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Shen Zhaoning jumped up happily as she held the wages she had just received.

"Great! I can buy roast chicken for Grandma again."

Seeing Shen Zhaoning so happy, Lin Xiuzhi's lips curved upwards, and the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes smoothed out.

"Why are you only thinking about buying roast chicken for Grandma? Why didn't you think about buying something for yourself?"

Shen Zhaoning paused slightly, her soft tone carrying a hint of melancholy.

"Because Grandma loves Tuantuan very much, and Grandma is unhappy now, Tuantuan wants to make Grandma happy."

The little guy was young, but he spoke with an air of maturity that made Lin Xiuzhi feel a pang of sadness.

"She's not very old, but she's quite filial."

"Let's go, I'll take you to buy some food."

Although supermarket items are beautifully packaged and look good, they are expensive and not cost-effective.

This time, Lin Xiuzhi didn't take the little one to the supermarket, but went to the farmers' market instead.

The market is almost closed at this time, so vegetable prices are relatively cheap.

Lin Xiuzhi glanced at the little guy.

What do you want to buy?

Shen Zhaoning was overwhelmed by the dazzling array of goods at the market.

"I...I want to buy roast chicken..."

"I don't know anything else."

She thought for a moment and then said.

"I need to buy some food that is easy to carry and can be shared among many people."

No matter how smart and sensible Shen Zhaoning is, there will be times when she can't make up her mind.

When Lin Xiuzhi heard that many people would eat there, she had some ideas.

"Approximately how many people?"

Shen Zhaoning thought for a moment.

There were nearly twenty guards escorting them, plus their entire family, making a total of about thirty people.

"About thirty people."

Lin Xiuzhi was speechless.

"Wow, is your house a football team living here?"

Prisoner team?

Shen Zhaoning opened her mouth wide in surprise.

"Grandma, you're so smart, you even know this."

Lin Xiuzhi remained silent for a while.

What's going on at this little guy's house?

Lin Xiuzhi didn't want to pry into other people's affairs, so she could only offer a suggestion.

"Thirty people, even if each person gets two steamed buns, that's still sixty steamed buns! How can a child like you carry that many?"

"Okay, buy some vegetables and a few packs of noodles. When you get home, wash the vegetables, prepare some broth, and once the water boils, just throw the noodles and vegetables in and cook them for a bit, and it's ready to eat!"

Noodles are easy to handle and simple to make.

Lin Xiuzhi thought for a moment.

"Don't buy the roast chicken yet. One roast chicken isn't enough for thirty people. Even if each person gets one roast chicken, you won't be able to carry it all!"

Why not just buy some fried chicken cartilage? It's easy to divide and tastes good.

Shen Zhaoning thought Lin Xiuzhi's words made sense, so she took Lin Xiuzhi's hand and followed her through the market.

She is cute and well-behaved, which has attracted a lot of attention.

Upon seeing this, some vendors who knew Lin Xiuzhi couldn't help but praise her.

"Is this your granddaughter? She looks just like you!"

Lin Xiuzhi was somewhat impressed by the other party's ability to lie through their teeth.

"You have such a sweet tongue. I'm so lucky to have such a sensible and beautiful granddaughter. She's a relative's child."

The stall owner was just trying to make conversation, so I gave an awkward smile.

"So you're relatives! No wonder you look so alike!"

"Alright, stop joking. Your rapeseed is pretty good. Give me a couple of bunches."

Shen Zhaoning quietly looked at the stall and found that there were many colorful vegetables on it that she had never seen before.

Not far from the stall was a pile of vegetable leaves, which looked wilted and somewhat yellow.

Shen Zhaoning pointed to the vegetable leaves and asked.

"What is this?"

The stall owner glanced at the vegetable leaves on the ground.

"This is not a very good quality leafy vegetable; it should be thrown away."

Shen Zhaoning's eyes lit up.

"Can I have this?"

Although the vegetable leaves are a bit yellow, they look much better than the hard, coarse bread.

The stall owner was delighted.

"Sure, take it if you want. It'll save me the trouble of throwing it out."

There isn't even a trash can around here; you have to walk a long way to find one.

He gathered the vegetable leaves together because he found it troublesome, thinking he would throw them away after he finished packing up the stall.

I didn't expect someone to offer to help!

The owner of the fruit stall next door overheard their conversation and poked his head out.

"I have some fruit I don't want anymore. It's rotten, but if I pick through it and cut out the rotten parts, it'll still be edible. Do you want some?"

Shen Zhaoning nodded repeatedly.

"Yes, yes, yes!"

Lin Xiuzhi tugged at Shen Zhaoning's small hand.

"These fruits are rotten; eating them might make you sick."

Shen Zhaoning swallowed hard.

"Eating rotten fruit will only make you sick, but not having enough to eat will make you starve to death."

"Tuantuan would rather die well-fed than starve!"

Lin Xiuzhi looked at Shen Zhaoning's thin frame and sighed.

"Okay, you can have it if you want it. I'll clean it up for you in a bit before you take it."

Lin Xiuzhi took Shen Zhaoning home and sorted out the rotten vegetables and fruit.

These vegetable and fruit stalls have a large sales volume, so the so-called rotten vegetables and fruits only look wilted and not very fresh, but they are not rotten to an excessive degree.

Many of them only appear to have been bumped or slightly shrunken, but are not actually damaged.

Lin Xiuzhi was delighted.

"You little girl, you're pretty lucky."

"It's basically not that bad."

Shen Zhaoning revealed her round baby teeth and laughed along.

"It's all thanks to Grandma. If Grandma hadn't taken Tuantuan there, they wouldn't have given these things to Tuantuan."

This is true.

Don't underestimate these rotten vegetable leaves and fruits just because they seem worthless. If you pick them carefully, you can still eat them.

If someone takes the food home and eats it, and then gets an upset stomach, the stall owner will also be held responsible.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, stall owners would rather throw it away than give it to someone else.

The reason they were willing to give these things to Shen Zhaoning was out of consideration for Lin Xiuzhi.

Shen Zhaoning divided them up.

They pushed all the best parts in front of Lin Xiuzhi.

"These are for Grandma."

Lin Xiuzhi would never accept a child's things, and she forcefully pushed the items back.

"Grandma, you take it."

Lin Xiuzhi took an old cell phone out of the drawer.

"This is my old phone. You can use it for now. Call me if you need anything."

This is an old-fashioned phone; it doesn't have many functions besides making calls and sending text messages.

She hasn't used her smartphone much since she became obsessed with watching movies on it.

It's perfect for Shen Zhaoning to use now.

"With this, people will be able to call you in the future."

Shen Zhaoning picked up her phone and looked at it over and over again.

"This doesn't look like a chicken at all."

She picked it up and took a bite, but couldn't bite it, looking at the thing in her hand with disgust.

"You can't eat it either!"

Lin Xiuzhi was amused by Shen Zhaoning's disgusted look.

"This isn't the chicken we eat, it's the 'machine'!"

Lin Xiuzhi took out her phone, opened Douyin (TikTok), and found a tutorial video for Shen Zhaoning on how to use a basic mobile phone.

Shen Zhaoning stared at the screen on her phone, speechless with astonishment.

She watched the video while glancing at Lin Xiuzhi's phone.

That's amazing! How did they manage to fit a person into such a tiny box?

The road to literacy is long and arduous, and it took Lin Xiuzhi a lot of effort to teach Shen Zhaoning how to use this thing.

Shen Zhaoning carefully put her phone away and reluctantly said goodbye to Lin Xiuzhi.