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

Wang Guifen and Zhang Limin chatted for a few more minutes. During this break, Cao Xiulian sent a message in the WeChat group to inform everyone that the store had received new wild vegetables today.

Wang Guifen and Zhang Limin also saw the message in the group. Thinking that the bosses would be busy later, they finished their steamed buns, each ordered a cup of soy milk, and then left with the wild vegetables.

No sooner had the two left than members of the group flooded into the Flower Bud Shop.

Perhaps because wild vegetables were out of stock a few days ago, everyone rushed to buy them as soon as they entered, buying several kilograms at a time. Not only did they buy wild vegetables, but they also bought breakfast at the same time. Cao Xiulian's two steamers were almost sold out when the wild vegetables were sold out.

With only a few bits left, Cao Xiulian stopped working. She cleaned the stove, sealed the small lid under the stove, and took Ya Ya's soft little hand. "Come on, Auntie will take you to buy the vegetables for making the sauce first, and then we'll go to the gold shop to exchange the big gold bracelet for money."

Ya Ya's eyes lit up: A gold shop!

Wouldn't that be a house made entirely of shiny, golden gold?

"Yay! Auntie, let's go to the jewelry store!"

Cao Xiulian pulled down the shop door, put the key in her pocket, thought for a moment, and then added, "Don't say anything when you get to the shop. If anyone asks how you got here, just let your auntie tell you."

"Okay, I'll listen to Auntie," Ya Ya replied obediently.

Cao Xiulian held Ya Ya's hand and looked at the little girl's two little braids swaying as she walked, her heart melting.

When I first met Ya Ya, she was so thin that there wasn't a bit of flesh on her cheeks. On a frosty, cold day, she was wearing a few rough clothes pieced together haphazardly, standing next to a stone pillar like a little stray cat.

My mother-in-law is still sick and bedridden, so the kids feel like they're getting a great deal from the little bit of food they get.

In that situation, the village didn't sell any gold bracelets, so this heavy bracelet must have been found recently. It's possible that the village has improved its business conditions and is now able to repair houses, so it was dug out of the ground.

If word got out that gold and silver were found in the ground, trouble would come knocking, so we can't let anyone know.

Even if it was dug up under the old house, if you can't provide complete evidence that it was buried by your ancestors, and someone reports it, the gold can be confiscated without your consent.

The little one doesn't know how to watch what she says, so it's best to tell her to stop talking.

The two first went to the morning market to buy ingredients for making sauces and stews.

"Ya Ya, look at this! What kind of chili peppers does your aunt use to make sauce? Buy a hundred catties to make the batch for Grandpa Zhang, plus the ones already on display in the shop, that'll be more than enough." Cao Xiulian led Ya Ya to the chili pepper stall.

Ya Ya looked at the several piles of different colored peppers that looked like small mountains in front of her and felt worried.

She didn't know what kind of chili peppers Aunt Chuntao used; she had bought a whole bunch of random ones last time.

And wouldn't 100 jin be a bit too little? There are only nine large cabbages. When cooked in a big pot, the cabbages that originally looked very big will shrink a lot in an instant. 100 jin of chili peppers definitely won't be enough.

Thinking of this, Ya Ya pointed to the small mountain of chilies on the ground: "Hello, Boss Auntie, I want these three kinds of chilies, 500 catties of each, delivered to Hua Ya's shop on Hongye Second Street, thank you!"

Cao Xiulian gasped in surprise. Why did this child buy so much?

She quickly pulled Ya Ya over: "Ya Ya, why did you buy more than a thousand catties of chili peppers all at once? They'll spoil easily if we don't finish them. Buying a hundred or two catties would have been enough."

"Auntie, it won't break, I know what I'm doing." Ya Ya patted her little chest, looking very serious.

Cao Xiulian looked at Ya Ya, who seemed like a little adult, and didn't say anything more.

I know where this child learned his/her education.

Okay, if we have numbers, then we have numbers.

As the two continued browsing, they saw pickled cowpeas, fermented black beans, pork...

Cao Xiulian watched numbly as Ya Ya started each stall selling 500 jin (250 kg) of food. Did she really know the weight?

Finally, the two went to the department store at the street corner and bought a large iron pot, two brand new thickened insulated containers, and fifty bags of salt.

"Okay, Auntie, I'm done shopping! This big pot is as big as my bath tub, so Aunt Chuntao can cook a whole pot at once! And this tub, I'll use it to hold the sauce next time I bring it over. That way, even if Grandpa Zhang takes one, we'll still have two to hold soup." Ya Ya's eyes sparkled as she went on her shopping spree. Shopping was her favorite thing to do.

"Well, as long as you know what you're doing, our Ya Ya is really amazing." Cao Xiulian forced a smile, wondering if the elders in Ya Ya's village would scold her when they saw so many things. If they spoiled, she would really lose a lot of money.

"Yes, yes, Auntie, let's go sell gold!" Ya Ya skipped and hopped, taking her aunt's hand. Her aunt's hand was so soft and chubby.

"Shh, keep your voice down. You can't mention gold anymore." Cao Xiulian put a finger to her lips.

"Okay~ I won't say~" Ya Ya also held up one finger.

The gold shops that were open in the morning were a bit far from the Hongye Morning Market, and walking would take time. So Cao Xiulian simply pulled Ya Ya to the roadside, took out her phone, scanned a shared yellow electric scooter, and rode the scooter to get there in five minutes.

As Cao Xiulian scanned the code, the car beeped, and the lock popped open automatically. Ya Ya jumped back a little in fright.

Ya Ya had seen these two-wheeled metal carts parked by the roadside several times, and had even seen passersby ride them, but this was the first time she had come into such close contact with them.

Cao Xiulian lifted Ya Ya onto the car seat and put the helmet on her.

"Wearing a helmet is mandatory when riding an electric scooter; it protects our safety."

Ya Ya looked curiously at the gray round hat in her aunt's hand. So this was called a "head hat".

The heavy, round helmet covered most of Ya Ya's face, leaving only half of her eyes exposed. Ya Ya felt her head was so heavy that she could hardly breathe through her nose. She stretched out her little hand and tried to push it open, trying to find a more comfortable position.

"Sit tight and hold on, don't move around or you'll fall." Cao Xiulian put on a helmet and got into the car herself.

Ya Ya responded and reached out to tightly grip Cao Xiulian's clothes.

"Auntie, I'm holding on tight!"

Cao Xiulian put away the kickstand, turned on the switch, and the little yellow bike shot off in a flash. The force of the forward rush startled Ya Ya, who gripped the switch even tighter.

The wind whistled past her ears, and Ya Ya was both surprised and excited.

That's so fast! Much faster than a tricycle! It's about as fast as the bus I took with Grandpa Fang before!

But a bus with four wheels can run faster than a bus with three wheels, while this electric scooter only has two wheels, so shouldn't it be the slowest?

The things here are really strange.

Ya Ya turned her head away. The initial panic had passed, and now she was able to look around with a more relaxed attitude.

People and trees along the roadside rushed past, and the electric scooter nimbly weaved through the streets like a little yellow bird; sometimes, when it got close enough, it felt like you could reach out and touch the person next to you.

Before I could experience it for long, the car stopped.

Cao Xiulian parked the car on the side of the road, picked up Ya Ya, and took off her helmet.

"We've arrived!"

Freed from the helmet's constraints, Ya Ya felt much more relaxed in her head. She swayed a couple of steps before curiously looking around at the surrounding streets.