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

Zhao Hu blinked hard, staring intently at the curtain, his heart pounding in his chest. He was terrified that the next thing she'd say was to ask the girl in the red dress to get him a skirt to wear right away—a gold skirt, for a grown man like him, to twirl around in it…?

Fortunately, the scene that would have killed Zhao Hushe did not happen.

After choosing their clothes and asking the prices, the two pushed their shopping cart to the checkout.

The way to pay was also a novel method that the villagers of Lotus Village had never seen before. The Dragon God helped take the items out of the shopping cart one by one, and the accountant girl opposite picked up a glowing little shovel and swept it on the bag. After a series of beeps, the accountant girl directly quoted the price of the huge pile of items.

"My goodness, this accountant girl is amazing! She calculated the price in her head without even using counting rods, and she just quoted the price directly. How is she so clever?"

"The realm of immortals is full of immortals; how could immortals not be intelligent?"

"So this is how you shop in this store, pushing a cart and loading things in one by one. It's really novel. This supermarket is truly a great place."

The shock that the video left on the villagers of Lotus Village lingered for a long time after it ended. Apart from Granny Liu, Old Man Fang, Chun Tao, Chuan Ya Tou, and Master Xiong, none of the villagers had ever actually set foot in that fairyland. In the past, they could occasionally watch videos on Nannan's phone and exchange a few words with Xiulian through the phone.

Or you could watch videos to learn about electricity, installation, and other related knowledge, but these videos are very limited and don't show the whole picture of the area or their daily lives. Watching Nannan's daily supermarket shopping is much more impactful, both visually and in terms of knowledge.

Fang Tiesheng didn't say anything more, but silently turned off his phone and projector, afraid of wasting a single bit of electricity.

The villagers gathered in twos and threes to discuss the matter.

Grandma Liu, Niu Cuihua, Li Guixiang, and Grandma Wang sat down together and discussed in hushed tones.

"Let's put our heads together and pool our money to pick out a few more toys for Nannan... toys? Is that what you call them? The big bear that Longshen bought was actually for Nannan, right?" Niu Cuihua looked at Granny Liu.

Grandma Liu nodded gently, her eyes and brows full of affection: "Yes, the Dragon God loves our little girl. He must have seen that she was reluctant to part with it, so he used the excuse of buying it for himself to buy that big bear. When our little girl came back last night, she kept hugging that big bear, even sleeping with it and covering it with a blanket."

Even though they were sweating profusely from the heat, they couldn't bear to let go.

Li Guixiang chimed in, "We don't need to buy the bear this time. I saw Nannan staring at the smaller ones in the row—a white plush toy with long ears, a small white one with clothes, short fur, and a beard, and a big yellow duck-shaped one—for a long time. I vaguely remember the smaller ones weren't too expensive. Shall we pool our money and buy them all?"

Anyway, Granny Liu's kang (heated brick bed) is big enough, so it won't hurt to put a few more on it.

Niu Cuihua carefully considered her words before speaking: "Okay, if our daughter likes it, we'll buy it. We'll also buy her several sets of clothes. But we need to set aside some funds to stock up on toilet paper. This paper is used up quickly, and it's not a hassle to throw it away. We can just flush it down the toilet."

Unlike that thing called plastic, there were other food bags. I don't know what they were made of; they burned and produced black, choking smoke, and they wouldn't rot in the ground or dissolve in water. The village chief thought about it for a long time and told us to collect all the outer shells and bags, saying we couldn't throw them in the outhouse, lest they harm the crops.

Grandma Wang clapped her hands: "We really need to buy more paper. I noticed there are many different kinds of paper, including square tissues and rolled-up rolls. I haven't seen the kind that my daughter wanted. People in that area use separate paper for the toilet, wiping their hands and mouths; I heard there's a specific custom to it. I'll ask Lao Fang later which kind and how much we should buy."

The supermarket has so many things, even just dozens of kinds of paper; it's overwhelming and confusing.

Grandma Liu, who had been listening to their discussion, looked up and said, "There's another important matter. We also need to buy thermal underwear and long johns. We can't keep troubling Chun Tao and the others to cut them for us stitch by stitch. Although we old women can do needlework, the younger generation is worried about us having to weave straw sandals to meet orders, and they're afraid we'll strain our eyes, so they've taken over the work. Now that we have some extra money, we can take this opportunity to buy ready-made ones."

"Hmm, do we have enough money? Who's good at math? Let's calculate first!" Granny Li listened to the discussion and started scratching at the ground with a wooden stick.

"Call Chuan girl over. She has a good memory, has been to that area and has a broader perspective than us. She also learned from a master craftsman like Master Xiong and knows how to handle electricity. She should know a little bit of arithmetic."

"Yes, yes, I'll go call them."

Grandma Wang took quick, light steps and soon led Qiao Chuan over to join the small group of people discussing the topic.

After Li Guixiang briefly told Qiao Chuan about their plans, Qiao Chuan wrote them down one by one on the ground with a small stick.

"Chuan girl, you live close to Chuntao. When I watched Chuntao's videos earlier, her eyes lit up when she saw the freezer, but she stopped looking after hearing the price. Can you help Grandma calculate? If we all pool our money, after buying doll clothes for Nannan and some paper for ourselves, will we still have enough left to buy that freezer that can keep things frozen solid?"

Qiao Chuan nodded: "Grandma Wang, please wait a moment, let me calculate."