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

"Uncle, I'm not mistaken, I really need 100 jin (50 kg)." Ya Ya shook her head seriously. "I can't carry it, and the cart is too big. Could you please help me bring the meat here?"

As she spoke, she took out a slip of paper with the address written by Cao Xiulian from her pocket and handed it over.

Everyone around breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out they were delivering to their door! Otherwise, it would have been quite frightening. A hundred pounds of meat was taller than a child and could move. He should be enrolled in weightlifting or shot put classes to train him properly.

The butcher took the note, glanced at it, and nodded with a smile. "It's not far. Okay, I'll bring it over as soon as I finish what I'm doing."

After saying that, the shopkeeper glanced at the remaining pork leg meat on his stall, realizing it wouldn't be enough and he'd have to get some more from the warehouse. He simply reached out and ripped the special offer sign off the pole, then loudly announced to the neighbors who had gathered to buy meat, "That's all the discounted pork leg meat for today! This big customer just bought it all!"

Upon hearing this, Ya Ya subtly puffed out her chest, feeling secretly pleased with herself. She was now a major client!

After paying for the meat by scanning the QR code, Ya Ya dragged her little cart towards the poultry section in front.

I bought twenty black-boned chickens and ten whole chickens in one go, and arranged with the stall owner to have them delivered to my shop together. (They were small, each weighing 1.5-2.5 jin).

Ya Ya couldn't bear to buy the expensive free-range chicken; one chicken costs over a hundred dollars, enough to buy five black-boned chickens.

Ya Ya clearly remembers that the first time she came back, she heard about the nourishing black-boned chicken soup, but no mention of free-range chicken.

"This should be enough meat, right?" Ya Ya thought for a moment, then turned and walked back.

I'm still not used to the stroller being empty.

Rolling around, rolling around—

The grain store owner heard the familiar sound of wheels and peeked out to see that her big customer had arrived again!

"Little girl, you're here again? Did you finish the rice you got last time so quickly? Still want two boxes of noodles and two bags of rice, as before? Can you deliver it to the alley entrance as usual?" The shopkeeper greeted her warmly with a smile.

Ya Ya put the stroller at the door and shook her head: "Auntie, wait a minute, today is different, I need to take a closer look."

With that, he strode confidently into the shop.

This was the first time Ya Ya had ever carefully looked around the store. In the past, she would just buy things and leave in a hurry, and she had never really come in to explore properly since it was recommended by her aunt.

The shop was filled with grain bags of all sizes, and a large area was covered with colorful grains and beans. There was also flour in yellow, green and gray, which dazzled Ya Ya.

"Auntie, what kind of beans are these red beans?" Ya Ya's eyes fell on a small bag of plump, red beans. These beans look really good! The green beans next to them also look nice.

Although she didn't recognize the character for "green," she could guess that the other bag of black things must be called black beans!

The shop owner explained with a smile, "These are red beans; you can use them to make porridge, rice, or red bean paste."

"Can't we make tofu?" Ya Ya stared at the pretty little red beans. With such a beautiful color, the tofu made from them should be pretty too, right?

"Making tofu? That won't work. Only soybeans are suitable; red beans have too much starch and won't solidify."

What is electric powder?

Ya Ya didn't say anything and continued to ask.

Every time she pressed for an answer to a question, the manager of the two-dollar store would run away, because she was afraid that if she kept asking, she would also run away from the auntie at the grain store.

"Is this also red bean? Why is the price different?" Ya Ya put aside the matter of the electric powder and pointed to a large bag of plump, red-skinned round beans on the other side.

"These aren't red beans, they're peanuts. They're roasted and can be eaten as a snack with drinks; they're crunchy."

"What about this wheat kernel?" Ya Ya's eyes fell on the wheat kernels, where a sign was inserted—Wheat kernels 2.5/jin.

What is Wheat II?

"This is wheat kernel, not wheat bran." The shopkeeper couldn't help but chuckle; it was quite amusing that the child only half-understood.

"It's just removing the tough outer bran and keeping the tenderest part inside. It's chewier than rice, and being a whole grain, it's very nutritious."

Ya Ya nodded as if she understood, her eyes sweeping over a bunch of tiny grains she'd never seen before. She decided to buy some to try.

"By the way, Auntie, can we plant these colorful beans and peanuts in the ground if we can't finish them?"

Upon hearing this, the boss quickly waved his hand: "It can be planted, but the germination rate is not high. If you want to farm on a large scale, you have to go to a seed shop. They have specially selected high-quality seeds that germinate evenly, produce a lot of fruit, and are easy to raise."

The grains we grow here are mainly for eating; they're not suitable for large-scale seed saving.

"Oh!" Ya Ya suddenly realized why the soybeans Grandpa Liu brought back only sprouted, while the ones planted in the ground haven't sprouted yet.

Having figured it out, Ya Ya stretched out her little hand and pointed to the bag in front of her. In addition to red beans, black beans, soybeans, and mung beans, it also contained peanuts and wheat kernels.

"Then I'll take one bag of everything, plus ten bags of white rice."

The shopkeeper was taken aback: "Is the white rice still sold in 80-jin bags? What about the other stuff, like beans, sold in one-jin bags?"

"They all need to be in the same bags as white rice!" Ya Ya gestured with her hand.

These should be enough to fill half a cellar, right?

"Wait a minute, let me calculate... They all need to weigh eighty pounds, right?" The boss was a little confused. The little guy was small, but his spending was getting bigger and bigger.

"Yes!" Ya Ya nodded seriously.

"Rice costs 1.2 yuan per jin, 800 jin, 960 yuan."

Peanuts are seven yuan a pound, that's 560 yuan.

Wheat kernels are 2.5 yuan per jin, 200 yuan.

Red beans are 6.5 yuan per jin (500g), totaling 520 yuan.

"Mung beans... total 3280, I'll give you 3200."

When Ya Ya heard the number, her eyes widened. Wow, it cost more than three thousand! It looked like just a few dollars, but the bill was so much!

"Little girl, do you have enough money? Why don't you have your parents come over?" The shopkeeper, seeing her expression, probably didn't expect it to cost so much, and kindly reminded her.

Don't make up the weight carelessly; you'll have to carry it back after you move it there.

Weighing over a thousand pounds at once is a bit scary.

"That's enough, I have money, Auntie. Please deliver it to this address." Ya Ya handed the small note to the grain store owner, then raised her wrist, "Scan this!"

The boss took the note and saw that it was for the storefront on Second Street that had never been rented out. That place would be quite good as a warehouse, so it seemed there wouldn't be any problems.

"Okay, Auntie will send it over to you later."

After paying, Ya Ya said goodbye to the shopkeeper and dragged her cart toward the seed shop. She had thought that she could go back to her shop after visiting the grain shop, but she didn't expect that she would have to go to the seed shop as well.

……

"Boss, is this the place? A little kid bought some meat, and this is the address." After seeing off the last customer, Cao Xiulian had just finished tidying up the tables and chairs when she saw a small electric tricycle pull up in front of the door.

Little one, that must be Ya Ya.

She nodded. "It's here."

"Okay, should I put the meat on the ground or in the freezer?" The butcher looked inside; it seemed there was no freezer.

"Put it on this table," Cao Xiulian pointed to the table where Ya Ya had placed the thermos.

"...Okay." The butcher replied, turned around and opened the back door of the tricycle. He divided the meat into three bags and made two trips to carry all 100 jin of meat.

The three bags of pork laid out on the counter looked like three small hills.

As Cao Xiulian looked at the three small hills, a question mark slowly appeared in her mind.

Is this what you call buying some meat?