Riding the wind of rebirth

When the little girl saw Zhou Zhi take out the glass from the candlestick, her eyes widened: "You, you broke it! You can't return it!"

"Rose, stop it!" The little boy pulled the little girl's hand and said, "This can't be considered broken. Grandma put the cup there originally."

Zhou Zhi couldn't help but find it funny. The little girl was quite clever, but the little boy was quite honest. So he smiled and said, "It's a good thing. You can exchange it."

"Yeah!" The little boy jumped up holding the little girl's hand, "Rose, I said yes!"

"But don't be too happy too soon." Zhou Zhi shook his head and said, "How can I be sure that these two things are from your family?"

"Our home is over there!" The little girl turned around and pointed in a direction.

"Would you mind leaving your address or your parents' phone number?" Zhou Zhi smiled kindly, "So we can confirm it."

"Sure." The little girl nodded: "It's inconvenient for grandma to go out, so she asked us to call someone if we have any questions."

Then he said a string of numbers.

Zhou Zhi took out his cell phone and called. Soon an elderly female voice rang on the other end of the line: "Elizabeth's home, who is this?"

Zhou Zhi covered the phone port and whispered to the two children, "Is grandma's name Elizabeth?"

Both children nodded.

Zhou Zhi said to the phone: "It's like this, Ms. Elizabeth, we are at the charity sale near your home. There are two children, one is called Rose, and the other is called..."

"My brother's name is Martin." The girl stretched out her hand: "I'll talk to grandma!"

Zhou Zhi turned on the hands-free function of his phone: "That's all you need to say."

"Grandma, grandma! There's a big brother here. The food he and his family cook is so delicious, including meatballs, meat strips, and meat wings... We're going to trade with them!"

"Then come back quickly after you change it," Elizabeth warned.

Zhou Zhi said, "Don't worry, Ms. Elizabeth. The two children are very well behaved. Why don't you just have lunch with us? I'll send them back after lunch. What do you think?"

"That's great, thank you."

The two sides exchanged a few more pleasantries before hanging up the phone. Zhou Zhi gently said to the two children, "Grandma agreed. Today we have a secret menu that ordinary people can't eat. You are the distinguished guests who can share the secret menu."

"Yeah——" Both children jumped up excitedly.

"It seems like he's really good at using his elbow to coax kids." On the other side, Louise and McGeff were watching silently.

"They should be very good." McGeve nodded: "Aren't they still doing volunteer work in a school? They must interact with children often."

"What a secret menu, you're really trying to trick the kids!" When Louise saw Zhou Zhi and the two kids opening a box with a mysterious look on their faces, they found that it contained lunch boxes for everyone. Mai Xiaomiao ate a lot yesterday and didn't want to continue eating the next day, so she asked Zhou Zhi to change the menu. Zhou Zhi bought some rice at the supermarket and made some Yangzhou fried rice for everyone's lunch boxes today.

Pour the oil from the small pot into the big pot, put the fried rice in and stir-fry until heated. Zhou Zhi then asked everyone to take turns eating.

"I'll let you keep these two bottles for now. We'll take these two small glasses as meal payment." Zhou Zhi explained to the two children in a serious manner.

“Why is this?” Mai Xiaomiao also squatted next to the two children. The three of them looked like children.

"Because this is a charity sale, all our proceeds today will be given to the event preparation team as a donation." Zhou Zhi wrapped the two bottles in a towel and put them away, then picked up the two small glasses taken from the bottle mouths and shook them: "These two are worth four dollars, a donation from Rose and Martin."

After saying that, he took out his wallet, took out a five-dollar bill and stuffed it into the change box: "Eat!"

Mai Xiaomiao picked up a meatball from the food box in front of her and put it in Rose's bowl: "In addition to the secret menu, you should also try my sister's specialties. I think the tomato sauce is the best!"

The two children immediately started eating with slurping noises.

Mai Xiaomiao began to understand what Zhou Zhi meant. Those two bottles were probably quite valuable. This charity sale itself was a donation event. In fact, everyone could bring out things they had no use for at home and exchange them. They could make the deal by giving a small amount of money, and then donate the money.

Zhou Zhi didn't want to use two lunch boxes to trick the children into giving him two bottles, nor did he want to offer a reasonable price to make a donation, as that would not benefit the two children. The best way to avoid disputes was to not buy first, and wait until the charity sale was over before talking to the children's grandmother.

"Eat slowly, you can pack it up later." Zhou Zhi advised: "Also, it's not good for children to eat too much meat in one meal. I'll go pick some vegetable salad for you."

"Big brother, the food you cook is so delicious!" Rose is very smart. She must have been observing for a while. After seeing Zhou Zhi's quick movements to heat up the rice, she already knows who the real chef of this stall is. But she still added, "And big sister!"

“Hahahaha…” Zhou Zhi couldn’t help but laugh and said to Mai Xiaomiao, “Who says foreigners don’t have social skills? Even little sister Rose understands it!”

The ingredients I prepared for an entire afternoon and evening were sold out before lunch time.
The two little guys had big bellies, and Zhou Zhi was afraid that they would have indigestion, so he had to take them to stroll around the flea market with Mai Xiaomiao. After being busy for so long, Zhou Zhi actually hadn't seen what this charity flea market had.

In fact, it is similar to the flea market in China, but there seem to be more interesting things, such as many small appliances, small handicrafts, and various second-hand goods.

It is said that a lot of good things can often be found at such charity sales. At least Zhou Zhi had heard several stories of people finding famous paintings at such occasions in his previous life.

There are indeed quite a few people selling paintings here, both new and old, and the prices are very cheap, usually just a dozen or twenty dollars. The most expensive one is priced at three hundred dollars, but Zhou Zhi feels that those are just the families selling the paintings to make up the numbers. They mark them at such high prices because they have no intention of selling them, and they take the paintings home after the charity sale is over.

There are also many classical furniture, made of solid wood, of very good quality, including beech, cherry, and apple wood. Both the style and color are much better than those collected by Zhouzhi in Daliangshan. It's a pity that if they move them back from here, it will cost as much as tofu to move them back.

However, Zhou Zhi still made a move and bought two pieces of board material removed from the bed.

Because he was familiar with this kind of wood, it was a small tree native to the Sonoran Desert in Mexico and New Mexico. The Indians called this tree "lucky bean" and the Americans called it "desert iron."

Its annual rings and scars often have a kind of golden thread, and many carvers and craftsmen call it "small gold nuggets". When it came to China, the antique lovers in the previous life called it "desert gold". (End of this chapter)