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

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Da Niu sipped his tofu pudding and replied with a smug look, "Tofu pudding, it's so sweet."

"You should finish eating before you talk," Zhao Hu gently tapped Da Niu, pulled out a chair and sat down. His seat had been reserved, with a bowl of savory tofu pudding on it.

Now that everyone was there, Ya Ya began to tell everyone about her exciting day.

From the moment I arrived, Grandpa Zhang bought everything in the shop, to my aunt buying me new clothes and even helping me take a bath, to the amazing showerhead that sprayed hot water and the hair dryer that blew hot air.

The villagers, hearing firsthand news for the first time, all stared wide-eyed.

Hot water spraying from above your head without needing a fire? Where does that come from?

I heard that the water over there comes from pipes. Could it be that someone built a big stove on the other end of the pipe, boiled a big pot of water, and piped it over?

What is a hair dryer that emits hot air?

"Then, little girl, Auntie gave you a bath. Where did your clothes go? I'll put them in the water for you to soak in later." Ji Chuntao asked curiously.

"My aunt took it home to wash. She said she would use a washing machine and a dryer to wash it, so it wouldn't need to be washed by hand and would be washed and dried very quickly."

"What? Chickens can wash clothes? How big would a chicken have to be?" Da Niu's eyes widened.

Gou Ya was also silently imagining in her mind that she had heard and seen too many amazing things today, including dried chickens that could start their own fires to dry clothes...?

She shook her head vigorously, trying to shake off the two fat chickens flapping their wings and starting fires in her mind.

It's definitely not a chicken; that's just too strange.

"It's not the 'chicken' as in 'chicken baby,' it's the 'phone' as in 'cell phone'!" Ya Ya laughed so hard her mouth almost stretched to the back of her ears at her brother Da Niu's reaction. It turned out there were others who thought it was a chicken, just like her.

Fortunately, my aunt gave me a drawing later.

"There are so many things that require electricity over there. My aunt said that anything related to electricity is called a 'mattress' product. Hair dryers that blow hot air also use electricity, as do washing machines. I even asked them, and they said that their electricity comes out from the walls, connected by ropes, and then the electricity comes out from the walls."

My aunt told me that their houses have government-installed electrical wires inside their walls, which run electricity into the walls of every household. Our country doesn't have that, so our walls don't have electricity.

Ya Ya carefully recalled what her aunt had said and pieced it together to tell everyone.

The village chief, standing nearby, frowned as he listened.

The washing machine, hair dryer, and cell phone all require electricity. The cell phone can be brought here and still works fine. But Nannan didn't bring the washing machine and hair dryer. There are some readily available in the store, but she didn't take them. Is it because they won't work here and that's why she didn't bring them back?

"Nannan, have you ever seen what a washing machine looks like?" Fang Tiesheng also frowned deeply, asking while taking notes of what Yaya said.

Ya Ya immediately held up her phone: "Auntie saved the picture of the washing machine on my phone. It's just a big, dark square."

The village chief went over to take a look, but he couldn't make out anything. There were some small characters next to it.

Fang Tiesheng took the phone, took out his reading glasses, and examined it carefully.

"What about a hair dryer? What does it look like? How does it produce hot air?" Xinghua was very curious about this thing that could produce hot air. They both had long hair, and if they could figure out how a hair dryer was made or buy one, it would be much more convenient to wash their hair in the future.

Ya Ya touched her fragrant hair and carefully recalled the explanation: "It's shaped like a tube, with a handle, a string attached to its bottom, and a lump at the end of the string with two legs on it."

Auntie stuck the two feet into the board with five holes in the wall, then pressed a mechanism on the handle, and it made a whirring sound before hot air came out! After using it, Auntie would pull out the lump.

The people at the table were completely confused.

Only Fang Tiesheng frowned even more deeply.

Both are electrical appliances, but while a mobile phone can be carried around everywhere, a washing machine and a hair dryer... should be like the light on the other end, requiring something called an electrical wire to function properly.

There's no electricity in their walls, so naturally it's useless.

But how exactly is this electricity generated?

Fang Tiesheng frowned deeply. The picture of the washing machine didn't show much useful information, only a line of text that seemed to explain the product's functions: healthy mite-removing wash, smart scheduling, hurricane deep wash...

Fang Tiesheng couldn't understand how to put all the characters together.

The idea that washing clothes can be linked to health is barely conceivable, but what is a hurricane? Can this box generate wind and then use that wind to wash clothes?

He scratched his head in frustration, the lamps in the yard flickering on and off.

Fang Tiesheng's gaze suddenly focused intently on the clip-on lamp.

If there is electricity, the light will turn on.

Sunbathing stores light, and lamps illuminate.

Then... perhaps, what's actually stored isn't light, but electricity?

He stood up abruptly and strode to the stove to examine the lamp stand closely. On it was a blackboard, which they had previously studied; the blackboard would get hot when exposed to the sun during the day.

Could it be that it absorbs light and heat and then converts them into that magical electricity through some magical component inside?

In the courtyard, Grandma Fang couldn't help but yawn, and Da Niu next to her seemed to be infected by it, and also yawned.

"Alright, everyone hurry back. The hay has been turned over one last time. Come back early tomorrow and start weaving straw sandals and baskets! We must deliver a beautiful result in four days!" The village chief said sternly, urging them to leave.

Fang Tiesheng snapped out of his daze and quickly walked to Ya Ya's side. "Darling, if you go to that two-dollar store to find the store manager, could you also ask him for me if this solar-powered clip-on light actually uses electricity to emit light, or if it converts sunlight into electricity?"

The village chief's pupils contracted slightly; he seemed to understand what Old Fang was asking.

They have no electricity, but they have plenty of this bright sunshine!

Ya Ya rubbed her eyes, leaned on Grandma Liu's shoulder and nodded gently: "Okay, Grandpa Fang, I'll remember and ask tomorrow."

Fang Tiesheng wanted to say something, but seeing Ya Ya's sleepy eyes, he swallowed his words and gently patted Ya Ya's back: "You've worked hard, little girl, get some rest."

No rush, take your time.

Ji Chuntao carefully washed the dishes before leaving the yard. She went to check on the greenhouse and found the temperature was stable.

They added a few more pieces of firewood, and together with Xinghua and Gouya, they put all the dried wheat kernels under Granny Liu's eaves into the greenhouse before going home to sleep.

If you control the temperature well and wait two or three days until white fuzz grows on the wheat kernels, the koji is basically ready.