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

Ya Ya handed the phone to Cao Xiulian, watching curiously as she tapped the phone a few times with her finger, then brought up a blank page with a half-printed image of symbols at the bottom.

"Look, this is the memo app, you can take notes here. This is the keyboard, for typing. If you don't know how, you can press here." Cao Xiulian pointed to the microphone icon.

"You can use voice input here. Just speak into your phone, and what you say will be transcribed into text and saved on your phone."

Ya Ya's eyes lit up. "Such a magical function?"

She thought cell phones were only for talking to people far away, recording messages, and taking pictures.

So it's still useful!

After entering the data into her phone, Cao Xiulian taught Ya Ya how to open the memo app before returning the phone and measuring tape to Ya Ya, telling her to keep them safe.

"By the way, Ya Ya, tomorrow is the 28th. We have a big market here. Vendors from all over gather at the market, and there will be many novelties. If anyone in your village needs anything, remember to call the adults to come to the market. We have a big market here every month on the 28th."

"Great fortune?" is another strange word.

"What's auspicious?"

"It's like hundreds or thousands of people gathering together to do business. There are many more things to see than at a typical morning market. Some things that are usually hard to find will also be sold here."

Wow!

So there's not much to see at the morning market yet? There's much more to come!

Ya Ya clenched her little fists with joy, determined to go see what she could buy at this auspicious store tomorrow.

Her little watch has lots and lots of money in it.

"Okay, I understand, Auntie. I'll tell everyone in the village when I get back! Thank you, Auntie!" Ya Ya grabbed the little cart and waved happily at Cao Xiulian.

"Auntie, I'm going out for a walk."

Ya Ya herself couldn't say what she wanted to buy. It seemed like the village had everything now, but whenever she came to the morning market, pushing her little cart around had become an unbreakable habit.

Pushing her little cart slowly through the vegetable market and meat stalls, Ya Ya didn't stop until she walked out of the red tent area. The familiar sound of a clearance sale horn drifted into her ears, and Ya Ya realized that she hadn't seen the clearance sale guy for a while.

Did the clearance salesman go to a faraway place to pick out some things and only just got back now? There must be some good stuff there!

Thinking this, Ya Ya was overjoyed and quickened her pace, excitedly rushing towards the direction of the horn sound.

……

"Old Fang."

When the village chief went to call for help, Fang Tiesheng was sitting in the courtyard reading by lamplight.

He would glance outside every now and then, looking somewhat restless.

"Gousheng, what's wrong? It's not time for Nannan to come back yet. Is there something you need my help with?" Fang Tiesheng stood up and looked at the village chief.

Although the village chief's expression remained calm, Fang Tiesheng's heart inexplicably began to pound wildly, and an inexplicable panic surged from his chest to his brow.

"Let's talk in my room. You go first, I'll go call the others." The village chief waved his hand, his expression remaining perfectly calm.

Fang Tiesheng walked toward the village chief's house, feeling uneasy.

Upon entering the main room, one immediately sees Zhao Hu sitting to one side, looking restless.

The other person leaned forward slightly, their brows furrowed tightly, their fingers constantly kneading their brow, their anxiety impossible to hide.

Fang Tiesheng's gaze swept quickly across the room, and when he saw Li Guixiang's hesitant expression, his unease grew stronger.

"Tiger, when did you come back from the mountains? Where's Da Niu? Is he still playing in the mountains and doesn't want to leave? Is that shovel that fun?" Fang Tiesheng deliberately put on a stern face, trying to suppress the ominous premonition rising in his heart with a deliberately stern tone. "Tell me where he is, and I'll go over and drag that brat back and give him a good scolding. He's never well-behaved."

Zhao Hu opened his mouth, his Adam's apple bobbing up and down several times, a thousand words stuck in his throat, he simply didn't know how to start speaking.

Xinghua and Doctor Chen, who had just entered, exchanged a glance, and their faces both darkened. Without needing to say anything, they knew from their expressions that something must have happened.

After everyone was seated, the village chief raised his hand to gesture for them to sit down and said in a deep voice, "Everyone's here now, Tiger, tell the truth."

Zhao Hu picked up the cup on the table and took a big gulp of water; the warm water had turned slightly cool.

Meeting Shang Tiesheng's gaze, he took a deep breath before speaking with difficulty: "In the mountains, there are living people in the mountains. Da Niu... Da Niu was taken away by those people while covering my escape."

These few words struck Fang Tiesheng like a thunderbolt. His legs suddenly went weak, his body leaned back uncontrollably, his heart clenched with pain, and he almost fell to the ground along with the chair.

The village chief reacted quickly, stepping forward to firmly grasp his arm and barely manage to steady him.

Fang Tiesheng leaned against the village chief, feeling utterly powerless.

His youngest son.

You've only been back for a few days...

Having barely survived that cannibalistic battlefield, I was nothing but skin and bones when I first returned. After finally recovering a bit, I was able to work, eat, and drink again. Life was getting better and better, but then…

Fang Tiesheng was trembling uncontrollably, his legs shaking even while sitting in a chair.

Looking at the concerned eyes of everyone in the room, he pressed his trembling hand to his chest, took two deep breaths, and forcefully suppressed the sob in his throat.

Don't panic, don't rush, his youngest son will be alright.

He tried to speak, but his lips kept trembling, and his eyes turned red and hot uncontrollably.

The village chief patted Fang Tiesheng on the shoulder.

"You need to stay calm. Da Niu is still waiting for you. We're going to pick him up."

Fang Tiesheng looked up, his gaze falling on the old beam of the village chief's house, and closed his eyes tightly.

When he opened his eyes again, his body was still trembling slightly, but he managed to keep his voice steady: "Tiger, speak slowly. Tell me everything that happened when you went up the mountain this afternoon, from beginning to end, in detail. Don't miss a single detail."

Doctor Chen pressed his finger against Fang Tiesheng's wrist and nodded to Zhao Hu.

Zhao Hu carefully went through the story, starting from the beginning. He first mentioned the horse manure that had mysteriously appeared on the mountain, then Da Niu suspected that it was a treasure hidden in the mountain by outsiders, and finally, they followed the horse manure and heard a sound, and Da Niu pushed him away.

After saying that, he turned to look at Xinghua: "I didn't see the group of people who were chasing the young master. Only Xinghua heard what they said. Xinghua will have to tell me what they said."

Xinghua's expression was tense, her thin eyebrows furrowed together. "I heard it clearly. First, there were several screams, then 'We got the stuff,' and another person said 'Let's go,' and those people left."

"Those people must have taken important items from that young master."

Although Fang Tiesheng's hands were still trembling, he had calmed down and was repeatedly reviewing Zhao Hu and Xinghua's words in his mind.

East and West, military commander, horses, troops.