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

Inside the small earthen house, Ya Ya sat next to Grandpa Fang, her little brows furrowed as she listened intently as Grandpa Fang helped her calculate yesterday's accounts, one by one.

Ten bars of sulfur soap were packed, along with two bars of scented soap, two small tubes of toothpaste, cotton swabs, alcohol, a box of books and a copy of "King of Literacy," and the colorful copy of "King of Literacy" was said to cost three yuan, as were the books themselves, which were also three yuan per kilogram. There were also several boxes of something called Band-Aids.

It's said that if you bump or scrape yourself, just apply this and the bleeding will stop and the wound will heal quickly.

As he added everything up, Grandpa Fang, adjusting his reading glasses, pondered: "If they say this is the price, we'll go with it. We can't refuse their kindness, lest we become too distant."

That box of books was priceless in their eyes.

Pay the difference at the agreed price first; we can't let them keep paying.

"Add another twenty-four yuan." Fang Tiesheng helped Ya Ya count out twenty-four yuan and rolled them into a small roll.

Ya Ya nodded: "I'll take it to Uncle in a bit!"

Fang Tiesheng then instructed, "When you get there, please thank Uncle Shopkeeper and Sister He Miao on behalf of everyone, the village chief, and your Granny Li. Our Lotus Village doesn't have anything good to offer right now, so when you pick some wild vegetables this afternoon, save some of the freshest and tenderest ones to take over for them to try."

"I've got it!" Ya Ya rolled up the paper bill in her little hand and disappeared in front of Fang Tiesheng in a flash.

This girl.

That's fast.

The night market was still brightly lit, with warm yellow strings of lights and colorful signs forming a sea of ​​light.

Ya Ya knew the way like the back of her hand, passing through various shiny signs and heading straight for the two-dollar store.

As soon as Chen Lei saw her, he immediately greeted her with a smile, "Ya Ya is here again? How is it? Did you put medicine on your grandfather's wound? Is there no fever or infection?"

Ya Ya shook her head vigorously, "No, no, Grandpa is very energetic!"

As she spoke, she tiptoed and rolled up the warm paper bills she was clutching, placing them on the counter.

"Uncle, this is the money you undercharged yesterday. Grandpa Fang calculated it for me! Please keep it safe!"

Chen Lei was taken aback, and before he could speak, Ya Ya continued earnestly:

"Grandpa Fang asked me to thank you, and Sister He Miao as well. When we got back, Grandma Li had a fever all night, but thankfully you bought medicine for Ya Ya, and she's better now."

"Grandpa Fang said our village is poor and we don't have much to offer right now. We'll pick some wild vegetables and bring them to you! They're delicious, and many of the aunties love them!"

After she finished speaking, Ya Ya bowed deeply to Chen Lei.

The little girl spoke earnestly and sincerely, her eyes shining like stars in a mountain stream. As Chen Lei watched her, his heart warmed instantly.

He coughed twice sheepishly, picked up the money from the counter, and said, "Uncle Qian, please keep the money. Uncle Cai is waiting too; what you said makes me hungry!"

Ya Ya grinned at him, patting her little chest: "Uncle, don't worry, it just rained last night, the wild vegetables on the mountain are the tenderest, I'll bring them for you tomorrow! And Sister He Miao too!"

Chen Lei was amused by her overbearing manner and asked softly, "Did your uncle bring you again this time?"

Ya Ya blinked, feeling a little guilty.

He let out a soft cry, then suddenly remembered something and scratched the back of his head: "Uncle... do you have any reading glasses here?"

Yes, come with me.

Chen Lei led her to the display shelf for glasses, where an entire wall was filled with all kinds of glasses.

Ya Ya stared in shock at the perforated wall that was almost as high as the wall of her little mud house.

Wow! This wall is so spectacular and amazing!

The entire wall was filled with reading glasses, row upon row, packed tightly together, like bamboo mats spread out in a village's threshing ground, leaving no space at all.

Most of the lenses on my reading glasses were dark and dull, as if covered with a layer of carbon ash.

These are such dark lenses, wouldn't wearing glasses completely block them out and make it impossible to see anything? Ya Ya wondered to herself, really not understanding.

There are also black pieces with frames of various colors, such as magenta, pale yellow, and white, which are very colorful and flashy!

The translucent ones next to her were similar to the reading glasses she bought last time, except that the shapes, materials, and colors of the frames were all very different.

On the long, low platform below, there was a large pile of things, including thin, shiny frames, thick frames, and decorations made into various strange shapes with little ears, little horns, and little animals.

Who knew reading glasses came in so many different styles!

Ya Ya reached out and picked up a pair of picture frames from the small table. The round frames had two pink little cat ears on them.

But it's completely empty inside; you could easily thread your finger through it. Where are the pieces?

"Uncle, are all these reading glasses? Why are some lenses black, and some just empty frames without any transparent lenses?"

Ya Ya held up the cat-ear-shaped decorative glasses frame in her hand, her face full of confusion.

Chen Lei squatted down and patiently explained, pointing to the wall:

"Ya Ya, not all of these are reading glasses."

He pointed to the glasses with black lenses, "These black lenses are called sunglasses. Wearing them will prevent the sun from shining too brightly on your eyes. Not only will you not be unable to see, but you will also see more comfortably."

Then he pointed to the cat-ear glasses frame in Ya Ya's hand, "This one is a decorative frame, it doesn't have lenses, it's just for looking good."

"These are non-prescription glasses, they're also decorative." He then pointed to the glasses with clear lenses.

Ya Ya's eyes widened, and her little mouth opened into an "O" shape.

So it turns out... not everyone who looks like this wears reading glasses.

Seeing her surprised little expression, Chen Lei couldn't help but pat her head: "The reading glasses you wanted are here."

He pulled out a pair of glasses from a pile at the bottom and handed them to Ya Ya: "Here, this whole pile is full of reading glasses."

"Choose one yourself, whatever kind you want, the price is the same, two yuan each, only these are available here." Chen Lei patted a rotating cylinder about the height of a person in the middle, "The lenses and frames on these are made of better material, the prices are different, 20 yuan and 30 yuan are available."

Ya Ya glanced at the cylinder and then looked away, focusing only on the wall of glasses priced at two yuan.

Both are two yuan...

Damn!

Ya Ya realized what was happening, and her little face tensed up.

You overpaid for those reading glasses! They were 20 yuan each before! Even though it was buy one get one free, they still cost 10 yuan a pair.

You can buy five from your uncle!

We lost money, we lost money.

Luckily, I couldn't find that young lady's stall at the morning market yesterday, otherwise I would have lost even more money.

Next time, I'll have to look around more and ask more questions.