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

Then Wang Guifen pointed to another large box: "Over here, there are mackerel, but of course, they are not whole live fish, but thick slices of mackerel that have been cut in advance."

As Ya Ya listened to this string of unfamiliar words, her little face was filled with confusion.

"What does a flower snail look like? Is it a snail covered in flowers? How is it different from the mountain snails we sell? Horse banana fish... horse, banana, what kind of fish has such a strange name? Grandma Wang, I understand!" Ya Ya muttered softly, then her eyes lit up and she looked up at Wang Guifen.

"Is it a fish with a yellowish color like a banana and a head like a horse?"

When Zhao Haohao heard Ya Ya's words, he imagined the fish she was talking about in his mind and shuddered. What? It looks too abstract!

Wang Guifen clutched her stomach and laughed uncontrollably; the new brain's imagination was indeed rich!

Ya Ya's already bewildered face became even more confused when she saw Grandma Wang smiling.

"Oh dear, it's not named after its appearance. Spanish mackerel is a treasure from the South Island. It's a kind of super fast-swimming sea fish, and we sometimes call it mackerel here. It has a long body and a slightly dark back. Most importantly, it only has one big spine in the middle, without any messy little bones, so the elderly and children can eat it without worry."

Simply sprinkle some salt on it to marinate, then pour a little oil into a pan and slowly pan-fry until golden brown on both sides—it'll be incredibly fragrant. If you want to be more refined, you can scrape off the fish meat, stir it in one direction until it becomes firm, and then squeeze it into fish balls to make soup. The soup is so delicious you'll want to swallow your tongue! It's definitely not some banana or horse's head.

As she spoke, she glanced around the store and spotted an ice cream display case in the corner. Raising an eyebrow, she exclaimed, "Hey? Boss Cao, when did you get an ice cream display case?"

At this moment, Ya Ya also noticed that there was a square white cabinet in the store.

Isn't this the freezer that Grandpa Fang said he wanted to buy for Aunt Chuntao?

Cao Xiulian smiled sheepishly: "Yesterday I saw a listing on Xianyu (a secondhand marketplace app) for something that was being sold by a popsicle stand owner who had changed careers. It was 90% new and in perfect working order. I saw the good price and immediately went to the store to pick it up."

"Good price? Auntie, how much is this?" Ya Ya looked at the freezer curiously.

Cao Xiulian held up two fingers: "Two hundred."

"Huh?!" Ya Ya's eyes widened. What? Only two hundred? Grandpa Fang even gave her a budget of one thousand yuan. Auntie is amazing! She actually managed to buy something so affordable!

"What a perfect opportunity!" Wang Guifen said happily. "The freezer is just right. I'll distribute these seafood items evenly so you and the young boss can have a taste. Let the young boss see what seafood looks like too."

"Okay." Cao Xiulian readily agreed and found a small knife behind the worktable.

Wang Guifen took the box and quickly ripped open the tape on the outside.

Four people were huddled together around the box, waiting to open it, when Peng Xuanxuan and her grandmother Li Xiangzhi pushed open the shop door and came in.

"Aunt Cao, why aren't you opening the shop? Huh? What are you doing?"

As soon as Li Xiangzhi stepped inside, she smelled a crisp and unique sea aroma. She couldn't help but lean closer and exclaimed, "Oh... is this... are you getting new products today? The seafood smells so fresh!"

Ya Ya turned around and greeted the two with a smile: "Grandma Li, Xuanxuan, good morning! It's not that we have anything new, it's that Grandma Wang is back from her trip to the South Island and brought back lots of novel foods. I don't know what they look like, Grandma Wang said she'll open them for me to see! Xuanxuan, do you know what a mackerel is?"

Peng Xuanxuan's eyes lit up as soon as she heard "seafood": "Seafood?! Wow, that's good stuff! What kind of mackerel? I don't know about it."

She tossed her schoolbag onto the chair next to her and dashed over to the box.

As the lid of the box was lifted, mantis shrimp, whelks, and thick slices of white fish were all revealed. A large pile of ice packs lined the bottom of the box, and various sizes of ice packs were placed between the food items. Even after a night, the seafood inside was still frozen solid, with wisps of cool air emanating from it.

"This, isn't this an insect? What kind of shrimp looks like this? Why does it have so many legs?"

Ya Ya squatted down next to the box, curiously stretched out her index finger, and gently poked the shell of the mantis shrimp inside.

It's icy cold and has tiny thorns.

She quickly withdrew her hand and placed both hands obediently on her knees.

"It doesn't even have a skin, so why is it named like that?"

"I've seen this before! I...I...I know this mantis shrimp! Lots of people eat it and even make videos about it!" Peng Xuanxuan raised her hand.

Zhao Haohao started swallowing hard as soon as the box was opened.

He absolutely loves mantis shrimp!

"Wow, this is huge! It's almost as thick as my arm! And it even has seeds inside! Mom, look, the seeds inside are almost black!"

The thought of his family getting a share made him swallow hard as he looked at Wang Guifen: "Grandma Wang, you're so generous! I've never seen such big mantis shrimp in my life! I can't even imagine how lucky I would be if my mom could steam one for me tonight, cut it into pieces, and pick out the meat for me!"

Cao Xiulian was so angry she almost laughed. Steam it, cut it into sections, peel it, and pick out the meat? This kid just wants to fly to the moon.

Ya Ya stared at the strangely shaped, white shrimp, her mind filled with doubt. Were these oddly shaped shrimp really as delicious as Brother Zhao said? Would they really bring her happiness?

She unconsciously swallowed, and asked softly, "Are the seeds... delicious?"

"Delicious! I've seen it on short videos!" Peng Xuanxuan exclaimed. "The roe inside mantis shrimp... there was a short video blogger who ate something like it bursting with juice, it even had a molten center, and one of them sold for over a thousand!"

Li Xiangzhi chimed in casually, "Those are all high-end prices. If we cook them ourselves and get the cooking time just right, we can make them with a runny roe too. Of course, large mantis shrimp are indeed quite expensive."

As Ya Ya listened to the conversation beside her, her gaze swept over the thick pile of white fish meat and then moved to the whelk.

So this is a whelk? It just has spots on its shell.

Why not call it spotted snail, but flower snail instead? These patterns don't even look like flowers.

The little head turned around twice, but still couldn't figure it out.

"Alright, alright, now that you've all looked, don't linger here." Cao Xiulian smiled and parted the little heads. "We still have to open for business, so let's put things away first. Oh, Sister Wang, thank you so much! You even remembered us while you were traveling. Buying so many things must have cost a lot of money, right? It's so expensive, and these lychees... they're all fresh, seasonal good stuff, thank you!"