffocating Ya Ya.

The only sound around them was breathing; the old and the young were all staring at the tiny, never-before-seen fine brush.

Ya Ya dampened the toothbrush with water and brought it to Zhao Hu's mouth, who was baring his teeth, whispering, "Brush gently, brush both inside and out, don't rub too hard."

The toothbrush gently rubs against the teeth, releasing a cool, refreshing scent that spreads in the mouth, and the foam gradually increases.

Zhao Hu was both nervous and curious. Ya Ya brushed his teeth very seriously and even reached in to brush all of Uncle Zhao's back molars carefully.

"You can't eat this foam, Uncle Zhao. You need to rinse it with water, slurp it a few times, and then spit it out! Rinse your mouth clean!"

Zhao Hu, who was about to swallow, paused, quickly took the water cup handed to him by someone, and rinsed his mouth.

"hiss--"

After rinsing his mouth, he took a breath of cool air, subconsciously pursed his lips, and then exhaled.

"How does it feel, Tiger?"

He grinned, "It smells wonderful! My mouth really smells delicious, and it's incredibly refreshing; I feel so clear-headed!"

"Yeah, Tiger's teeth seem a bit shinier."

"Ahem!" The village chief coughed.

Everyone fell silent again.

"Everyone gets one of these toothbrushes! I bought 21! Two tubes of toothpaste, Uncle said they'll last a long time! And five sulfur soaps, I'll share them with Grandpa Village Chief." Ya Ya looked up at him earnestly.

"Do we have all of these things?"

"Mmm!" Ya Ya nodded. "We'll share everything with everyone, and there's even a mirror. It'll make everything so bright. From now on, everyone will wash their hands, face, and brush their teeth every day, keeping themselves clean. Sister said that good hygiene helps prevent illness!"

"What? There's a mirror too?"

Mirrors were rare items; there wasn't a single mirror in the entire Lotus Village. People just looked in the water. Bronze mirrors were prized possessions only by landlords and wealthy merchants.

Ya Ya chirped, "Yeah! The mirror is so bright, you can see your face as soon as you look in it."

As he spoke, he held up the blue-framed round mirror next to him.

Then he pointed to several mirrors that were wrapped upside down, "Grandpa Village Chief, please open them. Those are all mirrors, and there are two smaller ones with handles that contain combs!"

The village chief fumbled around trying to figure out how to open the transparent packaging. He recalled how Ya Ya had opened it before, touched the edge of the adhesive strip, and tore it open with a ripping sound.

This mirror is extremely lightweight. Looking at it from the other side, I exclaimed, "Wow, how can it be so clear!"

"This must be a divine object..." Someone wanted to reach out and touch it, but hesitated and withdrew their hand, afraid that they might break it if they touched it.

The village chief distributed several mirrors to the surrounding villagers, saying, "Everyone, take a look."

Hunter Zhao came over and also got a small mirror. He had looked at it before, but hadn't seen enough of it.

He quietly pursed his lips, which Ya Ya had just brushed clean, grinned at himself in the mirror, revealing a much cleaner set of teeth. Wow, they looked so good.

Ya Ya picked up another pack of towels and opened one of them.

There are three square towels in this bag; they feel soft and fluffy.

Actually, this is a dishcloth sold in a two-dollar store, but in Ya Ya's eyes, it's much better than their face towels.

I asked the pretty lady directly, because she couldn't calculate in a short time how many packs of three would be needed for the 21 people in her village.

The pretty lady told her in less than a second that she wanted to buy seven packs.

At that time, Ya Ya looked at him with such admiration that He Miao blushed a little.

"Grandpas, grandmas, aunts, and uncles, there are also towels for washing your face. They're soft and clean, one for each person!"

The villagers came one by one and took one. The moment their fingertips touched the soft fabric, their eyes widened in amazement.

This is so much softer than the coarse cloth we make at home. It's thick and delicate, and feels soft and comfortable when you put it on your face.

Finally, there are two water ladles, which are obvious at a glance and don't require special instruction from the village's newly appointed little scholar, Ya Ya.

Someone couldn't help but ask, "Ya Ya, all these good things... must cost a lot of money, right? Will we have enough money to live on from selling wild vegetables?"

Ya Ya tilted her head and thought for a moment, "The shopkeeper charged me 60 yuan. I remember last night when I sold the prickly ash shoots, they were also 60 yuan a pound. I still have a lot of money left!"

As soon as he said that, the entire room fell silent for a moment, followed by gasps of surprise.

"How many?"

"This...this is...only worth the price of a pound of thorny shoots?"

"You can buy this much with just half a pound of stinky leaves?"

Everyone was stunned, staring at the towels, mirror, toothbrushes, and the white paper and calligraphy brush on the table... They couldn't come to their senses for a long time.

What kind of place is that? Why are the wild vegetables they look down on so valuable there? And why are the things they consider rare so cheap there?

However, everyone had the same thought at this moment: to hurry up and find wild vegetables in the mountains before the season was over, and sell more.

Save more money and buy more new things!

"Don't be stingy, everyone! I told you that if you're not clean, you'll easily get sick, and getting sick will cost a lot of money! So you have to wash your hands before eating every day. When I run out of soap, I'll buy more!" Ya Ya said earnestly.

Fang Tiesheng thought about it and realized that a handful of shepherd's purse could be exchanged for ten bars of sulfur soap, so there was really no need to save money.

They don't even have a barefoot doctor in their village now, so they can't afford to get sick.

"Ya Ya, why didn't you get something else to eat? Like braised pork knuckle or something? Isn't there anything else you like in this shop?" Grandma Liu washed her hands and hugged Ya Ya.

"Grandma, YaYa didn't have time to buy any! There's so much food over there! Next time YaYa goes, I'll buy some so we can all eat together! That shop also has lots of hair accessories and hair ties. Oh, right, I brought a whole bucket with me. There are hundreds of them in that little transparent tube!"

Suddenly, Ya Ya remembered that there was a box of rubber bands.

The shop manager saw that she bought a lot of hair ties and didn't charge her for them.